As soon as the call ended, Long Yuzhou dragged the furious Yan Jiuheng towards the lift, pressing the button to the basement. The lift door closes heavily as Yan Jiuheng freed himself from his grip, turning to him with burning eyes.
"If something happened to Liu Zhong today, both you and your employee won't get out of that basement alive" He warned in a serious tone as he stood so close to Long Yuzhou.
Long Yuzhou was not shaken from his threat as he looked at Yan Jiuheng with an annoyed look.
"Do you know how you look right now?" Long Yuzhou asked, closing the distance between them as his finger hooked under his chin lifting his gaze to meet him. "You look like a wife desperate to save his sick husband, who is on death bed" Long Yuzhou teased him, making Yan Jiuheng boil in anger even more.
Yan Jiuheng's gaze turned frigid. "Say that again," he said quietly, "and I'll show you exactly how a 'desperate wife' keeps his husband alive, by tearing down anything that dares take him."
In that heated moment of closeness, Long Yuzhou caught a whiff of saffron aroma which is subtle, almost mistaken. His eyes darkened as his hands wound around Yan Jiuheng's waist, pulling him against his chest. Yan Jiuheng didn't expect such a turn of event as his hand snaps to his shoulder trying to put a distance between them.
Yan Jiuheng froze as Long Yuzhou nuzzled against his neck, his hot breath sending a shiver down his spine. His hand clutches his collar tightly as his knuckles turn white, trying to ground himself.
"You bastard, let go of me. You are giving me creeps with your pervert behaviour." Yan Jiuheng voiced out with great difficulty as Long Yuzhou kept on assaulting his neck with nuzzles and feather light kisses. The saffron whiff earlier has dissipated but that small whiff was enough to make the powerful dragon lose its rational.
"When you're angry, you smell so sweet, almost intoxicating." Long Yuzhou's hoarse voice whispered into his ears, making Yan Jiuheng weak on his knees.
Yan Jiuheng kept struggling to break free, making Long Yuzhou annoyed. In a fit of annoyance, Long Yuzhou lifted Yan Jiuheng in his arms as he wrapped his legs around his waist in a panicked state to maintain stability.
Yan Jiuheng stopped struggling as he noticed Long Yuzhou's eyes turned golden slit as his scales started to be visible on his skin. The lift finally arrived at the basement as Long Yuzhou carried Yan Jiuheng out of it into the cold dark basement. Once they were out of the lift, Long Yuzhou captured Yan Jiuheng's lips for a kiss with a practiced precision in the darkness. Yan Jiuheng gasped as his arms tightened around his neck as his eyes shut in submission. Long Yuzhou took advantage of the gasp to push his tongue into his mouth, tasting every corner of his inside. He sucked and tucked at his tongue, as he shifted Yan Jiuheng into one hand, letting the other tug at his black suit.
Yan Jiuheng tightened his grip on him as he started walking towards the small room in the corner. He felt his tie and coat being removed and thrown somewhere before his back hit the hard door of the room as Long Yuzhou pushed open the door, entering it while kissing Yan Jiuheng who's in a disheveled state right now.
A loud gasp was heard followed by a surprised cry, "Mr. Long!?". This made Yan Jiuheng go still as his amber eyes burst open, falling onto the surprised looking Wu Xinglong. Yan Jiuheng finally remembered their purpose of visit here before biting Long Yuzhou's lips hard enough to draw blood, making him come back to his senses.
Long Yuzhou hissed as he felt a sharp pain on his lips, before opening his golden slit eyes which reflected the panicked amber eyes and his disheveled look. He let go of Yan Jiuheng swiftly as if being burned, making him land sharply on his bottom. He groaned as he glared at Long Yuzhou before standing up, dusting and fixing his attire.
Long Yuzhou totally ignored Yan Jiuheng's accusing eyes as he walked towards Wu Xinglong, asking in a still hoarse voice, "Where's Liu Zhong?"
Wu Xinglong knew very well not to ask anything so he didn't dwell on the matter he saw just now and turned his attention to the dire situation at hand.
Yan Jiuheng took a minute to fix his disheveled look as Long Yuzhou interrogated Wu Xinglong.
Long Yuzhou was escorted to the bathroom by Wu Xinglong. The bathroom doors open as a wave of black smoke bursts out of it, completely filling the bathroom along with the sweet osmanthus aroma. Long Yuzhou was stunned as he looked inside, before a word left him, "Jiuheng!"
Yan Jiuheng quickly went towards the bathroom only to get flabbergasted, seeing what's lying inside. He was ready to rush in but got stopped in the nick of time by Long Yuzhou.
"You can't go in there" Long Yuzhou's voice softened, trying to calm Yan Jiuheng's raging emotions.
"Let me go! I want to go in! I want to be by his side!" Yan Jiuheng protested as his body trembled in panic. Long Yuzhou closed the door once again, escorting Yan Jiuheng and Wu Xinglong to the bed. He settled Yan Jiuheng on the bed with a serious look before turning towards Wu Xinglong.
"How did it happen?" Long Yuzhou asked in his deep baritone voice. Wu Xinglong narrated everything which happened earlier in a calm manner as Long Yuzhou and Yan Jiuheng listened to it with their own perspective.
Yan Jiuheng was the first to respond as tears formed in his eyes, "He's not like this. It can't be true. It might be a mistake. I've known him for so long."
He looked up at Long Yuzhou with the same teary eyes, asking, "Will you capture and imprison him as well?"
Long Yuzhou didn't know what to say so he just patted his head, his thumb wiping the tear at the corner of his eyes subconsciously before turning to Wu Xinglong.
"Mr. Wu, since you triggered his rut, bringing him to his current situation, I want you to go in there and try to calm him down as I believe you could do it." Long Yuzhou said seriously while waiting for a response from Wu Xinglong.
Wu Xinglong thought for a moment, hesitated a bit before nodding his head with determination, "I'll try my best to calm him down as it's my fault for his current suffering."
Yan Jiuheng was about to protest but Long Yuzhou held him back with a reassured grip on his shoulder. Soon the atmosphere of the room changes as a cold, metallic blue puya scent fills the room.
Wu Xinglong who's standing nearby closes his black eyes for a while before opening to reveal silver hued eyes as his fluffy white wolf ears and tail appeared and in the next instant he had changed into a pristine white wolf with a hint of blue hue near his eyes as a strange pattern glowed between his eyes.
The white wolf looks towards Long Yuzhou and Yan Jiuheng for a moment, waiting for permission. Long Yuzhou looked at Yan Jiuheng, pressing on his shoulder, "He won't hurt him. Just give him permission" His voice is gentle.
Yan Jiuheng glanced at him before nodding towards the white wolf.
The white wolf walked towards the bathroom as it already got permission. The doors opened on its own as the wolf walked amidst the swammering black shadows. The black shadows started getting heavy as the wolf walked towards the bathtub. Crystal violet eyes are visible in the middle of the black smoke as a loud howl was heard when the white wolf went near.
Slowly the black shadows started to dissipate to reveal a black wolf with violet eyes and a violet fire symbol glowing between its eyes. The black wolf stood on alert looking at the approaching white wolf.
The white wolf stood at a distance from the black wolf, letting its blue puya scent fill the room along with the osmanthus aroma. Slowly the white wolf lowers its head, avoiding direct eye contact.
The black wolf calmed down a little looking at the white wolf's action. The white felt the change in its demeanour so it approached it in slow, steady steps. With each step forward, the black wolf's alertness started to fade away as it smelled the soothing cold metallic blue puya.
The black wolf relaxed a lot as the glowing symbol on its forehead started to fade away as the white wolf stood in front of it. The white wolf hesitated for a moment before touching their nose together for a brief second waiting for any refusal. As it didn't get any, the white wolf slowly closed the distance between, nuzzling against the neck of the black wolf.
The black wolf relaxed so much that it also nuzzled against the white wolf as a soft purr left it. The black wolf purred as well, responding to the white wolf. As the black wolf calmed down, exhaustion took over it and couldn't maintain it form as it turned into its human form.
The black wolf was quick enough to turn back a well and caught the weak Liu Zhong in his arms. Wu Xinglong quickly covered Liu Zhong's body with his shirt, calling out, "Mr. Long! Mr. Liu is normal now."
Yan Jiuheng was the first to rush into the bathroom followed by Long Yuzhou as he went near the drenched and weak Liu Zhong asking in a gentle voice, "Zhong…. Zhong..! Are you alright? How are you feeling? You terrified me just now. I was so scared that I would lose you." Tears flowed down his cheek as he enquired him, kneeling beside him.
Liu Zhong smiled weakly as he held his hands, reassuring him, "I'm alright, Jiuheng. You don't look good being a cry baby right now." He chuckled trying to lighten the atmosphere.
Yan Jiuheng sulked, pouting his lips, accusing Liu Zhong, "It's all your fault. Now you need to take responsibility for it." as he easily got ignored by him.
Liu Zhong slowly adjusted himself in Wu Xinglong's lap, before turning towards him, "You! Mr. Wu, you too don't look good with that pale guilty face of yours." He paused feeling the grip on his waist tighten, "Don't feel guilty, it's not your fault so don't blame yourself as you just saved me a while ago and I'm really grateful for it." He smiled, his light hazel eyes glowed with happiness despite the dire situation a moment ago.
Long Yuzhou cleared his throat making his presence known. The three turned their gaze to Long Yuzhou whose honey hue gaze fell on Liu Zhong, saying, "With such enthusiasm from you, I can believe that you're alright, Liu Zhong."
Long Yuzhou didn't wait for a response as he walked towards Yan Jiuheng, lifting him up, "Let's go wait outside. Give them some space before we discuss anything further."
Yan Jiuheng didn't protest as he walked out of the bathroom with Long Yuzhou who helped him wipe away his tears, mocking him, "Never knew a Huli Jing will look like a pathetic mess while crying."
Even though Long Yuzhou's words sounded mocking, his hands were gentle as he wiped the tears off his cheeks. Yan Jiuheng was too exhausted to retaliate so he just let him do as he wished.