Oh, You Like Them Big?

Li Rou thought this guy was interesting. Every move he made caught her off guard.

Her manager usually kept strict control over what she ate, so now that she had the chance, she dug in with abandon.

One pulled off a crab leg while the other cracked off a claw, both having the time of their lives.

Yu Xiuyuan was especially fond of the drunken crab.

"This drunken crab is incredible. Heaven on a plate. Eating it makes me feel like I'm floating."

Seeing his flushed cheeks and hearing his slurred voice, Li Rou asked hesitantly, "You're not drunk, are you?"

Yu Xiuyuan scoffed. "Impossible. I'm the god of drinking reborn. A thousand cups couldn't get me drunk!"

Yep, he was definitely drunk.

He didn't seem too far gone, though. He should be fine.

Li Rou moved the drunken crab farther away and decided to finish up after one more mantis shrimp.

The mantis shrimp was a little hard to peel. Yu Xiuyuan snatched it from her, peeled it, and tossed it into her bowl before picking up the next one.

Honestly, he was both considerate and rude.

Li Rou didn't mind. Eating a shrimp as long as her forearm, she marveled, "This shrimp is seriously huge!"

His cheeks rosy, Yu Xiuyuan lifted his chin proudly. "Of course. I specifically told them to pick the biggest ones."

"I like them big. Bigger is more satisfying!"

"Oh, you like them big?" A voice drifted from behind him, low and chilly.

Yu Xiuyuan shuddered, dropping the shrimp in his hand onto the floor.

Turning to find Yun Chuan, he let out a long breath, swayed, and complained, "Are you trying to scare me to death? Even if you're jealous that we're eating crabs this-big, you don't have to creep around cosplaying a ghost!" He spread his hands wide to demonstrate their enormous size.

"Are you really that easily scared?" Yun Chuan looked down at him, his voice less chilly now.

Annoyed, Yu Xiuyuan frowned and shot back, "You're the little scaredy-cat. You're the littlest."

Li Rou decided he was pretty drunk after all. He even dared talk back to God Yun.

Sure enough, the award-winning actor's expression darkened.

He stepped forward and caught Yu Xiuyuan's wrist.

Li Rou hurried to her feet, hoping to explain on Yu Xiuyuan's behalf, only to hear Yun Chuan ask, "Why are you bleeding?"

Startled, Li Rou looked closer. Blood had already welled up across Yu Xiuyuan's fingertip.

Yu Xiuyuan lowered his eyes to look, too. It was indeed bleeding a little. He pulled his wrist free and shook his hand, then casually grabbed a tissue to wipe it, muttering, "No wonder it hurt a little. I cut myself."

Then he forgot about it and went back to complaining. "I'm not easily scared. You're the problem. You walk without making a sound."

Yun Chuan apologized. "My fault. Let's take care of the cut first."

"Huh?"

Yu Xiuyuan raised his hand and examined the thin little cut.

He tilted his head in confusion. "This thing needs treating?"

Yun Chuan: ...

Like the viewers watching on their screens, Li Rou had so much to say that she didn't know where to start.

"I hate that Yu Dog is a man!"

"..."

"Yu Dog's alcohol tolerance... uh, drunken-crab tolerance."

"He's faking it, right? Who gets this cute when they're drunk?"

"Eww~ The person above is secretly so thirsty."

"Something's off with God Yun... he's being a little doting."

"I ship it, I ship it..."

"Help, was God Yun making a dirty joke? It didn't quite sound like it. He sounded angry instead?"

"God Yun probably thought Yu Dog was flirting with Li Rou and got angry. He's very considerate toward women."

"No, no. God Yun thought Yu Dog was flirting with someone else and got jealous!"

"Divine! Girl, you really know how to ship!"

"You're nuts! You can ship even this?"

"I thought God Yun's expression changed because he was angry about being talked back to..."

"But it turned out he was worried because Yu Dog was bleeding..."

"It's only been a day, but Yu Dog feels like a completely different person."

"Look at Li Rou! She's watching the drama live, and her face has twisted into an abstract painting."

Li Rou really was having a hard time. She felt that both men in front of her had all but shattered their public personas.

Then she remembered that her own persona hadn't survived either, which made her feel even worse.

But she was starting to ship them a little. Hehe...

Yun Chuan stared at Yu Xiuyuan's finger for a long while without managing to say anything, then turned and left.

Yu Xiuyuan paid him no mind. He sat down and went back to stuffing his face. He wasn't full yet.

The shrimp shells were a little hard to peel, so he would favor the abalone first.

Seeing the award-winning actor turn and leave without a word, Li Rou worried that Yu Xiuyuan had offended him.

Yet there he was, eating again without a care in the world.

"How can you still enjoy your food so much? Aren't you worried God Yun will get angry?"

"Why would he?"

Li Rou thought that made sense. God Yun had always been calm and unruffled. He wouldn't get angry so eas-

"I'm the one who got scared! What does he have to be angry about?" Yu Xiuyuan was still indignant.

Li Rou choked on her breath and hurriedly stuffed an abalone into his mouth. "Just eat! You really will say anything. All you had was drunken crab. How did you get this drunk?"

Yu Xiuyuan bit into the abalone. "Drunk? Don't be ridiculous. How could I possibly be drunk?"

Before transmigrating into the novel, he had been able to hold his liquor like a champ.

He shook his head, then crooked a finger at Li Rou and said mysteriously, "Come closer. I'll tell you a secret."

Li Rou hesitated, but eventually leaned toward him. Yu Xiuyuan moved close to her ear and said in a deliberately hushed, breathy voice, "Just now~ you almost choked me to death with that abalone."

Li Rou: →_→ She raised a fist and whacked his arm.

Yu Xiuyuan laughed and dodged.

"Ooh... Yu Dog's voice... that's so seductive."

"That voice would be perfect for talking dirty, and he's using it for grade-school jokes."

"These two are kind of shippable. A little sweet, even."

While the two were fooling around, Yun Chuan returned with a first-aid kit in his hand and asked coolly, "What are you doing?"

Li Rou released Yu Xiuyuan's arm at lightning speed. It looked as though she had even left red marks. His skin really was delicate.

Yun Chuan fixed Li Rou with a shadowed gaze. "Are you done eating, Ms. Li? There's still plenty of food. It looks delicious." His tone was chilly.

Li Rou looked at Yun Chuan, then at the first-aid kit, and inspiration struck. "Yes, yes, I'm done. I'm full. I'm a little sleepy, so I'm going back to my room for a nap. He seems drunk, so I'll leave him in your care, God Yun. You're roommates, after all."

With that, she made a swift getaway.

Yun Chuan took two steps closer and sat down very near him. Both men were tall and long-legged, and their knees pressed together in the cramped space.

Yu Xiuyuan tried to move back a little, but Yun Chuan caught him.

He unhurriedly took out rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs, pulled Yu Xiuyuan's hand in front of him, dipped a swab into the alcohol, and pressed it against the cut.

"Ow! It hurts, it hurts... You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? A tiny cut like this doesn't need disinfecting, does it?" The pain snapped him to attention. Even his dizziness vanished.

"A cut from seafood is best disinfected."

"It was cooked seafood, not raw." Yu Xiuyuan sucked in breaths as he tried to pull his hand away.

"Better to be careful." Yun Chuan tightened his grip, giving him no chance to escape.

The cotton swab kept diligently wiping over an ever-widening area, as though he wanted to disinfect Yu Xiuyuan's entire arm.

The cut was small but rather deep, and the alcohol stung badly.

Yu Xiuyuan whined, "Isn't there povidone-iodine in there? You can disinfect it with that, too."

Disinfecting with alcohol hurt far too much.

Without even lifting his head, Yun Chuan changed swabs, dipped the new one in alcohol again, and continued.

"Alcohol works a little better as a disinfectant." His voice was steady and his expression unchanged, making it sound perfectly convincing.

Yu Xiuyuan endured the torture with his hand trembling. Even after Yun Chuan released him, the alcohol in the cut kept attacking him, leaving him grimacing in pain.