On the day Gong Yingxian was discharged, Ren Yi drove him home. Not only that, he also planned to stay at the Gong residence for a while.
He had already completed the paperwork for his advanced studies and was simply waiting for the second academic term to begin. He was free during this period, and spending time with Gong Yingxian was the only thing he wanted to do.
The medical room in Gong Yingxian’s home had been equipped with a new batch of medical devices. A doctor and two nurses had also been transferred from his private hospital to take over his treatment.
Gong Mingqing had already signed the medical liability waiver, so Dr. Pompey could begin Gong Yingxian’s hypnosis treatment at any time.
Once he was back in his own home, Gong Yingxian visibly relaxed. His expressions and movements became noticeably more animated than before, and he even took the initiative to go outside.
So Ren Yi pushed his wheelchair and took him around the house. Whenever they came across stairs or thresholds that the wheelchair couldn’t get over, Ren Yi simply lifted both Gong Yingxian and the wheelchair across. After doing this several times, he was panting with exhaustion, but he still refused to ask anyone for help. He knew Gong Yingxian liked being alone with him. Besides, the number of moments when they could communicate effectively during their time together was increasing day by day, and he didn’t want anyone interrupting them.
Ren Yi pushed Gong Yingxian around the garden. The sunlight was just right, and the temperature was pleasant. Lush greenery surrounded them, and every breath was filled with the crisp fragrance of grass and trees. The fresh air seemed to circulate through their lungs and bodies, leaving them wonderfully refreshed.
The two chatted as they went along—Ren Yi doing the talking, Gong Yingxian listening.
“The weather has been absolutely lovely lately. But once Qingming passes, it’ll be a different story. It’ll start getting hot. I’m going back to the Armed Police University for further studies, you know, and the dormitory there doesn’t have air-conditioning. So I definitely won’t be sleeping there at night. I’ll come home instead. But I’ll still have to nap there at noon. Ah, this reminds me of university. We used to come up with all sorts of ways to keep cool. We even put a bathtub in our dorm room once.”
“What were you like back in university? You definitely didn’t live in a dorm, did you? You’re the kind of person who couldn’t possibly stand sharing a room with someone else. Oh, wait…” Ren Yi suddenly laughed. He lowered his head and teased him by his ear. “Actually, you’re quite happy sharing a room with me. In fact, you’d rather share the same room, the same bedroom, the same bed, and even the same blanket. Right?”
Gong Yingxian lifted his head and rubbed his cheek against Ren Yi’s.
Ren Yi kissed his cheek, then affectionately rubbed his face. “Good boy. Come on, let’s go visit your friends.”
The two arrived at the reptile room. Ren Yi knew the access code, so he opened the door without any trouble. He bent down to lift the wheelchair over the threshold.
But Gong Yingxian stopped him, wanting to stand up by himself.
Ren Yi hurriedly stopped him. “Don’t you dare move around carelessly.”
Gong Yingxian frowned and looked at his own leg.
“Don’t be impatient. Once you’re better, you can do whatever you like. For now, just sit still and behave. I’m not tired. My training sessions are much more intense than this.” Ren Yi carried the wheelchair over the threshold. “Come on, let’s go see Schiel.”
He pushed Gong Yingxian along, admiring the reptiles as they passed. Gong Yingxian’s eyes lit up. He even checked the temperature of each climate-controlled enclosure, seemingly wanting to open them, too, but Ren Yi stopped him.
Ren Yi continued pushing him until they reached Schiel’s enclosure. He leaned close to the glass and looked at the snake.
“Yingxian, you’ve always wanted Miao Miao to play with it. Once you’re better, I’ll bring Miao Miao over. How does that sound?”
Gong Yingxian gently tapped the glass. To their surprise, Schiel slithered over and rubbed its water-blue head against the glass.
“I’ve realized that the more I look at it, the cuter it gets.”
Gong Yingxian looked up at Ren Yi, his eyes full of expectation.
Ren Yi smiled. “We can’t open it. What if there are germs?”
Gong Yingxian lowered his head in disappointment and spent quite a while teasing Schiel through the glass.
Ren Yi, however, was drawn to a gift box on the workbench. He walked over and carefully opened it. Inside was exactly what he had expected: the taxidermied bearded dragon, Gong Yingxian’s “One Heart, One Lizard.”
Ren Yi burst out laughing.
What a corny, childish, utterly… Gong Yingxian way of confessing his feelings.
So serious. So meticulous. So utterly devoted.
He loved it so much. Just looking at it made his heart melt.
This gift, which could barely be considered their token of commitment to each other, had failed to reach him twice. The first time, Yan Jue had interrupted them. The second time, they had been on their way to rescue Gong Feilan. Everything that happened afterward had left them with no time or inclination to think about it again.
But what was meant to be his had eventually found its way to him. Now it was right there in his hands.
While Ren Yi was lost in thought, he heard the soft rolling sound of the wheelchair. He turned around and saw that Gong Yingxian had somehow wheeled himself over and was now hugging his waist.
Ren Yi put down the lily-of-the-valley and smiled. “I can finally take it home this time. But we could leave it here for now, too. Somehow, it feels like it belongs here. Hmm… Maybe I should still bring it home. I’ll tidy up my place and find somewhere nice for it, because I want to bring you home, too.”
Gong Yingxian didn’t seem to understand what he had said. He simply held Ren Yi around the waist, resting his head against his side and gently nuzzling him.
“One heart, one lizard. One heart, one devotion.” The more Ren Yi repeated the words, the sweeter he felt. He stroked Gong Yingxian’s thick hair and spoke tenderly. “You’re actually quite romantic.”
In the end, Ren Yi decided to leave the lily-of-the-valley here for the time being. Once he had tidied up his own home, he would find a good place to display it and keep it safe. Then he pushed Gong Yingxian back for dinner. After dinner, Dr. Pompey would come to perform deep hypnosis on him.
To help Gong Yingxian relax completely, the deep hypnosis session was conducted in his bedroom. Ren Yi waited outside, feeling anxious.
Uncle Sheng had tried several times to persuade Ren Yi to sit down while he waited, but Ren Yi refused. In the end, Uncle Sheng simply brought a chair and placed it outside Gong Yingxian’s bedroom.
Ren Yi waited outside for three hours. It wasn’t that the hypnosis itself took that long. Dr. Pompey first needed to communicate thoroughly with Gong Yingxian, observing his condition gradually and carefully. He also administered medication to relax Gong Yingxian’s muscles, preventing him from moving around and pulling at his healing wounds. These preparations took quite a while. The actual hypnosis lasted less than twenty minutes, as a longer session would be unsafe.
When the bedroom door opened, Ren Yi immediately stood up and looked at Dr. Pompey.
Dr. Pompey smiled at him. “Don’t worry. It went very well.”
Ren Yi asked eagerly, “How well?”
“First of all, his current condition isn’t serious, especially compared with what happened when he was six. Back then, he suffered severe psychological trauma. This time, to put it simply, he was frightened. It was a self-protective response. So, given a safe and comfortable environment, he would gradually recover on his own. With our help, however, the process will be faster.
“I asked him a few questions just now and discovered that some of his memories have become mixed up with those from when he was six. This means that the recent trauma may have brought back many things he had forgotten back then. That creates an obstacle to his recovery, but it’s also good news, because these are memories he has always wanted to recover. By helping him sort through those memories, I’ve also helped him distinguish between the two periods of his life, allowing him to gradually separate himself from the past.”
“That’s wonderful!” Ren Yi rubbed his hands together excitedly. “Can I go in and see him now?”
“Of course. He can manage simple conversations now,” Dr. Pompey said. “From this point on, you should talk to him about more complicated things. For example, discuss the case with him, ask him questions about chemistry, and encourage him to use his brain as much as possible.”
“Okay.”
“Go ahead.” Dr. Pompey took a couple of steps, then turned back. “Oh, and about my suggestion last time—you really must give it a try.” He winked at Ren Yi. “It genuinely works.”
Ren Yi looked a little embarrassed and pushed open the door.
Gong Yingxian was leaning against the bed, reading a sheet of paper. When Ren Yi approached, he realized it was a medication information leaflet.
Ren Yi flicked the paper. “What’s so interesting about this?”
Apparently, there wasn’t much to it. Gong Yingxian casually tossed it aside and looked at Ren Yi.
“You…”
“What about me?”
“Ren Yi.”
“Yes, I’m Ren Yi.”
Gong Yingxian pointed at his throat. “Water.”
His ability to express himself so clearly delighted Ren Yi. He immediately turned around, poured him a glass of water, and sat beside the bed to watch him drink.
Ren Yi held Gong Yingxian’s hand. “Are you tired?”
Gong Yingxian nodded, then shook his head.
“So, are you tired or not?” Ren Yi asked patiently.
Gong Yingxian thought for a while and frowned.
“All right, never mind. If you can’t answer, you don’t have to.”
Gong Yingxian put the glass on the bedside table, leaned forward, and kissed Ren Yi as naturally as could be. It seemed to be the thing that interested him most. He wanted to do it many times every day. Especially when he didn’t know how to respond to Ren Yi, kissing him was the perfect answer.
Ren Yi responded to him with equal tenderness. Then Dr. Pompey’s words suddenly echoed in his mind, sending ripples across the lake of his heart, growing wider and wider.
By the time Ren Yi came back to his senses, he was already kneeling on one knee on the bed, wrapping his arms around Gong Yingxian’s neck and deepening the kiss.
The lake of his heart was now churning with fierce waves.
The kiss grew increasingly passionate, gradually slipping out of control.
Ren Yi used the same trick as before, slipping his hand beneath the thin blanket and grasping Gong Yingxian’s erection through his trousers. It had been soft and dormant between his thighs, but the moment Ren Yi touched it, it twitched slightly and began to change in his palm.
Ren Yi used both lips and tongue, exploring Gong Yingxian’s mouth while feeling the organ in his hand grow harder and larger under his caresses, until it had become fully erect. He casually flicked the blanket aside. The bulge now stretched prominently beneath Gong Yingxian’s trousers.
During a brief pause in their breathless kissing, Ren Yi smiled and said, “You’ve been acting like a little kid lately, but this part certainly doesn’t seem like one. What have you been eating? Maybe I should try that cold food, too.”
Gong Yingxian pushed his lower body restlessly against Ren Yi’s palm. He didn’t know exactly what he wanted. He only knew that he wanted something, and that the person in front of him could give it to him.
Ren Yi instead pressed down on his thigh. “You’re not allowed to move. Only I get to move, all right?”
Gong Yingxian stared at him, his eyes shining startlingly brightly.
“If you move around, you might hurt your wound.” Ren Yi kissed him again. “So you mustn’t move, especially your leg. All right? Nod if you agree, and we’ll continue.”
Gong Yingxian obediently nodded.
Ren Yi licked his lips and carefully straddled Gong Yingxian. His leg injury was on the side, so as long as he avoided touching it deliberately, this position wouldn’t aggravate it. Even so, he didn’t dare put his full weight on him. He supported himself with his knees and rubbed his body against Gong Yingxian’s still-clothed erection.
Gong Yingxian let out a low moan. He wrapped both arms around Ren Yi’s waist, then slowly slid his hands lower, slipping them beneath the waistband of his trousers and instinctively caressing his firm, rounded buttocks.
Ren Yi caught Gong Yingxian’s lower lip between his teeth and gently tugged at it, then brushed his tongue along his teeth and murmured, “Oh, my waist is getting a little sore.”
Gong Yingxian reached for his waist.
Ren Yi chuckled. “Touching me like that will only make it sorer. If you don’t want me to get sore, you need to get better quickly. Then you can take over and let me lie back and enjoy myself, all right?”
Gong Yingxian nodded and called out, “Ren Yi, waist sore.”
Ren Yi shifted backward onto his knees, leaned forward, and pulled down Gong Yingxian’s trousers. His large erection sprang free, standing tall and proud.
Gong Yingxian grew self-conscious, his face flushing red.
Ren Yi hadn’t seen Little Gong Yingxian in quite some time, and he was overcome with excitement. His mind filled with vivid, sensual memories of the two of them making love with abandon in the past, leaving him equally aroused.
Without hesitation, Ren Yi opened his mouth and took Gong Yingxian’s thick, long erection inside.
Gong Yingxian drew in a sharp breath and shuddered violently.
Ren Yi pressed down on his thigh and mumbled, “Don’t move.” Then he began to suck and tease him with his tongue.
Telling Gong Yingxian not to move at a time like this was truly asking the impossible. He was excited, helpless, and impatient, but he had no idea what he should do. He watched Ren Yi’s cheek bulge from within. He watched Ren Yi’s bright red lips stretch around him, his veined erection moving in and out of Ren Yi’s mouth. He watched Ren Yi’s tongue travel from the base to the tip before sucking hard.
His entire body jolted as though struck by lightning. Pleasure surged through him, and he couldn’t help grabbing Ren Yi’s hair and calling his name again and again.
Ren Yi worked diligently, taking him in and out of his mouth. Before long, his cheeks began to ache. He patted Gong Yingxian’s leg. “Aren’t you… going to come yet?”
Gong Yingxian closed his eyes and leaned back against the pillows, gripping the blanket tightly in both hands and moaning softly, but he showed no sign of being close to climax.
Ren Yi knew Gong Yingxian’s stamina better than anyone. In fact, he was probably the only person who did. After all that effort, he could see that Gong Yingxian had no intention of finishing anytime soon. He knew this wasn’t going to end easily.
Fortunately, he had come prepared. He took a bottle of lubricant from his pocket, quickly removed his trousers, squeezed some onto his hand, and began preparing himself.
Gong Yingxian stared at him, eyes wide.
Ren Yi felt a little embarrassed under that gaze, but he wasn’t the sort of person who hid when he got shy. He firmly believed that as long as the other person was even more embarrassed than he was, he wouldn’t be the most awkward one. So he crawled closer again, brushing his lips against Gong Yingxian’s without quite kissing him.
“Do you know what I’m doing?” he asked suggestively.
Gong Yingxian stared blankly at him. His entire face was already bright red, the flush even reaching his neck.
Ren Yi moved his head to one side and rested it on Gong Yingxian’s shoulder, leaning farther forward. Then he raised his hips, took Gong Yingxian’s hand, and guided his long arm across his back until his hand touched Ren Yi’s slick, lubricated entrance.
Gong Yingxian’s hand jerked as though he had been shocked. But Ren Yi’s slippery fingers caught his hand and guided it toward the opening.
Ren Yi bit Gong Yingxian’s neck. “You used to help me with this all the time. Try to remember. You remember how to do it, don’t you?”
Gong Yingxian’s hand remained stiff for a moment. Then, as if guided by some inexplicable instinct, he touched the soft, slightly contracting opening and slowly inserted a finger.
“Mm, that’s right…” Ren Yi rubbed against the hollow of Gong Yingxian’s shoulder. “Just like that.”
He simply inserted a finger of his own as well, intertwining it with Gong Yingxian’s inside himself. This new and rather shameless way of doing things sent a fresh thrill through him. His erection ached with need, and he wanted nothing more than even greater stimulation.
Just as Ren Yi was about to take things further, he suddenly felt the muscles around him tighten. Gong Yingxian had added two more fingers himself. He even began moving them in and out, making wet, squelching sounds as the lubricant shifted.
Ren Yi gasped heavily, nearly losing his balance and collapsing onto Gong Yingxian.
Gong Yingxian’s lips were all over him, kissing and licking his ears, cheeks, and hairline, sometimes even biting gently.
“All right, that’s enough.” Ren Yi withdrew Gong Yingxian’s wet fingers, wrapped both arms around his neck, and looked at him with unrestrained desire. “Dr. Pompey said this would help. I can see you’ve already remembered quite a lot. So if you feel even better in a little while, maybe you’ll remember even more, won’t you?”
Gong Yingxian leaned forward to kiss him, but Ren Yi pressed his forehead against his.
“Wait. Let me first… No, let you get inside me first.”
He adjusted his kneeling position, bracing his long, strong thighs on either side of Gong Yingxian. With one hand, he held Gong Yingxian’s exceptionally large erection, while the other spread himself open. He positioned himself carefully and slowly lowered his body.
“Mm…” Gong Yingxian let out a breathless sound of disbelief as a tingling sensation swept through him.
“Ah… That hurts…” Ren Yi had barely taken the tip when he found it difficult to continue. He could only brace both hands against Gong Yingxian’s hard abdominal muscles and try to give himself a moment to adjust.
But Gong Yingxian, having already tasted the pleasure, was unwilling to stop. Seeing Ren Yi take only part of him while so much remained outside, he instinctively thrust his hips upward.
“Ah!” Ren Yi cried out in pain. The massive organ had been pushed halfway inside. He slapped Gong Yingxian and snapped, “I told you not to move!”
This was the first time Gong Yingxian had ever been scolded by Ren Yi. After his initial surprise, the corners of his eyes drooped. He really did become completely still.
Ren Yi took several deep breaths. He wasn’t afraid of the pain itself; he was afraid Gong Yingxian might tear open his healing wound. When he looked up and saw Gong Yingxian’s wounded expression, he couldn’t bear it. He pinched Gong Yingxian’s chin and smiled.
“Look at you. I really want to take a picture of that expression and show it to you later. You’d probably scare yourself half to death.”
Gong Yingxian was trembling all over as he struggled to hold himself still. His erection quivered restlessly, the veins standing out prominently, making it look even more formidable.
Ren Yi steeled himself, lowered his hips, and sank down.
“Ah—ah!” The organ pressed directly against a certain spot inside him, as though it were about to pierce straight through his body. It reached a depth he couldn’t immediately accommodate, making his whole body tremble. Even the tip of his erection began to leak fluid.
Gong Yingxian, however, had already forgotten Ren Yi’s warning not to move. The intense pleasure of being tightly enveloped by that warm, moist softness overwhelmed his senses, and he thrust upward again.
Ren Yi grabbed his shoulders and gritted his teeth. “I told you not to move! Don’t… Tsk, you bastard. Are you pretending you can’t help it?!” He slapped Gong Yingxian’s uninjured thigh. “Don’t move!”
Gong Yingxian could only suppress his urge and stop.
Ren Yi took several more deep breaths, barely managing to adjust to the foreign presence inside him. He removed the pillows supporting Gong Yingxian’s back.
“Lie down.”
Gong Yingxian lay back.
Ren Yi braced himself against Gong Yingxian’s firm abdominal muscles, lifted his hips, and slowly lowered himself again.
“Ah… Ren Yi…” Gong Yingxian grabbed Ren Yi’s thighs, leaving a series of handprints on his fair, slender legs.
They had used this position once or twice before, but it was rather tiring. Ren Yi knew he couldn’t match Gong Yingxian’s stamina, so he was usually happy to let Gong Yingxian do the work. But those previous occasions had involved both of them cooperating. This was the first time Ren Yi had been entirely in control. Only now did he realize how much deeper this position allowed him to take Gong Yingxian, and how much more prolonged the pleasure could be.
Finding his rhythm, Ren Yi began moving up and down. Every time that erection sank deeper, he felt as though it might pass right through him. None of his sensitive spots could escape its hard, hot friction. At the same time, he stroked himself, and the combined stimulation from both sides sent waves of tingling pleasure coursing through his body.
Gong Yingxian was equally lost in the sensation. Every second inside Ren Yi burned with intense desire. He called Ren Yi’s name, then said, “I want to move.”
Ren Yi was so overwhelmed by the sensation that he was almost losing his mind. But those words suddenly brought him back to his senses.
“Y-you want what?”
“I want… to move.” Gong Yingxian’s voice even carried a hint of restrained frustration.
“No. You can’t. You’re not allowed. If you move, I’ll leave.” Ren Yi was both surprised and delighted.
Gong Yingxian fell silent, but his breathing grew increasingly ragged.
“But… can you come already?” Ren Yi urged him.
Gong Yingxian remained silent, occasionally calling Ren Yi’s name.
Ren Yi kept going for several more minutes, but eventually he couldn’t take it anymore.
“Yingxian, come on. You can finish now. I don’t have any strength left.”
“Yingxian, be good. Come for me.”
“Yingxian?”
Ren Yi tried a few more vigorous movements, but that thing showed absolutely no sign of surrendering.
“No. I’m not coming,” Gong Yingxian said quietly.
Ren Yi, however, couldn’t hold back any longer. His body shuddered, his muscles tightened, and he climaxed, spilling everything onto Gong Yingxian’s waist, abdomen, and chest.
The thick, milky fluid spread across Gong Yingxian’s body in several streaks, creating an utterly obscene sight.
Ren Yi collapsed limply onto him. Although Gong Yingxian was still inside him, Ren Yi genuinely had no strength left to move.
Gong Yingxian wrapped his arms around Ren Yi’s waist and slowly thrust his hips once.
Ren Yi frowned.
Gong Yingxian apparently thought this tentative test had passed, so he began moving a little more boldly.
“No! Your wound will split open!” Ren Yi tried to get up.
But Gong Yingxian’s arm, stretched across his waist like an iron bar, held him firmly in place. Ren Yi heard his strained voice by his ear.
“No… It won’t.”
“What won’t?”
Gong Yingxian’s hips began moving in a controlled, wave-like rhythm. He was using the strength of his waist to move his lower body, making his erection slide in and out of Ren Yi. Although the movements were much smaller, neither the force nor the speed was lacking. Before long, he seemed to have found the right way to move, becoming increasingly practiced.
Ren Yi was forced to lie against him, unable to move. The fluid on his chest provided the perfect lubrication. Under Gong Yingxian’s control, Ren Yi slid up and down his body like a fish. When he moved upward, Gong Yingxian withdrew; when he slid downward, Gong Yingxian thrust upward. The two movements worked together surprisingly well, requiring less effort while allowing deeper and faster penetration.
Ren Yi was left trembling with pleasure, yet he still found the strength to curse.
“You really are a natural! I don’t even know how to do that!”
Gong Yingxian was remarkably obedient in his own way. He didn’t move recklessly, instead continuing to make love to Ren Yi in precisely that position. Their bodies grew feverishly hot, and the overwhelming pleasure drove them both toward madness.
As Ren Yi drifted deeper into the haze of pleasure, he seemed to hear Gong Yingxian calling his name and whispering in his ear:
“I love you.”