Chapter 39 Boyfriend's Advanced Learning
Lin Yi automatically cancelled the Romantic Starry Sky Project.
After returning home, Shen Beidao went to his study alone to work overtime for an hour.
When I finished my work and returned to my bedroom, it was already past midnight.
Shen Beidao stood at the doorway, stunned for a full two seconds, then leaned against the door frame, smiling as he admired the "strange sight" before him.
There, her boyfriend Lin Yi was sitting cross-legged in the center of the bed, completely covered by a white cashmere blanket, like a monk's robe.
A dark-colored wooden fish, estimated to be at least thirty centimeters in diameter, was placed steadily in front of him.
At this moment, Lin Yi lowered his eyelids, his expression one of solemnity, and held a small wooden mallet that he had somehow found.
He struck the wooden fish with a "dong...dong...dong..." sound.
He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. "Master Lin Tutu, are you planning to ascend to immortality in bed?"
"Do you need me to protect you?"
The sound of the wooden fish abruptly stopped.
Lin Yi slowly lifted his eyelids, revealing a pair of clear eyes.
He first let out a long sigh, a breath so deep it seemed he had just emerged from some kind of deep meditation, before turning his gaze to the man at the door who had disturbed his "quiet meditation."
Her tone was flat and even, deliberately ethereal: "Only in this way can I maintain peace of mind."
As for why he covered himself with a blanket, it's because Lin Yi wasn't idle during the hour that Shen Beidao was working overtime.
Frustrated by both the "parking lot incident" and the "being neglected while working overtime" incident, he secretly grabbed his tablet, crawled into bed, and began an emergency study of "the art of managing one's husband."
The content was too explicit and provocative, causing certain parts of his body to react in ways he was ashamed to discuss…
Upon hearing this, Shen Beidao immediately realized that he was still angry.
He walked to the bedside and leaned down slightly. "If you're angry, let it out. It's not good to hold it in. Otherwise, why don't you hit me a couple of times to vent your anger? I promise I won't fight back."
Lin Yi looked up, his eyes slightly narrowed: "Do you know what makes me angry?"
"I know," Shen Beidao replied readily.
Why did he answer that call? Why did he have to deal with that little bit of work tonight? He could have easily put it off until tomorrow.
He was filled with remorse and realized that after what happened in the parking lot, he should have immediately and wholeheartedly comforted his boyfriend instead of leaving him alone when they got home.
"I'm sorry, baby." He reached out to touch Lin Yi's shoulder, which was wrapped in a blanket. "I should have stayed with you earlier. It was my fault."
Before his hand could even touch her, Lin Yi jumped up from the bed as if he had been startled.
The movement was so forceful that it almost knocked over the giant wooden fish.
He frantically steadied the wooden fish, while wrapping the white blanket around himself even tighter, revealing only his tense little face and his blond hair, which, having been unbound by the headband, was now completely free, with every strand stubbornly sticking out in all directions.
At this moment, Lin Yi, with his golden hair standing on end in anger and wrapped in a white "robe," did not look like a docile rabbit at all, but rather like a bluffing golden lion cub.
"I'm asking about the timing of my anger!"
Lin Yi raised his voice slightly, his eyes wide open. How embarrassing it would be if Shen Beidao discovered his inexplicable erection!
“Ah…” Shen Beidao was taken aback by the abrupt question and glanced down at his watch: “It’s 0:44 Beijing time now.”
"Is it auspicious?" Lin Yi followed up with a slight lift of his chin.
Shen Beidao paused for a moment.
This question... is a bit beyond the scope of the curriculum.
He carefully considered his words.
Is it auspicious? The number 44 is indeed not considered good in traditional thinking.
Saying it's unlucky? Isn't that just adding fuel to the fire?
He caught a glimpse of Lin Yi's tightly pursed lips out of the corner of his eye and decided to take a compromise.
He cleared his throat: "Ahem... From the perspective of the passage of time, the second day has just begun for 44 minutes, it's the start of a new day, full of infinite possibilities. Also, in musical notation, 4 is 'fa', two 4s make 'fa fa', so... it should be considered auspicious, right?"
Towards the end, he himself seemed a bit unsure of himself, and the explanation was really far-fetched.
“I think it’s unlucky!” Lin Yi immediately retorted.
He stood on the bed, truly looking down at Shen Beidao, his unruly blond hair almost blurring into a shadow under the light.
"Why couldn't you have chosen when to come in? Why did you have to come in at 44 points! Two 4s! What does that say?"
"This means our relationship is about to come to a standstill! Everything's about to go wrong! Now! Immediately! Get out!"
He held up one finger and pointed it forcefully towards the door, "Again! Pick an auspicious time to come in!"
Shen Beidao: "..."
He looked at Lin Yi, whose logic was bizarre and who was talking nonsense with a straight face.
This anger is just...incredibly cute.
Shen Beidao nodded, a solemn expression on his face that said, "I understand, I get it."
"Okay, you're right. I didn't think it through. I'll go sleep on the sofa now and reflect on my actions for the night."
He paused, even calculating with great seriousness, "Come in again at 6:66 tomorrow morning, it will be auspicious, and our fortune will get better and better from now on, everything will go smoothly."
"Hey! You..." Lin Yi didn't expect him to come up with a 6:66 time; that time doesn't even exist!
Before he could continue to argue, Shen Beidao, clutching his pillow, strode out of the bedroom in a few steps with his incredibly long legs, and thoughtfully closed the door gently from the outside, his movements fluid and without the slightest hesitation.
Lin Yi was the only one left in the room, and he plopped down.
Looking at his overly lucid self, he continued to strike the wooden fish.
It's fine to come in later, since he's still feeling a bit restless.
On the living room sofa, Shen Beidao was not sleepy. He casually opened his phone, scrolled through it a few times, and saw Zhang Zexuan's WeChat Moments.
My good buddy treated me to a meal.
[Image] Location: Xilai Restaurant
Shen Beidao raised an eyebrow slightly, clicked on Zhang Zexuan's profile picture, and sent a short question mark.
Almost immediately, Zhang Zexuan's reply popped up, as if he didn't mind watching the drama unfold:
[Hey! Who's this, Professor Shen? Stargazing with my brother Yi? How's the equipment my brother Yi prepared? Pretty professional, huh?]
Shen Beidao: [What is stargazing?]
Zhang Zexuan then sent a long message recounting some of his silly buddy's remarks that day, which sounded like those of a girl experiencing her first love:
"Isn't that too childish?"
Do you think Professor Shen would like it?
"What if he thinks I'm looking at the stars because I want to do something else?"
"I simply wanted to watch the stars with him!"
Zhang Zexuan repeated his words verbatim, accompanied by countless lewd emojis...
Looking at the lines of text on the screen, Shen Beidao recalled that when Lin Yi got out of the car in the parking lot, there did seem to be a large black bag in the back seat. At the time, he was only focused on comforting the jealous little guy and didn't pay much attention.
Sigh! What did he do today?
Imagine someone who was initially overjoyed witnessing a disheartening scene in the parking lot, then being neglected for an hour after returning home, and finally having their carefully planned romantic gesture ruined. They're left alone on their bed, sulking and venting their frustration in a cute way...
Guilt overwhelmed him instantly.
Zhang Zexuan: [There's something else about my brother Yi. I can tell you, but it's a trade-off; you'll have to do me a favor in return.]
Shen Beidao frowned, his intuition telling him it wasn't a good thing, but he didn't want to miss any information about Lin Yi right now.
Shen Beidao: [Yes, that's fine.]
Zhang Zexuan [He just asked me for some foreign websites and VPNs for study materials, because I'm a member and have browsing history.]
Zhang Zexuan: [These are the messages he read tonight, and he clicked on this link three times in particular.]
This is followed by an encrypted link and a username and password.
Zhang Zexuan: [Could you ask him for me if his father would accept a stepfather who is 22 years younger than him?]
Zhang Zexuan: [If he doesn't accept it, what would this stepfather do that he would be willing to accept?]
Shen Beidao's forehead veins twitched as he read Zhang Zexuan's words. In fact, he didn't want Lin Yi to know about this, as it would only make his crime worse.
However, now is not the time to worry about this. Perhaps it will be resolved naturally when Zhang Zexuan gets tired of it or when there are new developments on his father's side.
Shen Beidao clicked on the link and entered the account and password that Zhang Zexuan had sent him.
Page redirection, loading...
Shen Beidao was taken aback at first, then a meaningful smile slowly curved his lips. "So that's what he likes."
At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly walked out of the bedroom.
He cleared his throat, his voice not loud but carrying a condescending tone, and said towards the sofa, "Hey, you, the one sitting on the sofa with the surname Chen."
Shen Beidao immediately turned off his phone screen and looked up.
It's 1:11 now.
Shen Beidao obediently glanced at his watch. "It really is."
“111.” Lin Yi spoke faster, “It represents the couple’s wholehearted devotion and lifelong commitment. This time is auspicious.”
He paused, glanced quickly at Shen Beidao, then looked away: "So, come in and go to sleep!"
Almost the instant he finished speaking, Shen Beidao had already stood up from the sofa and strode across the distance between the living room and the bedroom in a few strides.
Just a second before Lin Yi was about to close the door, a warm and strong hand firmly pressed against the door panel.
Lin Yi turned around, but before he could see clearly, he was embraced from behind by an irresistible force.
Shen Beidao's arms were strong and hot, and they wrapped tightly around his waist through the gaps in the blanket, his chest pressed closely against his back: "Master Lin, are you done striking the wooden fish?"
Warm lips almost touched Lin Yi's red earlobe, their breath hot.
Lin Yi shuddered, the heat he had finally managed to suppress threatening to reignite. "You... don't get so close."
He tried to shift, but his voice betrayed a hint of unease, "Itchy."
Shen Beidao had been busy until now, and hadn't even had time to take off his suit for the business dinner. He loosened his tie, ripped it off, and quickly tied Lin Yi's hands behind his back.
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, and those blurry, pixelated images flashed through his mind. The anger he had just suppressed suddenly surged up again.
"I just finished chanting the wooden fish, and I haven't accumulated enough merit yet... Doing anything else now would be against public morality!" Lin Yi refused.
His lips moved to Lin Yi's other ear, his voice carrying a heart-stirring magnetism, "Then let's do it while we tap."
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Author's note: Actually, they haven't slept together yet. Last time, the wrong person couldn't get in. I wonder if they'll be able to this time?
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