Winning the Male Lead - Chapter 17

Le Tian, who got cuckolded, looked mopey and sad. He leaned against Shen Lixing’s shoulder with red, teary eyes and sniffed silently.

Shen Lixing quietly enjoys Le Tian’s hugs.

He finally shatters everything that belonged to Le Tian, and now Le Tian would completely rely on him, only belonging to him.

Shen Lixing smirks and gently strokes Le Tian’s soft black hair, weaving a net called ‘confinement’ with tenderness.

Upon arriving at Shen’s residence, Le Tian remained absentminded. Shen Lixing embraced him, and Le Tian made no attempt to resist, stumbling accidentally into Shen Lixing’s arms as he moved forward.

Seeing his hollow eyes, Shen Lixing felt a mix of jealousy, anger, heartache, and yearning.

Shen Lixing held Le Tian’s shoulders tightly and said in a deep voice, “I’m here, stand steady, don’t be afraid.”

Le Tian slowly looks up, still dazed, and murmurs, “Uncle, can you hold me? Please?”

System: Damn it, here he is, triggering the passive blocking system again. Should I be happy or worried now…

Le Tian is the proactive one this time. Usually, Shen Lixing half coaxes and forces him, and Le Tian always resists. Although he eventually finds joy in it, it’s obvious that he isn’t satisfied. He also feels that something is missing.

And now he finally knew what was missing.

It turns out that the enthusiastic and cooperative Le Tian is much more charming than the resistant and evasive Le Tian. Shen Lixing finally knows what it means to be completely satisfied, and took the opportunity to try some new loving positions with Le Tian obedience.

Lying on the bed, Shen Lixing looked at Le Tian’s flushed and intoxicated face and felt that everything was worth it. He owned— tamed, Le Tian, the only person he truly cares about in this whole world.

After it was over, the system came out of blocking mode again, saying, “Congratulations, you’re one step closer to Spiritual Exile.”

Le Tian didn’t care at all, and he even wanted to smoke after making love. Finally, he can enjoy round after round with Shen Lixing under the pretext of an ’emotional breakdown’.

Usually, after they’re finished, Le Tian would turn away from Shen Lixing, and Shen Lixing would hold him to sleep. But today, he turned around and carefully scrutinized Shen Lixing, feeling that no matter how he looked at it, Shen Lixing was unbelievably handsome, and every glance just made him more and more handsome.

Le Tian wanted to lean in and kiss him, but he couldn’t.

At that moment, as if understanding Le Tian’s thoughts, Shen Lixing closed his eyes and leaned in, accurately kissing Le Tian’s lips, saying, “Sleep, don’t think too much.”

Le Tian slightly parted his lips and pouted towards Shen Lixing, as if returning the kiss through the air.

‘Darling, you’re really handsome and great, but our fate ends here.‘

Le Tian asked the system, “Now, I’m not the young master of the Shen family anymore. I should have less assets and inheritance than Xu Tao, right?”

The system answered, “Yes, your liquid assets are far less than Xu Tao’s holdings in the hospital.”

Le Tian: “In terms of financial strength, Xu Tao surpasses me by far. The only difference should be in the evaluation of looks.”

The system admitted that Shen Le Tian’s appearance is indeed good-looking, “Xu Tao’s appearance’s score is three percentage points lower than yours.”

Le Tian sighed silently.

Shen Lixing put in all his effort to make Le Tian give up on Yu Miap, just to completely possess him inside out with his perverted control desire. Once Shen Lixing wakes up tomorrow, the engagement between Le Tian and Yu Miao will be over.

Since Yu Miao doesn’t end up with Shen Lixing, it also means that Le Tian’s mission has officially failed.

System: “You only have a B-rank mental strength, you won’t be able to withstand Spiritual Exile at all. You might as well apply for surety from Alliance, I can send it for you.”

Le Tian smirked in the dark, his eyes gleaming, “You’re not a bad system.”

System: “We are trained-professionally systems, we won’t deceive people,” unless when we can’t help it.

Le Tian: “Thank you. No need to worry, this mission won’t fail.”

In the middle of the night, Shen Lixing’s breathing finally steadied as he fell asleep. Le Tian carefully slipped out from his embrace, looking at Shen Lixing’s handsome face. He couldn’t help but lean in and kiss Shen Lixing’s forehead.

In fact, as soon as Le Tian moved, Shen Lixing woke up. He is a light sleeper, any slight movement can wake him up, especially when it’s about his beloved little Le Tian.

He was planning to pretend to sleep and see what Le Tian was up to, but he didn’t expect to feel warmth in his forehead. Even though the soft touch was fleeting, he could still tell that Le Tian kisses his forehead!

Shen Lixing’s heart was pounding, wanting to open his eyes and get another joyful kiss from Le Tian. But he didn’t want to ruin the rare tranquility and warmth between them, so he held back and tried to suppress the raised corners of his lips. He knows for sure that every cloud has silver lining now.

His heart felt like it was filled with cotton.

Le Tian gets out of bed, unaware that Shen Lixing has secretly opened his eyes and is watching him from behind. Shen Lixing watches as Le Tian tiptoed into the bathroom, unable to hold back a big smile on his face.

‘He’s still so childish.‘

Shen Lixing closes his eyes and continues to pretend to sleep, planning to scare Le Tian when he gets back into bed.

In the bathroom, Le Tian calmly opens the drawer and takes out a razor.

System: “What are you doing?” why is he shaving in the middle of the night?

Le Tian: “To complete the mission.”

Amidst the system’s speechless shock, Le Tian swiftly and decisively shaved off his eyebrows, making his face look as smooth as a freshly peeled egg wear a wig in the mirror.

No matter how good-looking a person is, they will look ridiculous without eyebrows.

Le Tian urged, “Do I look less handsome than Xu Tao now? Maybe I should trim my hair as well.”
Le Tian put down the razor and took out a pair of scissors.

The gleaming blade flashed, and the system felt like its code had momentarily glitched, then uncontrollably spit out in a mechanical tone, “Congratulations, Guardian, for completing the mission in this world! You will be forcibly removed from the world within a week.”

‘…!!! This! person! is! Too cunning!!!’ The system almost spat out blood.

“Le Tian, what are you doing!”

Shen Lixing, who had been waiting anxiously because he is not coming back, rushed into the bathroom and found Le Tian holding a pair of scissors facing the mirror, with two eyebrows that shaved off from his face and a smile that seemed both mischievous and innocent. Shen Lixing’s heart skipped a beat, and he sternly ordered, “Put down the scissors.”

Le Tian obeyed by put down the scissors, tilting his head and look at Shen Lixing, innocently saying, “I couldn’t sleep, so I came here to play.”

Shen Lixing’s heart throbbed, and he pulled Le Tian into his arms, taking a deep breath, “Baby, there’s nothing to play in bathroom. Let’s back to sleep.”

Shen Lixing’s words actually reminded Le Tian, he thought, ‘I’m about to leave this world, it would be a shame not to have a bathroom play with Shen Lixing before I go.’

Thinking so, Le Tian immediately stopped in his tracks, rooted to the spot, and grabbed Shen Lixing’s shoulder, pitifully pleading, “Uncle, will you hold me now, please?”

Shen Lixing frowned tightly, and before he could think, Le Tian had already opened his robe halfway and pounced on him without hesitation. Since Le Tian took the initiative, Shen Lixing had no reason to refuse. The two naturally ended up having a good time in the bathroom.

After they finished, Le Tian coquettishly asked to take a bath together, and then seduced Shen Lixing to play another round in the bathtub.

Though Shen Lixing had eaten to his content, he was still uneasy in his heart. He felt that Le Tian’s mental state was not quite right, his behavior was abnormal and overly excited.

Carrying the completely relaxed Le Tian back to bed, Shen Lixing leaned in and planted a kiss on Le Tian’s forehead as he lay sound asleep. “Le Tian, deep down you do like me a little, don’t you?”

‘Otherwise, you wouldn’t have secretly kiss me before.‘

With a complex expression, Shen Lixing gently stroked the stray hair on Le Tian’s forehead. Due to his instinctive unease, Shen Lixing stayed up all night quietly watching over Le Tian.

The next day, when Le Tian woke up, Shen Lixing was already nowhere to be seen, he probably off to the company. Le Tian lay on the bed and stretched lazily, “Ah, this mission is too easy.”

System: “…you’re so skilled at finding loopholes, were you a bug in your past life?”

Le Tian chuckled, “Even if I’m skilled, I still got caught by you.”

The system fell silent for a moment, not wanting to admit that it had been duped!
Constantly reminding itself in its heart: do not believe this person’s sweet words, I must stay calm! ≥﹏≤.

Le Tian: “After a week, what will happen? Will my consciousness just detach or will Shen Le Tian characters be destroyed?”

System: “Punishment missions all lead to character destruction.”

Le Tian doesn’t really care which way it is, he only cares about one thing – “Will it hurt?”

“No, you’ll die instantly.”

Le Tian was relieved and reminded the system, “You see, I’ve been doing the missions properly. Don’t forget your promise to give me power and authority in the next world.”

The system fell silent for a moment, “Don’t worry, it’s already arranged.”

Le Tian took a deep breath, “Let’s cooperate harmoniously, soon we’ll finish all the punishment missions, and then you’ll be the big boss of all system.”

The system didn’t respond, feeling a bit empty.

Over the next week, Le Tian completely went wild, clinging to Shen Lixing every day, acting fragile and saying “Ah, I have lost everything, I only have uncle left,” and always seeking comfort by having s*x with Shen Lixing.

Although Shen Lixing was willing to play games with Le Tian, he felt that Le Tian’s behaviour was wrong and abnormal. Sometimes Le Tian didn’t even want to sleep at night and insisting on having s*x with Shen Lixing.

System: Finally, someone agrees with me! He’s definitely abnormal!

Le Tian: Shen Lixing is so handsome and good, I got filled enough by him this week!

So, Shen Lixing invited a psychologist to talk to Le Tian. The psychologist was a friendly middle-aged man with a round face.

Psychologist: “How has your sleep been recently?”

Le Tian, with dark circles under his eyes, replied, “Not great.”

“Do you feel your heart rate increasing at times?”

“Often.” His heart rate doubled when playing together with Shen Lixing.

“Do you sometimes suddenly feel flushed and hot*?”

*TL/N: I think the doctor here refer to anxiety (heightened) symptoms.

“Yeah, when I’m daydreaming.” Thinking about what other positions he hasn’t explore with Shen Lixing.

“Do you feel anxious and restless?”

“A little…” Le Tian then sighed heavily, looking melancholic. After this world ends, will he ever meet another man as handsome and skilled as Shen Lixing?

‘Sigh~ it always~ haunts me~‘

***

The psychologist told Shen Lixing his diagnosis: severe anxiety and moderate depression.

Shen Lixing was silent for a moment.

“Can it be cured?”

The psychologist said, “His family needs to care for him more, spend more time with him to relax, and give him more emotional support. It’s best to have conversations about how he feels two to three times a week. Combined with medication, if all goes well, he should be cured within one or two years.”

Shen Lixing trembled as he lit a cigarette, “Okay.”

After talking with the psychologist, Shen Lixing returned to the bedroom. Le Tian was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and he eagerly threw himself into Shen Lixing’s arms when he saw him. “Uncle, let’s do it, let’s do it!”

There was only an hour left before Shen Le Tian’s character would be destroyed. He needed to make the most of the time.

Shen Lixing felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, he lightly patted Le Tian’s shoulder, “Baby, do you want to go out for a walk?”

Le Tian shook his head, refusing, “I don’t want to go out, let’s do it!”

Shen Lixing’s heart ached as he reached for Le Tian.

‘How could he have pushed Le Tian to this point?’

“Be good, get out of bed and let’s walk with me.” Shen Lixing lowered his head to hide his red eyes, reaching out to pick up Le Tian like a child.

Le Tian giggled, finding it ticklish. His laughter was pure, and it made Shen Lixing’s heart was beaten more.

After changing Le Tian’s clothes, Shen Lixing took his hand and went for a walk in the garden of the Shen’s residence.

The sunlight was perfect, and Le Tian had never seriously looked at the garden before. He explored it like a new park, amazed at everything, touching and smelling different plants.

Just by looking at the garden, he was so happy. Shen Lixing regretted keeping Le Tian locked up all this time. He held Le Tian’s hand tightly, kissed it, and sighed heavily, “Le Tian, I’m sorry…”

Le Tian froze, turning to look at Shen Lixing, realizing how red Shen Lixing’s eyes were and how painfully restrained his expression was as he held onto Le Tian’s hand like a treasure.

System: “One minute until departure from the world.”

Le Tian let out a soft sigh, then with a little force, he pulled Shen Lixing down, clutching onto his shoulder and whispered in his ear, “Uncle, I don’t blame you… I really like you.”

Then, with a sudden pain in his heart, Le Tian fell. The last thing he saw was Shen Lixing’s incredulous face.

“Uncle, your panicked look is actually handsome too! But…”
Le Tian roared, “Damn it, you said it wasn’t supposed to hurt?! It hurts like hell!”

System: “Hehe.”