He walked over to the nearest sofa and sat down, placing himself at the farthest distance from Huo Qijun, facing him. Huo Qijun, feeling that he was avoiding him, began to interpret every little detail as having deeper meanings. His expression immediately grew sullen: “Do I have the plague? Why are you sitting so far away?”
“……” Lin Wei was baffled and took a few seconds to realize what Huo Qijun was thinking this time.
He held back for a moment but finally couldn’t contain himself and let out a chuckle.
“Is it funny?” If Huo Qijun were truly a cat, he’d be bristling with irritation right now.
“Not really, just find your imagination quite rich,” Lin Wei could only comment, unable to find a more suitable description.
“…………”
Huo Qijun took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and said, “I’m not avoiding you; I’ve just been engrossed in work these past few days. Don’t misunderstand!”
“Yeah, I know.” Lin Wei readily agreed.
However, his quick agreement seemed insincere; Huo Qijun, who was not good with words and used to scaring away anyone who tried to engage him, was surprisingly at a loss against Lin Wei.
After a while of struggling in silence, feeling his stomach ache from frustration, he still couldn’t think of a response.
Finally, Lin Wei noticed his discomfort and asked if he was feeling unwell, leading to an irritable response: “My stomach hurts, all because of you!”
Not believing him, Lin Wei directly asked, “What have you eaten over the past three days?”
Huo Qijun immediately fell silent.
Lin Wei moved in front of him, pulled him to lie down on the nearby couch, and didn’t pursue the previous question, instead adopting a gentler tone: “You can at least tell me what you had for dinner tonight?”
This was acceptable, and Huo Qijun replied honestly: “I had a pack of crackers.”
Lin Wei sensed something was off in his tone and asked incredulously, “…You mean you’ve only eaten crackers for three meals every day for the past three days?”
“······”!!!!!!
“Seriously?” Lin Wei was genuinely both angry and amused: “You really can endure hardship, can’t you, young master? I’m really curious about what’s on your mind?!”
Huo Qijun refused to answer; he just found it convenient.
Moreover—
“Didn’t you say that crackers are good for stomach issues?”
Lin Wei unbuttoned Huo Qijun’s suit jacket, placed a hand on his stomach to feel, and retorted without lifting his gaze: “I didn’t mean to have you treat it like a meal! It’s because you ate too much! That’s why your stomach is bloated and uncomfortable!”
With that, he got up.
“Hey! Where are you going?” Huo Qijun thought he was angry and reflexively grabbed him.
“Going to get you some medicine.”
Lin Wei shook his head and went next door to find the medicine. Afraid of his own clumsiness, he was fortunate that the original character’s supporting role kept a variety of stomach medications at home.
When he returned with the suitable medication, Huo Qijun was already sweating profusely, in pain. Some pains are fine until you notice them; once you do, they become prolonged and unbearable.
Lin Wei urged him to take the medicine first, knowing it would take some time to work. Seeing him in real distress, he sighed and began to massage his abdomen in circles gently.
After just a couple of presses, he noticed that Huo Qijun’s body was a bit tense, his abdominal muscles stiff. Lin Wei then explained, “This can help relieve gas; I’ll demonstrate, and then you can try it yourself later.”
Huo Qijun blinked slowly, his scarce emotional intelligence surprisingly activated for the wrong reasons. Clearing his throat, he said:
“I’m too weak right now; you do it!”
In that moment, Lin Wei felt like he had a human-shaped cat master, who, despite being gracious enough to allow him to rub his belly, remained utterly unmoved by his offer.
“Okay, just like this: rub in a clockwise direction for ten circles, then counterclockwise for ten until it doesn’t hurt as much. Then you can stop,” he concluded, promptly pulling back his hand.
However, Lin Wei didn’t just abandon him entirely; he returned with a small blanket, covered it over Huo Qijun, and sat beside him, adding, “If it gets worse, don’t hold back; tell me.”
Huo Qijun’s face was blank: “…Oh.”
It wasn’t that he was dissatisfied with Lin Wei; in fact, even with his usual picky attitude, he couldn’t find fault with Lin Wei’s kindness.
But he honestly didn’t know what expression was appropriate in this moment. Earlier, he might have felt that Lin Wei hiding his sexual orientation implied distrust in his character, but at this moment, he could deeply understand it.
Huo Qijun felt like he was riding on a seesaw, his emotions swinging wildly based on Lin Wei’s treatment of him; the root cause was already free from blame, as it started with him and all misunderstandings pointed back to him too.
Nonetheless, Huo Qijun firmly believed that Lin Wei, with his “central heating” personality, at least deserved to take thirty percent of the blame!
He stayed silent on the surface, but internally he was bursting with complaints. Suddenly, something crossed his mind, and his brows furrowed.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Wei, occasionally glancing over to check on his condition, happened to notice and asked if his stomach pain had worsened.
“Nothing…” Huo Qijun lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly. After a moment of hesitation, he couldn’t resist asking: “I’m suddenly curious, how many boyfriends have you had?”
He had initially planned to mention how he remembered Lin Wei didn’t seem to have many close male friends. He thought he could identify a couple of suspects from that group, but he realized at the last moment that Lin Wei’s best male friend was him. If he had to pick someone from that, the most suspicious candidate was himself.
Putting it that way felt a bit strange, as if he was stubbornly seeking confirmation from various angles to conclude that Lin Wei had a crush on him.
Haha, how funny! He had no such intention!
Lin Wei gave him a puzzled glance; surprisingly, despite being in pain, Huo Qijun still had the energy to think about this. However, that question was quite sensitive to broach lightly.
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