As he slowly squeezed the nutrient solution into the man's mouth, Yu Qingchuan watched Lu Shiyi's Adam's apple bob as he swallowed and found it unexpectedly sexy.
This man really was the very picture of the reserved financial elite described in the book.
It took a few minutes to finish one tube of nutrient solution. He couldn't lie down immediately afterward, lest it come back up and choke him.
Just then, the nurse brought over two more tubes of nutrient solution. Yu Qingchuan said, "Shiming, go eat. I'll just have some nutrient solution. I'll support your brother."
With that, he took over from Lu Shiming.
Lu Shiming nodded eagerly. "Thanks for the help, sister-in-law."
Lu Shiming ate at an unhurried pace, his movements elegant. Those manners had been drilled into him since childhood. After all, the Lu family had once been wealthy and influential, before someone schemed against them and brought them down.
Yu Qingchuan supported Lu Shiyi with his fleshy shoulder, unaware that Lu Shiyi could already sense him.
Through those few touches, Lu Shiyi had already pieced together a rough impression of him: not very tall, a little chubby, and fairly young. He had no idea what magic this young man possessed, but only his touch allowed Lu Shiyi to connect with his body.
That tangible sense of connection to his body filled him with gratitude toward the young man. He even had a feeling that, with prolonged contact, he might wake up.
Once he woke up, he would be sure to prepare a generous gift to thank him.
Yu Qingchuan finished both tubes of nutrient solution, one strawberry and one blueberry. Their sweet-and-tart flavors tasted excellent and left him feeling slightly full. But for a chubby young man who used to eat around three pounds of food in a single meal, that little amount was practically nothing.
Besides, the chubby young man also had a habit of eating late-night snacks.
Once enough time had passed, Yu Qingchuan gently lowered Lu Shiyi and cranked the bed flat, then began discussing the engagement with Lu Shiming.
"Shiming, to keep up appearances, I'll still have to tell people we're engaged. But I'll say I'm still in school, and we'll discuss the ceremony after I graduate." Yu Qingchuan asked, "Would that be all right with you?"
Lu Shiming nodded. "Whatever you decide, sister-in-law."
"Good. I'll need you to play along in public, but we won't need to act intimate," Yu Qingchuan said. "I'll stay with your brother a little longer. If you have things to do, go ahead."
It was Sunday. As a rich second-generation heir, Yu Qingchuan actually had a great deal of free time. His father had donated a large sum of money to get him into the art department of a prestigious university, where he happened to study oil painting as well.
The original owner of this body, however, hadn't possessed a shred of artistic talent. He used expensive paints as though he were painting walls.
Lu Shiming immediately took the hint. "All right, sister-in-law. I'll make myself scarce."
Once the room fell quiet, Yu Qingchuan began making plans. He needed to move out of the Yu family home first.
After all, he wasn't the original owner, and he worried about giving himself away.
Besides, the original owner's position in the family had been somewhat awkward. His mother had died from complications while giving birth to him, and his father, having no experience caring for a baby, had remarried three months later. Before long, however, his new wife had become pregnant, and she had given birth to another child the following year.
His new wife had taken very attentive care of the original owner, treating him even better than her own biological son.
At first, the original owner had thought this new wife was his mother and had been deeply attached to her. Only after accidentally overhearing the household servants talking about it had he learned otherwise.
Yu Qingchuan sorted through all his memories, unable to shake a faint sense that something was off.
He just hadn't managed to work it out yet.
The main reason he wanted to move out was that his younger half brother, Yu Qingluo, was the novel's main bottom.
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