Ning Shixue’s mind was blank.
His face was bright red.
His lips moved, but he couldn’t make a sound.
He could only take the ice lantern.
Even with the insulation layer, it was cold in his hands.
But he couldn’t bear to let it go.
He held it and looked at it for a while.
His fingertips were red from the cold.
Xie Zhaozhou took it and held it for him.
Ning Shixue didn’t even know what was happening.
When he came to his senses, the dark night sky was completely lit up by the fireworks.
It was like the Milky Way had inverted, pouring into his eyes.
Xie Zhaozhou held his cold hands in his palms, warming them until his palms were sweaty.
Xie Zhaozhou didn’t urge him to respond.
More and more people were coming to the ice lantern park that night.
They just continued looking at the ice lanterns.
Ning Shixue finally belatedly asked, stammering,
“Second Brother, who set off the fireworks?”
“Mm,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, rubbing his fingertips, playing with them in his palm.
“Do you like them?”
The fireworks slowly finished.
Ning Shixue watched intently as the last star bloomed.
Brilliant and beautiful.
He really liked these sparkling things.
Late at night, they still walked around hand in hand.
Until it got colder and colder, and people on the street started to thin out.
Xie Zhaozhou touched his face, which was even colder than his hands, and spoke,
“Let’s go. Get in the car first.”
Xie Zhaozhou’s car was parked not far away.
Ning Shixue’s skin was pale from the cold.
But on this freezing night, he pressed his lips together.
Those two lips were red and moist, carrying a warm, soft breath.
There was no one around.
He steeled himself, suddenly grabbed Xie Zhaozhou’s black coat, and pulled him closer.
His fingers were also pale and thin, but his strength was great.
Afraid he would fall, Xie Zhaozhou wrapped his arm around his waist.
Ning Shixue raised his hand and hooked it around his neck, then kissed him on the cheek.
He kissed clumsily, even with a little smack.
Both of them were stunned for a moment.
Ning Shixue’s face instantly flushed bright red.
Xie Zhaozhou couldn’t help chuckling softly.
In the dead of night, his voice was especially low and pleasant.
His arm was still firmly around his waist.
“So, has Teacher Xiao Ning agreed to me?”
With Ning Shixue’s personality, you had to poke him to get him to move.
If you pushed too hard, he would just back away.
He thought he would have to wait another year or so.
Ning Shixue didn’t speak.
That was as good as agreement.
His eyes were moist from embarrassment.
His long, dark eyelashes fluttered.
His fingers were also soft, with no strength left.
He couldn’t hold onto Xie Zhaozhou’s coat tightly.
But he didn’t want to let go either.
So he poked his finger into the buttonhole of Xie Zhaozhou’s coat and hooked it there.
Xie Zhaozhou held him as they walked towards the car.
Ning Shixue looked up, and then his eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
Xie Zhaozhou’s skin was also very fair.
His ears turning red was especially noticeable.
Ning Shixue held back for a moment, then couldn’t help saying,
“Second Brother, your ears are red.”
“…”
Xie Zhaozhou paused for a moment.
His voice was cool as he made an excuse even he didn’t believe.
“It’s cold tonight.”
Ning Shixue believed that lie even less.
He stared at him for a while, then reached up to hug his neck and kissed him.
Xie Zhaozhou dodged.
Ning Shixue stumbled, bumping into him.
His lips brushed against Xie Zhaozhou’s Adam’s apple.
The veins on the side of Xie Zhaozhou’s neck bulged.
His eyes were dark and deep, looking very intense.
His stern features were tinged with a thin red.
Ning Shixue finally had a chance to get back at him.
He had thought Xie Zhaozhou, with all his flirtatious talk, didn’t know what shame was.
He hadn’t expected him to actually blush.
Ning Shixue’s own cheeks were also burning hot.
But anyway, he had already kissed him.
A few more kisses wouldn’t make a difference.
Xie Zhaozhou was more than half a head taller than him.
Even his shadow could swallow him up.
He could only stand on tiptoe slightly to kiss Xie Zhaozhou’s cheek.
It looked like he was burrowing into his arms.
“Stop messing around,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, his voice a bit hoarse.
He held him and pushed him into the car.
Ning Shixue wasn’t on guard against him.
He was suddenly pushed onto the back seat.
If anyone else had pushed him like this, their bones would already be broken by his kicks.
Even with Xie Zhaozhou, he didn’t like being treated this roughly.
But Xie Zhaozhou’s palm was cushioning the back of his head.
He didn’t get hurt when he fell.
His raised knees went soft again.
He was feeling a bit mischievous, wanting to embarrass Xie Zhaozhou further.
But before he could speak, a scorching breath pressed down on him fiercely.
Xie Zhaozhou pinned his wrists and lowered his head to kiss his lips.
The night was cold.
His hands and feet were cold.
But their lips and tongues pressed together, grinding fiercely.
Ning Shixue couldn’t help letting out a muffled groan.
His eyelashes trembled violently.
His lips were bitten and sucked until they burned.
Xie Zhaozhou held him by the waist, hugging him close.
His strength was so great it almost crushed him.
“Open your mouth,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, his dark eyes staring at him intently.
His thumb rubbed against Ning Shixue’s swollen, slightly red lips.
Ning Shixue’s whole body trembled.
His lips obediently parted.
Then Xie Zhaozhou pushed through his teeth and kissed him deeply.
His lungs felt like they were on fire.
His heart pounded heavily in his chest.
His pale fingers uncontrollably clenched Xie Zhaozhou’s black hair.
After a long time, they parted.
Ning Shixue was almost suffocating.
Xie Zhaozhou cupped his burning face and kissed his lips gently this time, saying hoarsely,
“They’re swollen.”
Ning Shixue’s eyes were moist as he glared at him.
You bit so hard, of course they’re swollen.
Xie Zhaozhou hugged him in his arms.
He took off his down jacket.
Ning Shixue let himself be moved around.
His whole body was hot now.
His back was soaked with a thin layer of sweat.
After taking it off…
He wrapped his arms around Xie Zhaozhou’s neck.
Xie Zhaozhou pulled him onto his lap.
He couldn’t help shifting, trying to find a more comfortable position.
His body suddenly stiffened.
Xie Zhaozhou was also stunned for a moment.
Then he chuckled softly, his voice deep, pulling him closer.
“Laugh your ass off,”
Ning Shixue said, his beautiful face red enough to bleed.
He was completely embarrassed and angry.
Was a little kissing supposed to get this kind of reaction?
He sat stiffly on Xie Zhaozhou’s lap, not daring to move.
He wanted to get off but didn’t know how.
But sitting here like this, he was afraid he would die of shame.
“What’s wrong?”
Xie Zhaozhou asked, a teasing smile on his face.
“Doesn’t this prove I’m normal?”
Ning Shixue had no way to refute.
Xie Zhaozhou, as if deliberately teasing him, stroked his burning face and earlobe.
He sucked on his lip and kissed him again.
Ning Shixue was kissed until he was dizzy.
He couldn’t think of resisting.
He was like a pool of melted snow, ready to be cupped and drunk.
But he felt he had forgotten something.
After being kissed for a while, he suddenly remembered.
Wait a minute.
Where was his kid?
Ning Shixue pushed against Xie Zhaozhou’s shoulder, their lips parting.
He asked Xie Zhaozhou,
“Second Brother, where’s Xie Yaoyao?”
“…”
Xie Zhaozhou paused for a moment.
His shirt collar had been pulled open by Ning Shixue.
His chest was half exposed.
His lips were also red from Ning Shixue’s biting.
His cold, sharp black eyes were now filled with gentle desire.
“He said he was tired, so I had the director take him back.”
Ning Shixue looked very suspicious.
Xie Zhaozhou looked at him and chuckled softly.
He changed his story.
“I took him back and sent him to sleep.”
He didn’t love Xie Yaoyao, and he never would.
Even if Xie Yaoyao called him Big Daddy.
Besides, Xie Yaoyao was Xie Sui’s child.
He didn’t actually hate Xie Sui.
But there was a chasm between them that even ripping out his bones couldn’t bridge in this lifetime.
He had never spoken of it.
He even resented it… Xie Yaoyao made Ning Shixue care about him this much.
Xie Zhaozhou held Ning Shixue’s shoulders, with a kind of restrained suppression, pulled him into his arms, and kissed his eyes again.
But the person he liked was a lonely little sea otter.
He was willing to let Xie Yaoyao keep him company.
Since Ning Shixue liked Xie Yaoyao, he could accept him too.
Ning Shixue only asked once and didn’t ask again.
Xie Zhaozhou had definitely left Xie Yaoyao with the director.
But thinking about the kidnapping of Xie Yaoyao in the original story, he couldn’t help asking another question.
Xie Zhaozhou put the back seat down.
Ning Shixue’s lips were burning.
They still had to film the show tomorrow.
He didn’t dare kiss anymore.
He just lay on Xie Zhaozhou’s chest, quietly resting for a while.
Not until the heat faded did Xie Zhaozhou put his clothes back on and go to the front to drive.
Xie Yaoyao had been taken to He Lin’s place again.
He Lin was already numb.
But after this show finished filming, he would be preparing for his new movie.
He stayed up almost every night.
When Ning Shixue and the others arrived, He Lin was still awake.
He brought Xie Yaoyao out.
Xie Zhaozhou reached out and took him.
He Lin looked up and caught a glimpse of Ning Shixue’s lips.
He understood immediately.
But Ning Shixue was too thin-skinned.
He didn’t dare tease him.
In this day and age, any bastard could have a wife.
Ning Shixue followed behind Xie Zhaozhou towards the room.
His steps faltered.
He suddenly remembered the hotel only had one bed.
How were they supposed to sleep tonight?
Although they had slept together before, Ning Shixue was especially embarrassed tonight.
He was dating Xie Zhaozhou now.
If Xie Zhaozhou wanted to do something… he probably couldn’t refuse.
But Xie Zhaozhou, as always, seemed to see right through him.
He stopped just one step away, not pushing him too hard.
“I still have things to do tonight,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, his narrow, dark eyes curving slightly.
“It’ll probably be very late. Don’t wait for me. I’ll just sleep in the study.”
Ning Shixue nodded, his face red.
Xie Yaoyao was carried back and forth.
He grumbled, stretching out his little arms.
His cheek rubbed against the soft flesh of his own arm.
He dreamed that he and the baby went to eat the piggy dinner.
There were big pig trotters and roast suckling pig.
Big Daddy also wanted to eat their piggy dinner.
He reached out his little hand to Big Daddy and said,
“One yuan oh.”
Then Big Daddy spanked his bottom.
Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King was in tears in his dream.
He never wanted to eat piggy dinner again.
After Xie Zhaozhou went to the study, Ning Shixue went to bed and hugged the chubby kid to sleep.
The next day was their last day in the northern city.
They only needed to shoot a few additional scenes.
Then, after lunch, they said goodbye to Grandpa Mu’s family and headed to the airport.
The program team’s bus was parked not far away.
Grandpa Mu and Grandma Mu came out to see them off.
Mu Yuan and Mu Na also came.
They were still waving as they got on the bus.
[I’m so reluctant. I’ve grown attached to this place. I wonder if we can come again.]
[For the finale, they might come again. Too bad we won’t see little brother anymore.]
The guests were also very reluctant.
After all, they had experienced so much in the northern city.
Even Ning Shixue couldn’t help looking back.
Xie Zhaozhou held his hand and put it in his coat pocket, telling him,
“I’ll bring you again sometime.”
“Mm,”
Ning Shixue said, leaning against him.
Xie Zhaozhou’s palm was very warm, warming the back of his hand.
The little bit of disappointment in his heart disappeared.
Ning Shixue had to admit that sometimes the original story’s great antagonist could be very gentle.
Then he heard Xie Zhaozhou lower his voice, his tone wistful, and speak slowly,
“After all, this is where Teacher Xiao Ning took my innocence.”
Ning Shixue: “…”
Damn it, could he give back his feelings? Could he also compensate for his innocence?
He Miao parted from Mu Na and was still crying on the bus.
He Lin was flustered, trying to comfort her.
The third stop of Let’s Go, Baby! was on an island.
According to the usual schedule, each time they changed filming locations, the guests would get at least three days off.
But this time, due to the incidents, there had already been a long delay.
So they were taking a plane to the island today.
The flight was long.
Ning Shixue couldn’t hold on and slept for a while.
He had a blanket over him.
His hand was always holding Xie Zhaozhou’s.
His head felt a bit dizzy.
His vision went dark on and off.
But it didn’t feel like a fever.
It just seemed like dizziness.
When he woke up, he finally felt better.
They arrived at the island at 10:30 PM.
“Teachers!”
The director had finally learned to be human.
“Tonight, we’re not competing for houses. We’re going straight to the hotel!”
The guests were all tired.
They took their kids and dragged their suitcases to their respective rooms.
That night, Xie Zhaozhou again took the initiative to go to the study.
Ning Shixue couldn’t help feeling sorry for the antagonist again.
He grabbed Xie Zhaozhou’s sleeve.
“Second Brother, when you’re done working, come and sleep. You won’t wake me up. And even if you do, it’s fine.”
Xie Zhaozhou suspected he was holding back too much.
He looked up, staring at Ning Shixue’s soft, moist lips.
Before, he really didn’t have this kind of need.
He even found it off-putting.
This was how he had been born from Xie’s father and Liao Yanwan.
Just thinking about it disgusted him.
But now, he couldn’t take his eyes off Ning Shixue.
Especially meeting those beautiful, moist eyes.
It wasn’t until Ning Shixue, red-faced and hot-eared, glared at him that he finally laughed.
Xie Zhaozhou, in the end, couldn’t help teasing him.
His voice was very cool, but his eyes curved as he asked meaningfully, quietly,
“How?”
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