Saliva therapy?
But that excuse has already been used.
What else? What other excuses…
Li ZouXing hid in the bathroom until he calmed down before daring to come out.
Watching Gu WenCheng enjoying himself with various methods was indeed enjoyable, but also really uncomfortable.
When he mechanically attended to his own needs, the mixed scent of handsomeness and seductiveness was almost driving Li ZouXing crazy.
However, for the sake of saving face for the author, and of course, more importantly, for his own benefit, Li ZouXing gritted his teeth and endured.
As he was about to go to bed after coming out, Gu WenCheng suddenly spoke, “Aren’t you going to undress?”
“Uh…” Li ZouXing hesitantly started to undress.
Knowing full well what the other person meant, Li ZouXing glanced at him and said, “You’re covering up so tightly, aren’t you feeling hot?”
Gu WenCheng lifted a corner of the blanket, too disheveled to let the other person see, revealing his long legs, which were completely bare.
One knew everything and was anxious, while the other knew nothing and was eager.
They could only look at each other, with one desperately desiring and the other completely oblivious.
That night, with mischievous thoughts in their hearts, they surprisingly spent a peaceful night.
The next afternoon, several of them were already prepared to head to the auction area.
Nana somehow got wind of the news and insisted on joining them. She followed behind them, and when they entered the auction area, her face revealed a hint of panic because she had never been to this place before.
Ji Yu was puzzled, “If you’re scared, why did you come?”
That hit the nail on the head.
Sometimes, it’s best to be direct when dealing with a girl’s thoughts.
Nana smiled and said, “It’s precisely because I’m scared that I wanted to come and take a look.”
She tried not to look at Gu WenCheng, and when her occasional glances in his direction were about to happen, they were subtly blocked by Li ZouXing.
He realized that as he and Gu WenCheng helped each other more and more, he was beginning to feel possessive of Gu WenCheng.
Thinking about it, they made quite the unusual couple.
Li ZouXing couldn’t help but chuckle, and the ticket inspector gave him a glance, “Go ahead.”
It had been a long time since he had come here, and the front part of the auction area was no different from before. However, as they walked further towards the middle and back, the entire group fell silent.
Seeing is believing. Compared to a vague “knowing about this,” it was too cruel.
The fact that the auction area of Utopia Star could be openly placed in the center made aspiring young individuals, who longed for the light, feel a heavy burden.
Upon reaching the auction house, it was already crowded. Waiters led them to their seats, conveniently situated in the center facing the auction platform.
Seats all around them were occupied by people, their appearances hidden in the darkness. The wristbands they wore were constraints on their mental powers. Even though they weren’t far apart, the privacy was quite strong.
However, when Li ZouXing looked at the priced snacks on the table and the drinks brought by the waiters, he asked, “Did you bring money?”
The hands of the several young men stretched out, but they froze instantly.
Gu WenCheng shrugged nonchalantly, “Just take a look. It doesn’t mean you have to buy anything, and besides, don’t underestimate young people. Being broke now doesn’t mean we’ll be broke in the future.”
After saying this, Nana looked at him with even more admiration.
Before long, the host took the stage. After finishing the opening remarks, he quickly started the auction for the first item. The first dozen or so items listed on the sheet didn’t hold any interest for them, despite some of them being rare and valuable.
The members of the Dream Team knew Gu WenCheng’s purpose in coming here. They had always believed in the explanations he had given them earlier and had kept the secret.
However, it wasn’t until the second-to-last item in the auction, a mysterious item, that they still hadn’t seen any items related to banned substances.
Gu WenCheng’s interest waned, and as his little sun had said, the auction house owner was just playing tricks.
“Today’s auction is coming to an end,” the host walked around under the lights, and the staff hadn’t placed anything on the stage. He smiled strangely in response to the inquiries from the audience below, “Now, let’s proceed with the auction of the final item of the entire event.”
He walked to the workbench, “He has exceptionally high psychic talents and is quite handsome, representing the new generation of Chengyang Military Academy.”
The host’s smile became even more enigmatic, “What’s more, he has been personally designated by Walter as his future rival.”
The audience erupted in shock, and all members of the Dream Team’s pupils constricted.
“The last auction item!” A spotlight shone on Li ZouXing, who had a grim expression on his face. The host’s voice was impassioned, “Mr. Li ZouXing, who is closely related to Walter! As long as you buy him, do you still need to worry about not finding Walter? Whether you have hatred or want to challenge Walter’s authority, isn’t it time to act now?!”
The dark lights only illuminated Li ZouXing clearly, and his expression, filled with suppressed anger, was visible to everyone.
Ling Nian tightly held Gu WenCheng, preventing him from rushing into the spotlight. His expression was equally unpleasant, and he glared at the host on the stage, his gaze sharp, as he muttered, “Don’t act impulsively! Do you want everyone here to know who you are and what you look like?!”
Those who came to the auction area were not clean-cut individuals.
Gu WenCheng couldn’t heed his advice; his neck veins bulged, and his teeth gnashed loudly as he attempted to pounce in Li ZouXing’s direction.
His little sun, now being treated as an item for everyone to scrutinize!
How many of these people harbored ill intentions toward Walter? How many would redirect that malice…
He was filled with astonishment and rage.
Ling Nian held him back with all his might but heard a cracking sound. He looked in shock at Gu WenCheng’s hand, where the bracelet that restricted their use of mental powers had shattered into pieces and fallen to the ground.
Li ZouXing took a few deep breaths and calmed himself. He turned to face the darkness, with only the spotlight shining on him, making it impossible for him to see the people in the darkness. “Don’t act impulsively, WenCheng.”
“When I’m being toyed with like this,” Li ZouXing’s tone was unexpectedly gentle, “I know you’re very angry, and Ling Nian is angry too. Just bear with it, alright?”
The trailing note in his words instantly calmed Gu WenCheng down. He gestured to Ling Nian to let go of him and whispered, “Okay.”
He was genuinely furious.
Gu WenCheng turned his gaze back to the stage, his eyes inscrutable. His mental power, now tinged with his anger, spread out invisibly, snaking along the walls and floor step by step, leaving a subtle thread on everyone’s necks before leaving the venue and probing deeper.
The owner of the auction house and the people above him… a flash of ferocity crossed his face.
“Since Walter considers him a rival, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Young man, why don’t you join me in dealing with Walter?”
Laughter erupted, a mix of male and female voices. “Look at that face, so handsome it makes me weak in the knees. Even if he’s not related to Walter, I’m interested. What’s the price?”
The host smiled and began to speak, “As for the price—”
But then, a haze of burnt mist started to rise from the floor near his feet.
“Did you ever ask yourself if your brain agrees with your suicidal actions?”
Gu WenCheng had shattered the bracelet on Li ZouXing’s wrist, and Li ZouXing rubbed his wrist, smiling as he sent his thoughts into the host’s ear using his mental power. “The guy who got pushed out as a scapegoat is incredibly stupid.”
The host’s heart skipped a beat. He instinctively glanced at his left hand, where the bracelet was supposed to detect mental powers within a meter. Why hadn’t it triggered?!
In this serendipitous moment, Li ZouXing, mimicking how Gu WenCheng had hypnotized him before, lowered his voice and used his mental power to hypnotize the host’s mind.
“Tell them it’s a mistake.”
“And then,” Li ZouXing grinned, “say, the last auction item is our boss.”
The host’s consciousness became foggy, and he couldn’t help but say, “The last auction item is the owner of our auction house.”
“Though our boss is getting up there in age and can only last a minute,” the host had no idea what he was saying; he simply followed the voice in his mind and continued, “he can give everyone here a fantastic dog bark.”
The men and women in the audience stared at the host in shock.
Is… Is the host talking about the auction house owner?!
Is this for real, or has this host completely lost his mind?!
In a hidden room behind the stage, the auction house owner’s face turned ugly. He smashed everything within reach, his dark and intense expression fixed on the host.
Is he trying to get himself killed?!
Damn it!
“How do you imitate a dog’s bark?” Xi Nan asked from the darkness. “Just a few ‘woofs’?”
Haha—
The sudden burst of laughter snapped the host back to reality. His face went pale, and he looked around nervously. His legs almost gave way, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
“Are you going to sell it or not?” a powerful guest mocked, “What about your boss? Is he coming over to bark a few times, or is this all just a joke to amuse us?”
The host dared not move.
His smile on his face was frozen, and despair consumed him.
He was done for.
Meanwhile, Li ZouXing and his group had followed the wall and emerged from the hidden room, brimming with determination as they sought out the mastermind behind the auction house.
Behind the six of them, Nana was still following, but she had been frightened by what had just happened with Gu WenCheng.
It was like an enraged wild beast.
Gu WenCheng could easily sense the hidden room where the auction house owner was hiding using his mental power. He led his teammates with a cold expression towards the direction of the auction house owner. Whether it was because the owner underestimated their strength or his rationality had been consumed by anger, he showed no intention of trying to escape at this moment.
Very good.
Gu WenCheng sneered, very good.
Surprisingly, Li ZouXing became the calmest among them.
He still remembered the previous mental outburst when Gu WenCheng had suddenly appeared. Frowning, he spoke softly into Gu WenCheng’s ear as he held him close, “Is the other party a threat to you?”
“…Yes,” Gu WenCheng replied, changing his words somewhat impulsively. He had just thought of this as a reason.
Li ZouXing stopped in his tracks, and Gu WenCheng, held in his palm, had no choice but to stop and look back.
“If they pose a threat to you, then we shouldn’t act recklessly.”
“What?” Gu WenCheng chuckled, his anger somewhat abated. “It’s okay.”
To him, controlling the auction house owner was as simple as controlling an ant.
But his heart warmed at the feeling of being valued by the other party, a feeling that Gu WenCheng found captivating.
However, the auction house owner must not be allowed to escape.
Even if it involved the people who were still masked behind him.
Gu WenCheng held Li ZouXing’s hand and said, “I’ll be fine, and I’ll protect you.”
Then, after a brief pause, he used his mental power to whisper softly in Li ZouXing’s ear, “If I get injured… you can punish me.”
…
He could even think of this during such a situation.
Men, tsk tsk tsk.
Li ZouXing nodded in agreement, looking extremely gullible.
He also warned Gu WenCheng, “If you get injured, the punishment must last for an entire week of nights.”
Gu WenCheng’s fingers curled, and he hoarsely replied, “Okay…”
Nana, who was walking behind them, suddenly felt something strange. She stared at Gu WenCheng and Li ZouXing for a while, then couldn’t help but ask the person next to her, “Are they always this… close?”
“They’re like brothers,” Xi Nan felt that Nana’s question was quite strange. “They live together, eat together every day. Of course they’re close!”
Is that so?
Nana shook her head, feeling like she was overthinking things again.
They rushed forward like lightning, but just as Gu WenCheng was about to break through the door of the auction house owner, his expression changed. “Someone is blocking my mental power.”
Li ZouXing immediately pushed open the door. The auction house owner was sitting in a chair with his back to them, his hand resting on the armrest and dripping blood onto the floor.
A sense of foreboding rose in their hearts. They circled to the front and saw that indeed, the auction house owner was tilting his head, eyes wide open, and had died a gruesome death in his seat.
“Ah!” Nana exclaimed in shock but quickly bit her lip to stifle the sound.
Ling Nian instinctively activated the recording system, ensuring that this wasn’t an attempt to frame them.
Gu WenCheng, on the other hand, was infuriated and amused at the same time.
The person he wanted to kill had been killed by the other side’s leader before him.
This was a clear provocation in his eyes.
However, the other side’s mental power could only block Gu WenCheng for a moment. He quickly surrounded the remaining mental power and mercilessly crushed it before it could dissipate completely.
Gu WenCheng believed that the injuries the other party had suffered were far worse than his last mental power outburst.
However…
His face turned pale, and Li ZuoXing instinctively wrapped his arms around Gu WenCheng’s waist. “What’s wrong?!”
The protagonist in his arms weakly closed his eyes. “I feel uncomfortable.”
His hidden eyes betrayed his vulnerability.
Li ZuoXing, looking concerned, didn’t know if he noticed but held onto him tightly. He then draped Gu WenCheng’s arm around his neck and began to carry him out.
Their chests and backs were pressed tightly against each other.
Due to the rough treatment and torture in the past few days, the pomegranate seeds on Gu WenCheng’s back were already in tatters. The clothes Gu WenCheng had found were made of very delicate fabric, but now, Li ZuoXing’s clothes were much coarser than his.
Through the layer of soft fabric, they could feel the warmth and friction distinctly.
Gu WenCheng buried his head in the crook of Li ZuoXing’s neck and, while he wasn’t paying attention, took a deep breath.
Li ZuoXing felt a tingling sensation on his scalp from Gu WenCheng’s breath, and goosebumps rose on the arm that was holding Gu WenCheng’s legs.
It was another one of those tormenting yet pleasurable interactions.
Watching their interaction, Nana remained silent.
“…” She couldn’t help but think she should really see a doctor. Why else would she see pink bubbles around these two?
“I’m injured,” Gu WenCheng whispered softly.
The reason had come.
“Yeah,” Li ZuoXing replied, a smile flashing in his eyes, “so tonight, you should rest well.”
He acted as if he didn’t know about Gu WenCheng’s ulterior motives and even shook him up a couple of times to prevent him from slipping down from his back.
This position was a bit awkward, and for Gu WenCheng, who liked to save face and act cool, he had never expected to find himself in a situation where he was piggybacked by another man.
Xi Nan and the others were on the side, showing their loyalty, “It’s our turn to carry him in a while!”
“No thanks,” Li ZuoXing declined directly, joking, “You guys have rough hands and feet, can you handle WenCheng?”
Gu WenCheng… Gu WenCheng was emitting a peachy scent again.
The author has something to say:
Li ZuoXing: Don’t touch him, you guys are so rough!
Gu WenCheng: Recall once, twice, three times… a thousand times… two thousand times… My long legs are nothing, not attractive at all.
Cheng Cheng is really adorable! If you don’t want those long legs, can you give them to me?
