⌈Weekend update: 0/2⌋
The charm of a man lies in his appearance, physique, wealth, and eloquence.
Li ZouXing leaned against the sink, drying his damp hands.
In this state of being observed, he unknowingly showcased his face and physique as if innocent, filling the enclosed space with pink bubbles.
Gu WenCheng sat outside with a cold expression, watching Nana and Sophia leave. However, his hands unconsciously clenched tighter and tighter until Xi Nan came over with concern. “WenCheng, are you feeling unwell?”
“What?” Gu WenCheng only realized his voice sounded hoarse after the words left his mouth.
Li ZouXing walked out of the restroom and, upon hearing Xi Nan’s words, walked over to Gu WenCheng. He reached out his cold hand to touch Gu WenCheng’s forehead. “Your face is a bit red.”
Gu WenCheng remained motionless. “It’s a polite response from a gentleman to a lady’s invitation to dance.”
“It’s also polite to refuse,” Li ZouXing casually brushed his cheek with his hand, reducing the warmth on Gu WenCheng’s face that came from his touch. “Did you also refuse Nana?”
Li ZouXing straightened up and met Gu WenCheng’s gaze while seated on the sofa. He smiled. “Why are you so picky?”
“Refusing them means I’m picky?” Gu WenCheng unconsciously licked his lips. “You’re taking their side.”
“Where did I take their side?” Li ZouXing widened his eyes.
A smile flickered in Gu WenCheng’s eyes. He furrowed his brow, stood up, and walked to the window, gazing at the sea outside without saying a word.
His attention was on his spiritual power. He could clearly “see” that Li ZouXing had turned to look at him, with a puzzled expression, and then started walking towards him.
With each step, his mental power traced circles on his legs.
“You’ve really misunderstood me,” Li ZouXing deliberately sighed, and glanced at Advisor Cheng, his youthful intentions quite evident. “Was I standing up for them? I was actually jealous of your popularity with women.”
“Your little Walter still admires you,” Gu WenCheng said. “And Bai Tong, whose beauty is renowned across the stars, looks at you with interest. Where do you need to be jealous?”
Li ZouXing chuckled. “I can’t compare to you.”
Although it sounded like mutual praise, it seemed like something else entirely. Xi Nan nudged the person beside him. “Are they engaging in a mutual ego-boosting competition?”
Ling Nian and Ji Yu nodded, disdainful. “True and false.”
In the following days, the school prepared for the anniversary celebration. Everyone was discussing the upcoming festivities, and Li ZouXing’s and Walter’s matters had become a thing of the past.
After a few days, all students who were on missions outside had returned to the school. As three-star level students, Li ZouXing and his group had indeed gotten to know many senior students.
The team chosen to be presented to the Emperor naturally had to be the best. As newcomers who had become three-star level students early on, they ended up at the very front of this group.
When they put on the military academy uniforms, it truly tested one’s physique. Those with less favorable body shapes couldn’t convey the feeling of silver light flowing on their bodies. In comparison, the Dream Team standing in front seemed even more alluring.
Even Xi Nan, with his strong build, possessed long legs and a slim waist.
Only at this moment did the same-level freshmen realize that they had quietly elevated their own status. At this point, apart from looking up, even their jealousy seemed weak and powerless. Finally, it was unclear who started it, but during formation practice, a group of people ran to the side and started cheering for them.
This drew impressed murmurs from the senior students. Keep in mind, those who could enter the Chengyang Military Academy were all cream of the crop, and they had grown up in competitive environments. However, they had never seen such a scene at the Chengyang Military Academy.
Many newcomers were genuinely cheering for their fellow classmates.
It sounded incredible, but it was indeed happening.
However, due to their immense charm, all members of the Dream Team were invited by girls to the dance on the day of the anniversary celebration. They were much less loyal to Gu WenCheng, who they had previously told about supporting each other. In one moment, they were agreeing to cute girls’ invitations, leaving only Gu WenCheng and Li ZouXing behind.
Two individuals, capable of many things together.
Two days before the anniversary celebration, Ling Nian and the other two were going to practice dancing with the girls. Only the two of them were in the school building, and it was already dark outside. Li ZouXing looked out the window and thought for a moment. “Do you want to take a walk?”
The Chengyang Military Academy was enormous, and there were many places to take a walk. Gu WenCheng used his neural implant to search the school forum and, based on recommended spots, he went with Li ZouXing.
The moon hung in the sky, and there were few people on the road.
Occasionally, ambiguous sounds could be heard from the bushes nearby—kisses and sighs. These sounds, which were suggestive to them, heightened the atmosphere for the two individuals whose senses had been enhanced.
Gu WenCheng and Li ZouXing exchanged a glance, quickening their pace as they passed through a small forest. After finally walking through that area, they didn’t even know what to say, and the awkwardness was palpable.
“Cough,” Li ZouXing clenched his fist against his lips, “There’s a big lake ahead. Do you want to go take a look?”
He seemed embarrassed, and the more he appeared that way, the more Gu WenCheng wanted to playfully tease him. “Guess what they’re doing?”
Li ZouXing rolled his eyes. “Of course, they’re doing what couples do.”
“What do couples do?”
Gu WenCheng pressed on.
He truly possessed the mischievousness of a man. When Li ZouXing teased him, he would dodge, but when Li ZouXing appeared bashful, he became particularly bold, wanting to provoke him further.
“Kissing, hugging,” Li ZouXing mocked him, “You don’t think I know anything, do you?”
“Do you know that?” Gu WenCheng retorted, “Have you done it with someone else?”
Li ZouXing’s expression became strange, and he shook his head with a concealed gesture. “No.”
“No hugging, or no kissing?” Gu WenCheng inquired.
“Neither.”
Bullshit.
Even if he had forgotten or acted like a fool about the time he kissed him, hadn’t he also forgotten the kiss he shared with Walter?
Li ZouXing put his arm around Gu WenCheng’s shoulder, leaning close to his ear, and said mysteriously, “Have you kissed before?”
Gu WenCheng: “…”
Suddenly, he remembered the scene of him kissing Li ZouXing.
Twice, their lips met. During the first time, Li ZouXing had even sucked on his lips. The slight stinging sensation from that moment remained as clear as if it had just happened.
He unconsciously touched his lips. “Yes.”
“What kind of kiss?” Li ZouXing curiously asked, “Did you use tongue?”
This was probably one of the favorite topics for boys to discuss.
They had already reached the lakeside, and the moonlight reflected on the water’s surface created a silvery texture.
Very luckily, perhaps the temptation of the small forest was too much for the couples to bear, as there wasn’t a single person by the lake.
“… No,” discussing this kind of question in such a deserted and dark atmosphere made him feel somewhat heated, Gu WenCheng said, “No tongue.”
Suspicious pause, Li ZouXing found a place to sit down with Gu WenCheng, the surrounding trees creating a natural barrier for them. “Have you ever been curious?”
Lips and tongues felt uncomfortable, and Gu WenCheng responded, “Curious about what?”
“French kissing,” Li ZouXing leaned back with his hands supporting him behind, “What does it feel like?”
Gu WenCheng felt that this topic carried a sort of enchantment, both dangerous and enticing, making him want to continue despite the warning signs. “Looking at those couples, they seem to be enjoying it.”
“They’re also quite excited, so excited they’re getting handsy,” Li ZouXing chuckled a couple of times, his voice lowered as he made the conversation more secretive, “Tongues entwined, you bite me, I suck you—what’s the magic behind all that?”
The conversation became increasingly skewed and laden with innuendo.
The impulses of a man could override his brain. In such an atmosphere, who knew if they would do something irrational?
“It’s a bit pitiful for someone without a girlfriend to discuss this topic,” Gu WenCheng’s Adam’s apple rolled as he tried to reason with himself to stop, “However, no matter how much we talk about it, we won’t truly understand what it’s like to French kiss.”
Li ZouXing sighed. “It is quite pitiful. Look at them, holding girls’ hands and dancing gracefully, while the two of us single men are still debating whether the other’s mouth is sweet when talking about kissing.”
“[Cheng Cheng, your words are so sweet.]”
…
Fuck.
Li ZouXing lay half-reclined on the grass, his hands cushioned behind his head, gazing at the stars in the sky.
Gu WenCheng’s mental power emerged again, approaching him from all directions.
His body stretched even longer, and as the mental power brushed past his lips, Li ZouXing unexpectedly extended the tip of his tongue to lick his lower lip, coincidentally encountering the mental power.
An electrifying sensation surged from his tongue, spreading throughout his body. The damp mental power picked up traces of saliva and retreated shyly back into Gu WenCheng’s consciousness.
With a thunderous sound, the impulsive side of a man completely overwhelmed reason. Gu WenCheng tugged at his collar, cursed under his breath, and flipped over to cover Li ZouXing.
Rising onto his upper body, his brows furrowed in annoyance, Gu WenCheng gazed down upon Li ZouXing from above.
“Stick out your tongue.”
The authoritarian and domineering aura of a star thief was undisputed. “I’ll show you what a French kiss is.”
The command was laced with urgency.
The rush of hormones clouded his mind, subduing any notion of whether a man should or shouldn’t. All surrendered to the desire of this moment.
Li ZouXing stared wide-eyed, even struggling to process. “What? What did you say?”
He seemed about to say “We’re both men” in the next second. Gu WenCheng impatiently responded, “Aren’t you curious about what it feels like when tongues entwine?”
In this state of attack, coupled with Walter, Gu WenCheng lost all sense of prior hesitations and shame, his gaze heavy, riddled with the “want to kiss, want to touch, want to bed” impulses flooding his mind.
With a coaxing tone, he followed Li ZouXing’s words, “Stick out your tongue, let them twist in the air, not in the mouth, so it doesn’t count as a kiss.”
Li ZouXing’s gaze evaded. “We’re both men.”
“Without touching lips,” Gu WenCheng’s upper body lowered more and more, almost nose to nose with him, “just let the tips of our tongues touch briefly. It won’t be considered a kiss. We’re both men, so no need to worry about it.”
Li ZouXing hesitated.
He clearly began to sway. In an atmosphere saturated with pink bubbles, as if under the influence of an aphrodisiac, any man would be influenced by impulse and desire.
The surrounding forest provided them not only with a sense of security but also with an audacious freedom concealed beneath that safety. The environment seemed to be whispering to them that they could indulge in their lustful thoughts.
Eventually, Li ZouXing extended his tongue.
In the air, the tip of his tongue felt the breeze and the cold.
Gu WenCheng took a deep breath, just like he had told Li ZouXing. This was merely an experience. Even if they kissed, what would it really signify?
He closed his eyes, his head lowering further.
The mental power around him spontaneously formed a protective barrier, shielding them from anything that could interrupt them.
Gu WenCheng stuck out his tongue, this shaky and hesitant half of a tongue, while his eyes remained closed, seeking another target.
Moving forward, then a bit further.
One went down, the other reached up. Finally, the tips of their tongues met.
They tangibly collided.
Author’s Note:
Hehehe
The flaws of male nature – you advance, and I retreat; you retreat, and I get excited.
Impulse really can overpower reason, and considering matters with the lower half of one’s body isn’t just a playful saying, hhh.
