MFIMM Chapter 25

Embrace

Lin Xi conveniently grabbed the pillow next to him and buried his head in it. The scalding breath, along with the throbbing heartbeat, was all released.

Pei Jiashu saw this scene when he walked over.

He sat next to Lin Xi and took out the watch that Lin Xi had carelessly thrown away last night. “Wear this.”

Lin Xi was still buried in the pillow, afraid to come out, secretly revealing half of his eye. He took the watch, turned to face away from Pei Jiashu, and put the watch on his arm.

He opened the app, and besides the “0” on the app, a line of numbers appeared at the top—”120bpm.”

It was his heartbeat.

“Then shall we start with holding hands?” Pei Jiashu said to Lin Xi.

“Mm,” Lin Xi responded softly. He pressed the pillow and turned his head, looking sideways at Pei Jiashu, who had already extended a hand towards him.

He looked leisurely at Lin Xi. “It’s just holding hands, right? You’re making it sound like I’m going to do something to you.”

“If you dare to do anything to me, I’ll…” Lin Xi stalled, looking at the deepening smile on Pei Jiashu’s face. He raised his body and brought his fist to Pei Jiashu’s eyes.

Pei Jiashu raised an eyebrow and chuckled softly, then covered Lin Xi’s fist with his own hand. “You’ll what?”

“I’ll… expose your two-faced nature in front of everyone and let them see what kind of person you are,” Lin Xi said to Pei Jiashu, straightening his back and raising his head.

Pei Jiashu scoffed, as if he didn’t take Lin Xi’s words seriously, grabbed Lin Xi’s hand, placed it on his knee, and stretched out his other hand to look at his watch.

Lin Xi couldn’t help but crane his neck to see what Pei Jiashu was looking at. Only when he saw the watch did he remember that he had one too.

Raising his hand, the value on the watch appeared automatically. The original number “0” had a decimal point added, becoming “0.16.”

“Oh my god, is this number serious? 0.16? Then when will we ever reach the required amount?”

Lin Xi shook off Pei Jiashu’s hand in excitement. “What’s the number on your watch?”

Pei Jiashu said with difficulty, “The same as yours.”

“Ahhhhh!” Lin Xi grabbed a handful of his hair. “How much does the Civil Affairs Bureau require?”

“Two thousand.”

“Then we’re done for. Why don’t we just get divorced? I feel like this is not a task that we can accomplish.” Lin Xi jumped up from the sofa, wanting to go back to his room to pack his luggage.

Pei Jiashu hadn’t planned to give up yet, and said to Lin Xi, “Try something else. I’ll hug you.”

“Hug?” Lin Xi’s voice suddenly increased, and he looked at Pei Jiashu with wide eyes. This was too ambiguous; he wasn’t ready yet.

Pei Jiashu snorted from his nose and, holding Lin Xi’s hand, pulled him forcefully. Lin Xi’s knees hit the soft sofa, and his whole body lost its balance, crashing directly towards Pei Jiashu.

His nose hit Pei Jiashu’s chest, which was hard.

He supported himself on the sofa to stand up, but Pei Jiashu held his waist down, and he could only lie on Pei Jiashu in this position.

Half of his body was supported by Pei Jiashu, and his legs were almost slipping off.

“No, can you let me sit properly? I’m so long, and this sofa is so small, I’m almost sliding off,” Lin Xi said resentfully.

Pei Jiashu was looking at the value on his watch. He turned his head to look at Lin Xi’s posture, which was indeed a bit difficult.

“Then how do you want to hug?”

“Get lost, I don’t want to hug you.” Lin Xi supported himself and wriggled a few times, but Pei Jiashu’s body was too hot, and it wasn’t comfortable to lean on.

“Forget it, can you change direction and lie on the sofa? I want to watch TV,” Lin Xi pried open Pei Jiashu’s hand and stood up from the sofa.

Pei Jiashu changed direction according to his request and lay on the sofa.

The sofa wasn’t too big, and Pei Jiashu was truly a long person, wearing gray home clothes that were the same color as the sofa. Because of the previous movement, the neckline was slightly open.

He just looked at Lin Xi like this, waiting for Lin Xi’s movements.

Lin Xi’s Adam’s apple bobbed. This was even worse than the previous action; at least that time, Pei Jiashu had pulled him over. Now, he had to actively lie on Pei Jiashu’s body.

Pei Jiashu’s gaze gradually became impatient, and he stretched out his hand towards Lin Xi. “You’ve already hugged before, what are you being coy about now?”

Lin Xi, who hadn’t mentally prepared himself, automatically triggered his protection mechanism and asked Pei Jiashu, “Then how can you do these things so easily?”

Hearing this, some laughter flashed in Pei Jiashu’s eyes. He looked at Lin Xi while lying on his side. “What things?”

“Just… holding hands and hugging these things.” Lin Xi turned his head. Pei Jiashu was seducing him so much that he couldn’t hold on anymore.

“Haha.” Pei Jiashu suddenly laughed. The low laughter was infinitely amplified in the quiet room, like a demonic sound surrounding Lin Xi’s ears.

Lin Xi then remembered that Pei Jiashu was different from him. He had secretly loved Pei Jiashu for many years, and others had confessed to him in the middle, but he had rejected them all because he had someone he liked.

He originally thought that Pei Jiashu was the kind of person in his heart, but besides that confession, after getting along with Pei Jiashu, he also realized that he was far from the persona he had created.

Then, when he was secretly in love with Pei Jiashu, would Pei Jiashu be secretly flirting with someone else?

“I’m not as casual as you,” Lin Xi said fiercely to Pei Jiashu.

“Then why would you marry me?” Pei Jiashu picked up his words.

Lin Xi walked over angrily and sat on Pei Jiashu’s stomach with his butt. “Right, right, right, I was blind to marry you. After all, liking you has become my cyber crime record.”

“Is that so?” Pei Jiashu chuckled, but there was no hint of a smile in his eyes.

He looked up at his watch. The value on the watch was slowly increasing, a little faster than when they were holding hands. Now it was increasing at a rate of 0.33 per minute.

At this rate, it would increase by twenty in an hour.

It was a very good number.

Pei Jiashu felt like he was a little screwed.

“What’s with that expression?” Lin Xi poked Pei Jiashu’s face with his hand.

His face was smooth and almost no pores could be seen. As expected of someone who could stand next to a celebrity and not be inferior.

“Hugging for an hour can increase by twenty, and a month requires two thousand. So if we hug for eight hours a day, that means we need to hug for twelve days and four hours.”

“Hug for twelve days?” Lin Xi exclaimed in surprise, his throat almost splitting from shouting.

Not to mention twelve days, he didn’t even want to hug Pei Jiashu for an hour right now.

What’s more, where would they get eight hours? Did they have to hug each other to sleep?

Lin Xi felt a chill just thinking about that scene.

No way.

“Then what about holding hands?”

“Hehe.” Pei Jiashu chuckled twice. “Holding hands for an hour increases by about ten. Calculated at eight hours, it takes twenty-five days.”

Hearing this number, Lin Xi angrily punched Pei Jiashu in the chest. He found that it felt pretty good. Just as he was about to throw the next punch, Pei Jiashu grabbed his hand and asked:

“Do you want to hug or hold hands?”

Lin Xi felt a heat in the place where Pei Jiashu was holding him, turning red all the way to his face.

What should he do if he didn’t want to choose either?

So he threw the question back to Pei Jiashu, “Then do you want to hug or hold hands?”

Pei Jiashu was stunned, licked his lips, and said, “I want to solve it all at once.”

“Great, that’s what I was thinking too, then let’s get divorced,” Lin Xi got up from Pei Jiashu.

Pei Jiashu asked faintly, “Do you want to be blacklisted by me on all platforms?”

“I…” Lin Xi gritted his teeth and said with a fake smile, “No, Boss. I said I’m a trustworthy person. Whatever you tell me to do, I’ll do.”

“Then let’s hold hands,” Pei Jiashu said, “Then come to my room later.”

“Why should I go to your room!” Lin Xi said dissatisfiedly.

Pei Jiashu raised his eyes to look at him. It was almost ten o’clock, and it was Pei Jiashu’s rest time.

Lin Xi became obedient after being glared at by Pei Jiashu, but he couldn’t hold back his anger after thinking about it. He pressed down on Pei Jiashu’s body, who was about to get up, and pinned him back on the sofa, grabbing Pei Jiashu’s collar.

“This isn’t the company. Why should I go to your room? It’s perfectly fine for you to come to my room.”

The sofa was very soft. Pei Jiashu was suddenly pressed down by Lin Xi and slowly bounced back up by the sofa. However, half of Lin Xi’s body was pressing down, and the sweet honey scent lingered around his nose.

He suddenly regretted turning off the pheromone purifier in the living room.

Pei Jiashu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Xi. By now, it was almost ten o’clock, time for Pei Jiashu to rest.

Lin Xi was well-behaved after being glared at by Pei Jiashu, but he couldn’t help but feel suffocated. He held Pei Jiashu down, who was about to get up, pinned him back on the sofa, and grabbed Pei Jiashu’s collar.

“This isn’t the company, why should I go to your room? It’s perfectly fine for you to come to my room.”

The sofa was very soft. Pei Jiashu was suddenly pressed down by Lin Xi and slowly bounced back up by the sofa. However, half of Lin Xi’s body was pressing down, and the sweet honey scent lingered around his nose.

He suddenly regretted turning off the pheromone purifier in the living room.

Pei Jiashu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Xi. “My bed isn’t comfortable for me to sleep on.”

“What’s not comfortable about it? Isn’t it all the bed you bought?”

Pei Jiashu didn’t change his mind. Lin Xi grabbed his collar and didn’t let go. His round almond eyes were glaring roundly because of anger, with no lethality.

“You’re right, then what do you want?” Pei Jiashu asked, looking at Lin Xi calmly.

Lin Xi thought for a while, “Anyway, it only takes twenty-five days. How about this? I’ll sleep in your place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and you’ll sleep in my place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. We’ll go back to our respective homes on Sundays.”

Pei Jiashu laughed out loud and nodded, “Okay, then today is Wednesday, should we sleep in your room?”

Lin Xi actually regretted saying this, and led Pei Jiashu to his room hesitantly.

Pei Jiashu rarely came to his room. Even when he came to find him, he would only stand outside the door. And he had been living here for the past two months, every place was a trace of his life.

Inviting Pei Jiashu to his room was like inviting Pei Jiashu into his life.

Opening the room, the decoration inside was very different from the original.

The room was hung with Lin Xi’s favorite posters and landscape paintings, which was completely different from the model room outside.

Pei Jiashu covered his eyes and said, “I feel like my eyes are being stabbed.”

Lin Xi pulled down his hand and looked at him resentfully, “Your black, white, and gray are hurting my eyes, okay? If you want to sleep, just lie down obediently for me.”

Pei Jiashu looked at Lin Xi’s bed. His four-piece set was still very childish, and the bed was full of various dolls, as well as an extra-large one that could almost fill the bed.

“Where do I sleep?” Pei Jiashu was a little curious, could this bed really fit him?

Lin Xi pushed some of the dolls onto the stool and table, barely making room. Pei Jiashu looked at his extra-large doll. “Can’t you put this on the stool?”

“No, I can’t sleep without hugging it when I sleep.”

After saying that, Lin Xi lay down on the bed by himself. Pei Jiashu lifted the other side of the quilt and lay down.

“Hand,” Pei Jiashu said.

There was a huge doll between the two of them. Pei Jiashu stretched out his hand towards this side.