Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: lolimelon
After he came out of the barbecue shop, Yan Qiu sat in the front passenger seat in great satisfaction. He was so full that he was nearly unable to fasten his seatbelt.
Ji Xinglan practically ate nothing, and Yan Qiu felt a little guilty for being the only one full, so he asked Ji Xinglan, “Aren’t you hungry? You didn’t eat anything.”
Ji Xinglan just continued driving and glanced at him through the rearview mirror.
“I’m not hungry.”
“You’re fine with just those few bites?” Yan Qiu asked curiously.
“What’s wrong?” Ji Xinglan naturally went along with the conversation. “Worried that I won’t have the strength to stuff you full?”
“Tsk… It’s not… I, Ji Xinglan, you’re a man, and your appetite is smaller than a woman’s.” Yan Qiu didn’t believe that Ji Xinglan was not hungry.
He could not understand why a young and vigorous alpha would not need to eat.
“Even Lin Wei managed to eat more than ten barbecued wings in one go, yet you only ate one stick of sausage.” Yan Qiu gestured with a finger and stated eloquently.
When he heard this, Ji Xinglan finally gave a clear response.
He sounded displeased. “You ate together with Lin Wei before?”
“…Yeah.”
Even though they only ate together, Ji Xinglan sounded so fierce it was as if something happened. He sounded ridiculously jealous.
Yan Qiu hunched his shoulders timidly.
He ate together with Lin Wei in the past, but never ate together with Ji Xinglan. Two years ago, it was already amazing if they did not fight as soon as they met.
But right now, after bringing up something from the past, he felt a little guilty.
He realized that he should not have mentioned this to Ji Xinglan. The jealous alpha looked like he was made purely of vinegar.
Yan Qiu pretended to not see the resentful look in Ji Xinglan’s eyes as he rubbed his nose guiltily and lowered the window to breathe in fresh air.
At the same time he rolled down the car window, the evening breeze from winter gushed in with a slight chill, and it blew up Yan Qiu’s smooth long hair.
He tidied his windblown hair and remembered how he had chased after the school princess in the past. He felt a little embarrassed about it.
At some point of time, Yan Qiu found that he was different from others.
The difference showed up when his childhood friend, Xie Yu brought out a beloved CD he had kept for years to share with Yan Qiu. According to him, the lady inside was really hot and had a great figure, but when the film played on the TV, Yan Qiu just sat on the couch and ate half a bag of sunflower seeds expressionlessly.
Xie Yu sighed in resignation and said that he had zero libido.
His peers were enjoying their youth. They were either playing basketball or talking about omegas, but Yan Qiu was just not interested in those two.
Youngsters always formed their hobbies according to what was trending. With the mind of setting himself up as an alpha, he started chasing after the school princess as well with everyone else.
Yan Qiu did not do well in his studies and was not rich, but he was handsome, so he managed to get Lin Wei’s attention.
“I just treated her occasionally.” When he saw Ji Xinglan’s expression turn dark, Yan Qiu quickly explained, “Honestly, it’s just once. Ah, I’m sorry, okay? Ji Xinglan, stop looking at me like that!”
“Did you eat every day together with Lin Wei in the past?” When he saw Ji Xinglan frowning and pursing his lips like he was angry, Yan Qiu wanted to cry. He had no way of arguing himself out of this situation.
“No way. I don’t have the money to treat someone to a meal every day. I’m not as rich as you are.”
When he mentioned this, he felt his heart hurt.
After all, he was only the school delinquent in name. In truth, he was just a poor high school student who only had five yuan in his meal card. He had to save up over a long period of time before he could treat his goddess to a meal.
He did not have the money to bring Lin Wei to a high-end restaurant, so Lin Wei gave up on a proper meal and treated Lin Wei to barbecue. It was the only time he treated her.
Lin Wei had always set herself up as a reserved, sweet, and aloof person in front of alphas. But that day, Yan Qiu watched his goddess eat more than ten barbecue sticks and eight chicken wings in one go. She also ate a dozen oysters and looked like she wanted more. Her hands were covered in grease.
As the only one among his friends who managed to invite the goddess out, just when Yan Qiu thought that he could improve his relationship with the goddess, Ji Xinglan popped up out of nowhere.
Lin Wei cast him aside and went after the tall, rich, and handsome alpha.
Based on what Ji Xinglan said later, he never courted Lin Wei. Lin Wei was the one who courted him. But when he saw them walking together, Yan Qiu did not know why he always felt gloomy, and that night, he got himself drunk and went to challenge Ji Xinglan.
And then… well, nothing happened.
Yan Qiu lost that battle, and he also gave Ji Xinglan his first kiss.
But Yan Qiu did not tell Ji Xinglan that from then on, he always had that dream while he tossed and turned in bed. He dreamt of that dark alley, where they hugged, kissed and did intimate things under the dim streetlight.
……
The car moved past a corner and stopped in front of the traffic light.
Yan Qiu stole a quiet glance to the side. He did not know whether Ji Xinglan was still jealous.
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Calling Ji Xinglan honey always worked. It seemed to greatly please Ji Xinglan, and even the corner of his lips curled up.
Ji Xinglan looked down on Yan Qiu’s hand. His fair and beautiful fingers had a tint of pink on them. He flipped his wrist over and held Yan Qiu’s hand, and the scowl immediately disappeared.
“Why is your mouth so sweet today? Let me have a taste.” While the traffic light had not turned green yet, Ji Xinglan suddenly drew closer to the front passenger seat and gave Yan Qiu a light peck, making Yan Qiu’s rose-colored lips shine with spit.
Yan Qiu glared at him in resignation. “Do you want to eat dinner or not?”
“It’s fine. I can eat something else.” He held Ji Xinglan’s smooth hand, and Ji Xinglan looked like he was pleased. He pulled his hand over and gave it a light kiss.
At that moment, the traffic light turned green. Yan Qiu quickly pulled his hand back, as if he was released. He patted Ji Xinglan’s shoulder and told him to drive. “The light’s green. Let’s go.”
The car drove down the familiar road, and after two more streets, they reached home.
When Ji Xinglan drove in the direction of their home and looked like he wanted to go straight home, Yan Qiu asked him, “Are you really not going to eat anything? That one single barbecued sausage you took isn’t even enough for me to fill my stomach. If you don’t like barbecue, there’s an outdoor food stall over there as well, and it’s… kind of clean.”
“No need.” Ji Xinglan did not look at him. “I want to go home and eat something else.”
“What do you want to eat?” Yan Qiu saw that the sky was getting dark. It was near the Spring Festival, and the servants at home took leave. There were not many ingredients in the fridge.
Ji Xinglan gave him the ghost of a smile while he cast him a look. “Don’t pretend to be dumb, babe. Don’t you remember what you promised me yesterday?”
When he remembered how he was pinned against the basin yesterday in the bathroom, Ji Xinglan’s reflection in the mirror, and his faltering pleas for mercy, Yan Qiu felt tense.
He reached out to touch the thin layer of gauze on his nape and pursed his lips. He looked outside and said nothing else, but his ears slowly turned red.
By the looks of it, he underestimated Ji Xinglan. His jealousy was not gone at all.
He was going to suffer tonight.
……
After they returned home, Ji Xinglan went to the kitchen to get himself something to eat while Yan Qiu went upstairs to take a bath.
Once he finished bathing and sat on the bed to dry his hair, Ji Xinglan came in with a bowl of bird’s nest soup.
The bird’s nest was something Mrs. Ji gave them. She asked Yan Qiu to drink one bowl every morning and night. After adding rock candy inside, they were to stew it until it became transparent before adding in some goji berries. When eaten, it tasted as sweet as pudding, and Yan Qiu treated it as dessert.
After he finished the bird’s nest, Yan Qiu pushed the empty bowl to the side and got up to stand beside the window so that he could have the wind blow against him while he enjoyed the night view. He wanted his hair to get air dried sooner.
“Babe, come and try this.” Ji Xinglan stood in front of the full-length mirror in the bedroom at some point of time, and he was gesturing at something.
Yan Qiu had just finished bathing and changed to the cashmere bunny pajamas. He smelled like the milk-scented bathing soap, and he had pink slippers on his feet, making him look like a sweet and delicate omega that would have sweet juices spill out of him the moment someone squeezed him.
But Yan Qiu did not have the consciousness of a sweet omega. He put his elbow on the window frame in an unruly manner and leaned against the window with his butt up in a crass manner while he swayed his head about. The short pajamas were practically unable to cover his body, and the round bunny tail swayed along with him.
When Ji Xinglan called out to him, Yan Qiu looked over, and he noticed that he had a black tie in his hands. It looked good.
Alphas and betas had ties as part of their uniforms, but omegas did not.
When he saw that Ji Xinglan wanted to gift him a tie, Yan Qiu’s eyes instantly sparkled.
A mature tie was especially suited for a mighty alpha like him. When he wore his uniform and tied the tie, he would be a refined rascal who would charm all the omegas.
When Yan Qiu went over with his bunny tail swaying about, Ji Xinglan brought his hand up and put the tie around his neck, allowing no argument. He even tied a pretty knot with it.
Yan Qiu instinctively touched it and felt that the cloth was a little coarse. Then, he noticed that the tie was not made of silk, but black lace.
His face immediately turned red.
…Lace?
Did Ji Xinglan “reward” him with a lace necktie?
He knew that Ji Xinglan definitely had wicked ideas in his head when he gave him stuff out of the blue.
To think that he would actually think of something like this?! A tie made of black lace was not cool at all!
With complicated feelings, Yan Qiu tugged at the tie. The knot was tight, and he could not pull it off.
“Hurry up and remove it!”
Just when he was busy wrestling with the tie and could not free his hands, Ji Xinglan took advantage of the situation and unbuttoned his pyjamas.
“Hey, what are you doing?!” Yan Qiu quickly went and covered his pajama lapels.
“Didn’t you ask me to help you remove it?” Ji Xinglan pretended to size him up and gave him a comment with a teasing expression, “Coincidentally, I find that the tie is too short around the neck. Why don’t we tie it somewhere else?”
Yan Qiu’s face was flushed red. He could already understand where Ji Xinglan wanted the tie.
But he could do nothing about it. He could not stop Ji Xinglan from carrying out those strange R-18 thoughts.
He was easily lifted and tossed on the soft but bouncy bed. Yan Qiu bounded on it a little. Then, the weight of an adult alpha immediately pressed down on him, and he sank into the soft mattress.
Ji Xinglan pressed down on him. He had one hand against the headboard, and the distance between them widened a little. With a light flick, the necktie around Yan Qiu’s neck was loosened, and his clothes were tossed to the side.
Very soon, Yan Qiu only had one tie left on him.
Yan Qiu laid on his back on the white bedsheet. The coarse black lace brought out his smooth and fair skin. Wherever Ji Xinglan looked, the tie was the only one that produced a shocking shade of black. When Ji Xinglan touched it, Yan Qiu tilted his head back and started trembling a little.
Ji Xinglan leaned down and kissed his temple. Then, he brought his face in front of Yan Qiu and observed his red eyes, as if he was admiring a rare piece of art.
There was a smile on his lips. As he caressed Yan Qiu’s neck, he coaxed him gently, “I told you, if you tie it this way, you look really good.”
……
Yan Qiu was “rewarded” greatly. When he woke up in Ji Xinglan’s arms the next day, the lace necktie was still bound on him.
In his frustration, he yanked the tie off of him and revoked his comment about it looking good.
Who invented such a strange thing? He was going to leave a bad review once he found the seller!
It was snowing outside, but the heat was cranked up sufficiently in the room. The sheets were a little wrinkled because of them, and the blanket had almost slid under the bed.
Yan Qiu quickly pulled the blanket up and used it to cover him.
His eyes and lips were a little swollen, and his throat was a little sore. His neck and inner thighs were covered in faint red marks.
Yan Qiu leaned in Ji Xinglan’s arms and shut his eyes. When his mind was completely clear, he winced and moved Ji Xinglan’s arm away from him before he got up.
When he looked at the mirror to brush his teeth, he saw the hickeys between his collarbones, and Yan Qiu suddenly remembered that he did not need to go to school today.
The end-of-term exams were over, and it was now winter holidays.
He was not quite used to the holidays. Since they were not in a hurry, Yan Qiu slowed down in washing up himself.
After he finished breakfast, Yan Qiu wanted to go to the study to study, but Ji Xinglan stopped him.
Due to Ji Xinglan’s coercion, Yan Qiu was forced to give himself a holiday.
“Coincidentally, it has been a long while since I played with Lan Lan.” Yan Qiu picked up the kitten and put it on his knees. He scratched its tummy and looked through a recipe book.
Lan Lan laid on Yan Qiu’s knees and accepted his loving pets while it stared at Ji Xinglan arrogantly. It looked so annoying that it was like a concubine who currently had the emperor’s favor, and it was looking at a resentful concubine who lost the emperor’s favor.
“All you think about is that Lan Lan.” Meanwhile, Ji Xinglan could not resist going up against the bad kitten. “The stupid cat even sheds. It’s not as good as me.”
“Yes, yes. You’re the best.”
Once he received Yan Qiu’s acknowledgement, the childish Ji Xinglan glared at the kitten with the same gaze.
Yan Qiu intended to stand up, so he put down the kitten. Then, his expression froze.
Ji Xinglan was right. Lan Lan was really shedding. A few fine hairs were left behind on his legs.
Now, Ji Xinglan found proof of the kitten’s crimes. He grabbed the kitten by the neck and tossed it outside the study.
“Shedding kittens can’t get close to pregnant omegas. What will happen if you have an allergic reaction?” Ji Xinglan sounded very convincing, and he could not retort. The kitten had its nape seized by Ji Xinglan and looked at Yan Qiu innocently.
Yan Qiu said nothing and swept away the fur on his pants. He then picked up the book he had been reading before he stood up.
Yan Qiu arrived in front of Ji Xinglan and looked down on him. He reached out and grabbed his chin. Then, he spoke like a hooligan bullying a girl, “Come, play with me.”
He found a recipe book from Ji Xinglan’s bookshelf. The desserts inside looked pretty decent.
Yan Qiu liked eating sweet stuff, but ever since he was pregnant, he never stepped into a dessert shop. Now, when he saw the recipes, he felt excited. In any case, they had eggs, starch, and an oven in the house. He wanted to eat a cake.
“I’ll make dessert for you.” Yan Qiu put the apron on himself like a cat who ate the canary.
Ji Xinglan smiled in resignation when he was dragged into the kitchen to serve as a helper. “Am I the one eating it, or are you the one eating it?”
Yan Qiu knew that he did not eat sweet stuff.
“Of course it’s for you.” Yan Qiu whipped the egg whites and said something pleasant-sounding. “But if you don’t want to eat, I’ll just have to eat it.”
Ji Xinglan smiled and did not argue with the childish person.
He usually cooked, but he never tried making dessert before.
Both of them examined the recipe together in the kitchen, then tried making the cake based on the steps. They managed to make a huge bowl of frosting.
“Wow…” Yan Qiu tasted some of it, and his eyes sparkled.
The frosting he made was sweet but not greasy. It tasted fragrant.
He scooped up some frosting with his finger and brought it to Ji Xinglan’s lips. “Here, taste it.”
Ji Xinglan took a look before he lowered his head slowly and wrapped his lips around Yan Qiu’s finger. He sucked it a little and licked it. Yan Qiu sensed his soft tongue and the suction force on his fingertip, and he immediately trembled. The sensation instantly rushed to his head, and he felt a little numb.
When he wanted to draw his hand back, Ji Xinglan decided to be mischievous. He nibbled at Yan Qiu’s finger and stared at him with his profound eyes.
“Stop fooling around.” Yan Qiu patted him and drew his hand back.
When Yan Qiu continued working on the cake in his apron, Ji Xinglan hugged him like a koala and kept causing trouble behind him while kissing his neck.
Yan Qiu’s cooking skills were already close to zero to begin with, and when Ji Xinglan started bothering him, the cake that came out of the oven was ugly, scrunched up, and smelled a little burnt.
Yan Qiu blamed this failure on Ji Xinglan.
But when they tried it again, Yan Qiu still failed. He did, however, successfully waste all the ingredients.
“You don’t have to go through so much trouble if you want to eat a cake. I can order one for you.” Ji Xinglan stared at the two failures on the table and suggested.
“No need.” Yan Qiu only wanted to try making a cake out of a whim. He took the bowl with the frosting over and asked, “Should we spread it on some bread instead? The frosting tastes great, so we shouldn’t waste it.”
“Can’t we just eat it as is?” Ji Xinglan looked through the fridge but found no bread.
“No. If you eat it just as it is, it’ll be too greasy.”
Ji Xinglan shut the fridge and thought of something. He said, “Then we’ll eat it in a manner that won’t make us feel sick.”
Just when Yan Qiu was thinking about how to eat it without making himself feel sick, Ji Xinglan had already picked him up and placed him on the kitchen counter.
Ji Xinglan had a slightly teasing smirk on his face. He scooped up a bit of frosting and seductively smeared it on Yan Qiu’s face.
“Bastard… I thought you said you don’t eat sweet stuff…” Yan Qiu’s quivering voice came from the kitchen.
……
While Yan Qiu went downstairs to play with the snow, Ji Xinglan still quietly ordered a cake with a frosting rabbit on top for him.
By the time the cake was delivered, it had stopped snowing. A thick layer of white piled up on the ground and trees.
Ji Xinglan stood up and looked outside the window. He saw Yan Qiu in a white cashmere sweater, a scarf, and a beanie as he was playing with the kitten in the backyard.
He put the cake on the table and watched the human and cat play for a while before he put on his coat and walked out.
When he reached the backyard, there were only a few scattered footprints on the ground and a small kitten. Yan Qiu was nowhere in sight.
Ji Xinglan frowned in puzzlement and knelt down on one knee to pick the kitten up, but Lan Lan was averse to his presence and immediately darted a few meters back before staring at him warily.
‘You ungrateful prat!’
When he wanted to push himself up, something suddenly pressed down on him, and it was accompanied by arrogant laughter. Yan Qiu had jumped out from somewhere at some point to push him down on the floor, and both of them ended up in the soft snow.
Yan Qiu pinched his human cushion and grinned at him.
The snow had such a pure white hue to it that it had no blemish to its color. While they laid in it, Yan Qiu stared into Ji Xinglan’s deep-set eyes, and he drew closer slowly. The snowflakes that filled the air witnessed their lingering kiss.
……
“Achoo—!”
This was the third sneeze from Yan Qiu today.
When Ji Xinglan heard it, he immediately turned his head around to look at him.
“Didn’t you say that you’re not sick?” He seemed to have something to say about Yan Qiu’s stubbornness just now.
Yan Qiu rubbed his nose and felt too embarrassed to defend himself. He had been playing too long in the snow, and it seemed like he was really sick now.
Ji Xinglan sighed, but did not complain. He just went to the kitchen to make him some ginger tea.
When he saw Yan Qiu drinking most of the ginger tea, Ji Xinglan was satisfied.
He brought out the cake box and put it on the table for Yan Qiu.
“I’m eating it alone?” Yan Qiu stared at the ten-inch cake and felt a little dumbfounded.
Since young, he was used to the fact that he could only eat cake during birthdays. Now, all of a sudden, Ji Xinglan got a huge cake for him just because he said that he wanted to eat one. It made him hungry but also touched.
Ji Xinglan smiled and reached out to twirl a lock of Yan Qiu’s hair before bringing to his lips to kiss it. “Who said that you can only eat cake when it’s your birthday. You can eat it when you want to eat it.”
“You can eat it when you want to eat it.” To him, those were the most touching words of affection in the world.
Yan Qiu became so excited that he hugged Ji Xinglan’s neck and kissed him, only to remember that he was sick, and he quickly drew back.
Ji Xinglan was puzzled when he saw Yan Qiu moving away after kissing him. “What’s wrong?”
“I’m sick.” Yan Qiu’s voice had a nasally quality to it. “I can’t kiss you. It’s very infectious.”
“It’s not that infectious.” As he spoke, he pecked Yan Qiu’s moist lips. “It’s fine. I’m healthy.”
Yan Qiu stared at him in resignation. This guy would really risk getting sick due to lust.
Just for the sake of kissing him, he would rather make an excuse and face the risk of getting infected.
Yan Qiu was indeed unable to eat so much cake alone, so he put it in the fridge. When he returned to the couch, he heard Ji Xinglan sneezing.
“Achoo—!”
Yan Qiu just gave him the side-eye.
Author: Ji Xinglan did what you’re not supposed to do when you’re trying to not get sick. Don’t learn from him, everyone! (Smack blackboard)
Mogumoguchan: Stop fooling around in the kitchen!!!!! Also, don’t you think that “you can eat it when you want to eat it.” sounds very “Let them eat cake.” *Ahem*
lolimelon: marie antoinette is that you–
Very nice interaction as they have become. Thanks for the chapter.
It’s been a long time ago I’m read this
Yan Qiu got pretty comfortable with the bunny pajamas. Maybe it’s from positive reinforcement?
Hahaha i agree yq! I agree, but i really worry about the twins with all the kinky stuff they were doing hahaha
Thank you for the update!
Thanks for the chapter!
Snow bunny! Thanks for the chapter! 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Sooooo cute but I wouldn’t choose to go close to anyone with an infectious illness…I would at least wear a mask or so.