On the other end, Ji Shi's name soon showed that he was typing. Two minutes passed before his messages popped up in the chat.
The affection score that had been sitting at ninety-nine instantly filled up.
Xie Ji nodded. It looked like the affection cap should be one hundred; it wouldn't go negative or overflow like Lu Xunji's.
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: I'm not that kind of person.
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: ...Why would you show me this?
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: Have you already taken it? Where did you take it? Did anyone else see?
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: I really don't want to look. I'm just worried about you.
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: I'm a very upright person. I wouldn't be interested in this kind of thing.
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: ...
Ji Shi Is Very Punctual: 11111111
With his feet propped up, Xie Ji deftly found a chest X-ray among his reaction images and sent it over.
The other end fell silent for a long time. Only a faint system notification sounded.
[System notification: Character [Ji Shi]'s affection toward you has decreased by 10. Current affection: 90. You have earned 100 shop points. You may visit the shop to draw items.]
With those 100 points in hand, he now had enough for a ten-pull.
Without another word, Xie Ji opened the draw system and selected a ten-pull.
The wheel on the system spun rapidly.
There were plenty of good things in the system shop, and Xie Ji rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
But the ten-pull only yielded things like [Rosemary], [Skin-Smoothing Pill], and [Pore-Invisibility Pill]. The only barely useful thing was a [Hand of the God of Cooking], which could let someone who knew absolutely nothing about cooking make the most delicious dishes in the world.
Although the items he drew weren't quite what he wanted, Xie Ji was very satisfied. After all, until Lu Xunji's affection rose back into positive numbers, increasing it wouldn't reward him with any points. He had originally thought it would take a great deal of effort to unlock this draw system.
After putting everything into the system inventory, he picked up his phone, about to milk Ji Shi for a little more, when the bathroom door next door was pushed open.
Xie Ji turned to look. Lu Xunji wore only a bath towel, his exposed upper body lean, muscular, and beautiful, every muscle just right. This wasn't the sort of physique built in a gym merely for show; it brimmed with vigorous strength.
Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs-the sight packed a punch.
Xie Ji's eyes instinctively settled on Lu Xunji's towel-wrapped waist.
He really liked Lu Xunji's waist, so slim and supple. His towel sat very low at the moment, his abs joining the beautiful V-lines that extended downward. It seemed that if it slipped just a little lower, Xie Ji could probably say hello to Little Xunji.
A familiar warmth surged into his nose, and Xie Ji instinctively covered it.
Normally, Lu Xunji would definitely have come over to mock him, but not this time.
Lu Xunji's eyes were very dark, and he said nothing. Despite having just taken a cold shower, his body was still burning hot. He came over and caught Xie Ji's wrist.
Xie Ji hurriedly rubbed the tip of his nose. Only after finding that no suspicious red liquid had flowed out did he relax a little and give Lu Xunji a fawning smile. "What is it?"
Lu Xunji narrowed his eyes and placed Xie Ji's hand against the side of his waist, right along the edge of the towel.
Xie Ji's eyes lit up. Unable to stop himself, he tightened his hand and squeezed Lu Xunji's waist.
...So hard.
It felt completely different from his own softness: firm, scorching hot, with the elasticity unique to skin.
"Like it that much?" Lu Xunji lowered his head and spoke softly beside his ear.
Xie Ji instinctively wanted to nod, but his masculine dignity made him forcibly suppress the impulse. Still squeezing, he said smugly, "It's just average. I don't like it that much. What a joke. I used to have a body just like-"
Before he could finish, Lu Xunji pulled his hand half an inch lower.
The towel, which hadn't been secured properly in the first place, loosened a little with the movement and hung crookedly around his waist. It looked as though the slightest further movement would make it fall.
Xie Ji quickly put down the phone he was holding and grabbed Lu Xunji's towel, his expression utterly solemn. "You're using this to test a cadre?"
Lu Xunji tilted his head slightly, his warm breath spilling over Xie Ji's snow-white earlobe. "If you don't like it, you can push me away."
Xie Ji: "..."
Xie Ji: "..."
Xie Ji: "..."
A long silence followed. Xie Ji braced himself several times, but still couldn't bear to push that body away.
That body was far too alluring to Xie Ji. Heaven knew he dreamed of having a physique like Lu Xunji's, the kind that could give someone a nosebleed with a single glance.
Lu Xunji nodded. "Then it looks like you do like it. Were you lying, you little pervert?"
"I-I wasn't." Xie Ji averted his gaze, saying something he didn't mean, but his palm remained pressed against Lu Xunji's body, even though Lu Xunji had already released his wrist.
"I can let you touch." Lu Xunji watched Xie Ji, who was equally captivated by his body, with satisfaction and said hoarsely, "As long as you come here. As long as you don't go to Ji Shi's."
Xie Ji remembered the game console in Ji Shi's room, and a trace of anguish crossed his face.
A little machine on one side, and a little Xunji on the other. This was really too hard to give up!
Lu Xunji's voice sank. "What, you can't?"
Xie Ji said, "Then can I make one tiny request?"
Lu Xunji raised an eyebrow. "Go on."
With an utterly solemn face, Xie Ji dropped a staggering bombshell. "Can I only touch? Can I lick it? Just once."
Lu Xunji: "..."