Chapter 63 [VIP]
Chenmian remained silent, so Shenci watched him intently from the side, blocking the outside of the bed and preventing him from getting out.
Even in this environment that subtly confined him, Chenmian felt no fear whatsoever.
He lacked the nervousness and caution he displayed when facing Lin Langli in the early days, as well as the reserve and sense of superiority he showed when confessing his feelings to others.
Sleeping soundly is very annoying.
He couldn't say anything too harsh to Shen Ci. Their years of friendship were there, and Shen Ci was absolutely right. Shen Mian really didn't act like an older brother at all.
It was Shen Ci who truly cared for people.
The boy bit his knuckles and remained silent.
Shen Ci stared at him for a long time, her eyes growing increasingly warm: "I haven't looked at you like this in a long time. When I'm with you, my heart always races."
"Shen Ci, I'm asking you, when did you...?" Shen Mian asked in a low voice.
That's easy to answer. The first time Shen Ci had such thoughts about Shen Mian, he couldn't sleep that night.
"Do you remember when we went to the mountain villa to relax? Back then, you hated Lin Langli, and you came to my room to sleep with me to avoid him."
Shen Ci paused, recalling the scene from that night, his voice inexplicably hoarse: "I looked at your face and thought your lips were so kissable. I was terrified by my own thoughts, but when I looked up, you were looking at me and smiling... So I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking, I'm such a beast, how could I have such thoughts about you?"
Chenmian subconsciously touched her lips, then looked up at the man opposite her. He had the same eyes, nose, and mouth as her, so why was he so easy to kiss?
He thought for a moment, then coldly advised, "You knew you were a beast back then, yet you still had such thoughts about me? Why don't you have them now?"
Shen Ci said with a hint of resentment, "I finally managed to convince myself and let go of those feelings. But when I turned around and found you, you swore to me that you liked Shen Jinshan. When I asked you why it wasn't me, you didn't realize that later... you got together with Lin Langli. It's always the same thing, it's just that I'm never the one who gets to have a turn, isn't it?"
"..." Shen Mian indeed did not pay attention to Shen Ci's emotions.
Only then did he realize that Shen Ci had once asked him why Shen Jinshan could do it, but he couldn't.
Because the two of them were so close and familiar with each other.
Whether with Shen Jinshan or Lin Langli, Chen Mian never felt that she was offending the world.
But if it were Shen Ci, it would be a completely different story.
Chenmian felt that the two of them were committing incest.
With a slight twitch of her eyelids, Chen Mian shrank back a little before saying, "Chen Ci, you know we're the closest of friends, the best of all. Being with you, regardless of whether I like it or not, would feel like incest to me, do you understand?"
"Isn't this even more exciting?" Shen Ci said quickly without any hesitation, "I know you so well, I know your thoughts, your expressions, your body."
He moved closer to Chenmian, hooking his right hand into the boy's palm and slowly intertwining their fingers. Ignoring the slight resistance beneath, he continued, "So, being with you means I can better serve you, right? Whatever you want, I can give you. You don't need to worry about Mom and Dad. I'm not like Lin Langli. Even if I get a little scolding at first, they'll eventually agree. No one is more suitable than me, Chenmian. You can do whatever you want in front of me, without feeling wronged or holding back. Isn't that good?"
For a fleeting moment, Chenmian was actually moved.
But then the memory of his phone call with his parents that day flashed through his mind again. Shen Mianjun told him that if he liked men, Zong Bingwen would be a good choice.
He could hear the expectation in his father's tone, and Chenmian didn't want to disappoint his parents again.
Moreover, even if Shen Jinshan doesn't say anything, Lin Langli probably won't like girls anymore. If he completely leads Shen Ci astray, the Shen family will be wiped out.
Even as a child, some unwise relatives whispered that Shenmian had been reincarnated into the Shen family to collect a debt. Later, when his true identity was revealed, he wasn't even a child of the Shen family. How much of Su Yueqiu and Shen Mianjun's love for him could be worn away?
He suddenly woke up with a start; he absolutely could not be with Shen Ci.
Shaking Shen Ci's hand away, the boy grabbed the phone from the side and, under the other's suddenly darkening gaze, dialed a number.
The call connected quickly, and Zong Bingwen's clear and gentle voice rang out: "Chenmian, what's wrong?"
Shen Ci's expression changed drastically, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
Avoiding the man's gaze, Chenmian asked vaguely, "Zong Bingwen, do you like me?"
The voice on the other end suddenly disappeared. Chenmian waited patiently, remaining silent for several seconds before Zong Bingwen finally spoke, his voice slightly hoarse: "I like you, Chenmian. What's wrong? Are you playing truth or dare?"
He seemed afraid that Chenmian wouldn't believe him, or that Chenmian wouldn't pass his test, so he repeated himself again: "I like you very much. I regret that you haven't paid attention to me during this time."
Chenmian gave a soft "hmm," raised her hand to stop the furious man who was about to take her phone, and quickly said, "No big risks. I've thought about it and decided to give you a chance to try being with you. Are you willing?"
Before he could finish speaking and hear Zong Bingwen's reply, Shen Ci snatched the phone away, immediately disconnected it, turned it off, and tossed it aside.
Shen Ci gritted his teeth: "Chen Mian, what do you mean?"
Chenmian huddled to one side, and after a long while, she finally spoke up: "Why are you being so fierce? I don't want to be with you, I want to be with Zong Bingwen! Can't you hear me?"
Shen Ci heard this, and at that moment his hair stood on end, and he was so angry that his head seemed to be steaming.
He stared at the oblivious, lifeless slumber before him, his gaze fixed on its gaping, utterly detestable mouth. Enraged, he bent down and bit down.
The slumbering chatter was swallowed up, and then Shen Ci's tongue slipped in and captured his tongue.
Shen Ci really had no skills in this area. Even if his tongue went in and became entangled with Shen Mian's tongue and teeth, he was completely clueless about anything deeper or more intimate.
Chenmian felt the other person's excited physical reaction while she was being forcibly kissed.
He felt ashamed and humiliated, but at the same time, a strange, uncontrollable sense of pleasure was rising within him.
Shen Ci is not his biological brother; there is no blood relation between them whatsoever.
Even so, the sense of incest he feared still seeped into his very bones, filling him with shame and pleasure.
Just as Shen Ci said, it would be even more exciting if they got together.
The person in front of him was still kissing him with a mixture of excitement and annoyance. In the haphazard biting, Shen Ci, who was initially at a loss, quickly grew more skilled and seemed to gradually grasp some techniques, and the kisses deepened.
The air felt thick and sticky. With a wall behind her, Chenmian couldn't retreat any further and could only helplessly endure Chenci's assault.
He wanted to criticize Shen Ci's terrible kissing skills, saying that his tongue was sore from sucking so hard, but he was unwilling to take the initiative to reciprocate, teach or guide Shen Ci.
What a selfish little rascal.
Shen Ci said the same thing to him. In a moment of pause to catch his breath, the man pressed the tip of his nose against Shen Mian's cheek and whispered, "It's so unfair, Shen Mian, you little rascal."
Upon hearing this, Chenmian glared at him, and Chenci pecked his eyelids before continuing their kiss.
After an unknown amount of time, Chenmian felt weak all over and her lips were burning. Just then, she seemed to hear someone knocking on the door.
Even though the room was quite far from the door and the walls were well soundproofed, Chenmian could still hear it for no reason.
Startled, he finally snapped out of his daze, struggled to push away the delirious Shen Ci, jumped out of bed, and went outside.
There was a loud noise outside the door; someone was definitely knocking. I watched the outside through the security screen next to the door.
It was Zong Bingwen!
He had a bad feeling, but he didn't expect that after hanging up the phone and turning it off, the man would actually contact him.
But how is he going to go out and face people now? And how is he going to make excuses?
Chenmian looked at herself in the mirror next to the entrance hall. Her eyes were moist and her lips were red and swollen. When she glanced at people, she seemed to have a seductive charm.
One could tell at a glance what he had just done, making one wonder if he had fallen into lust.
Even the most gentle person wouldn't tolerate being teased like this.
Enraged, Chenmian pondered for a second before steeling himself and turning back, deciding to play dead and ignore the situation.
But Shen Ci leisurely walked out of the room. He wasn't much better off, and he looked refreshed. He strolled over to the boy's side and followed the boy's gaze to the person in the video on the door lock.
"Aren't you going to open the door?" Shen Ci asked, his tone slow and deliberate, showing no trace of the urgency he had displayed earlier.
He looked at Shenmian's bright red lips, so moist and luscious, and then at her eyes, which were now red at the corners and bright with tears, and chuckled softly.
Then, to Shen Mian's astonishment, he unlocked the door and welcomed the guest in.
Chenmian hurriedly covered her mouth, trying to hide behind Chen Ci, but only made things worse.
Zong Bingwen walked in with a frown, "Shen Ci?"
"You're looking for my brother?" He suddenly called out to Chenmian "brother" with a mischievous grin, and pulled the boy behind him out. "Chenmian, he's looking for you. What's up?"
Zong Bingwen stiffened, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two, finally settling on Shen Mian's expression as she covered her lips and lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him.
His usually smiling lips flattened, he took a deep breath, and tried to remain gentle: "Chenmian, are you joking? Your call suddenly ended, and I couldn't get through when I called back. I was very worried about you."
Chenmian's eyelids trembled rapidly, and she raised her pair of watery eyes, looking back with a weak and innocent expression.
He glanced to his side and saw Shen Ci's smug expression. He decided to go all the way and took the man's fingertips, leading Zong Bingwen outside.
"You are not allowed to come along," he commanded Shen Ci.
Zong Bingwen silently followed Chen Mian for quite a distance, and the two even went downstairs and walked into the wisteria-covered corridor of the community.
The weather in March had just warmed up a while ago, but it still didn't stop the boy from sleeping in just a thin nightgown. Zong Bingwen sighed, took off his coat, and gently covered the boy's shoulder.
“Sleep,” he asked in a low voice, a hint of tension in his tone, “were you serious about what you said on the phone just now?”
Chenmian gripped the man's hand tightly, hesitated for a moment, and then shook her head: "No, I'm serious."
“But you…” Zong Bingwen wanted to ask why the boy’s lips were red again, and why Shen Ci looked at him as if he were a rival in love, with that resentful yet smug expression.
Chen Mian and Lin Langli—I think Lin Langli is the one who kissed at the Shen residence.
When they met again after the New Year, the young man was no longer by Shen Mian's side, so he couldn't help but ask the boy if they had broken up.
Given their relationship at the time, he was testing the waters to gauge the sleepy man's reaction with a touch of offense.
The outcome wasn't good; he made a wrong move, and Chenmian distanced herself from him.
When Zong Bingwen received the phone call today, he shouldn't have taken it seriously, but after hearing Shenmian's words, he still got excited and became emotional, like a young boy.
And then, needless to say.
Is he a stimulant he uses to play with his younger brothers?
Lin Langli... He didn't know much about this person, but Shen Ci, he shouldn't have done that.
Zong Bingwen felt a tightness in his chest. When he looked up again, he could clearly see the slumbering, luscious lips, which looked as if they had been sucked and kissed.
He knocked on the door for a long time when he came, but the people inside didn't answer or respond. Were they kissing?
Zong Bingwen did not want to speculate about Chenmian in this way, but Chenmian's past example served as a warning—he could easily treat other boys like dogs, so it was only natural that he had a low moral character in some aspects.
He turned his head away, looking somewhat angry.
Chenmian was very good at reading people's expressions. Seeing that Zong Bingwen was a little angry, she immediately sobbed softly twice to draw the man's attention back.
Chenmian said softly, "Did you figure it out? Did you know everything?"
Zong Bingwen gave an ambiguous "hmm," waiting for the rest of the story from the depths of his sleep.
"Zong Bingwen, I'm sorry, just take it as me lying to you." Chen Mian said vaguely, staring at the man's face with her moist eyes, and then lowered her eyes as if she couldn't bear his gaze. "You know, I'm not a child of the Shen family, so sometimes, I have no choice."
Zong Bingwen's expression softened somewhat, and he lowered his head to carefully observe the boy's expression.
Ke Chenmian's feigned pitifulness was already a masterclass. The young man's tears wet the eyelashes at the corners of his eyes, making them stick together wetly. His nose was also red, and the corners of his lips were turned down slightly. He looked so pitiful that it was heartbreaking.
Zong Bingwen asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"
“Shen Jinshan doesn’t like me, he hates me, and I had a conflict with Lin Langli before, I…” Shen Mian couldn’t say any more to defend herself, and only nestled into Zong Bingwen’s arms with hesitant words. “You gave me water on the mountain before, and you were so good to me. I had a good feeling about you then, but I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t control my own destiny. In the Shen family, I could only be very careful and listen to them.”
“Zong Bingwen, it’s not that I don’t like you. When I called you, I was really serious.”
Chenmian raised her face, revealing an expression that was heartbreaking to look at. "It's just that I'm really happy that you saw such a terrible scene and that you were worried about me and came to find me, but I can't let you down again."
He bit his lower lip, making the small piece turn slightly white, and sobbed softly, saying, "Just pretend I never said I wanted to... I'll explain it to Dad tomorrow."
Zong Bingwen's heart was pounding. He looked down at Chenmian in his arms and felt that the boy looked like he was about to break. He was so fragile, like a kitten that had been rained on, trembling in his arms.
He couldn't help but soften his heart.
Shen Mian's situation in the Shen family must be very difficult. Shen Jinshan doesn't like him. Although he didn't realize it, he was still very familiar with his senior's methods. Perhaps the good brother was just an act. If he really liked him, why didn't he give Shen Mian more confidence instead of trying to match him up with him so early?
As for Lin Langli, he had heard about these events and knew a little about the conflicts between the two. No matter what, the Shen family wouldn't be so shameless as to favor Chen Mian, would they? The once-favored young master of the family had fallen into such an awkward position; he must be feeling terrible.
Besides, didn't he realize it from the beginning? The first time Chenmian met him, the boy was crying pitifully in the woods, and the next time they met, he also looked very unhappy.
So, was she forced by Lin Langli?
As for tonight, Zong Bingwen was unwilling to pursue the matter further.
A flood of speculations overwhelmed him, dispelling his earlier doubts and anger.
In short, Chenmian had his reasons. The Chenmian he saw was not arrogant or domineering, nor was he promiscuous or unfaithful; he was just a little spoiled, but his underlying personality was clearly quite lovable.
Looking at the boy's pure and pitiful face, he felt a pang of emotion. Beautiful things always attract the covetousness of others. Even he, who was usually indifferent to worldly affairs, couldn't help but be moved by Shen Mian's emotions during their few meetings. How much more so would others?
Zong Bingwen lowered his head, tenderly stroking the corner of Shenmian's eye with his fingertip: "Were you forced?"
After hesitating for a moment, Shenmian shook her head hesitantly: "Please don't ask anymore. I'm sorry. Tonight... could you just pretend you didn't find out? I won't bother you anymore."
"No," Zong Bingwen said. "I've found out. How can I let you go back?"
The man took a deep breath: "Chenmian, I know you're in a difficult position, but I'm already your boyfriend. Can you let me take some responsibility?"
Chenmian opened her eyes wide in surprise, her long, curly eyelashes trembling rapidly: "...You, don't mind?"
“I mind,” Zong Bingwen said, “so let me do something.” After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed Shen Mian’s hair again, a light kiss as if to comfort her.
Chenmian buried her head in the man's chest, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zong Bingwen and Shen Jinshan seem to be completely different.
He was pondering how to continue fooling around when he suddenly felt Zong Bingwen gently embrace him—an embrace that gave him strength.
Zong Bingwen spoke softly above his head, his tone as gentle as ever: "Chenmian, it's not your fault. You've had a hard time in the Shen family."
How can someone be so naive? Believing everything he says?
Shenmian's heart skipped a beat for no reason, but she didn't say anything.
Zong Bingwen's words seem to make sense. At the beginning of Lin Langli's return, he did try his best. He fell in love with Shen Jinshan and then got involved with Lin Langli. Wasn't that just a matter of being forced by circumstances?
As Chenmian blinked, her eyes inexplicably stung, and tears seemed to well up and were about to fall.
He tiptoed, lightly touched Zong Bingwen's cheek with his lips, then quickly pulled away, his eyelids trembling nervously, his voice timid: "Do you really think so? I might not be as good as you think."
Zong Bingwen stared at the boy with clear eyes in front of him, and paused slightly.
“Don’t say that about yourself, Chenmian. You’re fine.” He then asked, “Chenmian, are you cold?”
She remained silent, only blinking very slowly and giving the man before her a sweet smile.
Zong Bingwen was charmed by his cuteness, and his heart softened even more. He asked, "Can I hold you tighter? Chenmian, Mianmian, can I call you that?"
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