[Xiao Xingchen blinks again, before his brow furrows and he turns away, his voice lowered to a murmur.]
Yours, to deceive? To play with?
[As strange as it is to have this conversation in this position, tendrils of thoughts he hasn't dared to confront since that day the truth creep out of the place in his mind he pushed them down into. He shouldn't entertain Xue Yang's words.
Still, confronting them directly and pointing out how foolish this is might make Xue Yang give up the pretense.
Memories of other moments that don't make sense in Xue Yang's behavior - pieces of the puzzle that don't really fit anywhere - also resurface in his mind, but those are the ones he shoves back down. If Xue Yang can plan such a long, elaborate play, Xiao Xingchen won't be caught underestimating him again.]
You can do all of that regardless of where I stay.
[If Xue Yang hasn't had enough, he'll have to make due with the places where Xiao Xingchen also has to put on an act. Maybe knowing that Xiao Xingchen isn't fooled and not completely in the palm of his hand doesn't satisfy Xue Yang's fixation, but that's all he can receive.
It's one thing to trick him into a place full of aphrodisiac. Another entirely to try to make him believe something.]
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Yours, to deceive? To play with?
[As strange as it is to have this conversation in this position, tendrils of thoughts he hasn't dared to confront since that day the truth creep out of the place in his mind he pushed them down into. He shouldn't entertain Xue Yang's words.
Still, confronting them directly and pointing out how foolish this is might make Xue Yang give up the pretense.
Memories of other moments that don't make sense in Xue Yang's behavior - pieces of the puzzle that don't really fit anywhere - also resurface in his mind, but those are the ones he shoves back down. If Xue Yang can plan such a long, elaborate play, Xiao Xingchen won't be caught underestimating him again.]
You can do all of that regardless of where I stay.
[If Xue Yang hasn't had enough, he'll have to make due with the places where Xiao Xingchen also has to put on an act. Maybe knowing that Xiao Xingchen isn't fooled and not completely in the palm of his hand doesn't satisfy Xue Yang's fixation, but that's all he can receive.
It's one thing to trick him into a place full of aphrodisiac. Another entirely to try to make him believe something.]