The captive was pressed against the wall, his hands barely able to hold his gun. His lips were kissed roughly, and the man’s large hand cupped his buttocks, kneading them wantonly.

“Mmph—”

Fang Chen struggled with difficulty, pushing the man away. His beautiful eyes glared at him fiercely. “Either shoot me dead, or don’t do anything else!”

Seth almost laughed. He squeezed the soft, springy mounds of flesh in his hand and said slowly, “You’re in my hands, and you’re still trying to negotiate with me?”

Fang Chen was at a loss for words. He kicked Seth unhappily, paused, then couldn’t help but ask curiously, “How did you know I was here?”

The man didn’t continue kissing him, but just buried his head in the crook of Fang Chen’s neck, sniffing deeply. Rather than a ferocious wolf, he was more like a large dog.

“I ran into Joey at the respawn point. He told me you came in this direction.”

Fang Chen, “…” That traitor!

But since it was a game, the two didn’t dally for too long. Fang Chen refused to walk with Seth. He stubbornly carried his small bag. “We have to follow the game rules! The next time we meet, I won’t let you off! Just you wait and die!”

The man raised an eyebrow. He watched the little lamb leave. Because he was holding the gun, the boy’s posture was much clumsier. He would take a few steps, then warily turn his head to look around, then bury his head and trudge forward. Seth was amused by his appearance and chuckled, slowly following him.

On the way, Fang Chen ran into Joey again, who had just come from the respawn point. He angrily fired his gun. Fortunately, his aim was poor, but even so, Joey had to dodge rather pathetically.

“What are you doing! Chen—Oh! NO! We’re teammates! Don’t do this!”

Fang Chen angrily held up his gun, “You know we’re teammates! Then why did you tell Seth my location!”

Joey spread his hands, his tone innocent. “I can’t beat him, what could I do?”

Fang Chen angrily fired two more shots at him.

Joey dodged while raising his gun. “I’m fighting back! You—” His voice stopped. He saw Seth slowly walking over from behind, standing not far behind the little lamb, looking at him with a faint expression.

Joey cursed silently in his heart, turned, and ran.

When you think there’s a simple, harmless little lamb in front of you, you don’t know that a ferocious gray wolf is already hidden behind it.

A sheep borrowing a wolf’s might!

After scaring Joey away with a few shots, Fang Chen snorted proudly, wiped the tip of his nose, shouldered his gun, and continued to walk forward with a swagger.

Behind him, Seth seemed to pull at the corner of his lips with some helplessness. His eyes were gentle as he raised his feet and continued to follow him.

By evening, the four-hour match was over.

In the end, Fang Chen, with a backpack full of small flags, was actually first place in the competition.

He was overjoyed, almost twirling in circles in front of Seth. The man held back his laughter and raised a hand to steady his shoulders. “Alright, stop running. Aren’t you tired?”

Of course he was tired. After an afternoon of overloaded exercise, Fang Chen’s two legs were now as soft as noodles.

But it was the first time he had played such an exciting game. The little lamb’s face was flushed with excitement. In Seth’s eyes, he was no different from a delicious little strawberry cake.

He helped Fang Chen take off his gear and couldn’t resist reaching out to pinch the little lamb’s cheek. “They said they want to go get something to eat together. Do you want to go? If not, we can go eat alone.”

Fang Chen thought for a moment. “Let’s go together!”

Seth smiled. “Okay.”

On the way out, while Fang Chen was returning the flags, Joey took the opportunity to pull Seth aside to gossip. “How is it? Have you won him over yet?”

Touching a sore spot.

Seth looked at Joey with a dark expression. “Are you that free?”

Joey held up his hands. “Come on! I’m just concerned about you.”

He looked at Seth’s face and made an exaggerated expression. “No way, are you guys not dating yet? But I feel like you’re already…” like a long-married couple.

The rest of the words were silently swallowed back under Seth’s gloomy gaze.

Joey cleared his throat. “Let me help you. In return for all the Chinese food you’ve sent me during this time. I have to say, your cooking skills are not bad, just the presentation is too ugly.”

He emphasized, “You know, when it comes to matters of the heart, I’m an expert.”

Seth waved his hand lazily. “Forget it. I want to do it his way, however he’s happy.”

Joey became anxious and wanted to say more, but Fang Chen was already bouncing out. He had to silently shut up.

Seth twisted open the energy drink in his hand and passed it to Fang Chen, his tone gentle. “Drink a little more. You sweated a lot this afternoon, you need to replenish.”

Fang Chen pouted. “This flavor doesn’t taste good.”

Although he said that, he obediently took it and drank more than half the bottle in large gulps.

Seth coaxed him, “Good boy.”

Joey, who had witnessed the whole thing, had an indescribable expression on his face.

This is not dating?

This is what you call not dating???

You two are just playing games.

The restaurant was chosen by Joey. He said it was a friend’s place. The private room was large enough to accommodate all of them.

He even specifically told Fang Chen, “Seth said you like cake. My friend’s cakes are delicious, I had him prepare one for you in advance.”

“Thank you.” Fang Chen thought for a moment. “Then let’s make up.”

Joey laughed out loud. “Oh! You’re so cute. I think I know why Seth is so fascinated with you.”

Fang Chen was a little embarrassed by his words and secretly glanced at Seth. As luck would have it, the man was also looking at him with a smile. Their eyes met. Seeing the smile in the man’s eyes, Fang Chen felt his face burn even hotter and flusteredly looked away.

The last time he had dinner with Seth’s friends was at the farm, but Fang Chen no longer felt the previous awkwardness and was much more at ease.

After walking in, Seth first helped Fang Chen put away his coat, then pulled out a chair for him. Only after Fang Chen was seated did he sit down next to him.

This series of movements was as smooth as flowing water, clearly something he was used to doing. Joey, watching from the side, was dumbfounded.

Although Seth usually trained in boxing, in reality, due to his family background, his personality was somewhat cold and arrogant. As someone used to sitting in the center seat, he had never been seen pulling out a chair for anyone.

Joey had always known that Seth liked Fang Chen very much, but only at this moment did he feel that perhaps it wasn’t just ‘like’.

He loved Fang Chen.

Seth cut the steak before passing it to Fang Chen. The conversation at the dinner table was lively, but Seth only occasionally responded with a word or two. Most of his attention was on Fang Chen. He would lean in and whisper to start a conversation with Fang Chen, afraid the little lamb would feel bored.

“Has the exam date been set?”

At the mention of this, Fang Chen became a little discouraged.

He pouted, his voice a little lower, “Yeah, it’s after Christmas.”

Seth asked casually, “Do you have plans for Christmas Eve?”

Eh?

Fang Chen thought for a moment. “The school should have an event, but I don’t want to go. I’m not interested.”

“If you don’t like it, don’t go.” Seth said as a matter of course. “I’ll come pick you up, and we’ll celebrate Christmas, okay?”

Remembering the text he had read in his English book, Fang Chen became a little interested and asked curiously, “Are you going to make a roast chicken?”

Seth smiled at him. “I’ll only make what you like to eat.”

At the dinner party, the two of them spoke in low voices as if no one else was there. Seth would occasionally lower his head and whisper in Fang Chen’s ear, looking intimate.

Halfway through the meal, Fang Chen was already somewhat full. He felt it was because he had drunk too many energy drinks today. He gently tugged on Seth’s sleeve. “I need to go to the restroom.”

Seth stood up to follow him. “I’ll go with you.”

This restaurant was quite large, with many twists and turns. Fang Chen thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Watching the two walk out together, Joey hesitated for a moment and then followed them.

He had to take the opportunity to help his brother!!

After relieving himself, the little lamb was washing his hands in front of the mirror. The man also came out of the stall and stood next to him.

Fang Chen wanted to be mischievous and flick water on Seth, but the man grabbed his wrist first and took the opportunity to lean in. “Baby, a kiss.”

The little lamb was shocked.

He really couldn’t help but ask, “Don’t you think we kiss too often?”

Besides, didn’t he say it!

You have to apply in advance for a kiss!!

The man always kisses first and asks later!

“I don’t think so.” The man had already pressed close, his voice muffled. “I want to kiss baby every day!”

Fang Chen pushed him twice. “Someone might come.”

The man gently nibbled his earlobe. “No one’s here.”

Fang Chen wanted to say more, but the next moment, the man was already pressing a kiss on him, his lips being sucked. He could only tilt his head back to receive it, feeling as if even his tongue was about to be swallowed.

But at that moment, footsteps suddenly came from the doorway. Fang Chen was startled, his eyes wide. He frantically pushed Seth away. When he turned his head, he saw Joey, who was also stunned at the door.

“…”

Seeing Seth’s cold gaze, Joey subconsciously wanted to turn and leave, but then he thought of something, hesitated, and steeled himself to stay.

Brother!

You’ll thank me for this!!

He cleared his throat and said in a deliberately exaggerated tone, “Wow! You guys are so passionate!”

Fang Chen, “…”

He took back his previous words.

He still couldn’t make up with Joey.

No one paid him any attention.

Joey rubbed his nose. “Um, I haven’t asked yet, are you two dating?”

Fang Chen’s face turned beet red. He said in a small voice, “No.”

Joey said, “Eh?” and deliberately asked, “You’re not dating and you’re kissing?”

Fang Chen blinked his eyes, nodded, and said seriously, “You have a point. I won’t kiss Seth anymore in the future.”

In an instant, the air seemed to freeze into a dead silence.

Joey was stunned. Why was this Eastern person’s train of thought different from others?

This wasn’t how it was supposed to go!!!

He looked again at Seth, who was standing to the side. His face was already terrifyingly gloomy, and the look he shot over was murderous.

Cold sweat was about to drip down Joey’s forehead. He waved his hands frantically. “No, no, no, that’s not what I meant.”

“Wait, let’s go over this again.”

“First, I saw you and Seth kissing. I asked if you were dating. You said not yet, but you’re already kissing so passionately, so I think you guys should—”

As if giving a fill-in-the-blank question to a kindergarten student, Joey looked at Fang Chen expectantly, hoping he would give the satisfactory answer.

Fang Chen nodded in understanding. “You’re right. Seth and I are not dating yet, so we can’t kiss. So we won’t anymore in the future.”

The sky has fallen!!!

Joey was about to kneel. “No, that’s not what I mean, what I mean is…”

“We’ve been out for too long, we should go back.”

Fang Chen dried his hands and walked out with a natural expression.

Seth naturally followed, but his face was ashen. As he passed by Joey, he left him with a cold sentence.

“Tomorrow morning, the training ground.”

Joey gulped.

After the two left, he tremblingly took out his phone and made a call.

“Yes, it’s tomorrow. Arrange for the best medical team to wait for me outside the training ground. What? How did I provoke Seth?” Joey showed a smile that was uglier than crying. “If I survive tomorrow, I’ll tell you then.”

“Baby, baby!”

Seth took Fang Chen’s hand and said in a low voice, “Don’t listen to Joey’s nonsense, he’s drunk.”

Fang Chen shook off his hand and snorted. “I think what he said makes a lot of sense. From now on, I’m issuing a kissing ban. No more kisses of any size, anytime, anywhere!!”

Seth gritted his teeth, his face terribly ugly. “Baby, can we discuss this…”

Fang Chen turned his head and walked forward. “No room for discussion.”

Seth let out a long breath, seriously considering whether to go back and punch Joey a couple of times right now. In the end, he still followed Fang Chen back to the private room.

Although kissing was forbidden, Fang Chen hesitated for a moment and still went back to stay with Seth.

He was already drowsy in the car. By the time the car stopped, he was sound asleep.

Seth didn’t wake him up, but gently and carefully carried him out.

The boy was sleeping soundly, showing no reaction even in Seth’s arms, only moving slightly, his cheek rubbing against him, like a small animal finding a suitable position for itself.

The soft lips were right in front of him.

The man’s Adam’s apple bobbed. If he stole a kiss now, baby wouldn’t know, right?

The sleeping boy was oblivious, his lips slightly parted. It seemed that if he got closer, he could even smell the sweet taste inside his mouth. He really wanted to kiss him, really wanted to stick his tongue in, really wanted to…

The man, as if tempted, moved a little closer, and then closer.

Suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.

The sudden sound woke Fang Chen up. The boy opened his eyes drowsily, looked at the man’s face in front of him, and was dazed for a moment. He looked down at himself and realized he was being held.

“Be good.” Seth suppressed the urge to lower his head and kiss him, coaxing in a low voice, “You continue sleeping.”

Fang Chen shook his head. “You can put me down.”

Although Seth was reluctant, he had to put him down.

The phone in his pocket was still ringing.

Fang Chen poked him. “Aren’t you going to answer the phone?”

The man frowned, his heart full of unsatisfied frustration. “I don’t want to.”

Just want to kiss, want to hug.

Fang Chen urged him, “Just answer it.”

Seth couldn’t disobey what Fang Chen said. He frowned in annoyance, took out his phone, and his face grew even colder when he saw the caller’s name. He answered the call, his voice so cold it seemed to be dropping ice chips.

“What? Can’t wait to die today?”

Joey laughed awkwardly on the other end of the phone. “Don’t be so anxious. I was just trying to help you today. Who knew this Eastern person’s way of understanding things is different from ours…”

Seth interrupted him impatiently, “What do you want to say?”

“Anyway, you’re going to the training room tomorrow. Why don’t you bring him along? Think about it, when you’re training, your hormones will be off the charts. Conquer him with your charm.”

Too lazy to listen to Joey’s nonsense anymore, Seth hung up the phone directly.

He looked down and met the boy’s round, bright eyes. “What’s wrong?”

Seth’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his throat a little hoarse. “Nothing, it was Joey. He wanted to ask if you’re free to check out the training room tomorrow.”

“Training room?”

“Yeah.” Seth said with a straight face. “Besides the ring where we usually box, there’s also some gym equipment. Do you want to go take a look?”

Fang Chen thought for a moment and nodded. “Sure, I don’t have class tomorrow anyway. But are you going to be boxing on the stage tomorrow? I don’t want to watch that, it’s too scary.”

“I won’t. It’s just training.”

With every word the man spoke, he bent down and moved closer to Fang Chen. His mind was a blank, as if only the boy’s soft lips remained.

Two fingers were placed on his own mouth.

Fang Chen stood on his tiptoes slightly, looking at him with a blank expression. “No kissing!”

Seth was about to lose it. He took two quick breaths, then simply opened his mouth and took Fang Chen’s two fingers into his mouth.

Fang Chen was stunned.

He didn’t expect the man to have such a shameless move.

“You, you, you—”

He tried to pull them out twice, but couldn’t.

The man was not only holding his fingers, but also licking them, rolling the pads of his fingers back and forth with his rough tongue, while also raising his eyes, his gray-blue irises staring fixedly at Fang Chen.

It was like he was driving with his eyes.

It felt like he wasn’t holding fingers, but…

Fang Chen’s entire face was so red it was about to drip blood. He pleaded in a small voice, “Seth, let me go…”

The man raised an eyebrow and, surprisingly, let go easily. He smiled with pleasure. “Baby’s fingers are also very soft.”

Are you sick!

This pervert!

Fang Chen went back fuming all the way.

If he can’t kiss, he licks!

Why is he like a big dog!!

Fang Chen kept a straight face, and refused to say a word to Seth when he got back. He changed his clothes with a cold face and went to the bathroom to prepare for a shower with a cold face.

He had been running around all day, sweating a lot, and his body felt sticky and uncomfortable. Fang Chen couldn’t stand it anymore.

Standing under the shower, warm water washing over his body, the little lamb let out a lazy yawn.

Sleepy.

Suddenly, the bathroom door was knocked on symbolically twice. “Baby, I’m out of shampoo in my room.”

Fang Chen blinked dazedly.

Before he could react, the man had already pushed open the door and strode in.

The little lamb’s face was blank. He fumbled to cover himself down below. “You, you, you… who let you in?”

Seth’s tone was natural. “You didn’t lock the door. I thought you agreed.”

“…” Huh?

He walked towards Fang Chen step by step, his lips slightly curved, and said in a conversational tone, “Baby must be exhausted today. If you sleep like this, you won’t sleep well. Your muscles haven’t completely relaxed, and you’ll be more uncomfortable tomorrow.”

The topic changed too quickly, and the little lamb didn’t even react. He subconsciously followed along and asked, “Then what should I do?”

“I’ll help you relax.”

Fang Chen didn’t think too much about it. He thought that since the man was a long-time athlete, he must have many ways to relax his muscles. He thought they were going to do some stretching exercises, so he nodded. “Then I’ll come out after I finish my shower.”

But the man slowly shook his head. “No need. Baby. Right here.”

What?

In the bathroom??

The flow of water from the shower wasn’t strong, and the bathroom was filled with steam, completely enveloped.

The boy was held by the man and sat on a small stool. His lips trembled violently, as if he wanted to say something, but tears welled up first. His eyes were very red. He slightly opened his mouth, but before any words could come out, only broken, off-key sounds seeped out.

Seth was tall and imposing. Even at this moment, kneeling in front of the boy, he was extremely oppressive, like a giant wolf bowing his head to a little lamb.

The brush of Seth’s hair between his legs felt a little itchy, but these subtle sensations were insignificant at this moment.

Fang Chen felt as if fireworks had exploded in his head.

This was a bit too much for the little lamb to accept.

Soon, the boy’s back straightened for a moment, his toes curled slightly, and his eyes were vacant and empty for an instant.

He panted in small breaths, subconsciously clenching the man’s golden hair.

Seth looked up, smiled at him, and then made a distinct swallowing motion.

He didn’t know if it was because the bathroom was too steamy or something else, but Fang Chen felt as if he had been set on fire. His whole body was red and hot, and tears fell drop by drop. He sobbed, at first just shedding a few tears, but in the end, he really started to cry.

Seth was startled by him, thinking he had been accidentally bitten. “What’s wrong, baby?”

Fang Chen cried for a bit, probably feeling embarrassed himself. He wiped his tears and said unclearly, “Nothing, I’m not usually this fast.”

His voice was soft, sounding incredibly aggrieved.

Seth paused for a moment, then held back for a bit, but still couldn’t help it and let out two muffled laughs.

“I know, it’s not baby’s fault. I believe in baby’s ability.”

Fang Chen bit his lip and turned his head away.

Seth took the opportunity to try to lean in and kiss him but was forcefully pushed away by Fang Chen. “Go brush your teeth!!”

The man laughed twice and wanted to tease Fang Chen a little more, but in the end, he gave up, afraid of really angering him.

When they came out of the bathroom, Fang Chen’s legs, which were already as soft as noodles, had no strength left at all. Seth wanted to support him, but the boy huffily refused, insisting on shuffling forward step by step on his own.

What was that? That was relaxing?!!

He was tricked by Seth again!!

The little lamb was about to die of anger at himself, feeling that he was the biggest idiot in the world, falling into the man’s trap eight hundred times, and still jumping in headfirst next time.

He had absolutely no extra strength left. The little lamb climbed onto the bed, pulled the quilt over himself, and started to snore away. Perhaps this “relaxation exercise” really did have some effect; Fang Chen slept very sweetly that night, not even having a single dream.

But Seth next door was not so comfortable.

He didn’t even get a goodnight kiss today.

The man, who had been inexplicably placed under a “kissing ban,” felt uncomfortable all over. The fire in his heart had nowhere to vent. After coaxing and serving his baby once, he himself had no release.

The man looked down at the fabric in his hand.

He had just taken it from the bathroom when the boy wasn’t looking. It was a small white bundle, just like Fang Chen himself.

Seth’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He remembered the scene in the bathroom just now, and his eyes grew darker.

Finally, he lowered his head and gently sniffed the fabric, a heavy gasp escaping his throat.

The man closed his eyes, repeating Fang Chen’s name over and over in his mouth.

Little lamb.

Baby.

I like you so much.

I want to eat you up.

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Author’s Note:

Little Theater:

 Fang Chen found that the man seemed to have a vague concept of units of measurement.

 He would coax him by saying he’d only kiss him once, but in reality, he wouldn’t stop until his lips were swollen.

 At breakfast, he would persuade Fang Chen to eat a little more, but would end up persuading Fang Chen to drink the whole bowl of porridge.

 At night, it was even more outrageous. He would say he’d only do it once, but in reality, it would usually last until dawn.

 Fang Chen angrily accused him.

 The man’s tone was innocent. “I really did it only once. Is it my fault that you couldn’t control yourself?”