HLLY Chapter 35

The familiar handwriting made Jiang Huan subconsciously hold his breath. He opened the back of the card with extremely stiff movements.

‘Jiang Huan, happy birthday, we will meet again soon.’

‘—Shen Shanwu’

Shen Shanwu

Shen Shanwu

Shen Shanwu

Shen Shanwu

Shen Shanwu

Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu, Shen Shanwu…

Jiang Huan’s gaze was fixed on the name, tracing it over and over again and sketching it over and over again. His gaze lingered on every familiar stroke, portraying every pause, until he no longer knew these three words, until he was suffocated by hypoxia because he forgot to breathe for a long time.

He propped himself on the bedside cabinet with one hand, gasping like a fish short of water. Jiang Huan felt as if he were really drunk; in the clouds and mist, the sky was spinning, perhaps because of a glass of muddy rice wine or perhaps because of the name that burned his heart.

Is this true? Jiang Huan didn’t even dare to believe it. He had fantasized about this scene countless times and dreamed of it countless times. He was ecstatic in his dream, but no matter how happy he was in his dream, it was painful when he woke up.

No one else knew about Shen Shanwu’s existence, and those who knew did not dare or would not make such jokes with him. This year is not his special age. If Shen Shanwu entrusted other mutants to give him birthday gifts before he died, then he shouldn’t have suddenly appeared this year after many years of silence.

The most important thing is that the card says, ‘We will meet again soon.’

If it weren’t for Shen Shanwu himself sending him the eternal flower, why would he add such a sentence?

Jiang Huan exhausted various reasons to analyze and try to believe that Shen Shanwu was still alive, but as long as he hadn’t seen Shen Shanwu with his own eyes, he would never be able to let go.

When he just learned of Shen Shanwu’s death, Jiang Huan always imagined that maybe Gong Wei would knock on his door in the next second and tell him that Shen Shanwu was still alive.

On his birthday that year, he pushed away everything and came to the basement, where Shen Shanwu had been waiting for him for a day and a night, and also sat for a day and a night.

When he finally couldn’t support his tiredness, before his consciousness disappeared, Jiang Huan wondered if he would wake up this time as he had done countless times before, he would have been hugged to the bed by Shen Shanwu and set him up while the other party was lying next to him, pretending to be asleep, waiting for him to suddenly open his eyes and scare him.

He was hungry, thirsty, and tired, and he really couldn’t hold on. Shen Shanwu, you have always been soft-hearted; why did you insist on not showing up this time?

He didn’t know how long it took; Jiang Huan was frozen awake and alive. He opened his dry eyes. There was still an empty basement in front of him. He was still sitting alone in a chair. His body was extremely stiff from maintaining the same posture for a long time, and his shoulders and thighs were numb and painful.

Suddenly, there was a sound from the door, Jiang Huan stood up nervously and expectantly, but Lu Jingzhi’s worried and concerned gaze faced him.

Since that day, Jiang Huan has worn Shen Shanwu’s nameplate around his neck and hidden it in his collar, just like his luxury and fantasy, and has been silent about the name ever since.

There was a long silence in his ears, and Shen Shanwu, who was pretending to be asleep, was feeling itchy and unbearable. He was still thinking about whether Jiang Huan would be so happy to cry after learning the news that he was still alive, or at least smile, but except for the shortness of breath at the beginning, this guy was like a sculpture, like normal times, never moving.

Shen Shanwu had to think that Jiang Huan was going to sit at the head of the bed like this all night when the other party finally made a move. Jiang Huan solemnly picked up the eternal flower, locked it in the drawer under the desk, and then stuffed the card into the ID card protection bag he always carried with him.

After finishing this series of things, Jiang Huan noticed the cake and the thermos pot on the table. Shen Shanwu quietly pricked up his ears and heard Jiang Huan open the cake carton, then the sound of chewing, and heard him unscrew the lid of the pot. The teaspoon turned around in the soup, but in the end it remained intact and tightly closed, untouched.

There will be chicken soup tomorrow morning! Shen Shanwu secretly chuckled without conscience.

The gift was sent out, and the message was also passed to Jiang Huan. Shen Shanwu was finally able to let go of his heart, which had been hanging all night, and could sleep comfortably. It’s a pity that Jiang Huan has completely grown up; he no longer loves to cry and laugh like he did when he was a child, and his emotions are rarely exposed. This is a bit regrettable.

But Jiang Huan was obviously not sleepy. He turned around by the bed twice, not knowing what he was thinking, and suddenly walked forward and whispered to Jiang Tong. Shen Shanwu felt that his volume was not enough to wake up the ‘sleeping’ child, so he didn’t move.

After Jiang Huan called, he fell silent again. After a short while, he quickly opened the door again, but after standing at the door for a while, he sighed again, closed the door, and returned to the bed.

Shen Shanwu: “…” Brother, can you sleep? Are drunks as active as you?

He felt Jiang Huan tuck the quilt for him, straighten his hair, and, after a while, scrape the tip of his nose with his fingers.

It’s not over yet?!

Shen Shanwu frowned and turned his back to Jiang Huan, not wanting to be molested by him anymore. Jiang Huan was indeed not frenzied enough to tease Jiang Tong again. He stood by the bed for a while and suddenly remembered that he hadn’t taken a shower yet. After the rustling sound of rummaging through clothes, there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

Shen Shanwu breathed a sigh of relief; finally, it was peaceful.

In order to save water resources, most people will choose to scrub their bodies. Even if it is a deep-pocketed Shanhai team, everyone will take a bath as quickly as possible.

In just five minutes, Jiang Huan finished bathing, and Shen Shanwu lay on the bed bored, waiting for him to come over with his body covered in water vapor, but after waiting for a long time, he didn’t hear any more movement in the bathroom.

What happened again? Shen Shanwu turned his body back in a daze, thinking about whether to pretend to want to go to the toilet and take a look in the bathroom. Maybe Jiang Huan was so drunk that he fell asleep naked in the bathroom.

At this moment, Shen Shanwu suddenly heard a soft, hoarse, and seductive cry coming from a distance in the bathroom, with overflowing haze and confusion, as if desperately trying to say something.

“Brother…”

Hmm? Shen Shanwu didn’t hold back from opening half of his eyes and turning his eyes curiously, but just as he was about to hold up his head and look through the gap in the bathroom door that never closes, another hoarse male call came, accompanied by his name, and there was another strange and sticky sound.

Shen Shanwu is a 31-year-old adult male. Although mutating had made him much less oblivious, he still immediately knew what was behind the regular moaning from the bathroom.

“Shen Shanwu…”

A continuous stream of faint panting and blush-inducing strange noises sounded together. The closed bathroom door clearly transmitted these movements to the outside world, and Shen Shanwu’s excellent hearing allowed him to receive everything in his mind exactly the same.

As the matter was about to come to an end, Jiang Huan accelerated his speed, and the call in his mouth was also uncontrollable in variety of ways, brother, brother Shanwu, Shanwu, Shen Shanwu…All rolled past the tip of his hot tongue and then fell on Shen Shanwu’s heart.

Shen Shanwu lay stiffly on the bed; his pupils shrank to the limit, and all the meanings were too obvious, and he couldn’t deceive himself to find a second explanation.

Jiang Huan called his name and did that kind of thing. Through the ages, there has only been one kind of emotion that can make people call out the name of another person in this situation.

Impossible. Shen Shanwu was so shocked that he almost couldn’t control his sharp teeth. When his tongue was cut and blood filled his mouth, he slightly regained his sanity.

Jiang Huan… likes him?

Jiang Huan’s feelings for him are not simple brotherly affection…but romantic love?

Shen Shanwu quickly recalled the bits and pieces of the two getting along in the past. Jiang Huan has always been very dependent on him, and their physical contact has always been frequent and intimate. Shen Shanwu dared to say that he had absolutely no other charming thoughts from beginning to end, and Jiang Huan…

No wonder he always has to sleep with his arms around him! No wonder, after fainting to death from bone pain a few times, his lips were wet when he woke up! Jiang Huan explained that he saw his lips drying and peeling and fed him water. What kind of water does he need as a mutant?

No, Jiang Huan was only fifteen years old at that time; did he already have that kind of idea for him?

Was I nice to him? I wasn’t good to him at all that time, right? How did he like me? How did he awaken his sexuality? Why does he like me? What did I do to make him like me?

One question after another filled Shen Shanwu’s mind, but all this disappeared under the pressure of Jiang Huan lying on the bed.

Shen Shanwu’s heart trembled uncontrollably, and he was completely awake.

If he insists on recalling past experiences, Shen Shanwu can only think of one thing from the past. For Jiang Huan, it is definitely not a good memory.

Jiang Huan used to be delicate and frail and afraid of suffering, but he was still innocent and heartless. It was okay when he was obedient, but Shen Shanwu really wanted to strangle him when he was disobedient.

At this time, Shen Shanwu admired Jiang Huan’s mother very much and had to admit that this great woman was much better than him. At least Shen Shanwu didn’t have the ability to make his child still think about cranberry cheesecake in the third year of the end of the world.

Once, Shen Shanwu worked in a small human shelter that didn’t look like a good place for Jiang Huan’s food for the next three days.

The little leader who received them looked like an old man, with lustful eyes not only at him and the graceful and mature women but also at the weak and young children, including Jiang Huan. The rogue takes all the young and old into his eyes and refuses to let go of anyone.

Shen Shanwu noticed at a glance that this rogue had that kind of mind for Jiang Huan. He quietly thought about keeping Jiang Huan closer for the past two days, trying to avoid this evil stick¹a man’s lower body, leaving without causing trouble, getting the food, and then leaving.

The task assigned to him was to be performed under the scorching noon sun. The more difficult the general conditions, the more attractive the rewards. Shen Shanwu was also happy to receive such a job. He called Jiang Huan and asked him to go out with him to bask in the sun.

But at this moment, the little leader rubbed his hands nervously and said with a quiet face that the child couldn’t help anyway, and the sun was so hot outside that he was afraid that the child would suffer from heatstroke. So, he kindly let the doll sit in his office all afternoon, and he was willing to provide sweet water to drink.

Jiang Huan’s ears perked up all of a sudden. He looked at the scorching heat outside and then saw the sugar-sweetened water in the little leader’s hand. Tired and greedy, he begged Shen Shanwu pitifully to let him stay here.

Shen Shanwu couldn’t believe his ears. This old man’s face almost hung with an evil big-character of bad intentions, yet Jiang Huan could still say such things.

“Follow me.” At that time, he was full of hostility, and he couldn’t help but try to see others with the greatest malice. He even thought hideously about whether Jiang Huan did it on purpose and that he actually knew everything, just to make up his mind to exchange his body for the comfort of the afternoon.

“Brother… I’m really tired. I don’t want to move, it’s so hot outside…”

Shen Shanwu was silent for a while and said, “Okay.”

As soon as he turned around and went out, the door was immediately locked from the inside with a click, and the leader was no longer willing to add a shred of cover-up.

Shen Shanwu followed the contractor who took him to the place of work outside the door for two steps and suddenly stopped again at a turning point. The contractor noticed his stop and urged him to come quickly. Everyone else was waiting for him, while Shen Shanwu stopped in place, silently counting the numbers in his heart.

But within a few seconds, Jiang Huan’s horrified cry came from not far away.

The contractor was taken aback for a moment; the expression on his face was disgusted with the little leader, but it was more sarcasm towards Shen Shanwu. He, himself, is not doing well, but as long as he sees that others are worse than him, he will feel extremely comfortable.

“Did you find out? You didn’t find out before the door was locked earlier, and it’s useless to stop it now.” He also patted Shen Shanwu on the shoulder disgustedly, and said strangely, “This guy uses this trick to deceive a lot of people, not only your idiot brother. Don’t go over and shout at the door, I’m telling you, this pervert, the more you call him, the more excited he is…”

Before he finished, Shen Shanwu opened his eyes, turned around, and returned to the office. He kicked the door directly and sent the decimeter-thick anti-theft door out of a big hole. The contractor’s legs softened in an instant, and the whole person collapsed to the ground like a loach.

Shen Shanwu kicked again without looking back, and the anti-theft door suddenly collapsed with countless screws and patches, flew out for half a meter, and then crashed to the ground. Even the surrounding cement wall tiles inlaid with the door collapsed a lot.

Like a killing god, he walked silently into the door with a body full of evil spirits.The sugar water in the door spilled all over the floor, the tables and chairs were tilted, Jiang Huan’s face was full of tears, and he was holding a dagger that Shen Shanwu had given him earlier. Although the neckline of his clothes was messed up, revealing a bit of white and tender clavicle, the rest of the place was intact.

The zipper of the little leader’s pants hadn’t been fastened yet, and he was holding the corner tremblingly, as if he wanted to call someone, but he couldn’t say a word. Shen Shanwu took off his sunglasses and didn’t shy away from his black and red zombie pupils.

The smell of shit and urine suddenly filled the room, and the man became incontinent. Shen Shanwu didn’t bother to talk nonsense to this person who wasted air while he was alive. He took the dagger from Jiang Huan’s hand and killed the pervert with a single knife. Then he put the bloody dagger back into Jiang Huan’s hand, turned back into the room, and flipped around. With his excellent sense of smell, he also found a lot of hidden food, enough for Jiang Huan to eat for most of the month.

Shen Shanwu made such a lot of noise that a group of people gathered a short distance away. Most of them were the subordinates of the little leader, holding knives and guns in their hands, but they were afraid of Shen Shanwu’s sharp black nails and pupils. They were frightened and did not dare to step forward. 

Jiang Huan burst into tears, just like a small faucet, sobbing and shivering and wiping the blood from the dagger while crying. Shen Shanwu completely ignored the people outside the door and only yelled at Jiang Huan with a headache to shut him up.

“I let you follow me! How dare you disobey… do you dare not follow next time?”

Jiang Huan cried again, “I dare not… Brother, I will follow wherever you go!”

Jiang Huan fulfilled this sentence very well. For a long time, he was almost inseparable from Shen Shanwu, and he had to follow him even when he went to the toilet.

After a while, Shen Shanwu was also afraid that the child would really leave some psychological shadow, so he took the initiative to talk to him about it and wanted to guide him.

Jiang Huan’s mentality was quite strong. He quickly relaxed during the conversation and asked curiously in Shen Shanwu’s arms, “But I am a boy, I am not a girl; there is no such place and the dead pervert is clearly also a man. Why would he want me?”

“Men in this world will not only like women, they will also like men, and so will women. This is called homosexuality. Your parents are heterosexual. In addition, there is bisexuality. They like both men and women.”

“Homosexuality.” Jiang Huan repeated in surprise, “I haven’t read it in a book.”

“You read too few books.”

Jiang Huan nodded, “It would be great if there was no such thing as the end of the world. I only look at a small cabinet of books in my family…”

After a while, Jiang Huan asked again, “Brother, are you heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual?”

Shen Shanwu paused for a moment and told him truthfully, “I am homosexual, and I like men.”

“!!!” Jiang Huan immediately lit up his eyes as excitedly as he discovered the new world, “Then do you like me?”

Shen Shanwu: “……”

Shen Shanwu: “Liking a man does not mean that you like every man.”

“Then brother, who do you like? You have a girlfrien…No, do you have a boyfriend?”

“I did.”

“Who is he? Where is he?”

“Dead.”

“…it’s so miserable.”

“No, I’m very happy.”

“…”

 

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