By five in the evening, Zhan was still at Aunt Marquis's house. He had tried calling Yibo several times but couldn't reach him, so he gave up on the idea of leaving that day.
He was sitting in the living room of Aunt Marquis's mother-in-law.... everyone called her "Mama"...after delivering a pack of soap and detergent that Aunt Marquis had asked him to bring on behalf of Lan Yi.
Mama was delighted by the gifts and smiled warmly at Zhan. "So, when are you going back to Guangzhou?" she asked.
Zhan lowered his gaze politely. "Tomorrow."
Mama nodded. "Then you'll stay here tonight, won't you?"
Zhan shook his head. "No, I'll head home later this evening."
Mama sighed. "Alright then."
She went into her room for a moment and returned holding a small gift bag. "Here," she said, offering it to him.
Zhan hesitated. "Oh, you don't have to...."
"I insist," Mama interrupted gently. "It's fine fabric for men. I couldn't attend your wedding myself, but some of the other ladies from the family went. You just take care of yourself, be kind to your husband, and always stay patient."
Zhan accepted the fabric with a polite smile, murmuring his thanks before standing up to take his leave.
When he returned to Aunt Marquis's section of the house, he slipped off his shoes by the door and noticed another familiar pair beside them. He stepped inside quietly and locked the door behind him.
Yibo looked up from the couch. Their eyes met, and for a few seconds neither moved. Then Yibo stood and crossed the room in two strides, pulling Zhan into his arms.
Zhan closed his eyes, breathing in Yibo's familiar scent that filled his chest with warmth. Yibo drew back slightly, fingers brushing through Zhan's freshly trimmed hair. "Wow," he murmured under his breath, "it's beautiful."
Zhan looked up at him with a small smile.
"I missed you so much, baby," Yibo whispered....and before Zhan could answer, Yibo leaned in and kissed him.
Just then, Aunt Marquis stepped into the sitting room. Yibo quickly let go, while Zhan, flustered and red-faced, hurried out of the room.
Aunt Marquis acted as though she hadn't seen anything. She quietly closed the door to the guest room that had been left open, then walked further inside. Looking at Yibo with mild surprise, she said, "Oh, so you're here already? And you didn't even call to let me know?"
Avoiding her gaze, Yibo sat down. "Good afternoon, Aunt."
She gave him a knowing smile. "I was just saying the other day that you haven't visited Tianjin in a while."
Yibo chuckled lightly, eyes down.
"How was the trip?" she asked.
"It went well," he replied.
"And how's Lan Yi?"
"Everyone's fine."
Aunt Marquis glanced toward Zhan, who had returned quietly and was keeping his head low. "Baby," she said casually, "check the fridge in the kitchen....there should be bottled water. Bring one for him."
Zhan nodded quickly, set down the gift bag in his hand, and left the room without meeting her eyes. Yibo, too, kept his gaze averted. He knew perfectly well that Aunt Marquis had seen their brief moment.
Zhan came back a few minutes later carrying a tray with a bottle of water and a glass. He placed it in front of Yibo. Then he picked up the fabric bag. "Aunt, Mama gave me this," he said.
Aunt Marquis looked at the fabric and smiled faintly. "Well, I didn't ask you to take her anything just because of that soap and detergent," she said lightly. "It's just that Aunt Ai visited and didn't think to bring her anything. And you came from Guangzhou with nothing to give her too, so I thought you could deliver it."
Zhan nodded silently.
Aunt Marquis smiled. "That's fine. Thank you, truly."
Yibo was still watching Zhan as though seeing him for the first time. The clean haircut, the neat lines, the quiet poise....it all suited him perfectly.
Aunt Marquis's voice broke through his thoughts. "So, you'll be heading back to Guangzhou tomorrow?"
Yibo nodded. "No, we'll leave today Aunt. I'll leave the car at Hai Kuan's place and take the train."
Aunt Marquis checked the clock. "It's already after five....you'd better get going then."
Yibo rose. "Yes, we'll leave now."
"Come with me, Baby," Aunt Marquis said to Zhan. "I have a message and something for Lan Yi Jie."
Zhan followed her into the bedroom, feeling Yibo's gaze on his back as he left.
Once inside, Aunt Marquis looked at him and asked quietly, "You've been using everything I gave you, haven't you?"
Zhan nodded quickly, avoiding eye contact.
"Good," she said. "Keep using the rest when you get home. They're good for your health....and they'll help you feel more energized."
Zhan murmured, "Okay."
"Don't skip them, baby, because I think Yibo's not a one round person" she added with a teasing smile.
Zhan kept his eyes lowered. "I won't, Aunt."
She handed him a small bag with a room freshener and a few other items. Zhan accepted it politely. "Thank you, Aunt."
They returned to the sitting room, where Yibo was waiting.
Aunt Marquis smiled. "Once you reach Guangzhou, let's talk again, Yibo."
"Of course, Aunt."
"Make sure you stop by Mr. Xiao house first to collect Zhan's things and say goodbye before heading to the train station," she reminded him.
"Alright," Yibo replied.
"Safe journey," she said, walking them to the gate. She watched as the car pulled away before turning back toward the house.
Yibo had just entered Mr. Xiao Rong's house to greet Zhan's grandmother after they arrived there. Granny Ryu happily welcomed him, asking about him and Lan Yi and he said, "They are fine, Grandma."
Zhan left them in the sitting room and went upstairs to his room, wondering if his period had come because he hadn't experienced any cramps during his last period, he had just seen it. He came out of the bathroom after confirming he wasn't seeing his period. Hearing a knock, he finished and opened the door. One of the house helpers told him that Aunty Jin was calling for him in her room.
Zhan arrived at Aunty Jin's room. Aunty Jin gave him the remaining medicine, looked at him, and said, "Please don't just take them and store them at home while you watch, Zhan. Seeing that husband of yours has no patience in marital matters."
Zhan smiled slightly to himself and said, "I'll take them, Aunty."
Aunty Jin said, "Alright then. Greet your mother, Lan Yi, for me. Take care."
A helper brought Zhan's box of belongings to Yibo's car. After they left the area, Yibo wrapped his arm around Zhan's slowly and said, "I miss you so much, Baby." Zhan couldn't say anything to him, feeling weak just from Yibo holding his hands. Yibo said, "There is no train going to Guangzhou this evening."
Zhan looked at him slowly. "Gege, are you really going to drive at night?" Calmly, he said, "No, we will lodge in a hotel now before we go to Guangzhou in the morning."
Zhan widened his eyes a little. "A hotel, Gege?"
Yibo looked at him and tease him. "The heavens are watching us right?" Zhan gave him a look, then pouted and shook his head, smiling. Yibo lick his hand. Zhan widened his eyes and gasped...
Yibo paid for a very expensive hotel. He went first, Zhan followed him until the hotel room they were given the key to. After setting down their phones, Yibo said, "I'll just step out for a moment. Close the door." As he went out, Zhan locked the room door.
Zhan took his soap and entered the bathroom. After he finished his bath and came out of the room, he opened his box and took out his sleepwear..... After applying his lotion, he put on his sleepwear. Zhan was sitting on the edge of the bed chatting on WhatsApp with his mother, Aaria. Yibo knocked. He set his phone aside, stood up, opened the door. Yibo came in, looking at Zhan. "I met with an old-time friend, after many years. We were just catching up."
Zhan, looking at him, said, "A woman or a man?" He smiled, set down the food in his hand, and said, "You know I wouldn't lie to you. It was a man...."
Yibo sat on the edge of the bed. He also opened the food provided by the hotel. Slowly, Zhan said, "I am not hungry. I'll just have the drink." Perhaps because of the things Aunty Marquis had been giving him, he didn't feel hungry himself without realizing it.
Yibo looked at him. "What did you eat?"
He said, "I really don't feel hungry."
Yibo said, "Okay, let me take my bath." As he entered the bathroom, Zhan opened the food and looked at the fried chicken. His appetite returned, and he started eating the chicken while drinking the Beer... After Yibo came out from his bath, finished getting ready, and came back near Zhan, he looked at him under his lashes saying , "Did you miss me, Baby man?"
Zhan didn't say anything; he leaned back against the bed, looking at Yibo without blinking. Yibo looked at the sleepwear on Zhan's body. "I don't like this sleepwear, honestly." Zhan widened his eyes a little and looked at him. Despite the smile Yibo gave him, Zhan just smiled and said, "I don't understand, why?"
Yibo moved closer to him as if he would Marge their bodies. Under his breath, he said, "Change it, please, Baby. Change it to a more sexy one." Zhan couldn't say anything to him. For a moment, he felt his whole body become very weak. Yibo stared at him with his eyes as if waiting for an answer to his request. Barely, Zhan managed to open his mouth. "These are the only ones I brought with me."
Yibo brought his lips to Zhan's ear. "Okay, just take 'em off."
Zhan widened his eyes. Then, in a very low voice, he said, "Then what should I wear?" Slowly, Yibo said, "You are refusing me my right baby, whereas look how someone who is not lawful is sending nudes pictures without me requesting it..."
Zhan felt something stop in his chest after Zizi's name came to his mind. He pouted again and hung his head. "Well, should I take it off myself...? You should take it off yourself."
Yibo nodded, picked him up, looking at him lovingly. Zhan refused to make eye contact with him because he was so ashamed; he could only wait. Yibo unbuttoned the silky sleep shirt on his body. Zhan felt as if he was sinking into the ground. Letting go of how he saw Yibo looking at his bare chest... And Yibo couldn't stop looking at his chest; he didn't even blink. Zhan felt he couldn't bear it; he covered his face on Yibo's body, closed his eyes, while his heart pounded.
Yibo made sure he took everything off Zhan's body. He started exploring his body slowly. He was so surprised after noticing how ready Zhan's body was. After a while, he raised his head as if whispering, "Look at me, please, baby."
Zhan could barely open his eyes as if sleepily, looking into his eyes. As if counting his words, Yibo said, "You are so beautiful, hubby." Zhan buried himself in his body, smiling. This night would also be one to remember in their memories. Yibo genuinely cried for Zhan out of pleasure. Zhan gave him one hundred percent cooperation. No one could say he hadn't been taught the matter thoroughly during his stay in Tianjin. Zhan himself didn't even know where he put his own shame that night; it was just that Yibo's intensity was no joke. In the morning, Zhan couldn't make eye contact with Yibo out of sheer embarrassment; he just felt like disappearing due to his shyness towards Yibo.
Yibo leaned on his shoulders after coming back close to him. In a slow voice, he said, "Good morning, Hubby."
In a whisper, Zhan said, "Good morning, Gege."
Yibo raised his head and looked at him. Zhan quickly lower his head. Yibo said in a low voice, "Please, Baby, change that name." He was smiling. Zhan said, "Well, what should I say?"
Yibo just kept looking at him. Zhan calmed himself in Yibo's chest, closed his eyes, rubbing the chest with his other hand. In a very low voice, he said, "Good morning, My Man."
Immediately, Yibo became even more unsettled for him. This time around, it was only after Yibo took Zhan to cloud 9 again, whatt... Yibo couldn't believe it was his lil' bro giving him this full cooperation. He genuinely appreciated the reason that led Zhan being his husband. He thanked the reason why he ended up with Zhan as a companion. He realized Zhan was so good and perfect in bed. Now, Zhan completely relaxed his body, even putting his shame aside. Only after everything would he act shy, sticking to him, refusing to make eye contact.
Around nine o'clock, Yibo woke from the sleep that had taken them. He looked at Zhan, who was asleep on his body. He settled him down slowly, kissed his forehead, then got down from the bed and entered the bathroom. He took a bath, came out, got ready, and then ordered breakfast from the hotel.
At eleven o'clock, they left the hotel and took the road to Guangzhou. They didn't even pass through Tianjin. Zhan started sleeping because he was tired from the previous night. Yibo adjusted the car seat for him to be comfortable. Every now and then, Yibo would turn to look at him. He knew that until the end of his life, he would never tire of being grateful for being blessed with Zhan as his husband. In this life, there is a reason for everything, be it good or bad. Besides the things that happened, how else would he have possessed Zhan as a husband? So, all the qualities he saw in him as his lil' brother back then, from his intelligence, his efforts in school, his obedience and determination, his calm demeanor.... They were nothing compared to his quality in bed? In fact, he is the type of man every person would be proud to have as a partner. Zhan had already wiped away even the shadow of the other people from his heart. Yibo felt that now he couldn't even live without Zhan. Only now did he feel he was married; so, Min was just a mistake he made. Not even a full 10 minutes passed without him turning to look at Zhan. Zhan, however, was just sleeping.
Yibo knew he must have been tired from that...encounters.
At two o'clock and some minutes, they arrived in Guangzhou. By then, Zhan had woken from his sleep. When he made eye contact with Yibo, he pouted at him, full of embarrassment. Yibo just let him be and stopped looking at him, seeing that he would distract him from his own focus and might cause him to lose control of the steering wheel on the road. He just concentrated on the driving he was doing.
At Qiren's house, Yibo headed inside with them. He looked at Zhan after parking and gently took his hand. "Please, hubby, we'll greet Mama, then we'll go home. I want to eat your cooking today. I miss it so much."
Zhan raise his head, looking at him. Yibo said, "Of course if you aren't tired?" Zhan said, "No, I'll make some for us."
Yibo closed his eyes, gave Zhan hand a peck, and said, "Alright, my baby man."
Yibo greeted Lan Yi at her section, came downstairs, and sat down. Zhan showed Lan Yi the gift that Aunt Marquis mother-in-law had given him. Lan Yi said, "Wow, I'll call and thank her." Lan Yi looked at him. "You see how this hair cut has make so beautiful, Baby. Maybe you should keep it up or continue doing it."
Zhan laughed. Then he looked at the bundle of clothes that Bing had just brought in and set on a chair. "Mama, should I arrange your clothes in the closet?"
Lan Yi said, "Oh, thank you, Baby." Zhan stood up, took the clothes, and went into the room with them. Because they weren't staying long at the house, that's why Yibo wasn't in the sitting room; he was sitting quietly, waiting for Zhan to come down. Zhan himself, his mind was just on Yibo; he was used to arrange Lan Yi's laundry in her closet. Quickly, he finished arranging the clothes and came out to the sitting room. Lan Yi looked at him. "Oh, Baby, you've already finished arranging the clothes?"
Zhan laughed. "You're welcome, Mama. I arranged the clothes well." Lan Yi smiled. "Well, alright then. Are you going home now?" Zhan bowed his head. "Yes, I want to cook." Lan Yi said, "Well, alright. Did you meet Hai Kuan in Tianjin?"
Zhan looked up and looked at Lan Yi. "Yes, but he went to Beijing." Lan Yi said, "Beijing? What did he go to do in Beijing?"
Zhan fell silent. Then he fidgeted a little. "Well, I don't know if he was joking with me or not." Lan Yi fell silent and didn't say anything else. Zhan finished in the sitting room, picked up his bag, and said, "Mama, see you later."
Lan Yi said, "Well, have a safe journey home, Baby." Zhan headed for the door. Lan Yi watched him until he left. Ah, from the way he quickly arranged her clothes for her, she thought they were going home. And that Yibo, the reason he wasn't in her sitting room was that her son was waiting for Zhan. Lan Yi smiled slightly, stood up, and entered the room. How quickly Zhan had even taken the laundry back from which he had taken the clothes and left it on the bed for her. Lan Yi shook her head, picked up the bag, and went out with it.
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Zhan finished washing the plates from the meal he and Yibo had eaten. Even when he came out to the sitting room, he didn't see Yibo. He took the remaining drinks and put them in the fridge. He went to his room; even though he had already bathed, he bathed again. After applying his lotion, he kept looking at the sleepwear he had brought. Zhan sat on the edge of the bed, feeling as if he couldn't wear it. But when he remembered the kind of provocative photos Zizi had sent to Yibo just days ago, it suppressed what he was feeling in his heart. He took the sleepwear and put it on. He spent more than a minute looking at himself in the mirror. Then, overcoming the shame in his heart, he turned and headed for the door and went out.
He went to the master part where he thought Yibo was. Entering the sitting room, he saw the back of Yibo's head inside. He heard a sign that he was on a phone call because he hadn't fully closed the door. Walking slowly, he reached the door and leaned his body against it, trying to listen to his conversation on the phone. He heard Yibo say, "But Aunty, I see you've made this assumption. There's probably nothing between him and her. Maybe it's work-related; he might be going to Beijing for work, which is why he's dropping her off."
Immediately, Zhan understood who he was on the phone with and what they were talking about. He turned, left the doorway, went back into the sitting room, and sat down. Then he heard a sign that Yibo was done with the phone call. He stood up, walking slowly until he reached the doorway of the room. Calmly, Zhan knocked on the door and stepped back a little. Yibo opened the door, looking him over from head to toe. Zhan raise his head a little and said in a seductive voice, "You need a coffee or milk?"
Yibo didn't say anything to him. Immediately, he felt his legs weren't doing him justice because they couldn't continue to support him. Seeing that he couldn't give him an answer, as if counting his words, Zhan flutter his lashes and roll his big eyes to him. "I said, coffee or milk?"
A stammer that Zhan didn't know Yibo possessed started. "I... will... prefer... the milk."
Zhan turned and walked step by step with his long legs towards the door. Ah.... just that, Yibo felt he couldn't control himself anymore. Before Zhan could reach the door, Yibo grabbed him, carrying him like a baby into the room. Full of teasing, Zhan said, "What about the milk...?"
Cuddling his bare chest and at the same time whispering into his ears, Yibo said, "I will get it here....."
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