The night was deep.

The rising tide beat against the coastal reefs, the surging waves turning into faint white foam that silently shattered into the pitch-black twilight.

The air was damp and cold. A gust of sea breeze blew over, filled entirely with a salty, fishy scent.

On the cobblestone path leading to the detached seaside villa, two slender shadows stretched into the bushes.

Lin Zhu held the man’s hand, walking forward with his head down.

Ever since walking out of the convenience store, he had been very silent. His expression revealed nervousness, as if that small box inside his school uniform jacket had grown a mouth and would bite his hand through his clothes at any moment.

For some reason, Yan Ruoyun was also quietly silent.

In this bizarre yet thick silence, the two entered the seaside villa. Neither was in the mood to linger in the first-floor entertainment and leisure area; instead, with a tacit understanding, they stepped into the second-floor bedroom together.

The bedroom was extremely spacious and decorated with great atmosphere. In the center of the room sat a giant round bed with a shell-shaped headboard. The craftsmanship was exquisite, making it look very stylish.

Not only that, but this room also had the best viewing angle. The wall facing the ocean had been modified into an entire pane of one-way glass, so guests could safely enjoy the beautiful scenery from inside without worrying about privacy.

The above was exactly what the promotional description in the booking app had described.

Lin Zhu looked around and felt the seller hadn’t exaggerated. His long-hanging heart finally settled. He couldn’t help but let out a soft sigh of relief… but he didn’t notice the man behind him raise an eyebrow, his expression subtle.

Except, halfway through that breath, he suddenly remembered he would be using that thing in his pocket tonight. He subconsciously held his breath again, a faint tingling sensation spreading across his scalp.

Lin Zhu: “…”

So… so nervous.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t come into contact with this kind of thing before.

Last time, Dr. Xu from the Omega Gland Department had even personally handed him a similar product, and the variety had been even more comprehensive than what he had now…

But the current situation was completely different from the last time in the hospital. This time, both of them were fully conscious. There was no external force pushing or influencing them; it was entirely out of their own free will.

Yan Ruoyun had personally said he was willing to be… by him…

And Lin Zhu also clearly and distinctly knew that he was going to use it.

On Yan Ruoyun.

After realizing this point, he suddenly felt that the massive space seemed to become narrow and sealed, airtight, suffocating enough to make one breathless.

He hardly even dared to turn back to look at the man behind him.

…Really, so nervous!

And so, in the following few minutes, Yan Ruoyun watched the blond youth first take off his school uniform jacket, then put his backpack and other things on the sofa nearby.

He looked utterly flustered, bustling about for ages without it being clear what he was actually doing.

It gave a strong visual impression of him shadowboxing the air for a good while.

“…Pfft.”

The man couldn’t help but laugh, the sound especially distinct in the quiet room. Then he smiled and hinted, “Little puppy Lin, if you really have nothing to do, go test out whether that bed is comfortable or not.”

“I’ll go take a shower first,” he said.

Lin Zhu paused, not quite understanding the meaning of the man’s previous sentence, but he still replied with an ‘oh’.

After speaking, he watched Yan Ruoyun take out an unopened bath towel and bathrobe from the open closet, and walk gracefully into the bathroom.

The bathroom used frosted glass, so people outside could only faintly see a human figure moving inside.

The light from the bathroom heater was very strong, a warm yellow, making the frosted glass look somewhat transparent, so much so that the movements and silhouette of the person inside were somewhat obvious.

Lin Zhu stared blankly for a few seconds, only snapping back to his senses when the splashing sound of water came from inside. He rubbed his nose and walked toward the oversized shell round bed in the middle of the room.

Its diameter was very long. Two men with long bodies and long legs could comfortably sleep on it.

He plopped down on the edge of the bed, only to suddenly be startled by the peculiar soft, bouncy texture beneath him.

Lin Zhu: “…”

What Yan Ruoyun was hinting at just now seemed to have completely come to light.

This was a thermostat-controlled water bed.

Under the continuous poisoning of the system’s smutty junk material, the youth’s knowledge reserve in a certain area had long surpassed 98% of high school students nationwide.

In an instant, the tips of Lin Zhu’s ears burned red.

He inexplicably wanted to cough twice, but felt this action would carry the flustered guilt of a guilty conscience, so he forcibly suppressed it.

Just as Lin Zhu was about to yank every single crease out of the bedsheets, Yan Ruoyun finally finished his shower and came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe.

“Little puppy Lin, your turn.”

Meeting the man’s half-smiling expression, Lin Zhu didn’t utter a word. He just swiftly grabbed a bath towel and bathrobe and entered the bathroom.

The bathroom was dripping wet.

Water vapor filled every corner.

Lin Zhu stood under the showerhead washing his body. Suddenly remembering something, he called out in his mind, “System…?”

The system didn’t reply.

It still made no sound. Until he finished showering and stepped out of the bathroom, it didn’t appear.

“…”

In the bedroom.

As soon as Lin Zhu stepped out of the bathroom, his sharp eyes noticed… the box that had previously been stuffed in his school uniform jacket was now lying right in the center of the water bed.

The man was facing away from him, standing before that entire wall of floor-to-ceiling windows looking out at the seascape. The bathrobe sash around his waist was tied quite tightly, cinching in his narrow, slender waist.

After Lin Zhu came out, he glanced back and pressed the remote control he had already prepared in his palm.

Beep.

The curtains on both sides of the floor-to-ceiling windows automatically drew toward the middle, completely blocking the outside seascape from the interior view.

The curtains were drawn.

And this night had officially raised its curtains.

Neither spoke. As if by prior agreement, they approached the water bed, climbed up from different angles, and converged in the very center.

During this time, neither said a word; only their gazes tangled together.

Lin Zhu’s heartbeat drummed wildly.

The man was kneeling back on his heels. The bed surface was unstable, so he braced his arms behind him. He was reflected in Lin Zhu’s eyes with a posture filled with a sense of offering.

Pure, yet mature.

Everything appeared so bright and flawless.

Lin Zhu’s breathing couldn’t help but slow down. His nervousness gradually faded, and the biological materials he had reviewed before surfaced one by one…

But quickly, the stiff and boring data faded from his mind.

Replaced by…

The lover before his eyes.

The air in the room was a bit too hot.

The man’s eyelids were half-lowered, yet those deep eyes continuously locked gazes with Lin Zhu.

The seated posture with both arms propped behind him made him look no longer cold and aloof, but instead full of a gentle sense of accommodation, almost as if he were delivering himself entirely.

Lin Zhu unconsciously rose to his knees, instantly towering a good chunk taller than the man. His shadow fell upon the other, inexplicably carrying a hint of oppression and plunder.

He gave Yan Ruoyun a kiss from above.

The tip of his tongue delved into the other’s throat, taking all the oxygen without asking, leaving only faint syllables to drift out.

Yan Ruoyun’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down madly. His nasal cavity hummed out a somewhat aggrieved sound, yet he refused to sternly reject it.

…How could he reject it?

This was Lin Zhu.

“Ge.”

After a long time, Lin Zhu released Yan Ruoyun. Staring at the man’s slightly dazed expression, he panted and said:

“You do it.”

Yan Ruoyun’s brain went on strike for several seconds before reconnecting. After struggling to understand the meaning behind the youth’s words, his hand left the bed surface. His fingertips hooked onto Lin Zhu’s bathrobe sash—

A slight pull.

Now everything was perfect.

Lin Zhu was finally just like him.

Lin Zhu constantly watched Yan Ruoyun. The Alpha’s heart beat rapidly, his five senses magnified to the extreme. He could almost hear the sound of blood surging through his body.

After a brief daze, Lin Zhu suddenly said:

“Ge, I smell your scent.”

He leaned down, gently turned Yan Ruoyun onto his side, sniffed carefully, and after confirming, repeated:

“…I really smell it.”

It was very strange.

The natural sea breeze scent had a huge difference from Yan Ruoyun’s pheromones—the man’s scent was cold, damp, tinged with a slight tartness, yet faintly revealed a bit of intoxicating richness.

Lin Zhu only knew that he was about to get drunk on it.

This time, Yan Ruoyun acted extremely submissively, without any sign of stopping him. His profile pressed against the bedsheet, fine sweat seeping from his forehead as he murmured:

“I smell you too…”

It was said that the youth’s initial pheromone scent was pungent cigarette smoke, but he had never smelled it; he had only ever smelled cool mint tobacco… However, at this very moment, all that remained in his nostrils was the sweet scent of mint candy.

It was Lin Zhu’s scent.

He couldn’t help but arch his neck back, struggling to turn his head to beg the youth for a mint-flavored kiss, and was kissed until he nearly suffocated.

Tears brimmed at the corners of Yan Ruoyun’s eyes as he asked muzzily: “Little puppy Lin, why are you always so fierce when it comes to this? I always feel like I’m going to die…”

Hearing this, Lin Zhu pursed his lips. He wiped his thumb across the corner of the man’s eye, licked away the saliva at the corner of the man’s mouth, and solemnly promised:

“You won’t. I’ll be very careful.”

Yan Ruoyun curled up. His eyes unconsciously swept downward, and he truly couldn’t help but curse softly under his breath.

It was extremely muffled.

Lin Zhu couldn’t hear it clearly.

Fortunately, Yan Ruoyun didn’t hide it. He grabbed his little boyfriend’s neck, pulled him close to his collarbone, and demanded hoarsely: “It seems you didn’t just grow taller. Did you buy the right size? It won’t break on me, right?”

What he was asking about with his mouth was the product size, but what he really wanted to say was—I won’t break, right?

Lin Zhu bizarrely managed to read Yan Ruoyun’s meaning. He also evaluated himself for a few seconds and, with slightly red cheeks, said: “Probably not.”

Yan Ruoyun stared at him, looking as though he were marching toward his doom:

“Forget it, we’ll find out when we try it in a second.”

“…Mm.”

Then, Lin Zhu scooped the man up, wrapping his arms around his back like holding a child. And based on their experiences during those few days in the hospital…

It went very smoothly.

Yan Ruoyun hadn’t been boasting.

He really did have the ability to save his little boyfriend money.

But this, was only the beginning.

…

Time passed quickly, yet to the two of them it felt slow.

Reality’s rules and personal perception warred against each other, neither yielding to the other.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Lin Zhu let out a breath and placed his limp lover at the head of the bed, even considerately stuffing a pillow into his embrace, advising:

“Ge, I read the materials… it seems this way is easier for you.”

Having said that, he pulled a square packet from the box. Since one of his hands was occupied, he gripped it tightly with his other clean hand, pinned the edge down with the sharp tip of his teeth, and jerked his head back—

“Riiiiip.”

A crisp sound.

Yan Ruoyun couldn’t help turning his head to glance back.

Behind him, the blond youth’s movements were exceedingly clumsy and slow, yet very meticulous. Seemingly noticing the gaze falling upon him, his droopy eyes suddenly lifted to look at the man; his pupils, a fraction smaller than ordinary people’s, looked very cold.

But his tone was gentle and steady, making Yan Ruoyun hopelessly sink into it.

“Ge.”

Lin Zhu instructed once more:

“—kneel steady.”