Author: 颜凉雨 / Yan Liang Yu
Translator: Kinky || https://kinkytranslations.com/
Chapter 192: Extra — Rising Wind and Water
That day, when they returned to the hotel, Xu Wang went straight to bed. When he woke up, he ordered room service, ate, and then continued to sit in the room, doing nothing all day, completely zoning out until night came again.
Wu Sheng’s activities weren’t as empty. He read books all day.
At midnight, Wu Sheng lay on the bed, with Xu Wang resting his head on his legs, the two of them occupying the large bed of the presidential suite, lying in different directions, quietly staring at the ceiling.
0:00:01, 0:00:02, 0:00:03…
The second hand made another round; it was a minute past midnight.
No owl hooting, no purple vortex—nothing happened.
“It’s really over…” Xu Wang muttered to himself, clearly feeling the last string in his heart loosen.
Wu Sheng quietly sat up and looked down at his face.
His shadow enveloped him, as if two souls quietly merged together. Wu Sheng wanted to see him clearly but didn’t want to move away.
Xu Wang waited for a while but didn’t hear any words or actions. He blinked, then chuckled. “Are you mesmerized by looking at me?”
Wu Sheng didn’t catch what he said. His attention was taken by the slightly parted lips.
The antique clock ticked away, and the fresh lilies in the glass vase gave off a faint fragrance.
Wu Sheng leaned down for a kiss.
These lips robbed him of his attention, so he robbed it.
Xu Wang was caught off guard by the kiss and forgot to close his eyes.
After the kiss ended, Wu Sheng released the lips he bullied into redness and kissed his eyes tenderly.
Xu Wang suddenly closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, but his hand was still on Wu Sheng’s neck, responding to him awkwardly.
The scent of the lilies seemed even more intense…
“Ding!”
The sudden notification sound made both of them stiffen for a moment.
After a few seconds, Xu Wang reluctantly sat up, reached for the mobile phone on the nightstand, unlocked it, and saw, indeed, it was the WeChat group. “How idle are these guys!”
“Didn’t you set it to Do Not Disturb?” Wu Sheng had set it at noon, not because he didn’t care for his friends, but because there were dozens of messages a minute. When one chat ended, and another started. Both he and his phone were a bit overwhelmed.
“I did,” Xu Wang sighed. “But I can’t help it when I’m @mentioned.”
Wu Sheng leaned in from behind, feeling his warmth, and rested his chin on his shoulder. “Who @mentioned you?”
He asked, but without waiting for Xu Wang to answer, Wu Sheng already saw—
Marshal Yue: @Wangwang you’ve been diving all day. Time to surface!
Xu Wang was typing when his phone was suddenly taken away.
He looked puzzled at Wu Sheng. “Hm?”
“We can’t always stay in a hotel like this.” Wu Sheng moved closer to lick his lips. He rubbed the tip of his nose against Xu Wang’s, and his warm breath fell on his face. His voice was sexy and husky.
Forget the mobile phone; forget Marshal Yue—Xu Wang forgot everything at that moment. He was just dumbly following Wu Sheng’s words. “Yeah, after all, it’s Xiao Xue’s brother who’s paying…”
“Let’s look for a house tomorrow.”
“Okay…”
When he was kissed again, Xu Wang struggled with the last bit of his rationality, thinking, what were they just about to do?
……
Saturday, suitable for moving, suitable for settling in.
“Are you here for camping?” Xu Wang looked at Qian Ai carrying an induction cooker in one hand, an electric fan in the other, and a bulging backpack, suddenly a bit scared to let him into the new house.
“Ah, I knew you couldn’t do without me.” Qian Ai confidently walked in, naturally changing shoes, passing the entryway, and entered the living room. After scanning around, he chose a spot next to the dining table for the induction cooker, then plugged it into an extension board.
Chi Yingxue and Kuang Jinxin, who arrived earlier, had already toured the new house of their captain and advisor. Before Qian Ai arrived, they were watching TV on the sofa, but now they just watched Qian Ai busy himself.
After setting up the power, Qian Ai took the empty pot to the kitchen to fill it with water.
The three-bedroom apartment had an open kitchen. Wu Sheng, who was washing fruits, watched his teammate’s “enthusiasm” the whole time and immediately made way at the sink.
Qian Ai nodded at him appreciatively. “I knew you’d understand.”
“……” Wu Sheng didn’t quite understand, but it didn’t stop him from pretending.
The pot was placed on the induction cooker to boil.
Qian Ai sat on the floor waiting.
Xu Wang stood by him, while Xiao Kuang and Xiao Xue sat on the sofa, and Wu Sheng stood in the kitchen, waiting with him.
When the water boiled, Qian Ai connected the electric fan and started blowing it around the room while directing Xu Wang, “Open the windows—”
Xu Wang immediately complied, fearing any delay would lead Qian Ai to conjure some other trick.
The boiling water bubbled, steam rose, and the fan joyfully spun, circulating comfort in the cool breeze.
“For a housewarming, it must be lively with rising wind and water*!” Qian Ai stood in the center of the room, making a grand statement.
*(风生水起) Metaphor referring to if something is done well, it’ll develop quickly within a certain period of time and can grow rapidly. It’s also used as an explanation for Feng Shui (which is what it’s applying to in this case).
Xu Wang looked at him for two seconds, then suddenly squatted down and turned the induction cooker to its highest setting, making the boiling water livelier.
For the housewarming meal, they had hot pot. Given that Qian Ai brought an extra induction cooker, the five of them, using two pots, were quite imposing.
“Qian Ge, why didn’t you live stream today?” Kuang Jinxin suddenly asked mid-meal.
Xu Wang then realized that no wonder the meal felt strange, lacking the background music of “brothers, double-click 666”.
“Stopped.” Qian Ai precisely picked up a piece of tofu from the pot. “Taking a break for a while.”
Xu Wang was surprised. “Thinking of changing careers?”
“That’s not it. I’m just rethinking the positioning and direction of the live broadcast.” While Qian Ai spoke, his movements didn’t stop. The tofu on his chopsticks trembled as if ready to fall at any moment but ultimately landed intact in his oil dish, showcasing his superb skills.
Xu Wang was amazed. “Don’t change it. Just do food broadcasts. You’re the man chosen by the God of Food.”
After swallowing a piece of hot tofu, Qian Ai was invigorated. “Really?”
Xu Wang nodded emphatically, very sincerely. “Absolutely true.”
“Okay, enough about me,” Qian Ai said, though his smile stretched ear to ear. “What are your plans for the future?”
“I’ll look for a job,” Xu Wang pointed at Wu Sheng, “and he’ll start over with a new business.”
Qian Ai asked, “What about the previous company? After partnering for so long, can’t you go back?”
“He could, but he doesn’t want to.” Xu Wang sharply spotted another piece of tofu, made a move with his chopsticks, and it broke.
Wu Sheng took the ladle, catching the last intact piece of tofu in the pot, and placed it in Xu Wang’s oil dish, then said to Qian Ai, “I have a new research direction now, which no longer aligns with the old company.”
Qian Ai was curious. “What are you researching?”
Chi Yingxue and Kuang Jinxin also looked interested.
Wu Sheng had a determined look. “Artificial intelligence.”
The three friends: “…”
With no chance to teach NPCs to behave, he finally turned to his own products…
After dinner, the five continued chatting in the living room until it started to get dark. Then Kuang Jinxin and the other two friends left.
After seeing off the friends, Xu Wang washed the dishes in the kitchen, occasionally looking back at Wu Sheng tidying up the living room, feeling indescribably satisfied.
“If you keep sneaking looks at me, there will be a charge.” Wu Sheng teased with a raised eyebrow.
Xu Wang scoffed. “I’m afraid if I stop looking, you’d have to pay me to look.”
Wu Sheng was shamefully silent.
Xu Wang placed the sparkling, clean dishes on the rack, one by one, in perfect order. The bone china shone under the light, extremely beautiful.
Somehow, a surge of impulse came over him, and he blurted out, “I often thought in high school, what it would be like if we dated?”
Wu Sheng stopped, feeling an inexplicable tension, as Xu Wang brought up their high school days for the first time. “What would it be like?”
Xu Wang was silent for a long while, then turned around, his eyes and brows tinted with childishness, as if he had returned to that teenage boy. “I wanted to be on duty with you, run laps on the playground together, watch movies, play games together.”
Wearing an apron, standing in front of the sink, and looking back, it was the first time Wu Sheng saw this scene, yet it felt like he had replayed it many times in his mind.
If happiness had a form, it would be this moment.
“As far as I know, we didn’t miss out on any of these.” They hadn’t dated at the time, but they did everything mentioned above.
“Yeah.” Xu Wang chuckled slyly, as if his cunning plan had succeeded. “So I hypnotized myself into thinking we were already in puppy love.”
Wu Sheng stared at him for a long while. Then, without warning, he walked over, first dried Xu Wang’s hands, then neatly untied his apron, and led him towards the bedroom.
Xu Wang realized something and suddenly became hesitant. “The dishes aren’t finished yet…”
After returning home, Qian Ai remembered that during his house visit, the two bedrooms and a study were all tidied up and had some personal items, making it look as if both rooms were occupied.
Could it be… these two were still living separately?!
Qian Ai was startled by his conclusion, thinking it couldn’t be. After being so affectionate in the Owl, they must be passionately involved after coming out. But then again, the advisor always seemed to prioritize theory over practice and was now treating the captain like a treasure. Perhaps he would be too hesitant to make a move…
In the end, Qian Ai realized, damn, he left his electric fan and induction cooker at their new place.
He immediately called Xu Wang, intending to pick them up the next day. Just as they started their beautiful new life, an electric fan in the living room would be quite an eyesore.
The phone rang for a long time before being picked up. “Qian Ai…”
The voice sounded normal at first, but upon closer listening, there seemed to be slight panting and some rustling background noise?
“The fan and induction cooker—I forgot them. If you two are home tomorrow, I’ll come by to pick them up.”
“……”
No response. There were only rustling sounds, as if something was rubbing against something.
Qian Ai swallowed nervously. “Captain?”
“Don’t… Don’t do that first…” A very soft reprimand from the other end, with urgency and a bit of annoyance.
Qian Ai was dumbfounded.
“I told you to stop for a moment—” Anger mixed with embarrassment and awkwardness from the other end. Then, a “clang” sounded, like someone falling from a sofa or bed.
“Uh, you’re busy. Send my regards to Wu Sheng, bye!” Hanging up in a hurry, Qian Ai was unprecedentedly panicked.
Should he still go to pick up the fan and induction cooker tomorrow?
No, he couldn’t go. If he did, the advisor would surely target him for elimination…
The author has something to say:
Although we hit a red light along the way, the captain and advisor’s car still made it to the end, driving triumphantly* (～￣▽￣)～
*Clarity: Basically saying they finally did it (car), though they hit a bit of a snag reaching there (text/call interruptions… and also censorship, so we can’t read all the details).
Next up is the madly in love husbands~
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