Quick Wear: An honest man is always criticized for forced love

Chapter 140 Why are you standing so far away?

The old wooden stairs creaked as people stepped on them, and Shen Jun was startled when he heard it.

He quickly pushed Xie Xubai away from him, then covered him with a quilt and whispered to him to close his eyes.

After Xie Xubai heard this, he understood what was going on and obediently closed his eyes.

In the darkness, an old, hunched figure slowly climbed up holding a dim flashlight.

Shen Shian took a quilt in his hand and walked to the bed to cover them both.

It was cold in the mountains at night, and he was afraid that the two of them would have to share one bed. Shen Jun had the habit of fighting over the quilt at night, and it would be bad if Xie Xubai caught a cold again.

Seeing that the two of them were sleeping soundly, Shen Shi'an felt relieved.

He looked around, then walked to the bed and closed the window that Shen Jun had pushed open to get some fresh air but had forgotten to close.

He did all this very carefully, for fear of waking them up.

After Shen Shian left, the two opened their eyes in the darkness, looked at each other, and Xie Xubai took the person back into his arms.

"Xie Xubai, don't hug me, what if..." Shen Jun was afraid that Shen Shian would come up later and see them like this.

"Just for a while, I can sleep peacefully only when I smell your scent." After Xie Xubai said this, Shen Jun felt as if his whole body was frozen and he couldn't move.

Then let him hug you for a while, and then let go...

Xie Xubai held him in his arms and patted Shen Jun's back from time to time, his nose buried in the crook of Shen Jun's neck, his breathing steady and soothing.

Shen Jun felt an indescribable sense of security spreading in his heart as he was held like this by him. He originally just wanted to hold him for a while and then separate, but his head involuntarily became dizzy.

It was a dreamless night, with only the occasional breeze outside the window bringing the sound of branches scraping against the window.

When I woke up in the morning, there was some fog in the mountains. The sun hadn't risen yet, but it was bright outside.

The white mist filled the mountains, making it look a little desolate and cold.

Shen Jun rubbed his eyes and sat up. There was no one beside him, and even the bed was cold.

It was obvious that the person had been gone for a while. Shen Jun cleared his mind, got up and packed up.

When he finished packing and went downstairs, there was only Shen Shian's back in the yard.

He was sweeping the yard and turned around when he heard a noise behind him.

"Grandpa," Shen Jun shouted and walked towards Shen Shian, "Have you seen Xie Xubai?" Shen Jun asked.

The man sweeping the floor stopped what he was doing and asked in confusion, "Didn't you see it? I thought you were still sleeping."

"I haven't seen him since I got up, and I don't know where he went." Shen Jun looked around in confusion, but did not find any trace of Xie Xubai.

"I'm afraid he went to the toilet." Shen Shian stopped sweeping the broom in his hand and looked around.

If someone who doesn't know the way goes into the mountain without someone to lead the way, it will be difficult to get out.

Even when Shen Jun was a child, he got lost near his home once. There was fog in the morning and it was difficult to tell the direction. It was possible that Xie Xubai had walked into the mountains.

Thinking of this, Shen Jun couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He was just about to turn around and go out to find Xie Xubai, but he saw him holding something in his arms and walking slowly towards the yard.

Shen Jun hurriedly walked around Shen Shi'an and walked towards Xie Xubai. When he got closer, he found that Xie Xubai was holding a dirty puppy in his hands, with only its head showing, and its body was wrapped in Xie Xubai's coat.

Only then did Shen Jun realize that Xie Xubai was only wearing a shirt.

"Where have you been?" Shen Jun asked him nervously.

"I woke up early and was a bit bored so I went down for a walk. But then the fog started to rise and I couldn't find the way up."

After hearing what he said, Shen Jun wanted to ask something else, but the puppy in Xie Xubai's arms barked a few more times, and Shen Jun's attention was temporarily attracted by the puppy.

"I saw it in a small ditch in the village. Someone tied its hind legs and threw it into the river. Its cries were so pitiful that I brought it back." Xie Xubai explained.

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled open the clothes wrapped around the puppy a little, revealing the thin body underneath. The puppy looked like it was dying, and it was soaking wet and shivering in Xie Xubai's arms.

Hearing him say this, the puppy immediately let out a few whimpers and miserable cries from its throat. Shen Jun also felt pity for it.

"Take him in to wash. You should also change your clothes. It's cold in the mountains in the morning. Don't catch a cold." Shen Jun said as he took Xie Xubai into the house.

After taking a few steps, they saw Shen Shian putting down the broom and walking towards them.

"Xiao Xie..." Shen Shian obviously also saw the puppy in Xie Xubai's arms, and his expression was immediately shocked for a moment.

"Hey... where did this puppy come from?" Shen Shian said as he took the puppy from Xie Xubai's arms.

After listening to Xie Xubai's explanation, Shen Shian cursed and said that it must have been done by those ignorant kids in the village.

The puppies were taken care of by Shen Shian, while Shen Jun took Xie Xubai upstairs to change clothes.

When he was about to go downstairs, Xie Xubai stopped Shen Jun.

"What's wrong?" Shen Jun turned around and looked at him.

Xie Xubai's eyes were full of complexity, making it difficult to see his true thoughts. As his eyes moved, Xie Xubai's lips moved but in the end he said nothing.

In the end, he just stood up and gently hugged Shen Jun. In the small attic, Shen Jun was held tightly in his arms.

Half of Xie Xubai's face was buried in Shen Jun's neck. He sighed imperceptibly and then tightened his arms.

Shen Jun noticed that Xie Xubai's mood was a little strange. Yu Hai reached out and gently hugged Xie Xubai's body. There was no conversation between the two for a while.

Shen Jun just thought that he got lost when he went out in the morning and found his way back later. Now he was a little scared, so he didn't ask any more questions.

When they came down from upstairs, Shen Shian had already washed the puppy and placed it in the yard, wiping her body with a dry towel.

"Grandpa!" Shen Jun called out, and Shen Shi'an put down the towel in his hand. The moment he let go, the puppy ran out, wagging its tail.

Although it was wagging its tail, its body was still a little shaky when it walked.

The puppy also knew to find a comfortable place for himself to bask in the sun. He walked straight to a haystack in the yard and lay down, turning over on his belly to bask in the sun on his freshly washed fur.

After lying down for a few seconds, the puppy felt bored and ran to the gardenia tree in the yard. It opened its mouth and bit a leaf that was swaying in the wind. It held it in its mouth and bit it a few times, making its mouth full of green juice.

"Give it a name, Junzi." Shen Shian looked at the puppy that was urinating and marking its mark everywhere in his yard, and his words were actually addressed to Shen Jun.

When Shen Jun heard this, he knew that his grandfather was planning to keep it.

"Xie Xubai picked it up, let him give it a name." Shen Jun said and turned to look at Xie Xubai who was standing beside him.

Xie Xubai's expression was still indifferent, no different from usual, but Shen Jun always felt that there was something strange about him today, but he couldn't tell exactly what it was.

Anyway, it's just... a bit weird.

After hearing what Shen Jun said, Shen Shian immediately agreed and asked Xie Xubai to come up with a name. Since they said so, Xie Xubai naturally felt embarrassed to refuse.

"Then why not... call him Fulin." Xie Xubai casually said a name.

Shen Shian liked it and immediately called out to the puppy a few times. The puppy heard its new name, tilted its head and thought for a few seconds, then ran towards them, wagging its tail.

With a name, there is a bond. The puppy seemed to like the environment here very much and soon walked around the small house.

When it returned to the front of the house again, the three people were gone.

Shen Jun couldn't stay long this time, so Shen Shian insisted on killing the big goose raised in the yard for the two of them to eat.

After trying to persuade him several times without success, Shen Jun had no choice but to take up his knife and go into battle.

Shen Jun has done a lot of these chores since he was a child. He walked towards the goose pen with a kitchen knife in his hand, and in no time he caught a big goose and held it in his hand.

The big goose sensed its tragic fate and struggled frantically in Shen Jun's hands. Shen Jun was unable to hold it for a moment and had to hand the knife to Xie Xubai who was standing nearby.

But he stretched out his hand for a long time but no one took it. Shen Jun was puzzled and turned around to find that there was no one around him.

Xie Xubai folded his arms and stared warily at the big goose in Shen Jun's hand. He stood far away at the gate of the yard, wishing he could just go out.

"Why are you standing so far away?" Shen Jun said as he stepped out of the circle. He took two steps forward and Xie Xubai took two steps back.

Shen Jun looked at Xie Xubai's handsome face, which showed not only wariness but also a bit of fear. He instantly realized that Young Master Xie was actually afraid of geese.

In an instant, Shen Jun seemed to have found a treasure, and his eyes emitted bursts of strange light.

Xie Xubai sensitively sensed that something was wrong.