Jian Sui Lin"s limbs were rather agile as he moved around in the kitchen. In about forty minutes or so, he was able to make three different dishes and a soup to accompany it. Not long after, he placed all of the plates on the dining table.
When Li Yu sat down together with Jian Sui Lin, his expression became more relax.
Jian Sui Ying proceeded to take out a bottle of fruit wine with a relatively low alcoholic content from the liquor cabinet. The label on the side was written in a foreign language—it was not known who had taken the precaution of giving them that bottle as a gift since it was not something his family normally drank. Jian Sui Ying"s father was a man from the northeastern part of China, who was only concerned with having white wine on his table—where would he find the need to drink that kind of strangely sweet wine? It would be better to use that drink to rinse his mouth.
Now was just the right time to give the two younger men a drink as to liven the atmosphere up a bit.
Jian Sui Ying poured three gla.s.ses of wine, "Come, come, have a drink to start off."
Since it was normal for their family to always have a small drink during dinner, (even though it was only noon time now) Jian Sui Lin did not have any objection.
Li Yu on the other hand, quickly glanced at the gla.s.s and faintly said, "Jian Ge, I don"t drink."
A man saying that he doesn"t drink alcohol can only mean a couple of things—either something happens when he drinks, or he was pretending he doesn"t in order to not offend the host…the odds of the latter being plausible seemed less likely.
Not quite happy with that response, Jian Sui Ying thought, "You"re not touched by tobacco or alcohol huh? …even junior high school students nowadays aren"t this pretentious."
With that, he took the wine gla.s.s and pushed in front of Li Yu and smiled. "What"s so hard about drinking alcohol? If you really can"t drink, then you should learn to now. What man doesn"t know how to drink a bit? Don"t worry, this particular wine has low alcohol content. Even if the dog has a drink, he would still be okay."
Li Yu slightly frowned, "Jian Ge, we still have to attend cla.s.s this afternoon."
"How big of a matter is that? Come, give me the honor."
Li Yu gave Jian Sui Lin a quick glance only to meet a helpless and downcast eye.
An unexpected light flashed by Li Yu"s face, but he did not let it show—he simply picked up the gla.s.s of wine and took a sip of it.
Jian Sui Ying laughed out heartily. "You little kid. When a man drink, he takes a big gulp. Xiao Lin Zi, come, let him see how it should be done."
Grabbing his gla.s.s, Jian Sui Lin drank half of it in one go but since he did so too quickly, he choked and coughed for a moment which caused his face to become slightly red.
Li Yu quickly patted his back, "Slow down a bit, do you want some water?"
Jian Sui Lin waved his hand, "No, no, I"m okay…"
Jian Sui Ying raised his gla.s.s in front of Li Yu, "Come, give Ge a cheer."
Li Yu helplessly lifted his own gla.s.s and tapped it against Jian Sui Ying"s before he tilted his head back and downed a reasonable amount of wine.
Looking at the unwilling expression in Li Yu"s eyes, Jian Sui Ying"s heart was filled with an abnormal sense of pleasure and pervertedness.
After Li Yu placed his gla.s.s down, he did not look at Jian Sui Yin again—instead, he depressingly hung his head low and continued to eat his meal.
Feeling satisfied, Jian Sui Ying raised one of his leg and crossed it over the other before he picked up some food then grabbed his chopsticks and tapped the plate with the shrimps on it. "Xiao Lin Zi, peel some shrimps for me."
"Ah." Jian Sui Lin quickly placed his own chopsticks down and obediently peeled the shrimps.
Seeing that, the chopsticks in Li Yu"s hand came to a halt. He looked at Jian Sui Ying"s hand out of the corner of his eyes and could feel resentment rise in his head. Jian Sui Lin has really nice hands that were delicate and soft like that of a pale-skinned beauty. Even though his fingers were long, the joints were not large—honestly, it was tough for someone rather tall like him to still be able to have such graceful hands.
Such beautiful hands shouldn"t do anything, Li Yu thought.
The thing was, in regard to other people"s family affair, it was inappropriate to involve yourself in it. All he could do was endure.
Contrariwise, the sons of the Jian family were already accustomed to such things.
Jian Sui Lin placed the cleanly peeled shrimps in his brother"s bowl then picked up his own chopsticks again.
At the dining table, Jian Sui Ying had a dignified expression on and composed himself as that of a proper older brother. He would ask with concerns about their studies, what kind of ambitions they had and so on—all of which were just nonsense that he would forget later on.
After some time, Jian Sui Ying was a bit worried— Jian Sui Lin was presence, he didn"t dare be too enthusiastic toward Li Yu.
Him being a h.o.m.os.e.xual was a small matter since nearly everyone in his household knew this already. It was just that his father"s side of the family were ashamed of him, while his mother"s side had always love him dearly. He held the family"s financial lifeline in his hands so even his father feigned ignorance to that matter. In any case, it was not something they can control him with.
But he still doesn"t want to let Jian Sui Lin know that he fancied his cla.s.smate. No matter how he looked at it, it was all a bit difficult. Besides, if by chance his younger brother sensed his real motives and said some malicious words about him in front of Li Yu, that would mean all would be hopeless for him.
By the time they finished eating, it was nearly time for Li Yu and Jian Sui Lin to attend cla.s.s.
Today Jian Sui Ying only returned home to grab some things that he needed. Since he doesn"t stay here, he returned once a week just for face purpose. The happy family of three were full of happiness in this house already, and honestly that had nothing to do with him. To make matters more difficult, he was unwilling to see eye to eye with that loathsome woman.[1]
After grabbing his things, Jian Sui Ying said, "Let"s go, I"ll take both of you to school."
"There"s no need to. Ma Shu will take us there," Jian Sui Lin said.
"Let"s go, Ma Shu is an elder. Let him have an afternoon"s nap, just change and let"s go."
Jian Sui Lin awkwardly gave Li Yu a glance before hesitantly saying, "Ge, we want to take a shower first. We"re dirty and stinky…"
"Then go, I"m not in a rush."
Jian Sui Ying had never been that patient with Jian Sui Lin before. Seeing him act like that in such a short period of time, Jian Sui Lin was a bit confused since he was not used to it. In turn, he was not sure whether he could look at his brother or not.
"Then…then, I"ll go shower first. Li Yu wait for me, I"ll be quick."
Jian Sui Ying turned to Li Yu, "You can go use the shower in my bedroom. That way we can save a bit of time since there will be some traffic."
Li Yu was unwilling to cooperate, "There"s no need for that. I"ll wait for him."
"Come on, our build is about the same. You can just wear my clothes."
Having found no reason to refuse, Li Yu followed Jian Sui Ying up the stairs and into his room.
Jian Sui Ying pointed toward the bathroom, "You can go shower, I"ll get some clothes for you."
Li Yu quickly entered the bathroom and closed the door—a couple of seconds later, the sounds of gurgling water could be clearly heard.
Jian Sui Ying stared at the thin bathroom door as his mind conjured hordes of unsightly fantasies.
This moment of surely a combination of life greatest endurance and willpower.
Separating him from that mouthwatering flesh was a mere door, yet all he could hear was the movement inside. He was mentally beating his chest and stomping his feet simultaneously with antic.i.p.ation— when the time came for him to enjoy it as much as he wanted, it will be all the more worth it.
Li Yu showered really quick. It was probably about five or six minutes later that his head popped out from the bathroom.
"Jian Ge, the clothes."
With the clothes that he prepared in his hand, Jian Sui Ying walked over. As he pa.s.sed the clothes to Li Yu, he couldn"t help but to take a look into the bathroom through the small crack at the door, it was then that he caught a glimpse of Li Yu"s chest.
That slender neck, st.u.r.dy chest, and light brown hair— with just a mere glimpse of it, Jian Sui Ying could hardly remain calm. He really wanted to open the door, press Li Yu roughly against the wall, and lick the droplets of water clean off his entire body.
Unfortunately, he did not dare to budget. Jian Dashao was truly going to be choked to death by that sight.
It was a good thing that Li Yu didn"t see the erotic look in Jian Sui Ying"s eyes when he took the clothes.
Li Yu and Jian Sui Lin came down from two separate staircases, but they entered the living room at the same time only to see Jian Sui Ying swaying the car key back and forth in his hand. "Let"s go."
As they arrived at the garage, the expression in Li Yu"s eyes changed—noticing that, Jian Sui Ying"s became secretly delighted.
All men love cars to a certain degree.
Thinking back to when he was around Li Yu"s age and wasn"t able to take an examination for his license yet, he would secretly sneak around and drive his father"s car out to satisfy his craving.
Li Yu was from the kind of family whose members were all government officials—even if he already has a license, he wasn"t able to drive it around and display it so ostentatiously.
Jian Sui Ying could fairly understand what kind of mood Li Yu was in when he saw the garage full of brand name cars.
The garage was especially customized by Jian Sui Ying—adding all of his and his father"s car together, there are a total of twenty-seven cars parked here. The condition of the place that he lived in now wasn"t that good, so the majority of his cars were placed at home.
At last, he finally found something that made Li Yu interested.
Li Yu looked around for a bit longer, but his expression didn"t revealed anything.
Mr. Li"s grandson must have also seen all kinds of spectacles.
That earnest composure made Jian Sui Ying like him even more.
Jian Sui Ying patted Li Yu"s shoulder, "Which one do you like?"
Li Yu became dumbfounded, "What?"
"Pick whichever one you like, I"ll drive it today."
The corner of Li Yu"s mouth slightly pulled back, "Jian Ge, drive whichever is convenient for you."
"Don"t worry, if I let you pick, you can pick. I haven"t driven any of these cars for a long time. It"s not good if I leave it all here all the time like this. Now is just the right time to drive one of them around. So tell me, which do you like?"
As he said that, he naturally placed his hand on Li Yu"s shoulder.
Jian Sui Lin"s body stiffened as he pursed his lips before his eyes slightly widened.
Li Yu conveniently pointed at the Maserati that was parked closest to the garage door.
"Okay, it"ll be that one then."
Jian Sui Ying let the two boys into the car before he happily drove out of the garage.
In his memory, Jian Sui Ying had only gone to Jian Sui Lin"s school campus once. At that time, his father had forced him to attend the parent-teacher conference in his place. He can still remember, that day Jian Sui Lin was very happy. When he returned home, he had even told Jian Sui Ying that many girls envied him for having such a handsome brother.
Even though Jian Sui Ying heard him, he didn"t take it seriously at that time. The reason being: one, the fact that he was handsome, he already knew that. Two, he doesn"t have any interest in females.
Back then, the parent-teacher conference took place in the evening, so there weren"t many students there.
Now, not only was it in broad daylight, but it was also during the time that cla.s.ses were in session. There were already hordes and hordes of students at the main gate of the school.
As Jian Sui Ying looked around, many youngsters with heroic auras, red lips, and white teeth, occasionally appeared. Even more so, they all charged toward his car for a closer look with great enthusiasm. Noting that, he suddenly thought the campus was quite a good place.
Jian Sui Ying was a rather smug and arrogant gay man. After he arrived on campus with the two boys, he also got out of the car. Hearing the shrieks filled with admiration burst aloud, he was immediately elated and over the moon.
However, Li Yu"s complexion was filtered with embarra.s.sment. He said a quick "goodbye" to Jian Sui Ying, and immediately pulled Jian Sui Lin into the flood of the students surrounding them.
Jian Sui Ying looked at Li Yu"s back and licked his own lips with eyes that held the endless colors of spring.
Translator"s Note:
[1] woman - referring to Jian Sui Lin"s mother. Jian Sui Ying and Jian Sui Lin are half-brothers, since Sui Lin and his mother"s lives at the house Sui Ying doesn"t go home much. So, the people living in that house are just the father, stepmother and stepbrother of Sui Ying.