Although everyone from Pizza Hut to Class 2-3 of Senior High School had tacitly agreed to the principle of "participation is the most important thing", Ye Kai still asked Ye Jin to help borrow costumes and props from a prop group in the circle, including exaggerated satin dresses, purple velvet capes, brocade vests, white puff-sleeved shirts, sparkling peacock green jewelry, long white curly wigs... Ye Jin borrowed them directly from Ningcheng Theater. They were professional-grade opera costumes, exquisite and gorgeous, and the high school students were stunned as soon as they got them.
They changed the script to have three scenes in total. The first scene is set at the Venice Carnival, which is the magical adaptation play selected by Pizza Hut. Twenty high school students dressed in European court puffy skirts and short boots danced wildly on the stage. The protagonists Bassanio and Portia met at this dance. The second scene is about Antonio and Shylock borrowing money and signing the famous "pound of flesh" agreement. Bassanio got the money and successfully proposed to Portia. In the third scene, Portia learned that Antonio was plotted against, so she disguised herself as a man to fight Shylock in court.
——It doesn’t matter who Bassanio, Antonio and Shylock are. What matters is that Portia must let Ye Kai play the role.
Bi Sheng used the last class of the evening self-study as rehearsal time for them. They had to recite long, literary lines and practice court dance. Court dance has strict rules for steps, manners, postures and queues. The movements are not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the fact that the ladies have to show the reserved and noble manners of a lady from a noble family, and the men have to show the gentlemanly demeanor and chivalrous elegance.
"The Merchant of Venice" was completed in the 16th century. At that time, the pavane had become outdated in the European courts, and the minuet was gradually becoming popular. It was dignified, lively and graceful. A pair of dancers would compose their dance steps in a zigzag or figure 8 shape, which was orderly and studious.
Ye Kai invited the etiquette teacher of the Ye family to teach on weekends. Her surname is Yi, her given name is Yi Tong, and she is well versed in the life, social norms and etiquette of European aristocrats. Her temperament and behavior are like a walking lady of Downton Abbey. She has published books and taught many rich ladies. She is quite social in the upper circles of Ning City. She also taught Ye Kai the waltz.
The school had no venue, so the students all gathered in the Ye family's dance room, which was a floor specially renovated for Ye Jin to learn ballet. The entire fifth floor was opened up, and all the walls were inlaid with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, allowing students to enjoy a 360-degree view of themselves as if they were paralyzed on one side and crippled in all four limbs.
Chen Youhan couldn't catch her boyfriend after just one week of dating, so she was willing to run all the way to Siyuan Road to block him. She went up to the fifth floor with Aunt Jia, carrying the frappuccino she bought for Ye Kai, and as soon as she pushed the door open, she saw a boy spinning in circles.
The huge floor-length mirror reflected his thin figure. He was dignified and noble, but his expression was very cold. In court dance, it was impossible to tell whether a man or a woman was dancing. Chen Youhan only thought about why Ye Kai wanted to dance with a man before he heard the female teacher's admonition.
"No, no." Yi Tong held the ruler and beat the rhythm. Seeing that the two of them were dancing awkwardly, he immediately called for a stop.
Ye Kai stopped, his black hair a little wet. He saw Chen Youhan leaning against the door in the mirror and turned his head quickly: "Why are you here?"
Many of them had seen Chen Youhan more than once. When they were tired of learning, they sat on the ground and cheered: "Lamborghini brother is here again!"
Chen Youhan handed the frappuccino to Ye Kai: "I was passing by and came to take a look." Seeing the grand occasion, he thought about it and guessed: "School anniversary performance?"
Ye Kai was startled: "How do you know?"
"I received the invitation."
The school anniversary invited many well-known alumni to return to the school for a visit. Chen Youhan donated a library and set up a fund. It was normal to invite him, but Ye Kai didn't know what was wrong with him: "...What is the poor student going back for? Are you going to cause trouble for the teacher?"
After taking two sips of the Mocha Frappuccino, the twenty-five students whispered to each other and said in unison, "Brother Youhan, we want Frappuccino too!"
Yi Tong raised her hand and smiled shyly: "If Master Chen doesn't mind, give me another drink."
Chen Youhan took out his phone and ordered a single-star delivery on the APP. Ye Kai pulled him to the corridor and asked, "Do you know Teacher Yi?"
"who?"
"Etiquette teacher."
"Yitong," Chen Youhan replied absentmindedly while filling in the address, "I've met him a few times."
After replying, he felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw Ye Kai staring at him quietly. His black eyes always reminded him of washed obsidian. He laughed: "What are you thinking about?"
"I didn't even know you knew each other."
Chen Youhan had to correct his words: "I don't know her, but her name matches her. Hasn't she been giving classes in the circle?" Ye Kai looked so adorable in his eyes that he wanted to kiss him, but there were people coming in and out all the time, so he could only settle for the next best thing and raised his hand to stroke the side of his face.
Back at the dance studio, Yi Tong had already organized the students to continue training. But it was really hard to grasp the elegant or dignified demeanor. After several rounds, they still didn't get it, especially the boys, who were either stupid or idiot. She clapped her hands and called for a stop. She scanned the 26 people and finally stopped at Chen Youhan, who had his hands in his pockets and didn't care. She smiled slightly and reached out to him playfully: "Brother Youhan, can you cooperate with me?"
Chen Youhan stood up a little straighter, looking a little dandy: "No, I can't dance."
But the students didn't let him go, one after another, they all started to make noises, wanting to see the domineering president dance. Chen Youhan didn't want to be in such a scene, and although he always maintained a gentlemanly demeanor, he refused without any room for maneuver. Seeing that Yi Tong was gradually embarrassed, Ye Kai said, "Teacher Yi, I'll do it."
Ye Kai is of course the best candidate, and Yi Tong also understands that, but she has never found a chance to take things a step further after meeting Chen Youhan several times, and she is really unwilling to give up. Chen Youhan's appearance here is really a pleasant surprise. Usually, at the afternoon tea party hosted by a certain lady, or the hotel's buffet dinner, Chen Youhan comes and goes in a hurry, just to show her face and then disappear. It's different here. All the people present are students, and it's a court dance teaching site. The atmosphere is just right, you can be ambiguous when you advance, and you can retreat when you retreat, and there are also high school students who don't know what's going on to assist.
No matter how much she planned, she forgot that Chen Youhan had no interest in her.
Ye Kai was calm and composed, and his every move was nothing special, but his posture was upright and he was at ease. His demeanor seemed relaxed but dignified, which made people unable to look away. Yu Ranran was suddenly back to the banquet in Chicago, where Ye Kai was the focus of everyone's attention.
The moment they passed each other, Ye Kai and Yi Tong bowed and knelt to each other, and whispered, "Teacher Yi, Chen Youhan has a lover."
Yi Tong thought he was hallucinating when he saw Ye Kai smiling at him, with the same curved smile as always, but his eyes were cold.
At the end of the round, everyone clapped and whistled. Chen Youhan clapped lazily, and saw Ye Kai walking towards him. He grabbed a white towel from the rack and wiped his sweat. Chen Youhan leaned forward slightly and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Little liar, you lied to me that I can't dance, right?"
……Well.
"I just learned it." Ye Kai remained calm and continued to drink the remaining frappuccino.
"Do you want me to have a chat with your teacher?"
Ye Kai bit the straw and tilted his head slightly, smiling innocently: "Brother Youhan, I'll go to your place tonight."
Shit. Chen Youhan took a deep breath and pointed at him, but couldn't utter a single word.
In the end, they practiced for an entire afternoon, and didn't finish until after 4 p.m. The dance steps, formations, and movements were all learned by imitation, but the charm still needed to be practiced. Yi Tong finished the dance successfully, and Ye Kai arranged a special car to send her out. Yi Tong asked, "Sister Jin likes Master Chen?" She thought Ye Kai was looking for a place for Ye Jin today.
Ye Kai's expression was indifferent, maintaining a distant and polite manner: "No, it's me."
Yi Tong was stunned, thinking that Ye Kai was mocking her for asking about things she shouldn't have asked about. Her face turned a little red, and she got into the car embarrassedly without saying a word.
After seeing Ye Kai, Chen Youhan went to the fencing hall. People like them who are under high pressure must have an outlet to vent. When they are really annoyed, playing golf is too time-consuming. They are either immoral and play for excitement, or they are overindulging in pleasure. However, he has no chance to do either of these two things now. Apart from boxing and fencing, he has no other choice. Ye Jin sometimes asks him to race cars, but Chen Youhan is not so annoyed that he will die. After rejecting Ye Jin a few times, he gave up.
I just came out of the shower and received a call from Ye Kai.
"Brother Youhan, have you forgotten something?"
Chen Youhan sat on the soft leather stool and wiped his hair. He thought for a moment and said, "Is there?"
"Don't you want your boyfriend anymore?" Ye Kai was waiting for an online ride-hailing car on the side of the road with his schoolbag on his back. The black Passat slowly stopped and he got in. Chen Youhan heard the driver confirm the last digit of the license plate and the destination with him through the receiver. He couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "Why don't you wait for me to pick you up?"
Ye Kai took out a set of official TOEFL test papers from his schoolbag, opened the pen cap with one hand, and replied, "I miss you so much, so I won't waste these 45 minutes."
It was clearly a very affectionate love talk, but he said it openly, even with a hint of coldness. Chen Youhan felt as if a cloud had passed through his heart when he heard it.
There is a long way from Siyuan Road to the city center. Ye Kai finished a set of papers with full concentration. When he looked up, he saw that dusk had fallen outside the window and the lights of the fountain in front of the apartment building were on. He got out of the car, took out his owner card and swiped it into the gate. The security guard saw that he looked familiar, but he didn't remember it. Ye Kai smiled at him. The moment the elevator door closed, the security guard reacted. That courier! On the 28th floor, the elevator door opened, and it was directly to the outer hallway. There were a few Austin roses in the antique vase on the side cabinet. He held the door handle and put his right thumb on it. The electronic lock opened, and a female voice said, "Welcome home."
Chen Youhan was mixing him a mojito at the bar, and Ye Kai quietly dropped his schoolbag, walked a few steps, and hugged his waist from behind. Narrow waist and wide back, tight and strong abdomen, perfect touch.
A long spoon stirs the ice in the deep cup, soda water and rum gradually mix, the rising bubbles, the light mint, and the sound of ice breaking become a memory that stays at this moment.
Chen Youhan asked him, "Have you had dinner?"
"I came here after eating."
After a pause, he asked, "Did your family ask you anything?"
Ye Kai whispered, "I said I was going to a classmate's house to do homework."
Chen Youhan turned around, holding the cup in his hand. Ye Kai still hugged him, with his chin resting on his shoulder.
"What time should I send you back?" He said with a half-smile.
"I said I wanted to stay overnight at a classmate's house." After he said that, he raised his eyes slightly to look at him. His eyes expressed much more emotion than his words, but when they looked at each other carefully, it seemed as if there was nothing.
What a blind attempt to seduce people.
Chen Youhan sighed softly and covered the back of his head with his large palm: "Are you here to torture me on purpose?"
Ye Kai took the mojito from him, but did not drink it. He put it on the bar and raised his head. His obsidian eyes were calm and clear: "Brother Youhan, kiss me."
The lights of the entire city lit up, decorating the rivers and plains, as vast as a glowing sea. Chen Youhan turned her face to the side and lowered her head to kiss him.
The soft tip of the tongue swept across the lips, causing a shudder and a numbing feeling. Ye Kai hugged him tightly and kissed him for a while. He stopped and laughed. Chen Youhan pressed his forehead against his, and their noses touched. He couldn't help laughing. After laughing, he held his face and pecked his lips. He felt very cherished, as if he loved him to the extreme, so full that he was about to overflow. He didn't know what to do, so he had to kiss him carefully, like kissing a cute little pearl bird.
Two people sat on the large desk, one on the left and one on the right. One was looking at documents on a 27-inch iMac, while the other continued to review TOEFL questions. Soft music flowed from the Harman Kardon speakers. After ten o'clock, Chen Youhan went to the sun room to make two long phone calls. When he came in, he found that Ye Kai had changed his test papers and started reviewing physics. This energy was worthy of being a three-good student. Chen Youhan was unyielding, hugged him from behind and started to make trouble, asking: "Are you going to dance at the cultural evening?"
Ye Kai's hand holding the pen froze. Damn, I almost forgot about this. He replied indifferently: "I am a candidate for the B role, I may not play."
"What's the show?"
"The Merchant of Venice, a play." He turned his head slightly and asked Chen Youhan, "Are you really going?"
"Go ahead, you have to go, just take a look for a while."
Ye Kai's expression was a little subtle: "Just watch for a while? You have a lot of free time, so you can watch the high school students' cultural evening."
"You seem to have a lot of complaints?" Chen Youhan pinched his earlobe. Unexpectedly, Ye Kai trembled, his entire neck was numb, and he said abruptly: "Don't move..."
Chen Youhan looked at his trembling eyelashes with interest. He didn't let him go, but whispered into his ear: "What's wrong?"
When he spoke, the sensation of his lips opening and closing was clearly transmitted to a deeper place through the nerves of the auricle. But how deep, Ye Kai didn't know, he only knew that his right ear was pitifully hot and damp. He trembled more obviously, and goose bumps appeared from the side of his ear to his back, and the numbness almost made him run away.
But Chen Youhan's embrace imprisoned him. He had nowhere to go and nothing to say. He half turned his face away, his wet eyes like gorgeous flower buds blooming on branches in the dark night. The wet, indescribable emotions flashed through his eyes and disappeared into his transparent and pure eyes. Chen Youhan held his chin and kissed him.
Lips and tongues pressed against each other, entangled, the tip and root of the tongue felt numb. Occasionally, some sounds could be heard in the air, like the beeping of a humidifier adding water, like a newlywed couple sitting and cuddling in the distant past, and a spark of fire bursting from the oil lamp.
"Hmm..." Ye Kai was powerless to resist, his neck was sore from tilting his head back. Chen Youhan supported him behind his neck with one hand and stroked the side of his face with the other. His fingers did not let go of him, rubbing him slowly and gently, and then rubbing him with his fingertips intermittently, causing tremors.
He was clearly a lion teasing its prey. Under his sharp claws was the fawn, like a doll, with nowhere to hide. He could bite off its neck with one bite and rip it open easily, but he wanted to play with him.
The papers and exercise books on the desk were swept away, and Ye Kai was easily picked up and sat on the desk. His eyes were wet, and he looked at Chen Youhan with his lips slightly open, swollen from kissing, and his hands were wrapped around him. Chen Youhan sighed softly, raised his hands to cover his eyes, and said in a low, suppressed, hoarse voice in his ear: "... Can I help you?"
Ye Kai pursed his lips and responded softly, and heard the sound of a zipper being unzipped.
Chen Youhan was so good that he even chuckled at this time: "That's pretty impressive, kid."
Ye Kai punched him on the shoulder, opened his mouth and bit him through his T-shirt, and followed suit with his hands. Chen Youhan groaned, "Are you so cruel to your boyfriend?"
Ye Kai's eyes were red, and he was defeated by his actions, even his voice was broken. After all, his tense muscles relaxed after a few minutes. At a glance, he had bitten Chen Youhan's shoulder with teeth marks.
...But my mission has not been completed yet and I have failed completely.
Chen Youhan laughed out loud, resting his forehead against Ye Kai's shoulder, and was shaking with laughter. Ye Kai was so angry that he hit him again: "Pervert!"
"Hey, are you being reasonable?" Chen Youhan pulled over a tissue to wipe his hands, teasing him affectionately, "You're the one flirting, you're the one enjoying it, what does it have to do with me? I've become a tool."
Ye Kai's eyes were misty. He tilted his head to look at Chen Youhan for two seconds, then hugged him and asked for a kiss.
Chen Youhan's hands were dirty, so she could only hug him back with one hand. The two kissed tenderly and lovingly, returning to the state of only love without desire, as pure as two good students in early love.
After cleaning up, he took a shower and went to sleep. Ye Kai's reflexes were extremely slow, and he just realized that he was a little embarrassed. He huddled beside the bed in the master bedroom, and when Chen Youhan lifted the quilt, he was so nervous that he almost jumped off the bed, but was quickly grabbed by the waist.
"Why are you running?" Chen Youhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Are you scared now?"
"I, I'm not ready yet..." He avoided the question, looking at the floor-to-ceiling windows under the moonlight, at the Himalayan fossils under the desk lamp, at the gray patterns on the quilt, but not at Chen Youhan.
"Are you the stupid son of a landlord?" Chen Youhan poked him on the forehead. "If you wanted to have sex, you would have done it long ago."
Ye Kai felt relieved but at the same time he felt something was wrong: "So you don't want to have sex with me?"
What a logical genius, I have found a treasure.
"I'm in good health. I've abstained from sex for nine months. I love you very much. I want to have sex with you and I am completely capable of having sex with you. But if I really do, you might not be able to get out of bed tomorrow." His tone was calm and nonchalant, revealing a dandy quality.
Ye Kai had nothing to say, so he turned over and faced Chen Youhan. The main light was off, leaving only an ambient bedside lamp, which was very dim and enveloped the two of them, giving them a warm and affectionate feeling. He looked into Chen Youhan's eyes and said seriously, "No, we have to practice dancing tomorrow."
Chen Youhan smiled, held both of his hands with one hand, and rested his other arm under Ye Kai's neck. He hugged him and kissed him on the forehead: "Don't worry, I will wait until the day you are ready."
Ye Kai's tense body relaxed, and he naturally rested his head on Chen Youhan. He didn't stay still for a while, and his hand passed over his waist, but was grabbed by Chen Youhan - "You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Ye Kai couldn't help laughing: "Can't you admire my boyfriend's abdominal muscles?"
"No. No." Chen Youhan warned righteously: "Go to sleep!"
He raised his arm and pulled Ye Kai into his arms, holding him in his strong arms. His chest was burning hot. It was the first time for them to be so close to each other without any obstacles. Ye Kai blushed and his heart beat fast. He wanted to push him away, but his hands were weak and powerless. Under the dim light, his ears were burning hot again. He stared at Chen Youhan's eyebrows in a daze, but he spoke stupidly: "...Brother Youhan, you are always hurting your body."
Chen Youhan was completely helpless with him. He covered his mouth and smiled helplessly. He said in a low, hoarse voice, "Please forgive me."
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