Chapter 35.3
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Gu Yan’an not only looked elegant and gentle, but she had top-notch culinary skills. Although her dishes were very homely, their taste were complex, layered, and very delicious. Her side-dishes were the perfect soulmates for rice.
Chu Yan was a growing up boy, so he ate three bowls of rice to save face1clarification: he was saving face in the manner of “proving that he was still very much loved by everyone because no one is going to scold him for gorging his face with food”! Qiao Zhiya drank a nutritional supplement at noon, and now he was hungry. With Chu Yan pushing an extra bowl of rice at him and Chu Rong forcing a bowl of soup to his side, he ate more than usual. On the contrary, Chu Huai and Chu Rong, who should have a bigger appetite, only ate a bowl of rice each and then stopped eating.
As the chef of this feast, Gu Yan’an was very happy to see everyone was enjoying the crafts. The smile on her face was a little bit brighter, and she took care of the two juniors more thoughtfully.
Qiao Zhiya drank the soup obediently. He first glanced at Chu Rong who was whispering something to Chu Huai, then at Gu Yan’an who was serving food for Chu Yan, and finally at Chu Yan who was eating while boasting about Gu Yan’an delicious delicacies. The liveliness of this dinner was very infectious. He was smiling the whole time.
As he had guessed, the Chu family was indeed a very good family. This was the first time he felt such a strong family atmosphere since coming here.
It’s so good… It feels like mom and dad are eating with him.
Chu Rong, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stopped talking. The Marshal turned his head to look at Qiao Zhiya. He took out a napkin and wiped the oil on the youth’s face, then pinched his ears. Nonchalantly, he continued his previous conversation with Chu Huai.
Qiao Zhiya froze as his face was wiped clean. He side-eyed the White-Haired Monster, his ears honestly moving frantically as it reddens.
Chu Yan, who was stuffing his face with food next to Qiao Zhiya, actually stopped his ungraceful display of glut to wink at Gu Yan’an.
Gu Yan’an patted him with a smile, then turned her gaze to Qiao Zhiya and Chu Rong. The smile on her face deepened, and it was colored with the kind of feeling you’ll feel when facing an older auntie. She picked up her chopsticks to reward Chu Yan with a piece of fatty meat.
After dinner, everyone went for a walk in the courtyard to aid with digestion. Chu Huai walked in the front and talked about the small movements among the various families. Chu Rong accompanied him and talked about the recent movements of the military department. Gu Yan’an followed behind the two as she planned to prepare winter clothes for the whole family and welcome the Lunar New Year. Chu Yan was clamoring beside her to get the New Year’s red envelope in advance. Qiao Zhiya was by Chu Yan’s side, walking behind Chu Rong, watching all this quietly. From time to time, he would input his own opinion, but mostly he just smiled and nodded at proper intervals.
After that, the family gathered together to watch a family movie as they chatted and commented throughout its duration. After it’s finished, they dispersed, preparing to wash and go to bed.
But then, a problem arose. Because of the negligence of the head butler, a housekeeper ended up forgetting to prepare a room for Qiao Zhiya to rest. Since this mansion was just recently renovated, many rooms were left unfurnished, and it was too late to make temporary preparations. In conclusion, there were only three bedrooms left that could be used.
This was a big oversight, but everyone looked at the old head butler with a full head of white hair, and couldn’t say anything to blame him.
“Let Qiao sleep with me!” Chu Yan immediately stood up, slinging his arm around Qiao Zhiya’s shoulders, and patted his own chest, “I am about the same age as Qiao, so we can chat while sleeping together, yeah?”
Qiao Zhiya, who had never been invited for a sleepover, was looking forward to this event. So he didn’t object to Chu Yan’s proposal.
“No.” In the end, Gu Yan’an, who seemed to favor Chu Yan the most, objected first. With a slight frown, she said, “Xiao Yan, have you forgotten that you like to roll around and kick your quilt in the middle of the night? If you two sleep together, Qiao might get kicked out of the bed.”
“Uh…” Chu Yan silently withdrew his hand and scratched his face in embarrassment.
“Then he should sleep with me.” Chu Rong proposed with a frown. He grabbed Qiao Zhiya’s droopy ears and it twitched pleasingly in response to his touch. However, it inexplicably irritated him.
His temper flared, and he didn’t want to take no for an answer. The moment everyone nodded to his proposal, he grabbed Qiao Zhiya, picked the youth up, and went inside one of the three rooms.
“Boom!”
The door was closed as soon as the two entered.
Chu Yan put down his hand that was scratching his face, the head butler raised his bowed head, Gu Yan’an let go of her frowning brows, and Chu Huai smiled more gently.
“Okay, let’s go, let’s go. It’s already quite late now.” The eldest Chu brother took the lead in speaking, and took his wife back to their room.
Chu Yan and the head butler looked at each other, and they also parted away tacitly.
From sleeping with his peers to sleeping with his supervisor, Qiao Zhiya became inexplicably shy. His reddened ears kept trembling, while his eyes glanced at Chu Rong from time to time. The tension in his expression was clear as day.
“Go take a shower first.” Chu Rong put him in front of the bathroom door. He reached out to hold his fluttering ears, and vented out all his hidden irritability as he mumbled, “What with your expression? Do you want to sleep with Xiao Yan that badly? Do you want to be kicked around during the night?”
With his ears covered, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t hear clearly what the White-Haired Monster had said. The blond youth could only vaguely guess from his dark face that he should be angry, but he didn’t understand why.
Does Chu Rong… not want to sleep with him?
As soon as this guess came out, Qiao Zhiya’s ears stopped shaking, and the stars in his eyes also went out. He took a careful look at the older man, and asked aggrievedly, “You don’t want to sleep with me? Then, I’ll take the floor…”
Chu Rong frowned fiercely, and suddenly looked at him with an inscrutable expression. He then let go of his hand and gestured for the bathroom, and said, “My Chu family doesn’t have the tradition of child abuse. Go take a bath, and sleep honestly on the bed after washing.”
“Does this mean that you are willing to sleep with me? ” And even though the White-Haired Monster’s expression was gloomier, the aura on his body seemed to be milder.
Qiao Zhiya’s eyes lit up again. He took the initiative to hug Chu Rong and said, “I’ll finish washing soon. You wait for me.” After speaking, he went into the bathroom happily.
His mind was currently full of the image of sleeping side-by-side with the White-Haired Monster. They’re going to have so many things to talk and chat about! It’s going to be fun!!
The opaque glass door covered the happy figure of the young man. Chu Rong’s frozen face gradually eased, and the irritability in his eyes gradually softened. He said something in a whisper, then turned around and went to the bedside to adjust the lights in the room.
After taking a shower, Qiao Zhiya obediently climbed onto the bed, covering his body with a quilt and watched Chu Rong enter the bathroom. He patiently waited for Chu Rong to finish while chatting with Chu Yan via his communicator.
Fifteen minutes later, the bathroom door made the sound of being opened. He hurriedly turned off the communicator and rolled to the other side of the bed, giving way to the warm place where he was lying, and continued to stare at the door.
As soon as Chu Rong came out, she noticed his small movements of rolling around on the bed, squinted her eyes, stepped forward, lifted the quilt and sat on the bed, stretched out her arms to pull him a little closer, and said, “Sleep honestly, don’t move around. “
The two were using the same kind of toiletries, but Qiao Zhiya just felt that Chu Rong’s body scent was completely different from his own.
He shrunk under the quilt, opened his eyes wide and looked at Chu Rong. The older man’s hair was loose, his eyes were bright, with a cast of languidness that was almost never present in his day-to-day life. This was the first time Qiao Zhiya saw the other party in pajamas. Usually, the White-Haired Monster always gets up earlier than him and goes to bed later at home, and always looks neatly dressed whenever he appears.
“What are you looking at?” Chu Rong actually felt that it was a bit strange that there was someone lying beside him, but he concealed his unaccustomedness very well. With a stern tone, he ordered, “Close your eyes and go to sleep.”
“Click.”
After speaking, he stretched his arms and turned off the light.
The room was dark, but the dwarf’s excellent night vision ability allowed Qiao Zhiya to still see Chu Rong’s appearance clearly at this time. It turned out that the White-Haired Monster looked like this when he was going to sleep. He looked much younger –more like, actually looked his age – and friendlier.
After turning off the lights, Chu Rong also lay down, and then closed his eyes.
One second, two seconds, three seconds… One minute passed, and Qiao Zhiya couldn’t wait any longer, he leaned over and asked doubtfully, “Chu Rong, why aren’t we chatting now?” What about the sleepover’s famous night talk? What about gossip? What about little jokes between boys? Why are all the things that Xiao Yan told him as a “sleepover’s staple” not happening?
Qiao Zhiya leaned over, and Chu Ron froze as he could feel the plant-like fragrance emitting from the youth’s body. He quickly opened his eyes and suppressed the inexplicable excitement he was experiencing. He side-eyed the youth, who was rubbing over and clinging to his body. With a stern frown, he asked, “What are you talking about? Now it’s bedtime.”
“Just, just chat casually.” Qiao Zhiya was dazed, and couldn’t help tugging at him under the quilt, and said, “It’s not ten o’clock yet, and it’s not time to go to bed yet.” Moreover, he also wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with the White-Haired Monster.
Chu Rong’s pajamas were gently pulled, and it made his body become more stiff. Now he not only felt itchy in his heart, but also felt itchy all over his body, which was a very alien feeling to him.
Without getting a response, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t help but tug at his clothes again, and called out a little closer, “Chu Rong?”
A warm breath blew on the Marshal’s shoulders, and the young man’s voice seemed a little soft after being lowered. Like a little hook. Chu Rong sat up suddenly, looked at Qiao Zhiya with a frozen face, and said, “Speak well!”
Qiao Zhiya, who could clearly see his expression, was stunned by the sudden scolding. He sat up and looked at him, a little aggrieved. He retorted, “I was talking well… Chu Rong, why are you suddenly angry? Are you sleepy? Yes, I’m sorry…” He lowered his head as he spoke. His ears were flattened as well.
The room was too quiet and spacious, and there was an echo. When Chu Rong heard his fierce words he just said, his expression froze, his brows frowned, and he became a little annoyed and irritable.
“Sorry, my voice is too loud. That was uncalled for.” He stretched out his arms and gently pressed the boy back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, turned sideways to face the other party. With a more eased expression, he asked patiently and cooperatively, “What do you want to talk about?”
“?” Qiao Zhiya looked at his gentle expression, and his emotions gradually calmed down. He moved forward a little and thoughtfully said, “If you’re sleepy, go to sleep. It’s almost ten o’clock.”
“Ten minutes left” Chu Rong felt his approach and didn’t move to dodge him. Instead, he ruffled Qiao Zhiya’s blond hair. “I’ll chat with you until ten o’clock.”
Qiao Zhiya’s eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly, “Okay, let’s talk until ten o’clock!”
Chu Rong curled his lips and rubbed the youth’s trembling ears.
The two stared at each other in the dark, waiting for the other to start talking.
“…”
“…”
Five minutes passed.
Ancestor Chu became impatient, his face darkened, he stretched out his arms and pulled Qiao Zhiya closer. He covered the youth’s eyes with his hands, and said, “There are still five minutes to ten o’clock, and I am starting to feel sleepy now, go to sleep!”
Unbeknownst to Chu Rong, Qiao Zhiya, who stared at the White-Haired Monster’s face for several minutes, blushed a little. He closed his eyes obediently, and his little heart beat a little faster—
That Chu Rong… just laying there with his hair loose, he looked so, so handsome. The unwinded appearance scratched his heart, as it was a very different attractiveness he was used to seeing. This languid yet casual appearance… Qiao Zhiya wants to rub it.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but secretly reach out and grab Chu Rong’s pajamas.
Chu Rong noticed his movement and felt itchy for a moment. He reached out, patted the quilt on him lightly, and clumsily coaxed Qiao Zhiya to sleep.
Thanks to Qiao Zhiya’ accurate biological clock, he soon became sleepy and confused. He couldn’t help following the desire in his heart, and rubbed himself into Chu Rong’s arms, curled up his limbs, and fell asleep peacefully.
Chu Rong raised his arms to accommodate the youth curling up inside his… embrace. The tufts of blond hair were pressed up against his chest. He hesitated as he grabbed the youth’s pajama collar, but in the end, he let it go. Chu Rong slowly hugged him through the quilt, closed his eyes and let sleep take him.
In his sleep, Qiao Zhiya vaguely sensed a familiar wave of spiritual power. With his subconscious, he probed against the spiritual power with his own magic power. Carefully and happily, he rubbed against it.
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Gu Yan’an not only looked elegant and gentle, but she had top-notch culinary skills. Although her dishes were very homely, their taste were complex, layered, and very delicious. Her side-dishes were the perfect soulmates for rice.
Chu Yan was a growing up boy, so he ate three bowls of rice to save face1clarification: he was saving face in the manner of “proving that he was still very much loved by everyone because no one is going to scold him for gorging his face with food”! Qiao Zhiya drank a nutritional supplement at noon, and now he was hungry. With Chu Yan pushing an extra bowl of rice at him and Chu Rong forcing a bowl of soup to his side, he ate more than usual. On the contrary, Chu Huai and Chu Rong, who should have a bigger appetite, only ate a bowl of rice each and then stopped eating.
As the chef of this feast, Gu Yan’an was very happy to see everyone was enjoying the crafts. The smile on her face was a little bit brighter, and she took care of the two juniors more thoughtfully.
Qiao Zhiya drank the soup obediently. He first glanced at Chu Rong who was whispering something to Chu Huai, then at Gu Yan’an who was serving food for Chu Yan, and finally at Chu Yan who was eating while boasting about Gu Yan’an delicious delicacies. The liveliness of this dinner was very infectious. He was smiling the whole time.
As he had guessed, the Chu family was indeed a very good family. This was the first time he felt such a strong family atmosphere since coming here.
It’s so good… It feels like mom and dad are eating with him.
Chu Rong, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stopped talking. The Marshal turned his head to look at Qiao Zhiya. He took out a napkin and wiped the oil on the youth’s face, then pinched his ears. Nonchalantly, he continued his previous conversation with Chu Huai.
Qiao Zhiya froze as his face was wiped clean. He side-eyed the White-Haired Monster, his ears honestly moving frantically as it reddens.
Chu Yan, who was stuffing his face with food next to Qiao Zhiya, actually stopped his ungraceful display of glut to wink at Gu Yan’an.
Gu Yan’an patted him with a smile, then turned her gaze to Qiao Zhiya and Chu Rong. The smile on her face deepened, and it was colored with the kind of feeling you’ll feel when facing an older auntie. She picked up her chopsticks to reward Chu Yan with a piece of fatty meat.
After dinner, everyone went for a walk in the courtyard to aid with digestion. Chu Huai walked in the front and talked about the small movements among the various families. Chu Rong accompanied him and talked about the recent movements of the military department. Gu Yan’an followed behind the two as she planned to prepare winter clothes for the whole family and welcome the Lunar New Year. Chu Yan was clamoring beside her to get the New Year’s red envelope in advance. Qiao Zhiya was by Chu Yan’s side, walking behind Chu Rong, watching all this quietly. From time to time, he would input his own opinion, but mostly he just smiled and nodded at proper intervals.
After that, the family gathered together to watch a family movie as they chatted and commented throughout its duration. After it’s finished, they dispersed, preparing to wash and go to bed.
But then, a problem arose. Because of the negligence of the head butler, a housekeeper ended up forgetting to prepare a room for Qiao Zhiya to rest. Since this mansion was just recently renovated, many rooms were left unfurnished, and it was too late to make temporary preparations. In conclusion, there were only three bedrooms left that could be used.
This was a big oversight, but everyone looked at the old head butler with a full head of white hair, and couldn’t say anything to blame him.
“Let Qiao sleep with me!” Chu Yan immediately stood up, slinging his arm around Qiao Zhiya’s shoulders, and patted his own chest, “I am about the same age as Qiao, so we can chat while sleeping together, yeah?”
Qiao Zhiya, who had never been invited for a sleepover, was looking forward to this event. So he didn’t object to Chu Yan’s proposal.
“No.” In the end, Gu Yan’an, who seemed to favor Chu Yan the most, objected first. With a slight frown, she said, “Xiao Yan, have you forgotten that you like to roll around and kick your quilt in the middle of the night? If you two sleep together, Qiao might get kicked out of the bed.”
“Uh…” Chu Yan silently withdrew his hand and scratched his face in embarrassment.
“Then he should sleep with me.” Chu Rong proposed with a frown. He grabbed Qiao Zhiya’s droopy ears and it twitched pleasingly in response to his touch. However, it inexplicably irritated him.
His temper flared, and he didn’t want to take no for an answer. The moment everyone nodded to his proposal, he grabbed Qiao Zhiya, picked the youth up, and went inside one of the three rooms.
“Boom!”
The door was closed as soon as the two entered.
Chu Yan put down his hand that was scratching his face, the head butler raised his bowed head, Gu Yan’an let go of her frowning brows, and Chu Huai smiled more gently.
“Okay, let’s go, let’s go. It’s already quite late now.” The eldest Chu brother took the lead in speaking, and took his wife back to their room.
Chu Yan and the head butler looked at each other, and they also parted away tacitly.
From sleeping with his peers to sleeping with his supervisor, Qiao Zhiya became inexplicably shy. His reddened ears kept trembling, while his eyes glanced at Chu Rong from time to time. The tension in his expression was clear as day.
“Go take a shower first.” Chu Rong put him in front of the bathroom door. He reached out to hold his fluttering ears, and vented out all his hidden irritability as he mumbled, “What with your expression? Do you want to sleep with Xiao Yan that badly? Do you want to be kicked around during the night?”
With his ears covered, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t hear clearly what the White-Haired Monster had said. The blond youth could only vaguely guess from his dark face that he should be angry, but he didn’t understand why.
Does Chu Rong… not want to sleep with him?
As soon as this guess came out, Qiao Zhiya’s ears stopped shaking, and the stars in his eyes also went out. He took a careful look at the older man, and asked aggrievedly, “You don’t want to sleep with me? Then, I’ll take the floor…”
Chu Rong frowned fiercely, and suddenly looked at him with an inscrutable expression. He then let go of his hand and gestured for the bathroom, and said, “My Chu family doesn’t have the tradition of child abuse. Go take a bath, and sleep honestly on the bed after washing.”
“Does this mean that you are willing to sleep with me? ” And even though the White-Haired Monster’s expression was gloomier, the aura on his body seemed to be milder.
Qiao Zhiya’s eyes lit up again. He took the initiative to hug Chu Rong and said, “I’ll finish washing soon. You wait for me.” After speaking, he went into the bathroom happily.
His mind was currently full of the image of sleeping side-by-side with the White-Haired Monster. They’re going to have so many things to talk and chat about! It’s going to be fun!!
The opaque glass door covered the happy figure of the young man. Chu Rong’s frozen face gradually eased, and the irritability in his eyes gradually softened. He said something in a whisper, then turned around and went to the bedside to adjust the lights in the room.
After taking a shower, Qiao Zhiya obediently climbed onto the bed, covering his body with a quilt and watched Chu Rong enter the bathroom. He patiently waited for Chu Rong to finish while chatting with Chu Yan via his communicator.
Fifteen minutes later, the bathroom door made the sound of being opened. He hurriedly turned off the communicator and rolled to the other side of the bed, giving way to the warm place where he was lying, and continued to stare at the door.
As soon as Chu Rong came out, she noticed his small movements of rolling around on the bed, squinted her eyes, stepped forward, lifted the quilt and sat on the bed, stretched out her arms to pull him a little closer, and said, “Sleep honestly, don’t move around. “
The two were using the same kind of toiletries, but Qiao Zhiya just felt that Chu Rong’s body scent was completely different from his own.
He shrunk under the quilt, opened his eyes wide and looked at Chu Rong. The older man’s hair was loose, his eyes were bright, with a cast of languidness that was almost never present in his day-to-day life. This was the first time Qiao Zhiya saw the other party in pajamas. Usually, the White-Haired Monster always gets up earlier than him and goes to bed later at home, and always looks neatly dressed whenever he appears.
“What are you looking at?” Chu Rong actually felt that it was a bit strange that there was someone lying beside him, but he concealed his unaccustomedness very well. With a stern tone, he ordered, “Close your eyes and go to sleep.”
“Click.”
After speaking, he stretched his arms and turned off the light.
The room was dark, but the dwarf’s excellent night vision ability allowed Qiao Zhiya to still see Chu Rong’s appearance clearly at this time. It turned out that the White-Haired Monster looked like this when he was going to sleep. He looked much younger –more like, actually looked his age – and friendlier.
After turning off the lights, Chu Rong also lay down, and then closed his eyes.
One second, two seconds, three seconds… One minute passed, and Qiao Zhiya couldn’t wait any longer, he leaned over and asked doubtfully, “Chu Rong, why aren’t we chatting now?” What about the sleepover’s famous night talk? What about gossip? What about little jokes between boys? Why are all the things that Xiao Yan told him as a “sleepover’s staple” not happening?
Qiao Zhiya leaned over, and Chu Ron froze as he could feel the plant-like fragrance emitting from the youth’s body. He quickly opened his eyes and suppressed the inexplicable excitement he was experiencing. He side-eyed the youth, who was rubbing over and clinging to his body. With a stern frown, he asked, “What are you talking about? Now it’s bedtime.”
“Just, just chat casually.” Qiao Zhiya was dazed, and couldn’t help tugging at him under the quilt, and said, “It’s not ten o’clock yet, and it’s not time to go to bed yet.” Moreover, he also wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with the White-Haired Monster.
Chu Rong’s pajamas were gently pulled, and it made his body become more stiff. Now he not only felt itchy in his heart, but also felt itchy all over his body, which was a very alien feeling to him.
Without getting a response, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t help but tug at his clothes again, and called out a little closer, “Chu Rong?”
A warm breath blew on the Marshal’s shoulders, and the young man’s voice seemed a little soft after being lowered. Like a little hook. Chu Rong sat up suddenly, looked at Qiao Zhiya with a frozen face, and said, “Speak well!”
Qiao Zhiya, who could clearly see his expression, was stunned by the sudden scolding. He sat up and looked at him, a little aggrieved. He retorted, “I was talking well… Chu Rong, why are you suddenly angry? Are you sleepy? Yes, I’m sorry…” He lowered his head as he spoke. His ears were flattened as well.
The room was too quiet and spacious, and there was an echo. When Chu Rong heard his fierce words he just said, his expression froze, his brows frowned, and he became a little annoyed and irritable.
“Sorry, my voice is too loud. That was uncalled for.” He stretched out his arms and gently pressed the boy back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, turned sideways to face the other party. With a more eased expression, he asked patiently and cooperatively, “What do you want to talk about?”
“?” Qiao Zhiya looked at his gentle expression, and his emotions gradually calmed down. He moved forward a little and thoughtfully said, “If you’re sleepy, go to sleep. It’s almost ten o’clock.”
“Ten minutes left” Chu Rong felt his approach and didn’t move to dodge him. Instead, he ruffled Qiao Zhiya’s blond hair. “I’ll chat with you until ten o’clock.”
Qiao Zhiya’s eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly, “Okay, let’s talk until ten o’clock!”
Chu Rong curled his lips and rubbed the youth’s trembling ears.
The two stared at each other in the dark, waiting for the other to start talking.
“…”
“…”
Five minutes passed.
Ancestor Chu became impatient, his face darkened, he stretched out his arms and pulled Qiao Zhiya closer. He covered the youth’s eyes with his hands, and said, “There are still five minutes to ten o’clock, and I am starting to feel sleepy now, go to sleep!”
Unbeknownst to Chu Rong, Qiao Zhiya, who stared at the White-Haired Monster’s face for several minutes, blushed a little. He closed his eyes obediently, and his little heart beat a little faster—
That Chu Rong… just laying there with his hair loose, he looked so, so handsome. The unwinded appearance scratched his heart, as it was a very different attractiveness he was used to seeing. This languid yet casual appearance… Qiao Zhiya wants to rub it.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but secretly reach out and grab Chu Rong’s pajamas.
Chu Rong noticed his movement and felt itchy for a moment. He reached out, patted the quilt on him lightly, and clumsily coaxed Qiao Zhiya to sleep.
Thanks to Qiao Zhiya’ accurate biological clock, he soon became sleepy and confused. He couldn’t help following the desire in his heart, and rubbed himself into Chu Rong’s arms, curled up his limbs, and fell asleep peacefully.
Chu Rong raised his arms to accommodate the youth curling up inside his… embrace. The tufts of blond hair were pressed up against his chest. He hesitated as he grabbed the youth’s pajama collar, but in the end, he let it go. Chu Rong slowly hugged him through the quilt, closed his eyes and let sleep take him.
In his sleep, Qiao Zhiya vaguely sensed a familiar wave of spiritual power. With his subconscious, he probed against the spiritual power with his own magic power. Carefully and happily, he rubbed against it.
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Gu Yan'an not only looked elegant and gentle, but she had top-notch culinary skills. Although her dishes were very homely, their taste were complex, layered, and very delicious. Her side-dishes were the perfect soulmates for rice.Chu Yan was a growing up boy, so he ate three bowls of rice to save face1clarification: he was saving face in the manner of proving that he was still very much loved by everyone because no one is going to scold him for gorging his face with food! Qiao Zhiya drank a nutritional supplement at noon, and now he was hungry. With Chu Yan pushing an extra bowl of rice at him and Chu Rong forcing a bowl of soup to his side, he ate more than usual. On the contrary, Chu Huai and Chu Rong, who should have a bigger appetite, only ate a bowl of rice each and then stopped eating.As the chef of this feast, Gu Yan'an was very happy to see everyone was enjoying the crafts. The smile on her face was a little bit brighter, and she took care of the two juniors more thoughtfully.Qiao Zhiya drank the soup obediently. He first glanced at Chu Rong who was whispering something to Chu Huai, then at Gu Yan'an who was serving food for Chu Yan, and finally at Chu Yan who was eating while boasting about Gu Yan'an delicious delicacies. The liveliness of this dinner was very infectious. He was smiling the whole time.As he had guessed, the Chu family was indeed a very good family. This was the first time he felt such a strong family atmosphere since coming here.It's so good It feels like mom and dad are eating with him.Chu Rong, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stopped talking. The Marshal turned his head to look at Qiao Zhiya. He took out a napkin and wiped the oil on the youth's face, then pinched his ears. Nonchalantly, he continued his previous conversation with Chu Huai.Qiao Zhiya froze as his face was wiped clean. He side-eyed the White-Haired Monster, his ears honestly moving frantically as it reddens.Chu Yan, who was stuffing his face with food next to Qiao Zhiya, actually stopped his ungraceful display of glut to wink at Gu Yan'an.Gu Yan'an patted him with a smile, then turned her gaze to Qiao Zhiya and Chu Rong. The smile on her face deepened, and it was colored with the kind of feeling you'll feel when facing an older auntie. She picked up her chopsticks to reward Chu Yan with a piece of fatty meat.After dinner, everyone went for a walk in the courtyard to aid with digestion. Chu Huai walked in the front and talked about the small movements among the various families. Chu Rong accompanied him and talked about the recent movements of the military department. Gu Yan'an followed behind the two as she planned to prepare winter clothes for the whole family and welcome the Lunar New Year. Chu Yan was clamoring beside her to get the New Year's red envelope in advance. Qiao Zhiya was by Chu Yan's side, walking behind Chu Rong, watching all this quietly. From time to time, he would input his own opinion, but mostly he just smiled and nodded at proper intervals.After that, the family gathered together to watch a family movie as they chatted and commented throughout its duration. After it's finished, they dispersed, preparing to wash and go to bed.But then, a problem arose. Because of the negligence of the head butler, a housekeeper ended up forgetting to prepare a room for Qiao Zhiya to rest. Since this mansion was just recently renovated, many rooms were left unfurnished, and it was too late to make temporary preparations. In conclusion, there were only three bedrooms left that could be used.This was a big oversight, but everyone looked at the old head butler with a full head of white hair, and couldn't say anything to blame him.Let Qiao sleep with me! Chu Yan immediately stood up, slinging his arm around Qiao Zhiya's shoulders, and patted his own chest, I am about the same age as Qiao, so we can chat while sleeping together, yeah?Qiao Zhiya, who had never been invited for a sleepover, was looking forward to this event. So he didn't object to Chu Yan's proposal.No. In the end, Gu Yan'an, who seemed to favor Chu Yan the most, objected first. With a slight frown, she said, Xiao Yan, have you forgotten that you like to roll around and kick your quilt in the middle of the night? If you two sleep together, Qiao might get kicked out of the bed.Uh Chu Yan silently withdrew his hand and scratched his face in embarrassment.Then he should sleep with me. Chu Rong proposed with a frown. He grabbed Qiao Zhiya's droopy ears and it twitched pleasingly in response to his touch. However, it inexplicably irritated him.His temper flared, and he didn't want to take no for an answer. The moment everyone nodded to his proposal, he grabbed Qiao Zhiya, picked the youth up, and went inside one of the three rooms.Boom!The door was closed as soon as the two entered.Chu Yan put down his hand that was scratching his face, the head butler raised his bowed head, Gu Yan'an let go of her frowning brows, and Chu Huai smiled more gently.Okay, let's go, let's go. It's already quite late now. The eldest Chu brother took the lead in speaking, and took his wife back to their room.Chu Yan and the head butler looked at each other, and they also parted away tacitly.From sleeping with his peers to sleeping with his supervisor, Qiao Zhiya became inexplicably shy. His reddened ears kept trembling, while his eyes glanced at Chu Rong from time to time. The tension in his expression was clear as day.Go take a shower first. Chu Rong put him in front of the bathroom door. He reached out to hold his fluttering ears, and vented out all his hidden irritability as he mumbled, What with your expression? Do you want to sleep with Xiao Yan that badly? Do you want to be kicked around during the night?With his ears covered, Qiao Zhiya couldn't hear clearly what the White-Haired Monster had said. The blond youth could only vaguely guess from his dark face that he should be angry, but he didn't understand why.Does Chu Rong not want to sleep with him?As soon as this guess came out, Qiao Zhiya's ears stopped shaking, and the stars in his eyes also went out. He took a careful look at the older man, and asked aggrievedly, You don't want to sleep with me? Then, I'll take the floorChu Rong frowned fiercely, and suddenly looked at him with an inscrutable expression. He then let go of his hand and gestured for the bathroom, and said, My Chu family doesn't have the tradition of child abuse. Go take a bath, and sleep honestly on the bed after washing.Does this mean that you are willing to sleep with me? And even though the White-Haired Monster's expression was gloomier, the aura on his body seemed to be milder.Qiao Zhiya's eyes lit up again. He took the initiative to hug Chu Rong and said, I'll finish washing soon. You wait for me. After speaking, he went into the bathroom happily.His mind was currently full of the image of sleeping side-by-side with the White-Haired Monster. They're going to have so many things to talk and chat about! It's going to be fun!!The opaque glass door covered the happy figure of the young man. Chu Rong's frozen face gradually eased, and the irritability in his eyes gradually softened. He said something in a whisper, then turned around and went to the bedside to adjust the lights in the room.After taking a shower, Qiao Zhiya obediently climbed onto the bed, covering his body with a quilt and watched Chu Rong enter the bathroom. He patiently waited for Chu Rong to finish while chatting with Chu Yan via his communicator.Fifteen minutes later, the bathroom door made the sound of being opened. He hurriedly turned off the communicator and rolled to the other side of the bed, giving way to the warm place where he was lying, and continued to stare at the door.As soon as Chu Rong came out, she noticed his small movements of rolling around on the bed, squinted her eyes, stepped forward, lifted the quilt and sat on the bed, stretched out her arms to pull him a little closer, and said, Sleep honestly, don't move around. The two were using the same kind of toiletries, but Qiao Zhiya just felt that Chu Rong's body scent was completely different from his own.He shrunk under the quilt, opened his eyes wide and looked at Chu Rong. The older man's hair was loose, his eyes were bright, with a cast of languidness that was almost never present in his day-to-day life. This was the first time Qiao Zhiya saw the other party in pajamas. Usually, the White-Haired Monster always gets up earlier than him and goes to bed later at home, and always looks neatly dressed whenever he appears.What are you looking at? Chu Rong actually felt that it was a bit strange that there was someone lying beside him, but he concealed his unaccustomedness very well. With a stern tone, he ordered, Close your eyes and go to sleep.Click.After speaking, he stretched his arms and turned off the light.The room was dark, but the dwarf's excellent night vision ability allowed Qiao Zhiya to still see Chu Rong's appearance clearly at this time. It turned out that the White-Haired Monster looked like this when he was going to sleep. He looked much younger more like, actually looked his age and friendlier.After turning off the lights, Chu Rong also lay down, and then closed his eyes.One second, two seconds, three seconds One minute passed, and Qiao Zhiya couldn't wait any longer, he leaned over and asked doubtfully, Chu Rong, why aren't we chatting now? What about the sleepover's famous night talk? What about gossip? What about little jokes between boys? Why are all the things that Xiao Yan told him as a sleepover's staple not happening?Qiao Zhiya leaned over, and Chu Ron froze as he could feel the plant-like fragrance emitting from the youth's body. He quickly opened his eyes and suppressed the inexplicable excitement he was experiencing. He side-eyed the youth, who was rubbing over and clinging to his body. With a stern frown, he asked, What are you talking about? Now it's bedtime.Just, just chat casually. Qiao Zhiya was dazed, and couldn't help tugging at him under the quilt, and said, It's not ten o'clock yet, and it's not time to go to bed yet. Moreover, he also wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with the White-Haired Monster.Chu Rong's pajamas were gently pulled, and it made his body become more stiff. Now he not only felt itchy in his heart, but also felt itchy all over his body, which was a very alien feeling to him.Without getting a response, Qiao Zhiya couldn't help but tug at his clothes again, and called out a little closer, Chu Rong?A warm breath blew on the Marshal's shoulders, and the young man's voice seemed a little soft after being lowered. Like a little hook. Chu Rong sat up suddenly, looked at Qiao Zhiya with a frozen face, and said, Speak well!Qiao Zhiya, who could clearly see his expression, was stunned by the sudden scolding. He sat up and looked at him, a little aggrieved. He retorted, I was talking well Chu Rong, why are you suddenly angry? Are you sleepy? Yes, I'm sorry He lowered his head as he spoke. His ears were flattened as well.The room was too quiet and spacious, and there was an echo. When Chu Rong heard his fierce words he just said, his expression froze, his brows frowned, and he became a little annoyed and irritable.Sorry, my voice is too loud. That was uncalled for. He stretched out his arms and gently pressed the boy back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, turned sideways to face the other party. With a more eased expression, he asked patiently and cooperatively, What do you want to talk about?? Qiao Zhiya looked at his gentle expression, and his emotions gradually calmed down. He moved forward a little and thoughtfully said, If you're sleepy, go to sleep. It's almost ten o'clock.Ten minutes left Chu Rong felt his approach and didn't move to dodge him. Instead, he ruffled Qiao Zhiya's blond hair. I'll chat with you until ten o'clock.Qiao Zhiya's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly, Okay, let's talk until ten o'clock!Chu Rong curled his lips and rubbed the youth's trembling ears.The two stared at each other in the dark, waiting for the other to start talking.Five minutes passed.Ancestor Chu became impatient, his face darkened, he stretched out his arms and pulled Qiao Zhiya closer. He covered the youth's eyes with his hands, and said, There are still five minutes to ten o'clock, and I am starting to feel sleepy now, go to sleep!Unbeknownst to Chu Rong, Qiao Zhiya, who stared at the White-Haired Monster's face for several minutes, blushed a little. He closed his eyes obediently, and his little heart beat a little fasterThat Chu Rong just laying there with his hair loose, he looked so, so handsome. The unwinded appearance scratched his heart, as it was a very different attractiveness he was used to seeing. This languid yet casual appearance Qiao Zhiya wants to rub it.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly reach out and grab Chu Rong's pajamas.Chu Rong noticed his movement and felt itchy for a moment. He reached out, patted the quilt on him lightly, and clumsily coaxed Qiao Zhiya to sleep.Thanks to Qiao Zhiya' accurate biological clock, he soon became sleepy and confused. He couldn't help following the desire in his heart, and rubbed himself into Chu Rong's arms, curled up his limbs, and fell asleep peacefully.Chu Rong raised his arms to accommodate the youth curling up inside his embrace. The tufts of blond hair were pressed up against his chest. He hesitated as he grabbed the youth's pajama collar, but in the end, he let it go. Chu Rong slowly hugged him through the quilt, closed his eyes and let sleep take him.In his sleep, Qiao Zhiya vaguely sensed a familiar wave of spiritual power. With his subconscious, he probed against the spiritual power with his own magic power. Carefully and happily, he rubbed against it.If you can, please support me by donating on my ko-fi~ For every 2 ko-fis, I'll release an additional chapter ^^
