They completely took advantage of Yu Tang's soft-hearted nature.
Pulling Yu Tang to sit on the bed, Shen Yu's eyes darted around before he suddenly said, "Brother, I feel a little itchy..."
He looked at Yu Tang with innocent eyes: "Could you help me take a bath?"
Yu Tang paused for a moment after hearing this, but nodded anyway: "Okay, wait here, I'll go get you some hot water."
As he was running the water, Shen Yu followed him in and started taking off his clothes in front of him.
Yu Tang stared in disbelief, feeling a little embarrassed.
Especially when my gaze sweeps over places you're not worthy of knowing, the line from "Chrysanthemum Terrace"—"Chrysanthemums wither, leaving the ground scarred"—starts playing on repeat in my head.
A chill ran down my back.
"Cough..." He coughed, quickly finished running the toilet, and turned to leave: "You go ahead and wash, I'll wait for you outside."
No sooner had his hand touched the doorknob than Shen Yu hugged him from behind, burying his face in his neck and asking in a soft voice, "Brother, shall we shower together?"
Chapter 25
Died a second time for the villain (25)
Yu Tang twitched her lips, pulled away Shen Yu's hand, and shook her head: "Brother has already taken a shower, you don't need to shower again, you can shower by yourself."
"But...but I..."
"No buts." Yu Tang said to him with a serious face, "You're a big kid now, it's time to learn how to bathe yourself."
After saying that, she stormed out without giving Shen Yu a chance to speak again.
"Tsk..." Shen Yu pouted, putting away his aggrieved look. He looked down at his erection, which had become undulating from his contact with Yu Tang, leaned back against the bathroom wall, turned on the shower, and imagined the man's face, slowly relieving himself.
When he came out, he deliberately made himself wet, without even drying his hair, and looked at Yu Tang, saying in a muffled tone, "Brother, I'm done washing."
Yu Tang noticed that he seemed a little unhappy, so she quickly went over and used a hairdryer to dry his hair. She only breathed a sigh of relief when Shen Yu showed a comfortable expression.
Lying in bed that night, Shen Yu snuggled into Yu Tang's arms and asked him cautiously.
"Brother, do you hate me?"
"Huh? Why would you think that?"
"I heard him say that he did something very bad to you..." Shen Yu's face was pressed against Yu Tang's pajamas, not letting the man see his expression: "He said he knows he was wrong, and then he asked me to ask you for him if you can forgive him?"
Yu Tang remained silent.
I was somewhat touched.
After all, Shen Yu had never apologized to him before, and now he suddenly said he was wrong.
This inevitably surprised him.
"Tell him to come and apologize to me himself."
"Okay, I'll tell him right away."
After saying this, Shen Yu closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he reached out and hugged Yu Tang tightly, refusing to let go.
"I'm sorry..." His voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was very serious: "What happened that day was all my fault. I shouldn't have treated you like that. So, can you forgive me?"
Fearing that Yu Tang would refuse, he added, "Please give me a chance to change my ways, okay?"
Yu Tang now strongly suspects that he was faking it all!
How could someone switch personalities so quickly!
But Shen Yu's tone was so sincere that he couldn't help but soften his heart.
“Never mind…” he replied to Shen Yu, “I forgive you.”
"Let go of me, I'm going back to sleep."
"No way!" Shen Yu immediately refused, clinging to him like a koala and refusing to let go, muttering shamelessly, "I finally came back, I just wanted to hold you and sleep for a while, how could you be so heartless and kick me out?"
"Let's be reasonable, okay? When did I kick you out? I just wanted to reply to my cough cough cough..."
Yu Tang suddenly pushed Shen Yu away, jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom, and coughed violently even while covering her mouth.
"Yu Tang?!"
Shen Yu was a little confused. He sensed that something was wrong with Yu Tang, so he quickly got up, walked a few steps to the bathroom, and tried to turn the lock, but couldn't open it.
"Why are you locking the door?" Shen Yu knocked anxiously. "Weren't you better? Why are you coughing so badly again?"
Yu Tang had no way to explain to Shen Yu right now. Leaning against the sink, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, his mind filled with remorse.
Damn it, I should have known better than to indulge Shen Yu and slept with him.
He insisted on sleeping alone, partly because of his increasingly serious illness.
These days, he seems fine during the day, but his cough gets particularly bad at night. Knowing there are surveillance cameras and afraid that Shen Yu will become suspicious, he hides in the bathroom of his bedroom and only comes out after he has coughed enough.
But today, living with Shen Yu, he couldn't hide it anymore.
"Yu Tang, open the door." Hearing his increasingly violent coughing, Shen Yu's unease grew. He stood at the door and threatened Yu Tang, "If you don't open the door, once I find the key and get in, I'll make sure you regret it."
Yu Tang coughed for a while, and the clean white outer wall of the pool was stained red with blood.
He finally felt a little better.
He turned on the tap, flushed away the blood, and opened the door.
His eyes were red from coughing.
My throat burns and hurts when I try to catch my breath.
He looked up at Shen Yu, pursed his lips, and for a moment didn't know what to say.
"Tell me the truth." Shen Yu's fingers tightened, his face even more pale than Yu Tang's. "What's wrong with you?"
When he first met Yu Tang, he didn't feel sorry for the man in front of him when he tormented him so much. He even found it fun and enjoyable.
But just seeing the man's pale face made him feel as if his heart had been stabbed with a knife, and the pain was excruciating.
"I...I'm fine..."
Yu Tang still wanted to hide it, but Shen Yu said, "Instead of asking you, you might as well ask Song Cheng."
As he spoke, Shen Yu picked up his phone from the bedside table, dialed Song Cheng's number, and said to Yu Tang, "Change your clothes now and come with me to Song Cheng's for a full physical examination."
Even if I'm not sick, seeing the test results puts my mind at ease.
They knew they couldn't hide it any longer this time.
Yu Tang snatched Shen Yu's phone and hung up.
He sighed, "It's so late, there's no need to trouble Dr. Song with a physical exam."
"I have lung cancer." He smiled and told Shen Yu in as light a tone as possible, "I wasn't planning to tell you, since there's no cure for this kind of disease. Right now, all I want to do is live one day at a time and be happy."
Shen Yu was stunned.
She looked at him somewhat helplessly.
He was a beat slow to react and figured out the meaning behind Yu Tang's words.
He opened his mouth, tried several times, and finally managed to utter a sound: "Are you kidding me?"
His voice was hoarse as he repeated, "You must be joking, right?"
Yu Tang didn't want to tell him because she didn't want to see his reaction.
But things had come to this point, and he had no choice but to admit it.
“I’m not joking,” he said. “Shen Yu, I’ve had this disease for a long time and have been secretly taking anti-cancer drugs behind your back. The drugs are still in my bedroom drawer.”
"Because I don't really like the pain of separation and death. So I've been keeping it from you, hoping to find a chance to leave you someday."
Then I'll die quietly, so I won't have to see your sad face.
He lowered his head and scratched his hair: "Maybe I'm being presumptuous by saying this, but I still don't want to hurt you."
Yu Tang said whatever came to mind, saying everything he wanted to say.
"I think someone with your temperament should be able to let go easily. After I'm gone, you'll definitely find someone more suitable to spend your life with. As for me..."
As he spoke, he looked up at Shen Yu.
Suddenly, I couldn't say anything.
Because he saw the young man who had once been so arrogant towards him now standing in front of him, staring blankly at him.
His eyes were red, as if he had been beaten senseless.
Tears streamed down my face without my noticing.
Yu Tang sighed and took a tissue to wipe his tears: "Hey, why are you crying..."
Chapter 26
Died a second time for the villain (26)
Shen Yu bit his lower lip, pulled Yu Tang's hand, and drew him into his arms.
She didn't say anything, she just held him tightly, her body trembling slightly.
Tears stained Yu Tang's collar and neck.
He could clearly sense that Shen Yu was afraid.
When Yu Tang first arrived in this world, he outwardly obeyed Shen Yu, but in reality, he cursed him quite a bit behind his back.
But seeing someone with such a strong sense of self-respect crying like this in front of him, Yu Tang couldn't help but feel sad as well.
“Shen Yu…” He patted the young man’s back lightly and said half-jokingly, “Weren’t you doing just fine before you met me?”
"After meeting me, she always told me not to be delusional and to have some self-awareness..."
"You, Master Shen, should be a man who can take things in stride. How could you become so pathetic because of a worthless servant like me?"
He laughed indifferently: "I'm just a worthless life, if I die, I die, it's no big deal..."
"I like you."