Author: 颜凉雨 / Yan Liang Yu
Translator: Kinky || https://kinkytranslations.com/

Chapter 196: Extra — The Disappearance of Xiao Sijin (3)
The human heart, much like the front camera of a mobile phone, often comes with a filter. These filters are named “I think”, “I feel”, “I hope”, “I believe”. Any neutral and objective matter, seen through these filters, becomes tinted with the desires of that heart, and then firmly remembered by its owner.
The coded love letter made Xu Wang realize this truth for the first time. He believed that Wu Sheng truly felt the codes were obvious, and that he could decipher them instantly upon opening the letter. Yet, this delay lasted ten years.
Wu Sheng’s filter was derived from unfounded confidence and presumptions.
Chi Yingxue’s filter came from willful recklessness and presumptions.
The night before Xiao Sijin disappeared without a word, there was a mountaintop view of the night sky, orange soda, kisses with the taste of orange, and speeding down the mountain. However, it was only after removing Chi Yingxue’s emotional filter that these moments finally revealed their true essence hidden in the night…
“This is the highest point in the city, and also where the night view is best.” Sitting on the car roof, enjoying the mountain breeze, and overlooking the lights of thousands of homes, Chi Yingxue squinted in comfort.
Kuang Jinxin sat beside him, his posture proper and demure, not like someone lazily enjoying the breeze, but rather like a student attentive in class.
Chi Yingxue smiled, stretching his arm to pull him into an embrace.
Perhaps it was time for some sweet nothings? But he didn’t want to. He didn’t want to speak or move. He just wanted to hold this person until the end of time.
Kuang Jinxin let him, looking down at the mountains below, eerily quiet.
After holding him for a while, Chi Yingxue finally sensed something off and asked curiously, “What are you thinking?”
“I’ve been staying in the hotel for a month now,” Kuang Jinxin slowly said, a topic seemingly unrelated to the mountain breeze or the night view.
Chi Yingxue didn’t think much of it, carelessly responding, “Just stay at ease. My brother will take care of the bill.”
Kuang Jinxin uttered a barely audible “oh”, then fell silent again.
Though Chi Yingxue couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was wrong, he intuitively felt that Xiao Sijin wasn’t happy. Thinking it over, he decisively got out of the car, grabbed a can of soda from the mini fridge in the trunk, climbed back onto the roof, and pressed the cold can against the other’s face unexpectedly.
The chill made Kuang Jinxin shiver.
Chi Yingxue’s lips curled up, like a child successful in their prank.
Kuang Jinxin looked at him, annoyed yet amused, then lowered his head and opened the soda can with a pop, only to see it was orange-flavored again. His gaze paused for a moment, but quickly returned to normal as he took a big gulp and naturally passed it to Chi Yingxue.
After living together for a month, they had developed many unspoken understandings, sharing a can of orange soda being one of them.
But this time, Chi Yingxue didn’t take it, instead staring at him for two seconds before suddenly pouncing, pinning him down.
Caught off guard, the soda can slipped from Kuang Jinxin’s hand, rolling off the car roof to the ground. The soda spilled out its sweet, fizzy bubbles, wetting the grass.
Chi Yingxue, breathing heavily, kissed him.
Kuang Jinxin closed his eyes, feeling nervous yet moved.
Chi Yingxue’s kisses were no longer tentative but filled with a dominating desire and invasion, as fervent as if wanting to devour the other whole.
Kuang Jinxin couldn’t help but tremble uncontrollably, as if caught in a storm, but he didn’t want to escape, instead reaching out his arms to embrace the source of the tempest.
The kiss ended, but Chi Yingxue wanted more.
He still pressed down on Kuang Jinxin, looking closely at him, wanting him to belong completely to himself, not just physically, but even wanting to lock the other’s soul in a box of his own.
Kuang Jinxin, seeing those suddenly darkened eyes, felt an inexplicable panic.
Chi Yingxue, oblivious, kissed again, this time not as fiercely but gently, licking Kuang Jinxin’s lips, murmuring affectionately, “Xiao Sijin, sweet…”
He kissed from the lips to the ears, then from the ears to the neck, tenderly and intricately.
Kuang Jinxin raised his hand, gently touching his hair. His eyes stared at the moonlight, with a hint of helplessness and loneliness. “I’m not orange soda.”
On the way down the mountain, Kuang Jinxin suddenly asked, “Xiao Xue, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?”
“The future?” At that moment, Chi Yingxue was driving, only half listening to the question, but it was enough, as he felt there was nothing worth pondering. “Just to keep things as they are would be good.”
An expected answer.
Kuang Jinxin fell silent for a moment, then said, “Actually, there are quite a few things I still want to do…”
Chi Yingxue raised an eyebrow, his curiosity finally piqued. He was just about to inquire further when suddenly a silver Ferrari swerved towards them!
He urgently turned the steering wheel, narrowly avoiding a collision, as the Ferrari sped past, triumphantly accelerating again.
On such a narrow mountain road, the Ferrari’s actions were clearly deliberate. Chi Yingxue’s eyes darkened. “Xiao Sijin, fasten your seatbelt.”
Kuang Jinxin opened his mouth but, in the end, said nothing more.
The mountain road became the scene of a high-speed chase. Kuang Jinxin watched the night pass by the window, feeling an unprecedented sense of confusion.
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