Chapter 75 – Extra Story [Senior Brother, please spare my life (9)]

Editor: SleepyMango123

The Senior and Junior Brothers moved the tables and chairs to the courtyard, enjoyed the reunion dinner while admiring the moon, and shared a piece of five-nut mooncake.

During the banquet, Yun Zhen kept thinking about how he could be alone with Yun Qing for a while after the meal, and talked to him intimately but couldn’t find any excuse. Unexpectedly, after the meal, Yun Qing took the initiative to pull him into the room, saying that there was something good.

The table in the disciple’s room was covered with a mosquito-proof netting. Yun Qing walked over and lifted it up. The red crabs on the white porcelain plate were neatly lined up. Yun Qing rubbed his hands and asked his brother for credit, “These crabs were caught in the middle of last night. When I was busy in the kitchen, I took advantage when no one was there to secretly steam. It’s so juicy!” After a pause, afraid that Yun Zhen would find himself stingy, he explained, “It’s not that I’m stingy, it’s all because the crab cages didn’t live up to expectations and I only managed to catch ten of them, and it’s not enough for so many people. It’s better for two people to be satisfied rather than seven people to be unsatisfied… Senior Brother, aren’t I right?”

Yun Zhen wasn’t greedy for food. But as Yun Qing was thinking about him, he was very happy, and nodded slightly. “En.”

Yun Qing smiled slyly, put out two glasses of yellow wine¹Chinese alcoholic beverage, and is most popular in the Jiangnan area. Link, shook his head and said, “You have to drink yellow wine to eat crab. This is the rule passed down by the ancestors. Big rules make small rules, the ancestors are older than the master, so the rules of the house have to be sidelined.”

Yun Zhen responded indulgently, and turned around to lock the door, unable to see his selfishness in front of other juniors. He washed his hands in the basin, sat down at the table and peeled the crab, picked out a strand of crystal white crab meat with chopsticks and put it into the crab shell. Yun Qing took out a mooncake with lotus paste and egg yolk, cut it in half and pushed it in front of Yun Zhen. “Senior Brother, come, let’s celebrate our reunion alone.”

Knowing that the younger Junior Brother was just joking, Yun Zhen’s heart was still beating wildly, he didn’t dare to say a word, afraid of revealing his emotions and instead, just nodded and ate half of it. He ate it carefully, not leaving any crumbs. It was as if he could never be separated from his younger Junior Brother as long as he ate the moon cakes cleanly. After eating the moon cakes, he continued to peel the crabs. After a while, one crab was clean, and he pushed the crab shells in front of Yun Qing and said, “Eat this.”

Inside the crab shell was a hill made of crab meat, and a large piece of fat crab roe trembled on the tip. Yun Qing opened his eyes wide. “Don’t mind me, you can just eat it.”

“I’ll eat the next one. I’ve peeled this for you.” Yun Zhen looked at him, his jade-like eyes gleaming gently, “My hands are quick.”

Yun Qing thought about it. Senior Brother was famous for his skills. He had yet to finish the crab legs and had picked up the whole crab. He was not polite to Yun Zhen, and ate happily.

While they were eating, the little white rabbit jumped on Yun Qing’s legs and scurried to the table again. Yun Qing rolled his eyes, held him down, stretched out his hand and took out a medicine bowl from the shelf next to him, put the pestle between the two front paws of the little white rabbit, and said, “Brother Rabbit, do some work. The herbs left inside; help me pound it.”

The pigments they use to draw talismans on weekdays were all blended from various herbs, minerals, natural materials, and treasures. There were no ready-made items to buy from, so they had to do it themselves.

The little white rabbit was well-behaved, a chubby furball squatting in front of the medicine bowl, pounding hard with a pestle between two front paws, and even his ears followed, Yun Qing touched Yun Zhen, and pouted at the little white rabbit and said, “Senior Brother, look. Jade Rabbit pounding medicine.²(Actual words: 玉兔捣药) According to legend, there was a rabbit in the moon, which was as white as jade, so it is called “Jade Rabbit”. This kind of white rabbit holds a jade pestle, kneels down to pound and make these medicine pills. Ingesting these pills can make you immortal. Over time, the jade rabbit has become synonymous with the moon. In ancient times, when literati wrote poems and lyrics, they often used the jade rabbit to symbolise the moon. Isn’t it appropriate for the Mid-Autumn Festival?”

The Little White Rabbit, “……”

Yun Zhen was stunned for a moment, then laughed out, “It really fits the situation.”

Yun Qing was a little proud. “I think I’m the only one in the world that can make you laugh, right?”

Yun Zhen’s eyes darkened, and he agreed softly, “Yes.”

Yun Qing blinked and continuously felt that something was wrong with his Senior Brother today, but he couldn’t tell what it was. In addition, he wasn’t disgusted by this absurdity, so he didn’t bother to think about it, and lowered his head to drink and eat crabs.

The taste of yellow wine wasn’t as spicy as white wine, and one didn’t feel drunk while one drank, but the aftereffect was unpleasant. Yun Qing’s alcohol tolerance was not strong enough, and he was blinded by the soft taste. Unconsciously, he drank half the bottle. Not only was he drunk, he even became disoriented. He wrapped his hands and feet on the beams like a monkey and refused to set foot on the ground. At times he would say that there was a flood, and other times he would say that there was a cliff under his feet. Yun Zhen was helpless and thought it was funny. He pulled him off the pillar and said, “Go to sleep.”

Yun Qing glanced at him, grabbed his hand, touched it affectionately, opened his mouth and sprouted nonsense, “Ah, Sister Chang’e.”

Yun Zhen blushed when he touched him, but was reluctant to pull it back.

Yun Qing frowned and said, “Sister’s hands are really big.”

Yun Zhen, “…”

Yun Qing despondently said in frustration, “It’s still rough.”

Apparently disappointed.

Yun Zhen angrily laughed at him, “Yun Qing, it’s me.”

Yun Qing looked at him, his eyes half-open and half-closed, covered with a layer of water mist, unable to recognise anyone. “Who are you?”

His eyelashes were slightly wet and he looked particularly black and moist. Lined up by flushed cheeks, his facial features were a little more colourful than usual, so beautiful that it made one’s heart palpitate. Yun Zhen licked his lips, and his throat was dry. “…I’m your Senior Brother.”

Yun Qing kept shaking his head and rubbed his eyes again and again. He stared at Yun Zhen as if he was delving into a difficult problem, and had a confused expression.

“Don’t you remember your Senior brother?” Yun Zhen helped him to the side of the bed, helped him lie down, and took off his shoes and socks. Yun Qing leaned half of his body on Yun Zhen’s body, forgot about the incident at the cliff, calmed down and let Yun Zhen play with it.

Yun Qing’s skin was fair, and his feet were naturally white. The light blue blood vessels under the skin could slightly be seen, and the shape was also delicate. Although it could be seen that it was a man’s feet, it did not have the rough and stout feeling, and there was no odour. When Yun Zhen took off his Junior Brother’s socks, he felt that his feet were a little cold, and his mind was in a trance for a while. When he came back to his senses, he had already held Yun Qing’s feet in his hands.

Yun Qing didn’t have the temperament to endure hardship, but living in the mountains inevitably led to walking on the mountain roads. When Yun Zhen heard him grumbling that the mountain road was grinding his feet, he took the precious camel fur that he bought over and made five pairs of shoes. The camel fur was extremely soft, making Yun Qing’s feet delicate and tender, and it was completely impossible to feel that it was a pair of feet that often ran around in the mountains and fields. As Yun Zhen held his younger Junior Brother’s clean feet, his heart palpitated so much that his chest hurt. The thoughts in his mind were stimulated by alcohol and gradually became unbearable. Seeing Yun Qing’s drooping eyelids and that he was about to fall asleep, he called out, “Yun Qing, wake up.”

“Hmm…” Yun Qing ignored it, twisting his body and arching his toes into Yun Zhen’s fiery palm. It was as if Yun Zhen’s hand was regarded as a hot water bottle, and he muttered coldly.

Yun Zhen’s Adam’s apple rolled, and the blood mixed with alcohol ran rampant in his body. He gritted his teeth, kicked his shoes, turned over on the bed, and lay down next to Yun Qing. He pulled the quilt and wrapped the both of them together. Seeing that Yun Qing didn’t respond, he was even more daring. He stretched out an arm trembling around Yun Qing’s waist, clasped him tightly in his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, “You won’t get cold if Senior Brother holds you.”

After saying this beyond the norm, his face was burned, and his heart beat as if the bed was shaking, but Yun Qing didn’t know it. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was cold at night, and there was no stove in the house. Yun Qing was a little cold, and instinctively turned over and burrowed into the warm embrace in front of him. Being stuck closely, there was no gap between the two, and they were firmly attached from the chest to the feet. Yun Qing lowered his head slightly, resting his forehead against Yun Zhen’s neck, this was the posture he used to sleep with Yun Zhen when he was young, like a milk cat.

Yun Zhen closed his eyes fiercely. Out of years of habit, he first tried to restrain himself, but the torture during this period of seclusion seemed to have completely worn away his endurance. He thought of restraint in his heart, but his arms couldn’t help but wrap Yun Qing tighter. His chest was burning hot, as if he was about to explode, and he had to find an outlet for the surging emotions, so he put his lips close to Yun Qing’s ear, and poured out the hot words from his mouth, “Yun Qing… Senior Brother…” He took a deep breath and said hoarsely, “Senior Brother likes you.”

Senior Brother likes you.

——As soon as this secret hidden in his heart was revealed, Yun Zhen was so relieved that he lost a few pounds.

Certain restrictions were completely shattered, Yun Zhen couldn’t bear it any longer. His thin lips that seemed a little unsympathetic moved and relying on Yun Qing’s confusion, he poured out his love to him clumsily and fiercely, “When I was in retreat during that period of time, I missed you every day, and my heart hurt… even if you can only look at me as your Senior Brother, I will always treat you well, as long as you won’t be with others… If you get together with someone else, Senior Brother is going to be heartbroken, and will never be able to laugh again in this life.”

These words had been held in for too long, and he was going to be ill, so regardless if the other party understood or not, just by saying them aloud could make him feel better.

Yun Zhen emotionally emphasised, “Even if you tease me at that time, I won’t be able to laugh.”

Yun Qing hummed in a daze, maybe it wasn’t “En” at all, it was just a meaningless response, but Yun Zhen seemed to be encouraged, and asked, “Yun Qing, Senior Brother will always be with you. You don’t be together with others…Okay?”

Yun Qing didn’t move, and Yun Zhen kept asking questions like he was obsessed. Finally, Yun Qing became annoyed by him. He frowned and spat out a line of words vaguely, as if he just wanted to sleep peacefully .

But Yun Zhen really didn’t let him sleep. He was excited by the alcohol and self-talking confessions, not to mention this was Yun Qing’s bed, which was full of Yun Qing’s smell. This smell was like an aphrodisiac teasing him. Panting heavily, he squeezed Yun Qing’s chin, forcing him to lift his face from the nest of his neck, and kissed those two lips fiercely.

The cheeks of the two were blushing. Yun Qing cooperated unexpectedly. He was just immersed in an enchanted dream. Yun Zhen knew this as he was attracted and lost his inhibition. However, his last bit of integrity as a gentleman did not allow him to take advantage of others, so he didn’t dare to take advantage of the wine to really do anything to Yun Qing. But…

As a man, being excited or not was based on natural behaviour, and it couldn’t be deceived. In addition, Yun Qing had been aroused by this kiss.

Yun Zhen, who realised this, roared in his head.

……

Half an hour later, Yun Zhen helped Yun Qing change his outfit, then rolled up the dirty clothes, and walked out of the door like a thief, washing them in the small courtyard.

After all, he didn’t dare to do anything else and just helped out his delirious little junior brother.

Hellooo! I’ve just finished my exams! I’m going to see if I’m able to quickly start on my stockpile since I’m starting my new job next week. hehe! Thank you everyone for waiting! Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Jeanie

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  Chinese alcoholic beverage, and is most popular in the Jiangnan area. Link
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  (Actual words: 玉兔捣药) According to legend, there was a rabbit in the moon, which was as white as jade, so it is called “Jade Rabbit”. This kind of white rabbit holds a jade pestle, kneels down to pound and make these medicine pills. Ingesting these pills can make you immortal. Over time, the jade rabbit has become synonymous with the moon. In ancient times, when literati wrote poems and lyrics, they often used the jade rabbit to symbolise the moon.