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Capítulo 19: Chapter 8.2 - Date (Part 2)

Li XinWen slid the closet door open and stepped out. What he saw was hardly a surprise. Xue Rui, who didn't notice that he had opened the door, stood as if in a trance. It looked like he was smelling the towel Li XinWen had dropped earlier. Li XinWen shook his head and rolled his eyes. He did not even want to know what this man was thinking. "Rui-ge, what are you doing?" he asked.

Xue Rui was rudely awakened from his fantasy but he wasn't mad at all. Compared to the Li XInWen in his fantasy, he'd much prefer the real one. "Hmmm…nothing. I just picked up the towel, so it won't leave any stains on the carpet," Xue Rui lied maintaining a straight face.

'What a lie…' Li XinWen hissed in his heart.

Li XinWen stood by the closet door as Xue Rui turned to face him. Xue Rui was amazed at what he saw. So much so, that he was rendered speechless at the image of Li XinWen in front of him. He stood open-mouthed and dumbfounded unable to find the words to say.

Li XinWen looked like the celebrity that he was. Exuding a radiance that only he could pull off. It was a simple ensemble - a blue suit, white dress shirt with the first three buttons unbuttoned, a leather belt and a pair of white leather sneakers. Just the right touch of formality and relaxed chic. His hair still a little wet and disheveled amplified his sex appeal tenfold. Xue Rui's mind went blank and his heart beat even faster.

'Oh god, this is too much for me. How can you be so sexy, XinWen. You are simply a walking hormones! Please deities in heaven give me the strength to restrain myself from ripping off his clothes and making a mess out of this lothario before me right at this moment,' Xue Rui thought to himself as he clenched the towel in his hand.

He blinked his eyes and shook his head abruptly as if to wake himself from a momentary lapse. He took a deep breath, smiled, and slowly approached Li XinWen.

Upon seeing Xue Rui approach, Li XinWen clenched his hands into fists, ready to fight if it came down to that. But Xue Rui didn't exhibit any form of hostility or indecent behavior, which prompted Li XinWen to lower down his defenses, unclenching his fists. Xue Rui placed the towel he was holding on Li XinWen's head and started to rub his wet hair.

"Your hair is still a little wet, let me help dry it off," he said affectionately, letting out a small chuckle. Li XinWen felt like a child being spoiled, and he couldn't help chuckling with Xue Rui. No one could have predicted what happened next. During that moment of carefree laughter between the two men, a surge of innocent desire bubbled to the surface. Their eyes met and in that fleeting moment, Li XinWen saw a multitude of unspoken words in Xue Rui's eyes and it was his turn to be stunned. In that fleeting moment, he felt his heart beat to a different rhythm.

Xue Rui stopped rubbing the towel on Li XinWen's hair and suddenly used it to cover Li XinWen's eyes. Slowly he lowered his lips to Li XinWen's. The kiss was light yet full of desire, it spoke of so much longing and hope without overstepping the boundaries of lust. It was passionate yet it wasn't. Xue Rui was about to hold Li XinWen but stopped himself and instead pulled his lips away.

Li XinWen was left breathless and a little dizzy from what just happened. It was his turn to be speechless. Xue Rui lowered the towel from Li XinWen's eyes, which somehow brought him back to his senses. Realizing what had just happened, Li XinWen's hand went up and he pushed Xue Rui, just enough to keep a distance between them. 'Too close… too close,' Li XinWen whispered to himself in a panic.

"Rui-ge... enough with the stolen kisses. Please control yourself. Ah… damn it!" Li XinWen said, flustered and blushing, as he admonished Xue Rui.

"Hahahaha," Xue Rui laughed and for a moment, Li XinWen saw a different side to Xue Rui. He was obviously enjoying himself. "It was just a kiss XinWen. There's no harm in a kiss," Xue Rui said continuing to tease him.

'No harm your sister!' Li XinWen was about to protest but stopped himself, he no longer wanted to argue with the foolish man in front of him.

"Anyway, if you're ready, let's go now. I have already made reservations at a restaurant for lunch."

"We're not eating at home?" Li XinWen asked, surprised that Xue Rui already made plans to have lunch out without discussing with him.

"No."

"I can't eat solid foods..."

"It's alright. I've taken that into consideration when I made the reservation."

"There's no way of escaping this now, is there?" Li XinWen asked, even though he already knew the answer. Even as he looked through the original's memories, Xue Rui would always have his way in the end, no matter how much the original tried to escape.

"I'm glad you understand, XinWen. I will be waiting in my car. Fix your hair. You don't have to put on a disguise," Xue Rui said before he left Li XinWen alone.

After Xue Rui closed the door to Li XinWen's room, he was finally able to breathe. His heart was beating excessively fast as if it was about to burst out of his chest. He felt his knees buckle and all the strength he had drained away. He placed his hand on the wall just to keep himself upright.

"What was that?! I've kissed him so many times in the past but why did this kiss feel different? Why am I so nervous? What is happening to me?" he kept asking himself, his hand covering his mouth as if he was about to hyperventilate.

"Snap out of it Xue Rui," he reprimanded himself. He stood up straight and fixed his tie. He brushed any kinks off his trousers, took an extra breath of air to calm himself and proceeded downstairs.

Li XinWen let out a scoff when Xue Rui left and he quickly went to the mirror to fix his messy hair. As he stared at his reflection, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. "Geez... Your life is a mess, you know that? How is it that your own sister's fiance had taken a fancy to you? And rather than telling your sister, you'd rather suffer in silence just so you can see her smile with the man she loves. Where is your dignity?" Li XinWen seemed to scold the original. Of course, he didn't receive any reply. The original was dead and his soul has probably entered the reincarnation cycle. Otherwise, Li XinWen wouldn't be here at all.

Since being hospitalized, Li XinWen's hair had grown to medium length. His hair had volume and it was obvious that it was taken care of properly. He let the original's memories guide him in styling his hair. He applied a light to moderate hold wax throughout his hair and used his hands and fingers to pull them back. The styling he ended up doing was the quiff hairstyle, it looked scruffy and a little disheveled, but it suited his face very well and accentuated his facial assets.

Once he was finished, he went downstairs and looked for madam Li.

"Oh my! What a handsome young man you are!" madam Li exclaimed when she saw Li XinWen approach.

"You flatter me too much mom," Li XinWen responded shyly. "I'll just be out for a bit. I'll be back by dinner time," he said and gave madam Li a hug. He put on his Ray-ban sunglasses and stepped out of the house. He saw the car parked on the driveway and immediately knew that it was Xue Rui's. The silver Maserati was actually Xue Rui's favorite among all of his collection. Li XinWen had to admit; the car looked impressive.

As Li XinWen was walking towards the car, Xue Rui happened to glance out the window on the passenger side. He was taken aback as he saw Li XinWen striding toward the car and nearly dropped his mobile phone. Li XinWen looked like a sexy fashion model on the runway. "Why does he look so good?!" Xue Rui thought as he continued to speak to his phone.

Li XinWen double-checked with the original's memories to make sure he wouldn't make a mistake or forget to do something necessary. He opened the passenger door, sat on the passenger seat and buckled his seat belt. He saw that Xue Rui was on the phone and judging from his tone it seemed to be very important; probably something to do with work. The seat was extremely comfortable, and Li XinWen noticed how luxurious the leather interior was as he ran his hands on the high-grade leather panel of the passenger door. He glanced at Xue Rui then averted his gaze to the front and waited patiently for him to finish.

After a while, Xue Rui finally ended the call and looked over at Li XinWen apologetically. "Sorry, about that Ah'Wen, I forgot to tell my secretary about today so he panicked while trying to look for me. Don't worry though, I've already finished everything for today, so he won't bother us on our date," Xue Rui informed him with a grin on his face. After making sure that Li XinWen was wearing his safety belt, he started the engine and drove.


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Capítulo 20: Chapter 8.3 - Date (Part 3)

They drove in silence throughout majority of the trip. Mostly because Xue Rui was focused on how he can continue pursuing Li XinWen. He was an expert driver, which afforded him the ability to multitask. His mind focused on the road and at the same time was thinking of ways on how to make Li XinWen fall in love with him.

'I think the kiss earlier was a good start,' he smiled at this thought.

Li XinWen sat staring at all the buildings that they passed. This was the second time Li XinWen saw this kind of scenery, and it still filled him with awe. He thought back to Long Xing and the Soaring Heaven Sect. He couldn't help but compare the buildings that exists within the two worlds.

Though the Soaring Heaven Sect was only a mid-ranked sect, it was still one of the top ten sects outside of the four highly ranked sects. However, in spite being ranked considerably, they were actually quite poor. The outer sect disciples were barely taken care of, and even the inner sect disciples fought for resources. Remembering his bitter life as a disciple made Li XinWen sigh heavily.

"What's with the heavy sigh? Is there something bothering you?" Xue Rui asked in a worried tone.

'Yes! You!' Li XinWen answered in his mind. Then he remembered that kiss from before and he could feel his ears turning red at the thought.

"I just suddenly thought of mom's cooking and felt that I wanted to eat lunch with her after all…" he answered without looking towards Xue Rui so as not to give away his real emotions, which was a mix of annoyance, impatience and confusion.

Xue Rui fell silent and was a little hurt, and after a while, he finally spoke. "Alright, I'll cancel our dinner reservation later so we can have dinner at your home. Okay? Will that make you feel better?" Xue Rui said this softly and with as much affection as he could express to appease Li XinWen.

But, instead of pacifying Li XinWen, the revelation that dinner reservations were also made was met with a temper tantrum.

"You even made dinner reservation? Rui-ge, aren't we just going to purchase a jian for me? It won't take long now would it? Why did you have to make dinner reservations too?" Li XinWen asked like a spoiled child then looked out the passenger window once again.

"Well, I did say that today was going to be a date. So of course, I made a lot of plans for us," Xue Rui answered in his defense trying hard not to lose his cool. "Ah'Wen look at me, please," Xue Rui pleaded as he reached for Li XinWen's hand. He squeezed Li XinWen's hand, raised it to his lips, and kissed it.

At that same moment, Li XinWen abruptly turned to Xue Rui to express his annoyance but stopped short when he saw a gentle expression on Xue Rui's face. Xue Rui let go of Li XinWen's hand and made an apologetic face as if to say sorry for doing something that Li XinWen did not like. He ran his left hand through his hair and rested them on his lap. Xue Rui held the steering wheel and drove with just his right hand as if to prevent himself from doing anything that would displease Li XinWen any further.

Li XinWen caught himself and reflected. 'Why am I not entirely annoyed at what happened? Did I actually like that he held my hand and kissed it? Ugh... what is this?! This never happened before even though I lived for over three centuries...'

It seemed like as if his annoyance was more toward himself and not towards Xue Rui. 'Don't tell me, because I've never experienced my spring moments, this is the result? Show a little affection and I liked it?' Li XinWen inwardly groaned and prayed that it was not like that. He sighed, as if exhausted because of this internal debate.

"If I had known that you had planned to take me out for the rest of the day, I would have told mom! I told her we won't be long and that I'd be back in time for dinner," he said pouting. "She's old and currently all by herself. What if something happens to her?" this was all true. Li XinWen truly did not expect Xue Rui to keep him away from home until late.

Hearing Li XinWen's protest to dinner, Xue Rui decided to withhold the fact that he also booked a hotel room for them to stay for the night. After all, he pictured that dinner would involve wine and that would mean that he wouldn't be able to drive Li XinWen back home. Although he had a pretty high tolerance to any form of alcohol, he didn't want to take any risks.

"Don't worry too much Ah'Wen, I'm quite certain that xiao Xiao would be back from school by this time. Even while you were in a coma, your mom stayed strong and did not allow herself to collapse because she had xiao Xiao to think about. Xiao Xiao is still young and needs your mom's support and guidance. Trust your mother, will you?" Xue Rui said and one could hear that he had high respects for madam Li.

Although Li XinWen realized that Xue Rui was right, his pride got the better of him. He frowned at Xue Rui and huffed, crossing his arms. "If anything happens to her, I'll hold you responsible," Li XinWen said.

"Right. I promise to take full responsibility," Xue Rui responded as he unconsciously reached for Li XinWen but caught himself and instead rested his hand on the passenger seat's headrest. "If it makes you feel better, I actually left one of my men in the premises to keep an eye on her and to make sure nothing happens," Xue Rui informed Li XinWen in a reassuring manner.

After a while, Xue Rui removed his hand from the passenger seat headrest and focused on driving. Li XinWen continued to pretend that he was still upset. But the truth was he no longer felt angry. Feeling a little guilty because of his outburst, he started sneaking glances at Xue Rui in secret by looking at Xue Rui's reflection on the passenger window.

'Ugh… I think Xue Rui's foolishness is contagious and I might be catching the bug…' he thought to himself. 'Li XinWen, how did you deal with this fool in the past?' he addressed the original despite knowing there won't be any reply.

Xue Rui continued driving oblivious to Li XinWen's sneaky glances. Occasionally he'd glance towards Li XinWen's direction and would smile. He looked at Li XinWen's back lovingly and he thought to himself 'This is the person that occupies my every thought; this person is my treasure…'

* * *

Mini Theatre 2:

Xue Rui: Ah'Wen, please look at me…

Xue Rui takes Li XinWen's hand and gazes at Li XinWen while driving.

Li XinWen turned to Xue Rui before his eyes goes wide.

Li XinWen: Bastard! The road!! Eyes on the road!

Xue Rui: It's alright, I am confident with my driving. Plus, both of us have the ever so powerful plot armor, and you have the unrivalled protagonist halo.

Li XinWen: Your Sister, ah! Hurry and focus back on the road or else I'll haunt you forever!!

Xue Rui: En. Having you haunt me forever sounds good.

Li XinWen: !@$^#5!@&

Mini Theatre 3:

Li XinWen: If anything happens, I'll hold you responsible!

Xue Rui: En. Your husband will take responsibility for everything.

Li XinWen: Who's my husband?! When did we get married?!

Xue Rui: Then shall we go get married?

Li XinWen: This again!? Scram!!

Xue Rui: Wife's heart is still cold... It's okay. I have a lifetime to melt that heart of yours.

Li XinWen: My heart is not cold! Your heart is the one that's cold! Your sister's heart is cold! Your family's heart is cold!!

Xue Rui: Yes, yes... Wife's heart is not cold. Wife's heart the warmest. Or else, how can he make me burn with desire?

Li XinWen: !#@&!##$$@!!


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