Chapter 27: Antisocial Behavior

When Lin Jiangye was surfing the internet, he had once come across an opinion.

Opening one’s eyes while kissing and staring into each other’s eyes was an abnormal act that could practically be called antisocial.

But clearly, the two of them were more abnormal than the other.

Lin Jiangye could not help closing his eyes, trying to hide his unusual silver-white pupils. Unfortunately, he could not keep it up for long.

“Look at me.”

He heard the low coaxing spill between lips and teeth, carrying a faint, almost imperceptible pant.

Yu Wangxiao’s hand pressed gently against the back of his neck, as if ambiguously stroking him, but also like a formless urging, forcing him to have nowhere to hide. He had no choice but to open his eyes wide and face those dark eyes, deep as a pool.

The sound of his heartbeat pierced through his chest, striking his eardrums like drumbeats. It was too intense, almost carrying a frightening, hallucinatory effect.

“Open your mouth.” Yu Wangxiao bit him lightly. His other hand slid past the hem of Lin Jiangye’s pajamas, lingering over his back, feeling along his tense spine.

Lin Jiangye cooperated in a fluster, still forgetting that he needed to breathe. He could only helplessly feel the other person’s breath spill over him and wrap around him, like honey vaporized under high heat.

Actively kissing Yu Wangxiao and being pressed against the counter by him for a deep kiss, even doing some dangerous things… really felt completely different.

His brain seemed to be roasted over fire, sticky and muddled, while he still had to endure the urge to bite off Yu Wangxiao’s tongue. Lin Jiangye could not describe his mood. It was torment, joy, and a dizziness like near-death.

After who knew how long, as though he had fallen into a dream filled with marshmallows, Yu Wangxiao finally let him go.

Lin Jiangye sat dizzily on the sink counter, his head leaning against the cold mirror behind him, intending to use it to cool down… although the effect was not very good.

“What’s wrong with you?” He lightly coughed. His reason barely returned, and he quickly asked with concern.

“Nothing.” Yu Wangxiao was washing his hands. After rinsing them under cold water for a while, he finally answered as if perfectly composed, “I like your eyes. Since the previous life, I’ve liked them very much.”

The air still held lingering mist, as well as an indescribable ambiguity that made breathing difficult.

“Now I’m becoming more and more certain that I definitely ate you. Otherwise, you wouldn’t know that my eyes actually look like this.” Lin Jiangye rubbed his brow bone and muttered, “I was born without whites in my eyes. I know that looks strange… Your taste is strange too.”

“I knew long ago. You’ve exposed yourself many times recently. But when I witnessed it with my own eyes, I still couldn’t control myself. Sorry. Next time I kiss you, I’ll tell you in advance.” Yu Wangxiao dried his hands, lightly placed them on Lin Jiangye’s knees, and stroked them. He did not look the slightest bit apologetic.

“…When did I expose myself?!” Lin Jiangye was startled.

Yu Wangxiao’s tone was gentle, but the way he looked at him was somewhat meaningful and chilling. “There are many cameras in the Lin family car. When you were affectionately communicating with Lin Jingyao before, the driver saw it, and I saw it too.”

No way. At the time, the energy in his body had been very unstable. He had been so hungry at every turn that he could have swallowed a cow raw. Perhaps he really had failed to control himself. He had to be more careful in the future.

“Cough. It wasn’t affectionate. I was only scaring him, deliberately making him restless. It really wasn’t what you think.” Lin Jiangye inexplicably felt guilty as he explained. “I’m not interested in anyone else.”

“Mm, I know.”

Did he really know?

Looking at his half-smiling expression, Lin Jiangye felt a chill at the back of his neck. Perhaps someone would suffer bad luck because of this.

Since that was the case, he might as well add fuel to the fire. After all, negative emotions were healthiest when vented all at once.

“Speaking of which… although this topic isn’t suitable for now, Yu Lin’s dad died. Did it affect you? Yu Lin came to find me the other day and said many strange things.”

“Strange things.” Yu Wangxiao curved his lips and repeated softly.

Lin Jiangye carefully considered his words. “Mm. He likes me again.”

Yu Wangxiao touched his head, his expression still very gentle. “That’s normal. If he didn’t like you, I would think there was something wrong with his brain and that he needed compulsory treatment.”

So scary!

“…Haha.” Lin Jiangye laughed stiffly, then gathered his courage and said the rest in one breath. “He also said you stole his shares and caused his dad’s death. Actually, I’m pretty worried he’ll go to the media and say nonsense. Is there a way to prevent it in advance?”

“He doesn’t dare. His mother is still in my hands. But, Tuantuan, are you very curious? About my past, my relationship with Yu Chaoyuan, and my relationship with Yu Lin.” Yu Wangxiao seemed able to see through him, asking directly and accurately.

“Liking someone means becoming curious about them. Isn’t that normal?” Lin Jiangye pulled Yu Wangxiao closer, raised his arms around his neck, and without warning, hung his entire body on him. “I was afraid you had too many things weighing on your mind, like PTSD or something, and wouldn’t be willing to say it, so I went to Gu Jiu’an in advance to ask for information.”

Yu Wangxiao’s breathing paused. He steadily supported Lin Jiangye’s thighs and held him tightly, walking out of the bathroom unhurriedly.

“What did you find out?” He pressed his face against Lin Jiangye’s and asked in a low voice.

“I found out that you smoked when you were young, and that you were very fierce. You beat your older brother until he lay under your feet crying…”

“Mm. When people are young and reckless, they do many foolish things. My personality was also impulsive. If I tell you about it myself, it’s indeed a little embarrassing.” Yu Wangxiao carried him through the hallway and turned sideways to gently push open the guest bedroom door. “But since you already know, there’s no need for me to hide it.”

“If it makes you uncomfortable… So comfortable.”

Lin Jiangye was placed on the bed. The soft, brand-new bedding almost wrapped around him completely, and he could not help narrowing his eyes comfortably.

Compared with the ordinary hard bed in the dormitory, the experience brought by this huge mattress was simply like sleeping in the clouds.

“It won’t. It’s only embarrassing. Some things, if I tell you personally, are more reliable than the distorted perspective of outsiders, right?”

Yu Wangxiao sat by the bed and calmly said words that made Lin Jiangye widen his eyes.

“Yu Chaoyuan was a pedophile. Ever since I was six years old, he kept tricking me into ‘playing games’ with him. I matured early and tried every method to stop him from succeeding. I grew up in constant danger… but I was still forced to see many disgusting things.

“My parents didn’t care about his character. They only cared about Yu Corporation’s future development, only cared whether he had the ability to support the family business. I called the police, and then I discovered for the first time that in a family like ours, calling the police was the most meaningless thing. However, with me in Yu Corporation, calling the police will become meaningful.”

“…He deserved to be beaten.” Lin Jiangye sat up and hugged him, only to find himself speechless for a moment.

“I wasn’t his only prey, so I had no choice but to work hard to grow up, work hard to fight for power, and package myself as someone who absolutely could not be provoked. Arrogant, domineering, making everyone fear me. Only then could I press him into the ground and make sure he could never turn over again.”

“You worked hard. You must have saved many children. That’s especially amazing.” Lin Jiangye tightened his arms, and an impulse to dig up a grave surged in his heart.

Unfortunately, this was a society governed by law now. Otherwise, Yu Chaoyuan would definitely be dug out by him and left in the sun for three days and three nights, cursed by everyone.

He simply could not imagine how difficult it had been for the newly grown-up Yu Wangxiao to seize power from an already mature heir with stable foundations.

That was not only difficult. It even came with the risk of losing his life.

Yu Wangxiao let him hold him tightly, leaning against his shoulder, and laughed softly. “Yu Lin worshipped me during his adolescence and secretly learned all those bad habits I had back then. But actually, my temper is quite good, isn’t it? I don’t like that fierce appearance.”

“How can he compare to you?” Lin Jiangye said firmly. “He isn’t as fragrant as you, isn’t as good-looking as you, doesn’t have your figure, and doesn’t have your… gentleness. Anyway, he can’t compare to you in anything.”

“I like hearing that. Praise me more in the future,” Yu Wangxiao said in a low voice. “His mother never knew the inside story. Speaking of it, this was also my problem. I shouldn’t have let her know. I made her become insane.”

“She didn’t know the person sleeping beside her every day was a pedophile? Was it a business marriage? If I didn’t have that kind of interest in someone, I definitely would have noticed something was wrong long ago.” Lin Jiangye muttered.

Another soft laugh sounded.

“She suspected it. Suspected that he liked men. But sexual orientation and psychological perversion are completely different levels. She was worried that Yu Lin had been hurt, just like Yu Chaoyuan had once tried to hurt me. But Yu Lin never mentioned this matter, and she couldn’t ask anything out of him no matter what. She thought too much and worried herself sick.”

“Then that means… Yu Lin…”

“Even now, Yu Lin still thinks I deliberately framed his father, that I poisoned his mother and disabled her, that I controlled his parents to stop him from fighting me for power.”

“How annoying.”

“Yes, very annoying.” Yu Wangxiao sighed softly, his voice becoming very low. “I hate him. Perhaps he was once a victim too. Perhaps his brain blocked out much of the past. But I really hate him.”

Lin Jiangye lowered his eyes and looked at him, seeing a moment of fragility, a very rare fragility.

“Yu Wangxiao, sleep with me tonight? I’ll hold you.” He tentatively spoke.

“I wouldn’t be able to sleep like that.”

“Why?”

“Don’t ask.” Yu Wangxiao curved his lips, somewhat reluctantly leaving his embrace. He raised his hand and gently tidied Lin Jiangye’s messy hair.

“Would you get aroused?” Lin Jiangye looked thoughtful. “I can endure and not bite you, and I won’t—”

“Tuantuan.”

Lin Jiangye immediately fell silent.

Speaking of which, Yu Wangxiao was clearly only twenty-eight, the perfect age for deliciousness. But ever since they had become more and more familiar, sometimes when Yu Wangxiao’s light gaze swept over him, Lin Jiangye really had the guilty feeling of being controlled by an elder.

In any case, he immediately did not dare act out. For Lin Jiangye, who had once been a super troublemaker, this was really fresh.

It was indescribable, but this feeling was actually not bad. It even had a certain charm.

“Then I’ll sleep. You should sleep early too. In the future, if you’re unhappy about anything, tell me.” He obediently lay down in the blankets, held Yu Wangxiao’s hand, and took the initiative to kiss it. “Good night. Sweet dreams.”

“As you command. Good night. There will be food on the cruise tomorrow night, so leave some room at noon.” Yu Wangxiao lightly pinched his cheek, his face calm, and left the guest bedroom with his favorability about to fill completely.

After the favorability completely filled, what exactly would happen? Would that count as successfully clearing the route?

But did Yu Wangxiao still need him to actively conquer him?

And that strange light screen’s power system was completely different from his own, and also different from this world. To figure out what was going on, he would probably need Yu Wangxiao to cooperate fully.

Then it was better to wait until it was full before talking. Caution. After becoming human again, he had to learn caution.

The door closed, but Lin Jiangye tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

He simply sat up again to tidy the room, organizing the luggage he had brought and the wardrobe.

At present, most of his clothes were in the walk-in closet. The wardrobe in the bedroom was still quite empty and could be used to store miscellaneous items.

Lin Jiangye rummaged through the boxes and cases and discovered a large number of recording pens, locators, and micro-cameras that did not reveal any clues from the outside. They were all things he had picked out from the dorm at the very beginning and forcefully returned to Chen Ming.

Unexpectedly, Yu Wangxiao had actually accepted them righteously and placed them perfectly intact in the guest bedroom.

Lin Jiangye was both angry and amused. He continued quietly organizing things, then discovered two game consoles in the wardrobe, colorful unopened game controllers, and a computer tower that Li Liang would call an ocean-view room.

Inside the bedside table drawer, there was even an inexplicable luxury car key, along with several brooches and cufflinks of different sizes, inlaid with jewels he could not afford even if he sold himself.

“…Yu Wangxiao, this person, really.”

Lin Jiangye was shocked. It seemed Yu Wangxiao had indeed long planned to live with him, without the slightest politeness or false sentiment.

After all, Yu Wangxiao did not seem to like playing games. He had merely considered everything an ordinary university student might like, as well as everything Lin Jiangye might use daily, and arranged everything properly, purchasing them in large quantities.

Although these beautiful brooches and cufflinks… most likely had tiny monitoring devices installed in them.

Since Yu Wangxiao did not feel guilty, Lin Jiangye did not feel guilty either. He accepted this arrangement with peace of mind, picked through them, chose a pair of silver cufflinks for himself, then put one of the recording pens into his pocket as backup.

Still unable to sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of the way Yu Wangxiao kissed him. Despair.

Lin Jiangye turned off the main light, turned on the small night light, curled back into the blankets, and played with his phone, trying to let the warm central air conditioning blow him unconscious.

A new message notification popped up. Lin Jiangye raised his brows and opened it, somewhat curious.

Who was looking for him to tell fortunes in the middle of the night?

That’s right. This was the part-time business Lin Jiangye had recently started. A very simple way to earn money, and the channel was fairly formal.

First, he now barely counted as a Yu Corporation employee, so he could attach his identity to any affiliated institution. Yu Wangxiao would not stop him, and He Chen, needless to say, would always be happy to help him.

For a behemoth like Yu Corporation, which dominated the novel world and rooted itself in the lifeblood of the world economy… from small things like napkins, car windows, and drinking water, to lucrative biological research and anticancer drug investments, Yu Corporation’s shadow appeared in every direction.

Including the contracting and online promotion of some Taoist temples, the selling and popularization of gemstones and magic stones, as well as online courses in astrology and the Book of Changes. Astonishingly, these were also long-term profitable projects.

One should not let benefits flow to outsiders. After doing a simple market survey, Lin Jiangye very decisively downloaded an app invested in by Yu Corporation, passed the test, successfully registered, and gave himself the name—Daoist Black Mountain.

People said diviners earned money entirely from hopeless romantics, but Lin Jiangye did not have that kind of emotional intelligence. So he did not participate in any emotional counseling segments. He was only responsible for predicting fortune and misfortune, as well as simple, clear “yes” and “no” answers. The prediction time was limited to three months to half a year. Anything longer than that, he simply refused.

Unexpectedly, even such a lazy little part-time job earned him many tips from customers. Lin Jiangye himself did not understand it either, but this cold attitude still won him endless praise. Some people even continuously recommended others to come to him for divination.

Yu Wangxiao should know about this matter, but he did not interfere with his tiny career at all… only taking away the pocket money he earned.

Lin Jiangye was quite willing. This also gave him a little motivation to keep making money.

A brand-new red dot appeared in the app. An anonymous user with a white kitten profile picture. Their spending was unexpectedly generous—they directly paid five thousand, saying they wanted to consult about relationship problems.

For the sake of the five thousand yuan, and because of the pain of insomnia, Lin Jiangye made an exception this time and did not refuse.

He casually chatted with this little kitten for a few lines, but his expression became subtle bit by bit.

Because this person was Lin Jingyao.