A full set of teeth

The following day, Xu Hexian announced that he was going to leave for the south.

Yuan Xuelan's mind was distant and Liu Sumeng wasn't ignorant to his fluctuating mood.

"Xuelan," his lips mouthed between breathless pants, muscles straining as he worked to keep Yuan Xuelan up against the wall.

"Mmm…" Yuan Xuelan groaned wordlessly into Liu Sumeng's mouth, his eyes dilated with wanton want. "Yes Sumeng? Please go faster!"

"..." Deciding to abandon reality and problems that plagued both mind and heart, Liu Sumeng wordlessly complied with the desperate chase for pleasure.

It was only later when Yuan Xuelan was lying in bed and Liu Sumeng was running a wet cloth over his body that the euphoria of passion was slowly starting to wear away. Reality came with reminder of the strange but ever present tension that lay about.