Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 86 - END

After the car drove into the villa located in the southern suburbs, Shen Tingwei opened his eyes after a nap. From the window of the car, he saw the courtyard shrouded in the gloomy night. He was in a trance for a moment. The gardens that were tended seem to have retained their original appearance, apparently being taken care of frequently.

Presumably someone has already moved in.

Shen Tingwei showed a little disappointment on his face. Lian Jue squeezed the back of his hand lightly, as if he could see through his thoughts at a glance and asked lightly, “Do you like it here?”

“It’s okay.” Shen Tingwei said, “It’s fine anywhere.”

Then the car turned into the yard and stopped.

Shen Tingwei was stunned. He didn’t understand why Lian Jue brought him here so late. Lian Jue didn’t give him much time to think. He was about to get out of the car when Shen Tingwei hurriedly pulled his sleeve: “Did something fell down? Let’s come and pick it up tomorrow. It’s too rude to disturb others so late…”

Lian Jue just raised his hand. He put the hand he was pulling on his sleeve into the palm of his hand. H gave him a look of reassurance and did not answer his question.

It wasn’t until Lian Jue led Shen Tingwei to the door and unlocked the it with his own fingerprints, Shen Tingwei suddenly realized something, turned his head and looked at Lian Jue: “This house…wasn’t sold?”

“Yeah.” Lian Jue turned on the light, led him into the door with a half embrace and helped him get new slippers from the shoe cabinet, “This is a bit bigger, so you can move around later.”

Shen Tingwei didn’t understand what he meant by ‘move around’ but when he saw the house in front of him which had been completely renovated in just a few months. He realized that Lian Jue’s ‘later’ meant, after he and Lian Jue had a child.

Shen Tingwei had always felt that this house was so deserted that he felt uneasy but now the minimalist style of the original gray and white tone was changed from decorations to furnishings to a fresh and elegant European-pastoral style. Although, it is a simple route that suits Lian Jue’s preferences, when Lian Jue turned on all the switches at hand, the whole house was covered with a layer of soft warm light, making this exaggerated house in a blink of an eye into a very warm firework atmosphere.

“The children’s room and activity room are designed on the second floor.” Lian Jue used a tone that Shen Tingwei was very familiar with, as if he was just stating a given result to him, “What kind of home do you want? You can change it if you don’t like it.”

Shen Tingwei was stunned for a while then turned his head to meet Lian Jue’s slightly inquiring eyes and said to him in a low voice with seriousness, “This is good.”

Lian Jue led Shen Tingwei to the second floor. According to the design drawings that he had confirmed many times in his memory, he slowly introduced the layout of the new home to Shen Tingwei.

Shen Tingwei listened silently and suddenly had an unreasonable idea. Lian Jue seemed to have planned to be a family with him from a very early time.

This thought that made his heart suddenly softened. Shen Tingwei clenched Lian Jue’s warm and powerful hand subconsciously. Lian Jue’s words paused for a while. Shen Tingwei gently grabbed his hand again.

“What’s wrong?” Lian Jue turned his head. The bottom of his eyes could not handle the deep light.

Shen Tingwei took the initiative to kiss him in front of the children’s room which was painted with light green walls. After a very short pause, he quickly pressed Shen Tingwei’s lips and his palms covered the back of his neck that burns. He gently kneaded the skin.

Shen Tingwei’s lower back rested on the edge of the desk with soft edges, wrapped in this strong and comfortable sense of security, he unconsciously released a strong whiff of pheromone. The breaths of the two were quickly filled with sweetness. The sweet and spicy aroma of wine seems to represent the long-term miss and unspoken love for each other.

After this long and lingering kiss, Shen Tingwei’s chin lightly rubbed against Lian Jue’s somewhat prickly stubble with a tingling itch.

Lian Jue let him rub against him for a while. Seeing that he was rather incessant, he pressed his eyebrows to stop his childish movements and said, “Okay.”

The doctor arrived not long after they went upstairs. The moment he saw Shen Tingwei who was upstairs and slowly going downstairs, he showed a little restrained excitement on his face. He said: “You have frightened us these past two days. Everyone is nervous and going crazy. I have never seen such Lian Jue act like-”

Before he finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lian Jue’s slightly indifferent attitude: “Check his body first.”

Only then did the doctor realize that he had made a slip of the tongue. He hurriedly said with a smile, “Okay, we need to check him to see if him and the baby are in good health. ”

The doctor did a physical examination on Shen Tingwei, as detailed as possible. He planned to check the wound, remove sutures and change the dressing for Shen Tingwei.

Lian Jue was always by Shen Tingwei’s side which made Shen Tingwei feel a little embarrassed.

Although he and Lian Jue had made substantial progress after the Qixi Festival and the accident, he was still reluctant to let Lian Jue see his bareheaded appearance. Lian Jue obviously saw his concerns and tried to comfort him with the most stupid way, he said flatly: “I have already seen it.”

When Shen Tingwei looked at him in embarrassment, he calmly emphasized: “I’m always there every time they change the dressing.”

“…” Shen Tingwei turned his back in anger and ignored him.

During the process of removing the sutures, Shen Tingwei could feel the pressure of Lian Jue’s palm on his shoulders. He wanted to tell Lian Jue that it wasn’t very painful but the clear dull feeling that the sutures were drawn from the wound made him feel uncomfortable.

The doctor praised him for his good recovery and said to Lian Jue, “Mr. Shen still has a slight concussion, so he will often feel dizzy and nauseous. He needs to take more rest, it’s not a big problem.” It’s very late. It’s just been renovated here, so it’s inconvenient for people to live here, especially Shen Tingwei who is pregnant now.

Therefore, the two did not stay there much longer and asked the driver to take them back to their home in the city.

Kang Tong rarely do not follow Lian Jue’s rules and went back to his room to sleep before nine o’clock. Perhaps he had a hunch about Lian Jue’s rush to go out at night. As soon as he heard the door sound, he suddenly stood up from the sofa with the cat in his arms.

The moment he saw Shen Tingwei entering the door, it seemed that the repressed thoughts and fears had erupted together. Kang Tong left the cat and carefully picked up the small pot of jasmine on the coffee table which was in full bloom. Shen Tingwei, who had just put on slippers was in front of him.

“…It’s already blooming, why did you not came back earlier?” Kang Tong’s eyes were red and his long eyelashes were hanging down, “I water the little flowers every day and put them on the windowsill of the classroom to bask in the sun. It was the day before yesterday, it just bloomed. I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to see it, so I also took pictures for you to see…”

It was as if the clumsy disguise he had forced up in front of Lian Jue was removed when Shen Tingwei took him into his arms with red eyes. He carefully press against Shen Tingwei’s stomach tears soaked Shen Tingwei’s clothes. Kang Tong was crying loudly as if he was wronged by the sky and asked him “Where have you been these days?”, blamed him “Why did you suddenly disappear?” and finally choked and said, “I…I got full marks in the monthly exam.”

Shen Tingwei touched Kang Tong’s hair, sniffed lightly and coaxed him softly, “I’m back now. Don’t cry, little man. Stop crying.”

“Weiwei,” Kang Tong hugged him tightly and said to him pitifully, “You are not allowed to run around again in the future.”

Lian Jue, who had been silent all along, suddenly embraced his waist at this moment, squeezed neither light nor heavy, feeling Shen Tingwei’s slight shrinking, Lian Jue leaned over and leaned close to Shen Tingwei’s ear. He smiled lightly, his tone seemed to be deliberately teasing and imitating. He even solemnly repeated Kang Tong’s words: “Weiwei, don’t run again in the future.”

Shen Tingwei’s face and neck turned an unnatural red for a moment. He avoided Kang Tong’s longing eyes, the hot breath in his ears and said to them both shyly and quite seriously:

“Okay, I won’t run away.”

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