Chapter 42 Attracted by You

“Falami-zhiwuwozuo”

Fu Yanle rolled her eyes dramatically, stretched out her legs, and shook the blanket. "Fine, don't sit then."

"Sit down." Yu Jingchen sat down on the edge of the bed. "Are you going to record a show tomorrow?"

"We're leaving tomorrow afternoon; the production team will charter a plane." Fu Yanle pulled out the schedule to show Yu Jingchen. "The location is a park in the northern part of the city. The environment is nice, but because it's in the suburbs, there aren't many people on weekdays."

Yu Jingchen finished looking at the schedule. "Recording starts the day after tomorrow. When are you coming back?"

"Let's see what time the recording ends. If the time and flight tickets match, I'll come back that day. If not, I'll come back a day later." Fu Yanle casually rubbed his calves. "Is the butler still with me this time? Or should I hire an assistant?"

“It’s alright. It’s rare to find an assistant more capable than him, and besides, no one else would care as much as him.” Yu Jingchen suddenly reached out and tapped Fu Yanle’s raised leg through the blanket. “Take it out, I’ll massage it for you.”

"Huh?" Fu Yanle paused for a few seconds, then stretched out his leg. "Oh."

Yu Jingchen placed Fu Yanle's legs on his own and began to massage them familiarly. Regardless of the season, Fu Yanle disliked sleeping in pants, and at this moment, her legs were bare. Yu Jingchen reached for the air conditioner on the bedside table and turned the temperature up.

Fu Yanle's tense back suddenly relaxed. He leaned against the headboard, staring intently at Yu Jingchen's profile, and said curiously, "You look so skilled."

“I used to massage Grandpa, so I learned a bit.” Yu Jingchen held Fu Yanle’s calf in his palm and massaged it downwards with moderate pressure. He didn’t forget to tell him, “If it gets too hard, tell me immediately.”

“Okay,” Fu Yanle said.

Fu Yanle's legs have smooth and beautiful lines, standing straight with clearly defined muscles, but without any outward bulging. When he relaxes, his leg muscles become less prominent, making his legs appear even more slender.

As Yu Jingchen moved his hand, the thin flesh on his calf bulged into a small, white, round ball in Yu Jingchen's palm.

Yu Jingchen kept his eyes down as much as possible. Although forbearance and patience were essential lessons for him, he could only get high marks each time, not full marks.

The points lost are all called "Fu Yanle".

A serious man is handsome, even though Yu Jingchen is always excessively handsome. Fu Yanle simply put his hands on his knees and tilted his head to rest his head on his arm, so as to appreciate Yu Jingchen's seriousness from a closer distance.

“I never thought we’d have this day.” He tried to describe the scene in simple words. “We were in a room, very close. I was barefoot and had my legs on yours. You would massage me, and I would look at you intently. It was really amazing, Brother Chen.”

Yu Jingchen's kneading movements became increasingly slow, but his response was very timely: "I didn't expect that either."

The former Fu Yanle didn't need to think about it, but he wasn't qualified to think about it.

Moreover, daydreams may seem wonderful when they're in the dream, but once you wake up, you'll only experience double the pain.

"Are you afraid to think about it?" Fu Yanle mischievously exposed him. "You can think about it now, Brother Chen. You can think about what you would do with me if we went out alone together? You can think about what I would give you for your birthday. You can even think about what it would be like if we had a wedding someday."

Yu Jingchen stopped what he was doing and, somewhat flustered, released Fu Yanle's leg.

“This isn’t a daydream; it’s some fantasies and ideas that arise during the dating process. Many couples imagine the future while dating. It’s actually a wish they haven’t fulfilled yet but really hope to achieve.” After Fu Yanle finished speaking, seeing that Yu Jingchen still hadn’t reacted, she couldn’t help but reach out and poke his cheek. “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

He lifted Yu Jingchen's chin. "What are you thinking about?"

"We..." Yu Jingchen's Adam's apple bobbed, his voice strained, "Are we also in love?"

"It wasn't the first time you kissed me, it wasn't the first time we kissed each other, but when we kissed today, we were." Fu Yanle said discontentedly, "Do you think I'm a gigolo, the kind you can just take advantage of?"

"Of course not." Yu Jingchen's body stiffened like a board, frozen in place. He focused intently on meeting Fu Yanle's gaze, not daring to look away for even a second. "I just..."

His thoughts were a jumbled mess. Questions and surprises mingled, disbelief and absurdity intertwined, leaving him speechless and turning him into a tongue-tied fool in front of Fu Yanle.

“You just didn’t realize it, or you didn’t quite understand, right?” Fu Yanle rubbed his hair. “Okay, in this respect, your brain is indeed not very sharp, and I’m not that smart either. I can’t offer any amazing insights; I can only explain my behavior and logic to you.”

Yu Jingchen said in a hoarse voice, "Okay," and tucked Fu Yanle's legs back into the blanket.

"Actually, after I found out you liked me, I was struggling with how to respond. I am very grateful for your feelings. In my opinion, they are pure and rare. Although I don't know when or where I exuded an irresistible charm that made you secretly fall in love with me."

Fu Yanle scratched his head sheepishly.

“I don’t know why you didn’t express yourself to me before, but I guess there must have been my own reasons. I was very resistant and cold to you before, and I deprived you of the opportunity to express yourself boldly from the beginning, so I’m very sorry, sad and heartbroken.”

“Yanle, please don’t apologize,” Yu Jingchen said in a hoarse voice. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”

Fu Yanle's eyes stung with tears, but he still looked directly into Yu Jingchen's eyes. He knew that the usually invincible Yu Jingchen was acting like a coward at this moment, so he couldn't avoid him. He had to openly show his sincerity in order to gain Yu Jingchen's trust.

"The reason I only responded to you today is because I didn't want to let being moved or feeling guilty cloud my judgment. I'm a very cold person. If I don't like you, no matter how much you do for me or how much you like me, I can't accept you."

Yu Jingchen's heart suddenly started beating out of control.

“Based on my appreciation and admiration for you, and setting aside that subjective impression that is not objective or truthful, I now have a more detailed and realistic understanding and view of you. Although it may make you proud, I must be honest: you are very attractive to me, really.” Fu Yanle smiled. “This is my true, free, and rational thought about Yu Jingchen.”

Yu Jingchen reached out and pressed his hand against the back of Fu Yanle's neck, their foreheads touching, their noses touching, and they embraced each other with disordered breathing.

“I love the flowers you gave me, I love every word of concern you say to me, and I love your closeness.” Fu Yanle touched noses with his. “I can’t help but think of you, and my heart might race the next second when we look at each other. Sometimes when I can’t sleep at night, and I think of you, I get an erection.”

His words were frank and direct, but his face flushed with shyness.

Yu Jingchen's mouth was dry and his breathing became rapid.

"So please believe everything I say. Your confidence doesn't come from my guilt or gratitude towards you, but from yourself."

Fu Yanle reached out and hugged Yu Jingchen.

“You are Yu Jingchen, you have enough charm to attract me, and I have every reason to like you. I hope you don’t put yourself in a lowly position, and I hope we can be treated fairly. I want to respond to your feelings seriously and give my feelings in return. Please don’t just give in to me and suppress yourself, and don’t blindly overestimate me and destroy yourself.”

Yu Jingchen suddenly hugged Fu Yanle tightly, buried his face in his neck, and began to breathe rapidly.

Fu Yanle ignored the slight pain from being tightened and gently patted Yu Jingchen's back.

"I don't know whether I should consider my experience with Su Fengyao as a relationship. After all, the Fu Yanle at that time was not the real me, and the things he did were not things I would do. But I did feel a lump in my throat because of it. So I think this is a more appropriate way to describe it than 'first love'."

He tilted his head and kissed Yu Jingchen's reddened ear, saying, "I'm only truly attracted to you, and I only want to be in a pure relationship with you. I have complete rationality, and I'm willing to unconditionally give you my trust and the chance to have me. Brother Chen, do you want to be my boyfriend?"

"Yes!" Yu Jingchen said, "I, I want it."

Fu Yanle chuckled and seized the opportunity to ask, "So all that talk about your mother urging you to get married was just a pretense? You were just trying to trick me?"

"Yes." Yu Jingchen suddenly realized what was happening, quickly loosened his grip on his arm, and rubbed Fu Yanle's waist with annoyance.

“I went to Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet specifically for you. I know you like to stay on the terrace, so I specially requested the nearby lounge. There are surveillance screens in the corridor inside, so I can hear what you and Lu Minghe are saying.” Yu Jingchen couldn’t help but laugh, quite self-deprecatingly.

"Actually, I didn't think you really wanted to break up with Su Fengyao. I thought you were just saying it out of anger, but I still couldn't help opening the door and pretending to be caught by you. You have no idea how scared I was at that time."

Although he had gotten used to Fu Yanle's resistance.

For a long time, Fu Yanle would either leave whenever he saw him, or simply pretend he didn't see him.

“I was still afraid of facing your aloofness and resistance, but I didn’t expect you to take the initiative to talk to me.” Yu Jingchen recalled the scene that night. “I felt that you were different, or rather, you suddenly became the same as before, before you met Su Fengyao. I was overjoyed. Although I didn’t have enough evidence or confidence, I still made a request.”

Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, Fu Yanle feigned curiosity and asked, "Weren't you afraid that I wouldn't cooperate with you back then?"

“Of course I’m afraid, and in my mind, you will definitely refuse me.” Yu Jingchen rubbed Fu Yanle’s chin. “But then I thought, so be it, you’re always refusing me anyway. If there’s even a 0.1% chance that you’ll accept the cooperation because you’re angry with Su Fengyao, then I’ll just consider myself a poor wretch who suddenly found a box of gold at my feet.”

"If Fu Yanle agrees to a marriage of convenience with you out of spite towards Su Fengyao, you'll definitely be unilaterally breached very soon!" Fu Yanle kicked him in exasperation. "How can you be so stupid! So annoying! I'm so angry, let's find Su Fengyao and beat him up!"

“Don’t mention him, not even scold him,” Yu Jingchen said. “Yanle, I don’t like hearing his name from your mouth. From now on, I can be jealous in a legitimate way, right?”

"certainly."

Fu Yanle gave him a reward-like kiss on his slightly furrowed brows, which were furrowed with nervousness.

"Brother Chen, please don't be afraid."

Author's Note:

Da Yu and Xiao Fu: A pair of men who had already put on wedding rings but are only now truly out of single life.