Exclusive Model for the Top Painter Chapter 16

Punishment Stings with Possession

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Ji Xiuyuan approached him, "What happened?"

Liang Jin made up an excuse: "I met a few gangsters who were trying to extort money on the way."

Zhou Hai laughed lightly, "A'Liang, you're still the same." When he was lying, he would deliberately avert his eyes and sometimes rub his fingertips.

When Liang Jin was very young, his mother always taught him, "If you want people to know about your good deeds, you are not really good. If you don't want people to know about your bad deeds, you are really bad." So he developed the habit of helping others and doing good deeds and leaving them unsung at an early age. This was true for others and even more so for his friends. He could not say in front of Ji Xiuyuan: "I was fighting with someone else for you!" He would never be able to do such a thing.

Ji Xiuyuan was very unhappy with the familiarity in Zhou Hai's tone and looked deeply at him, "Who is this?"

Liang Jin introduced him, "A hero who drew his sword to help when he saw injustice, his name is Zhou Hai."

Zhou Hai smiled at Ji Xiuyuan, "Mr. Ji, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Ji Xiuyuan walked up to him and put Liang Jin behind him, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I wonder why Mr. Zhou coincidentally happened to see an injustice in the middle of the night?"

Zhou Hai didn't even try to hide it: "Because he's been a friend of mine for many years, and I ran into him at the same company today. The security situation in that area is not very good, and I was worried that he would be in danger if he walked alone at night, so I followed him along the way."

"That's really sincere and touching." Ji Xiuyuan said with an expressionless face, "I thank you on behalf of Xiao Jin."

Liang Jin felt that the atmosphere between these two was a little delicate, and when he heard Ji Xiuyuan call him 'Xiao Jin', his mind went blank for a moment, and his heart flushed with joy and an inexplicable sweetness.

He was still lost in this emotion when Ji Xiuyuan ruffled his hair: "Let's go home."

"Ah, okay."

The two of them walked towards the car's location one after the other.

Zhou Hai said from behind, "He likes to be brave, he might actually be injured. The group didn't attack the visible parts, so it's not obvious. Remember to check your back, abdomen and shoulders when you get back."

Ji Xiuyuan stomped his feet, and Liang Jin was caught off guard for a moment and crashed into him.

Ji Xiuyuan grabbed his wrist and shoved him into the car with an unusually solemn expression.

Sensing that he was in a bad mood, Liang Jin's heart was also in turmoil. Normally, Ji Xiuyuan would never drive so fast. He favoured things that were graceful and relaxed, giving a soothing sense of pleasure in whatever he did, not like this.

The scenery outside the window flew by and Liang Jin realised something was wrong: "This isn't the way back, is it, Ji Shen?"

"Going to the hospital first."

Although Liang Jin did not feel he needed to go to the hospital, his strong desire to survive made him consciously shut up and choose to follow Ji Xiuyuan's instructions.

After registering with the emergency department, the doctor on duty told Liang Jin to take off his shirt so he could examine the wound.

There was a 10 cm long red mark on his back, which had swollen slightly. There was some bruising on the left shoulder and abdomen, but no obvious contusions.

The doctor, an older woman, sighed after a careful examination: "You're a young man, you're so handsome, what's the point of fighting? Luckily, it's not serious, but your back is a bit swollen, so go back and apply ice, it won't leave a scar after it goes down. The bruises are caused by broken capillaries, you can apply cold or hot compresses, together with some medicinal wine."

The doctor prescribed the appropriate medicine, and Liang Jin took it: "Thank you, Doctor." The doctor whispered to him, "You're in good shape young man, don't get into any more trouble, it would be a pity if you really get a scar. That's your partner over there, isn't it? You came together in the middle of the night, and you don't look like relatives, so I'm probably right. He seems really worried, and also really angry, so go back and coax him well. You two are quite a good match. Auntie wishes you both well."

Liang Jin: "No, you've misunderstood..."

"Why are you shy, Auntie is very advanced in her thinking and is very supportive of you guys."

Liang Jin: ......

When they got home, it was already early in the morning.

Liang Jin hadn't felt anything from the wound at first. When he took a shower, the water washed over him, and a fine, sharp stinging sensation spread throughout his body, which was a bit uncomfortable.

After enduring the pain and finishing the shower, and wearing his boxers with the upper half of his body naked, Liang Jin began to apply medicinal wine to himself in front of the mirror. The bruises on his shoulders and abdomen were easy to deal with, but the wound on his back was a little more difficult.

While he was gritting his teeth to overcome the problem, Ji Xiuyuan's figure appeared in the mirror. He took the medicinal wine and cotton swabs from Liang Jin: "I'll do it."

Liang Jin hung his head: "Oh okay, thank you, Ji Shen."

The mirror in the bathroom reflected the figures of the two.

One was dressed coolly, his teenage torso slim and handsome. The other was neatly dressed, elegant and aristocratic, holding the young man between his arms.

From a certain angle, it looked as if their waists and bellies were pressed together, ambiguous and entwined. Liang Jin suddenly recalled that in some indescribable movies he had seen, the bathroom play was just like this scene, and his ears suddenly flushed red. Ji Xiuyuan gently pressed a cotton swab dipped in medicinal wine against his back

"Hiss... Ah." Liang Jin couldn't help but hum softly.

Both of them froze.

Liang Jin wanted to bite off his tongue.

On the other hand, Ji Xiuyuan laughed softly, "It hurts?"

"What do you think?"

"Now that you know it hurts, you should remember it next time." As if Ji Xiuyuan was deliberately punishing him, he pressed harder, and Liang Jin held back from making any noise.

Ji Xiuyuan whispered in his ear, "Since you are my contracted model, the right to use your body also belongs to me. In future, this kind of thing will never be allowed, understand?"

Liang Jin felt that his sentence was full of ambiguity: "What is not allowed?"

"Not allowed to stay out at night, not allowed to take risks with your body, and not allowed to casually accept the advances of irrelevant people."

The possessiveness in his tone made Liang Jin's heart tremble, he couldn't tell if it was due to the contract or some other factor.

He teased, "Ji Shen, your conditions are so harsh, you might as well just chain me up."

Ji Xiuyuan thought for a while, "I can consider it."

"Are you serious?"

Ji Xiuyuan gently pressed on his wound and Liang Jin secretly suffered from the pain. He leaned against Liang Jin's ear, "This must not happen again."

After applying the medicinal wine, Liang Jin put on his clothes, and Ji Xiuyuan suddenly asked him, "Zhou Hai, what is the relationship between you and him?"

Liang Jin didn't know how to describe Zhou Hai now, as their relationship had hit rock bottom ever since their contract was terminated. After deliberating for a moment, Liang Jin said, "It's not much of a relationship."

"He claimed to have known you for years, didn't he?"

"Knowing each other for years doesn't necessarily mean there's any deep connection."

"He's very concerned about you."

"Because I owe him money, can he afford not to care?"

"So, you're repulsed by him?"

"Nonsense, you can like your own creditor?"

Ji Xiuyuan was very satisfied with his answer, "I understand, go rest early. There will be no work for you for the next few days, take care of your injuries."

Liang Jin's eyes were filled with tears: "Wu wu wu, Ji Shen, you're too kind."

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: May 4, 2023