CH 43

Chapter 43

The morning breeze ruffled the curtains, and a ray of sunlight poured into the room through the cracks in the curtains.

When Lu Bai opened his eyes, he met the youth’s eyes that looked exceptionally transparent and gentle under the light, and he subconsciously revealed a soft smile to the other.

The crystal vase on the bedside was decorated with a bouquet of roses in full bloom. At that moment, a single delicate petal fell away from the bloom and ultimately fluttered around and settled on the young man’s red and slightly swollen lips.

“Wu, tickles…” Lu Bai mumbled and was about to brush away the petal.

Qu Xueyu looked at the red petal compared to the teenager’s lips with a darker glint in his eyes, “Don’t move.” He held the teenager’s hand, and then moved closer to his face, saying, “I’ll help you get rid of it.” His voice was low and husky.

While he said that, Qu Xueyu only kissed the younger man’s lips through the soft petal. From the edge of the lips to the center, until he finally made it to the young man’s mouth.

“Wu…” Lu Bai’s body subconsciously catered to the other’s movements and even took the initiative by opening his mouth wider to let the other party do as he pleased. The slightly bitter taste and light fragrance of the rose petal, together with the young man’s tongue in his mouth, slowly spread through him. It made Lu Bai feel as if he was in a safe and secure houseboat1A houseboat is as it sounds, a simple building on a slightly larger floating base located in a body of water. It can be as different in size as any land-dwelling, from a small apartment to a 2 or 3-bedroom single-story. They are different from floating houses in that they do not have any connections to city power or utilities and are completely self-contained with solar panels and generators., where the young man was the only support he’d ever need.

After the kiss, Lu Bai stayed wrapped around the neck of the youth and snuggled in the youth’s bosom, panting slightly. His lips were gently parted, showing his white and beautiful teeth, and the edges of his lips were tinged red with a little bit of rose juice. Without realizing it, he is currently making himself a tempting figure to kiss.

Qu Xueyu’s eyes were dark, but he only gently kissed once again on the other’s lips once, sipping off that flower juice.

Lu Bai comfortably squinted, lazily enjoying the warmth. After a heated session, he exclaimed, “Xiao Qu, I’m hungry.”

Qu Xueyu brushed the teenager’s hair out of his face with a smile, and there was a playful tone in his words, “Do you want to eat an orange? Hm, a navel orange?”

Recalling some things, Lu Bai’s cheeks reddened a little, he coughed and muttered, “For now, no.” He then looked into the youth’s eyes-obviously shy, but he still chose to look straight into the other’s eyes: “It still hurts a bit. We can only eat again after it doesn’t hurt.”

Qu Xueyu felt that such a young man was too cute to be true. He wrapped his hand over the young man’s waist and kneaded it, chuckling, and asked, “Rabbit apples?”

Lu Bai’s eyes lit up, “Want to eat.”

Qu Xueyu then resigned himself to getting up and was about to put on clothes and prepare breakfast and rabbit apples when he saw that the other was now sitting up as well.

With his movement, the soft white quilt had slipped down around the young man’s waist. He was still wearing Qu Xueyu’s shirt. However, he had not fastened the buttons and his bare front was left exposed. The chest was covered with hickeys, and some of them appeared a little painful, as can be seen by Qu Xueyu’s roving eyes.

Qu Xueyu’s hand stretched out to cover the back of the teenager’s neck and pulled the teenager into his arms, his other hand then gently touched the teenager’s collarbone, his thumb ambiguously brushing over the traces on it.

Lu Bai felt a little prickle of pain and pleasant tingles, some of his memories from last night came back. His breathing faltered for a moment, and his toes, which were hidden under the quilt, unconsciously curled up, while his body welcomed the young man’s touch and behavior almost instinctively.

“You’re responsible for what you have left here.” Lu Bai said, “And you’re now my boyfriend again. So you absolutely, positively, can’t be too far away from me.”

Qu Xueyu let out a low chuckle as he hugged the young man into his arms, his fingers stroking back a strand of the young man’s soft black hair as he earnestly said, “Okay.”

Lu Bai then revealed a satisfied smile, before immediately pushing the youth away and cheerfully planting a kiss on the other man’s cheek.

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Qu Xueyu was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, Lu Bai was sitting at the kitchen table, occasionally eating a slice of rabbit apple. He was still wearing that white shirt that was a bit big for him. It was buttoned up crookedly, and he was wearing a pair of Qu Xueyu’s black sweatpants, his pale feet were hidden in the overly long pant legs, with his toes peeking out from underneath.

Dingggg-donggg.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Lu Bai was startled, glancing at the youth who was cooking breakfast in the kitchen and apparently didn’t hear the ringing, simply stood up and padded over to the front door on his own, barefoot.

As soon as the door opened, there was a loud voice ringing into his ears.

“Xueyu! Director Zhou’s movie is about to start. Pack up and say goodbye to your young master and we’ll then head for the set…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Bo Yangzhi completely froze.

His eyes widened as he looked at Lu Bai, his mouth in the shape of an “O”, a look of excessive shock that could not be hidden.

There was something in his head that was frantically swiping the screen.

‘Fuck2Cantonese slang for ‘fuck’ is the Japanese ‘日’. It translates to just ‘day’ and took me a bit of internet sleuthing to figure out. Thankfully I stumbled across a helpful Reddit post I will link below. For an American context, Bo Yangzhi is swearing in Mexican in his mind. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/8zjdcq/what_are_the_swear_words_in_chinese/! Xueyu, what did you do to the young master of the Lu family??! Look at all those hickeys on his neck, they’re almost bleeding, and you’re making him wear your shirt… and even after all this, you’re still allowing him to open the door…?’

‘Fuck! If Elder Qu doesn’t try to kill me, then I’ll be quietly silenced by the Lu family.”

‘Being an agent is just… too… difficult! So difficult!’

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Author’s Note: I’m sorry, today’s post is a bit short, I’m just a bit tired because of work. However, this story is now about halfway through, so I should be able to wrap up soon, the author needs the companionship of angels3Author is referring to her readers who comment and support her work as angels, not religious to have the power to write on, oh~!

Shio: So once again, I haven’t found an actual innuendo about Navel Oranges = Horizontal Tango, I now believe this is just an inside joke between our two characters.

Also, I went on a fun journey to find that last swear that BYZ says in his head. I went to all of the usual translation resources and couldn’t find it, but  I knew that he couldn’t be using the word ‘day’ as a swear. Finally, I stumbled on this Reddit post , It is unverified as it’s just a bunch of random people saying what they think is true, but for slang/swears… isn’t that what they are? It is a very interesting post, if you have an interest in foreign swears give it a gander!

Edit: Krone

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