"Hmm? Just speak up, I have a headache," Chu Cheng's hand was still on his forehead, that hit just now was really too hard, and it left him still a bit dizzy, the buzzing still in his head.
Su Lanqiao stood up and leaned down, slowly massaging his head with his hand, speaking softly, "Do you still feel the pain now?"
Chu Cheng gave him a stern look, his eyes unfriendly, clearly meaning, what do you think?
"Then how about this?" Su Lanqiao took a deep breath, leaned close to Chu Cheng's forehead, and gently blew on it twice.
Chu Cheng chuckled, "Are you trying to pacify a child?"
Before he finished speaking, Su Lanqiao's lips touched his, whispering lowly, "My mom said a kiss will make the pain go away."
That kiss landed as light as a feather, gently falling, melting like snowflakes on the brow.
Chu Cheng was now too preoccupied to think about being hurt, the pure but alluring actions from Su Lanqiao had stimulated him.
Being touched by someone you like is hard to resist, and some thoughts arose from their earlier topic.
"Alright, that's enough," Chu Cheng turned his face away, a bit mischievous, "About the quality of the condoms, how do you want to test it?"
Su Lanqiao blushed, speaking boldly, "Well, you have to use it to find out."
Chu Cheng snorted, "Don't beat around the bush. Weren't you the one who said we should stop here a while ago?"
He held grudges, and he did indeed still remember this, it stuck with him. He wanted to bring it up to let this little guy know, so that in the future, he wouldn't dare to speak recklessly.
"I regret it, okay?" Su Lanqiao's mind flashed with the rhetoric of marriage, gaining some confidence instantly, "Besides, we're married now, isn't it reasonable to sleep together?"
Chu Cheng's tone lowered, with a hint of a smile, "Sure, it's reasonable."
Using the pretend marriage contract as a guise, the little guy had started to act on his own.
They said this guy was carefree, but in fact, he was clear about this kind of thing. If he didn't understand Su Lanqiao's absent-minded nature, he would have thought he was deliberately playing with him, trying to catch him off guard.
"It still hurts a bit, should I kiss it again?" Chu Cheng stared straight at him, straightforwardly taking advantage of him.
Su Lanqiao bent down again, his lips had not yet landed on Chu Cheng's forehead before he was smoothly rolled over and pinned onto the bed.
Su Lanqiao's feet entangled with the bedsheets, with someone pressing him down, making it impossible for him to move.
"Cheng... " Su Lanqiao felt a tingling sensation on his neck, this person was nibbling on his neck like a dog, now and then.
Su Lanqiao's skin was quite sensitive, and every time Chu Cheng kissed him, the marks on his neck would take a long time to fade.
But at that moment, he had no time to think about that. After struggling his feet out of the sheets, he clenched them around the man's waist.
"You're quite seductive," Chu Cheng chuckled and kissed down from his neck to a new spot.
At this point, it was all down to this, with desire present, there was no sense of shame.
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Su Lanqiao slept until the afternoon, not knowing if he was awakened by the sound of the door being shut outside or by the light coming in from outside.
He sat at the head of the bed, wrapped in a daze, while Chu Cheng had already gotten up, and his side of the bed was empty.
Where is he? He slept and then ran that show on me?
He was stunned for a while, watching Chu Cheng walk in through the door in a coat with a plastic bag in his hand.
"Where did you go?"
"I bought some medicine for you." Chu Cheng's gaze fell on Su Lanqiao's face, his slightly curly hair tousled, looking like a just-woken-up little cat, making him want to reach out and ruffle it a couple of times.
Su Lanqiao looked at him dazedly, not understanding, "But I'm not sick, why did you buy medicine?"
"Last night when I helped you tidy up," Chu Cheng, as always indifferent, did not consider it embarrassing at all, and continued, "It looks a bit swollen over there."
Su Lanqiao covered his face and fell onto the bed, wishing he could just crawl under the covers. Why could he talk about this so calmly!
"Don't mention it... Whose fault is this?"
"It's my fault." Chu Cheng shamelessly admitted, reached out to pull his blanket away, "Get up, I'll help you."
Su Lanqiao grabbed a plastic bag and pushed him away, "Chu Rang and the others are coming, you go cook, I'll take care of myself."
Chu Cheng raised an eyebrow and walked to the door, then turned back and looked at the person covered in marks, "Still feeling shy, then take care of it yourself."
After Chu Cheng disappeared from sight, Su Lanqiao reluctantly got up, grabbed one of his shirts and put it on. He looked at the medicine in the plastic bag, pondering for a while, whether to use it as he was feeling a bit uncomfortable, or just silently took it to the bathroom.
Last night's incident wasn't Chu Cheng's fault. The two of them hadn't been intimate in a long time and things got a bit wild; they both lost control.
After applying the medicine, he looked at his neck in the mirror, covered with marks that couldn't be hidden.
Forget it, Chu Rang and the others were not strangers. Su Lanqiao couldn't be bothered to hide, so he casually went downstairs like that.
He had just finished washing an apple and started eating it when the doorbell rang.
"Kitten, go open the door," Chu Cheng's voice came from the kitchen.
Su Lanqiao replied, slowly walked to the door, still nibbling on the apple, and opened it. Two handsome men were standing at the door, the one in the front was obviously Chu Rang, Su Lanqiao curiously glanced behind him at a man who looked extremely aloof, following him.
This was probably the boyfriend Lin Heyu, as rumored.
Su Lanqiao greeted the two and went back to sit on the sofa to finish his apple.
Chu Rang threw his coat on the sofa and went straight into the kitchen to find Chu Cheng, leaving Su Lanqiao and Lin Heyu to stare at each other.
Lin Heyu was really tight-lipped. Aside from introducing himself after coming in, he didn't say anything else.
"Do you want us to help in the kitchen?" Lin Heyu stared at him for a while, finally managing to squeeze out a sentence.
Su Lanqiao casually nibbled the apple, glancing towards the open kitchen where two eye-catching men were busy. It seemed they had everything under control.
"It's not necessary, Chu Cheng always says he likes to cook; we'll just wait to eat," he said, actually wanting to chat with Lin Heyu about something else.
He was really curious about the feeling of being confessed to by a secretly admired person, especially after several years of affection.
"Brother Yu, how long did Chu Rang pursue you? When he confessed to you, did you accept right away?" Su Lanqiao took another bite of the apple and couldn't help but speak, then quickly swallowed the bite.
Lin Heyu looked up faintly, the narrow corners of his eyes making him appear very cold, but it was obvious that his cheeks were a little red. "He pursued me for a while, I took some time to consider before agreeing."
"Oh, is there anything you like about him?" Su Lanqiao squinted, looking inquisitive, wanting to learn some experience to use the next time he confessed to Chu Cheng.
"He's good everywhere," Lin Heyu pursed his lips, his eyes cast down at the ground, looking like he really didn't know how to explain their connection. On the other hand, he wasn't very good at talking with others, so he just made a vague generalization.
Su Lanqiao was still pondering what "good everywhere" meant. When his mind went haywire, he blurted out, "Good at work?"
After asking that, he wanted to hit himself. It was the first time they met, why did he steer the conversation toward this topic?
Lin Heyu nodded in response to the question, saying, "It's okay..."
For a cold person, "it's okay" should be a kind of praise. Su Lanqiao thought he was really cute, a sharp contrast, no wonder Chu Rang was so fond of him.
His intuition told him that he could become really good friends with Lin Heyu.
"Do you mind if I smoke?" Lin Heyu couldn't stand the social atmosphere and took out a cigarette from his pocket, placing it in his mouth as he asked.
Su Lanqiao nodded and stuffed the last bite of the apple into his mouth, "It's okay, I'm used to it; Chu Cheng always smokes around me."
"You and your brother, are you together?" Lin Heyu noticed his frequent use of "Chu Rang," and the intimacy of their relationship in his speech. Even someone as oblivious as him could sense something different in their relationship.
It was only then that Su Lanqiao realized the big brother he was talking about was Chu Cheng. He sighed and said with a pout, "No."
"Don't worry, it will be soon. He doesn't bring just anyone home." Lin Heyu rarely smiled, but this time he did, making his face appear softened.
He said sincerely, "Big brother and Chu Rang are both very good people."
Su Lanqiao smiled along with him, thinking, thanks for the good words.
The two chatted for a while, and Lin Heyu, probably exhausted from training, fell asleep on the sofa.
Su Lanqiao adjusted the TV channels with the remote, and no matter how many times he flipped, it was all the Spring Festival Gala pre-show, nothing interesting. He stopped at a random channel, turning up the volume to create a lively atmosphere.
This was a feeling he had never experienced before, a kind of simple and relaxing feeling at home, with someone sitting or lying down, and someone busy in the kitchen, making sporadic sounds.
He really wanted to become a family with them.
Su Lanqiao let out a slight sigh, lowered his eyes, and scrolled through Weibo for a while.
After waiting for a while, Chu Rang and Chu Cheng finally came out of the kitchen, and after setting the table, they displayed the dishes; there was meat, soup, and dumplings, quite a spread.
After setting the tableware, Chu Rang lazily walked to the sofa, bent down to pinch Lin Heyu's face and said softly, "You can even sleep with a cigarette in your mouth? Wake up and eat."
Lin Heyu allowed him to pull him up and pick him up from the sofa after a while, still unwillingly opening his eyes.
Su Lanqiao eagerly watched the little interactions between them, such as pulling the hem of the clothes, or touching the face. Despite pretending to be indifferent, he envied such interactions between the couples.
"Kitten, come over and eat," Chu Cheng glanced at him, feeling that something was off. "Why are you so moody?"
"It's okay, their relationship is really good," Su Lanqiao said softly, "I envy them."
Chu Cheng rubbed his head and pulled out a chair for him.
Thinking to himself, if you understood my feelings, there would be no need to envy others.
"Before we eat, shall we make a toast?" Chu Rang poured the red wine and passed it around.
Su Lanqiao felt warm inside. It had been a long time since he had experienced the lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and he felt numerous warm emotions surging in his heart. "Happy New Year."
The glasses collided with a crisp sound.
Su Lanqiao was in a good mood today, so he drank it all in one go.
Chu Cheng took out two red envelopes from the nearby cabinet, handing one to Lin Heyu and one to Su Lanqiao, "These are for the two little friends. Take them."
"Brother, what about mine?" Chu Rang teased with a mischievous tone, casually leaning his long legs on the ground, "I'm also a little friend."
Chu Cheng coldly snorted and slapped him on the head, "You're 25 years old this year and still calling yourself a little friend. Have some dignity."
Watching the two banter with each other, Su Lanqiao couldn't help but laugh. Upon closer recollection, Chu Cheng's attitude towards others was indeed very cold, but towards him, he was quite patient.
It should be different, right?
Thinking this, he couldn't help but smile again, carefully putting the red envelope into his pocket. Even though Lin Heyu also had one, he didn't care. He firmly believed that this was what Chu Cheng wanted to give him.
As he was still thinking, a pair of chopsticks reached in front of him. Chu Cheng's voice was half-soft and half-threatening, "Made specifically for you. Eat it."
Even though it was thoughtful, the tone was still so domineering, but Su Lanqiao really enjoyed it.
He slightly opened his mouth and ate the food, not daring to show too much expression in front of Chu Rang and Chu Cheng, so he lowered his voice, "It's good, I've improved."
"You are the first one to speak to my brother like this," Chu Rang propped his chin, excited like a bystander, "Kitty, come on, quickly tie my brother down."
Su Lanqiao sighed and didn't respond, blushing to the roots of his neck.
After a while, the conversation at the table had moved on to other topics. He slowly raised his eyes and met Chu Cheng's gaze across the table.
Sitting facing each other across the table, their eyes were aggressive, with a hint of curiosity, making the atmosphere profound.
For some reason, Su Lanqiao felt a bit ambiguous. He quickly drank a large mouthful of wine to shift his thoughts.
In recent days, Chu Cheng had been so unusual that he couldn't help but wonder if Chu Cheng liked him. This daring assumption made his heart pound—it was too bold.
In the lonely night, Su Lanqiao decided to find an opportunity to test the waters.
Alcohol makes one brave, and he kept drinking one cup after another. Before leaving the table, he had already drunk himself to a tipsy state.
"You should drink less," Chu Cheng furrowed his brow and helped him put the wine glass away, supporting the swaying person. "It's already midnight, do you want to go see the fireworks?"
"Sure," Su Lanqiao half-hooked his neck and turned to smile at Chu Rang, "Brother Chu Rang, come with us."
Chu Rang, who also didn't handle alcohol well, grabbed Lin Heyu from the chair. "Let's go outside to see the fireworks."
Snow had already started falling outside. They wrapped themselves in coats and stood in the courtyard lighting sparklers. Soon, a bunch of sparks ignited.
Chu Rang clicked his tongue. "If it wasn't regulated, I would have definitely bought bigger ones. These little things are like toys for kids."
Each of them took a few and danced around. Lin Heyu laughed, "We used to play with these when we were kids, it was cheap, only a few dollars for a box."
"I bought a box for fifty yuan. Did the prices go up, or did I just get ripped off?" Chu Cheng seriously took out the sparkler box and studied it, his expression earnest.
Chu Rang sarcastically said, "You look like a fool. If they don't rip you off, who will?"
Su Lanqiao laughed hearing this, thinking that when they bought the fireworks, he wanted to say that the prices had risen. But Chu Cheng really lacked life experience.
"Guava," under the influence of alcohol, Su Lanqiao leaned in and teased him, hugging his waist, "Chu Cheng, you're too dumb."
Chu Cheng lowered his eyes, protecting the person in his arms from getting burned by the fireworks, and created some distance between them. "Drunk enough to start talking nonsense?"
"Yeah, drunk," Su Lanqiao nuzzled into his neck, bringing his hands around Chu Cheng. "Do you take care of me?"
Chu Cheng sighed. "Yes, I'll take care."
He looked at Chu Rang with a challenging look and made a gesture, "You've lost."
Indeed, he had lost completely.
Meanwhile, Lin Heyu had also had too much to drink and started kissing Chu Rang in a chaotic and disorderly manner. Chu Cheng closed his eyes and turned his head, feeling extremely annoyed by the mouthful of dog food he had been given.
"Brother, let's go back to the room and sleep," Chu Rang wasn't bothered, carrying Lin Heyu into the room with an air of indifference.
Chu Cheng coldly snorted, "Go, enjoy yourselves."
"What do you mean by enjoy?" Su Lanqiao caught on to the point. He raised his head from Chu Cheng's arms, and his eyes sparkled in the darkness.
"Why are you asking so many questions, little one? Feeling cold?" Chu Cheng felt his hands were icy cold, so he held them in his palms to warm them up.
Whether Su Lanqiao was really drunk or pretending to be, his head was spinning, but he held Chu Cheng's waist tighter, snuggling into his embrace, "I'm cold, but I won't be if I'm with you."
"Let's go inside before you catch a cold," Chu Cheng prepared to pull him inside.
Su Lanqiao seemed to sense his movement and held on tightly with his hands, taking his drunkenness to the extreme, "I won't."
"Be good, listen to me, let's go back to the room," Chu Cheng had used up all his patience in the world. He coaxed in a low voice, "I won't let go, you hold onto me and go upstairs."
Su Lanqiao nodded and chuckled foolishly, "This is about right."
In this bizarre position, the two of them returned to the third floor like conjoined twins.
After Chu Cheng helped him change into pajamas, he coaxed him into bed and then touched his head, "Are you really drunk, or just pretending?"
"Guess." Su Lanqiao leaned towards him, sticky and pasty.
At this point, he was sobering up a bit, but going wild with alcohol was particularly effective for Chu Cheng, and he could still take advantage of it. Su Lanqiao was shameless to the extreme.
It was almost one in the morning, and the whole villa was plunged into silence. Suddenly, there were a few quiet gasps from downstairs. Su Lanqiao immediately reacted, covering her mouth and giggling, "President Chu, the soundproofing in your house is really not good, huh? Chu let his brothers in..."
"I didn't think about it when I was decorating." Chu Cheng rubbed his brow, not expecting that Chu would be so lively, even in someone else's house.
Didn't you say you hadn't slept? The first time and you're already like this.
The sounds became clearer and clearer, making people blush and their hearts race.
But after excessive indulgence yesterday, Chu Cheng thought about the red marks on Su Lanqiao's body in the morning and realized that it was not suitable to continue today.
He held Su Lanqiao in his arms and looked at the half-dizzy person, coaxing, "Kitten, what was the person you secretly liked when you were young like?"
He still remembered this.
"Very handsome, very tall, very gentle, in short, a very good person." Su Lanqiao looked up at him, her head starting to spin again.
His eyes stared straight at Chu Cheng, almost blurting out that the person was him.
How many years ago was that, when Su Lanqiao was only twenty-one.
Listening to these descriptions, Chu Cheng felt slightly strange. The man that Su Lanqiao liked should also be a good person.
But it was all in the past, and minding it now would make him seem petty.
Anyway, there was a long way to go, and he was confident he would surpass that moonlight.
He held the person in his arms tighter, "Let's not talk about the past. You'll meet someone better and more loving in the future."