Addicted: Book Two – Chapter 39

One Wave After Another

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Hearing those words said directly in his ear, Bai Luoyin’s chest tightened as he let his eyes focused only on Gu Hai.

“Do you really want to know?”

Taken by surprise, Gu Hai suddenly threw out some words, “Nonsense! Of course, I do!”

“Then, you have to promise me first that you won’t get angry after I tell you.”

In truth, when Bai Luoyin said that sentence, a raging flame had already started to slowly brew in Gu Hai’s heart. But, for the sake of letting that flame diminish, he restrained his temper.

Once Bai Luoyin saw Gu Hai nod in agreement, he slowly began to talk, “The Wing Commander pinched it.”

In just a second, a mad and wild lion began to roar.

“Why did your Wing Commander choose to pinch you? Why didn’t he pinch the others?”

Bai Luoyin’s family jewel was severely gripped again. The sharp pain skated up his spine and struck every nerve, provoking a sudden tremble. It was so intense, his face instantly darkened as he bellowed in anger, “Didn’t you just said you wouldn’t get angry? Why are you screaming at me for no reason? How is this my fault? How do you know he didn’t pinch the others? Even if he did, would he tell you?”

“I don’t care about other people! Even if he fucked them, I still wouldn’t give a shit!” Gu Hai stared furiously at Bai Luoyin, “I just want to ask you, how can you be so infectious?[1] Can’t you just be a bit more careful? You sway in front of me all day long with a green hat[2]over your head. Sooner or later, it will cover my whole head!”

Bai Luoyin bitterly gritted his teeth, “Sooner or later? I’ll fucking cover it over your head right now! Is one green hat enough? I’ll fucking give you a pile that’s ten-story high! Then, I’ll give you a green suit, green socks, green underpants…I’ll even fucking dye your hair green!”

The moment that little donkey’s father’s true character was exposed, he was naturally the best fashion spokesperson for Louis Vuitton.  

Not at all intimidated, Gu Hai immediately bit Bai Luoyin’s impish lips, making the corner of his mouth that was already injured, worse. Then, as the smell of blood assailed their nostrils, Gu Hai roughly sucked on his lips and swallowed. Since the beginning, until now and into the future, Bai Luoyin, and everything that makes him belonged solely to him.

No one in this world can get a share of you. If any part of you were stained with someone else’s scent, then I will destroy it completely and wait for it to slowly regenerate.

The excruciating pain brought on by this rough ‘kiss’ caused Bai Luoyin’s shoulder to tremble. The words he adamantly cursed out mingled with the blood and flowed rather willingly into Gu Hai’s mouth.

When there was nothing else to sucked out, Gu Hai finally released Bai Luoyin’s now swollen lips while his eyes ran amok with deadly flames.

“Bai Luoyin, let me tell you. In this life, I’ll only let you and you alone mess with me, lie to me, hit me, curse me… likewise, no one can even think about touching you no matter what the reasons are! Not even one finger! Don’t use the military system or any of its rules and regulations to deceive me. My heart is like a mirror, I can see through it all! If you get beaten, punished or suffer any grievances, you’re naturally the first to be blamed! This body is not just yours alone. It is also mine! Why don’t you ever take it seriously?”

Bai Luoyin looked directly at Gu Hai as his eyes gradually turned cold. A couple seconds later, he reached toward the small table to the side and pick up the fruit knife before suddenly swinging it toward the lower half of his body. Gu Hai quickly grabbed his arm, causing the sharp edge of the knife to hover dangerously above the fabric of the hospital gown. Two hands bursting with blue veins pumped with blood then deadlocked midair for a while before the knife fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

“What are you doing?!” Gu Hai’s hands shot out and firmly held Bai Luoyin’s head.

Without evading Gu Hai, a vicious aura launched into Bai Luoyin’s eyes, “Didn’t you want me to keep myself pure for you? Aren’t you always feeling restless about me? I’ll get rid of the root of the problem for you. That way, you can fucking give up completely!!”

“You bastard! You’re asking to be fucked!”

Pushed toward the edge of anger, Gu Hai used his teeth to rip off Bai Luoyin’s hospital gown and then he started to feast crazily on his body. The areas that his teeth swept over quickly became bruise with a hint of red. Bai Luoyin struggled with all his might while cursing in rage. He wished his fingers could dig into Gu Hai’s shoulder until blood gushed out but unfortunately, his foot was injured and being short one out of four limbs, he was definitely not Gu Hai’s opponent.

The more Bai Luoyin struggled, the stronger the indestructible flames in Gu Hai’s heart flourished, even the strength in his hands became more reckless.

Just as Bai Luoyin attempted to turn over, Gu Hai instantly forced him down again. Bai Luoyin’s injured foot heavily struck the edge of the bed, provoking an intense stab of pain to attack his nerves and causing him to cry out.

Hearing that painful voice, Gu Hai came out of his stupor. He quickly reached toward Bai Luoyin’s foot and anxiously asked, “Is it hurting?”

Without answering, Bai Luoyin curled up on the bed with a painful expression on his face.

Soon, the doctor rushed over to examine Bai Luoyin’s wound. Luckily, the bone did not receive another strike and the doctor only had to add two more stitches to the suture area that had torn slightly.

Once the doctor left, the room fell into utter silence.

Gu Hai did not get on the bed again, instead, he quietly sat in front of it and stared at Bai Luoyin without moving a single muscle.

After another moment passed by, he finally asked in a low voice: “Does it hurt?”

Bai Luoyin closed his eyes, not saying any other word.

As Gu Hai watched Bai Luoyin lie obediently on the bed, with his frostbitten ears sticking out, completely bloodless lips and his battered hands tightly holding the blanket, he suddenly felt that the person in front of him looked utterly pitiful. When he thought of Bai Luoyin charging through enemy lines in the frigid Gobi Desert, without enough to eat, without sleeping warmly, then only to be suppressed, bullied and humiliated from time to time…his heart felt exceptionally painful. For the past few days, every time he laid in bed and thought of all the grievances Bai Luoyin had to endure, slumber never came to comfort him.

He had never taken the initiative to demand Bai Luoyin change his career. That was because Gu Hai knew that Bai Luoyin is a man with his own dreams and aspirations. But seeing him suffer such bitterness and hardships while he stood to the side, unable to do anything to help, his heart was immediately consumed with anxiety!

His dumbass temper will surely escalate once he became anxious.

Gu Hai’s hand reached toward Bai Luoyin’s face, softly caressing it as he spoke with a gentle tone. “It’s not that I don’t trust you, I’m just afraid you will suffer!”

Even though he heard that, Bai Luoyin kept his eyes closed with great effort. All the while, his eyeballs beneath anxiously jumped.

Having not received a response, Gu Hai pressed his face against Bai Luoyin’s then slid his hand to the other side of his cheek, gently caressing it with a sorrowful expression.

Bai Luoyin coldly shouted, “Don’t touch me!”

Since those words were said in such manner, Gu Hai actually became full of zeal. At first, his hand was on Bai Luoyin’s face but a few seconds later, it slid past his chest and down toward the edge of his pants before slowly inching in.

But before that sneaky hand could tread in and work its wicked ways, Bai Luoyin gripped Gu Hai’s wrist. “Someone had already touched this; don’t you dislike that it has been dirtied?”

Gu Hai had just forgotten this, but since Bai Luoyin reminded like, he stopped.

Bai Luoyin’s heart sank. Sure enough…

However, a moment later, Gu Hai unexpectedly moved his head down, opened his mouth wide and sucked the little monster. He doted on it intensely with no hint of turning away to ignore it. Originally, it belonged to him. Now that it had suffered such a grievance and needed his comfort, how can he abandon it?

Xiao Yin Zi baobei, just wait. Daddy will definitely take vengeance for you!

During the next few days, Bai Luoyin passed the days rather comfortably. Aside from having to deal with some officers that came to visits him, the remaining time was spent being lovey-dovey with Gu Hai. In between, Gu Hai would take a short trip back to the company in order to handle some business affairs before quickly rushing back to the hospital to accompany him.

On this day, Bai Luoyin leaned back against the headboard like an arrogant idler and was soaking up the sunlight when he suddenly heard a knock at the door.

His languid eyes shifted toward the door before he faintly spoke, “Come in!”

With his left hand holding a fruit basket, right hand holding tonics, and a backpack strapped on his back, Liu Chong strode into the room.

The moment his eyes set on Liu Chong, an inexplicable feeling caused by an unknown reason provoked a tremble in Bai Luoyin’s chest.

When Liu Chong saw Bai Luoyin, his eyes could not help but freeze in place while his heart secretly jumped in astonishment.

I haven’t seen him for only a few days, but his skin recovered so well!

He had also returned from the mission with Bai Luoyin and was given plenty of time to rest but why was it that his skin was still so wrinkled and rough? How come Bai Luoyin’s face was so full of life like this?

While Liu Chong was still deep in thoughts, a voice came traveling from the other room.

“Here, drink this while it’s hot!”

Carefully carrying a bowl of soup, Gu Hai walked into the room, but his expression was instantly ravaged by a cold and unpleasant aura the moment he saw Liu Chong.

“Hey! Gu-zong, you’re also here to see our Major?”

The corner of Gu Hai’s mouth pulled back, “I’ve been here the entire time.”

“Huh?” Liu Chong questioned, surprise but that reply. “Aren’t you normally very busy?”

Gu Hai ignored him and went straight to Bai Luoyin before sitting down on the chair beside him. Then, he scooped a spoonful of hot soup, blew it and placed it at Bai Luoyin’s mouth.

Having never shown any subordinate, much less a lower rank subordinate, this kind of image, Bai Luoyin immediately felt uneasy so as a result, his gentle expression from just a moment ago was instantly saturated with seriousness and caution. Even his voice deepened.  

“I’ll do it myself!”

If this was any other soldier, Gu Hai would not have taken it this seriously. But this bastard Liu Chong appeared too often. So often that the very moment Gu Hai caught sight of his face, he was itching to throw the hot bowl of soup at him!

Undeterred, Gu Hai stubbornly placed the spoon in front of Bai Luoyin’s mouth again before speaking in a tough and insistent tone. “Drink!”

Bai Luoyin’s lips tightened as he repeatedly used his eyes to wage a war with Gu Hai.

Are you fucking trying to humiliate me on purpose?

Liu Chong stood upright to the side and stared at their exchange. Sensing the tense atmosphere, he quickly rushed to resolve the dispute.

“Here, here, here, Gu-zong, give it to me. How can we let you do something like this?”

Gu Hai had yet to react when Liu Chong snatched the bowl from him and sat at the other side of the bed. Then he scooped a spoonful of soup and placed it next to Bai Luoyin’s mouth.

“Major, there is no need for politeness between us.”

Seeing that Bai Luoyin was not drinking, Liu Chong intentionally tasted it first before cheerfully advising, “Major, hurry and drink it. It’s not hot at all!”

No fucking shit! Gu Hai wanted to explode in curses. I just blew it to cool it down yet you’re fucking trying to take the credit!!

“Put it down!” Gu Hai’s face darkened as he commanded him.

Liu Chong was at a loss of since he does not know what he had done to provoke Gu Hai.

Gu Hai cold voice asked, “Who allowed you to take it from me?”

“No one allowed me to!” Liu Chong said with seriousness, “I did it of my own free will!”

Hearing those absurd words, Gu Hai’s tone worsened. “What qualification do you have to talk about ‘free will’ here?”

Liu Chong suddenly stood straight and looked at Bai Luoyin with a deep and sincere expression. “I am the person most qualified to take care of our Major…if the Major was not there when I was in danger, I…”

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The story about the green hat:

The source is a story from the Ming Dynasty where Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang enacted a law, which required men who worked in the prostitution trade to wear green hats. Later, it became common to say about a man whose wife had an affair, that she made her husband wear a green hat. It’s best to stay away from those green hats!

If you are traveling in China, you might notice a curious thing – you will never find a Chinese man wearing a green hat. Let it be a warning to you: no matter how curious you are, you’d better not ask them why they don’t wear a green hat!

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[1] Infectious – 招人 (zhāo​rén) irresistible/the ability to attract people to you

[2] Green hat – 戴绿帽子lǜ​mào​zi ‘wearing a green hat’ is a metaphor used in Chinese culture meaning the one wearing it has been cheated on. Sure enough, the word for ‘cuckold’ is 绿帽子 (only one character needed to make up this metaphor)