Love Like Fire

Shen Ranxin scratched at his reddened ears and said softly, "Why are there so many whys? I just forgot."

Lu Zhi fell silent for a moment. "You... just forgot?"

"Yeah. What else did you think? In that situation, if I'd remembered, I definitely would've chewed you out." Shen Ranxin paused and pulled back slightly. "Do you have to hold me like this? It feels really strange. Can you let go..."

"No." Lu Zhi tightened his arms around him, as though he wanted to knead Shen Ranxin into his own body.

He took a deep breath. "Teacher Shen's answer made me very unhappy, so your punishment is to sleep in my arms all night tonight."

Shen Ranxin flew into a rage. "Aren't you the one who asked?"

"Teacher Shen, just take pity on me, okay?" Lu Zhi's tone turned pitiful. "You cracked two of my ribs. It hurts so much."

Shen Ranxin said, "...Did I hit that hard?"

He had been angry at the time too, and he hadn't held back at all.

"I'll wake the accompanying doctor up right now. You can ask him." Lu Zhi gave a soft hum. "You're an Alpha, after all. There's nothing strange about you breaking two of my ribs, right?"

Shen Ranxin muttered, "Who told you to bite me... Does it really hurt that much?"

"Mm." Lu Zhi buried his fluffy head in Shen Ranxin's neck. "I held out for a long time. Now that I can finally rest, if Teacher Shen keeps moving around, I'm going to hurt myself to death."

Shen Ranxin could only curl up in Lu Zhi's arms and say nothing.

After saying that, Lu Zhi truly seemed to have no intention of doing anything to him. Before long, steady breathing drifted down from above him.

Shen Ranxin said, "..."

Though it felt strange, if Lu Zhi really had cracked ribs, Shen Ranxin couldn't move around recklessly anymore. So he forced himself to close his eyes and fell asleep in Lu Zhi's arms.

Early the next morning, a room door beeped.

A staff member used a keycard to open Fang Yu's bedroom door.

They had originally wanted to film the Best Actor waking up with his sexual tension through the roof, but to their surprise, he had already gotten up and was now standing on the balcony...

Dancing.

The phone beside him was connected to Bluetooth earbuds and playing a popular square-dancing song—Love Like Fire.

My heart is pounding! Love is like raging fire!

You're smiling! I'm the crazy one!

The staff who rushed in fell silent as they watched the Best Actor fling his head around in a crazed dance.

[Today, I'm standing right here. Let's see who dares laugh at our elderly Best Actor!!]

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA—]

[To be fair, at Teacher Fang's goji-berry-tea-drinking age, he really doesn't fit into this dating show.]

[Teacher Fang works out so much, so his waist must be really slim, right?]

[Let me see, let me see!]

Fang Yu noticed the production crew who had barged in as well. He visibly froze, then swiftly straightened up.

"Director Chen, what is this...?"

Director Chen coughed and said, "Here's the thing. Today is the second day of the dating show, and we've decided that you'll be responsible for waking the other members. Whoever wakes up last will have to make breakfast today."

Fang Yu said, "So who makes breakfast today depends on me?"

Director Chen nodded. "That's right."

Fang Yu made an OK gesture at the camera.

"Since this opportunity has fallen into my hands, I have to make the most of it! Cheng Cheng is the only one among all of us who knows how to cook, so I've decided to wake him up last!"

So, using the keycard provided by the production crew, Fang Yu was the first to open Jiang Ye's room, since Jiang Ye was also staying alone.

The heavy curtains blocked out every ray of sunlight, leaving the room pitch-black. Nothing could be seen.

Fang Yu felt his way inside, prepared to show this young newcomer Jiang Ye just how treacherous the world could be.

But just as he reached the bed and was about to turn on the light and pull back Jiang Ye's blanket, he stepped on something unknown. A loud rooster crow instantly rang out!

Fang Yu jumped in fright and hurriedly backed up a few steps, only to step on something soft. Losing his balance, he lunged straight toward the bed.

The next moment, Jiang Ye's hoarse voice sounded.

"Ugh!"

Fang Yu's nose slammed into Jiang Ye's front teeth, and tears instantly welled up from the pain.

"Ah..."

"Who?"

"Um, me, Fang Yu..."

"Teacher Fang..."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to. What is all this stuff on your bed?"

He tried to get up and felt beneath himself with one hand, but he couldn't find the mattress. There were only all kinds of soft things.

"Teacher Fang!" Jiang Ye's voice tightened. "...Don't touch things randomly."