When his sexuality was questioned by Su Wenyu, Zhou Xu immediately wanted to retort. But the physical reaction was right there, leaving even himself dumbfounded.
Seeing that Zhou Xu didn’t refute it, Su Wenyu immediately wrapped the bed sheet around himself even tighter, pulling both feet inside the sheet as well, leaving only his head exposed. His entire body radiated wariness.
Zhou Xu’s physical reaction also scared Su Wenyu. He truly hadn’t expected Zhou Xu to actually be gay.
The reason Su Wenyu could so brazenly pretend to be gay for his tasks was because he believed Zhou Xu was genuinely a straight man.
But seeing Zhou Xu’s reaction now, his straightness was definitely fake!
No straight man would have that reaction seeing another man. Su Wenyu felt like tonight, he’d nearly stripped naked and voluntarily delivered himself to Zhou Xu’s bed. Too terrifying. He had to escape.
Wrapped in the sheet, Su Wenyu stealthily crawled towards the foot of the bed.
But trying to escape right under Zhou Xu’s nose? How could Zhou Xu not notice?
Watching him look panicked, terrified he’d do something, trying to flee, Zhou Xu couldn’t help but laugh out of anger. “What are you running for?”
Zhou Xu couldn’t suppress his physical reaction for the time being. Annoyed, he tugged at his collar, looking at Su Wenyu who was trying to sneak away. He directly reached out, grabbed his uninjured foot, and dragged him back, his tone ice-cold. “Isn’t this exactly what you came here for late at night without clothes? So why are you running now?”
Suddenly grabbed, Su Wenyu jumped in fright and immediately thrashed. “Let go!”
Zhou Xu didn’t let go. At this point, he was throwing caution to the wind.
He truly didn’t understand. It was clearly Su Wenyu who had come to his room to seduce him in the middle of the night. So why was he so scared he was trying to flee upon seeing his reaction?
“Confess honestly, what exactly did you come here for tonight?” Zhou Xu lowered his voice in a threat.
Su Wenyu was on the verge of tears. “I just wanted to dress like a ghost and scare you.”
Who knew it wouldn’t scare Zhou Xu, and instead, Zhou Xu ended up scaring him.
“I was wrong. I won’t dare do it again. You handle that yourself, I can’t help you.” Su Wenyu kicked his legs, and while Zhou Xu was frowning, thinking about something unknown, he broke free of his grip. Then, wrapped in the sheet, he didn’t dare delay another second and bolted.
When Zhou Xu looked up, all he saw was Su Wenyu’s retreating back as he fled in panic.
Was this playing hard to get again?
Zhou Xu couldn’t tell.
Right now, he was even doubting his own sexual orientation; how could he possibly discern Su Wenyu’s inner thoughts?
Zhou Xu sat on the edge of the bed, frowning deeply, waiting for his body’s reaction to subside.
Ten minutes passed, and Zhou Xu’s mind was still filled with Su Wenyu’s smooth, fair skin and those long legs he couldn’t break free from when pinned.
Zhou Xu was silent for a long time.
Even if he wanted to deceive himself now, he could hardly continue.
Even if he wasn’t purely gay, his body had reacted to Su Wenyu. He was lusting after Su Wenyu’s body! He was despicable!
Zhou Xu irritably clawed at his own hair, got up, and went to the bathroom for a cold shower to calm his mind.
After half an hour of cold showering, Zhou Xu resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes. Taking Su Wenyu’s advice, he handled it himself.
Overnight, the dynamic between Su Wenyu and Zhou Xu flipped.
Zhou Xu’s wariness of Su Wenyu turned into Su Wenyu’s wariness of Zhou Xu.
After running back to his room wrapped in the sheet, Su Wenyu launched a righteous critique at 520. “You nearly got me killed!”
520 was also very guilty. [No, no, that’s not it. The previous data analysis on Zhou Xu really indicated he was a straight man.]
Su Wenyu roughly gestured the size he’d seen, blushing deeply. “He was… like THAT! Could he still be straight?”
520 said quietly: [It’s still possible.]
Su Wenyu’s eyes widened in disbelief as he gestured again. “He reacted like that to me, and he’s still straight?”
520 tried to argue: [It’s possible. He might be straight but just likes you.]
[The type in the Boys’ Love novels I’ve uploaded has a trope like this, where the protagonist was never homosexual all along, it’s just that the person he happened to like was a guy.]
“…”
Su Wenyu was speechless for a moment, feeling 520 was making up excuses just to shirk responsibility.
“Then do you think his attitude towards me seems like he likes me?” Su Wenyu asked.
520’s backend data whirred at high speed and came up with a possibility: [It’s possible. Considering his daily care and attention towards you, it might be love without self-awareness. Tonight, seeing you throw yourself at him, his inner feelings surged forth and manifested physically.]
Su Wenyu fell silent again.
He tried to refute 520’s twisted logic, but after thinking about it, Su Wenyu really didn’t know how to argue.
“Forget it.” Su Wenyu gave up arguing with 520 about this. In the end, 520 was just trying to help him earn more Villain Value and points; its intentions weren’t bad.
But some things needed to be clearly stated to 520 in advance. “Now that we know he has that kind of… notion towards me, can you please stop issuing this kind of task in the future?”
Su Wenyu was truly very embarrassed when he got caught tonight. When that sheet was lifted off, he felt like he was turning as red as boiled shrimp.
520 promised him: [Since we now know he feels this way about you, future tasks will definitely be adjusted. Don’t worry, I’m a professional!]
Su Wenyu wasn’t entirely at ease, but with 520’s help, he had indeed gained a lot of Villain Value and points.
Thinking that these points could help him survive, Su Wenyu only struggled for a short while before relaxing.
After all, right now, aside from life and death, nothing else was a big deal.
It was just that his brother happened to be gay, no big deal.
He felt Zhou Xu’s character could still be trusted somewhat. As long as he didn’t want it, Zhou Xu couldn’t force him.
Su Wenyu comforted himself, put on his pajamas, bundled himself up tightly, and burrowed into his blankets to sleep.
Early the next morning, due to the biological clock set by often rushing to 8 AM classes on campus, Su Wenyu woke up on time at 6:30.
Before, at school, he always dragged Zhou Xu to the cafeteria together for breakfast. But after last night’s incident, Su Wenyu didn’t dare to today.
After changing clothes and washing up, he took the shuttle cart to the main residence to eat breakfast by himself.
Seeing Su Wenyu appear in the dining room so early in the morning, Shi Pei and Su Duanhong were a bit surprised.
Shi Pei said with surprise, “Why are you up so early? Won’t you sleep a little longer on the weekend?”
“No.” Su Wenyu asked the kitchen to serve him a Chinese-style breakfast. Eating a steamed bun, he said, “Biological clock, can’t sleep anymore.”
Su Duanhong was drinking coffee and reading the news. Hearing this, he nodded. “That’s more like it. Early to bed, early to rise is good for health.”
Su Wenyu meekly said “Mm,” his gaze frequently darting towards the dining room doorway, wondering if Zhou Xu would come for breakfast.
In the end, Su Wenyu finished his entire breakfast, and Zhou Xu never showed up.
“Is Zhou Xu still sleeping?” Shi Pei checked the time, surprised Zhou Xu hadn’t come. She told Su Wenyu, “Bring a portion of breakfast back for your brother later.”
Wishing for the two brothers to spend more time and communicate more, Shi Pei didn’t send a servant for the task. Instead, she had the kitchen pack a breakfast box and handed it to Su Wenyu.
Su Wenyu took the food box, caught between a rock and a hard place. Finally, he figured it was broad daylight, they were at the Su family home, and surely Zhou Xu couldn’t actually do anything to him, so he agreed.
On the way back to the small villa, Su Wenyu didn’t take the cart. He chose to carry the food box and walk back slowly.
After last night’s events, Su Wenyu didn’t know how to face Zhou Xu. He had no experience in this area, after all.
But staying away from Zhou Xu was impossible; his tasks were all tied to him. After thinking it over, he could only let things take their natural course.
Arriving at the small villa, Su Wenyu stood outside Zhou Xu’s door, tentatively knocked, and said, “Brother, are you awake? I brought you breakfast.”
He waited a moment, but there was no reaction from inside the room. Su Wenyu was puzzled. Had Zhou Xu gone out, not in his room?
But if Zhou Xu had gone out, Shi Pei and Su Duanhong would have known. Su Wenyu then knocked harder with his fist. “Brother, are you up? Still not awake? If not, wake up!”
After shouting, Su Wenyu pressed his ear to the door, straining to listen, and then he heard a series of coughing.
A moment later, the door opened from inside. Zhou Xu, wearing a black T-shirt and casual lounge pants, appeared before Su Wenyu.
Zhou Xu’s brow was slightly furrowed, his complexion looking somewhat off. His voice hoarse, he asked, “What’s up?”
Su Wenyu instinctively took a step back, but then paused upon seeing Zhou Xu’s face.
“What’s wrong with you? Your face is really red,” Su Wenyu said softly.
Zhou Xu also felt unwell, probably a cold. He’d been sick before and recovered by sleeping it off, so he didn’t think much of it.
Watching Su Wenyu standing before him, looking somewhat guarded, Zhou Xu couldn’t quite pinpoint his own feelings. He just leaned lazily against the doorframe and looked down at him. “Didn’t you run away last night? Why are you back here now?”
Su Wenyu hastily lifted the food box he was carrying. “To bring you breakfast.”
Zhou Xu gave a cold chuckle. “What, aren’t you afraid I’ll have improper thoughts about you anymore?”
Su Wenyu dearly wished to act as if last night had never happened, but he couldn’t understand why Zhou Xu kept bringing it up. He could only blink innocently and say, going against his conscience, “I never thought that way.”
Zhou Xu looked down at him quietly. Whether it was because of the illness or something else, his gaze was very deep, making Su Wenyu feel a bit lost.
After about a few seconds, Zhou Xu averted his gaze and said hoarsely, “Take it back, I’m not eating.”
Su Wenyu obediently took his hand back. “Oh.”
Zhou Xu: “…”
“That’s it? Just ‘oh’?”
Su Wenyu tilted his head in confusion. “You don’t want to eat, I can’t force you.”
Zhou Xu tried to calm himself. “If I don’t want to eat, you could try to persuade me to eat a little.”
Su Wenyu was somewhat bewildered, feeling that Zhou Xu’s attitude towards him was a little strange, a bit off. He reached out and placed his hand on Zhou Xu’s forehead, muttering quietly, “Are you sick? You don’t seem normal.”
Zhou Xu slightly lowered his head, not dodging, letting Su Wenyu place his somewhat cool little hand on his forehead. His dry, itchy Adam’s apple bobbed silently.
Su Wenyu didn’t understand what Zhou Xu was thinking, but Zhou Xu himself understood.
Once something had happened, trying to deceive himself anymore was pointless.
Zhou Xu stared intently at Su Wenyu as he tested his temperature, watched his small face turn pale, and exclaim in shock: “You have a fever! Your forehead is too hot.”
Zhou Xu nodded. His gaze slowly moved down from Su Wenyu’s eyes to his lips, slightly parted in surprise.
Once some things were thought through clearly, the suppressed emotions came flooding back like a spring rebounding.
Zhou Xu stared at Su Wenyu and admitted with a calm voice, “Yeah, I have a fever.”
“So, are you coming in to take care of me?”
Saying this, Zhou Xu stepped aside, leaving a path into the room, handing the choice to Su Wenyu. He looked down at him quietly and asked, “Coming in?”
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