He was too thin. Gu Cheng couldn't help giving Ye Ruan's waist a squeeze.
Ye Ruan suddenly arched and fell into Gu Cheng's arms, his eyes curving with laughter. After laughing for a moment, he softly pleaded:
"Ge... don't squeeze me like that."
"You're way too thin." Gu Cheng frowned slightly, then asked, "Was I bad to you before?"
Ye Ruan wrapped his arms around his neck. "Why would you ask that?"
Gu Cheng said, "It feels like I didn't take good care of you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be this thin."
Ye Ruan suppressed a smile. "No, you treated me very well. I never went hungry, even during the apocalypse. You stocked up on lots of things ahead of time."
"But I was sick a while ago, so I lost a lot of weight."
Ye Ruan gently rubbed the rim of Gu Cheng's ear between his fingers, pushing the candy in his mouth to the other side with his tongue.
Seeing Gu Cheng's eyes turning red again, Ye Ruan gently patted his cheek and asked softly:
"Big Gray Wolf, do you know what flavor this candy is?"
Gu Cheng looked dazed and clearly uncomfortable. He murmured, "Isn't it orange?"
Ye Ruan took out the lollipop, said, "It's tangerine," and leaned over to kiss him.
The sweet, tart taste of tangerine spread through Gu Cheng's mouth. His breathing quickened, and a rich, fresh fragrance filled his nose.
Ye Ruan took a little more initiative. When Gu Cheng pressed closer, he opened his hands as though to say:
You can do anything you want to me.
A long while later, Ye Ruan opened his misty eyes and pressed his slightly numb lips together.
"Does it hurt?" Gu Cheng brushed his thumb over the corner of his mouth, where his own sharp fang