◇ Chapter 32 House
Xie Yu blurted out: "Fuck!"
Under the stimulation of hangover, alcohol, and the skin in his palms, he could hardly bear the discomfort. He wanted to invade, force, and rub. He wanted to hold the person in his arms tightly, kiss him, and do more things... He kissed Shen Ci's earlobe stickyly, biting and grinding it with his teeth, torturing the small piece of soft flesh until it was red and swollen. After Shen Ci hissed in unbearable pain, he gently held it in his mouth, licking it to comfort him.
The soft touch of lips and tongue came from the earlobe. The earring that pierced the skin was incredibly hot, as if the whole ear was burning. Xie Yu just held it in his mouth and took the earring into his mouth. After playing with it for a while, he asked softly: "Assistant Shen, do you think I am Liu Xiahui?"
Only Liuxia Hui could remain calm in such a situation.
The hot air sprayed behind his ears, and Shen Ci got goose bumps all over his body. His body wanted to escape, but his will made him stay where he was. He even held Xie Yu's arm, met his gaze, and asked: "Why do you want to be Liu Xiahui?"
As he spoke, he raised his legs and placed them on Xie Yu's waist: "Come."
Xie Yu could no longer be Liu Xiahui.
…
The noise lasted until almost noon.
They kissed and hugged each other until they were exhausted. Shen Ci moved his fingers with difficulty and poked his head out from under the quilt: “I didn’t cook lunch.”
There were radishes and pork ribs in the refrigerator. They had planned to make soup today, but it would take at least three hours to make the soup. If they really did that, they would have to eat in the afternoon.
Xie Yu pushed him back: "Whatever you do, let's go out to eat."
The embrace was warm, and they hugged each other peacefully for a while. Suddenly, Shen Ci put his arms around Xie Yu and clung to him tightly.
He stared into Xie Yu's eyes: "Mine."
From the initial feeling of inferiority and uneasiness in the contractual relationship, to the five years of disappearance without saying goodbye, to the kiss marks all over her body now, he can finally declare that this is his.
Xie Yu rubbed the back of his head, pinched his back, and sighed: "Okay, yours."
They were all intended to stay for him, but they were not his.
The person in his arms softened and finally calmed down, only snuggling a little tighter.
After dawdling for a while, they each washed up, got dressed and went out.
Shen Ci was supposed to go to work. He should have been very busy at the start-up stage of the company, but no one mentioned it, and the two of them tacitly pretended that it had not happened.
Xingfu Community is in the old city, and there are many business districts nearby. They got in the car, and Shen Ci originally planned to find the nearest one, but who knew that Xie Yu searched on his phone for a moment, and didn't know what he located, and said: "Let's go to this one."
Shen Ci didn’t understand why, but he didn’t object, and let Xie Yu step on the accelerator and drive onto the road.
This Santana is more than ten years old. It is a car that Xu Qingshan didn't want. The parts are old and it is a bit bumpy to drive. Every time he turns or passes a speed bump, Xie Yu has to look at Shen Ci secretly. Shen Ci pretended not to know at first, but later, the number of times was too many, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He looked back, and Xie Yu coughed: "Are you feeling okay?"
Shen Ci pressed his lower abdomen. Although he had been away for a long time, the strange touch still lingered there: “…It’s a bit strange, but it’s okay.”
Xie Yu: "I'll drive your car next time."
Driving a Santana was a stopgap measure. Xie Yu initially thought that he would be leaving soon, so it didn't matter what he drove. Now that he planned to stay for a long time, there was no need to leave the nice car unused.
Shen Ci said: "Okay, I'll give you the key later."
They walked around the mall, and Xie Yu picked a light Cantonese restaurant and served dim sum and porridge to Shen Ci. When it came time to pay, Shen Ci naturally swiped his card to pay. Xie Yu took the card and replaced it with his own QR code, facing Shen Ci's confused eyes: "Now is not the time for you to pay, there will be something for you to buy later."
Shen Ci then said, “Okay.”
Xie Yu took him straight to the top floor and turned into an independent studio of a jewelry brand.
Shen Ci was originally quiet and had no interest in the surroundings, but when he saw the brand logo, he was stunned and touched his earlobe subconsciously.
He still has the box that contained the ear clip, which has this logo on it.
He held Xie Yu's hand, and some speculations were surging in his mind: "What is this?"
Xie Yu looked back at him and said with a smile: "Didn't you say this morning that I'm yours? Don't you want to pick out a pair of jewelry for me?"
He pulled Shen Ci into the store, handed him a thick set of customization manuals, and took another one for himself: "Look, what do you want me to wear? Earrings, clavicle chains, bracelets, anklets, and rings...Oh, rings are not allowed."
Shen Ci paused while flipping through the book, looked up at him, and frowned slightly: “Why not the ring?”
Of all the jewelry, rings are the most representative of belonging.
Xie Yu was selecting a model, and without even looking up, he said as a matter of course, "We still have to wear wedding rings, so they have to be a pair, not just one."
Shen Ci choked, and the tips of his ears turned a little red. He looked around guiltily, and the shop assistants looked up and down with a sense of service, pretending not to hear.
Seeing that he was silent, Xie Yu thought that none of them were satisfied, so he flipped through the book and turned to the uncommon styles at the back: "Well, I don't like any of the ones above. Well, what do you like?"
He moved closer to Shen Ci, asked the shop assistants to go away, and spread the manual in front of him: “Armlets are fine, and leg rings are acceptable to me, but these two are too unusual for daily wear. Well, if you want to see it, navel studs are not impossible…”
Shen Ci couldn't help imagining that scene, and immediately grabbed him, his fingertips shaking: "Enough! Stop talking!"
Xie Yu glanced sideways, looking at him leisurely, his eyes narrowed like a fox, pretending to be surprised: "Don't want to see it? Really don't want to see it?"
“…”
The tip of Shen Ci's ear was red and bleeding, and he was fidgeting. He pushed Xie Yu away, spread the booklet in front of the clerk, and said hurriedly: "Bracelet, give me a bracelet!"
As if afraid of being a step slower, Xie Yu saw something strange again.
Xie Yu shrugged and deliberately fanned the flames in his ear: "Bracelets, bracelets are a bit boring..."
Shen Ci's entire body was about to catch fire.
He hurriedly filled out the order form and selected the style. The designer originally invited him to have a one-on-one video call, but Shen Ci had no idea about jewelry. He touched the "X" on his earlobe and only said, "I hope it will be with my initials."
"Let me see your initials...'S', right?"
Shen Ci nodded: "Yes."
Xie Yu's name was on his earlobe, and Xie Yu's name was on his wrist.
Xie Yu was sitting leisurely on the side, listening to Shen Ci finalizing various details, when the system that had not appeared for a long time suddenly popped up, saying in an exaggerated tone: "Wow, host, your wife's last name is 'S'."
Xie Yu: "You just found out today...wait."
He understood another meaning from the system's meaningful words.
System: "And your wife chose a forest theme. If I remember correctly, the brand's forest series is famous for its complex winding thorns and vines? Wow, S, thorns and vines, is this a coincidence with the original text?"
Xie Yu: “…”
He looked at me with disdain, refusing to associate: "That's enough, stop talking, you yellow system."
They have chosen a style, paid a deposit, and are now waiting for the designer to make a rough draft, revise it, and finalize it, and then they can get it.
For the whole afternoon that followed, Shen Ci was in a good mood. He was visibly happy, and even dragged Xie Yu to try the desserts and snacks that he had not been willing to try before. They did not come out of the mall until night fell.
There were a lot of people wearing doll costumes at the door, handing out flyers with the crowd. The dolls’ big heads were a bit heavy, and they were carried by the crowd, staggering from time to time.
Shen Ci and Xie Yu passed by them, and Shen Ci suddenly said: "I used to do this part-time job."
Xie Yu: “What?”
Shen Ci: "Wearing doll clothes and handing out flyers."
Xie Yu was stunned: "When?"
Shen Ci: "Before I met you, when I was still studying at University A."
He seemed a little nostalgic: "This is one of the easier part-time jobs in school. Tutoring is easier, but it's not always available. Sometimes it's not available. I go out to hand out flyers on weekends. It's usually 10 yuan an hour. The doll costume is more expensive, 15 yuan an hour. I especially like to hand out flyers in winter because I don't have thick clothes. Doll costumes are warmer. It's a bit painful in summer. I almost got a heat stroke once and almost had to be hospitalized."
Xie Yu could imagine that scene. Chen Ci was not good at speaking. He put on the doll clumsily and handed out flyers one after another on the roadside. Sometimes he staggered because of the squeeze. If it was summer, his shirt and hair would be completely wet.
Xie Yu's voice was a little tense: "What happened next?"
Chen Ci: "Later, nothing happened. I was dizzy and couldn't attend class. My roommates all went to class, so I lay in the dormitory and calculated how much it would cost to be hospitalized if I couldn't hold on. Later, I figured out that I had to hand out flyers for a week to cover the cost of hospitalization. I felt wronged, so I covered myself with a blanket. When I woke up, my pillowcase was soaked. But fortunately, I recovered in the afternoon and didn't need to go to the hospital."
His tone was calm, even cheerful because he was very happy today, as if he was just sharing past events with someone he liked.
Xie Yu couldn't stand it anymore.
At the entrance of the crowded shopping mall, he suddenly grabbed Shen Ci and held him in his arms.
Shen Ci was a little surprised. He struggled uncomfortably at first, and then reached out and patted Xie Yu on the back. They were both wearing thick down jackets, and Xie Yu's buttons were now unbuttoned, so Shen Ci could press directly against his chest, which was warm, like hugging a big furry cat.
Shen Ci rubbed the big cat. He was really happy today. His thoughts were jumping around. He was talking about handing out flyers one second, and the next second he said, "Xie Yu, you are so warm."
But I heard the big cat say sullenly: "If only I had come earlier."
Shen Ci looked up: “Hmm?”
Xie Yu sighed quietly: "Nothing."
He sniffed, and changed the word "came" to "met", and said viciously, "If I had met you earlier, I would have forced you to take off your doll costume, and then thrown the agreement in front of you and asked you, 'Do you want living expenses? Do you want a place to get medical treatment? Then put down the flyer and come over here to be my wife!'"
Shen Ci laughed in silence.
Those unbearable and painful times have become memories. Shen Ci himself no longer cares about them, but if someone cares for him and is willing to love him a little more for these pains, that would be great.
He whispered: "But then I will definitely think you are a pervert."
Xie Yu: "Heh, didn't you think I was a pervert when we first met?"
“…”
Shen Ci turned his head away from him and whispered, "I feel it."
The young master of the Xie family has a bad reputation. If you ask ten people who know him, nine of them will probably think he is a pervert.
Xie Yu tightened his arms: "What does it matter if you think she's a pervert? She'll still be my wife in the end anyway."
They walked along the commercial street, and Xie Yu politely accepted all the flyers handed to him on the way. By the time they finished walking along the commercial street and reached the parking lot, he had already got a thick stack of flyers.
Shen Ci thought he was just holding it and throwing it away after a while, but who knew that when he got home, he took the flyers upstairs, divided them into several piles, and read them under the lamp.
Shen Ci leaned over curiously. On the cover was a colorful promotional picture, and below it were the apartment types and specific locations - Xie Yu was looking at an advertisement for a real estate agency.
Shen Ci asked: "Do you want to buy a house?"
The house Xie Yu owns is a bit old and small. It is just right for one person to live in, but it is not enough for two people. If they cook together, the kitchen will not be able to function.
Besides, old houses always have various problems. The water pipes are seriously aging, and water leaks every now and then on rainy days. The air conditioner also doesn’t work well. Xie Yu had to make do with it before, but now he is going to stay and can buy a new one. As for the one in Xingfu Community, he will come here from time to time to clean it up, as an explanation to the original owner’s mother.
As for Chen Ci, he had never bought a house. He used to live on the top floor of a hotel, where he would miss Xie Yu when he saw things. Later, when Xie Yu came back, he no longer needed to see the things or miss the people, so he just moved in with Xie Yu.
Xie Yu said: "Yes."
The flyers all contain new houses that have recently been launched, mostly low-rise and high-rise buildings, with an area ranging from 60 to 120 square meters, and are residential and improvement types.
Shen Ci said, “You can choose anywhere in Jiangcheng, a flat near the river is also fine.”
He was referring to the buildings in the city center that had first-line river views.
Xie Yu's hand holding the flyer paused.
He had always treated this world as a game before, without much sense of reality, and whenever Shen Ci spoke to him, he never put on airs, so much so that Xie Yu had forgotten that Shen Ci was now a hot figure in Jiangcheng.
Xie Yu realized it later and said to himself, "Wait, so I'm a gigolo now?"
The system looked at him with disdain: "Brother, the agreement has already been signed, and you just found out about it?"
“…”
Although staying in this world was an accident and having a male wife was also an accident, living off his wife was definitely not something Xie Yu expected.
Xie Yu put the brochure aside, his expression was unusually serious: "Wait a minute, let's talk about buying a house later. Can you tell me more about the situation of Xie's stocks some time ago?"
Shen Ci didn't know why he suddenly became interested in stocks, but he still explained everything clearly.
The two major shareholders of the Xie company who now hold the majority of shares are him and Xie Yuanhai, with Xie Yuanhai holding slightly more than him, and the remaining shares are more dispersed.
Xie Yu listened calmly and nodded slightly. It was already late at night. Shen Ci skipped work today and couldn't skip work tomorrow, so he yawned and the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.
Shen Ci fell asleep quickly, but Xie Yu had something on his mind. He was thinking about the equity structure when the system suddenly popped up silently.
The small fluorescent screen circled around Xie Yu, and exclaimed in amazement: "Oh my God, am I seeing this right, host? You are finally going to pursue a career path?"
Xie Yu was silent at first, then sighed: "You still have to support your wife."
You can't always pay for it when you go out.
Xie Yu studied economics when he went abroad to study. Xie Yuanshan chose this major for him. However, what he could learn in school was just the basics. It still required a lot of practical experience. However, Xie Yuanshan was dead, and Xie Yuanhai could not teach Xie Yu. Xie Yu was not good at the actual operation of the company.
The system said: "Host, I can help you."
Xie Yu: “Hmm?”
System: "Although I appear to be artificial intelligence, to support a machine as intelligent as me, my core is a state-of-the-art supercomputer."
"After you join the company, I can simulate and go through all possibilities, analyze and learn from all past cases, choose the best decision for you, and help you achieve your wishes."
It smiled implicitly: "You could have gone home, but since you've given up, I can help you. I'll untie you when you succeed."
It still has its next task to do.
Xie Yu: “Thank you.”
Although the system was unreliable and he, the host, was also unreliable, in the end, the ending was actually pretty good.
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