Chapter 124 (1/2)

Translated by Ceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Shen Yan and Jiang Cheng returned first shortly after Shen Fu’s wedding.

The night before leaving, the Shen family sat together and chatted for half a night, thus, Shen Yan could no longer hold back his drowsiness on the plane. Jiang Cheng sat beside him and put Shen Yan’s head on his shoulder. “Take a nap.”

Shen Yan gave an ‘en’ and leaned all the weight of his upper body on Jiang Cheng, closed his eyes and began to sleep.

Jiang Cheng listened to Shen Yan’s breathing slowly stabilizing. He turned his head to see his handsome sleeping face that was much more mature than when he first saw him. The contours of his face were firmer, his dashing eyebrows were thick and dark and his eyelashes were as long as a girl’s. However, the minute he opened his eyes, there was no hint of femininity at all. At the moment, his eyes were closed and his lashes would occasionally tremble. This action scratched the tip of Jiang Cheng’s heart, making it so itchy it shivered. The bridge of Shen Yan’s nose was tall and straight, and his thin, rosy lips were pursed habitually. When his lips occasionally curved up, it was absolutely stunning.

Apart from becoming more mature and bewitching, he was not much different from the first year they met. He never dared to tell Shen Yan that, just like Shen Yan, he also fell deeply in love with him the first time he saw Shen Yan.

The difference was that Shen Yan initially liked him as a brother, while Jiang Cheng knew that it was love at first sight when he saw Shen Yan for the first time.

Maybe because he had been staring too intently, Shen Yan moved as if he had noticed the gaze. Jiang Cheng smiled and kissed him on the forehead, like how he had doted on Shen Yan in those years.

This seven-year period did not reduce his love for him the slightest. Instead, the love that began to be displayed slowly formed into another kind of more intense emotion as the years passed. It was to the extent that when he took Shen Yan into his arms once more, he secretly swore that he would never let anyone separate them.

Everyone watched the two grooms Shen Fu’s and Lin ShuYi’s wedding. Only Jiang Cheng put his eyes on Shen Yan from beginning to end. He looked at the smile on his lips, and looked at the concealed radiance in his eyes. Jiang Cheng could not help regretting that Shen Yan would probably have a happy life now if it hadn’t been for him. Maybe he would even have a beautiful or handsome child that resembled him, instead of still being unable to have a real family after bitterly waiting for seven years.

“What are you thinking of for the corners of your mouth to be so straight?” As soon as Shen Yan opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Cheng slightly wrinkled brows and tightly-pursed lips, and could not help asking.

Jiang Cheng looked slightly tilted his head and looked at Shen Yan’s misty eyes. “Let’s get married, too.”

Shen Yan was stunned and then he pressed his lips together in a smile, “What’s wrong? Have you been stimulated by Shen Fu?”

Jiang Cheng concealed up all the emotions in his heart and nodded, “Well, he’s six years younger than I am. When the time comes, will my child have to call him Big Brother?”

Shen Yan was stunned once again, “You like children?”

Jiang Cheng sighed in his heart. He did not like them very much, but Shen Yan really liked children. Jiang Cheng could immediately tell when he saw how Shen Yan looked at Lin Yu and Shen Tao.

Seeing Jiang Cheng nodding, Shen Yan asked again, “Do you like boys or girls?”

Jiang Cheng frowned and thought, it should be boys, they were more sturdy and both were not people who would attentively look after children. The effort spent in looking after boys were much lesser than girls. Just as he was ready to reply, Shen Yan said again,”Girls, right.”

“You like girls?”

Shen Yan nodded, “When my mother gave birth to Shen Fu, I always hoped that he was a girl. It would be great it she would be beautiful and well-behaved girl that was spoiled by the whole family.”

Jiang Cheng silently swallowed down the words in his heart and nodded. “Then let’s get a girl.”

Shen Yan gave an ‘en’. He leaned on Jiang Cheng’s shoulder and soon fell asleep again.

There was no formal answer to the topic of marriage from the beginning to the end of the conversation. Jiang Cheng wanted to marry Shen Yan. How could be not? It was just that they couldn’t step into the marriage hall as long as Jiang Cheng’s mother disagreed. After all, a marriage that was not blessed by the parents was inauspicious in Tian Chao. He knew that Jiang Cheng wanted to give him a visible and tangible promise. But Shen Yan felt that this was also good. They had long passed the age when they need to bind each other with promises. Jiang Cheng loved him and he loved Jiang Cheng. Whether there was a marriage certificate or not, they were lovers that had their own place and this was Shen Yan’s home.

Shen Yan was not just casually talking about the topic regarding children. He was really thinking about adopting a child with Jiang Cheng. Spending a sunny afternoon with a child and Jiang Cheng was a happy and bubbly thing to think about.

Although they were thinking about it, this matter had to be put on hold when they returned to H City. Jiang Cheng took over his mother’s company by strong measures. Although there was not a big problem, it still took time to reorganize it. The company was also far away in D City. As Jiang Cheng did not want to leave Shen Yan, he relocated his head office to H City. However, personnel transfer arrangements were more time-consuming at this time and Jiang Cheng was so busy every day that his feet could not touch the ground.

Shen Yan was not as busy and he was able to come back earlier than Jiang Cheng. However, there was nothing to do even if he came back early. Shen Yan was the only person who could not cook in the Shen Family. He could not go back to the Shen Family for his three meals since he got together with Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng also did not like going out to eat, nor was he used to having strangers in his home. Thus, he was delighted to take over the cooking. Jiang Cheng spent so long abroad and had already perfected his cooking mastery. He could cook anything, be it Chinese or Western, and there was almost no repetition in the dishes every day. Shen Yan was perfectly happy to be waited on by him.

Sunday was a rare day of rest for Jiang Cheng. This was a rule set out by Shen Yan. No matter how busy he was, he always had to make sure that his Sunday was free. It was not that Shen Yan wanted Jiang Cheng to accompany him at home. It was just that he was distressed to see that Jiang Cheng was obviously busy and tired every day yet he still kept saying he was okay.

In the morning, Jiang Cheng got up at 7 o’clock as usual. His biological clock was accurate and his exhaustion would not affect it. What’s more, he spent an extremely pleasant evening with Shen Yan last night, so he was now full of vitality and fighting spirit.

Shen Yan was still sleeping, so Jiang Cheng did not turn on the light. He kept the room dark, then put on his pajamas and went to the bathroom in another room to take a bath.

This room was Shen Yan’s room in Century Garden. Jiang Cheng has just returned to the country a short while ago. His previous house was already furnished. Jiang Cheng was alright with living anywhere, but Shen Yan didn’t like the house very much and it took time to renovate. Since he immediately wanted to live with Shen Yan, he simply moved into Century Garden. After moving in, the two men added a lot of things to the room together. The original cold and empty room became very lively all at once, and finally had the feel of a warm home.

Shen Yan still had not awoken after he washed. Jiang Cheng did not disturb him. He did not touch him for a few days and Shen Yan was especially charming in bed. Last night, he could not hold back and did it a little fiercely. Shen Yan and his compatibility in bed was very high and Shen Yan could not help moaning and groaning for him to slow down. As one could well imagine, instead of making Jiang Cheng stop, Shen Yan became more enticing and he could not stop.

At home, Jiang Cheng’s dressing was much more relaxed. Instead of a uniform black suit and white shirt, he wore a light grey collared bamboo cotton shirt, with several buttons on it. Looking from above, one could see the muscles of his chest. He was also wearing a pair of light and breathable cotton pants as he dragged his slippered feet. Locks of his hair was plastered to his forehead, giving him a casual and particularly handsome look that carried with it the temperament unique to a 30-year-old man. It was so alluring that Shen Yan could not move his eyes.

Jiang Cheng turned over the fried eggs in the pan and was twisting his body to get the bread when he saw Shen Yan leaning against the kitchen door in his night-robe and looking at him with a smile on his face.

Jiang Cheng was also bewitched by Shen Yan’s smile. “You’re awake? Have you slept enough?”

Shen Yan gave an ‘en’. He voice was still a little hoarse. “I’m a little hungry.”