A minute later, Yu Nian happily took his pajamas and toiletries and followed Qi Wang back to his room.

Qi Wang’s room was not affected, the lights were still on.

Yu Nian had been in Qi Wang’s room before, but at that time, he had accompanied Qi Wang to the clinic and then helped him back. He was so tired and sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open, all he wanted was to eat.

This time he had the mind to properly observe the room.

Qi Wang’s room was slightly smaller than his own, but it wasn’t cramped. It was neatly arranged, with several rows of bookshelves on the wall, filled to the brim, clean to the point of having almost no signs of life.

The only thing that caught his eye was a wooden rack by the window, covered with cloth, it was hard to tell what it was.

But he didn’t dare to approach and take a look, let alone be curious and lift it up. He obediently sat on the blanket in front of the sofa.

Not long after, Qi Wang finished showering and came back.

His hair was wet, not yet dried, water droplets dripped down from his hair, tracing a transparent mark on his waist and abdomen.

Yu Nian lifted his head and was caught off guard by the scene, feeling completely awkward.

Damn.

For a moment, he didn’t know where to look, his eyes wandering aimlessly, but he couldn’t help but want to focus on Qi Wang.

Qi Wang was drying his hair, completely unaware of Yu Nian’s discomfort.

“Alright, go take a shower,” he said to Yu Nian.

With the lights out in his room, Yu Nian refused to shower there and insisted on using the one outside.

“Oh… okay,” Yu Nian clumsily got up, and as he walked past the door, he almost tripped over the door frame.

Even when he was showering, the scene he had just seen kept flashing involuntarily in his mind.

But after a while, he shook his head desperately, trying to shake the image out of his head.

Damn it.

Yu Nian muttered in his mind, applying shower gel to his body while silently scolding himself for being so infatuated.

He was gay, and Qi Wang wasn’t gay.

Qi Wang kindly accommodated him, but here he was, coveting Qi Wang’s abs. It was truly deserving of damnation.

But as he thought about it, his expression darkened slightly for a moment.

He thought to himself that he must hide it well. If Qi Wang found out about his sexual orientation, their just budding relationship might fall into a stalemate again.

Most people in this world still couldn’t accept homosexuality.

Including his brother and sister.

Back when he had a falling out with his family, aside from the issues of studying abroad and his major, this was also an explosive factor. His sister, raised in a scholarly family, was strong-willed and had seen a lot of messy things. She had never had a good impression of those in the circle who were promiscuous.

Thinking back to that argument, Yu Nian paused as he rubbed his arm.

But after a while, he pursed his lips and turned the water flow up a bit more, forcibly pushing this matter to the back of his mind.

When he returned, Qi Wang was already lying on the bed.

He had put on his shirt, his hair was dry, and he sat on the bed reading, looking fresh and relaxed.

Yu Nian, who had just shed tears and only wanted to sleep, hesitated when he stood by the bed.

Little did anyone know, he was after all gay, and he had a bit of a psychological aversion since childhood.

The only men he had ever shared a bed with in his life, aside from his brother, were those like Ying Quanshen, who he had grown up with since childhood. Although Ying Quanshen and he were not blood brothers, they were as close as brothers, so close that they could share a pair of pants, and even if they hugged each other, it was innocent.

But Qi Wang was different.

Qi Wang was not only handsome.

He was a handsome guy who fit Yu Nian’s aesthetic preferences.

Although Qi Wang didn’t know anything, and his physique was twice as good as Yu Nian’s, Yu Nian felt like he was taking advantage of him secretly.

Seeing Yu Nian standing still, Qi Wang raised an eyebrow and asked, “Are you standing here as a punishment?”

“Huh?” Yu Nian didn’t understand.

Qi Wang asked leisurely, “It’s not a punishment, why are you standing by the bed?”

He glanced at Yu Nian, saw some hesitation on his face, and asked again, “Are you having second thoughts and planning to go back to your room?”

That’s exactly it.

But as soon as Yu Nian thought about his room, which didn’t even have a night light, he shook his head like a drum.

He didn’t have time to hesitate anymore. He lifted the blanket and crawled in, lying down neatly with an obedient look on his face.

Qi Wang lowered his head and met his pleasing eyes.

Qi Wang pursed his lips, feeling a bit awkward. He had never shared a bed with anyone before.

He had been abandoned by people since he was a child, and after growing up, he wandered around, never establishing intimate relationships with anyone, accustomed to being alone.

He was disconnected from this world and most of the people in his life, maintaining a gap that could not be crossed.

But now, a young man he had known for less than two months was lying next to him. Even though Yu Nian and he used the same shower gel, a very ordinary citrus scent, discounted at the supermarket, it seemed to be much softer and warmer on Yu Nian’s body, blending lightly into the air.

Qi Wang furrowed his brows, for some reason, regretting agreeing to let Yu Nian sleep here.

“You behave yourself, dare to move around and I’ll kick you off,” he said softly.

Yu Nian immediately nodded.

“I promise,” he boasted, “I sleep very well.”

Qi Wang’s lips curled slightly in a perfunctory manner, not very convinced.

He bypassed Yu Nian, reaching out to turn off the light, but paused when his hand reached the switch, looking down at Yu Nian and asking, “Do you want to keep the light on while you sleep?”

“Yes, yes, can I leave a small one on?” Yu Nian replied hesitantly.

Qi Wang looked down at him like this, making him feel a bit short of breath.

These straight guys really didn’t understand what a safe distance was.

Qi Wang obviously didn’t understand.

He turned off the main light, lay back down, threw the book on the bedside table, and closed his eyes.

“Alright, go to sleep, no noise allowed.”

Yu Nian obediently replied with an “Okay”.

With the main light off, even though the small light was still on, the room suddenly became quiet.

Yu Nian lay there, bound hand and foot, but completely sleepless. Every time he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the ghost from the horror movie, watching him quietly, about to pounce on him the next second.

After enduring for half an hour like this, he still couldn’t fall asleep. After thinking for a while, he quietly turned his head to look at Qi Wang beside him.

Qi Wang seemed to have fallen asleep.

His eyes were tightly closed, his thick eyelashes were visible, like two small fans.

Yu Nian softly called out, “Qi Wang.”

No response.

He stopped for a moment, then called out again, “Are you asleep?”

Still no response.

He must be asleep.

Yu Nian felt a bit disheartened and even more scared.

But his eyes wandered around, yet still settled on Qi Wang.

After a while, he secretly, slowly moved closer to Qi Wang.

He swore, he really didn’t intend to do anything, he was just a bit anxious and wanted to find someone to lean on.

But he didn’t know that Qi Wang always had shallow sleep, and as soon as he moved, Qi Wang woke up.

In the dim light, Qi Wang’s eyelids gently opened a slit, his gaze somewhat cold, emotionless as he looked at Yu Nian to see what he was up to.

He watched as Yu Nian gradually approached, curling up with his own blanket, moving cautiously, until he finally leaned against him, as if finally relieved, satisfied as he breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes.

A few minutes later, Yu Nian fell asleep, the sound of even breathing coming from beside him, even the blanket on his chest rising and falling with each breath.

Qi Wang: “…”

Feeling the warmth beside his arm, he finally understood what Yu Nian had been doing earlier.

Using him as a human heater, borrowing some warmth to fend off the panic from watching a horror movie.

Really… Qi Wang sighed inwardly, for a moment, he almost wanted to push Yu Nian off the bed.

But looking at Yu Nian’s sleeping face, in the end, he didn’t.

However, he almost couldn’t sleep the whole night. This bed was originally a single bed, and it was a bit crowded with Yu Nian and him lying together.

Now that Yu Nian had snuggled up, he couldn’t even move, and the air felt a bit stuffy.

It wasn’t until the latter half of the night, when the rain began to fall outside, that the temperature dropped a bit.

The sound of rain was hypnotic.

Listening to the rain tapping on the window, he finally slowly fell asleep too.

And in the last moment before he fell asleep, he vaguely felt Yu Nian turning over again, something fluffy brushing against his neck, tickling him a bit.

But he was too tired to muster the strength to figure out what it was.