Seize the Throne

Chapter 25: He still loves him

Bian Yi almost fled the laboratory in a panic after hearing Kou Li’s words.
He was afraid that the other person would say something else, so he fled first.

Bian Yi himself was not someone who liked to escape, but when faced with events beyond his control, more than half of people would instinctively choose to run away.

He was just following his instincts and chose a stance that could better protect himself.

He didn’t dare to think deeply about Kou Li’s words.
He knew very well what terrible things were hidden underneath, things that could swallow him up.

He had hated Kou Li for so long, so deeply.

That hate was like a spiked shackle that pierced into his flesh and grew inside of him.

In the short time since he returned, most of the shackles had been torn out.
If they were all pulled out, he thought he might die from excessive bleeding.

Let him run a little further, let his body become a little healthier, and his ability to withstand not die from being pulled by those spiked shackles –

Then tell him the truth that he still dared not know.

Kou Li did not leave the laboratory with Bian Yi immediately.

He stood in front of the machine and looked at it.

After a long time, he reached out and gently touched the small golden ball at the center of the ellipse.

The machine did not run, and even if it did, it would not respond to him.

After a moment, Kou Li withdrew his hand and looked at the machine with some annoyance, muttering to himself: “Did I make a mistake again? Should I have listened to Jian Yi and taken it slowly?”

“Ah-Yi was scared again.
Am I still too selfish?”

The laboratory was extremely quiet, with no one and no machine to answer Kou Li’s questions.

Perhaps this kind of quiet silence angered him a little.

His eyes slowly became crazy as he stared at the machine.
“Yes, that’s right.
I am such a despicable person.
I want to hug him so badly.”

“Even if I bleed, it doesn’t matter.
I will accompany him, even in death.”

Kou Li’s hand pressed against the groove next to the door of the laboratory, which had closed automatically due to lack of use.

The laboratory had no wind, but Kou Li seemed to feel a gentle breeze, leading him back to the machine.

Kou Li’s eyes regained some clarity, and he clenched his lips tightly as if struggling with something.

Finally, he said to the air, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.
I’ll give Ah-Yi time.”

He stopped speaking.
He would wait for him.

Kou Li left, and the laboratory remained silent.
There was no wind or any living creature, only cold experimental tables, and machines.

After leaving the laboratory and taking his seat on a private plane, Bian Yi and Kou Li remained silent, not even making eye contact.

Before the plane took off, Bian Yi thought of something.
He sent a message to Jian Yi, informing him of Jiang Shi’s anomaly.
He didn’t go into detail, but Jian Yi understood his meaning.

Jian Yi said he would have someone pay attention to Jiang Shi, but not to get too close, and create opportunities to accidentally run into him.

Bian Yi lingered on the idea of this “accidental encounter” for a while as if he was imagining how Jian Yi would really meet Jiang Shi without alerting the system.

Lost in thought, Bian Yi only snapped out of it when the plane started moving.
He rubbed his ears and put his phone away.

Bian Yi was prone to motion sickness, but the symptoms were not severe.
He could usually endure it, and few people could tell.

However, this was based on people other than Kou Li.
Bian Yi looked at the sour candy Kou Li handed him, and took it from his hand with his head down.

As their fingertips touched, both were icy.
For a brief moment, no one could bring warmth to the other.

Bian Yi unwrapped the candy and put it in his mouth.
It didn’t taste familiar; it was a new flavor, almost sour enough to be bitter.

The taste stimulated Bian Yi’s nerves, quickly waking him up and dispelling his motion sickness.

With the candy in his mouth, Bian Yi’s mind wandered aimlessly.
Did the manufacturer of this candy go bankrupt?

The candy had no manufacturer; it was privately made.

Kou Li took back his hand and rubbed his cold fingertips.

Jian Yi said that the old mirror had shattered and that it was shattered.
But a new mirror could be put in the frame.
Even if the frame still remembered the broken mirror that had been in it, it was now covered by a new one.

They didn’t have to intentionally forget or hypnotize themselves that the old scars didn’t exist.
They could have new ones – as long as Kou Li didn’t destroy himself and Bian Yi before the new mirror was made.

The plane had been flying for eight hours and was still in the air.

Bian Yi had fallen asleep, and Kou Li opened his eyes.

He looked at the time; they had thirty minutes left until landing.

Kou Li turned his head to look at Bian Yi, his glasses still on his nose.
He hadn’t taken them off during his nap, so he could see the person next to him more clearly through the lenses.

He was his, not the fake one.

However, even after confirming this, his gaze remained fixed on Bian Yi’s face.

Kou Li reached out and touched Bian Yi’s cheek with his fingertips.

It was warm, it was real.

Kou Li’s fingertips exerted a little force, moving from Bian Yi’s cheek to his lips.

His thumb heavily pressed onto Bian Yi’s lips.

Bian Yi was awakened by Kou Li’s actions.

He frowned in displeasure and opened his eyes.

Although he was on guard when he woke up, he still fell into Kou Li’s eyes, which were full of desire to conquer.

Bian Yi reacted a few seconds too slowly, and Kou Li’s fingers heavily rubbed against his lips for a few seconds.

Bian Yi subconsciously opened his mouth slightly, and the finger pressed against his lips seemed to want to go further.

Bian Yi tasted the sweetness of the candy still in his mouth and immediately woke up.

He immediately turned his head, his heart pounding, gave Kou Li a stern look, and scolded, “What’s wrong with you?”

Kou Li lowered his head and looked at the wetness on the tip of his finger.
He slowly blinked and then his gaze fell on the lips of Bian Yi, which he had just ravaged, which now turned bright red.

After staring at them for a while, he turned his body to the side.
Something was off.

Bian Yi watched the back of his head and his whole face sank.
He couldn’t be sure if Kou Li was having a fit or not, but what he could be certain of was that Kou Li was sick.

Bian Yi sat up straight.
He didn’t know if it was because he had become aware of Kou Li’s illness today or because of the discomfort of being held down by Ko Li just now, but he felt like he had been stabbed in the heart, extremely uncomfortable.

During the last half hour of the flight, the two of them maintained silence, like the thirty seconds before boarding.

But this time, Bian Yi’s emotions were not calm during the silence.

The plane landed and Bian Yi followed Kou Li to the hotel in silence.
As soon as he stepped out of the plane, he seemed to wake up from the cold north wind.

Bian Yi saw that after Kou Li arrived at the hotel, he took a pill, and after taking it, he took off his glasses and massaged his eyes.

Feeling that Bian Yi had been staring at him since they got off the plane, Ko Li raised his head, looked at Bian Yi with some confusion and amusement, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Kou Li took off his glasses, but his gaze was not accurately focused.
Bian Yi couldn’t feel him looking into his eyes, which made him feel uncomfortable.

“It’s nothing.”

Bian Yi pursed his lips and avoided Kou Li’s gaze by dragging his luggage and squatting down to tidy his clothes.

Kou Li didn’t say anything more, nor did he look at Bian Yi again.

He rested by the window for a while, then had his secretary contact the team that had been previously arranged.

After completing these tasks, he looked at Bian Yi still organizing his clothes, and said, “Rest today, we’ll go to the snowy mountains tomorrow.”

Bian Yi agreed, but since he was squatting with his back to Kou Li, his voice sounded a bit muffled.

Kou Li seemed unaware and called Jian Yi to ask about Xiao Shu’s condition.

Bian Yi turned the entire luggage over, making it even messier.
But he didn’t seem to notice, as he continued to rummage through his things.

Kou Li finally noticed and stood up, walking over to Bian Yi’s side.
Bian Yi had turned the luggage over again, making it even more disorganized.

Kou Li observed Bian Yi’s face, and it seemed like he was lost in thought.

Kou Li repressed his emotions and squatted down, gently holding Bian Yi’s hands to stop his actions.

Bian Yi came back to reality and was a bit annoyed, trying to break free from Kou Li’s grip.
“What are you doing?”

Kou Li smiled and didn’t answer Bian Yi’s question.
Instead, he asked, “Are you hungry? Want to eat something?”

“Anything’s fine.” Bian Yi prepared to stand up, but then he looked at his messy luggage and paused.
He then realized why Kou Li didn’t answer him earlier.

Bian Yi sneered and said to Kou Li, “Don’t worry, I’m not crazy.
You don’t have to be so cautious.”

After saying that, he looked up at Kou Li and wanted to ask him: But how about you? It seems like you’re even crazier than I am.

Bian Yi didn’t ask in the end.

Kou Li just smiled gently at him and then put the luggage aside, ordering something for Bian Yi.

Bian Yi thought that after Kou Li took his medicine, his behavior had been normal and everything was fine.

However, in the afternoon during their break, he was woken up again by Kou Li.

Kou Li had one hand stroking his face and the other choking his neck.
The hand on his neck was tightening, not like the feeling when Bian Yi first came back.

What was even more frightening was the deep love on Kou Li’s face.

The feeling of suffocation was uncomfortable.
Bian Yi kicked him, and hit him, trying his best to break Kou Li’s grip, but Kou Li only tightened his grip more.

He shouted, “Give him back to me, give him back to me…”

Kou Li didn’t get a response, and suddenly his expression became fierce as he roared, “Give him back to me!”

As Bian Yi struggled, he heard Kou Li’s voice.
For some reason, tears suddenly streamed down Bian Yi’s face, and once they started, they couldn’t stop.

The feeling of suffocation became even stronger.

Bian Yi opened his mouth but couldn’t inhale any air.
His throat was blocked by something unknown, and he wanted to cry out loudly.

Suddenly, Kou Li let go of him and anxiously wiped away the tears on Bian Yi’s face.

“You can’t die, you can’t die.
This is Ah-Yi’s body.
If you die, what will happen when he comes back?”

Bian Yi laid weakly on the bed, closing his eyes, unable to bear seeing Kou Li’s current appearance.

He felt very uncomfortable, even more so than when Kou Li had just choked him.

He could no longer deceive himself.
He had to admit that, despite his hatred for Kou Li, he still loved him.

Kou Li’s mouth was still muttering, many fragments that couldn’t quite form a complete sentence.

Bian Yi opened his eyes, sat up, wiped away his tears, and stared fiercely at Kou Li.

Kou Li saw his gaze, froze for a moment, and then held his head in both hands.

Without giving him time to react, Bian Yi pounced on Kou Li, biting his neck fiercely.

He used a lot of force, and with that bite, he soon tasted blood.

The pain woke Kou Li up, and he felt the wetness on his hand.
He saw the tear marks on Bian Yi’s face, and Bian Yi was still biting him.

But Kou Li didn’t push him away.
Instead, he tightened his arms and hugged him.

Bian Yi heard Kou Li let out a sigh from his throat.

A satisfied sigh.

He released his teeth and stopped in Kou Li’s arms.

Similarly, Kou Li didn’t give him a chance to react.
He lowered his head and kissed Bian Yi’s lips, which still had his own blood.

He pressed Bian Yi onto the bed.

The kiss gradually became rough.

Kou Li tore off Bian Yi’s clothes.