Chapter 108 Private Pact

Xie Xingchen suddenly realized that his emotions had affected Lin Yao.

He lowered his eyes, thinking that this couldn't be the case.

Otherwise, before he could even give him the report, Lin Yao would be worried to death about his abnormality.

"Want to be teased?" Xie Xingchen put the bowl aside and reached for the button that had just been put back in place. "A gentleman acts without talking. Can you just use your hands?"

"..." Lin Yao stared at him, his eyes probing.

The hospital gown was half-open, and a broad hand slid down from the collar very slowly, as if conducting an examination: "You've lost weight these past two days; I could pinch your waist with one hand."

Because of the technique used, Lin Yao's back became stiff.

It feels right, but then again, it still doesn't feel quite right.

He reached out and grabbed the other person's wrist: "...Don't touch it, it tickles."

"Didn't you tell me to tease you? I've only just started, I haven't even done anything yet, and you're already forbidding me." Xie Xingchen turned the tables. "Then what level do you prefer? I'll adjust it."

Lin Yao choked up: "Fine, whatever."

"Good boy." Xie Xingchen thought to himself that he might have to shatter Lin Yao, who had finally come back to life, again. How cruel.

He bent down and pulled the person into a tight embrace: "Shall we take a shower together tonight?"

Lin Yao could no longer tolerate it: "Get out, you can't."

Although it was a joke, Lin Yao found that Xie Xingchen had really become very clingy. When he came to visit, he would not climb through the window, but go straight through the front door. He wanted to be hugged when sleeping at night, and he wanted to kiss when his eyes met.

Lin Yao was terrified when he saw the patrolmen walking past outside several times.

Harmony is Xie family property, and there are spies everywhere. He has a boldness that makes him not want to live through tomorrow.

Fortunately, both of them were in good physical condition and were discharged from the hospital after half a month. Lin Yao and Pei Yizhong went home to recuperate for a period of time.

Xie Xingchen seems very busy, but it's unclear what he's busy with.

"See? That's how scumbags are. They don't cherish what they have once they get it," Pei Yizhong lectured. "Look, he hasn't even come to see you these past two days."

"Stop trying to sow discord." Lin Yao sat on the sofa with him, watching military news. "He's busy dealing with his father. He's been jilting his wedding and dealing with the aftermath of his infection. He must be overwhelmed with all sorts of things."

"I'm truly impressed."

Pei Yizhong was speechless. "I heard that his father wanted to transfer him out of Chongqing. He even applied for an entry order from the military a couple of days ago, probably wanting to get him directly into the army. Isn't this obviously trying to break up the couple?"

Lin Yao stuffed grapes into his mouth expressionlessly: "If that's the case, it's not so bad. I can apply next semester. Getting achievements early will help me get promoted in the future. Isn't it cool to be a young officer?"

Pei Yizhong: "...Is that the point? Isn't the point that Xie Hengzhi is trying to break you two up?"

"That's normal. He doesn't like me, and I don't like him. It's fair."

Lin Yao felt his phone vibrate and saw a message from Xie Xingchen.

【xxc】: Come out, we're at your doorstep.

Lin Yao turned to look out the window, his expression softening, and said softly, "I'm going out."

Pei Yizhong could tell from his expression that nothing good was coming: "Going to see a scumbag so late at night?"

"Don't call him a scumbag, it doesn't sound nice." Lin Yao got up from the sofa, grabbed his coat and put it on, then took a scarf and wrapped it around his neck twice. "Goodbye, godfather."

Pei Yizhong tried to press his philtrum to put on an oxygen tank, muttering to himself, "Who does this love-struck brain come from?"

Lin Yao hurried out and saw that Xie Xingchen wasn't driving today, but in a small flying vehicle. He jumped in, closed the door, and asked excitedly, "Where are we going?"

"You'll know when we get there." Xie Xingchen turned on the control stick. "Lin, are you feeling better? Tonight is going to be a fierce and exhilarating battle."

Lin Yao glanced at him, took a couple of seconds to process it, and then accused him, "I just got discharged from the hospital and you're already thinking about that? You beast."

Xie Xingchen couldn't help but laugh and handed over a pair of gloves: "I said we should have a snowball fight, what are you talking about? Lin, it's not good to always have such vulgar thoughts."

Having a snowball fight?

Well, a fierce battle... that doesn't seem so bad.

Lin Yao looked extremely embarrassed and put on the snow, saying, "It's not snowing, why are we having a snowball fight?"

“It’ll start snowing here soon,” Xie Xingchen said. “But the place I’m taking you to is the first snowfall of the Ninth Star System, the first real snowfall.”

Lin Yao never expected that he would actually remember the words he had casually uttered back then.

He crashed into the clouds with the aircraft, feeling light and airy, like a dream. When he landed, the surroundings had turned into a heavy white expanse.

"What are you two dawdling about? You're so slow!!!" He Li yelled from afar, while stuffing a snowball down Cheng Boyan's neck.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Yao crunched into the snow, the air still filled with fine, cool snowflakes falling gently onto his nose.

“We’re here too.” Jiang Qiran appeared out of nowhere and touched his cheek with her icy hand. “Is your body able to handle it?”

Lin Yao nodded, his tone cool: "Of course, I look down on everyone."

"No, what I mean is, in a moment we'll completely disregard the patients and go all out."

Jiang Qiran bent down and made a snowball, grinning as he said, "Xingchen said he wanted to have a snowball fight. How could we miss out on such a good thing? It's already annoying enough to be with that old man's PR every day. It's rare to get out and have some fresh air."

Lin Yao paused for a second, then silently lowered his head, grabbed a large clump of snow in his hand, and squeezed it into a ball with a little force.

It's amazing, you rarely see this much snow in the capital.

Even when there is a light snowfall, people walk hurriedly without stopping.

At that moment, he threw the snowball in his hand at Jiang Qiran, and with a soft thud, watched the snowball burst open on the white down jacket.

He gave a slight upturn to his lips: "Then let's begin."

"Damn it, Xie Yunhuai, he ambushed us!!!" Jiang Qiran dodged while simultaneously gathering support, "Hey you, Xiao He, right? Come on, let's form an alliance and take them down!!!"

"Wait, I'm setting up the camera, right away, right away!" He Li was determined to follow his filming plan. He fixed the tripod, placed it aside, and dragged Cheng Boyan over there.

With four against one, Lin Yao suddenly became the center of the attack. He looked at Xie Xingchen, who was still setting up his equipment, and felt indignant.

"He Li, you've betrayed us?" He raised his hand to brush the snow off his head and threatened, "You're dead."

"Brother Yao, the most important thing about playing games is to have fun." He Li was incredibly bold at this moment, throwing snowballs at him as he spoke, "Just forgive me this time."

Surrounded by enemies, Lin Yao turned around and said, "Xie Xingchen, if you don't come over here soon, I'm going to be beaten to death."

"Why are you surrounded right from the start?" Xie Xingchen smiled and placed an assembled snowball gun in his hand: "Here, take this high-level equipment and shoot all you want."

"I don't know. My sister-in-law is despicable; she actually formed a gang." Lin Yao gripped the gun, his expression cold. "It's alright, we can beat them even if it's two against four."

Jiang Qiran was furious when he saw the gun: "Why don't we have guns? Xie Yunhuai, what's wrong with you!"

"I've never had a snowball fight before, how would I know I needed to buy these?" Xie Yunhuai said helplessly as he scooped up some snow and handed it to him, suspecting that they were just tools for his dear brother to organize a party to accompany his boyfriend.

After Lin Yao acquired the snowball gun, his morale soared.

Sniping is his forte, so he doesn't need to aim at all; he can take down enemies with a single shot.

He Li cried out in despair, "Aaaaaah, no! I want equipment too! Cheating! This is cheating!"

"You guys are still playing four against two, who's cheating?" Lin Yao watched the other side running with their backs bent. Just as they showed their heads, a snowball hit He Li on the forehead, blowing all over his face.

Xie Xingchen turned his head to look at the person who was dominating the snowball fight and laughed, "Are you having fun? Is it the same as you imagined having a snowball fight?"

"It's so much fun, much more fun than I imagined!" Lin Yao said, holding the gun, as happy as a child.

Xie Xingchen thought that if the Xie family hadn't deprived Lin Yao of his childhood, he would have experienced it much earlier, instead of waiting until he was eighteen to have his first experience of playing in the snow with his friends.

"Ceasefire! Requesting a ten-minute ceasefire!" Jiang Qiran raised his hand and waved it. "Let's hide for a bit, let's pause for now!"

Lin Yao curled his lips slightly, grabbed Xie Xingchen's sleeve and said, "Hide, we'll assassinate them in a bit."

The two ran behind a snowdrift, and before they knew it, they both fell into the soft snow.

The snow had accumulated to a great depth, and the two of them smashed a large crater before sinking in, as if buried in the swirling snow.

Lin Yao didn't move, but lay on Xie Xingchen, using him as a warm cushion: "I'll just lie here for a while before I get up, anyway, they can't see me."

Xie Xingchen hummed in agreement, then looked up at the snowflakes falling gently onto his lover's hair.

If there are gods in this world.

I wish time would stand still so we could pledge our lives to each other.

"Why are you looking at me?" Lin Yao reached out and slapped his face, laughing at him, "They've made you stupid by throwing snowballs at you."

"Record a wake-up call for me, anything will do." Xie Xingchen swiped open his phone, started recording a video, and said in a low voice, "Since you're so happy today."

Lin Yao looked through the lens at his dark eyes and then at the snow falling all around him.

"Xie Xingchen, wake up. Lin Yao likes you even more today than he did yesterday."