Chapter 79

He bit his collarbone, from the back of his neck to his beautiful straight shoulders. Their interlocked fingers closed again, and he leaned over Pei Huai's chest, kissing his neck where the veins were buried. Pei Huai tilted his head slightly, avoiding him.

"What is Sheshe?"

"Sheshe is what you and I do in the society." His lips moved from Pei Huai's neck to his chest.

"What?" Explaining is the same as not explaining at all.

He muttered the next sentence quietly. "It's like a dream." He kissed the middle of his chest, licking it carefully. Xiang Mingqi rested his chin on his chest again, "Brother, you are mine. You were not taken away by my cousin, and you didn't choose anyone else. It was me. You really chose me."

"Um."

"What do you mean by 'hmm'? You're treating me like this again." He pouted, "It feels like I'm the only one happy from beginning to end." Then he lowered his voice and whispered to Pei Huai, "Brother, how about we play the social game today?"

Pei Huai lowered his eyelashes, thinking about the meaning of "Sheshe" in his words.

"Brother, you are the handsome office worker who lives next door to my house."

"Why."

"Because it sounds lascivious, lewd, promiscuous, exciting, and immoral." Xiang Mingqi looked at him expectantly, his chin in his hand. "Everyone always says you're asexual on the way to and from get off work, that you're rude to everyone, and that you're mean to the stupid new employees at the company."

"Then who are you?" Pei Huai looked at him in confusion.

"I'm a college student who lives next door to you, and I'm an intern at the company. I attack you every night."

No one responded to him.

Xiang Mingqi was not discouraged. He opened his arms and rushed towards him: "Here I come, sexy, handsome and pretty boss."

A slap landed on his face without mercy, knocking him off the sofa and onto the ground. Xiang Mingqi looked up at him in confusion, not knowing what had happened. Unexpectedly, Pei Huai then lifted him up by the collar and sat across his thighs.

"My face hurts so much, I can't tolerate a brother like this!"

Pei Huai grabbed him by the collar and slapped him hard and loudly on the right cheek.

"Take off your clothes." He stared into Xiang Mingqi's eyes and said, "Now, you are the pervert I caught during the night raid."

A dense and fierce kiss lit up the night: Pei Huai supported his junior's chest with his hands, biting his lower lip and pulling. Whenever Xiang Mingqi was so lost in the kiss that he wanted to grab his waist, his thigh would be pinched hard.

Pei Huai pulled his hair, forcibly separating their lips, and admired his blushing and flustered expression from a close distance: "Did I let you touch me?"

He panted, and in his excitement, he still didn't forget his temporary personality: "Please, please, don't tell my school, just don't say it. Handsome brother, you can have anything you want. As long as I don't get expelled."

"It depends on your performance."

"Wow, brother, you're so handsome, so fierce, I love you so much. I've already lost myself in this drama, what should I do..." The slap that followed made his heart race. His face was still crooked, but his eyes turned to Pei Huai first, unable to hide his excitement, "I'm sorry, brother. I will behave well."

Pei Huai didn't wait for him to continue begging for repentance, and kissed him as a reward. Xiang Mingqi had just been scolded, so he didn't dare to reach out, but instead raised his chin more vigorously to suck on those hot lips.

"Ha, boss brother, do you like kissing me? Is it comfortable?" He gasped heavily, and the saliva that he couldn't hold back slid down his chin and onto his clothes.

"Not very good."

"Woo woo woo, I'll try my best."

Next, things began to develop as Xiang Mingqi expected.

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They bit each other's lips, their soft humming sounds laced with stickiness and wetness. Xiang Mingqi kissed him while helping him take his shirt off his shoulders and tossing it aside. She put her arm behind his waist and hugged him tight again.

He pinched Pei Huai's side a few times, and his muscles with great explosive power were very strong.

"Stop touching me."

"But you have such a great figure." He bit down on Pei Huai's firm abdominal muscles and said enviously, "This kind of figure is so rare even in fashion magazines. The muscles are so firm when you pinch them, but because there is no fat, you can't build big muscles at all. Brother, these thin muscles are so deceptive."

He felt that he was right. From stroking and kneading to Pei Huai's abdomen contracting due to tension, this thin muscle brought him an absolute visual enjoyment.

His fingers traced the blood vessels along the abdominal wall. Xiang Mingqi couldn't help but bend down and kiss her. This fervent vitality, this unique touch of skin, belonged only to him.

From the last time they tightened their backs to the moment they embraced, nearly fifteen minutes had passed. Contentedly, Xiang Mingqi stretched out his arms and lay flat on the bed, while Pei Huai lay sprawled, his hands embracing a pillow. Seeing that he was drowsy, Xiang Mingqi quickly turned over and massaged his back: "Brother, do you still need sleeping pills today? I brought a bottle if you do."

Shake your head.

Seeing that he declined, Xiang Mingqi asked a series of questions in rapid succession: "How's your sleep quality lately? Do you still have trouble falling asleep? Do you still wake up easily in the middle of the night?"

"good."

"But I heard that taking medicine for too long can lead to dependence." He pushed the left and right edges of Pei Huai's shoulder blades with his side palms, feeling the muscles relax. "It's not good for the stomach either..."

"I don't eat it often. Don't be so cynical."

"Hey, you found me."

Putting his thumbs together, he pressed a few times on his waist. Pei Huai closed his eyes and stopped the hand that was pressing on his back and shoulder, calling out, "Xiang Mingqi."

"What's wrong with you? Did I use too much force?"

"I'm coming to Coal Valley this time, and I don't plan on going back to Kensos."

"Don't you like it there?" He thought for a moment and finally figured out the answer. "That's right, brother. You've been wandering around since you were ten, and you only arrived in Kensos when you were twelve. You encountered so many things right after you got there. You were almost swindled out of everything by your second uncle. It's no wonder you don't have a good impression of it."

Noticing that his senior was silent, Xiang Mingqi poked him nervously in the waist: "Did I say something wrong?"

He shook his head.

Feeling that the previous topic was not going anywhere, Xiang Mingqi changed his train of thought: "Brother, do you still remember what your home looked like before?"

"It's not big, just a piece of land. You can see the mountains and cornfields when you walk out the door. The farmer is old and has no children, so he must have abandoned the land."

"I don't know what your family's situation is like, but I have money. If you need it, we can build a nice house in Coal Valley and find a new job. This time, I want you to find a job that's secure, where you won't have to face life and death again, and you won't be sad about someone leaving like you were that day."

He looked at him: "What do you want to do."

"I want to open my own B&B. Just like here, with a nice environment and a cozy atmosphere, so I can cheat those tourists out of their money."

Pei Huai turned his head slightly and looked at him to ask why.

"Because this is the only way I can keep up with you, brother." He was surprisingly frank about this. "If you want to stay in Coal Valley, then I want to stay too."

Not knowing what was going on in Xiang Mingqi's mind, he pursed his lips and stuttered without waiting for a response: "I want to go on with you, I want to have a future with you. I know it's not possible now, I have no experience, and I don't know enough about this place, but I promise you, I will try my best. You..." His five fingers slowly grasped the back of Pei Huai's hand and slipped into his fingers. He looked at him, his face flushed, "Are you willing to be with me?"

The curtains fluttered in the breeze, and the fir leaves on the branches seemed to sway for the moment.

"Um."

It was not yet three or four in the morning, but Pei Huai felt his consciousness begin to drift between sleep and wakefulness again.

He had a less than ideal dream, a dream about the past. He dreamed of his father, who had driven him out of the house and forced him to drop out of school; he dreamed of his second uncle, whose ghost lingered behind him; and he dreamed of Yu Mingrui, for whom he had given everything, even his future.

What can be gained in return?

He no longer felt sleepy, opened his eyes, removed Xiang Mingqi's arm from his body, found his coat from the middle of the messy bed, put it on, and walked out of the bedroom. He found a bottle of local wine in the third compartment of the wine cabinet in the entrance hall, poured some, and took it to the terrace outside the corridor to savor it.

A quiet countryside night, insects, and a distant view of a nearly half-harvested wheat field. The breeze was cool. He leaned forward, resting his elbows on the railing, looking southwest toward the mountains. This place was close to his hometown, and with a car, he could get there tomorrow.

Pei Huai instinctively wanted to take out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, but found that he didn't bring the cigarette box with him, so he had to give up.

At that moment, he heard the balcony door open and someone approaching from behind him. He pinched the cup between his fingers, shook it, and then took a sip quite naturally. The other person touched his shoulder from behind, and then put his arm around his waist.

"Coal Valley's wine is very clear and not very strong," he said. "It won't make you drunk. I'll just be out for a while."

The man behind him remained silent, maintaining his embrace, leaning against his back. He was curious about what new trick Xiang Mingqi was planning to pull that had kept him silent until now. Therefore, he resisted without much force, elbowing the man's chest to prevent him from succeeding.

But when the other person tightened his arms and kissed the side of his neck devoutly and carefully, Pei Huai immediately realized that something was wrong. He thrust his elbow back and landed on the other person's temples.

"Single gift."

"Yeah." The man didn't intend to give up and put his hand on the back of Pei Huai's hand, moving his lips away, "Good evening, Mr. Pei. I'm very happy to meet you here."

"Don't try that."

"Don't resist me like that. I'm sincere to you."

"You seem to think there's such a thing as sincerity." She scratched the back of his hand, where veins were throbbing, with her fingertips, then brushed him away. "I do take it seriously."

"I know it's hard for you to trust me after everything you've been through." He leaned close to Pei Huai's cheek and lowered his voice. "I'm sorry. Your brother's fault is all mine. I know I can't ask for your forgiveness, so I'm willing to do anything for you. Mr. Pei, is my cousin good to you?"

Pei Huai glanced at his face out of the corner of his eye and said nothing.

"He's been a real worry since he was little. My father doesn't think much of him. He's pushy, silly, noisy, and self-centered. After his parents died, he caused us a lot of unnecessary trouble. I can understand why my own father would hate him. How could he learn to love you when he's never even felt love?"

Dark eyes watched his every move.

"I love you, Mr. Pei. Every word I say is true. For this, I don't need any official status. I love you unilaterally." Shan Li tried to lift his chin with his index finger, lowering his eyes to look at him. He almost leaned over to hold Pei Huai in his arms. He said these simple words, full of affection and longing, "He won't know."

Just as the kiss was about to fall, and Pei Huai was about to push her away, there was a very light sound of footsteps at the balcony entrance. Someone froze in place.

Then came a cold, no longer soft voice.

"...What are you going to do to him?"