Yue Xingwen quickly realized why Jiang Pingce had reserved a hotel room with two beds.
It also seemed like he was ‘rushing’ things a little too much. You know, Jiang Pingce has always been a very meticulous person. When he’s doing math problems, he needs to check every step carefully. So, it’s not like him to just jump into bed with someone as soon as he’s in a relationship, right?
From good buddies to couples, this is the first step in Pingce’s problem-solving ideas. Then it will be holding hands, kissing, and cultivating feelings… And then to the last step of having sex, doesn’t it take time?
In Jiang Pingce’s opinion, you won’t get full marks if you skip the proof step and just give an answer straight away.
After thinking about it, Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but laugh—— Sure enough, there’s a bit of a gap between the minds of Liberal Arts and Science students.
He quickly stashed the stuff in his pocket into the suitcase and acted as if nothing had happened. Then, he changed into shorts and a short-sleeved T-shirt and exited the bathroom. “Hey, Jiang Pingce, you should change too. It’s way too hot to be wearing a sweater.”
Jiang Pingce gave a nod and headed to the bathroom to change out of his sweater. He wore a pair of summer pants and a gray, short-sleeved shirt.
Yue Xingwen had visited Jiang Pingce’s dormitory and noticed that his wardrobe was mostly filled with shirts. While Jiang Pingce looked good in shirts, Yue Xingwen questioned the appropriateness of wearing formal clothing for a beach vacation.
A thought rose in Yue Xingwen’s mind as he surveyed the handsome boy before him.
It was dinner time when they arrived at the beach. The five-star hotel had a private beach, not as crowded and noisy as the business city. In the evening, only a few guests were walking on the beach.
The sand on the private beach was pristine – clean, white, fine, and soft. Yue Xingwen took off his shoes and walked barefoot on the sand, and Jiang Pingce followed suit by taking off his shoes and rolling up his pants to join him for a walk on the beach.
As the sun started to set, the distant seawater shimmered with a golden hue, and the clouds on the horizon formed layers, each one displaying a unique shape. Yue Xingwen paused for a moment, admiring the stunning beauty of the distant sea and sky. He couldn’t help but gently hold Jiang Pingce’s hand and say, “This is such a beautiful place. You must have done a lot of research to find it, haven’t you?”
Jiang Pingce tenderly grasped Yue Xingwen’s hand and inquired, “Do you like it?”
Yue Xingwen smiled, saying, “This is the most beautiful sunset I’ve ever seen.” He paused, then leaned in close to Jiang Pingce and whispered, “But what really matters is who you watch it with.”
A straightforward sentence, like an electric current that struck Jiang Pingce directly in the bottom of his heart—— Yes, the scenery doesn’t matter. As long as it’s with you, I feel comfortable anywhere.
Jiang Pingce embraced Yue Xingwen, smiling as he held him tightly.
The sound of waves crashing against the shore filled their ears. They held each other closely, waiting for the sun to dip slowly below the horizon. As they listened to the rhythm of each other’s heartbeats, it felt as though they were the only two people left in the world. This feeling of completeness and connection was entirely new to them.
It wasn’t until nightfall that Jiang Pingce finally released Yue Xingwen and inquired softly, “Are you hungry?”
Yue Xingwen rubbed his stomach and said, “En. I just ate a little for lunch and it has almost digested.”
Jiang Pingce took his hand, and they went to a beach barbecue at the hotel, where they rented a barbecue stall.
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Jiang Pingce was grilling the meat skewers in an orderly manner while Yue Xingwen patiently waited beside him. The appetizing aroma of the food soon filled the surrounding area, making Yue Xingwen’s mouth water. He then asked Jiang Pingce, “Do you need any help?”
Jiang Pingce said, “I will cook it, and you will be responsible for eating it.”
Yue Xingwen smiled. “Then I won’t be polite and enjoy the care of my boyfriend.”
Jiang Pingce gazed up and met Yue Xingwen’s warm smile and bright eyes. The corners of his lips lifted involuntarily. Xingwen’s easygoing and cheerful personality made him very easy to get along with. Jiang Pingce felt a strong desire to take care of Xingwen and even wished to take care of him for the rest of his life.
Jiang Pingce was carefully grilling meat skewers when he put some on Yue Xingwen’s plate. After that, he started grilling another batch. Yue Xingwen felt embarrassed eating alone, so he ate two skewers and picked up another one. He used his chopsticks to remove the meat from the skewer and offered it to Jiang Pingce’s lips. He said, “You eat too. Only when you are full will you have the strength to work.”
Jiang Pingce arched his eyebrows and asked, “Are you feeding me?”
Yue Xingwen laughed heartlessly and said, “En. Open your mouth.”
Jiang Pingce opened his mouth helplessly, and Yue Xingwen sent the chopsticks with the meat to Jiang Pingce’s mouth, still smiling, and asked, “Is it good?”
Jiang Pingce: “…”
How did Xingwen’s behavior change after his enlightenment, and why was it different from his expectations?
To take the initiative to feed him. Jiang Pingce had never even dreamed of this kind of intimate action.
Jiang Pingce ate the meat, but his surprise left him unable to taste the flavor.
In the following sequence, it turned into a messy arrangement of ‘you come, I go’. Jiang Pingce was responsible for grilling, Yue Xingwen ate half of it himself and then shared the other half with him.
Luckily, there was nobody around. Otherwise, the other guests would have given them strange looks while they fed each other.
The meal lasted for over two hours, the longest since they met. The candles almost died before they returned to their hotel room, wanting more.
Yue Xingwen entered the room and glanced at the two beds. He let out a soft sigh and thought to himself—— Pingce; I don’t mind skipping the process and jumping straight to the end, but as a math student with an obsessive-compulsive disorder, you have to take it step by step. I’ll just have to cooperate with you.
After showering, Yue Xingwen changed into pajamas and returned to the room.
Jiang Pingce asked, “Which bed do you sleep in?”
Yue Xingwen almost blurted out, ‘I want to sleep with you,’ but when he met Jiang Pingce’s serious gaze, he forced a smile and pointed to the left. “I’ll sleep on this one.”
He turned and sat on the bed, crawled under the quilt by the window, and checked his phone.
Jiang Pingce went to the bathroom to take a bath. After a while, he changed into his pajamas and came to Yue Xingwen’s bedside. Seeing that, Yue Xingwen’s hair was wet. He picked up a hair dryer, sat on the edge of Yue Xingwen’s bed, and whispered, “Did you forget to dry your hair again?”
Yue Xingwen replied straightforwardly, saying, “I am waiting for you to blow it up for me.”
Jiang Pingce: “…”
Yue Xingwen looked at him with a smile. “When I was in the Library, the two of us were roommates for more than a month. Every night before going to bed, as long as I didn’t dry my hair, you would take a hair dryer to help me dry it, and repeatedly told me that sleeping with wet hair would cause me to catch a cold.”
As Jiang Pingce remembered their time as roommates in the Library, he gently helped Yue Xingwen blow dry his hair and whispered, “Do you think I’m nagging?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Absolutely not. You don’t bother speaking more than one word to anyone else, but you constantly nag at me.” He paused and locked eyes with Jiang Pingce. “I know you do that because you’re concerned about me.”
With a slight smile, Jiang Pingce reached out and gently pinched Yue Xingwen’s cheek. “It’s good to know.”
While Xingwen was known for being conceited and neglectful of small things, Jiang Pingce was the one who paid excellent attention to details, often reminding Xingwen to dry his hair, tidy his quilt, have breakfast, and so on. Although it came across as somewhat wordy, Xingwen understood that he cared, and that was satisfactory.
In the middle of their conversation, Yue Xingwen’s phone unexpectedly rang. He received a video call from his mother.
In a hurry, Yue Xingwen swiftly picked it up. With a gentle tone, the woman in the video smiled as she spoke. “Xingwen, have you and Pingce made it there?”
Yue Xingwen happily informed his mom, “We’ve already arrived at the hotel and just finished dinner. We plan to have fun at the sea for a day tomorrow.”
Mother Yue asked, “Is the hotel good? Can I see it?”
Yue Xingwen stood up and reversed the camera. He showed his mother around the room and said, “It’s quite nice. The hotel Pingce chose is clean. There’s a private beach downstairs.”
Mother Yue felt relieved. She advised, “Be careful when you go out, and don’t cause trouble for Pingce.”
Yue Xingwen: “…”
Jiang Pingce made a move to approach Yue Xingwen and said, “Auntie, you don’t have to worry. We will take care of each other.”
Mother Yue smiled and said, “You two have fun and relax for the next few days. Make sure to go to bed early at night.”
Jiang Pingce nodded and replied, “Okay, rest early too, Auntie. Good night.”
Shortly after hanging up the phone, Jiang Pingce’s parents also sent a message asking about their accommodation.
Yue Xingwen only realized the importance of Jiang Pingce’s double room with twin beds reservation at this moment!
Otherwise, their parents would certainly inquire about the hotel’s surroundings out of concern, and Yue Xingwen also tended to video call his parents while going out… How would he then justify two big A boys sharing a bed?
Having a confrontation with their parents was not the right move for them, considering they were still juniors in university. Once they complete graduate school, start working, and establish stability, their parents will probably have little objection. It would be risky for them to arouse their parents’ suspicions at this moment.
Yue Xingwen felt relieved and couldn’t help but admire Jiang Pingce’s caution and attentiveness.
At eleven o’clock in the evening, Jiang Pingce said in a low voice, “Time to sleep. Tomorrow, we need to wake up early for the water projects.”
Yue Xingwen obediently fell asleep on the bed next to him. He said, “Okay, good night.”
Jiang Pingce switched off the light, the room plunged into darkness, and Yue Xingwen’s eyes were wide open. He tossed and turned on the bed and hesitated for a moment before asking softly, “Pingce, have you slept yet?”
Jiang Pingce said, “Not yet. What’s wrong?”
Yue Xingwen: “Do you feel this room is quite chilly?”
Jiang Pingce was silent for two seconds, saying, “Maybe the temperature of the air conditioner is too low.” With that, he fumbled his way through the bedside table to find the remote control of the air conditioner and turned the temperature up by two degrees.
Yue Xingwen: “…”
No. Under normal circumstances, if one person says it’s cold between couples, shouldn’t the other say, ‘I’ll sleep with you?’ Jiang Pingce, you are so dense!
Yue Xingwen simply didn’t do anything and flung his hand to knock over the water cup.
Jiang Pingce only heard a loud ‘bang,’ in the dark, followed by Yue Xingwen’s annoyed voice, “Damn. I want to drink the water but accidentally knock it off, and now the sheets are all wet.”
Jiang Pingce immediately turned on the bedside lamp, looked at the water-soaked sheets next to him with concern, and frowned, “How about we call the front desk to get a new one?”
Yue Xingwen: “…”
Before Jiang Pingce continued to talk, Yue Xingwen simply got up and got into Jiang Pingce’s quilt quickly. He whispered, “What’s the point of bothering other people in the middle of the night? This bed isn’t too small. Let’s squeeze in and make do for one night.”
Jiang Pingce was stunned as he looked at the guy, who quickly climbed into his bed and also reached out to hug his waist. Wait, Yue Xingwen… is it on purpose?
How is it completely different from what I expected?
Someone wants to skip to the end.
Xingwen’s mind is full of messy scene 😂
Who’s the dense one now Pingce hmmmm? 😂
ah i just realized i had the exact same thought as you 😭
dense Pingce, your wife really wants to skip the step🤣
Yeah, let’s skip some steps straight forward to the marriage, like Brother Zhou
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he wants a wedding night 😌
You’re welcome 💙💙💙💙
who’s the dense one now? T-T
thanks for the chapter!! <333
It’s Pingce 🤣
You’re welcome <333