Chapter 26

Chapter 26

A furious shout came through the phone.

Wang Xiao, who had been somewhat weary, instantly snapped alert.

“How can someone have died again?”

Today’s body count was almost catching up to the Police Station’s yearly workload.

Wang Xiao’s teeth ached, and he scratched his head.

And Wu Xiaojiu was still beside him, offering a reminder.

“Isn’t this pace a little too fast?”

“Don’t play tricks there, I’m telling you, skipping work is a big deal. If this gets recorded in my file, it’s over!”

Wang Xiao didn’t even have time to use the hospital entrance; he scrambled over the wall in a panic.

After he left, Wu Xiaojiu also made to stand up.

But Bo Suihan grabbed his sleeve and pulled him back down.

“Where are you going?”

“I thought I’d go back and lie down for a bit. Another death, and once Wang Xiao gets chewed out, he’ll come looking for us again. It’ll probably be another pile of work.”

“Don’t go yet. I want to ask you something.”

This time, Bo Suihan directly pressed his hand down on his shoulder, with considerable strength.

Wu Xiaojiu couldn’t move, just looked at him with dark circles under his eyes.

“If you have a question, ask quickly. I’m dog-tired, and soon my brain won’t be clear. Whatever you want to know, even if I know it, I won’t be able to say it.”

Bo Suihan looked at his haggard appearance.

He was silent for a moment. Even though his face didn’t show it, his ears grew hot.

A shiver ran through him.

“When you were with Wang Xiao, what did you call me? ‘Husband’?”

Wang Xiao was gone.

Coupled with the huge shock, though his mind had been clear at first, later he might not have been able to recover, and Wu Xiaojiu’s head kept nodding forward toward the ground.

Hearing the question, he nodded subconsciously and gave an indistinct hum.

[Ding! Long Aotian Affection Points +30, current Affection Points: 90!]

In that instant, the heat gathered on Bo Suihan’s crimson ear tips spread instantly to his face.

He felt his heart thudding wildly.

A crack appeared in his usually icy expression. Bo Suihan bit his lower lip and slowly turned his face aside.

“What do you mean? Do you want to date me? I’m powerless and have no influence now-do you really think well of me?”

Wu Xiaojiu’s brain belatedly processed the words. Only then did he suddenly realize what Bo Suihan had said.

Momentarily convinced, he looked up.

He happened to see Bo Suihan’s embarrassed expression and heard those “shy and hesitant” questions.

Hastily, he raised his hands and waved them, his face full of embarrassment.

“No, that ‘husband’ wasn’t me calling you that-it was the nickname he gave you. He’s just messing around; don’t take it to heart.”

“As for dating, well… actually, it’s not that, but you seem like a traditional guy, so it’s not really at that point yet.”

Regarding the question about “husband,” Wu Xiaojiu had a perfectly good reason.

But as for dating-that was rather awkward, and indeed a comment that struck a nerve.

Wu Xiaojiu answered ambiguously.

Bo Suihan was a perceptive person; there was no way he wouldn’t hear the implication in his words and the key points left unsaid.

“The Bo Family is indeed very traditional, but I was raised by my masters. Though there are many of them, they raised me in a free-range way, and their temperaments are quite casual.”

“Like my eldest master-she goes for both men and women. She flirted with all the widows and widowers in the mountain village. My second master is also… so I…”

“don’t mind homosexuality.”

Bo Suihan spoke the last sentence in a faint voice.
But immediately he raised his voice again, returning to a normal speaking tone.

As if the last sentence had never existed, he said, “But I don’t mean I like you, and I don’t want to date you. Although they are very open-minded, I’m essentially traditional.”

“Maybe it’s brotherly affection……”

What does this mean? Wu Xiaojiu perked up a bit.

He leaned lazily against the floor tiles, his small face’s eyes rolling around, looking at Bo Suihan in confusion.

After pondering for a long time, he still couldn’t figure out what the other party saw in him.

Such an awesome Long Aotian, they had only been in contact for a few days, and Wu Xiaojiu hadn’t put in much sincerity or effort.

How come Bo Suihan suddenly changed his nature, from the previous cold as ice to the current passionate like fire?

Why was he so easy to “win over”?

There must be something fishy!

“I’d rather ask you, we haven’t been in touch for long, and my sister even broke off the engagement with you. You don’t hold a grudge against our Wu Family, so why do you care so much whether I like you or not?”

Bo Suihan’s face turned cold, and he lowered his head, silent for a while.

The daylight had almost brightened, illuminating the brain matter all over the ground and the three heads rolling around.

It was at this moment.

Bo Suihan opened his mouth and explained why he had different feelings for Wu Xiaojiu.

“I’m starved for affection.”

“I became an orphan when I was young. Although I have nine masters, they only taught me skills and never cared about me. Sometimes I felt like no one cared whether I lived or died. But you’re different. Although I don’t have that kind of feelings for you…”

“But I can slowly develop them. You care about me, you like me. I’m so desperate for affection that I want to use everything to make it up to you, wanting you to get double the emotional value from me.”

Bo Suihan sighed long and deep.

Suddenly, Wu Xiaojiu felt a pang of guilt.

The way he said it made him sound like some kind of scumbag who seduces innocent young men with a cup of milk tea.

Sure enough, children need to be raised with plenty of love.

Wu Xiaojiu clicked his tongue, and in the whitish dawn light, he quickly waved his hand.

“No, no, no, don’t try so hard to please people. Follow your own heart. If you like me, then like me; if you don’t, it’s okay to refuse.”

[Host, are you crazy? This is a perfect chance to win over Long Aotian! Instead of pressing the attack, you’re backing down. Do you not want to succeed in the conquest mission?]

The System screamed inside his mind.

Wu Xiaojiu had to take a moment to respond.

[Don’t you think Long Aotian is pretty pitiful? Even though he’ll have power and influence later, he suffered a lot in the early days. He’s a little orphan with no one to care for him, starved for love and lacking confidence. If I take advantage of him now, what does that make me?]

Bo Suihan’s gaze flickered.

He lifted his face, tears hanging on it.

He didn’t know when he had started crying.

He stared blankly at Wu Xiaojiu, like an inexperienced and naive young man.

At this moment, Bo Suihan had lost all his aloofness, and all his earlier shrewdness too.

All that remained.

Was bewilderment.

“I understand.”

Bo Suihan got up abruptly and left in a panic.

Wu Xiaojiu was dumbfounded, staring at his retreating figure.

Suddenly, he felt that Bo Suihan cut a sorry figure.

Before he could get up to chase after him, the children’s watch on his wrist suddenly buzzed twice.

Against the pure black background, a few words slowly appeared.

“I miss you.”