Chapter 311 (1/2)

Deep in the Act

Translator: Kotoni

Editor: Cien

Quality Check: Isalee

First Published on Chaleuria

Chapter 311

Rising stea Zhun blinked and aze seethed with a feverish hunger, as if he wished he could devour Zhang Zhun this very instant and s hiaze fall upon the stea hot pot1 between them While the spicyfrom the heat, the clear stock on the other side re Zhun's mind, the two halves before him - one red, one white - were just like Chen Hsin and himself On the surface, he was lukewar point a long ti Zhun knew better: in reality, the pot furiously churning with oily bubbles was hi around in naïve confusion was not him, but Chen Hsin

Earlier that day—

After locking theazed at each other for a long ti the firstZhun and tried to touch his eyes ”You cried… last night?”

Zhang Zhun slapped the hand away and averted his head Unable to touch the other ers doard instead, winding down the curve of Zhang Zhun's jawline to encircle his slender, vulnerable neck This ti Zhun acquiesced to his touch Chen Hsin's hand continuedZhun's collarbone, roamed across the taut planes of his chest, and reached the warly seized by an inexplicable i Zhun by his belt buckle and yanked hi Zhun was hit by thethat Chen Hsin was about to get on his knees He shoved the younger man away at once ”You're out of your mind!”

The force of the push sent Chen Hsin crashi+ng backwards against the shower The metallic showerhead, knocked loose froh the air and fell head first onto the tile floor with a resounding clatter Chen Hsin stilled He re, and Zhang Zhun began to doubt his own judg to help, but Chen Hsin's hand darted towards hi at hi eyes, Chen Hsin declared, ”I' Zhun knew exactly what he was referring to: the dangerous ways in which they tested each other's boundaries, the desperate passion hich they clung to each other in the darkest corners, and the derisive eyerolls that haunted them behind their backs He tore Chen Hsin's hand away fro in aggrieveive hier at the door, aZhun continued, ”None of this is real This is all fake We're in theZhun was of losing hi discovered by everyone else ”The director, the ca outside, just beyond this door!”

The weight of Zhang Zhun's words felt too much for Chen Hsin to bear, and wetness welled up behind his long, narrow eyelids ”F!” Biting hard on his own lips in hurt and anguish, he swore again, ”F!” At last, as his an to clear, Chen Hsin sa reckless he had been The o - of everything he had done to Zhang Zhun - h the core of his being in a way he had never known before It was as if he and Zhang Zhun had becole blade, lifeblood draining helplessly from their wounds

Tears fell from Chen Hsin's eyes As they rolled down his cheekbones, he wiped the and stared at the wetness on his hand in confusion He never cried When coaze in bitter sha Zhun in the eye ”What the f!”

Zhang Zhun did not expect to see Chen Hsin cry A throbbing ache started up in Zhang Zhun's chest, as if a razor blade had been buried in the flesh of his heart ”Chen… Hsin?” Zhang Zhun gripped the younger htly Like a petulant child, Chen Hsin shi+ed away fro Zhun enfolded hi taller than Zhang Zhun, Chen Hsin bent his head and tucked his face into the crook of the older man's neck There, Chen Hsin shed his tears without a sound, venting his emotions for the first time before so wi Zhun stroked Chen Hsin's back sloith the cal brother or a mother ”You're just confused This fil to himself as well