It was rare to have the opportunity to tease Shen Qi, so Lu Zhi took advantage of the situation with his words. He hadn't expected Shen Qi to react so strongly, his pupils changing color, clearly agitated.
Lu Zhi grunted, his lips hurting. Shen Qi, angered by his lack of focus, kissed him more fiercely, as if he wanted to "take him right there."
Lu Zhi half-closed his eyes, his breathing uneven, his cheeks flushed, his eyes misty. Through his eyelashes, he gazed at Shen Qi's possessive and obsessive eyes.
He wondered if this fierce deity, full of schemes, was truly the one he had raised.
His ambitious and domineering gaze was untamed. Knowing his own nature, he wouldn't keep a wolf cub by his side without some ulterior motive, would he?
The memories of the horse god helping him recover were too fragmented. Besides feeling familiar and confirming the memories weren't false, many mysteries remained to be unraveled.
As for now…
"Where are you touching?" Lu Zhi grabbed Shen Qi's hand, which had slipped inside his shirt. With slightly swollen, red lips, he pushed Shen Qi away with a smile. "Until we figure out our past relationship, don't push your luck. Let go, I'm going to shower."
Shen Qi, pushed away: ???
The moment Lu Zhi's feet touched the ground, Shen Qi suddenly embraced him from behind. A weight settled on his shoulder as Shen Qi buried his head in his neck, his voice low and muffled, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Lu Zhi looked down at the arms encircling his waist and replied, "No."
The next second, Shen Qi cupped his chin, forcibly tilting Lu Zhi's head back to meet his eyes. Within his coppery-gold, silver-ringed pupils, undercurrents seemed to surge, yet his voice carried a hint of teasing, "You don't actually believe what that stupid horse said, do you?"
Lu Zhi blinked and retorted, "What did it say?"
Shen Qi narrowed his eyes, his suspicion palpable. "What did you remember?"
Lu Zhi raised an eyebrow. "The horse god made me have a dream, and in the dream, a little boy who looked a lot like you called me 'Ayah'."
A flicker of twisted coldness flashed in Shen Qi's pupils. He let out a scoff, his lips approaching, brushing against Lu Zhi's, his eyes intensely fixed on Lu Zhi's. He scoffed again, "What nonsensical dreams. You believed them?"
Shen Qi was nervous, scared, worried, anxious, terrified…
This was something Lu Zhi had never seen before, and because of it, Lu Zhi instinctively chose to conceal the truth. He huffed, "I don't believe it now, but I might later. It depends on how you behave."
"Really?" Shen Qi's nose touched Lu Zhi's, his gaze sharp and scrutinizing. His lips pressed against Lu Zhi's, a gentle yet intimate grinding motion. A faintly dangerous and chilling aura emanated from him.
Lu Zhi was no longer afraid of Shen Qi. He slapped away the hand holding his chin, tilted his eyes upward, and imperiously stated, "You are currently a 'convict' with something to hide from me. I advise you to 'obey the law' before your 'crimes' are exposed, lest you be sentenced to 'life imprisonment'!"
With that, Lu Zhi unceremoniously pushed Shen Qi away and entered the bathroom. He then retreated halfway to the door and commanded the dejected Shen Qi sitting on the bed, "I'm hungry. You'll accompany me to the night market later to find something to eat. Hurry and change your clothes, wear something normal, not too flashy. I don't want to be gawked at just for a late-night snack."
With a bang, he closed the door.
Shen Qi stared at the bathroom door, then suddenly raised a hand to cover his face and let out a low laugh. His coppery-gold, silver-ringed pupils, in the dim light of the bedroom, glowed a scarlet hue. A dangerously wicked smile stretched across his lips as he murmured, "So cautious. Just a little more…"
Then he would have had the reason to imprison the person forever in his own space, not allowing any gods or spirits to covet even a fraction of him.