Chapter 86:
Extra 2: Hot Spring Trip – Part 1 | Bickering
The season of heavy snow was the perfect time for a hot spring bath.
Li Ge couldn’t wait to experience the taste of ice and fire. On the weekend, for a rare occasion, he didn’t cling to Chen Shuo and sleep in, but woke up early on his own. After washing up and having breakfast, he took out his luggage and started packing with much effort.
Worried that Li Ge would be forgetful, Chen Shuo wanted to help pack but was refused, so he could only watch from the side.
“What are you looking at me for? Don’t you trust me?” Li Ge opened a separate storage box and rummaged through a pile of lingerie sets, choosing two sets with garter stockings and putting them into his luggage, “Isn’t it just this? I haven’t forgotten.”
“…” Chen Shuo hadn’t expected Li Ge to be so excited about the surprise he had given him, so excited that he would wake up early to do such trivial chores, not letting his wife do it.
“Let me pack.” He said.
“No way, my wife works so hard every day. Today I’ll pack, and I’ll be your driver.” Li Ge cheerfully packed the new clothes he had bought for Chen Shuo.
“We’re only going for two days, don’t bring too much.” After reminding him, Chen Shuo went over to try and help again, “I’ll pack the clothes.”
Li Ge: “Oh, really, no need. Do you think I don’t know how to do it?”
Chen Shuo: “No, I just don’t want you to be too tired.”
“Tired of what?” Li Ge glanced at Chen Shuo and smiled provocatively, “I have plenty of energy, just don’t get tired tonight.”
Chen Shuo stopped talking and watched Li Ge busy himself, his mood a bit gloomy.
Gewu Media had many projects in the second half of the year, and Li Ge had been working non-stop for a while. As soon as he got home, he would become lazy, needing Chen Shuo to serve him for brushing his teeth, washing his face, and showering.
Not to mention the weekends, Li Ge could become a lazy spirit at home, refusing to get out of bed until noon. Chen Shuo couldn’t even stop after making lunch, he had to carry the ancestor up and serve him to wash up and change his clothes.
He occasionally felt like a servant, and Li Ge was like the spoiled imperial concubine in a palace drama, born to enjoy life, and it was his duty to serve him.
Speaking of being spoiled, Chen Shuo hadn’t noticed this trait in Li Ge before.
He had seen Li Ge’s decisive and efficient side at work. A leader who could make Gewu Media stand firm and make a name for itself in Beicheng, how could he be spoiled? At most, he had a young master’s temper in private, he could definitely withstand the storms.
So Li Ge’s spoiled nature was slowly cultivated by Chen Shuo day after day with his heart.
He still remembered that on the Mid-Autumn Festival, he and Li Ge had gone back to Jiangcheng to celebrate the holiday together. When he was helping out in the kitchen at the Li family’s house, Li Ge’s mother had secretly spoken to him, saying that Li Ge had been spoiled since he was a child, had a bit of a short temper, and had never been without a housekeeper, so he was inevitably not very diligent in life. She hoped he would be more tolerant and let Li Ge do more housework at home, and just order him around.
In reality, Chen Shuo couldn’t bear to let Li Ge do housework.
And behind his reluctance, there was a dark thought he didn’t want anyone to know.
After returning to Beicheng from Jiangcheng, Chen Shuo continued to secretly cultivate Li Ge’s spoiled nature, not letting him touch any housework, and taking care of all matters, big and small, himself.
He helped Li Ge brush his teeth, wash his face, and get dressed every morning, and in the evening, he helped him brush his teeth, wash his face, shower, and then give him a massage, and then coaxed him to sleep. The short distance from the bed to the bathroom, as long as Li Ge let him carry him, he wouldn’t let him walk a single step himself.
He personally shaved Li Ge’s beard, washed his underwear and socks by hand, and regularly trimmed his fingernails and toenails. He ironed all his suits, shirts, and trousers.
These were nothing to Chen Shuo. He even often took the initiative to feed him, truly taking care of Li Ge like a little treasure, peeling shrimp and deboning fish for him, and even deboning the pork ribs before feeding them to him.
As he wished, Li Ge became more and more spoiled in life, and more and more dependent on him.
To test the effect of this dependence, one morning Chen Shuo wanted to hold his little treasure to pee, thinking that Li Ge would resist and throw a tantrum, but to his surprise, after obediently peeing, Li Ge even acted coquettishly with him, saying he was sleepy and didn’t want to go to the company for a meeting.
At that moment, Chen Shuo’s emotions were stirred, like a surging flood, unstoppable.
Li Ge, even needing him to hold him when going to the restroom, meant that he was completely inseparable from him, completely dependent on him.
If it weren’t for the small friction the night before Christmas Eve, and the big friction on Christmas Eve itself, Chen Shuo would have continued to cultivate him like this. How could he have known that this would spoil Li Ge, so spoiled that he would be unreasonable with him, saying childish things like finding a TV to be his husband? He might even say more excessive things in the future.
Some things couldn’t be said casually, they would become true if said too often.
Li Ge was completely unaware of all this. After packing his luggage, he remembered the little Rhodeus fish in the fish tank and the two little golden coin turtles in the other glass tank, and quickly fed them.
Chen Shuo checked the luggage. Li Ge had packed it neatly, each of them had a set of clean underwear and socks, and he hadn’t forgotten anything, even the phone charger was packed.
“I’m going out with your dad to soak in a hot spring, I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon, you guys be good and watch the house, you hear me?” Li Ge first fed the fish, then the small turtles, and then said, “And you two, big quiet one and little quiet one, you only get excited when you eat, don’t starve to death.”
“…” Chen Shuo closed the luggage.
Ready to go, Li Ge glanced out the window. The snow had lessened a bit. He opened the window again to feel it, the cold wind was biting, much colder than last year.
“Wife, it’s really cold outside, you should wear more.” Li Ge went back into the room and put on a down jacket. Just as he was about to zip it up himself, a hand timely reached out.
Chen Shuo helped Li Ge zip up the zipper and said, “Didn’t you want to build a snowman? You didn’t even pack your gloves, so forgetful.”
“Who’s forgetful?” Li Ge retorted, “I deliberately didn’t pack them, wasn’t I afraid of freezing my wife as soon as we got out of the car? I prepared them for you.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Li Ge: “I used to just build them directly when I was a kid, without gloves.”
Chen Shuo: “Don’t play with snow without gloves.”
“Why are you like my grandpa? I’m a grown man, am I afraid of getting cold?” Li Ge said shamelessly, “How about we have a go in the snow?”
“…” Chen Shuo gave Li Ge a cold look, turned around, and went to put on his own down jacket.
Li Ge was a bit puzzled, why did his wife seem unhappy?
He also went to help Chen Shuo with his zipper, not sure if he was overthinking it, so he asked, “Wife, are you unhappy? If you have something on your mind, don’t keep it to yourself.”
Chen Shuo had nothing to keep to himself, he was just thinking that Li Ge could pack his own luggage without his help, a sense of loss after diligent cultivation without the desired fruit.
He really hoped that Li Ge would be a little more spoiled, but of course, he couldn’t tell Li Ge that.
“I’m not unhappy.” Chen Shuo said, “Let’s go, we’ll just be in time for lunch when we get there.”
Whether his wife was happy or not, Li Ge planned to coax him. So he took the initiative to carry the luggage, but who knew that Chen Shuo wouldn’t let him, and snatched it away, carrying it to the door.
“Come and put on your shoes.” There were outdoor activities at the homestay. Chen Shuo chose a pair of sports shoes for Li Ge, carefully helped him put them on, and then tied the shoelaces.
Li Ge looked down at Chen Shuo, who was tying his shoelaces, and couldn’t help but sigh, “Wife, why are you so considerate? Is it because you love me so much?”
“Yes.” Chen Shuo tied two knots that weren’t easy to loosen.
Chen Shuo didn’t know that Li Ge had praised him a lot outside, to his parents, to Fei Fan and Qiao An, to his cousin Li Huan, and even to his cousin He Yan and Yuan Feng a few times.
Every time Li Ge praised him, he would add, “You don’t know how good my wife is to me, I’m so fucking lucky.”
Usually at this time, only Yuan Feng would be excited and follow up with a bunch of praise for Chen Shuo. As for the other few, they all had nothing to say, too lazy to respond, they were really tired of hearing it.
At the underground garage, Li Ge took the initiative to drive again, but who knew that Chen Shuo wouldn’t let him, and pushed him into the passenger seat, even forcefully helping him fasten his seatbelt like a bandit.
Li Ge: “Wait, I said I would drive.”
Chen Shuo: “I didn’t agree.”
“I was just feeling sorry for you.” Li Ge was about to unbuckle his seatbelt when his wrist was grabbed, and then his chin was pinched, and a kiss came quickly, Chen Shuo’s hot tongue squeezing into his mouth and sweeping wildly, a bit rough.
“Mmm—”
The underground garage was cool, and the cool air seeped into the car. Chen Shuo didn’t kiss for long before letting go of Li Ge, quickly closing the car door, and then going around to the other side to get in. He hadn’t even sat down properly when he was pounced on by the unbuckled Li Ge.
An overwhelming kiss spread in the car, and the temperature gradually rose.
Li Ge punishingly bit Chen Shuo’s tongue, then ended the kiss, and said with a chuckle, “You’re asking for it, you know? Now I’m holding it in, hurry up and drive.”
Chen Shuo started the car and drove out of the underground garage.
The snow was still falling in Beicheng, and the road was slippery. Chen Shuo didn’t drive fast. The destination was in a relatively remote suburb of Beicheng, and it would take more than two hours to get there.
He wasn’t in a hurry, he enjoyed the feeling of being on the road even more.
To continue like this with Li Ge, to walk slowly for a lifetime.
The car was warm, and Li Ge had woken up early, so he soon felt sleepy. As he was dozing off, he suddenly heard Chen Shuo call him, and he opened his eyelids.
“Xiao Bao’er, let’s try not to argue anymore in the future.”
Li Ge rubbed his eyes and sobered up a bit, “I didn’t argue with you either, wasn’t that just playing around? I thought about it later, it was me who was a bit unreasonable, it didn’t make sense.”
“It’s okay, you can be a little naughty.” Chen Shuo reminded him, “But you can’t say those angry words.”
Li Ge had said a lot of rude and angry words, and he didn’t know which one Chen Shuo was referring to, so he asked him, “What angry words? I forgot, you can say them to me again.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Li Ge: “Say it.”
What a memory. Chen Shuo had no choice but to remind him, “You told me to live with the TV, and suggested I fuck the TV.”
Li Ge: “…”
After stopping at a red light, Chen Shuo turned to look at Li Ge, his tone a bit heavy, and finally reminded him, “That was very outrageous, I don’t want to hear such childish and angry words from your mouth again.”
“…” Li Ge immediately sobered up, “So you’re unhappy? Then let me ask you, you said you weren’t.”
Chen Shuo: “Did you hear me?”
“Fuck, you quiet one.” Li Ge was about to be impressed, counting on his fingers and showing Chen Shuo, “Christmas Eve was on the 24th, right? I said it on the 23rd, and I think I said it on the 24th too, but we made up and moved on at that time, and we even did it at night, you said you loved me. On Christmas Day, the 25th, we were also fine, we went to the cinema to watch a movie together, and we also did it at night. The 26th and 27th were also fine, and today is the 28th, you’re really good at holding it in, aren’t you?”
The sound of a horn came from behind the car. Chen Shuo continued to drive and asked Li Ge again, “Did you hear me?”
“I’m asking if you heard what I said.” Li Ge immediately educated his wife, “If you’re unhappy, why didn’t you say it on Christmas Eve? You had to drag it out until today, who’s going to listen to you being a hindsight expert?”
After a while, Chen Shuo said, “I’ll drive first.”
Li Ge: “What, you can’t argue with me anymore?”
Chen Shuo: “Yes.”
Li Ge said generously, “Call me ‘ge,’ and I won’t argue with you.”
Chen Shuo didn’t call him that, only saying, “You’re not being good.”
Li Ge: “???”
