Painkiller Deviation

[The novel is complete. Thank you for supporting the official version. Buying the whole thing costs less than a cup of milk tea~] My next novel, Are We Still Breaking Up?, is available to preorder. Add it to your favorites if you’re interested! Chen Kongqing has always stuck to two things. First, studying herbal medicine. Second, loving Ling Xiao. In his sophomore year, he suffered a serious leg injury in Ling Xiao’s place. Ling Xiao agreed to date him because of it. Even so, Chen Kongqing was happy for a long time. But Ling Xiao wasn’t. Ling Xiao didn’t like the smell of herbs, so he didn’t like visiting him. He also had a secret he found hard to talk about. He suffered from touch starvation, but Ling Xiao never wanted to get close to him. His condition grew worse and worse. Eventually, he could no longer bear it and had to go to the hospital. That was where he met Xu Jingmo for the first time. The second time he met Xu Jingmo was at Ling Xiao’s birthday party. His attending physician was his boyfriend’s cousin. Ling Xiao never wanted to get close to him, in public or in private. At the birthday party, he even said in front of a crowd, “He smells so strongly of herbs. It’s awful.” Ling Xiao often said things like that, but every time, it chilled Chen Kongqing to the bone. In the room, only Xu Jingmo looked straight at him with calm, steady eyes. The third time he met Xu Jingmo was during his second treatment session. Xu Jingmo: “You lied last time.” Yes, he’d lied and said his intimate relationship was going well. Xu Jingmo: “Please cooperate with your treatment from now on. Don’t lie.” Chen Kongqing nodded awkwardly. “I won’t do it again.” At the end of the session, his physician made a suggestion for the first time. “Actually, you could consider breaking up.” Chen Kongqing’s hand paused on the handle of the consultation room door. He nodded without committing to an answer. Over the many sessions that followed, his attending physician, who was also his boyfriend’s cousin, made the same impartial suggestion again and again. At one of the sessions, he’d lost count of which, Chen Kongqing said lightly, “I broke up with him. I was the one who ended it.” Dr. Xu just gave a flat “Mm,” but his fingers lingered over the keyboard for a long time. When the session ended that day, heavy rain was falling outside. Suddenly, a black umbrella appeared over Chen Kongqing’s head. Beside him stood Xu Jingmo, his white coat off. “I’ll walk you home.” The rain was coming down hard. Chen Kongqing accepted and thanked him. The two of them sheltered beneath the same umbrella. Chen Kongqing: “Does the herbal smell on me bother you? Sorry about that.” The man beside him was silent for a long while, then replied earnestly, “It smells lovely. I like it very much.” Later, Chen Kongqing’s treatment ended, but Xu Jingmo remained in his life. He helped him move, drove him to and from work, brought him coffee on sunny days, and brought him an umbrella when it rained. Chen Kongqing: “Dr. Xu, thank you for doing so much for me. You’re a really wonderful doctor.” Xu Jingmo: “Would you give me the chance to be a really wonderful boyfriend?” Xu Jingmo had never before thought of himself as immoral. Then he fell in love with someone. A patient who had a boyfriend, and that boyfriend was his cousin. But he’d been the one to fall in love first. Ling Xiao was used to Chen Kongqing being like a sponge. No matter how much he took his anger out on him, the sponge always came back on its own. But this time, the sponge didn’t come back. - Note: They’re each other’s first and only, but the bottom used to like someone else. The bottom suffers from touch starvation. Please don’t apply the fictional setting to real life!!! Please don’t apply the fictional setting to real life!!! I couldn’t get any inspiration for the original blurb, so I replaced it. Sorry, sorry! A story about the one who came later fighting tooth and nail to win him over. Please add my next novel, Are We Still Breaking Up?, to your favorites! A flirtatious dance major, a little fox of a bottom x a “sexually frigid” sculptor Su Yunian was handsome, and even with his temper, plenty of people pursued him. He had no interest in the athletic students who spent all day training at school, but during winter break in his junior year, he met his older brother’s friend, Shang Zhuoyan. Shang Zhuoyan was a jade sculptor and a master in his field. He was taciturn, neither witty nor funny, and he couldn’t be bothered with Su Yunian. But his cool demeanor only made Su Yunian more interested. And those long, nimble, strong sculptor’s hands had Su Yunian completely captivated. Before long, under Su Yunian’s relentless pursuit, he’d successfully found himself a... dad. Shang Zhuoyan used his age and strength to boss him around. Coming home late was out of the question, and wearing too little was even worse. Su Yunian swallowed his temper, thinking he might as well get something out of this before he ran. Winter break was nearly over. At last, the straight-laced old man dropped the act and invited him over. Su Yunian couldn’t wait to find out just how nimble a sculptor’s hands were. Shang Zhuoyan was very... fond of carving stones. That’s right. Shang Zhuoyan brought him home and spent the whole night carving stones. The next few nights went the same way. Exhausted and speechless, Su Yunian licked his lips, his mind too foggy to think straight. “Shang Zhuoyan, are you sexually frigid?” Shang Zhuoyan didn’t answer. He showed Su Yunian instead. He thought sculpture required technique and everything had its proper principles. This sort of thing should happen only after he and Su Yunian got married. But when Su Yunian licked his lips and asked him that in a daze, he cast his principles aside for the first time. Late that night, he held the sleeping Su Yunian in his arms and silently started counting down to their wedding day. By morning, Su Yunian was gone. Clutching his sore behind, Su Yunian ran for his life. He’d never think Shang Zhuoyan was sexually frigid again! He felt sorry for himself! After winter break ended, Su Yunian enjoyed a few peaceful days at school and assumed he and Shang Zhuoyan had mutually and gracefully parted ways. Until one ordinary night. Su Yunian was pinned against the wall, his eyes red from being teased. “We... already broke up!” “Oh? When?” Shang Zhuoyan continued closing in, refusing to let up. “Th-that morning.” Su Yunian’s voice grew less certain with every word. “When you were asleep...” Shang Zhuoyan laughed in exasperation while those hands Su Yunian loved made him whimper. “Say it again, Niannian.” Only then did Su Yunian realize he might have picked the wrong person to provoke. During the long nights, Shang Zhuoyan would hold him by the waist and ask quietly, “Niannian, are we still breaking up?” Su Yunian licked his lips and glanced back with narrowed eyes, close to tears. “N-no. We’re not breaking up.” Note: My trashy-kink preferences are showing. Details subject to revision! There’s an age gap of around seven or eight years, and a big difference in their builds. The cat is a dancer, so he’s very, very flexible. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you!!! One-on-one, both each other’s first and only. Every detail exists to serve the couple! Please add this one to your favorites. I’ll do anything! Theme: Perseverance wears away stone.