Chapter 69: Master, I’ve Attained Enlightenment

Chapter 69: Master, I Get It Now

The four people in the living room all turned to stare at Lu Hechi.

His heart almost jumped out of his chest. He frantically covered the delivery box with his hands, his face turning bright red.

"...It's nothing."

The sex toy he had impulsively ordered online had just been delivered to his doorstep.

"Daddy, Little Star wants to see it!"

Shen Yixing crawled over from the sofa. He didn't care whether Lu Hechi would let him look or not—he just grabbed at the delivery box, trying to tear it open.

Lu Hechi jumped up from the sofa and tore upstairs like his pants were on fire.

He vanished so fast.

So fast that Little Star's hand was still hanging in the air, frozen mid-grab.

He blinked his big eyes in confusion, then slowly, like a turtle, turned his head to look at his daddy, asking, "What's wrong with Daddy?"

Shen Lanxue stared at the stairwell, opened his mouth, then finally picked Little Star up from the sofa, making an excuse for Lu Hechi: "Daddy has an urgent work thing to deal with."

Little Star nodded, not really getting it. "Oh."

But he'd managed to pry it open just a tiny bit, and he'd vaguely glimpsed something inside—something white and fluffy.

Little Star bit his finger, thinking smartly that Daddy must have bought himself a fur coat.

His classmates all said it—Daddy was gonna be a big star.

And big stars had to look sharp.

"..."

Once inside the master bedroom, Lu Hechi carefully locked the door.

He crouched down, pressing his ear against the door, and peered through the peephole for a good ten seconds to make sure no one had followed him up.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Hechi sat cross-legged on the carpet, opened the box, and took everything out. Looking at the items in front of him, his face burned all the way down to his neck.

A fluffy white tail attached to a thin chain.

A black cat-ear headband.

The seller had also thrown in a small bottle of lube, still sealed.

When he'd impulsively ordered it online in a moment of madness, it had just seemed novel. But now with the actual items laid out in front of him, he felt like a boiled shrimp—all red and embarrassed.

Lu Hechi quickly stuffed everything back into the box, sealed it up tight with tape, and shoved it to the very bottom of the wardrobe. Then he pulled a folded T-shirt over it to cover it up.

After all that, he knelt on the floor, trying to catch his breath.

Then he heard a knock at the door—calm, just two taps.

"Open the door."

It was Shen Lanxue.

Lu Hechi went stiff for a second.

He stood up, walked over, twisted the doorknob, and cracked the door open just enough to show half his face. "Bro."

Shen Lanxue glanced through the gap into the room. Everything was neat and tidy, and the delivery box Lu Hechi had been holding earlier was gone.

His gaze landed on Lu Hechi's face. "...Your face is really red."

Lu Hechi said, feeling guilty, "Probably 'cause I ran up the stairs too fast."

"You gonna let me in?"

Only then did Lu Hechi realize he was blocking the doorway. He quickly moved aside, watching Shen Lanxue nervously.

What if his brother found out and thought he was some kind of pervert?

Shen Lanxue walked straight to the wardrobe and reached out to open the door.

Alarms went off in Lu Hechi's head.

His nerves stretched to the breaking point. He lunged forward in one stride, bracing one hand against the wardrobe door, doing a classic kabe-don.

Shen Lanxue silently turned his head, staring at the handsome face suddenly way too close to his.

"What are you doing?"

"I..." What the hell am I doing.

Lu Hechi was so frustrated he could cry. He just wanted to destroy all the evidence.

"What are you doing, bro?" Lu Hechi couldn't answer, so he decided to take the offensive and ask back instead.

"I'm getting clothes."

Lu Hechi looked down, giving Shen Lanxue a once-over from head to toe.

He was wearing light-colored loungewear, which made his fair, clean-cut face look even more refined. His clothes were clean too, with a faint, nice scent to them.

"You look clean enough. No need to change," Lu Hechi said, trying to sound casual.

The corner of Shen Lanxue's mouth twitched, wondering what the hell had gotten into him.

"I'm going out."

Lu Hechi's eyes went wide, and without a second thought, he blurted out, "It's already dark out! What are you going out for?!"

"To meet a friend."

A friend? What kind of friend needs to be met at night?

Lu Hechi instinctively felt something was wrong. He didn't want Shen Lanxue to go.

"Who's gonna be there? Song Jiyao? Zhou Fang?" Lu Hechi listed off every name he could remember.

Shen Lanxue shook his head. "None of them. It's Lin Chi."

Lu Hechi had never heard that name before.

He squinted, sensing that Shen Lanxue had only mentioned a single name.

That meant he was going to meet a stranger—a man he didn't know—alone, late at night, just as he was about to drift off to sleep.

Nope. No way in hell.

Absolutely not.

Lu Hechi lowered his head, bit his lip, then licked it. "How about going tomorrow during the day? I've got a surprise for you today—don't you wanna see it?"

Shen Lanxue let him kiss him for a bit, and when he pulled away, he was panting softly. "Let me go and come back, okay?"

"No." Lu Hechi refused. "You only get one chance."

"You only get to pick me."

Shen Lanxue pinched his chin and turned his head aside. "Why so domineering, huh, Little Boss Lu."

"So, are you still going or not?"

"You won't even let me change my clothes. I can't exactly go out in my pajamas."

Lu Hechi whipped his head around and said seriously, "No. No one else gets to see you."

"?"

"Fine, I'll go take a shower now, okay?"

Lu Hechi leaned in, his eyes going all cross-eyed as he stared. "So you're not leaving?"

"You tell me?" Shen Lanxue said. "Little Boss Lu is so domineering he only gave me one option. How could I go out?"

"Oh." Lu Hechi cheered up. He got up and clapped his hands together, then said with great magnanimity, "Then go take your shower."

"What's the surprise?"

Surprise... yeah, right. Like hell it's a surprise.

Lu Hechi's heart was racing, but his face betrayed nothing. "You'll find out when you're done with your shower."

Shen Lanxue went into the bathroom suspiciously, closed the door, and the sound of water started. Lu Hechi started pacing the room with his hands clasped behind his back.

He couldn't exactly haul out that whole pile of stuff and pass it off as a surprise.

Why not?

An idea struck Lu Hechi, and he pulled out his phone to start posting online.

He pondered for a moment.

Then earnestly typed out a few lines.

"Married to my wife for four years now. She's always been shy in the bedroom. I bought some little toys to liven things up—would that count as a surprise?"

Lu Hechi waited for netizens to reply while keeping a cautious ear on the bathroom.

-OP really knows how to reward himself.

-Surprise? How is that not a surprise? My wife is shy too, but every time I use some toys, she gets more excited than I do. It's marital spice—OP, be bolder.

Lu Hechi spotted that reply and asked:

-What kind of stuff did you buy?

-Just some sexy outfits. These days, there's plenty of stuff for men online—even fishnets. OP can try it too. Every time I wear it, my wife compliments how sexy I look.

Lu Hechi read that message and suddenly felt something was off.

-The stuff you bought—is it all for yourself?

-Who else? As a grown man, if your wife is shy, you just put it on yourself. What's the big deal?

Lu Hechi put down his phone and suddenly had an epiphany.