Over the next week Wu Yun never showed up at the hotel as did his clients. This frustrated Liu Yong since it felt like Wu Yun was dragging him around on a very long and tangled leash. With each passing day the frustration Liu Yong was feeling became more evident on his face and attitude. Zhou RenShu was a little slow at times and it took him a while to realise Liu Yong was in a sour mood. What made him realise this was at noon after Liu Yong snapped and stormed out of the room, all Zhou RenShu had done was ask what they would be having for lunch.

 

Zhou RenShu held the menu he had trouble reading in his small hands while he looked at the door sadly. Liu Yong strode out of the hotel in a bitter mood. Liu Yong prided himself on having immense control over his emotions but recently it felt like he was losing control all because of Wu Yun. he finally calmed his racing mind after walking around the busy streets and made his way to the closest phone store.

 

There hadn’t been another phone call since that night but Liu Yong couldn’t allow Wu Yun to continue to have the upper hand. On the way to the store he threw the phone into a restaurant bin. He also bought Zhou RenShu a pair of winter socks, even though it was the middle of summer, the small boy struggled with regulating his temperature, leading him to have constantly cold hands and feet.

 

Back in the room Zhou RenShu was trying to read the menu he still had grasped in his hands, Liu Yong made sure to never discuss work with Zhou RenShu therefore he thought his lack of skill in reading was the reason behind Liu Yong getting angry. Liu Yong had been booking into luxurious and high end hotels so far, the menus that came with such an expensive room of course couldn’t be something simple.

 

The starter page although difficult was manageable but once the page was turned Zhou RenShu struggled to read the first word water chestnut, resulting in his face turning red as he tried to will the words to change into easier symbols. After spending an hour struggling to finish the second page Zhou RenShu could now turn the page to find a list of desserts.

 

During the two weeks that Zhou RenShu had been staying with Liu Yong, he had never been given a dessert. By the time Liu Yong returned Zhou RenShu was sitting cross legged on the bed clutching onto the phone while he struggled to read out loud from the menu in his lap. Zhou RenShu had placed Liu Yong’s order first because he was able to recite Liu Yong’s order off by heart, since Liu Yong tended to eat the same thing without care.

 

When it came to reading off of the menu, the words coming out of Zhou RenShu’s mouth sounded more like gibberish than basic Manderin. Liu Yong listened to the nonsense string of words trying to decipher what the boy was ordering, he figured the worker on the other side of the phone was doing the same since a frown appeared on Zhuo RenShu’s face. “No, I want the sweet onion cake with pickled fruit.”

 

After the third attempt the order was finally made and Zhou RenShu noticed Liu Yong had returned. “I ordered lunch so you don’t have to Liu Yong.”

 

En. Liu Yong walked forward and handed the woolen socks to Zhou RenShu, he had never felt the need to apologize to anyone before, making Liu Yong feel a little awkward as he gazed down at the small body in front of him. “I wasn’t angry because of you, don’t stress about useless things okay.”

 

Zhou RenShu happily took the socks and quickly put them onto his cold feet, the tops of the socks hung around his ankles because his legs were so skinny but this didn’t concern Zhou RenShu. Liu Yong felt a little better seeing Zhou RenShu enjoy his small present; he also felt at ease with the new phone sitting in his pocket.

 

In addition to seeing the new socks Liu Yong felt it would be best if he ordered clothing for Zhou RenShu seeing that they would be spending an unknown amount of time together. “RenShu after lunch we’ll order clothes for you, even if you don’t leave the hotel you can’t continue to stay wearing a robe.”

 

“I don’t have any money though.” Zhou RenShu sat back on the bed while playing with the cuff of his new socks. Liu Yong moved about the room cleaning, it was best to do this himself because he didn’t want any house keepers coming in for safety reasons. “The money doesn’t matter, you can’t continue to walk around naked.”

 

With that issue dealt with Zhou RenShu brought in the cart load of food left at their door, so far Liu Yong had been doing everything for the two of them but today Zhou RenShu was taking the initiative to help more, in hopes it made Liu Yong feel more at ease. Once the food was placed where it should be both men sat down. “Thank you.”

 

Liu Yong’s words paired with his deep voice sent a shiver up Zhou RenShu’s spine before he gave a small hum in response. In front of Liu Yong was a duck and caviar dish paired with garlic fried vegetables, vietnamese fresh salad with beef and lastly a large plate of dumplings. In front of Zhou RenShuo was something completely different, usually Liu Yong would order one plate of food for the small boy since his appetite was large but not ravenous. Today however, Zhou RenShu had ordered three desserts for himself with nothing savoury in sight. “Is that what you ordered?”

 

“En, it’s been so long since I’ve had something sweet.” Zhou RenShu picked up the rectangular plate holding six tanghulu skewers and offered one to Liu Yong who refused. The polite decline made Zhou RenShu even happier since that meant more for him.

 

_ _ _ _ _ _

 

Once the strange meal ended both men retreated to the bed with Liu Yong’s laptop, at first Liu Yong intended to hand the device over and let Zhou RenShu order what ever, but remembered how he still struggled to read a simple menu and jumping from a menu to a world of words would be too much. Zhou RenShu watched Liu Yong’s fingers in a daze. Effortlessly a string of words were typed and various websites for men's clothing popped up. Ever since he had left the orphanage, Zhou RenShu had been working at odd jobs without making much to be proud of, the clothes that he wore before meeting Liu Yong were all second hand and close to becoming rags. 

 

Seeing all the new things he could never dream of buying left Zhou RenShu feeling more defeated and embarrassed rather than excited to no longer need the hotel provided robe. Liu Yong clicked through various sites until he found one targeted towards teens, although the man beside him was almost in his 60’s Zhou RenShu’s face resembled that of someone no older than 16. At first Liu Yong noticed how excited Zhou RenShu was to receive a pair of socks but that same excitement was nowhere to be found now.

 

“Do you like these?” On the screen was a pair of black denim shorts with frayed ends, Zhou RenShu gave the screen a small glance before nodding shyly. It’s best if Liu Yong picks my clothes since it’s his money. Slowly various clothes were added to the cart. “It’s best if we get fleece pajamas since you're the coldest at night.”

 

“Do you make a lot of money Liu Yong?” This question caught Liu Yong off guard and he shrugged slightly. “I’ve worked ever since I was young and before I worked I was training to become an officer which had an allowance. I’ve been an officer for a long time so I’ve saved lots of money over the years, along with bonuses and donations from the people I’ve helped, you could say I live comfortably.”

 

Zhou RenShu thought back on his previous jobs, most of the time he would only be able to find  a job at trendy cafes since his face was inviting to customers. Over the years Zhou RenShu had worked in over fifty cafes but to him the workload never got easier for him, by the end of the day his feet would hurt from all the standing and more than once the customer would target Zhou RenShu to get free vouchers because of his soft voice and face. Once he had thought over what Liu Yong told him, Zhou RenShu couldn’t help but wonder. “Liu Yong, how old are you?”

 

“A little over 300, I stopped counting a long time ago though.” Liu Yong spoke as he picked thick warm pajamas then proceeded to check out. Zhou RenShu however was yet to fully accept the answer he had received. “So old~”

 

Liu Yong turned and gave an icy stare before turning back to the laptop, switching it off and placing it to the side. “ I-I meant you’re the oldest person I’ve met. Is that the reason why your Yang energy is so high because you’ve cultivated so much.” 

 

“You could say that.” Liu Yong got up from the bed and reached into his bag, summoning his workout gear. Zhou RenShu had become accustomed to Liu Yong’s schedule as if it was his own. In the morning before breakfast Liu Yong would jump rope 10 thousand times while using a silencing seal to stop the people below them complaining about the jumping, then he would shower. Once breakfast was eaten he would go through his list of contacts to find any new information on Wu Yun then with a quick watch over the surveillance he had set up, lunch would be ordered. Now that lunch was eaten and digested it was time for another workout. “Can I join?”

 

Currently Liu Yong was holding a 40 kg dumbbell in each hand, placing them down he summonde his resistance band too, the whole time ignoring the question he thought was too silly. Zhou RenShu got up from the bed too and stood in front of Liu Yong waiting for an answer that never came.

 

Liu Yong first set up a silencing seal over the room then warmed up by doing 100 jumping jacks. Although Liu Yong didn’t agree he also hadn’t disagreed, Zhou RenShu double knotted his robe and started copying Liu Yong’s movements. The pace seemed easy when Liu Yong did it but Zhou RenShu couldn’t keep up once he hit 8 jumping jacks. Slowly a single jumping jack for Zhou RenShu was done in the span of 5 for Liu Yong.

 

On the outside it looked like he wasn’t aware of Zhou RenShu in front of him but on the inside he was laughing. You're already puffing like an asmhatic old man already? Liu Yong gazed at the skinny arms and legs that were visible with every jump Zhou RenShu did. You need to gain weight, hmm I’ll order more for you at dinner. The pale skin on Zhuo RenShu’s body was also starting to blush all over from the somewhat strenuous task, giving off a seductive appearance.

 

Once the warm up was complete Liu Yong walked into the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of water from the fridge handing them to Zhou RenShu. “Your twig arms won’t be able to lift 5 kgs let alone 40 so you can use these.”

 

Each bottle weighed 500 grams, Liu Yong’s words should’ve irritated Zhou RenShu but he was too busy trying to catch his breath from doing twenty jumping jacks and couldn’t hear anything over his pounding heart. Without waiting for the boy in front of him to catch his breath, Liu Yong picked his own weights up and started his first set of bicep curls. Zhou RenShu quickly got into position and tried to copy Liu Yong’s perfect posture. The position and exercise felt easy enough and Zhou RenShu thought he could already see the growth of muscle happening already. Heh? Why are we still going?

 

2 minutes had already passed but Liu Yong showed no signs of stopping anytime soon, his metal cuffs around his large biceps grew and shrunk with his every move while there wasn’t even a drop of sweat on his brow. Zhou RenShu’s arms were aching from the anchors he was holding. “How many more Liu Yong?”

 

“Stop if you want, I’m going for another minute.” Seeing how relaxed Liu Yong was throughout the torturous task gave Zhou RenShu energy and he slowly continued, lifting his arms at a snail pace. Why aren’t you stopping? You’re lifting your arms every ten seconds, why continue? Liu Yong watched the struggling boy while counting the seconds in his head, cutting the bicep curls short by 5 seconds.

 

“Now you lift the weights out in front of you and open your arms to your sides then close them.”  Liu Yong was impressed by Zhou RenShu’s determination, especially since his body was so small and weak. After setting him up with the right posture Liu Yong picked his weights up again and the strenuous workout started again. Zhou RenShu was struggling from the very beginning now, not only were his arms hurting but now his chest and back were beginning to hurt from the small weight in his hands. With shaking arms Zhou RenShu let out a small whimper, the small sound caused Liu Yong to feel a burning deep inside as his eyes darkened.

 

In the cultivation world snakes and foxes were similar in the way that they were both highly seductive, however foxes were somewhat more accepted but still hunted for being solely used for dual cultivation while snakes were hunted and cultivated until death. With that in mind Liu Yong couldn’t help but notice that Zhuo RenShu would be a good fuck. 

 

“Fu~ I can’t do anymore Liu Yong.” Zhou RenShu crouched on the carpeted floor while opening one of his weights to quench his burning throat. The robe he had tightly knotted had become loose causing his pale chest to peek out. The tired boy looked up at Liu Yong from the floor with a flushed face. “How many more exercises is there?”

 

Liu Yong pushed down the burning in his body as he stared down at the beautiful boy beneath him. “A few more. Take a break then continue. Your body is so weak and this will help with you achieving a higher cultivation.”

 

Hearing those words made Zhou RenShu feel a bit more motivated and less tired, he looked at the half empty bottle in his sweaty hand before walking to the kitchen to grab another bottle, by the time he returned Liu Yong had finished with the second exercise. “Put the bottles to the side and do push ups. If that’s too hard, get on your knees to do them.”

 

While instructing Zhou RenShu, Liu Yong stepped into the small resistance band then pulled it up until it fit snugly around his waist, next he picked up a single dumbbell and reached behind him to push the weight under the tight band. Zhou RenShu sat on the soft floor, waiting to see Liu Yong get into position as he didn’t know what a push up was. Liu Yong’s body is so nice and really big, I wonder if my body can grow that big.

 

With both Dumbbells hanging on his back Liu Yong got down into a push up position in front of Zhou RenShu. Zhou RenShu copied once again then the push ups began. Liu Yong kept his head down but his eyes were looking up, with the naive Zhou RenShu exercising right in front of him he had the perfect view into the loose robe. From the small red beans to the soft hanging fruit, Liu Yong was able to see it all and openly perved. I haven’t properly dual cultivated in almost a year, maybe that’s why I'm so horny.

 

With each exercise they did , Zhou RenShu would struggle more and more. His arms were burning from everything before the push ups and now his chest and back were screaming out in exhaustion too. Liu Yong had only counted to 15 in his head when his golden view collapsed before his eyes. “Ha~Ha~. How do you do it Liu Yong? My body is burning.”

 

Liu Yong stayed silent as he focused on finishing the long set of push ups, a light layer of sweat was only now forming on his body, giving his visible muscles the illusion of being even bigger. Zhou RenShu remained laying on his stomach until Liu Yong stood up to remove the weights. “Last one for today is squats, don’t bother with the bottles since you’ll most likely collapse after ten.”

 

Zhou RenShu poked his tongue out while Liu Yong wasn’t looking and stood up from the ground, his upper body felt like lead and was happy to finally do something that didn’t involve arms. In the squat position Zhou RenShu got to see just how strong Liu Yong’s thighs were.. With the resistance band lowered to sit around the mid thighs and the heavy weights attached to each leg underneath the band, the large legs with every squat showed the rigid lines and definition in each muscle. Zhou RenShu squatted down and pulled the robe open to get a good look at his own thighs but he saw no definition or lines at all. Only soft skinny white thighs stared back at his disappointed face.

 

On the other hand Liu Yong was staring at the section between both thighs, Zhou RenShu continued to hold the robe open as he squatted faster and faster, thinking that if the exercise was done quickly, his muscles would grow faster. With every bounce the small milky stem would jump, as if it was happy to see Liu Yong. The squats had only been going on for less than a minute but both men were feeling an intense burn, though they were feeling it in different places. Fuck, if we carry on will he end up stripping right in front of me? “That’s enough for today RenShu.”

 

Liu Yong was the first to give in as he stood upright, removing his equipment and placing it back into his bag. Zhou RenShu also stood up not realising the show he had given Liu Yong since he was too preoccupied in his “Muscle growth.” When he looked up, he saw another muscle had grown on Lu Yong’s sculpted body. Zhou RenShu felt his throat dry as he thought about the time Liu Yong let him cultivate in his snake form.

 

The room filled with a light scent of men sweat was soon covered by a sweet floral scent, Liu Yong had already become accustomed to the smell Zhou RenShu would sometimes unintentionally let out and planned to ignore it this time too, especially since he was aware of his body’s reaction without any assistance. As Liu Yong walked towards the bathroom with the intention of washing quickly he caught a glimpse of Zhou RenShu.

 

The small boy was standing awkwardly while clutching his robe with two small fists, the flushed skin from the workout held a more seductive aura now. Once the two made eye contact the sweet smell in the room intensified. “RenShu, control yourself, there isn’t a seal to stop the scent from leaking out of the room. If other guests smell this it will only cause trouble.”

 

“I can’t help it~, sometimes I can’t control it.” Zhou RenShu's body trembled lightly as the cloth in his hands was grasped even tighter, if he were a dog you would think he was going int heat. Liu Yong hesitantly walked forward as he felt his body begin to react more with the smell surrounding him. Before Zhou RenShu hadn’t been able to produce much pheromone since he had released so much the first time he had been left in the space storage bag. Now after a week his glands had become almost full again, becoming aroused didn’t help their situation either.

 

“Liu Yong~” This was the first time Zhou RenShu had been affected by his own scent, his mind felt clouded and his body was telling him to seek something warm. Liu Yong touched the slightly sweaty forehead of Zhou RenShu but everything felt normal aside from his temperature. “It’s only been a week since you’ve cultivated, you can’t need it again can you?”

 

Zhou RenShu slinked in closer to Liu Yong before lightly rubbing his cool head against the crook of Liu Yong’s neck, a soft whisper spread across the hot skin. “I need it~.”