Bai Jin was carried home in Lu Chengze's arms.
Because his legs had gone soft, and he couldn't walk.
Lu Jin watched as his Fifth Master happily carried Young Master Bai upstairs. Even from a distance, he could feel pink bubbles practically radiating from his Fifth Master.
Those pink bubbles were commonly known as the sickening stench of love.
"Hey, do you think our Fifth Master will become henpecked in the future too?"
Lu Mu, who had already ridden Bai Jin's motorcycle back, saw Lu Chengze carry Young Master Bai away without looking back. He leaned close to Lu Jin and whispered.
Lu Jin said solemnly, "Isn't being henpecked an excellent tradition of the Lu Family? Look at the old master, look at President Lu, then look at our Fifth Master."
Lu Mu's eyes widened in realization. "So that's how it is. I knew it."
The two waited until the lights in Bai Jin's home came on before climbing back into the car.
Lu Mu spun the motorcycle keys in his hand. "How about we just make do in the car tonight?"
"Sure. There's no danger tonight anyway, so let's not bother running around. We can just stay here on watch." Lu Jin didn't mind. They were Fifth Master's trusted bodyguards; wherever Fifth Master was, they were too.
Lu Mu happily opened a food delivery app and started ordering. "Then I'm getting takeout. I'm starving."
Lu Jin had already eaten supper with Lu Chengze and the others, but he still had a little food with Lu Mu.
Upstairs, in the bedroom.
Bai Jin clutched the hem of his clothes and refused to go take a couples' bath with Lu Chengze. "Fifth Master, let go!"
The moment he got home, Lu Chengze had thoughtfully reminded him to change out of his motorcycle gear.
Bai Jin had been rather touched, thinking Lu Chengze was so considerate.
But he had been touched too soon.
Because Lu Chengze's reminder for him to take off his motorcycle gear really only meant reminding him to take it off.
It did not include waiting for him to put on anything else.
The moment Lu Chengze saw him take off the motorcycle gear and stand there in only a pair of briefs, the man turned into a hungry wolf and pounced on him. "Baby, come on. Let's take a bath."
Alarm bells went off in Bai Jin's head. At the critical moment, he grabbed a white T-shirt and pulled it over himself. Then Lu Chengze dragged him into the bathroom.
Using only one hand, Lu Chengze cornered Bai Jin against the wall, rendering his futile resistance utterly useless.
"Kid, you have two choices. One: take a bath with me."
Lu Chengze raised a second finger and smiled in a shameless, punchable tone. "Two: I take a bath with you."
Bai Jin looked aggrieved. "...You're acting like a hooligan."
Lu Chengze shrugged. Seeing Bai Jin flushed red with shame and indignation, his voice grew a little hoarse. "Baby, I'm your boyfriend. Isn't it only natural for me to act like a hooligan with you?"
Natural, my ass!
The Lu Chengze he had investigated before had clearly been aloof, cold, inhumanly detached, and difficult to approach.
So why was the real Lu Chengze so openly flirtatious, such a beast who got turned on by everything, always thinking about luring him into bed?
Damn it!
If he had known Lu Chengze would be this enthusiastic tonight, he shouldn't have teased him so much in the car.
Bai Jin quietly slipped one hand behind his back, unconsciously protecting his butt.
He had a feeling that tonight, his chrysanthemum would be scattered all over the ground.
While Bai Jin was distracted, Lu Chengze swiftly grabbed his collar.
Then Bai Jin heard a ripping sound, and the white T-shirt on him was torn! Into! Two pieces!
Bai Jin: "..."
Why was this bastard so strong?
Lu Chengze smiled, picked up Bai Jin with two irregular scraps of cloth hanging from his upper body, and strode into the bathtub.
Only when water splashed over him did Bai Jin come back to his senses. When he looked at his clothes again, Lu Chengze had casually tossed them into the dirty laundry basket beside the bathtub.
"Still not with it?" Lu Chengze held Bai Jin with one hand to stop the kid from fleeing in shame and indignation, while using the other to squeeze out some body wash and begin rubbing it over Bai Jin's body.
Bai Jin lowered his head and looked at his weak, pitiful, helpless self, nearly brought to tears.
Bai Jin pleaded, "Fifth Master, I'm really sleepy tonight."
Lu Chengze answered seriously, "I know. We'll sleep after we finish bathing."
"Of course, if you can't hold back, I can cooperate."
Bai Jin said, "I won't. I'm sleepy. Right now, I just want to lie down in bed and sleep."
"Fine. Once I'm done washing you, I'll rinse you off and let you go lie in bed." As Lu Chengze spoke, his movements really did speed up.
"All right, go on. Go lie down in bed!" After washing Bai Jin clean from head to toe, Lu Chengze patted his perky butt, signaling that he could leave.
Bai Jin: "..."
Bai Jin walked out of the bathroom in a daze, listening to Lu Chengze hum a military song.
"He gave up that easily?" The more normal Lu Chengze acted, the more suspicious Bai Jin became.
Just a second ago, this man had been trying every possible way to devour him, and the next second, he had generously let him go.
Either something was wrong with Bai Jin's ears, or something was wrong with Lu Chengze's brain.
And Bai Jin was certain there was nothing wrong with his ears.
Lu Chengze's brain... probably hadn't short-circuited either.
Then... what exactly was Lu Chengze planning?
Unable to figure it out no matter how much he thought, Bai Jin didn't even bother drying his hair. He scrambled into bed, wrapped himself tightly in the blanket, closed his eyes, and went to sleep.
Once he was asleep, Lu Chengze couldn't possibly go beast mode again, right?
Ten minutes later, Bai Jin still wasn't sleepy, but Lu Chengze came out after finishing his bath.
"You're sleeping without drying your hair? Get up. I'll dry it for you." Lu Chengze held a hairdryer as he sat at the head of the bed and plugged it in.
Bai Jin remained on guard. He only tilted his head toward Lu Chengze, while his body stayed firmly wrapped in the blanket.
Lu Chengze was so irritated that he laughed. "Baby, do you distrust your man that much?"
But Bai Jin refused to move, so Lu Chengze let him be.
The hum of the hairdryer filled the bedroom. The warm air, accompanied by Lu Chengze's fingers gently threading through his hair, made Bai Jin a little drowsy.
"Done." Lu Chengze unplugged the hairdryer and lay down on the bed as well.
Then, under Bai Jin's shocked and embarrassed gaze, Lu Chengze slipped into his blanket...
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