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The bathroom door opened, and Shen He, with his eyes closed, was carefully lifted by Chen Yuchuan, who slipped in, afraid of waking him. The other man's cool body pressed against him, and he didn't make any big movements, but simply took Shen He's hand.
After a day of commotion, Chen Yuchuan quickly fell asleep, his breathing gradually becoming deep and steady. Shen He, who had been somewhat sleepy, was jolted awake by the cool air.
In this state of clarity, he had to admit that Chen Yuchuan's actions had indeed moved him.
Whether it's those straightforward glances or those seemingly unintentional yet meticulous details, Chen Yuchuan is the person who understands him best. He knows what he likes and dislikes, what he needs space, and when he can get close to him.
In Shenhe's initial vision, he was all alone. A strange city, a leisurely job, no constraints, no ties.
At that time, Chen Yuchuan dismissed the idea with disdain, saying only, "Why go to a small city? Just come home with me and that's it."
Shen He was stunned for a moment.
“We two brothers can hang out together for a lifetime.” Chen Yuchuan’s tone was casual, but the sense of entitlement was irrefutable. “Nobody will bother you, you can do whatever you want.”
Shen He looked at him and thought he was a truly admirable guy. He was also a little touched because Chen Yuchuan seemed very serious when he said that.
Like now, being with Chen Yuchuan, sometimes in the dormitory, sometimes here, he found that his previous assumptions had miraculously come true, except with one more person. He wasn't as resistant as he had imagined; instead, he unconsciously relaxed.
Even when Chen Yuchuan kissed his lips today, he didn't feel any aversion.
He suddenly realized that he had been overthinking things again.
He had promised Chen Yuchuan he would be with him, but he was always thinking about the future, about Chen Yuchuan's chaotic family, about his own plans, about separation, and about all the possible consequences. This was too indecisive, and too unlike himself.
He's not that kind of person. He never thinks before he acts; he does what he wants and takes what he wants. He's like that when he's playing games, and he's like that with people too.
It's strange that the other person is a former brother, but it's just a relationship, nothing serious.
Shen He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt the tension in his shoulders slowly ease. He held Chen Yuchuan's hand back and gradually fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, it was almost noon. After washing up, I came out of the bedroom and found that the meal was already laid out. Chen Yuchuan was sitting on the sofa with several documents spread out in front of him. He was looking down at something intently, his brows slightly furrowed.
It was rare for Shen He to see him so serious, so he couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "What are you pretending for?"
Hearing footsteps, Chen Yuchuan looked up at him and immediately smiled: "I thought you weren't going to wake up. I was even thinking of giving Sleeping Beauty a kiss."
Shen He didn't respond to him. Chen Yuchuan put down the documents, leaned over, and kissed him on the lips.
Shen He relaxed and leaned back on the sofa. Chen Yuchuan, seeing that he didn't react to being kissed, couldn't help but pinch his chin and look him up and down. Shen He removed his hand, casually opened a movie, and ordered him to bring him food. The two of them lay down on the sofa, acting completely unserious.
After dinner, Shen He casually played on his phone for a while, and Chen Yuchuan suggested, "How about we play a couple of rounds?"
"I won't fight." Shen He said without looking up.
"Why?"
"We can't play too much." Shen He rolled over, finding a more comfortable position. "We need to conserve some enthusiasm."
Chen Yuchuan stared at him for a few seconds, pinched his face, and snorted coldly: "If you don't want to duo queue with me, just say so."
Shen He let him pinch him for a while, and Chen Yuchuan showed a satisfied expression. He leaned down and kissed him. Seeing that Shen He still did not refuse, Chen Yuchuan's heart stirred. Just as he was about to go deeper, Shen He's phone suddenly vibrated.
Shen He pushed him away; it was a message from Yi Yang:
"Hey He, wanna duo queue? The coach said we need to work on our chemistry."
Shen He thought about it for a moment, but still didn't really want to play, so he tossed his phone to Chen Yuchuan: "Go play with him."
Chen Yuchuan caught the phone, glanced at it, and typed back to Yi Yang: "You just wait."
Yi Yang felt that this sentence didn't quite fit, and it didn't seem like Shen He's words, so he quickly replied with a "?".
Chen Yuchuan ignored him, threw his phone back on the sofa, and stood still.
Shen He turned to look at him and saw that he was still standing there, looking very unwilling. She couldn't help but urge him, "Hurry up and go. Don't you want to play the game?"
Chen Yuchuan took a deep breath and said helplessly, "There aren't many good husbands like me anymore. I just do whatever my wife says."
He turned and walked toward the computer, but before he had taken two steps, he suddenly felt a tightness around his neck. The next second, Shen He grabbed him from behind and locked his neck with his arms.
"I'll teach you to call me that." Shen He's voice rang in his ear, with a hint of warning. "If you keep calling me those nonsensical names, you can order your own coffin right now."
Chen Yuchuan leaned back slightly, yielding to his strength, but did not break free. He turned his head and could see out of the corner of his eye a triumphant smile on Shen He's face, his expression one of rare ease and contentment.
Chen Yuchuan was stunned. This sight reminded him of the past, when they were still in school. Back then, Shen He would also do this, suddenly locking him from behind in the corridor, or deliberately tripping him, and then laughing heartlessly.
The carefree sinking of the river.
Chen Yuchuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he cooperated by making a gesture of admitting his mistake: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. You're my brother, my own brother. From now on, I'll respectfully call you brother, alright?"
Shen He still didn't let go, and Chen Yuchuan's attitude became more sincere: "Brother Shen, Brother He, Brother Shen He, Brother Styx, I was really wrong."
Shen He let go of his hand and patted him on the back of the head. "Be careful what you say to me in the future."
Chen Yuchuan straightened up and turned to look at him. Shen He still had the smile from their earlier playful banter on his face.
He stared at that face for a few seconds, then turned around and opened the game.
Chen Yuchuan logged into Shen He's account, and Yi Yang's invitation came quickly. Chen Yuchuan accepted it.
"Good morning, Brother He." Yi Yang's voice came from the team room, full of youthful energy.
"Oh."
Yi Yang paused, sensing something was off about the voice, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. He tentatively asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"
Chen Yuchuan did not answer.
Yi Yang waited a few seconds but received no response. He thought that Shen He was usually not talkative, so he might not be in a good mood today. He didn't ask any more questions and quickly started his live stream and game.
"Good morning, guys. I'm duo queuing with Styx today." Yi Yang greeted the camera, and the chat exploded with comments.
Chen Yuchuan glanced at the game interface and randomly selected an ADC.
After the game started, Chen Yuchuan's operation was steady and smooth, his last-hitting was very stable, his positioning was meticulous, and his timing for trading blows was good. But Yi Yang quickly realized that something was wrong.
Today, Shenhe was like an unyielding bull, refusing to listen to anything and insisting on fighting alone. He tried to communicate tactics, but the other side either didn't respond or just gave a perfunctory "uh-huh."
Questions began to appear in the comments section:
What's wrong with Styx? He's completely ignoring his teammates' communication.
[Holy crap, is this another cancer like Trump?]
[VLG's support player is completely out of sync!]
[They all said they couldn't win, yet they still forced their way in.]
[Dude, this is a squishy ADC, not a warrior, what are you doing?]
Is there a problem with the status?
[It seems like he's just not in good form; his playing style is too rough.]
Yes, the controls are so messy, there's absolutely no entertainment value.
The topic #StyxStatus# even made it to the forum's homepage.
Shen He was completely unaware. He lay on the sofa and read a book for a while. His aunt brought some food, and the takeout also arrived. He went downstairs to get it and casually pulled out a drink from the bag.
He walked behind Chen Yuchuan and placed the drink on the table. Chen Yuchuan was focused on the team fight. Shen He watched for a while and saw that Chen Yuchuan's timing for stealing damage was very good, and his operation was also quite skillful.
"You've got a bit of my essence, open your mouth." Shen He opened a bottle of drink, put the straw in his mouth, and casually praised him.
Chen Yuchuan stopped what he was doing, grabbed his hand, and kissed it.
Yi Yang's live stream chat was instantly flooded with comments:
Holy crap!!!
This is the real Styx sound!!!
I knew something felt off earlier!
So it was Sichuan dog playing on his sister-in-law's account just now.
[Hilarious, this Sichuan guy actually plays ADC pretty well.]
[No, no! Isn't the point that they're living together? They're not even at the base.]
Shen He grabbed some more snacks from the plate and casually stuffed them into Chen Yuchuan's mouth: "Look how much I care about you, even though you're reluctant to help me level up."
Chen Yuchuan opened his mouth to catch it, his cheeks puffed out, and he chewed it twice while suppressing a laugh.
He glanced at Chen He, a slight smile playing on his lips, and mumbled, "Thank you, Bao—"
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered something and caught a glimpse of the team voice chat icon on the screen.
Chen Yuchuan swallowed the word "shell" and changed his address to "brother".
Shenhe thought he had taken his words to heart, so he patted his head like he was petting a dog.
But the word that was swallowed was vaguely transmitted into the live stream through the team microphone.
What did I just hear?!
Was the Sichuan dog about to call me "baby" just now?
[What a satisfying bran meal!]
He changed his tune! He definitely wants to call me "baby"!
Oh my god, this food is so good!
[Thank you, bro?]
[This is hilarious! Hahaha!]
[Huh? Really? They're really going this far with the bromance?]
Yi Yang sat there, looking at the screen and then at the comments, and finally managed to say, "So you two are just messing with me?"
Seeing that the comments were getting more and more outrageous, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I was just joking."
Are they really a couple?
[Yi Yang, tell the truth]
Don't hide this from your brothers!
Yi Yang feigned fear: "What couple? She's really my sister-in-law. I don't dare to say anything out of the ordinary, I'm afraid Brother Chuan will scold me. Right, Brother Chuan?"
Chen Yuchuan was playing the game when he coldly replied, "If you know, then shut your mouth and control your fans."
The comments section erupted in laughter.
Shen He then realized that Yi Yang was live-streaming. He frowned, looked at the back of Chen Yuchuan's head, and suddenly realized that the other party had deliberately not reminded him.
He walked over, grabbed Chen Yuchuan's shoulder and neck muscles, and squeezed hard.
Chen Yuchuan was in the middle of a team fight when this sudden disruption drastically altered his gameplay. He frantically pressed the keyboard, trying to dodge skills but failing to position himself in time, and his health bar was emptied.
"I was wrong, bro." Chen Yuchuan grabbed his hand and casually touched it, pleading for forgiveness, his voice even trembling slightly, "I won't do it again, I really won't do it again next time."
Shen He then stopped and turned back to the sofa.
Gao Mingyuan sent a timely message: "Wow, you and Chen Yuchuan are serious? My girlfriend said it's too fake and hard to ship."
Shen He frowned and clicked on the link.
The pinned post on the forum has a very eye-catching title: [Sichuan dog's excessive pandering to homoeroticism, Styx seems to be forced to operate]
Chenhe clicked on the link and flipped through a few pages:
Is Chen Yuchuan a gambling addict? Is he desperate for money and attention, resorting to blatant homoerotic exploitation with Styx?
[Hilarious! They're selling it so deliberately, do they think we're all idiots?]
[Haven't you watched the Styx video posted by the Sichuan guy? Everyone who gets into that school is a rich kid.]
So Styx didn't give out gifts during his last livestream?
[Finally someone said it: we went to the same school, they must be someone important.]
[If you're so powerful, why are you playing this crappy profession? You should have gone back to inherit your family fortune.]
[It's obviously just something I did for fun.]
So, are Trump and Styx really rich guys here to experience life? Then why are they selling so much? And why did the whole couple come?
Is it possible that it's true?
Wake up!
[I'm serious, this is the only time I've sold like this with anyone else, except for Styx.]
[And they're even living together! How terrifying!]
[Styx seems quite lively in private.]
Stop fantasizing. Styx calls himself "brother," and later even Trump apologized and said he would never sell again.
[Yeah, that just means they're really good friends.]
This kind of brotherhood is the most appealing, doesn't anyone know why?
[Yes, yes, if it were true, I really couldn't ship them.]
[Brothers can kiss? I dreamt I saw Trump kissing Styx]
I give up on the kid.
Looking at these comments, Shen He casually asked Gao Mingyuan, "Did they offend you by being serious?"
Gao Mingyuan said, "Hey, I messed up with my girlfriend."
Gao Mingyuan must have been thinking about his girlfriend again. He said thoughtfully, "It's so rare to meet someone who's compatible with you. Before I met my girlfriend, I only wanted to marry a figurine. I never thought we'd actually be doing this for real."
“You win,” Shen He replied.
He exited the chat interface, picked up a book at random, but found it difficult to concentrate.
Gao Mingyuan is right; it is indeed very difficult to meet the right person.
Shen He turned his head and looked at Chen Yuchuan.
Having confirmed the sinking, I'm in a good mood right now.
Aside from feeling a little awkward, there was no discomfort.
That's enough.
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