Volume 1 - CH 4

Shao Qinhan had probably just taken his medicine and his mind wasn’t awake yet, so he closed his eyes at these words, not knowing whether he believed it or not. Seeing that the hair on his forehead was drenched with cold sweat, Shen Liang once again brought the glass of water to his mouth. He whispered, “Drink some hot water.”

At the bottom of the glass were two fruit candies that were slowly melting, becoming small until they disappeared. 

Shao Qinhan slowly opened his eyes, with blurred vision, looked at his face, and asked again as if to confirm again, “Shen Yan?”

Shen Liang raised his eyebrows significantly and nodded superficially, “It’s me, drink water.”

Shao Qinhan did not resist this time, and was unexpectedly obedient, drinking the glass of water from his hand.

Shen Liang was glad to see this. It turned out that “Shen Yan’s” words were better than the imperial decree. He put the glass aside and, in a rare moment of compassion, stood up and said, “There is rice in the fridge, I will heat it for you.” 

As soon as the words left his mouth, his wrist was grasped by a sticky-cold hand, the strength of which was tense, as if he was afraid he might slip away, but he was weak.

Shao Qinhan was lying on the sofa, struggling to look at him, his messy hair covering his dark eyes with an increasingly pale face, his lips leaking blood, “Don’t go…”

His fingertips tightened, looking weak and confused, “Don’t go…”

Shen Liang paused when he heard these words, he looked at his restrained hand and then at Shao Qinhan. The atmosphere was deadlocked for a moment.

Shen Liang hoped that he would let go of his own free will, but Shao Qinhan had no intention of letting go. Several seconds later, Shen Liang could only sit back down, he didn’t know what he was thinking and patted his leg, ”Okay, I’ll stay with you for a while.

Look at you, so pitiful.

Shao Qinhan’s tense nerves finally seemed to have loosened a little. He closed his eyes to hold back the bursts of pain, settled into Shen Liang’s lap, then clutched the corner of his shirt and whispered, “Don’t go.”

These two words were no longer in a trance and somehow sounded a bit pleading. 

Shen Liang thought, where can I go? I have no money on me. He saw that Shao Qinhan had been covering his stomach all along, his left hand went over the other party’s waist, and his warm palm directly replaced Shao Qinhan’s cold hand, gently rubbing it for him.

In any case, the characters in the novel have come to life, and this kind of thing still seemed unreal. But there is blood, there is flesh and there is temperature.

Shen Liang knew the end of all of them, but it seemed that he didn’t know. A book can’t end a person’s long life. There are only a few brush strokes, and even the author doesn’t know what happened, except for the people involved.

For example, “Shao Qinhan has had a shadow since childhood”, what exactly is the shadow? Shen Liang doesn’t know, he just used those words in the book to summarize the whole childhood of this villain. 

He did not dare to go deeper or write in detail, after all, he was only a paper man. Shen Liang knew his ending, but he knew nothing about his past as if he was a blank sheet of paper. So there was still no clue on how to save Shao Qinhan.

In the darkness of the night, Shen Liang eventually felt a slight headache from his current situation. He rested his chin with a bored look and lowered his eyes unknowingly, only to find that Shao Qinhan was breathing softly as if he was asleep, and the long eyelashes made a beautiful shadow under his green eyes.

Shen Liang rubbed his fingertips for a moment. If he had the opportunity to revise the manuscript in the future, he might consider removing the “stomach disease” setting.

He gently lifted Shao Qinhan’s head, then stretched his sore and numb legs before getting up from the sofa and stretching his long lazy back. 

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Shao Qinhan seemed tall, but he was not too heavy to carry in his arms.

Shen Liang went upstairs with quick steps, thinking that he was lucky to live on the second floor, if he lived on the third floor, he would have simply left Shao Qinhan downstairs.

The hallway was lit with dim light. Shen Liang found Shao Qinhan’s room and put him on the bed, then slid his butt on the floor and lowered his head to catch his breath. 

No matter how light Shao Qinhan was, he was still a grown man, so it was not a problem to carry him up. But it was quite difficult to carry him. Shen Liang lifted the hem of his shirt to fan himself, thinking that he would never write a novel with such a trashy description as “light as a feather” again.

After sitting on the floor for a few seconds, Shen Liang rested enough and got up to go to his room. But just as he got up, a deep and unfathomable sound like a cold puddle suddenly sounded behind him, which was especially abrupt in the darkness.

“Shen Yan told you not to come near me, why don’t you listen?”

Shen Liang’s footsteps stopped, he unconsciously looked towards the bed but saw that the sleeping man had woken up at some point and was staring at him unblinkingly as if he could see into people’s hearts. 

Shen Liang froze for a moment before realizing what he was asking. Today he was on the stairs talking to Shen Yan, could it be that Shao Qinhan heard them? No wonder the degree of blackening inexplicably increased by 2% in the afternoon.

Shen Liang was always willing to stir up the troubled water, he smiled and said, “Maybe he likes you and that’s why he doesn’t want me to get too close to you.”

Pure nonsense.

Shao Qinhan got up from the bed as he heard his words, and a lock of hair escaped silently, while his handsome face was still pale. At first, he covered his stomach out of habit, but for some reason, he slowly lowered it again and looked warily at Shen Liang, and said, “You have a lot of guts to talk nonsense, but what I hate most in my life is people lying to me…” 

It was hatred, not dislike.

His emotions are always stronger than others.

If one’s crazy, you have to play along. Shen Liang patted his chest and promised, “Don’t worry, I will find a way to make Shen Yan fall in love with you.”

“Love?” Shao Qinhan suddenly curved the corners of his mouth, moving closer to Shen Liang, “No, I’m afraid… I’m afraid that…. he’s scared of me…” 

Shao Qinhan was a proud person. At this moment, the night was calm and quiet, but he viciously opened his skin and laughed at the facts that he had hidden and was unwilling to admit.

“Shen Yan is afraid of me, and you?”

Shao Qinhan’s cold hand suddenly landed on the back of Shen Liang’s neck, then squeezed hard, forcing him closer, and his voice became lower, “What about you, Shen Liang?”

What about you, Shen Liang…? 

The Shen brothers were similar in appearance, but because of their different personalities, people would not confuse them.

Shen Yan was frail and graceful, with an air of self-discipline all over his body. Shen Liang was lazy, with a frown and a slight smile, as if deliberately trying to seduce someone, making it difficult for people to understand.

Shen Liang sincerely said, “More or less.”

He was not afraid of him, but he could not say he was not afraid at all. 

Shao Qinhan stared into his eyes, trying to figure out if he was lying, but the answer was no. A feeling of regret suddenly arose in his heart, and the end of his voice faded into the air, “Really? It’s a pity he’s not like you…”

This “he” certainly referred to Shen Yan.

Shen Liang thought that Shen Yan was the one who should not be afraid of Shao Qinhan. In the original story, the most Shao Qinhan did was lock him up for a few days, he didn’t even bruise a finger. You should know that later, Su Qingyan once wanted to break up with Shen Yan because of family pressure and hurt him badly.

“We aren’t all the same.” 

Shen Liang tilted his head to look at Shao Qinhan and discovered that they were currently a little close to each other. Their breaths intertwined and brushed against his neck, causing a slight tingle, so he couldn’t help but take a step back, “Rest, it’s too late.”

Shen Liang was worried about his sleep now. As the saying goes, one can’t fall into the same place twice, he had already died suddenly once, he absolutely can’t die suddenly again. After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave, but Shao Qinhan suddenly grabbed his wrist…

The air froze for a few seconds due to this action.

“I agree with what you said.” 

Shen Liang was confused, “What?”

Shao Qinhan lowered his head, the coldness of his fingertips filtered directly into his skin, and for some unknown reason, he suddenly came up with these words out of nowhere, “Didn’t you ask me to use you as Shen Yan’s substitute? I agree.”

What?

Shen Liang was dumbfounded. Big brother, I am here to save you, not to be a substitute, “Mr. Shao, I was joking when I said that.” 

As soon as he said that, System emitted the “ding” sound: [Attention Host! The villain’s blackening level has reached 33%]

Shen Liang didn’t listen and went on trying to explain, “I can find a way to make my brother fall in love with you, so you don’t need a substitute.”

[Ding! Villain’s blackening level has reached 36%]

Shen Liang was going crazy, “I know you hate me a lot, Mr. Shao, you don’t need to try so hard.” 

[Ding! The villain’s blackening level has reached 42%]

Shen Liang finally became silent, “…”

Shao Qinhan had remained silent from the beginning, not revealing half of his emotions, but the level of blackening that kept rising revealed his internal ups and downs.

Hearing this, he coldly raised his eyebrows and said, “Don’t you want to?” 

Shen Liang now finally knew what it felt like to be fed with dog blood. He can neither spit it out nor can he swallow it, choking to death, “No…”

Shen Liang tried to speak with a clear conscience, “I… I am very willing.”

Damn it, he should have thrown Shao Qinhan down the stairs, why did he take him up?

Just as Shen Liang’s words sounded, the System sounded again: [Ding! The villain’s blackening level has been reduced to 40%]. 

Shen Liang’s eyelids jumped, what the hell, this thing can still be reduced?

Shao Qinhan stared at him, his slender figure blending into the darkness, giving a sense of loneliness that stretched without boundaries, “I know what you’re thinking.”

Shen Liang’s face was expressionless, oh? Then you are awesome.

Shao Qinhan’s voice was low, “In the future, what Shen Yan has, you will have; money, cars, and houses.” 

Suddenly, Shen Liang hesitated a little; are the benefits that good?

Shao Qinhan changed his words, “But y-”

Shen Liang immediately replied. He knew this plot too well, he had written bad novels, and said, “But you can’t love me, you only use me as a substitute for Shen Yan. I can’t have other thoughts about you, nor can I reveal the relationship between the two of us. And after Shen Yan falls in love with you, I have to pat myself on the butt and leave….”

Shao Qinhan, “…” 

Shen Liang asked, “Mr. Shao, is there anything else you want to add?”

If not, I have to go to sleep, health care is important.

Shao Qinhan said nothing, slowly letting go of his hand, probably wondering why Shen Liang knew so much. The residual heat from his fingertips was still there, but the temperature dissipated in a moment, “As long as you are obedient, I will not treat you badly.”

Shen Liang nodded, “I know. 

You were written by me, I know.

THE AUTHOR HAS SOMETHING TO SAY:

Shen Liang (salted fish): #You asked me to save the villain, but I only want to stay healthy#