Fu Cheng entertained the thought of integrating into society. He listened to the faint sound of fireworks and neighboring noise and clatter outside while hugging one of Lin Yuan's shirts that he secretly hid.
He had a hope, or more accurately, an extravagant wish.
He thought about how the law stated that he could still appeal after one trial if he wasn't dissatisfied. Now that he had someone he liked, maybe... maybe he could give that pair of man and woman another chance.
Fu Cheng didn't want much, because he never had any expectations for his parents.
Those two people looked excellent to everyone else. Their lives progressed smoothly, and their marriage was the only mistake they made. Still, later they each met their true loves, and separated from each other, so the wrong path was made right.
Now, everything was supposed to be fine. But on that wrong path, they left something burdensome. Since they had already wronged themselves for many years by caring for this burden, this burden was annoying to the point they wished it didn't exist.
They both wanted to throw this burden to the other party. After Fu Cheng was admitted to Ning City's No.1 High School, they rented a house next to the school to throw Fu Cheng into, out of their happy family.
They were forced to give him some money because of the law, but that's all they did.
They treated him worse than a pet. At least a pet would have the care of their owners for their whole lives, but Fu Cheng only had to be given money until he graduated college.
Then, they could completely get rid of this burden, the only stain in their lives.
Fu Cheng listened to the neighboring noise and realized that the elderly couple's son and daughter had brought their kids to see their grandparents.
He listened to the laughter and caring words of the small children and in his heart, he told himself that he didn't need care or a happy family reunion. Such requirements were too high for them to achieve. He only needed one phone call.
He only wanted to prove that they still remembered his number.
On New Year's Eve, thousands of houses in Ning City were lit and it was as bright as the daytime. Warm lights sprinkled over every corner, sweeping away the shadows and dust.
The teenager was also illuminated by the outside light. His exquisite and eye-catching features were highlighted.
He listened to the voices of others, and looked at the lights, but his head was empty.
His heart was empty and his spirit was empty. Fu Chen was like an abandoned city with no one left.
"Dong, dong, dong..."
A sound of knocking was clearly heard by Fu Cheng, but he had no ability to react.
Then the warm and clean voice of the teenager followed. The voice that Fu Cheng was most familiar with.
"Fu Cheng~"
Fu Cheng thought he was dreaming. But even in his dreams, he never believed that he could have a close relationship like this with another. He stood up from the sofa, and like a drowning man grasping at straws, he rushed to the door.
His distinct fingers held the cold metal handle, and Fu Cheng opened the door. Inside was constantly decaying and withering, but the outside was a vast unfamiliar world where a familiar teenager stood at the forefront.
Lin Yuan looked at Fu Cheng and happily smiled: "Fu Cheng~"
Fu Cheng looked back at the other in a daze. Behind Lin Yuan, a young boy and girl were chasing and playing with each other. It was the first time he had seen such a warm but tangible picture, full of vitality and energy.
Lin Yuan saw Fu Cheng's daze and surprise and he felt a little proud of himself: "You didn't expect that I would come right? Are you surprised?"
At this moment, Fu Cheng's mind was in chaos and he lost the ability to think. He mechanically closed the door after Lin Yuan and stared at the other. Slowly, his dark eyes lit up with starlight.
Lin Yuan sat on the sofa and waved to the other: "Fu Cheng, come here quickly. I have a gift for you."
…Gift?
For... him?
Fu Cheng stiffly walked over and sat next to Lin Yuan. He watched as Lin Yuan opened a bag and took something out and put it against his face.
Soft like a cloud, with a trace of warmth, but also like a handful of fresh snow.
Fu Cheng's hands trembled as he stroked the gift. It was a white scarf.
When Lin Yuan laughed, his apricot eyes bent, his eyes shone, and the dimples around his cheeks deepened: "This is what my mom bought for me, but she bought two of them. It's new, I haven't used it. You can't dislike it ah. Next winter, I'll buy you another one."
He wanted to bait Fu Cheng with a promise for next winter, and hopefully, Fu Cheng would take the bait.
Fu Cheng didn't say anything. He grabbed a corner of the scarf and closed his eyes and gently rubbed it. He immersed himself in the softness.
Lin Yuan…
If only they met earlier.
[Di! Congrats host, the villain's blackening value has decreased to 57%.]
Fu Cheng opened his eyes and wanted to smile at Lin Yuan. But when he saw the teenager's bright and clean smile, he suddenly felt an indescribable nausea.
He had never learned to smile sincerely, and he didn't know how to smile so that other people would see that he was happy.
How should he smile for the person he liked....
Fu Cheng didn't know, nobody taught him.
"En, I... I don't dislike it. I really, really like it." Fu Cheng said hoarsely and a little brokenly. He didn't want to be perfunctory and face the teenager he liked with a mask, but he didn't know anything else.
Lin Yuan was originally happy that the blackening value had dropped again, but he noticed that Fu Cheng was a little off and asked worriedly: "Fu Cheng, what's wrong? It feels like you're unhappy."
Fu Cheng nodded, but then shook his head. He stroked Lin Yuan's hair and finally put on his mask.
"I'm not unhappy. I'm really happy that you're here. I just don't know how to entertain you today. You came to see me, and even gave me this nice of a gift, but I've always lived alone and I don't know what to buy for the New Years. Right now I can't even invite you to eat candy."
Lin Yuan couldn't help thinking of the hustle and bustle of the Lin family, and then seeing how Fu Cheng was alone in the house, he felt a pang of loneliness.
"No problem ah, you don't have to entertain me, we can just talk." Lin Yuan thought a little, and suddenly happily said: "Fu Cheng, Fu Cheng~ During New Years next year, I can accompany you to buy things. Then you can treat me to whatever you like!"
Fu Cheng didn't say anything and only smiled faintly.
Next winter was only three hundred sixty five days away for ordinary people .
But for him, it was unreachable.
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When school started again, the atmosphere for other classes in Grade 3 was tense, but Class 3 was as relaxed as ever.
A few days later would be Fu Cheng's birthday. Lin Yuan wanted to celebrate Fu Cheng's birthday, but as seniors, they didn't have the time. t/n in China, there are only three years of high school, so Lin Yuan and Fu Cheng are seniors
In the end, he had to skip evening self-study to have a meal with Fu Cheng.
Of course, he prepared a cake and a gift.
Then on Lin Yuan's birthday, they also had a meal, a cake, and a gift.
Simple and sincere.
Soon, it was time for an exam.
This exam simulated the college entrance exam, so the students were randomly assigned seats instead of ordering by score like before. In an exam room, there were both students with good grades and bad grades.
Fu Cheng was placed in the exam room #9, while Lin Yuan was in exam room #13. As usual, after Fu Cheng finished his exam, he went to wait outside the door of Lin Yuan's exam room.
This test was very difficult, yet even so, Fu Cheng was still number one in the grade with a ridiculously high score.
Lin Yuan, who had been guided personally by Fu Cheng and the best teachers in the city, also increased his score by ten or so more points.
When the head teacher announced the results, the students of Class 3 erupted into noise. After class ended, a group of students gathered around Fu Cheng and Lin Yuan.
"Brother Fu, Brother Lin, let's have dinner together to celebrate you two. There probably won't be a chance to later."
Fu Cheng was a little reluctant to involve himself with the rest of the people in Class 3, but this kind of get-together was good for his plan.
The dinner was at a nearby restaurant. The group of 18 year old students gathered together in a lively atmosphere and drank a lot of alcohol.
Fu Cheng was a good drinker, and along with two other boys that were relatively sober, they calmed down the other drunkards and called people to pick them up. Then he carried the drunk Lin Yuan on his back and walked back to his house.
He gently placed Lin Yuan on the sofa. Fu Cheng was ready to go to the bathroom to get a hot towel and wipe the other's face, when the drunk teenager suddenly grabbed him and looked at him with round eyes:
"~~ Where are you going?"
Lin Yuan seemed to blurrily see someone, but also couldn't really see.
Fu Cheng said softly: "I'm going to get a towel."
Lin Yuan obediently made a sound of agreement but didn't let go. He tilted his head and stared at Fu Cheng for a moment, as if trying to identify who was in front of him.
He pulled an unexpecting Fu Cheng onto the sofa.
Now, Lin Yuan immediately recognized the person. It was his husband~
It was Huo Chen~
Lin Yuan was very happy. He looked at the teenager with radiant eyes and softened to the extreme: "Husband~"
The voice was slurred but clear. Fu Cheng was stunned and his pupils constricted.
Lin Yuan skillfully sat on the other's lap and put his arms around the other's neck. His face was flushed, and the alcohol made his body fall into a state of ecstasy. His young and energetic body made a few instinctive movements.
"Uncomfortable..."
Lin Yuan's voice held a hint of sobbing, and his eyes were watery. He looked at Fu Cheng: "Husband, I feel uncomfortable..."
Fu Cheng's eyes were glued to the teenager's flushed cheeks, his slightly open lips, and the soft red tongue inside that lured people to lick and suck.
The alcohol made Lin Yuan's body heat up and every breath was warm and carried a residual smell of wine that made Fu Cheng dizzy. Fu Cheng's willpower was on the verge of collapse.
Fu Cheng's breath shortened and he almost didn't recognize this kind of Lin Yuan. Normally Lin Yuan was simple and harmless, but at this time, he seemed to be a different type of obedient, the kind that made people want to wantonly possess and occupy. Lin Yuan's voice was seductively sweet, like sticky syrup, and unscrupulously wrapped around Fu Cheng.
Fu Cheng was self-aware that he was not good, not kind. His heart was full of paranoia and dark cunning. He was willing to lie and take advantage of other people to get what he wanted.
And Lin Yuan was the one existence in the world that he wanted, that he couldn't bear to part with, to the point of madness.
But his ego and pride gave rise to an obsessive thought, he wanted Lin Yuan to look at the true him with sober eyes.
If he acted now when Lin Yuan was inebriated, he might be able to satisfy his physical desires, but he wouldn't fulfill his spiritual desires.
After a long internal struggle, Fu Cheng decided to put Lin Yuan to sleep.
He stroked the other's rosy face and his Adam's apple rolled up and down. His muscles were tense as he restrained himself.
"Be good, I'll wipe your face for you. After you sleep you won't be uncomfortable anymore."
Lin Yuan, drunk and excited, thought it was really strange that he didn't get his usual hugs and kisses.
He felt unhappy and approached the other and rubbed his cheek against Fu Cheng's face.
This intimate action softened Fu Cheng's heart and his desire was weakened a little
[Di! Congrats host, the villain's blackening value has decreased to 10%.]t/n not a typo… idk it decreased so much
Lin Yuan threw the system prompt into the back of his mind.
Fu Cheng's warm body temperature was different from the cool skin of the man he was familiar with. Lin Yuan was slightly puzzled, but he didn't think too deeply, because even if there was a difference, the other must be husband, he was certain.
Lin Yuan rubbed for a while and then looked up at Fu Cheng with wet eyes and said softly: "Husband, kisses. I want to kiss you."
Fu Cheng's thin line of reason snapped and he pulled Lin Yuan closer to himself by the waist until they were pressed against each other. His hands snuck underneath the other's clothes: "Lin Yuan, you want to kiss me?"
Lin Yuan heard the word kiss and slowly repeated: "Kiss, I want to kiss..."
Fu Cheng smiled and whispered: "Ok."
He followed Lin Yuan's wishes. He aggressively kissed the other, pried open the other's party lips and teeth, and dove into the soft depths.
Fu Cheng was inexperienced. His tongue and lips entangled and stirred with Lin Yuan's wet tongue, and the sound of panting and water resounded in the quiet living room.
Lin Yuan heated up even more and he pulled on his jacket irritably. Fu Cheng's unskilled techniques ignited a surge of desire as the slight pain teased and simulated the teenager's body. His lower body started to rise.
"Here..." In the midst of the kiss, Lin Yuan pulled Fu Cheng's hand downwards and begged softly: "Hard, it's so hard..."
When Fu Cheng touched somewhere, his whole body froze. He looked at Lin Yuan's red and wet eyes, thought for a moment, and decisively reached inside. It was like he was rubbing a tender fruit, when he applied a little force, his fingers were wetted with juice.
At the same time, his other hand grabbed Lin Yuan's slender, white, and soft hand and put it on the corresponding place on his own body.
521… 521 was going crazy. It didn't expect that after a few months of peace, they directly pressed the fast-forward button at a hundred times speed. It flew around Lin Yuan's ear and shouted: "Senior! Senior, ahhhhhh! Wake up! Don't kiss! Quickly stop kissing!!"
"Senior, do you still remember your husband? Your husband is Huo Chen, not Fu Cheng! Senior, think about your sad husband!"
"Ahhhhhh! Senior, I'm begging you, quickly wake up!!"
"Senior, stop undressing!!!"
"Senior, don't you think what you're holding is different from usual? Look at it, senior! Just take one look!"
521 watched the whole process and collapsed in despair. Finally, it sighed deeply. It looked at Lin Yuan, who had fallen asleep after feeling comfortable, and said sadly: "... Senior, you're dirty. You cheated, you know? And you even started it..."
Fu Cheng hugged Lin Yuan and felt this kind of satisfaction for the first time. He felt whole, as if he finally had a weight that grounded himself to the world.
He sarcastically thought to himself, no wonder his two parents didn't want to look at him after they found new happiness.
[Di! The villain's blackening value has risen to 60%.]
[Di! The villain's blackening value has decreased to 20%.]
[Di! The villain's blackening value has risen to 70%.]
[Di! The villain's blackening value has decreased to 40%.]
[Di! The villain's blackening value has risen to 90%.]
The blackening value rose, then dropped, then rose, then dropped, as love and hate intertwined and collided in Fu Cheng's heart. The original divide of black and white was smudged such that it was difficult to distinguish between wrong and right.
521's nonexistent weak heart had already been weathered by what just happened, and it was very calm when facing the fluctuating blackening value. Compared to the Senior cheating, this was nothing.
Just a small matter.
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Lin Yuan slept very comfortably. When he woke up, he felt that his lips and tongue were a little painful, as if the skin was broken.
Fu Cheng didn't sleep at all last night. He placed Lin Yuan on the bed after wiping him. And then he kept the light on and looked at Lin Yuan all night.
Seeing the other awaken, Fu Cheng's dark eyes lit up. He scooted over and hugged the other, and his low voice was a little nervous after being intimate with the person he liked: "...Awake? How are you feeling? Does your head hurt?"
Lin Yuan was unexpectedly hugged and was a little confused. He felt Fu Cheng's hand gently pinch the back of his neck and suddenly his whole body softened and he felt stunned.
What... what happened?
Why… why did Fu Cheng pinch him? Only his husband would pinch him like this.
521 read Lin Yuan's thoughts and said in his ear: "Senior, 521 suggests that you quickly go back home, it's an emergency! A really, really big emergency!!"
Lin Yuan didn't understand and stammered: "What... what's the emergency?"
521 sighed deeply: "Let's go back and talk about it. It's too terrible."
Lin Yuan was scared by 521's vague words and quickly broke out of Fu Cheng's arms. His lips were still red and swollen, and there was a small scab. His eyes were flustered and blank and he muttered: "I… I… I'm going back. I have… things."
Fu Cheng's faintly bright eyes darkened in an instant. It seemed that their feelings were not as mutual as he thought. Lin Yuan wanted to run away like he did something wrong, but Fu Cheng just wanted to know, did Lin Yuan... regret what they did last night?
But the teenager didn't ask. He got up from the bed and stood aside as he silently watched the other hurriedly dress. The hickies on the other party's shoulder flashed by. They were the traces that he had left.
Fu Cheng followed Lin Yuan to the door. When the other had put on his shoes and was about to leave, he finally couldn't control himself and grabbed Lin Yuan's wrist.
"Will you not come again?" Fu Cheng asked hoarsely. After his desire was satisfied for the first time, something had changed such that he had an inexplicable air of seductiveness and beauty.
Lin Yuan dazedly looked at him and felt that all of his strength was completely drained away by the place where Fu Cheng grabbed his wrist.
His eyes couldn't leave the teenager's face, and somewhere in his heart pounded loudly.
521 anxiously urged: "Go, go! Senior, let's go quickly ah!"
Lin Yuan jolted and broke away from Fu Cheng's iron grip and left a panicked sentence of 'I'll be back'.
Fu Cheng stood at the doorway for a little while. Then he closed the door behind him, blocking everything outside, blocking the warm spring sun, and the path to the world.
Lin Yuan hurried back to his apartment. He sat on his sofa gasping for air and quickly asked: "What's the big emergency?"
521 flew around Lin Yuan and said meaningfully: "Senior, you cheated, does this count as a big emergency?"
Lin Yuan didn't comprehend: "Cheated? I cheated? How did I cheat?"
521: "How do you think? Yesterday you hadn't cheated, but this morning you've already cheated, who else could you cheat with?"
Lin Yuan realized: "You mean... Fu Cheng?"
He didn't believe it: "How can it be?"
521 heh-ed twice and projected what happened last night to show Lin Yuan.
For the first, Lin Yuan watched himself in the point of view of a third person kissing, hugging, and using his hands. After watching it, his whole body was about to collapse.
"I cheated..."
521 nodded: "Yup."
Lin Yuan grabbed a sofa pillow and covered his face. The scenes he saw were branded into his head one by one, and he could gradually feel the touch on his body from last night. He seemed to feel Fu Cheng's soft and smooth tongue, and the hand that rubbed himself, there was a simulating pain, and then finally...
At that moment, Lin Yuan realized in despair that he had cheated on Huo Chen when the other might still even be alive. t\n i think that Lin Yuan thinks the timelines of the world are running in parallel, just shifted. So here, Lin Yuan has spent a year in the new world, and so a year has passed in Huo Chen's world after his death, which is why Lin Yuan still thinks Huo Chen is alive
And when he remembered what he did, he actually felt comfortable and blushed and felt shy just like when he liked Huo Chen.
So, he not only physically cheated, but also spiritually cheated?
Lin Yuan was about to cry.