Chapter 40.3 (1/2)

Shen Yuan stared at the extinguished candle in front of the door. His gaze was dark and deep. After a moment, he finally said, “We’ll follow yesterday’s arrangement. It’s almost 12 o’clock, go back to your rooms.”

Duan Hongzhen looked displeased. “I have to sleep with this gigolo again? I hate gigolos the most.”

Tang Mianmian, whose skin was very fair indeed, pouted in anger. He dared to get angry but didn’t dare complain.

Duan Hongzhen glanced at Xiao Tangqiu, who stood not far away, and suddenly smiled. “I think this guy’s more interesting. Why don’t we switch tonight?”

Xiao Tangqiu subconsciously said, “My skin is also very fair.”

He paused before continuing, “…Although my face is a little more tan from the sun lately, I’m still very fair once I remove my clothes.”

Duan Hongzhen’s expression suddenly turned a little complicated. “Who wants you to take off your clothes?”

He looked at Shen Yuan, his expression becoming even more incomprehensible. “Did the captain ask you to take off your clothes when you slept with him last night?”

Xiao Tangqiu paused before answering, “That’s not what I meant.”

Duan Hongzhen smiled and asked, “What do you mean? Do you mean to say that you’re a gigolo as well?”

Xiao Tangqiu was speechless. Right then, Shen Yuan said faintly, “We have three minutes left.”

“We only have three minutes left, it will be twelve o’ clock soon! We don’t have time, let’s go back to our room!” Xiao Tangqiu quickly changed the subject. “…We still have a tough battle to fight tomorrow!”

Duan Hongzhen shrugged helplessly, accepting the reality of sharing a room with Tang Mianmian.

Tang Mianmian also looked bleak and gloomy. Xiao Tangqiu threw him a sympathetic look. Seeing that Shen Yuan had opened the door and entered the room, he resolutely threw Tang Mianmian aside, and obediently followed behind.

Naturally, the little boy couldn’t stay in the same room as the middle-aged woman. Although he hadn’t said a word, they couldn’t just let him be. Shen Yuan looked at him and then looked at Duan Hongzhen. “You guys sleep together tonight.

Duan Hongzhen arched an eyebrow. “Are you kidding me, captain? Never mind that I’ve to sleep with this gigolo, but now you’re telling me I have to sleep with this little kid too?”

The little boy remained silent with a straight face.

Shen Yuan’s voice was calm. “It’s decided.”

The matter was so happily decided!

Anyway, last night had at least proved that Duan hongzhen wouldn’t kill Tang Mianmian.

Xiao Tangqiu comforted himself, then pretended not to see Tang Mianmian’s expression that said, love me, don’t leave me. He simply closed the door, not feeling even an ounce of pressure or remorse.

Shen Yuan began to take off his coat as soon as he entered the door. After his black coat was removed, the fitted top and pants underneath, that allowed easy movement, were revealed. He didn’t remove any more of his clothing, but bent down to take off his shoes. Similarly, he also wore a pair of army boots that made it easy for him to move around.

The most important aspect of Shen Yuan’s clothes was obviously to allow for easy movement, which was very different from the clothes that Duan Hongzhen, that smug fellow, wore. Xiao Tangqiu didn’t want to stare at a grown man taking off his clothes, but his gaze unconsciously landed on Shen Yuan.

Perhaps it was because he had been battle-hardened, Shen Yuan’s figure, wrapped in those fitted clothes, looked very good. He had the kind of figure that looked slim in clothes but once removed, one could see the muscular form underneath. Unfortunately, it was covered by his clothing now. Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t observe any other details and felt a little regret inside.

After Shen Yuan took off his army boots, he walked barefoot, then headed to the bathroom. He was obviously going to take a shower first. Xiao Tangqiu hesitated but still couldn’t resist blurting out, “I saw your tattoo earlier.”

Shen Yuan stopped walking.

Xiao Tangqiu summoned the courage to continue, “Then your tattoo disappeared… What kind of tattoo is it?”

With his back facing Xiao Tangqiu, Shen Yuan remained quiet. He seemed to be expressing his refusal to speak by keeping his back turned towards Xiao Tangqiu.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked,” Xiao Tangqiu immediately began to regret his moment of rashness. He was just a temporary teammate of Shen Yuan’s. He shouldn’t have been carried away for a moment and regarded that they had a relationship that had gone through a life and death situation. “…Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

While Xiao Tangqiu was regretting his impulsive act, Shen Yuan suddenly turned around and looked at the door, his expression turning cold.

“What’s the matter?” Xiao Tangqiu asked subconsciously, but soon heard a rustle from outside the door.

Shen Yuan didn’t answer. He walked straight toward the door, past Xiao Tangqiu, who quickly followed. In the next second, Shen Yuan opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Tangqiu immediately saw the young man standing in front of their room, stretching out his hand to take their candle!

Seeing that the door had been opened, the young man and the middle-aged man suddenly shifted guiltily. Xiao Tangqiu glanced at them and found that they were holding their own candle, obviously about to steal and switch theirs.

The firewood in the castle’s kitchen must not have worked. It seemed that the two men were ready to give it their all since they were completely cornered.

After seeing Shen Yuan open the door, they immediately revealed a face full of fear. Although they hadn’t seen Shen Yuan’s fighting capabilities for themselves, they were very afraid of him, a senior old player. Now that their sneaky, thieving behavior had been uncovered, they were scared out of their wits and ran off at once.

Shen Yuan coldly watched as they ran back to their own room, looking especially pathetic and wretched. Then, he shut the door.

Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly, “It seems that once the candles are extinguished, it is impossible to light them up again no matter what we do. What do we do once all the candles are extinguished?” So far, only one candle would be extinguished every night, no one could guarantee that two candles wouldn’t be extinguished in one night.