Bab 40: Chapter 40: Chen Zhaohui, part 1

Wei Caihong looked at the sleeping figure in his arms. He pulled his husband closer to himself.

Nikola stirred in his arms, blinking open sleepy green eyes.

"I have a shop to open, and you have little children to teach," Nikola murmured.

Well, maybe he wasn't sleepy after all.

"First, I'll need to speak to the magistrate about the order for me to begin the classes," Wei Caihong said. Nikola turned so that he could look at his face.

"All the more reasons to get up now, while it is still dark," Nikola got up. Wei Caihong raised a hand to touch the creamy skin that was on display.

"I'll need to feed first," he said. Nikola was back in his arms in an instant, offering up his neck.

Wei Caihong drank his fill, and then he let his husband up. They went to the bathing room and got into the empty barrel, filling it up with the moisture in the air. Nikola heating the water.