He jumped out of bed, tiptoed to the bathroom door, and pressed his ear against it to eavesdrop. He had no idea what San San was doing; there was nothing but the sound of running water. He paced back and forth in the room, unable to resist imagining all sorts of scenarios that might happen next.
For the first time in his life, the upright and virtuous Mr. Chen felt saddened by his lack of talent and skill as a virgin.
After a long while, San San finally came out clutching a hot towel, head down, not daring to look at him, and said in a very soft voice, "You... take off your clothes and I'll wipe you... wipe you..."
Chen Yunqi said "Oh," and obediently sat on the edge of the bed. With just one hand, he skillfully lifted up his sweater and shirt and took them off. As he reached for his belt, San San hurriedly said, "Wait...wait a minute before taking off your pants...don't catch a cold..."
Chen Yunqi said "Oh" again, withdrew his hand, and sat stiffly. Seeing that San San's face was as red as a steamed crab, he felt a little sorry for her and said, "How about I do it myself?"
He could completely understand San San's shyness, but San San thought that Chen Yunqi was angry at her for being so timid, so she hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, no, you sit down, I'll do it."
After saying that, he quickly sat down next to Chen Yunqi and used a towel to wipe his neck and back.
After dawdling for a long time, the towel had become completely cold. The room was already cold, and the evaporation of the water from wiping it further took away the little heat that was already on the body. Chen Yunqi suddenly shivered and got goosebumps all over his body from the cold.
San San was completely oblivious to what was going on. Chen Yunqi didn't dare show it, afraid that San San would blame herself again, so he gritted his teeth and endured it, forcing San San to wipe his face and upper body with a cool towel.
Finally, when he finished wiping his upper body and was about to wash the towel again to wipe his lower body, Chen Yunqi made up her mind and hurriedly grabbed his arm, saying, "Don't wipe anymore, I'm so tired. Let's just sleep like this. As long as you don't mind."
Upon hearing this, San San immediately replied decisively, "I don't mind! I don't mind at all!"
Chen Yunqi decided not to shower, but San San still needed to. As soon as he entered the bathroom, Chen Yunqi jumped up, quickly took off his pants, and shakily crawled into bed, taking a long time to recover.
San San washed up quickly, and soon the "whoosh" of the hairdryer filled the bathroom. Hearing this, Chen Yunqi tensed up again. He instinctively straightened the edges of his boxer shorts, then wrapped himself in the blanket, grabbed a bottle of water, and rinsed his mouth. With nowhere to spit, he hastily swallowed it down with a "gulp"...
When San San came out, he was wearing a light gray thermal undershirt. It was unclear whether the undershirt belonged to his father, as it wasn't fitted at all and hung loosely on his body. The hem was too long, and only the edge of his shorts underneath was vaguely visible, exposing his straight, fair legs to Chen Yunqi's eyes without reservation.
The steam made his lips rosy and moist. He bit his lower lip lightly, mustered his courage, lifted the other side of the blanket, and shyly crawled in.
San San lay on her side facing Chen Yunqi, and Chen Yunqi turned over to face her as well. They were covered by the same blanket, San San's knees pressed against Chen Yunqi's thighs, the close contact making their hearts race. San San covered her face below her eyes with the blanket and said in a muffled voice, "Turn off the light."
Ethics, morality, and principles of shame were all cast aside by Chen Yunqi the moment San San lay down. His beloved was like a budding flower waiting to be plucked; he had no desire to be a detached and otherworldly immortal, but rather a tyrannical ruler who would indulge in pleasure and neglect his duties!
The spring night is fleeting, and tonight is destined to be sleepless. He doesn't want to waste a single second. He reaches out and pulls San San into his arms, pressing him against his burning chest. Then he rolls over and pins him down, his gaze intense as he looks directly at him. In a deep, gentle voice, he frowns and says, "Why turn off the lights? I want to take a good look. I don't want a shy little lamb. Where did my little fox go?"
San San blushed, her affectionate eyes flickering with unspoken words. The more vulnerable and helpless she appeared, the more Chen Yunqi's lust burned within him. He wished he could immediately ravage her, tear her apart, and possess her completely.
He tried to suppress his surging desire, his fingers tenderly stroking San San's eyebrows and eyes, but the hot hardness in his lower body betrayed him, pressing uncontrollably between San San's legs, making him lose all reason.
San San was equally overwhelmed with emotion, and couldn't help but slightly part her legs to accept Chen Yunqi's body. She gently placed her hands on his waist, tilted her head back to kiss his lips, and breathed heavily, murmuring intermittently.
"Brother...it's me...your little fox..."
Chen Yunqi, who had previously been completely inexperienced, now seemed like a self-taught genius. He felt San San's subtle trembling, kissing him from his forehead to the tip of his nose, to the crook of his neck, to his shoulder, and finally taking his soft earlobe into his mouth, sucking and licking it gently with his tongue in circles. San San's body was incredibly sensitive; with this lick, his whole body trembled violently, and he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
"Mmm...it itches..."
Chen Yunqi couldn't resist just listening to it, and whispered into his earlobe, "San San, give yourself to me, okay? I want you."
"Give it to me, give it to me."
It was impossible to tell whether he was asking for San San's consent or giving an order. He seemed to be under some kind of spell, repeating himself endlessly while slowly reaching his hand under the covers, lifting up San San's shirt, finding the sensitive spot, gently kneading it, and then probing down along his lower abdomen.
His palms were burning hot as he gripped San San's hardness. He propped himself up, raised his eyebrows, and teased with a wicked grin, "So delicate."
San San was both embarrassed and angry upon hearing this. Her face flushed red and her beautiful eyes widened as she bit her lower lip and stared at him. Her mind was still on Chen Yunqi's private parts, which she had accidentally bumped into last time. But she said in a low voice, "If you don't like it, don't touch it!"
Chen Yunqi laughed even more unrestrainedly, and was about to tease her by saying, "Our San San is still young, and she has a long way to go," when suddenly he was hit on the head by the words he hadn't yet uttered, and almost collapsed.
San San is not even eighteen yet... isn't she still young...?
Chen Yunqi, you are simply... a beast in human clothing...
Chapter Thirty-Five: Lamplight and Shadow
Chen Yunqi thought that if he were to be reborn as an emperor one day, he would definitely invent a cruel form of torture: to arouse a person to the extreme, then tie them up and prevent them from relieving themselves, so that they could fully experience what it meant to be heartbroken and to feel like their insides were burning.
For example, at this moment, he...
There are six days until the Spring Festival, two months until the start of the next semester, three years until the next World Cup, and forty-one years until the next comet hits Earth...
There's still so much time until San San's birthday next month... Chen Yunqi thought about it desperately; it felt like each day was an eternity...
The intermittent, alluring breaths still lingered in his ear, and he held that burning hot thing in one hand, unconsciously kneading it gently. San San's breathing rose and fell with his movements, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck, murmuring softly and indistinctly.
"Brother...please help me...please help me..."
San San was completely overwhelmed by lust. He had never experienced such stimulation before. His body flushed pink in no time, and his legs trembled uncontrollably. His head was spinning, and he didn't know what to do. He just instinctively clung to Chen Yunqi's neck, his fingers tracing wildly on his back.
Chen Yunqi was caught in a dilemma. Hearing San San's unbearable pleas, he couldn't bear to let him suffer any more, so he tightened his grip a bit.
"Good boy, my baby..." He rolled over and lay on his side, letting San San rest his head on his shoulder, kissing his forehead and hair repeatedly. His injured arm was still throbbing, but at this moment it was doing some indescribable things under the covers. From the outside, all that could be seen was the white cotton blanket slowly rising and falling with the movement of his hands.
"Baby, you're so soft and smell so good."
Chen Yunqi thought he was helping San San, but San San was getting more and more uncomfortable. She didn't know whether she wanted Chen Yunqi to go faster or slower, lighter or heavier. She felt like her internal organs were on fire, and her limbs were being eaten away by insects, snakes, rats and ants. She was eager to end it all, but she also longed to be dominated by the painful pleasure of not being able to get relief.
In just a few minutes, Chen Yunqi had grasped the profound meaning of "patience" to its limit. He whispered in San San's ear, "Baby, I want you, I really want you... but not now... wait until you grow up... then give yourself to me, okay..."
San San no longer had the strength to think about whether she would grow up or not, or how she would give it to him. She only felt that even if Chen Yunqi asked her to die for him, she would do it without hesitation.
He had tried to vent his emotions when he was young and confused, but those were just superficial attempts and tasteless. The joy and pain that Chen Yunqi brought him at this moment were the ultimate, making him feel his existence in this world for the first time with unparalleled clarity, and feel the emotions of love and hate.
"Please help me... I feel so bad..." San San could only repeat this one sentence over and over. As the saying goes, those who indulge in debauchery are inexperienced. Chen Yunqi was aroused by his inexperienced appearance and incoherent, shameless words, and felt an unbearable throbbing pain. He quickened his movements, pulled San San's hand over, made him hold it, and guided him to do the same movements, panting as he said, "Hold on tight, faster, I'll teach you."
***
On a sleepless night, the cold wind howled, and the lamplight cast a slanting shadow in their dreams. A thousand kinds of charm flowed between their eyes and brows, their breaths mingling, and even the moon couldn't resist peeking out the window, showering their warm palms with its pure white light.
San San was exhausted. He had used up all his strength each time he was thrown to the peak, and then plunged headlong into the boundless darkness. Chen Yunqi's palms still bore traces of love. He gently stroked San San's smooth, jade-like back, soothing his turbulent and nearly collapsing emotions, watching him fall peacefully asleep against his chest with the slight rise and fall of his chest.
I am extremely satisfied with my life.
They embraced each other naked, and as they fell asleep, the sky was already beginning to lighten.
When San San woke up, it was already noon the next day. He opened his eyes groggily, almost forgetting where he was for a moment. He realized he was completely naked, the afterglow of last night's passion still lingering in his heart and limbs, and a sweet, metallic scent still lingered in the air. He sat up, wrapped in the blanket, and found the bed beside him disheveled, but there was no one around, only the faint smell of tobacco remaining on the pillow, indicating that last night was not a dream.
He stood there stunned for a moment, then suddenly collapsed back onto the bed, no longer thinking about where Chen Yunqi had gone. He hugged the tobacco-scented pillow, buried his face in it, and took a deep, greedy breath. He seemed to remember something, and his face flushed secretly.
As his mind wandered, he suddenly heard the door click open. He hurriedly shrank back under the covers, leaving only half his head sticking out. Upon closer inspection, he saw Chen Yunqi, carrying several bags, peeking in and wearing his coat.
Before her stood a neatly dressed man with a bandage wrapped around his forehead, smiling brightly at her. Yet, it was as if San San had stripped Chen Yunqi naked with just a glance, leaving only a broad-shouldered, well-defined, and beautiful body. She immediately pulled the blanket over her head, looking as shy as if she would melt if she looked at him for another second.
Seeing this, Chen Yunqi put down what he was holding and strode over. He sat on the edge of the bed, wanting to see San San, but he couldn't pull the blanket off. He could only stretch out his injured arm, pouting and muttering, "It hurts so much, and no one is blowing on it to cool it down."
San San laughed out loud under the covers. After a moment, she peeked out her eyes, then her whole face. She then wrapped herself back in the covers, sat up, took Chen Yunqi's arm, and leaned over to gently blow on the wound.
"Huh? All done! This young man is truly a miracle worker," Chen Yunqi said, getting into character instantly and acting with great skill. There were only the two of them in the room, but he suddenly leaned very close, lowering his voice as if afraid of being overheard, and said, "Thanks to your work, all my hidden ailments are gone."
San San didn't understand, but guessed it wasn't anything nice and was probably just teasing him. She glared at him angrily and turned her back on him.
Chen Yunqi watched his back. A few rays of dazzling sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains onto his tousled hair. His exposed white neck and spine drew a beautiful line. His slender shoulder blades were sharply defined, and against the backdrop of the white bedding, they appeared even more like jade, cool and beautiful. He had a touch of languor from just waking up, both delicate and adorable.
He couldn't resist crawling over and pulling the person into his arms from behind, rubbing his chin against the person's dark hair, making it even more disheveled.
San San leaned against his strong, warm chest, wishing time could stand still. After a long while, she finally came to her senses and asked, "Where did you go? Where are Xiao Yan and the others?"
At this moment, Chen Yunqi was sniffing him endlessly around his ears and hair like a big dog, saying indistinctly, "I went to buy some things and took them out for a meal. I told them you had a cold and needed to sleep a little longer. They're watching TV in the next room now."
San San was a little surprised when she heard this. She turned her head and looked carefully at the pile of things on the ground. She then realized that there were firecrackers, red paper that looked like the character "福" (fortune) and couplets, various kinds of dried fruits and snacks, and various other things that she couldn't tell what they were, scattered all over the ground.
"You didn't sleep all night?" San San stared wide-eyed, turning her head to look at Chen Yunqi in disbelief.
The thin eyelids of Chen Yunqi in front of me showed many blood vessels, but his eyes were excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. A faint smile of smugness appeared on the corner of his mouth, then he looked shy, pursed his lips and stared at me for a long time before finally saying, word by word, "I'm so excited I can't sleep, I've lost my virginity."
Chapter Thirty-Six Suspicion
Tang Yutao only learned many years later that the naive and innocent teacher Chen Yunqi thought that masturbation was the same as losing her virginity. Later, when the two sat together reminiscing about the past, the topic came up unintentionally, and Chen Yunqi only gave a rough explanation before Tang Yutao ridiculed him mercilessly.
But throughout Chen Yunqi's life, he always cherished that time as his first time with San San, and he would always remember that on that sleepless night, after their intimate moments, his and San San's hearts were forever intertwined.
Before leaving the county town that day, Chen Yunqi and San San took the children to the mall and unexpectedly found goat milk powder in the maternity and baby products section.
Goat milk powder is half the price of regular milk powder. Chen Yunqi wasn't sure how much Xiao San San would need before she could eat other foods, so he bought six cans at once.
After buying the milk powder, they went to pick out new clothes for the New Year. Chen Yunqi didn't have an outer coat, so he randomly picked out an old-fashioned cotton jacket for himself, paid for it, removed the tag, and put it on. Finally, he stopped shivering from the cold. Then he carefully picked out clothes for San San.
The shopping mall in the county town sold mostly unknown small brands. He picked and chose for a long time before finally settling on a denim jacket with a wool collar. San San had fair skin, and the denim blue made him look clean and handsome. Chen Yunqi buttoned it up for him, looked at him with satisfaction, and then, taking advantage of the fact that the sales clerk and a few children weren't paying attention, quickly kissed his cheek from behind the dressing mirror and said, "My little classmate is so handsome, he looks good in anything."
"Looking best is not wearing anything at all."
Those few words felt like a bucket of hot oil being poured over his head, scalding San San's face instantly turning bright red! He quickly looked around to make sure no one had heard him before angrily punching Chen Yunqi in the chest, shoving him aside, and turning away to take off his clothes, his heart filled with utter hatred for Chen Yunqi!
What's wrong with Teacher Chen?! He's becoming increasingly unruly in broad daylight! Is this still the same aloof and serious Teacher Chen I picked up from the foot of the mountain?!
Chen Yunqi was still chuckling to himself with smug satisfaction. After spending the night with San San, he really thought of himself as an expert. He couldn't control himself, and he would tease San San all the time. He couldn't get enough of looking at San San's shy face.
When San San tried on the coat, she glanced at the price tag and thought it was too expensive, so she took it off and prepared to return it to the salesperson.
Chen Yunqi snatched the clothes first and said to the saleswoman who was playing with Huang Xiaoya, "I want this one too. Pack it together with the others and get a receipt."
San San hurriedly tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "No, brother, you bought too many. I can't wear them all. I... I still have to work. It would be such a waste if they got damaged or dirty."
Chen Yunqi frowned upon hearing this, watching the sales clerk fill in the item information and prices on the invoice, and said dismissively, "What do you mean by too much? It's less than a tenth of what I have in my wardrobe. These clothes are too ordinary, they don't suit you. I'll buy you more in the future."
He took the receipt from the sales clerk and said solemnly, "Don't bother. My San San is going back to school soon. After she finishes her studies, she can go to work and live wherever she wants. She should dress properly."
Chen Yunqi had probably completed all of the sales targets for the day by herself. She was happily folding clothes and putting them into bags when she heard this, and said in a very cooperative manner, "Young man, you are so handsome. You look good in anything. Your brother is so good to you!"
San San felt a little embarrassed and smiled politely. He never dared to think that far ahead; he only knew that Chen Yunqi had spent a large sum of money on him, which made him feel somewhat at a loss. He understood that Chen Yunqi loved him and was good to him, but he couldn't get used to it yet and couldn't keep up with Chen Yunqi's lifestyle, so he could only remain silent and let him arrange things for him.
Chen Yunqi patted his shoulder and gently coaxed him, "Don't overthink it. Wait here for me, I'll go pay."
Besides San San, Sheng Xiaoyan also received a bright orange chunky knit sweater and a pink crossbody backpack. Huang Yelin and Huang Xiaoya also received new clothes, and Chen Yunqi even bought Huang Xiaoya a bootleg Baymax robot.
Huang Xiaoya hugged the round, chubby plush toy and smiled happily. She excitedly said to Chen Yunqi, "Teacher Chen! From now on, Dabai will sleep with me! He will definitely protect me!"
Huang Yelin looked at the lump of white flour in her arms with disgust, and said with a sneer, "Being so fat, you can't beat anyone! You look even worse than me!"
Chen Yunqi chuckled, raised his hand and flicked Huang Yelin's forehead, laughing as he said, "You're so petty, even jealous of toys."
Huang Yelin stared wide-eyed and hurriedly clarified, "I'm not jealous! I'm not jealous at all!" After saying that, he glanced at Huang Xiaoya and reluctantly compromised, "Let it keep you company when I'm not around during the day!"
They happily strolled around all afternoon, buying lots of delicious food, drinks, and all sorts of trinkets until everyone was too tired to carry anything more. Chen Yunqi was still thinking about his promise to Huang Yelin, so after lunch he took Huang Xiaoya to the amusement park near the mall entrance, letting her play in the ball pit once, ride the carousel three times, and bumper cars five times. After going to the police station to give a statement, the group hurriedly boarded the train back home.
On the train, Chen Yunqi, who hadn't slept all night, finally calmed down and fell into a deep sleep, leaning against San San's shoulder.
San San could catch a glimpse of his sharply defined face when she looked down, noticing the bandage on his forehead still stained with blood. She remembered how, just months ago, she and this man were complete strangers. They had lived in completely different worlds, but fate had brought them together by chance, leading to acquaintance, understanding, and love, intertwining their previously parallel paths. From then on, they embarked on a train journey that seemed to have no end, a long and arduous road, its destination unknown, its final resting place uncertain.
But San San didn't regret it. Never before in his life had he had such a clear yearning for freedom and love. It was Chen Yunqi's arrival that brought him into another world, a world where he could fully express his inner feelings, a world where he could be himself, a gentle haven where he could have a lover to lean on, a lover to confide in, friends to drink and chat with, and a guiding light to lead him in the right direction.