HSS CH13

Chapter 13: So Reckless

The vegetable in his mouth seemed to get harder to chew with every bite. Lin Miao heard Huo Yuchuan casually say, “How can the bed not fit? It’s so big.”

He hadn’t expected Huo Yuchuan to actually plan on that. Lin Miao was a bit angry. Sleeping with Huo Yuchuan was one thing, but he wasn’t familiar with his wife, and he certainly didn’t want to join them.

“I don’t like to crowd with others.”

Huo Yuchuan’s hand paused as he picked up some food, and he looked up at him, “Aren’t you already crowding with me every night?”

Lin Miao was taken aback for a moment, but quickly retorted, “Two people are fine, but three is not.”

Huo Yuchuan: “What if I pay more?”

Lin Miao fell silent for a moment, “How much more?”

Huo Yuchuan: “We’ll talk about it when I get married.”

He glanced at the vegetables in Lin Miao’s bowl, “Why are you only eating vegetables?”

Lin Miao pouted, “I’m on a diet.”

Huo Yuchuan, however, asked, “Are you unhappy?”

Lin Miao took a bite of rice and sullenly said, “Kind of.”

Huo Yuchuan: “Why?”

Lin Miao thought for a moment, and seriously analyzed, “Maybe it’s because you’re getting married, and I don’t even have a girlfriend.”

He thought to himself, this ugly competitive heart of men.

Huo Yuchuan suddenly fell silent and ate without a word.

That evening, when Lin Miao went to work at “Muse,” he couldn’t stop thinking about what Miss Zhao, whom Huo Yuchuan was meeting, looked like, what delicious food they had, whether she would scold Huo Yuchuan if it wasn’t tasty, and then decide not to marry him…

Seeing his absent-mindedness, Xu Yue asked him what was wrong, wondering if working two jobs was too tiring.

“Take a good rest after that midnight part-time job ends.”

Lin Miao shook his head, “It’s been extended.”

“Huh?” Xu Yue couldn’t understand, “How can you stand that?! Look at you, you’re so exhausted and dazed!”

“No,” Lin Miao explained to her, “That part-time job isn’t tiring.”

Xu Yue: “How can any job not be tiring?!”

Lin Miao had no choice but to tell her that he was just a pillow for someone, and he didn’t have to do anything.

“A pillow?” Xu Yue was surprised, “You mean you let someone hold you while they sleep?”

Lin Miao nodded.

Xu Yue’s eyes widened, “Male or female?”

“Of course, it’s a male,” Lin Miao said. How could it be with a girl?

Xu Yue: “Aren’t you afraid?”

Lin Miao was puzzled: “Afraid of what?”

Xu Yue: “What if he gets lustful in the middle of the night, tosses you around, does this and that, what would you do? It’s too scary.”

Lin Miao: “……”

“No way,” Lin Miao reassured her, “We’re both guys.”

Xu Yue turned her head and pointed to the two men in the corner cuddling and nibbling on each other.

Lin Miao felt that wasn’t a valid reference, “Huo Yuchuan isn’t like that; he’s going on blind dates.”

Xu Yue still thought it was strange, “He hasn’t taken advantage of you, has he?”

Lin Miao was firm, “No.”

He thought to himself, Huo Yuchuan holding him while sleeping was something he was paid for, so it didn’t count as taking advantage, even though the hug was a bit tight.

When he got off work, Little Zheng came to pick him up. Lin Miao, seeing that Huo Yuchuan wasn’t there, asked Little Zheng, “Did Huo Yuchuan finish his blind date?”

Little Zheng: “Yes, Mr. Huo is at home.”

Lin Miao got into the car and opened his phone’s note app, writing, “Opportunistic.”

When Lin Miao got home, he saw Huo Yuchuan, in his robe, leaning on the sofa watching a computer, with bright light falling on him.

Lin Miao put down his school bag, poured a glass of water, and sipped it slowly, walking back and forth in the living room, taking a long time to finish it.

Huo Yuchuan couldn’t stand it anymore, “Go take a shower and go to sleep.”

Lin Miao: “Okay.”

He walked to the edge of the sofa and asked Huo Yuchuan, “Is Miss Zhao pretty?”

Huo Yuchuan, without looking up, “Mm.”

Lin Miao: “Do you like her?”

Huo Yuchuan: “I don’t know.”

Lin Miao “Oh”ed, and then asked, “Will you get married soon?”

Huo Yuchuan closed his laptop and stood up to go upstairs.

Why did he stop talking again? Lin Miao couldn’t figure out the reason, went upstairs, took a shower, and obediently got into bed.

The room was very quiet, with only a warm yellow lamp still on.

Lin Miao closed his eyes, but soon opened them again and asked, “Does she snore when she sleeps?”

Huo Yuchuan: “……I don’t know.”

Lin Miao mumbled, “Then ask her for me.”

After saying that, he added in a low voice, “I don’t like noise when I sleep.”

Huo Yuchuan calmly said, “If it’s not noisy, is that okay?”

Lin Miao hesitated and said, “If you pay a lot more money, maybe.”

After all, it would be Huo Yuchuan in the middle, holding his own wife.

What if he and his wife wanted to kiss?

Lin Miao’s mind “boom” and his worldview was shaken.

“Huo Yuchuan,” his face was a bit warm, “Have you… kissed before?”

Huo Yuchuan slightly lowered his eyes and looked at him, “Do you want to kiss?”

“No!” Lin Miao’s face turned red, “Don’t say nonsense, I, I was just curious, just asking.”

Huo Yuchuan: “I’ve kissed.”

Lin Miao suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable inside, “Did you kiss Miss Zhao?”

Huo Yuchuan: “No.”

Lin Miao was startled, “Do you have another girlfriend?”

Huo Yuchuan: “No.”

So he just kissed! Lin Miao turned over, leaving his back to him, and grumbled, “So you’re so reckless.”

Huo Yuchuan: “Kissing is being reckless? Haven’t you kissed?”

Lin Miao turned back, “No, I still have my first kiss!”

Huo Yuchuan suddenly let out a meaningful hum.

Lin Miao thought he was mocking him and scolded, “Is kissing so great?! I’ll tell your wife in the future!”

Huo Yuchuan looked indifferent, “Whatever you say.”

What a thick skin! Lin Miao decided not to talk to him anymore and closed his eyes to sleep.

The dark night flowed in from outside the window, and sleepiness swept over him. Lin Miao’s breathing gradually evened out, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Huo Yuchuan looked at him, his long and thick eyelashes casting shadows under his eyes. In the warm light, his lips seemed even redder.

Huo Yuchuan slowly lowered his head.

First kiss? He lightly bit the lips of the person in his arms and whispered, “It was gone two years ago.”