Chapter 61: Surprise, Tolerance
Returning to Jiangcheng, Li Ge went straight to the hospital.
Although his father said that his grandmother was fine, he couldn’t help but worry. Old people couldn’t afford to fall, their bodies were fragile. His old classmate Dong Mo’s grandfather had passed away after falling on a stone step.
But when he entered the VIP suite, it was filled with laughter.
His grandmother was actually playing “Fight the Landlord” on her hospital bed. The “landlord” was his second aunt, Lan Xiu, and the two “farmers” playing with her were his mother, Ms. Min, and his grandmother’s housekeeper, Aunt Fang.
“Hey, it’s so lively.” Seeing his grandmother in good spirits, Li Ge teased, “Grandma, are you on vacation at the hospital?”
As soon as Mrs. Li saw her precious grandson, the wrinkles on her face instantly smoothed out. She quickly waved and greeted, “Xiao Bao’er, come quickly, give Grandma some advice.”
Confirming that his grandmother was really fine, Li Ge actually wanted to run away.
As the saying goes, three women make a drama, let alone four? Aunt Fang, the live-in housekeeper, had been with his grandmother for more than ten years and was considered half a Li family member. He was really afraid that the topic would turn to him, and he would be urged to get married by them in turns.
What was to come could not be escaped. Li Ge sat on the edge of the hospital bed. Just as he helped his grandmother play a beautiful straight, his second aunt, Lan Xiu, spoke first, asking about his girlfriend, Aike, and whether they had any plans to get married in the next two years.
Fortunately, Aike was three years younger than him, so Li Ge could use her age as a shield. Before his mother and grandmother could start their nagging, he quickly stated, “She’s still young, and she’s very career-oriented, she wants to work hard for a while longer. I will definitely support her fully, I can’t put pressure on her. If I push her too hard and she runs away, I’ll have nowhere to cry.”
“It’s good for young people to be ambitious,” Mrs. Li was quite satisfied with her future daughter-in-law, but not so much with her grandson, “You’ve been together for so long, and you haven’t brought her back to see us.”
Min Lanshu glanced at her son, “That’s right, he won’t even let me see her.”
“It’s not that I won’t let you, she’s busy with a big project, I’ll find a time later.” Li Ge was on high alert. Seeing that his second aunt was obviously about to chime in, he decisively took the initiative, “Second aunt, is my brother coming back soon?”
“Soon, they say he’ll be back in June.” Lan Xiu couldn’t close her mouth from smiling.
“That’s really soon.” Li Ge joked, “See if there are any suitable girls, hurry up and introduce one to him. Second aunt, this matter can’t be delayed. If you delay until my age, you won’t even have time to date, it’ll affect the relationship.”
Mrs. Li: “How old is Zhuangzhuang? You should take care of yourself first, and have a good relationship with the girl.”
“That’s right.” Lan Xiu said with a smile, “Zhuangzhuang is still young, he only has eyes for his studies, he probably hasn’t even had his first awakening yet. Second aunt is waiting to drink at your wedding, set a good example for him.”
“…” Li Ge was speechless. So there was another pretender in his family. With his cousin Li Huan’s promiscuous nature, if he hadn’t had his first awakening, wouldn’t he be fucking everything in sight when he did?
After the card game ended, as Li Ge had expected, the four women took turns chatting with him about family matters. The topic always revolved around marriage and family, brainwashing him that although his career was important, it was no match for having someone to care for him, urging him to settle down and marry the girl soon.
A thought suddenly popped into his head, to marry his precious male wife.
Chen Shuo was diligent, capable, and good at living. He was handsome, had a good physique, and his temper wasn’t hard to coax. When he was coaxed, he was very obedient and honest, and he had never hit him again. If he wanted a little excitement and asked for a slap, he had to beg for it. Especially Chen Erdi, he knew his needs best. As soon as he was cold, he would satisfy him, giving him scorching passion, making him addicted every time. It wasn’t love-hate anymore, now it was only love, so much so that he was willing to suck him for a while every day, and had to hold him to fall asleep, the feeling was so fucking good.
“Xiao Bao’er?”
Pulled back to his senses by his grandmother’s loud voice, Li Ge quickly stood up, stretching and yawning at the same time, his eyelids fluttering, closing and opening again, pretending to be drowsy, “Grandma, I’m tired from driving, I’m a bit sleepy…”
“Oh, why didn’t you call a driver? Go and sleep for a while, there’s a guest room.” Mrs. Li quickly instructed her eldest daughter-in-law to settle him down. Min Lanshu also felt sorry for her son and quickly led him to the guest room to rest.
The suite ward was very large, with two bathrooms, but the layout was average. The guest room was closer to the kitchen, but there was no bathroom in the guest room.
Li Ge had drunk too much chicken soup at noon and hadn’t stopped at any service areas on the highway. Anxious to get away from his mother, he went into the bathroom. After taking off his trousers, he felt sorry for himself. He had specifically chosen such a sexy pair this morning, and Chen Shuo hadn’t even looked at them properly.
Seeing her son come out of the bathroom, listless, Min Lanshu instructed, “Let the driver pick you up and drop you off in the future, it’s so tiring to drive yourself. Go and sleep for a while.”
Being escorted to the guest room, Li Ge could only listen to his mother and temporarily lie down.
He hadn’t been lying down for long when he heard movement outside. The housekeeper, Aunt Fang, had started making dinner, and his second aunt was also busy in the kitchen, helping out.
He held his phone, which had run out of battery and automatically shut down after navigating all the way here, his intestines almost turning green with regret. If he had known his grandmother was so carefree, he should have fucked Chen Shuo before coming over, then he wouldn’t be thinking about it now.
There was a spare charger at home, and driving was indeed a bit tiring. Li Ge planned to take a nap for ten to fifteen minutes and then go back to charge his phone, but unexpectedly, he really fell asleep.
When he woke up again, his grandmother was already asleep, and the housekeeper, Aunt Fang, was sleeping on the sofa in the living room. He promptly gave up the guest room, and when he asked the time, it was almost 9:30. He quickly washed his face in the bathroom and drove home.
Chen Shuo had insomnia again.
Unable to sleep, he aimlessly scrolled through his phone, from information and guides on outdoor rock climbing to an emotional exchange forum, reading through the posts one by one. There was everything, even a couple who broke up over a piece of cake.
Chen Shuo didn’t understand. If Li Ge wanted to eat cake, he definitely wouldn’t fight for it. He curiously clicked on it and, after reading the long post, realized that the original poster was increasingly disappointed after moving in with her boyfriend. She listed a bunch of her boyfriend’s shortcomings and asked for netizens’ opinions on whether to get married at the end of the year.
Letting his partner inhale secondhand smoke, refusing to quit smoking, Li Ge was guilty.
He had terrible living habits, didn’t turn off the lights, Li Ge was guilty.
Sometimes he liked to lie, low trustworthiness, Li Ge was guilty.
There were other shortcomings. The original poster complained that the novelty was gone, it was just daily necessities every day. Her boyfriend still loved her but wasn’t as attentive as when they were in love. He used to be romantic and create small surprises. Chen Shuo casually scanned through it, feeling there was no comparison, and noticed the reply that said “love can’t be eaten,” and immediately exited the post.
He put down his phone, turned off the light, and turned to the side where Li Ge had slept, reaching out to touch the pillow Li Ge had used. He slowly leaned in and couldn’t help but press his face against it, then buried his face in the pillow, inhaling the lingering scent of Li Ge.
It was too little.
The days Li Ge had stayed in his life.
It didn’t matter how many shortcomings he had, he didn’t need to change, he could tolerate Li Ge unconditionally. He didn’t want novelty, romance, or surprises. There was nothing wrong with daily necessities. He would take care of all these trivial things, Li Ge just needed to stay in his life, to be his little treasure alone.
In the darkness, his phone suddenly vibrated without warning, emitting a faint “buzzing” sound.
Chen Shuo immediately turned on the light, picked up the phone on the bedside table, and saw a new WeChat message from—Xiao Bao’er.
Xiao Bao’er: [Wife, are you asleep?]
Chen Shuo replied almost instantly: [No]
Soon, a video call came through. He answered almost instantly, and the next moment, he saw Li Ge’s handsome face on the screen. Li Ge had a smile on his lips, his chin slightly raised, with a proud air, and he said with a smile, “I knew you weren’t asleep, wait, I have a surprise for you.”
Chen Shuo wanted to know what Li Ge was up to even more, why he was still wearing the same shirt from the daytime, looking as if he had just come home. Was he at the hospital until this late?
He hoped Li Ge would proactively tell him, just like he was proactively looking for him now, which meant he had him in his heart, was thinking about him, and hadn’t forgotten their agreement before they parted.
“Wait a minute, I’m finding an angle.” Li Ge propped his phone up on the bookshelf, just at waist level, then stepped back a little to make sure the angle was perfect, and started to unbuckle his belt.
Chen Shuo in front of the screen: “…”
“I fell asleep at the hospital,” Li Ge threw aside his belt and continued to take off his trousers, “I woke up and it was almost ten o’clock, I rushed back to charge my phone, and now I’m getting ready to take a shower. You’re so thin-skinned, I can’t have worn this for nothing, and been uncomfortable all day. Open your eyes wide and look.”
After hearing Li Ge’s explanation, Chen Shuo didn’t have time to be happy before he saw Li Ge neatly take off his trousers, and a moment later, he also took off his shirt and threw it aside, revealing his tall and straight physique. He stuck out his butt and flirted with him in front of the camera, occasionally striking a pose, showing off the emperor’s transparent lace black gauze, so wild that he couldn’t bear to look, deliberately tormenting him.
“Just tell me, is your husband sexy or not?” Li Ge leaned closer to the camera with a mischievous smile and mouthed to Chen Shuo, “Do you want to fuck me?”
“…” Chen Shuo always felt that video calls were not safe and urged Li Ge, “Don’t mess around, go take a shower.”
Li Ge: “Who’s messing around? Answer my question first.”
Chen Shuo had no choice but to say, “Sexy, go take a shower.”
Li Ge: “And?”
Chen Shuo: “…”
“Haha, are you being secretly horny with me again?” Li Ge picked up his phone and went into the bathroom, “Quick, wife, let Chen Erdi out, I’ve been thinking about it all afternoon, I’ve been sucking it in my dreams, let me see if it misses me.”
“…” Compared to Li Ge’s many shortcomings, Chen Shuo was actually more worried about Li Ge’s strong desires. He really had to control them. At the same time, he felt disappointed. Li Ge only had eyes and heart for Chen Erdi. He was worried that Chen Erdi wouldn’t last until he was eighty, and he wouldn’t be able to keep his little treasure.
Li Ge was just joking when he said that in his dream, just to tease his secretly horny wife. Seeing that Chen Shuo was silent, he coaxed again, “Wife, I’ll live stream my shower for you.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Reluctant to end the call, Chen Shuo could only half-heartedly go along with Li Ge’s nonsense. While Li Ge was washing his hair, he asked, “Is your grandmother okay?”
“She’s fine,” Li Ge said with admiration, “Guess what she was doing when I entered the ward? I really admire this old lady, she was playing ‘Fight the Landlord’ on her hospital bed, on vacation at the hospital, she can be discharged tomorrow.”
“Being able to play ‘Fight the Landlord’ means she’s in good health.” Hearing Li Ge’s relaxed tone, Chen Shuo was relieved.
Li Ge: “If I had known, I wouldn’t have rushed so much. I wore this thong for nothing, and I have to secretly throw it away. If my parents saw it, they would probably go crazy.”
To avoid future trouble, Chen Shuo said, “Don’t wear it anymore.”
“No way,” Li Ge refused and questioned Chen Shuo, “Are you a normal man? You don’t understand fun and you’re a killjoy. If you wore it for me, I’d fucking go crazy.”
Being a killjoy in a relationship also affects the relationship. Chen Shuo tried his best to save the situation and coax his little treasure, “You can wear it, I’ll buy you some more, but you can only wear them at home.”
“Really?” Li Ge wiped the water from his face in surprise and praised Chen Shuo with a smile, “This is my good wife. What’s the point of living without a little fun? I still have many new tricks I haven’t tried, I’ll take you to have fun later.”
Chen Shuo reminded Li Ge, “You said you would go hiking with me and take me rock climbing.”
Li Ge: “I will, I will. Are you so worried about your husband? I’m not like you, a gentleman’s word is his bond. You, on the other hand, go crazy and don’t know how to feel sorry for me.”
Chen Shuo: “I’ll change.”
Li Ge: “Hmph, then let me see Chen Erdi.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
In the end, Chen Shuo went along with Li Ge’s nonsense again, doing something he had never tried before in front of the camera, his fair face burning red. Fortunately, it was Chen Erdi being filmed, and Li Ge didn’t notice, otherwise, he would be embarrassed.
His little treasure was so wild and bad, so despicable, he really wanted to fuck him.
Chen Shuo had a good sleep. If Jing Hai hadn’t called the next day to invite him to Jiangcheng, his mood would have been even better, even though it was raining outside.
“Xiao Shuo, Mengmeng wants to say a few words to you.”
It wasn’t long before a sweet and crisp little girl’s voice came from the phone, “Hello, brother! You’ve worked hard! When the new year comes, can you come and see Mengmeng?”
Chen Shuo had always resisted Jing Hai’s family of three, but he also knew that the little girl was innocent and didn’t understand anything. If Chen Meifang were alive, she would definitely have urged him to visit more often, and might even have said that it was good to have siblings, to have more support.
He didn’t need it, his world was enough with Xiao Bao’er.
But afraid of hurting Jing Yuxi, Chen Shuo didn’t say anything definitive, planning to send a New Year’s gift instead.
After ending the call, he stared at the screen for a long time. His little treasure was in Jiangcheng. Last night, before he went to sleep, he had rarely acted like a hooligan, chatting with him about interesting things from his childhood, so good, so nice. Could he perhaps go and give him a surprise?
On the night before April 6th, which was the night of the Qingming Festival, the video call Li Ge made to Chen Shuo before going to bed was rejected, which made him so anxious that he almost jumped.
Just as he was about to jump up, a new WeChat message came.
Wife: [Xiao Bao’er, I’m in Jiangcheng, let’s go home together tomorrow.]
