115 No Reason to Wai (2/2)

”Really?!” Su Yan snuggled closer and put his head on Nie Chang's shoulder in the hope of seeing something. He was disappointed though. With how his boyfriend held the phone, he wasn't able to read at all.

Su Yan pursed his lips. ”So, what does it say?”

”Oh, she wrote that someone recommended reading the story on Weibo so she came and had a look. There's not much to read yet since only one chapter is up but it's tagged as bl so she'll just give five stars.”

”Ah?” Su Yan's facial expression went from being over the moon that someone had actually recommended his story to down in the dumps when he found out that he had essentially gotten that rating just for the genre. ”So she doesn't actually like the story?”

Nie Chang contemplated how to phrase his response and finally shook his head. ”That's not it. She probably liked the beginning but there really isn't much she could say about it. I mean she doesn't even know for sure who the male lead is. So I guess she just gave five stars because she hoped for the best since it's a genre she likes.”

Su Yan slowly nodded. ”That makes sense.” He pursed his lips. ”If it was me, I'd wait for a few chapters before reviewing though. Then I could say something worthwhile.”

Nie Chang laughed and once again ruffled his hair. ”You're just miffed that she didn't praise your great writing skills.”

Su Yan's cheeks turned red. ”That … That's not it! Why would I need her to praise me? I know I'm a good writer.”

”Of course. Lao Gong says you're the best.”

Su Yan choked. He really wanted to get angry but Nie Chang looked like he really meant what he said. ”You … You haven't even read the story.”

”I haven't read that story yet but I read everything else you've ever written. So I'm fairly certain that this one will be good, too.”

”Huh?” Su Yan tried to gauge from Nie Chang's expression if he was really being serious. It … seemed like it? But how could that be? ”You never said anything like that!”

”There was no need to, was there? I was just happy that you were happy when writing. And I liked it when you talked about it. Wouldn't you have stopped telling me when you knew I was following you online anyway? That would have been such a pity.”

Su Yan looked at his boyfriend whose face was only illuminated by the pale light from the phone's screen. He suddenly had the profound insight that he was truly too lucky to have such a caring person as his boyfriend. Nie Chang really loved him very much if he even went to the extent of keeping something like this a secret just because he feared they would have one thing less to talk about.

Probably … He didn't need to worry that Nie Chang would leave him anytime soon. Most likely, Nie Chang really wanted to stay with him forever. So perhaps … there was no reason to wait any longer.

Su Yan propped himself up on his arms and intently peered at Nie Chang's face. He hadn't really tried to imagine how having a relationship would be before he and Nie Chang got together. He had only thought of it in passing. But now, considering how they had gotten along so well all these years and the short time they spent together as a couple, he could also imagine spending the rest of his life with Nie Chang. So, why should he delay any longer?

He gently put his hand on Nie Chang's chest and leaned over to kiss him.

Nie Chang's lips parted. He wanted to ask what was going on but didn't get even a sound out. Why did this seem somehow strange? As if … Su Yan wanted to do something? This … couldn't be what he thought it was, right? Hadn't Su Yan said that they would wait for two weeks?

He couldn't understand but he wouldn't reject either whatever it was Su Yan wanted to do. He dropped the phone and gently reached up, cupping the back of Su Yan's head.

Just when their lips were about to meet the phone rang.