Chapter 60: A Hug of Suggestive Invite (2/2)

Even the dullest man could tell the difference between a simple touch and a suggestive invite by instinct, not to mention Ziyu Ai was a very sensitive man.

Zhishu's hug was mild and somehow uncertain and disturbingly careful. He was never an open man. If it wasn't in the dark, he wouldn't even have the courage to reach out his arms.

Ziyu, on the other hand, was an open man, he had seen the world of seduction during his playboy days but at this very moment, he froze. He longed for it, he fantasied it... Yet now, how could he have the heart?

”Are your hands still cold?” Ziyu took his hand and put it by his waist, ”I'll warm them up again.”

Zhishu abruptly retracted his hand. ”Don't you want it?” his voice came from the pitch dark sounded icy.

Ziyu went blank for a second.

No one tried to turn on the lamp. Zhishu sat up in the dark, crouched by the headboard. ”You said you liked me, didn't you?”

For an instant, Ziyu felt insulted. ”So?”

”I've got nothing else. You won't even see my flesh soon enough,” Zhishu's voice couldn't help shaking upon finishing as he spoke, which looked like he kept not to cry. ”What else do you want?”

Ziyu didn't say a word as he was now at the edge of an emotional outbreak that could be triggered by a single syllable coming out of his mouth. The night was biting cold and he was ruthlessly hurt.

”I wasn't as good-looking as I used to be... But you know, sooner rather than later...” Zhishu sounded cooled down but cruelly calm, ”...You know I don't like to owe others too much.”

Ziyu's heavy fingers were shivering. He felt light-headed because of oxygen deficiency. But he managed to barely stand up to cover Zhishu with the quilt. ”Don't overthink things. Get some sleep, I need to check for the pot.” His tone was gentle.

The moment Ziyu closed the bedroom door, he lost it unexpectedly. The entire living room was smashed even though he knew the sound insulation of one door was practically useless.

Zhishu looked aside carefully at the scarce moonlight shining through the gap between curtains, he had yet failed another man, even though it wasn't his intention, even though he wanted him to bear less sentiments at their finale.

Anger and hatred were better than deep love.

Which was good for others and himself.

Zhishu He never meant to fail others as in his family, his parents, his friends and his lover. But at the end of the day, one person he hadn't failed was the one hurt him the most.

Throughout his life, the one and the only man he had never failed was Wenxu Jiang.

Zhishu He was even a letdown to himself.