Later that evening, the heavy summer rain beat down relentlessly against the roof of the neighbors' rustic cottage, filling the quiet interior with the soothing, steady rhythm of falling water.Inside the dimly lit living room, the atmosphere was thick with unspoken tension.Xie Huai sat on the edge of the low wooden sofa, a bottle of cold beer resting between his massive hands as he stared silently at the wooden floorboards.The bedroom door clicked open, and Gu Yan stepped out, shedding his wet linen shirt and tossing it casually over a wooden chair. He wore only a pair of thin trousers, his pale chest gleaming under the warm yellow lamplight. Without a word of warning, Gu Yan walked straight over to the sofa, swung his long leg over, and straddled Xie Huai's lap, sitting heavily across the large man's broad thighs.Xie Huai didn't even flinch, merely lifting his dark, intense eyes to glare at the arrogant professor hovering over him. "What the hell are you doing?"Gu Yan leaned for
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