The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Hearing Lu Sui's obviously angry tone, Shen Qinghuai thought for a moment and explained, "Wen is also doing an experiment on the fourth floor, so we came down together."

"Oh, you two are so in sync. She finishes her experiment just as soon as you finish, the timing is perfect." Lu Sui said, then put on the other earphone.

In the car, Lu Sui sat in the passenger seat and ate candy again.

Shen Qinghuai: "Eating too much will cause cavities."

Lu Sui's eyelashes trembled. "Even if you have cavities, you still have to kiss me."

"..."

Shen Qinghuai folded the umbrella and put it in the trunk. He went to the driver's seat and took out two hand warmers from his pocket. He had bought them at the supermarket on the way here because he saw that there were many on Lu Sui's bedroom table... Lu Sui was so afraid of the cold.

"Are the heat packs on your body still warm?"

"...How did you know I posted it?"

"It smells."

"It smells awful?"

"There's only a faint taste," Shen Qinghuai said, preparing to open a new package for Lu Sui. Lu Sui replied, "No need."

The heat didn't help much; it still hurt.

Shen Qinghuai hummed in agreement, placed the heat pack in the small box, and asked, "Are we waiting for Chen Jingmo?"

"No, he's going home for dinner tonight," Lu Sui said. "He's gone home for dinner."

He wasn't driving fast, since it was a rainy day and he wasn't very skilled at it. If he accidentally scratched or bumped it, not only would he have to pay for it, but he would also anger this young master.

The rain had stopped. Lu Sui stared out the window. In front of a flower shop not far away, there was a couple. The boy bought flowers for the girl.

Stop.

Shen Qinghuai said, "There are parking spaces up ahead, go park there."

The car quickly came to a stop. Shen Qinghuai followed Lu Sui's gaze and saw a brothel, a flower shop, and a love shop across the street. He looked away as if he had been burned, his fingers gripping the steering wheel tightly. "There are still some condoms at home."

Lu Sui's eyes widened in confusion for a moment, then he said thoughtfully, "--Does the shop sell condoms?"

"……more than."

What else do you sell?

"Lu Sui, do you want flowers?"

Lu Sui hummed in agreement, opened the car door and got out. A car drove by, and Shen Qinghuai grabbed Lu Sui's wrist and led him to the other side.

"What kind of flowers do you want?"

Lu Sui looked at the bouquet of roses in the couple's hands.

Shen Qinghuai said to the boss, "A bouquet of roses."

The shopkeeper nodded and quickly packaged the flowers. Shen Qinghuai handed the flowers to Lu Shisui, who was kissing the couple.

Lu Sui held the flower, lost in thought. Her thin, slightly cool fingertips wiped away the water droplets from the petals. She tiptoed and looked up slightly. Seeing Shen Qinghuai's movement to dodge, she paused for a moment, then turned and walked towards the car.

On the way back, Lu Sui kept looking at the flowers, touching the outer wrapping paper, sniffing them lightly, and then taking them out and placing them on his lap.

Fresh roses smell awful.

It doesn't taste like I imagined.

Different.

Lu Sui plucked a petal and threw it into the trash can next to him.

After fastening his seatbelt in the afternoon, I didn't kiss him.

He plucked another petal and threw it away.

She has a boyfriend but doesn't keep her distance from other girls.

She plucked another petal and threw it in.

He dodged it...

Of the original twenty-five petals, only twenty-two remain.

Lu Sui's face was as gloomy as the sky outside, as if there was a dark cloud overhead that was slowly moving over Shen Qinghuai's head, about to drench him.

Back in the apartment, Lu casually tossed the roses into a vase and poured in the cooled boiled water next to it. Seeing Shen Qinghuai approaching, he got up and went back to the bedroom.

Shen Qinghuai pursed his lips, took out the rose, cut off a section of the stem, and put it back.

In the huge apartment, only he and Lu Sui were there. Lu Sui was not a talkative person, and Shen Qinghuai did not speak either. It was so quiet that it was as if no one was there.

Click.

That's the sound of a lighter being lit.

Lu Sui was smoking in the bedroom, his coat lying on the floor, and his socks were off. The black cigarette ash on his white socks was quite conspicuous. He took a shallow drag, and the smoke slowly drifted out of his mouth. The corners of his eyebrows and eyes were a bit darker than the rest of his fair skin.

"Shen Qinghuai, if I see you behaving intimately with someone else again, I'll have your noodle shop smashed up," Lu Sui said fiercely.

Shen Qinghuai wasn't used to the smell of smoke. He frowned slightly and walked a short distance from Lu Sui. "I didn't act intimately with her. We were both doing experiments on the fourth floor, so we came down together."

"So you didn't act intimately with her..." Lu Sui scoffed, stubbing out his cigarette in the ashtray. He approached Shen Qinghuai step by step, blowing smoke in his face. "You let her touch your sleeve."

As Lu Sui spoke, he unbuttoned Shen Qinghuai's coat, "Are you going to let her hold your hand?"

"Um?"

Shen Qinghuai's coat fell to the ground, and Lu Sui stepped on it. "I gave you the title of my boyfriend, and you actually think you're my boyfriend? You're nothing but my dog."

His fingers slid down Shen Qinghuai's collarbone and pressed against his chest. Shen Qinghuai groaned and arched his back. "A dog can only wag its tail and beg for its owner, not a female dog that comes up to you and whines and wants to mate without any resistance."

Saying such things is truly trampling on a person's face and self-esteem. Shen Qinghuai's dark eyes were full of coldness. "Lu Sui, you've gone too far."

Lu Sui raised an eyebrow defiantly, "How did I go too far? Didn't she try to get close to you?"

Shen Qinghuai compromised, "There won't be a next time—humph."

Lu Sui's tiger teeth pressed against the bite mark on Shen Qinghuai's collarbone, drawing blood. The smell of blood filled his nostrils. "You're mine. Only I can touch you, Shen Qinghuai. You're not a man."

Shen Qinghuai has explained several times that since they were doing experiments on the fourth floor and usually went downstairs together, today was no exception. Pulling someone's sleeve to make them stop is normal between familiar people. Wen Chengyu didn't grab his wrist or his hand, so it wasn't within the scope of intimate contact at all. Moreover, this kind of behavior rarely happens between the two of them. Why keep bringing this up?

Lu Sui loosened his grip, and blood slowly seeped from the teeth marks. He gripped Shen Qinghuai's neck, his eyes bloodshot. "Have you two ever even been in a relationship?"

Shen Qinghuai felt the cold fingers on his neck, his Adam's apple bobbing twice. "No, you are my first... romantic partner."

Lu Sui didn't believe her. "You're lying to me."

"I don't like lying."

"You're lying to me." Lu Sui moved even closer to him.

"..." Shen Qinghuai saw Lu Sui's feet were on the tiles again. He wrapped his strong, thin arm around Lu Sui's slender waist, and with his other arm, he lifted Lu Sui up from the ground. "What can I do for you to believe me?"