Shan Qihuan gave Shen Yuhan a sideways glance, only to see him looking out of the window, it’s unknown what he was thinking.
But there is one thing he can tell, he must have felt uncomfortable because of the phone call just now, and he was probably acting again.
While waiting for the red light, Shan Qihuan still called out to him: “Shen Yuhan.”
Shen Yuhan only responded: “Um.” He didn’t look back at Shan Qihuan, his voice was muffled, and compared to his sweet face just now, now he seemed to be about to cry.
There was a strong wind outside, and a red plastic bag was blown into the sky, his eyes followed the floating plastic bag.
The green light was on, and they were almost home, Shan Qihuan simply stopped talking, he thought he needed to have a good talk with Shen Yuhan.
After the wedding, they haven’t communicated properly about the future, he keeps acting like this, he feel bad, doesn’t Shen Yuhan feel bad?
Their marriage won’t last long, it’s just a show for the old man, there’s no need to act so seriously.
After arriving home, Shen Yuhan carried the bag into the house like a robot, completely without the joy of shopping before, there was low air pressure all over his body, and there were dark clouds above his head.
After returning to his room, he handed over the packed clothes to the laundry auntie.
Then he sat blankly on the sofa in the living room, turning on his favorite TV also failed to attract his attention, the TV screen remained on the startup home page, making no sound at all.
Shan Qihuan washed his hands and saw Shen Yuhan sitting on the sofa staring at the TV in a daze.
Still angry about what happened just now? Is he really angry or just pretending to be angry?
In fact, Shan Qihuan couldn’t tell whether Shen Yuhan was really acting or showing his true feelings.
Every time, his eyes and expressions were so spot on that he almost believed it himself.
Shan Qihuan wanted to sit on the single person sofa, but his foot still turned to the position beside Shen Yuhan: “What are you doing here? Want to buy a wok?”
The small square on the first page of the TV screen was playing the shopping channel for woks.
Shen Yuhan raised his head and saw that Shan Qihuan didn’t wear a coat or anything, and his eyes lit up a little: “You’re not going out.”
“I’m not going out, it’s so windy outside, it’s probably going to rain soon.” Shan Qihuan asked the auntie to close the windows.
“So you’ll go out if it doesn’t rain?” Shen Yuhan said sullenly, concerned about the top student.
Shan Qihuan knew what he meant, it seemed that he was still very concerned about the matter on the phone.
“What are you trying to say?”
Shen Yuhan pursed his lips and said: “Are you going to see that top student?”
Shan Qihuan wanted to say a few strong words, such as: What’s wrong with me meeting the top student? Don’t you think you’re meddling too much? We are supposed to live our own lives, you’re also no one to me.
However, when he saw Shen Yuhan’s clear, pure, and pitiful eyes looking at him, his words changed: “I don’t know him, and I won’t go to see him either.”
Forget it, since Shen Yuhan wants to act, let’s play the role of a husband and wife who seem to be in harmony with each other for a while, being bored on a rainy day is also boring.
Shen Yuhan’s pitiful eyes immediately became very bright: “Really?”
“Really.” Shan Qihuan thought to himself, his temper and acting skills were gradually improving.
After receiving his husband’s affirmative answer, Shen Yuhan stopped being in a daze, and picked up the remote control to change the channel, however, he didn’t plan on watching that poverty alleviation drama today, he wanted to watch a romantic drama with his husband, he didn’t enjoy watching it alone, primarily because modern people are really too bold, they can make out at any time, anywhere, and every time he watches it alone, he can’t help but blush.
But if he watch it with his husband, will their relationship become better? It’s okay to blush.
“Husband, do you have anything else to do later?”
“No other arrangements.” Shan Qihuan usually doesn’t arrange work for himself on weekends, unless there is something very urgent that he needs to deal with.
“Then you accompany me to watch TV series for a while, it’s not dinner time yet.”
Watching those brain-dead dramas? It didn’t occur to Shan Qihuan that Shen Yuhan wanted to watch a romantic drama with him in order to develop feelings with him.
“That’s fine.” At this moment, the movie channel flashed on the TV screen, which was playing the scene of the female lead and the male lead kissing in the water, Shen Yuhan stopped pressing the next button.
There was a violent wind outside, but the atmosphere in the house was harmonious and comfortable, but only for a short while.
Shen Yuhan watched for a while and then asked Shan Qihuan in a low voice: “Husband, won’t they suffocate to death in the water? They haven’t risen to the surface for so long.”
“They can’t die, they weren’t in the water during the filming.” Shan Qihuan gave him some popular science, and also intentionally mocked him, “If you study hard, you won’t ask this kind of question.”
“Oh.” Shen Yuhan was not discouraged by his husband’s preaching, he didn’t understand it in the first place, “Then I will study hard in the future.”
Shan Qihuan looked at him with a smile that is not a smile: “Then I’ll wait.”
The drama of the male and female protagonists on TV continues to progress.
The scene changed, the female protagonist drank the realgar wine1雄黃酒 (xióng huáng jiǔ): realgar wine, a Chinese alcoholic drink that consists of huangjiu (“yellow wine”) dosed with powdered realgar, a yellow-orange arsenic sulfide mineral (As4S4), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival at the height of summer. prepared by her best friend, suddenly she felt very uncomfortable, she threw herself on the table, the drink spilled all over the floor, and she also rolled on the ground, screaming in pain, after a while, a giant snake tail appeared on her lower body, and the giant snake shape was faintly discernible2若隱若現 (ruò yǐn ruò xiàn): faintly discernible (idiom); faint; fuzzy; indistinct; discernible at one moment and gone the next—appear indistinctly.!
Shen Yuhan, who never leaves the house and only goes to temples with his family to burn incense and pray for blessings, has never seen this kind of malignant thing!
He leaned back in fear, and hugged Shan Qihuan’s arm tightly: “Husband, Husband, get rid of that long worm3長蟲 (cháng chong): lit. long worm; (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Yulin Cantonese, colloquial) snake. quickly! I’m scared!”
Shan Qihuan’s arm was tightly grasped by Shen Yuhan, he was really scared, he sighed helplessly, and couldn’t help but say: “You were still watching it with relish4津津有味 (jīn jīn yǒu wèi): with keen interest pleasure (idiom); with great relish; with keen pleasure; with gusto; with great interest. just now, it’s just a movie, what’s there to be scared of.”
“But she wasn’t a long worm just now! Press it quickly, hurry up!” Shen Yuhan was on the verge of tears, even his legs curled up on the sofa, his whole body pressed tightly against his husband, he was so scared!
He didn’t even dare to mention the word ‘snake’.
Shan Qihuan wanted to roll his eyes on him: “The movie 《The Legend of the White Snake Transformation5白蛇傳之變身 (Bái Shé Zhuàn zhī biàn shēn): The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. The legend is now counted as one of China’s Four Great Folktales, the others being Lady Meng Jiang, Butterfly Lovers, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. T/N: The movie SYH & SQH watching seems to be a different story from the legend, perhaps a modern adaptation.》 was originally written in the upper right corner.” Seeing his timid appearance, he helped him change the channel, “Okay, change the channel.”
Hearing the familiar advertisement of enjoying silky smoothness, Shen Yuhan raised his head from Shan Qihuan’s arm, but his whole body still leaned on Shan Qihuan.
Shen Yuhan rubbed the goosebumps on his arms.
“How can someone put this kind of malignant long worm out, too malignant.”
“It’s just a snake, what’s there…” To be afraid of.
Shen Yuhan hurriedly reached out and put his hand over his mouth, warning him a little fiercely: “Don’t say this word, don’t say it!”
Shan Qihuan, whose face was covered, touched Shen Yuhan’s palm with his lips, thinking that he’s getting more and more arrogant6蹬鼻子上臉 (dēng bízi shàng liǎn): lit. to climb all over sb; fig. to take advantage of sb’s weakness; one party gives face to the other party and does not care about the other party’s certain outrageous behavior, but the other party not only does not appreciate it, but becomes more arrogant. isn’t he.
Shen Yuhan was still immersed in the state of fear when he heard the words he didn’t want to hear, how can he manage to care about what Shan Qihuan was thinking, let alone how ambiguous his and Shan Qihuan’s current position was.
Shan Qihuan was overwhelmed by the fragrance of the shower gel on his body, and he almost lost his mind, seeing Shen Yuhan’s lips coming closer, he wanted to kiss him, he relied on his strong will to remove Shen Yuhan’s hand: “Okay, I won’t say it.”
Shen Yuhan was half-kneeling on the sofa, when Shan Qihuan suddenly removed his hand, his body’s center of gravity was unstable, and he plunged his head down into Shan Qihuan’s arms, hitting his forehead on Shan Qihuan’s chest.
Shan Qihuan was knocked down by him like this, and he hugged him in panic, feeling annoyed, but he was not angry with Shen Yuhan, this persistent flirtatious little vixen.
Fortunately, Shan Qihuan usually pays attention to exercise, he lifted him up as soon as his arm was lifted, this warm and fragrant soft jade7溫香軟玉 (wēn xiāng ruǎn yù): T/N: May or may not be a typo for the idiom, 軟玉溫香 (ruǎn yù wēn xiāng), delicate gem with warm fragrance the flesh and fragrance of a beauty; Describes a woman’s delicate and fragrant skin; From Romance of the Western Chamber: 我這裏軟玉溫香抱滿懷,呀,恰便似阮肇到天台。, My arms are filled with the warm fragrance of soft jade, ah, just like Ruan Zhao arriving on the rooftop. was in his arms for only a moment, but his mind is confused and roaring, he felt that he could no longer let Shen Yuhan get closer.
He warned in a not too threatening voice: “Shen Yuhan, don’t take the opportunity to throw yourself into my arms.”
Shen Yuhan covered his red forehead, pouted slightly and said: “I bumped into you because I didn’t stand firm, it wasn’t on purpose, how can husband say such things, I’m your wife, not those people outside who took the opportunity to throw themselves into your arms.” Especially that kind of top student!
What he said was indeed very reasonable, Shan Qihuan can bend and stretch8能屈能伸 (néng qū néng shēn): can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible; able to bow or rise as the occasion requires; adaptable to circumstances; can bend or unbend—able to stoop or to stand; Refers to a person who can endure when frustrated and can do a lot when he is successful., and said: “I said the wrong words, you can watch TV by yourself, I’ll go to the study to deal with some things.”
Shen Yuhan said: “Oh.”
Always felt that the back view of his husband going upstairs seemed a bit like he was running away after being defeated9落荒而逃 (luò huāng ér táo): to flee after being defeated; to bolt; Describes the panic and fled after a defeat..
After Shan Qihuan went upstairs, Shen Yuhan flipped through a few more channels but found them boring10索然無味 (suǒ rán wú wèi): bored; unenthused; dull; boring; tedious., remembering that he had to hand in his calligraphy and painting manuscripts next week, he turned off the TV and went to his study room.
Recalling the rainy autumn in the late autumn of Qi Kingdom, the room was wet and cold, Shen Yuhan’s maidservants would burn a charcoal brazier for him, the golden tiger cat11金絲虎 (jīn sī hǔ): Golden tiger cat. 
that often comes to his yard to eat and drink will also follow him to warm himself by the fire, he would read a book while the golden tiger cat slept next to him.
He couldn’t help but recall this event in his mind.
He is afraid that if he lives in modern times for a long time, he will gradually forget those interesting past experiences, forgetting what happened in that special era, he picked up his pen and drew the scenes that he remembered, and then added colors to the painting.
Shen Yuhan was immersed in painting, and had no idea that Shan Qihuan next door was watching the movie just now to the end on his iPad.
He has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, no matter what good or bad movie he sees, he’ll definitely finish it and pull the progress bar to know the ending.
No one would have thought that Shan Qihuan, who usually spent this time playing chess and cards with friends, drinking some wine or chatting, would actually be alone in the study watching an unpopular movie with a rating of less than five points.
The rainstorm has arrived, the rain clatters on the glass windows, Shan Qihuan finished watching the movie at twice the speed.
When he looked at the time, it was already past five in the afternoon.
When he was about to go downstairs for a drink of water, he found that the light in the next room had already been turned on, Shen Yuhan still didn’t like to close the door, he’s afraid that it was intentional, he probably wanted to know his every move, and monitor his actions, he truly was scheming.
However, when Shan Qihuan went down and came up, Shen Yuhan still maintained the same posture as before, holding a brush to draw, with a serious and decent expression.
What can he draw?
He can’t be drawing this for him to see, right.
Shan Qihuan wondered whether he should follow his wishes and make a sound.
No, he can’t make an exception, if Shen Yuhan knew that he made an exception for him, wouldn’t he attract his attention like this every day?
Shen Yuhan must not be allowed to succeed.
Shan Qihuan turned around and went back to his study, wondering why he didn’t go out to play with his friends? Why did he stay at home?
When he heard the wind howling outside, he found a reason, it’s windy and rainy, so it’s really not suitable to go out.
Before dinner, Shen Yuhan finally finished his painting after spending an afternoon, and when he wanted to get his seal, he froze for a moment.
His seal is gone.
After thinking for a moment, he wrote his signature on his own painting.
Who painted it, Yifang Jushi12一方居士 (yī fāng jū shì): 一方 (yī fāng), means a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region; 居士 (jū shì), means (Buddhism) householder (lay devotee); (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncommon) Vaishya (one of the four castes of the varna system); retired scholar; T/N: His professional name can also be translated as ‘A Layman’..
At ten o’clock in the evening, the rainstorm was tired and had to come to a rest, and it was almost time for human beings to go to bed.
Shen Yuhan packed up the bracelets and earrings he bought today before taking a bath, thinking about Shan Qihuan’s words about him throwing himself into his arms, but he still bought them for him anyway.
But when he thought about his friends inviting him to meet the top student, he felt unhappy again.
After taking a fragrant bath, Shen Yuhan decided to ask his husband to go to bed early tonight.
As soon as he opened the door, Shan Qihuan was standing at the door.
Shan Qihuan finished taking a shower in the next room, he stood at the door because he wanted to talk to Shen Yuhan about their separate lives after marriage, it wasn’t because he was tired and wanted to sleep after watching movies all afternoon and all night.
The two of them got into bed one after the other.
After turning off the light, Shen Yuhan moved closer to Shan Qihuan.
He put his hand gently on Shan Qihuan’s arm: “Husband, are you asleep?”
When Shan Qihuan smelled his wife’s sweet fragrance, he felt dizzy and his eyes were blurred, he said: “Asleep.”
“Husband, can you hold my hand to sleep?”
“Can’t.”
“I’m a little afraid of the long worm I saw this afternoon, just hold them for a while.”
This flirtatious little vixen.
In the next second, Shan Qihuan followed his heart and held Shen Yuhan’s fragrant, soft, and smooth hand: “Can only hold it for a while.”
“Um, Husband, I’m sleeping.” the corner of Shen Yuhan’s mouth curled up, he put his forehead against his shoulder, gently gripping back Shan Qihuan’s big hand, feeling quite safe being held, and soon he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Shan Qihuan, who insisted that he could only hold it for a while, held his hand until the two of them fell asleep.
I’m almost fed up with footnote LMAO, there’s just too many, I think I’ll aim for minimum footnote for my next translation project.
