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Chapter 20

After a night of pleasant dreams, basking in the warmth of the other person's being, it would be just perfect if they could wake up next to each other...

"Yunlan! No!"

It would be even better if Shen Wei woke up first and had his time to watch Yunlan sleep for a bit. Is it creepy? He would make sure Yunlan doesn't notice... as they were falling asleep, he noticed his detective snoring a bit.

"...disgusting!"

That was adorable. Well, maybe only Shen Wei found it so but that's just all the more better. He doesn't need anyone to fight him over this happiness.

Blood... blood was everywhere... Yunlan... was he moving?

Just... just waking up next to each other everyday from now on, that's all Shen Wei would ask for, if he had time that morning...

But it wasn't him who woke up first. It was Yunlan who shot up with a gun in his hand just as he heard the slightest rustling of clothes of the black clothed masked intruder who'd teleported inside the appartment with the first sun rays that actually made it through the blinded windows. Not wanting to risk his or Shen Wei's life, he shot first before asking, in cold blood. Well, no friend except for the Black Cloak Envoy was supposed to have the ability to transport himself right here, and the vigilante was sleeping soundly next to himself in just his underwear. So with basic math, this must have been a foe. Not wanting to risk learning exactly how many abilities the fake Envoy has, he was ready to kill whoever it is.

There was, however, one miscalculation on the detective's part. The bullet stopped in its tracks just as it left the chamber and for a few brief moments it hang in midair right in front of the surprised Chief of SID.

The gunshot forced Shen Wei out of his sleep as well and he quickly rose up, just to see as the bullet changed its trajectory and burrowed itself in his lover's abdomed.

"Yunlan! No!" He screamed, quickly throwing himself to catch the falling detective.

Zhao Yunlan felt the bullet penetrate his inner tissues slowly and painfully, face twisted in a grimace of pain, biting his lips to not scream.

Shen Wei tightly clutched Yunlan's wound, watching with horror as blood kept pourring quite steadily from the naked skin on the left side of his abdomen.

"Ugh! My brother and his gay lover... a cop... disgusting!" The attacker took off his mask, readjusting his long white hair. "But I'm glad you're at least a bit fucked up as well."

With utter terror, Shen Wei fixed his eyes on a face identical to his own. "Ye... Zun...? But... he died...?"

Zhao Yunlan, meanwhile, fought the pain and humiliation of having his own bullet returned in such a fashion. He felt his conciousness slowly slipping and he held onto it with all his left-over might as his blood pressure started to drop, most likely due to some internal bleeding. He clutched tightly onto Shen Wei's arm as if holding onto reality.

The Professor watched Yunlan with fear in his eyes, his whole focus seemingly on him, rather than on the long lost brother. He pressed more on the wound, examining it with his enhanced senses. He won't be able to take out the bullet but there was at least one major artery hit, his powers can patch it up and buy them time to get to the hospital. There will be another ugly reminder on his beloved's perfect body...

"Hey!" Ye Zun barked with anger in eyes. "I'm here! Let that fucker be, or I can always move the bullet some more..." there was a sinistrous tone to his voice.

But when Shen Wei's eyes left the centre of his affection, Ye Zun certainly changed his mind about torturing the detective more as all the metal kitchen utensils - especially knives - started floating, dangerously aiming themselves at Ye Zun. Shen Wei's eyes tinted with anger and inexpressible hurt were staring at his brother now, there was no threatening or reasoning with this University Professor at this point. The temperature of the whole room dropped several degrees down and Ye Zun could swear, he saw a mist form around the older sibling, as he held his shivering and bleeding lover.