Shout-out to Elaine
Compared to other jewellery, rings have a different meaning – not to mention wedding rings.
Huo Zhixing said that Tong Qiu looked good when he wore it.
Tong Qiu said that he won’t take it off.
They looked at each other and smiled. Their thoughts mirroring the ones in their hearts.
Tong Qiu understood that his ex-husband need not chase after him. No matter how much they misunderstood each other in the past, he was at least aware that Huo Zhixing was not the type to engage in meaningless flings, especially with his ex-husband who he has an unusual relationship with.
Since Huo Zhixing went after him, he must be sincere.
He’d even wager confidently that if he proposed they remarry, when they returned to the city the divorce certificate would be reversed.
What a mess really, even creating trouble for the country.
Tong Qiu and Huo Zhixing held each other and laid on the bed, waited for the people outside to disperse, and got into the bathroom to take a shower.
None of them were sleepy, just chatting softly.
Tong Qiu was curious about Huo Zhixing’s life in the criminal police unit before. Huo Zhixing no longer skirted around it and told him with no reservations.
“But if we had known each other then, you might have not married me.”
Tong Qiu laid in his arms. Hearing what he said, he looked up and asked, “Why?”
“Because we didn’t have any special circumstances then, and we didn’t wear police uniforms.” Huo Zhixing raised an eyebrow and grinned, teasing, “Weren’t you fond of that uniform?”
Tong Qiu, who was seen through, became embarrassed and pinched Huo Zhixing’s chest, “Who said that?”
“That’s how it seemed to me.”
“Not at all,” When the exam was over, Tong-laoshi returned to being reserved. “It’s rather baffling. When I promised to marry you before, maybe it was due to guilt.”
Huo Zhixing laughed in his ear: “What about now?”
He turned over and pressed the man down, “What’s the reason now?”
Tong Qiu blinked and looked at him, eyes curved in a smile.
He encircled Huo Zhixing’s neck with his arms and tipped his chin slightly, rubbing his lips with the other’s: “What do you think?”
Huo Zhixing played along, “Probably because of my excellent academic performance.”
Two people who stayed up until the middle of the night for the make-up exam and did not sleep until very late naturally missed breakfast the next day.
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Compared to Tong Qiu, Huo Zhixing got up early.
When Tong Qiu opened his eyes, it was already noon. He touched his side and found Huo Zhixing missing.
Tong Qiu grabbed his mobile phone and looked at his class’ group chat and the teacher’s group chat. After confirming that that nothing had happened, he felt relieved and stretched, lazing around in bed for a long time before he yawned and got ready to wash up.
When Tong Qiu came out after washing, he saw that Huo Zhixing was watering flowers with Granpa Tong on the balcony. He popped his arms and shoulders while walking towards the balcony.
He leaned over and heard his grandpa introducing his pots of blooming flowers with obvious pride in his voice, as if he was boasting about his most beautiful little grandson.
“Oh, the little ancestor is finally willing to get up.” Granpa Tong looked at Tong Qiu and curled his lips in disgust.
Tong Qiu smiled happily and clinged to his grandfather, acting like a baby: “Good morning, Laozhu.”
“What morning, what time do you think it is now?”
Tong Qiu did not answer, just laughed, then turned to Huo Zhixing and asked, “When did you wake up? Why didn’t you call me?”
“Huo Zhixing has been up for a long time, waiting for you to eat together.” Grandpa Tong gave Tong Qiu to Huo Zhixing. “You two hurry up and eat. I have to go downstairs and watch our neighbours play chess.”
Leaning on Huo Zhixing, Tong Qiu smiled lazily at his grandfather: “Why do you still watch people play chess? Don’t you play too?”
“No!” Granpa Tong waved his hand, “No matter how intelligent one is, they will inevitably have blind areas of knowledge. I’ll just look at them play.”
When the old man left, Huo Zhixing put his arms around Tong Qiu’s shoulders and escorted him towards the dining room.
“Where are my parents?” Tong Qiu asked.
“I left early this morning to go to my aunt’s house. I didn’t see anyone.” Huo Zhixng heated the meal for Tong Qiu. “What are we going to do in the afternoon?”
Tong Qiu just woke up and didn’t think about it much. As for Huo Zhixing’s question, he thought about it and smiled, “Let’s go to the amusement park. I’ll take you to relieve your childhood.”
It seems like after making love, the relationship between people will advance by leaps and bounds, especially after Tong Qiu and Huo Zhixing “shoot a gun that is not aimed at making friends.”
As for the purpose why they were shooting guns in the first place, they both know it by heart.
When they went out, the two men who were obviously ex-husbands naturally felt as if they were newlyweds. As soon as they walked out of the door, their hands were clasped together, their wedding rings glinting bright and eye-catching.
Originally, Tong Qiu wanted to take a taxi, but as soon as they left the community gate, the bus just happened to arrive at the bus stop. Fate had already brought it in, it was not appropriate to just let it go.
Tong Qiu pulled Huo Zhixing and walked towards the bus stop, climbing on the bus bound for the amusement park.
During the May Day holiday, there were a lot of people. Fortunately, the bus they got on was on its last stop, so they sat together at the last row.
Of course with the spring breeze passing through, Tong Qiu decided to sit by the opened window. Everything would’ve been better if there were no catkins flying around, but it’s nothing short of a minor inconvenience.
“Wait a minute, don’t move.”
Huo Zhixing suddenly squeezed Tong Qiu’s hand hard to keep him still.
“Close your eyes.”
Tong Qiu was startled for a moment, and his ears turned red in an instant.
“What are you doing?” Tong Qiu wondered, “There are children riding the car.”
“What do you think?” Huo Zhixing laughed at him and said, “Close your eyes.”
Tong Qiu was left with no choice and closed his eyes, feeling something hover over it. A moment later he heard Huo Zhixing say, “Okay,”
It turned out to be a catkin, which was hanging in the corner of Tong Qiu’s eyes. No wonder his eyesight was a bit blurry earlier.
Tong Qiu, who thought too much, blushed with shame. Huo Zhixing did not miss the chance to make fun of him. He smiled and asked in a low voice, “What did you think just now? Did you think I was going to kiss you?”
“… No,” Tong Qiu said, “I didn’t think too much.”
Huo Zhixing chuckled, nodded and said, “Well, it was I who thought too much.”
Tong Qiu peeked at him secretly. After that, he turned back to look out of the window and snickered.
Outside the sun was shining bright, raising the temperature around. Despite their palms being sticky and sweaty due to the heat, none of them let go.
Tong Qiu thought that this was probably what people called “a good time”. The weather is good, the mood is good, and the person with him is also good.
He felt more and more that whenever he was with Huo Zhixing, every moment was sweet, and it always caught him off guard whenever his heart skiped a beat.
After a couple got married, why did skips of heart beats become rare? Is it true that we don’t cherish something once we manage to acquire it?
Along the way, Tong Qiu began to reflect on their past. When they first met, each of them had their own agenda. They decided to get married when they felt that their goals weren’t far from each other’s, under the condition that the first year of their marriage would be something akin to a trial stage – if things didn’t work out they would go their separate ways. During that year, Tong Qiu felt that the other person was really good, but for some inexplicable reason there was this barrier that kept them from truly connecting with each other.
Like both of them are keeping a safe distance from each other.
Tong Qiu didn’t know what Huo Zhixing thought at the beginning, but he was always afraid that the other person would be disappointed with him if Huo Zhixing saw his true colours, so he pretended every day.
Under such a disguise, how can their sincerity be seen?
They couldn’t see each other’s true face until after the divorce.
After being divorced, he still wanted to maintain a good image in front of the other, but Tong Qiu always found himself in all sorts of situations, and instead the sides he carefully tried to hide from the other before were constantly being unearthed.
The hidden thongs were found, the discs of European and American GV male stars were seen, and when he went to go man hunting at bars, he was caught.
Tong Qiu felt that in recent months, the mask he constantly wore in front of Huo Zhixing was slowly being peeled. Surprisingly, he hadn’t felt any pain. Instead, he felt more and more that things had become more interesting and his life had become livelier.
Thinking of these, he can’t help but want to burrow into Huo Zhixing’s arms and sigh with emotion. He even felt like he could write a million word article about this.
Tong Qiu suddenly realized that maybe Huo Zhixing already knew what kind of person he was, but he didn’t bother to expose him directly.
Well, that’s okay, they can take it slow. Maybe one day they can open their hearts to each other without reservations. At that time, no matter if they continued to be with each other or got together with other people, it would be better than having to wear a mask for the rest of their lives.
In such a muddle, the bus ride took them across most of the city.
Tong Qiu heard the bus stop and shook Huo Zhixing’s hand firmly: “We will get off at the next stop.”
Huo Zhixing didn’t expect they’ll arrive so fast. “Isn’t it a suburb? How long has it been since we got on?”
“Small city! How big can it be?” Tong Qiu smiled and pulled him to his feet. The two staggered towards the bus door.
At this moment, there were many people on the bus. They struggled to get to the door from the last row. Tong Qiu grabbed the handrail in front of him and turned around to find that Huo Zhixing had nowhere to put his hand.
“Hold on to me.” Tong Qiu’s empty hand took Huo Zhixing’s arm and put it on his waist. “In case of a break…”
Before he finished, the driver made a sharp turn at that exact moment.
Huo Zhixing hugged him directly, and they were almost thrown aside.
“Ah!” When the sharp turn was made, Tong Qiu almost bumped into the abandoned coin box. Huo Zhixing blocked it for him. When the car became stable, he turned around and faced Huo Zhixing, jostling the other and instead made his waist bump into the coin box. Tong Qiu grimaced and asked nervously, “Does it hurt?”
Huo Zhixing smiled and looked down at him: “Hurts, you rub it well.”
When someone in the bus looked at them, Tong Qiu became embarrassed and muttered, “Go back and talk again.”
Tong Qiu looked up again. The handrail that he had been holding on was taken over by Huo Zhixing. Just as he was about to say something, he was swept into the other’s arms.
The two were close to each other, having been crowded over by other people.
Huo Zhixing pushed his lips closer to the other’s eat and whispered with a smile, “Hold on me tight. In case of another break, don’t throw yourself into other people’s arms. I will get jealous.”
The author has something to say:
Tong Qiu: then you can drink vinegar.
Nell’s Corner:
Extra chapter! Because I became too giddy at receiving my first Ko-fi and got motivated hehehe! On that note, I decided to make a goal on my Ko-fi: for every $10 I receive, I’ll release one extra chapter.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! And for typos and mistakes you know what to do ehehehe~
Thanks for the chapter!
Apparently, this couple needed to get divorced to actually find each other again. Yeah, wearing masks isn’t good and is pretty tiring. Looking forward to the amusement park. ☺🤩
Thank you for the chapter!!!
To ooooo much sugar💋💋💋💋
I really love their development </3
Thanks for the chapterrr!!!
Thanks for your hard work!
They are so cute and lovey dovey now. 🥰 Me likey!
TYPO – “Let’s go to the amusement park. I’ll take you to **relieve [relive] your childhood.” Also, I think the 2 times you used “break” it should be “brake” instead.
They’re really showing us the the meaning of destruction before construction….luv ’em😍
“to the other’s eat” laugh so hard. It’s like they really wanna eat each other up lol
Thank You for the chapter ( ꈍᴗꈍ)❤️