Chapter 47: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (47)
Seeing Yu Xinyu, Cen Yu didn’t panic in the slightest.
It was for the best if Yu Xinyu heard it; knowing what kind of scumbag he was would be even better, since he was going to leave this world eventually anyway… Holding the cigarette in his hand, he didn’t walk over.
Instead, Yu Xinyu took the initiative to walk over first.
A familiar, gentle smile remained on his face, as though he hadn’t heard Cen Yu’s words at all. Upon drawing close to Cen Yu, however, he reached out to take the cigarette from his hand, pulled a portable ashtray from his pocket, opened it, and put the cigarette out directly inside.
After closing the ashtray, he looked at Qiang Yuanqing and asked, “What are you doing here?”
Seeing that Yu Xinyu didn’t care in the slightest, Qiang Yuanqing found it utterly incomprehensible. He had seen with absolute certainty that the man had been standing right behind Cen Yu just moments ago, and had definitely overheard those words.
He now felt that Yu Xinyu was truly blinded by love.
“Sleepwalking,” he said crossly.
“Oh, then be careful while sleepwalking,” Yu Xinyu nodded.
He reached out and wrapped his arm around Cen Yu’s. “Little Yu and I will be heading back first.”
Cen Yu: …?
In that split second, he genuinely began to ponder: what on earth did he have to say or do to defeat Yu Xinyu’s invincible, romantic-fool brain?!
Returning to the room with Yu Xinyu, Yu Xinyu’s expression was completely natural, and he even asked Cen Yu whether he wanted to go to sleep or watch TV for a bit.
Cen Yu couldn’t fathom his thoughts at all, nor was he sure if the guy had overheard his declaration, so he could only say that he was going to soak in the bath for a while.
Yu Xinyu suddenly spoke up, “I heard there’s a specialty hot spring pool nearby. Want to go check it out?”
Cen Yu was just about to refuse, but on second thought—
Soaking in a public hot spring outside definitely required wearing swim trunks, so heh, not a big deal.
He recalled that Yu Xinyu had prepared two pairs of swim trunks for this kind of situation… Looking at Yu Xinyu’s suitcase as if facing a formidable enemy, he was terrified that the guy might have turned the trunks he wanted into a bikini!
Fortunately, the pair Yu Xinyu pulled out this time was a speedo-style competitive model that covered almost down to just above the knees.
Cen Yu instantly let out a sigh of relief.
He glanced at the sliding door behind him. “Then I’ll go inside and change first.”
“Why go inside?” Yu Xinyu asked curiously. “You can just change right here.”
Cen Yu: “…”
Yu Xinyu sat on the edge of the bed with a smile on his face, though this time it didn’t reach his eyes at all. Looking at Cen Yu, who was holding the swim trunks with a somewhat flustered expression, his gaze lingered on his face for a moment before he said, as if granting mercy—
“Is Little Yu feeling shy?”
He said to Cen Yu, “Don’t worry, I won’t peek at you.”
Saying that, he stood up and faced away from Cen Yu in the room. “Go ahead and change, I definitely won’t peek.”
Clutching the swim trunks, Cen Yu carefully examined Yu Xinyu’s back, seeing that he indeed didn’t seem to be looking… Making Yu Xinyu go to the living room now would make his attitude seem a bit too obvious.
At that thought, he didn’t hesitate any longer, directly taking off the clothes Yu Xinyu had lent him.
He then lowered his head and prepared to put on the swim trunks.
With his back turned to Cen Yu, perhaps to showcase the sophistication of the hot spring villa, there were many decorative ornaments in the villa they occupied. Even in the bedroom, a modern decorative piece was displayed, and within the reflection of the object, Cen Yu’s movements behind him could be seen clearly.
After watching for a moment, Yu Xinyu turned his gaze away, only turning back to look at Cen Yu once he heard Cen Yu say he was done behind him.
By now, Cen Yu had already draped a bathrobe over himself. Seeing Yu Xinyu turn around, he cast a slightly unnatural glance at him. “I’ll go out to watch TV first. Come out when you’re done changing too.”
Yu Xinyu didn’t object.
Seeing Cen Yu leave, he didn’t possess any of Cen Yu’s bashfulness. Stripping off his clothes directly, he changed into the swim trunks he had brought. Without even putting on a bathrobe, he left the bedroom and said to Cen Yu, who was sitting on the living room sofa, “Let’s go, Little Yu.”
The moment Cen Yu raised his eyes, he nearly had the living soul scared right out of him!
He stared at Yu Xinyu in shock as he walked out of the bedroom wearing nothing but swim trunks. Stripped of those soft knit sweaters and light-toned disguises, Cen Yu finally realized that Yu Xinyu’s physique was completely different from what he had imagined.
The man possessed broad shoulders and a narrow waist, forming an almost perfect inverted triangle, his abdominal muscles tightening on both sides of his hip bones before disappearing beneath his swim trunks.
“…Where’s your bathrobe?”
Yu Xinyu let out a light laugh. “I saw it wasn’t very far, so it didn’t seem necessary.”
He looked at the bathrobe on Cen Yu. “Besides, it seems there’s only one clean bathrobe left in the room.”
Cen Yu hadn’t noticed this. Just as he was about to say they could call the extension line to ask the butler for one, he saw Yu Xinyu already walking toward the main door.
Cursing under his breath, Cen Yu took off his own bathrobe and threw it directly over Yu Xinyu.
Taking the bathrobe Cen Yu handed him, Yu Xinyu asked, “You’re not wearing it?” He looked outside. “It’s a bit cold outside.”
“If you know it’s cold outside, why act like this?” Cen Yu genuinely couldn’t understand, looking at Yu Xinyu’s smiling face as he asked seriously.
“I’m tasting the bitterness of love,” Yu Xinyu said with a beaming smile. “Little Yu, I’m tasting the bitterness of love you’re giving me.”
Cen Yu hadn’t expected Yu Xinyu to make a scene at a moment like this.
He had originally thought Yu Xinyu hadn’t heard, or rather, judging by his earlier reaction, he shouldn’t have cared about what he said…
Yu Xinyu slowly approached Cen Yu. He was taller than Cen Yu to begin with, having merely put on a delicate, needy facade intentionally before. Now that he stood up straight, Cen Yu finally realized that no matter how gentle, endearing, and submissive Yu Xinyu acted, he was still a man who was larger than himself.
He looked at Cen Yu.
Suddenly, he reached out and cupped Cen Yu’s face.
Just as Cen Yu thought Yu Xinyu was going to beat him to a pulp, Yu Xinyu let out a long sigh.
Lowering his head slightly, he pressed his forehead against Cen Yu’s. Cupping Cen Yu’s cheeks, he stroked the beauty mark beneath his eye with one hand, as if trying to rub the mark away entirely.
“Little Yu,” he looked at Cen Yu with complete seriousness.
“Even though I’m willing to suffer, I love you so much—you shouldn’t make me sad.”
The more casually he spoke, the more monstrous Cen Yu felt in his heart. In the end, Yu Xinyu pulled him into a tight hug… Cen Yu’s chin rested on Yu Xinyu’s shoulder.
He hesitated for a moment, then whispered—
“…Sorry, Little Yu, I was in the wrong just now.”
Yu Xinyu merely held him tightly. He kissed Cen Yu’s earlobe across the air, his mouth moving without making a sound.
Such an easily fooled baby.
