Chapter 167
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On the night their romantic relationship was established, Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou made love.
This time it was intense and passionate, both of them feeling exhilarated. Although it seemed no different from before, there was a distinct feeling.
At one point, Lou Yan flipped over and pinned Fu Xuezhou beneath him, looking down at Fu Xuezhou’s expression from above.
A fire ignited in Fu Xuezhou’s usually dark eyes, the more immersed he appeared, the more Lou Yan loved it. He even felt a twisted sense of satisfaction in his mind.
A single kiss from him would make Fu Xuezhou lose control. Lou Yan smiled as he evaded Fu Xuezhou’s attempt to kiss his lips and instead placed a kiss on Fu Xuezhou’s Adam’s apple, watching with satisfaction as Fu Xuezhou’s throat tightened and his breath hitched.
Fu Xuezhou seemed like prey pulled into a quagmire, unable to struggle, allowing Lou Yan to achieve both mental and physical satisfaction.
Several times, Lou Yan’s hands wanted to squeeze Fu Xuezhou’s neck, his teeth wanted to bite Fu Xuezhou’s throat, but these dark emotions settled in his eyes without showing any sign.
Hold it together.
Lou Yan told himself.
After the excitement, dawn was breaking.
Lou Yan felt a bit tired physically but still mentally excited, unable to sleep no matter how he leaned against the headboard. When Fu Xuezhou came out of the shower, he saw Lou Yan sitting naked, wrapped in a blanket, lost in thought while smoking.
Occasionally smiling, occasionally frowning in contemplation, quite interesting.
Fu Xuezhou raised an eyebrow, silently walked over to Lou Yan’s side, and Lou Yan didn’t notice him standing there for a while. It wasn’t until a drop of water from Fu Xuezhou’s silver hair fell onto Lou Yan’s arm that he suddenly came to his senses, looking up at Fu Xuezhou in front of him.
Fu Xuezhou took the cigarette, which was only one-third left, from his fingers and put it lightly between his lips, the tobacco flavor carrying a slight bitterness. “What are you thinking?”
What he was thinking was related to Fu Xuezhou, but he couldn’t let Fu Xuezhou know. Lou Yan teased Fu Xuezhou with a playful smile, his eyes languid, and joked with a drawn-out tone, “After Mr. Fu and I established our relationship, your questions are so straightforward.”
Fu Xuezhou exhaled a puff of smoke, bent down, cupped the back of Lou Yan’s head, and kissed him.
The cigarette flavor lingered between their lips and teeth as they entangled with each other. When they parted, Lou Yan’s lips were already slightly red and sore.
Fu Xuezhou looked at him for a few seconds, then gently leaned in to peck Lou Yan’s lips again.
Lou Yan’s hand passed through Fu Xuezhou’s silver hair, kissing Fu Xuezhou one after another, lazily playing with Fu Xuezhou’s hair with his fingers.
His somewhat perfunctory appearance made Fu Xuezhou lightly bite his lip, and Lou Yan made a “tsk” sound, displeased, and glared at Fu Xuezhou with his eyes: Are you a dog?
Fu Xuezhou’s expression remained calm, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes. He let go of Lou Yan’s lips and raised Lou Yan’s chin, looking down at him. Lou Yan furrowed his brows, deliberately pretending to be in pain, “Did it break the skin?”
Fu Xuezhou pressed his lips with his fingers, forcing a drop of blood from the almost invisible crack, mocking, “It’ll heal if you go slower.”
Lou Yan was speechless, kicking Fu Xuezhou’s thigh with his foot.
Fu Xuezhou chuckled, extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray, “Let’s sleep.”
Lou Yan couldn’t sleep. He glanced at the time and eagerly suggested, “How about we go get breakfast?”
Fu Xuezhou didn’t expect him to be so excited. He walked to the window and looked at the sky outside, then turned to see Lou Yan’s energetic appearance. Fu Xuezhou decisively picked up the clothes on the sofa and put them on, saying, “Let’s go.”
It was past five in the morning, and Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou strolled on the streets.
The sky was faintly brightening from the east, and the cool morning breeze carried a hint of moisture. There were hardly any people on the street at this hour, and a thin mist had formed, turning the buildings on both sides into dark shadows.
They didn’t know where to find breakfast, so they walked around leisurely, with a half-person distance between them. They didn’t look like lovers; they looked more like two simple meal partners.
Neither of them had been in a relationship before, and they didn’t feel anything was wrong. They chatted casually about what to eat, and the atmosphere was relaxed and natural. As they walked, they suddenly saw a pair of overly affectionate lovers in pajamas ahead.
This couple must have also come out early to find breakfast. Their hands were tightly clasped, shoulders pressed together, the woman’s head resting on the man’s shoulder. Occasionally, they whispered in each other’s ears, hugged and cuddled, extremely sweet.
Lou Yan was taken aback, looking at that couple, then lowered his head to look at himself and Fu Xuezhou, feeling somewhat strange.
Compared to the couple in front, he and Fu Xuezhou really didn’t look like lovers.
Was this how couples walked together? Did he need to hold Fu Xuezhou’s hand too? Was this to deepen Fu Xuezhou’s feelings for him?
Lou Yan thought about him and Fu Xuezhou also walking hand in hand, being overly affectionate. “…”
He felt goosebumps all over his body in an instant. He couldn’t do it.
Fu Xuezhou noticed Lou Yan’s change of expression. He followed Lou Yan’s gaze and looked at the couple ahead, his eyes narrowed slightly, thoughtful.
Did Lou Yan want to hold hands?
Fu Xuezhou calmly extended his hand from his pocket and handed it to Lou Yan.
The hand was very beautiful, with distinct joints, slightly pale skin, and particularly long fingers.
It looked like a hand from a magazine cover.
But Lou Yan looked at this hand and felt a strange sensation in his heart. Seriously? Fu Xuezhou wanted him to hold his hand?
Did they really need to be so cheesy?
Lou Yan’s eyelid twitched as he stared at the hand for a good ten seconds. Instead of outright refusing, he lifted his head and tactfully said to Fu Xuezhou, “Don’t you think this would be a bit strange?”
Fu Xuezhou said lightly, “If you want to hold hands, just do it. Don’t worry about what others think.”
Lou Yan couldn’t help but show Fu Xuezhou a strange look.
He felt like he was seeing Fu Xuezhou for the first time again. Lou Yan had never expected Fu Xuezhou to be so affectionate.
Fu Xuezhou looked a bit puzzled by Lou Yan’s gaze and tilted his head, expressionless, “What’s wrong?”
Forget it.
Lou Yan sighed and slowly lifted his hand as slowly as possible to grasp Fu Xuezhou’s hand. “Nothing.”
Although Lou Yan didn’t want to be so affectionate in public, this was the first day after they started their relationship. Since Fu Xuezhou had such a request, as his “boyfriend,” Lou Yan had to fulfill it. So, he decided to hold his hand, comforting Fu Xuezhou.
The two of them walked forward slowly while holding hands.
They didn’t deliberately close the distance between them. There was still some space between their shoulders, with their arms leaning towards each other, forming an anchor point in the middle.
Lou Yan’s hand was slightly warm, while Fu Xuezhou’s hand was slightly cold. Their facial expressions didn’t change, but they could clearly feel the temperature of each other’s hands.
A strange feeling slowly rose from their palms to their hearts.
Lou Yan then realized that walking hand in hand with Fu Xuezhou didn’t seem so bad after all.
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There weren’t many breakfast shops open in Rongcheng City in the morning, but there were always some open for business. After walking for about twenty minutes, Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou found a breakfast shop.
There were many people lining up at the entrance of the shop to get takeaway breakfast. Seeing so many people from afar, Lou Yan pinched his fingers and wanted to pull his hand out of Fu Xuezhou’s, and Fu Xuezhou instinctively let go of his hand.
The two of them walked into the breakfast shop and found a table. They ordered two baskets of Xiao Long Bao, two baskets of steamed dumplings, sixty fried dumplings with meat filling, and two bowls of egg soup.
The table was filled with food, and the owner kindly reminded them when he saw that there were only two of them eating, “You may not be able to finish all this, young man.”
Lou Yan smiled and pointed at Fu Xuezhou with his chopsticks. “It’s okay, my friend has a big appetite. This might not even be enough for him.”
The owner was shocked and took a few more glances at Fu Xuezhou, unable to tell that this handsome guy could eat so much. After complimenting Fu Xuezhou, he happily went to share this gossip with his wife.
Lou Yan chuckled when he heard the owner’s muttering words and kicked Fu Xuezhou’s shoe under the table. “Fu Xuezhou, did you hear that? They’re suspecting if your white hair came from eating too much and damaging your health.”
Fu Xuezhou stirred the egg soup with a spoon and glanced at him. “Is it funny?”
Lou Yan nodded seriously, took a sip of the soup, then picked up a corn and beef dumpling and put it in his mouth. He asked casually, “How did you get your white hair?”
“You don’t know?” Fu Xuezhou glanced at Lou Yan again and said leisurely, “From premature greying.”
Lou Yan: “…”
Although there was a lot of food on the table, both Fu Xuezhou and Lou Yan had exceptional appetites. They finished everything on the table cleanly, without wasting any food.
“Hey, Old Liu, why did your prices suddenly go up so much!” A customer slapped the table discontentedly and asked loudly.
The owner hurriedly explained, “It’s not that I want to charge so much. It’s just that it’s getting harder and harder to get ingredients, and with the rising prices of raw materials, I have no choice…”
Lou Yan paid the bill without changing his expression. He found that the price of this meal was at least three times more expensive than usual.
This was a normal phenomenon. From the signs of an anomaly resurgence, the value of money would become lower and lower.
Being able to have such a meal at this price was thanks to the early stages of the Anomaly Resurgence and the special safety of Rongcheng City.
The owner was quite honest.
After paying the bill, Lou Yan also packed a lot of breakfast to take away and carried a big bag of food with Fu Xuezhou back to the hotel.
There were more people on the roadside at this time. In order to prevent Fu Xuezhou from asking Lou Yan to hold hands again on the way back, Lou Yan specifically bought a bag of apples to hold in his other hand, making both hands busy.
Fu Xuezhou then belatedly looked at the things in Lou Yan’s hand and hesitantly asked, “Shall I carry them?”
Lou Yan’s face turned black. He felt that Fu Xuezhou was doubting his ability and dangerously said, “Do you think I can’t even carry these few things in your eyes?”
Fu Xuezhou shook his head. “These things are very light.”
Lou Yan smiled wryly. “Then why did you say that?”
Fu Xuezhou didn’t explain but took the bag of apples from Lou Yan’s left hand and held it in his own hand. When Lou Yan was about to question him unhappily, Fu Xuezhou calmly held Lou Yan’s left hand with his other hand.
He said, “We can hold hands.”
Lou Yan’s initial displeasure suddenly froze. He took a few steps forward, being led by Fu Xuezhou for a few steps before reacting. His heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously wanted to pull his hand away.
Fu Xuezhou turned his head to look at him, his eyes showing a faint confusion, as if asking Lou Yan what was wrong.
Lou Yan opened his mouth but didn’t say anything.
After a while, he exhaled and seemingly indulgently took Fu Xuezhou’s hand back, smiling lightly and urging, “Let’s hurry.”
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