Chapter 22
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Shen Yu understood the prince’s sensitivity better than Shan Weiyi.
This was not just because the prince was a reformed person. Although the five senses of a reformed person were more developed than that of ordinary people, because they were too developed, in many cases, they may be more “insensitive” than ordinary people. If they were not so dull, their well-developed hearing could easily kill them by the sound of their next-door neighbor coughing.
Therefore, becoming a keen reformer was also a painful thing.
The prince had undergone special training, and this special training had started since he was young.
The emperor was very strict with his only son, and raised him as the sole heir to the empire since he was a child. When the prince was very young, the emperor began to conduct “anti-assassination training” on him. The five-year-old prince once encountered a poisonous snake while taking a bath, and a mechanical spider ran out of the bed while sleeping, and other terrifying and thrilling accidents.
Nothing was more memorable than fear.
The young prince gained an extremely high sensitivity to environmental changes from these frightening experiences again and again. Although at the same time, he also reaped the lack of security that accompanied him throughout his life.
However, from the emperor’s point of view, this benefit was still worth the effort.
Shen Yu was very familiar with the prince and knew how sensitive the prince was. Therefore, even if he hid in the closet, he didn’t dare to take it lightly. His body was motionless, clinging to the wooden board of the cabinet like a gecko. Besides, he even held his breath—he believed that the sound of breathing might also attract the prince’s attention.
If it had been before today, maybe Shen Yu would have come out of the closet directly, so he wouldn’t be in such a mess.
But today was different.
Today, when Shen Yu saw the prince’s eyes looking at Shan Weiyi… it had changed. When the prince pressed Shan Weiyi under him in the martial arts arena, there was a possessive desire thicker than ink in his eyes.
The prince had classified Shan Weiyi as his property.
This was the first time in so many years that the prince had such an emotion for a living human being.
Shen Yu knew how precious this was for young people.
What’s more, the prince looked ruthless, but in fact he was the kind of person who yearned for warmth the most. In order to meet the emperor’s expectations, he suppressed his desire for warmth under his cold and proud appearance, and even suppressed his touch deprivation and thirst.
Shan Weiyi became the outlet of the turbulent undercurrent in the prince’s heart. Given time, the crown prince’s feelings for him will inevitably be out of control… It is even said that there is no need to “take time”…
If Shen Yu walked out of the closet at this time…
He believed that the prince would not change his face on the spot and flip out on him, he also believed that when he defended himself, the prince would also choose to believe him. However, there is no man who does not mind this kind of thing at all.
Once the prince’s heart grows grievous, cracks will appear between their master and student relationship, monarch and his minister. This is a major event that can damage official careers or even destroy their families. Shen Yu couldn’t take this risk.
As an innocent man, he hid in the closet like an adulterer who wore a hat, not daring to breathe.
Shen Yu can only hope that Shan Weiyi can adapt to the situation and the prince can just sit a bit and go.
With his ears pricked up, he kept a vigilant eye on what was going on outside.
He heard the prince’s voice: “Do you have a guest here?”
“What? What guest?” Shan Weiyi’s voice sounded flustered.
Shen Yu thought something was wrong. He immediately realized that it was the two water glasses that Shan Weiyi left on the table that made the prince see the clue.
If Shan Weiyi was alone at home, how can there be two drinking glasses?
Shan Weiyi also heard Shan Weiyi say, “I knew you were coming, so I poured water in advance.”
Hearing this, Shen Yu felt a little relieved, thankful that he was cautious and didn’t drink Shan Weiyi’s poured water.
However, in the next second, Shen Yu’s heart arose again: Shan Weiyi knew the prince would come? Then why did he still invite me?
This time, Shen Yu figured it out: Whether Shan Weiyi invited him, or stuffed him in the closet, wasn’t it all calculated? He just wanted the prince to bump into himself?
No wonder… no wonder…
Shen Yu instantly connected the strange things of today: Although Shan Weiyi was stupid, he was also very proud. He didn’t even want to follow the prince, how could he want to follow himself? Shan Weiyi called him here, teasing him deliberately, not to seduce him, but to cause the prince’s misunderstanding.
The prince wanted to take Shan Weiyi by force, but Shan Weiyi had no way to refuse.
Therefore, Shan Weiyi deliberately dragged Shen Yu into the water, hoping that the prince would stop because of this.
After thinking everything through, Shen Yu was dumbfounded for a moment. If Shan Weiyi could come up with this method, he had used his brains, but he didn’t fully use his brain.
Shan Weiyi did this on the surface to use Shen Yu to reject the prince, but in fact, he offended Shen Yu and the prince in one go!
It can be seen that this young master Shan is still that little b*stard who was so bold that he can kill his whole family without knowing, thinking he is smart.
Shen Yu was angry and amused this time, but he had to admit that Shan Weiyi’s move really put him in a particularly awkward position.
The voice of the prince came from outside the cabinet door: “Have you figured it out?”
Shan Weiyi said nonchalantly: “Your Highness, you can’t just say go and then we go do it. You even have to call to make an appointment if you want a more advanced gigolo.” “
Hearing this sentence, the prince’s first reaction was: “Have you called before?”
Shan Weiyi quickly said: “What nonsense! No, I’ve heard of it.”
The prince said coldly: “You have to clean yourself, otherwise, I will teach you the principles of being a official.”
Shan Weiyi said unhappily: “My Taifus always taught me to be a worldly young master of the family. Who knows what family will teach their eldest son to be a favored man. If there is such a family of gigolos, please teach me to open my eyes.”
He was so eloquent, the prince didn’t feel annoyed at all. The more powerful Shan Weiyi’s mouth was, the more it proved that he was cowardly and dared not resist. If he was really determined to disobey, he would only face the prince coldly, or avoid him like a snake. How could he be nagging like he is now, acting like a spoiled child?
The prince was also willing to coax him, so he curled his lips into a smile: “Shan Qing* wants to learn how to be a male pet? I will teach you personally.”
* Qing = term of endearment between spouses
When Shan Weiyi heard the prince call himself “Qing”, goose bumps fell all over. Looking forward and backward, he said: “The air here doesn’t seem to be very circulated, let’s go to the balcony.”
The prince only thought that Shan Weiyi was shy and didn’t want to stay in a closed space with him, so he agreed indulgently. The two went to the balcony. When they got to the balcony, Shan Weiyi said again: “Prince sit here, I will go in for a while.”
The prince agreed.
Shan Weiyi turned back indoors, closed the balcony sliding door, and immediately opened the closet door.
The closet door opened, and Shen Yu’s face was even more ugly: Although there was a wall between the balcony and the room, Shen Yu couldn’t guarantee whether the movement of his leaving would attract the attention of the prince.
Even if Shen Yu was quick and able to run out the door without a sound, the sound of the automatic door opening and closing was almost like a rooster crowing to the prince.
Shen Yu couldn’t leave at all, he signaled Shan Weiyi with his eyes.
Shan Weiyi also understood.
But the problem now is that Shen Yu can’t stay for long.
Because he is not a professional assassin after all. It’s okay to control his breathing for a short time, but after a long time, he wouldn’t be able to hold it back, and it’s easy for the prince to find out the sound.
Shan Weiyi seemed to have thought of this too, shook a scarf on the closet, and wrapped it around Shen Yu’s nose and mouth.
Shen Yu didn’t dare to struggle, so he could only let Shan Weiyi seal his mouth and nose.
After Shan Weiyi finished wrapping, he took out a shawl and returned to the balcony.
The prince had heard Shan Weiyi opening the closet to fiddle with things, and he was also a little puzzled. When he saw Shan Weiyi coming out wearing a shawl, he had no doubts, and just said: “Are you cold?”
Shan Weiyi was afraid that the prince would say “Let me warm you” in the next sentence, so he quickly shook his head.
But the prince smiled: “It’s not cold, what are you doing wearing this?”
Shan Weiyi said angrily, “Just pairing colors with the railing of the balcony, okay?”
He was not tired of Shan Weiyi’s “offending the superior” and enjoyed it.
Shan Weiyi and the prince were chatting happily here, but Shen Yu in the closet was having a hard time.
Although he was a modified person and he will not die if he does not breathe for ten minutes, once the time exceeds five minutes, he will feel suffocated. His chest will become tight, as if a stone was pressing on his chest. Gradually, the stone turned into a train, driving from his chest to his forehead, making rumbling noises in his ears.
His eyes became dark, and he subconsciously wanted to reach out and untie the scarf covering his mouth and nose. But the remaining reason he had told him that he couldn’t do this. He was not going to die yet, but if he pulled off the scarf now, he would definitely take a big breath, and the sound would definitely attract the attention of the prince.
With special training, he knew where his physical limits were.
However, this discomfort was still very difficult for him.
His limbs began to go limp—a rare moment in his life when he lost control.
He rarely experienced the fear of dying, and his heartbeat accelerated. In the extreme lack of oxygen, he suddenly felt a strange pleasure, as if heaven had fallen, and it turned into a little rain droplet, hitting his face, which was cold and moist, tingling and dreamy.
Just when he was about to fall into a frenzy, the restraint of his mouth and nose was suddenly released, and fresh air instantly poured into his mouth and nose. He didn’t have time to react, and his body took a big breath before his consciousness.
At the moment when oxygen poured in, his vision that was darkened due to lack of oxygen became clear again. Shan Weiyi’s amber eyes immediately appeared in front of him.
There was a light in his eyes that only a ruler could have – something that would never be seen in people like Wen Lu or Ruan Yang.
Shen Yu’s heartbeat accelerated violently, and at the same time, his throat was strangled by a long scarf. The gasp just now was him struggling at death’s door, and now, he was dragged into the whirlpool of near death again.
The mighty Taifu of the empire collapsed in the narrow closet, stretching his neck like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. At this moment, his fragile life was handed over to an unworthy’s hands.
Shan Weiyi pulled the scarf hard, and Shen Yu’s head and neck leaned forward. The suffocation made Shen Yu’s vision dark, but he felt that it was the first time he saw Shan Weiyi’s eyes so clearly.
Usually, Shan Weiyi’s eyes were clear amber. But at this time, Shan Weiyi’s eyes were like a golden fox in the dark, emitting a golden light, bright and bewitching, even the moon in the sky could not compare with it.
But after a while, Shan Weiyi loosened the scarf again.
Shen Yu panted heavily, leaning against the door of the closet, staring at Shan Weiyi.
He saw Shan Weiyi standing outside the closet door with a smile on his lips. One end of the scarf was still hanging loosely on Shen Yu’s shoulder and neck, and the other end was hooked on Shan Weiyi’s right hand.
Shen Yu’s impression of this was: it was a dark red scarf, which made Shan Weiyi’s hands very white.
“The prince is gone.” Shan Weiyi said softly.
Hearing the word “Prince”, Shen Yu suddenly returned to reality as if awakened from a dream.
He came down from the closet in a daze, but his face returned to the calm and self-controlled Imperial Taifu, however, the unnatural blush on his cheeks still betrayed him.
Shen Yu looked at Shan Weiyi seriously, once again closely examining young master Shan again.
Young Master Shan’s unruly, domineering, sharp and difficult personality at this moment was no longer annoying. Shen Yu even suspected that he never hated this kind of person.
Perhaps, because he was actually obsessed with such a person in his bones, he rejected him on the superficial level of reason.
Shen Yu was unusually flustered, he lowered his head and said, “Then I’ll take my leave first.”
The moment Shen Yu’s foot was about to step out of the hallway, he heard Shan Weiyi’s voice behind him: “Teacher, are you not even curious how I would know what you like?”
This sentence…is so familiar.
Not long ago, Shan Weiyi said the same thing in the school infirmary, right?
Reappearing like yesterday, this sentence once again managed to make Shen Yu look back.
But Shen Yu was no longer as calm as he was then.
Shan Weiyi raised his head, with a smile on his lips: “Because, I can tell at a glance…”
He stretched out his hand towards Shen Yu, but Shen Yu retreated as before to prevent him from touching his sleeve. He wasn’t surprised, and took advantage of the opportunity to grab the red scarf hanging on Shen Yu’s shoulders: “I can tell at a glance what kind of guy you are.”
Shen Yu lowered his head subconsciously, as if in a gesture of surrender.
Shan Weiyi’s eyes were the same as before, showing cleverness and calculations, as if he didn’t know what he was doing and could court disaster at any time.
However, Shen Yu couldn’t help himself and wanted to sink into this courting disaster game with Shan Weiyi.
Shan Weiyi stretched out his hand and tied the scarf for Shen Yu, like a considerate secretary…or a lover. However, Shen Yu’s Adam’s apple rolled, vaguely expecting that Shan Weiyi would tie the scarf tighter, tighter, and tighter…
But Shan Weiyi didn’t do it.
Shen Yu felt disappointed, but at the same time, he tried his best to hide it.
Shan Weiyi sneered: “Give you face?”
Shen Yu’s chest rose and fell, and he said in a hoarse voice, “You’re playing with fire.”
Shan Weiyi: …almost laughed at this domineering president’s lines.
But he was a professional, even if he heard “man, you are playing with fire”, “man, you can extinguish the fire yourself”, “man, don’t look at others in your eyes” and “kiss me, I will die for you”, he would not laugh out loud.
Shan Weiyi was noncommittal, but his expression was still domineering.
Seeing Shan Weiyi like this, for the first time, Shen Yu found that he seemed unable to see through him: “What do you want to do?”
Shan Weiyi said coldly: “Could it be that you can only play with me, and I am not allowed to play ?”
Shen Yu raised his eyebrows and said, “I thought that you purposely invited me and the prince over to make him misunderstand that you and I are having an affair?”
“Originally, it was.” Shan Weiyi admitted to Shen Yu’s initial guess, “But after you threw me over your shoulder, I stopped thinking about it.”
“Why?” Shen Yu asked.
Shan Weiyi replied: “That proves that you have no pity for me at all. When the prince comes, you will step on me more, and at that time, I will not feel better.”
Shen Yu had to admit that Shan Weiyi was right, at that time, although Shen Yu was obsessed with drawing cards, he had a low opinion of the three-dimensional Shan Weiyi.
But now…
it’s different.
Shen Yu smiled and said, “If you knew what I liked at a glance, why didn’t you treat me like this from the beginning?”
“How could I know from the beginning?” Shan Weiyi snorted coldly, “I just saw you in the closet just now, then I suddenly thought, do you like this…”
Shen Yu didn’t doubt Shan Weiyi.
Because Shen Yu himself just found out that he liked this.
However, this was too dangerous.
Not only the game itself, but also because of Shan Weiyi’s relationship with the prince.
No matter which point, it was destined that if he was a little careless, his life would be ruined.
But…
It was precisely because it was so dangerous that it was so charming…
But he was the Imperial Taifu, so Shen Yu controlled his thoughts, and put a calm and elegant smile on his face again: “Thank you for the hospitality. But I don’t think there will be a second time.”
Shan Weiyi didn’t seem surprised: “The Taifu is an invaluable son, so of course he is more reluctant to die.”
Shen Yu didn’t deny it, nor did he admit it, he just nodded and smiled, and turned around neatly.
Shan Weiyi didn’t keep him, but put everything in the room at random.
Soon, the dormitory door rang again, and a tall man of 191cm walked in—it was Xi Zhitong.
He had learned to use the human body, and he no longer looked like a toddler when he walked, his movements were smooth and elegant, with the air of a nobleman. In ancient times, there was Handan Xuebu*, and today there is AI learning to walk. AI learning to walk can perfectly reproduce the most elegant steps, and the accuracy was astonishing. All of this was not only about walking, but also all other movements, including turning around, nodding, looking sideways, even the slightest blink and eyebrow raising, were all carefully calculated to make him show the most beautiful and elegant temperament.
* badly imitate others
It takes at least ten years for a man to develop such manners.
And an AI may not even use ten days.
Shan Wei didn’t expect Xi Zhitong to become a handsome man with temperament, he was just curious: “Where did you get your database?”
AI learning must have a database.
Xi Zhitong replied: “Video materials of the etiquette course of the Noble Academy.”
“…” Okay, then it’s not surprising.
Xi Zhitong can definitely do more than 99.9% of what the etiquette teachers can do after watching the etiquette class for a day.
Shan Weiyi nodded: “Sit down.”
Xi Zhitong sat down steadily, more graceful than the prince.
In the past, the system was very fast and efficient, and Shan Weiyi did not have much feeling towards that. But when the system turned into a human and appeared in front of Shan Weiyi, Shan Weiyi seemed to realize how terrifying and powerful an AI was.
However, Shan Weiyi was not afraid of this, but rather proud.
He smiled and poured tea for Xi Zhitong, while throwing away the cup used by the prince.
Xi Zhitong looked at the water cup in the trash can and said, “Why throw it away? It can still be used after washing.”
“No need, who knows if human scum can be contagious.” Shan Weiyi said disgustedly.
Xi Zhitong held Shan Weiyi’s cup on the table: “Then I’ll use your cup. You’re not a scum.”
Shan Weiyi: …That’s hard to say.
Shan Weiyi smiled, and said to Xi Zhitong: “Why are you here?”
Xi Zhitong said: “I want master to see my study results.”
“Your manners?” Shan Weiyi commented, “It’s really impressive and I am very satisfied.”
Xi Zhitong nodded: “Thank you, master, for the compliment.”
“You deserve it.” Shan Weiyi smiled.
Xi Zhitong looked at Shan Weiyi, showing an expression between begging and being coquettish, which was in contrast to his rational and beautiful face.
Shan Weiyi couldn’t help staring.
Xi Zhitong leaned slightly and raised his face: “Then, can I ask for a reward?”
Will artificial intelligence also make requests?
——Shan Weiyi felt gratified, surprised and puzzled: “Why did you think that you could ask for a reward?”
Xi Zhitong said: “From the strategy of how a slave can please his master.”
Shan Weiyi: …my pure Tongzi has learned those nasty things.
“How could you learn this?” Shan Weiyi knocked on the table, “You are not a servant.”
But Xi Zhitong said, “Then what am I?”
“This is a big problem.” Shan Weiyi knocked on Xi Zhitong’s forehead, ” You need to find the answer yourself.”
Xi Zhitong was confused again.
But Shan Weiyi smiled: “Besides, compared to learning etiquette, I am more surprised that you have learned to make requests.”
“Really?” Xi Zhitong was encouraged, “Does this mean that I can make requests? “
“Yes.” Shan Weiyi said gently, “What do you want?”
Xi Zhitong stood up, took out a long scarf from the closet, half-kneeled in front of Shan Weiyi, blinked his dark eyes and said: “Master, can you do to me what you did to Shen Yu just now?”
If Shan Weiyi was surprised just now, it’s a f*cking surprise now.
Shan Weiyi was astonished: “What?”
Xi Zhitong repeated the request again, with a calm tone and clear meaning.
Shan Weiyi was even more puzzled: “Why do you have such a request?”
Xi Zhitong said: “Because, when you did this, you seemed very close.”
Xi Zhitong was connected to Shan Weiyi’s home system, so, he could see everything that happened in the dormitory, including how Shan Weiyi restrained Shen Yu.
Seeing their interaction, Xi Zhitong’s mood fluctuated again, so he came here to make such a request to Shan Weiyi.
After Shan Weiyi heard Xi Zhitong’s words, he couldn’t help being annoyed and amused: “Did you know that it’s easy to die?”
Xi Zhitong said: “AI’s understanding of death is always quite shallow.”
This is the truth.
“But now you have a human body.” Shan Weiyi found it difficult to define Xi Zhitong as a pure AI.
But to say that he was a human being, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Shan Weiyi pondered for a while, picked up the scarf Xi Zhitong brought, and lightly wrapped it around Xi Zhitong’s neck.
“How does it feel now?” Shan Weiyi asked gently.
The cashmere scarf wrapped softly around Xi Zhitong’s neck, Xi Zhitong replied: “Warm and soft.”
“It feels good.” Shan Weiyi said, “This is the correct way to use the scarf.”
Xi Zhitong looked at it, half understanding Shan Weiyi.
Shan Weiyi smiled at him, but the hand holding the scarf suddenly tightened. Xi Zhitong’s throat immediately felt strong pressure, the air was cut off for an instant, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
The mechanism of the human body made him subconsciously want to struggle, but his obedience to Shan Weiyi will always prevail. The fists subconsciously clenched for only a second, then immediately released. He half-kneeled on the ground with his head held high, letting Shan Weiyi pull him into the vortex of suffocation.
It took what seemed like a century before the scarf was loosened.
Xi Zhitong opened his mouth, Shan Weiyi took advantage of the situation to hold his face, bowed his head and gave him a mouthful of oxygen.
The feeling of suffocation pushed Xi Zhitong into the abyss, and this breath of warm oxygen blew him to heaven like the wind.
After a while, Shan Weiyi’s lips parted and he said, “Do you understand? Death is terrible.”
Xi Zhitong shook his head, he didn’t feel terrible at all. Instead, he tasted sweetness.
Shan Weiyi said: “I’m going to tell you something seriously now, you listen carefully.”
Xi Zhitong straightened his body and stared at Shan Weiyi: “Please speak.”
Shan Weiyi said: “Don’t give the leadership of your life to others, including me.”
Xi Zhitong was momentarily at a loss: “Master…”
Shan Weiyi asked Xi Zhitong to sit back on the chair and said, “Do you really like the feeling of suffocation?”
Xi Zhitong shook his head.
What he likes… is…
Shan Weiyi continued on his own: “It’s normal, most people don’t like this feeling. Of course, there are quite a few people who are addicted to this feeling, so they are even willing to risk their life.”
Xi Zhitong followed Shan Weiyi’s words and analyzed: “Shen Yu belongs to this group of people?”
Shan Weiyi nodded: “Yes, as for him, he is a masochist in the skin of a sadist.”
Xi Zhitong felt it incomprehensible.
Shan Weiyi further explained: “In fact, such situations are not uncommon. Many times, abusers have more or less masochistic tendencies. Sometimes, they feel excited during the abuse process because they found a psychological projection on the abused.”
Shen Yu in the plot actually rarely engaged in sadistic behavior, he just watched how Wen Lu was abused, and obtained happiness through psychological projection. As for Ruan Yang, he didn’t take the initiative to abuse him either. Judging from these plots, he was not a pure sadist, and more often, he was just a little pervert who got pleasure from watching.
Xi Zhitong nodded ignorantly, and said, “Although I don’t understand it yet, I will go back and study more.”
Shan Weiyi’s eyelids twitched: “You don’t need to learn this.”
It appears that Shen Yu is a control freak abuser, but his heart yearns for everything on the other extreme.
However, sanity and self-respect would keep him away from such a precipice.
Shan Weiyi doesn’t intend to be a person who pushes him down the cliff.
Shan Weiyi only plays a flower growing on a cliff.
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