It had been 60 days since He Wei went off the grid. Chi Jiahan opened the chat box. He had sent the latest message three days ago. It was a message he couldn’t help but send to He Wei: Let me know when you’re back.
Working at the military hospital, Chi Jiahan had encountered countless soldiers and police officers. He fully understood the uniqueness of these professions. It was common to disappear without a word when there was a mission. Sometimes they would vanish for years, only to return when everyone thought they were dead—similar situations weren’t unheard of.
But Chi Jiahan didn’t want He Wei to be like that.
The last time He Wei had returned from a mission, he had nearly died on the operating table. Chi Jiahan didn’t know what to expect this time. Somewhat ominously, Chi Jiahan had dreamed of He Wei covered in blood more than once recently, to the point where he had almost lost sleep over the past few days.
“Jiahan, Jiahan?”
Chi Jiahan snapped out of his thoughts. His phone screen had long since gone dark. He looked up. His colleague was slightly concerned, “Why couldn’t you hear me calling you? You seem off lately. Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing. I’m probably just tired.”
“Alright then, I’m off duty. You should head back and get some rest too.”
“Yeah.”
After showering and lying down on the couch at home, Chi Jiahan clicked into Xu Ze’s chat box and typed a few words, but after thinking, he deleted them.
It had only been two months. There wasn’t much to say to someone like Xu Ze, who had silently waited for over seven years.
Chi Jiahan turned off his phone and stared blankly at the ceiling light until the doorbell rang. Assuming it was the property management delivering the evening packages, he got up and opened the door without checking the peephole.
After staring at each other for half a minute with He Wei, who was also wearing pajamas, Chi Jiahan spoke not so smoothly, “What are you doing here?”
He Wei squeezed past him into the living room and closed the door, “Didn’t you miss me?”
“Who missed you?” Chi Jiahan turned around, his eyes following He Wei, while simultaneously denying unconsciously.
“You messaged me. If that’s not missing me then what is,” He Wei turned back, “Right?”
He always managed to make Chi Jiahan grit his teeth. Chi Jiahan said, “I miss your father.”
“Why would you miss him?” He Wei laughed strangely and bent down close to Chi Jiahan’s ear, lowering his voice, “My dad is old, Dr. Chi must be missing me, right?”
Chi Jiahan raised his hand and slapped him across the face.
The light slap was enough to make He Wei experience the thrill of tough love and heighten his degree of perversion—he didn’t even tilt his head and continued to sniff around Chi Jiahan’s neck, “Your pheromones smell so good, oh our Xiao Chi.”
“Are you sick?” Chi Jiahan used his palm to push He Wei’s head away, feeling tickled by the messy stubble on his chin. Chi Jiahan instantly loosened his grip and asked, “When did you come back?”
He Wei straightened up, “A couple of hours ago. Went home to take a shower.”
“Oh,” Chi Jiahan felt uneasy belatedly, “Then you should go back and rest.”
“You’re asking me to leave right after I got here.” He Wei shook his head, strolling over to the sofa, “Heartbroken. Real heartbreak is not about making a scene…”
Chi Jiahan: “…”
He Wei sat down on the sofa and surveyed the living room with his arms crossed. He expressed his satisfaction, “Hello, when can I move in?”
“When you’re laid to rest in an urn,” Chi Jiahan reclined on the other end of the sofa and pointed to the nearby fish tank, “I’ll put you next to that.”
“Are you even claiming my ashes now?” He Wei propped his legs up on the sofa, facing Chi Jiahan, and said earnestly, “Dr. Chi, don’t love me too much.”
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.
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The voice on the other end was loud enough for Chi Jiahan to hear, “Where did you run off to again? Couldn’t you hear when I told you to come home immediately?!”
“Lower your voice,” He Wei spoke while staring directly at Chi Jiahan, the thumb of his other hand occasionally brushing against Chi Jiahan’s ankle, “I’m tired today. I’ll come back tomorrow.”
Chi Jiahan locked eyes with him for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at the TV, even though it wasn’t on and was pitch black.
“You’ve worked your way up to the position where you are today but still randomly rush to the field. You really don’t take your own life seriously, do you?!”
“I reached this position precisely to decide whether to stay in the office or be at the front. No one can control me,” He Wei was calm, “President He, you should really learn from my mom, meditate more and copy some Buddhist scriptures. Don’t be so cranky all the time, okay?”
Before his dad could respond whether it was okay or not, He Wei hung up. After that, he looked at Chi Jiahan’s profile, who was pretending to be dead, and proceeded to grasp his foot and rub it against his lower body once more. As expected, Chi Jiahan struggled like a rabbit caught by its hind legs, blushing with anger as he shouted, “He Wei!”
He Wei just laughed and held onto Chi Jiahan’s knee to pull him between his legs. Chi Jiahan’s legs were forced to wrap around He Wei’s waist. His upper body leaned back in resistance and his hands braced behind him.
Even though the circumstances were different, He Wei couldn’t help but recall a similar situation on a couch years ago. Chi Jiahan was dressed in a school uniform and carrying a backpack. Even though Chi Jiahan was such a smart person, he didn’t know how to comfort him and resorted to using kisses and his body.
Despite being drunk at the time, He Wei remembered Chi Jiahan’s eyes and expression—worried, confused, and overwhelmed. He remembered asking Chi Jiahan “Why,” but Chi Jiahan didn’t answer. When he opened his eyes the next day, Chi Jiahan was gone, leaving only the student card beside the couch.
Then, in the blink of an eye, more than seven years had passed. During the painful times, every second felt endless, but when immersed in work, time seemed too fast.
“Would you be sad if I died?” He Wei squeezed Chi Jiahan’s thighs to get closer to him, “Would you marry someone else right away?”
“Yes,” Chi Jiahan’s face was sullen.
“Was that for the first question or the second?”
“The second.”
“So if I didn’t die, would you marry me?”
Chi Jiahan didn’t say anything. He Wei’s eyes shifted from his eyelashes to his lips. He leaned down to kiss him.
He wasn’t beaten or had his tongue bitten. After a few minutes of kissing quietly, He Wei raised his head, giving Chi Jiahan room to breathe, and then kissed his face and ears.
Chi Jiahan panted heavily and suddenly reached out to hug He Wei. His eyes were still closed, “Can you leave now?”
“I’ve been thinking about something,” He Wei sidestepped the question.
“What?”
Holding the back of Chi Jiahan’s head, He Wei hugged him like a baby and said seriously, “I’ve been wondering if Lu Heyang and Xu Ze kiss more than three times a year.”
“?” Chi Jiahan opened his eyes, “Does that have anything to do with you?”
“Just keeping an eye on my friend’s emotional state,” He Wei said, “Those two look like they’re sexually frigid.”
He thought of the night he had finally discovered the surprising relationship between Lu Heyang and Xu Ze. Because he saw Lu Heyang kissing the corner of Xu Ze’s mouth, He Wei thought that kissing the corner of the mouth must be one of their few intimate exchanges… right?
Chi Jiahan let go and said, “Why don’t you call and ask.”
“Which one should I ask?” He Wei asked for advice.
“Ask Lu Heyang. A few departments at the hospital organized a trip and Xu Ze is currently abroad.”
He hadn’t even finished his sentence when He Wei had already dialed the phone, “Hey, Colonel Lu.”
“Is your mission over?” Lu Heyang asked.
“Oh? How did you know I’m at Dr. Chi’s place?”
“?” Lu Heyang said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”
“There is something. When was the last time you and Dr. Xu kissed?”
“……” Lu Heyang said in a calm tone, “When was the last time you had a mental state evaluation?”
He Wei thought about it, “Half a year ago.”
“Then you should get another one as soon as possible,” Lu Heyang said politely, “Good night.”
“You see.” After hanging up, He Wei confidently said to Chi Jiahan, “He’s avoiding the question.”
Chi Jiahan pushed himself back with his hands to move to the other end of the couch and sat down, looking at He Wei without saying a word.
“Hang on, let me call Yunchi and check if he’s beating his wife.”
Gu Yunchi answered the phone much more slowly than Lu Heyang. When he answered, there was an impatient intake of breath on the other end, as if he was restraining himself as much as possible. Gu Yunchi finally said, “You better have a good reason.”
“Well… nothing major. Are you asleep? What are you doing?”
As soon as He Wei finished speaking, Gu Yunchi simply hung up.
“See, avoiding the question too. These alphas are all hypocrites,” He Wei typed quickly on his phone while saying, “One is sexually inactive, the other beats his wife. Neither of them compares to me.”
Then he turned off his phone and looked around, “I’m tired. Where’s the bedroom? Over there, right? Thanks, Dr. Chi.”
Before Chi Jiahan could fully react, He Wei entered the room. Chi Jiahan sat alone for a few seconds, then got up and walked into the bedroom. He saw He Wei lying flat on the bed with his eyes closed, blanket up to his chest, looking as peaceful as a corpse.
If Chi Jiahan hadn’t noticed the sunken cheeks and dark circles under He Wei’s eyes at first glance, he would have called security to remove him by now.
After standing by the bed for two minutes, Chi Jiahan moved his legs around the foot of the bed and lifted the blanket on the other side to lay down.
He Wei didn’t react at all. He was already asleep, who knows how many nights he had stayed up during these two months.
Chi Jiahan was having trouble falling asleep, so he picked up his phone and unlocked it. Finally, he knew what He Wei had typed on his phone just now.
Because the ID of the pinned chat had changed: AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate.
Weibo Mini-theater
One evening, He Wei went to the 195th Hospital to visit a colleague who had been hospitalized for driving a police car into bushes and then sneaked off to harass Chi Jiahan in the dental department.
But Chi Jiahan wasn’t there. He Wei messaged him.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate: Where are you, Dr. Chi?
He received a reply after half a minute.
Chi Jiahan: At home.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate: Are you off work so early~?
Chi Jiahan: In heat, took the day off.
He Wei didn’t believe it.
Usually when Chi Jiahan was in heat, he didn’t reply to messages until it was over.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate: For realsies?
Coincidentally, one of Chi Jiahan’s colleagues was passing by, so He Wei asked, “Dr. Chi didn’t come in today?”
Colleague: “That’s right, he took a day off due to being in heat.”
He Wei: !
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (typing at light speed): Do you have medicine at home?
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (gasping): Oh my god, our Xiao Chi.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (giant actions): I’m bringing medicine over right now and leaving it at your door. Anything else you need?
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (breaking down): Are you there, Xiao Chi? Say something!
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (losing himself): If you don’t respond, I’m calling the police!
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (suddenly realizing): Oh, I am the police.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (resourceful): Should I bring a doctor over to check on you?
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (making strange noises): You don’t even answer my calls AAAHHHHHH!
15 missed calls.
Chi Jiahan: … What are you doing?
Chi Jiahan: Just went to ged some water.
AAAA Capital’s Most Affectionate (chaotic): Baby, you don’t have water and have to go get it ahhwuwuwuwu Are you dizzy? You made a typo wuwuwu so cute 🥺🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕 wuwuwu I’ve already contacted a doctor, just hold on a bit longer wuwuwu.
Chi Jiahan: Don’t bother.
Chi Jiahan: Come over.
Chi Jiahan: Buy condoms on your way.
Translator’s note:
I want these two to get their own novel but it seems unlikely 🥲
Yea it’s a shame if we don’t get Wei and Chi’s novel, may be in the future. But I’m so so happy we got Gu’s novel..
Thanks for the good work translating it…👍
LOL!!! thank u for this adorable extra!!! I wish the author would write more abt them 😭🙏🫶
I died when He Wei said Yunchi’s beating his wife 😂🤣
On contrary, i do hope as well that He Wei will have his own story which I think, more likely, i will lose my IQ 😌
LMAO AHGSHAGSHSGH MY LITOL FOOLL HE WEI ILHSM GSFSGDGHDGSF CHICHI I PRAY FOR YOUR PATIENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY