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    Chapter 50: A Step Further (Revised)

    Xie Yu paid the bill, grabbed a piece of mint gum, tossed it in his mouth and chewed, watching Chen Zhuo hug his coat and stare blankly at his phone. He leaned over to look, “What are you so engrossed in?”

    Chen Zhuo quickly turned off the phone screen and threw Xie Yu’s coat back to him, “Nothing.”

    Xie Yu stared at him with resentment, “You weren’t watching some borderline male internet celebrity again, were you? How much did you tip this time?”

    The corners of Chen Zhuo’s eyes curved into a gentle arc, his dark and bright eyes filled with laughter, as he scolded him, “Are you crazy? Let’s go, let’s go back.”

    “Hey! Wait for me.”

    Xie Yu lifted his foot to follow, cleared his throat, “That, isn’t Xu Qingyou getting engaged on Friday? You don’t have any classes this afternoon, aren’t you going to buy him a gift?”

    Chen Zhuo stopped, turned his head to look at him, “Ah, right, I almost forgot, I have to buy one. Do you want to come with me?”

    Xie Yu tossed the car keys in his hand, seemingly casually saying, “Sure, weren’t you saying you were sleepy just now? It’s still early, um, I have a house nearby, do you want to, well, um…”

    Seeing the teasing in Chen Zhuo’s eyes, Xie Yu blushed and said with annoyed embarrassment, “What are you laughing at? Weren’t you the one who said you were sleepy?”

    A grumpy little dog, how cute.

    Chen Zhuo raised his eyebrows, teasing him, “How many beds are there at home?”

    Xie Yu touched his neck, avoiding his gaze, “Usually I just go over there to live by myself, so there’s, just one, a pretty big bed, not crowded.”

    Chen Zhuo deliberately dragged out the tone, “Oh~~~~”

    Seeing the blush on Xie Yu’s face spread to his neck, he continued to stoke the fire, “But I don’t sleep very well, you know, I can’t sleep well in unfamiliar places, what if I fall out of bed? Wouldn’t you have to hold me…”

    Before he could finish speaking, Xie Yu had already pushed him into the passenger seat, propped himself up on the car body with one hand, and said fiercely, “If you seduce me again, I’ll bully you!”

    Chen Zhuo happily said, “How do you want to bul…” A soft touch came from his mouth, blocking the words he hadn’t finished, “Mmm.”

    Xie Yu lowered his head and pecked him, a very loud and solid “smack.”

    The little curly hair swayed a few times, Chen Zhuo became honest.

    After Xie Yu kissed him, he conveniently closed the car door, rubbed his hot face, pretended to be very calm, went around to the driver’s seat, got in the car, started the engine.

    Chen Zhuo tilted his head to look at the car window, touched his lips, and felt very good.

    Although Chen Zhuo liked to verbally suppress and tease Xie Yu, he still quite liked these small actions with a “forced” color.

    Both of them had their own little thoughts, and they were silent all the way.

    The car drove into the underground parking lot of a high-end residential area in the center of Jiangbei City, backing into the parking space, locking the car, all in one go.

    Chen Zhuo followed Xie Yu into the elevator, watching the numbers on the display screen constantly scrolling upwards, the tip of his heart felt a little restless and itchy, and some romantic fantasies emerged, but thinking carefully, Xie Yu shouldn’t have the guts to do that.

    One elevator for each household, the elevator reached the top floor, with a “ding-dong” sound.

    Xie Yu took Chen Zhuo’s wrist and walked out, the silver fine chain rubbing against the palm of his hand, warming it.

    After unlocking the door with his fingerprint, Xie Yu didn’t let Chen Zhuo enter, but clicked a few times on the panel to enter the fingerprint addition program, pulling Chen Zhuo’s finger to record his fingerprint without saying a word.

    Chen Zhuo was a little dazed by his operation, wanting to curl up his fingers, but was forcibly grabbed, “Why are you recording my fingerprint?”

    Xie Yu didn’t look at him, pinching his finger and pressing it up and down, saying, “This is my own home, my parents won’t come over, you, come often.”

    The smart door lock made a sound: 【Number 002 added successfully】

    Number 002 meant that he was the second inputter. Besides Xie Yu, only he could enter this house.

    Xie Yu’s move was a bit intriguing.

    Chen Zhuo rubbed his fingertips, wanting to laugh, “Who gives the keys to their house right away? You must have a lot of valuable things in your house, aren’t you afraid I’ll steal them?”

    Xie Yu let Chen Zhuo enter the door, bent down and opened the shoe cabinet to find him slippers that he hadn’t worn before, and said lightly, “The most valuable thing has already been stolen by you, what am I afraid of being stolen?”

    These words were ambiguous, like a confession.

    Chen Zhuo looked away, looking at the wide and bright floor-to-ceiling windows, which could almost overlook the most prosperous urban area of Jiangbei. The warm sunlight sprinkled in, illuminating the living room brightly.

    Chen Zhuo felt very uncomfortable when he lay on Xie Yu’s bed again.

    The feeling was completely different from the previous two times they slept together, his heart was beating “thump, thump, thump” non-stop, he was sleepy to death just now, but now he was sober as hell.

    The bathroom door opened, the side of the bed sank, Xie Yu lifted the quilt and lay on the other side, pressing the curtain control button on the head of the bed.

    The double-layered curtains slowly closed, blocking all the light, and the field of vision fell into darkness.

    The world was silent, leaving only each other’s not-so-steady breathing.

    Chen Zhuo turned his back to Xie Yu, and the sound of rustling clothes came from behind, burning his earlobes.

    Xie Yu explained, “I can’t sleep if I wear too much.”

    Chen Zhuo said, “Oh.”

    Xie Yu lay down again, but after a minute, he leaned towards Chen Zhuo uneasily, clasping his waist and bringing him into his arms.

    Chen Zhuo’s breath stagnated.

    Xie Yu’s arm passed under his neck, across his collarbone, and hugged his shoulder, the other arm rested on his waist, his chest pressed tightly against his back, “It’s cold, let’s sleep hugging each other.”

    Chen Zhuo was surrounded by the strong scent of male hormones, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he turned his head to look at Xie Yu.

    Only a blurry outline could be seen in the dim light, but Chen Zhuo knew that Xie Yu was also looking at him, his lips moved, “Xie Yu…”

    It was a blatant invitation.

    Xie Yu lowered his head, and a light kiss fell on Chen Zhuo’s thin eyelids.

    Following his straight nose bridge, as soon as he touched the corner of his lips, he quickly captured the territory.

    As expected, he didn’t encounter any resistance.

    Xie Yu pulled Chen Zhuo’s hand and placed it on his heart, letting him feel how strongly his uncontrollable heart was beating.

    …………

    It took a lot of effort.

    Not to mention the soreness of his wrist, it also took a lot of energy.

    After Chen Zhuo stabilized his breathing, he glanced at Xie Yu next to him, who looked dazed after opening the door to a new world, and shuffled to the bathroom to wash his hands.

    After coming back, he kicked Xie Yu to the side, making room, lay down again, looking like a scumbag who was discarded after being used.

    After a long while, Xie Yu finally came back to his senses, approaching Chen Zhuo hesitantly, muttering, “Chen Zhuo, how can you be so wild?”

    Chen Zhuo relied on the fact that the lights were not turned on, and Xie Yu couldn’t see his flushed face, and yawned falsely: “Go to sleep, we have to go to the mall to buy gifts for Qingyou-ge and my sister-in-law later.”

    “Why are you mentioning them at this time?” Xie Yu muttered with dissatisfaction, and asked tentatively: “Have you ever been in love?”

    Chen Zhuo was not so naive as to pretend in this matter, “No,” he asked Xie Yu in return, “Have you?”

    “Of course I haven’t, my family doesn’t allow early love.”

    Xie Yu couldn’t help but secretly feel happy, and said excitedly: “Then, then your first kiss is also with me, right?”

    Chen Zhuo curled his lips, suppressed his laughter, and gave a faint “um” sound.

    Xie Yu hugged him and said softly: “Me too, I will take responsibility for you.”

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