Little Pink Starfish

It must have been that the way I shattered the void was incorrect.
Qiguan Rui opened the door and walked forward.
His loyal butler was standing guard at the door, with seventeen or eighteen male beastman guards around him, each and every one extremely loyal.

Seeing Qiguan Rui come out looking quite rosy (not really), the butler was very concerned: “Young Master Cecil, are you alright now?”
Qiguan Rui smiled gently and said softly, “Ah, I’m alright.”

The butler watched him walk forward at an unhurried pace, and the direction he was heading was precisely… the room he had locked—he immediately understood.
So, he silently watched him from behind, not having the slightest intention to stop him.
Such an outstanding stone gambler! He absolutely must be appeased well! He must not be let go!

At the same time, that faint sense of something being wrong in his heart was also ignored by him.

How could the young master suddenly make people feel afraid… the young master was clearly so gentle!
Then, the butler waved his hand, signaling for the guards to withdraw.

As for Qiguan Rui, with each step he took, his expression softened a bit more, his gaze grew more tender. When he arrived in front of the locked room, he pulled out a key—who knew when he had gotten that key—and inserted it to unlock the door.
By now, his gaze was already so gentle it seemed like water was about to drip from it.

The door opened.
The sound of the lock clicking.
Sure enough, he locked it again from the inside.
Of course, his attention wasn’t on the lock, but directly on the pale youth lying on the carpet, nearly naked.

Right now, the youth was covered in blue and red marks, sleeping soundly.
Qiguan Rui let out a low sigh: “Gege’s alertness… has become worse.” He turned his head slightly, as if muttering to himself, “Could it be, now, any person who comes in can casually see him in this tempting state?”

Unhappy…
Very wronged.

Qiguan Rui silently walked over, slowly lay down beside the pale youth, and carefully stretched out his hand, gently pulling the person into his arms.
Mmm, very satisfying.
Only by holding this person could he fill the hollow cavity in his chest, otherwise it felt like his heart had been plucked out, cold to the extreme.

Qiguan Rui’s hand slowly caressed the youth’s body, and in his eyes appeared a terrifying possessiveness, along with deep affection.
So pitiful, this body was just too fragile. Just one night, and gege turned into this? Truly pitiful…

Although that City Lord shell was now hidden in the void crevice within the belly pouch of the Heaven-Devouring Mystic Python body, even such a perfect shell, without the presence of this one unique soul, was still just a shell.
Only this person’s soul was the home Qiguan Rui belonged to.

Thinking this way, Qiguan Rui hugged the person in his arms even tighter.
So heartbreaking, so fragile, as if he would shatter at a touch.
Compared to gege’s original weak otaku body, it was only slightly stronger.
Looking closely, even the appearance had some resemblance—three points similar—it seemed to bring him back to that time, and calmed his heart all of a sudden.

However, the originally affectionate caress gradually became uncontrollable, turning into fondling, as if his palm was being sucked in and couldn’t stop…
Qiguan Rui’s breathing also grew slightly hurried.
Then he sighed with slight frustration: being forced into this snake-man shell, even his self-control had worsened. He really wanted to——
But, having forgotten to cherish gege earlier when he left, gege was already angry, right? If now he tried to do anything, wouldn’t it enrage gege even more? If gege got angry, he would be unhappy too… he still remembered, he came here to coax gege.

But still…
There was also grievance in Qiguan Rui’s eyes.
He was also very angry.
How could gege forget him?
He clearly never forgot gege…

Thinking like this, Qiguan Rui’s arm holding the person in his embrace unconsciously tightened.
This kind of pain made the person in his arms frown slightly, almost imperceptibly, and let out a low moan.

Almost immediately, Qiguan Rui felt a surge of desire.
His hand, originally resting on his lover’s back, could no longer stop, almost touching that unspeakable place—but he held back.
Because the person in his arms had already woken up.

Qiguan Rui narrowed his gaze slightly, the possessiveness in his eyes fading away, replaced with pure gentleness: “Carlo, you’re awake?”

Gu Bai opened his eyes to see a giant face, instantly—speechless.
Wo le qu, why did this second male lead show up without a sound? Wasn’t he the one who pulled out [BEEP] heartlessly? Didn’t even handle the aftermath and now suddenly shows up—what the hell kind of meaning is this?

Qiguan Rui saw the look in Gu Bai’s eyes that seemed expressionless but was actually clearly full of inner complaints, and instantly his heart surged with emotion, making him let out a suppressed laugh, and his frustration vanished by more than half.
Even with memory loss, gege hadn’t changed—truly.

But now, Qiguan Rui,
Suddenly realized—was his lover being too casual?

In a flash, Qiguan Rui’s face turned slightly red, and in the depths of his pupils, a hint of joyful blood-colored light flickered.
Gege… was he pursuing him?
It had always been him chasing gege, he had never encountered a time when gege actively fell in love with him.
He really wanted, really wanted to experience…
Gege’s affection.

That instinct led Qiguan Rui to make a choice in that instant. His tone instantly became full of apology: “I’m sorry. Before, I was in heat, and I suddenly advanced, truly couldn’t linger here, so I left you alone. That was my mistake. Please, let me make it up to you.”

Gu Bai: “……”
Who the hell wants your compensation!
Is gege someone so easy to brush off?
Trying to skip over things like this? No way!

Qiguan Rui continued apologetically: “Recently, I had just come of age, and I’ve been absorbing the energy from Level 8 rare stones, so not only did my heat come faster, but I also… ended up doing something like that…”

Gu Bai’s face was expressionless, but a fire was burning in his chest.
Ma dan, so it’s my fault now?! Damn it!
As expected of a pull-out-without-feelings gong!
This bastard clearly already loves the protagonist shou. Damn it, if you love him, why didn’t you cross mountains and rivers to find him during your heat?! If you got beaten up by the official gong, that would be great!

Qiguan Rui saw that his lover was already furious and decided to stop while he was ahead.
Otherwise, when he regained his memory later, if his lover gave him the cold shoulder for eight to ten years, wouldn’t that be miserable? He had to leave some space to act cute and beg for forgiveness.

So he gently picked up Gu Bai and carried him to the bathroom.

Since it was the young master of a duke’s family, the bathroom naturally had a very large bath.

Qiguan Rui remembered this, and now seeing it in person, he still couldn’t help but frown.
Such a small bath—too cramped!
How could it possibly allow him and gege to frolic in the water?
Fortunately, the beast form of this shell wasn’t too bulky—barely usable.
Sigh…
Really shortchanging gege. When he kills that beast emperor in the future, he must use the power of this world to provide gege with the best.

Thinking this way, Qiguan Rui didn’t slow down. In just a few steps, he had already brought the person into the bath.
And of course, he followed in.

Gu Bai really never expected the second male lead would actually bring him to bathe?!
Ma de, is this a gun-for-hire scenario?!
He wanted to struggle, but just moving a little made his whole body ache.
He was also tightly held and couldn’t move at all.
Once he was in the water, he found himself placed in front of the second male lead, who then picked up a washcloth and started scrubbing his back… and he was instantly annoyed again.

Gege, at least, was a—well, in this world, someone who could bang.
This guy had just taken advantage (→ Ni ma, a real man really didn’t want to put it that way),
And now when he’s scrubbing his back, he’s really just scrubbing his back!
Not the slightest sign of temptation!
Was gege’s attractiveness really this poor?!
Go attract your beloved protagonist shou, why are you ignoring gege!

Totally infuriating.
Poor gege, not only got wrecked, but had to keep bitterly crushing.

Gu Bai’s body was very stiff, cold to the core.
What the hell was blinding gege? To still be into this second male lead!

——Let’s turn the camera.

Qiguan Rui bringing Gu Bai into the water, of course had the intention to clean him.
But while cleaning, seeing his lover’s body and the cold aura he gave off—it was practically a stimulant, instantly making him want to [BEEP] rise.
But, gege was sitting right in front of him—how could he be discovered?

So, that self-control of his—cultivated only after Gu Bai transmigrated and which didn’t even exist in the original stallion novel—finally came into play.

Qiguan Rui’s expression twisted for a moment.
His eyes were red with desire, but the place that should’ve reacted—had no reaction at all.
Who knew how he was enduring it, but his breath didn’t falter, and his movements remained steady and agile.

If Gu Bai had turned around at that moment, he would’ve seen those occasionally twisted expressions.
But sadly, Gu Bai was still naked, so how could he shamelessly turn around and look?

Naturally, Gu Bai misunderstood.

#On the evolution of self-control#

So, one was holding back, the other was holding back, and just like that, they bathed together.
The atmosphere was stiff and cold.

Gu Bai: Acting so unwilling to help gege wash, yet gege insists on making you do it, hmph.
Qiguan Rui: Want so much… want so much…

Gu Bai’s aura grew colder and colder, while Qiguan Rui’s eyes grew redder and redder.
By the time the washcloth had been replaced by a pair of sneaky hands, getting bolder and bolder, and the pervert who longed for his lover’s pursuit to gain security and fill his empty heart was about to abandon restraint and drag him to the little black room for a PA PA PA——

Someone knocked on the door.

Gu Bai suddenly turned around: Who?

Qiguan Rui was startled by Gu Bai, and the redness in his eyes vanished instantly.
The lust throughout his body dissipated in that moment, and the sense of being pent up made his face darken.

Why did it suddenly feel like… pretending to have memory loss wasn’t a good idea…

And at the door, it was the butler—who had brought a message.