Chapter 18 - Cohabitation
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Geng Yan softly patted Ji Anran's back, gently comforting him.
Meanwhile, those who came out to see the excitement were all looking at the blood on the ground, hoping to find out who came over in the middle of the night trying to be a thief.
Wang Long was also rather experienced, he pulled out the towel that he had previously prepared from his pocket and pressed it on the wound to stop the blood from continuing to drip.
The observing people followed along the trail of blood, but the trail soon disappeared and they weren’t able to find anyone. So everyone could only just continue trying to guess who actually committed this incident.
The security of this small community came over. "We haven’t found any suspicious people going in and out of the community. Moreover, the thief seemed to be very familiar with the surroundings and was able to quickly disappear after being injured."
Ji Anran nodded. “The quality of my sleep hasn’t been very good ever since the apocalypse started. Having entered the house for so long already, for me to only find out about them after they had entered my bedroom and had accidentally knocked against the brass lock... That’s too strange, I suspect that they had come over to scout beforehand.”
"Then we’ll just have to trouble you guys to continue to investigate this matter. I'll take him to go rest first," Geng Yan said to the small community’s security guards and the policemen of the base who had rushed over.
Ji Anran originally already looked thin and frail, so paired with the current panicked appearance, he seemed very pitiful.
For such a thing to have happened, Geng Yan was obviously uneasy with the other continuing to stay there alone.
"I'll go help you store away the food first. This place isn’t as safe as I thought it would be, I’ll go think of another plan. "
Geng Yan walked with Ji Anran back into the bedroom and pulled the entire cabinet containing the food into his space.
Ji Anran anxiously looked at Geng Yan. "Geng-ge..."
"It’s the middle of the night, you also need to rest, we’ll go to my house first."
Ji Anran, appearing like a very weak small white flower: "En."
I’m going to settle in at our home now~
Geng Yan was currently a bachelor who lived alone, and his house didn’t have a guest room.
The only bed in the house was in his bedroom.
Geng Yan's bedroom set up was extremely to the point, there were only a large bed, a bedside table, and a wardrobe.
The whole room was very simple and clean, but it also looked very monotonous and boring.
However... Ji Anran didn’t dislike it.
Ji Anran quickly climbed into bed, covered himself in the duvet, leaving only his small head outside.
"Geng-ge, you come up as well. You don't have a guest room here, and you usually work so hard, so don't sleep on the sofa. Just come up."
In pajamas, Ji Anran blinked his large innocent eyes as he invited.
Geng Yan's face was expressionless, but the struggle in his eyes was unable to be hidden.
"Geng-ge, come up. Didn't we also sleep together in the tent for a few nights previously? "
Geng Yan: “......”
That’s not wrong, but why does that just sound so weird to the ear?
When Geng Yan heard the news of the incident, he didn’t even take some time to change his clothes before rushing over to Ji Anran's house. So now it was enough for him to just flip open the duvet and directly lie down.
Ji Anran inched over and clung tightly to Geng Yan.
Geng Yan's whole body stiffened and... became a bit hot.
"Anran, when you sleep... Can you be a bit more disciplined? " Geng Yan felt rather helpless.
Wasn’t Anran a bit too confident regarding his endurance? Oh, that’s not true, Anran was always going on about wanting to get back together...
Ji Anran looked innocent and wrong. “Geng-ge, I still feel very scared. I can't sleep, can you hold me? I promise that I won’t make trouble. I’ll only be able to fall asleep peacefully if you hold me.”
"Fine, remember your promise and don't randomly move around." Geng extended his hand and pulled Ji Anran into his arms.
The corners of Ji Anran's mouth unconsciously raised, and both his eyes and brows were full of elation.
Geng-ge's concentration was just too good, the two of them have already safely slept through several times. If the situation changed to Geng-ge coming to find him to get back together, he surely wouldn’t have been able to last even that first night.
Ah, so regretful. If only Geng-ge’s concentration was just a bit poorer...
If there really was a misfire, he simply doesn’t believe that Geng-ge would really shamelessly and mercilessly turn around and leave!
At the other end, the few thieves were already back at Wang Long's house according to their original plan.
Mother Wang was incessantly distressed as she quickly brought out gauze and antiseptic solution to treat Wang Long's wound.
"I had already warned you, but you just wouldn’t listen. Now just look at how injured you are, what would you do in the future if your arm became a waste because of this? "
Wang Long grimacing in pain. "I also didn’t expect this. It's all Xiao Li's fault, he couldn't even hold the lock firmly when he was trying to open it and ended up making such a noise, startling everyone. Ah ah ah! It hurts, do it more gently."
Wang Long's companion, Xiao Li, looked on with indifference. Without an ounce of sympathy, he just gave the other a direct slap.
"So where was that weak trash that you mentioned? If I, this laozi, hadn’t quickly slipped away, I would have been shot into a porcupine by him! If I had ended up hapless this time, I would have torn you - who had made a false report of vital information - apart!"
"Precisely. We didn’t want to offend such a powerful ability user like Geng Yan from the beginning, but you just had to say that their homes weren’t very close, that the little white face[1]’s combat ability was low, that even if we stole everything, he still wouldn’t notice us in time..."
Wang Long's complexion changed time and time again. "Is there any meaning saying that now? If it were up to me, it would be better for us to think about how to deal with this matter, in case the people of the base catch onto us..."
"There shouldn’t be any problem for the two of us. You, however, have lost a lot of blood and had even gone to find that little white face before, you're practically the number one suspect. You'd better pray that the base doesn’t have any DNA testing equipment, otherwise you’re doomed," Xiao Li said with a sneer.
The other companion also said, "In the morning, we'll just openly leave here pretending we were your guests. You'd better not give us out, otherwise... You, a traitor, shouldn’t dream of being able to muddle along in this base anymore, hum?"
Wang Long's fist was tightly clenched, and his heart was filled with resentment.
Only after a long time did he unwillingly force out a reply, "I know."
A dreamless night.
Ji Anran slowly woke up, then looked at the man beside him, feeling a sweetness in his heart.
We're going to start living together~
Under the same roof, he just didn't believe that Geng-ge would be able to endure it for long!
Geng Yan also woke up and subconsciously turned to look at Ji Anran... And so, the two began to stare at each other - the larger pair of eyes gazing into the smaller pair.
"Geng-ge, good morning." Ji Anran's small face was slightly red, and his coyness was particularly cute.
However, Geng Yan just felt an incessant headache. "Good morning."
The next time he goes out to look for supplies, he should go find an extra bed to bring back. Otherwise, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control himself, end up becoming worse than a beast and commit some atrocious act.
Ji Anran decided to give Geng Yan a chance to breathe, he got straight out of bed and opened the door to enter the bathroom.
Geng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but he still felt a sense of loss in his heart.
From now on, how should he get along with Anran whenever he’s staying in the base?
He was really worried that he wouldn’t be able to help himself and end up falling into that quagmire. Then if one day Anran breaks up with him again because he was unhappy, he reckons he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from breaking Anran's wings to keep the other by his side...
He didn’t want Anran to hate him. So it was better not to get back together and just silently keep guard over Anran from the side.
The bathroom was very clean, and there was a large tank of water atop the white tiles.
After Ji Anran finished washing up, he then brought out materials to make breakfast.
Although Geng Yan was a lightning-type ability user, his home appliances still couldn’t be used because the house’s circuits haven’t been set up. So at most, Geng Yan could only charge items that ran on batteries. As for those plug-in electrical appliances, as long as they leave Geng Yan's hands, they would immediately stop functioning.
Ji Anran had wanted to make something delicious for Geng Yan but could only give up due to the limiting conditions.
So when Geng Yan came out after washing up, he saw an egg sandwich on the table.
Meanwhile, Ji Anran was biting into another egg sandwich in his hands. With his cheeks moving, he looked just like a hamster, very cute.
"You only have limited supplies, it would be better for you to just keep it for yourself." Geng Yan smiled as he brought out some bread from his space and placed it on the table.
Ji Anran couldn't help laughing out loud. "You can rest assured and just eat it. After all, if my supplies aren’t enough, weren’t you going to subsidize me? Look at you setting up a whole table full of bread, would I be able to finish them?"
‘Fake gold master[2]’, ‘real person deceived on account of his generosity’, ‘ex-boyfriend’ Geng Yan: “......”
After eating breakfast, Geng Yan brought Ji Anran and went out.
They planned to go take a look at the base’s public safety bureau, which was the public security organization established by the people in charge of the base.
During these days of the apocalypse, food has become the most important of supplies. The base had established the public safety bureau in order to manage the personnel within the base. However, due to the problems regarding manpower and supervision, there were still a lot of dirty matters happening in the dark. But no matter what, it was still better than having no management at all.
Ji Anran took the initiative to hold onto Geng Yan's hand. "Geng-ge, I find that the base isn’t as safe as I had imagined. Let me hold your hand, okay? Yesterday’s events are still vivid in my mind, I... I’ll be fine if you would just give me some time, I will definitely do my best to adjust."
Geng Yan believed that Ji Anran had definitely developed some psychological shadow, so how could he bear to throw off the other’s hand.
“Anran, it's okay. I’m here with you, things will become better.”
Geng Yan recalled how much supplies he had and inwardly made a decision in his heart.
Chen Xiaohui was very dissatisfied. The reason why he, as an ability user, had taken refuge with Pan Weilong, was precisely hoping to join the other’s team to leave the base and kill zombies.
However, Pan Weilong had actually directly assigned him to take care of that worthless dandy brother of his, Pan Weihu.
"What are those gathered people gossiping about over there? You go over and ask, I want to know." Pan Weihu directly ordered Chen Xiaohui.
In his heart, Chen Xiaohui was disgusted to death, but he still answered with a shy face, "Okay."
He really wanted to job hop and find another team who only leaves the base to kill zombies. However, the previous "privately hoarding supplies" incident has already spread throughout the base, so everyone within the base had a rather poor impression of him. He had contacted a lot of teams, but only Pan Weilong’s had been willing to take him in.
He originally thought Pan Weilong had wanted to learn Geng Yan's weakness from his mouth, so as to be able to deal with Geng Yan more easily in the future.
However, the result was, Pan Weilong didn't pay any attention to him at all and after simply asking about a few things, had directly sent him away to become a bodyguard. If it wasn’t that he couldn’t find anything better, he would have long left already.
Chen Xiaohui asked the gossiping crowd what had happened. The favorite of gossiping crowds had always been to share, so through the chattering of the crowd, the ins and out of the whole incident was laid bare in front of Chen Xiaohui.
So when Chen Xiaohui found that it was Ji Anran who was the unlucky one, his heart was overjoyed.
A pity though, why did those thieves stupidly go and try to open the lock? If they first strangled Ji Anran to death, then they wouldn’t have been interrupted by the call for help, exposing the whole incident.
"Second Young Master, the word was that Ji Anran’s home was robbed yesterday and that the incident is still being investigated." The smile on Chen Xiaohui's face was very bright. "Captain and Geng Yan are at odds, if he finds out about this, he would definitely be very happy."
Regarding my brother, I don’t know how he would react, but you, however, seem quite happy.
Pan Weihu tried to recall. "Who is this Ji Anran, I don’t quite remember?"
"He’s precisely Geng Yan's lover, Geng Yan protects him as if the other is the tip of his heart. He’s a living and walking green tea b★tch. An adult man like him would pretend to be weak all day long, his heart’s more poisonous than arsenic!"
Pan Weihu looked at Chen Xiaohui with an inscrutable gaze, "I heard that you wanted to fight with Ji Anran for a man, but failed miserably. Is that true?"
“No, there’s no such thing.” Chen Xiaohui flatly denied, shaking his head like a rattle.
Suddenly, he stopped shaking. He fixed his eyes at a certain location and said in a low voice, "Look over there, that's Ji Anran, the little white face who follows Geng Yan."
Coincidentally, Ji Anran had just turned his head and managed to meet Chen Xiaohui's eyes.
"Xiaohui, long time no see. It seems that you’ve been doing well, how blessed. I, however, have been rather unlucky, someone broke into my house last night, I was so close to going cold."
Chen Xiaohui's expression became stiff.
Here it comes, that familiar expression again!
Ji Anran faintly smiled, like a fragile small white flower, then very-reluctant-to-leave-ly rubbed himself on Geng Yan's arm. "Fortunately, Geng-ge took me in to live in his house, otherwise, I don’t know what I could have done."
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Ji Anran: “......” It's time to give out some PDAs~
Geng Yan: “......”
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Ji Anran: "Okay, let's go to our home now~"
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