Meng Ting raised his chin slightly, his eyes were pure and clean. He had absolutely no idea what he meant by what he said. Maybe what he wanted to express was correct, but it was really difficult for ordinary people to say such words with such a solemn expression.
These were not love words, but Meng Ting’s sincere words. However, it was something like this that shocked people even more.
The two people stared at each other for a long time. The roots of Yan Sui’s ears gradually became warm. Being provoked by Meng Ting’s words again and again made Yan Sui feel a little at a loss. He lowered his eyes to look at the person. Meng Ting did not avoid it and looked at him honestly. There was seriousness, determination, and solemnity in his eyes…
This was not something Meng Ting said deliberately to tease him, but something he felt he had to tell him after thinking about it, something so straightforward and hot that it burned people’s hearts.
Moreover, he couldn’t refute Meng Ting’s words at all. Meng Ting was indeed a treasure that he thought could only be found and not sought1可遇不可求 (kě yù bù kě qiú): Alternative form of 可遇而不可求 (kě yù ér bù kě qiú); (of something good or fortunate) can only be come across serendipitously; good things may happen, but may not be sought; just have to let it happen, you can’t force it; can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously.. When he confessed in such words, he was at a loss, but he was also happy in his heart, a joy that was too obvious to be ignored.
With a gentle push of his hand, he pulled Meng Ting into his arms, and then hugged him, “You’re right.”
He likes Meng Ting, and Meng Ting also likes him.
A smile bloomed on Meng Ting’s face once again. He rubbed against the person but felt that it wasn’t enough. He leaned forward, his eyes swept over Yan Sui’s lips and then kissed his cheek.
The cherry-colored lips fell onto Yan Sui’s tense face, like a feather caressing it, bringing a bit of Meng Ting’s breath.
Yan Sui’s eyes shook and his body stiffened. He should have reacted or done something at this time, but he was trapped in this soft kiss. In the mist, the decisiveness and straightforwardness of the past were completely gone from him at this time.
Meng Ting’s eyes were still wide open. For things like kissing, he was unfamiliar and novel, but he didn’t reject it at all. He smiled, then leaned on Yan Sui’s shoulder, “I wanted to kiss you, so I didn’t hold back. Why don’t you wash your face later?”
Yan Sui pursed his lips. He was afraid that he would be reluctant to wash his face. He raised his hand and touched Meng Ting’s face.
Meng Ting’s body was still a little warm, and Yan Sui’s hand felt very comfortable, so he couldn’t help but rub it again.
Feeling Meng Ting’s affection, Yan Sui didn’t remove his hand. After a long time, he let go of Meng Ting and pulled him to continue walking, but the feeling of his heartbeat never dissipated. The speed of his fall was something he had never imagined before he was twenty-eight years old.
The Yan family’s old house did not have a gorgeous and exquisite flower garden, but only a verdant green lawn. Meng Ting couldn’t see anything, he just felt that the view was good, and he wouldn’t be afraid of not having a place to run in the future.
The sky is getting dark. There is a white light at a distance on the edge of the grass. It had just rained today. Yan Sui took Meng Ting around for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, he led the person back and they walked around the first floor.
“Nanny Wang, Uncle Xiao, and the others live in this place. From now on, if I’m not at home and you need something, if you don’t see anyone in the living room, you can come here to find them.”
“This room is the fitness room. In the future, whether the weather is good or bad, you can go here to run and exercise.”
It was said to be a fitness room, but it was actually quite large, with all kinds of exercise equipment. The lawn outside that Meng Ting regarded as an ordinary grassy field was not simple—it was a golf course suitable for playing golf. It covered an area so vast that it was probably beyond Meng Ting’s imagination.
Of course, he didn’t need to think too much about it either. Even if Yan Sui of the Yan family was very wealthy, he would still eat the same food and sleep on the same bed. His demands on Yan Sui had always been ridiculously low—just having enough to eat and a good place to sleep was all he needed.
“If you want to learn something in the future, just tell me. I’ll teach you when I’m free. When I’m too busy, I’ll let Uncle Xiao hire someone to teach you.”
Seeing Meng Ting touch the fencing equipment, Yan Sui said this.
“Um,” Meng Ting nodded repeatedly. He was indeed quite interested in this fitness room.
Yan Sui took Meng Ting to the second floor again, “This is my study room. There are many books in it. If you want to read anything in the future, just come in and get it.”
Meng Ting hesitated at the door of the study room for a moment before he followed him in. He was naturally frightened by such a serious study, and he became more cautious in an instant. Fortunately, Yan Sui didn’t lead him to stay there for much longer, he then led him up to the third floor.
“This one is my mother and father’s wedding room, that one is my grandmother and grandfather’s room, and the rest are just unused guest rooms.”
He didn’t open those two rooms. After they finished walking around, Yan Sui took Meng Ting back to his room.
“You’re still sick, there’s no need to rush. You can slowly familiarize yourself later.”
Meng Ting nodded as he went to the bed to lie down by himself, he looked at Yan Sui and said, “If you’re busy, you can go to work. I’ll be fine by myself.”
Yan Sui didn’t respond. He pulled the quilt for Meng Ting, got up, and moved a chair to the bedside. He still planned to work here.
When Meng Ting understood Yan Sui’s intention, he shifted his position, then pulled back a corner of the quilt, and then patting the bed while looking at the person.
“I’m going to type on the keyboard, it’s going to be a bit noisy.”
Meng Ting immediately shook his head when he heard this, “It doesn’t matter. Besides, I’ve been sleeping all day.” He thought, since Yan Sui going to accompany him by the bedside, he might as well accompany him on the bed so that they could be closer.
After a little hesitation, Yan Sui nodded. He changed his clothes before getting on the bed. He sat with Meng Ting lying next to him. Not long after Yan Sui started working, he went from being a little far away to being right next to him.
Yan Sui continued to work, turning his head to look at Meng Ting from time to time. He first played with his phone for a bit, then set it aside. Before long, he closed his eyes and changed from lying down to lying on his side, hugging people.
His waist was encircled by a hand. This was the first time that Yan Sui had to deal with a situation like this. Compared to usual, he seemed somewhat distracted, or it could be said that his mind was wandering. But Meng Ting clearly enjoyed it. His brows relaxed a little, and he slept better than before.
Yan Sui was helpless. He couldn’t match Meng Ting’s sweet talk, nor could he compare to Meng Ting in terms of initiative and enthusiasm. Perhaps, he should read more books on this subject.
***
At around ten o’clock he turned off the laptop, and went downstairs again. He brought the medicinal meal that Nanny Wang had been simmering over low heat.
He rubbed Meng Ting’s hair and said, “Wake up, drink the soup before you sleep again.”
Meng Ting’s head moved, but he still didn’t wake up. Yan Sui continued to rub it for a while and found that he seemed to sleep even better.
He had no choice but to half-hug the person up and say, “Wake up.”
Meng Ting put his arms around Yan Sui, his eyes had not yet opened, and his voice was slightly muffled, “Yan Sui… I’m awake.”
“Um,” Yan Sui responded gently. He continued to sit up with Meng Ting in his arms, and then took the pillows on one side and stacked them together. He put the person on the pillow, but Meng Ting’s hands, which gradually regained their strength, hugged him more tightly.
“Yan Sui, I slept particularly well just now.” No nightmares, no more deaths… This is too rare, he hasn’t had such a good sleep for a long time, “Thank you.”
“I’ve said it before, this is what should be done. There is no need to say thank you.”
Yan Sui had become more and more accustomed to being close to Meng Ting. He continued to hug him, but began to ponder the possible reasons behind Meng Ting’s ‘thank you’.
“Then, can you hold me in your arms to sleep from now on?”
Meng Ting’s voice was soft and gentle with a bit of apprehension and anticipation, he rubbed against him, “I especially like it when you hug me.”
Meng Ting, who didn’t know how to beat around the bush, once again stunned Yan Sui. After a long time, he pressed Meng Ting’s shoulders and then stood up. Meng Ting looked at him with confusion, as if asking why he didn’t hug him anymore.
He stretched out his hand, and Meng Ting immediately grabbed his hand, put it against his cheek, and continued to look at him.
Being looked at by those eyes, Yan Sui subconsciously said, “Eat the medicinal meal first, otherwise it will get cold.”
Meng Ting’s eyes caught sight of the soup compote on the sofa table and his eyes lit up. He grabbed Yan Sui’s hand and moved it away from his cheek but still didn’t let go, “I can smell it, it’s very fragrant.”
But after he finished speaking, his eyes swept toward Yan Sui’s face again. Generally speaking, eating is the most important thing to Meng Ting, but he was still a little concerned about the lack of answer to the question just now. Maybe…this is a very difficult question to answer.
“Meng Ting, you are still young, I’m afraid you will regret it.”
Yan Sui just subconsciously wanted to divert this topic, not because he didn’t want to hold the person, but because he knows that whether they have an intimate relationship or not, it’s different for him. If they really went that far, and Meng Ting regretted it in the future, he wouldn’t be able to let the person go.
“I’m not young anymore,” Meng Ting didn’t quite understand, how come the issue of his age comes up? After thinking about it again, he remembered that he had indeed become younger again now, but not too young.
“If you don’t regret it, I won’t regret it either.”
If Yan Sui hugged him, he would be able to sleep well. How could he regret it? This is exactly what he wished for.
He lunged forward, and directly pounced on Yan Sui, who was caught off guard, onto the bed, “Yan Sui, if you don’t want to hug me, is it okay for me to hug you instead?”
This is not a hug. His behavior was clearly that of a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.
Meng Ting’s words were soft and gentle, but his behavior was quite domineering. Anyway, this was the first time that Yan Sui had been pounced on the bed.
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List of Idiom in Chapter 020
心不在焉 (xīn bù zài yān): absent-minded; absent-mindedly; preoccupied; inattentive; with one’s thoughts wandering; From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites: 心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。, When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.心猿意馬 (xīn yuán yì mǎ): lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); unable to concentrate, inattentive and vacillating; to have ants in one’s pants; adventurous and uncontrollable; a heart like a capering monkey and a mind like a galloping horse—perturbed; unsettled; restless; in several minds; the mind is as uncontrollable as a monkey jumping or a horse galloping. Describes a mind that is not focused and changeable.
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