Tong Qiu enjoyed talking with the older generation. Especially in front of Mother Huo, he gave his all and coaxed and entertained the other to make her happy.
When afternoon rolled out, Huo Zhixing had to go work, leaving Tong Qiu and Mother Huo at home. Thus, the two decided to go shopping.
Mother Huo was absolutely delighted: “When Huo Zhixing got older, he stopped accompanying me to the mall!”
Mother Huo told Tong Qiu a story from Huo Zhixing’s childhood: “Back when he was young, he was an obedient child. If I asked him to go shopping with me, he would accompany me without any fuss. It only changed when he reached middle school and the stinky child had learned how to be rebellious from other kids. Since then, he refused to go with me. ”
Speaking of teenage rebellion, Tong Qiu smiled.
He was reminded of his students and suddenly became curious how Huo Zhixing, who usually was honest and righteous in front of others, would be like as a middle schooler trouble maker.
“I tell you, when Huo Zhixing was a child, before Jiaojiao arrived, he used to wear skirts!” Mother Huo gossiped happily, acting very much like she was drunk. “Back then our financial status was only enough to get by. Children grew very fast, and newly-bought clothes would immediately become small after only a few uses. We couldn’t afford to buy new ones every time, so he had no choice but to wear his female cousins’ hand me downs. Oh, I tell you, back then Zhixing had been chubby and looked absolutely adorable in a small skirt!”
Tong Qiu badly held back from laughing, but his brain betrayed him as it conjured multiple images of Officer Huo wearing a fluffy princess skirt that in the end he couldn’t help and broke out laughing hysterically.
Both he and Mother Huo were laughing loudly on the streets.
On the other hand, Officer Huo, whose dark past had been exposed without his knowledge, only felt his ears were hot. Zhao Heyu asked him, “Shifu, what are you peeking at? Your ears are all red.”
What could he peek at?
Huo Zhixing was only looking at some data.
Was it possible to be watching Tong-laoshi’s little porn video?
Huo Zhixing glared at him, and yelled for him to go back to work.
Mother Huo planned on staying for three days and would only leave when her husband had returned.
Although Mother Huo wasn’t young anymore, but the older a person got the more they don’t want to stay at home alone. They were used to having a companion that even if they quarreled a lot, it still wouldn’t make any difference and they would still comfortably co-exist. As soon as the other was gone, it would feel like a part of you was missing.
Tong Qiu could relate.
He moved out when he and Huo Zhixing divorced. He suddenly had to get used to living alone after having lived with another person for a year. He wasn’t used to it.
In those nights, he would lay on a big bed all by himself – only to wake up in the morning subconsciously patting the space next to him. When he realized there was no Huo Zhixing beside him, his heart would always felt empty.
They went out all afternoon and only returned when it got dark. From the mall to the small boutiques on the streets, they went inside various clothing stores from the elderly to the men’s.
The both of them were also quite peculiar. Neither bought anything for themselves but they picked a lot of things for Huo Zhixing.
When they passed by a photo studio at the mall, Mother Huo brought Tong Qiu inside where they stayed for some time. There were several photos of same-sex couples on display, and Mother Huo was fascinated by it.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“Aiya, when you got married, you didn’t take any wedding photos. Two days ago when I was at Jiaojiao’s and looked at their wedding photos, this bothered me.”
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I can show it off later.
He recently discovered he liked to show off. He wanted the whole world to know he found a really handsome policeman with exceptional skills.
All in one, basically.
“If in the future an opportunity arises, please have one.” Mother Huo said. “And give your dad and I a copy so that whenever we miss you, we can just look at it. All the children have left the house, we feel a bit lonely.”
Tong Qiu hugged her and agreed. He promised that if they had a chance in the future, they would give her.
“Zhixing is also too unreasonable. There was no wedding or wedding photos – we don’t even know when you could finally celebrate your honeymoon.” Mother Huo complained about her son, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for their family’s teacher.
Tong Qiu was a sensible child and coaxed her: “I mentioned the other day that I was on vacation. Zhixing could also request for a leave and we could use the time to go on a trip – maybe even make it our honeymoon.”
Mother Huo remained skeptical, and aggrievedly muttered: “He better do. If he dares let you down, I’ll let his father beat him.”
Huo Zhixing wouldn’t be able to clock out of work until midnight. After Tong Qiu and Mother Huo arrived home, they had dinner and watched TV for a while. Afterwards, they got ready for bed and decided they wouldn’t wait for Huo Zhixing.
But when Tong Qiu laid down on the bed, he felt uneasy. Finally, he decided to go back to the living room and brought his pillow. He sat crossed legs on the sofa and put the TV on mute as he feared the noise might wake up the sleeping Mother Huo.
He hugged the pillow and watched the movie in silence, waiting for Huo Zhixing to come back.
In the past, Tong Qiu didn’t like waiting for others, but since he got together with Huo Zhixing, he began to get used and even enjoyed waiting. Sometimes he would even think that when Huo Zhixing returned in the middle of the night with the moonlight behind him, the stars surrounded them as they hugged.
When he arrived home, Huo Zhixing inserted the key into the keyhole as silently as he could, and opened the door carefully.
He was supposed to get off work at midnight, but he lost track of time and was only able to leave the police station after one. It was almost two o’clock when he finally arrived home.
He made his footsteps light when he entered the door, afraid of waking the two slumbering people. He didn’t bother turning on the lights and walked in the dark. When he arrived at the living room, he found that the TV was still turned on. The movie had already finished playing, and the weak light from the screen illuminated a small area.
Huo Zhixing saw Tong Qiu sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and holding unto a pillow. His posture looked uncomfortable.
He smiled happily then felt a bit distressed. He walked over and placed down his key at the coffee table, took the remote control to turn off the TV, and gently pulled out the pillow Tong Qiu was holding in his arms.
“Hmm…” Tong Qiu subconsciously held the pillow tighter, frowned, and opened his eyes, “Hmm?”
The sleepy man stared at Huo Zhixing in front of him and was stunned. It took him a while to recover and wake up.
“You’re back…” Tong Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, threw away his pillow and sleepily stretched out his hand to hug Huo Zhixing.
Huo Zhixing smiled. Tong Qiu was like a child when he is sleepy. He likes to hug and act all spoiled.
“Why are you sleeping here?” Huo Zhixing wanted to carry the other into the bedroom but because his right shoulder was still recovering, for now he won’t be able to. Although he had no problem carrying everyday items, but a grown man wasn’t included in the list.
“I was waiting for you.” Tong Qiu hugged and rubbed himself on Huo Zhixing’s arms. His lips touched Huo Zhixing’s face again, and the other didn’t know if it was intentional or not. “What time is it?”
“It’s almost two o’clock.”
“It’s already gotten this late.” Tong Qiu blinked his sleepy eyes and asked him, “Did something happen?”
Huo Zhixing smiled, rubbed his hair, and pulled the man up: “No, I merely lost track of time.”
Tong Qiu nodded, saying that’s good.
With a police man in the family, he always felt worried for the other. He could only feel at ease when the other was back on his side.
“Come on, let’s get ready for sleep.”
Tong Qiu stood up obediently. However, because his legs had been crossed for a long time, it had become numb.
He hissed and grabbed Huo Zhixing: “Wait, wait… My legs had gone numb, I can’t move.”
He was having cramps.
But Tong Qiu could not say that out loud. It was embarrassing and made him sound like someone who was already eighty years old.
Huo Zhixing looked at him and smiled. He pushed the man back on the sofa and squatted down to rub Tong Qiu’s legs and feet.
At this moment, Tong Qiu had fully woken up and stared as Huo Zhixing was illuminated in the dark by whatever little light that slipped passed their window. “Why are you so handsome?”
Huo Zhixing looked up at him and smiled: “Am I handsome or is my uniform handsome?”
Huo Zhixing knew better now. He’s aware that Tong Qiu has a uniform fetish and as embarrassing as it may sound, he often felt jealous of his uniform.
“Both are handsome.” The honest young Tong-laoshi came online. Both were handsome and he wanted them equally.
“Do you like me or this uniform?” Huo Zhixing acted childish and would not let go.
Tong Qiu laughed at him and reached out to touch his face: “You don’t need to ask this kind of question.”
“Why?” Huo Zhixing took his hand and kissed it.
Tong Qiu explained, “It’s because you are wearing this uniform that it looks particularly handsome. Without you, it’s just an ordinary police uniform.”
Tong-laoshi‘s sweet mouth made Officer Huo happy. In the middle of the night, the two of them stayed on the sofa and kissed for a long time.
Tong Qiu, with saliva all over his mouth, put his hands on Huo Zhixing’s shoulders: “Don’t make any trouble. We should move to the bedroom in case we might wake mother up…”
Tong Qiu gained a crow’s mouth. As soon as he finished talking, the guest room door opened.
“Who?” Mother Huo stood at the bedroom door and looked alert.
“It’s me, Ma!”
As soon as Mother Huo heard her son’s voice, she turned on the lights and complained, “Why didn’t you hurry up and go to bed when you come back? What are you doing there in the dark?”
When the lights turned on, Mother Huo finally understood what his son was doing.
“We’ll go to sleep now.” Huo Zhixing had said, but his body didn’t move at all, and he remained pressed to Tong Qiu’s body.
Mother Huo, who has seen the world, nodded very calmly: “It’s all right. It’s up to you whether you’ll sleep or not. Anyway, you young people are very energetic.”
With that, Mother Huo went back inside her room and turned off the lights at the same time.
The guest room door closed again, and the living room darkened.
Tong Qiu still hadn’t recovered from the embarrassment, but Huo Zhixing already smiled and kissed the tip of his nose and said, “It’s over. My mother must have thought we constantly lived in sin.”
It was indeed over.
Tong Qiu thought that the façade he worked so hard to maintain had just collapsed.
Nell’s Corner:
I’m back! Sorry for the long wait, I honestly got my phone back the other day and only finished translating now hehehe…
For those who weren’t on discord, I was gone for two weeks because my phone decided to take a swim in the bathroom and had to be resuscitated back to life. The phone I had to use as temporary replacement was an immensely old model and unfortunately didn’t have much space (to the point I had to resort to borrowing my cousin’s phone to be able to play genshin huhuhu) but every things good now and I would be able to return to updating regularly.
On another note, 3 more chapters before the main story ends! Though not to worry since there are still 8 more extra chapters after that so it’ll still be some time before we say our goodbyes to Huo Zhixing and Tong Qiu hehehe.
Waaaaah three chapters, al least will we have 8 extras but still I’m gonna miss them 🥺💖💖
Thank you for the chapter 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖
They’re so domestic and genuine ahhh I love em
With mother Huo there they can’t implement their plan to get married again. I hope they’ll have a wedding (plus a wedding night 😆🤭☺).
Thank you for the chapter!!!
This story also going to be end!! 😫😫 Why 😩😩.. I’m gonna miss them..
Huehuehue it’s better to just let it all out. No one’s gonna judge you.
lololol tong laoshi what are you gonna do now
Glad you’re back! RIP to your phone!
Now I’m sure they were cursed 😂 But TQ how smooth of you~ (￢‿￢ )
Thank You for the chapter (ฅ’ω’ฅ)♥