Chapter 2064: How to Tame the Rebellious Boy 13

Ji Lai Zhi lay on Jin Chen's back as they returned to the Cloud-Viewing Pavilion, the evening breeze making him feel very comfortable, his whole body languid and unwilling to move.

But some overly strong impacts still lingered in his consciousness, impossible to forget no matter how drunk he got.

Upon returning to the familiar little courtyard, Ji Lai Zhi hurriedly struggled a few times, jumped down from Jin Chen's back, swayed twice, and steadied himself.

Jin Chen thought he was uncomfortable, turned to help, but suddenly heard the boy's soft, clear voice explode in the night.

"Dad!"

Jin Chen's outstretched hand trembled.

He hesitated, gazing at the empty courtyard gate; besides him, there was no one else.

Ji Lai Zhi, dizzy from drink, thought Jin Chen hadn't heard, leaned over and rested on his shoulder, shouting.

"Dad……mm!"

Jin Chen clapped a hand over Ji Lai Zhi's mouth, his brow jumping a few times, "What are you yelling about? You're drunk silly."

He certainly had no fondness for unexpectedly becoming a father.

Ji Lai Zhi pulled Jin Chen's hand away, the fervent curiosity in his eyes seeming to melt the distance between them, "You…"

He licked his lips, lowered his voice, "Does it feel good? I'm calling you like this."

Jin Chen: "……"

Jin Chen pinched Ji Lai Zhi's earlobe, kneading it hard, his voice mingling with a few strands of helpless hoarseness.

"Ji Lai Zhi, you'd better not forget when you wake up tomorrow."

"Otherwise you'll get punished without even knowing why."

Ji Lai Zhi blinked his long lashes, his muddled brain unable to tell if Jin Chen was angry, but he just felt fierce.

"Why are you being fierce with me?"

Probably because of their time together, Ji Lai Zhi had grown a bit spoiled, lowering his head to pick at his shirt hem, awkwardly forcing out a question.

"You annoy me, you dislike me."

Jin Chen: "……"

Forget it, no point arguing with a drunk brat.

Jin Chen pressed his brow, trying to keep his tone calm and gentle: "It's not that I don't let you change your form of address, but… Dad, isn't it a bit…"

Ji Lai Zhi, his thoughts still shaken from the impact at the banquet, only caught the first half of the sentence.

He was instantly frightened.

"Then you like it?"

Ji Lai Zhi really hadn't noticed Jin Chen's suddenly complex expression, fidgeting as he pressed his fingertips, looking up at him, still a bit hesitant.

"Then… then, could you… not let me shout outside?"

Jin Chen laughed angrily, "Looks like someone else likes that title, Ji Lai Zhi, why are you blushing?"

He pinched Ji Lai Zhi's face with slight force, leaning in close, nearly nose-to-nose, easily stealing Ji Lai Zhi's scattered attention.

Ji Lai Zhi's breath caught, his head slightly hazy as he tilted it to brush his nose against Jin Chen's, asking in a breathy voice, "How can you get so close?"

Jin Chen gripped Ji Lai Zhi's nape, his voice deeper and hoarser, lightly biting his lip, "No random shouting, you must obey."

Ji Lai Zhi's pupils contracted slightly; the unfamiliar sensation made his waist go limp involuntarily, he swayed as if unsteady, his already muddled mind unable to clear, he nodded dumbly.

Why did Jin Chen bite me?

Is this some new kind of punishment?

Ji Lai Zhi's thoughts were a jumbled mess, his ears tinged with unnatural red as he burrowed into Jin Chen's embrace.

"I'm so sleepy…"

Ji Lai Zhi forgot as soon as he said it, not remembering at all what shocking thing had just happened.

Jin Chen resignedly sighed, lowered his head and kissed Ji Lai Zhi's hair, "From now on I won't let you drink."

Getting drunk outside is unacceptable.

Jin Chen carried the drunken Ji Lai Zhi back to the side room, flicked his forehead where he hit the bed and instantly slept, then suddenly caught an extremely faint odd smell, like bitter almonds, hard to detect, requiring……

…only detectable when leaning against the bed.

Jin Chen frowned, lifted Ji Lai Zhi, pressed his knee onto the bed and followed the smell inward, flipping open one side of the mattress; his gaze fell on the powder hidden in the seam.

Jin Chen pinched the powder, unable at once to tell what it was, so he collected some with a handkerchief.

"…uncomfortable."

Ji Lai Zhi lay on Jin Chen's shoulder, brows furrowed, closed eyelids trembling, he moved a few times wanting to lie back down and keep sleeping.

"Be good, let's change rooms to sleep." Jin Chen lifted him, glanced around the interior, saw nothing else unusual, and temporarily set aside his suspicion.

Ji Lai Zhi slept an unusually comfortable sleep.

Thus, upon waking, seeing an unfamiliar room didn't raise his guard; he turned and rubbed against the side, inhaling the sandalwood-permeated bedding, feeling light as air.

After a while, Ji Lai Zhi suddenly sat up, a few strands of his messy hair sticking up, dazed as he blinked.

He tried to recall what had happened last night, and why he had woken up in Jin Chen's bed.

Ji Lai Zhi sat cross-legged, seriously attempting to recall.

First, last night after drinking, hearing those few unscrupulous lackeys… he called Jin Chen "dad" several times.

Ji Lai Zhi clutched the blanket, his refined brows and eyes showing a hint of panic as he forced himself to think further.

……He couldn't remember!

So why on earth did he end up sleeping together with Jin Chen!

"It's over, it's over."

Ji Lai Zhi sneaked around, changing his clothes, fastening his belt while peeking toward the outer room, then lifted his boots and hid behind the screen.

After a flurry of activity, still not seeing Jin Chen return to the room, Ji Lai Zhi finally relaxed a bit, stepped out of the side room, and saw the Harmony Essence and a note placed on the table.

At three quarters of the Chen hour, come to the Study; latecomers will not be waited for.

Ji Lai zhi took a deep breath, finished drinking the heavenly dew elixir, then ran to the Study.

The Study door was pushed open.

Jin Chen sat behind the desk, his light, floating gaze falling on the boy who peeked in, "Come in."

Ji Lai zhi rubbed his ears, straightened his back and walked in, appearing quite tough.

I got drunk last night.

Hmph.

Jin Chen responded, raising his brows: "And then?"

I don't remember anything.

Ji Lai zhi continued to steel himself, his gaze darting here and there, simply refusing to look at Jin Chen.

You won't punish me, will you?

Jin Chen propped his head, gave a light laugh, his meaning deep as he swept over the faint red trace at the boy's lip corner, "Forget it, I won't punish you."

Ji Lai zhi instead froze for a moment, trying to understand the intention behind those words.

Jin Chen is also a bit too easygoing today.

He pressed his lips, his canine teeth grinding against the mysteriously sore corner of his mouth, and instead he wasn't very happy.

You won't abandon me, will you?

I last night……should have been a bit rowdy, but I was just drunk.

Jin Chen: "……"

He's been modest, far more than just a bit.

He raised his hand, tapped his fingers on the main desk, "Come over and sit."

Ji Lai zhi sat beside Jin Chen, thought a moment, then moved closer, his fair fingertips resting on Jin Chen's arm, "Are you angry?"

What those boys said last night really wasn't reliable!

Jin Chen is so proper, how could he possibly like hearing that sort of ghostly nickname?

Jin Chen curled the corner of his lip, lowered his eyes and said: "Last night someone was truly rowdy, refusing to return to his own room, insisting on hugging and squeezing to sleep with me."

Ji Lai zhi: "……"

Ji Lai zhi suddenly stopped speaking, guiltily biting the tip of his tongue.

Really…… then, did you agree to it?

Jin Chen let out a light sigh, as if helpless: "You've monopolized my bed; I can't be expected to sleep in the courtyard, can I?"

Ji Lai zhi: "……"

Then I'm being too bad.