Before his car accident, he had always been cold and distant, keeping everyone at arm's length. Even Liang Xingyao had never dared casually sling an arm around his shoulders.
Yet he felt no aversion at all toward this chubby young man. In fact, he readily noticed how adorable he was.
The chubby young man took meticulous care of him, had a clear, soothing voice, and, moreover, a pair of hands that thoroughly indulged his fascination with them.
Afraid he would crush Lu Shiyi's hand beneath him, Yu Qingchuan simply sat on the edge of the bed.
"How strange. Why am I less hungry when Brother Yi keeps his hand there? Is it because Brother Yi's body temperature is higher than mine?"
Yu Qingchuan couldn't figure it out, no matter how hard he thought.
Hearing Yu Qingchuan mutter to himself, Lu Shiyi wondered the same thing. After all, he could only connect with his body when Yu Qingchuan touched him.
Perhaps this could be called fate, Lu Shiyi thought.
Once his stomach stopped bothering him, drowsiness crept back in. Holding Lu Shiyi's wrist in both hands, Yu Qingchuan's head began to nod, and he soon fell asleep sitting up.
Then... the sleeping Yu Qingchuan found sitting up too hard on his spine and slowly toppled onto the bed. Feeling cold, he then wriggled under the covers like a little silkworm, his eyes still closed.
Of course, he didn't forget to keep Lu Shiyi's hand pressed against his stomach.
Feeling Yu Qingchuan snuggled against him, Lu Shiyi could almost smell his clean, pleasant scent. He was warm and soft, and for the first time in ages, Lu Shiyi felt sleepy too.
Just before falling asleep, however, he struggled to make his body move. At last, he managed to move his fingers and lightly curl his knuckles against Yu Qingchuan's belly.
Sure enough, it felt wonderful.
When Lu Shiming arrived early that morning with whole wheat bread and skim milk, he found Yu Qingchuan asleep beside his brother, looking like an adorable little gas cylinder.
The warm morning sunlight fought its way through a gap in the curtains, stubbornly squeezing a single beam into the room. Yet it failed to reach either man's body and had to settle forlornly on Yu Qingchuan's exposed ankle.
Lu Shiming checked the time. It really was a little early, and he couldn't bear to wake his brother-in-law. He gently set breakfast on the coffee table, then went out to collect two bottles of nutritional supplement, placed them on the bedside table, and tiptoed away.
When Yu Qingchuan woke, he felt comfortable all over. It was so cozy under the covers!
He couldn't resist stretching, but halfway through, he realized something was wrong-
His memories came flooding back, and Yu Qingchuan snapped fully awake. H-he-how had he climbed into Lu Shiyi's bed?!
Yu Qingchuan's face flushed bright red. He hurriedly moved Lu Shiyi's hand away and apologized, "I'm sorry, Brother Yi. I didn't mean to sleep in your bed."
Fortunately, Lu Shiyi was in a vegetative state. He wouldn't sense anything or react. Yu Qingchuan breathed a small sigh of relief and took that as forgiveness!
He had something more important to do now: weigh himself!
He dragged his somewhat weak body over to the scale and sucked in a breath as he looked at the number displayed.
The unmistakable 170.51 nearly brought Yu Qingchuan to tears of joy. He had lost weight!
Although he knew he still had a long, difficult road ahead, Yu Qingchuan was thrilled. As long as he stuck with it, he would slim down before long!
In his delight, he happened to glance over and spot the breakfast on the coffee table, along with the nutritional supplements on the bedside table.
A silent wave of mortification began to spread.
Lu Shiming had been here!
Yu Qingchuan fretted. When Lu Shiyi woke up someday and Lu Shiming discovered he was a fraud, would Lu Shiming turn against him?
And when Lu Shiyi found out Yu Qingchuan had taken advantage of him, would he join his younger brother in taking revenge?
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