MOGHA Chapter 58

When Chris knocked on the door and entered the office, Gongyue was watching the live broadcast of the physics conference.

His attention was focused on Ye Shanshan all along. When Ye Shanshan stepped down from the stage, Gongyue closed the video and asked Chris, “How’s it going?”

“These past few days, I’ve had my people filter through all of Xu Tian’s recent communications, but we haven’t found anything suspicious. This time targeting Young Master Ye, it’s just Xu Tian trying to use Young Master Ye and the Guo family behind him to get rid of Tu Yuantai.”

Although Gongyue believed that, according to Xu Tian’s leaky plan, he shouldn’t be involved with the forces behind the deification plan, when it came to Ye Shanshan, he had to be more cautious.

After carefully reviewing the information Chris had compiled twice, Gongyue nodded. “Alright, got it. Keep an eye on the situation.”

Upon hearing Gongyue’s words, Chris didn’t ask any further questions.

After everyone left, Gongyue rubbed his temples and let out a soft sigh. He reopened the video with the mouse, rewound it, and watched Ye Shanshan’s radiant appearance on the podium. His gaze softened slowly.

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At the venue.

After finally getting into the car with Professor Burton, Ye Shanshan felt like he had used up all his strength. He took a break and grabbed a bottle of mineral water, tilting his head back and gulping down half the bottle in one breath.

After the end of the conference, the invited experts and scholars usually exchanged a few words before leaving, but given the aloof reputation of his teacher, very few people approached them.

Just as Ye Shanshan thought he could leave early for lunch, he was stopped in his tracks by two people. They immediately began criticizing Professor Burton’s views with great excitement.

Seeing his teacher standing there with no expression on his face, clearly wanting to defend his own ideas but unable to speak, Ye Shanshan became angry in no time. Taking a deep breath, he adopted the rapid-fire speech style of Professor Hess and directly fired back.

The result was quickly surrounded by onlookers, and the debate between the two sides inadvertently escalated into a multi-party argument. A group of experts and scholars who usually shone with civilized demeanor were glaring at each other at the drop of a hat.

So, even though it was supposed to be over by twelve o’clock, it dragged on until one-thirty. Ye Shanshan felt like he was about to cry from hunger and was desperately thirsty.

“You’re very capable,” Professor Burton finally managed to say after organizing his thoughts for a while, and then added, “Very good.”

Resting his head against the back of the front seat, Ye Shanshan turned his head and gave his teacher a big smile. “I want to thank you too.”

Shaking his head, Professor Burton replied, “I don’t want you to be treated unfairly.”

Ye Shanshan blinked, suddenly feeling a bit emotional. He remembered when he first arrived in B City, the whole world seemed both fascinating and strange to him—fascinating enough to excite him, yet strange enough to make him feel afraid.

Later, Gong Yue gave him a sense of security, shelter, and reliance, allowing him to be sheltered from the wind and rain, and giving him the courage to face the unknown world.

And besides Gong Yue, the teachers were the ones who took him to explore this wonderful world and understand it. Putting aside the bitterness in his heart, Ye Shanshan smiled and changed the subject. He raised his hand and said, “Dear Viscount, I have always had a question. May I ask?”

Seeing the nod from the other party, Ye Shanshan continued, “I’ve always been puzzled. Whenever something happens on my end in Hua Guo, why do the teachers always know about it so quickly?”

“It was Julia who told me.”

Julia was Ye Shanshan’s violin teacher, a very passionate and infectious violinist.

Surprised by this answer, Ye Shanshan asked, “How do you have contact with her?”

After thinking for a moment, Burton nodded and continued, “Yes, Julia said it was Will who told her.”

Thinking of how Teacher Will had enthusiastically invited him to go to the South American forest to see the rare birds before, Ye Shanshan blinked, “Is Teacher Will currently researching the breeding of rare birds?”

“Yes, the data has been collected, and he’s back in the country now.”

“How do you usually stay in touch?” Ye Shanshan felt like he was about to touch upon a big secret.

Uncertain how to describe it, Professor Burton took out his phone directly and opened an app, gesturing for Ye Shanshan to take a look.

Taking the phone, Ye Shanshan was surprised to find that the app called “Little Leaf” was actually a discussion group. Opening the contact list, he found that they were indeed all his teachers.

“At first, it was to coordinate your class schedules.”

Nodding, Ye Shanshan found that this app even automatically translated different languages directly into English, very intelligent. The latest message was from Teacher Julia: “Hess, get out here. Didn’t we agree you’d help me record accompaniment?”

Scrolling up, there were pictures from Teacher Will, flooding the screen with various birds from various angles, each time ending with the phrase, “So beautiful!”

Ye Shanshan’s eyes lit up. “Can I join? Even quietly!”

Taking back his phone, Professor Burton shook his head solemnly. “This is the teachers’ world.”

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After sending the teachers back to the hotel, Ye Shanshan checked the time and decided to go straight to the set.

His scenes were almost finished filming, so he needed to be a bit more focused. In a couple of days, they should be wrapping up, so he only took half a day off this time. There was an important scene to film at five o’clock in the afternoon.

However, when he arrived at the set, he found that the equipment suddenly malfunctioned, and the workers were repairing it. Looking around, Ye Shanshan finally found the director’s assistant. “Where’s Director Zhang and Brother Yan?”

His afternoon schedule was for scenes with Yan Ke.

The assistant pointed in the direction of the director’s lounge. “Director Zhang said if you came, go to the lounge to find him and don’t bring anyone else.”

Feeling a bit mysterious, Ye Shanshan walked to the door of the lounge. Suddenly, he hesitated to go in. Countless scenes flashed through his mind, with aliens and monsters taking turns to perform.

Just as he hesitated, the door suddenly opened from the inside.

Seeing Ye Shanshan standing at the door in a daze, Yan Ke looked at him strangely. “We’ve seen you standing at the door for a long time. Why didn’t you come in?”

Ye Shanshan cautiously glanced inside and found that in addition to Director Zhang, Zheng Dong and Xu Luoyang were also inside. Seeing himself, Xu Luoyang even waved to greet him.

“Luoyang? Weren’t you supposed to go to participate in the fashion week abroad?” After speaking, Ye Shanshan suddenly realized when he saw the situation inside, “Are you guys playing mahjong?”

“Shh, keep your voice down. I came back from abroad and wanted to visit your class, but found you weren’t here. Just as I was about to leave, Director Zhang and Brother Zheng dragged me in.”

Although Zheng Dong felt helpless when one was short of a player, the temptation was too great to resist.

The center of the lounge was cleared, and a table was placed with mahjong tiles scattered all over it. The three of them were sitting around the table. The empty seat should be Yan Ke’s.

Director Zhang, using a porcelain cup with the words “May’s spring flowers are like the sun” printed on it, took a sip of water, as if coaxing a simple little rabbit, “Shanshan, do you play mahjong? Want to join for a few rounds?”

Before Ye Shanshan could speak, Xu Luoyang vigorously waved his hand, “At this mahjong table, if Shanshan isn’t here, I won’t be either.” He looked at Director Zhang with the same intention, “You’ll regret it, really.”

However, it was obvious that Director Zhang didn’t understand the depth of his words.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Shanshan felt that he could give this activity a try. So, after Xu Luoyang made room for him, he sat down. “I’ve never played mahjong before. What are the rules?”

Hearing that Ye Shanshan had never played, Director Zhang smiled even more kindly and explained the rules roughly. “Got it?”

Ye Shanshan nodded, “Yes, let’s start.”

Standing behind Ye Shanshan, Xu Luoyang watched Director Zhang’s cheerful demeanor and couldn’t help but feel like he was seeing his younger self from years ago—so naive and youthful.

Five minutes later, Ye Shanshan looked at his hand, “I won with a self-drawn hand of all one suit. Did I win?”

Ten minutes later, “I won, self-drawn. Pay up, pay up!”

Thirteen minutes later, “I won again…”

In less than half an hour, Director Zhang, who had lost all his money, slapped the table. “I’m not playing anymore! How could you be a beginner? You must be pretending! I don’t believe it, I absolutely don’t believe it!”

Similarly, Zheng Dong, who had also lost miserably, banged the table with the mahjong tiles, showing his refusal.

With a long-held grin, Xu Luoyang gloated, “See? I told you you’d regret it! But I testify, Shanshan really is a beginner.”

Recalling his own sad years, “Back then when I taught Shanshan to play ***， that’s when I really lost my pants. Too brutal.”

Director Zhang was incredulous, “Shanshan, how did you do it? Luck?”

Ye Shanshan thought for a moment, then pointed to the tiles that Director Zhang was still holding upright, and fluently reported them from left to right, “Three bamboo, four bamboo, five bamboo…”

Looking at each tile in order, Director Zhang was surprised to find that Ye Shans

han was absolutely correct. Then he heard Ye Shanshan continue, “Next, you’re thinking of playing the eight of characters.”

“…” Director Zhang felt like his worldview had been shattered.

Realizing he had won, Ye Shanshan took out his phone and proudly took pictures of his winnings, then sent them to Gong Yue.

“Bro, I can support you now!!”

When Gong Yue, who was in a meeting, saw this message, he couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart. After deleting and rewriting several times, he finally sent a single word back, “Okay.”

Half an hour later, the set’s equipment was repaired.

Before leaving the lounge, Director Zhang cleared his throat specially, “We were analyzing the script in the lounge.”

Ye Shanshan instantly grasped the key point. “Yes, I benefited greatly from it and gained a lot.”

“…” Director Zhang covered his mouth with his hand. After hearing the words “gained a lot,” he felt a sense of fear that he was being dominated by the words “self-drawn” by Ye Shanshan.

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After finishing the night scenes in the evening, Ye Shanshan didn’t get home until eleven o’clock.

Taking off his thick coat and handing it to Uncle Hawk, Ye Shanshan was wearing a large V-neck sweater, with the neckline open wide, revealing his slender and fair neck.

Just as he was about to go to the study to find Gong Yue, he took a couple of steps and found Gong Yue sitting on the long sofa, holding an original book in his hand.

His eyes curved into a smile, and without even wearing slippers, Ye Shanshan ran over barefoot and got on the sofa. Then he lay down very consciously, resting his head on Gong Yue’s thigh and rubbing it gently twice. “Bro, I’m back!”

“Mmm.” Gong Yue rubbed his hair and spoke softly, “Are you cold?”

“Not at all, bro. I asked Director Zhang, and if everything goes smoothly, my scenes will wrap up tomorrow and the day after.”

“Wow, impressive.”

“I think so too!” Ye Shanshan didn’t feel ashamed of his thick skin at all. After thinking for a moment, he said, “By the way, I promised Director Zhang to film a public service advertisement for him on the 16th. The theme is to resist the poaching of endangered animals. I’ve seen the plan, and I’ll play a personified muntjac deer who lost its partner due to poaching.”

“It’s a good theme.”

Ye Shanshan nodded. Suddenly, he looked at Gong Yue, “Bro, you still haven’t told me, what are the handcuffs and shackles for that I saw in the hotel last time?”

Not expecting Ye Shanshan to still be thinking about this issue, Gong Yue was about to turn the pages of the book, but his hand paused for a moment. After half a minute of silence, he said, “You’ll know in the future.”

Feeling that Gong Yue didn’t want to bring it up, Ye Shanshan thought for a moment and didn’t ask further.

He didn’t want Gong Yue to be unhappy, and anyway, he would know in the future.

After a few minutes of silence, Ye Shanshan stared at Gong Yue for a while. After withdrawing his gaze for a short time, he glanced at Gong Yue again quietly.

Of course, Gong Yue noticed. “What’s wrong?”

Maintaining his supine posture, Ye Shanshan reached out and touched Gong Yue’s face. “My liege, you definitely don’t know what day it is today.”

“What day is it?”

Feeling a bit hesitant at the last moment, but Ye Shanshan still said seriously, “Today is International Kissing Day.”

“So what?”

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Shanshan didn’t say anything, but instead got up directly, kneeling beside Gong Yue, and took the book from Gong Yue’s hand, placing it aside.

Then he placed both hands on Gong Yue’s shoulders, gently pushing him back. Feeling that the distance was about right, Ye Shanshan straightened up and tentatively leaned towards Gong Yue’s lips.

After a moment of stunned hesitation, Gong Yue immediately relaxed himself.

As the distance between them narrowed, Ye Shanshan looked at Gong Yue’s lips, which were now within reach, feeling very nervous. His hand on Gong Yue’s shoulder also moved accordingly.

Recalling the experience from the previous two times, Ye Shanshan extended his tender and soft tongue, slowly licking the contours of Gong Yue’s lips, very focused.

Before long, Gong Yue’s lips were moistened.

Feeling that Gong Yue’s lips were sweeter this time, Ye Shanshan happily wanted to taste them again, but suddenly felt his tongue being gently sucked, and then his field of vision changed instantly—right at this moment, he was being held by Gong Yue’s hands around his waist, legs apart, sitting directly on Gong Yue’s thigh.

“Your injury—”

Facing each other, Gong Yue kissed the top of his head and said in a low, hoarse voice, “It’s fine.”

Ye Shanshan felt Gong Yue’s fingers rubbing his ears, making him tremble with itchiness. Just as he was about to object, he suddenly felt Gong Yue’s hand moving away from his ears, finally stopping at the back of his head, which relieved him.

However, under Gong Yue’s gaze, Ye Shanshan instinctively tightened his legs, and the next moment, he felt Gong Yue’s breathing becoming heavier. Then, Gong Yue’s left hand, which was touching his skin, exerted a slight force, and their foreheads touched.

“Shanshan, have you ever thought about this day?”

With eyes filled with water, Ye Shanshan nodded, “Yes.”

This was actually an excuse, because International Kissing Day was not today at all. But as he looked at Gong Yue, for some reason, it felt like he was addicted, and his mind was filled with the scenes of the previous lip, tongue, and entwined moments, uncontrollable.

After getting the affirmative answer, Gong Yue didn’t speak again, but directly kissed Ye Shanshan’s lips.

And Ye Shanshan clearly felt that this kiss was a bit different from before.

His lips were bitten several times, and now his tongue was being licked and played with by Gong Yue, making him feel a bit numb, and he couldn’t help but make a “mmm” sound, emitting a sticky, greasy taste.

Sensing the danger, Ye Shanshan instinctively wanted to retreat, but he was deeply immersed in this sweet and breathless entanglement, reluctant to break away.

Just as he hesitated, Gong Yue pressed his hand slightly, bringing the two even closer in an instant. Gong Yue’s tongue invaded deeper, with saliva following the contours of his neck, slowly flowing into his collar.

His whole body involuntarily relaxed, Ye Shanshan felt his mind shutting down directly, with only the man in front of him in his eyes and heart. He boldly stopped thinking about anything, just wrapping his hands around Gong Yue’s neck, allowing him to invade inch by inch.

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The author has something to say: Shanshan doesn’t quite understand yet, but he instinctively seeks. And Gong Yue’s patience with Shanshan has always been off the charts.

So, a pure kiss. [Shrug] [Distressed] [Regret] [Anxious]