Published at 5th of September 2019 12:32 pm

Chapter 99 - Birthday Celebration

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Translator(s): Zryuu

Editor(s): Amalea, FistFullOfDollars, Juurensha

It was only now that Yu Hao began slowly recalling the entire process: he realized that out of everyone — Huang Ting included — the one with the strongest combat ability was surprisingly Zhou Sheng. The scene had truly been too chaotic, so much so that Yu Hao didn’t have the chance to see how Zhou Sheng fought. However, Zhou Sheng was merely an amateur boxer who could compete in city tournaments, while his opponent was a provincial-level Sanshou athlete, yet Zhou Sheng actually managed to unleash such overwhelming potential during their life and death crisis and was even more fearless when he went up against three of them alone. After which, he escaped with just a few scratches.

What’s more, after the enemies split up and the rest were getting beaten up, Zhou Sheng had given out three orders: the first was to get them to withdraw after judging the strength of the other side; the second was to tell them to escape separately so that the kidnappers wouldn’t be able to tell who was who — within the rainstorm, coupled with the cover of night and having no dog, they would have a very slim chance of catching up to them; the third was when the enemies turned desperate and tried to snatch Huang Ting’s gun — Zhou Sheng immediately determined that the situation seemed off, so he went forward once again to resist their offence.

Yu Hao thought that if Zhou Sheng were to become a SWAT or a criminal detective, he would definitely be a force to be reckoned with. But if he had to be like Huang Ting and get so exhausted that he wouldn’t even have the time to sleep or suffer from irregular meal times, then never mind……Yu Hao would probably die from heartache first.

Yu Hao took a bath, then it was Fu Liqun’s turn. Zhou Sheng wore a T-shirt and had changed into a loose pair of shorts, revealing his beautiful V-line abs, plus he wasn’t even wearing underwear. Yu Hao felt like his whole body was about to fall apart as he lay on the bed.

“Are we still fighting monsters at night?” Yu Hao asked while Fu Liqun was taking a bath.

“We already fought in the day, and now you want to fight in dreams too? Aren’t you tired? Rest for a few days.”

Zhou Sheng climbed up the ladder and leaned over to kiss Yu Hao. Their lips and tongues entangled tenderly; they kissed for a long time and only bore to part when the sound of running water and Fu Liqun’s singing stopped.

“It’ll be your birthday soon?” Zhou Sheng looked into Yu Hao’s eyes.

“……” Yu Hao reacted and immediately said, “Don’t buy something expensive!”

“Okay I got it.” Zhou Sheng smiled, then leaned in, and kissed Yu Hao again. “Good night.”

The next day, Chen Yekai appeared very energetic when he came to class. As soon as he showed up in the multi-purpose classroom, the entire room exploded and erupted into a heated discussion. The front row began wondering whether Chen Yekai got beat up by gangsters because he was trying to hit on someone’s girlfriend. Yu Hao wanted to clarify things, yet it wasn’t of much use, so he could only give up on the idea.

Zhou Sheng patiently folded hearts for Yu Hao under his desk. Halfway through the front row’s discussion, someone from the psychology classes turned around and tossed Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao a strange look.

“This student,” Zhou Sheng said sincerely, “What do you want to say? Come, say it loud and clear, I promise I won’t hit you in class.”

Yu Hao, “???”

The front row fell silent immediately. Yu Hao was slightly baffled, while Zhou Sheng said coldly, “Courting death.”

Yu Hao, “What do you mean?”

Zhou Sheng grimaced at him before handing him a hundred-yuan heart. Yu Hao clamped the heart within his textbook. After collecting a pile of hearts, he would put them in a large glass bottle that Fu Liqun had given him. Class began. Zhou Sheng took out a psychostatistics textbook and flipped to the middle, looking bored.

“Why are you interested in that?” Yu Hao asked.

“I’m not.” Zhou Sheng said.

Yu Hao, “Then why are you reading it?”

“If I don’t, how would I tutor you?” Zhou Sheng said, “Midterms are coming up soon, can you pass?”

Yu Hao, “……”

There had been no news from Huang Ting so far and Zhou Sheng didn’t ask any questions. Yu Hao was worried about Ou Qihang’s dream world, but Zhou Sheng just said that it wasn’t time yet, and that when the time comes, he would naturally bring him in to take a look.

Before midterms, Yu Hao had a strong feeling that he wouldn’t have enough time. He hadn’t been studying most of his subjects seriously, and his best subject was the class Chen Yekai taught — Basic Theories of Personality Structure. Reading psychostatistics was like reading something as abstruse as a mystical book from heaven.

Zhou Sheng didn’t have many subjects to review for his exams; most of his subjects were sports, so he and Fu Liqun could pass those easily. There were no midterms for English either, leaving Yu Hao to only worry about his statistics module. Fortunately, Zhou Sheng flipped through the book for three to four days and said, “Come, I’ll tutor you.”

Yu Hao, “……”

For a subject that Yu Hao spent half a semester to learn, Zhou Sheng only took about a week to finish reading through everything and suddenly tutored him for a week. He got him to do a few papers that he had asked Fu Liqun to obtain from his senior. Yu Hao scored approximately 70 marks for the papers, and Zhou Sheng said, “Okay, go take the exam.”

It was now late autumn; the gingko trees were beginning to turn yellow, and the day after midterms was Yu Hao’s birthday. When taking his last paper, statistics, Yu Hao sat by the window of the classroom where gingko trees filled his view and he looked at the bright, golden leaves outside. Another year has passed.

Thinking about this same day last year……forget it don’t think about it, that was practically a dark stain in his history.

When Yu Hao recalled his past a year ago, he really wished he could dig a pit and bury himself.

The bell signalling the end of class rang, his exam was over! Yu Hao heard a whistle blow outside. Fu Liqun shouted, “Zhou Sheng!’

Yu Hao handed in his paper and looked out. Zhou Sheng was running towards their dormitory, and when he passed by the teaching building, he shouted to Yu Hao, “Wait for me downstairs!”

Yu Hao, “???”

Yu Hao stretched and laughed as he walked down. He saw Zhou Sheng carrying a sports bag that he had slung over his shoulders, wearing a pair of red shorts and the pair of AJs that Yu Hao had bought for him, and he was gasping a little from all the running he did. He stood under a gingko tree and looked at Yu Hao with a smile.

“How was your exam?” Zhou Sheng said, “Can you pass?”

Yu Hao said, “I should be able to.”

“It’s time for a date, let’s go.” Zhou Sheng said.

Yu Hao, “Why do you stink of sweat!”

Zhou Sheng sniffed his shoulders and arms, “Just ended my long-distance running exam, didn’t have time to bathe. Let’s go.”

Yu Hao, “Go and take a bath first then, we have a lot of time.”

“You don’t like Laozi now?” Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao doubtfully.

Yu Hao didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, “Then let’s go……where? Where’s Gege?”

It was Yu Hao’s birthday tomorrow, and he was thinking of treating Fu Liqun and Chen Yekai to a meal today. But Zhou Sheng just smiled, “Sis-in-law’s here, she’s right outside.” As he spoke, he draped an arm around Yu Hao’s shoulder and walked out from the college’s back gate, then whistled at Cen Shan.

“Sis-in-law——!” Yu Hao cried out with genuine affection. He hadn’t seen Cen Shan for a long time, so he really did miss her a lot.

Cen Shan whistled at Yu Hao too and shouted back with genuine affection, “Bro-in-law——!”

Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun immediately bowled over from laughing too hard. Yu Hao’s face flushed red and he held his forehead with one hand. Zhou Sheng said, “Have fun guys!”

Fu Liqun no longer saw anyone else in his eyes. He held Cen Shan’s hand and boarded the bus, throwing the other two a flying kiss. Under the path filled with gingko trees outside the school, there were couples everywhere who had come out to play after their exams. Zhou Sheng held Yu Hao’s hand and intertwined their fingers, then used his free hand to call for a cab on his phone.

“There are so many people.” Yu Hao didn’t really dare to hold hands with Zhou Sheng. Two guys draping their arms around each other’s shoulders was very normal, but they would stand out a lot if they held hands instead.

However, Zhou Sheng tightened his grip and didn’t let Yu Hao break free, “The hell you scared of?”

Yu Hao held Zhou Sheng’s hand, and the two of them stood below the gingko trees as they waited for the cab Zhou Sheng called. When he looked around them, there were couples everywhere, then he looked at Zhou Sheng again; he didn’t expect that he would be dating here so openly as well, and for their love to be as natural as everyone else’s in this world.

The cab arrived. Zhou Sheng took Yu Hao to the river, there were still 25 minutes before the ship sets sail.

“This……” Yu Hao was stunned.

Zhou Sheng passed his ID to the front desk for registration; this was the luxury cruise ship they had taken when they were pursuing Lin Xun last time!

Yu Hao said, “It’s too expensive, this costs 20,000.”

“It’s not 20,000.” Zhou Sheng said to Yu Hao, “I know you wouldn’t be able to bear it, so I booked a standard double room.”

But that would still cost 4,800 for one room! This price was barely acceptable for Yu Hao. The front desk seemed used to this and wasn’t surprised that two guys were sleeping in a double room. They were given their keys. When they opened the door to their room, Yu Hao uttered a heartfelt “wah”.

Although it wasn’t comparable to their previous luxury suite at the top floor, it still came with its own bathroom, a small balcony, a large bed, wardrobes, and a TV. Yu Hao was so happy he lay sprawled on the bed and shouted, “This is great——!”

Zhou Sheng smiled and pressed down on him, then shifted a few times after leaning on Yu Hao’s body, “Like it?”

Yu Hao couldn’t speak for a moment. He looked back at him; there was a hint of a smile in Zhou Sheng’s eyes, who then kissed him and got up, “Need to take a bath quick, I feel a little stinky myself……”

Zhou Sheng took first place in his long-distance running test and didn’t take a bath because they were in a rush to board the ship, so he had only changed into a set of new clothes. It was only now that he rummaged through his bag to find his shower gel and went to take a bath. Yu Hao happily walked a few rounds around the room and recalled how Zhou Sheng said ‘I’ll take you there to play again next time’, and didn’t expect that he had always remembered. He suddenly felt a little sad.

Zhou Sheng didn’t bring the Golden Crow Wheel out with them. Yu Hao rummaged through Zhou Sheng’s bag; there were two sets of underwear inside, as well as a small travel-size bottle……

Yu Hao, “……”

Yu Hao placed the bottle of lube back and his heart began beating wildly.

“Zhou Sheng!” Yu Hao shouted.

Zhou Sheng was listening to songs as he bathed in the washroom and responded with an “ah?”. When he didn’t hear Yu Hao’s answer for a while, he turned off the water and came out to take a look.

“Don’t take a video!” Zhou Sheng immediately said.

Yu Hao was recording him on his phone. Zhou Sheng openly, without hiding anything, jumped over and caught him.

“Let’s take a bath together……”

“No!” Yu Hao was resisting when he got subdued by Zhou Sheng and dragged into the bathroom, who hugged him to take a bath together.

He embraced Zhou Sheng and allowed the warm water to flow past his whole body, feeling Zhou Sheng’s heartbeat through his chest.

“Fortunately it didn’t explode last night, I was already being really careful to not fall asleep face down.” Zhou Sheng said, “Did you see that bottle?”

“……” Yu Hao said, “Are we doing that today?”

“Can we?” A smile could be seen in Zhou Sheng’s eyes. He stretched his hand out and took a razor from outside the bathroom, flicked it a few times to shake off the water droplets on it, then took some shaving foam as well.

Yu Hao, “???”

“” It was Yu Hao’s first time getting trimmed by Zhou Sheng and it was really embarrassing, but Zhou Sheng earnestly said, “Come on, don’t be embarrassed, be a little bolder……”

After taking a bath, Zhou Sheng let Yu Hao lie down in bed. They didn’t know when the ship had set sail. Yu Hao was so nervous his face was burning up; he covered himself with the blanket, and Zhou Sheng burrowed under the blanket as well and hugged Yu Hao. His skin that was now dry rubbed against Yu Hao under the blanket.

“Leave it to me.” Zhou Sheng whispered into Yu Hao’s ears intimately as he stroked him gently, “Don’t be nervous, just trust me.”

When Yu Hao heard that, he relaxed a little.

This feeling was extremely foreign, yet also really familiar. He had always been really looking forward to this moment, and when it did come, the novel and exciting experience made him feel more pleasure than he had expected. All night long, he could tell that Zhou Sheng was also very nervous at the beginning, and even though he had made preparations in advance, he was still a little clumsy and disarmed very quickly. Five minutes later, just as Yu Hao was beginning to feel it, Zhou Sheng’s face flushed red and he couldn’t hold it in anymore.

Yu Hao saw him looking a little annoyed and found it amusing, so he hugged him and whispered something to him. But before ten minutes had even passed, Zhou Sheng said, “One more time.”

This time, Yu Hao began experiencing Zhou Sheng’s prowess. Aside from the initial period of getting accustomed to it, in the remaining 40 minutes, fireworks kept setting off in Yu Hao’s mind in continuous bursts, like a furious tide that surged madly through him. In the end, he could hardly speak and only managed to utter s while he buried his face in the pillow. Zhou Sheng never stopped kissing him and whispering into his ear; Yu Hao had never entered such a state where he would completely lose himself, and it was even more intense and memorable than in the dreamscape.

This guy was practically possessed by Satan. Yu Hao’s first time was directly resolved by Zhou Sheng without any assistance at all.

Yu Hao was thoroughly spent, yet he felt very satisfied. Zhou Sheng smiled and touched his face, “Take another bath?”

Yu Hao took a quick bath, put on a bathrobe and lay side by side with Zhou Sheng on the balcony’s couch.

“Is it cold?” Zhou Sheng hugged Yu Hao and asked.

Yu Hao said, “I……I have so many things I want to say, but I don’t know what to say either.”

Zhou Sheng laughed. Yu Hao laid on his chest, and the two of them just snuggled against each other like this quietly. Yu Hao listened to his vigorous heartbeat and thought,

“How does it feel?” Zhou Sheng was amused, “You were so into it, did you like it that much?”

“It was like riding a roller coaster.” Yu Hao answered, “Too stimulating.”

“Then one more time?” Zhou Sheng asked.

“No no.” Yu Hao said, “Let me……”

Zhou Sheng got up and went in. Yu Hao lay on the sofa, looking up at the sky and gasped gently, still a little eager for more. The light from the sunset spilled onto his fair chest.

When Zhou Sheng came out again, he took off his bathrobe and was only wearing a pair of sneakers. He sat on the swivel chair, raised his right foot to step on the desk and said to Yu Hao, “It’s cold outside, come in. Come into Hubby’s arms, Hubby will give you a hug.”

Yu Hao, “……”

That scene was really too stimulating; blood immediately rushed to Yu Hao’s head, and he could only walk over to sit on Zhou Sheng.

Night fell, in the buffet restaurant.

“Eat a little more.” Zhou Sheng said, “It’s your birthday tomorrow, I didn’t get to celebrate it with you last year because we didn’t know each other yet then. Humans live for so many years, it’s okay to just let ourselves go once in a while. From now on, on your birthday……”

“Stop talking.” Yu Hao felt both embarrassed and moved.

Zhou Sheng smiled as he took photos of him with his phone. Yu Hao still remembered that for his birthday last year, he used up all the money he had to eat hot pot, and after he finished……it was also on that day that he met Zhou Sheng, Fu Liqun, and Chen Yekai.

However, he didn’t tell anyone that it was his birthday that day, and also the start of his new life.

Late at night, Zhou Sheng ordered a cake in the ship’s restaurant. When the clock struck 12, Fu Liqun and Cen Shan sang the first birthday song for Yu Hao, and just as Yu Hao was feeling happy, Zhou Sheng smeared cake all over his face.

“Payback!” Zhou Sheng laughed aloud, and Yu Hao said, “This is the ship’s hotel!”

Yu Hao wanted to smear it on his face, but he was afraid of causing trouble for the people who needed to clean up their room. Zhou Sheng smiled and pulled him into his embrace, then licked off the cream on his face. Yu Hao quickly went to wash his face, but when he came out, he saw that Zhou Sheng was on the phone——

“Who is it?” Yu Hao saw that Zhou Sheng was using his phone.

Zhou Sheng pressed the loudspeaker button; a sweet, girl’s voice travelled over from the other end.

“Happy birthday, Great Archangel.”

“Nini!” Yu Hao cried out in surprise, “How did you know?”

Shi Ni said, “I saw your ID when you were staying at the hotel below my house. Are you still in school?”

Yu Hao wiped his face, and Zhou Sheng held him in his arms as Yu Hao spoke to Shi Ni on the phone. She was now living very well in America. After they chatted idly for a bit, both sides hung up. Huang Ting and Chen Yekai sent him messages on WeChat, then Yu Hao picked up another call.

“Happy birthday, Yu Hao.” Liang Jinmin said, “Nicky said that you went on a vacation.”

Liang Jinmin actually called him, a student — this was beyond Yu Hao’s expectations. She continued to say earnestly, “The result of Lin Xun’s trial is out. He was punished for several crimes and got sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment. I think this news may be quite a unique birthday gift for you.”

Yu Hao wanted to say ‘that’s great!’, but when he thought that all of these coming to an end was inextricably linked to Liang Jinmin, he said, “Liang Laoshi, jiayou.”

“Thank you.” A smile could be heard in Liang Jinmin’s voice, “Thank you Zhou Sheng, thanks to you both.”

“!” Zhou Sheng immediately said, “Liang Laoshi, I’m here too!”

Liang Jinmin laughed and hung up the phone.

Ou Qihang called too.

“How did you know too?” Yu Hao laughed.

“I’m drinking with Huang Ting Ge.” Ou Qihang said.

“He actually took you to a bar?” Zhou Sheng said.

Ou Qihang quickly said, “I’m the one who wanted to come, so he could only follow along.”

On the contrary, Yu Hao was a little embarrassed and engaged in some small talk with Ou Qihang for awhile. Ou Qihang said, “I made something for you guys. When the two of you come back, let’s go karaoke together?”

Zhou Sheng said, “Another Rubik’s cube?”

Ou Qihang said, “Of course not.”

Yu Hao smiled and hung up. Zhou Sheng picked him up and put him on the bed, pushed him down, then lowered his head to study him. The two of them looked at each other quietly.

“What are you thinking about?” Zhou Sheng asked.

“Do you want me to tell you the truth?” Yu Hao gazed at Zhou Sheng’s handsome brows, clear eyes, and erotic lips.

Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao intently and said, “Your fucking eyelashes are really long, it’s so beautiful. Sometimes, I can’t even bear to exert too much strength when I touch you.”

“I’m thinking,” Yu Hao murmured, “We’ll be in this room for four days and three nights, it costs 4,800 per person, so what should we do such that it doesn’t go to waste……”

Zhou Sheng laughed. Yu Hao said, “I’m thinking if we should make full use of our time……but I really can’t do that again……but I want to……”

Zhou Sheng hugged Yu Hao and his whole body pressed down on him, then turned his head sideways, and whispered into his ear, “What if Young Master rents a house outside after we get back?”

Translator's Note:

Juurensha: Wow ZS went all out, making sure their first time is on a cruise ship. :DDD

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