HSS CH46

Chapter 46: A Little Bit Like You

Lin Miao had only kissed a few times in his life, and every single one of those kisses had been orchestrated by Huoyuchuan. He was always dazed and confused, as if his brain had crashed and couldn’t catch up, leaving him no choice but to let Huoyuchuan take the lead.

But this time, it was him who initiated the kiss.

He pressed his lips against Huoyuchuan’s, but he didn’t know what to do next, so he just randomly licked a bit.

Huoyuchuan didn’t even open his mouth, and Lin Miao’s warm tears flowed between their lips. He sobbed and mumbled, “Open… open your mouth…”

Huoyuchuan cupped his face with his palm, pulled back slightly, and wiped away the tears with his thumb, his breath hot and heavy. “My cold isn’t fully gone yet. I might infect you.”

Lin Miao shook his head with a “wu wu” sound, his eyes brimming with tears.

Huoyuchuan pressed his thumb against Lin Miao’s red lips and asked in a low voice, “Why did you kiss me?”

Lin Miao pursed his lips, paused for a moment, then buried his face in Huoyuchuan’s shoulder, holding him without saying a word.

The room was very quiet, with only the intermittent sound of Lin Miao’s sobs.

After a long while, Lin Miao finally whispered, “What should I do?”

“I think… I kind of like you.”

Huoyuchuan’s broad hand moved from his back to his waist. “Just a little bit?”

Lin Miao sniffed and said, “Maybe… a little more.”

Huoyuchuan couldn’t help but laugh.

“A little is fine,” he tightened his arms, feeling like a long-awaited response had finally come, a mix of joy and cautiousness. “A little is enough.”

Lin Miao rested his chin on Huoyuchuan’s shoulder and grumbled, “Then can you not get engaged to Miss Zhao?”

“Sure,” Huoyuchuan said. “She likes Huo Mingzhe.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Lin Miao immediately looked up and asked, “Then why did your mom say you were getting engaged to Miss Zhao?”

They were so close that their breaths intertwined. Huoyuchuan was worried about infecting Lin Miao with his cold, but he didn’t want to let go. He took a mask from the bedside and put it on, then sat on the edge of the bed, holding Lin Miao.

“My mom doesn’t know the whole story,” Huoyuchuan said. “Zhao Jiayin is just trying to get back at Huo Mingzhe.”

Zhao Jiayin was Miss Zhao.

So I cried for nothing? Lin Miao was annoyed and said, “Did you do this on purpose?! Why didn’t you say it just now?”

“Because I was also surprised,” Huoyuchuan rested his forehead against Lin Miao’s. “I thought I wouldn’t get the chance.”

“But someone cried just now when they heard I was getting engaged.”

“No,” Lin Miao turned his face away, embarrassed. “I said, it’s just a little… like.”

Huoyuchuan smiled and said, “Didn’t you say I was annoying?”

Lin Miao’s face felt hot, probably turning red. He didn’t want Huoyuchuan to see, so he hugged his neck and buried his face in his neck, muttering, “You are annoying.”

After a long silence, he called out again, “Huoyuchuan……”

“Hmm,” Huoyuchuan replied, “What is it?”

“I…” Lin Miao hesitated, “My heart… it keeps racing.”

Huoyuchuan: “Doesn’t the heart always beat?”

“No,” Lin Miao said, “It’s… beating really fast.”

Their chests were pressed closely together, and through their clothes, they could feel each other’s heartbeats.

Huoyuchuan asked, “Why?”

Lin Miao: “Maybe… I’m a little excited.”

Huoyuchuan: “Excited about what?”

Lin Miao knew he was asking on purpose and didn’t want to answer. “I don’t know.”

He countered, “Aren’t you also racing?”

“Yeah,” Huoyuchuan said calmly, “It’s my first time being someone’s boyfriend, so I’m a bit nervous.”

Lin Miao’s face flushed again, “Wh-What boyfriend……”

Huoyuchuan: “Then it’s also nerve-wracking being someone’s husband for the first time.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Lin Miao couldn’t take it anymore and tried to get up, saying, “I’m not talking to you anymore. I still have to go to work.”

But before he could stand up, Huoyuchuan flipped over and pinned him to the bed.

“A little later. Let Little Zheng take you there.”

Mentioning Little Zheng, Lin Miao thought of Lv Hanxiu being sent away by him and hesitated, “Is your mom really angry?”

Huoyuchuan asked, “If she’s angry, would you leave me?”

“No,” Lin Miao instinctively replied, then repeated in a low voice after realizing it, “I won’t.”

Huoyuchuan looked at him, the redness in the corners of his eyes still not faded, his wet eyelashes like a pair of little fans washed by water, his dark eyes reflecting the person on top of him.

Huoyuchuan’s throat moved, and he said, “Having a cold is really bad.”

Lin Miao didn’t think much of it, “Of course it’s bad. It’s uncomfortable and……”

Huoyuchuan: “I can’t kiss you.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Lin Miao avoided his gaze and grumbled, “Then get better quickly… and then we can kiss.”

Huoyuchuan seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then couldn’t help himself and leaned down, kissing Lin Miao through the mask.

“Mmm……”

Lin Miao stared blankly with his eyes wide open, hearing him say, “I’ll owe you this one.”

Can you even owe a kiss? Lin Miao thought hazily, how much is that? One kiss or two?

That night, when he went to work at “Muse,” his mind was still in a daze, as if he had been dreaming.

How did this happen so suddenly?

So, was he and Huoyuchuan in a relationship now?

He wiped a glass and thought about it, then took out his phone and sent a message to Huoyuchuan, “Are we… in a relationship now?”

Huoyuchuan replied quickly, “We can get married without dating if you don’t want to.”

Lin Miao: “……We still need to talk about it.”

He put down his phone, feeling a bit lost—he had never been in a relationship before and didn’t know what to do.

He asked Xu Yue beside him, “What do you usually do when you’re in a relationship?”

Xu Yue casually said, “Eat together, take walks, hold hands, watch movies…”

So this is what being in a relationship is like? Lin Miao thought, but he and Huoyuchuan had done all these things before, and even slept together. So weren’t they already in a relationship?

At that moment, He Congshan walked over, called Lin Miao aside, and asked mysteriously, “What does Teacher Yu like?”

Teacher Yu? Lin Miao shook his head; he didn’t know much about Teacher Yu, only seeing him during class.

“Boss, you and Teacher Yu…”

He Congshan announced to the world, “We’re in a relationship.”

Lin Miao was a bit surprised, “Did Teacher Yu agree?”

He Congshan: “Of course.” Not rejecting means agreeing.

Lin Miao was very curious. He thought that Xu Yue was a girl, and he and Huoyuchuan were both guys, so maybe being in a relationship wasn’t the same for them.

Then He Congshan and Teacher Yu might be more similar to them?

He humbly asked, “So what do you do when you’re in a relationship?”

He Congshan seemed to think of something, and a strange smile appeared on his face, becoming more and more lecherous.

“Hehe……”

Lin Miao: “……” What does “hehe” mean?