Chapter 4

He unconsciously raised a hand to loosen his collar, his gaze involuntarily drifting toward the soft couch.

The moment their eyes met, he realized that Yinghuo had been watching him too…

Very soon, Gu Xinian could no longer spare a thought for anything else.

At first, he merely felt a little dizzy, followed by some strange changes in his body.

But soon, all that remained in his mind was Yinghuo’s bewitchingly beautiful face and the scorching desire surging through him, so overwhelming that it threatened to drown out everything else.

He was like a fish on the verge of drowning.

He didn’t even know how he had made his way to Yinghuo’s side. Only a fleeting moment of clarity allowed him to glimpse his own reflection in Yinghuo’s eyes.

His clothes were disheveled, his face flushed with desire…

But he was soon overwhelmed by another wave of desire, leaving him incapable of thinking about anything at all. Only his body’s instincts remained.

He gazed at Yinghuo in unbearable longing, desperately wanting to do something, yet [unauthorized copy]his complete lack of experience left him momentarily at a loss.

Meanwhile, the overwhelming sensations coursing through his body urged him on relentlessly.

His eyes grew wet with distress as he helplessly reached for Yinghuo’s hand. “Mm… Yinghuo…”

“Brother Yinghuo, please… I feel so awful…”

The instant he touched him, it was like a traveler dying of thirst in the desert finally discovering an oasis. Naturally, he couldn’t bear to let go.

He couldn’t help wanting to get closer.

With difficulty, he knelt beside the man and eagerly pressed himself into Yinghuo’s embrace.

His body had been completely overtaken by the drug’s effects, leaving him without the slightest trace of embarrassment.

“It… it hurts… Help me…”

His rapid breathing brushed against Yinghuo’s ear, while the young man’s burning body pressed against him. Yinghuo maliciously pushed him away a little, only to unexpectedly notice a crystal-clear tear slipping from the corner of his eye.

He looked terribly aggrieved.

Even in such a situation, the young man’s red eyes were still filled with childlike innocence, making him appear utterly guileless.

But he was the one who had administered the drug, and everything that was happening was exactly what he had wanted. What right did he have to feel wronged?

Besides, the only reason Yinghuo had spared his life for the time being was that he needed someone to relieve the drug’s effects anyway. He simply couldn’t be bothered to look elsewhere when someone was already right in front of him.

Yet, looking at the young man like this now, he seemed to feel something more.

It was something subtle and intangible, something he hadn’t even had time to examine.

Like a pebble falling into still water, the ripple vanished almost as soon as it appeared.

Perhaps it was just another effect of the drug, he thought.

Almost involuntarily, Yinghuo gently wiped the tears from the young man’s face with his fingertips and suddenly asked in a tender voice, “Little Phoenix, why are you crying?”

He already knew the answer, of course, but Gu Xinian responded with complete sincerity.

“Hot… I feel awful… Please, give it to me…”

The young man’s voice had clearly taken on a sobbing quality. He was evidently suffering terribly.

Looking thoroughly agreeable, Yinghuo asked, “Give it to you? What exactly do you want this Lord to give you?”

“If you don’t explain yourself more clearly, how am I supposed to guess?”

Gu Xinian was already completely dazed. Hearing this, he racked his brains for a long while, desperately searching through everything he knew before finally managing to give an answer that he believed Yinghuo would understand.

“Mm… the… the rites of Duke Zhou… Hah… a tryst… on Mount Wu…”

“So, you’re talking about sexual intercourse.” A smile played at Yinghuo’s lips, but his next question was utterly malicious. “But why should I help you?”

But… but you’ve been drugged with Hehuan Powder too!

In a rare moment of clarity, Gu Xinian thought this with a deep sense of grievance.

Before he could dwell on it, however, another surging wave of desire swept over him and swallowed him whole.

“Help… help me… Please…” He whimpered miserably, his body growing increasingly hot as his desperate need remained unrelieved.

After another long while, Yinghuo finally seemed to have seen enough. Feigning kindness, he said, “If you want it that badly, then come and take it yourself.”

Hearing this, Gu Xinian struggled to raise his eyes.

As though bewitched, or perhaps because the last fragile thread of shame within him had finally snapped, he abandoned all sense of propriety and reached toward the man’s collar.

The cool touch of the fabric made him pause for an instant, but he quickly continued.

The long robe was slowly loosened, revealing the snow-white undergarment beneath it and a chest as smooth and pale as fine mutton-fat jade…

Then came his own clothes, which were already half undone.

Their tangled garments fell to the floor, and Gu Xinian pressed himself completely against Yinghuo’s body.

From an angle the man couldn’t see, a single clear tear slipped from the corner of the young man’s eye and disappeared in an instant.

The young man’s body was burning unusually hot, and the moment their skin touched, even Yinghuo couldn’t suppress a slight shudder.

Soon, following the young man’s movements, he pulled away the last scraps of fabric covering his body.

His kisses fell upon the young man’s forehead, then the ends of his brows, before moving down to his fair neck, leaving faint marks in their wake…

As their lovemaking progressed, the little patience Yinghuo possessed was completely exhausted.

His breathing grew heavy, and his movements became increasingly rough.

“Mm…” Gu Xinian couldn’t help letting out a soft moan of pain.

He suddenly gazed intently at Yinghuo for a long moment before imitating the man’s actions and pressing a kiss to the corner of his lips.

The little awareness he had left told him that perhaps doing this would please Yinghuo and make things a little easier for himself.

The unexpected kiss caught Yinghuo off guard for a moment. But he quickly recovered, took control, and deepened the kiss, their lips and tongues entwining without restraint.

…

A sudden burst of pain brought Gu Xinian a fleeting moment of clarity. Yet all he did was gaze at Yinghuo with unusual intensity until he once again lost himself in the sensations…

The candlelight flickered.

The night was still young…

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