When the Wild Beast is Trapped in the Nightmare Cycle (BL)
Chapter 267: Good Morning, Boyfriend

Chapter 267: Good Morning, Boyfriend

Dazzling sunlight filtered in through the narrow gap in the curtains, casting a dim glow onto two pairs of feet entwined beneath the intimate embrace of the blanket. Soft rhythms of deep breathing waved through the air, interlaced with the melodious trill of birdsong outside the window, when all of a sudden, the tranquility was shattered by the sound of a phone ringing.

The volume was not loud at all, yet at the moment, the ringtone sounded like an ear-splitting siren that pierced through the hazy fog in Shen Nianzu’s mind.

His brows knitted, and his cream colored lashes fluttered wildly like delicate glass butterflies on the brink of flight. Alas, the force gluing his eyelids together was so heavy that he couldn’t bring himself to open his eyes. Moreover, his entire body felt as heavy as lead as if an oppressive mountain had settled upon him, rendering him too lazy to even move a finger.

It took him a while to register that the so-called mountain was, in fact, Jin Jiuchi who was spooning him from behind, almost pinning him down to the bed with his massive frame.

Amidst his blurry consciousness, memories from the previous night flooded Shen Nianzu’s mind.

After making their relationship official, Shen Nianzu finally couldn’t bear the sticky and cold sensation on his body any longer and went to take a shower. Except a certain husky dared to trail along behind him and posed an audacious question, "Do boyfriends shower together too?"

Facing those seemingly innocuous yet sly eyes, Shen Nianzu responded by slamming the door shut, leaving Jin Jiuchi outside to mourn about how cruel and heartless he was, and how he should cherish his boyfriend more.

Cherish, my ass! Shen Nianzu cursed inwardly as he stood before the mirror, observing the cluster of dark hickeys, finger bruises and bite marks that concentrated on the area around his neck and legs. They appeared particularly conspicuous against his fair skin. Coupled with his tousled disheveled silver hair, glossy eyes and flushed cheeks, he looked as if he had just braced through a deadly storm.

Don’t think he couldn’t guess Jin Jiuchi’s intention to follow him into the bathroom. That damned perverted husky clearly wanted to seize the opportunity to have more! Worse still, they had only reached the hands and mouth stage. Shen Nianzu had not even taught Jin Jiuchi that a man could feel pleasure through their ass yet. By the time they got to the real thing in the future, he... he would have died of excessive indulgence. No, he must not allow this to continue. He had to restrict Jin Jiuchi’s carnal diet from now on!

With that resolution in mind, Shen Nianzu turned on the shower and washed himself.

Outside, Jin Jiuchi let out a sneeze. He rubbed his nose and sniffled, "Did someone just talk bad about me?" Hearing the sounds of running water inside, he knew that he had lost the chance to have a shower together with the jade doll to strengthen their newly established bond. Sulking, Jin Jiuchi could only return to the bed and wrap himself into a burrito.

The sheets in Jin Jiuchi’s room were beyond salvaging, and Shen Nianzu lacked the energy to change it, so the two of them ended up settling in his own room. Somewhere between the embrace of Jin Jiuchi’s firm hold and the rhythmic cadence of his powerful heartbeat resonating near his ear, Shen Nianzu unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

And it was, by all accounts, the best one he’d had in ages.

What time is it? He wondered sleepily. However, his position right now was far too comfortable, so he remained motionless until the phone’s intrusive ringing ceased after roughly ten seconds, allowing silence to fill the room once more.

Shen Nianzu breathed a sigh of relief, his consciousness teetering on the brink of succumbing to the gentle embrace of sleep again. Alas, just as he was about to yield to its soothing tendrils, the phone rang again.

An annoyed groan broke free from his lips as he reluctantly withdrew from Jin Jiuchi’s embrace to fumble over the nightstand in search of his phone, his eyes still bleary with drowsiness. Jin Jiuchi, who sensed that the jade doll in his arms was moving away, emitted a disgruntled sound and shifted closer so that he could encircle Shen Nianzu’s bare torso in his arms again.

Shen Nianzu gave his head a comforting pat before grabbing his phone. He did not even bother to check the caller before answering, his annoyance at being roused awake was palpable in his tone. "What?" He answered, only to be startled at how dry and hoarse his voice sounded. He cleared his throat and attempted to speak again, but before he could even utter a single word, a jarring cry pierced through his eardrum from the other end.

"Wuwuwuwu, Xiao Shen! Xiao Shen, how... how can he be such a jerk?! I hate him, I hate him so much waaaah!"

Shen Nianzu winced and quickly pulled the phone away from his ear before he could go deaf. He squinted his eyes to see the screen and yes, the person calling at an ungodly hour of six in the morning was truly Gu Luoxin.

What the hell?

The young man had turned into an angry and sobbing mess, and it took Shen Nianzu a while to be able to slip in a question amidst his unstoppable tirade. "What’s wrong with you?"

Alas, it seemed like he had chosen the wrong question because Gu Luoxin’s distress erupted into even louder sobs. "I–I don’t know what’s wrong with me either wuwuwu! Is there something wrong with me?! Am I annoying?! He told me to sing, so I sang my heart out. I sang until my throat turned dry but he... he..." Gu Luoxin’s voice abruptly changed into a colder and deadpan tone, tinged with a nasally undercurrent. "’I appreciate your feelings, but do not come looking for me again in the future. Don’t indulge in Lucius’ whims too. If he comes to you, just ignore him.’" After that, his voice cracked and a fresh wave of wails ensued. "Can you believe it?! Can you believe the words he said to me?! Everything has been going so well, so why would he tell me that all of a sudden?! Did I do something to make him hate me? Even to the point of asking me to ignore Lucius? If he is not a jerk, then what is he?!"

Shen Nianzu was getting dizzy from the torrent of words that poured into his ears. He had tried to interject a few times to no avail, for Gu Luoxin blurted out all of those words in a single breath. Amid the flurry, one keyword managed to pierce the whirlwind and drew his attention. "Wait, Lucius?" That sobered him up almost immediately, and he bolted upright, the blanket pooling around his lap. "Did you meet Noir?"

"I... I didn’t even do it on purpose!" Gu Luoxin continued to wail. "It’s Lucius who came to me first waaah! How did you expect me to ignore such an adorable cat? You might as well cut a pound of my flesh instead!!"

Through Gu Luoxin’s chaotic and jumbled words, Shen Nianzu gradually managed to extract a few main points and he was amazed to discover that such a coincidence existed. After all, what were the odds that Noir would turn out to be Gu Luoxin’s upperclassman?

"Ah, that makes sense," Shen Nianzu let out a helpless sigh as he raked his fingers through his tangled hair. Ugh, they must have become knotted due to all the turning and tossing he did last night. "It’s probably best if you maintain some distance from Lucius," he gave a sincere advice to Gu Luoxin now that he was also an owner of a divine prop. "Always touching and stroking it. It will—"

SLAP!

The phone flew out of his hand to land somewhere on the carpeted floor, courtesy to a certain sulking husky who lacked attention. Still with his arm slung over Shen Nianzu’s torso, he peered up through his lashes and sulked, "Why is Nian’er ignoring me?" His morning voice carried a hoarse and incredibly alluring quality akin to the seductive resonance of low bass notes.

Due to Shen Nianzu’s movement, the blanket covering their bodies had slid down and only clung to Jin Jiuchi’s lower torso, revealing the magnificent sight of his naked back with all the glorious honeyed skin and taut, sinewy muscles.

Shen Nianzu had not had the chance to fully appreciate this heavenly sight last night, as he was too caught up in a swirl of flustered emotions. Thus he seized the opportunity to indulge his gaze, tracing a visual path from the elegant curvature of Jin Jiuchi’s shoulder blades to the enticing dip of his spine, where delicate back dimples peeked out just beyond the edge of the blanket. The sight abruptly seized his breath away because holy hell, Jin Jiuchi had back dimples! Not to mention, that perky ass...

Jin Jiuchi could downright pose as a men’s underwear model and Shen Nianzu was certain that the product would sell out in mere seconds!

Shen Nianzu gulped. He could no longer tell for certain whether the dryness on his throat was due to the lack of water or the man’s captivating visage. Just like that, his anger was doused before it could even rear its head, and the existence of the phone was thrown to the back of his mind, leaving a miserable Gu Luoxin who kept calling out, "Hello? Hello, Xiao Shen? Are you still there? Wuwuwu, even Xiao Shen is ignoring me!!"

"Who is ignoring you?" Shen Nianzu bent down and pressed a butterfly kiss upon Jin Jiuchi’s pouting lips, while his hand embarked its secret exploration down the man’s back, following the masculine trajectory of his spine until he reached the sexy back dimples. "Good morning, boyfriend."