CH 14

However, buying condoms is not as easy as they imagined. Domestic supermarkets and convenience stores mostly stock medium sizes, not large sizes, let alone Shen Boyan, who almost needs a specially made extra large size.

“Sorry, I don’t have this size.”

The young clerk’s eyes frantically switched between the two of them. Xia Shu’an wore a mask when he went out, but even so, he couldn’t stop the elegant temperament that broke through the mask and the powerful aura of the man beside him.

The gay aura of the two of them is too strong. Xia Shu’an doesn’t need to think about it to know what’s going through the clerk’s head.

“It’s okay.” He frowned and smiled slightly while pulling Shen Boyan out of the convenience store.

Shen Boyan: “Looks like it’s hard to find.”

Xia Shu’an: What’s with your bragging tone?

Xia Shu’an rolled his eyes angrily in his heart. He didn’t mind online shopping, but he searched for two days and couldn’t find them. Aroused by the desire to win, between him and the condom, one must admit defeat.

There was a pharmacy on the side of the road. Xia Shu’an walked in without much hope but heard: “There are extra-large ones, imported with original packaging, XXL.”

Xia Shu’an was overjoyed: “Show it to me.”

The clerk took out several boxes of condoms and gazed back and forth at the two men. Xia Shu’an had a mild expression on his face and, frankly, allowed her to peer at him.

He picked up two boxes from it and was about to pay when he saw a hand reaching for a box on the counter with the words “Bump Threads1The one with bumpy textures ” written on the surface.

Xia Shu’an quickly reached out and grabbed the man’s wrist.

“What are you doing?”

Shen Boyan’s face remained calm, and upon closer inspection, there was even a hint of innocence. “Let me see.”

“No.” Xia Shu’an’s grip on Shen Boyan’s wrist increased slightly. His face had a gentle yet polite smile.

Shen Boyan: “I’m just looking—”

“I said no.”

The corners of Xia Shu’an’s mouth lifted up in just the right arc, smiling as he yanked Shen Boyan’s hand back.

“Just these two boxes.”

After buying the condoms, Xia Shu’an took Shen Boyan’s wrist and strode out of the pharmacy.

He took a deep breath, turned around, and said, “Where else do you want to go?”

Shen Boyan looked down at his hand, which was held by Xia Shu’an all the way, and slowly stroked the warm wrist with his palm, saying, “It’s getting late; let’s go eat.”

The road is full of cars during the weekend. The restaurant Shen Boyan reserve is located across the central square, so it would be faster to walk across the square than to drive. Shen Boyan drove to the nearest parking lot, put Xia Shu’an down first, and asked him to wait in the small garden of the square.

There are many children in the square; all of them are full of energy, far more energetic than Xia Shu’an, an adult. Xia Shu’an sat on the bench under the tree and waited. A child suddenly ran over and handed him the string tied to the balloon.

Xia Shu’an’s face showed a bit of bewilderment.

“Give it to me?”

The child blushed and nodded shyly and boldly.

“To brother.”

Xia Shu’an took the string. The child turned around and ran, stumbling into a woman’s arms. The woman and the man beside her laughed.

Xia Shu’an held the balloon, dumbfounded. It seems that he has “deceived” the children’s toys with his beauty. If he worked harder, wouldn’t he be able to get half of the balloons in the square?

Perhaps because his attitude towards children has somehow diluted his sense of alienation, after that kid, another adult walked towards Xia Shu’an.

With the encouragement of her friends, the young girl bravely walked towards the beautiful young man on the bench.

“Hello.”

“Excuse me, can I add your WeChat?”

Xia Shu’an looked at the girl in front of him in surprise. A gentle smile flashed in his eyes, but he still said, “Sorry, I have a boyfriend.”

The girl: “Huh?”

Xia Shu’an stood up from the bench, walked towards the man, who stopped a few steps away, and held his hand naturally.

“Next time, after I break up, I will consider it.”

The girl’s face flushed red, but she wasn’t ashamed of being rejected. It just came from her own shyness.

“You guys are a good match.” With that whispered sentence, she ran to her friend and buried her face in her friend’s shoulder with a sheepish look.

Shen Boyan seemed to react only then.

He looked at Xia Shu’an and said, “After the breakup?”

Xia Shu’an lowered his eyelids slightly and looked at him innocently: “Will you break up with me?”

Shen Boyan slowly stroked his left cheek with his fingertips.

“Of course not.”

Shen Boyan is a person who does what he wants and never cares about other people’s faces. The two of them held hands tightly along the way, passing through the crowds on weekends and walking towards their destination naturally.

Xia Shu’an looked at their clasped hands and heaved a sigh of relief.

He didn’t know where Shen Boyan had learned this, but when he had nothing to do, he would wrap his arms around his waist, whisper in his ear intimately, and sometimes even “smile evilly”. The degree of greasiness is no less than that of a potbelly middle-aged man who comes along at a party embracing his red-face mistress.

In his previous life, he didn’t have the energy to pay attention to this. By the time he noticed, Shen Boyan had already developed this behavior that treated him like a pet. This life has just begun; he must correct his behavior and teach him the correct way to fall in love!

Lunch was Western food, and the two of them spent nearly two hours enjoying the food. After the meal, Shen Boyan looked at his watch and said, “There’s still time; where do you want to go?”

Xia Shu’an then said excitedly, “Then let’s go buy some more seeds, and we can also order some flower pots and flower fertilizer!”

Shen Boyan remembered the balcony garden he had specifically asked for and only thought that he simply liked farming. Seeing the young man brimming with joy, the corners of his mouth curled up, fully showing the gentleness of an open-minded financial master.

The two of them took the elevator downstairs, and when they got out, a middle-aged man walked towards them from the lobby. He was about forty with a slightly bald scalp, and his protruding belly could not be covered by the fine suit. When he saw the two of them, his eyes lit up, and he shouted:

“President Shen!”

Shen Boyan and Xia Shu’an raised their heads and saw a young man half-embraced and half-hugged in the man’s arms. The man’s palm crossed the boy’s slender waist from behind and rested on his waist; his manner was full of intimacy.

Xia Shu’an: This is what I just described.

The man obviously didn’t know Xia Shu’an. He looked at Shen Boyan with glowing eyes and took a step forward: “President Shen, what a coincidence; are you coming to eat too?”

The expression on Shen Boyan’s face, which was still a bit at ease, has subsided, and a commercial smile has been put on his face. He gently extended his arm and placed his broad palm on the waist of the young man beside him.

The hand that had just wrapped around the young man’s back was forcefully pulled down. Xia Shu’an held Shen Boyan’s hand with all five fingers, forcefully inserting his fingers into the gap.

In the next second, the man saw the beautiful young man next to President Shen “sweetly” showing off their interlocking hands. His face blushed faintly due to shyness, and the whole person trembled slightly due to nervousness. The beautiful and innocent charm left the man stunned.

Shen Boyan glanced at Xia Shu’an meaningfully and said to the man, “Yes, President Yuan is coming to eat too?”

“Ah yes, yes, who are you and this friend?”

“We came out to play.”

“So that’s it; then I won’t bother President Shen.”

The man was very discerning. He watched the two leave with an ambiguous smile, and then he patted his stomach and hugged the little lover beside him again.

Shen Boyan and Xia Shu’an walked “hand in hand” to the parking lot. They didn’t separate their hands until they got into the car.

Shen Boyan sat in the driver’s seat, looking at him with a half-smile.

“You like holding hands that much?”

Xia Shu’an knew that he must have misunderstood something, but it was better to misunderstand that he liked to hold hands than to misunderstand that he liked to be hugged and nibble on ears. He nodded calmly and looked directly into the man’s eyes.

“Yes, I like it.”

“I like you holding my hand.”

“…”

Shen Boyan was silent for a moment, turned his head to avoid the young man’s frank and sincere eyes, and started the car.

“Where are we going?”

…

This afternoon, President Shen, who is worth billions, accompanied Xia Shu’an for a stroll around the flower and bird market without any burden as a boss. By around 2 p.m., the back of the luxury car worth tens of millions was filled with strange things.

Xia Shu’an opened his mouth and yawned, looking tired. He came out early this morning and didn’t have a lunch break, so he has long been exhausted. Shen Boyan reached out to touch his forehead, and his short, soft hair was pushed up by his palm, revealing a smooth forehead.

Xia Shu’an looked at him with some puzzlement.

Shen Boyan put down his hands and said, “Fortunately, you don’t have a fever.”

Xia Shu’an: “My body isn’t that weak?”

“Really?” Shen Boyan sneered: “Who got a fever on the road in broad daylight and tried to touch me?”

“…” Xia Shu’an leaned back in the seat depressedly, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.

There was a slight smile in Shen Boyan’s eyes. The car carried the two of them and a trunk full of stuff into the house. Shen Boyan called the aunt to pick up the things. Xia Shu’an sleepily went back to the room to rest. He didn’t have a long lunch break, and after a brief nap, he woke up.

The curtains in front of the windows were all pulled down, and there were only a few small lights left in the room; even the overhead lights were not on.

In the room that was toned down to an orange glow, Shen Boyan sat on the sofa, holding a thin notebook in his hand. His side profile was upright and focused; his eyebrows were slightly frowning; and his thin lips were slightly pursed, giving off the aura of someone who has been in the top position for a long time.

Xia Shu’an sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at him for a while. His gaze ranged from the man’s upturned nose bridge to his slender lips, and then to the man’s strong and smooth neckline with his collar uncovered.

After some rough calculation, since he was reborn, he hasn’t done that thing for more than a month. If it was five years in his previous life, it only happened when Shen Boyan went on business trips continuously. Otherwise, even when the two of them were arguing most fiercely, Shen Boyan would not forget to do it…..

Xia Shu’an licked his lips, got off the bed without a sound, stepped on cotton slippers, and walked towards the man on the sofa.

Shen Boyan’s typing paused, and he turned his head to look at him.

“Awake?”

“Um.”

The sofa is big enough to accommodate two grown men. Xia Shu’an sat down and bent his knees, crossing his legs and looking at him.

Shen Boyan couldn’t continue typing on the keyboard like this.

Xia Shu’an politely asked, “Are you very busy right now?”

For some reason, Shen Boyan felt a sense of dryness coming from his throat, and his breath was slightly hot.

He closed his notebook. The urgent emails from the Overseas Business Department that were selected by Assistant Lin disappeared before his eyes.

“No…it’s not a very important job.”

“Oh.” Xia Shu’an responded softly.

He obediently lowered his thick eyelashes and crawled his fingers over the sofa cushion, touching the man’s thigh with his fingertips.

“It’s a quarter past four in the afternoon, and there’s still more than an hour before dinner. Shall we use one first?”

…

…

Xia Shu’an didn’t go downstairs to eat that day. The aunt brought the meal to the door of the room. Shen Boyan received the plate and closed the door after entering.

Time seemed to have lost its meaning. It began to rain outside the window at an unknown time, and the air seemed to carry a hint of sweetness. After a whole night of tossing, Xia Shu’an closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

A thin blanket was covering his shoulder, and on the other side of the blanket, the man who fell asleep after turning off the light suddenly opened his eyes. In the hazy light of a sofa lamp, his eyes were fixed on the peaceful and soundly sleeping face of the young man like a beast patrolling its own domain.

His fingertips slowly brushed across the young man’s cheek.

“Xia Shu’an, you’d better not lie to me.”