Chapter 41: Feels Pretty Comfortable
Gu Zhiren stayed silent for a moment. He looked at Mu Yi, who seemed like she could cry at any time. His eyes lowered without thinking, then a bit of pity appeared in them before he looked away again.
“Someone once told me that when you work hard for someone you care about, you don’t need anything in return.”
As he spoke, he lowered his head slightly and rubbed his hands unconsciously. Then he turned to look at Mu Yi a few more times before speaking again in a lower, slower, and gentler voice.
“Even if, in the end, that person tells you they don’t need you. But at the very least, you yourself should never deny the feelings behind your effort.”
After saying that, Gu Zhiren felt even more awkward. He lowered his eyes toward the floor and kept rubbing his hands.
“...Huh? Who is this person you’re talking about?”
Mu Yi blinked and asked with a confused face.
“A friend of mine.”
Gu Zhiren answered honestly.
“This ‘friend’ you’re talking about isn’t actually yourself, right?”
Maybe because her attention had been distracted, the expression on her face became a little strange. Her voice was still soft and almost completely flat.
“Mm, no, that’s not right either. That doesn’t sound like something a person like you would say.”
She frowned slightly, shook her head, and denied her own guess.
“Why do you say that?” Feeling that she was very certain about this idea, Gu Zhiren asked without thinking.
“Why...? Isn’t it obvious? A capitalist like you should always put profit first no matter what, and not care about human feelings at all.”
She tilted her head, looking as confident as a judge giving a final decision in court.
“So that doesn’t sound like something you would say.”
Gu Zhiren’s lips moved slightly. After thinking for a short moment, he tilted his head toward Mu Yi and started to speak.
“Have you ever thought that maybe—”
But seeing her stare blankly while waiting for him to continue, he lowered his eyes slightly and pulled at the corner of his mouth.
“Why am I even telling you all this...”
He turned his head away, no longer planning to continue this meaningless argument.
“Exactly! Why are you telling me all this? You don’t even know anything.”
Mu Yi also turned her head away, but she secretly smiled. She could tell at once that he was trying to distract her so she would stop feeling upset.
He was just really bad at talking.
As for why she suddenly wanted to smile, she did not think too deeply about it.
But while she was smiling, the person beside her suddenly ruined the mood with one sentence.
“If there’s nothing else, I’m going over there first. Once you calm down, come outside with me. Also, you still haven’t updated today, so remember to update.”
“Huh?! You’re so weird. Are you some kind of heartless update-pushing machine? We’re obviously on vacation today!”
Mu Yi’s words were immediately rejected.
“Vacation? Who told you we came here for a vacation?”
The two looked at each other. Mu Yi held her breath and widened her eyes slightly. Gu Zhiren pressed his lips together in confusion, feeling that this was unbelievable. He thought he had already explained it very clearly.
“You—”
Before Mu Yi could finish speaking, her expression suddenly changed, and she held her stomach with both hands.
“Your stomach suddenly hurts?”
A trace of worry flashed through Gu Zhiren’s eyes, but it quickly turned into speechless understanding. He adjusted his sleeves and glanced at her with a half-smile.
“I really does hurt. Ow... ah... it hurts so much...”
She narrowed her eyes. Her voice gradually became weak and soft, losing the energy she had before, becoming quieter and quieter.
“……”
Seeing Mu Yi slowly bend over until she could barely make a sound, Gu Zhiren still had some doubts. He frowned and thought for a while before finally lowering his guard and quietly letting out a sigh.
“Your hand.”
Hearing that, Mu Yi slowly opened her eyes with difficulty and weakly asked, “What are you doing...?”
“I’m helping massage it~”
Without waiting for her to reach out, Gu Zhiren directly grabbed her left hand. By chance, he noticed the four-leaf clover bracelet on her wrist, but after one glance, he did not pay much attention to it.
The girl’s hand was pale and slender, her skin white like snow, and her nails clear like glass.
It looked like a piece of art.
A hand like this looked perfect for playing with.
But Gu Zhiren did not spend time admiring it. As soon as he took her hand, he directly pressed the spot between her thumb and index finger. When he noticed her hand shrink back a little, he gave a simple explanation.
“Pressing this pressure point may temporarily reduce stomach pain. If you want to fully fix it, you still need other methods.”
Mu Yi thought about it for a moment, then let him continue.
After all, having him massage her like this actually felt pretty comfortable.
Taking advantage of someone...
Taking advantage?
She suddenly realized that right now she had a woman’s body, while Gu Zhiren was a man.
So did this count as Gu Zhiren taking advantage of her?
But back then, she had told Gu Zhiren that she was a man who liked wearing women’s clothes. So in his eyes, he was just massaging another man’s hand.
Thinking of that, Mu Yi remembered some earlier things and felt even more that something about Gu Zhiren was strange.
Could he really be “that type” of person?
She secretly glanced at Gu Zhiren. But when she saw him look back at her, she quickly turned her head away again.
She had once heard that some people could become excited just by looking at beautiful hands or feet, and then solve their physical needs by themselves.
Even if those hands and feet were their own.
She had never personally seen a hentai at that level before.
Unable to stop herself, Mu Yi secretly looked at him again. Seeing Gu Zhiren’s serious and focused expression, her thoughts began to run wild.
After the massage ended, this cold-looking man would return to his room. Then he would imagine her appearance, use the hand that had touched her hand, undo his belt, and then...
Hiss—
For some reason, just imagining that scene made her body slowly heat up.
She even felt a strong rushing sensation, like water bursting through a broken dam, making her unconsciously press her legs together and bite down hard.
A strange restlessness spread through her body.
That small hand trembled slightly without control.
At that moment, Gu Zhiren suddenly looked over again, and she hurriedly turned her face away once more.
Noticing that the girl was acting strangely, he narrowed his eyes slightly but said nothing, lowering his head to continue massaging her hand.
“It doesn’t hurt anymore. That’s enough, stop rubbing it.”
Hearing Mu Yi suddenly say that, Gu Zhiren smiled faintly. He did not waste time and immediately let go of her hand, allowing her to pull it back herself.
“Thanks for today, for listening to me complain and even helping massage my hand. You can go back now.”
“If it really hurts, don’t force yourself to endure it. I can take you to see a doctor.”
“I already said it doesn’t hurt anymore!”
Mu Yi stood up and pushed at Gu Zhiren with her arms, but she had no strength at all. Her pushes were soft and weak, and even after pushing for a long time, he did not move even a little.
“Hm? Blood... why is there blood on your bed?”
Noticing a patch of bright red blood where Mu Yi had been sitting, Gu Zhiren frowned and asked.
“Huh?”
Mu Yi nervously turned back to look. Seeing the eye-catching stain, her heart jumped hard. She immediately sat back down and gave an awkward but polite smile.
“Ah, this... it’s that thing, you know, that... that thing—hemorrhoids!”
She took a light breath and quickly searched for an explanation before nodding firmly, wearing an expression that clearly said “I’m telling the truth.”
“Don’t you know sitting too long can cause hemorrhoids? This is an old problem of mine.”
“Oh?” Gu Zhiren slightly raised an eyebrow.