King of the Wilderness

Chapter 473 - 266: Blushing Morning · Nov 01, 2026

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451 Chapter 451 - 248: Emily’s Wisdom 2026-11-01
452 Chapter 452 - 249: The Three Major Hollywood Talent Agencies 2026-11-01
453 Chapter 453 - 250: The Enveloping Giant Web 2026-11-01
454 Chapter 454 - 251: Scoot’s Invitation 2026-11-01
455 Chapter 455 - 252: Personal Challenge Filming Plan 2026-11-01
456 Chapter 456 - 253: Explosive Risk Points 2026-11-01
457 Chapter 457 - 254: The Pros and Cons of Loyalty 2026-11-01
458 Chapter 458 - 255: Mad Dog Lawyer’s Methods 2026-11-01
459 Chapter 459 - 255: Mad Dog Lawyer’s Tactics 2026-11-01
460 Chapter 460 - 256: Massive Extortion! (Bonus - for the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance) 2026-11-01
461 Chapter 461 - 257: You Can Dodge Taxes Like This? 2026-11-01
462 Chapter 462 - 258: The Five Things Men Love Most (Bonus - for the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance) 2026-11-01
463 Chapter 463 - 259: I Told You Two to Stop Eating! 2026-11-01
464 Chapter 464 - 260: Superstar Treatment 2026-11-01
465 Chapter 465 - 260: Superstar Treatment (Part 2) 2026-11-01
466 Chapter 466 - 261: Favored by the LVMH Group 2026-11-01
467 Chapter 467 - 262: Probing Questions After the Media Shock 2026-11-01
468 Chapter 468 - 263: Reunion with December! 2026-11-01
469 Chapter 469 - 264: Brutal Wildness Training 2026-11-01
470 Chapter 470 - 265: After Drinking and Secrets 2026-11-01
471 Chapter 471 - 265: After the Drinks, Secrets 2026-11-01
472 Chapter 472 - 265: Secrets After Drinking (4.6K) 2026-11-01
473 Chapter 473 - 266: Blushing Morning 2026-11-01
474 Chapter 474 - 266: Blushing Morning 2026-11-01
475 Chapter 475 - 267: Returns and New Investments 2026-11-01
476 Chapter 476 - 267: Returns and New Investments (Part 2) 2026-11-01
477 Chapter 477 - 267: Returns and New Investment (Part 3) 2026-11-01
478 Chapter 478 - 267: Returns and New Investments (Part 4) 2026-11-01
479 Chapter 479 - 268: Deeply Entwined Interests 2026-11-01
480 Chapter 480 - 268: Deeply Entangled Interests (Part 2) 2026-11-01
481 Chapter 481 - 268: Deeply Entwined Interests (Part 3) 2026-11-01
482 Chapter 482 - 269: Lin Yu’an’s New Value 2026-11-01
483 Chapter 483 - 269: Lin Yu’an’s New Value (Part 2) 2026-11-01
484 Chapter 484 - 269: Lin Yu’an’s New Value (Part 3) 2026-11-01
485 Chapter 485 - 270: Pilot’s License 2026-11-01
486 Chapter 486 - 270: Pilot License 2026-11-01
487 Chapter 487 - 270: Pilot License 2026-11-01
488 Chapter 488 - 271: Earnings from Just Three Days 2026-11-01
489 Chapter 489 - 271: Three Days’ Earnings 2026-11-01
490 Chapter 490 - 271: Only Three Days of Gains 2026-11-01
491 Chapter 491 - 272: Opportunity for Cultural Export 2026-11-01
492 Chapter 492 - 272: Opportunity for Cultural Export (Part 2) 2026-11-01
493 Chapter 493 - 272: Opportunity for Cultural Export (3) 2026-11-01
494 Chapter 494 - 273: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Aircraft 2026-11-01
495 Chapter 495 - 273: Beaver DHC-2 Aircraft_2 2026-11-01
496 Chapter 496 - 273: Beaver DHC-2 Aircraft_3 2026-11-01
497 Chapter 497 - 274: Enormous Gains After Withdrawing 2026-11-01
498 Chapter 498 - 274: Massive Gains After Exiting the Stage (Part 2) 2026-11-01
499 Chapter 499 - 274: Massive Gains After Exiting the Stage (Part 3) 2026-11-01
500 Chapter 500 - 275: Choosing the Farm! (Lots of Pictures, Must-See~~) 2026-11-01

Chapter 473: Chapter 266: Blushing Morning

After Max finished speaking, he leaned against the sofa, feeling drained, and didn’t dare to look into Lin Yu’an’s eyes.

She felt as if she had just walked a lap, naked, in front of the person she trusted most. Shame and insecurity surged like a tide.

She even began to regret why she had revealed this secret, one she didn’t dare to write even in her diary.

Just then, Lin Yu’an picked up the bottle of Laphroaig Whiskey, tilted it, and slowly poured the amber liquid into her empty glass, adding some for himself as well.

”Embarrassing?” He finally spoke, his voice calm and gentle, ”Why would you feel embarrassed?”

Max suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with confusion.

”Because... it’s not normal.” She stammered, ”I should be like others, going on dates, falling in love, trying to figure out who I really am...”

”No.” Lin Yu’an interrupted her, handing the glass back to her, his gaze clear and firm.

”Max, do you think a scientist who can decode the genetic sequence of a Polar Bear can’t figure out his own orientation?”

This question, like a key, instantly unlocked Max’s chaotic thoughts. She froze, and for the first time, there was a glimmer of light beyond confusion in her eyes.

”What do you mean?”

”It means you’re not unclear; you’re just refusing to be defined by those simple labels.”

He looked at her eyes, slightly wide with shock, and continued, ”This world is always in a hurry to label people as straight, gay, bi...”

”As if everyone must be stuffed into a pre-set box. But you’re not, Max. You’re a scientist; your nature is to explore the unknown, not accept the known.”

”The reason you feel confused is not that there’s something wrong with you, but because those ready-made, narrow answers simply don’t do justice to your complexity.”

He picked up his own glass, gently swirling it.

”As for being 26 and never having been in love...”

”This isn’t a social disability; your standards are just too high. What you need is not a simple boyfriend or girlfriend, but a partner who can resonate with your soul.”

”Someone who can understand your world and explore the unknown with you side by side. Until you find this person, any compromise would be a desecration for you.”

He raised his glass to her in a gesture.

”So, this is not an embarrassing secret at all, Max.” His voice carried a soothing power that could calm anything.

”On the contrary, it proves that you have an uncompromising, incredibly precious soul.”

Max stared blankly at him, her mind going completely blank for a few seconds.

She had imagined all sorts of reactions from Lin Yu’an—comfort, sympathy, even possible alienation.

But she never imagined that he would use such a soul-searching way to interpret her years of confusion and self-doubt as a noble insistence.

He did not judge her, he did not define her, nor did he try to ”solve” her problem.

He simply told her that her confusion stems from her excellence.

In that instant, something hard quietly shattered in her heart, and a warmth she had never felt before surged up, causing her eyes to involuntarily heat up.

For the first time, she felt that her sense of not fitting in, her out-of-place loneliness, could indeed be understood and even appreciated.

Max blinked hard to push back the moisture, then she raised the glass, newly refilled, and clinked it hard against Lin Yu’an’s.

This time, she said nothing.

But she knew that from this moment on, this man in front of her was completely different in her heart.

He even gave her the feeling that he understood her.

She didn’t know who was the first to fall asleep, nor who was the last to turn off the dim floor lamp. The aftertaste of Laphroaig was far richer and longer-lasting than its initial smoky taste.

Max was awakened by a ray of morning light piercing through the blinds.

She felt like she was trapped in a warm, solid source of heat.

The first second her consciousness returned, she smelled a faint scent of residual whiskey mixed with something that smelled like clean soap from clothing.

Then she felt an arm draped steadily across her chest, and her cheek was pressed against a chest that rose and fell steadily with each breath.

She and Lin Yu’an, like two animals warming each other in the winter, slept embraced on the carpet in front of the sofa.

Fortunately, both of them were still dressed neatly.

Max dared not move, even holding her breath. She could clearly hear his steady, strong heartbeat, ”thump, thump, thump,” like the most primal lullaby.

Through the thin fabric, she could feel the amazing warmth from his body.

An unfamiliar emotion, like an electric current, coursed through her entire body. Books said that when you meet someone you like, your heart will race, and you will blush.

Her heart was indeed pounding like a drum, but she was unsure if it was from being startled or something else.

She carefully, as if diffusing a bomb, extricated herself from his arm, then tiptoed into the bathroom.

The woman in the mirror looked as calm as ever, even a bit pale from the hangover. She breathed a sigh of relief, see, it was nothing.

But when she brushed aside the stray hair by her ear, she froze.

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