ICY Chapter 24
by VolareChapter 24
Right after graduating from university, they moved in together openly and legitimately. Although they didn’t have a marriage certificate, they held a wedding banquet, effectively announcing to everyone that they were married.
Another Spring Festival arrived.
Even though their families lived close by, deciding which family to spend the New Year with still made them rack their brains – well, Su Zhao Li did. Jiang Shi naturally listened to Su Zhao Li completely; wherever his wife went, he went.
Last year during the New Year, he selfishly took Jiang Shi to the home where he had lived since childhood. If they didn’t go back this year, both families would complain.
Who doesn’t want to go back to their own home? Which family should they go to for the New Year? Su Zhao Li wailed to the sky. They couldn’t possibly spend a few days at one house and then a few days at the other.
Su Zhao Li had been agonizing over this for many days. Whenever he saw Jiang Shi’s silly expression at times like these, he felt envious, because no one would think that these decisions would be made by Jiang Shi.
Should both families live together for the New Year? Would they be willing? What about the relatives and friends?
“Ah, husband, I’m so tired.” Jiang Shi, who had just come out of the study, naturally picked up Su Zhao Li and held him in his arms.
“A Shi, do you think this is the trouble of growing up?” Su Zhao Li poked Jiang Shi.
“What do you think about me going back to Mother Chu’s and you going back to Mother Jiang’s?”
“No way.” Jiang Shi said with rare firmness.
Su Zhao Li naturally didn’t say anything more. He wasn’t willing to be separated from Jiang Shi either.
“Before, I always treated A Li like a child, but now A Li is treating me like a child instead.” After speaking, Jiang Shi even imitated the way adults pat children’s heads, and once he started, he couldn’t stop because it felt so good.
Su Zhao Li leaned against Jiang Shi, his mind completely blanked out. “I don’t want to think about it anymore. I’m going to look at the photos we took during last year’s New Year and create a collection.”
There were no secrets between them; they both knew each other’s phone passwords, and sometimes they even exchanged phones. So Su Zhao Li directly opened Jiang Shi’s phone in front of him, and Jiang Shi also leaned his head over to look.
Su Zhao Li opened the album and scrolled directly to the date of last year’s New Year. There were all sorts of photos inside. He skipped over the ones he needed to, otherwise the old married couple would still feel shy.
Of course, last year’s New Year photos weren’t much better. It was their first New Year together after their marriage, everything was new, and they were full of energy every day. They took a lot of photos that shouldn’t have been taken as well.
Su Zhao Li’s face was a little red, and he cleared his throat lightly and began to set up categories. Jiang Shi’s breath sprayed on Su Zhao Li’s neck, making him anxious.
“A Li, what’s this?” Jiang Shi pointed to a group of categories in Su Zhao Li’s phone album that were password-protected. Su Zhao Li naturally saw it. It was a record of when he hadn’t yet gotten Jiang Shi, including photos of the two of them adding each other as friends, photos of their first WeChat chat, photos of eating with Jiang Shi’s parents… In short, it was proof that Su Zhao Li had liked Jiang Shi first.
Su Zhao Li felt a little embarrassed, but he had also said that if Jiang Shi ever wanted to know about these things, he would show him.
“Do you remember what I told you when you first met my parents?”
“Are you talking about the letters you wrote to your parents?”
“Yes, I said that if one day you wanted to read them, I would show them to you, so now, bring them over.”
“Okay.”
“They’re in the bottom drawer of the desk in the study. You, ah, you, it’s been several years and you’ve never thought about opening it?”
“I thought about it, but I wanted it to be opened under more suitable circumstances. Isn’t now very suitable?”
“Go get it.” Su Zhao Li pushed Jiang Shi, Jiang Shi put Su Zhao Li down, and got up to go to the study to get the box.
“Look at this first, the password is your birthday.” Su Zhao Li handed the phone to Jiang Shi, turned around to run but was pulled back into Jiang Shi’s arms.
Jiang Shi looked at the contents of the album, their chat logs from every time, their photos, everything related to him.
“A Li…” Jiang Shi looked at Su Zhao Li with an indescribable expression, a guess forming in his mind.
“Look at this.” Su Zhao Li couldn’t stand Jiang Shi looking at him like this and turned his head to the side.
Inside were dozens of letters, which Jiang Shi read one by one, looking at them seriously. Inside were not only Su Zhao Li’s thoughts for his parents, but also… many things about him, their first meeting, the sentence “If you’re going to marry, marry the best” was etched in Jiang Shi’s heart, and he would remember it for the rest of his life, watching him play soccer every day, the little thoughts of sending him orange juice, the entanglement and sadness of deciding to separate from him… Each and every thing, between the lines, was the ignorant love of an early love.
Su Zhao Li always said that he was a fool, but looking at it now, he really was a fool. “A Li…” Jiang Shi looked at Su Zhao Li with red eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Su Zhao Li was very anxious, thinking that he felt like he had been deceived.
“I…” Su Zhao Li’s words were interrupted.
“A Li, I always feel that I love you very much, more than you love me, but I also always feel like I owe you something, and I want to be more and more good to you. Now I know that you loved me much earlier and more than I imagined. I’m the one who owes you, I’m too stupid to see it, and I made you sad and insecure.”
Su Zhao Li chuckled and wiped away Jiang Shi’s tears. “You really are a fool for saying that you’re a fool. It was clearly me who deceived you, me who didn’t tell you and let you chase me for so long. You’ve been very, very good to me.”
“No, it’s not enough. I want to be even better to A Li. I want A Li to always be chased by me, and only be chased by me. Fortunately, ah, A Li, you like me, otherwise I might really never catch up.”
“Aren’t you angry?” Su Zhao Li asked him.
“I’m not angry. I’m very lucky that A Li liked me first, otherwise I don’t know how many detours I would have taken.”
“Knowing that my wife liked me very early, I’m so happy.” Jiang Shi said, burying himself on Su Zhao Li.
Su Zhao Li hugged Jiang Shi tightly. He should have known that his husband was no ordinary person, always thinking of things that others couldn’t, always making people want to love him well. Fortunately, he loves me, and I will love him for the rest of my life.
The two didn’t know who started it first, the spark of ambiguity ignited at once. Jiang Shi, except for the first time, rarely felt so eager. Starting from the sofa, this was an attempt they had never had before. In broad daylight, ambiguous sounds were transmitted.
At the beginning, Su Zhao Li was very proactive, trying his best to tease. He rarely saw Jiang Shi like this, which he found fresh and wanted to be possessed by this version of him.
Su Zhao Li felt that he was not controlled by reason, only wanting Jiang Shi to be heavier and heavier, more and more, his elbows crossed behind Jiang Shi’s shoulders, and he wrapped himself around Jiang Shi. Su Zhao Li felt like he was possessed, raising himself recklessly to cater to Jiang Shi.
Su Zhao Li no longer controlled his voice. He felt ashamed and angry at this side of himself, but also satisfied with it. Perhaps this was the real him.
…
The repeated waves of pleasure made them forget everything, their hearts and eyes only filled with the person in front of them, their minds only thinking about possessing him and being possessed by him.
When he was put on the bed, Su Zhao Li suddenly felt dissatisfied. He wanted to give himself completely to Jiang Shi and entrust all his reliance to him. “Go… go to the bathroom.” Su Zhao Li’s speech was somewhat slurred. This time, he really wanted to revisit the old place.
“Okay.”
Once again being picked up by Jiang Shi, Su Zhao Li used all his strength to wrap himself around him, kissing his lips and neck.
The sound of water in the bathroom rang out again and again, the sky gradually darkening. Su Zhao Li, who had been washed clean, naked, was carried out of the bathroom. Clean was not entirely accurate, as the red marks all over Su Zhao Li’s body indicated the intensity of the battle.
Putting Su Zhao Li on the bed, Su Zhao Li still tightly held Jiang Shi’s arm. Jiang Shi kissed Su Zhao Li’s forehead, “Be good, I’ll go get the ointment to rub on you.”
The red marks were scattered, all Jiang Shi’s handiwork. Jiang Shi carefully and earnestly applied the ointment.
The truth of the afternoon made him feel as if he was floating in the clouds. Only at this moment, looking at the person sleeping peacefully on the bed, did he have a sense of reality. His A Li could always bring him surprises.
Jiang Shi slowly got into bed and lay down next to Su Zhao Li. As if sensing it, Su Zhao Li in his sleep snuggled into Jiang Shi’s arms. Jiang Shi hugged his lover tightly, and together they fell into a sweet dream.