" Brother Yan... slow down... I..." Chi Yining thought the soreness when going down the stairs was the limit, but he didn't expect the soreness when going up the stairs to be almost killing him. Now, he had only reached the turning platform on the second floor, and he was already too sore to walk.
Yan Guiyun frowned upon hearing this and asked with concern, "Does your leg hurt?"
Chi Yining was surprised that Yan Guiyun had guessed it so quickly.
"Why are you only saying it hurts now? You didn't look like it during the match. Were you just enduring it?"
Then Yan Guiyun picked him up in his arms. Caught off guard and leaving the ground, Chi Yining's heart skipped a beat and he panicked, his hands instinctively reaching out to grab Yan Guiyun's neck.
However, at that very moment, his heart began to pound wildly, as if it had broken, making him unable to hear any of the surrounding sounds, not even Yan Guiyun's footsteps. His blood felt like it was boiling, and in his anxiety, he could only bury his head in the soft fragrance of Yan Guiyun's neck, trying his best to calm himself down.
This feeling is so strange, what could it be...? Could it be that he's too scared? Impossible... His grandfather's intense martial arts training, horseback riding, and archery never frightened him.
It wasn't until they reached the third floor that Yan Guiyun called him many times before he came to his senses.
Yan Guiyun gently put him on the ground. "You didn't say anything even though your legs hurt, and you played ball all morning. You've got guts, haven't you?"
At this moment, Yan Guiyun couldn't bring himself to criticize the kitten; instead, he felt deep self-reproach. He blamed himself for being too busy and forgetting the time yesterday; otherwise, soaking Chi Yining's feet yesterday would have made him feel much better.
Chi Yining lowered his head and admitted his mistake. " Brother Yan, I just didn't want to make an exception... I wanted the game to proceed normally. Besides, it didn't last long... It's just that going up the stairs hurt so much more than playing on flat ground."
Yan Guiyun remained silent for the moment, then turned around, entered the password to open the door, pulled the person inside, and closed the door.
Chi Yining was pulled in, stunned. "What's wrong, Brother Yan?"
What he didn't expect was that Yan Guiyun picked him up again. "How should we punish our Xiao Yi?"
Chi Yining: "..."
As Chi Yining was picked up again, he looked at Yan Guiyun's perfect jawline and couldn't help but think to himself, "Does Brother Yan know that what I'm saying sounds like something a pervert would say right now?"
Then Yan Guiyun gently placed the stunned Chi Yining on the sofa, rubbed his head, and got up to leave.
Even though his legs hurt, Yan Guiyun wouldn't go so far as to carry him around like that...
Even if they're friends, it shouldn't be like this, right? Could it be that Yan Guiyun intends to raise him as a son?!
This explains why Yan Guiyun dotes on him so much!
As if he had found the answer, Chi Yining felt like he had found a powerful patron.
Yan Guiyun took a glass of strawberry milk that had been delivered that morning. "You haven't eaten much fruit these past two days, so I've already asked someone to send some to the production crew. It should arrive this afternoon. Now, make do with some strawberry milk; it should taste better than strawberry juice."
Chi Yining hadn't eaten much, but his eyes lit up when he saw the strawberry milk. Was this his punishment? Then give him more! But Yan Guiyun seemed to be urging him to drink instead of drinking it himself. " Brother Yan... aren't you going to drink?"
Yan Guiyun smiled and said, "I won't drink it; I bought it for you."
Chi Yining hadn't forgotten that the production team shouldn't let them buy things themselves. "Then the production team..."
Yan Guiyun inserted the straw into his straw and pushed it towards him, saying, "They don't know."
Chi Yining's eyes widened upon hearing this. " Brother Yan is amazing! He's learned to go against the grain!"
" Xiao Yi, that doesn't sound like a compliment," Yan Guiyun said with a smile, patting his little head.
Chi Yining didn't have time to answer Brother Yan. She picked up the strawberry milk and eagerly took a sip. "Delicious...!!"
The strawberry milk is smooth and creamy with a slightly tart and sweet flavor, but the taste is so different from any strawberry milk I've had before! It's surprisingly delicious.