Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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He recalled how Big Brother Lin had been quite enthusiastic and proactive in inviting him to sleep together when they went to the hot springs, only to refuse afterwards. This made Yan Han very bothered by what he had done to Lin Jianlu that night. The only thing he could think of was that perhaps his sleeping posture had frightened Big Brother Lin.
Or perhaps it was simply encroaching on the other’s territory. Lin Jianlu’s germaphobia was rather peculiar, and it might have touched a nerve.
Either way, Yan Han felt uneasy.
He believed that being together should be about mutual comfort; if there were any discomforts… well, the older brother wouldn’t know what to do.
He didn’t want to be too pessimistic; before even considering it, he needed to understand what was going on. He hadn’t had a chance to bring this up before, but now that they were sleeping together again, asking was the perfect opportunity.
But perhaps not expecting him to think this way, Lin Jianlu was still a little confused.
He said, “Of course not.”
“Then why?”
“…”
In the darkness, Yan Han blinked his captivating eyes at Lin Jianlu. The silence only fueled his curiosity, and he pressed, “Why is that?”
“Because…” Perhaps it was just his imagination, but Lin Jianlu’s voice seemed to grow deeper in the darkness.
There were things he couldn’t say aloud, things he could only express through actions.
So in the pitch black, Yan Han felt his hand, which was under the covers, being grasped and pulled towards Lin Jianlu… a fleeting touch.
….
Yan Han took a deep breath.
Lin Jianlu’s voice sounded again beside him: “Understand?”
“…Understood.”
Both of their breathing became heavier, their breaths mingling in the darkness. Lin Jianlu then said, “I’m a normal man.”
“…”
“I have thoughts when I’m with you.”
“…”
“Thinking about you keeps me awake.”
Yan Han was flushed red, like a boiled shrimp.
He wanted to say, “Then don’t suppress it! Release your nature! Don’t torture yourself!”
But no matter how much he screamed in his heart, no matter how thick-skinned he usually was, he couldn’t say those words at this moment.
After a long silence, the older brother finally came up with a tactful excuse: “Um, do we really have to wait until we’re adults to do *that*?”
“Or maybe after we get married?”
Yan Han: “…”
Forgive him, he couldn’t tell if the other person was being sarcastic or serious.
Afraid of waiting until after marriage, Yan Han quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying pitifully, “Then, Brother Lin, when is your birthday? When are you becoming an adult?”
“I’m already an adult,” Lin Jianlu said. “My birthday is in August.”
“…” Yan Han: “…During summer vacation?”
He really didn’t care much about birthdays. If Lin Jianlu hadn’t said he’d celebrate with him, he wouldn’t have even considered birthdays, let alone the idea of celebrating someone else’s birthday.
He spent the latter half of summer vacation studying at school, and Lin Jianlu hadn’t contacted him much, so he completely missed his birthday!
It was said it was because he was always unsociable as a child, and some family changes had caused Lin Jianlu to take a year off from school.
So, although he was a sophomore in high school this year, Big Brother Lin had already celebrated his eighteenth birthday and had his coming-of-age ceremony; he was a full-fledged adult.
Yan Han felt a little guilty and sad.
After all, he missed not only Lin Jianlu’s eighteenth birthday, but also his first eighteen years.
If only they could have met sooner…
But thinking about that now was pointless. He asked Lin Jianlu for his birthday, then silently memorized it several times, repeatedly reciting it until he would never forget it.
At this point, Yan Han couldn’t help but gasp: “So you’ve been waiting for my identity in this world to reach adulthood?”
“Yes,” Lin Jianlu answered honestly.
Yan Han: “…”
But he was already an adult! He even has his own body in this world; both his physical and mental age were older than Lin Jianlu’s. Why wait until he’s of legal age?
While he liked to set rules and follow conventions, Big Brother Lin, this… isn’t that a bit too rigid?!
“I just don’t want to be too casual with you.” Lin Jianlu, still holding his hand tightly in bed, gently stroked the back of his hand with his thumb, explaining, “Just consider it a kind of ritual. I hope we’re together because we truly like each other… Six months should be enough to prove everything.”
“…”
Yan Han did a quick calculation; it really had been almost six months since they got together in September.
For Lin Jianlu’s thinking, Yan Han could only give him a thumbs up, praising him as brilliant. As expected of his brother Lin, he was truly extraordinary.
Then, having finished his explanation, Lin said, “Sleep, in a couple more days…”
“Mmm,” Yan Han responded, suddenly enveloped in a sacred sense of ritual.
As the saying goes… what was that saying again? Haste makes waste. What hadn’t his brother seen? Couldn’t he calm down in a couple more days?
“Goodnight,” Yan Han said.
“Goodnight.”
Although he said that, their hands remained clasped together.
Touching each other’s body heat felt like the entire winter had been warmed, and Yan Han slowly drifted off to sleep.
Yan Han turned over in his sleep, only to find the bed empty. Lin Jianlu was gone. He had slept too soundly and was still a little groggy. If it weren’t for the faint light filtering in from outside, allowing him to make out the outline of the carriage, he would have thought he was still in his dormitory, and that his heart-to-heart talk before falling asleep was just a dream.
Thinking Lin Jianlu had gone to the bathroom, Yan Han closed his eyes and lay there, waiting groggily for a while. When he felt the bed sag and shake again, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the sky was already slightly brighter.
—Is it already dawn?
Had Lin Jianlu been in the bathroom all night, or had he just fallen asleep again, and Lin Jianlu had actually come back in between?
Yan Han was a little confused, but Lin Jianlu, who had slowly and quietly climbing onto the bed, seemed unaware that he was awake. He took Yan Han’s hand in his as usual, lay down, and soon fell asleep.
Yan Han didn’t move again.
He glanced at the time; it was six in the morning, an hour before the seven o’clock assembly.
Lin Jianlu usually woke up around six, and if he saw it was already six, he wouldn’t go back to sleep. But now, he fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow…
So what had he been doing last night? He couldn’t have been running to the toilet all night, could he?!
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