Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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At that moment, Jiang Mochen felt that the whole world had gone silent.
He looked at Yan Qingchi, watching him standing quietly under the lamp with crooked eyebrows.
He was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and black jeans. His overly bright features were reduced of their sharpness under the lamp, and had turned into a hazy warmth, like a carefully drawn oil painting.
Heartwarming.
Jiang Mochen looked at him and walked towards him step by step.
He heard a thumping sound coming from his chest and felt himself trembling unconsciously. He tried desperately to suppress the emotions surging inside him, but he clearly felt the waves that he could not suppress coming from all directions and hitting him hard in the heart. It was a feeling he had never experienced before, calm yet turbulent, like a hidden river, rushing all the way, but encountering rocks on the way, causing the waves to crash on the shore, making a loud sound.
He approached Yan Qingchi, stood in front of him, while he looked at him with a smile and asked, “Are you surprised?”
At that moment, he saw himself in Yan Qingchi’s eyes.
He reached out and hugged Yan Qingchi, feeling that his heartbeat had slowly calmed down, and everything was still again. There were no raging waves or thunder, but only peace and flowers. Those flowers hidden in the undercurrent finally emerged at this moment, covering his heart with their fragrant fragrance.
Jiang Mochen said softly: “Only surprised, not happy.”
Yan Qingchi pushed him and opened the distance between the two, then raised his head and kissed him, smiling: “What about now?”
“A little bit.”
Yan Qingchi laughed, “You are really difficult to take care of.”
“So, you just packed and mailed yourself to wait for me?”
“You are thinking too much,” Yan Qingchi patted his backpack with his backhand, “The gift I wanted to send you is in the bag. I’m just a courier boy.”
“What time will you have to return to the crew?”
“Tomorrow at 12 noon.”
Jiang Mochen nodded, “Then we still have one night.”
“It mainly depends on you.”
“Let’s go.” Jiang Mochen pulled him towards the underground garage.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you still eating with the crew to celebrate your birthday?”
“I’ve eaten with them, cut the cake, and talked about it. Now, it’s my turn to celebrate my birthday.”
Yan Qingchi smiled and said, “Is it okay if you don’t go back?”
“I’ll just explain it to the director.”
“What do you mean? That you went to care about your relatives and friends?”
Jiang Mochen stopped and turned to look at him, “Say that my family is here.”
Yan Qingchi liked the word family very much, so he smiled slightly.
Jiang Mochen looked at him but felt a little sorry for him. If possible, he would actually like to say that his lover had arrived, but it was not possible yet. Their relationship could not be announced yet. Not only because of him, but also because Yan Qingchi’s career had just started. If their relationship was announced at this time, Yan Qingchi would always live in his shadow. When others would mention him, he would only be Jiang Mochen’s other half, no matter how much progress he made or what achievements he achieved, he would never have his own name and would only exist as a subsidiary of Jiang Mochen.
This was not what Jiang Mochen wanted to see. He signed Yan Qingchi to Nancheng, assigned him the best agent, recommended him to auditions, and watched Guan Mei help him fight for suitable resources. He had watched Yan Qingchi walk step by step on the right track, and watching Yan Qingchi work seriously every time, he knew that Yan Qingchi had his own ambitions and ideas.
Therefore, he could not announce their relationship at this time. Not only would his fans not accept it, but Yan Qingchi would also probably not be willing to do it, and he was not willing either.
Jiang Mochen felt a little sorry for him and wanted to say sorry, but he felt that this apology might sound senseless to Yan Qingchi, so he reached out and hugged him, and said softly: “Director Wang will understand.”
Unexpectedly, his thoughts were changing as he spoke, so he just responded: “That’s good.”
Jiang Mochen took the car and sent Director Wang a WeChat message in the car, saying that his family was here, so he left first to spend time with his family. He hoped that Director Wang could forgive him.
When Director Wang saw this, he thought it was Jiang Xingchen who was here, so he replied: It’s okay, it’s okay, spend time with your family, happy birthday.
Jiang Mochen sent another WeChat message to Wang Xianghai, saying that he would go back to the Jiang Group Hotel and asked him to call him if he had anything to do.
Wang Xianghai naturally agreed.
When he arrived at the hotel, before he could get into the elevator, Yan Qingchi’s phone rang. He picked it up. When he heard that it had arrived, he signaled Jiang Mochen to wait and walked to the hotel lobby.
When Jiang Mochen saw him coming back again, he saw Yan Qingchi carrying a cake in his hand.
“You also ordered a cake?”
“Yeah, how can you not eat cake for your birthday? Although you have already eaten with the crew, I haven’t eaten it yet. You can eat some more with me.”
Jiang Mochen smiled and nodded, “Okay.”
The two entered the suite, Jiang Mochen turned on the light, and Yan Qingchi placed the cake on the coffee table and unloaded his backpack.
“Are you hungry?” Jiang Mochen asked him, “I’ll order some food.”
“I ate something on the plane, so I’m not hungry. What about you?”
“I also ate something in the hotel, so I’m not very hungry.”
“Then let’s not order food and just eat the cake.”
“Okay.”
After hearing his promise, Yan Qingchi quickly went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then came out and carefully opened the cake box, revealing the delicious-looking chocolate cake inside.
“This is also the store I specially selected online. If it doesn’t taste good, I will give it a bad review.”
Jiang Mochen chuckled.
Yan Qingchi had already put in the candles, “Would you like to make a wish?”
“Aren’t you going to sing?” Jiang Mochen deliberately teased him.
Yan Qingchi looked helpless, “If you want to sing, sing it yourself, I will definitely not sing it.”
Jiang Mochen shook his head regretfully and sighed.
Yan Qingchi poked him, “Do you still want to make a wish? If you don’t want to make a wish, just blow out the candles.”
Jiang Mochen looked at his gentle eyebrows under the candlelight and couldn’t help but whisper in his heart: I hope the family will always be harmonious and healthy. I hope Yan Qingchi can have a smooth sailing and successful career. I hope we can celebrate our birthdays together next year as well.
He gently blew out the candles, and Yan Qingchi applauded him like he did on TV, then handed him the knife and asked him to cut the cake.
Jiang Mochen cut a big piece for him and a small piece for himself. He didn’t like sweets very much. Cakes were just for the occasion. If Yan Qingchi didn’t buy it, he wouldn’t buy it himself.
Yan Qingchi really liked sweets. After finishing his piece, he asked Jiang Mochen to cut another small piece for him before putting down the plate.
Seeing that he was satiated and leaning on the sofa after eating, Jiang Mochen dug out a piece of chocolate cake and smeared it on his face.
Yan Qingchi glared at him, “How old are you?”
“This is called childlike innocence.”
“This is called spoiling food.” Yan Qingchi looked at him, “Why don’t you save it for tomorrow? You’re ruining my cake like this.”
“Where did I waste it?” Jiang Mochen asked him.
Yan Qingchi rubbed the back of his hand on his face and showed him the chocolate on the back of his hand. “Look, you can’t eat it.” He said, took out a tissue and wiped his hands, then went to wipe his face.
Jiang Mochen reached for his tissue, kissed the chocolate he had just applied, licked it again, pressed it to his ear, and whispered, “Why can’t you eat it?”
Yan Qingchi’s eyes widened instantly. He could hardly believe it, was this still the Jiang Mochen he knew? How come this happened after just not seeing each other for a few days!
Jiang Mochen lowered his head and looked at him, while Yan Qingchi looked suspicious.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“What do you think?”
Jiang Mochen chuckled, stepped forward, and kissed him remotely.
Yan Qingchi lost his patience by his actions, then he reached out and held the back of his head, raised his head and kissed him roughly.
Jiang Mochen kissed him, and his hands unconsciously found his clothes, and whispered, “Is it okay tonight?”
“Don’t leave any traces.” Yan Qingchi acquiesced.
Hearing this, Jiang Mochen picked him up and carried him into the inner room.
The two of them hadn’t had sex for a long time, so this time it inevitably took a long time. After the drive was over and he took a shower, Jiang Mochen hugged him and talked to him. He felt that his body and mind were filled with relaxation and peace, and even some indescribable joy.
He looked at Yan Qingchi and asked with certainty but wanting to hear a positive answer from his mouth, he asked, “Yan Qingchi, do you like me?”
Yan Qingchi looked up at him and saw Jiang Mochen’s eyes filled with determination, he spoke softly, with a soft tone and a tender voice, but Jiang Mochen didn’t want to hear what he said so much. So, he just said, “You are so sentimental.”
Jiang Mochen didn’t believe it, “You really don’t like me?”
“What do you think?”
“I think you like me.”
Jiang Mochem smiled and said, “It’s not a shameful thing to like me. If you admit it, I won’t laugh at you.”
Yan Qingchi turned over and turned his back to him as he said, “You really think too much. I said, unless you like me, I won’t like you.”
“So if I like you, you will like me?”
Jiang Mochen turned him over, to make him look at him directly.
Yan Qingchi raised his eyes and smiled at him. Jiang Mochen thought he would answer yes, but he heard him say, “You are so sentimental.”
“Are you only able to say these four words today?” Jiang Mochen was dissatisfied.
“Then change it?” Yan Qingchi thought for a while, “Wishful thinking?”
Jiang Mochen: “…”
Yan Qingchi asked him, “Isn’t this also okay?”
“Qingchi, today is my birthday.”
Yan Qingchi heard this and smiled, “Happy birthday.”
“You know that’s not what I want to hear.”
“So you want to hear that you are sentimental?” Yan Qingchi asked him.
Jiang Mochen: …We can’t talk today!
Yan Qingchi saw him lying down helplessly, reached out and poked him, and said warmly, “Happy birthday.”
Jiang Mochen was so tormented by him that he lost his temper, “You really don’t like me?”
Yan Qingchi smiled, and Jiang Mochen said immediately: “Don’t say you’re sentimental.”
Yan Qingchi thought his persistence was a bit cute, so he kissed his lips, “Happy birthday.”
“Can’t you change the words?” After Jiang Mochen finished speaking, he immediately responded, “It can’t be wishful thinking.”
Yan Qingchi couldn’t help laughing, and stretched out his arms to hug him, “Go to sleep, don’t bother me.”
“You say you like me, and if you do, I won’t bother you.”
Yan Qingchi didn’t speak but was still gently looking at him.
“Forget it, you won’t say it today anyway, I can tell.”
“Happy birthday.” Yan Qingchi said warmly.
Jiang Mochen hugged him, “Okay, happy birthday.”
Yan Qingchi raised his head and kissed him again, then slowly closed his eyes against him.
When Jiang Mochen wanted to talk to him again, he found that he had fallen asleep. Jiang Mochen didn’t expect that he would fall asleep so quickly. He was always full of energy and had good physical strength. It was rare that he would fall asleep before the lights were turned off while talking to him. He must be really tired, Jiang Mochen thought to himself. In order to come to see him, Yan Qingchi probably had to catch up on a lot of scenes, so he mustn’t have gotten much sleep, and was tired from traveling all the way.
He looked at him, lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead. Yan Qingchi frowned. Jiang Mochen knew that he was a light sleeper and was afraid that he would wake up, so he said warmly, “Go to sleep, it’s okay.”
Yan Qingchi responded vaguely. Then he groaned and his brows slowly relaxed.
Jiang Mochen was not sleepy at the moment. Not only was he not sleepy, he was even a little extra clear-headed. He thought about the throbbing moment when he saw Yan Qingchi tonight, and he felt unbelievable and surprised. He always thought that he had liked someone before – of course he thought he had liked Yuan Mingxu before. Therefore, he always thought that he knew the feeling of liking someone, but only tonight, at that moment, he realized that it seemed that he had been wrong all along.
Even when he liked Yuan Mingxu the most, he didn’t have much emotional fluctuations when he saw Yuan Mingxu. He could accept Yuan Mingxu chasing Zhou Yixing, and he could watch him carefully hug Zhou Yixing, which made him feel just a little uncomfortable. But that’s it, there was nothing unacceptable, and it didn’t affect his life. Even after he got to know that Yuan Mingxu had missed the audition opportunity he recommended to him and pursued Zhou Yixing to go abroad, he didn’t have any big emotional fluctuations. Apart from a long sigh, some unwillingness and discomfort, he had no other feelings, and he could even tell himself rationally that it was time to end this relationship and get married to Yan Qingchi.
So, how much did he like Yuan Mingxu? Was what he thought of his feelings really love?
Jiang Mochen looked at the person in his arms. Yan Qingchi was sleeping peacefully. Because his normally bright eyes were closed, he looked harmless and a little innocent. At the beginning, he really didn’t think that he would like such a person. He had a completely different personality from Yuan Mingxu. He was very arrogant and sharp-tongued, and seemed difficult to get along with. But when he got along with him, he realized that he looked… Beneath his sharp appearance, he actually had a very gentle heart.
Like sesame glutinous rice balls which were black when poked. They had their own tricks and ideas, but they were also soft and glutinous and very lovable.
Jiang Mochen thought, if one day Yan Qingchi fell in love with someone else, left him, chased the person he liked, traveled thousands of miles across several cities to see him, hugged him tenderly, kissed him, and quarreled with him, then what would he do?
However, he rejected the idea before he even started to think about it.
How could Yan Qingchi fall in love with someone else, and how could he leave him? They were a legally recognized couple, protected by law and morality. He was his own from the beginning, so how could he leave him.
Of course Yuan Mingxu could like others, because Yuan Mingxu did not belong to him from the beginning; but how could Yan Qingchi like others, he belonged to him from the beginning.
Jiang Mochen had never seen his feelings so clearly as now and had never realized his love for Yan Qingchi so clearly as now. Yan Qingchi was different, different from Yuan Mingxu, different from anyone else. Among so many people he had met, he only had such strong emotional fluctuations for Yan Qingchi. When he looked at Yan Qingchi, his heart would beat, it would throb, he would feel peaceful when hugging the other person, and would also feel happy when being intimate with the other person. He firmly believed that Yan Qingchi liked him, and resisted the assumption that he would like others. He hugged him, circled him in his arms, and imprisoned him in his arms. In his heart, Yan Qingchi could only like him and could only belong to him. Others were just passers-by around him.
Jiang Mochen didn’t expect that one day he would have such a strong desire for possession. This feeling made him shocked but not panicked, and even a little unconsciously happy – everyone yearned for love in their life, and even pursued love. Some people experienced love, some people missed it, and he found that his love finally came belatedly on this night, when Yan Qingchi appeared under the light, on his 28th birthday.
But it didn’t matter. Jiang Mochen looked at the person in his arms. After all, he had the best form of love.
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