Arc 2: Chapter 21
But Lin Yuan’s unhappiness didn’t last for a minute because Fu Cheng kissed him again, and kissed him a lot more~
On the bed, Lin Yuan encircled Fu Cheng’s neck and put Fu Cheng’s hand on his own waist and said happily: “You can sleep hugging me in the future~”
Fu Cheng’s eyes lowered slightly and his heart warmed and numbed, as if it was immersed in honey and unprecedented sweetness.
The air was faintly sweet with summer’s fragrance and the body temperature of the teenager traveled through the thin layers of clothes and warmed his body. This moment was like a dream, a beautiful dream that he never dared to think of before.
Fu Cheng hugged the person in his arms and put his chin on the other’s head. His beautiful and narrow eyes reflected in the light.
“Okay, I’ll hug you to sleep.”
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The next morning, Fu Cheng prepared breakfast as usual and then went to wake Lin Yuan.
When Lin Yuan opened his eyes and saw Fu Cheng, he smiled happily and the dimples on his cheeks deepened: “Husband~”
But then he remembered that Fu Cheng thought he liked another person and quickly explained: “Fu Cheng, I’m calling you, no one else.”
Fu Cheng looked at Lin Yuan’s nervous appearance and the corners of his mouth curved. He teased the other with some wickedness.
“Really? You used to call Huo Chen ‘husband’, but now you’re calling me ‘husband’. Are you sure you’re not mixing us up? It doesn’t matter though, I only have Sui Sui, so even if Sui Sui treats me as a substitute for someone else, I am willing to be a substitute for a lifetime.”
Lin Yuan was anxious to explain but he didn’t know what to say. How could he convey that Fu Cheng was Huo Chen, and Huo Chen was Fu Cheng? In the end, he could only hug Fu Cheng and said seriously: “You’re not a substitute, and I never mistook you for someone else. Fu Cheng, you have to believe me…”
Fu Cheng rubbed Lin Yuan’s bed head and his dark eyes stared at the other attentively: “I know, but even if you mistake me for someone else, it’s okay.”
Lin Yuan looked up at him in confusion: “Why ah? Why is it okay?”
He thought that humans hated being regarded as substitutes for other people. Their bureau even had a substitute counterattack system, a substitute rescue system, a substitute transformation system, etc.
Fu Cheng’s slender and slightly hot fingers pinched the back of Lin Yuan’s neck. The possessiveness and desire to control rose in his heart and he lowered his head and whispered to Lin Yuan: “Because Sui Sui is the most, most, most important~”
Lin Yuan became happy and shy and his ears turned red. His round eyes looked at Fu Cheng and his voice was soft, clear, and serious: “You are also the most, most, most important~”
The two of them lazed around in bed like that for a while until Fu Cheng said that breakfast was going to go cold, so Lin Yuan finally got up and freshened up.
521 appeared silently and said with resentment: “Senior……”
Lin Yuan was surprised to see 521’s reflection in the mirror: “521, where have you been for the past two days?”
521 had locked itself inside Lin Yuan’s consciousness for the past two days. When it had gotten a reply from the bureau the night before, it was going to tell the Senior when it saw the Senior and Fu Cheng rolling around in the bed.
521 said resentfully: “What would I appear for? To see you and Fu Cheng kiss each other? I don’t want to see it. You guys kiss every day, 521 is tired of watching! So annoying!!”
Lin Yuan, as the senior, blushed: “...... we didn’t kiss that much ah~”
521 wanted to roll its nonexistent eyes. It now held a bigger grudge against Fu Cheng, the kind where it needed to punch a lot to vent.
It could tell that the Senior would stay in this world for many more decades for the sake of his husband. Wuuu, why was it so difficult to be number one?
521 was both sad and melancholy that it would miss its chance at being number one, yet it still dutifully passed along the bureau’s reply to Lin Yuan.
【F: 123 has gotten smarter, you guessed correctly.】t/n i think Lin Yuan’s system number was 123
521 had always thought that the bureau was supposed to be professional and strict, and it didn’t expect a response as casual as this: “Senior, who is F?”
Lin Yuan, who was already sure that Fu Cheng had the same soul as Huo Chen, was still a little dazed when he saw the confirmation from the bureau.
He remembered that Huo Chen was healthy enough to live for several more years after his death, but facts proved that after he died, Huo Chen also died and then came to this world and became Fu Cheng.
Lin Yuan’s eyes stung and teared up.
Lin Yuan looked over to see Fu Cheng, in a simple T-shirt, who sat on the carpet with his whole body illuminated under the natural light.
Lin Yuan walked over in a daze and hugged the other and kissed the other’s neck. The other’s temperature was hotter than his and there was a lingering layer of warmth over his lips.
“Fu Cheng……”
The voice was nasally and carried a hint of a sob.
“Fu Cheng……”
Fu Cheng was confused by Lin Yuan’s mood that suddenly went out of control, but he didn’t ask and only hugged Lin Yuan and adjusted their postures such that they were comfortably leaning on each other.
Lin Yuan hugged Fu Cheng with their chests pressed together and their heartbeats overlapped. He pressed his face against Fu Cheng’s neck and felt the other’s pumping artery that conveyed the other’s vitality, and conveyed that the teenager was still alive.
“You have to stay with me, Fu Cheng.” Lin Yuan held the teenager tightly, as if to connect their bodies together so that they could share their breath and blood.
For the first time, Fu Cheng felt Lin Yuan’s possessiveness and liked it so much he was almost addicted.
“I’ll stay with you, Lin Yuan. Forever.”
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The college entrance exam was approaching.
The day before, Fu Cheng and Lin Yuan went back to class. No. 1 High School’s corridors were covered with big red banners of encouragement.
The atmosphere in Class 3 was still as relaxed as ever. When the class saw that Fu Cheng and Lin Yuan were back, they surrounded them and chatted as usual.
Before leaving, a classmate suddenly shouted: “Long live Class 3!”
The others immediately laughed and followed to shout:
“Long live Class 3!”
“Long live Brother Fu!”
“Long live Brother Lin!”
Fu Cheng: “...”
He looked at the smiling Lin Yuan next to him and then looked at the rest of the class. Suddenly, he felt a sense of regret.
He didn’t get to know everyone else genuinely.
Lin Yuan and Fu Cheng weren’t assigned to the same testing site. Fu Cheng was in No. 6 High School, and Lin Yuan was in No. 3 High School.
Before entering the testing site, Lin Yuan quickly typed on his phone. Lin Yue, who was accompanying him, rolled his eyes in speechlessness.
“Enough. Cabbage, you’re only going to be separated for two days. It’s only 48 hours, do you really need to be like this?”
Sunlight fell over Lin Yuan’s hair and covered it in a fine layer of golden light. He clicked send and put away his phone. He huffed: “I’m just like this! Fu Cheng has no one to accompany him to the testing site, so I have to accompany him through my phone.”
Lin Yue stretched out his hand and rubbed the other’s head: “Lin Cabbage, how did I get a little brother like you?”
Lin Yuan was about to say something when Fu Cheng replied.
Lin Yuan: [Fu Cheng, Fu Cheng, I’ll be accompanying you through my phone. Don’t be scared, you can do well.]
Fu Cheng: [En.]
The entrance exam passed by quickly. Lin Yuan left the exam room and looked around for Lin Yue.
As he walked over, next to Lin Yue, he saw a tall and slender teenager with exquisite facial features, red lips, and pale snow-white skin underneath black hair.
Lin Yuan didn’t expect Fu Cheng to come see him and he was so happy his eyes narrowed. He speedily ran over and hung his body on Fu Cheng like a pendant, soft and clingy: “Fu Cheng~ I missed you~”
Fu Cheng stroked his hair: “I missed you too.”
Lin Yuan smiled even more sweetly. His eyes shone and the dimples on his cheeks became deep crescents. His voice was sweet and coquettish like honey: “Husband, kiss me.”
Fu Cheng was stunned in place and glanced at Lin Yue and hesitated.
Lin Yue: “...”
Lin Cabbage was too much. Did he think he was air?
He coughed loudly: “Cabbage, did you miss Brother?”
At first, Lin Yue wanted to give his little brother some face and didn’t want to use this embarrassing nickname in front of others, but this little brother of his had gone too far.
Usually, Lin Yuan didn’t feel embarrassed when he was called Cabbage, but now that he was in front of Fu Cheng…
Lin Yuan flushed and forgot about kissing. He buried his face into Fu Cheng’s neck and said shyly: “I… I want to go home! Fu Cheng, can you bring me home? I don’t want to talk to Big Brother, he’s… he’s bad!”
Fu Cheng hugged the person in his arms and looked at Lin Yue and pretended to be hesitant: “Can… Can I take him back?”
Lin Yue had enough of this little couple: “I’ll send you.”
The moment Fu Cheng arrived back home and closed the door, he threw their backpacks to the side, picked up Lin Yuan, and pressed the other against wall.
“Sui Sui……” Fu Cheng sucked Lin Yuan’s lips and plundered the other’s mouth strongly yet tenderly. He licked and teased the other’s lips and palate. When the other teenager was teary and soft all over from the kiss, he asked lightly: “Why did he call you cabbage?”
Lin Yuan’s breathing was disordered and he turned red all over. He quickly hid his face in Fu Cheng’s chest and stammered: “Nothing…… you…… don’t ask…”
Fu Cheng bit Lin Yuan’s earlobe and he said lowly: “Good boy, tell me? I like you, Sui Sui, so I want to know everything related to you.”
Lin Yuan was seduced by the teenager to the point that his mind was blank and he answered honestly: “Big Brother said…… that in front of you, I’m the cabbage that sends itself to the pig's mouth…… so he calls me Cabbage.”
Fu Cheng didn’t expect that this nickname had such a lovely reason. He looked at the blushing and shy Lin Yuan, and he picked the other up onto the sofa and knelt down on one knee.
He put Lin Yuan’s hand over his own face. Fu Cheng’s deep and beautiful eyes were like a dense jungle shrouded in early morning fog, and in its depths, there was a bottomless abyss of love.
“He was wrong. Sui Sui was sent to me from the Heavens.”
The only salvation in his short life.