Category: Morbid Addiction (Page 4 of 11)

Morbid Addiction

Chapter 75

May 23, 2023 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

Chen Yuncheng let Ning Junyan hold him in his arms and said to him, “I can’t borrow your money anymore.”

Ning Junyan bowed his head and kissed Chen Yuncheng’s hair.

Chen Yuncheng said, “This money is used to invest in a business. It’s different from the need to save someone’s life as soon as possible. This time, it’s not necessary. I slow down and take my time. As long as I work harder, I can always make money.”

Ning Junyan tilted his head, rubbing his cheek against the top of his head, as if he could not enjoy this intimate touch more, and said, “Then what am I going to do with the money?”

Chen Yuncheng said “Huh?” and gave him a puzzled look, “What?”

Ning Junyan said, “I want to make money to provide for my wife.”

Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but laugh when he heard the words, “I don’t want you to provide me.”

Ning Junyan said, “Then you admit to being my wife?”

Chen Yuncheng smiled and did not speak.

Ning Junyan said again, “Then you can provide for me, I will give you all my money, and you will buy me everything in the future.”

Chen Yuncheng said: “Whatever you want now, I will buy it for you if I can afford it. You don’t need to hand over the money to me.”

Ning Junyan was silent for a while, and said, “Don’t you think that’s unfair?”

“How is it unfair?”

Ning Junyan cupped Chen Yuncheng’s chin with his hands, lifted his head and looked at him with a serious expression, “You think I can spend your money, but you can’t spend mine. Do you put us on an equal footing inside your heart?”

Chen Yuncheng thought for a while, and answered him seriously, “This is different. What I need now is not such a small amount of money for daily expenses. Doing business is very risky, and the money I invest may not always pay off. So how can you ask me to take a risk with your money? And also I still owe you money.”

“You also refuse to use my money for daily expenses, you don’t even live in the house, and you don’t want the clothes, what do you take me for?” Ning Jun Yan’s tone was a little cold like he was really angry.

Chen Yuncheng tried to sit up, but he first pushed away Ning Junyan’s hand that was pinning him down, and just as he braced himself to leave Ning Junyan’s embrace, he was grabbed back by Ning Junyan again.

Ning Junyan put his arms around him, and said coldly, “What are you running for!”

Chen Yuncheng had no choice but to continue to let Ning Junyan hold him, and said, “I am very serious about this relationship, don’t say that to me. Perhaps because I am too serious about this, sometimes I don’t know how to deal with it.” After he finished speaking, Chen Yuncheng looked up at Ning Junyan, he was always afraid that if he did not do well enough in some things, one day it would affect the relationship between him and Ning Junyan.

Ning Junyan was stared at by Chen Yuncheng for a long time, his eyelashes drooped, his eyes became soft, and he asked Chen Yuncheng, “So what are your plans for this money?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m going to find a way to borrow it, and I’ll think of a way.”

Ning Junyan asked again, “What way?”

“A bank or some financial institution,” Chen Yuncheng had been looking at various financial institutions for loans, hoping to find one that was slightly more reliable.

Ning Junyan asked, “Do you want to try a mortgage loan¹?”

Chen Yuncheng was a little strange, and said, “What to take as collateral? I don’t have anything as collateral.”

Ning Junyan lifted Chen Yuncheng’s face and looked at it, then stretched out his hand to lift the quilt to take a look that they were both still undressed. Chen Yuncheng quickly pulled back the quilt and then heard Ning Junyan say, “Take your body as collateral.”

Chen Yuncheng was angry and amused and said, “My body is only worth 100,000 yuan?”

Ning Junyan said flatly, “And no one wants it but me.”

Chen Yuncheng did not agree, “That’s not necessarily true.”

Ning Junyan suddenly rolled over and pinned him down, and said in a cold tone, “It’s not necessarily true indeed. Don’t even think about it.”

Chen Yuncheng looked at him with a faint smile, “Knock it off.”

Ning Junyan relaxed his strength, lay on Chen Yuncheng’s body, and said, “Give yourself to me as collateral, and I’ll give you the money. If 100,000 yuan is not enough, I’ll try to earn more, and I’ll give you as much as I want.”

Chen Yuncheng raised his arms to hug him, and suddenly felt sourness in his heart, and said, “Enough is enough. Only in your heart, I am worth so much money.”

Ning Junyan said, “Everything all good now?”

Chen Yuncheng answered him, “Let me give it some thoughts again.”

They woke up very early the next day, and Ning Junyan drove to pick up Gu Yaojia and the child, and then rushed to Zhou Yan’s hometown Central Court.

When she arrived at the court, the trial had not yet started. When Gu Yaojia wanted to enter the court with her son in her arms, she was stopped by the bailiff and the child was not allowed to enter.

Gu Yaojia was in a difficult position and begged the bailiff for a few minutes, but was not accommodated.

Ning Junyan then said, “You can leave the child to me and go in.”

Gu Yaojia heard the words and looked at him.

Chen Yuncheng said to Gu Yaojia, “Let him watch the child while the two of us go in and listen to the court hearing.”

Gu Yaojia had no better choice and handed over the child to Ning Junyan.

The child cried all of a sudden as he was handed over to the strange man.

Chen Yuncheng saw that Ning Junyan frowned, looking a little at a loss, and asked him, “Are you going to be fine?”

Ning Junyan just nodded.

Gu Yaojia comforted the child for a while and only when she heard that the court was about to start inside did she go in with Chen Yuncheng and find a seat.

When Zhou Yan was brought out by the bailiff, he glanced in their direction, looking slightly agitated, but soon he stood in the defendant’s position with his back to them.

Chen Yuncheng hadn’t seen Zhou Yan for several months. His hair was cut very short, and after being locked up in the detention centre for so long, he looked surprisingly paler and fatter

Gu Yaojia sat next to Chen Yuncheng, staring at Zhou Yan’s back with red eyes.

The trial was a bit dull, the legal aid agency had appointed a lawyer for Zhou Yan, but because Zhou Yan had already pleaded guilty, the lawyer only tried to defend him as lightly as possible.

Midway through the trial, Chen Yuncheng came out and saw Ning Junyan sitting on the bench outside, looking at the sleeping child lying on his lap, with no emotion in his eyes.

“Asleep?” Chen Yuncheng walked to him and asked him in a low voice.

Ning Junyan raised his head and gave a soft “hmm”.

Chen Yuncheng was suddenly curious about Ning Junyan’s thoughts, and asked him, “Do you think the child is cute?”

“No,” Ning Junyan replied without thinking.

Chen Yuncheng stretched out a hand to him, “You really don’t want a child at all?”

Ning Junyan took Chen Yuncheng’s hand and touched it to his lips, “I don’t need one, you’re enough.”

The trial lasted until noon and was adjourned for an hour, and the verdict was not delivered until the afternoon.

Zhou Yan was convicted of intentional homicide and theft and sentenced to fifteen years in prison for both crimes. He said in court that he would not appeal.

Gu Yaojia suddenly got up at this point. She left the courtroom and went out to hold the child and tried to come in, but was stopped by the bailiff at the door, so she shouted Zhou Yan’s name.

Zhou Yan turned around.

Gu Yaojia cried and said, “Look at your son!”

The bailiff quickly took Gu Yaojia out.

Chen Yuncheng watched as Zhou Yan cried bitterly, and couldn’t help but got his eyes. He waited until Zhou Yan was taken away by the bailiff, then got up and left the court.

Outside the courtroom, Gu Yaojia was sitting on a bench, holding the baby and crying all the time, while Ning Junyan stood beside her and calmly handed her a tissue.

Gu Yaojia reached out and took it, unable to even say the word ‘thank you’ properly.

Chen Yuncheng came over and stood beside Ning Junyan. Ning Junyan glanced at him and handed over the whole pack of tissues, “Do you need it?”

“No,” Chen Yuncheng said and just stood a little closer to Ning Junyan. The back of his hand lightly touched the back of Ning Jungyan’s hand, until Ning Junyan grabbed his hand and held it firmly.

They waited until Gu Yaojia recovered a little before leaving, and drove Gu Yaojia home for two hours.

When they said goodbye, only Chen Yuncheng got out of the car, and Ning Junyan sat in the driver’s seat without moving.

Holding the sleeping child in her arms, Gu Yaojia said to Chen Yuncheng, “Cheng ge, thank you.”

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, hesitated, and said, “If it’s possible, would you like to take your child to visit Zhou Yan?”

Gu Yaojia replied, “I don’t know, do you think it’s good for the child?”

Chen Yuncheng can’t answer this question. Zhou Yan was his friend, and from his point of view, he would always think more about Zhou Yan. He knew that Zhou Yan must very much hope that his son can visit him. As for whether it was good for the child, he really couldn’t figure it out either.

“It’s okay,” Chen Yuncheng said, “You could think about it, after all, you are the child’s mother.”

Gu Yaojia nodded, and she asked Chen Yuncheng, “Cheng ge, are you and Dr. Ning—”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Yeah?”

Gu Yaojia smiled, “It’s nothing, thank you for coming to pick me up, do you still have to rush back now?”

Chen Yuncheng replied, “Yes, Dr. Ning has to go to work tomorrow.”

Gu Yaojia said, “Be careful on the road, and send me a message when you arrive.”

“Okay,” Chen Yuncheng said. He stepped back and waved to Gu Yaojia, turned around and opened the car door, returned to the passenger seat, and said to Ning Junyan, “Let’s go.”

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Chapter 74

May 9, 2023 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Zhou Yan’s court hearing started at 10:00 am on Wednesday. Before that, Chen Yuncheng would need to pick up Gu Yaojia and then drive nearly two hours to get to the court. If they didn’t want to leave early in the morning, they had to drive to Gu Yaojia’s hometown the day before, stay for one night, and pick up Gu Yaojia the next morning.

It didn’t matter how Chen Yuncheng arranged it, but Ning Junyan’s time was too valuable. In order to accompany Chen Yuncheng to the court hearing, he had purposely adjusted his duty and took annual leave.

When Chen Yuncheng thought about it, he seemed a little sorry for Ning Junyan, who had already accompanied him on several trips for Zhou Yan’s affairs. However, Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but want to rely on Ning Junyan again. Probably because there were too few people he could rely on since he was a child. At this time, he especially hoped that Ning Junyan could be by his side.

Tuesday’s departure was a little later than expected because Ning Junyan was on duty the night before and encountered an emergency operation at dawn, which delayed them a whole morning.

Ning Junyan drove over to pick up Chen Yuncheng in the afternoon.

Chen Yuncheng was explaining some things to Wu Xiaozhu in the store when he saw Ning Junyan arriving, he immediately said, “Wait for me for two minutes.” Then he went into the room to pack his things.

Guan Anlin was sitting on a small chair at the door of the shop playing mobile games, when he saw Ning Junyan coming, he stood up and walked towards him.

Chen Yuncheng simply packed some things and carried a small backpack, and came out with a few bottles of mineral water in a plastic bag. He carried his things to the store door and saw Guan Anlin talking to Ning Junyan. But when he came near, Guan Anlin stopped talking and said to him, “Be careful on the way.”

“What are you talking about?” Chen Yuncheng asked suspiciously.

Guan Anlin said, “I asked him if he wanted to have a cigarette, seeing as he didn’t seem to be in good spirits.”

When he heard that, Chen Yuncheng turned his head to look at Ning Junyan and saw that he looked really haggard. He was on duty last night and had gotten up in the early hours of the morning to do emergency surgery, so he must be very tired by now.

“Let me drive,” Chen Yuncheng said to Ning Junyan.

Ning Junyan did not refuse this time, nodded and said, “I’ll sleep for a while.”

As Chen Yuncheng drove out of the city onto the highway, Ning Junyan put the back of the passenger seat down and lay on his back in the car to catch up on his sleep.

There was very soothing music playing in the car, and Chen Yuncheng turned the volume down very low, not wanting to disturb Ning Junyan’s sleep. He remembered the last time he drove to Zhou Yan’s hometown with Ning Junyan. That time Ning Junyan drove the whole time, while he slept in the car for a long time. They were not together at that time, and he was still full of hope that he could successfully find Zhou Yan.

Halfway through the trip, Chen Yuncheng stopped the car at the rest stop and went to the bathroom.

He hesitated when he got out of the car, wanting to wake up Ning Junyan, but seeing how soundly Ning Junyan was sleeping, he could not bear to call him, so he opened the car door and got out alone.

Today was neither a weekend nor a holiday. There were not many cars at the highway rest stop, and only a few cars were parked far away in the spacious parking lot.

A gust of wind blew towards his face, and Chen Yuncheng immediately felt a chill.

Spring seemed to be getting shorter and shorter these years. After winter, once the weather turns cold, it felt like the weather always rushed into summer, as if there were only two seasons left in a year, and half of them were long summers. When he went out, he only put on a long-sleeved jacket over a short-sleeved T-shirt.

Chen Yuncheng turned to look at Ning Junyan, then returned to the car gently, took off his coat and covered Ning Junyan, and was left with only a short sleeve.

When he returned from the bathroom, he saw from the car window that Ning Junyan seemed to have moved, so he walked over, pulled open the passenger door, stood in front of him, and asked softly, “Are you awake?”

Ning Junyan blinked his eyes and opened them slowly. He then stretched out his hands towards Chen Yuncheng after seeing him, and said, “Wife, hug me.”

Chen Yuncheng burst out laughing and said in disgust, “Nuts.” Although he said so, when he saw no one was around, he still reached out and hugged Ning Junyan, and asked him, “Do you want to go to the bathroom?”

Ning Junyan said, “Not going.” He lowered his head and saw the coat on his body, and stretched out his hand to grab it for Chen Yuncheng to put it back on.

Chen Yuncheng tried to refuse, “You will be cold when you sleep.”

“It’s not cold.” Ning Junyan put on his coat and even zipped it up patiently. “You can turn on the air conditioning¹ if you’re cold.”

Chen Yuncheng asked him, “Then shall we continue to set off?”

Ning Junyan nodded and said, “Let me drive.”

“That won’t work,” Chen Yuncheng refused him, “What if you get me killed if you drive when you are tired?” After he said that, he raised his hand to help Ning Junyan close the passenger’s door, and walked around to the driver’s seat to get in the car.

Ning Junyan adjusted the back of the chair, took a bottle of water and unscrewed the lid. He took a sip slowly and put it back, and after Chen Yuncheng started the car, he said, “I won’t get you killed, you don’t have to be afraid of anything when you’re around me, if you’re really in danger, I’ll protect you with my life.”

Chen Yuncheng had already driven the car slowly out of the parking space. When he heard Ning Junyan’s words, he couldn’t help slamming on the brakes. He glanced at him and said, “Don’t say such things.”

Ning Junyan continued, “I am willing to do anything for you, so you can’t just refuse my request in the future.”

Chen Yuncheng let go of the brakes and felt that Ning Junyan was too troublesome. He was so passionate one second and started talking nonsense the next second, making Chen Yuncheng so unsettled, that he could only glare at him in the end.

They arrived in the county where Gu Yaojia’s hometown was located in the evening. Chen Yuncheng had already contacted Gu Yaojia before. Gu Yaojia insisted on accommodating them, but Chen Yuncheng found an excuse to refuse and only said that he would pick her and the child up early in the morning.

They randomly found a clean-looking restaurant on the side of the road to have dinner, and then drove to the hotel they had booked.

Chen Yuncheng booked a double-bed room. He thought that since they were both tired from the half-day drive and had to continue tomorrow, a double-bed room would allow both of them to rest well.

But when they opened the room, Ning Junyan was not satisfied and asked the front desk to change them to a king-size room.

Chen Yuncheng lowered his voice, approached Ning Junyan’s ear, and said, “Don’t you want to rest well?”

Ning Junyan said calmly, “I sleep better with you in my arms.”

Chen Yuncheng felt a little bashful, and saw the hotel receptionist watching them and waiting for them to decide, so he said, “Let’s change.”

But when they arrived in an unfamiliar room in an unfamiliar environment, with Ning Junyan and Chen Yuncheng lying in the same bed, obviously not just to cuddle him and sleep better.

Chen Yuncheng was also aroused by him, raised his arms to hug his shoulders, lying on his back to look at him, “Aren’t you tired?”

Ning Junyan said, “I slept all afternoon.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “But I drove all afternoon.”

Ning Junyan pressed against his earlobe and said, “Then you rest. It’s my turn now.”

After he was done, Chen Yuncheng didn’t even want to move a finger, so Ning Junyan held him in his arms, reached out and took a tissue from the bed and wiped the marks on his body.

Chen Yuncheng looked up at the ceiling and said, “Suddenly I want to smoke.”

Ning Junyan said, “It’s not good for your health.”

Chen Yuncheng turned to look at him, “Is indulgence good for your health?”

Ning Junyan looked straight into his eyes and said flatly, “It’s not good to hold back either.”

Chen Yuncheng smiled.

Ning Junyan brushed aside the hair on Chen Yuncheng’s forehead with his fingers. Chen Yuncheng’s hair had grown a little longer, allowing Ning Junyan to insert his fingers into the middle of his hair. Ning Junyan stroked his slightly sweaty forehead and said, “So you have to tell me if you want to.”

Chen Yuncheng smiled and said nothing, not pursuing the question of who wanted this more.

Ning Junyan continued, “Not only your physical needs, but you also have to tell me about other needs too.”

Chen Yuncheng asked strangely, “What are the other needs?”

Ning Junyan propped his head up with one hand and said slowly, “The 100,000 yuan you need now.”

Chen Yuncheng sat up from the bed at once, turned to look at Ning Junyan, showing a surprised expression, and quickly realized, angrily said, “Guan Anlin!”

Ning Junyan frowned, “Don’t call other men’s names on my bed.”

Chen Yuncheng ignored him and just asked, “Did he tell you that?”

Ning Junyan said, “Shouldn’t you reflect on the fact that you still need someone else to tell me such things?”

Chen Yuncheng sighed, and said to Ning Junyan, “I can’t borrow any more of your money.”

Ning Junyan reached out to him, “Come here.”

Chen Yuncheng asked, “What for?” But he leaned over anyway.

Ning Junyan held him tightly in his arms and said, “You have to cuddle and talk.”

Chen Yuncheng said helplessly, “Okay, okay. Let’s cuddle and talk.”

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Chapter 73

May 9, 2023 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Chen Yuncheng went back to the shop quite late the next day. At that time, the store had already opened, and Shi Peng was already moving goods at the door.

When Shi Peng saw Chen Yuncheng, he greeted him, “Cheng ge!”

Chen Yuncheng smiled at him.

Shi Peng asked curiously again, “Did you spend the night out last night?”

Chen Yuncheng’s attitude was quite calm, and he replied, “Yes.”

Shi Peng didn’t think there was anything wrong either, so he said “oh” and went back to moving the goods.

Chen Yuncheng stretched his stiff shoulders as he walked inside. After being handcuffed to the bed for a long time last night, he woke up early this morning feeling stiff and uncomfortable in his joints. He couldn’t help but feel that he wasn’t getting any younger, and at the same time, he also cursed Ning Junyan hard in his heart.

When he entered the room, Guan Anlin just came out of the bathroom, looked up at him, and said nothing.

Chen Yuncheng bent down to find the phone charger by the bed, plugged the phone in and charged it, and said to Guan Anlin, “I’ll call Sun ge later to see if I can invite him to dinner tonight, why don’t you come with me?”

Guan Anlin said Guan Anlin said in a cool and lingering tone, “No more fooling around with men tonight?”

Chen Yuncheng turned to look at him, stretched his shoulders, and said, “I don’t want to see him for a few days.”

Guan Anlin noticed his movements and asked, “What happened to your shoulder?”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t answer, and after a while, he blushed slightly.

When Guan Anlin noticed it, he was baffled and a little angry. He always felt that Chen Yuncheng must have done something shameful.

It was not that Chen Yuncheng really didn’t want to see Ning Junyan, but he was really busy these days. After taking the time to chat with Sun Shiliang and the liquor agent that Sun Shiliang introduced to him, they all advised him to be cautious about taking over the agency of a small brand, fearing that he would not be able to sell the goods.

Above all, Sun Shiliang chatted with him for a long time and told him that he might as well try to take a small number of goods first and see if the goods could be sold. He could sell them in their shop anyway and market them when he had customers, and if he had repeat customers, he could consider getting into them officially.

After some consideration, Chen Yuncheng followed Sun Shiliang’s suggestion and sold a small amount of the wine in the store. At the same time, he divided the wine into small glass bottles and gave it to the customers who came to pick up the goods for tasting and received a lot of positive feedback.

When Chen Yuncheng bought goods from the manufacturer again, the people from the winery persuaded him to use a local first-level agent. He was a little tempted, probably asked about the price, and then began to think about the bank loan.

This was not an easy task for Chen Yuncheng. Although the money needed was not much, he did not have enough credit to take out a loan, and he did not have any assets under his name to take out a mortgage. Sun Shiliang had a way to introduce him to outside lending institutions, but he didn’t recommend him there, because to put it bluntly, those lending institutions could handle unsecured loans, and they had to bear a lot of risks, so the interest was very high, which was equivalent to a loan shark.

Sun Shiliang saw that Chen Yuncheng was in a difficult position, and said to him, “How about this, I will give you an advance of your year’s income according to last month’s turnover, and you can take it first. We will settle the account at the end of the year.”

Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, and said, “He was not receiving a fixed salary, but a monthly commission based on his turnover, and his next income was unknown, so Sun Siliang was lending him a sum of money without interest and then counting it towards his monthly repayment.

Sun Shiliang said, “It’s okay. I didn’t have a chance to thank Dr. Ning for helping me last time, and he didn’t want gifts. I know you two are close, so you should find a way to return the favour for me.”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t know what to say for a while.

Sun Shiliang simply transferred more than one hundred thousand to Chen Yuncheng, but it was still not enough, and Chen Yuncheng still needed to find a solution for the remaining money.

Guan Anlin knew that Chen Yuncheng needed money, so he said to him, “Go ask your man for it, he is so rich.”

Chen Yuncheng held the lunch box and gave him a cold look.

Guan Anlin said, “What are you looking at me for? I didn’t say anything wrong.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Because of Zhou Yan’s incident, I haven’t paid off the money I owed him. How can I continue to borrow from him?”

Guan Anlin finished the food in the lunch box in two bites, temporarily tossed the empty lunch box at his feet, lit a cigarette, breathed it into his lungs hard, and said, “Then what do you think?”

Chen Yuncheng asked, “What do you think?”

Guan Anlin said, “Even if you two men can’t get married, you will never be a family. So even the money must be calculated so clearly, huh?”

Chen Yuncheng felt that the meal was tasteless, but he didn’t want to waste it, so he put all the rest of the meal into his mouth in one go, chewed for a long time with his mouth puffed up, and then said, “I can’t spend his money even if he is a woman.”

Guan Anlin scratched his scalp with his fingers, “I thought you were the woman.”

If Chen Yuncheng hadn’t chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, he felt that he could spray it on Guan Anlin’s face, so he stared at Guan Anlin with a mean expression.

Guan Anlin quickly said, “I’m just describing your relationship, isn’t one of you playing the male and one playing the female? I don’t know what to say, why are you glaring at me?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Just shut up.”

Guan Anlin no longer entangled with him about men and women matter and continued, “I just thought that if you really want to be together, there’s no need to be so concerned about it, it’s not like you’re not going to pay him back, what’s so hard to ask. If I had 100,000 yuan in my hand today and you came to borrow it from me, I would guarantee that I would lend it to you without you even typing the IOU¹. After a long time, aren’t your relationship with him better than with mine? Even Sun ge was willing to lend you money, right?”

Chen Yuncheng was silent for a while, and said, “It’s not the same.” He picked up the two empty lunch boxes on the ground and threw them in the trash can.

He had just taken two steps when Chen Yuncheng received a phone call from Long Zhanyu.

Long Zhanyu seemed to be very busy, and told him in a hurried tone, “Zhou Yan’s case would start trial next week.”

Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised, “So fast?” He thought it would take at least half a year.

Long Zhanyu said: “The trial of their accomplice who stole the vehicle has been completed here, so they can directly copy the case file over there; as for the intentional murder, he turned himself in and gave a complete account of the crime. He has pleaded guilty and had a good attitude until now, so the case is handled quickly.” After he said that, Long Zhanyu couldn’t wait to hear him continue talking and just said, “Something’s up, I’ll hang up.”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t even have time to say thank you when he heard the voice of call ended tone from the phone.

He couldn’t help turning his head to look at Guan Anlin.

Guan Anlin was still enjoying his after-meal cigarette, and looked up at him, “What’s wrong?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Zhou Yan’s case will be brought to trial next week.”

Guan Anlin said in a cold tone, “Oh,” and then added, “It was an early trial, it’s good.”

Chen Yuncheng walked to the trash can, threw away the two lunch boxes, turned around and saw Guan Anlin still squatting in front of the store smoking, so he walked behind a pillar and called Ning Junyan.

Ning Junyan was off duty tonight, and when he answered the phone, his surroundings were very quiet, and he called out in a deep voice, “Yuncheng.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Where are you?”

Ning Junyan answered him, “Still in the hospital and haven’t got off work, miss me?”

The corners of Chen Yuncheng’s mouth could not help but turn up slightly, and said, “I miss you.”

Ning Junyan said, “Then let me come pick you up.”

Chen Yuncheng replied, “Okay.”

When he returned to Guan Anlin’s side, Chen Yuncheng looked down at him and said, “I’m going out tonight.”

Guan Anlin raised his head, frowned, looked at him for a while, and finally said, “Try borrowing money from him.”

Chen Yuncheng did not reply.

As he sat on the bed in Ning Junyan’s bedroom, Chen Yuncheng stretched out his hand and shook the iron chain on the head of the bed gently. He no longer felt anything when he saw the pair of handcuffs now. He also knew that Ning Junyan had ordered a collar for him, which he kept in the drawer of his bedside table, together with the ring he had proposed with earlier.

To Chen Yuncheng, whether to wear these things or not is just a matter of taste, and Ning Junyan would not force him, and would definitely not hurt him.

When Chen Yuncheng complained about shoulder pain, Ning Junyan would patiently massage his shoulders, and next, he would remove the handcuffs from the chain, and let Chen Yuncheng put his hands around his head and hug his shoulders.

Ning Junyan came out of the bathroom without any clothes on, went to bed to hug Chen Yuncheng and kissed him.

Chen Yuncheng hugged Ning Junyan back, greedy for his tenderness, but he was also a little absent-minded.

Ning Junyan asked him, “What’s wrong?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Zhou Yan’s case will be tried next week.”

Ning Junyan lay on the bed, let Chen Yuncheng pillow his shoulder, and gently touched his face and neck with his fingers, “Do you want to go?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m going, and I’ve told his girlfriend that when the time comes, I’ll pick them up and take the kids with me.”

Ning Junyan asked, “Can children be brought into court?”

Chen Yuncheng looked up at him, “I don’t know.”

Ning Junyan pinched Chen Yuncheng’s earlobe with his fingers and rubbed it. Chen Yuncheng raised his head slightly and took the initiative to kiss Ning Junyan’s lips.

As his lips parted, Ning Junyan said to Chen Yuncheng, “I’ll go with you.”

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Chapter 72

May 9, 2023 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

As soon as Guan Anlin entered, he eyed Ning Junyan warily.

Ning Junyan didn’t say anything and sat directly beside Chen Yuncheng’s bed. He knew that Guan Anlin was looking at him, and he didn’t avoid his gaze.

Chen Yuncheng went to pack some things briefly, and said to Guan Anlin, “I won’t be coming back tonight.”

Guan Anlin’s gaze at Ning Junyan suddenly became fierce.

Ning Junyan stood up from the bed, glanced at Guan Anlin, and then walked outside.

Chen Yuncheng followed behind him, and Guan Anlin grabbed his wrist when he went out. Chen Yuncheng patted the back of Guan Anlin’s hand and said, “Lock the door well later.”

Although Guan Anlin was very reluctant, he finally let go of Chen Yuncheng’s hand.

In the store outside, Shi Peng was lying on the counter chatting with Wu Xiaozhu. It was past six o’clock at this time, and the trade market was closed, and they were about to close the store.

Chen Yuncheng said to Shi Peng, “I have something to go first today, you can have dinner with Lin ge.”

Shi Peng nodded and watched Chen Yuncheng go out of the store. He then watched him follow Ning Junyan into the Land Rover.

When Guan Anlin came out from the inner room, Shi Peng asked him curiously, “Is Cheng ge going out to eat with his friend?”

“Yes,” Guan Anlin replied impatiently.

Wu Xiaozhu kept tilting her body to look outside, and said, “That Dr. Ning is so handsome.”

Guan Anlin looked unhappy, “How handsome is he?”

Wu Xiaozhu didn’t seem to notice his displeasure, “Just very handsome, it’s rare to see such a handsome man around, and he’s talented too.”

Guan Anlin turned to look at her.

Wu Xiaozhu noticed Guan Anlin’s gaze, and shrank back, “It goes without saying. What are you looking at me so mean for.?”

Guan Anlin snorted coldly and didn’t say another word.

Ning Junyan drove Chen Yuncheng to eat first. Instead of going to the crowded city centre this time, he chose a small restaurant not far from home.

Chen Yuncheng seemed to be in a good mood, even if there was a traffic jam on the road, he still hummed softly to the music of the radio.

Ning Junyan glanced at him, “So happy?”

Chen Yuncheng turned his head and smiled at him.

Ning Junyan raised his mouth slightly, “How much wine did you drink just now?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Just a little bit. I was asked to try the taste before you came.”

Ning Junyan asked him, “Is it the wine that you are going to sell?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m still thinking about it.” After he finished speaking, he was silent for a while, and then said, “I’ve been wondering lately if I could do something else.”

“What?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m still thinking about it.”

The wine he tried today was from a new friend he had met at the trade market. The wine he tried was a small brand of baijiu that was being promoted because it had not yet entered the local market, and he was told that the brand wanted to recruit regional agents.

Chen Yuncheng tried the wine and it tasted really good, not inferior to the same type of famous brand baijiu, so he had some thoughts.

It was not an easy decision to make, as the funds required for a small brand agent were not too much, but it would not be a small amount for him. The main thing he was considering was that he might not be able to sell the goods after taking them.

Doing business was bound to be risky. His character had always pursued stability, and he had never had any ambitions until he fell in love and began to desperately want to do something about it so that he could have the ability to hold the relationship firmly in his hands.

Ning Junyan said to him, “Just do whatever you want.”

Chen Yuncheng nodded. But he still planned to talk to Sun Shiliang first, preferably to talk to the agents that Sun Siliang had introduced him to as well, but then he would inevitably have to socialise, and smoking and drinking and all that would be unavoidable.

After dinner, they returned to Ning Junyan’s house.

When Chen Yuncheng left last time, he had a bad fight with Ning Junyan, so he couldn’t help but recall the experience of meeting Ning Junyan’s mother here.

He subconsciously took a look at the whole room, and it seemed to be the same as when he left. It was still deserted and clean, just like in a hotel.

When he entered Ning Junyan’s room, Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment. He walked slowly to the head of the bed, stretched out his hand to pull the iron chain fixed on the wall, and asked in a slightly panicked tone, “What is this?”

One end of the iron chain was fixed to the wall, and the other end hung down to hang over the head of the bed, with a pair of leather handcuffs on it. It was not very long, but not long enough for a handcuffed person to go to the bathroom, and probably only long enough for a person to lie on the bed.

Ning Junyan followed Chen Yuncheng into the room, he closed the door expressionlessly and locked it with a click.

Chen Yuncheng didn’t want to admit that he was scared.

Ning Junyan walked towards him slowly, his tall figure blocking the light as he stood in front of him.

Chen Yuncheng looked up at him.

Ning Junyan extended his arms to hug Chen Yuncheng, and Chen Yuncheng struggled weakly. Ning Junyan did not let go but sat down beside the bed, let Chen Yuncheng sit on his lap, and said, “Don’t be afraid.”

Chen Yuncheng breathed a little sharply and said, “You’ve let me go, why even put chains on it?”

Ning Junyan whispered in his ear, “Do you really think you can get away? You’ll have to come back one day and obediently let me lock up.”

Chen Yuncheng exerted himself to turn his head to look at him.

Ning Junyan’s expression was very calm, and his eyes were very sincere. He just looked at him intently, without any crazy and hot emotions.

Chen Yuncheng said, “Really?”

Ning Junyan held his wrist, rubbed his fingertips lightly between his wrists, slightly lowering his head against the back of his neck and said, “Of course it’s true, but if you don’t want it, I won’t force it.”

Chen Yuncheng knew that he wasn’t serious, and couldn’t help pinching his face.

Ning Junyan turned over and pinned Chen Yuncheng on the bed. He stretched out his hand to pull the handcuffs on the iron chain, and said to Chen Yuncheng, “Because they are half installed, I always feel that they should not be wasted.” After he said that, he looked up at Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng turned his head to look at the handcuffs, and said, “I don’t want it.”

Ning Junyan didn’t force it, just lowered his head and kissed him.

After a long kiss, Chen Yuncheng felt weak all over and felt Ning Junyan stroking his wrist again. He knew that Ning Junyan had not given up yet, so he said, “I still have to go take a shower.”

Ning Junyan stretched his hands to press the buckle at the end of the iron chain. The handcuffs were movable, and he untied them from the iron chain. He very gently pressed his lips against Chen Yuncheng’s and said to him, “I’ll help you wash.”

After being stripped and handcuffed, Chen Yuncheng regretted it. In fact, he didn’t agree, but he didn’t refuse firmly. The feeling of not being able to move his hands was so bad that all he could do was allow Ning Junyan to carry him into the bathroom.

The hot water washed over his body and Chen Yuncheng stood in the bathtub, feeling like a child waiting for his parents to bathe him.

Ning Junyan took off his clothes, stepped into the bathtub and stood in front of him, patiently and meticulously taking off the shower head to help him rinse.

Chen Yuncheng felt that he somewhat did not understand Ning Junyan, “Why do you want to imprison me?”

Ning Junyan spoke hot words of love in a calm and indifferent tone, “You don’t know how sexy you are like this.”

It was true that Chen Yuncheng really didn’t understand, but he could see that he had indeed made Ning Junyan sexually interested.

Ning Junyan turned off the water, squeezed the shower gel into the palm of his hand, and gently smoothed it evenly on Chen Yuncheng’s skin.

Chen Yuncheng was tormented by the slippery touch, and couldn’t help but said, “I can’t hold you if you’re handcuffing me like this.”

Ning Junyan glanced at him, “It’s alright, I will hold you. You don’t have to think or do anything, just accept everything I give you.”

Chen Yuncheng whispered, “Pervert!” Then Ning Junyan raised one of Chen Yuncheng’s legs slightly, and his hands covered in foam meticulously cleaned his body from the inside out.

After the shower, Ning Junyan wiped off the water on Chen Yuncheng’s body, carried him out and put him on the bed, before pulling his hands above his head and locking the handcuffs back onto the chains.

Chen Yuncheng’s whole body was exposed in front of Ning Junyan, and he couldn’t stand it any longer and said, “Cover me up.”

Ning Junyan sat by the bed and looked at him quietly, and said, “No.”

Chen Yuncheng said angrily, “Then let me go!”

Ning Junyan reluctantly pulled off the quilt to cover Chen Yuncheng, then got in himself, hugged Chen Yuncheng and kissed him.

Chen Yuncheng breathlessly said, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t agree.”

Ning Junyan stopped, and whispered softly in his ear, “I don’t want to lock anyone except you.”

Notes:
Sorry for being a no-show for a long time (again)
*cough* still with the same reason, I’m overloaded with work and having some *cough* issues that makes me need to work even more than before that I can’t even update anything (*ﾉД`*)
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Chapter 71

April 23, 2023 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

Ning Junyan drove Chen Yuncheng back to the trade market. It was a weekend and the market was really busy, so he didn’t park his car in the parking lot outside but drove directly to the entrance of Chen Yuncheng’s store.

There were two customers in the store, Wu Xiaozhu accompanied them to look at the goods, while Guan Anlin was at the door of the store, holding the delivery note and preparing the goods to be delivered today.

Then he saw a Land Rover parked behind their van.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Guan Anlin looked into the Land Rover, and sure enough, he saw Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan.

Chen Yuncheng was sitting on the passenger side and seemed to be about to get out of the car when Ning Junyan, who was in the driver’s seat, suddenly pulled him over and kissed him on the lips.

Guan Anlin couldn’t help cursing ‘fvck’ immediately, and the cigarette dangling from his mouth fell to the ground. Then he looked around nervously and found that no one was paying attention, so he was a little relieved.

At this time, Chen Yuncheng had already opened the door and got out of the car, but Ning Junyan didn’t stop by and drove away directly.

Guan Anlin walked towards Chen Yuncheng, with a bit of anger, “Are you crazy?”

Chen Yuncheng ignored him and walked to the side of the van, picked up the delivery notes that Guan Anlin had casually placed on top of the paper box and asked, “Is everything ready? I’ll help you.”

Guan Anlin pulled his arm and asked nervously but in a low voice, “Did you really go and get a room with him last night?”

Chen Yuncheng glanced at him, “Don’t need help, do you? Then I’ll go in first.” He pushed Guan Anlin’s hand away and went in to help Wu Xiaozhu to deal with customers.

It took some time to sign the form with the customer before eating at noon, and it was past one o’clock when Chen Yuncheng picked up the box lunch that Wu Xiaozhu bought for him and ate it. He sat on a chair at the door of the store, holding the box lunch and eating the cold meal.

Guan Anlin walked up behind him, pulled Chen Yuncheng’s collar away with his fingers, and saw rough hickey marks and even bite marks all around Chen Yuncheng’s neck and collarbone.

Chen Yuncheng’s hands were occupied, and he couldn’t slap his hands away, so he just raised his arms to avoid, “What are you doing?”

Guan Anlin pulled a chair from the store and sat beside him, with a serious expression on his face, “You really can’t change it, can you?”

Chen Yuncheng had eaten late at breakfast and was not very hungry at this time, the cold food did not taste good, he put his chopsticks on the lunch box and said with a sigh, “What should I change?”

Guan Anlin said in a rare heartfelt manner, “I’m telling you this because I treat you like a brother, otherwise if it was someone else, do you think I would care? You’ll be laughed at later if word gets out that you’re with a man.” He didn’t read much, and he didn’t know much about homosexuality, but his most simple idea was that Chen Yuncheng would be ridiculed, and he didn’t want to see his brother ridiculed by others.

Chen Yuncheng was silent for a while, and said, “But what should I do if I like him?”

Guan Anlin was stunned by the words.

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Chen Yuncheng looked at Guan Anlin’s expression, and continued, “I just want to be with him, the kind that can’t be done without him.”

Guan Anlin was a little confused, “How can you not be able to do it without him? Have you ever tried to find a woman?”

Chen Yuncheng smiled, “Are you stupid? You’ll know if you like it or not when you start dating yourself, if you can get hard, do you still need to try?”

It was rare for him to speak so vulgarly, but he didn’t want Guan Anlin to keep dwelling on this matter with him. He had already made up his mind to accept his relationship with Ning Junyan, and his brother couldn’t change anything whether he accepted it or not. However, if Guan Anlin could understand him, he would naturally be the happiest.

For several days afterwards, Guan Anlin remained somewhat sullen and unhappy. He still wanted to say something, but he found that no matter what he said, Chen Yuncheng couldn’t listen.

Chen Yuncheng went to the job market and recruited another labourer to help Guan Anlin with his deliveries.

The labour was very young, only nineteen years old, and his name was Shi Peng. He just came out of his hometown to work.

Chen Yuncheng helped Shi Peng rent a single room outside the market for him to live in, but Shi Peng used to stay in the shop until late these two days before going back to the place where he lived outside, probably because he didn’t like to be alone.

It was past 5:30 in the afternoon, and the market hadn’t closed yet, but there were no customers inside.

Guan Anlin had just returned from delivering the goods, got out of the car, and walked into the store, opened the freezer, and took a bottle of Coke. He asked Wu Xiaozhu while drinking, “Where’s Cheng ge?”

Wu Xiaozhu pointed to the outside, not knowing exactly which direction she was pointing, and said, “He’s outside chatting with someone.”

Just as Shi Peng got off the passenger side, he saw a dark grey Land Rover parked behind their van, and a tall and handsome man got out of the car, so he stopped and stared at him.

Guan Anlin heard the sound of the car and came out of the shop, frowning fiercely when he saw Ning Junyan.

Ning Junyan asked him, “Where is Chen Yuncheng?”

Guan Anlin said, “What do you want from him?”

When Ning Junyan passed by him, he whispered, “Take him out for the night.” Then he went straight into the shop without looking at Guan Anlin.

Wu Xiaozhu had met Ning Junyan when Sun Shiliang invited him to dinner last time and knew that he was Chen Yuncheng’s friend. When she saw him coming, she immediately said, “Are you looking for Cheng ge? I’ll call him and ask him to come back.”

Ning Junyan nodded, “Thank you.”

Guan Anlin looked at Ning Junyan’s back with a gloomy face.

Shi Peng walked up to Guan Anlin at this moment, and asked, “Who is it, Lin ge?”

Guan Anlin said impatiently, “Don’t pry.”

After waiting for a few minutes, Chen Yuncheng came back from the outside. The weather was getting warmer every day recently, so Chen Yuncheng wore a light blue coat today, and his hair was a little longer than it had been during the New Year, making him look extra young.

When he saw Ning Junyan from a distance, he smiled, walked in quickly, and asked, “Why did you come over without calling me?”

Ning Junyan said, “The work has been temporarily adjusted this afternoon, so I came over since I had time.”

Chen Yuncheng was holding a mineral water bottle with a small half bottle of clear liquid in it, and he shook it in his hand.

Wu Xiaozhu lay on the table and asked him, “What is that, Cheng ge?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Baijiu¹.” He then said to Ning Junyan: “Wait for me.” After he said that, he went into the inner room.

Ning Junyan followed in and closed the door behind him.

Guan Anlin stood at the door of the shop and watched them, lit a cigarette irritably, then he saw Shi Peng walking towards the inside, and quickly reached out his hand to stop him, “What are you doing?”

Shi Peng said, “Going to the bathroom.” He had wanted to go to the bathroom since he had just returned but ended up seeing Ning Junyan interrupting for a bit, and only now did he think about it again.

Guan Anlin rolled his eyes at him, “Don’t go.”

Shi Peng was puzzled, “Why?”

Guan Anlin didn’t bother to pay attention to him, and pointed in the direction of the public toilet, “Go over there if you’re in a hurry.”

Chen Yuncheng put the mineral water bottle next to the TV cabinet and went into the bathroom to wash his hands. He saw Ning Junyan when he came out, and asked, “Why are you here suddenly?”

Ning Junyan said, “Come to pick you up.”

Chen Yuncheng immediately understood what he meant, and asked, “Today?”

Ning Junyan looked at him, “Not good?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Is it too late to book a hotel now?”

Ning Junyan said, “You can go to my house.”

Chen Yuncheng turned his gaze away and said, “Alright.” After he said that, he reached out to pick up the mineral water bottle just now, and said, “My friend gave me some wine, can you help me try how it tastes?”

Ning Jun extended his hand to take it, unscrewed the lid and smelled it, and said, “I don’t know baijiu.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Drink a little bit, I think it tastes quite fragrant.”

Ning Junyan looked up at him, “I’m driving.”

“Right,” Chen Yuncheng said with some regret as he brought the bottle over and said, “I still want you to try the taste.”

Ning Junyan said, “It’s not impossible.”

“Huh?” Chen Yuncheng looked at him suspiciously.

Ning Junyan said, “You should take a sip first.”

Chen Yuncheng picked up the bottle obediently, took a sip of the wine, and just before he swallowed it, Ning Junyan kissed his lips.

Ning Junyan licked the taste left in his mouth and said, “Well, it smells good.”

Chen Yuncheng’s heart inexplicably fluttered, hugged Ning Junyan, and whispered in his ear, “Will this be considered drunk driving?”

Ning Junyan said in a low voice, “I don’t think so.”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door from outside, and Guan Anlin’s voice came in, “What are you doing?”

Ning Junyan replied without thinking, “I’m fvcking you—”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Yuncheng covered his mouth tightly to prevent him from continuing. At the same time, he gave him a vicious glare, pushed him away and went to open the door, “It’s nothing, you can come in.”

Notes:
Probably Ning Junyang is going to say I’m fvcking your brother, lololol

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Chapter 70

April 16, 2023 / hoenimochi / 4 Comments

The window of the room was open, and the heavy blackout curtains were not closed, but only covered with a layer of gauze. After the lights in the room were turned off, the light shone through the curtains and the outline of the canopy of trees on the roadside could be seen faintly.

The express hotel was located in the downtown area, with a street right outside the window. The buildings were not very high, and although it was late at night, you could still hear the sound of cars driving by from time to time, and even the sound of jokes and footsteps of a group of people passing by.

This gave Chen Yuncheng the illusion as if he could be heard by those people passing by downstairs if he made a little louder noise. So he would bite his lips unconsciously at that time, making only a small sound from his nostrils.

Ning Junyan was silent at this time, Chen Yuncheng could only hear the sound of breathing constantly echoing in his ears, and through the faint light, he saw that Ning Junyan’s gaze was focused and sharp, and he did not move away from his face even for a second.

Chen Yuncheng felt that he was probably not looking good at this time, his face was flushed, and his neck and forehead were covered with sweat, so he raised his hand to cover Ning Junyan’s eyes. When he was halfway up, because of Ning Junyan’s vile movements he rested it helplessly on Ning Junyan’s arm and held his arms tightly.

It was a weird feeling. It was neither bad nor uncomfortable, it was just out of control. The feeling of abandoning the shame of opening up your most private self, giving it all up to the other person’s control, and everything was out of your hands; the feelings of happiness and pain were given to you by the other party. Chen Yuncheng never liked this kind of feeling, but because it was Ning Junyan, he wanted to give him everything.

It was in this complex emotion that Chen Yuncheng’s body tensed up more and more, and he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself, so he extended his hand towards Ning Jun Yan and called out to him, “Yanyan.”

From childhood to adulthood, it was only during the four years with Ning Junyan that he briefly felt that he could rely on this person. Although he had always taken care of Ning Junyan in life, psychologically he relied on him because Ning Junyan would never hurt him.

Ning Junyan then picked him up and let him sit in his arms.

There was a wind blowing in from outside the window, the gauze curtain was blown higher and higher, and the sweat on Chen Yuncheng’s body was also dried by the wind.

But the heat remained undiminished and was penetrated even deeper as if even his thoughts and soul were imprisoned. Chen Yuncheng tensed the backs of his feet and clung to Ning Junyan’s shoulders, breathing hard.

At the last moment, Chen Yuncheng heard Ning Junyan whispering in his ear, “I love you.”

Chen Yuncheng’s mind went blank, and along with the most extreme of human senses, these three words echoed repeatedly inside his head.

He needed the feeling of being relied upon and valued so much, and he loved these words so much that for a moment he even thought that Ning Junyan was so cunning that every time he was enjoying the ultimate in pleasure in the future, he would probably think of Ning Junyan’s ‘I love you’ words for the rest of his life.

The next morning, Chen Yuncheng slept until late, when he woke up and found himself in Ning Junyan’s arms again, leaving him no room to move.

When he tried to move, Ning Junyan woke up behind him and wrapped his arms around him even tighter.

Chen Yuncheng opened his mouth to speak and found that his voice was hoarse, “What time is it?”

Ning Junyan closed his eyes, and when he spoke, his lips were pressed against his hair, softly as if kissing him, and his voice was lazy and hoarse, “I don’t know.”

The blackout curtains had been drawn, and the room was dimly lit, but there was faint white light coming in through the top of the curtains.

Chen Yuncheng said, “Don’t sleep again.” He wanted to go back to the shop in the morning to help out, there were more customers coming in over the weekend and he felt that there would be too much work left for only Guan Anlin and Wu Xiaozhu.

Ning Junyan didn’t wish to let him go, and asked vaguely, “What are you going to do? Want to do it again?”

Chen Yuncheng was instantly startled awake by him, “No more.” Last night, they had tossed and turned until midnight, and now he could still feel the pain in that place.

Ning Junyan was probably also tired, closed his eyes and said, “Then sleep with me for a while, darling.”

Chen Yuncheng got goosebumps when he heard Ning Junyan calling him that, and couldn’t help but want to throw Ning Junyan’s arm away. He said, “Can you stop calling me that?”

Ning Junyan said, “You’re not happy to be called wife either.”

Chen Yuncheng turned over and looked at him, and said, “Be normal, why don’t you just call me Chen Yuncheng?”

Ning Junyan opened his eyes.

Chen Yuncheng looked at his sleepy look and suddenly found him cute, smiling as he kissed his forehead and said, “Get up.”

Ning Junyan raised his hand to ruffle his hair, and lifted his upper body slightly with his arm supporting him, looking at him, “Continue the date?” It was the weekend, and he was not on duty.

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’m going back to work.”

Ning Junyan was expressionless.

Chen Yuncheng came closer to kiss him again.

Ning Junyan didn’t respond, and let him kiss for a while before he rolled over and pressed himself against him for a while longer.

When he came out of the hotel, Chen Yuncheng glanced at the time, it was already past ten o’clock in the morning.

When he booked the hotel, he didn’t bother to order breakfast, so he guessed that breakfast was also out at this time, so he and Ning Junyan went to a nearby breakfast restaurant.

Chen Yuncheng asked Ning Junyan to sit down, went to the order window and ordered two bowls of porridge, a basket of steamed buns, a basket of siu mai and two tea eggs, and brought them back on a plate.

Chen Yuncheng had felt thirsty since he woke up in the morning and hadn’t had any water. Now he picked up the bowl and drank several mouthfuls of porridge.

Ning Junyan took a tea egg, carefully peeled the shell, and handed it to Chen Yuncheng, “Wife, eat the egg.”

Chen Yuncheng nearly choked on a mouthful of porridge, and he glared at Ning Junyan with great dissatisfaction.

Ning Junyan was silent for a moment, stared at the tea eggs in his hand for a while, then changed his words, “Mr. Chen, eat the eggs.”

Chen Yuncheng felt so angry and amused that he could not help but kick him under the table.

Ning Junyan looked indifferent, did not look down, and asked, “So you’ve started seducing me under the table now?”

Chen Yuncheng desperately denied it, “I didn’t!”

Ning Junyan said, “It’s okay.”

Chen Yuncheng took the peeled tea egg from his hand and said with a smile, “Nonsense.”

It was quite late and there weren’t many customers in the shop at this time of day, so the two of them sat in the corner and ate their breakfast in a fairly leisurely manner.

Ning Junyan asked him, “Do you want me to help you later?”

“Help with what?” Chen Yuncheng was eating a siu mai, “Help in the store? No need.” He was in the shop almost exclusively to talk about business and goods sales, so Ning Junyan couldn’t be of much help, and it was impossible to ask Ning Junyan to do things like carrying goods and making deliveries.

Ning Junyan leaned on the back of the chair and looked at him, “So our date is over? When’s the next time?”

“Next time, eh?” Chen Yuncheng seemed to be thinking about this question very seriously.

Ning Junyan said, “Tonight?”

Chen Yuncheng felt happy about dating, not having to work and going out to dinner and a movie, and also being able to sleep with a handsome man. Who wouldn’t want to date every day? But his wallet couldn’t take it. He glanced at Ning Junyan and said, “Some other time, next week?”

Ning Junyan frowned.

Chen Yuncheng said, “I don’t have any money, I have to save up to pay you back.”

Ning Junyan said, “I can continue to lend you money.”

If the chopsticks in Chen Yuncheng’s hand hadn’t been holding siu mai, he would have thrown it in Ning Junyan’s face.

The smile in Ning Junyan’s eyes flickered away as he took out a key from his pocket, placed it on the table and pushed it in front of Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng knew this key. It was the one he had borrowed from Ning Junyan’s house before.

Chen Yuncheng stared at the key without saying a word.

Ning Junyan said, “I took back the spare key from my mother’s place. I’m worried that I won’t have it with me one day, so can I put a spare one at your place?”

Chen Yuncheng looked up at him and put down his chopsticks.

Ning Junyan continued, “I’m not asking you to move back.”

Chen Yuncheng stretched out his hand and took the key.

Ning Junyan added, “Maybe you’re tired of getting a room in a hotel and want a change of taste.”

Chen Yuncheng laughed when he heard the words, “I’ll think about it.”

When he heard Ning Junyan mention his mother, he couldn’t help asking, “Did you tell Auntie what I told you about Yu Jie last time?”

Ning Junyan said, “I told her, but what to do with it is her business.”

Chen Yuncheng thought that there was nothing else he could do, so he nodded, “Alright.”

Notes:
Sorry for not updating for like 2 weeks? or more? Things have been kinda rough for me irl and I decided I need to step up my game and I need to focus more on my main work to recover some financial expenses(my laptop broke down *cough* because I’ve been using it to do my freelance job) and since I am not a fan to do translation or updates by phone, I just didn’t update it until I can get myself a new one… Sorry to keep you guys waiting for long

I actually want to keep the notes short, but something just caught my eye on the other series I am translating that someone commented the work I am doing is an edited MTL. I don’t know that I need to clear this up again. I am clearly an MTL. Although I am taking Chinese lessons and was born in a Chinese family, I am not on a native speaker level (English is not my first language too btw). I used a machine translation help to translate. So if it really bothered you to read the series I am translating, I cannot magically become a native speaker in a day, so you can wait until an HTL picked it up or an official publisher picked it up. Sorry for the long rant, I just want my reader to understand that I am not trying to con y’all to think this is the best version out there you can have, but I am always doing my best to translate all the work I am posting ʚ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ɞ

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Chapter 69

April 16, 2023 / hoenimochi / 3 Comments

Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan went to the restaurant upstairs for dinner. The place where they ate was a Cantonese restaurant with a quiet environment. The reason why Chen Yuncheng decided to eat here was mainly because of the good reviews on the internet and the price was not too expensive.

They sat down facing each other. When ordering, Chen Yuncheng looked at the menu repeatedly, and asked Ning Junyan, “What do you want to eat?”

Ning Junyan leaned on the back of the seat in a relaxed posture, his gaze falling on him, and said, “Anything you want.”

Chen Yuncheng then randomly ordered a few dishes.

As they waited for their food to be served, the two sat facing each other, with Ning Junyan only looking at Chen Yuncheng, seemingly without the intention of speaking. Chen Yuncheng couldn’t stand the awkward atmosphere and asked him, “You’re not on duty tomorrow, right?”

Ning Junyan shook his head.

Chen Yuncheng thought to himself, that they were going out for a meal like this in the name of a date but it was made so formal that everyone was uncomfortable, so he said, “Is there nothing you want to tell me?”

Ning Junyan said, “If you don’t know what to say, you can try to seduce me under the table.”

Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn’t help laughing out loud. He picked up the water glass and took a sip slowly, saying, “Knock it off.”

Ning Junyan clasped his hands and put them on the table, “It wasn’t important to eat and watch a movie in the first place.”

Chen Yuncheng looked at him and asked, “Is it only important to get a room?”

Ning Junyan said, “That’s how you look at me?” His eyelashes drooped slightly, and then he raised his eyes to look directly at Chen Yuncheng, “I just want to be with you.”

Chen Yuncheng’s heart skipped a beat and subconsciously avoided Ning Junyan’s gaze. He picked up the water glass and drank a few more sips until he drank all the lemonade in the water glass, he said, “I see.”

After eating and watching a movie, Chen Yuncheng chose a Hollywood war movie. He didn’t read the movie reviews on the Internet, but he just read the theme and thought it was pretty good. After it officially started, he felt that the content was a bit uncommunicative.

It had been a long time since he went to the cinema to watch a movie. The heating in the theatre was too high, and he sweated a little after sitting for a while, so he took off his coat.

Because it was Friday, the audience in the movie hall was full. When Chen Yuncheng bought the tickets, except for the front seat, there was only the corner in the last row. He and Ning Junyan were sitting in the corner now. The angle was not very good, but at least it seemed more comfortable than being too close to the front, and he was a little more at ease, not worrying about someone wondering why two men were sitting together watching a movie.

When the movie was narrated through long empty shots, Chen Yuncheng started to be absent-minded. He turned his head to look at Ning Junyan. The light from the screen hit Ning Junyan’s face, making his nose look particularly straight, and his eyes seemed to be shining seductively.

Ning Junyan noticed his gaze, leaned over and kissed him on the lips, turned back and continued watching the movie without saying anything.

Chen Yuncheng’s heartbeat quickened a few beats, and he couldn’t help but look at the people sitting next to him. He felt a little relieved when he noticed that no one was looking at them. For a moment, he felt like a teenager in love, sitting in the corner of the movie theatre with his lover, unable to stop looking at and thinking about each other.

As he thought of this, Chen Yuncheng felt a little funny. This love seemed to come too late, but it seemed just right. If it wasn’t for Ning Junyan, perhaps he would never have felt this emotion in his life.

In between the movie playing, Ning Junyan turned his head and kissed Chen Yuncheng’s hair, then said against his temples, “If you look at me again, let’s leave.”

Chen Yuncheng was not very interested in this movie, but he felt that Ning Junyan was quite fond of it, so he said, “No, let’s not go, let’s watch it before we leave.”

Ning Junyan extended his hand and held Chen Yuncheng’s hand, then continued watching the movie.

After the movie ended, Ning Junyan went to the parking lot to drive.

Chen Yuncheng booked an express hotel and chose a slightly more expensive room. He felt awkward when he handed in his ID card to open the room, but Ning Junyan looked very calm beside him, with a serious expression as if he was attending some academic conference in the hotel.

The rooms were in very average condition and could only be considered clean and tidy.

Chen Yuncheng didn’t know whether Ning Junyan disliked it or not, but he guessed that he didn’t dislike it, because after entering the door, Ning Junyan didn’t even look at the whole room, he just raised his hand and locked the door, grabbed Chen Yuncheng’s hand and held it behind his back, pressed him against the wall and kissed him down.

The coat was easily taken off, and Chen Yuncheng accidentally stepped on it when it fell to the ground. He subconsciously wanted to bend down to pick it up, but Ning Junyan hugged his waist and carried him off the ground. He carried Chen Yuncheng on his shoulder, walked a few steps inside, and threw him on the bed.

Chen Yuncheng couldn’t be considered light and compact. When he fell on the bed, he felt the mattress sink suddenly, and his whole body was turned upside down on it. Then he saw Ning Junyan standing by the bed, had taken off his jacket, his slender fingers on his neckline, moving patiently and sharply to unbutton his shirt.

“I’ll take a shower first!” Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but said.

Ning Junyan paused slightly in his movements and said unhappily, “Go take shower after you’re done.”

had just sweated in the cinema, he was a little squirmy, propping himself up to sit up and look at Ning Junyan, “No, shower first.”

Ning Junyan stopped and looked at him and said in a cold voice, “Go take that shower.”

Chen Yuncheng got up from the bed, hadn’t forgotten to pick up the coat he had dropped on the floor, and went into the bathroom.

He locked the door, and didn’t turn on the water to take a shower immediately, but took out the lubricant and condoms he bought from his jacket pocket, stood in front of the large mirror in the bathroom, and shamefully raised his hands to cover his face.

After a while, Chen Yuncheng came out of the shower, and said to Ning Junyan, “Go take a shower.”

Ning Junyan was still wearing his shirt, looked up at him, got up and went to the bathroom.

Chen Yuncheng sat on the big bed. He came out with his clothes on. At this time, he took off his trousers. After hesitating for a while, he didn’t take off his underwear, and he didn’t take off his long T-shirt. He sat and pulled the quilt to cover his legs.

The room was air-conditioned and the temperature was just right, not too cold and not too hot.

The sound of water coming from the bathroom stopped after a while.

As he sat on the bed, Chen Yuncheng felt uneasy. Actually, he could have acted more at ease. He could also have picked up his mobile phone and pretended to play a few games casually, but he didn’t. He was just waiting for Ning Junyan to come out earnestly.

The bathroom door opened, and Ning Junyan walked out from inside.

When Chen Yuncheng looked up at him, his breathing stopped slightly, because Ning Junyan was wearing nothing but an open white shirt. He just showed his beautiful male body so frankly, walked all the way to the bed, bent one leg and knelt on the bed.

Ning Junyan lowered his head and kissed Chen Yuncheng’s lips.

In order to cooperate with him, Chen Yuncheng tried to raise his head, his neck tensing to highlight the sharp knot in her throat.

Ning Junyan held Chen Yuncheng’s arms, trying to push him down on the bed.

Chen Yuncheng stuffed something into his hand at this moment, Ning Junyan looked down and saw that it was lubricant and condoms.

Although his ears were already red, Chen Yuncheng still said cheekily, “I washed it clean.”

Ning Junyan rubbed his forehead against Chen Yuncheng’s, his breathing heavy as he asked, “You want me to go in?”

Chen Yuncheng put his arms around his neck, “Haven’t you always wanted to?”

Ning Junyan pressed his forehead and looked at him with open eyes, “Is it okay to want to?”

A smile appeared in Chen Yuncheng’s eyes, “Yes.”

Ning Junyan was silent for a while, and said, “I want you to wear a collar and have you kneel on the bed while I tug on your collar and enter from behind.”

Chen Yuncheng choked for a moment, “That is not allowed.”

Ning Junyan said, “Okay.”

At this time, Ning Junyan was not as forceful as when he first entered the room. He lay on the bed with Chen Yuncheng in his arms, kissed Chen Yuncheng slowly and gently, and said, “Can we get married?”

Chen Yuncheng also hugged him back, and raised his head slightly, with a confused expression, “Are you going to get married on the first date?”

“What are you afraid of?” Ning Junyan pressed his palm against his waist and slowly moved down, asking him at the same time, “Are you afraid that I will leave you one day, or have you been preparing to leave me all along?”

Chen Yuncheng indulged in Ning Junyan’s gentle movements, and couldn’t help but want to discuss this issue with him, “Then what are you worried about? Even if we don’t rush into marriage and live together, we are still together, and there will always be a day when everyone feels right.” He looked into Ning Junyan’s eyes, “Isn’t the reason I’m here today is to tell you that I love you?”

Ning Junyan suddenly bit him roughly on the collarbone and said in a cold voice, “Really? I don’t believe it.”

Chen Yuncheng felt the pain, and stretched out his hand to push him, “Don’t bite, don’t bite.”

Ning Junyan said, “Not unless you open your legs, hurry up.”

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I also said it on Weibo yesterday that I decided to reduce the number of words I update each day a little in order to maintain my state of writing

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Ning Junyan went from 0 to 100 in a blink of an eye, truly the heart of Haitang’s man and ofc the author decided to do it in this chapter

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Chapter 68

April 16, 2023 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

After the Lunar New Year, the shops in the trade market opened one after another. The government was vigorously developing the new trade market, demolishing an old market in the old city and relocating the tenants. The surrounding area is also being developed one after another. Not only will a subway be connected by the end of the year, but a large-scale furniture mall will also be built in the surrounding areas.

As the shops started to open one after another, the number of customers increased. Many customers who originally bought goods from the old market had transferred over. The good location of Chen Yuncheng’s store means that many new customers come to ask for prices every day.

Chen Yuncheng had an easy-going and generous personality, and he can chat with anyone. He handed over the delivery work to Guan Anlin as much as possible and spent most of his time in the store. Many customers came to inquire about the price without buying anything, but he could chat with them enthusiastically. There were also customers who drive to the market to pick up goods, no matter how much they buy or how little they buy, he would take the initiative to help carry the goods.

When Sun Shiliang saw that the business was getting better, he promised to give Chen Yuncheng a sales commission, and his income was also increasing. He owed Ning Junyanmore than 100,000 yuan, which he used to think was a long way off, but now he began to think he could see the end of it.

With his heart gradually relaxed, what Chen Yuncheng was thinking about most was the matter with Ning Junyan.

Since Ning Junyan left him that night, he hadn’t come to him for a long time, but what Ning Junyan had said had always been on Chen Yuncheng’s mind.

Chen Yuncheng then called to ask Ning Junyan if his head still hurts.

Ning Junyan was lying on the bed and said to him, “Sometimes.”

Chen Yuncheng was very worried, and said, “Go and have a look, have a check-up.”

Ning Junyan said, “I’ve had a test, and it’s a nervous headache, which can’t be cured.” But it didn’t come on very often, and he didn’t tell Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng said, “Let me come and see you.”

Ning Junyan did not immediately agree, but asked, “Have you given it a thought?”

Chen Yuncheng was sitting on the steps in front of the shop with his down jacket had been replaced by a thick jacket of laminated cotton. He looked at the people and cars passing by from time to time, and said, “Can’t we date like ordinary couples?” After he finished these words, Chen Yuncheng himself felt quite embarrassed.

Ning Junyan asked him, “How do ordinary couples date?”

“Dinner and a movie?” Chen Yuncheng wasn’t too sure, that’s how it was played out in dramas anyway, and he didn’t know what else he needed to do.

Ning Junyan said, “Are you inviting me to dinner and a movie?”

Chen Yuncheng raised his hand and gently scratched his cheek, he always felt a little itchy, and said, “Is it okay?”

Ning Junyan asked again, “Are you courting me?”

Chen Yuncheng was taken aback by the question, he thought they were already together, but since Ning Junyan asked this question, he chose to admit it in embarrassment, “Is it okay?”

Ning Junyan said, “That’s not enough, we also need to get a room.”

“Ah?” Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised, “A room on the first date?”

Ning Junyan said, “If you didn’t have to move out, would you have needed to go out and get a room? I could have slept with you in my arms every day.”

For a moment, Chen Yuncheng felt as if he was kinda sorry for Ning Junyan. When he thought of having a room with Ning Junyan, he couldn’t stop blushing and said, “Okay, when do you have time?”

Ning Junyan told him, “Tomorrow night.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I will make arrangements.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Anlin drove the van back from outside to deliver goods and stopped at the door of the store.

Chen Yuncheng hung up the phone, looked up and watched Guan Anlin get off the car.

Guan Anlin had already taken off his coat and was only wearing a thin long-sleeved T-shirt. He walked up to Chen Yuncheng and sat down, lit a cigarette for himself, and said, “Let’s hire another person.” He was now going to make a delivery and Chen Yuncheng asked him to try to help the customer move the goods so that the workload became bigger and less efficient.

Of course, customers were very happy.

It was just that Guan Anlin was so physically exhausted that he came back every day tired as hell.

“Thanks for your hard work,” Chen Yuncheng said to him, “I’ll discuss it with Sun ge and hire someone to help deliver the goods.”

Guan Anlin felt relieved after sitting and smoking a whole cigarette. Chen Yuncheng took his coat from the car and told him to put it on.

“Let’s go out to eat something good tonight,” Guan Anlin said to Chen Yuncheng. He had a lot of money recently, naturally because Chen Yuncheng had been generous to him and was willing to pay him good for his work.

Chen Yuncheng shook his head. They ate every meal simply. There was a ten yuan box lunch at the entrance of the market, which was cheap and well-filled. It was suitable for people who do physical work, so Chen Yuncheng and Guan Anlin eat there almost every day.

After Guan Anlin got the money, he wanted to improve the food.

In the end, Chen Yuncheng still refused. He had to save money to pay Ning Junyan back, and he also had to pay for a date with Ning Junyan. He was reluctant to let Ning Junyan eat poorly, and he couldn’t open a room in a hotel that was too cheap.

At night, Chen Yuncheng was lying on his bed, searching for places to eat with his mobile phone, looking for nearby hotels and booking movie tickets.

It was the first time for him to do this kind of thing with painstaking effort. He used to invite people to eat in small roadside restaurants, where a few dishes and two bottles of beer were all that was needed.

Guan Anlin came out of the shower and glanced at him before climbing into the bed. He saw Chen Yuncheng looking at the hotel, and somewhat puzzled, asked him as he got into bed, “Why are you looking at the hotel?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I’ve got a dinner date tomorrow night and I’m not coming back.”

Guan Anlin was sitting on the upper bunk bed, but when he heard his words, he had bad inklings in his mind and tried to stick his head down, “You and that Ning?”

Chen Yuncheng responded casually, “Yes.”

Guan Anlin was a little nervous, “You two are still together? What are you looking at the hotel for?”

Chen Yuncheng did not speak.

Guan Anlin said, “You want to get a room with him?”

Chen Yuncheng reached out and pulled up the quilt beside him, covering his whole head in it, not wanting to answer his question.

Guan Anlin was terrified, “Are you going to let him play with your ass?”

Chen Yuncheng reached out from under the quilt and casually grabbed a remote control placed by the bed, threw it forcefully towards the upper bunk, not caring whether he could hit Guan Anlin, and cursed, “Die!”

The next day, Guan Anlin spent the whole day trying to stop Chen Yuncheng from going on a date with Ning Junyan at night.

However, Chen Yuncheng didn’t even bother with him and kept thinking about how far he should go with Ning Junyan since he had already agreed to get a room.

His entangled emotions in the past have not completely disappeared, but compared to the previous period when he lived in Ning Junyan’s house and had no job, he was now much calmer, and sometimes he even felt that he could look ahead to his future life. The sense of security he lacked was something that no one could give him, but himself.

Today was Friday, and there was not much business in the store in the afternoon, and the whole trade market was cold and quiet.

Chen Yuncheng squatted in front of the store, looking at his phone the whole time.

Guan Anlin took a bottle of Coke, walked up to him and squatted down, trying to look at his phone.

Chen Yuncheng immediately locked the screen.

Guan Anlin was very worried and asked him, “What are you looking at?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Don’t worry about it.”

Guan Anlin said in a low voice as he drank his coke, “Be careful not to get a disease.”

Chen Yuncheng suddenly said angrily, “You are the one who would get a disease visiting a prostitute!”

His voice was a little louder, and Wu Xiaozhu who was sitting in the store stared at them dumbfounded. After a while, the way she looked at Guan Anlin changed.

Guan Anlin was very upset, and kept ignoring him since then, until Chen Yuncheng was about to leave, and asked again, “Are you really not coming back?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Don’t mind me, lock the door and go sleep at night.”

Guan Anlin hesitated to speak and finally watched Chen Yuncheng leave irritably.

Chen Yuncheng went out to take a taxi and sat in the taxi to see Guan Anlin send him a picture of a young girl in a high school uniform, and then sent a line: “My sister.”

He couldn’t help smiling and put the phone back without replying to Guan Anlin.

The restaurants and movie tickets for dinner in the evening were all booked by Chen Yuncheng, and they were chosen in a large shopping mall in the city centre.

Even though he had lived in this city for so many years, Chen Yuncheng seldom comes to this kind of place, whether for fun or shopping, this place was not suitable for him.

When he was waiting for Ning Junyan on the first floor of the shopping mall, he saw many young girls who were well-dressed, as if they were in an idol drama, and they were out of tune with his world.

Then someone covered his eyes with his hands from behind, and Ning Junyan’s voice rang in his ears, asking him, “Have you seen enough?”

Chen Yuncheng turned back, “You’re here?”

Ning Junyan’s gaze was still looking at the girl in stockings and a short skirt in front of him, and asked Chen Yun Cheng, “What are you looking at?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Nothing, I’ve been waiting for you.”

Ning Junyan said coldly, “Next time, change to another place.”

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I know it’s a bit short today, mainly because I’m a bit tired after a long day, and I was going to take the day off. so take it for what it is

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Chapter 67

April 16, 2023 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Ning Junyan stretched out a hand in front of Chen Yuncheng, waiting for Chen Yuncheng to hold his hand and leave with him.

Before Chen Yuncheng could speak, Guan Anlin stepped forward angrily and shouted, “Where are you taking him?”

Ning Junyan did not pay any attention to him and did not even look at him, but only looked at Chen Yuncheng and asked, “You’re going to live here?”

Guan Anlin couldn’t bear his tone, “What’s wrong with living here?”

Ning Junyan’s eyes finally fell on Guan Anlin, and he said calmly, “I don’t want my wife to live in a place like this and sleep in the same bed with another man.”

Guan Anlin was going to be angry, but when he heard the word ‘wife’, the words he was about to say stuck in his throat, and he didn’t react for a long time.

“Knock it off,” Chen Yuncheng had been quarrelling with Ning Junyan all night, and now he felt that he had almost sobered up. He passed Guan Anlin and walked in front of Ning Junyan. He held his hand first, and then said, “Come here and I’ll tell you.”

When he saw them holding hands, Guan Anlin suddenly had goosebumps all over his body. He felt horrified and looked at Chen Yuncheng, not even remembering to be angry.

Chen Yuncheng pulled Ning Junyan, at first he couldn’t pull him, but then he stretched out his arms and hugged Ning Junyan’s waist, half pushing and half hugging him to let him walk outside.

When he passed by Guan Anlin, Chen Yuncheng said to him, “Go to bed first, I’ll explain to you later.”

Guan Anlin didn’t want to believe what he saw, he was so angry that he said to Chen Yuncheng, “Don’t be afraid of him, if he dares to force you, I will beat him up for you.”

Before Chen Yuncheng could say anything, Ning Junyan said calmly, “It’s not like you can beat me.”

They fought once, and at that time Guan Anlin was no match for Ning Junyan at all, but this kind of provocation was absolutely intolerable to Guan Anlin. He clenched his fists and was about to come over.

Chen Yuncheng hurriedly stood between the two of them. Although he was standing in front of Ning Junyan, he held Ning Junyan’s hand with his hands behind his back, and said to Guan Anlin, “I’m not being forced, go to sleep.”

Guan Anlin was still staring at Ning Junyan with a deadly gaze.

Ning Junyan lowered his head slightly, looked at Chen Yuncheng’s hairy head, and his slender fingers running through his palm.

Chen Yuncheng was tickled by him and held his fingers tightly.

Guan Anlin glanced at Chen Yuncheng at this moment, and asked, “Are you going to go with him?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Not going. I’ll come back after saying a few words with him. You go to bed first.”

Guan Anlin finally compromised, he finally gave Ning Junyan one last fierce glare, turned around and walked towards the inner room.

Chen Yuncheng pulled Ning Junyan through the shelves, went to the door and opened the small door. He went out and looked around and found that the shop that had been lit up earlier had gone dark again before he pulled Ning Junyan out and stood by the door to speak to him in a low voice.

Ning Junyan said, “You have to come with me.”

Chen Yuncheng raised his head and looked at him, “Where to? I live well here, and it’s convenient for me to work.” The new shop had a lot of things to do, so he could live here to save on rent and not waste time travelling.

Ning Junyan said, “You sleep in the same bed with him.”

Chen Yuncheng raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, “I didn’t share the same bed with him, he slept on the upper bunk.”

“That’s also a bed, and you still let him sleep on top of you.”

“That’s not,” Chen Yuncheng held his hand, “you can’t mess around with me.”

Ning Junyan looked at him without saying anything.

Chen Yuncheng then continued, “When I first came out to work, I lived in a dormitory. I don’t know how many people I slept with on bunk beds. Some of them slept for one night and never saw each other again. Are you going to keep this up?”

“I said I’d come over to stay with you and you wouldn’t, but you’re willing to stay here with him.”

Chen Yuncheng looked at Ning Junyan and didn’t speak for a long time.

Ning Junyan pinched his chin with his fingers and shook it lightly, “Speak.”

Chen Yuncheng said: “Because Guan Anlin and I are brothers. One day when he falls in love and gets married and wants to move out I will give him my blessing and won’t be sad; but what about me if one day you don’t want me anymore?”

Ning Junyan’s expression became serious, “I won’t want you.”

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, “After my father died, my mother also said that she would not leave me; after you came to the foster father’s place, I also thought you would not leave, but what happened?”

At that time Ning Junyan was not in his right mind and couldn’t recall his identity or his family. Although Chen Yuncheng often asked him and would tell him to think hard and think about it so he could go home, deep down there was always a little selfishness, thinking that if Ning Junyan could not remember, he could always stay with him.

Until one day Ning Junyan told Chen Yuncheng that he remembered, he remembered his name, where his home was, and who his parents were.

Chen Yuncheng’s eyes widened, and he said, “Then go back quickly, find a chance to sneak away and don’t come back.” But that night, he lay in bed with his back to Ning Junyan and cried alone in secret for a long time.

Later, he always thought that he had just wished for too much and that was why he was disappointed. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so sad when Ning Junyan would just leave.

“Are you blaming me?” By now, Ning Junyan was standing in front of him and asked him.

Chen Yuncheng said, “No, I’m just blaming myself. I don’t have the ability to hold everything in my hands and easily let others take away the most important person to me.”

Ning Junyan knitted his brows. He looked at Chen Yuncheng for a while, and slowly said, “You didn’t agree when I asked you to marry me, you didn’t agree when I asked you to live with me, and then you carried all the pressure on yourself when it was clear that many things were not your responsibility.” Having said that, Ning Junyan cupped Chen Yuncheng’s face with his hands, and kissed his lips, “Why can’t you rely on me?”

Chen Yuncheng’s eyes were slightly red, and he said, “I’m sorry.”

“Look, you always feel that you are not strong enough, you are not good enough, and you have not taken responsibility, so you have to apologize to me,” Ning Junyan let go, “You want me to give you time to wait for you, I can. But I don’t know how long I have to wait, and I don’t know what I should do to make you accept me. I’m afraid that if I do too much I’ll hurt you, and if I do too little you’ll want to hide.”

Chen Yuncheng looked at him and said nothing.

Ning Junyan put his hands into the pockets of his jacket, and took two steps back, “Go back and rest, I’m leaving first. Think it over carefully and then tell me what I should do.”

Chen Yuncheng subconsciously took a step forward but finally stopped. It was too late, and Ning Junyan had to drive back since he had to go to work tomorrow, Chen Yuncheng felt that he should not continue pestering him about these things now.

Ning Junyan turned around and walked towards the entrance of the market.

Chen Yuncheng looked at his back and said, “Be careful.”

Ning Junyan didn’t respond. He just walked a distance and couldn’t help raising his hand to hammer his head. He began to have a headache again, but he didn’t stop and continued to walk forward.

Chen Yuncheng went back to the store, locked the door and went to the bathroom to wash up. While lying on the bed, he heard Guan Anlin, who was on the upper bunk, turned over.

“Aren’t you asleep?” He asked softly.

Guan Anlin said, “Yeah.”

They were all silent for a while.

Guan Anlin asked him, “He’s gone?”

Chen Yuncheng replied, “He has to go to work tomorrow.”

There was another moment of silence, and all that could be heard was the movement of Guan Anlin turning over restlessly.

“Are you in that kind of relationship with him?” Guan Anlin couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Yuncheng put his hands behind his head, opened his eyes and replied, “Yes.”

Guan Anlin couldn’t stop the surprise in his tone, “Are you gay?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “I guess so now.”

“fvck,” Guan Anlin cursed, “No wonder you refuse to see my sister.”

Chen Yuncheng said to him, “Whether I am gay or not, your sister is not suitable for me.”

Guan Anlin poked his head out from the upper bunk and looked carefully at Chen Yuncheng.

Chen Yuncheng asked him, “What’s wrong?”

Guan Anlin asked, “When did you discover that you like men?”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t really want to answer his question, so he didn’t speak.

Guan Anlin pressed on, “Then have you ever liked me?”

Chen Yuncheng looked at him.

Guan Anlin turned over, lay back on the bed, and said in a hurried tone, “I think I still like women.”

Chen Yuncheng said, “That’s good, you mustn’t like men.”

Guan Anlin’s tone was also cautious: “Don’t you want to give a woman a try?”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t understand the meaning of his words, “What?”

Guan Anlin said, “When you go out from the north entrance of the market, aren’t there many massage parlours and hairdressers in that area? If you go into any one of them and ask if there are any special services, you will be asked to choose a woman and take her to a private room.”

The more Chen Yuncheng heard the more he felt that something was wrong, he asked Guan Anlin, “Do you often go to that place?”

Guan Anlin said, “I didn’t, I heard it from others.”

Chen Yuncheng was a little amused, “I don’t need it.”

Guan Anlin was undeterred, “If you give women a try, you won’t like men anymore. That Ning guy, what’s the use of being handsome? Does he have breasts? Are they soft to squeeze?

Chen Yuncheng was already very tired. When he heard Guan Anlin’s words, his thoughts diverged a little. He thought of Ning Junyan’s chest muscles, which were not exaggerated but very firm. He also remembered the kiss this evening and the temperature of Ning Junyan’s body. He was aroused enthusiastically but was interrupted when he was hard, and now he was aroused by Guan Anlin’s words again.

For so many years, Chen Yuncheng didn’t feel that he had too strong a need, but now he realized that it was because he hadn’t met someone he liked, and he hadn’t really experienced something that made him happy.

Guan Anlin on the upper bunk was still trying to instil in him the benefits of women. However Chen Yuncheng’s head was full of Ning Junyan, he couldn’t listen anymore, and said to Guan Anlin, “Stop talking.”

Guan Anlin stopped immediately, he thought his words had hit Chen Yuncheng and made Chen Yuncheng imagine that the woman’s body gave him a reaction, so he smiled silently and said, “Okay I’ll stop talking, go to sleep.” He thought to himself that when he was free in a couple of days, he would take Chen Yuncheng to experience it for himself.

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Guan Anlin: The Bent Man Straightening Project

Notes:
Bent because Yuncheng is not straight (hetero) kek

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Chapter 66

April 1, 2023 / hoenimochi / 2 Comments

Ning Junyan drove Chen Yuncheng back to the trade market.

It was quite late at that time, and the main gate of the market was closed, leaving only a small door, which did not allow unregistered vehicles to enter or leave.

Chen Yuncheng said to Ning Junyan, “I’ll just get off here.”

Ning Junyan parked the car in the parking lot outside the market, opened the door and got out together with Chen Yuncheng, “I’ll see you off.”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t refuse him. In fact, he knew that it would be very difficult to refuse what Ning Junyan had decided, so the two walked towards the market together.

The trade market closed at 6:00 pm, and by this time, the whole market was very deserted, and rows of doors shops were closed tightly, and only the light from under the rolling shutter doors could be seen occasionally.

The streetlights in the market were also very sparse, with two streetlights separated by a long distance. In the dimly lit places, even people’s faces couldn’t be seen clearly.

Blown by the cold wind, Chen Yuncheng, who had drunk a lot of wine, felt even dizzier for a moment. He stopped, resisted the urge to vomit, leaned against a pillar outside a shop, raised his hand and patted his chest.

Ning Junyan also stopped, looked at him and asked, “Do you feel sick?”

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, he said, “Does your head still hurt?”

Ning Junyan said, “Sometimes.”

Chen Yuncheng was very worried, “Then what should I do?”

Ning Junyan said, “It’s you who won’t come back with me.”

“I’m a little scared,” Chen Yuncheng leaned on the pillar, slightly raised his head to look at him, “I’m afraid that one day your mother will come over again and see that I’m still living at your place.”

Ning Junyan said, “Why should you care about her?”

Chen Yuncheng shook his head, “It’s not about her, it’s about this matter.” He didn’t know what to say, there were too many complicated thoughts and things to consider, as well as anxiety about the future.

Ning Junyan asked him, “Then when will we be able to be together?”

“Can you wait for me to be steady?”

After Chen Yuncheng met Ning Junyan, he encountered many things, and this period was the worst period for him. He was a person who sought stability in his life, but that period of time was the most unstable. He shouldn’t have developed a relationship with someone in such a state, but he couldn’t refuse Ning Junyan.

If he didn’t struggle to get out, he would have the unsettling feeling of constantly sinking.

But it wasn’t Ning Junyan’s fault, except for the fact that Ning Junyan tried to imprison him and made him very angry, at other times he felt that he was sorry for Ning Junyan, so he desperately tried to appease Ning Junyan’s emotions.

On the subject of waiting, Ning Junyan did not immediately give Chen Yuncheng an answer, he simply asked, “What about when I miss you then?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “We can meet.” They were still in the same city, and like many couples in this city who did not live together, they could always meet up if they wanted to.

Ning Junyan asked again, “What if I miss you down there?”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t know why he could immediately understand what he meant, so he glanced down at him and quickly turned his eyes away. Chen Yuncheng had already been drinking, but at this time he couldn’t tell whether it was a drunken blush or the shy blush, his eyes were shining brightly and he didn’t want to meet Ning Junyan’s gaze.

Ning Junyan cupped his face with both hands and lowered his head to kiss him on the lips.

Chen Yuncheng turned around and struggled, he said, “I drank a bit too much tonight.” He actually meant to say that he had just wanted to throw up, but he felt that such words were too unappetizing, so he changed the euphemism.

Unexpectedly, Ning Junyan said indifferently, “Tell me when you feel like throwing up.”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t think about it any more, as he was being kissed by Ning Junyan, he couldn’t help but raise his hand and hug Ning Junyan’s neck.

Ning Junyan leaned close to press him against the pillar and clearly told him what it meant to miss him down there.

The kiss became more and more intense, and Chen Yuncheng’s body couldn’t help but get hot. As Ning Junyan was sucking his earlobe, he heard the sound of slow footsteps.

Chen Yuncheng’s brain couldn’t react for a while, and then he suddenly remembered that the security guards of the market would patrol regularly every night, and the sound of footsteps was obviously coming in their direction.

He stretched out his hand to push Ning Junyan, “Wait a minute.” Unfortunately, he couldn’t push at all.

As the footsteps came closer and closer, Chen Yuncheng pushed Ning Junyan away with all his strength, and Ning Junyan took two steps back, while he nearly fell to his knees as he couldn’t stand up.

At the same time, a beam of flashlight came from a distance and shone on Chen Yuncheng’s face, “Who is it?” the security guard stopped and asked.

Chen Yuncheng squinted his eyes and turned his head, looked in the direction of the light, and said, “It’s me.”

He had been doing a lot of work here for many days and even gave cigarettes to the security guard on duty at the entrance. The security guard immediately recognised him, “Boss Chen? Why aren’t you back at this hour?”

At this time Ning Junyan said, “He is drunk, I will send him back.”

The security guard shone his flashlight on Ning Junyan again, and asked Chen Yuncheng, “Is he your friend?”

Chen Yuncheng said, “Yes.” He was still crouching on the ground, not very steadily, holding onto the pillar next to him with his hands.

Ning Junyan took a step forward and lifted him up from the ground.

The security guard said to them, “Then go back quickly and be careful.” After speaking, he shook the flashlight in his hand and slowly continued walking towards the front.

Ning Junyan wrapped his arm around Chen Yuncheng’s waist and walked forward, that hand burrowing under his short coat and sweater, rubbing gently against his skin, saying, “I’ll take you back.”

Although he had only been here once, and in the daytime, Ning Junyan easily recognised the path through the market and headed towards Chen Yuncheng’s tobacco and alcohol shop.

The store was located at a crossroads, with shop doors on both sides at right angles, but the roller shutter door was now tightly closed and no light was coming through from inside.

As they approached, Ning Junyan said to Chen Yuncheng, “Open the door.”

Chen Yuncheng was dizzy. When he reached out to touch the key, he suddenly remembered that Guan Anlin was still in the store. He turned his head to look at Ning Junyan. Under the streetlight, he saw Ning Junyan looking at the small door in the middle of the rolling door, obviously wanting to go in.

He said immediately, “No.”

Ning Junyan turned his head to look at him, puzzled, “You want to do it here?”

Before Chen Yuncheng could say the word “no”, Ning Junyan had already whispered in his ear, “I think it’s okay.” After he said that, he kissed his lips again.

Ning Junyan’s movements were a little rough, and Chen Yuncheng could feel his inexplicable excitement as the buttons of his trousers were already unbuttoned.

Chen Yuncheng wanted to tell him that there was someone else inside, but the next second he was pressed onto the rolling door by Ning Junyan.

In the quiet late night, the rolling shutter door made a “bang” sound, and the noise was really not small.

Chen Yuncheng broke out in a cold sweat, grabbed Ning Junyan’s hand, and said hastily, “There’s someone else in the shop!”

Then he clearly heard Guan Anlin’s footsteps approaching the door, before he even opened the door, Guan Anlin was already asking loudly from inside, “Who is it?”

Taking advantage of Ning Junyan’s stopping movement, Chen Yuncheng grabbed Ning Junyan around the corner of the store door and hid on the other side, and then covered Ning Junyan’s mouth with all his strength when he spoke.

Guan Anlin opened the small door and poked his head out to look around. The voice came from this direction, but he didn’t see anyone outside. He raised his voice slightly and asked, “Who is it?”

Chen Yuncheng didn’t dare to speak and saw Ning Junyan looking straight at him, his eyes gradually turning cold. He was short of breath, stood on tiptoe and gently kissed Ning Junyan’s eyes to comfort him.

However, Guan Anlin didn’t see anyone, and he seemed to have gone back to the store, but Chen Yuncheng didn’t hear the sound of closing the door.

In the next second, Chen Yuncheng’s cell phone rang suddenly, and he reached out to touch it in panic, but the cell phone accidentally dropped on the ground, and the ringing still persisted in the middle of the night.

At this time, it was too late to hide, and Guan Anlin’s figure appeared around the corner, still holding a dialling phone in his hand, looking at them in surprise.

Chen Yuncheng was at a loss for words.

And Ning Junyan didn’t care about Guan Anlin’s gaze at all, and after Chen Yun Cheng released the hand covering his lips, he lowered his head and kissed Chen Yun Cheng’s lips again.

Guan Anlin became furious all of a sudden, he rushed over furiously, clenched his fist and waved towards Ning Junyan’s face, “Let go of my brother!” He never called Chen Yuncheng brother in the past, although Chen Yuncheng was several years older than him, all he had ever said to Chen Yuncheng was “I’ve got your back.”

This time before Ning Junyan could make a move, Chen Yuncheng stopped Guan Anlin first, hugged Guan Anlin, and said, “No, you misunderstood.”

Guan Anlin couldn’t listen, he just said with pure and direct anger, “fvck! Is he a pervert? He kissed you!”

Ning Junyan looked at them coldly, and his eyes fell on Chen Yuncheng’s arm hugging Guan Anlin.

Chen Yuncheng was afraid that Guan Anlin would really do something, so he hurriedly said, “I did it on my own!”

Guan Anlin turned to look at him as if he didn’t hear clearly, “What?”

Chen Yuncheng repeated again, “I did it on my own, I want him to kiss me, don’t be violent.”

Guan Anlin stared at him with wide eyes.

At this moment, Chen Yuncheng saw the light under the roller shutter door of a shop across the street, he was afraid that if he continued to argue there, it would cause others to gather around, so he dragged Guan Anlin hard and pulled him back to the shop, “Let’s go back and talk.”

Ning Junyan followed in front of the small door. He stood at the door, looking at the whole store calmly.

Chen Yuncheng pulled him in and closed the door with his hand.

Only then did Chen Yuncheng lean against the door and pant slightly. The headlights in the store had been turned on by Guan Anlin, and the white light illuminated everyone clearly.

Chen Yuncheng noticed that Guan Anlin had been looking at him, looking angry but not saying anything. After a while, he followed Guan Anlin’s line of sight and glanced at his lower body, only to suddenly realised that the button of his trousers, which had been unbuttoned by Ning Junyan, had not yet been fastened, and he turned sideways and fumbled to fasten them.

However, Ning Junyan was already standing at the door leading to the inner room, gloomily looking at the upper and lower bunks inside. The fingers hanging by his side couldn’t help tightening, and then slowly loosened.

“Junyan,” Chen Yuncheng called to him.

He turned around and said, “Follow me.”

The author has something to say:
Some of the comments in the previous chapter wondered when Chen Yuncheng had gotten together with Ning Junyan when he was still a virgin at the age of twenty-eight. It was only natural that he kisses and touches people and sleeps with them every day since they are in a relationship! Not to mention Ning Junyan, it has been a one-sided love for a very long time

Notes:
Had gotten together as in had sex…
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