117. Quite Bold

                                    

                                          
YiHan lost his cool upon hearing what Tao Qi said. "Damn it!" he roared in fury. He'd nearly leapt out of the bed. "This woman, she actually dared to lust after you! Where is she? Oh, right. She's in my home. I want to see her right now. I want to know just where she got the audacity from! How dare she try and steal Bai YiHan's man! Does she want to die? I would beat her up so hard that her teeth litter the floor!"
In JingYuan's eyes, YiHan reaction was extremely cute. Still, he had to push YiHan back into bed.
"Don't be angry, HanHan," said JingYuan. "It doesn't matter what she thinks. You can't go home yet. If you really want to see her, you still have to wait until tomorrow. What you need now is rest."
"How could it have nothing to do with me?" YiHan felt like he was going to die from rage. "She's fighting with me for you! Official couple? What about me then? What am I? I can't wait until tomorrow. I have to go beat her up now!"
"Calm down, HanHan," JingYuan coaxed. His voice trembled from the effort to suppress all urges to laugh or cry. "Don't be angry. I'm a living human being. Am I something someone can snatch away just because they want to? You don't even need to humour everything she says. I think she's delusional."
"She's said that kind of thing!" YiHan was fuming still. "How could I calm down? But you're right. If you're so easily snatched away, I wouldn't want you either!"
"Don't say that, HanHan." JingYuan bitterly smiled. "That day won't come."
"Then I'll go meet her today," said YiHan.
"If I knew you'd be so angry," JingYuan sighed in exasperation, "I wouldn't have told you. The doctor said you need bed rest."
"My man is going to be stolen," YiHan angrily said. "How can I relax and rest in peace? I'm already fine. If not so you guys won't worry, I would've asked to be discharged today. My whole body aches from lying in bed."
JingYuan felt a pleasant nostalgia at the minor temper tantrum on the verge of breaking loose. It had been a very long time since his little one's hackles were raised. It felt like a lifetime ago since the last time YiHan had thrown a tantrum for illogical reasons. Ever since that outburst, he'd been sweet and obedient. So mature that it makes one's heart ache. Compared to before, YiHan now acts like a docile clay doll. Who knew that the one thing that could easily anger YiHan was still JingYuan himself? The younger man knew that woman's words can't be trusted but he still puffed up in anger. One could imagine just how important JingYuan was to YiHan.
JingYuan's heart had melted into a puddle by now. He gently pulled YiHan into a tighter embrace.
"If you're impatient," JingYuan said, "then I'll bring you home tonight. Worse comes to worst, I'll carry you home and carry you back here."
"I'm an adult man," YiHan mumbled after a pause of silence. "Who needs you to carry me? I can walk myself."
JingYuan quietly looked down at YiHan. A smile hung on his face but he kept silent.
YiHan's eyes darted around. He lightly scratched at his cheek and shimmied all the way into his blanket.
"In anticipation of tonight's battle," he said as he closed his eyes, "I need to sleep. Hurry up and shoo."
JingYuan gently touched those red ear tips and let out a low chuckle.
The red flush on YiHan's ear tips slowly grew downwards...
***
That evening, JingYuan personally assisted YiHan in changing his outfits. Heedless of YiHan's objections, the man carried him out of the hospital and back to the Bai family home. YiHan's feet never landed on the floor at all. The Bai family members and servants had fallen asleep by then. The entire mansion was eerily silent. JingYuan looked for an empty guest room and entered it. Only then, did he place YiHan down. Embarrassed to the extreme, YiHan sat down on the chair by the desk.