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Cen Nan returned after brushing his teeth and the tent had returned to silence while Liang Muqiu was curled up in the quilt, motionless.
He didn’t say anything to stimulate Liang Muqiu. He laid on the other half of the bed and gently hugged Liang Muqiu, whispering, “Go to sleep.”
Liang Muqiu grinded his teeth in the quilt with anger. This guy had just riled him up and now he was telling him to go to sleep.
The scenery in the mountains was boundless and it was turned into a boundless “spring” by Cen Nan.
He tossed and turned with his brain in a jumble. He felt more stimulated than before. After a long time, he finally poked Cen Nan with his elbow and said, “That, you know…”
“Mn?” A questioning hum appeared.
Liang Muqiu hesitated for a moment, his voice as low as a mosquito humming, “I usually don’t come that fast.”
Cen Nan was stunned for a moment and then couldn’t help laughing, his chest shaking. Even if he deliberately hid under the quilt, his shaking shoulders were especially obvious.
Liang Muqiu became even more depressed and kicked him under the quilt viciously, “Laugh again and I’ll throw you out!”
The night hence passed.
Although he didn’t sleep well at night, Liang Muqiu tenaciously got up to watch the sunrise.
He sat at a simple table in front of the tent, drinking coffee and breakfast provided by the camp. His hair was sticking up messily in all directions and he was wrapped in a small thin blanket. At first glance, he looked like a chick that had just hatched from an eggshell.
Cen Nan went to get the fruit, sat down at the table, and took a sip of coffee.
As soon as Liang Muqiu saw him, his face turned red involuntarily.
His memory wasn’t so bad that he would forget what had happened in the middle of the night the next morning. He didn’t want to look at Cen Nan, but his gaze couldn’t help sticking to his lips sipping on the edge of the coffee cup. The color was light, but the outline of his lips was exquisite.
A bunch of unspeakable things that couldn’t be broadcasted out loud ran through his mind.
Cen Nan clearly knew what Liang Muqiu was thinking but he intentionally smiled at him, “What’s the matter? Is there something on my face?”
Liang Muqiu turned his head around again.
The cool morning wind blew across his cheeks as he bit into his toast, calming his feverish brain. The camp was now full of people who got up early to watch the sunrise as they walked around laughing and chatting.
Of course, he knew that what happened last night was because both of them were willing, or even Cen Nan’s desire. However, for some reason, he couldn’t bring himself to look at Cen Nan. Just the sight of Cen Nan’s smirk was enough to make his ears burn.
He thought gloomily, abstinence for seven years is really not sufficient enough, even a little trick like this would trip him up.
However, no matter what he thought, his eyes firmly avoided Cen Nan’s.
Cen Nan chuckled. He stirred the coffee and whispered, “Why are you so shy? I didn’t ask you to take responsibility or repay your debts.”
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He smiled gently, “If you want more, I’m ready any time.”
Liang Muqiu almost spilled the coffee on himself. He pulled his hand out of Cen Nan’s and buried his face in the cup to drink the coffee.
After a few seconds, he whispered, “Shameless.”
Cen Nan said happily, “You’re right.”
As they were talking, the sun was already rising.
The spring sun was shining radiantly, but it had a different mellow over the mountains and forests. It illuminated the sleeping pine forest and the lake like a sparkling waking dream in the morning.
The camp was quiet for a few minutes as everyone gazed at the sunrise in front of them. Those with cameras were taking pictures and the air was filled with the aroma of toast, coffee and fried eggs, adding a touch of realism to the grand scene.
Bathed in the sun’s glorious rays, Liang Muqiu ate the last mouthful of fried egg. After eating it, he felt that it wasn’t enough. He pushed the empty plate to Cen Nan. “I want more.”
After breakfast, the camp began to disperse again as they went to do other activities.
Yesterday, he couldn’t go boating on the lake, but today Liang Muqiu was determined. The view in the morning was good. There was a light breeze on board the boat and although it was a little cold, it was still very beautiful.
Cen Nan put a hat on him, afraid that he would freeze.
Liang Muqiu touched the knitted hat and was dissatisfied. “It’s damaging my handsome appearance.”
In front of the boatman, Cen Nan rowed earnestly and coaxed, “No, you look good in everything.”
Liang Muqiu listened to the pleasing words but felt that there was not a word of truth from his mouth.
After lunch, Liang Muqiu went to play poker with Cen Nan and the people they knew in the camp. While playing, he continued the horror story from last night.
Others thought he would be distracted from the story telling and would lose a lot but they didn’t know that he and Cen Nan were gambling gods back in university. No one in the dormitory dared to play at the same table as them. As he narrated how the killer forced the protagonist into the house, he brought out the cards in his hand.
In an ostentatious manner, he threw down his cards and let out a smirk terrifying smile. “Oh, it seems I’m lucky.”
Just like that, the hands of the others started to itch.
Playing like this until the afternoon, Liang Muqiu and Cen Nan were ready to call it a day.
These two days of camping weren’t very long or special, there are many camps like this in the suburbs of Bincheng.
However, Liang Muqiu took a lot of photos, including the forest scenery as well as photos of him and Cen Nan. Since they came out to play, he was not so pretentious as to be reluctant to take pictures with Cen Nan.
He picked two landscape photos and posted them in his Moments. After a while, people started to like them one after another. Among them, there was Qin Jiuya, who he had met once, praising him for his good shooting angle.
He met this person at Song Wei’s company’s party and after that, they talked a few times, but it was mostly about movies. He could barely be considered an acquaintance.
He hadn’t figured out whether to reply or not when Song Wei’s like notification emerged again.
Naturally, childhood friends weren’t so roundabout in the conversation. After Song Wei liked his pictures, he privately messaged him, “When did you go camping? Why didn’t you invite me?”
Liang Muqiu explained confidently, “Didn’t you say from our trip last time that you wouldn’t go up the mountain even if you were killed? The soles of your feet were almost worn out, there were too many mosquitoes and insects in the mountains. You even said a little cabbage like you couldn’t stand the damage.”
Song Wei had nothing to say to refute him. They were indeed his own words.
But he was keenly aware of something from the landscape photos devoid of people. If he went with his friends and colleagues, Liang Muqiu always liked to take big group photos.
He asked in a gossipy manner, “Then who did you go with? Which little seductress can replace me?”
Liang Muqiu glanced at the 1.8 metres “little seductress” next to him who had practised Sanda since a child and could take on ten Song Weis at once.
If he told the truth, Song Wei would definitely barge into his house today and he still hadn’t figured out how to explain the situation to Song Wei, so he could only vaguely reply, “With a new friend. You don’t know him.”
Song Wei sent a meaningful expression.
He said empathetically, “The child has grown up and has their own secrets now, he doesn’t want to tell his dad anymore.”
“Get lost.”
Song Wei wasn’t annoyed and replied, “If you have someone , be bold and don’t be shy. I, your dad, is finally relieved. After so many years, this cabbage finally knows how to look for a pig.”
Liang Muqiu stared at these words, feeling a little guilty.
He thought in his heart that he couldn’t keep it a secret from Song Wei forever. It was already a fact that he and Cen Nan were loosely connected and getting involved with one another.
Especially after he was served by Cen Nan yesterday, ordinary people like him, once intimate and entangled with someone, their hearts will always soften for them.
That was why he was very amiable to Cen Nan today.
Liang Muqiu put his fist on his lips and coughed. He turned to look at the lake and mountains outside the window. His teacher was right. When spring is here, one would want to act recklessly.
When they returned, they went to the vet clinic to pick up Edamame.
Cen Nan had something to do at the law firm and directly drove back to the company.
Liang Muqiu rested for a while at home and played ball with Edamame for a while before going out to meet the two co-writers on his project, his junior brother and sister.
Although they did video calls to report their progress and distribute the work, he still had to meet the two people from time to time to keep an eye on things and brainstorm for new ideas.
But as soon as he sat down, his junior sister, Huang Yaqiong, looked at him with a smile. “Brother Liang, people look haggard after writing scripts but why are you glowing even more? It seems that you’re even a little fatter than last time.”
Liang Muqiu pinched his face, “No, I don’t think I’ve gotten fat ah.”
Huang Yaqiong propped her chin, “I don’t mean fat, but I think you look very nourished and in a good mood. You look like you’re glowing.”
He didn’t respond. Cen Nan would feed him often even without him asking. How could he not be well-nourished?
After chatting for a while, the three people turned on their laptop and began to work. When it was time for dinner, Liang Muqiu received a message from Cen Nan saying that he had to work overtime today.
Liang Muqiu’s lips twitched. Why bother saying? They neither lived nor ate together.
But he still returned three words, “I got it.”
Since Cen Nan was working overtime, Liang Muqiu naturally wanted to invite his junior brother and sister to dinner. The two of them weren’t polite with him and excitedly opened up the app to search for a place before finally deciding on a newly opened shopping mall.
After dinner, the three of them separated on the first floor of the mall. Liang Muqiu didn’t have anything else to do and was idle, so he simply walked around the mall. His mother’s birthday was coming up and he was thinking of buying a bracelet for his mother.
When he entered the jewellery store, the clerk was very enthusiastic and took out the bracelets from the locked cabinet for him to choose.
Although Liang Muqiu was a gay with a good sense of aesthetics, he still couldn’t tell the difference in the pile of golden bracelets. They all looked the same to him. He only heard the clerk actively introduce that this was a Ruyi Lotus and the other was a Hundred birds facing a Phoenix.
He listened absentmindedly as he casually glanced around and his eyes fell on a pair of wedding rings in the next cabinet.
It was a pair of rose gold wedding rings. The man’s ring was larger, with a simple and neat design and a yellow diamond embedded in the middle.
He couldn’t help becoming a little distracted.
The clerk noticed his gaze and asked with a smile, “Do you want to see the wedding ring, sir? That’s the new design we launched this year and it’s very popular. You can try it on if you like it.”
Liang Muqiu hurriedly shook his head and refused, “No need.”
He looked at the gold bracelets in front of him again and picked the one that was the most pleasing to the eye, “Please wrap this bracelet for me, it’s a gift for someone.”
He carried the shopping bag into the house and put the bracelet he bought into the cabinet in the study. The storage cabinet had always been used by him to store jewellery. There were cuff links, brooches and other accessories meant for dinner parties. On the bottom layer of the storage cabinet, there was a small box. It was a dark blue velvet case which would be overlooked if you didn’t look carefully.
Liang Muqiu hardly opened the bottom layer of the storage cabinet, but today he hesitated and opened it.
He took out the box and opened it gently. Inside, there were a pair of specially customised two men’s engagement rings. They were also rose gold, with simple cuts and a yellow diamond embedded in the middle, gleaming under the lamp.
These were the rings he bought to propose to Cen Nan.
Three months after Cen Nan went abroad.
But unfortunately, it was never given..
Liang Muqiu stared at the rings for a while. In fact, if he hadn’t happened to see a similar style in the store today, he wouldn’t have remembered these rings for a long time.
At one point, he wanted to throw the rings away, but he couldn’t bear to.
He always felt that these rings were like a hurdle he couldn’t overcome. His sincere heart was trampled on the ground by someone and the bright moon fell into the ditch, covered in mud.
But holding the pair of rings in his palm again, the pain he once felt seemed to be covered with a layer of mist. He hadn’t let go, but the pain didn’t tear him up as much as it had back then.
Qiuqiu: I’m normally really unhappy!
This chapter is just to make up for last week!
thank u sm for the chapter!! stay strong during finals and/or have fun in ur home country!!! <33
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