Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me
Chapter 103 : Eternal Love Pool (5)

Chapter 103: Chapter 103 : Eternal Love Pool (5)

The water was not scalding hot, but it was far from being comfortable.

While Shen Jingwei tried to keep his head above the surface as long as possible, the heat still seeped through, leaving a stinging sensation on his skin.

The warmth felt like a gentle embrace at first, but as the minutes passed, it turned into a suffocating hug. The heat felt thick and heavy, almost like a stubborn ghost, clinging to his body and refusing to let go.

"SHEN JINGWEI!"

Following the holler, a male body slammed against his from behind, stopping him from swimming further.

Shen Jingwei thrashed around angrily in a futile attempt to free himself.

"What the hell do you want?" He snapped at last while grabbing Yan Renzhong’s bathrobe collars and pulling him close. "I haven’t finished even a lap yet! Didn’t you want ten laps?? Huh???"

"Forget about it, damn it!" Yan Renzhong roared at him.

For the first time, Yan Renzhong had raised his voice at him. Usually, he relied on his sharp tongue to provoke his opponents, but this time, his anger was genuine.

"You are going to be death of me," Yan Renzhong spat. "It was only a game, wasn’t it? If I had dared you to throw yourself off the edge of a volcano, would you have done that just to dodge answering a question???"

Shen Jingwei folded his arms before his chest and cocked his head to the side.

"I don’t know. Would you have asked me to do that just to get an answer to a question?"

The two man threw each other vicious glares.

Until Yan Renzhong decided to be the bigger man. He looked away and sighed.

"Let’s just get out of here," he muttered. "The heat is getting to our heads. We should go."

"..."

He was probably right.

Shen Jingwei’s lips were pulled into a taut line. He was slightly embarrassed by his own impulsive behavior.

It was not like Yan Renzhong held him at a gunpoint, forcing him to swim. He should have acted more mature, more...

Weird.

Why did he feel so dizzy all of a sudden...?

"Yan Renzhong..." he managed to call out.

"Hm?"

And that was all he got to say.

Yan Renzhong lifted his head, only to see Shen Jingwei’s eyes flutter shut in a haunting way. The man swayed to the side before falling into the hot water with a splash.

"Shen Jingwei!!!"

Yan Renzhong dove into the water to retrieve the other man, but suddenly he slipped onto a treacherous rock.

"!!!"

Panicked, Yan Renzhong dragged Shen Jingwei’s limp body into his arms and shielded the latter’s head with both of his hands.

Just before he was submerged underwater, he took a deep breath.

They both fell into the hot spring, but that was not all.

A powerful undercurrent, fueled by the heat and subterranean flow of the hot spring, swept them away.

Yan Renzhong bumped and grazed his limbs against various corners before the current finished carrying them to the next hot spring pool.

Unlike the other hot spring pools that were shrouded in artificial caves, this one was open to the vast expanse of the night sky. Millions of stars, like tiny diamonds scattered across a velvet cloth, sparkled brightly above their heads.

Additional lighting came from scented candles, strategically placed in alcoves along the cave wall.

The soft, flickering flame cast dancing golden reflections on the water, creating a mesmerizing ambiance.

At the edge of the pool, a profusion of red and pink rose petals was scattered, some drifting lazily on the surface, carried by the gentle current of the pool water.

Stunned by the sight, Yan Renzhong fell into a daze. It was not until Shen Jingwei stirred in his arms that Yan Renzhong remembered what just happened.

"Shen Jingwei! Hey!"

Yan Renzhong lifted Shen Jingwei into his arms and carried his limp form to an edge of the hot spring pool.

"Jingwei, open your eyes."

Yan Renzhong tapped at Shen Jingwei’s cheeks repeatedly, but the latter gave him no response.

"Ck..."

Yan Renzhong swung a leg over Shen Jingwei’s body and straddled him. He began administering CPR, rhythmically compressing Shen Jingwei’s chest and then delivering breaths through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Time seemed to crawl as each minute felt like an eternity. Finally, Shen Jingwei’s body convulsed violently, and he rolled to the side, coughing up a torrent of water.

Afterward, all energy left his body and he just lay on the ground like a dead man.

"It’s alright now," came Yan Renzhong’s soothing voice.

Shen Jingwei felt himself being lifted, his head coming to rest on something warm and comforting. As his eyes fluttered open, he realized he was lying against Yan Renzhong’s chest, the latter’s arms wrapped tightly around him.

"W-what... What happened?" Shen Jingwei mumbled.

"We were carried away by the water current. Let’s stay here for a while and cool our bodies. I will take you back before you catch some cold."

Shen Jingwei gingerly put his arms around Yan Renzhong’s body and breathed against the latter’s collarbone.

"I feel so dizzy..."

"It was the heat," Yan Renzhong reasoned. "You fainted and fell into the water."

The bigger man bit into his lower lip in regret.

"I didn’t mean to provoke you. Apologies, it won’t happen again."

"Mmm..."

Right now, Shen Jingwei could not care less. He was too dazed to think.

By chance, his eyes fell upon a wooden post that stood some distance away from them, bearing the label "Eternal Love Pool".

"..."

Shen Jingwei could barely believe his eyes. But when he raised his head and looked at Yan Renzhong, he saw that Yan Renzhong was looking in the direction of the wooden post as well.

Their bodies pressed together intimately, the two men gazed into each other’s eyes. It was unclear who initiated the movement, but as they drew closer, the distance between them seemed to shrink. Their breaths mingled, their reflections merging in a shared gaze.

Shen Jingwei closed his eyes just a millisecond before he felt Yan Renzhong’s warm lips upon his.

His hesitation melted away as he slowly lost himself into the kiss. He parted his lips slightly, a silent invitation that Yan Renzhong accepted with eager enthusiasm.

One of Yan Renzhong’s hands slid upward and stopped at the back of Shen Jingwei’s neck, locking him in place.

His other hand rested at Shen Jingwei’s waist, letting him sit comfortably on Yan Renzhong’s lap, his legs parted and sprawled in a sensual way.

Delighted,Yan Renzhong traced the outline of Shen Jingwei’s lips with his tongue in a teasing manner before he locked their lips together a second time and deepened their connection.

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Author’s note :

And that’s how Shen Jingwei lost his virginity. In a public hot spring, under a blanket of stars, in the arms of a hot, hot, ex-lover.

Shen Jingwei : (⁠ノ⁠ಠ⁠益⁠ಠ⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻ %§#$!!!