DB Chapter 144

Chapter 144 – Stomach Ache 

Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)

Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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The two of them didn’t have a good time. Halfway through it, Shan Ming started to feel pain in his stomach again. Shen Changze had to finish hastily and then saw that Shan Ming was in so much pain that he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Shen Changze didn’t bring any medicine with him so he hugged him and rubbed his stomach for a long time. But it still didn’t make Shan Ming feel any better. So he simply helped him up to go downstairs so that they could go to the hospital.

When Shan Ming heard that he was taking him to the hospital, he refused to move.

Shen Changze saw that he was so uncomfortable but only pretended to be calm. So he couldn’t bear to force him. He started to coax him softly, “Baba, you are not on the battlefield so you don’t have to bear with your pain. I will take you to the hospital. We’ll find out what’s going on.”

“I don’t want to go.”

“How will you know what’s wrong if you don’t go…”

“I’m not fucking sick. I just haven’t eaten.”

“You didn’t eat? How many days have you not eaten?”

Shan Ming felt guilty, “Only a few days…”

“How many days?”

“Maybe…a day or two?… Or two to three days…” Shan Ming couldn’t remember to eat by himself. Since he didn’t feel hungry, he thought it was troublesome to find something to eat.

Shen Changze was so angry that he wanted to slap him, “Did you stop eating and started to drink again?!”

Shan Ming buried his face in the blanket, “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine in a while. I’m going to sleep.”

Shen Changze pulled off the quilt, “We’ll go to the hospital! You’re such an adult but you don’t even know how to eat? Look at you. You still say you don’t want to be taken care of. I think I’ve spoiled you too much!” Shen Changze pulled him up from the bed and forced him to wear his clothes.

Shan Ming shouted over and over in protest “I’m not going to the hospital. Damn it. I said I’m not going.” He knew Shan Ming was a well-known first-class mercenary in the world which was worth tens of millions. If he went to the hospital because he didn’t eat and got an upset stomach, it’ll hurt his pride. What’s the difference between slapping him in the face? He couldn’t afford to lose that pride of his. So he just wanted to wait for this level of suffering to pass.

Shen Changze pressed down his kicking leg and suddenly became angry. He threw him on the bed and sat on him, “I’ll find you a doctor! We won’t go to the hospital but don’t move around. I’ll go to the doctor’s head office! “

Shan Ming became honest when he heard these words. He just closed his eyes and turned his head away, “I won’t go to the hospital.”

Shen Changze felt helpless. He called the front desk on the hotel phone and asked them to find a private doctor for him.

Shan Ming became quieter. His somewhat moist eyes turned blank as he looked at Shen Changze.

Shen Changze gently rubbed his stomach with his gentle palm, “Baba, it’s been so many years. Why are you still acting like a child?”

“Who are you talking about? What Bullshit.”

“I’m talking bullshit? Fifteen years ago, I was only five years old. But I washed your clothes, washed your socks, and brushed your shoes. If you were hungry, the food would be brought to you or else you won’t even remember when to eat. You drank alcohol at every turn regardless of the condition of your stomach. If I didn’t set your regular daily routines, you would do whatever you want. Other adults are not even like you.”

“Even guns can’t kill me. Will I die because of irregular routines in life?”

Shen Changze hugged him tightly as he pressed his hot face against Shan Ming’s, “Of course you will. Many people have never encountered a bullet in their life. But nobody has never been sick in their life. You don’t pay attention to your health. What do you want me to do with you?”

Shan Ming half-opened his eyes lazily, feeling so guilty that he didn’t know what else to say.

“Baba, why won’t you admit that you can’t take care of yourself alone? You need me.”

“As far as I know you were the one looking for me every day. So do you need me or I need you?”

“I need you and you need me.”

Shan Ming moved his body to look for a more comfortable position. He said softly, “That’s pretty pleasing to the ear.”

Shen Changze kissed his forehead, “This is the third time that you have abandoned me. When I first found out that you ran away again, I was so angry that I wanted to break your leg. But my mother told me that I can’t deal with you like that. I still have to be gentle with you. In fact, I already understand the truth. But what you did annoyed me too much.”

Shan Ming froze and looked up at him, “What do you mean your mother? Zhao Qingling? What does she know about us?”

“She knows everything. My father had told her.”

Shan Ming’s face turned pale.

Shen Changze said indifferently, “My mother was very happy when she found out.”

Shan Ming trembled in shame: “Why is that?”

“Because you are a man. So I have no chance to create another pure dragon-blooded man. So she is very happy.”

Shan Ming didn’t know how to describe his current mood. Since he couldn’t have a child, Shen Changze’s mother was very happy even if his son got together with his adoptive father? Even a person like him with no sense of shame or ethics feels that this is not something that should be known to others. It can only be said that this woman Zhao Qingling is really extraordinary.

Shen Changze deliberately distracted him by talking to him so that he would not pay so much attention to his stomach ache. At this time, he continued to rub his belly and said, “My mother said that after I found you, I should try not to be angry with you. Because if I’m angry with you, you will also get angry. And then I will be even angrier. It’ll become a vicious cycle. So I’m trying to hold back this time.”

Shan Ming was very annoyed, “You are not allowed to discuss the matter between us with Zhao Qingling. Especially about me.”

“Why not? I have been separated from her for too long so we don’t have many topics to talk about. We only have limited mutual acquaintances.”

“Then you…-” Shan Ming really didn’t know what else to say. So he had to change the subject, “Where is Zhao Qingling now?”

“With my father. She stayed with him to observe him in Lingshan. She was hoping she could change his mind.”

“Is this all that the higher-ups did to him? He really wasn’t punished that badly at all.” Shan Ming said angrily. But then he remembered that the guy was Shen Changze’s biological father so he stopped talking.

Shen Changze was silent for a while before saying, “Baba, I know you hate him very much. But he is still my biological father. My mother and I will not watch him die. Imprisoning him may be the best solution.”

Shan Ming let out an ‘hmm’. Another sharp pain came from his stomach. He hissed and gasped for breath.

Shen Changze said in a deep voice, “I told you to go to the hospital.”

“No way.” Shan Ming still objected firmly.

“Wait for the doctor. Baba, my mother wants to meet you again. Come back to Beijing with me.”

Shan Ming shook his head, “Stop joking. How can I face her now?”

“Are you embarrassed?”

“Fuck off. I won’t go see her anyway.”

Shen Changze laughed for a moment before saying, “You still don’t seem to understand your situation. Now that you are in my hands, you have to go wherever I want you to go. Do you think I will let you escape from me for the fourth time?”

Shan Ming gritted his teeth and said, “I should have strangled you to death when you were young.”

Shen Changze kissed him on the forehead again, “Baba, as I said earlier, you can’t escape from my grasp. If you are obedient, life will be easier for you. If not, I can only tie you down. You think for yourself which ending is the best for you.”

Just as soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Shen Changze opened the door and welcomed the doctor in. The doctor examined Shan Ming and finally diagnosed it as acute gastroenteritis. However, Shan Ming endured it for so many days and it was prone to lead to gastric perforation. The doctor asked Shan Ming to go to the hospital for an examination in a responsible manner.

Shan Ming still refused to go. So he had no choice but to give Shan Ming an injection and prescribed some medicines.

After the doctor left, Shen Changze called and ordered a meal from a Chinese restaurant. They prepared porridge and some side dishes according to his requirements.

Shen Changze brought the porridge in front of Shan Ming. The porridge was soft and fragrant. It looked very attractive but Shan Ming had no appetite at all. So he turned his head away after looking at it. His hair was wet with sweat and he looked a little pathetic.

Shen Changze helped him up to a sit on the bed. He fed him spoonful by spoonful but Shan Ming still refused to eat it. So Shen Changze had to even coax him to swallow the food. After eating a bowl of porridge for half an hour, Shen Changze was exhausted and sweating.

But he likes to take care of Shan Ming. He likes to participate in every part of Shan Ming’s life. He also likes the feeling of having everything Shan Ming do under his control. Sometimes, even he himself wonders how he can be so obsessed with a person. But he can’t help it. His feelings for Shan Ming have been accumulated bit by bit in the past fifteen years. It almost occupied his entire life. He was everywhere in his memory. He filled every inch of space in his heart. He haunted him and made him crazy.

He never regretted waiting for Shan Ming’s to open up to him. He will earnestly ask for Shan Ming’s response and he will never let go of it.

After Shan Ming finished eating, he lay down in a daze. Shen Changze sat next to him with his hands lightly placed beside him. He was subconsciously making a protective gesture.

Shan Ming glanced at him and suddenly said with emotion, “It’s really not easy for us to get this far.”

Shen Changze touched his face and let out a soft ‘hmm’.

Before Shan Ming fell asleep, he muttered, “Rub it for me again.”

Shen Changze lay down beside him and wrapped him in his arms. He covered his stomach with his warm and strong palm as he slowly rubbed on it.

Shan Ming closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. He knew that if there was one place in this world that was 100% safe in his mind, it would be in Shen Changze’s arms.

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*Translator’s Note: SM’s pride is as high as a mountain. Lol. I haven’t posted any pictures in a while. So, here you go. -K

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Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)

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