Chapter 48 – Isn’t this too fast?

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Song Yi’s body stiffened as he increased the distance between the two of them. “This is too fast.”

Although a great man once said, “Those who don’t have marriage as the end goal are scoundrels,” Song Yi felt that being one was not a bad thing.

Towards Gu Xingchuan, he felt unsure. On the one hand, he enjoyed the freshness of being with Gu Xingchuan. On the other hand, he was resistant to developing deeper into this relationship.

“Is it?” Blinking, Gu Xingchuan stretched out his hand and pinched the soft flesh on Song Yi’s waist. “I’m just taking you home to meet my parents, I’m not forcing you to get married.”

Song Yi adjusted his breathing. The air in the bathroom was not circulating well, and Gu Xingchuan was sticking close to him. The air was full of the slightly salty smell of Gu Xingchuan’s body after exercise, full of vibrant desire which made him feel very uncomfortable. The gaze in his eyes dimmed, and he said softly, “I just think it’s not appropriate for us while in this situation. Think about it, if we break up after a month, how will you explain it to your parents?”

Gu Xingchuan narrowed his eyes, unhappily questioning back, “Are you waiting to break up with me?”

“No. It’s because our current relationship is unstable, so there is no need…”

Song Yi was halfway through his words when Gu Xingchuan pushed him down in the bathtub. With one hand, he fiercely pulled at Song Yi’s clothes and gnashed his teeth. “Shut up. Article 3, Chapter 3 of our stated agreement, refusal of any unreasonable thoughts.”

Song Yi vaguely heard the sound of fabric tearing. Within a few seconds, all the buttons were ripped out. His upper body felt cold as he was left stunned. “What are you doing?”

Gu Xingchuan stared at him, leaned over and took his pale earlobe into his mouth, smacking his lips heavily. “I told you to listen to me from now on. Yet you still have so many opinions. You make me so angry.”

“I didn’t say I won’t go.” Song Yi shrank his neck and pushed at Gu Xingchuan’s head. He whispered, “Just don’t tell Uncle and Aunt that we are in love. It’s not too late to tell them when the relationship is stable in the future.”

What he hates most is to disappoint others.

“With my dad being that kind of person, do you think he can’t guess it if I don’t tell him?” Gu Xingchuan’s hands were not honest, moving in tango on Song Yi’s body.

Song Yi’s ears flushed, acknowledging his words. Still trying to concentrate on his words, he continued, “In any case, don’t. It’s one thing for Uncle to see through it, and it’s another thing for you to tell him. Before our relationship is confirmed, don’t tell anyone.”

Gu Xingchuan turned his head to look at him and bit his cheek with hatred. In a hoarse voice, he complained, “Am I really unable to let you feel at ease? When I want to fall in love with others, they can’t wait to tell the world. Yet why do you want to hide it?”

“Calm down.” Song Yi turned on the faucet of the bathtub, gathered a handful of water with one hand, washing his hot earlobe. He calmly explained, “We are trying to see if we can get along. Just like doing an experiment, this is a process of repeated adjustments. The result is still unknown, so there is no need to tell everyone. There is no harm in telling everyone once the test results are confirmed. ”

Gu Xingchuan looked at him straight on, waiting for Song Yi to finish the last word. He snorted in disdain. “Don’t think I don’t know what you are thinking, you just want to dump me in a month.”

He paused, pinched Song Yi’s straight nose, and warned sullenly, “Song Yi, I’m telling you clearly now, don’t even think about it. There’s no way, I will never break off with you. If you dare mention breaking up, I will confess to you on Weibo and tell everyone in the world that you are mine. At that time, both of us will no longer need to work in this circle anymore.”

Song Yi was a reasonable person so he couldn’t beat Gu Xingchuan in terms of being unreasonable. He temporarily gave up and pushed Gu Xingchuan’s hard shoulder instead. “You win. Get up, I’m going to catch up on my sleep.”

“What kind of sleep do you want to catch up on?” Gu Xingchuan grabbed his wrist, stared at the white skin behind Song Yi’s ear, and licked his lips unconsciously. “Don’t catch up on sleep, make it up to me instead.”

Song Yi couldn’t ignore his meaning. Thinking about other things even after doing intense exercise, Gu Xingchuan really had good physical strength. Song Yi could only be speechless.

He glared at Gu Xingchuan with disdain. “Go away. You’re covered in sweat, so smelly.”

Gu Xingchuan raised his arm and smelled himself. He then reached out to get a bottle of shampoo from the shelf next to the bathtub, handed it to Song Yi, and nodded. “If you think I’m dirty, just help me wash my hair. You know how to wash other people’s hair, right?”

“I can wash a dog, but I’ve never washed a person’s hair.”

“Wash mine the same way you wash yourself.” Gu Xingchuan lowered his head and put his head in front of Song Yi.

Song Yi looked at the messy head in front of him, took the shampoo, took the shower head with one hand, and adjusted it to the highest level of water, instantly making Gu Xingchuan’s hair wet. His hair was originally short and hard, messy and sticking up, and drops of water dripped along the ends of his hair onto Song Yi’s naked skin.

The slight chill brought Song Yi back to his senses. His clothes were still open. He stretched out his hand to close the open collar. Gu Xingchuan gently pinched his wrist and muttered, “Don’t worry, I want to watch.”

“Watch what?” In his heart, Song Yi thought since they were both men, there was nothing much to watch.

Gu Xingchuan didn’t even raise his head, and his hoarse voice was particularly obvious, “Nai Nai.” ¹A bit of innuendo. Nai Nai is a nanny, but it could possibly be a wet nurse. And since our handsome Mr Gu is looking at the chest….

Song Yi “Oh”-ed, and calmly said, “Your Nai Nai is not here. Call her if you miss her.”

As he spoke, he squeezed a large amount of shampoo into his palm, and squeezed further as if it was not enough, until his hand was full of shampoo. He didn’t say anything and smeared it on the back of Gu Xingchuan’s head. After a few strokes, he turned on the shower and sprayed the shampoo, and a lot of bubbles came out.

Gu Xingchuan wiped his eyes with his arm, coquettishly complaining, “You got foam in my eyes.”

Song Yi apologized with a straight face and took the opportunity to push Gu Xingchuan away. He stepped out of the bathtub, washed his sticky hands at the sink, and said as he walked out, “I’m sorry, I poured too much shampoo. You need at least half an hour to wash it clean.”

The moment he closed the door, he heard Gu Xingchuan shouting angrily, “You’re looking for death.” Song Yi’s heart lightened and felt refreshed.

Humph, who asked your eyes to look improperly.

Gu Xingchuan came out of the bath and wiped his hair. There was indeed a strong smell of shampoo.

Song Yi was already lying on the bed sleeping soundly.

The sun was shining brightly outside at noon. Gu Xingchuan knelt on the edge of the bed, making a deep depression on the bed. He rubbed Song Yi’s hair between his fingers and gently pulled it. “Are you really asleep?”

It was only noon, not yet time for a nap.

Song Yi had no reaction, and his breathing was slow. Gu Xingchuan leaned over, but he couldn’t tell whether he was pretending to sleep. As an actor, Song Yi’s acting skills were very good. He curled his lips and said in a deliberately bad tone, “I think you grew older, not as pretty as when you were in school.”

Song Yi still had no reaction, and it looked like he was really asleep.

Gu Xingchuan could only sulk. He climbed onto the bed and sat next to Song Yi, reaching out to retaliate and pull away the thin blanket on Song Yi’s body. After a few seconds, he looked at Song Yi’s thin shoulders, and worried that Song Yi would catch a cold, so he covered Song Yi again.

He looked at Song Yi’s face, snorted, and sighed after a while.

Song Yi quietly opened his eyes and looked at the quilt on his shoulders, feeling hilarious and a slight fondness.

The next day, Song Yi and Gu Xingchuan boarded the plane to Seattle together. Song Yi didn’t want to stay here any longer. In addition to agreeing with Gu Xingchuan, the most important point was that he didn’t want to face Shen Li and Zhou Moquan for the time being. He came out to have fun and not to experience any unhappiness.

The temperature in Seattle was indeed much lower than that in Los Angeles. One was like summer while the other was like autumn. Song Yi put on a mist blue sweater on his shirt on the plane, which made him look gentle and elegant.

Gu Xingchuan was as simple as ever in a black sweater and dark jeans, with a casual posture. The two of them walked under the clear sunshine – one looking like a knowledgeable scholar in the university, while the other looked like a PS model in European street shots. They seemed to be poles apart, but inexplicably harmonious and complemented each other.

Song Yi had heard that the rich people in Seattle lived on Mercer Island, but this was the first time he saw it. He sat on the cruise ship and saw a large group of dark buildings on the island from afar. The white spires and golden dome houses were scattered and looked pleasing to the eye.

Song Yi suddenly felt a little pressure.

Gu Xingchuan leaned on the railing with his arms, looked at Song Yi’s expression, and comforted him. “My family lives here because my father likes fishing. He doesn’t really have much money.”

Song Yi smiled and glanced at him. “I know, I’m not afraid.”

Although there was pressure, Song Yi was also a worldly person, and it was no problem to maintain his calmness on the surface.

After leaving the cruise ship, Song Yi got in the car again. The driver was the one who picked him up in Los Angeles last time. He gave a faint smile at the two of them and drove straight to a group of houses covered with lush greenery.

The two rows of roads were planted with French plane trees. There was a small artificial pond at the door, with a few leisurely white swans swimming. Gu Xingchuan’s house was somewhat different from the mansion Song Yi had imagined. The main colors of the exterior walls were white and brown, which was very pastoral. It looked very casual and the owner’s personality could be felt.

Song Yi followed Gu Xingchuan through the doors and entered the living room. The huge crystal lamp shone and the golden teak furniture shone brightly.

A middle-aged woman in casual clothes greeted him with a smile. “Young Master, you have worked hard on the road. Sit down and take a rest. The Master accompanied Madam to the city and will be back in the evening.”

“Okay.” Gu Xingchuan patted Song Yi’s shoulder, and the two sat together on the large sofa in the living room.

Song Yi looked up and looked around. The golden dome was very beautiful. He half-jokingly said, “Your family should probably have a group of uniformed servants at home, and a British butler who speaks a standard London accent.”

Gu Xingchuan pinched his cheek affectionately and smiled gently, “Our caretaker aunt came from China with my father for more than 20 years. She is like a relative, not like those servants.”

Song Yi sighed in his heart and felt that Gu Shaoyuan was indeed a good person. With someone willing to follow him for more than 20 years, it was no wonder he could grow such a big business.

The mobile phone in his pocket pinged. Song Yi took it out and saw a WeChat message from Shen Li asking him if he had checked out of the hotel room?

Gu Xingchuan turned his head to look at him. His eyebrows dipped and he pouted, “Are you going to reply to him?”

Song Yi replied to Shen Li vaguely, and was about to turn off his phone when he saw that Gu Xingchuan’s WeChat ID had been changed to “Bai (White)” at some point.

“Young Master Gu has changed to a literary route?” Song Yi laughed as he teased.

Gu Xingchuan spread his arms around Song Yi’s waist and whispered, “Isn’t your ID called Meng (Dream)?”

As he spoke, he took Song Yi’s phone while Song Yi was still in a daze and deleted Shen Li’s WeChat neatly.

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TL note:

Bai Meng: can also mean Daydream. However I’m still thinking what’s the correlation. Next chapter might show

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  A bit of innuendo. Nai Nai is a nanny, but it could possibly be a wet nurse. And since our handsome Mr Gu is looking at the chest…. ↩︎