Pathological Trapping - Chap 19
　　This was the first time Li Dezhuang did this.
　　A little unfamiliar.
　　But he would never show it!
　　Mu Jian stared at Li Dezhuang. There seemed to be a wild beast lurking in his deep eyes. He wished he could swallow the man in front of him in one bite and chew him until not even a bone was left.
　　After a long while, Li Dezhuang stood up and said, “You’ve done it to me.”
　　Mu Jian looked at him steadily, then slowly stood up and straightened his appearance, “I’ll go out and wash up.”
　　Mu Jian said yes, but he noticed a painting under the table. He walked over curiously and opened it to take a look.
　　——Pupil dilation——
　　Even my breathing stopped…
　　Li Dezhuang came back after washing his hands and saw Mu Jian sitting safely at the table. His eyes slowly moved to him, and there seemed to be some suppressed emotions in his dark eyes.
　　Li Dezhuang warned him, “This is just this time, there won’t be a next time!”
　　Mu Jian surprisingly did not act like a spoiled child. She just said “hmm” and lay on the table, staring at Li Dezhuang with a gloomy look on her face.
　　Li Dezhuang felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, as if he was a piece of fat meat.
　　He frowned, “Your Highness, please go back to your room.”
　　Mu Jian sat up straight, “Don’t you need my help?”
　　”Need not.”
　　”The teacher said that we should help each other.”
　　”I am teaching His Highness how to act.”
　　Mu Jian curled his lips, a hint of smile in his eyes, stood up, walked closer, and suddenly moved closer, scaring Li Dezhuang.
　　”Your Highness, what are you doing?!”
　　Mu Jian smiled and shook his head, raised his hand, and gently tucked his hanging hair behind his ears.
　　”My hair is all messed up.”
　　His action is a bit ambiguous.
　　Li Dezhuang felt uncomfortable and took a step back, then felt it was inappropriate.
　　His small action of taking a half step back might cause quite a bit of damage.
　　Mu Jian, however, seemed to have noticed nothing and smiled at him. His small canine teeth looked a bit cute. “Then, Guard Li, have a good sleep. I’ll go back first.”
　　Li Dezhuang felt that there was something strange about him, but he nodded anyway.
　　”Okay, I’ll see you off, Your Highness.”
　　Li Dezhuang had a nightmare at night.
　　I dreamed that I was helping others, but I got myself into trouble instead. When I woke up, I was so shocked that I was soaked all over.
　　He climbed out of bed, but the palpitation in his chest did not go away.
　　He pinched his brows.
　　Decided to focus on my career.
　　Now that he is so close to Mu Jian, it’s like walking on a tightrope!
　　It just so happened that the prince had received news that he had been unwell recently, so he didn’t need to go out to paint.
　　Li Dezhuang breathed a sigh of relief and took this opportunity to run out of the East Palace to drink with Shang Yin.
　　Shang Yin brought him good news.
　　”There is a rich man who wants to hire you to paint for him. Today he gave you a gold ingot as a deposit.”
　　Li Dezhuang looked at the gold ingot on the table, feeling a little melancholy.
　　This gold looks exactly like the gold he lost…
　　”So generous?”
　　Shang Yin nodded, “I think it’s okay. It’s safer than your random paintings. But that person…”
　　”What happened to that guy?”
　　”That person wants you to draw between men.”
　　Fuck you!
　　I can’t escape, right?!
　　Shang Yin saw that he was embarrassed and found it interesting. Li Dezhuang, the young man, had done it, but painting a picture was difficult for him? Could it be that the master at home was strict? Didn’t allow it?
　　Shang Yin was just wondering when Li Dezhuang spoke up, “Are all the people in your area like this?”
　　”ah?”
　　”You like men but not women?”
　　Shang Yin was shocked. “Not really! It’s mainly because people spread the word that the Crown Prince likes men, so everyone thinks it’s new and interesting. There are more people following and imitating, so ordinary people don’t have it!”
　　Li Dezhuang snorted coldly.
　　The source of all evil!
　　He half propped up his head and thought, “How is my house?”
　　Shang Yin patted his chest and assured him, “It’s almost done. I’m just waiting for your money.”
　　Shang Yin escaped from marriage, and although he has returned home now, his family has placed many restrictions on him. He does not have much money on him, so they cannot give him too much money.
　　Li Dezhuang pushed the gold back to him.
　　”Take this as a cushion first. I will send you the painting tomorrow.”
　　Shang Yin accepted it immediately.
　　”Are you going to move out in the future?”
　　Li Dezhuang nodded and drank the tea in the cup.
　　”That’s right! Not only will I move out to live here in the future, I will also marry many, many wives!”
　　Shang Yin was shocked.
　　this……
　　he……
　　Isn’t it a cut-sleeve?!
　　No way!
　　Could it be!
　　He was forced!
　　The one you are thinking about is still a woman?!
　　Shang Yin sighed inwardly, and when he looked at Li Dezhuang, he couldn’t help but feel more sympathy.
　　Li Dezhuang:?
　　The prince had been ill for several days and was weak. More and more people came to visit the East Palace. Even the emperor issued an order to let the prince rest in the East Palace.
　　When the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict came, he also brought an oral instruction.
　　Tell the prince to stop fooling around with those men in the backyard.
　　Now Li Dezhuang felt relieved .
　　What a short vacation!
　　He quickly drew pictures for big clients outside, and when they were finished, he asked someone to help him deliver them. As time went by, his small treasury gradually became full again.
　　When the plan of sneaking away was put on the agenda again, Shang Yin brought him bad news.
　　The house he bought had been vacant all along and was used by a group of thieves to run a secret brothel in it.
　　Now the truth has been exposed and the government has investigated! Even if we want to return the house to him, the whole process will take a long time!
　　Li Dezhuang was struck by a bolt from the blue!
　　Nothing has gone smoothly for him since he came here!
　　The former master really deserves to be called cannon fodder!
