TL: Hua
The mountain road was quiet and peaceful, and the steps were wet by the water vapor.
The bodyguards following behind saw Qin Chaoyan suddenly put Ye Rongxu down and thought something had happened. Just as they were about to step forward, they saw Young Master Ye being pressed against a tree beside the road, with a large dark cloak completely covering his figure.
Qin Chaoyan was also under that cloak; the two of them were in a very intimate posture.
The bodyguards couldn’t help but stop, touched their noses, faked a dry cough, averted their gaze, and feigned interest in the surroundings.
Some of them walked down the bluestone steps, keeping a distance but looking back from time to time to prevent any accidents.
Ye Rongxu was unaware of what happened in his surroundings. His vision was completely blocked by the hood of the cloak, and he didn’t even know that the bodyguards were only one or two hundred meters away from them.
The limited vision and the lack of support and reliance made him feel uneasy. He could only hug the person in front of him like a drowning person clinging to a driftwood. But because the person he hugged tightly was Qin Chaoyan, he seemed to feel at ease in his heart.
This emotion was complex and contradictory, and it reached its peak when he heard Qin Chaoyan’s low and hoarse question.
He tightly hugged Qin Chaoyan’s neck, his slender white fingers grasped the other’s clothes, and his pair of beautiful eyes like glass beads were flustered and at a loss.
But this action brought Qin Chaoyan closer, and his gaze collided with the other party’s jet black eyes.
Ye Rongxu froze for a moment, his raven-blue eyelashes trembled slightly, and his heartbeat began to beat wildly, whether it was due to restlessness or palpitation.
The fingers that were holding the other’s clothes unconsciously exerted force until the knuckles turned slightly white. His light-colored lips pursed into a straight line without giving any answer, but perhaps the answer wasn’t needed at all.
Qin Chaoyan saw the answer in his expression; his deep gaze, fixed on him, was slowly approaching.
The space under the cloak was limited, and the light seemed dim. They were getting closer and closer, so close that their breaths began to mingle, and the light in front of them became smaller. It seemed that there was only this small space left in the world, and their sight could only focus on each other.
Ye Rongxu’s heartbeat was getting faster and faster; his eyes were trapped in the other’s dark eyes, watching them getting closer and closer…
Finally, just before their lips touched, Ye Rongxu suddenly released his grip, his fingertips blocking their lips.
Qin Chaoyan stopped moving and looked at him calmly.
He pressed his slightly cool fingertips on Qin Chaoyang’s lips and then lowered his fluttering eyelashes.
Almost simultaneously, he was visibly losing balance because he had released one of his hands from gripping the other party’s.
Seeing that he was about to slide down, Qin Chaoyan moved very quickly, crossed his arm across his thin waist, and held him tightly.
Ye Rongxu let out a low cry and reflexively grabbed Qin Chaoyan’s clothes again. When he came back to his senses, he found himself completely enveloped in the other person’s embrace.
He held Qin Chaoyan’s shoulders with both hands, and his eyes became level with the other party. Because of the height difference, his toes even left the ground.
Qin Chaoyan looked at him with his dark eyes and gently pushed him back to the tree, allowing his back to be supported by the trunk.
“Really don’t like me?” He looked into Ye Rongxu’s eyes and asked softly again.
Ye Rongxu pursed his lips, and after being stared at for a long time, he let out a mosquito-like hum: “Well… I don’t dislike you.”
After saying that, he turned his head slightly; his expression was extremely unnatural, and his white jade-like face was flushed.
Qin Chaoyan’s eyes were full of smiles, as if the ice and snow were melted by this sentence.
He raised his hand and tugged on the edge of his cloak’s hood, covering himself and Ye Rongxu once again, his clear gaze looking at the other.
This time there was no obstruction. The slightly cool lips landed and covered Ye Rongxu’s, first gently touching, like a feather brush. Then, finding that he was not rejected, he lightly bit the other’s lips, gradually deepening the kiss.
At first, he was still inexperienced and not very proficient, but soon became self-taught, prying open his lips and teeth with a strong possessiveness.
Ye Rongxu’s lips and teeth were numb from the kiss, his fingertips trembled, and his breath grew ragged. The hood of the cloak was wide, but it looked small after covering two people.
Qin Chaoyan pulled the edge of the hood again to cover them more tightly. In the small space, their breath was hot and sticky.
Not far away, the bodyguards knowingly turned their gaze away.
The sun dispelled the mist in the mountains, and beside the mountain road, the evergreen ancient trees were vigorous and vicissitudes, with lush branches and leaves.
The silhouettes of the two people under the tree were shrouded by the verdant green above, and the sunlight poured down through the branches and leaves, casting mottled shadows on them.
Ye Rongxu was kissed thoroughly, and it was the first time that he was kissed to the point of forgetting to breathe and gradually becoming dizzy. He was kissed so hard that his hands and waist became weak, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and finally he fainted shamefully.
*
After waking up, Ye Rongxu found himself laid on the double wooden bed in the meditation room. Thinking of the scene before he fainted, he wanted to find a crack to crawl into.
How could he be kissed to the point of forgetting to breathe?
His eyes were blank as he raised his hands to cover his face.
It’s Qin Chaoyan’s fault. Why did he have to kiss for so long?
Or perhaps he fainted because of an attack, not because of the kiss. Was there anyone around at the time? If no one else saw it, it wouldn’t be considered making a fool of himself in public.
While he was struggling, the door of the meditation room was suddenly pushed open.
Ye Rongxu froze and quickly shrunk into the quilt, leaving only a fist-sized hole for breathing.
The person who came in quickly walked to the bedside, seemingly staring at him.
The next second, the quilt on his head was taken off.
Ye Rongxu: “!”
He turned his head slowly and saw Qin Chaoyan standing by the bed, looking at him with a smile.
Ye Rongxu: “…”
He froze, then quietly pulled up the quilt to cover half of his face and asked in a muffled voice, “What are you doing here?”
Qin Chaoyan cleared his throat and said, “I came to see if you’re awake. It’s lunch time.”
“Oh.” Ye Rongxu nodded awkwardly.
*
For lunch, they had vegetarian food from the temple.
The vegetarian food in Dongshan Temple is very famous, with a restaurant specifically open to the public. Their Ye family brought a lot of people today, so they specially booked a private room.
After Ye Rongxu arrived at the private room, he observed everyone with a guilty conscience and found that no one mentioned that he was kissed until unconscious, so he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But thinking of Qin Chaoyan’s confession and the kiss that still made his face hot when he recalled it now, he was absent-minded again.
Did he agree to Qin Chaoyan?
It didn’t seem to be; he just said, “I don’t dislike,” not “I like.”.
But even though he didn’t say “like,” he didn’t refuse the kiss, so isn’t that a yes in disguise? And that kiss was no longer an accident.
Alas, it was all because of the strange atmosphere at that time and Qin Chaoyan’s eyes… In short, he was bewitched.
.
Ye Rongxu’s heart was filled with worry, and the food became tasteless.
Qin Chaoyan seemed to sense his state of mind. After lunch, when he pushed him to rest, he suddenly whispered, “You don’t have to pay too much attention to what I said on the mountain road.”
Ye Rongxu was a little stunned and turned to look at him hesitantly.
Qin Chaoyan lowered his head and looked at him in the same way.
“I said those things because I couldn’t hold back and wanted to tell you. I didn’t mean to force you to agree.” His voice was slow, and his expression didn’t show whether he was disappointed or happy.
“I know you can’t accept it now.” After pushing him into the meditation room, Qin Chaoyan came in front of the wheelchair, half squatted down, and looked at him at eye level.
“I don’t expect you to say yes right away, but I hope you can stop hiding from me and give me a chance.” His eyes were tender and his voice was gentle. “Or maybe we’ll still get along like we did before, and you can tell me when you like me too someday, okay?”
He said “when you like me too someday,” not “if you like me too someday…” as if he were sure.
Ye Rongxu clenched his fingers on the wheelchair armrests, not hearing the difference. He hesitated for a moment and nodded, saying, “Okay.”
Qin Chaoyan smiled, and his tone was lighter than before as he said, “It’s settled then. I’ll carry you to the bed to rest first.”
Ye Rongxu’s thoughts were in a mess. He shook his head when he heard it, “I just took a nap. I’m not sleepy.”
He paused, and seeing Qin Chaoyan was still there, he said, “I want to sit alone for a while.”
Seeing that he wanted some alone time, Qin Chaoyan nodded gently, “Okay.”
Ye Rongxu watched him walk out of the room before turning his head to look at the mountain view outside the window. After a while, he sighed in distress.
Qin Chaoyan was right. He was indeed tangled and hesitant in his heart.
Perhaps Qin Chaoyan saw it, so he retreated to advance and said what he said just now.
The reason for his hesitation wasn’t that he had no feeling for the other party, but that he and Qin Chaoyan didn’t have a good outcome in his dream.
Although the reality is different, what if he dies young again?
And he doesn’t have a good temper. He was pretty self-aware that he had been spoiled since he was a child. Qin Chaoyan can tolerate him now because he likes him, but what about later? When the passion fades, can he still tolerate it?
Isn’t that what they all write in those dog-blooded novels? What’s more, he just drew the worst marriage fortune.
Alas.
Ye Rongxu sighed more and more as he thought about it. Looking at the lush mountain scenery outside the window, he suddenly moved his fingers slightly and called Chen Jiang: “Uncle, did you bring painting supplies this time?”
Although his poor health prevented him from going to school for many years, one of his specialties and hobbies was painting.
When he was in good health in his early years, Ye Boxuan specially invited famous teachers to teach him painting at home and even thought about holding an exhibition for him.
But after the car accident, his health suddenly took a turn for the worst, and he almost treated the hospital as his second home. In recent years, he didn’t paint much and only did it occasionally when he had an idea to maintain his hand feeling.
However, when his thoughts are complicated and he is troubled, he will also think of painting. Immersing in painting can calm a chaotic heart.
In the past few months, he’s been solely practicing painting in his home studio and never asked anyone to bring painting tools when he went out. So, when he suddenly requested painting tools, Chen Jiang was caught off guard and apologized for not bringing any. However, there was a master in the temple who had painting tools, so he suggested borrowing from him.
Ye Rongxu nodded and agreed.
Not long after, Chen Jiang brought the painting tools.
Ye Rongxu took the brush, faced the drawing board for a long time, and finally put down the pen angrily. He didn’t know if it’s because his heart was extraordinarily chaotic this time or he’s not used to other people’s painting tools.
“I have no inspiration. I won’t paint anymore.”
His mind was full of Qin Chaoyan’s face, Qin Chaoyan’s smile, and the words Qin Chaoyan said. He couldn’t calm down at all.
Ye Rongxu turned the wheelchair to the bedside, climbed onto the bed with great effort, frowned, and thought hard.
It seems that relying on painting to calm down is not working. It’s better to think of a way to solve the problem, such as… asking someone for advice.
But he doesn’t have many real friends, and even fewer people who can consult about emotional problems.
Ye Rongxu took out his mobile phone, looked through the address book, and finally stopped his sight on “Cao Yuxuan”.
Two minutes later, the call was connected.
Cao Yuxuan was obviously surprised when he received his call and asked, “Rongxu, you’re not angry about what happened last time anymore? By the way, are you feeling better after being discharged from the hospital? When are you free…”
Ye Rongxu cleared his throat and interrupted, “Let’s not talk about this for now. I have something to ask you. Do you still remember your first love in junior high school?”
Cao Yuxuan: “Ah?”
Ye Rongxu: “Remember that time in your first year of junior high when you fell in love? You got caught by the teacher, so they called your parents.”
It’s quite the heartbreaking story at that time. They were affectionate when they were dating but heartbroken when they broke up.
He still remembered that when he was hospitalized, Cao Yuxuan went to see him and told him about it. He cried with snot and tears and said that he wanted to elope with his girlfriend. As a result… after being given a dish of bamboo shoots fried with meat1Slang for corporal punishment, it ended like smoke.
Cao Yuxuan was also embarrassed when this matter was brought up and snorted, “What’s the point of asking this? Young and foolish, young and foolish haha.”
Ye Rongxu didn’t care and then continued, “If, I mean if, when you were in the first grade of junior high school, you dreamed that you and your first love wouldn’t end up together, but at that time you had just started liking each other and hadn’t confessed your feelings yet, would you still continue to date her?”
“Of course I would. Why not?” Cao Yuxuan said without hesitation and pretended to be melancholic: “That was my bright youth.”
Ye Rongxu: “… Sorry, I called the wrong person. I’m hanging up.”
“Hey, wait.” Cao Yuxuan hurriedly stopped him and answered seriously this time, “After some serious thought, I still want to date, but I will be careful not to be caught by the teacher. Besides, what’s the point of thinking so much? If we like each other, then so be it. You can’t stop yourself from liking someone just because you dream of a bad result, right? I think it’s the process that counts in a relationship, not necessarily the result. Besides, who can guarantee that we’ll be together for the rest of our lives if we fall in love? There’s still divorce even after marriage.”
Ye Rongxu was stunned. Looking at the mountain scenery in the distance, his thoughts suddenly became clear.
Yes, if you like someone, then so be it. Why worry so much? If it doesn’t work out in the future, then just break up.
Do all the lovers in this world stay together forever from the beginning of their relationship? There are many people who break up and get back together.
Besides, things in dreams are not unchangeable.
Is he apprehensive and hesitant because he’s never liked anyone before and now he suddenly likes one and is inexperienced?
Or is he still affected by that dream?
Ye Rongxu slapped his forehead and said to Cao Yuxuan, “Thank you, I understand.”
Cao Yuxuan waved his hands: “Well, it’s nothing; I don’t have any other advantages, but I have a rich experience in love. Listen to my advice; if you like someone, go after them…”
Hey, that’s not right; doesn’t Rongxu have a boyfriend? Why did he still ask him, “Do you still like someone when you know the result is not good?”
Didn’t he and Qin Chaoyan have a good result? Everyone in the family agreed…hiss, is the other party not referring to Qin Chaoyan, but someone else?
That’s why he said there was no good result, and he doesn’t know whether he should continue?
Cao Yuxuan was startled and quickly changed his words: “Well, Rongxu, I think Qin Chaoyan is a good person. You should stop thinking too much. Just treat what I said just now as fart.”
Don’t let him fool the two of them into breaking up.
Ye Rongxu: “…”
Hua: Hello it’s been a whileeeee. Sorry for suddenly disappearing but I’ve been really busy and sick :’ )
