ICY Chapter 23
by VolareGoing home for the New Year during winter break, this year was destined to be lively.
When the children weren’t around, the parents often gathered together, chatting, eating, drinking, and lamenting.
“Chu Nan Du!”
The pampering and warmth of the first three days at home had ended. By the time Mother Chu called Chu Nan Du to get up for the fifth time, she no longer had the gentle and soft mood she had at the beginning.
Chu Nan Du jumped out of bed in a second, putting on his down jacket and shoes a second before Mother Chu pushed the door open and came in, completing his standing position.
The door opened, the door closed, and Chu Nan Du collapsed back onto the bed, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and yawning long and hard. Why was this happening?
Why did this harmonious and beautiful family have to bring along an eyesore like him?
He quickly washed up and got dressed. A portion of food was left for him on the table. He finished breakfast in five minutes, and the family of four went out.
The two families had arranged to go out together to buy new clothes today. In the three days while Chu Nan Du was still indulging in the intoxicating bed, the two families had already worked together to cure bacon, stuff sausages and sticky rice sausages, and put them in the kitchen to dry, the fermenting smell filling the kitchen.
“Let me tell you, don’t buy couplets, we write our own every year, and we’ll write a set for you this year too…” Mother Chu said, holding Mother Jiang’s arm.
“Playing chess is like life, you haven’t experienced the fun of it because you…” Father Jiang persistently instilled.
“Jiang Shi, I really like that fluffy jacket of yours, I want to buy one like it today…” Su Zhao Li chattered nonstop, holding Jiang Shi’s hand all the way.
Chu Nan Du walked behind them alone, feeling that he was superfluous, superfluous, truly superfluous.
Before the Little New Year, families began to visit relatives. The Chu family had a lot of relatives, and people came every day these past few days. In the past two years, the Chu family’s relatives also knew that Father Chu and Mother Chu were raising Su Zhao Li, and they all tacitly agreed that Su Zhao Li was the Chu family’s second son, treating Su Zhao Li very well. Su Zhao Li also liked them, meeting different relatives every day, and eating and chatting with different relatives was very fulfilling.
The Jiang family also had people coming over these days, so the two of them hadn’t seen each other during this time, only video chatting every night.
After the Little New Year, the things needed for the New Year were officially prepared, and the two families were really busy for many days.
“Ding Dong” The doorbell rang.
“Auntie, we’re here.” On New Year’s Eve, the Chu family of four came to Jiang Shi’s house with lots of New Year’s goods and ingredients.
“We came over after pasting the couplets at our house, and we brought the couplets we wrote for you, come and take a look.” Mother Chu greeted.
Su Zhao Li quietly moved next to Jiang Shi, and the others were no longer surprised. “Jiang Shi, I wrote these.” Su Zhao Li whispered in Jiang Shi’s ear.
Su Zhao Li followed Jiang Shi into the house. Father Chu, Mother Chu, Father Jiang, and Mother Jiang pasted the couplets together. Chu Nan Du sat alone on the sofa eating a banana, waiting in a comfortable position for someone to notice him.
“Son, come peel garlic.” Mother Chu called from the kitchen.
The adults from both families were crowded in Jiang Shi’s kitchen, preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner. Originally, so many people could have eaten out, but Mother Jiang’s cooking was so good that Father Chu and Mother Chu couldn’t forget it, so the two families decided to come to Jiang Shi’s house.
“A Li, have some crispy pork to tide you over.” Jiang Shi brought a bowl of freshly fried crispy pork from the kitchen.
Chu Nan Du, who was called to peel garlic, turned a corner, grabbed a handful of crispy pork, and put it in his mouth, shouting “hoo, hoo, hoo” from the heat.
“Thank you, Jiang Shi, is there anything I need to do? You’re all busy while I’m sitting here alone.”
“Just finish eating these, be good and wait, I’ll call you when it’s time to make dumplings. I’m going in to make dry pot shrimp, your favorite.”
“Okay.”
Su Zhao Li ate the crispy pork, watching the busy people, his heart filled with satisfaction, but he was too conspicuous in the living room, so Su Zhao Li took the crispy pork into Jiang Shi’s bedroom.
Su Zhao Li felt that he must be very comical now, holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, walking, stopping, and looking around like an old man.
He opened Jiang Shi’s closet, his eyes locking on a set of clothes. Those were the clothes he wore the first time he stayed overnight at Jiang Shi’s house, and they were still hanging here neatly.
Su Zhao Li was a little tempted.
“Jiang Shi” he called out loudly.
Jiang Shi, who was about to heat the oil in the wok, put down the spatula and quickly walked to the bedroom.
Hearing the sound, Su Zhao Li put down the bowl and chopsticks. As Jiang Shi came in, he suddenly rushed in front of him, hugged Jiang Shi’s neck, and kissed him.
A light touch, as there were still people waiting outside. Su Zhao Li didn’t use too much force.
“Let’s just stay home tonight, okay?” Su Zhao Li asked him.
Jiang Shi’s face turned red, “Okay.”
The two didn’t linger for long, and Jiang Shi went out to continue cooking. Su Zhao Li sat on Jiang Shi’s bed, his hands covering his extremely red face.
“A Li, it’s time to make dumplings.”
“Okay.” Su Zhao Li picked up the crispy pork that had already cooled and went out.
Dumplings were a must for New Year’s Eve dinner, and everyone had to participate, whether they knew how to make them or not.
“Are you so hot? Your face is so red.” Chu Nan Du asked him.
“I’m okay, I’m okay.” Su Zhao Li nervously took almost a minute to wrap a dumpling.
The dumplings went into the pot, and the New Year’s Eve dinner began to be placed on the table. When a full table of dishes was ready and served, the dumplings were almost done too.
The Spring Festival Gala was on as background noise, and the New Year’s Eve dinner was eaten joyfully.
Fireworks rose into the sky outside the window, overlooking the entire city, colorful lights hung on the trees, illuminating one side of the world, the lights were brilliant.
“A Li, then we’ll leave first.”
“Remember to come down later too.”
“Okay, okay, okay” Su Zhao Li responded one sentence at a time.
After seeing off the people from his family, the house instantly became deserted.
Su Zhao Li accompanied Jiang Shi to clean up the mess in the house.
“You’re covered in the smell of cooking fumes, Jiang Shi, you take a shower first, I’ll go later.”
“Okay.”
Su Zhao Li sat on the edge of the bed, watching Jiang Shi take his pajamas and go in. The sound of water started, it seemed Jiang Shi was adjusting the temperature.
The sound of clothes rustling started, Su Zhao Li turned around and took out the clothes and pants he had worn before from the closet, and changed into them outside.
The heating was on high in the room, so it wouldn’t feel cold even wearing only a single layer of clothing.
Jiang Shi didn’t have the habit of locking the bathroom door when he showered, which Su Zhao Li had noticed a long time ago.
Su Zhao Li hesitated outside for a moment, then closed his eyes, steeled himself, and directly pushed the door open and went in.
Jiang Shi obviously didn’t expect anyone to push the door open and come in, but he knew who it was. He had just turned around when Su Zhao Li directly hugged him tightly and kissed him forcefully.
“I’m taking a shower with you.” Su Zhao Li said stickily.
The atmosphere was intense, Su Zhao Li was breathless from the kiss, and the two separated slightly. It seemed that the bathroom’s steam and uncirculated air had reddened both of them.
“Do… do you know what to do?” Su Zhao Li asked Jiang Shi, after all, the thing pressing against him couldn’t be ignored.
“I… I don’t know.” Jiang Shi replied with a red face, the already shy person was even more embarrassed because of the changes in his body.
“Tsk” Su Zhao Li sighed, the knowledge he frantically made up had been given to the wrong person.
“Want to go out and take a look now?” Jiang Shi suggested in a low voice.
After thinking for a moment, Su Zhao Li raised his eyes to look at him, and bumped him harder, “Then what do we do about this?”
“It’ll be fine in a while.” Jiang Shi’s voice was even softer.
“Forget it,” Su Zhao Li gritted his teeth. Anyway, he had already decided, so he’d just have to go all out. He grabbed Jiang Shi’s hand.
…
“Hmm” Su Zhao Li’s face was flushed, and he collapsed onto Jiang Shi’s body.
“Is it okay now?” Su Zhao Li asked him weakly, he couldn’t take it anymore.
“Wait a little longer, almost there.”
When he reached the breaking point, Su Zhao Li finally couldn’t bear it, and buried his entire face in Jiang Shi’s body in shame.
Hugging Jiang Shi tightly, he buried his face even deeper, as if as long as he couldn’t see Jiang Shi, he could forget the moment.
The comfortable feeling made Su Zhao Li couldn’t help but sigh. The shower was still on to the side, unattended, the sound of the water covering everything.
After making the initial preparations, Su Zhao Li shyly and silently turned around, wanting to make it easier for him.
“Hmm?” Jiang Shi asked in confusion, turning Su Zhao Li back, “Can’t I look at you?”
“Yes, yes, yes” Su Zhao Li said with some self-abandonment, don’t be shy, don’t be shy, don’t be shy, Su Zhao Li comforted himself in his heart.
“Do you know how to do it?” Su Zhao Li asked him, he heard it wouldn’t feel good if it wasn’t harmonious.
“It seems like I’ve learned it without a teacher.” Jiang Shi replied seriously.
Su Zhao Li remembered the feeling of being broken into very clearly, and he was sure that he would probably never forget it, Jiang Shi lingered, sucking on his neck and chest.
Jiang Shi was right, men really seemed to be able to learn without a teacher. Anyway, Su Zhao Li was very comfortable now, and Jiang Shi cared a lot about his feelings.
The first time was always fast, one after another, from the bathroom to the bedroom, it seemed that the whole house was filled with the scent of the two of them.
“It’s fireworks.” The dark bedroom was lit up by the fireworks outside the window, Su Zhao Li pushed the Jiang Shi who was buried on his body.
“Look.”
Following the direction of Su Zhao Li’s eyes, Jiang Shi saw large swaths of fireworks outside the window, as bright as starlight.
Su Zhao Li turned his head back, the color in his eyes was even more beautiful than the fireworks, “Jiang Shi, Happy New Year.”
“Happy New Year.”
“Hold me up, I want to watch for a while, okay?”
“Okay.”
Despite the itchiness he couldn’t bear, Jiang Shi still held Su Zhao Li up, changing the position so that he was on his lap, and wrapping the two of them in a blanket.
“Hiss” Suddenly changing direction, Su Zhao Li felt a little pain.
“So rough.” Su Zhao Li complained to Jiang Shi.
The fireworks outside the window were still burning, lighting up one side of the world.
“But I don’t blame you,” Su Zhao Li touched Jiang Shi’s fluffy head resting on his shoulder, “Just this once.” Su Zhao Li thought for a while and still warned.
“Okay, thank you, A Li.”
Su Zhao Li turned his head and smiled at him, hooking Jiang Shi’s face and kissing him. In between the grinding of lips and teeth, a movement actually started behind him again.
Su Zhao Li bit Jiang Shi hard, but didn’t stop his movements. He blankly looked out the window, sweaty hair sticking to his face.
The fireworks fell, in the new year, they would always be together.
From the bedroom to the bathroom, Su Zhao Li experienced all kinds of styles. How could people be like this?
When he was soaked in the warm water, the fatigue was particularly obvious. Su Zhao Li really couldn’t hold on, and didn’t care what Jiang Shi was doing, and fell into a deep sleep.
After changing the new sheets and quilt, Jiang Shi came over and carried the fragrant Su Zhao Li to bed. The moonlight was gentle, making the time quiet.
Jiang Shi kissed the sleeping Su Zhao Li, opened his phone and sent a WeChat message to Mother Jiang, telling her to come back early and be quiet.
Good night.
While singing KTV, Mother Jiang saw the message and put down her phone in a very good mood, “Come on, come on, all night, no one is allowed to go back until dawn, everyone get hype!”
Chu Nan Du, who had just brewed up sleepiness in such a noisy environment, was awakened again. He put on his coat and mixed into his dad’s shadow, and lay down again like them.
The singing in the room was loud, and the lights were dim and colorful, Mother Jiang’s loud voice rang out the new chapter of the new year.