Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 417: [Bonus - ]That’s It?

"Huh?" He Juan was utterly caught off guard by that sentence. He had forgotten how sharp Mu Yuze could be, and that split second hesitation was enough to warrant enough suspicion from the boy. Fortunately, He Juan’s face was very thick and he smoothly lied through his teeth, "Hurt? Who could have hurt me? Gege was just very busy with something, that’s all..."

Not giving Mu Yuze any chance to respond, he exclaimed softly as he had just remembered something, "Ah, that’s right! I hadn’t parked the car properly earlier. Wait here for a minute, okay, Xiao Ze? I will be fast!"

He Juan heaved out a huge sigh of relief once he made it out of the house. Goodness, he truly could not lower his guard down around Mu Yuze, or else the next thing he knew, the boy was going to dig out all the skeletons in his closet!

Mu Yuze’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the direction where He Juan had disappeared into. "How suspicious..." he murmured under his breath.

By the time He Juan finished parking the car and returned inside, he had his mask of composure perfectly in place. "Sorry to make you wait," he told Mu Yuze with an impeccable smile. "By the way, what kind of schedule do you have for today, Xiao Ze?"

Mu Yuze almost blurted out, ’I can set everything aside for you’ but luckily he realized how cheesy that sounded and managed to stop himself in time. He swallowed and gave an honest reply, "It’s summer break now, so I’m fairly free. Aside from doing daily homework and studying, I only have one private session with Master Song Yin in the afternoon." He chewed on his bottom lip for a second and braced himself to ask, "H–How about you? Are you going to leave again or..."

He Juan reached out to ruffle his hair, smiling, "What a coincidence, Gege is also on a break now. I will be here for around two weeks."

Around two weeks...

’How short,’ was the first thought that popped up in Mu Yuze’s mind, but he hastily shook it away. No, it was already good that He Juan had returned. He should not be more greedy than he already was.

"Are you sure you still want to attend the lesson with your feet?" He Juan asked worriedly, bringing him out of his thoughts.

Mu Yuze could not help but scoff, "I’ve had worse." During the first few months of his lesson, especially when he started to spar with others, he would return with black and blue bruises all over his body. It was severe enough that Teacher Wei got alarmed, thinking that he had gotten himself into some kind of trouble. It was not until Mu Yuze properly explained to her that it was nothing but the aftermath of his martial arts lesson could she lay her concern to rest. Compared to those bruises, the little blisters on his feet were ticklish at most.

"Oh?" He Juan raised an intrigued brow. "Then you will not mind if Gege joins you today, will you? I’d like to see how much Xiao Ze has improved."

"No problem," Mu Yuze answered readily, almost eager to show off what he had learned all this time.

"Good," He Juan showed a satisfied smile. "Gege will take you out to play for a while before then."

When he saw Mu Yuze staring at him with a stunned expression on his face, he chuckled and his gaze fell on the red string around the boy’s neck. "I may be a few months too late, but let us make today into your sixteenth birthday celebration, shall we?"

"Birthday celebration..." Mu Yuze echoed the words, dazed. Six months had almost passed since his birthday and he had been content with only receiving a safety amulet from He Juan, but then the first thing He Juan did upon returning was to take him out to celebrate?

Realizing that He Juan was waiting for his answer, Mu Yuze quickly nodded and said, "Okay!" He flinched when it came out much more enthusiastic than he’d expected it to be.

He Juan laughed and urged him, "Go and wash up first. I also need to do that. Ugh, I have been wearing these clothes since yesterday."

Mu Yuze nodded and walked to his bedroom with He Juan following behind him. Birthday celebration! They were going to hang out again like they did last year! The corner of his lips twitched into a silly smile, and had He Juan not been here, perhaps he would have giggled foolishly like a maiden in love.

Alas, the pink bubbles in his mind burst apart when his bedroom came into sight. In his haste to look for He Juan earlier, he had left the door wide open and from where he was standing right now, he could catch a glimpse of his messy, unmade bed and also... He Juan’s clothes that were strewn all over it.

Mu Yuze’s eyes flew wide in horror and before his mind could process it, his body had moved to catch He Juan’s arm before the man could enter his own bedroom next door. "Wait!"

He Juan was startled by his loud call, "Xiao Ze? Is there something wrong?"

Yes! There was an extremely huge problem here! If He Juan were to enter his room to take a shower, then he would be welcomed by a spectacular sight of his almost empty wardrobe for ninety percent of his clothes had been taken to Mu Yuze’s bed. Oh dear Lord, how was he supposed to tell He Juan about this?! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Alas, time waited for no one, and under He Juan’s increasingly concerned gaze, he could only shut his eyes tight and gritted out, "Y–Your clothes... I’m sorry... I–I took them..." his voice got smaller and smaller by each passing second.

He trained his gaze to the floor, feeling so mortified that he could pass out right there and then. What would He Juan think of him now? To have his clothes stolen while he was away... how horrible! He Juan must be feeling creeped out and repulsed toward him right now!

Alas, just the mere thought of He Juan recoiling away from him in disgust was enough to send warm tears pooling in his eyes again. He parted his trembling lips and choked out, "I–I’m sorry, I... I should not have done that... Please..." Please don’t hate me. Don’t push me away. I will really die if you do.

"Ah, it’s okay!" He Juan hurriedly said when he noticed that Mu Yuze looked on the verge of tears again. He wrapped his arms around the boy and patted his back. "Ssshh, it’s okay, Xiao Ze. I am not angry. You are free to take all of my clothes if you want."

He had braced himself for the worst case scenario, only to receive He Juan’s gentle hug and comfort instead. The unexpected turn of events turned him a little dazed. "No, I... I didn’t take them all..." he murmured. "There are a few pieces left..." Because He Juan’s scent on them was extremely faint, was what he did not say.

He Juan let him go and flashed a bright smile, "See, you didn’t take all of them away. So what’s the problem?" His silver eyes held a hint of helplessness when he saw Mu Yuze’s bloodshot eyes. "Little bunny," he uttered the nickname fondly. "Why are you such a crybaby? Gege will not get angry at you just for something like this, okay?"

He Juan gently urged him to his bedroom and told him to take a nice, long shower and compress his eyes a bit lest it would get swollen later. Even until the man left him on his own accord, Mu Yuze was still standing in front of the door, unable to return to his senses.

That’s it?

He was really allowed... to hoard He Juan’s clothes for himself?

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A/N: Q: Does He Juan know that Mu Yuze’s behavior is considered nesting? A: No, he doesn’t x.x let’s hope that someone will be kind enough to smack this info into his head