Judging by the shape, it should be pretty good.
“Sir?” Xia Xunqian asked again.
Feng Lin: “………………”
Before Feng Lin could speak, Xia Xunqian directly reached out and slipped his hand into Feng Lin’s trouser pocket.
“Xia Xunqian.” Feng Lin raised his voice in warning.
Xia Xunqian boldly ignored him and took out the item from Feng Lin’s pocket.
The moment he pulled it out, Xia Xunqian couldn’t hold back his laughter.
Pfft—
It was hard to imagine that someone like Feng Lin—a well-dressed, cold-faced king of hell—would keep something meant to comfort a child in his pocket.
What Xia Xunqian pulled out was a small, chubby knife made of wood. It was round and plump, about half the size of a palm.
“This is so cute.” After laughing, Xia Xunqian gently rubbed the wooden chubby knife, clearly unable to put it down.
“Where did sir get this?”
Feng Lin closed his eyes briefly. “Picked it up on the road.”
“Sir doesn’t seem to like it very much.” Xia Xunqian said with a half-smile, testing him.
“Then give it to me. I like it.”
Before Feng Lin could refuse, the item was already slipped into Xia Xunqian’s pocket. Immediately after, Xia Xunqian asked again, “Is there anything else?”
Feng Lin: “Anything else what?”
Xia Xunqian: “Yesterday you said… you would get me ointment…”
After a long moment.
Feng Lin took out a small box of moisturizing ointment from his pocket and handed it to Xia Xunqian.
Xia Xunqian took the ointment from Feng Lin’s hand. Suddenly, courage welled up in him. His eyes, full of spring-like allure, flickered slightly. “I have something to ask you, sir.”
Feng Lin’s expression turned serious. His sharp brows and eyes showed no warmth. “Speak.”
Holding the ointment, Xia Xunqian asked, “What do you see me as?”
Feng Lin’s gaze darkened. “You choose to trust me by climbing into my bed. What do you think I should see you as?”
Xia Xunqian pressed his lips tightly together. The dim light in the boy’s eyes flowed and faded. “I don’t know.”
Feng Lin looked at him. “That’s why you don’t understand what liking really is.”
Flattery, submission, and coaxing were only ways for him to protect himself. What he wanted was a shelter from the storm. Whoever Feng Third Master was didn’t matter.
Xia Xunqian met his gaze and spoke in a tempting tone. “Then teach me, sir.”
Feng Lin turned his eyes away indifferently. “If the Feng family were ruled by Feng Jianjue, what would you do?”
Xia Xunqian’s expression darkened. “Sir doesn’t need to test me.”
“Even if my life is cheap, I’m not for just anyone.”
“I only stay close to you, sir. If the Feng family were ruled by Feng Jianjue, I would still follow you.”
Xia Xunqian looked both angry and hurt. It was obvious that he was upset. “I like you, sir.”
Feng Lin didn’t answer. After the two looked at each other for two seconds, Feng Lin turned and left the room.
“Get dressed and come out to eat.”
Feng Lin’s tone returned to its usual indifference.
If you listened carefully, though, it was different.
Xia Xunqian wasn’t angry. He walked to the door and looked at Feng Lin’s back. “Can I eat with you, sir?”
“I want to eat together with you…”
Feng Lin glanced sideways and did not refuse. “Move faster.”
Xia Xunqian held onto the doorframe. The narrow gap of the door creaked softly. “I don’t have any new clothes.”
“Can I wear your clothes to go out?”
Feng Lin rejected him without even turning his head, his tone sharp. “No.”
Clothes that don’t properly cover the body are improper.
“Then can sir find me something that fits?” Xia Xunqian asked cautiously.
Feng Lin frowned slightly.
“Xia Xunqian, do you take me for a servant?”
Xia Xunqian’s voice grew weaker. “I didn’t…”
With that, Feng Lin left with a cold face.
Five minutes later.
Feng Lin came back from around the corner and handed Xia Xunqian a clean set of clothes.
After changing, Xia Xunqian walked out with slightly trembling legs.
He had applied the medicine himself, but the position was wrong, and he ended up getting it all over his hand.
When he came out, Feng Lin happened to look at him. He saw the white, thick ointment smeared on Xia Xunqian’s fingertips, looking strangely irritating.
Xia Xunqian hurriedly turned his head and went to the water basin in the courtyard to rinse his hands under running water.
After washing his hands, Xia Xunqian followed behind Feng Lin.
His steps were extremely slow.
The Feng family courtyard was large. For someone there for the first time, getting lost without guidance wouldn’t be strange. Seeing Xia Xunqian falling farther and farther behind, Feng Lin stopped and looked back.
“Are you a snail?” Feng Lin asked.
Xia Xunqian stood more than ten meters away. For no clear reason, he pressed his lips together in frustration and snapped back sharply, “It’s because sir’s life is bad and rotten.”
Feng Lin: ?
Feng Lin: ???
The crease between Feng Lin’s brows deepened sharply.
He stood there with a cold face, waiting as Xia Xunqian walked over step by step.
When Xia Xunqian reached him, Feng Lin blocked his way. “What did you just say?”
Xia Xunqian guiltily looked away. “I said sir is impressive, my legs are shaking…”
Feng Lin turned away coldly, unconsciously slowing his pace.
When they reached the dining table, Xia Xunqian finally understood why Feng Lin had insisted on eating with him today.
Feng Jianjue and Madam Xue were both present at the table.
There was also a younger girl.
Xia Xunqian was seeing her for the first time. Feng Lin had a younger sister—this must be her.
Feng Lin walked over with a cold expression and sat down, then pulled out the chair beside him, signaling Xia Xunqian to sit.
Xia Xunqian obediently sat beside Feng Lin.
The atmosphere at the table became extremely strange because of Xia Xunqian.
When Madam Xue saw Xia Xunqian sit down, she immediately slammed her chopsticks onto the table with a loud bang.
“Feng Lin! The Feng family dining table is not a place where just any stray cat or dog can sit!”
Madam Xue’s eyes burned with anger. “You brought him back and I didn’t say anything, but that doesn’t mean I let you act recklessly and break the rules!”
Xia Xunqian lowered his gaze. Under the table, his hands clenched tightly into fists.
Suddenly, a large hand wrapped around his.
The warm touch was comforting.
Xia Xunqian froze for a moment. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Feng Lin and quietly tightened his grip in return.
Feng Lin let out a scornful laugh, his eyes dark as an abyss. “My father is dead. So now I’ll change the rules.”
His eyes were deep and heavy. Though his tone sounded ordinary, it carried intense pressure.
“Aunt, you know this. I’ve had a bad temper since I was young. I can’t stand my things being coveted or bullied by others. So please bear with it in the future.”
Madam Xue’s eyes sharpened. Living under the same roof with Feng Lin for so long, how could she not understand his nature?
Feng Lin would never truly want a man.
But Xia Xunqian had hooked Feng Jianjue’s soul.
That was why she had driven Xia Xunqian away.
Seeing how Feng Lin was protecting Xia Xunqian now, Madam Xue suddenly felt that his emotions were not just anger from being provoked.
“Hmph.” Madam Xue let out a light laugh, her eyes full of probing. “Third, you wouldn’t really like this man, would you?”
“Your father’s last wish was for you to marry Gu Sheng from the Gu family. You haven’t forgotten that, have you?”
Feng Lin replied coldly, “I will naturally marry and have children. That’s not something you need to worry about, Aunt.”
As soon as he finished speaking—
Suddenly, Feng Lin felt his hand go empty. Xia Xunqian pulled his hand away, biting his lip as if enduring something.
At that moment, Feng Jianjue, who had been watching Xia Xunqian closely, suddenly spoke up. “Did you hear that? Feng Lin said he’ll marry and have children.”
Feng Jianjue looked amused, as if watching a show. “So how about you and Second Master? Second Master would surely raise you nice and plump.”
Seeing her son act like this, Madam Xue became even angrier, furious at his lack of backbone.
“Bang!!”
Madam Xue slammed the table and stood up, her sharp eyes staring at Xia Xunqian as if he were a seductive fox.
Her entire face twisted with rage, her words cutting like blades.
“Just wait and see! This household will be ruined sooner or later by this fox spirit!”