There’s an old saying—
When it rains, it pours; a rope always breaks at its thinnest part.

Just as Lin Zhu’s role-playing mission suffered a disastrous Waterloo, the system’s stammering electronic voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

“Ahem, Host…”

“There’s a sudden situation I need to tell you about, um… it might be a system incompatibility issue. The ‘Character Persona Synchronization’ module had a little accident and has now automatically shut down.”

Losing the rationality buff brought by negative emotions, Lin Zhu, with his emotional side regaining the upper hand, had a blank expression. He only had time to type out a question mark in his head: “…………?”

Immediately after, the system let out an exaggeratedly long sigh, its tone exceptionally sorrowful:

“It accidentally got electrocuted and died!”

Meanwhile.
Inside the System Space.

The blue orb of light crouched sluggishly in the corner, hesitating to speak.

If the act of ‘using viral data waves to frantically attack the subsystem module until the module completely crashed’ could be called an [accident], then getting shot in the back three times could also be ruled as [suicide].

Having finished contacting the host, the little white rice cake-like system extended a tiny nub to wipe away its non-existent sweat. As if muttering to itself, it sighed repeatedly:

“Oh my, oh my, what should we do… I didn’t mean to electrocute it to death directly, you know.”

A minute passed.

Seeing no response in the system space for a long time, it repeated it again in the exact same tone.

…Is it hinting at me?
The blue orb thought uncertainly.

Before speaking, it first cleared out the redundant data taking up a massive amount of its memory, then silently said: [Senior… you were clearly electrocuting it the whole time, you never stopped at all.]

“Hmm?”

The system pretended not to hear, then continued shaking its head and sighing: “Sigh… I checked beforehand. It didn’t have an optical drive loaded, and it hadn’t had time to receive a system code from the Main Bureau yet. In that case, wouldn’t it die accidentally on the outside without any system noticing?”

The white orb said this while stuffing the electrical wires back into the storage space in its belly. “Hehe, unless someone proactively reports it to the Main Bureau. What do you think?”

Only, before stuffing it back in, it deliberately whipped the wire twice right in front of the blue orb.

Blue orb: […………]

My system life is facing an unprecedented and severe challenge.

After a long silence.
The subsystem suddenly asked: [Senior, I don’t understand. Isn’t this module supposed to assist the host in completing missions highly efficiently? As long as we finish repairing the endangered world, you can also return to the Main Bureau and be transferred back to your original post…]

White orb: “Not interested.”

After saying this, it shifted back in front of the light screen, opened the interface of the original novel, and happily started reading.

As it read, it muttered to itself:

“Of course the role-playing mission must be completed, otherwise we won’t get the mission settlement points from the Main Bureau…”

“But I’m a pure romance factionist! Falling in love—of course it has to be done with the most genuine reactions! How can you use cheats?”

“Even if it’s the Time and Space Administration, they can’t arbitrarily interfere with a teenager’s first love~”

The blue orb shrank in the corner.

[I don’t understand.]

The system turned its head and rolled its eyes at it.

“—Of course you don’t understand, you’re just a ball.”

–

The piercing beeping sound finally stopped.

In an instant, the crackling sound of the torrential rain outside seemed especially loud, much like Lin Zhu’s inner turmoil at this moment.

At this very moment.

Yan Ruoyun still maintained his previous posture, upper body slightly raised, tilting his head to look at the blond youth sitting behind him.

And Lin Zhu was clasping his wrist bone with one hand, while his other hand had already reached in front of Yan Ruoyun’s face, two fingers accidentally—

Poking right into his open mouth.

The fingertips pressed right against the soft, warm surface of his tongue.

In an instant.

Lin Zhu’s expression went blank.

Yan Ruoyun’s expression was also blank, faintly showing signs of cracking.

After a good while, it was Yan Ruoyun who reacted first. He quickly pushed with his tongue, spitting out Lin Zhu’s fingers, and shouted in a somewhat broken, low voice,

“Lin Zhu! What did you just feed me!”

No matter how fast he spat it out, he had already swallowed some of that stuff. Even though after several times, the originally thick substance had become thin and watery…

But that was still…

The named blond youth abruptly straightened his back and began stammering an explanation: “I… didn’t, I didn’t want to feed you this…”

Yan Ruoyun had just been repeatedly marked by the blond youth. Right now, his black hair stuck half-wet to his forehead, and his eyelashes were damp. The flush at the corners of his peach-blossom eyes hadn’t yet faded, and now it grew even deeper out of anger at this sudden accident.

The man’s upbringing didn’t allow him to do something like spitting saliva, so he had to keep his mouth half open, trying desperately to suppress the urge to swallow.

With a guilty look, Lin Zhu whispered: “I just… wanted to smear it on your face.”

Yan Ruoyun: “…”

Is there a difference between the two actions?

Ever since they started dating, being stared at with this kind of severe gaze made him feel immensely guilty, and for a moment he didn’t dare let go of the hand clasping the man.

In a panic, he quickly leaned over and grabbed a bottle of water from the nightstand, clamped it under his arm to twist the cap off single-handedly, and brought it to the man’s lips.

“Ge, hurry and rinse your mouth…”

The bottle tilted, and the room-temperature mineral water naturally poured out.

Yan Ruoyun had maintained a high-temperature state for a long time, plus he had experienced massive fluid loss in a short period, so he had been thirsty for a while. He subconsciously held the water—

“Gulp.”

The air fell silent for two seconds.

Lin Zhu softly reminded him, “…Ge, I didn’t tell you to swallow it.”

Yan Ruoyun: “Mm. Let me go first.”

The man’s tone was incredibly calm, yet Lin Zhu felt his back suddenly tighten upon hearing it.

He gripped the bottle, wanting to explain a couple more sentences, and braced himself saying: “Ge, um, that stuff isn’t dirty… Besides, it’s your own. And down there, you look so fair and clean, not even any hair…”

As he spoke, Lin Zhu suddenly realized something and abruptly shut his mouth, inexplicably feeling the illusion that he had just acted like a total hooligan.

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Yan Ruoyun seemed to have calmed down. He threw a light, breezy glance at him and smiled: “Be good, let go of me first.”

For some reason, every time the man smiled and told him to “be good,” Lin Zhu felt as if a hex had been cast on him.

He had absolutely no way to resist.

The blond youth listlessly let go, his head drooping in an obedient “I was wrong, you can scold me however you want” manner.

But completely unexpectedly.

After Yan Ruoyun rolled over and sat up, he merely tapped Lin Zhu’s shin lightly with his toes.

“Go take a shower, you’re filthy, you’re covered in your own drool.”

This statement wasn’t entirely wrong, but it was only half true.

In reality, the man’s upper body had indeed been pecked all over by Lin Zhu in succession. But the lower half wasn’t specifically attended to by the youth, it just automatically…

Front and back, both.

During the process, Lin Zhu had worried for a moment whether Yan Ruoyun’s body had been ruined by the aphrodisiac drugs, and even wanted to press the call bell to consult a doctor.

But before he could touch the bell, Yan Ruoyun raised a hand and hooked him back.

With red eyes, the man’s expression held an unspeakable hint of embarrassed anger: “…It’s not because of the drugs. This is just how I am during my heat period!”

Lin Zhu instantly had nothing to say.

–

Since Lin Zhu had entered the ward, over two hours had already passed. Both of them were utterly exhausted that night.

Especially Yan Ruoyun, who could barely stand properly.

He was carried bridal-style into the bathroom by Lin Zhu.

In the bathroom, that large tub of cold water from before was still full, but it was no longer needed by anyone.

Holding the long-limbed man, Lin Zhu walked into the shower stall and gently, slowly placed him on the ground.

The last time they parted, the two had just experienced their first kiss.

Afterward, Yan Ruoyun went on a business trip for a week, and Lin Zhu only communicated with him via text or video, making it feel like a long-distance relationship. Green and innocent.

Unexpectedly, after just one week.

The intimacy between the two of them skyrocketed exponentially due to tonight’s accident, leaping forward a thousand miles in a single day…

Earlier at the Xiangshan Club, Yan Ruoyun hadn’t even been willing to let Lin Zhu touch his dirty clothes. But now, he had soaked Lin Zhu’s clothes as well.

Right now, with the two of them just standing face to face for a simple shower, it no longer seemed all that abrupt.

Lin Zhu turned on the overhead showerhead, first using his arm to test the water temperature. Only after confirming it was just right did he pull the man in.

Yan Ruoyun was a bit drained of energy; his legs couldn’t muster any strength, and his lower back ached as soon as he stood up straight. His muscles still spasmed slightly from time to time. Fortunately, his little boyfriend was clumsy with words but very considerate, proactively acting like a warm little jacket by grabbing his hand and placing it on his own shoulder.

Yan Ruoyun rested most of his weight on the youth’s shoulder, letting him help rinse him with clean water.

His little boyfriend had a lean-muscled physique; his frame was slightly larger, making him look more angular and full of boyish charm.

Yan Ruoyun was different. He was indeed very tall, but his frame was on the smaller side, and certain areas where fat accumulated appeared fleshier, visually looking—very round and perky.

“…”

Lin Zhu held up the showerhead and began rinsing the man first.

Yan Ruoyun wasn’t that dirty.

The main areas that needed washing were…

As he washed and washed.

Lin Zhu’s ears turned red, and his gaze started to drift.

He tried to hold back, but really couldn’t resist. Leaning into Yan Ruoyun’s ear, he softly asked, “Ge, why didn’t you grow any…” He vaguely swallowed the last word down his throat.

He paused for a moment, then asked, “Were you born like this?”

Yan Ruoyun: “…No.”

Actually, it was because he was too prone to flooding during his heat period, always getting everything sopping wet… If he didn’t remove it, it would look dirty.

He found it gross.

Seeing the youth nod, no longer looking as guilty as before, a smile suddenly surfaced on Yan Ruoyun’s lips. He bent his arm and pressed closely against his little boyfriend.

“Lin Zhu, you were helping me this whole time, but you haven’t released even once…”

“Do you want me to help…”

Without waiting for Lin Zhu to agree or refuse, he leaned his whole body onto his little boyfriend’s shoulder, freeing up one hand to busy itself with something else.

In the bathroom, the sound of water was unceasing.

The blond youth stood under the showerhead receiving the rushing water, his lips pressed tightly shut, his chest heaving violently.

A long time later.

Just as Yan Ruoyun’s wrist began to feel sore, Lin Zhu suddenly raised his hand and pinched the gland at the back of his neck, expertly caressing it…

“Ge…”

His voice was even lower and more suppressed than usual, his breath heavy, making his nasal tone exceptionally pronounced.

In the crucial second right before.

Yan Ruoyun tried hard to stand up straight, quietly turned off the showerhead, and then, using that hand that had been busy for so long—

Caught it all.

Lin Zhu hadn’t even caught his breath yet.

He just saw Yan Ruoyun lift his hand, all five fingers spread wide.

The next second.

The man smiled, and with swift precision, smacked his palm right onto the blond youth’s face, and then…

Smeared it evenly.

He said,

“It’s your own. It’s not dirty.”