Chapter 45: I Really Like It

Chapter 45: So Into You

Song Yuqing frowned slightly and looked at Pei Huai. "Are you crazy?"

Pei Huai: "..."

Pei Huai: "You don't like it? It's really nice."

Song Yuqing hooked his finger through the thin fabric, feeling the urge to smack Pei Huai a couple of times.

Pei Huai continued, "It feels like wearing nothing at all. I camped out to snag these."

"It's really comfortable to wear. I bought one too—matching couple sets."

"When I wear it, I feel like I'm..."—freeballing.

But noticing the look in Song Yuqing’s eyes that suggested he was about to beat him up, Pei Huai quickly trailed off.

The way Song Yuqing was handling the fabric seemed less like he was folding it and more like he wanted to crumple it up and throw it in the trash.

Pei Huai said, "Just wear it. It’s really comfortable, I’m not lying."

Song Yuqing: "..."

Song Yuqing: "You’re acting crazy. Find the ones I used to wear."

"I threw them away. Can’t find them anymore." Pei Huai had already prepared his excuse. "I can’t return these anyway. If you don’t want to wear them, just tear them up for fun."

Risking getting killed by Song Yuqing, Pei Huai added, "They’re so nice, so sheer."

Song Yuqing would definitely look good in them, and most importantly, they were comfortable. Since the school uniforms all cost the same and he couldn’t buy expensive, high-quality ones for Song Yuqing, at least he could get him something nice to wear against his skin.

Song Yuqing’s skin was naturally delicate, prone to redness at the slightest touch, delicate like a young lady’s, yet he didn’t care much about what he wore or ate.

Pei Huai even wondered if the underwear Song Yuqing used to wear would chafe his skin red all over, even...

That straight, slender part of him, like a jade bamboo, might also be marked with red spots.

Chafed painfully by those rough fabrics.

Just the thought made Pei Huai’s mouth go dry, his gaze locked intently on Song Yuqing as he unconsciously spoke.

"Wonder if it chafes you down there, if it hurts?"

Song Yuqing doubted what he had just heard. "What did you say?"

Before Pei Huai could repeat himself, Song Yuqing hit him. Even after being hit, Pei Huai felt thrilled. He raised his eyebrows, his hot breath spraying against Song Yuqing’s neck, leaving a red mark. "Qingqing, hit my face."

Xiao Jinshi stared at the two of them. "Brother, you hit him too lightly. Let me help you hit him properly."

Pei Huai shot him a sharp look. "What’s it to you? I’m talking to Qingqing. Why are you butting in?"

Song Yuqing: "..."

Song Yuqing’s gaze fell on Xiao Jinshi, studying him for a moment. Pei Huai immediately blocked his view, dissatisfied, even reaching out to turn Song Yuqing’s face. "Don’t look at him. Look at me. I’m the side piece you’re keeping."

But before his hand could touch Song Yuqing’s fair cheek, Song Yuqing smacked him several more times.

"Brother, what were you two talking about earlier?" Xiao Jinshi leaned in from behind, trying to hug Song Yuqing. "I want to hear too."

Xiao Jinshi, too, was promptly hit by Song Yuqing.

Song Yuqing went to take a shower. Xiao Jinshi covered the spot on his face where he’d been hit, but he was in a good mood as he sent a message to someone.

XJS: "Are you sure it’s odorless and tasteless?"

XJS: "They won’t wake up during?"

"Try it and you’ll know. You can’t even taste it when it’s mixed in water."

Xiao Jinshi watched as Pei Huai drank water, and as Qi Ran drank water—especially Pei Huai, whose training was intense and exhausting. Sweating heavily, he drank like a water buffalo.

After his shower, Song Yuqing came out, opened his laptop, and began jotting down new ideas about robots on the desktop below.

He didn’t agree with Gu Jingtang’s research direction, but he was very interested in Gu Jingtang’s research subject.

The octopus, besides its main brain, also has a neural network in its tentacles. Applying this kind of thinking to robots would definitely be fascinating. Robots that could perform tasks independently even after detaching from the main body.

Song Yuqing was deep in thought, taking a couple of sips from his water bottle as he pondered. Once he had a new concept, he set the bottle down and continued working on the design.

When it was time to sleep, Song Yuqing turned off his computer and went to bed.

At 2 a.m., the entire dorm room 3216 was quiet. Among the three alphas who would usually open their eyes silently to watch Song Yuqing at night, only Xiao Jinshi got up.

Xiao Jinshi climbed onto Song Yuqing’s bed and hugged him from behind. The alpha’s tall frame almost completely enveloped Song Yuqing.

"Brother... now you’re mine."

The beta’s neck was fair and delicate, his coolly handsome face pale as snow. As he slept, his faintly pink lips were closed. Xiao Jinshi gently brushed his thumb over Song Yuqing’s lips. "Brother, you’re so beautiful."

His arm wrapped around Song Yuqing’s waist, his fingers tracing every inch. "I like you so much, brother, but you never look at me."

Xiao Jinshi held him like this for a while, then propped Song Yuqing up and embraced him from behind, holding his hand. "Brother, look at the drawings I made."

In the quiet dorm room, Xiao Jinshi’s tone was cheerful, as if speaking to his most intimate lover. The way he held Song Yuqing made it seem as though they were a couple embracing.

"Brother, look, this is the first time I saw you. You were showering, and I peeked from outside. It was the first time I’d seen such a beautiful body."

As he spoke, Xiao Jinshi smiled sweetly, gently tucking a strand of Song Yuqing’s hair behind his ear. "Brother, you’re really good at tempting people."

"Good thing it was me who saw. If someone else had, they wouldn’t have been able to resist coming in to bully you."

Xiao Jinshi flipped to the second drawing. "This one is me holding you from behind—just like now. I even bit your neck. Do you remember, brother?"

As he spoke, Xiao Jinshi licked the tip of his teeth, as if savoring the sweet, metallic taste of blood that had spread in his mouth. His fingers traced Song Yuqing’s neck again. "What a pity. There’s no trace of me left on you anymore."

The alpha pinched Song Yuqing’s chin, leaned down, his breath hot, and was about to kiss the side of Song Yuqing’s neck, leaving a mark, when Song Yuqing’s eyelashes fluttered weakly, and his hand locked around Xiao Jinshi’s throat.

Xiao Jinshi was stunned—wasn’t the drug supposed to be effective? Wasn’t Song Yuqing not supposed to wake up?

The beta used considerable strength, his tightening grip steadily cutting off the alpha’s air supply.

Being choked by Song Yuqing didn’t frighten Xiao Jinshi; instead, he grew more excited as he struggled for breath.

When Song Yuqing pinned him to the bed, Xiao Jinshi grabbed Song Yuqing’s hand, savoring the momentary suffocation Song Yuqing was giving him.

Song Yuqing’s pupils were unfocused. He had felt something when Xiao Jinshi climbed onto his bed, but it was like sleep paralysis—no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t open his eyes.

He could only let Xiao Jinshi hold him, listening to this lunatic affectionately call him "brother."

Forcing himself to struggle awake from his drugged sleep, Song Yuqing still felt terrible, as if all strength had drained from his body.

"Brother, are you trying to... choke me out? You're so cruel."

Xiao Jinshi looked up at Song Yuqing, but got aroused because Song Yuqing's gaze was completely fixed on him.

Song Yuqing's eyes were only on him—not on Qi Zhengqing, not on Qi Ran, not on Pei Huai.

"Brother, you can't bring yourself to kill me, can you?"

Song Yuqing bit down on his tongue; the pain made his mind slightly clearer, making it less easy to fall asleep, but his thinking remained foggy, as if he were looking at the madman before him through a layer of fog.

Song Yuqing even thought about just choking Xiao Jinshi to death.

The frantic movements caused the bed to creak, but Pei Huai and Qi Ran showed no signs of waking.

Song Yuqing squeezed harder on Xiao Jinshi's neck. "Did you spike the water?"

Only if the water everyone drank was drugged would they all fall into such a deep sleep.

Without hesitation, Song Yuqing prized Xiao Jinshi's mouth open and poured the water from his own bottle into it. Only then did Xiao Jinshi fight back with everything he had, grabbing Song Yuqing's hand and trying to snatch the water bottle.

He had been discovered by Song Yuqing. This was his only chance. If Song Yuqing forced the water down his throat and left him here, he wouldn't be able to get a good look at Song Yuqing or hold him properly.

"Why do you hate me so much? I like you so much, can't you see?" Xiao Jinshi's voice trembled with emotion.

Xiao Jinshi tightly wrapped his arms around Song Yuqing's waist. "I don’t want to do anything else, I just want to hold you, to have you stay with me. Is that really too much?"

Song Yuqing slapped Xiao Jinshi across the face, broke free from his embrace again, and slammed him against the bedboards. "Don’t you know what you’ve done?"

"Plotting with Tan Shu to drug me?"

"Is this what you call liking me? Your kind of liking is pretty pathetic."

Xiao Jinshi was completely unrepentant. "I did it because I like you. I was just afraid you’d reject me... If you were asleep, you wouldn’t refuse me, right?"

Water splashed out of the bottle, soaking Song Yuqing's clothes and revealing his snow-white skin through the fabric.

Xiao Jinshi nuzzled his face against Song Yuqing's waist. "Brother, please don’t reject me..."

"Tan Shu tricked me before, that’s why I did those things. I never meant to really hurt you."

Song Yuqing couldn't be bothered to hear any more of Xiao Jinshi's excuses. He grabbed him and yanked him off the bed. Xiao Jinshi was stunned.

He never expected Song Yuqing to use such a method to break free from him, falling off the bed together.

Xiao Jinshi had no time to think further; instinctively, he clutched Song Yuqing protectively. As they fell, Xiao Jinshi's back slammed into a chair, knocking over several items in the dormitory, and the bed frame struck his back hard.

Xiao Jinshi felt as if all his organs had been jarred out of position.

Every part of his body burned with pain, but his first instinct was to check on Song Yuqing, whom he held in his arms.

Song Yuqing wasn’t injured, but the effects of the drug and the struggle had left him exhausted, and exhaustion pulled him under.

Xiao Jinshi thought Song Yuqing had been hurt or knocked out by the fall, and for the first time, he felt truly panicked.

Song Yuqing’s palm was slightly scraped, his long, dark eyelashes clung wetly to his cheeks, his face was as pale as paper, and his body temperature was very low, giving off a fragile, deathly pallor.

It was the first time Xiao Jinshi had seen Song Yuqing look so vulnerable, as if he would fade away if Xiao Jinshi loosened his grip. For the first time, Xiao Jinshi felt real terror.

Especially when thinking that Song Yuqing might be hurting just as much as he was, Xiao Jinshi got even more panicked.

He should have considered Song Yuqing's personality; he shouldn't have said those things to upset him. If he had obediently drunk the water, Song Yuqing wouldn't have resorted to such a method to get away from him.

"I'm sorry, Gege, I'm sorry. I was wrong."

Xiao Jinshi picked up Song Yuqing and ran to the school clinic.

The nurse on duty at the infirmary was taken aback by how Xiao Jinshi looked—he was disheveled, with visible abrasions on his exposed skin, a deep gash on his elbow that nearly reached the bone, and he was carrying someone in his arms.

If Xiao Jinshi was injured to this extent, it was hard to imagine how badly the person in his arms might be hurt.

After an examination, however, it was discovered that the Beta in the Alpha's arms was only unconscious due to the effects of a drug, with nothing more than a scraped palm.

The doctor: "..."

The doctor went to check on the Alpha, who insisted on waiting for the Beta to wake up before receiving treatment, and said disapprovingly, "What were you thinking, using a drug like this?"

Xiao Jinshi hung his head, listening like a chastised child for the first time. "Is he doing better?"

"I won't dare to do it again."

The doctor waved his hand. "Go get bandaged up. He's still asleep. There are so many things you could have done instead of resorting to such shady drugs."

When Song Yuqing woke up, he found himself not in the dorm but next to the person he least wanted to see. Xiao Jinshi, bandaged up, was holding his hand and had clearly fallen asleep.

Song Yuqing couldn't be bothered to look at Xiao Jinshi and tried to pull his hand back. The moment he moved, Xiao Jinshi woke up.

"Gege..."

Song Yuqing: "..."

Song Yuqing was annoyed with Xiao Jinshi. "Shut up. Don't say anything."

Xiao Jinshi obediently closed his mouth. Perhaps because he had experienced almost losing and then getting back Song Yuqing in such a short time, he felt for the first time that just looking at Song Yuqing was enough.

Song Yuqing's thoughts were in disarray. Xiao Jinshi, this madman, had truly lost his mind.

He had even gone so far as to drug everyone in the dorm.

Would he next try to kidnap him like Tan Shu? Song Yuqing believed a madman like Xiao Jinshi was capable of it.

This time, he felt guilty and knew he was wrong, but next time might be different.

Song Yuqing had to deal with Xiao Jinshi, this ticking time bomb.

Xiao Jinshi had an extremely strong possessiveness. The more someone resisted him, the more excited he became. Even hitting him would only encourage him.

For someone with such strong possessiveness, the best approach was to satisfy it, making him lose interest so he'd eventually leave.

However, doing so would let Xiao Jinshi off too easily for all the things he had done before.

After giving Xiao Jinshi the silent treatment for a while, Song Yuqing finally called him over. "Last night, you said you liked me?"

Xiao Jinshi suddenly looked up, seemingly surprised that Song Yuqing would bring this up, but he hastily replied, "I do like you."

At first, it was a superficial attraction mixed with disdain for Song Yuqing's appearance. Later, Song Yuqing's repeated struggles, every time he appeared, got him excited.

Eventually, it grew into dissatisfaction whenever he saw Song Yuqing with others. He wanted to possess Song Yuqing completely. He liked Song Yuqing—no, he wanted Song Yuqing.

Song Yuqing's gaze fell on Xiao Jinshi's face, observing his expression. "What do you like about me?"

Xiao Jinshi spoke without even considering Song Yuqing's presence, revealing an infatuated expression. "I like how beautiful you are, I like that you're fierce, I like your personality... I like every part of you."

Song Yuqing: "..."

*What a lunatic.*

Song Yuqing lowered his thin eyelids, his fingers tilting Xiao Jinshi's chin up. "You want me?"

Song Yuqing looked down on him, casually lifting his chin and saying the words he most wanted to hear.

Xiao Jinshi's throat felt dry. His head, held by Song Yuqing's fingers, tried to nod heavily but could only bob slightly due to the grip.

Even the motion of his nod seemed controlled by Song Yuqing, as if his intense desire for Song Yuqing had to be restrained and revealed only under Song Yuqing's command.

"I want you, brother." Xiao Jinshi looked up and spoke from the heart.

Song Yuqing leaned slightly closer to Xiao Jinshi and spoke coldly, "But I won’t be yours. Wanting me is useless."

Song Yuqing's lips parted, his breath carrying a faint fragrance. Even from that distance, Xiao Jinshi felt as if he could smell it.

His heart hammered in his chest with every move Song Yuqing made.

"Xiao Jinshi, I know you're wicked. You’re bad and insane."

"I also know about those shameful habits of yours."

In places where no one was around, Xiao Jinshi had drawn countless depraved sketches.

Song Yuqing's voice was soft, but his words stirred a sliver of anticipation in Xiao Jinshi. Song Yuqing knew everything he had done. What would Song Yuqing say to him?

Would he tell him to fuck off? Would he forbid him from appearing in front of him again?

Song Yuqing couldn’t treat him like that. If Song Yuqing did, he would have no choice but to lock him up. If he were careful and stayed by Song Yuqing's side, something like today would never happen again. He would carefully keep Song Yuqing locked up, ensuring he wouldn’t get hurt.

"But I can give you a chance to stay by my side, just like Pei Huai. But you’ll have to be more obedient than him."

"I’m not short of people around me. If you want my attention, you’ll have to prove yourself."

Xiao Jinshi was slightly stunned. Did this mean being Song Yuqing's dog?

Staying by Song Yuqing's side in this way was something he had never considered. But then, how would he be any different from Pei Huai? He would only be waiting on tenterhooks for a scrap of his attention.

What he wanted was to possess Song Yuqing completely.

Song Yuqing withdrew his hand, speaking unhurriedly, "You can think carefully about whether you want to be mine completely."

Xiao Jinshi was taken aback. Song Yuqing wholly owning him? He would be Song Yuqing's possession.

Would Song Yuqing also come to like him?

Just as he wanted Song Yuqing to be his possession, to possess Song Yuqing with that kind of obsessive, all-consuming desire.

*Would he come to like him with a mad, possessive kind of love?*

Xiao Jinshi: "Then will you like me?"

Xiao Jinshi was still hesitant and clutched Song Yuqing's hand.

Song Yuqing replied softly, "You shouldn’t ask whether I will like you. You should think about how to make me like you."

"Xiao Jinshi, you’re not going to disappoint me, are you?" Song Yuqing's fingers rested on Xiao Jinshi's neck, where bruises from his previous grip remained. His fingers tightened, squeezing again.