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"What trouble can I get myself into? Furthermore, even if I did something bad, it's still not your turn to interfere!"

"So who do you wish to interfere?" Yuan Zong asked lowly.

Xia Yao giggled by himself.

"I can whip myself." (It probably means that Xia Yao was telling Yuan Zong he can punish himself if he really did do something)

"Really? You're ready to whip yourself?"

Xia Yao nearly fell for Yuan Zong's trap, luckily, he has good reflexes, answering.

"I didn't do anything bad, why would I punish myself?"

Yuan Zong smiled in silence, he merely said that as a joke, he has complete trust him Xia Yao. In his mind, Xia Yao is like a cheeky kid. Making Yuan Zong want to care about the simplest things like finding him "rubbish" food to eat, or sneakily do naughty things beneath the bed cover. He honestly can't fathom Xia Yao doing anything worse than that.

"What have you been up to these few days?" Xia Yao asked.

Yuan Zong, "Nothing much, just cleaning the house, fixing it up."

"Fixing? What for?" Xia Yao stopped breathing, "You're planning to not come back and stay there forever?"

"It's not like that, this house has been left unoccupied for too long so it is impossible to live here without fixing things up a bit. I'm just replacing some wall papers, adding a few candles for decoration, tinkering with the fire-place."

"Ahh..."

Xia Yao's sudden sigh caused an electrical current pass through Yuan Zong's blood stream, forcing him to open his mouth, "Miss me?"

Xia Yao, at this time, was in bed lying on his back, two curvy legs pointing upwards resting against the wall like two water currents flowing down. On hearing Yuan Zong's question, his hand unknowingly stuck itself to his crotch. Xia Yao had no idea why he did this.

"Why would I miss you?" Xia Yao said with a hard tone, "I have many friends beside me, all of whom who can tend to me as well as you do."

Yuan Zong was on the verge of saying something, where Yuan Ru breezed into the house.

"So cold, so cold."

She immediately threw off her shoes as soon as she entered the room, straight to the heater near the bed, she then used all her might to push Yuan Zong out of the way, and wrapped herself up into a big roll with a jacket. Her pink, wind beaten face peaked out from the top of the zipper, making her look more or less cute.

Xia Yao, after not hearing anything from Yuan Zong, asked, "Do you miss me?"

"You tell me?" Yuan Zong rebutted.

Xia Yao uncomfortably shot up from bed.

"How should I know?"

Having a "woman" sitting beside him, eavesdropping didn't deter Yuan Zong from announcing straight forward, "Missing you immensely."

These three words, though his tone was kept composed with each breath, Yuan Zong was actually experiencing profound warmth gushing through his body in waves. It is unknown whether Yuan Ru sensed anything crooked from those words, or simply took them literally.

"Ge [1], who are you calling?" Yuan Ru asked.

([1]: Ge = Big brother. I used Ge since English doesn't have a proper word for "big brother" and if I leave "big brother" in there, it wouldn't sound natural.)

Yuan Zong payed her little attention and continued to talk with Xia Yao like nobody was there.

Yuan Ru only had to use her brain to figure out who it was. Who else can it be? Other than the idol she has been "obsessed" over. The instant this crossed her thoughts, Yuan Ru stomped her feet in denial.

My god, you two are certainly taking all the conveniences, aren't you.

Xia Yao told Yuan Zong, "That day...I was so angry."

Yuan Zong could easily picture Xia Yao's puckered, pouty lips, this image was like a sharp knife puncturing his heart. Therefore, he toned down his voice as best as he could.

"If you had seen me off, there was no way I could've left."

Yuan Ru scrunched the fluff on her jacket, her eyes filled with indignation: Are you really trying to push my limits? For Yuan Ru, Yuan Zong has always been this godly figure in her eyes, so it is impossible for her to imagine her own brother romantically fawning over a guy. But now that the "truth" was just a few feet away, it outright disgraced every life moral she has lived by for the last twenty years.

That's why she jumped forward to snatch the phone out of Yuan Zong's hand.

"Xia Yao, let me tell you something, my brother's ex girlfriend is here, he's not coming back because..." Sadly, Yuan Zong's hand will always be faster than Yuan Ru's devious mouth.

"I've hung up."

Yuan Ru humphed coldly, and exclaimed with a sour voice, "You were talking on the phone like a stupid boy...Stupid!"

Yuan Zong didn't pay any attention to her words, instead, he pointed his finger, his tone returned to its solemn demeaner.

"Go to your bedroom!"

"I'm not going!" Yuan Ru said angrily, "I'm sleeping with you tonight!"

"Your choice."

Yuan Zong flipped open the blanket and laid down.

Yuan Ru sat there with a sullen face, then she really did hug a bunch of blankets and crawled inside right next to Yuan Zong. She took off her clothes and laid down. (uhhhh...casual much???)

With the lights off, Yuan Ru waited for Yuan Zong to scowl at her; but nothing happened, so her mood instantly became much better.

"Ge."

"Hmm?"

"I want to have a talk with you."

"Speak."

Yuan Ru rested her head on one hand, grinning widely, expressing a delightful gaze.

"You and Xia Yao have done it, right?"

Yuan Zong fired back, "Done what?"

Yuan Ru smiled evilly, her hands rubbing together, "Done that. You know what I mean."

"Never." Yuan Zong said.

Yuan Ru didn't believe him, she thought because of his pride, Yuan Zong didn't want to admit it. The curiosity bug was eating at her. So she continued on with the interrogation, "Xia Yao's body is super white, right? How's his pubic hair? I especially feel that his skin is so smooth, it probably feels great to touch, right?"

Yuan Zong has been sleep deprived for the past few days, as he needed to purify his mind before bedtime, but Yuan Ru was currently messing everything up, and so his brain unconsciously drew pictures of Xia Yao. In his head at that moment were various images of Xia Yao's slippery soft skin, smooth, white.

Yuan Ru said, "Xia Yao's butt must be super firm, many men when they put on pants and stand up their bottoms aren't as filled up, but Xia Yao's booty is always so taut. Ai, you've squeezed those butts, right? Is it awfully fulfilling, so much so that you can't let go?"

Listening to Yuan Ru's words, Yuan Zong resented not being able to cut a piece of Xia Yao's derriere and bring it here with him.

Yuan Ru was relentless, her persistence was unbeatable, "Ge, are you just as quiet when you're together with Xia Yao?"

For Yuan Zong, it is Xia Yao's slit eyes that causes him to lose himself. Just thinking about it makes him restless, he can't help a smile from forming on his lips. This was the ultimate weapon against Yuan Zong, the one thing that tortures him most.

Yuan Zong finally turned to Yuan Ru with one sentence on his lips.

"What is this? Are you a dog in heat in the middle of the night?"

Yuan Ru reacted in time and kicked kicked Yuan Zong under the cover with much resentment.

Yuan Zong ended it with one word.

"Sleep!"

Today is the twenty seventh of December, and once again, Xia Ren Zhong had returned for the Chinese new year festival. Both Xuan Da Yu and Peng Ze came over to pay him a visit. Setting these boys really made Xia Ren Zhong happy, and so he decided to cook a meal too keep them for dinner.

"Ah Da Yu! How's your parents?" Xia Ren Zhong asked.

Xuan Da Yu replied, "They're very healthy. They even called in today to remind me to send you their wishes for the new year."

"Ha ha..." Xia Ren Zhong laughed freely, "how about you?"

"Me? I've always been fine!"

"I'm asking if you have a girlfriend yet?"

Ah... Xuan Da Yu instinctively looked at Xia Yao.

Xuan Da Yu found it funny, "I'm asking you, why are you looking at him?"

"Uh, I don't, not right now."

Xia Ren Zhong switched his gaze to Peng Ze, "what about you?"

Peng Ze smiled, "Me?... I've had one for quite a while now."

Xia Ren Zhong started to criticize Xuan Da Yu and Xia Yao, "Look at him, now look at you guys, since he was young, I've always known that Peng Ze is the most astute one out of you guys."

Xia Yao lamented, if we took his "boyfriend" here for you to have a good look, let's see who you would say is the smartest out of us three then. (Like you don't have a boyfriend =]] )

It was a joyful warm meal, there was absolutely no patriarchal vibes from Xia Ren Zhong. Xia Yao ate the fastest, he only had few mouthfuls of rice before running off into the guestroom to turn on some entertainment TV channel.

Xuan Da Yu followed in with his bowl of rice in hand, "You're already finished?"

Xia Yao nodded just for the sake of it, his eyes sticking to the television.

The television was airing the whole process of filming that Xia Yao participated in. Of course, the main focus was on Yuan Zong's company's bodyguard performance. First are propaganda images, then clips of the company's familiar scenery appeared, making Xia Yao feel like what they are showing on screen was much different from when they were filming the bodyguards.

There were clips of strict but loving instructors. Xia Yao snickered, silently wailing in amusement at how he is not treated biased at all... It is here that he became close with each of these faces on screen. Even though Xia Yao hadn't spent a large amount of time with these students, he still feel like they've all shared many memorable memories together. The idea of seeing new students entering the school next year leaves a tad bit of regret as well as satisfaction.

Xuan Da Yu also quickly finished off his meal before sitting down next to Xia Yao and watched with him.

Xia Yao suddenly tightened his hand on Xuan Da Yu's, excitedly saying, "Quick, look, I'm on the screen!"

Xuan Da Yu wondered, "Do you have to be that elated? I remember that time when those two people invited you to do a commercial, you refused them outright. Now you're only on the TV for a bit but you're getting all excited."

"It's not the same." Xia Yao said.

In a blink, Yuan Zong appeared.

Xia Yao stopped talking. Seeing Yuan Zong on the screen in flesh and blood, training and instructing according to the script, Xia Yao didn't want to talk anymore, not one single word.

He felt lonely. He'd never thought New Years would be so miserable.

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Hey guys! This will be my last update before I fly to Australia for my studies. Where my Australians at???

Guess I'll see you guys there

"Ahihi...aren't I beautiful?" Says Gong Jun

Love,

Ann