We Were Kissing… When Suddenly a Child Went Missing

Then he grabbed Xie Zhaozhou’s sleeve and took the initiative to lean in to kiss him again.

Neither of them closed their eyes.
Xie Zhaozhou kissed deeply.
Ning Shixue didn’t know how to breathe.
His beautiful peach blossom eyes were misty.
His whole face was red.
His eyelashes trembled.
When he looked up, he met Xie Zhaozhou’s deep, gentle eyes.

It was like being trapped in his arms.
The person kissing him so fiercely and relentlessly wasn’t like Xie Zhaozhou at all.

Xie Yaoyao had fallen asleep on the plane and hadn’t woken up when they got to the hotel.
Now he suddenly turned over and grumbled.

Even though they were at the entrance and Xie Yaoyao couldn’t see them at all, Ning Shixue was still startled.

He quickly reached out to push Xie Zhaozhou away.

But Xie Zhaozhou didn’t let go.
He picked Ning Shixue up, carried him to the study, closed the door, leaned over and pressed him onto the sofa.
Burning kisses rained down on him again.

Ning Shixue trembled all over.
Caught and bullied, he thought Xie Zhaozhou wanted to sleep with him here.
Anyway, they were married, so doing this kind of thing seemed normal.

But Xie Zhaozhou was kissing so fiercely.
His heart was pounding so hard it might break his eardrums.
He was afraid he would be killed.

“Stop… stop kissing.”
Ning Shixue pushed against him.
His voice was hoarse and soft, sounding like he was acting cute.

Xie Zhaozhou’s face was pale, making his narrow, dark eyes look even deeper.
Only his lips were red.
He propped himself up slightly, breathing heavily.

Ning Shixue’s clothes had been pushed up.
His stomach was pale and flat, his waist deeply curved.
His face red, he held back for a long time before whispering,
“You touched me.”

“Mm,”
Xie Zhaozhou shamelessly admitted, looking down.
“You touched me too. I won’t let you lose out.”

Ning Shixue: “…”

He didn’t want this kind of advantage.

What crappy hotel had the program team booked?
It was so late, why hadn’t the morals police come yet?

Xie Zhaozhou wasn’t drunk.
He didn’t know what he was on about.
He grabbed Ning Shixue’s hand and put it on his own chest.
Ning Shixue was still pinned beneath him.
He was so embarrassed his whole body felt like it was on fire.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he slapped Xie Zhaozhou on the side of the neck.

He didn’t hit very hard.
But it probably still hurt.
Xie Zhaozhou’s neck was red.
His pale Adam’s apple moved up and down.

Ning Shixue pressed his lips together.
He felt he might have hit a bit hard.
Actually, he wasn’t that angry.

He raised his hand to rub it for him.
But before he could touch, Xie Zhaozhou’s dark eyes suddenly curved.
He grabbed Ning Shixue’s wrist, lowered his head and kissed his fingertips, his voice low.
“So fierce.”

Ning Shixue: “…”

Ning Shixue’s fist almost hardened again.
But with Xie Zhaozhou holding his wrist, offering it to him to hit, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
His face flushed, he pushed Xie Zhaozhou away hard.

Xie Zhaozhou didn’t tease him anymore.
He was indeed very busy.
He still had several documents to sign.
He sat up, took his laptop, and started working.

Ning Shixue didn’t leave.
He wrapped himself in a blanket and leaned over, pressing his cheek against Xie Zhaozhou’s arm.

Xie Zhaozhou let him lean on him, and even put his arm around his shoulders.

“…Aren’t you afraid I’ll leak your company’s secrets?”
Ning Shixue could see his computer screen from this angle.

Although he couldn’t understand any of it, he and Xie Zhaozhou hadn’t actually known each other for very long.

“Anyway, worst case I go bankrupt,”
Xie Zhaozhou seemed to chuckle, half-lowering his eyes.
“It’d be fine being kept by Teacher Xiao Ning.”

What he said to Ning Shixue last night wasn’t just to comfort him.
He realized Ning Shixue didn’t have much sense of security.
He didn’t seem to fully trust him either.
Xie Zhaozhou himself was a very suspicious person.
But if it could make Ning Shixue feel at ease, he was willing to be completely open with him, to belong entirely to him.

Even if he ended up getting hurt, he wouldn’t regret it.

Ning Shixue wasn’t interested in going through other people’s phones.
But when Xie Zhaozhou’s phone screen lit up, he couldn’t help being startled.
It was a photo of them at the amusement park last night.

Under the night sky, the amusement park was dazzling with lights.
In the distance were the snowy mountains.
He was wearing the little ghost cloak, trying to scare Xie Zhaozhou.

When the cameraman took the shot, he happened to be looking up at Xie Zhaozhou.
Xie Zhaozhou was also looking down at him.
Only Xie Yaoyao’s big, dark eyes were blinking at the camera.

Xie Zhaozhou unlocked it for him, then got up to take a call.
He had another phone for work.

Ning Shixue lay on the sofa and scrolled through the phone.
Xie Zhaozhou’s phone only had a few apps.
He opened the chat interface and scrolled for a while, not finding his name.
Then he scrolled up to find his little sea otter avatar.
Only then did he realize Xie Zhaozhou had changed his contact name to ‘baby.’

“…”

Ning Shixue couldn’t help kicking his legs.
He buried his burning face in a throw pillow.
He exited the chat and was going to look at the album.
But when he accidentally opened the texts, his eyes widened in surprise.

It was from over half a month ago.
A reminder from the Yan City cinema about a movie starting at 8:30 PM.

Ning Shixue remembered that was the night he went to the set.

Could it be that Xie Zhaozhou had actually gone home that night?
And bought two tickets, wanting to take him to a movie?

Xie Zhaozhou had never even mentioned it.

Ning Shixue couldn’t help imagining Xie Zhaozhou coming home that night.
The villa was pitch black.
No one was there.
Even the old butler was gone.
He inexplicably felt a bit guilty.

If he had known, he would have messaged Xie Zhaozhou.
He never expected Xie Zhaozhou to specially come home early.
After all, he usually only saw Xie Zhaozhou at two or three in the morning.

Xie Zhaozhou hadn’t specially wanted to show him anything.
He didn’t know Ning Shixue would open that app.

It was already past eleven.
Xie Zhaozhou finished his call and urged him to go to sleep.

Only then did Ning Shixue leave.

The climate on the island was hot.
It was already dark when they arrived at the airport last night.
The guests were all tired and hadn’t looked around carefully.
When they woke up the next day, they found coconut forests everywhere.

Finally not wearing a down jacket, Ning Shixue actually felt a bit unadapted.

After breakfast, the guests got on the program team’s bus.
The air conditioning on the bus was on full blast.
Xie Zhaozhou draped his suit jacket over Ning Shixue’s shoulders.

The director looked mysterious.
He began announcing the task with a serious face.
“Little ones, you have been trapped on this island by the sea monster, Panunu. You can only leave after the storm ends…”

Before he could finish, He Miao glanced at the car window, puzzled.
“There’s no storm.”

“I want eat grilled fish!”
Qin Naonao wouldn’t sit still on the bus.
He didn’t want to do any tasks at all.
And why was there a monster trying to catch them?
Couldn’t it just catch this director uncle?

He asked this question sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

Director: “…”

The director was almost in tears.
Help, could someone give him back his Little Tangyuan?

[I also agree with sacrificing the director. doge]

[Director: Are you polite?]

Tang Haohao was already a mature little cub.
And he was especially quiet today.
He hadn’t spoken since breakfast.

Xie Yaoyao lay in Ning Shixue’s arms.
His eyes were blank as he stared at the bad director uncle.
Using his little belly as cover, Ning Shixue secretly held Xie Zhaozhou’s hand underneath.

Xie Zhaozhou occasionally lowered his head to listen to him talk.

[Director: Being ignored is my fate.]

[Dammit, forget this Panunu nonsense. Can I hear what President Xie is saying to Ningning? Why do I feel like they’re being very weird???]

Before, Xie Zhaozhou’s actions in front of the camera were somewhat performative.
He deliberately held Ning Shixue’s hand and used an suggestive tone to make people think he was good to him.

But now, there was no need to pretend.
He wasn’t a very talkative person himself.
He was much quieter in comparison.

Only his gaze was always on Ning Shixue.
When Ning Shixue looked up to talk to him, and the clothes slipped off his shoulder, Xie Zhaozhou would quietly put them back on for him and put his arm around his shoulder.

Ning Shixue also took the initiative to talk to him.
He was wearing Xie Zhaozhou’s jacket.
The sleeves were a bit long, only his fingertips showing.
He even raised his hand to show Xie Zhaozhou.

Xie Zhaozhou couldn’t help smiling.
His eye sockets were deep.
Looking over like that, intently, was like being drawn into a drowning deep sea.

[Nothing weird, but my wife seems to be in a relationship. Covering mouth crying.jpg]

The sea monster Panunu had hidden seven treasures on the island.
Their morning task was to find one of them.
The bus stopped at the forest park entrance.
The guests got off separately.

But the morning’s filming didn’t go smoothly.
Qin Naonao got tired after a few steps.
He didn’t want to look for the treasure at all.

He Miao was listless.
She had a bit of a cold.
Tang Haohao was also in low spirits.
Before, he would have been the most active treasure hunter.

Only Xie Yaoyao trotted on his short legs, huffing as he looked for treasure.
But one kid couldn’t do it alone.

The chubby kid held a grudge.

He still didn’t want to play with Naonao.
When the director tried to coax him to hold Naonao’s hand, he hid his chubby little hands behind his back.

He only wanted to hold the baby’s hand.

This was why parenting shows were hard to film.
Little kids were too uncontrollable.
Even an experienced director was at his wit’s end.

“Forget it,”
the director had to give up.
“Let’s go back to the hotel and rest. We’ll try again later.”

He Miao was sick.
Even though it was just a mild cold, He Lin still planned to take her to the hospital.
The live stream was forced to pause.

Xie Zhaozhou had a meeting.
After lunch, Ning Shixue wanted to take a nap with the chubby kid.
But he suddenly heard a commotion in the corridor.
Program team staff were rushing around.

They sounded panicked.

Ning Shixue went out to look.
He Lin happened to be hurrying past.
He called out to him, “Director He, what’s going on?”

“Haohao is missing.”
He Lin said, his head aching.