Chu Qingjiu fell asleep from exhaustion. Later, Qi Wu carried him into the bathroom to bathe him.
If Chu Qingjiu had still been conscious, he might have looked helplessly at the marks on his body and wanted to give Qi Wu a stern scolding, only to swallow his words at that harmless, pitiful expression.
But in reality, Chu Qingjiu had never stopped him at all, leaving Qi Wu restless and unable to get enough.
"Gege... when you indulge me like this, I can't live without you anymore."
Qi Wu leaned close to Chu Qingjiu's ear and whispered.
No one could resist such unreserved tenderness and indulgence. It made Qi Wu feel that Chu Qingjiu would support him unconditionally, no matter what he did.
"We have to be together forever. Don't abandon me, or... I'll go mad."
When Chu Qingjiu opened his eyes, it was evening again.
There was water by the bed that Qi Wu had prepared for him. He struggled to prop himself up and picked it up; its temperature was pleasantly warm.
He moved the fingertips of his right hand, and the wooden puppet in the room turned on the light.
There had never actually been a power outage last night. He had controlled the wooden puppet and made it switch off the light himself. If he truly hadn't wanted any of this to happen with Qi Wu, Qi Wu would never have had the chance.
What he hadn't expected, however, was for Qi Wu to be so relentless. It was as though he hadn't tasted meat in eight hundred years, demanding endlessly from him.
And he simply couldn't refuse Qi Wu's innocent, tearful face.
He even felt that Qi Wu only needed to give him one pitiful look, and he would do anything.
But there had