A more direct way to express affection than hugging is kissing.

　　Before, when they were at home, Yu Yuan would occasionally kiss Xingxing on the head. But this time, it was a subconscious action because he was too surprised and he didn’t notice the slightly warm gazes of the people around him.

　　It was not until he put the cat jellyfish and the toy duck back into the water that he realized that Fu Zhixu’s eyes had been on him.

　　Yu Yuan pinched the toy starfish he had just received. He didn’t dare to look at Fu Zhixu, but waited for him to speak first.

　　The water in the bathtub was at just the right temperature, and it had melted his favorite sea salt bath ball. He was soaking in it very comfortably, with the tip of his tail swaying gently in pleasure.

　　Fu Zhixu just kept looking at him and said nothing.

　　He was thinking…what gift to give the little mermaid.

　　Even if he can’t get a kiss, he still wants to give it to him, as long as it can make him happy.

　　To pursue this kind of thing, sacrifice is necessary.

　　Finally, Yu Yuan couldn’t help but raise his eyes to meet his gaze that was glued to him. There was a bit of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and he deliberately asked, “Is the show over?”

　　Fu Zhixu couldn’t help laughing, and deliberately replied: “Not yet.”

　　Yu Yuan: “?”

　　Fu Zhixu put his knowledge into practice and said nonsense in a serious tone: “According to the script, you will give me a kiss after you recover from your illness.”

　　Yu Yuan guessed that he was probably inspired by the kiss he had just given the cat jellyfish, so he gave him a look that said “Do you think I look like a fool?”, but the tip of his tail curled up slightly because of shyness, and he lowered his head to continue taking a bath, ignoring him.

　　Fu Zhixu was actually a little shy. This was the first time he fell in love with someone and the first time he said such cheesy love words. This was very different from the script lines he had memorized and practiced countless times.

　　After all, he had acted in so many plays that even if he was shy, he could conceal his body language perfectly so that no one could see it. However…his ears under his black hair still couldn’t help but turn slightly red.

　　He felt it, but had no intention of hiding it, or rather, he enjoyed the feeling.

　　Enjoy the feeling of being unable to control your heartbeat, enjoy the feeling of being shy in front of the person you like, enjoy… the feeling of your body becoming out of control.

　　”Ayuan.” Fu Zhixu couldn’t help but call out this nickname again.

　　Yu Yuan subconsciously hummed, his eyelashes trembling, and he met his gaze again. He decided not to bother with him about what happened just now for the time being and to listen to what he had to say this time.

　　Fu Zhixu completely lost the frivolous tone he had just said and said seriously, “I have never been acting in front of you.”

　　Yu Yuan said “Oh?”, patted the fish’s tail in the water, raised a finger, and said, “I want to sleep with him, not with you.”

　　He raised his second finger and said, “He also likes my cooking.”

　　The third finger, “He has short straight hair.”

　　The fourth finger, “He likes pets, too.”

　　…

　　The more Fu Zhixu listened, the more he wanted to laugh. He just thought that Yu Yuan was so adorable that he could hardly help himself. He suddenly reached out and directly held Yu Yuan’s hand, stopping him from continuing to list his “crimes”.

　　There were water stains on Yu Yuan’s hands, which also wet Fu Zhixu’s palms. Water flowed down along their clasped hands, but Fu Zhixu didn’t mind at all.

　　Fu Zhixu teased him deliberately: “How do you remember it so clearly? I just made it up, I have almost forgotten it myself.”

　　Yu Yuan looked at him angrily and retorted: “Don’t you remember how to be a qualified substitute to ‘serve’ you?”

　　Fu Zhixu raised an eyebrow, put his hand back into the water, which had become slightly cold because it had been out of the water for too long, and said leisurely: “‘Service’ means eating the meals I cook every day, asking me to comb and blow dry my hair, and also asking me to wipe my tail?”

　　Yu Yuan: “…”

　　Yu Yuan completely gave up struggling and was defeated. Feeling guilty, he kept making small movements. He pinched the toy star, touched the cat jellyfish, and the tip of his tail curled up.

　　As expected, one who receives favors from others will be grateful and one who eats from others will be soft-hearted.

　　However, after this back and forth, the two of them finally talked it out face to face.

　　But he just talked about the matter of “white moonlight” and “stand-in”.

　　There is another more important point that has not been mentioned.

　　Fu Zhixu followed up with a blatant statement: “That can’t be considered acting. There’s no part in the play where I fall in love with you. It’s already out of the script.”

　　Yu Yuan’s heartbeat accelerated again and his body sank in the bathtub, as if he was too nervous and subconsciously wanted to find a place to curl up, but there was only water in the bathtub and no shelter.

　　”You are to me…” Fu Zhixu paused, pondered the words for a moment, and finally couldn’t think of a suitable one, so he chose to go straight to the point and asked, “Do you like me a little bit?”

　　Yu Yuan was feeling unwell on the phone in the afternoon due to illness, so he only expressed his feelings in a hurry. He did not dare to put too much pressure on him or ask too many questions.

　　Now, Yu Yuan’s condition has improved a little, and the two are face to face again. The atmosphere is just right, and he really can’t help it.

　　It is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity – he has become accustomed to living under the same roof with Yu Yuan, eating together every day, and even sleeping together. He doesn’t want to go back to living a life without Yu Yuan.

　　He wished he could take Yu Yuan back tonight.

　　But he must have a legitimate identity to be able to do such a thing legitimately.

　　After hearing this, Yu Yuan sank deeper into the bathtub, with the tip of his tail completely curled up. Suddenly, with a “bang”, his whole body slid into the bathtub, including his head. Fortunately, he didn’t hit it.

　　The cat jellyfish was startled and instantly flew up, flapping its little wings.

　　Fu Zhixu was also panicked for a second, but he quickly realized that he was a mermaid and would not choke on water, but he still reacted quickly and pulled him out of the water.

　　Yu Yuan’s hair was almost wet, and there were water droplets on his eyelashes, which slid down as he blinked, like tiny gems.

　　I don’t know if it was because of shyness or the high water temperature, but my fair skin had unknowingly been stained with a thin layer of pink, turning me into a steamed fish.

　　Yu Yuan pursed his lips and did not answer the question just now. Instead, he raised his hand to lift his hair out of the bathtub, touched the little head of the cat jellyfish to comfort it, and said to Fu Zhixu confidently: “Help me wash my hair.”

　　Anyway, my hair is already wet and I will have to blow-dry it later, so I might as well take this opportunity to wash it.

　　Sure enough, as soon as this sentence was finished, the reminder sound for gaining the coquettish value sounded again.

　　Fu Zhixu: “Okay.”

　　He stood up, picked up the shampoo and conditioner from the shelf beside him, lifted the stool and sat behind him, and started washing his hair.

　　This was his first time washing someone else’s hair. None of the characters he had played in previous dramas had such a plot. Washing your own hair is very different from washing someone else’s hair. His movements were inevitably a little unfamiliar and clumsy, but he was also extremely focused.

　　Fu Zhixu did not repeat the question, nor did he speak again, giving him enough time to digest and think, and to complete the task he had asked him to do seriously.

　　The fingertips gently massaged the scalp, and Yu Yuan closed his eyes comfortably.

　　Cut off vision and the other senses become clearer.

　　Yu Yuan heard his own heartbeat which showed no sign of slowing down, and heard the responses from deep within his heart.

　　I don’t know how much time had passed. Fu Zhixu was applying conditioner to the ends of his curly hair. The cat jellyfish sank into the water and landed on Yu Yuan’s tail, sticking close to it.

　　Yu Yuan suddenly spoke, and the tip of his tail curled up shyly like a shrimp.

　　”I can kiss you without having to follow the ‘script’ and wait until you get better.”