HRMCF Chapter 11

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Shen Yan almost instantly recovered and stood up on the spot.

"No need, Brother..." Shen Yan hurriedly waved his hand, "I just twisted my ankle, I don't need anyone to take care of me."

"Just twisted your ankle?!"

Shen Shen immediately launched another barrage of nagging, making Shen Yan's face almost turn green.

Shen Yan could only endure the pressure and apologize to his brother, admitting that he had misspoke earlier. This wasn't just a twisted ankle; it was a loss of his subjective initiative as an adult male, turning him into a weak and helpless cripple.

Seeing Shen Yan admit defeat, Shen Shen once again 부탁했다 Zhao Linsu, "Linsu, this time I'm really going to have to trouble you."

Shen Yan stole a glance at Zhao Linsu.

Zhao Linsu's expression was as usual. "Brother Shen, don't be so polite with me. Hurry up and catch your high-speed train. Should I take you?"

"No need," Shen Shen patted his arm. "You stay here and look after Yan Yan." He turned back and gave Shen Yan a warning look. "Before I get back, if anything else happens to your foot, I'll break your other leg myself!"

Shen Yan: "..." Was this some kind of guilt by association?

Zhao Linsu went to see Shen Shen out. Shen Yan lay back on the bed, his mind in chaos again.

Actually, his mind rarely got this jumbled. Whether it was studying or life, he always had a scale in his heart, thinking things through very clearly.

But ever since this unexpected and inexplicable strange power descended upon him, his life seemed to have gained some unstable elements.

Among them, the one that affected him the most and was the most puzzling and difficult for him to understand was Zhao Linsu.

Sometimes Shen Yan really wanted to slam the table and ask, "Why the hell do you fantasize about me every day?!"

Shen Yan couldn't bring himself to ask.

It wasn't out of fear of exposing his power, but fear that their relationship would become very awkward.

"Knock knock—"

The bedroom door was knocked twice, and Shen Yan raised his head slightly.

Zhao Linsu leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed. "Brother Shen left."

Shen Yan controlled the turmoil in his heart and licked his lips. "Then you..."

"I left too," Zhao Linsu said calmly, "That was just a delaying tactic."

Shen Yan suddenly understood and immediately gave Zhao Linsu a thumbs-up. "You're a master!"

"You'll be alright on your own?"

"Of course, it's just a twisted ankle. My brother is making too much of a fuss."

"Alright."

Zhao Linsu waved his hand, and Shen Yan waved back from the bed. "See you later, I owe you one."

The sound of the door closing came from outside. Only then did Shen Yan lay his head back on the pillow, shifting his shoulders twice, feeling a sense of peace in his heart.

He had been too petty. How could he have suspected Zhao Linsu had ulterior motives?

What an open and honest brother.

Shen Yan scratched his face, thinking he really should think less about that matter in the future.

He had been a bit... a bit wary, and it felt quite unfair to Zhao Linsu.

Zhao Linsu hadn't really done anything wrong.

No one could condemn a real person based on fantasies.

Especially when that person was his best friend.

Shen Yan sat up, grabbed the crutches by the bed, and hobbled to the bathroom.

After playing a whole basketball game, he was covered in sweat and smelled terrible. He needed to take a shower.

Shen Yan found a towel and wrapped it around his foot. Just as he was searching everywhere for a suitable rope, the house phone rang.

"Coming—"

Shen Yan hurriedly hopped out on his crutches. As soon as he answered the phone, his brother roared like a dragon, "Why didn't you answer your cell phone!"

"My phone was on silent."

"What's the point of carrying a phone on silent all day? Go, get Zhao Linsu to answer my call."

Shen Yan: "..."

"Why do you need him?" Shen Yan said, forcing himself to be brave. "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Shen Shen immediately exploded on the other end. "Did you send Zhao Linsu back?!"

Shen Yan was caught off guard and was speechless.

"I knew it, you brat! You never take my words seriously! Are you trying to piss me off? Is a twisted ankle a small matter? Haven't you heard of people who twisted their ankles and didn't take care of them, resulting in serious aftereffects that made them unable to walk? Shen Yan, can't you stop showing off?!"

Shen Yan was scolded into silence.

Shen Shen on the other end continued angrily, "I think I should just come back. After all, it's not good to trouble people."

Shen Yan's mind worked faster than his mouth, and he quickly made up an excuse. "I didn't send him away. He went downstairs to buy something."

"Don't lie to me."

"Really, he just went down a little while ago. Why would I lie to you?"

"Really?" Shen Shen on the other end was half-convinced. Just as Shen Yan was trying his best to lie, the sound of a key turning in the door came from outside. Shen Yan was so startled his heart almost stopped.

The door opened, and Zhao Linsu walked in carrying a bag. Shen Yan didn't have time to think about how Zhao Linsu had returned and had a key. He just quickly said into the phone, "He's back, Zhao Linsu, hurry, come here, my brother wants to talk to you."

Zhao Linsu put the key down and came over to take the receiver from Shen Yan. Shen Yan pressed his palms together and bowed to him in gratitude. Zhao Linsu directly pressed the speakerphone button.

"Brother Shen?"

Hearing his voice, Shen Shen's tone immediately became polite and gentle. "Linsu, you're there. Thank you for looking after Yan Yan. I'll come back as soon as I finish my business."

"Sorry, I didn't check my phone just now. It's okay, Brother Shen, you go ahead with your work. Don't worry, I'll take care of Shen Yan and won't let anything else happen to his foot."

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you."

Finally, he had gotten through it. After hanging up, Shen Yan said with lingering fear, "Why did you come back?"

Zhao Linsu showed him his phone screen.

【Shen Shen: Linsu, how is Yan Yan? Is it still hurting?】

【Shen Shen: He's very good at enduring pain, he probably won't say even if it hurts. Please ask him more often.】

Seeing these two WeChat messages, Shen Yan's heart couldn't help but tremble.

His brother truly cared about him.

"I saw these messages and knew Brother Shen would probably check up on you," Zhao Linsu put the bag on the coffee table, "So I rushed back immediately."

"I was so scared just now, I thought my brother was coming back to open the door."

Zhao Linsu said, "Your brother gave me the key."

Shen Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Really... then you..." He looked at Zhao Linsu hesitantly. Zhao Linsu took out a notebook from the bag and said lazily, "Hospital stay: eighty, overnight: two hundred."

Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh. "That's not cheap."

"Discount for you, friend price," Zhao Linsu opened the notebook and glanced at Shen Yan. "What's that look? Preparing to join the beggar gang?"

Shen Yan had come out in a hurry and had just casually tied the towel around his leg first.

Shen Yan: "I'm covered in sweat, I was just about to take a shower..."

His words trailed off. The mental preparation Shen Yan had done in the past few minutes collapsed instantly. His face couldn't help but feel a little hot again. Facing a brother who fantasized about him, he still couldn't be as open about everything as he used to be.

In the past, there had been absolutely no such reservations between him and Zhao Linsu.

They had even learned to swim together, spending their days in just swim trunks.

That was the summer after their third year of junior high. With nothing to do, the two of them went to learn to swim together, so that his brother wouldn't always worry about him drowning while playing in the water.

There were seven kids in the swimming class in total. He was only familiar with Zhao Linsu. At that time, both of them had grown taller and leaner. At fifteen, they were already long-limbed, and everything that should have developed had developed. Both of them had grown a thin layer of muscle, and they would often compare whose muscles were harder.

Shen Yan still remembered that he and Zhao Linsu basically went everywhere together. They went to the swimming pool together, changed into their swim trunks together, got into the water together, showered together after swimming, left the swimming pool together, bought popsicles at the entrance, and finally went back to his house together to watch TV and play games.

"You can shower by yourself, right?" Zhao Linsu asked.

Shen Yan of course said it was no problem. He turned around and hobbled back to the bathroom on his crutches. Only when he reached the bathroom did he belatedly realize that Zhao Linsu seemed to be staying overnight at his house tonight.

Of course, this wasn't the first time Zhao Linsu had stayed overnight at his house.

Before that summer when they learned to swim, Zhao Linsu had often stayed over.

Later, when they went to high school, he and Zhao Linsu were both placed in the experimental class. The class was full of strong students, all top students recruited by the school from various districts and counties. The intensity of competition increased dramatically. It was no longer like in junior high school where they could easily dominate the top five in the whole school. The time they spent fooling around together decreased a lot, and Zhao Linsu's visits to his house also became less frequent.

Shen Yan pulled the edges of two towels together to tie a knot and wrapped his injured left foot tightly.

Turning on the faucet, Shen Yan put his crutches aside and stood on one foot against the wall to take off his clothes.

The clothes were simple, but the pants were a bit tricky.

Taking them off was easy enough, but maintaining balance on one foot while doing so was a bit difficult.

Shen Yan could only take off his shoes and socks first, stand barefoot on the ground, and then take off his pants.

The process was dangerous, and he almost fell several times.

Fortunately, he had good athletic coordination and managed to lean against the bathtub and sit down in the water, resting his left foot on the edge of the tub without getting it wet. He had just let out a sigh of relief when there was a "clang"—his crutches had slipped and fallen to the floor.

"Shen Yan?"

Zhao Linsu's footsteps and voice came from outside the bathroom door.

Shen Yan said, "I'm fine—"

He shouted this loudly, full of energy, proving that he was okay.

"I'm doing homework in the living room. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, no problem, no worries, you do your homework."

Shen Yan heard the footsteps slowly fade away and finally exhaled the breath he had been holding. He glanced at his spread-legged posture with lingering fear. If Zhao Linsu had come in just now...

His scalp tingled.

Shen Yan plunged his face into the water.

The water was hot, and his face was hot too.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't pretend nothing had happened.

But strictly speaking, nothing had actually happened.

The world of fantasy didn't count.

Shen Yan quickly finished his shower and then tragically discovered that he couldn't get out.

He used all his strength to hold onto the edge of the bathtub, and finally managed to get half of his body out of the water with a "splash." But his right leg had no strength and couldn't support him, causing him to fall back in with a splash, all his efforts wasted.

Shen Yan struggled back and forth several times. Half the water in the bathtub had splashed out, and he was still floundering in the slippery tub. He accidentally bumped his left foot against the wall, and it hurt so much he barely managed to hold back a cry.

"Damn it..." Shen Yan lay sideways against the edge of the bathtub, exhausted.

A piece of frosted glass on the bathroom door faintly let in light.

Zhao Linsu was in the living room. He could just call out.

Shen Yan ran a hand through his soaking wet short hair, thinking he was too obsessed with cleanliness. He should have just wiped himself down and been done with it.

Call or not call? Shen Yan hesitated for a long time but still didn't call. He decided to trust himself one more time. He could dunk a basketball, couldn't he get out of a bathtub? The worst that could happen was landing on his hands.

Shen Yan gritted his teeth, preparing to regress into a four-legged crawling animal. Just as his hand was about to touch the floor, the "slap-slap" sound of slippers came from outside, startling him so much that he quickly retreated back into the bathtub.

Zhao Linsu didn't announce himself or knock. He just pushed the door open.

The bathroom was flooded, and the newly bought crutches lay pitifully on the floor, the padding on top half-soaked.

Zhao Linsu chuckled. "So childlike? Playing in the water in the bathroom."

Shen Yan sat in the bathtub, unsure whether to cover up or not, and said awkwardly, "It spilled accidentally."

He didn't dare to look at Zhao Linsu, keeping his head down and looking at the water surface.

Zhao Linsu came over, grabbed a bath towel, and roughly covered Shen Yan's head, rubbing it vigorously a couple of times. Then he said, "What's there to cover? It's not like I haven't seen it before."

Shen Yan: "..."

Mind your own business, I like it this way.

Shen Yan, covering his privates with both hands, blushed furiously.

"Get up."

Zhao Linsu sharply patted his wet back.

Shen Yan didn't get up. "You go out first, I can do it myself."

The bathroom was silent for two seconds. Then Shen Yan heard Zhao Linsu's voice again, casually saying, "When did you have a second growth spurt without telling me? Is there something down there I'm not allowed to see?"

Shen Yan suddenly raised his head. "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Shen Yan clearly saw the teasing amusement in Zhao Linsu's eyes. He suddenly felt annoyed. So this guy was fantasizing about him all day, but he was the only one who felt embarrassed?

Damn it, bring it on!

Shen Yan raised his wet arm and leaned it on Zhao Linsu's arm, his face cold. "Give me a hand."

With someone helping him, getting out of the bathtub was much easier.

Water droplets rolled off his smooth body. Shen Yan felt a slight chill as the warmth was carried away for a moment. He wrapped a bath towel around his waist and turned his head.

Zhao Linsu: "Don't be too self-conscious, it's not that small."

Shen Yan: "..."

Nonsense! It wasn't small at all!

"Wrap it up yourself properly."

Zhao Linsu let go. Shen Yan grabbed the towel, swayed on one foot, and then experienced his second princess carry in life.

It was very fast and very short, just a few steps from the bathroom to his room, not even enough time for Shen Yan to react. Zhao Linsu threw him onto the sofa in the bedroom and walked out without looking back. "You can put on clothes yourself, right?"

"Yeah, where are you going—"

Zhao Linsu turned his back to him, unbuttoning his cuffs and rolling up his sleeves. "Cleaning up the water park."

Shen Yan: "..."

Shen Yan dried himself with the towel, hopped on one foot to the closet, found another set of clothes, put them on, and continued hopping back to the bathroom door.

Zhao Linsu, with his sleeves rolled up, was mopping the floor.

Every time Shen Yan was about to get angry at Zhao Linsu, that little spark of anger would waver and die down.

When a relationship was good to a certain point, it was hard to really get angry, because you knew the other person was genuinely good.

Shen Yan leaned against the doorframe and said, "Thanks."

Zhao Linsu ignored him and continued mopping.

Shen Yan didn't say anything either. After a while, he said, "Do you think I really shouldn't have shown off like that? I was just so frustrated after losing last year, I wanted to get back at them. I practiced for a whole year, I didn't expect to fall like that."

Facing his friend, Shen Yan couldn't help but want to express his thoughts.

The water in the bathroom was almost mopped up. Zhao Linsu leaned on the mop. "What's the point of should or shouldn't? You've already done it."

Shen Yan sighed softly.

Zhao Linsu said, "Go back and lie down."

Shen Yan said "Oh" and hopped back, supporting himself on the doorframe.

His hair was still wet. He didn't lie down on the bed, and the sofa was wet, so only the chair in front of the desk was left to rest on for a while.

Zhao Linsu was still busy in the bathroom. Shen Yan casually dried his hair, suddenly remembering Zhao Linsu's words earlier: "Is there something down there I'm not allowed to see?"

He had been too busy being embarrassed just now and hadn't really thought about it carefully, assuming Zhao Linsu was talking about hemorrhoids...

This bastard, a pervert.

Making such dirty jokes with him.

Shen Yan vigorously rubbed his hair a couple of times. Suddenly, his movements froze.

Another possibility he had never considered flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning.

Could it be... that in Zhao Linsu's fantasies... he was a girl?!


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