A man with a gloomy expression walked out of the bathroom. The belt of his bathrobe was tied loosely, exposing a large expanse of smooth, well-defined chest muscles.
Water droplets were still dripping from his black hair, and one droplet traced down his slender brows and eyes before falling onto his alluring collarbone and chest.
He raised an eyebrow lazily, his voice deep and magnetic. “Zeze, it might hurt a little bit later, so just bear with it, huh.”
However, the boy being spoken to had his hands bound behind his back, with a towel stuffed into his mouth.
Hearing this, Lin Ze’s complexion instantly turned pale with unmistakable terror. He frantically shook his head at Yi Yan in fear.
Yi Yan’s deep eyes held a look of scrutiny. He curved the corners of his mouth, though there was not a trace of a smile in his eyes. “Oh? You don’t want this?”
“Mmm, mmm.”
“Are you trying to speak?” he asked, raising an eyebrow nonchalantly.
“Mmm, mmm, MMH!”
With his mouth stuffed, Lin Ze couldn’t clearly articulate the words he wanted to express, so he could only respond with muffled noises.
“Alright, alright, alright. Don’t be so excited. I’ll take this off for you right now.” Yi Yan replied casually, as if he weren’t the person committing such a malicious act against Lin Ze.
The moment the towel was pulled away, Lin Ze could no longer suppress the panic in his heart, yet his tongue remained sharp and unforgiving.
“Yi, Yi Yan! Do you even realize what you’re doing? You bastard! Untie me right now!”
Yi Yan chuckled softly, his eyes filled with a chilling arrogance. “Untie you, my ass! Ever since we’ve known each other, Zeze has never given me a chance.”
Seeing Lin Ze’s head drop lower and lower, and his body trembling uncontrollably, Yi Yan knew that Lin Ze still refused to repent!
“What are you hanging your head for?” What started as a calm, light chuckle abruptly vanished as Yi Yan wiped the smile from his face. “Don’t you think that just by saying you’re wrong today, I’m going to let you go!”
That fierce, ferocious gaze stared fixedly at Lin Ze, as if the next second he would viciously bite down on him and completely brand him with his exclusive scent before he would be willing to stop!
“Yi Yan, calm down! Do, do you know? You’re acting like a total lunatic right now!”
“I’m not a lunatic. Weren’t you the one who loved calling me a pervert earlier? Go on, call me one now!”
“Damn it, you really are a pervert and you’re ruining my worldview! I’ve reasoned with you nicely over and over again. I don’t like guys, and I’m not gay! Why do you have to keep pestering me so shamelessly?!”
“That’s because you don’t understand this kind of happiness yet. Don’t worry. I’ll make you get used to it very soon.”
Watching Yi Yan slowly close in on him, Lin Ze scrambled backward in terror, stammering, “You crazy, pervert. Ah!”
“Ah, ah!” Lin Ze woke up abruptly from the bed. He glanced around and realized he was still in his own rented apartment.
He only then discovered that he had just been having a nightmare!
“Damn it,” Lin Ze cursed, lifting his head. “Why would I have such a bizarre dream? That is completely absurd, utterly absurd!”
Yet, just thinking about Yi Yan made his blood boil with anger!
If it weren’t for the fact that Yi Yan had been acting weird lately, mysteriously following him around and striking up conversations, would he have had such a terrifying nightmare tonight?
Come to think of it, why has Yi Yan been so attentive to him recently anyway?
The mere thought of that past incident made Lin Ze secretly resent Yi Yan all over again.
Back then, there was a time he got cornered in an alley and schemed against; otherwise, there was no way he would have been taken down by those scumbags!
By sheer coincidence, Yi Yan happened to be passing down that exact street at that very moment. Seeing Lin Ze sprawled face-down on the ground, Yi Yan had grinned with unusual brightness and cheer, “Zeze, is the ground that nice and cool, sleeping out here on the street?”
Yi Yan seemed to have said a few other things as well, but the one sentence that remained etched most vividly in Lin Ze’s memory was precisely that one, with his sarcasm level maxed out!
For crying out loud! Didn’t he see that his whole body was covered in injuries?
That single remark from Yi Yan was precisely what dragged Lin Ze’s hazy consciousness gradually back to reality.
When he raised his gaze, all he saw was Yi Yan walking away with a dashing stride, hands shoved deep into his pockets! He didn’t even bother to offer a helping hand!
Prior to that, the two of them had only crossed paths twice, and every single time ended with Lin Ze furious and annoyed.
Coincidentally, just a few days after starting his freshman year of college, he ran into Yi Yan right on campus.
It had happened several times already. Yi Yan acted like a leopard lurking in the shadows, waiting specifically for him in places he frequented.
Lately, it had become even more outrageous! He was constantly coming up to talk to him.