LBOT-82

Xiao Zhan’s eyes narrowed as he concentrated.

He put shaving cream on Yibo’s face to shave the stubble on his chin, but his hands shook so much because he had never used a razor before.

Seeing that, Yibo laughed.

“You’re unstoppable when you kill people, but why are you shaking like that?”

Xiao Zhan felt that it seemed to be easier to kill people with blunt words.

“Don’t talk. Be quiet.”

He concentrated and shaved Yibo’s beard, making a scratching sound as he did so. He’d never thought a beard looked cool in his life.

Xiao Zhan’s beard didn’t grow much, thus shaving was only done on occasion, unlike Kim Joon and Kim Yaan whose beards became thick and wild in just a day.

But strangely, the beard suited Wang Yibo quite well. It made him look somewhat more decadent.

Xiao Zhan wanted to keep it, but he didn’t want him to look even more sick, so he made up his mind to shave it off.

He was focusing while staring at his cheek when he heard a knock. The food had come by the time Xiao Zhan turned around.

After shaving, he cleansed Yibo’s face with a warm towel.

Wang Yibo had lost weight while he was in the hospital, which made his already sharp features even sharper.

Xiao Zhan opened the table on the bed and offered him porridge after tidying up. For the time being, he could only eat porridge. He set the utensils down, but Wang Yibo only stared at them.

Even when Xiao Zhan poured water and urged him to eat quickly, he didn’t even bother to pick up the utensils.

Wang Yibo asked with a pitiful expression.

“Aren’t you going to feed me?”

Xiao Zhan looked at him in bewilderment. The left hand is broken, but the right hand is fine. It has been like this for a few days now.

Today, Xiao Zhan firmly gestured with his eyes, pointing at his right hand.

Then Wang Yibo raised his chin and answered confidently.

“I’m left-handed.”

Since when? Xiao Zhan remembered Yibo using his right hand to pick up a spoon, hold a ballpoint pen, and even rub his dick!

Before Xiao Zhan could ask where he was going with this, Wang Yibo pushed the table forward as if throwing a tantrum and laid down on the bed.

Xiao Zhan looked at him in disbelief.

Did you get shot in the head or something? Why are you acting so out of character? He wanted to shout out those words but held himself back.

Xiao Zhan sat down on the bed, sighed, and pushed the table forward.

“Fine, I got it. I’ll feed you.”

Wang Yibo gets up and sits down casually. Xiao Zhan noticed the white bandage wrapped between the open hospital gown.

The wound was healing quickly, but he’ll have to stay in the hospital for the time being. He took a spoonful of porridge, blew it, and then held it out.

“Ah.”

As Yibo opened his mouth, Xiao Zhan pushed the spoon inside. As the porridge stained his lips, Yibo licked them teasingly and stared intently.

“Ah, I want to eat something else.”

Xiao Zhan pretended not to hear and scooped another spoonful of porridge.

Zhan stared at him as if he was chewing on Zhan’s face rather than the food in his mouth.

Seeing a mischievous smile spread across his lips, Xiao Zhan let out a sigh.

“Are you a kid, or what…”

Despite his grumbling, he found the sight funny and ended up laughing as well. He eventually fed him the entire porridge and made him brush his teeth and wash his face when he finished eating.

Then he kissed him on the lips as a reward.

Time passed quickly while he was in the hospital.

Li Bowen arrived in the late afternoon. On the first day Yibo was conscious, he smiled till the corner of his lips rose.

It was the happiest expression Xiao Zhan had ever seen on Bowen’s face.

While he came in once a day to report on business, Xiao Zhan waited outside until he was finished.

As he sat down, familiar staff passed by and greet him. According to what he had heard, Chairman Wang’s funeral had been postponed since Wang Yibo was still in the hospital.

The company executives had decided to do the same.

They also stated that Wang Yibo should appear in court for a thorough investigation as soon as he recovered.

Public opinion dominated with questions of whether it was necessary to summon someone who almost died for questioning, and whether it was too much to put him through in the midst of grieving for his father.

After Li Bowen went back, Xiao Zhan went into the hospital room. The sun was already setting outside the window.

“Bowen is waiting downstairs. Go home today.”

Xiao Zhan frowned at the unexpected words.

“Why…?”

“You can’t keep staying here. Your leg hasn’t fully healed yet.”

Xiao Zhan pointed to the caregiver’s bed. Despite his claim that it was better than a decent bed, Wang Yibo insisted that he go home to sleep.

It felt like he was being chased away, which made Xiao Zhan upset. He sat there pretending not to easily change his mind.

After Xiao Zhan persisted stubbornly, Wang Yibo finally gave in and contacted Bowen, telling him to go home first today.

Only then did Xiao Zhan’s face brighten.

“Then why don’t you sleep with me tonight?”

Wang Yibo patted on his bed. It wasn’t particularly wide, but it was enough for two people.

However, Xiao Zhan was worried that he would accidentally touch the wound while sleeping.

Wang Yibo moved his body a little more to the side as Xiao Zhan hesitated. There was enough space, and Xiao Zhan climbed onto the bed. Then he cautiously placed his hand on Wang Yibo’s chest.

“It hurts?”

“No.”

“Can I just lean on you and sleep like this?”

“Sure. You can climb on and even ride me if you want.”

Xiao Zhan frowned as he understood the meaning of the words.

“Is that all you have on your mind?”

“You should try having a boyfriend like yourself. Not like me, all messed up and broken.”

He reached out his right hand and gently stroked Xiao Zhan’s hair. From the head, his touch descended down the nape of the neck and touched the back. Pat, pat, his large hand comforted Xiao Zhan’s back.

Xiao Zhan felt his eyelids growing heavier.

“You know, CEO Wang…”

He called him with a voice tinged with drowsiness.

“Yeah.”

Xiao Zhan hesitated. Still, he thought it would be more comfortable to address the issue and move on.

“I’m sorry…”

“What for?”

“Your father…”

He stopped speaking there. Although he died at the hospital, it was ultimately Xiao Zhan who killed him.

“He died because of his own actions, not because of you. Don’t think like that.”

The hand that had been patting his back slipped inside his shirt and touched his bare skin. Xiao Zhan tensed.

Wang Yibo buried his face in the nape of his neck and took a deep breath. The hand that caressed his body grew stronger.

Suppressing the overwhelming lust that rose fiercely, Yibo recalled the deceased Chairman Wang.

In fact, everything went smoothly after Chairman Wang died. He must be the scum of the earth as he felt relieved deep down.

On the other hand, Yibo pretended not to notice Xiao Zhan’s feelings of guilt. If he could use that to hold him captive, he would also exploit his emotions. Never letting him leave.

He struggled to keep it hidden because he was afraid that Xiao Zhan would become unhappy if his true feelings were exposed.

He made eye contact, disguising his desires behind a good-natured smile.

“Stop talking and go to sleep. You look sleepy.”

Xiao Zhan, who had been forcing his eyes open, nodded his head unable to bear it any longer. Afraid that he might accidentally touch his wounds in his drowsiness, he turned his body and lay down on the outer side of the bed.

Wang Yibo’s breath brushed against the back of his neck, his lips briefly touching before separating.

A low whispering voice was heard.

That he liked him a lot. That he’s in love.

Those remarks came through clearly even in Xiao Zhan’s sleepy state.

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Wang Zoey stopped by Wang Yibo’s hospital room in the morning while visiting patients and was at a loss for words.

The nurses next to her also looked bewildered.

After sending them away, she approached and met Wang Yibo’s gaze as he opened his eyes.

Xiao Zhan was curled up like a caterpillar next to his body, clinging to him in his sleep.

She was at a loss for words when she saw Xiao Zhan’s hand gripping Wang Yibo’s patient gown tightly.

Wang Yibo whispered for her to leave.

“Come back later. I’m still sleepy.”

Zoey shook her head and clicked her tongue as she noticed him lowering his voice in fear of waking up Xiao Zhan.

She was surprised at first that he wasn’t Mo Xuanyu, and then she was surprised that he had tried to kill Wang Yibo.

What surprised her even more was the fact that Yibo knew all this and yet accepted him.

He also told Zoey not to show any signs of discomfort. In other words, he meant not to make Xiao Zhan feel uneasy.

Although she was worried that he had fallen head over heels for him, she was also glad to know that, despite the fact that Xiao Zhan is a male, Yibo was now doing everything that normal people did.

She thought he would live his whole life cutting off people’s fingers.

But when she saw it with her own eyes, she just couldn’t get used to it.

“Get out, quickly.”

Wang Yibo frowned as Xiao Zhan wriggled and squirmed. Zoey sighed and left, and the room fell silent.

Wang Yibo turned to face Xiao Zhan, who was sleeping next to him. That saddened him every time he saw Xiao Zhan sleeping curled up.

He pulled out a blanket and covered it up to his shoulders.

Wang Zoey had told him. Xiao Zhan sat in front of the intensive care unit every day for the ten days he was unconscious. He didn’t listen to her, even when she tried to stop him, and he waited for him to wake up with a distressed expression on his face.

Perhaps it was because of the sunlight streaming in through the window, but his closed eyelids trembled and opened, showing his almond eyes. His dazed expression from just waking up was lovely.

If he had died, it would have been unfair not to see this face, and he would have been upset about it.

“Morning. Did you sleep well?”

Xiao Zhan carefully dug into Yibo’s arms, who smiled brightly.

“Just 30 more minutes. Please let me sleep for just 30 more minutes….” His murmuring voice was filled with drowsiness.

Wang Yibo tilted his body as much as possible toward Xiao Zhan. He stroked his soft hair and Xiao Zhan burrowed deeper as if he’d been waiting.

The wild cat had now become a perfect house cat.

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