Chapter 32.1: Horror Livestream Room (32)

After Su Xiaozhen clearly saw the man who jumped under the bed was, she was dumbfounded.

Just as she was about to scream, the man reacted even faster.

Ji Yan directly and ruthlessly pinched Su Xiaozhen’s neck. His slender and fair fingers mercilessly tightened, completely choking her throat and silencing her.

Su Xiaozhen looked at the indifference in the man’s eyes in front of her. Her pupils contracted, fear and horror evident in her eyes.

She opened her mouth, wanting to cry for help.

However, with her neck firmly grasped, she couldn’t utter a word. She could only kick in pain and desperately grip the hands choking her throat with both hands, trying to pry them open.

Unfortunately, her strength was no match for Ji Yan and had no effect whatsoever.

Moreover, Ji Yan’s grip continued to tighten mercilessly.

Su Xiaozhen’s breath was completely deprived, the threat of death causing tears to quickly fill her eyes, streaming down from the corners of her eyes. Her struggles gradually grew weaker, and her pupils began to dilate.

Meanwhile, when Ruan Qing saw Ji Yan hiding under the bed, he was also dumbfounded.

The reason he let Su Xiaozhen hid under the bed, even though Ji Yan had excellent perception abilities, was because Jiang Sinian was on the bed.

Jiang Sinian’s breathing and heartbeat could cause some disturbance, and his presence alone could divert Ji Yan’s attention.

Although it was somewhat risky, it wasn’t absolute that Ji Yan would discover it, so Ruan Qing signaled for her to hide under the bed.

But he never expected that Ji Yan would actually dive under the bed.

Ruan Qing no longer had time to think about who could make Ji Yan do such a thing just by seeing the person knocking on the door.

Because with Ji Yan’s personality, he would definitely kill Su Xiaozhen.

Ruan Qing looked at the still knocking door, then glanced at the slight movement coming from under the bed.

He took a deep breath, bent down to look under the bed, and lowered his voice, his delicate face filled with pleading, “Please, Ji Yan... Brother, don’t kill her, okay?”

The soft voice of the young boy carried a sense of pleasing and vulnerability, but perhaps out of consideration for the people outside the door, it was so low that it was barely audible.

However, Ji Yan had always had good hearing and could clearly hear the boy’s plea.

Although the way he called “brother” sounded somewhat nervous and afraid, even tinged with a hint of naivety, it was as light as a feather tickling one’s heart, making it itchy.

The boy seemed like a blooming poppy, and everyone knew that ahead of him lay sin and abyss, an endless hell, yet no one could refuse him.

After all, no moth could resist the dazzling light in the darkness, even if it meant embracing death.

So Ji Yan turned around, and he could now see the boy’s current appearance clearly.

Unlike the pitch-black bed below, the boy was bathed in light. And because he bent down to look over, the overhead light shone on him, creating a flickering beauty. It accentuated his delicate face, and his long eyelashes trembled ever so slightly. The light and shadows reflected in his eyes made him appear like a fairy stepping out of a picture book.

He and the boy seemed like people from two different worlds, but in the boy’s beautiful eyes, there was a plea, looking straight at him.

As obedient as a little kitten pleading for its master’s mercy.

The boy only behaved so obediently when he needed something from him.

After Ji Yan’s aggressive gaze lingered on the boy for a few seconds, he finally spoke without a sound.

Seeing the mist of tears in the boy’s eyes and his pitiful and helpless nod, Ji Yan let out a faint laugh and released the woman, who was about to lose consciousness.

Su Xiaozhen’s consciousness was already blurred, and after her neck was released, she instinctively covered it in pain. Just as she was about to take a deep breath...

Ji Yan’s sinister voice sounded in her ear, “Make a sound, and I’ll kill you.”

There was no concealing the murderous intent in Ji Yan’s words, and no one would doubt the sincerity behind them.

Su Xiaozhen’s body trembled slightly, tears streaming down uncontrollably. She immediately covered her mouth in fear, enduring the painful lack of oxygen while trembling and shrinking backward.

She tried to stay away from the demon-like man.

However, the space under the bed was limited, and no matter how much she tried to shrink, she couldn’t get away. In the end, she could only curl up in the corner.

But Su Xiaozhen didn’t make a sound throughout the whole process. Even when the pain contorted her face, she only quietly regulated her breathing, afraid that making any noise would really get her killed by the man.

She looked pitiful, but the man didn’t care about her life or death. If it wasn’t for the boy’s plea, he probably would have snapped her neck long ago.

Ruan Qing did notice Su Xiaozhen’s pitiful state, but he didn’t have time to worry about whether she was scared or not because the knocking on the door had been going on for a while.

He walked to the door and peeked through the peephole.

Surprisingly... it was Doctor Wen Li.

He was wearing a white shirt, slightly wrinkled but without a trace of blood or dirt on his body, showing no signs of a life-or-death struggle.

Only a trace of injury remained on his face, which would probably heal in a little while.

And that injury didn’t affect his handsome appearance in the slightest. On the contrary, it added a touch of charm and allure to him for no reason.

Indeed... he failed.

Ruan Qing lowered his gaze, concealing the emotions in his eyes, then grasped the doorknob and opened the door.

Unlike the previous two times, when he only opened it slightly, this time Ruan Qing opened it almost halfway.

However, the bed was on the other side of the door, so even if it was half-opened, he couldn’t see what was happening on the bed.

When Wen Li saw the door open, he let go of his hand, which was about to knock, and his gaze softened. He looked up and down at the boy with concern, “Are you... okay?”

Ruan Qing felt uneasy and shook his head softly, speaking in a low voice, “I’m fine. Someone saved me.”

“That’s great to hear,” Wen Li said with a sense of relief in his eyes, then apologized with a hint of guilt, “I’m sorry I couldn’t take care of you at that time.”

Ruan Qing shook his head again, this time with more sincerity. “It’s not your fault, Brother Wen Li. It was my own carelessness.”

“It’s good that you’re okay. If anything happened to you, I would blame myself for a lifetime.” Wen Li smiled and, under the lamplight, his eyes seemed to carry a hint of intimacy between lovers.

His words were somewhat ambiguous, not just the caring concern of a doctor for a patient.

The young boy’s face instantly turned red, as if it had been brushed with the finest rouge, making it beautiful and hard to look away from.

In his eyes, there was a mix of happiness, as well as a hint of confusion and fear. He was afraid of misunderstanding, so his gaze evaded, not daring to meet the eyes of the person in front of him.

There was a moment of anticipation and unease.

Wen Li looked at the blushing young boy in front of him, seemingly unaware of his inner turmoil. He gently spoke. “Why don’t you invite me in for a while?”

Normally, if someone you liked said this, anyone would gladly invite them in.

But the young boy hesitated, his gaze uneasy as he looked to the side, seemingly troubled and hesitant.

Wen Li noticed the boy’s hesitation and jokingly said, “What’s wrong? You don’t even want to invite me in for a cup of tea?”

Ruan Qing immediately shook his head, fearing that Wen Li would misunderstand. He stared at the ground and softly replied, “No, it’s not like that...”

“It’s just that it might be inconvenient...”

The boy’s voice grew smaller as he spoke, almost becoming inaudible.

“Inconvenient?” Wen Li furrowed his brow slightly. “Do you... have someone over?”

Ruan Qing kept his eyes lowered, hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Um...”

Wen Li looked at the young boy, a hint of disapproval appearing in his eyes, his tone also becoming somewhat serious. “Ah Qing, although I have no right to interfere with you, a good child should keep themselves pure.”

The boy blinked his eyes, seeming to take several seconds to understand the meaning of Wen Li’s words.

He widened his eyes, looked up at the person in front of him, and hurriedly explained, “No, it’s not what Brother Wen Li thinks. It’s... it’s a friend. He got injured while saving me.”

Being misunderstood by the person he liked, the boy was anxious to the point where the corners of his eyes turned red. The sense of grievance immediately showed on his face, and there was a hint of mistiness in his eyes.

“Are you injured?” Wen Li seemed to realize that he had misunderstood the young boy and reverted to his previous gentle demeanor. “Well, that’s good. I’m a doctor, so let me take a look at your friend.”

With his intentional misunderstanding and helpful attitude, Ruan Qing understood that Wen Li wouldn’t give up unless he entered the room.

However, the problem was that it was Jiang Sinian who was injured, and it was most likely Wen Li who stabbed the other. Not to mention Ji Yan, who was under the bed. There was also a group of players outside the window who had mistakenly entered.

If another person with an unknown agenda like Wen Li were to enter, things would probably get even messier.

Ruan Qing felt overwhelmed. He did want someone to disrupt the situation, but he didn’t expect there to be so many.

But the current situation didn’t give him a choice.

After hesitating for a moment, Ruan Qing obediently stepped aside and opened the door.

After Wen Li entered the room, he immediately looked at the naked person on the bed, his expression unchanged.

His gaze fell on Jiang Sinian’s injured waist, and he asked softly, “Did Ah Qing undress him?”

The young boy seemed a bit puzzled by why Wen Li was asking this, but he shook his head honestly and whispered, “No, I just applied medicine for him.”

“Ah Qing did the right thing. Good children shouldn’t undress others casually.”

Wen Li praised the young man with a charming and magnetic voice, but after he finished speaking, he didn’t look at the young man again. He walked directly to the edge of the bed and sat down, gently placing his slender fingertips on Jiang Sinian’s pulse.

It was as if his previous praise was just a polite remark, but it made the young boy blush again.

When the young boy saw the doctor starting to take the pulse, he snapped out of his daze and stood nervously by the side, watching.

After about a minute or so, Wen Li withdrew his hand and smiled softly at the worried Ruan Qing beside him. “Don’t worry, he’s not seriously injured. He just needs some rest and recuperation.”

Ruan Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, the fear in his eyes dissipating. With a slightly relaxed tone, he said, “Thank you, Brother Wen Li.”

“No need to thank me. Sinian is also my friend.” Wen Li smiled, took the nearby medical kit, and opened it. He removed the bandage around Jiang Sinian’s waist and rewrapped it for him.

It seems that the young man doesn’t really understand medical knowledge. He just used the wrong medication, and with his bandaging method, there’s a chance that Jiang Siniang might actually die.

The viewers in the live stream room were somewhat puzzled by the situation.

[Hey, what’s going on now? Why can’t I understand it?]

[I noticed that Qingqing used the wrong medicine earlier, but I never expected the doctor to help that stinky man re-bandage it. After all, he was the one who stabbed him, right?]

[I thought so too, but it doesn’t make sense for him to stab someone and then come to save them, right?]

[Maybe it wasn’t him who stabbed him? It’s just everyone’s guess.]

In reality, Wen Li didn’t really care whether Jiang Siniang lived or died, but he couldn’t let Jiang Siniang die under the pretext of “someone who saved the young boy.”

After all, the dead were always the losers, but also the forever winners.

During the bandaging process, there were inevitably some bloodstains. After finishing the bandaging, Wen Li went straight into the bathroom.

Meanwhile, the young boy stood outside, feeling a bit uneasy because the place he lived in was really small.

He was afraid that the doctor would look down on him because he was poor.

But the next moment, he didn’t have time to think about these things, because Ji Yan, who was hiding under the bed, rolled to the edge of the bed and expressionlessly pulled at his pants leg.

Calling him “brother” sounded awkward, but calling others “brother” came naturally.

The young boy looked at Ji Yan, who had no expression on his face, widened his eyes, and anxiously looked in the direction of the bathroom. Seeing that Wen Li hadn’t come out yet, he immediately crouched down and tried to push Ji Yan back under the bed.

That appearance clearly showed how afraid he was of Ji Yan being discovered.

To like someone to this extent...

Ji Yan’s face darkened, about to say something, but the next moment, the sound of running water in the bathroom stopped. He could only glare at the young boy fiercely and roll into the dark space under the bed.

Perhaps he was infuriated, as he didn’t pay attention to the distance while rolling and accidentally bumped into Su Xiaozhen in the corner.

Su Xiaozhen almost instinctively screamed in fear.

But she knew the current situation and tightly covered her mouth, refraining from screaming out loud. However, her breathing became momentarily heavy.

Ji Yan didn’t even look at her and mercilessly kicked her.

Su Xiaozhen held the spot where she was kicked in pain. Tears that she had managed to stop welled up again, but she didn’t dare say anything, trying hard to regulate her breathing.

After washing his hands, Wen Li didn’t find a handkerchief to dry them. He walked up to the teenager, raised his hand, and turned to Ruan Qing, saying, “Ah Qing, help me get some tissue.”

Wen Li was wearing a shirt, obviously without pockets on his clothes. Only the trousers had pockets.

The teenager had been quite poor lately, and even the paper had run out. Only cheap toilet paper was left, which was obviously inappropriate for someone he liked.

So he hesitated for a moment and, with a shy gesture, reached into the pocket of Wen Li’s trousers.

Because the weather wasn’t particularly cold, the trousers were thin, and the pocket material was even thinner.

So, through that layer of fabric, he could clearly feel the warmth of the teenager’s hand.

It was somewhat chilly, yet enough to ignite all the flames deep within his heart.

The two of them were very close, and the teenager didn’t know if he was nervous or shy, pursing his lips and staring at the floor.

Because the boy kept his head lowered, he didn’t notice the man’s profound gaze.

Ruan Qing quickly got the tissue, and just as he was about to hand it over, Wen Li didn’t take it but instead extended his hand.

“If I take it, it will get wet. Ah Qing, could you help me wipe it off?”

Ruan Qing hesitated for a moment but still took out the tissue, gently wiping off the moisture from the other’s hand.

Perhaps because of his profession as a doctor, Wen Li’s nails were well-trimmed and looked very attractive.

Wen Li had his back to the bed, so naturally, the teenager was facing the bed.

Initially, the teenager wiped slowly, and there was a hint of ambiguity in the atmosphere between the two.

But the next moment, the young boy seemed to have seen something. His face turned pale, and he hurriedly wiped it off with some panic. “It’s okay, I’m fine.”

Wen Li didn’t comment on the sudden change in the boy’s attitude. He sat the boy down by the bed and asked with concern, “Is there anything uncomfortable about your body?”

Ruan Qing shook his head nervously and whispered, “No, nothing. I’m not uncomfortable.”

Wen Li bent down, gripping the boy’s shoulders and spoke seriously, “Ah Qing! Tell the truth, if you’re not feeling well, don’t bear it.”

As Wen Li spoke, he hesitated for a moment. “Your heart... it’s a bit strange. Although no heart disease was detected, the symptoms are too similar to heart disease.”

However, the boy persisted, “...I don’t... I’m not uncomfortable.”

Wen Li didn’t say anything more. He simply reached out and slowly slid his hand down from the collar of the boy’s clothes, eventually reaching the boy’s chest, where someone had touched him while he was sleeping.

“Ugh...” The sudden pain made Ruan Qing instinctively shrink back, and his eyes quickly welled up with tears.

If Wen Li hadn’t acted quickly and held the boy’s waist, he would have probably fallen on Jiang Sinian.

Wen Li looked at the exquisite boy in front of him and spoke softly. “Does it hurt a lot?”

The boy opened his mouth, but in the end, he pitifully said, “...It hurts.”

“You...” Wen Li sighed helplessly, seemingly unable to do anything about the boy.

He straightened the boy up, cupping his face with both hands and spoke earnestly, “If something happens to you, I’ll be upset too. Even for my sake, take good care of yourself, understood?”

Wen Li’s low and husky voice carried an inexplicable sexiness, even a clear sense of doting.

Although it was just an ordinary sentence, it seemed to be whispering sweet nothings, as if it could soothe one’s heart and make people subconsciously indulge in it.

Moreover, when Wen Li said these words, he focused on looking at the boy in front of him. The reflection in his pupils showed the boy’s figure, as if the boy was his treasure.

The boy’s heartbeat instantly quickened, the sound of it pounding so loudly that he could hear it himself, even forgetting to breathe.

 

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