Chapter 15
They did have a fight, but not in bed.
It started because Xi Shi didn’t stay out drinking until midnight. He came back after beating up You Jiayu and habitually walked towards the master bedroom, only to bump into Zhong Yuxiao, who had just finished showering.
Zhong Yuxiao had just come out of the bathroom and hadn’t had time to get dressed, only a towel wrapped around his body.
Having a good physique was probably an obsession for tops, and Xi Shi was no exception.
He hadn’t noticed last time when Zhong Yuxiao was changing, but besides pecs and abs, Zhong Yuxiao also had a V-line. Xi Shi suddenly felt that his six-pack abs weren’t so great anymore. A V-line required extremely low body fat, and he had tried to get one before, but gave up after a few days.
Being able to achieve such a physique clearly took effort. Zhong Yuxiao’s self-discipline was terrifying. No wonder he could study for so many years.
He was a ruthless man.
The towel only reached his thighs, and due to Zhong Yuxiao’s impressive size, the prominent bulge couldn’t be hidden.
Was this even humanly possible?
Xi Shi muttered to himself, averting his gaze uncomfortably. “Why aren’t you wearing any clothes?”
“Do you wear clothes when you shower?”
Last time he stared, but this time he didn’t even dare to look directly. Young Master Xi, at the age of 29, had finally developed a sense of shame. Congratulations.
Zhong Yuxiao walked out while drying his hair.
“Where are you going?”
“To sleep.”
He had a class tomorrow and needed to get up early.
Speaking of which, the classes were quite a headache. Zhong Yuxiao went to Lincheng University for an easy job, but who knew that the university had two campuses? The elective course that was supposed to be once a week was actually held twice, once on each campus.
In short, for tomorrow’s class, he had to repeat everything he had taught in the previous class.
“Aren’t you sleeping here?” Xi Shi frowned.
Zhong Yuxiao was already annoyed, and hearing this, he turned his head, his tone unpleasant. “If I sleep here, where do you sleep?”
“On the bed, of course. It’s so big, it can easily fit two people.”
2.4 meters wide, even if split evenly, it was 1.2 meters per person. A normal dorm bed was only 0.9 meters wide. It was more than enough for the two of them.
Xi Shi waved his hand magnanimously. “For your safety, I don’t mind sharing half the bed with you.”
He was so generous. How could he bear to watch Zhong Yuxiao sleep on a bed filled with formaldehyde?
Zhong Yuxiao was ruthless, while he was a good person.
Zhong Yuxiao was speechless. “But I mind.”
He sometimes doubted if Xi Shi’s title as the number one top was just for show. They had the same sexual orientation. When Xi Shi invited him to share a bed, did he ever consider the implications behind this action?
Either that, or the young master was doing it on purpose.
Deliberately seducing him.
But that ridiculous contract was enough to prove that Xi Shi didn’t have such intentions.
“You mind?” Xi Shi was anxious. “Why do you mind?!”
He had already reluctantly agreed to let Zhong Yuxiao share his bed, how dare Zhong Yuxiao mind?
How dare he!
Xi Shi’s questioning was so sincere and righteous that Zhong Yuxiao was momentarily stunned, actually feeling a bit ungrateful.
…Wait, why couldn’t he mind?!
Zhong Yuxiao didn’t like sharing a bed with others. Even when he had hookups abroad, he never brought his partners home. They always went to a hotel, and he left after they were done.
It was obvious that someone who even required his partners to wear a condom during oral sex wouldn’t bring them home.
Zhong Yuxiao valued his personal space. He would only share a bed with Xi Shi if they were having sex.
Emphasis on him topping Xi Shi.
Forget it, there was no point arguing about such trivial matters. Even if he won the argument, Xi Shi wouldn’t obediently lie down and let him fuck.
Zhong Yuxiao lost interest in the conversation and casually said, “I’m a restless sleeper, I’m afraid I’ll kick you off the bed.”
“That’s easy, we’ll sleep horizontally. You sleep at the foot of the bed. I’m a good sleeper, I won’t kick you off.”
“…”
“This bed is 2.4 meters wide, big enough. We can definitely fit sleeping horizontally.”
They could definitely fit.
But that wasn’t the point.
Zhong Yuxiao took off the towel from his head. His freshly washed hair was still wet. He had taken off his glasses when showering. Looking down, his pupils shone with a golden hue, and Xi Shi saw his own reflection in his eyes.
He had talked about Zhong Yuxiao with You Jiayu. At that time, he said that Zhong Yuxiao looked easy to fuck, not like a proper nerd.
He was right.
Desire for food and sex is human nature. Men were easily controlled by their lower body desires. Although they had made things clear at the clubhouse last time, it was obviously not that easy to extinguish those desires.
Lust was like weeds, spreading across a barren mountain with a gust of wind.
Xi Shi’s heart itched unbearably. “Zhong Er, can’t you really be a bottom?”
“…”
Zhong Yuxiao was so angry he laughed. He had rejected him so ruthlessly last time, and Xi Shi was still thinking about his ass. He really needed to be taught a lesson.
“I think you’d have a great future as a bottom.” Xi Shi said sincerely. “Honestly, you have the best figure I’ve ever seen, even male models can’t compare to you.”
Not to mention Zhong Yuxiao’s legs, they were perfect.
He could play with them for a year.
“What a coincidence, I think you’d also have a great future as a bottom.”
Comparing him to a male model, Xi Shi was really courting death.
Zhong Yuxiao beckoned with his finger, like a siren, easily captivating people. “Come here.”
Xi Shi was drawn in and took a few steps forward.
The light sandalwood scent lingered between their breaths. Xi Shi subconsciously held his breath. Now, it wasn’t just the scent, but the safe distance between them had also been breached.
He was getting closer and closer to Zhong Yuxiao.
Men’s desire to conquer was innate, even more so for tops. They should be fighting like adult male wolves in a pack, determining the alpha, but standing in front of Zhong Yuxiao, all Xi Shi could think about was the moment Zhong Yuxiao threw the ring at him in the car.
The ring on his ring finger was like a lock on his memory. Every time he touched it, he was pulled back to the mountain road, to the car, his myriad thoughts weaving into a strangely complex feeling.
For a moment, he felt like he was drowning in the sandalwood scent, unable to break free.
“Xi Shi.”
Zhong Yuxiao rarely called his name. “Young Master Xi” was teasing, “Master Xi” was mocking. When he called him “Xi Shi,” even the atmosphere became serious.
Xi Shi involuntarily became nervous. “What?”
Zhong Yuxiao lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on Xi Shi’s ear, which was tinged with a faint blush, making him want to pinch it.
He thought so, and so he did. “Men shouldn’t touch each other casually. You want to sleep in the same bed with me and repeatedly seduce me. Could it be, as the rumors say, you’ve fallen for me?”
His smiling tone was light and slow, like a joke, but also sharp, ruthlessly tearing apart the calm atmosphere.
The place where he was pinched tingled, then burned, as if splashed with hot oil, crackling and exploding into sparks in his mind, making Xi Shi’s pupils constrict. “Who seduced you?!”
He was startled, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. “You’re talking nonsense! I was just being polite and showing concern. If you got sick from sleeping on a bed with excessive formaldehyde, my grandfather would never let me off the hook.”
Yes, that’s right, that’s it.
The answer he couldn’t come up with at the bar, he had now found it. It wasn’t humanitarian concern, it was purely because he was kind.
“You should know better than me how unreliable the rumors outside are. Me liking you? Ha, haha, how could I possibly like you? You’re too narcissistic. If I like you, I, I’m a dog!”
Zhong Yuxiao didn’t mind his rambling defense, casually nodding, seemingly unconcerned. “It’s best if it’s impossible.”
Xi Shi rubbed his ear angrily. The heat hadn’t subsided, and instead, it seemed to be spreading.
Him seducing Zhong Yuxiao? That was preposterous! It was clearly Zhong Yuxiao seducing him! First, he tried to seduce him by not wearing any clothes, and just now, he touched him, pinching his ear! This, this was clearly teasing him!
Xi Shi was furious, staring at Zhong Yuxiao’s ear like a mad dog eyeing a bone.
He should pinch him back.
But if he did, wouldn’t that confirm that he was seducing him?
Xi Shi’s expression changed repeatedly. Zhong Yuxiao didn’t bother guessing what he was thinking and opened the door. “By the way, the furniture store issued a formaldehyde test report when they installed the bed. The new bed is safe to sleep on, harmless to the body. So, thank you for your polite concern.”
Zhong Yuxiao thanked him politely and formally.
“Although your concern is unnecessary and useless.”
Xi Shi: “…”
Fuck.
Because of this, Xi Shi got angry again. Zhong Yuxiao suspected that he might have been a bicycle pump in his past life. He hadn’t even pursued Xi Shi’s repeated provocations of trying to top him, yet Xi Shi was angry at him.
Tsk.
“You really fought?” Xu Linfeng’s voice was filled with excitement. “Why did you fight? Who won? Well, that was a rhetorical question. You’re so abnormal, how could he possibly beat you?”
“I’m abnormal?”
Zhong Yuxiao raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he had received such an evaluation.
“You’re not just any kind of abnormal.” Now that Zhong Yuxiao wasn’t around, Xu Linfeng didn’t hold back his criticism. “You could easily live off your looks or your family’s wealth, but you insist on relying on your talent. That’s either nerdy or abnormal.”
Xi Shi also called him a nerd.
Zhong Yuxiao was noncommittal. “Couldn’t it be that I’m smart?”
“I didn’t say you weren’t smart.” In terms of intelligence, Xu Linfeng always admired Zhong Yuxiao. They played together in nightclubs, and at the end of the semester, he barely passed, while Zhong Yuxiao won the highest scholarship with excellent grades. It was just ridiculous!
Comparing himself to others only made him feel worse. Xu Linfeng sullenly took a sip of his drink. “Anyway, those young masters who spend all day eating, drinking, and having fun, with no practical skills or common sense, definitely can’t outsmart you.”
“Are you talking about yourself?”
A young master with no practical skills or common sense, spending all day having fun.
The suit fit perfectly. Zhong Yuxiao looked at himself in the full-length mirror. “Alright, I gotta go.”
His mother was urging him to send photos again.
Ignoring Xu Linfeng’s complaints, Zhong Yuxiao hung up the phone, casually took a picture of himself in the mirror, sent it to the family group chat, and was about to exit when he suddenly noticed the number in parentheses after the group name.
The number in parentheses represented the number of members. It was originally 4, but now it was 5.
When did his parents give him a younger sibling?
Zhong Yuxiao immediately dismissed the idea. It wasn’t realistic for a newborn to be using a phone. Maybe his brother had found his soulmate.
Urging others to get married was probably human nature. After entering married life, Zhong Yuxiao also joined the ranks of urging Zhong Zhili to settle down.
His brother was over thirty and should really find a partner, have a child quickly, otherwise, who would continue the work after Zhong Zhili retired?
If Zhong Zhili knew his thoughts, he would definitely tell him that this wasn’t his matchmaking potential being awakened, but rather wanting to drag someone down with him.
Relying on his brother, then relying on his nephew, wasn’t that just a new form of freeloading?
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Zhong Yuxiao opened the family group chat and his heart sank.
The so-called “sister-in-law” had a familiar dog profile picture. It was none other than Young Master Xi, the one he had just gotten a marriage certificate with.
Fuck, how did Xi Shi get into their family group chat? Who added him?!
