"What's wrong? Is the food too spicy? Your face is red right now."

Shao Cheng remembers that he has been feeding Ren Yuan spicy food the whole time and couldn't help but quickly place his chopsticks down before using his hands to gently hold on Ren Yuan's abnormally red face while his sapphire eyes brim with a remarkable amount of worries.

"Your face is sweating too."

Shao Cheng removes one of his hand on Ren Yuan cheek before carefully brushing his fingers upon those glistering small sweats upon the forehead, seeing that Ren Yuan is really sweating a lot just by eating too much spicy food.

"Don't eat it the food anymore…"

Shao Cheng has swiftly used his long white sleeves without any hesitation and has begun to thoughtfully wipe Ren Yuan red face that has now become darker.

He was completely focused on his actions that he didn't see the way that Ren Yuan peach blossom grey eyes have begun to dodge chaotically while his Twin Mothers and siblings in the sideline have their mouth wide open along with a various complicated expression in their faces.

"I-I'm alright, L-Little Cheng! D-Don't use your snow-white sleeves its going to be dirty!"

Ren Yuan's eyes widen in a rare embarrassment that somehow always happened every time he interact with the young man, especially after glancing at the foul face that was a bit too close, well it's not like he dislikes it, but he just got blinded by that same face a moment ago.

Particularly now that Ren Yuan was directly meeting the usually cold and indifferent sapphire pupils that were brimming with such warmth and sincere concern relating to his well-being, so how could he remain unaffected by it?

"Keep still."

Shao Cheng felt the way that Ren Yuan wanted to pull away causing a wrinkle to appear on his forehead before deciding to pull the man closer however it seemed that he has put to much power upon his strength because of his concern.

It was so strong to the point that Ren Yuan has directly gone straight into his arms and causing his entire body to dangerously lean back and almost has fallen out in his chair.

Fortunately, Shao Cheng was quick enough to swiftly steady both of their bodies by using his hands to grab the sturdy table while his other hand has absolutely made sure that Ren Yuan wouldn't fall off in the ground since the man seemed to be a bit out of it and couldn't steady himself.

"Are you…"

Shao Cheng mouth has suddenly shut tight after he gazes down and directly seeing a completely red face Ren Yuan that appeared like a cooked shrimp, and naturally, a certain light has quickly flash in Shao Cheng sapphire eyes while seriously gazing on Ren Yuan in his arms that has surprisingly hide his red face into the white robes of his chest.

Fuck, are you shy? Why are you shy? How can you be shy? Where is your thick face? Please show your usual annoying laugh as usual!?

Shao Cheng's eyes widen in great horror which fortunately no one was able to see since he was still gazing down to a completely oblivious Ren Yuan that couldn't understand the terrifying idea that has emerged on his mind at that moment.

Did you fall for me again?

However, Shao Cheng has quickly disregard that impossible idea in his mind because the two of them just met each other for a month and a few days now, so there is no way that Ren Yuan has fallen in love.

Especially when he doesn't believe in love at first sight, although he couldn't help but eye the man in his arms that has suspiciously remain docile and quiet.

"..."

You too...don't believe in love at first sight right?

Shao Cheng felt his heart skipping faster, definitely because of fear and no other emotion, while continuing to deeply gaze on the quiet Ren Yuan before honestly feeling completely horrified at the mere idea that this person has fallen in love once again.

When Shao Cheng imagines such an uncomfortable and delicate scene, his remaining numb emotion practically returned back to normal, showing how such a thought has greatly affected him.

Shao Cheng doesn't have any idea how to treat Ren Yuan regarding that certain matter.

So, if that has truly happened, should he also sacrifices everything of what he has, no longer his lip like before but even his heart, body, and soul to make Ren Yuan happy?

Because Shao Cheng basically promises to follow the man if they ever meet again in another life, so staying by his side could also interpret that they can become a couple too?

Although, he already planned to make Ren Yuan have a satisfying life in this world, so if Ren Yuan suddenly confesses his feeling, should he accept it?

Fuckkk…

Shao Cheng honestly doesn't have any idea what to do when he thought about it, especially when there wasn't even a loathsome attitude that he felt when those thoughts emerged in his mind.

Fuckkk…

I don't like men, I don't like men, I don't like men…

While Shao Cheng remains frozen with various thought running in his mind while chanting his usual mantra after learning Ren Yuan romantic feeling toward him in the previous life, the Shao Family continue to gaze with wide eyes at the ambiguous two young men that were basically intimately close with each other.

And Ren Yuan who felt the tense firm chest upon his face and the strange response from the young man usual reaction has finally able to return to his usual self before raising his head and directly seeing a blank expression along with empty eyes that appeared to have his entire awareness disappeared to a faraway place.

"L-Little Cheng?"

Ren Yuan blink his peach blossom grey eyes when he felt the dryness on his throat causing him to let out a cough before he has once more called out to the young man that remains unresponsive and quickly prompting him to hastily straighten his body up before leaning closer to take a hold of the young man face with a sericous expression.

"Little Cheng?"

Seeing that there is still no response, even the Twin Mothers and the siblings has finally figured out that there was something wrong with Shao Cheng that remains eerily quiet.

"Little Cheng! What's wrong?"

Ren Yuan practically slap the young man's face which has let out a crisp loud sound while at the same time that his palm touch Shao Cheng cheek a punch has swiftly rushed in a split second causing the unguarded Ren Yuan to take the hit to his face before quickly falling down in the ground.

"Ah! My handsome face!"

"..."

And Shao Cheng that was slap in the face, which only felt like an ant bitting upon it, couldn't help but blink his sapphire eyes showing that he has finally returned back to his senses which was caused by Ren Yuan's unusual reaction, couldn't help but slowly gaze at his raise right hand that has somehow leave a satisfying feeling.

Before turning his attention at Ren Yuan that has begun his usual dramatically screaming antics in the ground, although Shao Cheng's body has moved in an instinctual reaction, he also understood for a fact that there wasn't any internal energy on his punch just now.

"... I'm done eating."

Seeing that Ren Yuan is fine, Shao Cheng has stood up from his chair while feeling grateful that he was able to hide the sudden paleness of his face because he has used the fake face skilled he learned in order to hide his tired and haggard appearance to his family.

"Eh? Little Cheng wait!"

Ren Yuan who didn't receive the thoughtful care he imagines in his mind has frozen in the ground before swiftly leaping up and quickly following when the young man has just turned around and left without another word.

While the Shao siblings wanted to quickly follow, they were suddenly stopped by their Twin Mothers that have shown an extremely solemn expression in their faces while shaking their heads and telling them to leave the two young men all alone.

Although Su Chunhua and Su Yanmei don't have any idea of what happened, yet, they can somehow feel that their son has just seemed to have comprehended something extremely important that has caused him to become unresponsive a while ago.

It was either Refusal or Denial, that has been what they were able to sense from their son, although everyone else and even the person itself doesn't seem to have noticed it.

Su Chunhua and Su Yanmei didn't really consider that it will be their son that would have trouble regarding his emotion in a deeper meaning.

"Hey wait up! Little Cheng, tell me what is wrong? Hey, it's dangerous there!"

Shao Cheng has finally halted in his movement and happened to stop just in front of an artificial lake, which showed that his family couldn't put their plan to remove all of their artificial lakes in the Shao residence because of the cold weather.

However, before Shao Cheng could turn around to face Ren Yuan, he suddenly found his body being hastily pulled away, shortly, he soon saw a crimson long sleeves appearing beside his body before effectively wrapping him from behind and then practically rushing away from the lake area and going to another place.

The whole time, Shao Cheng has silently remained quiet while hiding the complicated expression on his face while being carried away.

"..."

Ren Yuan… don't walk the same path you took anymore… I don't want you to feel that same loneliness and sadness in the previous life.

Shao Cheng could bravely admit that he doesn't have the same determination and courage when it comes to that certain matter between the two of them, honestly, he has never fallen in love with another person.

And when Shao Cheng speculates about the difficult future that they must face in an entirely different situation with their own difficulty, he can only inwardly sigh deeply since he feared more about the matter concerning romantic love than anything else.

It is the sole reason why Shao Cheng decided to just be single in his entire life, he already achieved it in two lifetimes, so why is this happening in his third life now?