Chapter 52

Translator: Amber.es | Editor: Cookie 🍪 | Proofreader: Bubbles

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*Ahem. 同床共枕 / Sharing a bed, also can mean to be married.*

The development in this village was not good. Even in this day and age, there wasn’t a single family in this village who had installed showers, and the villagers didn’t like taking baths either. Or, to be more precise, they didn’t have this awareness and need. Their lives were still stuck in the pursuit of having enough food and clothes. There was no want nor need for them to take a bath every day.

Therefore, they did not have any financial consideration to build a bathroom in their own home, and they were unwilling to spend money on such a thing. For them, to take a bath, they could simply boil hot water, and prepare a bucket for it. Was that not enough?

So when Wen Mingyi told Zhang- jie that he wanted to take a bath, Zhang- jie naturally offered, “I’ll boil hot water for you. Do you want to wash in your room or in the yard?”

The room where Wen Mingyi and Si Junduo were staying was not big. If a wooden barrel was placed inside, it would feel a little cramped.

“Then how about bathing in the yard?” Zhang- jie said “I’ll close the door for you. You can wash yourself.”

Wen Mingyi: …

Wen Mingyi felt a little embarrassed.

“What’s so embarrassing about this?” Zhang- jie seemed to understand his thoughts and smiled. “No one is looking at you. As a man, how can you be embarrassed?”

Wen Mingyi: …

Wen Mingyi felt that this was the only way. Just treat it as if he were swimming in the hot springs, he comforted himself. He would conquer this yard!

Zhang- jie poured the water into the barrel and took Dabao back to the room to sleep. She left the work of changing the water to Si Junduo.

Wen Mingyi saw that Zhang- jie was gone and muttered, “Wait for me” to Si Junduo, and ran into their room.

When he came out again, he had changed into his white bathrobe, holding a towel in his hand, and wore furry velvet turtle slippers on his feet.

Before Si Junduo could react, Wen Mingyi walked up in front of him, preparing to take off his bathrobe. Si Junduo instinctively gripped his hand.

Wen Mingyi was puzzled and looked at him questioningly.

Si Junduo: …

Si Junduo was silent for a while before he silently retracted his hand, and said uncomfortably, “You wash first, I need to return a call.”

Wen Mingyi didn’t doubt him, considerately saying, “Go then.”

Si Junduo quickly left the courtyard and entered their room, feeling embarrassed.

He stayed in the room for a while, then heard Wen Mingyi calling out, “Have you finished your call? Remember to come out after you’re done.”

Si Junduo: …

Wen Mingyi was soaking in the hot water as he gazed up at the stars in boredom. After waiting for a while, seeing that Si Junduo hadn’t come out yet, he thought that Si Junduo was really busy. Away from work, yet he was still working.

Si Junduo forced himself to calm down before heading out of the room.

As soon as he walked out, he saw Wen Mingyi leaning on the barrel with his back facing him, revealing his pale neck and shoulders in the moonlight. The moonlight shone on his slender shoulders and neck, before finally sinking into the water.

Si Junduo unconsciously stopped in his tracks.

Wen Mingyi heard a sound; he turned back and smiled. With a slight complaining tone, he said, “Finally, you’ve finished your call.”

Si Junduo looked at him, unconsciously thinking of a poem in his mind:

At the beginning of the first snow, the full moon is up in the sky.

On the ground beneath, a bright shadow lies.

With the bright glowing silver,

You walk towards me with a smile.

In the midst of the moonlight and the snow,

You are the third unrivaled beauty 1 Here is the raws:

若逢新雪初霁，满月当空

面平铺着皓影

上面流转着亮银

而你带笑地向我步来

月色与雪色之间

你是第三种绝色

Wrote by Yu Guangzhong’s poem, from his “Perfect Beauty”

There was no snow there, yet Si Junduo felt that the skin that soaked up the moonlight glistened like snow.

He walked over. Wen Mingyi turned around, facing him.

Si Junduo looked at him, his eyes falling on Wen Mingyi’s face, on Wen Mingyi’s neck, on Wen Mingyi’s shoulders, before silently retracting his gaze.

When Wen Mingyi was young, they had taken baths together, swam together, and soaked in a hot spring together. At that time, he had looked at Wen Mingyi without feeling uncomfortable.

But now, Wen Mingyi had grown up. He had grown into a handsome and bright person, grown up to be his type. Si Junduo peered at Wen Mingyi once more, feeling even more uncomfortable.

For three years they were sepearated. Three years ago, Wen Mingyi was still a young youth who had just finished the entrance examination, like a new shoot sprouting from a twig — not even the stamens were out. But three years later, when Wen Mingyi returned to his side once more, he had already formed his flower buds, looking so tender and alluring.

Si Junduo wanted to take care of him, protect him, and diligently water him. He had no intention to pluck him, yet he could not help but be attracted to his fragrant scent.

He looked at Wen Mingyi and silently blinked.

Wen Mingyi soaked in the bath. When the water turned cold, he got up from the wooden barrel and got Si Junduo to change the water for him.

Although wrapped in a bathrobe, he still felt cold; his plush slippers were completely drenched by him.

Si Junduo helped him change the water, and he quickly stepped back into the barrel, not forgetting to instruct Si Junduo, “My bathrobe is all wet. Can you take the bath towel for me first? I’ll use that later.”

“Alright.”

Si Junduo went back to the room and helped him take it.

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Wen Mingyi asked him, “Have you taken a bath? Is there enough water?”

Of course the water was not enough. Zhang- jie thought Wen Mingyi was the only one who would bathe, hence she only reserved water for him. Si Junduo did not like to take a bath in this way, so there was no issue.

“I won’t bathe today.”

Wen Mingyi nodded and asked, “You really want to stay with me for a week? The conditions here are so bad that you can’t even make video calls. Won’t it affect your work?”

Of course it was a problem. This was also the biggest problem that Si Junduo had encountered after entering the village today. The signal here was really bad. Not to mention video calls, even during ordinary calls, one couldn’t hear what the other party was saying.

As the boss of the company, it was impossible for him to remain unreachable by the company for a week. Therefore, he obviously could not stay here to accompany Wen Mingyi all the time.

But it was just a week after all. In such a remote village, Si Junduo felt that there should be nothing happening. Coming here today, he could clearly see that director Yu Xuanwen had a pretty good personality, was reasonable, and had a good impression of Wen Mingyi.

Though Kang Jie didn’t talk much and he looked arrogant, he was not a fussy person, and towards Wen Mingyi, he was rather polite.

The rest of the staff basically acted according to how these two acted. Since these two people had no malice towards Wen Mingyi, naturally, the staff did not dare to make any unwanted motions.

Therefore, Si Junduo wondered if he should go back first after the filming started. In any case, it was only a week. Nothing should happen to Wen Mingyi.

“I’ll think about it,” he said. “You don’t have to worry about that, you just need to shoot the commercial well.”

Wen Mingyi nodded helplessly. Yes yes yes, he doesn’t need to care about anything. Anyway, in the eyes of Si Junduo, he would always be young and never need to care about anything.

Wen Mingyi raised his hand and threw a handful of water at him. There was nothing he could do with this protective gege of his.

Si Junduo avoided the splash and scolded him, “Bathe properly. Why are you still playing with water as if you were a child?”

Wen Mingyi splashed on him again when he heard these words. He grinned. “When I was younger, you also played with me.”

“You also know it was when you were young. You’ve grown up now.”

“You also know that I’ve grown up.” Wen Mingyi chuckled. “I thought I was always a child in your heart.”

Si Junduo stared at him and quietly lowered his eyes. Of course he knew that Wen Mingyi had grown up, but in his heart, Wen Mingyi would always be a child. These two points seemed to conflict, but they were not at all contradictory. He raised his eyes to look at Wen Mingyi, who was sitting inside the barrel and smiling at him. Si Junduo raised a hand to squeeze his face, smiling and not speaking.

Under his tender gaze, Wen Mingyi’s heart slowly gained warmth.

The water in the barrel slowly cooled, and he was almost done with his bath. He stood up; Si Junduo silently turned his head, not looking at him.

Wen Mingyi picked up the bath towel he placed on the stool and wrapped it around his body. The cool breeze blew through, with the chilly wind, he felt slightly cold.

He lowered his head to step out of the barrel, but found that his slippers were mostly wet caused by the splash of water he’d done. The blue furry turtles looked wet and not warm at all.

Next time, he would buy a small fire dragon, Wen Mingyi thought. Just by looking at it, it would be warm.

“Why haven’t you come out yet?” Si Junduo asked him. “Want to continue bathing?”

Wen Mingyi looked at him and had a sudden thought.

He smiled. With a relaxed look, he looked at Si Junduo and said pleasantly, “My slippers are wet. You carry me back ba.”

Si Junduo: ! ! !

Si Junduo coldly stated, “It’s just two steps. Go back by yourself.”

Wen Mingyi originally wanted to tease him, but when he heard what Si Junduo said, he was immediately dissatisfied. “Why are you so three-standard? When I am a husky, you don’t want to hug. When I’m a human, you don’t want to hug. You only hold the orange cat!”

“Are you pro-cats? Only liking cats! If I and the orange cat fell into the water at the same time, who would you save?” 2 Amber: Ming Ming… they are both you…

Cookie: Is ming ming jealous of himself rn T-T

Bubbles: Lmao he’s so cute

Si Junduo: …

It was the first time Si Junduo saw him be jealous of his own self. Si Junduo laughed in spite of himself, and he was a little bit jealous.

“You dare laugh?! You’re just greedy for my orange cat’s body! You don’t like me as a person at all!”

Si Junduo felt helpless. In order to prove that he really didn’t only like orange cats, he had to walk over and hug Wen Mingyi.

Wen Mingyi got used to being held by him when he was a child, and didn’t think there was anything unusual, so he hugged him and urged, “Go back to our room. Otherwise I’ll freeze to death.”

“Then why not walk there yourself?”

“Your legs are long which means you get to walk faster.” Wen Mingyi smiled. “You’re not willing to hold me? Junduo gege ~”

Si Junduo looked down and saw Wen Mingyi blinking pitifully, acting aggrieved and innocent. His acting skills were so good, it was no wonder he wanted to enter the entertainment circle! Si Junduo murmured silently in his heart, hugged him and quickly walked back.

Wen Mingyi was satisfied, leaning on Si Junduo as he praised, “Junduo gege , you’re the best~”

“Remember what you’re saying right now.”

“Remember, remember. I’m so obedient.”

Si Junduo took him all the way back and put him on the bed. Wen Mingyi quickly pulled the quilt to cover himself.

“You change your pajamas, I’ll tidy up outside.”

Wen Mingyi nodded.

After tidying up the yard, Si Junduo briefly rinsed himself with the remaining hot water, and returned to the room with Wen Mingyi’s slippers. He saw Wen Mingyi already lying in the quilt.

Seeing Si Junduo coming in, he greeted, “Stop doing stuff. Go to sleep.”

Si Junduo looked at his watch and found that it was only 8:50pm.

Wen Mingyi rarely fell asleep so early. Initially, he wanted to play on his phone but gave up because of the poor signal. He could only lie in the quilt and wait for Si Junduo to come and talk with him.

This was the first time that Si Junduo was not sleeping with a cat or a dog in his arms. He hesitated for a while, wondering if he should sleep on another quilt.

But during this moment of hesitation, Wen Mingyi opened his quilt and warmly invited, “Come in. My quilt will warm you up.”

Si Junduo: …

Si Junduo struggled in his heart for two seconds before silently getting into Wen Mingyi’s quilt.

“You’re grown up now, you’re no longer the way you were as a kid. When you go out in the future, you can’t sleep with others in the same bed. You understand?” he said as he covered their bodies with the quilt.

Wen Mingyi nodded. “Don’t worry. The only other person who can sleep well with me in a quilt is Lu Yunfei. But he now has a boyfriend. If I sleep with him, wow, then Jinyuan’s face would be looking pretty good!”

Si Junduo helped him tuck the quilt in, and continued to educate him, “Other people are not allowed.”

“I know,” Wen Mingyi said helplessly. “I’m also very picky, okay? Throughout these years, I have only slept with you.”

Si Junduo: …

Wen Mingyi looked at him closely. “It can’t be excluding even you, right?”

Si Junduo: …

Si Junduo felt his conscience ache.

Wen Mingyi smiled, hugged him, and muttered in a low voice, “Don’t blindly worry about it.”

Si Junduo: …

Si Junduo felt that his conscience was no longer aching!

Instead, it packed up its baggage and is prepared to run away from home!

He raised his hand and hugged the youth in his arms, his heartbeat beating somewhat unnaturally.

It was cold in winter, but the bed was very warm and the youth’s body was warm, which stirred his heartstrings a little.

Did he like Wen Mingyi? His love for Wen Mingyi, was there any hint of a lover’s love?

Si Junduo retracted his hand in an evasive manner, and wanted to tell Wen Mingyi that they should sleep separately.

But at this moment, the teenager next to him suddenly disappeared, replaced by a larger husky.

This husky was staring at him with a stupid expression.

Si Junduo: …

Si Junduo felt that his heartbeat was now normal, and there was no need to sleep in separate beds!

The gray and white husky raised his two front paws, wanting a hug.

Si Junduo was silent.

Wen Mingyi snorted. He raised a dog’s paw and hugged him! Such three-standards! As a human and cat, both were fine. Why wasn’t a husky?! As he held on, he leaned his dog head over and against Si Junduo’s chest.

Si Junduo looked at the huge dog head on his chest, feeling a little exhausted.

He turned off the light and patted Wen Mingyi’s head. “Go to sleep.”

Wen Mingyi rubbed against his chin and closed his eyes obediently.

Si Junduo stroked the dog’s head and slowly fell into dreamland.

The author has something to say:

Gong and Shou are not related by blood, neighbor gege, neighbor didi, occasionally calling Ge out of politeness~

The poem that Gege thought of was Yu Guangzhong’s “Best Beauty”. these few lines are only part of this poem, This poem is quite long~~

Husky Ming Ming: Such three-standards. Hug cat, hug human but not dogs!

Husky Ming Ming: Hug me!

Husky Ming Ming: Hug me!

Ge Ge: For the sake of my conscience, I request for the husky to appear more often. Let me be a human!

Ming Ming; ？？？？？Listen to this. Are these human words?

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Here is the raws:

若逢新雪初霁，满月当空

面平铺着皓影

上面流转着亮银

而你带笑地向我步来

月色与雪色之间

你是第三种绝色

Wrote by Yu Guangzhong’s poem, from his “Perfect Beauty” 2

Amber: Ming Ming… they are both you…

Cookie: Is ming ming jealous of himself rn T-T

Bubbles: Lmao he’s so cute