"Get up already, crybaby, we're going to freeze to death if we just stay out here..!" The taller boy complained, tugging on Haoran's wrist awkwardly. He didn't know who this boy was, but he knew that they'd both probably get scolded by their mothers. Speaking from experience, of course.
Haoran sniffled and wiped his watery eyes, reluctantly standing to follow the taller boy who was equally as soaked. Little Haoran felt very weak. This was a horrible state for him to be in, considering that even being out in the cold could give him a fever or weaken his body further. The poor weasel prince's forehead and cheeks were burning up, and his legs were as wobbly as noodles. The poor boy had caught a fever after falling into the lake...
The black-haired boy frowned, grabbing Haoran's wrist to drag him along. Haoran reluctantly followed, grabbing onto the taller boy from behind.
"Hey! Get off of me, you're too heavy!!" The boy tried prying Haoran's arms off of his torso but failed miserably, little Haoran was refusing to let go.
The weasel prince was tired and his body hurt, he just wanted to go home... His worsening fever weakened him, and he eventually fell asleep leaning against the other boy, who was quite unhappy seeing this.
"Ugh... I should've just left him in the water..." The taller boy grumbled, hauling Haoran with him before summoning his spiritual animal, a large black wolf. With great effort, he managed to get the limp and feverish Haoran onto the wolf who scraped the snow with impatience.
The taller boy didn't really know who Haoran was, so he just decided to bring him back to Xuejian palace, where he was greeted by angry shouts from his mother.
"Xuanjun!!! You unruly child!! Get back inside before I-" Her eyes flew wide and she dropped her fan as soon she laid eyes on the white-haired boy leaning against her son, cheek squished against his back in sleep while they both sat on the back of the giant wolf. The first son of the imperial palace... Xu Haoran? What in the seven layers of heaven was her son doing fooling around with him!? And why were they both soaked to the bone!!?
"Get over here before I pull your ears off!!!" She yelled at her son, clearly quite angry with him. Mei Xuanjun frowned deeply, reluctantly bringing himself and Haoran over to his mother. He practically had to drag the other boy, as his body was limp with fever and sleep. Xuanjun's mother ushered both boys inside, glaring intensely at her son.
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END OF CHAPTER TWO (2)