After My Childhood Friend Misunderstood That I Had a Boyfriend - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: A provocation to Chu Xi’s official boyfriend

Chu Xi broke free from Zhou Jinyan’s embrace with high spirits and sat up, his strength causing the bed to creak and sway.

Habitually reaching for his pillow, he didn’t find his phone. It only then dawned on him that he was in Zhou Jinyan’s bed; his phone was downstairs charging and he hadn’t brought it up.

Zhou Jinyan had been ready to drift into dreamland while holding Chu Xi, but having him suddenly break away caused his brewing sleepiness to vanish instantly. “What’s wrong, Bao Bao?”

Who had provoked him now? Zhou Jinyan sensed his emotions a mix of excitement and indignation.

“I—” Chu Xi was about to say he wanted to delete all those comments urging them to break up and show off their love instead, but then he realized he didn’t want to expose his “Little Red Book” (Xiaohongshu) alt account. He bit back his words. “It’s nothing.”

Chu Xi decided to save his fighting spirit for tomorrow’s awards ceremony. He lay back down gracefully and skillfully burrowed into Zhou Jinyan’s arms.

But that wasn’t enough. Right now, Chu Xi was like an overexcited Beagle; if he didn’t stir things up, he had too much excess energy to burn.

Acting like a somewhat unreasonable lover, he threw a “death trap” question at his boyfriend: “Gége, tell me, if someone tried to persuade us to break up, what would you do?”

Hearing this, Zhou Jinyan’s heart skipped a beat for no reason. He immediately assumed some unknown “fourth” or “fifth” wheel was whispering sweet nothings in Chu Xi’s ear to cause trouble. He answered cautiously: “Bao Bao, you should listen less to such divisive talk in the future.”

Zhou Jinyan rested his chin on the top of Chu Xi’s head. “No one can separate us.”

He hadn’t even warmed his seat as the “third party” yet; how could it be the turn of a fourth or fifth to sow discord?

So those others better stop their crooked schemes. Do they even have an official title yet? How dare they whisper in his ear.

Zhou Jinyan suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis surging up. He gently turned Chu Xi’s face toward him and couldn’t help but initiate a kiss to find some security.

With such a high frequency of kissing lately, Chu Xi had already closed his eyes before Zhou Jinyan even leaned in. As a breath carrying strong predatory intent swept over him, Chu Xi instinctively parted his lips before the offensive even began, allowing Zhou Jinyan to enter without any resistance.

Chu Xi was kissed until he let out soft gasps. In every gap between their lips, he caught his breath to prepare for the next kiss.

He was no longer the fool who didn’t even know how to breathe while kissing. He opened his eyes slightly; under the dim light, a mist of water covered his eyes.

For a time, the ambiguous sounds of wetness echoed again the smacking of tongues intertwining, accompanied by heavy breathing and soft moans.

The already warm air seemed to brew sparks that would ignite at a single touch, drifting between them.

When the kiss ended, Chu Xi felt the numbness on his lips, his face flushed from the heat of having his breath stolen. During the interval of his panting, he silently replayed Zhou Jinyan’s answer and smiled, clearly very satisfied with it.

That’s right, one should listen to less divisive talk.

He and Zhou Jinyan were doing great; what did those netizens know?

Chu Xi was happy now. He affectionately pecked Zhou Jinyan’s cheek as a small reward: “Gége, you answered really well.”

The “muah” sound was exceptionally loud in the quiet night.

The sensation of Chu Xi’s kiss lingered on Zhou Jinyan’s cheek. Hearing this, he wordlessly raised an eyebrow. So it wasn’t a “fourth wheel” stirring trouble, but simply a test from Chu Xi?

At this thought, Zhou Jinyan’s hanging heart finally settled.

It seemed the difficulty of his path to “official” status hadn’t increased, and no new rivals had appeared to eye his position.

But even if they did, Zhou Jinyan’s gentle gaze suddenly turned sharp, like a predator lurking before a hunt, radiating a vibe of absolute determination to seize his prey.

He held Chu Xi, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, tighter. The faint scent of coconut cake soothed his chaotic nerves.

He kissed the tips of Chu Xi’s hair and let out an extremely soft laugh in the darkness, feeling as though a weight had been lifted.

The 7:30 AM alarm Chu Xi had set rang on time.

Both of them were sleeping soundly. The alarm rang for five minutes without waking them. Finally, Chu Xi’s biological clock nudged him into a daze. His first reaction upon waking was that it was too noisy.

Relying on sheer willpower, he pulled himself out of Zhou Jinyan’s warm embrace, got out of bed, and turned off the alarm.

He brought the phone back to bed. Since it was still early, Chu Xi burrowed back into Zhou Jinyan’s arms to sleep.

I want to sleep like this forever and never get up, Chu Xi thought sweetly. Leaning against Zhou Jinyan’s chest, he suddenly remembered when he had just moved into the dorm and was peeking at Zhou Jinyan’s abs what had he said then?

Oh right, Zhou Jinyan had a habit of waking up at 6:00 AM for a morning run.

Chu Xi opened his eyes. Speaking of which, why hadn’t he seen Zhou Jinyan go for a morning run since that day?

Chu Xi immediately thought of the saying “the beauty is in his arms, and from then on the king does not attend morning court.” He exhaled slowly and began to rationalize his boyfriend’s “disciplined” persona; perhaps he was just too busy with work lately to find time for it.

Besides, even MBTI types can change; it was normal for Zhou Jinyan to go from a high-energy person to a medium-high energy person.

Chu Xi liked to nuzzle. He affectionately rubbed his face against Zhou Jinyan’s cheek, then his shoulders and chest. Before long, he had nudged Zhou Jinyan awake.

But while waking the “big” one, he also caused the “little” one to rise slowly. When Zhou Jinyan woke up, the tip of Chu Xi’s nose happened to be rubbing against his Adam’s apple.

As that small, upturned nose scraped against his throat, Zhou Jinyan’s throat felt strangely dry. His voice carried a hint of sexiness through its hoarseness: “…Bao Bao.”

Chu Xi looked up, his deer-like eyes sparkling with a bit of mischievous excitement. He immediately leaned forward for a sweet kiss: “Morning kiss.”

“You’re awake, Gége.” Chu Xi sat up, propping himself up with his arms as he looked down at Zhou Jinyan, hovering slightly over him. “Speaking of which, Gége, why don’t you go for morning runs anymore?”

Zhou Jinyan was too distracted by his morning reaction to think clearly. He just frowned and repeated: “Morning run?”

“Yeah, didn’t you have a habit of morning runs?” Chu Xi said. But noticing Zhou Jinyan’s restrained expression, his attention immediately jumped from the morning run topic to the “morning reaction” topic. “Are you going to wait for it to go down on its own again this time?”

Zhou Jinyan’s mouth was dry. He didn’t know if it could go down, but with Chu Xi causing trouble like this, it certainly wouldn’t.

Zhou Jinyan laughed helplessly and gave Chu Xi’s bottom a light swat. “Behave, Bao Bao.”

His bottom was swatted lightly the force wasn’t great but the touch made Chu Xi feel weak all over. His mind went blank for a second, and by the time he snapped out of it, his ears were crimson.

What is Zhou Jinyan doing!!!

How can he swat his butt!!!

And telling him to “behave”… who was he coaxing! Chu Xi’s heart trembled. Based on the hour-and-a-half shower Zhou Jinyan took last time, he didn’t believe for a second that Zhou Jinyan could let it go down on his own.

Chu Xi was very honest regarding desire. The artistic influence he grew up with meant he didn’t have a “taboo” reaction to sex. He said frankly: “Just settle it, Gége.”

Chu Xi spoke with sincere emotion: “It’s not good to hold it in.”

Sometimes Zhou Jinyan really couldn’t tell if Chu Xi was doing it on purpose or if it was just his nature that allowed him to provoke people with zero burden.

Zhou Jinyan’s breathing grew heavy. He originally planned to go to the bathroom to settle it, but then he thought he should give Chu Xi a lesson so he would remember it.

The consequences of randomly provoking someone are very bad.

Even though he was aroused to a certain degree, Zhou Jinyan’s voice remained as steady as ever: “Then you go downstairs first, Bao Bao.”

Chu Xi tilted his head, not understanding why he had to leave while Zhou Jinyan settled his reaction: “Hmm?”

Provoked by this innocent and pure look, Zhou Jinyan couldn’t help but reach out to cup the back of his neck, pulling him in for a forceful kiss.

A kiss filled with intense, burgeoning desire fell like a heavy rain. Chu Xi was kissed until his long lashes trembled. His hand, which was gripping the quilt, was pulled up by the man, and a certain expectation landed in Chu Xi’s fluttering heart.

Sure enough, the next moment, he was guided by Zhou Jinyan to touch it.

Zhou Jinyan bit his ear: “Or does Bao Bao want to watch me settle it here?”

Chu Xi didn’t speak for a moment. Zhou Jinyan thought he had realized the seriousness of the situation. He squeezed Chu Xi’s waist and, hearing the soft moan from the person beneath him, thought the lesson was enough and was about to tell him to go downstairs.

Instead, he heard the young man say in a clear voice: “Why should I just watch? I can help you.”

The first part sounded slightly puzzled, but the latter part was pure eagerness to try.

Every word Zhou Jinyan had prepared to say was swallowed back into his stomach. He let out a heavy breath and stared into Chu Xi’s bright eyes: “Bao Bao, do you know what saying that means?”

“Of course I know,” Chu Xi said as if it were obvious. “We’re a couple. Isn’t it normal to do this kind of thing? I can help you.”

Zhou Jinyan stopped his movements and looked down at him somewhat casually.

He suddenly let out a soft laugh.

He had been too uptight. He was so busy being careful for fear of scaring Chu Xi that he forgot his lover was someone very honest about desire.

He could honestly “cheat” (on his “official” boyfriend). He could honestly hit on Zhou Jinyan just because he liked him.

He could honestly act spoiled, hold hands, and even peek at his abs during their second meeting.

Honest yet exceptionally pure he could provoke Zhou Jinyan without any burden, yet turn red in the face from a few words or an intentional or unintentional touch.

So cute. The only downside was that he didn’t yet completely belong to him.

But that didn’t matter. Zhou Jinyan’s lazy gaze suddenly sharpened. Sooner or later, he would belong to him completely.

In the silent room, the sound of clothes being unfastened rang out. Chu Xi lowered his eyes, and his smooth hand was guided by the man’s broad palm to touch a scorching heat.

It was very hot, but Zhou Jinyan’s panting in his ear was even hotter: “Thanks for helping me, Bao Bao.”

Chu Xi’s hand was so sore he couldn’t hold anything. His bag was being carried by Zhou Jinyan. The late autumn wind blew at the hem of his clothes. Chu Xi tucked his scarf tight and waited until he saw Fu Zhaosheng’s car at the West Gate before turning back to look at his “bag-carrying boyfriend.”

Chu Xi took Zhou Jinyan’s hand. “Alright, just drop me off here. Don’t you have to go to work soon? Or do you have class?”

Chu Xi squeezed Zhou Jinyan’s hand, wanting him to stop there, but his hand was gripped back with fingers tightly interlaced.

The force was a bit heavy, carrying an unquestionable tone.

Chu Xi was stunned. He saw that Zhou Jinyan’s jawline was tensed tight; he could even hear the slight sound of his back teeth grinding.

Chu Xi hesitated: “?” What’s wrong with Zhou Jinyan?

“No rush, Bao Bao.” Zhou Jinyan stared at the familiar license plate and car model. His voice was terrifyingly steady. Carrying Chu Xi’s bag, he strode forward like a lion defending its territory, dutifully playing his role as the bag-carrying boyfriend. “I’ll walk you to the car.”

And while he was at it, he would provoke Chu Xi’s currently “official” and “legitimate” boyfriend.