Chapter 1.2

After sending the two teens to their school, Jian Suiying went back to his company.

Although meeting Li Yu gave him a new form of excitement, he is, after all, a businessman, so he temporarily put Li Yu in the back of his mind, focusing on the work at hand.

It was already dark when he finished his work, so he called Pipi to have dinner together. Once they finished their meal, they went to the hotel room and Jian Suiying pressed the white and tender skin of the boy under him as he vented. After sex, he didn’t feel relaxed at all. Although his body felt very tired, his heart wasn’t satisfied. He hoped that it was the indifferent face of the handsome boy he met earlier that screamed under him.

However, Jian Dashao isn’t such a beast, so he doesn’t intend to make a move on Li Yu now.

The college entrance exam was less than two months away, and this child has studied hard for over 10 years, so he couldn’t delay Li Yu at this time. The Li family is full of talented individuals, Lao Li’s children and grandchildren are all outstanding so Li Yu wouldn’t be a simple person. After the strong impact of the younger’s beauty on him faded a bit, Jian Suiying’s brain sobered a little. He hesitated a little, would it be good for him to pursue Lao Li’s grandson?

He knows very little about Lao Li’s grandchildren.

At the time when the Li family already had a grandson, they didn’t expect for Mrs. Li to get pregnant with Li Yu, and his mother refused to abort him. When government officials reach their kind of level, there would be countless pairs of eyes watching them. Since the implementation of the policy, family planning is very important. Few officials dare to do such a taboo to set an example. The more that would do this taboo, the more others would dare to as well. From what he’s heard, the family forced Li Yu’s mother to abort, but his mother refused, saying that the child appeared in her dreams, and this child would have a very rich and noble life. In any case, the baby had to stay or else she’d kill herself.

The Li family really had no choice but to agree, so they secretly signed Li Yu over to his aunt’s name in his birth certificate. Li Yu’s aunt and uncle even almost lost their jobs because of this matter, but at least his father’s job was saved.

Li Yu’s household register still says that he is his aunt’s son, but the policy has been more relaxed over the past few years, and the control over it also loosened. Those who had good relationships with the Li family were aware of this matter, but they couldn’t really do anything about it. First, the events were already in the past; and second, they couldn’t do more about it unless Li Yu’s grandfather retired.

Such a family took a great risk for this child, and he could sense that Li Yu is the whole Li family’s heart and soul.

Jian Dashao felt that he would be rather crooked for abducting this kid, and if Lao Li knew about it, he would get in trouble.

But thinking about it from another angle, there were only a few men who didn’t do something out of the ordinary in their youth. What else could he do if he just slept with Li Yu? The two of them would separate sooner or later anyway. Li Yu should just do what he wants to do and enjoy the present.

After reflecting on it, from a rational point of view, Jian Suiying should just m*sterbate to his image. After all, no matter how good-looking Li Yu was, there were also quite a handful of other good-looking boys. Why go against the tides? But Li Yu… those looks, that temperament… he is so rare to Jian Suiying’s eyes. The more the boy was out of reach, the more he wanted to try him out. When he noticed that Li Yu didn’t waver, the more he wanted to advance.

Jian Dashao sighed.

He pressed the cigarette to the ashtray. Fuck it, he doesn’t want to do it. Maybe in a few days, he might even forget what Li Yu looks like, and he troubled himself with such nonsense.

He put his hand under the blanket and pinched Pipi, ” Xiao langhuo, don’t sleep.” With that, he lifted the blanket.

Pipi giggled, “Jian Dashao, you’re so amazing. Come again tonight~”

For three weeks in a row, Jian Suiying didn’t return to the family home, and he had basically forgotten about Li Yu.

But by chance, his father, Jian Dongyuan, called him, asking him to come home for dinner and to pick up his brother on the way back. His father has always believed that these two brothers should spend more time together in order to improve their relationship. However, the more he left the two of them together, the more annoyed Jian Suiying became with Jian Suilin.

Putting aside Jian Suilin’s shameless mother, Jian Suilin himself was not the younger Jian-ge Suiying wanted. He remembered that when Jian Suilin first came to his house, he was quite the meek and submissive child that would shrink back when spoken over, and he looked just like a little girl. Jian Suiying instantly had a bad impression of him the first time they met and bullied him.

But now that they’re grown up, Jian Suiying is no longer as ignorant as he used to be, so Jian Suilin’s life was much better, but the relationship between the two still felt like walking on thin ice. Jian Suiying doesn’t like going home and he doesn’t want them to be in his line of sight.

But his old man ordered him, so he had no choice but to leave work early and go to Jian Suilin’s school to pick him up.

When he arrived at the school, many students have already left, so he gave Jian Suilin a call, but he didn’t expect to hear the call ringtone not far from him. He turned his head and saw that there were several people playing on the basketball court not far from the school entrance. He saw Jian Suilin and Li Yu next to him.

Jian Suiying felt his heart jump fiercely, so he hung up the phone and walked straight to the basketball court.

Jian Suilin also saw him from a distance and hurriedly ran over, showing his white teeth while smiling, “Ge, you’re here.”

“Hm.” Jian Suiying casually glanced at him, his eyes drifting to Li Yu. The school uniform Li Yu wore was sweated through, his trousers were pulled up to his knees, revealing long firm calves. The sunlight shone on him, making him look indescribably dazzling. It was no wonder the little girls gathered around the basketball court and looked at him with fascination.

Li Yu beautifully executed a three-step layup, and the girls screamed loudly. Then he dumped the ball and looked around as if he was looking for someone, and when his eyes finally settled on their side, he paused and then ran over.

Jian Suiying had been completely attracted to him. He smiled as the younger got closer and closer to him, each step moving his heart. Jian Suiying couldn’t have even imagined that he could still feel this moved for a young boy, and it felt so fresh and wonderful that he felt like he went back to his youth.

The desire he had for Li Yu, which he had forgotten all this time, returned and even raised to a higher level the moment he saw him.

Li Yu nodded towards him, “Jian-ge.”

Jian Suiying smiled, “Li Yu.” He called out the name slowly, as if he was chewing it gently and playing it carefully, “It’s been a long time, around two or three weeks.”

“Well, it has been.” Li Yu replied casually, then turned to Jian Suilin, “We’re leaving now?”

Jian Suilin nodded, “Let’s go.”

Jian Suiying’s heart blossomed and he tried to restrain himself from showing it, “Is he coming too?”

“Yes, we also invited other students, but Li Yu will come home with us for dinner first.”

Jian Suiying was about to ask him what reason he invited several classmates for, when Li Yu seemed to have read his mind and said in a cold tone, “Today is Suilin’s birthday.”

Jian Suiying hummed, but he didn’t say anything more. “Let’s go.”

Jian Suilin’s eyes flashed in disappointment, and Li Yu’s own eyes caught it without missing a beat. His expression became even colder.

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.

Yc atf vglnf yjmx, Ol Te yjrlmjiis jcrkfgfv fnfgsatlcu Aljc Velslcu jrxfv yea cfnfg rjlv j kbgv wbgf. Aljc Velslcu jirb ofia eclcafgfrafv joafg atlr xlcv bo mbcnfgrjalbc, rb tf jirb rabqqfv ajixlcu, jcv atf atgff bo atfw kfgf ifoa ab atflg bkc atbeutar.

Qtfc atfs uba tbwf, atf wjlc tberf kjr yglutais ila, jcv rfnfgji mjgr kfgf qjgxfv ja atf vbbg, rb Aljc Velslcu xcfk atja tlr gfijalnfr tjv mbwf.

As soon as he entered the house all eyes fell on him.

“Suiying is back.” His second aunt greeted him with a smile, her eyes also full of joy.

“Second aunt, uncle.”

Jian Suiying greeted them one by one, and finally, his eyes drifted to the person sitting in the corner of the sofa.

She was a very beautiful and elegant woman, looking as if she was only in her thirties. She had a rather cold look, obviously looking isolated as if the room full of his relatives hadn’t even seen her. It wasn’t until Jian Suilin walked over and sat next to her and called out “Mom” that her expression softened.

Jian Suiying smiled with sarcasm.

Today was Jian Suilin’s eighteenth birthday, which was a meaningful day. There were quite a number of relatives present, so the family was very lively for a while.

The main topic of conversation at the dinner table was Jian Suilin’s plans for university, with people talking about his grades and which schools he should apply to.

Jian Suiying deliberately sat next to Li Yu, ignoring everyone and only talking to Li Yu every now and then. But Li Yu was also quite busy talking with others, as the Jian family’s relatives knew his identity and were quite polite to him. But whenever they asked Jian Suilin things, they couldn’t include Li Yu in the conversation. Who told the two to be classmates anyway?

Jian Suiying felt extremely bored.

After eating, the elders started to give Jian Suilin red packets.

Jian Suiying looked at the red envelopes in his brother’s hand and took out a chequebook from his inner pocket. He wrote a string of numbers, tore it off and handed it to Jian Suilin. “Here, take it and spend it.”

Jian Suilin slowly took it, his face expressionless. “Thank you, ge.”

His old man happened to be standing next to the two of them, so he managed to glance at the check and had a look of disapproval. “Suiying, you didn’t even pick a gift for your brother. He’s a teenage student, what’s the point of giving him so much money? It’s not good.”

Jian Suiying did not care, “He is already an adult, he should know how to spend his money.” But in his heart, he snorted, Who the hell has the heart to even choose a gift for him?

Jian Dongyuan grunted with a frown, obviously not very satisfied with this reply. He said to Jian Suilin, “You are now an adult. Don’t just know how to spend money without knowing how to earn it, you have to learn more from your brother in the future.”

“Yes, Dad.” Jian Suilin nodded and looked at his brother with beady eyes.

“Okay, now tell Uncle Ma to send you to where you and your friends agreed to meet. Have a good time tonight.”

Jian Suiying interrupted, “I’ll send them there.”

Jian Dongyuan asked, “You’re not staying to chat with us?”

Jian Suiying had long wanted to leave already and thought, What’s there to talk about with you old men and women? “No, I have something to do tonight, so I’ll send them off.”

“That’s fine then.”

Jian Suiying was pardoned and quickly withdrew from the scene with the two boys.

Jian Suiying sent the two to a karaoke place, reluctantly glanced at Li Yu, and planned to leave.

Jian Suilin hesitantly rushed forward and said, “Ge, come up with us.”

Jian Suiying said, “Why should I go up there, aren’t they all your classmates?”

Jian Suilin pursed his lips and said softly, “Go up and just sit down for a while.”

Jian Suiying glared at him, “You’re asking me to sit with a group of children, can I sit out like a mother bird?” With that, he started the car. He didn’t have time to play with a bunch of kids.

Li Yu suddenly said, “Jian-ge, go up and sit down for a while, today is Suilin’s birthday after all.”

Jian Suiying had already started the car, and the key twisted to place. Then, the engine instantly died. He turned his face to look at Li Yu. The teenager’s handsome face flickered under the moon and neon lights, making his taut skin show a delicate lustre. He looked very ethereal.

Li Yu was looking at him expectantly.

Even heroes have a weakness for a beauty’s charms

Jian Suiying took out the key, “Alright, alright. I’ll sacrifice my time today to play with you.”

As soon as the door of the rented room opened, loud music and laughter were heard. Jian Suiying looked up and saw that there were at least 20 or 30 people sitting in the big booth, and as soon as they saw them enter, they began to cheer.

“Yo! The birthday boy is here!”

“The birthday boy is so handsome today, ah!”

Several people gathered around them, some caught up with Jian Suilin, some stuffed beer into his hands, and the others hurriedly turned down the volume of the TV.

Jian Suilin felt a bit proud and smiled, “I’ll introduce everyone, this is my brother.”

Jian Suiying said hello to the group of kids with a smile.

A group of girls immediately squealed, “Your gege is so handsome ah!”

Jian Suiying’s eyelids jumped and subconsciously leaned toward Li Yu’s side.

Li Yu didn’t notice him at all. He took Jian Suilin’s arm and smiled, “Sit down first.”

Jian Suilin said to Jian Suiying, “Ge, you sit first, what do you want to drink?”

“Just water.” Jian Suiying frowned and looked around the room. The girls’ eyes were too scary. Except for his brother and Li Yu, there were no good-looking teenagers, so he really didn’t know where to sit for a while.

He looked at Li Yu and decided to sit where Li Yu would sit. He only came up with them because of Li Yu’s face, so not taking advantage of this opportunity to get closer to the boy would be pointless.

At this time, a very cute-looking girl held a very large box on the big table, and when opened, a birthday cake was revealed.

Li Yu doesn’t look like the type of person to be taking action, but at this time, he took the initiative to light the candles, arranged for everyone to sit down, ordered people to turn off the lights, and led the crowd into singing “Happy Birthday”.

Jian Suiying discovered that Li Yu had great organizational leadership skills. He doesn’t say much, but once he spoke, everyone would consciously act according to his wishes. The chaotic KTV room suddenly calmed down, and the people surrounded Jian Suilin to give him a birthday.

Jian Suilin’s face looked particularly soft and handsome under the faint glow of the candles. Li Yu looked at him quietly and found that he couldn’t take his eyes off him. Fortunately, the room was too dark, so no one noticed his different attitude.

After making a wish and blowing out the candles, Jian Suilin gave the first slice he cut to Jian Suiying.

Jian Suiying, who had never been a fan of such sweet foods, glanced at it with a frown and finally reluctantly accepted it.

Jian Suilin smiled once more and gave the piece with a large strawberry to Li Yu, “Here, xiongdi.”

Li Yu had a gentle smile on his face, and this time it was Jian Suiying’s turn to stare and drool.

Since today was his brother’s birthday, he reluctantly ate two bites of cake, and then put it down. To be honest, hanging around with a group of kids around eight or nine years younger than him made him feel really awkward. He’s not a kindergarten teacher, he couldn’t sit still, and he started to regret even coming up.

The group finished eating the cake and began to give gifts. It seems that Jian Suilin had a good reputation in school.

A rather bold girl took the opportunity to sit next to Jian Suiying and strike up a conversation with him.

Jian Suiying didn’t pay much attention to her. He wanted to see what Li Yu had given Jian Suilin. He glanced at the box, which probably contained a cell phone, depending on its size. When he opened Li Yu’s gift, Jian Suiying got closer and took a look, and it was indeed a cell phone.

Jian Suilin smiled at Li Yu, “Hey, it’s the same as yours.”

Li Yu also smiled. “Didn’t you say that mine works well?”

Jian Suilin happily put it in his pocket. “Thank you.”

Jian Suiying thought that Li Yu was such a little beauty that could send something creative, and he couldn’t help but feel some sense of disappointment. Even the last thing that interested him in staying here had gone, so Jian Suiying didn’t want to stay a second longer. So Jian Suiying stood up and walked over to Jian Suilin who was singing, “Xiao Lin-zi, I’ll leave first.”

Jian Suilin froze for a moment and hurriedly handed the microphone to the person next to him, “Ge, why are you already leaving? You haven’t even sat with us for ten minutes.”

Jian Suiying got impatient. “Why should I stay here? Don’t waste my time.”

A look of disappointment flashed in Jian Suilin’s eyes, “Then I’ll walk you downstairs.”

Jian Suiying waved his hand, “No need.”

Jian Suilin was about to say something more when Li Yu said, “You stay here, I’ll see your brother off.”

Jian Suiying got eager and added, “Yes, don’t move, you’ve invited so many people and as the birthday boy, it’s not good for you to leave.” Jian Suiying casually said goodbye to the group and left without looking back.

On the way to the parking lot, Jian Suiying said, “Xiao Lin-zi is popular in school, right?

Li Yu didn’t know what he was thinking, so he said carelessly, “Quite so.”

“How long has it been since you guys have seen each other? Seeing you two hit off nicely, it’s as if you’ve been together for more than ten years.”

“I left when I was in elementary school so I haven’t seen him in years, but I’ve been in touch.”

“Oh, you two used to have a good relationship?”

“Well, we used to play together a lot.”

“Really? How come I don’t remember you?”

There was a hint of imperceptible sarcasm at the corner of Li Yu’s mouth when he replied, “Our age difference is too large, and you don’t hang out with Suilin.”

“Right.”

The two of them then walked to the parking lot. Jian Suiying looked around and saw no one, so he started to tease the younger. “Even if I had seen you before, you were still a child then. Who would’ve thought that you would grow into such a handsome young man? How big of a change this is, ah.”

Li Yu smiled lightly and lowered his head to stomp over a still sparking cigarette he saw under his feet. He said softly, “Jian-ge, you didn’t know that today is Suilin’s birthday, right?”

“Ah, I didn’t remember.” Jian Suiying replied carelessly.

Li Yu raised his head, dark eyes staring at Jian Suiying, “You didn’t even say happy birthday to him today.”

“Oh? I didn’t?” Jian Suiying can’t remember whether he said it or not at all, but today he came with them to celebrate and sent a gift. Not saying it isn’t important.

Li Yu lightly said, “Suilin has been practically worshipping you since he was young. Since you are here today, at least say happy birthday to him, it’s better than anything you’d send him.”

Jian Suiying isn’t used to this kind of warm and fuzzy story. He wrote him a large check, isn’t this more pragmatic than saying such indispensable nonsense? He felt a little high around Li Yu, and what the boy said sounded a lot like a child’s. He laughed, “Worship? You… forget it, our relationship is not the same as you and your brother’s.”

Li Yu opened his mouth, and finally swallowed back the accusations he wanted to say, and instead insisted, “Jian-ge, at least send him a text message saying happy birthday.”

Jian Suiying felt quite happy. These two boys’ relationship was really good. He couldn’t remember if he was this cute and naive when he was 17 or 18 years old.

“Fine, Jian-ge will listen to you.” Jian Suiying smiled and winked at Li Yu, took out his phone and sent Jian Suilin a message.

“Xiao Lin-zi, happy birthday -your brother.”

Almost ten seconds later, he received a reply that said, “Thank you, brother! I’m glad you came today.”

Jian Suiying put the phone away and looked at Li Yu with a smile on his face, “Satisfied?”

Li Yu nodded, “Thank you.”

Jian Suiying smiled and shook his head, opened the car door, and put his foot back before stepping in. He turned back to Li Yu and said, “When you guys finish your entrance exam, I’ll take you out to have fun, don’t save face to Jian-ge then.”

“No problem.” Li Yu looked at him without evasion.

Jian Suiying hummed a little song and drove off.

While driving, he sent a text message to his family’s driver, asking him to come and pick up Jian Suilin. Xiao Lin-zi is his family’s most protected key object, and the Jian family can rely on him to carry on the family line. He drove the car back to his apartment and fell asleep.

Under normal circumstances, if his old man didn’t call, he would rarely go home, so for several weeks, he didn’t see either Jian Suilin or Li Yu again.

After their first meeting, it took him two or three days to forget Li Yu. This time, however, he couldn’t do it. From time to time, Jian Suiying’s thoughts would go to Li Yu’s red lips and white teeth. He suddenly paid attention to the time of the students’ entrance exams, looking forward to waiting for him go out with Li Yu to have some fun. Although it would be inevitable for him to bring Jian Suilin, this tuoyouping, along, but he felt that if he invited Li Yu alone, he wouldn’t be happy and would reject him.

Three days before the exams, Jian Suiying had an appointment with a real estate owner to talk about business outside his office. After the two said goodbye, Jian Suiying found himself near Li Yu’s school. As he drove past Li Yu’s school, he glanced in with his head out of the window and could see some students playing on the basketball court closest to the school gate. It was just a quick glance, so he definitely couldn’t see who they were.

Jian Suiying shook his head with a smile.

He stepped on the accelerator and sped up. Jian Suiying stared straight ahead, but his mind seemed to be somewhere else. Finally, he couldn’t help himself from turning the steering wheel. Watching the mirror in front of him, he turned around and drove back.

Jian Suiying parked the car outside the school gate and walked inside.

The school was basically empty, the large campus seemed particularly cold, and he could hear some shouting and shooting sounds from the basketball court. But amongst the quiet surroundings, it was a bit insignificant. He slowly walked over and stood on the outside of the basketball court, looking at the three groups of people playing on the court, looking over one by one, but not finding any familiar figures.

Jian Suiying smiled mockingly, thinking that there was no such thing as a coincidence.

He didn’t know what happened to him, probably because he had not gotten such an appetite for a long time. One-sided venting felt tasteless; under the pressure of high-intensity work, he also wanted to have a partner who could really relax and enjoy time with. This partner should look like his ideal type, so he’d never get tired of looking and was someone that would let him enjoy the fun of chasing and courting. Aside from having a good temperament, there would be a little bit of vulgarity, worthy of standing beside him. In his strong hope to meet a person who will allow him to enjoy these many pleasures, he came across Li Yu.

Not too early, not too late. At the right time, he came across Li Yu. He was young, beautiful, a bit arrogant, and very much in line with all his fantasies, which felt more exciting than starting a big project at work. He looked forward to the process of conquering this teenager, and of course, the moment when he’ll get to enjoy the fruits of his victory.

So it seems understandable that he’d do something so silly as to stand on a high school basketball court, expecting a pretentious chance encounter.

It was a pity it didn’t happen.

Jian Suiying sighed and prepared to walk away, when…

“Jian-ge?”