After Transmigrating, I Saved the Saintly Male Lead
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Part 2
Outside the window, the sunlight was clear and bright.
After comforting the male lead, Ji Anche casually went to wash up.
After washing up, an itch came from the side of his neck again.
Ji Anche casually picked up the mirror next to him and looked at the itchy spot.
In the mirror, several red marks appeared on the fair skin of his neck, looking like hickeys.
However, he knew it was absolutely impossible for them to be hickeys.
He wasn't in a relationship, so where would hickeys come from?
It could only be those annoying mosquitoes!
Ji Anche muttered irritably, "Why are there mosquitoes again?"
"Xiaozhou, have you seen my ointment?"
Gu Hanzhou found the ointment from the drawer and handed it to Ji Anche.
Ji Anche unscrewed the cap of the ointment bottle and applied the ointment to the affected area, specifically asking.
"Xiaozhou, did you get bitten by mosquitoes?"
Gu Hanzhou shook his head, "Gege, I didn't."
"Why do mosquitoes only bite me?!"
Ji Anche complained speechlessly, "We slept together last night, does this mosquito discriminate?"
Gu Hanzhou's eyes crinkled with a smile, his voice joyful, "Maybe it's because gege's skin is tender, and mosquitoes like to eat it."
"It's so strange, why do mosquitoes always bite my neck? Is the meat on my neck the most fragrant?"
Ji Anche swore fiercely, "I will definitely cover myself tightly tonight when I sleep, and apply mosquito repellent to every corner of my body. There's no way mosquitoes will bite me again."
In the following days, that annoying mosquito indeed didn't bite him again.
Ji Anche stayed in the hospital for more than a week. The wound on his knee finally healed almost completely, and the doctor informed him that he could be discharged.
In recent days, Gu Hanzhou had re-explained the lessons he had missed due to hospitalization in detail, without delaying his study progress.
During this time, Ouyang Yechen had come to harass him several times, each time either sending roses or writing various greasy love letters to confess his feelings.
This made Ji Anche extremely annoyed.
In the original novel, there was a supporting character surnamed Ouyang who was deeply in love with the male lead and pursued him relentlessly. However, the male lead never liked him. That supporting character turned his love into hatred, and in the end, even wanted to destroy the male lead.
Since he couldn't have him, then no one else could either.
This kind of love was morbid and obsessive, and most importantly, very stupid.
If you can't get it, you want to destroy it? What kind of serious illness is that?
However, in old-fashioned melodramatic novels, this kind of operation seemed quite common.
Ji Anche couldn't remember the specific name of that trash, only that the trash was surnamed Ouyang. Ouyang was such a rare surname, there shouldn't be a second person.
However, Ouyang Yechen liked the male lead, so why would he confess to him?
Ji Anche suddenly thought of a possibility. Directly confessing to the male lead would definitely result in rejection, so he adopted a roundabout strategy.
Ji Anche understood.
It turned out to be a feigned show of force while secretly advancing.
Using the confession to him as a cover, he was actually flirting with the male lead.
Ji Anche was secretly shocked.
This person's scheming was so deep.
Today happened to be the day of discharge, and Gu Hanzhou was still in class at school.
Ji Anche was packing his things in the ward.
Knock knock knock.!
A knock came from outside the door.
Ji Anche walked over and opened the door.
Ouyang Yechen stood outside the door holding a bunch of baby's breath, wearing a gray suit.
"Ache, these are today's flowers."
"Thank you, I don't need them." Ji Anche was just about to close the door.
Ouyang Yechen's shoe tip propped the door open, and he asked curiously, "Ache, can you play the guitar?"
Ji Anche said coldly, "What's it to you?"
"Ache, if you don't tell me today, then I'll just stay here."
Ouyang Yechen leaned against the doorframe, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at him.
A vein throbbed on Ji Anche's forehead, "I can't play the guitar."
"You can't even play the guitar?!"
Ouyang Yechen said in surprise, "Then why can you pluck my heartstrings?"
Ji Anche: "..."
What kind of cheesy pickup line was that?!
He gritted his teeth, "Are you sick in the head?"
Ouyang Yechen's gaze was gentle, "Yes, I am sick."
"Ache, you are my medicine."
Ji Anche's scalp tingled from the shock, suppressing the urge to punch him.
"Get lost."
Ouyang Yechen grabbed his wrist, "Ache, let's talk."
"I don't have time."
Ji Anche ruthlessly flung off his hand and turned to leave.
"Ache, you're so cold."
"That's just my personality." Ji Anche waited for him to back down.
Ouyang Yechen chuckled, "The colder you are, the more I like you. It's really challenging."
"Everyone else covets my family's wealth. As long as I slightly beckon, they can't wait to throw themselves at me. Ache is different from them. Ache only sees me for who I am."
Ji Anche: "..."
Damn it, he was fed up.
Did Ouyang Yechen intend to keep bothering him until he took the initiative to confess?
No way, he absolutely couldn't do that.
Ouyang Yechen asked tentatively, "How about we talk about Gu Hanzhou?"
Hearing the male lead's name, Ji Anche stopped in his tracks, lifting his eyelids to ask, "What do you want to talk about?"
"There are many things I want to talk about, I can't possibly finish them in a short while."
Ouyang Yechen pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, "Besides, chatting needs a sense of atmosphere and ritual. It can't be so casual. We must find a suitable restaurant for a leisurely chat."
Ji Anche had almost run out of patience in this lifetime.
For the sake of the male lead, he squeezed out a word from between his teeth, "Fine."
The two arrived at a restaurant.
Ouyang Yechen was wearing a black suit today, and his hair, styled with hairspray, was meticulously combed back. Ouyang Yechen smoothed the wrinkles on his cuffs, a perfectly measured gentle smile on his face.
"Ache, our previous meetings were too hasty and hurried. I haven't had the chance to properly introduce myself in detail."
"I come from the Ouyang family in North America, with eight nationalities in my bloodline. My grandfather was a Mafia leader. I received orthodox elite education. From a young age, my grandfather told me that one day, I would meet my destined person, and there would be an unbreakable bond between us."
Ouyang Yechen's gaze turned to Ji Anche, and he said gently, "Now, I believe I have found that person."
Ji Anche interrupted him, saying coldly and ruthlessly, "Your grandfather lied to you."
Ouyang Yechen choked abruptly.
His brow furrowed slightly, his eyes revealing three parts displeasure, three parts indifference, and four parts cynicism.
"Ache, you're playing with fire."
Ji Anche went straight to the point, "Didn't you ask me out today to talk about Gu Hanzhou?"
Ouyang Yechen frowned, "Ache, this is a romantic lunch exclusively for the two of us. Why talk about irrelevant people?"
"Oh." Ji Anche stood up decisively, "You can be romantic by yourself. I have something to do, I'll leave first."
"Damn it, you little torment, why do you always try to provoke me?" Ouyang Yechen said angrily, taking a deep puff from a cigar he pulled out.
"Since that's the case, then let's talk about Gu Hanzhou."
Ouyang Yechen held a half-burnt cigar between his fingers, raising his chin as he asked, "Don't you think you and Gu Hanzhou are getting too close?"
Ji Anche lifted his eyelids and said faintly, "What do you want to say?"
"Just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush."
"Then I'll be direct."
Ouyang Yechen took a puff of his cigar, exhaling smoke as he said, "I hope you stay away from Gu Hanzhou."
Ouyang Yechen exuded an aloof aura, "I don't like my people being too close to other men."
Didn't like Gu Hanzhou being too close to others?
Ji Anche raised an eyebrow slightly, thinking that Ouyang Yechen's real target was indeed Gu Hanzhou.
Ji Anche sneered, "Want me to stay away from Gu Hanzhou so it's easier for you to make a move?"
Ouyang Yechen raised an eyebrow slightly, surprised, "As expected of the person I've set my sights on. You're indeed smart, you even guessed that."
He wanted Ache to stay away from Gu Hanzhou, so Ache would be his alone.
Ouyang Yechen's ears turned slightly red, and he lowered his eyes.
"Is my intention... that obvious?"
Ji Anche snorted coldly, "Sima Zhao's ambition is known to all."
A smile escaped Ouyang Yechen's lips as he hinted, "It seems the look in one's eyes when they like someone can't be hidden."
Frustrated anger surged to the top of his head. Ji Anche clenched his fists, suppressing his fury.
Saying he wanted to snatch his son right in front of him, the father. It was like watching his own fresh and tender cabbage being rooted by a pig from outside.
Ji Anche's gaze could almost kill. Because of anger, his eyes became even clearer. He gritted his teeth and said, "The look in one's eyes when they want to kill someone can't be hidden either."
Seeing Ji Anche's fervent eyes, the amber irises gleaming.
Ouyang Yechen thought.
He really likes me.
Loves me to death.
This liking is so intense that he even wants to die with me.
What a passionate confession!
Ache's confession is so unique.
His little thing is indeed different from those gaudy and cheap things outside.
Ouyang Yechen was deeply moved.
Ache was just too shy to say it directly, so he used such a subtle way to hint at it.
Ouyang Yechen was so moved that he almost choked up, "Ache, I understand what you mean."
Ji Anche shot him a warning glance and sneered, "Heh, you better."
"Those words you're too embarrassed to say, I understand them all."
Ouyang Yechen gestured with his eyes and smiled, "We are of one mind."
What words was he too embarrassed to say? Swear words?
What did he mean by "of one mind"?
This person was misusing idioms.
Ding-dong.
A notification sound came from his phone.
Ji Anche picked up his phone and saw a WeChat message.
Gu Hanzhou: [Ge, what are you doing? (Cat peeking.jpg)]
Ji Anche hesitated before typing.
He didn't want Gu Hanzhou to have any contact with Ouyang Yechen; it was best if the two of them had absolutely no connection.
His son just needed to be beautiful on his own.
Those trashy scumbags should stay as far away as possible.
Ji Anche: [I'm studying! (Studying makes me happy.jpg)]
A hidden corner outside the restaurant.
Gu Hanzhou watched the two people eating, a coldness surfacing in his eyes.
He typed: [Gege, remember not to work too hard while studying. Eat more fruit, and if you're tired, I'll massage your shoulders and neck for you tonight.]
After sending the message, Gu Hanzhou put down his phone and walked towards the restaurant with a cold face.
Seeing the long string of instructions sent by the male lead, Ji Anche felt sweetness in his heart.
The male lead was too warm-hearted.
Ji Anche replied to the message: [Okay, I got it, you take care of yourself too!]
After replying to Gu Hanzhou's message, Ji Anche looked at Ouyang Yechen in front of him, swallowed, and felt rather uneasy.
He didn't know why...
He always had a strange feeling of secretly having an affair with another man behind his wife's back.
Ji Anche was startled by this thought, and he quickly shook his head to clear his mind.
"Ouyang Yechen, is there anything else?"
Ji Anche stood up, intending to leave, "If not, I'll go."
"There is." Ouyang Yechen stood up as well.
Ji Anche: "What is it?"
Ouyang Yechen said affectionately, "Towards you, I have endless words to say and endless things to do."
Ji Anche: "..."
He couldn't help but wonder if Ouyang Yechen was trying to disgust him to achieve his goal without bloodshed.
If that was the case, then Ouyang Yechen had undoubtedly succeeded.
His scheming was too deep.
No matter what, he didn't want to stay a second longer. Ji Anche walked towards the door decisively.
There was an iron railing placed in the center of the floor ahead, which hadn't been removed yet.
Ji Anche was walking too fast and didn't see the railing.
He accidentally tripped over the railing on the floor, and his body instantly lurched forward uncontrollably, about to hit the floor.
At the critical moment, Ouyang Yechen happened to walk over, put his arm around his waist, and supported the falling Ji Anche.
Ouyang Yechen curled his lips into a charming smile, "Little Che, you finally couldn't suppress your true desires and threw yourself into this young master's embrace?"
"It's okay, this young master knew all along that my charm is irresistible."
"You've wanted to do this for a long time, haven't you?" ?????
Was he sick in the head?!
Ji Anche's head buzzed with anger, his eardrums were vibrating. His blood rushed to his head, and for a moment he couldn't find the right words to express his complex feelings.
Just as he was about to curse, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Gu Hanzhou stood at the door in a white shirt, the coldness in his eyes forming sharp ice shards, piercing the two embracing figures.
"What are you doing?"
Hearing the extremely familiar voice, Ji Anche's body stiffened, and he slowly turned his head towards the source of the sound.
Seeing the young man standing at the door, Ji Anche stammered and asked, "Xiaozhou, why are you here?"
"Passing by."
Gu Hanzhou's lips were drawn into a straight line, his eyes as cold as ice, "Ge, you just told me you were studying at home."
Ji Anche's guilty gaze darted around, and he stammered, "I was indeed studying."
"Uh... studying at the restaurant."
Gu Hanzhou's lips curved slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes, "You study while hugging him?"
Ji Anche was so angry just now that he was confused, and only now did he realize that he was still hugging that lunatic.
Ji Anche quickly pushed Ouyang Yechen away and said hastily, "Xiaozhou, let me explain. It's all a misunderstanding."
Ouyang Yechen put his arm around Ji Anche's shoulder, smiling charmingly, "It's not a misunderstanding, we are mutually in love. Gu Hanzhou, I advise you not to continue pestering Ache. Here's a million, quickly leave Ache's side."
Ji Anche kicked the lunatic beside him away, "Xiaozhou, don't listen to his nonsense!"
Sadness shrouded Gu Hanzhou's eyes. He didn't say a word, turned around, and left directly.
Walking out onto the noisy street.
Ji Anche hurriedly followed, anxiously explaining, "I really have nothing to do with Ouyang Yechen. I didn't mean to lie to you..."
Gu Hanzhou interrupted him, saying faintly, "Ge, let's go back to the dorm and talk."
Ji Anche had never seen such a cold expression on Gu Hanzhou's face. He paused and said softly, "Okay."
The two returned to the dorm in silence.
On the way, Ji Anche felt vexed.
He was indeed wrong about this matter; he shouldn't have lied to the male lead.
Given the male lead's insecure personality, he might start overthinking things again.
As soon as they returned to the dorm.
Ji Anche hurriedly explained, "I really didn't mean to lie to you. I lied just now because I didn't want you to have too much contact with Ouyang Yechen."
"That Ouyang Yechen is not a good person. Don't pay him any attention."
Gu Hanzhou raised his eyes and asked doubtfully, "Ge, how do you know Ouyang Yechen isn't a good person?"
Because he had read the original novel and knew the plot. Ji Anche just made up an excuse, "Sixth sense. The first time I saw him, I felt he didn't look like a good person."
Gu Hanzhou asked tentatively, "Ouyang Yechen said that you two are mutually in love. Is that true?"
"Don't listen to his bullshit."
Ji Anche spat, "If I were mutually in love with him, then pigs could fly."
"Xiaozhou..." Ji Anche asked tentatively, "You're not angry anymore, are you?"
"I wasn't angry in the first place."
Gu Hanzhou lowered his eyes, a fragile look on his face, his voice dry and hoarse, "I'm just afraid, afraid that once you have someone else, you won't want me anymore."
Gu Hanzhou concealed the darkness in his eyes, saying obediently and sensibly, "Ge, if you don't want me anymore, then tell me in advance, and I will leave obediently, and I will definitely not pester you."
Gege, if you don't want me anymore.
Then I will lock you up.
At that time, you can only be with me.
Ji Anche hugged the male lead with heartache, patting his back to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, gege won't abandon you."
"Gege will always be with you."
Gu Hanzhou held Ji Anche's palm, slowly stating, "When I was in elementary school, the classmates called my mother mentally ill, crazy. They called me 'little mentally ill.' They also said, 'The child of a mentally ill person will definitely be mentally ill in the future.'"
"No one dared to talk to me, and no one played with me. Because they were afraid of mental illness being contagious."
"In elementary school, there were 41 people in our class. There was exactly one extra person. Everyone chose their own deskmate, but no one chose me. For six years of elementary school, my deskmate was the trash can at the back of the classroom."
Gu Hanzhou forced a smile, "Being close to the trash can was also pretty good, it was very convenient to throw out trash every time."
"According to my mother, my father abandoned me when I was born."
"Maybe I was born to be redundant, disliked by everyone."
Gu Hanzhou's face turned pale, and he asked cautiously, "Ge, you're the only one I have."
"Can you hug me?"
Ji Anche's heart ached terribly, and he hugged him tightly, "Those things are all in the past, Xiaozhou, I'm here now."
Gu Hanzhou hugged the young man in his arms, desperately absorbing the warmth from his body.
If Ji Anche observed carefully, he could find that Gu Hanzhou's current posture of embracing him was exactly the same as Ouyang Yechen's posture of embracing him this afternoon.
Gu Hanzhou softened his voice and asked, "Ge, where did he touch you?"
Ji Anche was still immersed in the childhood memories Gu Hanzhou had just recounted and didn't react. He asked blankly, "Who?"
Gu Hanzhou said sullenly, "Ouyang Yechen."
"Did he touch me?"
Ji Anche didn't remember very clearly, "I don't think so."
Gu Hanzhou emphasized his tone, his voice a little hoarse, "I saw him hug you."
Thinking of the deception this afternoon, Ji Anche awkwardly touched his nose, "Oh right, I remember! That wasn't a hug, he just supported me when I was about to fall."
Gu Hanzhou lowered his eyes and murmured softly, "You two seem to have a good relationship."
"Me and him have a good relationship???"
Ji Anche showed an indescribable expression, "...What made you have such a misunderstanding?"
"So it was a misunderstanding." Gu Hanzhou's lips curled up slightly.
Gu Hanzhou said seriously, "Research shows that being greasy is contagious. After all, one who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black. Ge, you don't want to become like Ouyang Yechen, do you?"
Even though the words made no sense, when spoken by Gu Hanzhou in such a serious and informative tone, they were surprisingly convincing.
Recalling Ouyang Yechen's appearance like a large oil field, and then superimposing it onto his own face, Ji Anche was so frightened that he immediately shivered and shook his head hastily, "Don't want to!!!"
Gu Hanzhou coaxed softly, "Ge, which part of you did Ouyang Yechen touch?"
"Your waist?"
Ji Anche nodded subconsciously, "I think so."
The summer school uniform shirt was thin, and the young man's frame was slender. The white shirt hung loosely on his bones. Gu Hanzhou lifted the corner of the school uniform.
Light filtered through the shirt, scattered onto the skin, the fair skin exposed under the light.
Gu Hanzhou stared at that section of snow-white waistline with obscure eyes.
He couldn't help but reach out his fingertips, covering it and gently stroking it.
The places where his fingertips lingered aroused a tingling shiver.
Ji Anche's body trembled uncontrollably, the strange feeling growing stronger, a numb itch spreading from his bones.
...Something was wrong, this wasn't right.
A blush appeared on Ji Anche's fair ears, and he hurriedly pushed away Gu Hanzhou's mischievous hand at his waist.
"Ge, what's wrong?" Gu Hanzhou raised his eyes innocently, as if such intimate behavior was the most normal thing in his eyes.
Meeting Gu Hanzhou's pure and clear eyes, Ji Anche couldn't help but despise himself. As expected, his thoughts were too dirty.
The male lead clearly didn't understand anything.
Ji Anche suppressed the strange feeling, cleared his throat, and asked in as normal a tone as possible, "You... why are you touching me?"
Gu Hanzhou leaned against his shoulder and neck, his arms wrapping around the young man again.
The warmth from Gu Hanzhou's body continuously transferred to him through their points of contact. Ji Anche's breath hitched, and for a moment he felt a little breathless.
His strange symptoms were getting worse and worse.
In the past, these intimate approaches were normal between them as brothers, and he didn't have any special reactions.
But now, the warm breath Gu Hanzhou exhaled near his ear, and the cold, fresh scent on his body, made him feel uneasy all over.
Pushing him away specifically now would seem very strange.
Ji Anche tensed his body, even his breathing becoming uncontrollably heavier.
The dim setting sun dyed the sky red, and tiny dust particles floated in the air.
Warm orange light spilled into the room through the window lattices.
After a long while.
Gu Hanzhou chuckled softly, his warm breath falling on the side of his neck, "Ge, you are so sensitive."
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