Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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A little girl with twin ponytails and a red cloak saw it and came over. She didn’t like snowball fights, but she wanted to build a snowman with others, so she stepped forward and asked: “Are you building a snowman?”
Yan Qingchi nodded.
The little girl asked timidly: “Then can I play with you?”
Yan Qingchi looked at Qi Qi, who pouted reluctantly.
Yan Qingchi smiled and said to the little girl: “No, the two of us plan to build a snowman by our own efforts. Thank you for your help, but we have to do our own things, so we should build it ourselves first. You are really a kind little girl.”
The little girl pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly, “Then if you need help, call me, and I will go and make one myself.”
“Okay.”
Yan Qingchi saw her leaving, looked back at Qi Qi, and winked at him.
Qi Qi pursed his lips and said sheepishly, “Dad, isn’t it bad for me to do this?”
He patted the ball of snow with his gloved hands, lowered his head, and felt a little guilty.
Yan Qingchi said softly: “No, everyone has their own little thoughts. It’s normal for Qi Qi not to want her to play with us. As long as Qi Qi is happy.”
Qi Qi felt relieved after hearing what he said. So, he came forward and explained: “Qi Qi hasn’t built a snowman with dad yet, so I want to build it with dad, not anyone else. Wait until next time, Qi Qi can then build a snowman with the other children.”
Yan Qingchi also said, “Dad has also never built a snowman with Qi Qi, so dad also wants to build a snowman with Qi Qi, which only belongs to the two of us.”
Qi Qi smiled with his eyes bent, did not say anything, and continued to build a snowman.
After a lot of effort, the two people finally built the snowman. Yan Qingchi asked Qi Qi to stand on the other side and took a selfie with him, Qi Qi and Snowman, and then took a few separate photos of the Snowman. Then he put away his phone and thought about whether to go back or not. It was estimated that it was time for Jiang Mochen to become anxious again, so he took Qi Qi back home.
Qi Qi was still a little reluctant to part with the snowman and asked him, “Can’t we take it home?”
“No, the snowman will melt if you take it home.”
Qi Qi took three steps and looked back at the snowman behind him, reluctant to let go. Then he asked him, “Can I come down and see it later?”
“Okay, we’ll come down later.”
“Yes.” Qi Qi said cheerfully.
From the window upstairs, Jiang Mochen saw that the two of them had had enough fun and were finally ready to come back to the house. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and went to the kitchen to continue learning to cook. It was really too worrying, he thought, before he only had to worry about one, but now he had to worry about two, ah no, three. It was really a sweet burden.
The meal that night was cooked by Jiang Mochen. The meal was very simple, including preserved egg and lean meat porridge and the steamed buns that Mother Yan made for Yan Qingchi.
In the kitchen, Jiang Mochen called Yan Qingchi in for a taste test, and said guiltily, “This is my first time cooking, so the cooking is relatively simple and the taste is average. Please be patient.”
Yan Qingchi looked at him, took a spoon and scooped out a spoonful of porridge, “I’ll try it first.”
Jiang Mochen was a little nervous for a moment and kept staring at Yan Qingchi, “Is it still… okay?”
Yan Qingchi looked at his nervous face and shook his head with emotion. He shook his head and said, “Oh, I still remember the first time I came to this house. Aunt Zhang was cooking. You said you couldn’t cook. I was thinking at that time, you are really a young master. I didn’t expect that one day, still in this room, I would actually eat the food you cooked.” Yan Qingchi said “tsk”, “It’s true that the father becomes more valuable with the son[1].” He joked.
When Jiang Mochen heard this, his expression slowly changed. He looked at Yan Qingchi and asked with some confusion, “Do you think I am learning to do this now because of the child? And that’s why I’m being good to you?”
Yan Qingchi didn’t expect him to ask this, so he said “Ah” in confusion.
Jiang Mochen reviewed the relationship between them. Indeed, Aunt Zhang was the one doing the cooking before, and Yan Qingchi would occasionally cook a few dishes to give them a change of taste. But he had never cooked before, and he had never even expressed any intention in this regard.
He started learning to cook, or even wanting to learn to cook, after Yan Qingchi became pregnant. He had a child and was inconvenient. They didn’t plan to let Aunt Zhang stay at home, so he proposed to cook by himself. But this was not because of the child in Yan Qingchi’s belly, but because he felt sorry for him.
He looked at Yan Qingchi and said seriously: “Qingchi, I think you misunderstood something.”
“Ah?” Yan Qingchi was confused.
“I didn’t want to learn to cook just because you got pregnant and have a child. Of course, the trigger point was you getting pregnant, but in the final analysis, it was just because you were the one who got pregnant. Although it is a bit shameless to say this, since I have grown up, there have been many people who want to give me children. If I wanted children, then, even if I like boys, I could have my own biological child by now.”
Yan Qingchi did not expect that his teasing would lead to such a serious explanation from Jiang Mochen, and quickly said: “I didn’t mean it like that.”
“I know, but I want to make it clear. The reason why I am nervous about you now and learning to take care of you is not because I care about the child in your belly – of course, I still care about this child, but more because I am afraid that you will be uncomfortable during pregnancy, so I want you to be as comfortable as possible. If one day something happens to you and our child, and I can only choose one between the two, I will choose you without hesitation, do you understand?”
Yan Qingchi listened to him getting more serious as he spoke and regretted saying those words for a moment. He approached Jiang Mochen and reached out to hold his arm. “Okay, I understand. I was just joking with you. I didn’t expect you to explain it to me so seriously. Let’s get over this topic. I think the preserved egg and lean meat porridge is quite delicious. You are very talented in cooking.”
Jiang Mochen smiled slightly and said, “As long as you like it.”
“Then I’ll call Qi Qi and you bring the food out, then let’s eat.”
“Okay.”
After hearing his answer, Yan Qingchi turned around and left the kitchen to call Qi Qi. Jiang Mochen turned around and glanced at his back, then slowly took out Qi Qi’s and his bowl from the cupboard.
The speaker had no intentions, but the listener did have them. Jiang Mochen didn’t expect that Yan Qingchi would have such thoughts in his heart. He stopped what he was doing for a moment, feeling that the time for this child’s arrival was indeed a bit inappropriate.
——He had sent the final draft of the ring to the designer and asked him to contact the production department to rush it out as soon as possible. Jiang Mochen originally planned to use this pair of rings to propose to Yan Qingchi on Valentine’s Day, or a little later, in April or May, but now it seemed that even if he got the ring, it was not suitable for proposing.
When he had no child, if he proposed to Yan Qingchi, he could openly tell Yan Qingchi and everyone that he wanted him to be with him forever because he simply liked him as a person. But once they had a child, everything changed. Even if he could still tell Yan Qingchi openly and tell everyone that he simply liked Yan Qingchi, others, even Yan Qingchi himself, would they believe it?
Would they feel that he was only looking out for his child?
Jiang Mochen didn’t like this assumption, but Yan Qingchi’s joke today made him worried.
Their feelings should have nothing to do with their child, but only stem from their love. However, now, it was mixed with the child’s factors. This gave Jiang Mochen a headache, and he even wanted to move the proposal back. He only liked Yan Qingchi as Yan Qingchi himself, not the Yan Qingchi who was pregnant with his child. If he proposed now, Yan Qingchi or others might misunderstand his love, then he could wait, wait until Yan Qingchi gave birth to the child and existed only as Yan Qingchi as an individual again. At that time, he could propose to him again.
Jiang Mochen made this decision almost instantly. It was fine this way. He thought that if he really only cared about the child, then Yan Qingchi would be worthless after giving birth. Not to mention proposing, he should even ignore him. You didn’t see many actresses trying to use their children to marry into rich families. Because after giving birth to a child, they might leave the mother and keep the child. The child would grow up in a wealthy family, and the mother would have no status in her life. She would only be sent a check after the birth.
If he really proposed marriage after Yan Qingchi gave birth to the child, then by that time, Yan Qingchi and everyone else would have a clear idea of who he really cared about. Jiang Mochen felt a little better when he thought of this, but he thought, it was a pity that Yan Qingchi would have to wait for a while.
He felt a little regretful when he thought about this.
Jiang Mochen filled the bowl with porridge and took it out. He also placed the hot buns on the plate and took them out.
Qi Qi had already sat down at the dining table. Yan Qingchi saw that there was no dipping sauce on the table, so he went into the kitchen to mix three bowls of dipping sauce and took them out.
“Let’s eat.” He looked at the simple food on the table and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a bun. However, he didn’t put it on the plate in front of Qi Qi, but on Jiang Mochen’s plate. “Thank you to the chef today. Chef, thank you for your hard work, please continue to work hard in the future.”
Jiang Mochen smiled and said warmly: “Okay.”
At night, it was still snowing, Qi Qi took one last look at his snowman, and saw that it was covered with snow. Such that he looked like he had gained a lot of weight. He giggled for a while and pointed his finger at Yan Qingchi, “Look, Dad, it has gained weight.”
Yan Qingchi thought his statement was very interesting, so he smiled. Qi Qi responded, “Yeah, maybe the little snowman has eaten too.”
Qi Qi turned to look at him, “But Qi Qi has also eaten, but Qi Qi is not fat.”
“So Qi Qi is very powerful.” Yan Qingchi coaxed him, “Okay, Qi Qi say goodbye to the little snowman, it’s time to go to bed.”
Qi Qi then waved to the little snowman, reluctantly left, and went back to the room to sleep.
Yan Qingchi watched him close his eyes, turned off the light, and returned to his bedroom. He looked at the heavy snow falling outside the window, thinking that this afternoon, he and Qi Qi both went out to play in the snow, but left Jiang Mochen alone in the house. Coupled with his teasing words in the kitchen later, for a moment he felt a little sorry for him.
So, he turned to Jiang Mochen and asked, “Do you want to go out and see the snow?”
“Didn’t you go out to play in the afternoon?”
“That was with Qi Qi, not with you.”
Hearing this, Jiang Mochen smiled, “What, you want to watch the snow with me?”
Yan Qingchi looked at him, “Can’t I?”
“Then why didn’t you let me go in the afternoon.”
“That’s because I knew that if you went out to play with me, you would definitely worry about things and worry about me falling and freezing.”
“So you think that now if I go out with you, I won’t care about these things?”
“Of course not,” Yan Qingchi approached him, “It’s just that I’m willing to let you take care of it now.” He looked at Jiang Mochen, “So, do you want to go out to see the snow with me?”
His tone was gentle, and his eyes were full of warm light. Jiang Mochen looked at him and nodded unprincipledly, “Yeah.”
Just as Yan Qingchi thought, Jiang Mochen was really afraid of him falling and freezing. He also had him put on down jackets, scarves and hats. Yan Qingchi was a little helpless, “I’m just like an enlarged version of Qi Qi like this.”
“Then you have to be like Qi Qi and listen to me.” Jiang Mochen said.
Yan Qingchi smiled and said, “But I know you better than Qi Qi.”
Hearing this, Jiang Mochen smiled, “Let’s go out.”
The snow in the sky was still falling, and Yan Qingchi looked at it, then he turned to look at Jiang Mochen, “Is it romantic?”
“To be honest, I have never quite understood what is romantic about a snowy day.” Jiang Mochen said.
Yan Qingchi thought for a while, “It’s not romantic on a snowy day. It is who is by your side that makes it romantic, isn’t it?”
Jiang Mochen looked at him, “That is indeed quite romantic.”
“Do you want to have a snowball fight?” Yan Qingchi asked him.
Jiang Mochen chuckled lightly, “How old am I?”
“But I want to play.”
After Yan Qingchi said that, he made a snowball and threw it at him. When Jiang Mochen was about to say something about him, he saw another snowball coming towards him, Jiang Mochen saw this and had no choice but to play with him.
The two played for a while before Yan Qingchi finally gave up. Jiang Mochen walked over and touched his gloves. Sure enough, they were all wet.
“Are your hands cold?” He said and took off the gloves on Yan Qingchi’s hands. “My mother said that you should not catch cold during this period. It is best to keep your hands and feet warm.”
Saying this, Jiang Mochen opened his down jacket, put his hand in it, put it on his sweater, and covered it carefully.
Yan Qingchi looked at him, and his heart gradually became warm.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Jiang Mochen thought that he felt that he was too nervous again, so he said, “You said it yourself, you are willing to let me take care of it now.”
Yan Qingchi felt a little sad for a moment, he struggled to free his hands, Jiang Mochen felt his movement, the hands that had been holding his wrists were released, and then Yan Qingchi wrapped his arms around his waist, rested his chin on his shoulders, and hugged him.
Jiang Mochen was a little surprised and stretched out his arms to hug him, “What’s wrong with you?”
“I apologize to you,” Yan Qingchi said, “Whether it was for not letting you come down to play with us this afternoon or for those joking words in the kitchen.”
He raised his head and looked at Jiang Mochen, “I know you are doing it for my own good, and I also know that everything you do is because you care about me. Although this is a bit difficult for me to adapt to, I will try my best to adapt. I will never not let you follow me again even though I know you are worried, I promise.”
Jiang Mochen thought something was wrong with him, but he didn’t expect it was just because of what happened in the afternoon, “It’s okay, I don’t blame you, I have indeed been a little nervous recently. I know, you don’t need to care.”
“Then let’s each make concessions. Don’t let me do nothing and treat me like a patient. I will listen to you. If you are really worried, I won’t do it.”
“Okay.”
Yan Qingchi hugged him, feeling a little regretful, “In the afternoon, it was actually quite lively here. There were many children. Qi Qi even built a snowman with me. Unfortunately, I didn’t let you come down.”
Jiang Mochen came close to him and put his forehead against his, “But I prefer the two of us together than being lively. A group of people playing in the snow is called lively and interesting; two people walking in the snow, talking and having a snowball fight, this is romance. I like romance.”
Yan Qingchi felt that he was really gentle, so he gently raised his head and kissed Jiang Mochen.
Jiang Mochen hugged him and kissed him carefully. The snowflakes in the sky were still falling lightly, falling on the green holly, the dry branches, the white bench, and piled up on the snowman, they also fell on both of them.
Jiang Mochen hugged the person in his arms and chuckled. After the kiss, he kissed Yan Qingchi’s ear and said softly, “Now, I also feel that snowy days are very romantic.”
Yan Qingchi thought this was the case. It was going to snow all night, but it didn’t. Before midnight, the snow stopped. The next morning, the sun was high in the sky, emitting its own light and heat.
Qi Qi woke up in the morning and saw that the snowman he had built had melted. He couldn’t help but feel a little melancholy and looked at Yan Qingchi pitifully. Yan Qingchi touched his head, “When the sun comes out, there is no one in the snow, so the little snowman is gone.”
Qi Qi angrily said, “Can’t the sun come out later?”
“No, the sun can’t or it will be dark when we go out. If it is dark, we won’t be able to do many things.”
Qi Qi was still a little sad after hearing this.
Yan Qingchi comforted him, “Didn’t we take a photo of the little snowman yesterday? So today, let’s draw it according to the photo?”
Qi Qi became happy after hearing what he said, “Well, we can draw.”
Yan Qingchi rubbed his hair and felt that the child’s emotions really came and went quickly, and he was easy to coax.
So, Yan Qingchi called Jiang Mochen, and together with Qi Qi, they started their traditional painting time as a family of three.
However, as the saying went, some people were happy and some were worried. Compared with the warmth and happiness here in Yan Qingchi’s family, Yuan Mingxu’s New Year was not going so well.
He looked at the men hugging each other in front of him as he listened to the noisy and chaotic sounds in the bar. His heart felt like it was immersed in ice water. It was so cold that it was covered with a layer of fine ice slag, and the rough appearance was worn away. It broke the soft inside, which made him feel painful but ironic. How could he really have hope in him? How could he really think that he was in love with him? Yuan Mingxu thought it was ridiculous but couldn’t laugh. He turned around to leave without saying anything.
Zhou Yixing was left in shock. After he left, he chased after him as if he had woken up from a dream. He called him, “Xiao Xu,” and said anxiously, “Listen to my explanation!”
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[1] Reference to the Chinese idiom that a mother’s value increases with a son.