Chapter 500 - 8.100 Not Enough*
"I..." Ellen’s lips parted in shock, unable to come up with any answer for a moment. "...Of course I am fine." He quickly regained his bearings and snorted in disdain like all the problems in the world were beneath him to care. "What could have happened to me?"
"Is that so?" Lu Yizhou answered lightly.
Those dishonest lips... How he wished he could shut them up and force them to spit out only the truth. If not for the information he had received from Cyrus and Luan last night, he would have believed Ellen’s words for how convincing he was. Lu Yizhou clenched his fists tight although his face betrayed nothing of the frustration in his heart. He was actually asking the first question to test Ellen and as he expected, there was still something the man was hiding from him.
He had no idea why Ellen suddenly decided to divulge this much information to him. Was it to make him lower his guard? Or... was he planning something grand?
Everytime Lu Yizhou got injured, it was his lover who always got angry, asking him not to sacrifice himself and what not; but when it came to himself, he would shut himself off as tight as a clam, not even bothering to tell anyone when he was hurting inside. This infuriatingly powerful yet achingly fragile man... how could Lu Yizhou not love him more and more? How could he not use his own life to ensure his well being?
"Alright." Lu Yizhou took a deep breath and decided to let him off the hook. For now. He had said that he would support Ellen’s choice after all. "Second question."
"As for that..." Ellen fell silent as he reached out to touch his chest. "I... don’t really know. It’s so quiet here. You have no idea. Oftentimes, Ella and Ellie’s negative emotions will be transmitted to me and that’s how I know they’re in danger. But for the first time... I feel nothing but peace." The gaze he pinned Lu Yizhou with was complicated, tinged with a hint of fragility within like he was admitting something that could potentially shatter him to pieces. "It’s been like this... ever since we met you." He let out a weak, defeated laugh that seemed to have been squeezed out from the hollow of his throat. "...Exactly what have you done to us, Lu Yizhou?"
Something within Lu Yizhou seemed to snap at his words. He crossed the room in three large strides and yanked Ellen into his embrace, his arms coming around his lover in a protective grip as though wanting to hide the man behind his ribcage, within the most tender part of him where he would be safe and secure.
"I love you," Lu Yizhou rasped in a deep voice, head drooping to the crook of Ellen’s neck and shoulder. "I love you so much..."