Qian Xiaoke truly lived up to being Qian Xiaoke. Jiang Tongyan thought to himself: as expected of the person I chose. Putting that song out of his mind, this gift was still full of tenderness and affection. The little reindeer in Qian Xiaoke’s heart was hopping around excitedly at that moment. He had actually been a bit nervous about giving this gift. It was his first time knitting a scarf, and it felt just like how a mother looks at her own child—no matter how she looked at it, it seemed wonderful, but that didn’t mean other people would feel the same. He was afraid he hadn’t knitted it well and that Jiang Tongyan would dislike it. But he had forgotten that he was the ‘child’s’ mother, who had ‘carried’ it for a long time before ‘giving birth’ to it, and that the ‘child’s’ father was Jiang Tongyan. Parents were all the same—when they looked at their own child, it was always a treasure. In the northern winter, indoor heating was excellent. Usually, when the two of them got home, they practically wanted to wander around the apartment in nothing but their underwear. Right now, Jiang Tongyan was wearing a Santa Claus outfit and was already feeling stifled. But once Qian Xiaoke presented his gift, Jiang Tongyan didn’t care about any of that. Liking it so much, he immediately wrapped it around his neck. It was really warm. The thick, soft knitted scarf even carried Qian Xiaoke’s body scent or at least, the body scent Jiang Tongyan imagined. “How are you so skilful?” Jiang Tongyan said with a scarf around his neck and sweat all over his head. “I don’t even know how to praise you anymore.” He should really go learn. He needed to join some kind of ‘learning how to praise’ group, and praise his wife every day when he got home. “You don’t need to praise me,” Qian Xiaoke leaned in, hugging his waist and acting spoiled. “As long as you don’t dislike it.” “Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?” Jiang Tongyan kissed Qian Xiaoke on the forehead. “You don’t have a fever, do you?” Qian Xiaoke let out an ‘Aiya’ and said, “Other people use thermometers to check temperature. You’re using your mouth?” “Why not?” Jiang Tongyan said. “We’re basically conjoined twins. I don’t need to measure—one kiss, and I know whether you have a fever.” The ‘little reindeer’ Qian Xiaoke lay against his chest, pressed his lips together, and then said something that almost made Jiang Tongyan pass out on the spot. He said, “But… forehead temperature isn’t accurate.” He blinked his big eyes, his small face flushed red, and even wriggled a bit in Jiang Tongyan’s arms. “Santa Claus, do you want to use your ‘thermometer’ to measure the reindeer’s rectal temperature?” Qian Xiaoke nearly bit his own tongue after saying it. It was too embarrassing. How could he be this embarrassing? He was a pure, innocent boy, unparalleled in the universe. The unparalleled-in-the-universe pure boy Qian Xiaoke felt that he should probably read fewer of those unspeakable novels in the future. Turning everyday life into that kind of story was really morally degenerate. Even though that was what he thought, being the protagonist of one of those novels was still kind of exciting. Qian Xiaoke tilted his head up, and what he saw was… “Husband, why are you having a nosebleed?” Qian Xiaoke panicked. He hurriedly struggled out of Jiang Tongyan’s arms. His eyes were wide with shock, and he raised his hand to wipe at Jiang Tongyan’s nose. If he hadn’t said anything, Jiang Tongyan wouldn’t have even noticed he was bleeding. His mind had been completely occupied by what Qian Xiaoke had just said. Thinking about it, it was really embarrassing. When they had first met, he had gone impotent for a long time because of a single sentence from the other person. And now, on the very night of a successful proposal, he was bleeding from the nose again because of something the other person said. Jiang Tongyan felt this was completely unreasonable. No matter how you looked at it, he was a powerful, dominant CEO—so why did these laughable, awkward incidents keep happening to him? If Baidu ever had an entry called The Encyclopedia of Jiang Tongyan’s Awkward Moments, then once you opened the page, there would probably be an extremely long list, long enough to go perfectly with alcohol. Or if a TV station gave him a segment called Cold Sweat Confessions, he could guarantee a full 24-hour live broadcast every day, without repeating content. It was just that embarrassing. And very sad. With one wipe, Qian Xiaoke smeared Jiang Tongyan’s face, making it look even more alarming. He hurried off to grab some tissues, then turned back and saw Jiang Tongyan tilting his head up. He immediately stopped him. “No, no! You can’t tilt your head back!” Holding the tissues, he ran over and made him stand upright. “If you tilt your head back, the blood will flow backwards, and you’ll choke on it! Don’t you have any common sense?” Seeing how flustered he was, Jiang Tongyan smiled and hummed softly. He had just instinctively tilted his head back—otherwise the floor would be covered in blood. Anyone who didn’t know better might think the two of them had gone at it too hard and someone had died. Jiang Tongyan stuffed tissues into his nose and watched Qian Xiaoke bustle around with a smile. “You’re still laughing!” Qian Xiaoke complained. Still dressed in the sexy reindeer outfit, Qian Xiaoke ran into the bathroom again. When he came back out, he was holding a towel that had been rinsed with cold water. He pressed the towel against Jiang Tongyan’s forehead. It was ice-cold and instantly refreshing. “Why did you suddenly get a nosebleed?” Qian Xiaoke asked. “Could you be sick? Should we go to the hospital tomorrow?” If it were Qian Xiaoke himself having a nosebleed, he wouldn’t treat it as anything serious at all. He might even take a selfie, make a silly face, and post it to his WeChat Moments. But Jiang Tongyan having a nosebleed was different. That had to be taken seriously. Everything about Jiang Tongyan had to be taken seriously. This was the manifestation of Qian Xiaoke’s deep affection and care for his fiancé! “It’s nothing,” Jiang Tongyan said. Qian Xiaoke pulled him to sit down on the sofa, where he leaned back and waited for the bleeding to stop, though his mind was filled with unspeakable thoughts. That wasn’t really his fault. He had never been able to handle teasing very well. And Qian Xiaoke was already dressed provocatively enough today, then went and said those words to seduce him. The fact that he hadn’t fainted on the spot was already impressive. “Come here,” Jiang Tongyan said. “Sit on my lap. Let me touch you a bit.” Qian Xiaoke was still worried about his nosebleed when he suddenly heard him say something like that. He immediately shot him a sharp look. Unfortunately, it didn’t scare Jiang Tongyan at all. That ‘sharp look’ wasn’t very professional. It was more like a flirtatious glance—one with a hook on it. And once it was thrown, it hooked Jiang Tongyan’s soul. The hopeless Jiang Tongyan had his heart completely caught. He leaned over and forcibly pulled Qian Xiaoke closer. “Let’s make out for a bit,” Jiang Tongyan said, dragging his partner in the tight, sexy reindeer outfit over and making him sit on his lap. “Oh.” Qian Xiaoke was so embarrassed he almost started smoking. “What is it now? What are you ‘oh’-ing about again?” Jiang Tongyan said. One hand held the damp towel on his forehead, while the other wandered over Qian Xiaoke’s waist. Despite wearing a Santa Claus outfit, he showed not the slightest bit of Santa’s kindness—he looked entirely like a lecherous old landlord. “You… that…” Qian Xiaoke was so shy that he looked like a virtuous virgin. “It’s poking me.” Jiang Tongyan looked down and laughed so hard his body shook. Poking him? Wasn’t that even better? The lecherous landlord showed no intention of restraining himself. He kept kneading Qian Xiaoke’s waist, his hands gradually moving lower, making Qian Xiaoke squirm like a fish. “Ahn!” Qian Xiaoke grabbed his hand. “Wait a bit before you do that!” He was worried about him! Qian Xiaoke was a little eager too, but they had to stop the nosebleed first. Otherwise, doing that while blood was still flowing would be extremely bloody! It would be a scene that wouldn’t even pass censorship on a novel website! “Wait for what? I’m dying of impatience,” Jiang Tongyan said. “Haven’t you heard that a moment of passion on a spring night is worth a thousand gold pieces? If we keep waiting, think of how much I’m losing!” “Your Chinese literature education isn’t bad,” Qian Xiaoke said. Jiang Tongyan pulled him into his arms, and he obediently rested against his chest. When he lifted his head to speak, he ended up with a mouthful of yarn. Yes, Jiang Tongyan was vain. His wife had knitted him a scarf, so he insisted on wearing it all the time, even though he was already sweating profusely. Even though there were no outsiders at home and no one to show off to, he still wore it. This was his persistence as Qian Xiaoke’s fiancé. Qian Xiaoke reached out, took the scarf off him, and muttered, “It’s so warm at home; why are you still wearing this?” “This is your love,” Jiang Tongyan said, having secretly been studying lately. His words now flowed smoothly. “As the husband you carefully chose and finally kept by your side, of course I have to carry your love with me at all times.” Qian Xiaoke said, “…What have you been reading lately?” “Nothing.” “Give me your phone. Let me see.” Jiang Tongyan hesitated for a moment, then handed it over. As a good husband of the modern era, if his wife wanted to look at his phone, how could he refuse? Qian Xiaoke didn’t look at anything else. He didn’t have a habit of reading other people’s chat histories. To him, loving someone meant trusting them, and he was very certain that Jiang Tongyan would never mess around outside. Of course, ‘trusting him’ referred to trusting his feelings, not his taste in reading material. Sure enough, when Qian Xiaoke opened Jiang Tongyan’s reading app, the titles he saw were things like The Wickedly Charming Husband’s One Thousand and One Nights, The Arrogant Domineering CEO’s Guide to Spoiling His Wife, and The Domineering CEO is the Top, He is the Bottom. Qian Xiaoke read web novels too, and he was a seasoned reader at that. But even he felt his right eyelid twitch when he saw those titles. “Old Jiang, why don’t you read the novels I recommended to you?” he asked. Jiang Tongyan stammered for a long while before saying, “It’s not that I don’t want to read them, but…” “But what?” The two of them, who were originally about to engage in deeper physical interaction, had somehow drifted into a serious and earnest ‘literary discussion’. “The ones you recommended are good,” Jiang Tongyan said, “but whenever it gets to the critical moment, they skip over it. It feels a bit… unsatisfying.” He said very seriously, “As an adult, I still want to read that kind of thing.” Qian Xiaoke glared at him. “That’s all you amount to.” “Not exactly,” Jiang Tongyan said, hugging him with a grin. “I’ve got other talents too.” “Huh? Like what?” Qian Xiaoke was thinking about which truly adult novels he should send him later, but before he could finish sorting them out in his head, he had already been picked up. Jiang Tongyan’s nosebleed had stopped. The lecherous landlord—no, Santa Claus—carried his reindeer toward the bedroom. “Don’t judge those novels by their tacky titles,” Jiang Tongyan said. “The content is really worth studying.” Studying? Studying what? Qian Xiaoke hadn’t figured it out yet when he was tossed onto the bed. “My little reindeer,” Jiang Tongyan said, “are you ready?” Qian Xiaoke smiled coyly. “So annoying. Don’t ask.” When Jiang Tongyan leaned in, he pressed close to his ear and said, “I’ve decided—when I have time, I’ll write a novel too. I’ll call it The Domineering Santa Claus Riding a Reindeer for One Thousand and One Nights.”
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