Gu Shang stood frozen beside the bed, at a loss.
Seeing that he still would not get in, the boy assumed he was being picky and recklessly beckoned to him. "Honey, I've showered. I smell lovely."
Gu Shang instantly clenched his back teeth.
In a moment of exasperation, he got into bed, just as the boy wanted.
They lay close together, and the rose essential oil Ji Mingzhu had added to his bath began to make its presence known.
Warmed by the boy's body heat, the sweet, sensual scent of roses gave off a cozy, comforting fragrance. In this soft, spacious bed, it was no different from the most potent aphrodisiac incense in the world.
The man suddenly caught the boy's restless hand and snapped his eyes open, a few impatient red veins streaking their whites. "Why are you squirming? Weren't you the one who wanted to sleep?"
Ji Mingzhu buried himself in the man's arms and chuckled twice, then tilted up his fair little face and said softly, "This is my first time sleeping with someone. I'm a little excited."
Gu Shang paused, then said irritably, "It's my first time too. What's there to be excited about?"
Ji Mingzhu's eyes suddenly widened. "Honey, it's your first time too?"
Gu Shang: "..."
A perfectly ordinary sentence somehow took on a different meaning when it came out of Ji Mingzhu's mouth.
He steeled himself and nodded.
Gu Shang had barely worked today, yet he felt more exhausted than he would after an entire day of nonstop work.
Ji Mingzhu threw his arms around the man's lean, muscular waist, his heart pounding.
Just as I thought! I knew it!
No wonder my husband doesn't seem like an ordinary husband at all. He isn't the least bit eager for sex.
And this dynasty practices monogamy. My husband has never married before, nor has he ever been unfaithful... My husband is untouched!
The boy's beautiful, alluring eyes immediately lit up.
Gu Shang: "..."
Gu Shang really had no experience, but he did not think it was a big deal.
Rather than casually fool around with someone whose cleanliness he knew nothing about, Gu Shang would rather remain inexperienced. He did not want to settle.
Yet at this moment, the sudden sparkle in the boy's eyes filled him with an indescribable embarrassment... Inexplicably, he wanted to give this lawless boy a thorough teasing, until the corners of his eyes turned red and his lips grew too soft and numb to utter those vexing words.
A faint, delicate blush rose on the boy's fair cheeks, and Ji Mingzhu lifted his head slightly.
A soft, cool kiss landed at the corner of the man's mouth.
It was light and gentle, with a tenderness that felt almost like soothing a child.
It was neither a simple, affectionate kiss on the cheek nor a heated, entangled kiss, merely a light touch at the corner of his mouth that barely scratched the itch.
It was impossibly soft and smooth.
The man's pupils contracted for an instant, and his Adam's apple bobbed. He nearly pulled the boy back to make him give him a proper kiss instead of getting away with such a cursory one.
But reason kept hammering at him. This was nothing more than the boy's thoughtless teasing. He had to use the self-control he had always prided himself on to resist this inexperienced temptation.
Yes, inexperienced.
Those inexperienced gestures of the boy's hardly even qualified as seduction. They were merely a clumsy attempt at acting cute.
Ji Mingzhu's ears burned as he obediently rested his head in the crook of the man's neck and nuzzled him gently.
Ahhhh! I kissed my husband first!
Although he was shy, the boy's eyes sparkled.
Ji Mingzhu let go and gave him a smile as sweet as a goodnight kiss. "Then we can learn together."
The veins throbbing wildly at Gu Shang's temples spread down the side of his neck the moment the boy let go. He caught the boy's retreating hand and pulled, reversing their positions in an instant.
Ji Mingzhu cried out in surprise and landed on top of Gu Shang.
For some reason, the boy's face suddenly flushed bright red. His smooth, porcelain-white thighs clamped tightly around the man's muscular waist, and both hands nervously clutched his bathrobe.
Although Gu Shang was underneath him, the balance of power between them had reversed in an instant.
Gu Shang chuckled. "So, Mr. Ji, you're very experienced?"
He shifted his legs slightly, and the boy on top of him trembled along with the movement, looking very nervous.
He was like a delicate little rose battered by raindrops, its petals still so tender that the slightest wind and rain made it shiver.
No matter how he looked at him, the boy did not seem experienced.
Gu Shang raised his eyebrows and pressed him with wicked amusement. "Why aren't you saying anything, Mr. Ji? Weren't you going to teach me?"
Ji Mingzhu's delicate brows knitted tightly, and a look of embarrassed indignation appeared on his face. One hand gripped the opening of his robe, while the other pressed angrily against the man's solid chest. "Stop moving!"
He was furious, but hardly threatening, like a kitten trying to smack someone with its soft little paws.
Gu Shang gave a quiet laugh.
The boy pressed his lower lip tight, and his eyes grew watery.
Only then did Gu Shang sense that something was wrong. Ji Mingzhu seemed genuinely angry. But he had not even done anything. Why was Ji Mingzhu allowed to tease him, while he was not allowed to retaliate?
"What's wrong?" Gu Shang asked.
The boy's soft body sat on his lower abdomen, leaving Gu Shang's mouth dry. He did his best not to think about it.
He raised his knees to give the boy something to lean against.
Ji Mingzhu began to tremble faintly with his movement, uncertainty filling his beautiful eyes. "Gu Shang, stop moving..."
The boy really felt wronged now. He was not even calling him honey anymore.
Gu Shang stilled, his tone softening too. "What exactly is wrong? I haven't been bullying you, have I?"
The redness at the tips of Ji Mingzhu's ears had spread all the way to his collarbones, making him look like a peach pudding.
His voice trembled. "I... I'm not wearing anything underneath. Stop rocking..."
The boy sounded so aggrieved that he seemed ready to cry if the man kept moving.
Gu Shang instantly froze.
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