Chapter 85:
Extra 1: Happy Christmas Eve | Talking Past Each Other
Yu Rui carried a box of imported snake fruit, bowing and scraping as he delivered it to the CEO’s office, smiling fawningly, “Mr. Li, this is your share of the peace fruit. Do you need me to carry it to your car?”
Li Ge was already annoyed. Seeing his assistant’s bright smile made him even more so. He turned his head and said, “You’re smiling quite happily, are you dating someone?”
“…” Yu Rui immediately stopped smiling and put on a mournful expression, “No, I can’t find a partner. In all of Beicheng, only you, Mr. Li, would think of me and send me peace fruit. I’m a little emotional…”
“Get lost, who are you trying to disgust?” Li Ge frowned and instructed Yu Rui to put down the box of fruit and get out.
Yu Rui quickly left, wondering what was going on. Why had Mr. Li, who hadn’t breathed fire for half a year, suddenly become a fire-breathing dragon again? Had he fought with Assistant Chen?
In Yu Rui’s heart, Chen Shuo was like a hero who had saved all the employees of Gewu Media.
Thanks to Chen Shuo, the fire-breathing dragon no longer breathed fire. He was kind and pleasant to them every day, and the holiday benefits were better than before. Take the Mid-Autumn Festival, for example. Besides the luxurious mooncake gift boxes, Mr. Li even generously chartered a plane to take all the employees to a resort for the holiday, and they could bring their families, all expenses reimbursed.
Other colleagues only thought that Mr. Li was preparing to get engaged to his girlfriend, but Yu Rui knew very well that the Mid-Autumn Festival was the big day when Mr. Li took Chen Shuo back to Jiangcheng to meet his parents, which was equivalent to getting engaged. How could he not be excited?
Thanks to Chen Shuo, Yu Rui took his landlord to the resort for a good time. The landlord was so happy that he directly lowered his rent.
So, such good benefits couldn’t stop!
And at this moment, in the CEO’s office, Li Ge was playing with his phone, his gaze on his watch. He had wanted to wait for two minutes, but he couldn’t wait a second longer.
He redialed Chen Shuo’s number, but it was still unanswered. Confirming that Chen Shuo was really missing, he immediately stood up, not caring about the peace fruit his assistant had just delivered, going home to find his wife was more important.
Li Ge hadn’t been worried at first. It wasn’t that this hadn’t happened before. For example, Chen Shuo would occasionally go to Yuan Feng’s place to help, and to avoid waking up little Yuanbao, he would habitually put his phone on silent.
The problem was that Li Ge had just had a fight with Chen Shuo last night, a long-overdue conflict had broken out between the young couple.
Li Ge was so angry at the time that he threatened to smash the TV, but not only did Chen Shuo not coax him, he even accused him of being unreasonable, and when he saw him go to sleep on the sofa, he didn’t even coax him, which was too much. Who had such a heartless wife?
A fight was a fight, a fuss was a fuss, but Chen Shuo didn’t agree to sleep separately and forcefully carried Li Ge back to bed.
Li Ge thought that Chen Shuo had realized his mistake and decided not to argue with his wife anymore, so he asked Chen Shuo, “Was I being unreasonable?”
Who knew that Chen Shuo would reply, “Yes, I don’t want to argue over such a small matter.”
Li Ge instantly exploded and questioned Chen Shuo, “Such a serious problem is just a small matter in your eyes?”
Chen Shuo asked back, “Isn’t it?”
It was clearly a big deal, and Li Ge had to get it straight, but Chen Shuo ignored him and just kept kissing him, trying to use kisses to confuse him, so fucking outrageous!
And he himself, who was dazed by the kisses, was even more fucking outrageous!
Then in the morning, Chen Shuo didn’t bring it up again, as if no conflict had happened last night, and Li Ge was too lazy to mention it again, the couple was as loving as ever, and also very sweet.
Whether this conflict was big or small, Li Ge had seriously thought about it during the day. Perhaps he had been a little unreasonable last night, mainly because his temper was too short, and he should have sat down and had a good talk.
But how could they have a good talk in that situation? How could he not be anxious?
But it was already over. To coax his wife, Li Ge had asked the purchasing department for a box of peace fruit, ordered flowers from the flower shop, and planned to have a romantic Christmas Eve with Chen Shuo.
In the end, he didn’t take the peace fruit with him, nor did he pick up the flowers from the flower shop. When he rushed home, he saw Chen Shuo sitting on the sofa, engrossed in watching a certain family drama, and his unreachable phone was on the coffee table.
Chen Shuo was engrossed in the drama. Seeing Li Ge suddenly come back, he was a bit surprised, paused the TV, stood up, and asked, “Why are you back?”
“Fuck.” Li Ge flared up, not even taking off his leather shoes, and directly stepped into the house, “What, I can’t come back? Look at your phone, how many calls did I make to you!”
Chen Shuo picked up his phone and saw five missed calls, and promptly explained, “I went with Yuan Feng to get Yuanbao vaccinated this morning, I forgot to turn off the silent mode.”
“I fucking thought something had happened to you,” Li Ge cursed, “You’re having a good time at home, aren’t you? Is this shitty TV series that good?!”
Chen Shuo said truthfully, “It is quite good.”
“…” New hatred and old hatred, Li Ge went crazy on the spot, “Fine, go and hug your TV, let it be your husband, I’m not fucking serving you anymore!”
Li Ge was being unreasonable again, just like last night. Chen Shuo was actually a bit helpless. He hadn’t had sex last night because the drama’s climax was too exciting, and he didn’t have time.
This was his only hobby, he liked to quietly chase dramas alone, but there was a noisy person at home who was not interested in family dramas and was making a fuss with him.
Seeing that Li Ge was about to leave, Chen Shuo immediately went forward and hugged him, first calling out “husband,” and then coaxing Li Ge, “I forgot to turn off the silent mode, I’ll be careful next time, don’t be angry.”
Having learned from last night’s experience, Li Ge suppressed his temper and pretended to be coaxed. He turned around and kissed Chen Shuo before saying, “You watch yours, I was just afraid you would run away, so I rushed back to see you. I’m a bit hot from running up, I’ll go take a shower first.”
“Xiao Bao’er,” Chen Shuo said very seriously, “I won’t run away.”
Li Ge: “Okay, I won’t argue with you this time.”
Xiao Bao’er was easy to coax, so Chen Shuo believed him. After getting Li Ge his pajamas, he continued to sit on the sofa and watch the drama, completely engrossed, and soon forgot about Li Ge in the shower.
Li Ge was mischievous and secretly expanded himself in the bathroom. As soon as he came out, he launched a swift attack, pouncing on the sofa and forcefully pulling down Chen Shuo’s casual pants, burying his head and attacking Chen Erdi. He got a hold of him in a few moves, then dominantly rode on Chen Shuo, like a bandit chief who had kidnapped a good man, the whole process incredibly rough.
The TV was still playing, and Chen Shuo couldn’t hear a few lines, completely unable to resist the temptation. After urgently pausing, he pressed Li Ge down and fucked him hard.
Two hours later, Chen Shuo sat back on the sofa, turned on the TV, and continued to watch. Today was Christmas Eve, and time was tight. He had ordered roses and a surprise, which would be delivered around four o’clock, and he also had to start cooking.
Li Ge, still lying on the floor, glanced at the family drama playing on the TV, another family fight. He got up, speechless, and shouted at Chen Shuo, “What do you mean? You’re done with me and don’t care about me anymore? At least give me a hand, my legs are fucking cramping from being fucked by you.”
Nine out of ten things that came out of Li Ge’s mouth were to fool people, and he was even cramping? More like he was going crazy.
Chen Shuo had learned his lesson long ago and didn’t want to deal with him, but ignoring him would affect his drama watching. He patted the sofa beside him and said, “Come and sit, husband, watch with me for a while and then we’ll take a shower together.”
“…” With this command from his darling, the satisfied Li Ge had no temper left. In a flash, he was like a gentle golden retriever, squeezing next to Chen Shuo, their bodies sticky with sweat, not wanting to be separated.
Chen Shuo put his arm around Li Ge and said, “Be good, we won’t watch after this episode, I’ll accompany you.”
Li Ge was coaxed and asked with a smile, “What’s this episode about today? Why isn’t this second wife off the show yet?”
Chen Shuo: “If you say a few less words, she’ll be off the show.”
Li Ge: “…”
After finishing one episode, it was already 3:30.
Not long after Chen Shuo finished showering with Li Ge, the roses were delivered to the door. His original plan of a secret candlelight dinner was now ruined. Preparing it in front of Li Ge had no sense of surprise, which was a bit of a pity.
Seeing the roses, Li Ge was a bit surprised and asked, “For me?”
“Yes.” Chen Shuo handed the bouquet to Li Ge and congratulated him with an expressionless face, “Xiao Bao’er, Happy Christmas Eve.”
“…” Li Ge blinked. It was the familiar funeral face. In this world, probably only Chen Shuo could make a romantic surprise feel like a work handover.
He accepted it and also replied with an expressionless face, “Thank you, wife, Happy Christmas Eve to you too.”
Chen Shuo nodded, “I’m going to cook.”
“Don’t, I’ve booked a restaurant.” Li Ge then noticed a small pink card tucked into the bouquet. He took it out, opened it, and instantly melted.
[Xiao Bao’er, thank you for loving me, I love you too.]
Chen Shuo had just started washing the rice when a pair of arms suddenly wrapped around his waist, not hugging, but squeezing, Li Ge was using a lot of strength, so much that it made him a little uncomfortable, but he was very happy in his heart.
“You quiet one, your skin is getting thicker day by day, you’re not even embarrassed to write such love words to me!”
“I learned from you.” Chen Shuo still said the same thing.
Li Ge kissed the fragrant back of Chen Shuo’s neck, “You’re not even embarrassed, next time say it with your mouth. No, say it with your mouth now, say it for me to hear.”
“Xiao Bao’er,” Chen Shuo only said, “Let’s go to a hot spring this weekend, I’ve booked a homestay to celebrate our first Christmas Eve together.”
“As expected, you learned from me,” Li Ge praised with a smile, “you’re getting more and more romantic.”
A sudden knock on the door came. Li Ge opened the door and saw that it was a package delivered by a courier. When he opened it, he found scented candles and some out-of-this-world sexy lingerie, the kind that came in a set with a bra, including sexy stockings.
He was stunned and turned back to call out to Chen Shuo, “Hey, pervert.”
“We’re eating at home tonight.” After speaking, Chen Shuo focused on his own things.
Li Ge: “I’m talking to you, pervert.”
Chen Shuo: “I can’t hear you.”
Li Ge: “If you can’t hear me, why are you responding?”
Chen Shuo: “Don’t be noisy.”
“I will be.” Li Ge was excited, found his phone, and pestered Chen Shuo to take a photo together. When Chen Shuo didn’t cooperate, he made a fuss, “Hurry up, I want to post it on my Moments.”
“No.” Chen Shuo refused.
Ever since he officially came out and announced his relationship on his Moments, Li Ge had started to frequently show off his love, mentioning his darling wife whenever he had the chance.
Of course, most of the time, Chen Shuo would find him cheesy and was not very willing to cooperate with his show of affection.
The more Chen Shuo didn’t cooperate, the more Li Ge wanted to show off.
This matter started when Li Ge took Chen Shuo to Nancheng.
The two of them were being romantic at the beach. He wanted to take a photo to commemorate it, but Chen Shuo’s funeral face was like a debt collector, he had to kiss him to make it natural, but just kissing his face was repetitive, he wanted to kiss his lips, but who knew that Chen Shuo would refuse.
If Chen Shuo dared not to cooperate, Li Ge would act like a rogue, a hooligan, and even use the slutty tricks his previous little lovers had used on him, forcing Chen Shuo to obediently let him kiss him.
In the midsummer of July, on the beach at sunset, they had their first record of showing off their love, a sweet photo collage of nine pictures.
Although Li Ge’s WeChat was full of close friends, and Chen Shuo had met Qiao An and Fei Fan, and had also met Aike after returning from Nancheng, including Li Ge’s parents who were already familiar with him, he was still not used to being intimate in front of others.
But when he browsed his own Moments and saw Li Ge’s caption, [Commemorating the first trip with my wife (kiss, kiss)], his heart immediately softened. His little treasure wasn’t being high-profile and flamboyant, he was giving him the sense of security he had always craved.
Once Chen Shuo gave in, Li Ge became uncontrollable, wanting to take a kissing photo every time, vowing to him that in the future, he planned to leave their commemorative kisses all over the world.
Unable to bear to refuse, Chen Shuo only reminded Li Ge, “Don’t post it on your Moments.”
Li Ge didn’t agree and questioned Chen Shuo what he meant.
Chen Shuo couldn’t stop Li Ge at all.
After autumn, on their first hike together, Li Ge also forcefully dragged Chen Shuo to take crazy photos to commemorate it, posting a nine-picture collage on his Moments with the caption: [Out with my wife (kiss, kiss) to get close to nature, embracing the autumn air!]
On their first outdoor rock climbing together, Li Ge still took crazy photos, and also took a snapshot of Chen Shuo’s agile figure on the rock wall, and then posted another nine-picture collage on his Moments with the caption: [Look at how amazing my wife is, so handsome!]
Chen Shuo endured all of these, but he didn’t agree to Li Ge posting the small card from the bouquet, so he was quite cooperative with Li Ge’s request for a kissing photo.
After taking enough photos, he reminded Li Ge again, “Don’t post the card on your Moments.”
Li Ge didn’t agree and questioned Chen Shuo again what he meant.
It was like talking to a brick wall. Chen Shuo had no meaning, so he simply ignored Li Ge. After the rice was cooked, he turned to the balcony to feed the fish and turtles. The two new little golden coin turtles were a gift from Li Ge’s father, and his little home was now more lively.
His wife was often playing deaf. Li Ge was used to it, but he couldn’t bear it. He directly pulled him into his arms and kissed him fiercely, then started to scold, “We’re an old married couple, what are you being pretentious for? My WeChat is full of my own people, my parents even liked my post.”
Actually, Chen Shuo felt a bit ashamed, it was quite embarrassing for his elders to see such cheesy love words.
After coming back from Yuan Feng’s place at noon, he first went to the flower shop. When the salesperson at the flower shop asked him what he wanted to write, he had thought about it seriously for a long time.
A small card couldn’t contain all the words Chen Shuo wanted to say. In the end, a thousand words were condensed into one line about “love.”
In the end, the card was still posted on Li Ge’s Moments.
While cooking, Chen Shuo went on his Moments and saw the new post Li Ge had sent. There was a quick like and a comment below, it was from the person he had noted as “Mom.”
Mom: [Xiao Bao’er and Xiao Shuo, Happy Christmas Eve, Mom gives you a like!]
