Mom, Who Hurt You Back Then?

Bai Jin: "..."

In the end, Bai Jin obediently let Lu Chengze carry him back to bed, still naked, wrapped only in a bath towel.

Afraid that a certain bastard of a man might get worked up again, Bai Jin curled up beneath the covers. "I'm going to sleep, Fifth Master. You... you should leave already."

Kicking him out again!?

Lu Chengze sat at the bedside and leaned close to Bai Jin. "Kid, you're in such a hurry to get rid of me. Did you do something shameful behind my back?"

That was a blatant test.

Bai Jin's gaze flickered, his dark eyes shifting. "Hmph! I didn't!"

Lu Chengze chuckled. "If you didn't, then you didn't. Why are you getting so worked up?"

Bai Jin was right to deny it. If he tried to prove himself, Lu Chengze would truly become suspicious.

After all, in Lu Chengze's eyes, Bai Jin was just a pitiful little thing who had barely come of age and had lost both his mother and father. As for Bai Deye, that heartless father was as good as dead anyway.

He would panic when things happened, get angry when falsely accused, and turn red-eyed when bullied. That was what a normal eighteen-year-old with little experience of the world should be like.

Bai Jin ignored him and grabbed the blanket, trying to bury himself beneath it. He tugged for ages without moving it, then looked over and realized that Lu Chengze was holding one corner of the blanket.

The man was far too strong. Bai Jin simply could not pull it free.

"Fifth Master, I want to sleep." Bai Jin gave up helplessly, leaving his slender shoulders faintly visible.

Lu Chengze's gaze drifted back and forth over Bai Jin's sexy collarbones and lean shoulders. "Go ahead and sleep. I'll leave once you've fallen asleep."

Bai Jin blinked. "Fifth Master, you haven't finished handling your business yet?"

It was an entirely normal question, especially coming from Bai Jin.

Even with Lu Chengze's meticulous nature, he did not investigate further. After all, he had been the one to bring up the topic first.

Lu Chengze nodded. "Mm. Things are a little tricky. I'm afraid I'll be busy tonight."

The person who had killed two international assassins had yet to be found.

International assassins had died in an ordinary person's home.

And there was also a suspicious young couple who had peacefully slept at the crime scene...

Every part of the case was strange. If one thought carefully about it, it seemed that everything was somehow connected.

And that connection lay with the fifth person who had appeared at the crime scene.

The only clue they had found was half a footprint by the windowsill.

"Oh, then you've worked hard." Bai Jin steered the conversation back. "I'll sleep first, then. Fifth Master, could you leave first?"

Was he not going to stop until he drove him out?

In all his life, no one had dared to repeatedly deny Lu Chengze face like this. He shot Bai Jin a sidelong glance, then, under Bai Jin's wary and terrified gaze, pounced on him and pinned him beneath himself.

Not only did he kiss Bai Jin until he was completely dazed, he also thoroughly "ravaged" Bai Jin's exposed collarbones and shoulders.

Only after the person beneath him had been reduced to teary eyes did Lu Chengze finally stop.

"Alright, sleep peacefully at home. I'm leaving." He had touched him and kissed him, and Bai Jin's shoulders were covered in red marks from Lu Chengze's sucking. Knowing when to stop, Lu Chengze tactfully left.

As for why Lu Chengze had not left any marks on Bai Jin's neck?

The kid still had school tomorrow. In this heat, if he had to go to school with hickeys all over his neck...

The kid would probably change the locks overnight and bar him from the door.

They had only been boyfriends for one day. Lu Chengze did not want to make the kid angry so soon.

Bai Jin curled beneath the covers, listening as the front door opened and shut. Only then did the tension in his heart fully ease. He reached into the drawer of the bedside table and took out a thick black phone.

After logging onto a dark web site, Bai Jin found the person who had posted the hit order.

It was an anonymous ID account, and after posting the hit order, that ID account had been deleted.

Its behavior was extremely suspicious.

Following the payment account information provided by the assassins who had accepted the job, Bai Jin traced it backward and discovered that the deleted account which had issued the hit order came from A Country.

Bai Jin's gaze turned cold. A Country? And the hit order against him was still ranked first?

He hoped certain people would not try to test his limits. Otherwise, he truly would not mind going on a killing spree.

He put the phone back into the drawer, his gaze falling on a yellowed photograph in one corner.

In the photograph was a young woman with a gentle smile. Looking closely, her brows and eyes bore some resemblance to Bai Jin's.

"Mom, who hurt you back then? Why haven't I been able to find any trace of it after all these years?" Bai Jin murmured softly, his fingers stroking the photograph.

His eyes held sorrow and helplessness that could not be concealed.

Early the next morning, Bai Jin had barely gotten out of bed when someone knocked on the front door.

Bai Jin was puzzled, wondering who would come knocking at his door at this hour.

When he opened the door, Lu Mu, Lu Chengze's second most trusted subordinate, stood outside.

Lu Mu held a delivery box from a five-star hotel in Xu City and smiled. "Good morning, Young Master Bai. Fifth Master asked me to bring you breakfast. May I come in?"

A trace of surprise crossed Bai Jin's face. He stepped aside. "Please come in."

Lu Mu was polite and courteous. "Excuse the intrusion."

He was completely different from the first time he had come to Bai Jin's home, when he had been so brazen.

Lu Mu helped set the meal boxes out on the table one by one. They contained exquisite dishes Bai Jin rarely ate. Not only were they beautiful, but they were nutritionally balanced, and the portions were small enough for Bai Jin to eat in one bite.

"Young Master Bai, Fifth Master said he had the hotel prepare these breakfasts in advance. They'll be delivered on time every day from now on. If you get tired of them someday, just tell Fifth Master." Lu Mu smiled.

Fifth Master had said that Young Master Bai was too thin. The Bai Family did not know how to raise a child, so they would raise him instead.

They would definitely raise Young Master Bai until he was fair and plump.

There were no children who could not be fattened up, only irresponsible parents.

Bai Jin said, "Got it. Thank you."

Bai Jin did not waste Lu Chengze's thoughtfulness. He sat down and quietly, earnestly finished the entire table of breakfast.

Fortunately, Lu Chengze had considered Bai Jin's appetite. Each serving was small, and after finishing the entire breakfast, Bai Jin was only slightly full.

Lu Mu efficiently cleared the table, then drove Bai Jin to school like a kindly old father before returning to report back.

Bai Jin entered the school gates with his backpack, ignoring the curious looks cast his way by the other students.

Their school was the largest and best medical college in all of Xu City, but honestly, no matter how high-profile a student might be, none were like Bai Jin. The cars that had brought him to school these past two days each had license plates that even the wealthy circles here could not obtain.

"Yo! Which wild man drove you here this time?" Li Ming had none of the others' reservations. The moment he caught Bai Jin, he began pressing and wheedling him.

Bai Jin rolled his eyes at him irritably. "What nonsense are you talking about? He's Fifth Master Lu's subordinate, Lu Mu. You should have heard of him."