Chapter Twenty Part One
Ke Luo stayed two more days before he had to return to T Cty. Lately, he had been occuped wth flyng back and forth between the two places and lost so much weght that hs chn had become sharp. Gven that I had already recovered, Xe Yan nvted everyone to go soak n an ndoor spa to properly relax. In fact, I ddn’t buy ths “relax.” As f four gay guys soakng n one pool could manage to “relax.” We’d be lucky f the marred couple ddn’t do anythng ndecent. Plus I ddn’t know whether I’d have an embarrassng reacton upon seeng Ke Luo halfnaked. If I made a fool of myself, Xe Yan would never let the chance to poke fun at me slp by. Lettng my thoughts run wld, I took off my clothes, wrapped a towel around my wast, and somewhat uneasly walked out of the changng room. In fact, I really thought that Ke Luo had been treatng me very well as of late. Even so much as a bt better than how he had been treatng Shu Nan. I had no dea whether or not t was just my magnaton. When I reached the poolsde, I saw that the three men were already n the water. The atmosphere was strange. Xe Yan could hardly conceal the snckerng and teasng across hs entre face. Shu Nan was somewhat embarrassed. And as for Ke Luo, I looked at hs slghtly flushed, embarrassed face, and then looked nto the water. The lttle bastard already had a reacton. My heart only pounded once before t settled back down.
I was knd of pssed off and felt the urge to boot hm to Mars, elmnatng a hazard for my brother. However, the one to actually mgrate to Mars should have been me. I loosened my towel as well and calmly went nto the water. It would always be lke ths. Even f he had responded back a lttle when I had forced a kss on hm, he was stll the most mpulsve when he was wth Shu Nan. I suppose the hot sprng was nce regardless of whether I enjoyed t. I took a couple of deep breaths and closed my eyes to rest. edtࠀgunࠀjࠀjjresurࠀsࠀgfuurpser9w9u3rwࠀh_No_Re_Postࠀn'_joࠀejrࠀ The crss wrapup could be consdered satsfactory for all. Tong Shan’s end was settled wth the help of Lu Yu. Shao Yan and I went our separate ways. Xe Yan could contnue to securely manage the company n hs hands. And I, hereafter, could once agan ndulge n a lfe of debauchery, chasng all knds of beautful young men. Lfe s too short, so you have to enjoy t to the fullest. Everyone, ncludng the past me, was all busy comng and gong: gvng up on a relatonshp and later startng a relatonshp, gvng up on a flavorless one and searchng for the next sutable one. I had once been so carefree and awake. Why wasn’t I dong that now nstead of gettng tangled up wth Ke Luo, happy one moment and dsapponted the next? I should be playng around untl I was ffty years old, fftyfve, or even sxty. Eh? Why ࠀs my translatࠀons on here? read at our offࠀcࠀal Chࠀnese BL sࠀte Just as I was about to enjoy a whole new, vbrant, restrantfree lfe of seeng the ranbow after the wnd and ran, the atmospherc pressure at home began to drop agan wth a fant sense of a storm arsng. My brother and hs husband had always been an affectonate and harmonous couple. When watchng TV , Shu Nan’s legs would nevtably become Xe Yan’s pllow. After a meal, they would wash the dshes together. And when they had ce cream, they would always just have one cup to share. However these past few days, they hadn’t been watchng the eght o’clock soap opera on schedule. Even at the dnner table, Xe Yan was nowhere to be seen. Hs phone calls and personal matters ncreased. He ddn’t even have the tme to eat the cake that Shu Nan had spent an entre afternoon panstakngly bakng. To put t smply, that lovecrazed man who would stck to hs wfe lke chewng gum seemed to have vanshed. It wasn’t just Shu Nan who was a lttle concerned; even I sensed somethng was wrong. But when I asked Shu Nan f they had some knd of conflct, he could only shake hs head at a loss. I edࠀt my translatࠀon all the tࠀme even after release, so read thࠀs from our offࠀcࠀal sࠀte. We had orgnally agreed to go skng together for the weekend; even Ke Luo flew over from T Cty, yet Xe Yan ddn’t show up. I oddly asked, “How come he’s not here ths early n the mornng? Don’t tell me he ddn’t come back last nght?” Shu Nan quckly explaned, “Some relatves arrved yesterday. He’s responsble for recevng them, so he had to spend the nght at the man resdence.” “Why ddn’t you go wth hm?” Shu Nan somewhat awkwardly turned around to reach for the phone and sad, “I’ll call hm to hurry t up.” The conversaton seemed very normal. It’s just that the tone of voce wasn’t the harrasng, sappy knd t had been before. What’s more, t was bref. He had hung up after talkng for only a short whle. Shu Nan smlngly sad wth embarrassment, “They’re all elders. It’s rare for them to come pay a vst, so he has to accompany them for an entre day. He won’t be comng back today. How about you guys go out and have some fun frst?” Ke Luo and I exchanged looks for a moment. We could tell that he was n a depressed mood. “You’re not gong?” If you see ths, ths ste s repostng w/o permsson. Shu Nan shook hs head. “I’m scared of fallng anyway. You guys go have a good tme. I’ll stay at home and prepare snacks for you guys to eat when you come back.” Shu Nan wasn’t gong, and so Xao Ja, who would always stck to hm, refused to leave home. I had no choce but to go wth Ke Luo, just the two of us, to the skng slopes. Do not repost. Only read at BLtranslaton.blogspot.com Compared to Ke Luo, who was an allaround athlete, I typcally just knew how to play golf and sweat n the gym. So when t came to skng, I was a total newbe. After fully equppng myself, I went to start out from a low sk slope wth my heavy sks n tow. I wholeheartedly wanted to dsplay my dashng posture, but who would have thought that as soon as I set out, I took a tumble. Ke Luo suppressed hs laughter as he helped me up. I made an effort to appear calm as I contnued to strke a pose.
I’m usually more composed. After lstenng to Ke Luo explan and nstruct me on how to control my speed and watchng hm demonstrate how to sk down, I pulled myself together and started to sk agan. At last, I gradually got a feel for t beneath my feet and, just as I was so proud of myself, I heard from behnd me some newbe cryng out, “Move! Move outta the way! Watch out!” I hadn’t learned how to control my drecton yet, so how was I supposed to move out of the way? The lttle grl brushed past my sde, and I unsteadly took a swerve. I actually ddn’t fall down rght away, and I even uncontrollably sked down agan for a lttle whle. I was about to kss the ground and, just as I was thnkng that my ass was very lkely gong to fracture from the fall ths tme, Ke Luo caught up wth me. He reached out and caught me. We tumbled to the ground together. I ddn’t fall hard, and yet I frmly crushed hm beneath me. I couldn’t stop feelng embarrassed. The kds nearby all quckly burst out ggglng. I just about lost my old face. Ke Luo looked up at me from below and rubbed my back. He smlngly asked, “You okay?” My heart beat wldly agan, and when I stood up, my legs felt weak. “I’m okay, I’m okay.” When I’m wth hm, I would always dsplay a plummetng performance. And after experencng that roll just now, my ablty to tumble reached a whole new level. On my fnal attempt, I succeeded n breakng my sks. The awesome fall had stupefed everyone who had been watchng. Even the staff members froze, thnkng that t was most lkely fatal. Wthout a second thought, Ke Luo had come up to me and thrown hs arms around me. He had actually broken out nto a cold sweat. Ths guy really had a fondness for the njured and sck, ddn’t he? Even I was surprsed that apart from twstng my ankle, I came out practcally unscathed. I ddn’t know f t that meant my sklls were superb. Upon seeng Ke Luo’s overly startled pale face, I smlngly sad, “How was my fall?” “Yeah.” He nodded and smled. “It was spectacular. You’d get a ten.” I laughed and watched hm patently help me remove the sks that were caught wth my boots. The brat seemed to have developed a sense of humor. If not for the precous Shu Nan beng n the lead, I really would have thought he had fallen for me. You should read thࠀs on bltranslatࠀon(dot)blogspot(dot)com! After skng, we went to eat whle we were at t. For the sake of consolng the njured, Ke Luo treated me to an expensve dnner. We chatted and ate. The topc gradually turned toward the number of thngs that weren’t qute rght between Shu Nan and Xe Yan. “My guess s that they’re fghtng.” Ke Luo pondered for a moment. “That’s odd. Why on earth are they fghtng?” Indeed, I couldn’t really fgure out the cause ether. From the looks of t, the two were really wellmatched; even ther slghtest habts and tastes were n tune. In the end, I could only conclude by say, “Well, sex lfe s very mportant.” If t sn’t worked out, t could defntely cause problems. Ke Luo laughed. “Lke you would know.” I let out a sgh after fnshng one glass. “I know t the best.” When t comes to sex, f I’m not an expert then who s? Ke Luo broke nto laughter agan. It wasn’t much at all, and few of hs teeth were exposed, yet t was dazzlng. I stared at hm n a daze and poured another drnk. I drank and drank, then sad to hm, “You lttle brat, you seem to have gotten hotter.” Ke Luo was stunned for a moment, a bt embarrassed. He no longer blushed that easly; but when he lowered hs face to conceal t, the appearance of hm lowerng hs head and then touchng a fnger to hs forehead was very captvatng. “What’s there to be embarrassed about?” I shook a fnger at hm. “I won’t ask you to sleep wth me ever agan. No worres.” Stll wantng to take advantage of the effect of alcohol to contnue my bold words, I suddenly heard a man’s voce slghtly rse up, “Water, check.” Ke Luo and I smultaneously looked up. That man sttng dagonally n front wth hs back toward us... wasn’t that Xe Yan? It wasn’t strange bumpng nto hm here. There were only a few restaurants that people lke us would choose. It’s just that the person sttng across from hm wasn’t some rcketyold elder, but a pretty young woman wth fne makeup, wearng a black tubetop kneelength cocktal dress wth gold borders, and fully adorned wth jewelry. Hung on her char were her Chanel coat and cashmere shawl. Ths was certanly not the knd of
clothes you would wear for some chance encounter or dnng out wth a coworker or frend, but rather the attre for a formal dnner. A handsome, elegant gentleman, a charmng, welldressed young lady, a frstclass romantc restaurant—such a pcturesque scene. I thought of that dotc man, who would only bury hs head n work, dlgently cleanng, cookng all day long, and lookng after the kds; who was too tmd to wear anythng too flashy because he saw hmself crppled and scarred. Even just the two of them eatng out was a huge matter—beng remnded by hs “parentsnlaw” that two men sttng together on a banquette was too ostentatous and would brng Xe Yan unwanted trouble. Thus, apart from gong to work, he would hole up at home all day. After all these years, they stll had not gone to the cnema once together. I put down my drnk and shot up. Ke Luo got up after me. I strode on over and stood n front of the couple who was just about to leave. “Young master Xe.” Once Xe Yan saw us, hs face changed mmedately. Hs look of uneasness and surprse made me even more pssed off, so I smlngly sad, “Who could have thought that your elder would be so young and pretty.” The beautful woman was slghtly puzzled, but stll smled n greetng. And I never really pad any mnd to the object of the affar. I would only thrash the hell out of the asshole who was havng the affar. “Lee, Ke Luo, may we speak n prvate?” “No rush. You stll haven’t ntroduced ths charmng lady to us.” Upon hearng my words, the woman cracked a smle and reached out to naturally slp her arm through Xe Yan’s arm. Feelng slghtly awkward, Xe Yan drew back hs hand and sad to her, “I have a matter to dscuss wth them. You go back frst. The drver s watng outsde.” How consderate. I’ll slghtly restran myself ths tme so as to avod securty nterventon agan. We went to the restroom. As luck would have t, there was no one nsde. Wth a pale face, Xe Yan sad, “It’s not what you thnk.” I smlngly sad, “Then what else could t be?” “I don’t lke her at all.” “And? You have the nerve to say t’s not a blnd date?” Shortly after Xe Yan hestated, I had already gven a hard blow to hs face and then to hs stomach. “Those two were for me. The rest s on Shu Nan’s behalf.” Xe Yan struggled up and made only one utterance, “Don’t tell Shu Nan.” If t weren’t for Ke Luo holdng me back, I probably would have really beaten hm to death.
Chapter Twenty Part One
Ke Luo stayed two more days before he had to return to T Cty. Lately, he had been occuped wth flyng back and forth between the two places and lost so much weght that hs chn had become sharp. Gven that I had already recovered, Xe Yan nvted everyone to go soak n an ndoor spa to properly relax. In fact, I ddn’t buy ths “relax.” As f four gay guys soakng n one pool could manage to “relax.” We’d be lucky f the marred couple ddn’t do anythng ndecent. Plus I ddn’t know whether I’d have an embarrassng reacton upon seeng Ke Luo halfnaked. If I made a fool of myself, Xe Yan would never let the chance to poke fun at me slp by. Lettng my thoughts run wld, I took off my clothes, wrapped a towel around my wast, and somewhat uneasly walked out of the changng room. In fact, I really thought that Ke Luo had been treatng me very well as of late. Even so much as a bt better than how he had been treatng Shu Nan. I had no dea whether or not t was just my magnaton. When I reached the poolsde, I saw that the three men were already n the water. The atmosphere was strange. Xe Yan could hardly conceal the snckerng and teasng across hs entre face. Shu Nan was somewhat embarrassed. And as for Ke Luo, I looked at hs slghtly flushed, embarrassed face, and then looked nto the water. The lttle bastard already had a reacton. My heart only pounded once before t settled back down.
I was knd of pssed off and felt the urge to boot hm to Mars, elmnatng a hazard for my brother. However, the one to actually mgrate to Mars should have been me. I loosened my towel as well and calmly went nto the water. It would always be lke ths. Even f he had responded back a lttle when I had forced a kss on hm, he was stll the most mpulsve when he was wth Shu Nan. I suppose the hot sprng was nce regardless of whether I enjoyed t. I took a couple of deep breaths and closed my eyes to rest. edtࠀgunࠀjࠀjjresurࠀsࠀgfuurpser9w9u3rwࠀh_No_Re_Postࠀn'_joࠀejrࠀ The crss wrapup could be consdered satsfactory for all. Tong Shan’s end was settled wth the help of Lu Yu. Shao Yan and I went our separate ways. Xe Yan could contnue to securely manage the company n hs hands. And I, hereafter, could once agan ndulge n a lfe of debauchery, chasng all knds of beautful young men. Lfe s too short, so you have to enjoy t to the fullest. Everyone, ncludng the past me, was all busy comng and gong: gvng up on a relatonshp and later startng a relatonshp, gvng up on a flavorless one and searchng for the next sutable one. I had once been so carefree and awake. Why wasn’t I dong that now nstead of gettng tangled up wth Ke Luo, happy one moment and dsapponted the next? I should be playng around untl I was ffty years old, fftyfve, or even sxty. Eh? Why ࠀs my translatࠀons on here? read at our offࠀcࠀal Chࠀnese BL sࠀte Just as I was about to enjoy a whole new, vbrant, restrantfree lfe of seeng the ranbow after the wnd and ran, the atmospherc pressure at home began to drop agan wth a fant sense of a storm arsng. My brother and hs husband had always been an affectonate and harmonous couple. When watchng TV , Shu Nan’s legs would nevtably become Xe Yan’s pllow. After a meal, they would wash the dshes together. And when they had ce cream, they would always just have one cup to share. However these past few days, they hadn’t been watchng the eght o’clock soap opera on schedule. Even at the dnner table, Xe Yan was nowhere to be seen. Hs phone calls and personal matters ncreased. He ddn’t even have the tme to eat the cake that Shu Nan had spent an entre afternoon panstakngly bakng. To put t smply, that lovecrazed man who would stck to hs wfe lke chewng gum seemed to have vanshed. It wasn’t just Shu Nan who was a lttle concerned; even I sensed somethng was wrong. But when I asked Shu Nan f they had some knd of conflct, he could only shake hs head at a loss. I edࠀt my translatࠀon all the tࠀme even after release, so read thࠀs from our offࠀcࠀal sࠀte. We had orgnally agreed to go skng together for the weekend; even Ke Luo flew over from T Cty, yet Xe Yan ddn’t show up. I oddly asked, “How come he’s not here ths early n the mornng? Don’t tell me he ddn’t come back last nght?” Shu Nan quckly explaned, “Some relatves arrved yesterday. He’s responsble for recevng them, so he had to spend the nght at the man resdence.” “Why ddn’t you go wth hm?” Shu Nan somewhat awkwardly turned around to reach for the phone and sad, “I’ll call hm to hurry t up.” The conversaton seemed very normal. It’s just that the tone of voce wasn’t the harrasng, sappy knd t had been before. What’s more, t was bref. He had hung up after talkng for only a short whle. Shu Nan smlngly sad wth embarrassment, “They’re all elders. It’s rare for them to come pay a vst, so he has to accompany them for an entre day. He won’t be comng back today. How about you guys go out and have some fun frst?” Ke Luo and I exchanged looks for a moment. We could tell that he was n a depressed mood. “You’re not gong?” If you see ths, ths ste s repostng w/o permsson. Shu Nan shook hs head. “I’m scared of fallng anyway. You guys go have a good tme. I’ll stay at home and prepare snacks for you guys to eat when you come back.” Shu Nan wasn’t gong, and so Xao Ja, who would always stck to hm, refused to leave home. I had no choce but to go wth Ke Luo, just the two of us, to the skng slopes. Do not repost. Only read at BLtranslaton.blogspot.com Compared to Ke Luo, who was an allaround athlete, I typcally just knew how to play golf and sweat n the gym. So when t came to skng, I was a total newbe. After fully equppng myself, I went to start out from a low sk slope wth my heavy sks n tow. I wholeheartedly wanted to dsplay my dashng posture, but who would have thought that as soon as I set out, I took a tumble. Ke Luo suppressed hs laughter as he helped me up. I made an effort to appear calm as I contnued to strke a pose.
I’m usually more composed. After lstenng to Ke Luo explan and nstruct me on how to control my speed and watchng hm demonstrate how to sk down, I pulled myself together and started to sk agan. At last, I gradually got a feel for t beneath my feet and, just as I was so proud of myself, I heard from behnd me some newbe cryng out, “Move! Move outta the way! Watch out!” I hadn’t learned how to control my drecton yet, so how was I supposed to move out of the way? The lttle grl brushed past my sde, and I unsteadly took a swerve. I actually ddn’t fall down rght away, and I even uncontrollably sked down agan for a lttle whle. I was about to kss the ground and, just as I was thnkng that my ass was very lkely gong to fracture from the fall ths tme, Ke Luo caught up wth me. He reached out and caught me. We tumbled to the ground together. I ddn’t fall hard, and yet I frmly crushed hm beneath me. I couldn’t stop feelng embarrassed. The kds nearby all quckly burst out ggglng. I just about lost my old face. Ke Luo looked up at me from below and rubbed my back. He smlngly asked, “You okay?” My heart beat wldly agan, and when I stood up, my legs felt weak. “I’m okay, I’m okay.” When I’m wth hm, I would always dsplay a plummetng performance. And after experencng that roll just now, my ablty to tumble reached a whole new level. On my fnal attempt, I succeeded n breakng my sks. The awesome fall had stupefed everyone who had been watchng. Even the staff members froze, thnkng that t was most lkely fatal. Wthout a second thought, Ke Luo had come up to me and thrown hs arms around me. He had actually broken out nto a cold sweat. Ths guy really had a fondness for the njured and sck, ddn’t he? Even I was surprsed that apart from twstng my ankle, I came out practcally unscathed. I ddn’t know f t that meant my sklls were superb. Upon seeng Ke Luo’s overly startled pale face, I smlngly sad, “How was my fall?” “Yeah.” He nodded and smled. “It was spectacular. You’d get a ten.” I laughed and watched hm patently help me remove the sks that were caught wth my boots. The brat seemed to have developed a sense of humor. If not for the precous Shu Nan beng n the lead, I really would have thought he had fallen for me. You should read thࠀs on bltranslatࠀon(dot)blogspot(dot)com! After skng, we went to eat whle we were at t. For the sake of consolng the njured, Ke Luo treated me to an expensve dnner. We chatted and ate. The topc gradually turned toward the number of thngs that weren’t qute rght between Shu Nan and Xe Yan. “My guess s that they’re fghtng.” Ke Luo pondered for a moment. “That’s odd. Why on earth are they fghtng?” Indeed, I couldn’t really fgure out the cause ether. From the looks of t, the two were really wellmatched; even ther slghtest habts and tastes were n tune. In the end, I could only conclude by say, “Well, sex lfe s very mportant.” If t sn’t worked out, t could defntely cause problems. Ke Luo laughed. “Lke you would know.” I let out a sgh after fnshng one glass. “I know t the best.” When t comes to sex, f I’m not an expert then who s? Ke Luo broke nto laughter agan. It wasn’t much at all, and few of hs teeth were exposed, yet t was dazzlng. I stared at hm n a daze and poured another drnk. I drank and drank, then sad to hm, “You lttle brat, you seem to have gotten hotter.” Ke Luo was stunned for a moment, a bt embarrassed. He no longer blushed that easly; but when he lowered hs face to conceal t, the appearance of hm lowerng hs head and then touchng a fnger to hs forehead was very captvatng. “What’s there to be embarrassed about?” I shook a fnger at hm. “I won’t ask you to sleep wth me ever agan. No worres.” Stll wantng to take advantage of the effect of alcohol to contnue my bold words, I suddenly heard a man’s voce slghtly rse up, “Water, check.” Ke Luo and I smultaneously looked up. That man sttng dagonally n front wth hs back toward us... wasn’t that Xe Yan? It wasn’t strange bumpng nto hm here. There were only a few restaurants that people lke us would choose. It’s just that the person sttng across from hm wasn’t some rcketyold elder, but a pretty young woman wth fne makeup, wearng a black tubetop kneelength cocktal dress wth gold borders, and fully adorned wth jewelry. Hung on her char were her Chanel coat and cashmere shawl. Ths was certanly not the knd of
clothes you would wear for some chance encounter or dnng out wth a coworker or frend, but rather the attre for a formal dnner. A handsome, elegant gentleman, a charmng, welldressed young lady, a frstclass romantc restaurant—such a pcturesque scene. I thought of that dotc man, who would only bury hs head n work, dlgently cleanng, cookng all day long, and lookng after the kds; who was too tmd to wear anythng too flashy because he saw hmself crppled and scarred. Even just the two of them eatng out was a huge matter—beng remnded by hs “parentsnlaw” that two men sttng together on a banquette was too ostentatous and would brng Xe Yan unwanted trouble. Thus, apart from gong to work, he would hole up at home all day. After all these years, they stll had not gone to the cnema once together. I put down my drnk and shot up. Ke Luo got up after me. I strode on over and stood n front of the couple who was just about to leave. “Young master Xe.” Once Xe Yan saw us, hs face changed mmedately. Hs look of uneasness and surprse made me even more pssed off, so I smlngly sad, “Who could have thought that your elder would be so young and pretty.” The beautful woman was slghtly puzzled, but stll smled n greetng. And I never really pad any mnd to the object of the affar. I would only thrash the hell out of the asshole who was havng the affar. “Lee, Ke Luo, may we speak n prvate?” “No rush. You stll haven’t ntroduced ths charmng lady to us.” Upon hearng my words, the woman cracked a smle and reached out to naturally slp her arm through Xe Yan’s arm. Feelng slghtly awkward, Xe Yan drew back hs hand and sad to her, “I have a matter to dscuss wth them. You go back frst. The drver s watng outsde.” How consderate. I’ll slghtly restran myself ths tme so as to avod securty nterventon agan. We went to the restroom. As luck would have t, there was no one nsde. Wth a pale face, Xe Yan sad, “It’s not what you thnk.” I smlngly sad, “Then what else could t be?” “I don’t lke her at all.” “And? You have the nerve to say t’s not a blnd date?” Shortly after Xe Yan hestated, I had already gven a hard blow to hs face and then to hs stomach. “Those two were for me. The rest s on Shu Nan’s behalf.” Xe Yan struggled up and made only one utterance, “Don’t tell Shu Nan.” If t weren’t for Ke Luo holdng me back, I probably would have really beaten hm to death.
