CH 39
The Laws of Love
When Suo Yang walked out of the bar behind Shen Huiming, he felt like he had stepped on a sponge, as if he had eaten too many cherries soaked in wine and got himself completely drunk.
As he pushed the door open, the autumn night wind didnât show mercy to them at all, and the slightest sweep of it sent a shiver down Suo Yangâs spine.
Shen Huiming turned his head to look at him and took his hand to walk directly towards the parking place.
Although it was night, there were quite a lot of people on this street, and it was too eye-catching for two men to walk in the crowd holding hands.
Shen Huiming didnât care, and neither did Suo Yang at the moment.
Suo Yang just looked at Shen Huiming, looked at the ends of his hair blown by the wind, and thought about the sentence this person said before, âAs soon as you appear, I canât see anyone else. So, it can only be you. â
It can only be you.
Suo Yang remembered this sentence.
They walked through the night like this, passing by a shop where a song that Sawyer liked very much when he was at school was playing on the stereo.
I want to take you and run away, to the farthest town.
I want to take you with me and run away, to be the happiest person.
He suddenly had the illusion that he was running away with Shen Huiming, and the thrill of that deviation made him ecstatic.
He had been too disciplined over the past 20 years, and the only thing that had not developed according to his parentsâ wishes seemed to be his sexual orientation.
He had always disliked excitement and adventure and put himself in a safe shell. Now Shen Huiming came along, cracked his eggshell, and pulled him out.
Even the evening wind tasted like wine, a cherry-flavoured fruit wine that tasted exactly the same as the one in Shen Huimingâs mouth.
Suo Yang smiled as the other party took his hand, and quickly found the car parked there.
Shen Huiming only opened the door of the back seat, and Suo Yang glanced at him. When the two looked at each other, there seemed to be some secret signal in it that others could not comprehend.
Suo Yang got in, and Shen Huiming got into the car after him.
As soon as the car door closed, before Suo Yang could turn around, he was kissed by Shen Huiming who came up to him, holding the back of his head.
The space inside the car was cramped but it was enough for a kiss.
Shen Huiming whispered in Suo Yangâs ear, âComing with me?â
Suo Yang clasped his fingers instead of answering.
Shen Huiming smiled softly, took out his mobile phone, and called for a chauffeur. While waiting for the chauffeur to arrive, the two just held hands and kissed.
It turned out that kissing was such a stress-relieving thing.
It was as if the kisses werenât enough and they didnât want to stop. At this time, the brain was completely empty and just enjoy the kiss itself.
Until the call from the chauffeur came, Shen Huiming had to put his finger on Suo Yangâs lips.
âWait a minute.â Shen Huiming looked at the somewhat misty-eyed Suo Yang with a smile and rubbed his fingers lightly on his lips.
Suo Yang obediently sat there watching him, waiting for him, and listening to his phone call with the chauffeur.
After Shen Huiming hung up the phone, he leaned over and kissed Suo Yang.
âWait for me.â Shen Huiming turned around and got out of the car to meet the chauffeur.
When Shen Huiming came back, the chauffeur sat in the driverâs seat. Suo Yang had sobered up a bit. He opened a gap in the car window and sat in the back seat.
Shen Huiming gave his leg a gentle squeeze, âAre you okay?â
Suo Yang smiled as a response.
After calming down for a few minutes, Suo Yang began to feel a little embarrassed.
He still didnât take things easy on this kind of thing. He enjoyed it dizzily at the moment and then began to feel ashamed afterwards.
The chauffeur confirmed the address with Shen Huiming again and then turned on the navigation.
Suo Yang had never been to other peopleâs houses since middle school, and even when he was a child, he seldom visited with his parents. His parents were not the kind of people who like to visit relatives and friends, and he didnât want to disturb others or be disturbed.
âHomeâ was a very private place where the most essential parts of a person could be exposed.
Now, Suo Yang was following Shen Huiming on his way home, and he would soon know what kind of person Shen Huiming was.
Halfway through the car, Shen Huiming suddenly asked the chauffeur to pull over and stop the car, saying that he was going to a convenience store to buy something.
The chauffeur didnât know what he wanted to buy, but Suo Yang knew it in his heart.
He glanced at Shen Huiming, who just smiled at him and said to him softly, âIâll be back soon.â
Shen Huiming got out of the car and walked quickly into the convenience store on the side of the road.
As he said, he came back soon, with a bag in his hand, and it was impossible to see what was in it.
Back in the car, Shen Huiming thanked the driver and told him that he could go.
Suo Yang hardly dared to breathe hard. At this moment, he seemed to return to the first day of flying, nervous but looking forward to it.
He wasnât sure if the next developments would make this adventure more amazing, but he was sure that his decision was at least the right one.
Whether more wonderful or not, he should and wanted to experience it.
Shen Huiming was the one he chose, at least emotionally he was satisfied.
For the rest of the journey, Shen Huiming held Suo Yangâs hand all the time, and the two of them did not communicate too much more, nor did they need to. It was enough to just wait quietly for the rest of the day.
The car drove into the neighbourhood and parked in the underground parking garage.
The money was paid and the chauffeur was sent off.
The two stood in the garage, looked at each other, and then kissed each other.
They didnât need to pretend to be reserved, it was too unnecessary for them.
Shen Huiming took Suo Yang back home, a three-hundred-square-metre flat-floor residence, and he entered the house directly as soon as the elevator door opened.
On the porch, before Shen Huiming untied Suo Yangâs belt, he asked again, âAre you drunk?â
Suo Yang looked at him in the dark, and replied, âVery sober.â
The night was always enchanting, and so were the people in the night.
On a night full of wine fragrance, two slightly drunk people soaked in the liquor brewed by each other, sinking a little, getting a little confused, and falling a little into each otherâs world.
This adventure was indeed wonderful, and it was even more unpredictable than Suo Yang imagined. He felt as if he had become an artistâs overturned palette. all the colours mixed together, only to rub out an abstract painting on this bed that could only be imagined.
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Time seemed to suddenly become precious. No matter how tired the two of them were, they were reluctant to just fall asleep like this.
Shen Huiming got up and wanted to get a glass of water for Suo Yang, but before he could get off the bed, Suo Yang grabbed his wrist.
He turned around and asked with a smile, âWhatâs wrong?â
Suo Yang lay there watching him. He didnât have the nerve to say that he just subconsciously didnât want him to go away.
âIâm going to get you some water.â Shen Huiming said, âI remember thereâs honey at home, drink some so you donât get a headache tomorrow.â
âIâll join you.â Suo Yang was actually not comfortable moving, but he sat up anyway.
Shen Huiming found his own pyjamas to give to Suo Yang, and the two walked slowly from the bedroom to the kitchen.
As they passed by the living room, Suo Yang glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, it was past one oâclock.
Suo Yang counted how many hours were left in his mind, and began to hope that the time would pass more slowly.
Up to now, Suo Yang has really begun to believe that the closeness of the naked body could indeed quickly change the relationship between two people. No matter how compatible he and Shen Huiming were before, they still seemed to be separated by a thin veil, and the two of them would feel each otherâs palm lines with their palms pressed against the veil, which always felt a bit unreal.
But after tonight, or rather, after the hours just passed, that layer of veil disappeared.
He followed Shen Huiming into the kitchen, and the other party took two cushions and put them on the chair, âSit here and wait for me.â
Suo Yang went to the chair and sat down, watching Shen Huiming getting busy over there for him.
Shen Huiming took a cup of warm water, scooped out some honey, added it, and stirred gently with a spoon.
He walked back, handed the cup to Suo Yang, and before bending down to sit down, he kissed Suo Yang lightly on the forehead.
Suo Yangâs ears felt hot from this soft and intimate kiss. He had done everything, but his heartbeat would still speed up because of such a move.
He lowered his head to drink water, and Shen Huiming sat beside him to accompany him.
Suo Yang drank half of his glass, looked up at the people around him, and passed the glass over.
Shen Huiming took it with a smile and took a sip, âIt seems a bit sweet.â
âItâs alright.â Suo Yang didnât like anything too sweet, but he felt this cup of honey water was just right, just like Shen Huiming was just right for him.
Shen Huiming held the cup in both hands and kept looking at Suo Yang.
âWhatâs the matter?â Suo Yang felt a little uncomfortable when he saw him and pursed his lips after asking.
Shen Huiming smiled, âI still want to kiss you.â
Shen Huiming put down the cup, took advantage of Suo Yangâs lack of response, and leaned forward to kiss Suo Yang.
He really couldnât get enough kisses.
Maybe this was the feeling of falling in love with someone. Wishing to keep kissing and hugging all the time, and no one could escape this curse.
When the two came out of the kitchen, they sat by the window again, under the pretense of âwatching the moonâ because they didnât want to sleep.
The two were close to each other, and as soon as Shen Huiming sat down, he took Suo Yangâs hand.
After a carnival, what was left was not loneliness and emptiness, but rather an endless tenderness.
This was a very different kind of love from what Suo Yang had once thought, on this night he confirmed that he had been too pessimistic about relationships in the past.
He looked at the moon outside the window, sat on a strange carpet in a strange house as he wore Shen Huimingâs pyjamas, and thought about whether he was a little too clumsy just now.
He thought about it, and then he laughed.
âWhat are you laughing at?â Shen Huiming asked him softly.
âIâm laughing at myself.â Suo Yang said, âI always think highly of myself and feel that I am not the kind of person who is greedy for pleasure, but I never thought that I simply overestimated myself.â
âYou canât say that,â Shen Huiming squeezed his hand, and the shoulders of the two touched each other, and they could feel each otherâs body temperature. âIf it wasnât me today, you might still be who you thought you were.â
Suo Yang laughed out loud, âArenât you being conceited?â
âYes, Iâm being conceited.â Shen Huiming lowered his head and fiddled with Suo Yangâs fingers, which were white and slender, beautiful and powerful. He thought of those hands that were tightly clutching his shoulders just now, and that scene was indeed worthy of his pride.
âWe still have seven hours.â Shen Huiming said, âUse these seven hours to seriously consider a question.â
âWhatâs the question?â Suo Yang asked.
âDo you want to accept me as your boyfriend?â Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang and said solemnly, âSeven hours to think about this question, is that enough time?â
âIt doesnât take seven hours.â Suo Yang turned around, facing Shen Huiming, he smiled, leaned forward and kissed him, âIâm not an indecisive person.â
Shen Huiming looked at him, âHave you got an answer?â
âBefore I came here.â Suo Yang said, âNice to meet you, my Mr. Shen.â