PTBLSI chapter 45

 

There wasn’t much of a New Year’s atmosphere at the sanatorium. Qi Xi had lost all hope for New Year’s Eve. The temperature halfway up the mountain was lower than in the city. After showering, he leaned against the window and watched the light snow falling outside, illuminated by the golden lights.

Suddenly, Fu Yanchuan came up behind him, hugged him, and said in his ear, “Why aren’t you in bed? Your hands are cold.”

Qi Xi tilted his head back, leaned into Fu Yanchuan, and looked up at his face. It was as perfect as ever. Qi Xi admired it and said, “Brother Yan, it’s snowing here, too.”

Fu Yanchuan glanced outside the window, answered with an “Mm,” and suddenly picked Qi Xi up, carrying him to the bed.

There was only one room for them to sleep in. It had only one bed, which wasn’t as big as the one they had slept in together before.

Qi Xi immediately rolled into the blanket. Fu Yanchuan followed, reaching his hand over Qi Xi’s waist to hold him. He pressed his face against Qi Xi’s ear from behind, almost touching it, and called his name.

“Qi Xi.”

Qi Xi had always liked Fu Yanchuan’s voice, especially when he called his name. He felt that Fu Yanchuan pronounced it very seriously, and his heart would speed up unconsciously. He covered Fu Yanchuan’s hand on his waist with his palm, turned his head slightly, and softly answered.

“Brother Yan!”

Fu Yanchuan’s hot breath tickled Qi Xi’s ear. Then, he finally bit down, lightly grinding his teeth against Qi Xi’s ear bone. His other hand went under Qi Xi’s neck and pushed his face over to kiss him.

Ding-dong!

Qi Xi’s phone rang abruptly and loudly. He immediately tried to grab his phone.

Suddenly, Fu Yanchuan pinned him down. Qi Xi glared at him unhappily. “I need to get my phone. It must be Xie Hui.”

He flipped over at once, pinning Qi Xi beneath him and restraining his limbs. His eyes were full of refusal.

“Brother Yan!”

Qi Xi’s voice, full of coquetry, carried a nasal tone, like a cat’s paw scratching at his chest.

“I want my phone.”

In the end, he let go, but didn’t let Qi Xi get the phone. He tucked Qi Xi in properly, got out of bed, found Qi Xi’s phone on the chair, and brought it back to give it to him.

“Hehe, thanks, Brother Yan!”

Qi Xi’s thanks weren’t very sincere. He climbed up, leaned against the pillow, and looked at his phone. Fu Yanchuan frowned slightly, sat beside him, and pulled him over to peek at the phone.

Sure enough, it was Xie Hui. Qi Xi hadn’t checked his phone since this afternoon, and Xie Hui had sent him many messages.

[You’re really going to his home? Do you know what that means?]

[Have you arrived? How is it? Did anyone give you a hard time?]

[Qi Xi, what are you doing not replying to me!]

[You weren’t trafficked, right!]

[What did you eat tonight? A Manchu-Han banquet?][mfn]Manchu–Han banquet (满汉全席, Mǎn-Hàn Quán Xí) is a grand traditional Chinese banquet famous for being extremely lavish and elaborate. Combining Manchu and Han Chinese cuisines, it originated in the Qing dynasty and is famous for sometimes including over 100 dishes, symbolizing extravagance, wealth, and excess.[/mfn]

[Are you still alive, Qi Xi? Reply to me!]

[Did that Fu guy control you and lock you up?]

Just as Fu Yanchuan finished reading Xie Hui’s messages with Qi Xi, Xie Hui sent a video call request.

Qi Xi was about to answer when Fu Yanchuan suddenly grabbed his hand. Qi Xi lifted his head to look at him. Fu Yanchuan took the opportunity to kiss him, sucking his lips until they were red and glossy. Then he wiped the moisture from the corner of Qi Xi’s lips to his neck and said, “What do you want him to see?”

Qi Xi’s face instantly turned red because, under the blanket, Fu Yanchuan hooked his hand into the waistband of Qi Xi’s sleep pants and slid it inside.

He immediately ended the video call with Xie Hui and sent a voice message. “I’m going to sleep with Brother Yan. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Happy New Year! Please tell Uncle and Auntie for me, and wish them a Happy New Year too!”

After listening to the message, Xie Hui couldn’t stop thinking about the words, “I’m going to sleep with Brother Yan.” He was so angry that he punched the sofa. His mom, sitting nearby, asked, confused, “What are you so angry about?”

Gritting his teeth, he answered, “Your grandson was kidnapped!”

His dad immediately raised his hand. “What nonsense? Xie Hui! Have you been messing around abroad?”

Qi Xi didn’t know what kind of judgment Xie Hui was facing. He tossed his phone aside, tilted his head up, rubbed against Fu Yanchuan, and stuck close to his lips, saying, “Brother Yan, happy new year to you too.”

Fu Yanchuan responded with a nasal “Mm,” rolled over, pulled him down, lay on top of him, wiped the moisture he had just made with his fingertip, and kissed him again.

Qi Xi didn’t know if the room was too warm. His head felt a little dizzy. After kissing his lips, Fu Yanchuan moved along his cheek, then to his ear and neck. At some point, the buttons of his pajamas had been undone. When Fu Yanchuan’s hand moved over, Qi Xi couldn’t help but shrink back.

Fu Yanchuan lifted his head and looked at Qi Xi’s reaction, smiling involuntarily. He deliberately repeated the motion, then asked, “Do you feel it?”

Qi Xi’s eyes were red around the edges. He narrowed them in restraint. “Don’t ask. I won’t say!”

Fu Yanchuan laughed again, thinking Qi Xi was cute. Finally, he moved his hand away, leaned in, and kissed Qi Xi’s lips lightly. “Tell me if it’s uncomfortable.”

Qi Xi thought that Fu Yanchuan had finally spared that place. He nodded obediently. But then, Fu Yanchuan’s kiss moved past his chin and slid downward. Only then did he realize that Fu Yanchuan had no intention of letting him go and was touching him in a different way. He endured it and grabbed Fu Yanchuan’s hair, crying out, “Brother Yan—”

“Uncomfortable?”

Fu Yanchuan raised his eyes to look at him. After pressing his lips together for a long time, he said, “No—”

“Don’t be afraid.”

Fu Yanchuan pressed comfortingly against Qi Xi and went down again. His other hand, under the blanket, grabbed Qi Xi. Seeing Qi Xi sink completely into his control, the beast inside him roared.

“Brother Yan?”

Qi Xi called out to Fu Yanchuan in an unsteady voice. Two seconds later, Fu Yanchuan looked at him again. Qi Xi blurted out, “I want to kiss you.”

At that moment, it seemed as if Fu Yanchuan’s heart missed a beat. He turned to lie on his side, pulled Qi Xi over so that he was facing away from him, and pressed them tightly together. Then, he reached his hand forward. While holding Qi Xi with one hand, he turned Qi Xi’s face to kiss him.

Qi Xi suddenly understood the intention behind Fu Yanchuan’s actions. Recalling what he had seen last time, he unconsciously became nervous. Fu Yanchuan pulled away from his mouth, lightly sucking on his lips and saying, “Xi Xi, don’t be nervous. Let me hold you for a moment. I won’t move, okay?”

His mind couldn’t think clearly at all. He nodded instinctively yet couldn’t stop himself from focusing on that area. Fu Yanchuan seemed to notice what he was concerned about. He moved both hands to the same spot at the same time to distract him and leaned in to kiss him.

In the end, he went completely soft in Fu Yanchuan’s arms. Fu Yanchuan said in his ear, “I’ll go get a towel.”

As soon as he lifted a corner of the blanket, he grabbed Fu Yanchuan.

Fu Yanchuan looked at him without saying anything. After a long while, he bent down, caught his hand, and spoke as if he were deliberately coaxing him: “I don’t want to scare Xi Xi into crying again.”

“Then come back quickly.”

Qi Xi’s eye corners were still stained red like peach blossoms. He probably had no idea what he looked like when he cried.

Fu Yanchuan looked at him. For a moment, he didn’t want to restrain himself anymore. He wanted to see Qi Xi cry until he could only cling to him and beg, because he wanted to see Qi Xi’s consciousness fall apart, so that he would no longer be clear about anything, only knowing how much he wanted to possess him completely.

In the end, however, he only lightly kissed the corner of Qi Xi’s lips before letting go and going to the bathroom to twist a hot towel. After cleaning Qi Xi, he stayed in the bathroom for half an hour before coming out.

Qi Xi was already asleep. He silently went to bed and held Qi Xi in his arms.

When dawn came, there was finally some New Year’s atmosphere. Somewhere in the mountains, someone was setting off firecrackers; the noise continued nonstop.

The noise woke Qi Xi up. He stuck his head out of Fu Yanchuan’s arms, looked outside the window, and turned back to find Fu Yanchuan staring at him. He immediately smiled.

“Brother Yan, Happy New Year! I hope you can be happy whenever you want this year. If you’re unhappy, I’ll make you happy.”

It was the first time that, on the first day of the New Year, Fu Yanchuan opened his eyes to someone wishing him well. He looked at Qi Xi and solemnly answered, “Happy New Year, Qi Xi.”

“Let’s go wish Auntie a happy new year, too!”

Qi Xi suddenly threw off the blanket. Even though the room was heated, it was still a bit cold. He jumped up from the bed, but Fu Yanchuan pulled him back and pinned him beneath him.

Without hesitation, Qi Xi stretched his arms and legs up to wrap around Fu Yanchuan. He asked with a smile, “Brother Yan, what are you going to do to me?”

Fu Yanchuan stared at him for a long time before finally saying, “I want to look at you more.”

“Then carry me to brush my teeth. I’ll brush my teeth for you to see.”

Qi Xi said this casually, but Fu Yanchuan really did carry him to the bathroom. He let Qi Xi sit on the sink and gave him a toothbrush and water. Then, he watched Qi Xi brush his teeth.

Hooking his feet around Fu Yanchuan’s waist and holding a mouthful of foam, he said, “Brother Yan, you’re such a pervert!”

Fu Yanchuan gave a soft “Mm,” admitting it.

But since they had been woken up too early, they spent a long time messing around in the bathroom. By the time they changed and went out, it was only a little past seven.

Since Lin Xianjing usually used a wheelchair, there was an empty space covered with thick carpet between the reception room and the dining room.

At that moment, Lin Xianjing wasn’t in her wheelchair. She was wearing a red dress and dancing there.

The instant Qi Xi saw her, he froze. Aside from school performances, he hadn’t seen any other dance shows. Lin Xianjing’s dancing was completely different from what he imagined. It was a kind of indescribable beauty—elegant and lively, like a spirit leaping on the surface of water.

However, when Lin Xianjing noticed them, she immediately stopped dancing. Qi Xi was just about to clap when he saw fear fill Lin Xianjing’s eyes as she looked at Fu Yanchuan.

The next moment, she ran over, knelt in front of Fu Yanchuan, tugged at his pant leg, and begged, “I was wrong. I won’t dance anymore! Zhenrong, don’t be angry! Forgive me this time, okay?”

Qi Xi didn’t understand what was going on. He squatted down, wanting to help Lin Xianjing up. “Auntie, you have the wrong person.”

But Lin Xianjing didn’t seem to recognize him at all. In fear, she knelt and moved to Fu Yanchuan’s other side, apologizing to him again. “I don’t know him. Zhenrong, believe me.”

Fu Yanchuan expressionlessly pulled Lin Xianjing up and said in an even tone, “I believe you. Go take your medicine and rest.”

Lin Xianjing finally looked less afraid and nodded to him.

Qi Xi watched as Fu Yanchuan brought Lin Xianjing back to her room. He stood there, stunned, truly feeling at that moment that Lin Xianjing was insane.

More than ten minutes later, Fu Yanchuan finally came out. He stopped a short distance away, looked at Qi Xi, and then walked over and said, “Let’s go back to eat breakfast, okay?”

Qi Xi nodded and held Fu Yanchuan’s hand.

They packed up and left. After they got into the car, Fu Yanchuan didn’t start driving right away. He found a piece of candy in the storage box and was just about to unwrap it when Qi Xi suddenly leaned over from the passenger seat and hugged him.

“Brother Yan, don’t be sad.”

The candy fell from Fu Yanchuan’s hand. He pulled Qi Xi over from the passenger seat. Qi Xi fell sideways into his arms. He held Qi Xi tightly and buried his face in his neck. After a long time, he said, “Qi Xi, it’s my fault. She stayed in that place that felt like hell to her because of me. She waited until I came of age, until I left, but I didn’t know anything back then.”

Qi Xi didn’t know what Fu Yanchuan was talking about, but he could feel his sorrow. Just as Lin Xianjing used to pat his head, Qi Xi gently patted Fu Yanchuan’s head and said, “Moms are like that. When my mom was sick, I didn’t know anything either. Later, she was hospitalized and never came home again. Only then did I find out that she had been sick for a long time. Not only was her body sick, but her heart was too. My dad was bad too. He thought I was stupid, so he cheated on my mom and had a smart kid with someone else. He even brought that kid home to bully me!

Qi Xi cried as he spoke. Fu Yanchuan quickly looked up, feeling heartache and helplessness at the sight of Qi Xi trying to comfort him but ending up crying himself. He wiped away Qi Xi’s tears and said, “Did I scare you? No one will bully you anymore. I’m here.”

Qi Xi sniffed, then suddenly broke into a smile through his tears. “Brother Yan, does this count as us being a match made in heaven?”

Fu Yanchuan was finally amused by him and answered, “It does.”

“What a pity—”

Qi Xi sighed suddenly. “If you were a woman, I would definitely marry you.”

Fu Yanchuan’s heart jolted. He tightened his arms around Qi Xi and stared at him steadily. “Qi Xi, do you know what it means to say that?”

“What does it mean?”

Qi Xi’s eyes were full of innocence. Fu Yanchuan stared at him for a while, then put him back in the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt. He said, “Nothing. Let’s go home.”

—Go home.

Qi Xi hadn’t felt the sense of going home in a long time. Ever since his mom and grandpa passed away, he hadn’t had a home.

He looked at Fu Yanchuan, then suddenly burst into laughter and replied forcefully, “Mmm.”

 

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