After staying in the store until past nine o'clock with no one coming to buy anything, Gu Fei closed the door and slowly strolled down the street with Jiang Cheng.

They hadn't eaten too much today. Although Jiang Cheng was craving meat, perhaps because he was in too good of a mood, he was full after just a few bites, even less than Gu Miao had eaten. Gu Fei had eaten the least, mainly busy controlling the fire while helping to grill the meat.

"Want to eat anything else?" Gu Fei asked.

"Are you nuts? We might as well go back and eat the leftover meat from earlier," Jiang Cheng said, patting his stomach. Actually the half-full feeling was quite nice, making people feel very relaxed. Especially on a night like this, with the moon just rising and the night breeze just starting to softly sweep through the empty streets, leisurely wandering aimlessly with his boyfriend had a wonderful feeling.

They didn't need a destination anymore. Often, they didn't need a purpose, a reason, or to think too much. As long as that person was by his side, he could keep walking forever.  

Jiang Cheng had been here for quite a while already, but there were still many places in this steel factory area he hadn't been to. He had always felt this place was desolate and depressing, with everyone living in confusion and gloom. This feeling still lingered, but... He glanced at Gu Fei.

But it was different with Gu Fei. Even just seeing him from afar in the crowd made his heart flutter, and the colors around him suddenly seemed brighter. What he saw and felt changed along with it.

It sounded a bit pretentious, but Gu Fei really was like an anesthetic in this hopeless environment, his greatest reliance in the face of anything unpleasant.

His phone dinged with an incoming message.

He took out his phone and saw it was from Pan Zhi.

- On grandfatherly love, friendship, and how they are defeated by romance

"What?" Jiang Cheng was startled for a moment. Looking up, he realized Pan Zhi had sent him a happy birthday message past one o'clock last night that he had completely missed.

He smiled and replied to Pan Zhi:

- Why didn't you send it at 3 AM? I would've missed it even more

- Don't make excuses. With the current situation, no matter when I send it you won't see it

- But I saw it just now didn't I

- Grandpa I'm telling you, restrain yourself a little

Seeing Pan Zhi's reply, Jiang Cheng was suddenly embarrassed to death, recalling what happened last night and anticipating there might be more tonight... He glanced at Gu Fei out of the corner of his eye.

Gu Fei had his hands casually tucked into his pockets, walking leisurely and looking completely at ease.

- I can feel the anger of a single dog  

- The most frightening thing is when the atmosphere suddenly goes silent.jpg

- Spit it out if you've got something to say, otherwise I won't chat with you about nonsense

- What about our feelings, grandpa? The feelings from chatting until 3 AM?

- Good night

- I'll be there the day after tomorrow, same train as last time

- Bringing anyone?

- No one to bring. No vacation time even, got makeup classes. I had to pretend my fourth grandpa died to get two days off

- You have a fourth grandpa?

- Of course not! If I did, would I dare let him die? Use your brain, you must really be in love

- Got it, good night grandson

- Yes grandpa, good night grandpa

"Pan Zhi?" Gu Fei asked.

"Yeah," Jiang Cheng said with some emotion. Right now the students at their old school were frolicking all over the place while complaining summer break had been cut in half. But Pan Zhi didn't even have a summer break anymore. The difference was staggering. "He took two days off to come play."

"Just two days?" Gu Fei sounded surprised. "I thought he'd play for at least a week."

"Our old school doesn't even have summer break," Jiang Cheng smiled. "He lied to get two days off."

"Then..." Gu Fei looked at him. "Shouldn't you hurry up too? Review and keep up with what they're learning over there? I'll help you cancel two of the photo shoots, okay?"

"No need," Jiang Cheng shook his head. "I'll always find time to review if I want to. I'm me after all."

"You're the super top student." Gu Fei smiled.

"That's right." Jiang Cheng nodded.

He sent another message to Pan Zhi to bring back some handouts and test papers from teachers.

- Already asked for them. Us single dogs have great memories

Jiang Cheng laughed and put his phone back into his pocket. As he slowly walked forward, he looked down at his feet, one step after another. Beside him, Gu Fei's steps were equally unhurried.

It was pretty interesting. He took his phone back out and started recording video of their feet.

"Guess..." Jiang Cheng habitually started narrating to himself, but after seeing Gu Fei's reaction, said: "You just pretend you didn't hear that."

"Okay." Gu Fei responded.

"Guess whose four legs these are... Jiang Cheng and his...boyfriend are currently on an after-dinner stroll. Actually it should be pretty easy to guess. Jiang Cheng's legs are still quite long, while his boyfriend's..."

Gu Fei suddenly quickened his pace to walk ahead, then stopped and turned to the side, stiffly sticking his leg out.

"Alright," Jiang Cheng laughed happily, "Boyfriend has long legs. Contestant Jiang Cheng did say this person had long legs when they first met."

Only then did Gu Fei retract his leg and continue walking. Jiang Cheng put his phone away, then asked: "You noticed my legs when we first met?"

"I always look at the legs first when I see someone," Jiang Cheng said.  

"Then what do you look at?" Gu Fei asked.

"If the legs look good, I look at the face. If the legs don't look good, I look at my phone," Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Fei laughed for a long time.

After wandering the latticed roads of the steel factory for over an hour, they returned to the entrance of Jiang Cheng's rented room.

The leisurely stroll felt great. Gu Fei rarely had opportunities to stroll like this. Usually he didn't have time, and when he did, he was accompanying Gu Miao. That made strolling impossible, since Gu Miao was like a perpetual motion machine, a high-powered one at that. Her pace was impossible to match in a strolling state.

Neither of them spoke after arriving downstairs. They directly went into the building and headed upstairs.  

Gu Fei looked at Jiang Cheng's back...his back, waist, butt, and legs. He lightly cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "I want to touch you a little."

"Damn," Jiang Cheng whipped around to glare at him, keeping his voice low. "Do you have to actually say that kind of thing out loud?"

"I'm afraid you'll whip around and slap me otherwise," Gu Fei said softly.

"Do you have to touch me now?" Jiang Cheng continued whispering.

"Yes," Gu Fei replied.

"Then do I need to respond with an 'okay'?" Jiang Cheng asked.

Gu Fei smiled and touched his waist, then slid his hand down to his leg.

"Fuck!" Jiang Cheng hissed and jerked his leg away, running up the stairs.

Gu Fei immediately chased after him, pinching his butt again.

"Shit!" Jiang Cheng hopped and didn't even have time to glare back at him before racing up the stairs.

"I have long legs," Gu Fei laughed as he pursued him.

"I'm warning you, Gu Fei!" Jiang Cheng slammed the door when he reached it, fumbling for his keys as he pointed at Gu Fei. "You—"

Gu Fei came over and kissed him, while also giving his waist another pinch.

"I..." Jiang Cheng was a bit speechless. He hurriedly opened the door, and only after Gu Fei came in and closed it behind him did he curse in a low voice, "Are you in heat?"

"Finished with my heat," Gu Fei flopped onto the sofa and laughed.

Jiang Cheng stood in the middle of the room glaring at him for a good ten seconds before turning and going inside, "I'm taking a shower, worked up a sweat from the walk."

"I need to shower too," Gu Fei said from the sofa.

"Get in line," Jiang Cheng answered without thinking, grabbing some clothes and walking towards the bathroom. After two steps he stopped and looked back at Gu Fei, "You wanna shower together?"

Gu Fei laughed for a while, "Nevermind, you go first."

Jiang Cheng tsked and went into the bathroom.

The sound of water came on after just a few seconds. Gu Fei stretched out his legs, propped up his arm and sighed. He picked up the remote and turned on the TV, randomly finding a channel to watch.

He and Jiang Cheng were quite innocent. In all this time from jerking off to having sex, they had never showered together...tsk tsk.

But he didn't have the intention to squeeze in and shower together now. He had experienced the top student's power for the first time. That terrible erotic summary in that notebook of Jiang Cheng's was circling in his mind, line after line of ugly writing scrolling past like a ticker tape.

In all his years he had never had such a clear memory when it came to "studying", especially staring at such ugly writing.

And he was filled with interest and motivation for practical experience. He even got up and went to the table to check the height before Jiang Cheng finished showering.

It was pretty suitable...Gu Fei imagined it as he leaned on the table and was instantly aroused beyond control. Although he was no longer posing suggestively over the table when Jiang Cheng came out, he was just lying on the sofa with his legs bent, pretending to watch TV. He didn't even have the luck to be able to calm down.

He had always felt that he was quite composed, the kind of person with great self-control, but it turned out he was really naive.

"I set the water pretty hot earlier," Jiang Cheng dried his hair with a towel as he walked to the inner room, "Remember to adjust it when you shower."

"Mm," Gu Fei didn't move from the sofa, "Grab me some clothes."

Jiang Cheng looked back at him, "Quite hard right now, huh?"

"Yes," Gu Fei nodded.

Jiang Cheng went inside to get him pajamas and underwear, "No new underwear left, just wear mine?"

"Okay," Gu Fei held out his hand.

"Master Gu," Jiang Cheng tossed the clothes at him and turned around, continuing to rub his head haphazardly with the towel as he watched TV.

He was standing very arrogantly, completely blocking Gu Fei's line of sight to the TV. When Gu Fei looked over again, he could only see his back.

Jiang Cheng was shirtless, loose sweatpants hanging casually off his hips. It looked like with a light tug they could be yanked right off.

Gu Fei had originally wanted to tell him to move aside a bit, but he stayed silent now. After staring for a while, Gu Fei got up with the clothes and walked to the bathroom. As he passed Jiang Cheng, he suddenly bent down and hugged Jiang Cheng's waist, biting down fiercely.

Jiang Cheng's superhuman reflexes reached new heights in this moment. Before making a sound, his hand slapped Gu Fei's head first, then he yelled, "Ah!"

"Ow," Gu Fei released his mouth and retreated two steps, rubbing his head, "Sooner or later you'll beat me crippled."

"Fuck off!" Jiang Cheng glared at him, scrubbing at his waist, "You fucking horndog! Biting so hard!"

"Ah," Gu Fei suddenly laughed as he walked into the bathroom, nodding, "That's right, I'm a fucking horndog..."

Before Jiang Cheng could pounce on him, he nimbly locked the bathroom door.

"Gu Fei!" Jiang Cheng banged on the door. "You're done for!"

"What for?" Gu Fei called back with a laugh as he undressed.

"Get out here and fight!" Jiang Cheng banged the door again.

"You can't beat me," Gu Fei said.

"Bullshit!" Jiang Cheng yelled. "I should've recorded you moaning last night!"

"Thanks for the reminder," Gu Fei laughed for a long time leaning against the wall.

"You're done for!" Jiang Cheng said, then banged the door again after a pause. "Done for!"

Gu Fei turned the water temperature down a bit before starting the shower, laughing to himself as he rinsed off. He had already calmed down a lot from their playful banter. But Jiang Cheng just had to mention recording it, immediately getting him worked up again.

Flirting really was a vicious cycle...

When he came out after his shower, Jiang Cheng was sitting cross-legged on the couch playing on his phone, just glancing over when he heard Gu Fei come out, his fingers still tapping the screen without pause.

"Rhythm game?" Hearing the music, Gu Fei said, "I thought you were playing something less dumb."

"It's at a level too advanced for dumbasses like you," Jiang Cheng said.

"Uh huh," Gu Fei laughed but didn't retort. He leaned against the table watching Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng's fingers were very nimble, moving quite quickly. The screen lights even created afterimages...pretty.

Of course, these afterimages were possibly caused by his 75 degree astigmatism.

"On your birthday," after watching him for a while, Gu Fei went over and sat next to Jiang Cheng, "this is how you're spending it?"

"What else," Jiang Cheng quirked a smile without looking away from the screen, his fingers still tapping. "Go to bed and let you record me? Keep dreaming."

"I won't record," Gu Fei moved closer, put his arm around Jiang Cheng's waist, and kissed his shoulder, "Brother Cheng..."

"Why are you calling me?" Jiang Cheng said.

"Don't force me to get rough," Gu Fei said.

"Fuck?" Jiang Cheng turned his head in surprise, unable to keep from smiling, "This young man is quite gutsy huh?"

Gu Fei didn't speak, reaching over to snatch Jiang Cheng's phone and throw it onto the tea table. Before Jiang Cheng could react, he pounced and pressed Jiang Cheng down onto the sofa.

"You've rebelled against me," Jiang Cheng patted his back, "You should record yourself like this, a dog snatching..."

"Shit?" Gu Fei finished the sentence.

"I don't want to talk anymore," Jiang Cheng drew out his words with a sigh, "I feel utterly powerless."

"You don't need any power today," Gu Fei said.

Jiang Cheng paused, "F*ck off, I said I don't want to talk anymore."

Gu Fei kissed his ear and laughed.

Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth and endured it for a while but couldn't help laughing too. After a long time he patted Gu Fei's back, "Hey, you didn't go soft from laughing?"

"...Mm," Gu Fei made a sound of agreement, "You can feel it?"

"No sh*t, you're not wearing cotton pants," Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Fei leaned in and seriously kissed his lips, first just a light peck before pulling back to look into Jiang Cheng's eyes. Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes: "Tasting?"

"Mm," Gu Fei extended his tongue to lick Jiang Cheng's lips.

Jiang Cheng swiftly bit his tongue.

He smiled and kissed him, slipping his tongue between Jiang Cheng's teeth. Jiang Cheng responded by gently biting his tongue too. Gu Fei retaliated again.

This kind of kissing by nibbling at each other instead of properly kissing had a childish feel to it and none of the flair of an experienced player. It didn't reflect the style of thirsty modern youth at all. But Gu Fei really enjoyed it.

He really liked the current sensation, advancing and retreating between Jiang Cheng's tongue and teeth, slowly deepening the entanglement. It was exciting.

Very exciting, the kind that makes your pants feel a size too small.

He released Jiang Cheng's lips and bit his chin, then his throat, listening to Jiang Cheng's breathing grow uneven. Continuing to kiss down his stomach, the hurried breaths grew even more obvious.

He yanked Jiang Cheng's pants off.

"Not...going to the room?" Jiang Cheng asked.

Gu Fei flicked the pants onto the floor. He grabbed one of Jiang Cheng's ankles and propped it over the armrest, then slid his other hand up from the ankle to the bitemark. His fingertip lightly hooked it, then slid back down.

"No time," he felt like his hand gripping Jiang Cheng's ankle was holding a car door handle. He couldn't help adding: "Get in."

"There's something wrong with you," Jiang Cheng had started to pant slightly, but now suddenly laughed.

"Don't laugh," Gu Fei bent down to lick a circle around the bitemark, his hand reaching into Jiang Cheng's underwear.

Jiang Cheng's body abruptly tensed and his head tilted back as he softly gasped.

This reaction also left Gu Fei a little short of breath, but he was still okay. This was the benefit of masturbating in advance...although right now he still felt on the verge of losing control.

Compared to Jiang Cheng's impatient urgency, Gu Fei felt he was a model gentleman of the new era. Faced with such a tempting scene, he actually resisted the urge to pounce and bite like Jiang Cheng did.

He didn't completely follow the steps in the notebook, knowing roughly what to do was enough, everything else was improvised based on Jiang Cheng's reactions in the moment.  

Jiang Cheng's breathing was low and hurried, probably because the light in the living room was brighter than the bedroom, he raised his arm to shield his eyes.

This action was quite alluring, Gu Fei groped around the sofa cushions and took out some lube to apply to his hand, his eyes fixed on Jiang Cheng's face the whole time.  

Jiang Cheng had a very good facial structure, dimensional yet soft, with his eyes covered you could see his straight nose and slightly parted lips, as well as his beautiful chin...

When Gu Fei's hand went over, the arm shielding Jiang Cheng's eyes lifted briefly as he glanced over at Gu Fei, and somewhat vaguely said: "Damn, when did you get that here?"

"When you were showering." Gu Fei leaned over to prop himself up next to Jiang Cheng's head, lowering his head to kiss him, while his other hand tried to cop a feel.  

Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed as he let out a low grunt.

The notebook's only really useful bit was: first, then, secondly, pay attention to the speed, go slow...

Gu Fei didn't know how he endured it all, during the process he had no less than ten moments where he thought "screw the notebook, just pounce on him".

Jiang Cheng's facial expressions went from "I'm not really comfortable", to "if you move your hand again I'll kill you", to "seems tolerable", and finally to "you may proceed".

Gu Fei felt like every inch of his body including his pores were focused on capturing Jiang Cheng's reactions, just to cop a feel he was for the first time in his 18 years completely invested.  

Now he no longer needed the pointers from the notebook, he could hear Jiang Cheng's heartbeat from his own, Jiang Cheng's breathing from his own, and Jiang Cheng's arousal from his own.

He jumped off the sofa and pulled Jiang Cheng up with him.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Cheng was a bit bewildered by this sudden action.

Only then did Gu Fei quickly glance over at the living room curtains, damn! Luckily I had closed them after lighting the candles this morning and didn't open them again!

With this tense then relaxed feeling, it was like everything was stimulated and shot upwards.

"I'm gonna fuck you." Gu Fei said, grabbing Jiang Cheng's arm and bending him over the table.

Jiang Cheng's arm was pulled back behind him, the muscles on his back and waist tensed, and Gu Fei suddenly felt his vision blurring slightly from the excitement and blood rushing to his brain.