Chu Yun was so startled he almost fell off the bed. Only Xiao Zai's arm around his waist kept him in place.
"You heard that?" Chu Yun asked, his heart beating a vicious rhythm inside his chest. The relief coursing through his blood made him dizzy, but the embarrassment of Xiao Zai hearing such a sentimental confession made him burn.
Xiao Zai chuckled, the sound raspy and gritty. "I heard everything."
Chu Yun went several shades paler. He had said some genuinely embarrassing things that he would never have admitted if Xiao Zai had been awake.
Eyes glinting in the dim light of the room, Xiao Zai nodded with a smirk. "Everything," he said, and before Chu Yun could react he climbed on top of him, careful not to put weight on his abdomen, and pinned his wrists to the bed. "I think I heard you very colourfully threatening the poor physician who saved my life?"
