Chapter 58 - Still Head over Heels in Love
Having just finished experiencing pleasure, school bully He was entirely at ease. His tone carried involuntary pride, and with curved lips, he patted the boy’s shoulder. “Don’t be envious. There’s still time.”
Gu Ming Ren lifted a corner of his mouth. “Get lost.”
He Cheng Ming laughed as he put his arms around his wife, taking him away.
Ji Liao’s face contorted with pain due to being grounded against strongly in the bathroom earlier. There seemed to be some broken skin on his thigh, which rubbed against his jeans and hurt when he walked too fast.
“What’s wrong?” He Cheng Ming lowered his head and asked in concern.
Embarra.s.sed to tell him the reason, Ji Liao said in a tiny voice, “You’re walking too fast. Slow down.” He regretted not having worn sweatpants or comfortable pants today!
Looking at his taut legs and his enduring expression, He Cheng Ming came to a realisation. He asked anxiously, “Did I break some of your skin?”
It was all his fault for not handling the weight properly. That already delicate skin was now damaged by him. Although it was extremely pleasurable, he had made the other boy suffer.
“Does it hurt a lot?” He Cheng Ming frowned and, with self-blame and hatred, he looked at his crotch. This was the main culprit!
Ji Liao didn’t think too much of it. It had been voluntary and he hadn’t been forced either, so he explained, “It’s okay. It doesn’t hurt much.”
As long as you don’t walk so fast.
He Cheng Ming didn’t believe him. He believed Ji Liao was lying to make him feel at ease. This understanding little cutie intangibly stirred him up, making his heart ache so much that he picked him up by the waist.
Shocked by his actions, Ji Liao grabbed the boy’s arms and demanded with fear, “What are you doing? Let me down!”
They were in school. Moreover, it was the teaching block where someone could see them at any time!
“Good boy, don’t move.”
He Cheng Ming didn’t care at all. He strode towards the sickbay with an Is-it-wrong-for-me-to-carry-my-wife-? look.
Halfway down the stairs, they met cla.s.s twelve’s math teacher. Without stopping, he gave a slight nod to the stunned teacher. Ji Liao believed he could no longer face anyone as he buried his face deep into the boy’s chest. Out of sight, out of mind.
The math teacher watched them disappear around the corner, tutted then said with a sigh, “It’s nice to be young.”
Once He Cheng Ming reached the sickbay, he deposited Ji Liao on the clean bed. He closed the curtains with a flourish before he went to remove Ji Liao’s pants. After taking it off, the sight of the raw skin made him feel regretful.
The school doctor was an experienced and knowledgeable woman. When she came back with her hands stuffed in her white coat, her eyes were first lured to the tightly drawn curtain around the bed, then to the exposed pair of legs belonging to a male student underneath it.
She walked over and pulled it open. Her gaze landed on Ji Liao’s thigh, and she exclaimed, “Who did this? Such violence!”
Since she was a woman, Ji Liao scrambled for his pants to hide his important parts. He Cheng Ming’s face darkened even more — he was extremely unhappy that this woman had burst in without permission, and even got to see his little cutie’s bare legs!
“Don’t cover it up, kid.” The school doctor pulled open the cabinet next to him and threw a bottle of Yunnan Bai Yao to Ji Liao. She then took a pair of scissors and bandages, putting them on the bed as she said indifferently, “Let your boyfriend apply the medicine for you.”
With that, she sighed. “These kids nowadays, so rash.”
He Cheng Ming kept a straight face. When the school doctor left, he helped Ji Liao to smear the medicine on the wound, then wrapped the bandage around it. His eyes were serious and attentive throughout the entire process.
Ji Liao thought he was making a big deal out of it since he wasn’t so finicky. However, it was better with the bandage so it wouldn’t rub against the pants.
Back in cla.s.s, Xu Xiao Jing asked him immediately, “Are you okay?”
Ji Liao replied in confusion, “What do you mean?”
Xu Xiao Jing looked him up and down. Seeing that he wasn’t injured, she asked, puzzled, “Someone saw He Cheng Ming carrying you to the sickbay. What happened? You look fine.”
Ji Liao touched his nose awkwardly and could only lie. “Yeah, I had a bit of a stomach ache.”
Xu Xiao Jing suddenly revealed a meaningful smile. Sure enough! The boyfriend power of the school bully He was full to bursting! Even a stomach ache would have him carrying this boy to the sickbay! Ah, what a beautiful love, she wanted to cry.
The story of their most recent display quickly spread but the most secretive part was still unknown.
When Ji Liao returned home that night, he hadn’t expected Meng Yuan to be there. He called out obediently, “Uncle Meng.”
Then he saw all kinds of doc.u.ments on the table of the living room, which included t.i.tle deeds and a household registry.
Meng Yuan took the lead in saying, “Ji Liao, it’s like this. Your mother and I have decided to get the licence in two days, then we’ll have you live with us. Would you like that?”
He didn’t have a choice. Originally, they were supposed to marry after the new year, but Xu Ai Wen had been putting it off until now, and it was most likely because Ji Liao had not stated his position on the matter. So here he was today, wanting to quickly settle this issue and bring a wife home.
“Oh, I don’t mind.” Ji Liao put down his schoolbag.
Whether it was for Xu Ai Wen or himself, or for a future with He Cheng Ming, he didn’t mind.
“All right, you can go back first.” Xu Ai Wen sent Meng Yuan to the door.
Afterwards, she sat down to chat with Ji Liao. “Tang Tang, what do you think of Uncle Meng?”
With a son, marriage wasn’t just her business.
Ji Liao said, “He’s quite nice and very refined. It also seems like he doesn’t smoke.”
He and Xu Ai Wen didn’t like smoke. Ji Qing Wen used to smoke but quit for the two of them.
“Yes, so do you like Uncle Meng?” She asked again.
Ji Liao spoke the truth. “Okay, I don’t hate him.”
After all, he didn’t have much contact with Meng Yuan, so he wasn’t able to say whether he liked him or not, just that he didn’t hate him.
“Mom, actually, I think it’s fine as long as you like him. I have no opinion. Just like myself liking the person called He Cheng Ming. It’s fine as long as I like He Cheng Ming. You’re not forced to like him as well. I just hope that you wouldn’t hate him.”
He seldom opened his heart to Xu Ai Wen. It had taken four to five months for their relationship to overcome their initial quarrel and cold war. These four to five months let Ji Liao mature rapidly and allowed Xu Ai Wen to gradually let go.
The original intention of Xu Ai Wen’s lack of interference was to let Ji Liao understand the dangers of the heart by letting him experience the pain. But she didn’t expect the two of them to do well for half a year. During this period, Ji Liao’s performance had also improved, so she couldn’t pinpoint any mistakes.
She started to wonder if she had been too harsh by not giving her child sufficient trust when he could clearly distinguish right from wrong and understand love.
Even so, Xu Ai Wen didn’t relent, wanting to observe He Cheng Ming for a while.
She gave an “mmm” sound, indicating that she understood.
Ji Liao didn’t continue. He finished his meal, then returned to his room to do his homework.
He did his homework while on a video call with He Cheng Ming. When he encountered a problem he couldn’t solve, he would ask him, killing two birds with one stone.
However, the boy on the other side of the phone wasn’t happy. He whimpered, fell onto the sofa and grumbled, “Look at me, baby. Look at me. I want attention!”
He had a look of intolerable hunger and thirst on his face.
Ji Liao acted as if he hadn’t heard as he continued to be immersed in his writing.
He Cheng Ming started making some lame moves, including the removal of his shirt. He had been training his chest muscles lately and thought the results weren’t bad as he presented them to Ji Liao.
“Baby, do you like it?” He smiled evilly.
Ji Liao looked up, pondered, then asked, “What’s the induction formula of cosine?”
He Cheng Ming fell back onto the sofa and cried in despair. His wife didn’t have him in his heart, only math!
Ji Liao laughed while flipping through the book to find the answer, then said, “I like it.”
From those words, He Cheng Ming resurrected with full health. His handsome face was close to the phone as he said with a magnetising voice, “I’ll let you touch it tomorrow!”
Ji Liao didn’t answer but the other party observed him through the video call until his ears reddened.
As expected, he was still his little cutie!
He Cheng Ming bared his upper arms and leaned against the sofa with his lips curved, looking like a big brother, but he asked in a gentle tone, “Baby, it’s a holiday next week on the first of May. Shall we go out to play?”
They had been together for so long, but it felt like they hadn’t really gone out to play together before.
Ji Liao stopped writing and responded, “Where to?”
“Mi Ya ferry? The night scenery is beautiful.”
This was one of the He family’s businesses. There were activities every holiday. Moreover, they used hunger marketing strategies to control the flow of consumers. The service was excellent and there were all kinds of entertainment facilities for the people on board who only wanted enjoyment.
So every year, there were many rich kids lining up to get tickets, but there were only a few people who could actually get them.
“Do you want to go?” He Cheng Ming asked.
As long as the other boy wanted it, he would find a way to get it.
“Okay.”
Ji Liao responded casually, not knowing the complications of it. He just believed that anything He Cheng Ming praised as “The night scenery is beautiful” was most likely beautiful, which aroused his interest.
He Cheng Ming glanced at the time. It was already past eleven o’clock, so he reminded him, “Baby, give me a kiss before you go to bed.”
Ji Liao had no choice but to give a kiss in front of the phone.
“Good boy.”
He Cheng Ming took a screenshot then happily went to bed.
Within two days, Xu Ai Wen and Meng Yuan got their certificate. However, Xu Ai Wen didn’t intend to organise anything extravagant to celebrate their union, even doing away with the wedding. Meng Yuan was unable to dissuade her, so in the end, he just went along with her. The two of them only invited a few good friends for a meal and used it to introduce their respective statuses.
Following that turn of events, Ji Liao moved to the Meng family house with Xu Ai Wen.
Meng Yao Yao was so happy that there was finally someone she could talk to!
But Ji Liao wasn’t quite used to it. Suddenly, there were two more people in his life and one of them was a girl his age, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable.
The days pa.s.sed in a flash, and soon it was the first of May, Labour Day.
Xu Ai Wen and Meng Yuan both had the day off. They had planned to bring Ji Liao and Meng Yao Yao abroad for quality bonding time, but Ji Liao declined because of his date with He Cheng Ming.
The whole family knew his situation, so they didn’t say much about it.
Meng Yuan had always adopted the free-range method in the upbringing of children. As long as it wasn’t a matter of principle, he never interfered too much. Xu Ai Wen was slightly unhappy, but knowing she couldn’t stop it and with additional coaxing from Meng Yao Yao, she accepted it.
She went through some safety issues with Ji Liao, then left with Meng Yuan and his daughter.
As soon as they left, Ji Liao also exited the community. At the side of the road, he saw someone familiar; the person was dressed casually and, from afar, looked like someone out of a magazine, which immediately caught his eye. Ji Liao ran over, was brought into a hug, and then was kissed by He Cheng Ming.
He was still head over heels in love.