While checking the right side-view mirror, Chang Yu glanced at Xiaotu, who was holding a duck neck in his little paws and gnawing on it. He really is easy to keep happy.
A single duck neck and a few snacks had appeased him. Chang Yu had thought Xiaotu would keep pestering him to take some food from the banquet before leaving.
"I suspect the blood in the povidone-iodine was Ni Lejia's own," Chang Yu said, looking away. "He probably has a disease that can be transmitted through blood."
Syphilis, for example, or AIDS.
Ni Lejia pursued men and women alike, flirting with anyone and everyone. He was probably spreading the virus, too.
Even without Chang Yu spelling it out, Yan Junye could guess what diseases he meant.
-That's terrifying. If we'd been even a little less vigilant just now and the povidone-iodine had gotten on the wound, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
-Ni Lejia must be rotten to the core, deliberately sleeping with so many people and even drawing his own blood to get revenge on Chang Yu.
When blood came into contact with broken skin, the chances of infection were very high.
Diseases like that were hard to treat. Forget about living a happy life for the rest of your days.
His little eyes turned toward Chang Yu.
-You'd better thank me properly. After all, I protected his happiness. Otherwise, you might never get to enjoy a family life. That would be tragic.
Yan Junye shook his head mournfully as he thought.
-I deserve some credit for your happiness. Remember to repay me.
-At least let me enjoy a few more days of the good life while I'm still alive.
Chang Yu: "..." Was this sentence going to be all he could think about in bed from now on?
Yan Junye swished his tail, then thought of something else amusing.
He could already imagine how shocked the people who had slept with Ni Lejia would look when they learned he had a contagious disease.
Chang Yu interrupted Xiaotu's speculation. "We'll have to wait for the test results to know for sure."
For now, he was only making deductions based on Ni Lejia's behavior.
After dropping it off at a testing facility, Chang Yu drove home.
Even the clothes he was wearing felt dirty. The first thing Chang Yu did when he got home was shower and wash his clothes.
Just thinking about having been in the same space as Ni Lejia made Chang Yu feel uncomfortable all over.
Yan Junye did not escape either. Chang Yu dragged him in for a bath as well.
His initial resistance had now turned into enjoyment.
He lounged comfortably in the bathtub, enjoying a luxurious massage service.
Back when he was human, he had been too embarrassed to go to a bathhouse and had always washed at home. No one had scrubbed his back or given him a massage.
Chang Yu was nowhere near as relaxed as Xiaotu. He was terrified he would touch somewhere he should not again.
He had better take him to a pet shop for a bath next time.
For dinner, Chang Yu prepared another lightly seasoned vegetable stew. Having gotten to eat snacks today, Yan Junye was already perfectly content.
After dinner, he jumped down from the table and charged straight into Chang Yu's bedroom.
His own little house was too cold. If he kept sleeping there, he would catch a chill again.
Then all the bland food he had endured these past few days would have been for nothing. He could not let his efforts go to waste.
After clearing the dining table, Chang Yu walked into the bedroom and saw Xiaotu under the covers, pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed.
When Yan Junye heard nothing for a long time, he opened his eyes a crack to look around.
-Oh my god, why is your face right in front of mine?
Yan Junye nearly jumped in fright. The instant he opened his eyes, Chang Yu's handsome face filled his entire field of vision.
His rosy lips curved into an attractive smile, his eyes crinkling with it.
Yan Junye felt that what came from Chang Yu's mouth was not words, but rosemary that made his heart race.
"You've made yourself right at home. Did you come up here to warm my bed?"
Yan Junye gave a haughty snort, but his paws clutched the quilt tightly, afraid Chang Yu would pull him off.
-Do I look like I'm here to warm your bed? Don't even think about kicking me out, unless you're hankering for another look at my little flower.
-If sleeping here yesterday hadn't felt pretty good, I wouldn't keep sharing a bed with you.
Even knowing Xiaotu was human, Chang Yu could not possibly hanker for a look at a dog's little flower.
Otherwise, he would be a pervert-even more perverted than what went on in Ke Yichun's bar basement.
"Go to sleep." Chang Yu lay down beside Xiaotu.
As for Xiaotu saying that sleeping here had felt pretty good, that was because Chang Yu had moved quietly and carefully all morning. Even when picking Xiaotu up, he had been as cautious as if he were holding a baby.
Once they reached the office, Xiaotu slept in Chang Yu's office, since he could not be allowed to catch a chill these next few days.
There was a knock at the office door, and the assistant walked in.
"Mr. Chang, Ni Lejia was caught on video going into a hotel room with a group of people, but it wasn't filmed by paparazzi." After investigating through the night, the assistant had finally found something.
"Someone had deliberately installed a camera in the hotel room to secretly film couples. By chance, they recorded Ni Lejia fooling around with a group of people."
The assistant had never seen anything like it. News from the entertainment industry really did keep redefining his worldview.
"The person filming recognized Ni Lejia as a celebrity and wanted to use it to extort a large sum of money from him."
That was why Ni Lejia had come asking Chang Yu for compensation. The person who had secretly filmed him was demanding more than a million; a million was what he was still short.
"Mr. Chang, there's one more thing."
"Go ahead." Chang Yu felt that what the assistant was about to say was news he wanted to hear.
"Ke Yichun has slept with Ni Lejia before."
Yan Junye, who had been drowsy, immediately snapped awake, his limp body straightening up.
What did you say?! That scumbag Ke Yichun slept with Ni Lejia too?
This drama just keeps getting better.
Who knows how many more people will turn up as they keep digging?
That afternoon, Chang Yu received the test report as well.
His suspicions had been correct. Ni Lejia did indeed have an infectious disease: syphilis, which could be transmitted through blood.
Feeling no relief whatsoever, Chang Yu sighed. How was he supposed to break this news?
The moment he made it public, it would undoubtedly cause quite a stir. As a celebrity, Ni Lejia was simply too alluring; a whole host of wealthy and powerful people had fallen to his seductive advances.