As the New Year approached, Fang Yuhan couldn’t help but feel sentimental. Last year during the New Year, he and Qin Zhan were just pretending to be a couple. This year, starting from Qin Zhan’s company annual meeting, they had spent countless nights together.
Countless… Fang Yuhan felt a twinge in his buttocks as he remembered that the frequency of their intimate moments had decreased significantly lately. Of course, this was only Qin Zhan’s perception; Fang Yuhan thought once or twice a week was just right, maybe even once every two weeks was better.
The reason for Qin Zhan’s recent business trips was that he wanted to accumulate annual leave. Fang Yuhan had been informed early on to try to get a few more days off this year because Qin Zhan wanted to take him on a trip.
Crafty!
With nothing else to do, spending 24 hours a day together was practically an invitation for intimacy! Therefore, before that day arrived, Fang Yuhan decided to give his little friend a break.
So, at the beginning of January, Fang Yuhan dragged a large suitcase and told Qin Zhan that he would be away on a business trip for a month, returning just before the end of the lunar December.
Qin Zhan didn’t say anything. He was busy lately, and even if Fang Yuhan went to meet an old lover, he didn’t have time to catch them… no, he did have time for that. But he decided to trust Fang Yuhan. “You’re not allowed to ignore my calls.”
Fang Yuhan was overwhelmed by the bossy CEO’s demeanor, his legs turning weak. With dimples forming at the corners of his mouth, he replied, “Alright. No matter when you call, I’ll answer right away!”
Qin Zhan stared at those dimples, seemingly more adept at pleasing people than even their owner. Whether he was happy, wronged, or angry, those dimples would quietly appear at the corners of his mouth, just like Fang Yuhan’s restless thoughts.
Seeing Qin Zhan’s strange look, Fang Yuhan immediately put on a mask and darted away like a big star chased by paparazzi.
“What are you doing…”
Ten minutes later, Fang Yuhan walked out with blush applied in the wrong places, rubbing his nose. He regretted being too hasty; the faster he moved in front of Qin Zhan, the more he would be seen as a hunted rabbit. Now his mask was torn.
Standing on the roadside, he called his childhood friend Lu Lixuan. “I’m going on a business trip for a while, and then I’ll have a few days off. Let’s go skiing.”
Calculating carefully, Fang Yuhan only needed to be on a business trip for 25 days, but he secretly extended it to a month, very cunning.
“Oh, is Qin Zhan willing to let you go?” Lu Lixuan’s tone was full of schadenfreude.
Hearing his friend’s gloating tone, Fang Yuhan became angry. “What kind of movies are you giving me?” Next time, he would tie Lu Lixuan to a chair and make him watch for three days straight until he vomited.
“Educational films.” Lu Lixuan could probably guess that Fang Yuhan hadn’t watched them and just passed them on to Qin Zhan. Fang Yuhan was thin-skinned in certain aspects.
“Is that it?”
“Do you have any evidence otherwise?”
Fang Yuhan: “…”
Twenty-five days later, Fang Yuhan successfully met Lu Lixuan at a skiing resort overseas. He first beat up his childhood friend and then announced mercilessly, “I’m only staying for one day. We’re leaving tonight.”
“Weren’t we supposed to stay for five days?” Wasn’t it difficult enough for him to fly over here?
Feeling a little embarrassed, Fang Yuhan had missed Qin Zhan after almost a month of not seeing him. He had finished his work and could go back immediately, so why not give his boyfriend a surprise?
Lu Lixuan sensed Fang Yuhan’s intentional retaliation and kicked his calf, but by then, both had already put on their equipment, and this kick caused them both to fall to the ground.
With Lu Lixuan pinning him down, Fang Yuhan felt his neck being squeezed. “As a golden bachelor, if I ever go out with someone who’s taken again, I’ll be an idiot.”
Five meters away, a camera shutter clicked softly, sending real-time photos of the snowy scene to Qin Zhan’s computer.
Zhang Lili had pursued Qin Zhan for five years without success. When she found out that there was still such a formidable rival for Qin Zhan within the company, she discreetly held Qin Zhan’s hand and walked around in front of him. Qin Zhan understood Fang Yuhan’s intentions and generously introduced him as his boyfriend.
So when Zhang Lili saw what seemed like Fang Yuhan cheating at the skiing resort, she immediately took a picture and sent it to Qin Zhan.
At this moment, Qin Zhan, who thought Fang Yuhan was on a business trip elsewhere, said, “…” He immediately called Fang Yuhan to confirm, “Where are you now?”
Fang Yuhan, not very good at lying, stuttered, “Um, in a meeting.”
“It’s so late, and you’re still having a meeting?”
Fang Yuhan suddenly remembered that the skiing resort was in a different time zone. The location he had reported to Qin Zhan was several time zones away, and it was currently three or four in the morning there.
“Yeah, the client changed plans last minute, and we’re discussing solutions. Anyway, let’s not talk about it now. Bye.” Fang Yuhan hung up the phone, feeling a bit panicked for some reason. He told Lu Lixuan, “I’m done playing. I have to go back right away. You like that naval set of mine, right? I’ll give it to you as compensation.”
Lu Lixuan looked at Fang Yuhan, who changed his mind after a single phone call, with teasing eyes. “Is it too mushy to be in a relationship? Being single seems better.”
“Shut up, you’re the concubine!”
……On the other end.
Qin Zhan’s expression turned cold, as if through the phone, the icy chill from Fang Yuhan’s end transmitted to him, freezing his fingers holding the phone.
After a while, Qin Zhan finally moved his fingers, taking the phone away from his ear and immediately dialing another number.
“Have you finished making the drawings I gave you last time?”
“It’s done, General Qin. You can come pick it up tomorrow.”
As soon as Fang Yuhan landed, he hurriedly returned to Qin Zhan’s apartment, but when he opened the door, he was stunned.
Several workers were busy assembling a huge birdcage, four meters in diameter and three meters high.
Fang Yuhan was astonished. “Is Qin Zhan planning to keep birds in the apartment?!”
It was so big; was he going to keep dozens or even hundreds of them? Fang Yuhan thought about struggling to fall asleep at night, only to be woken up by a group of birds in the morning, and pursed his lips. Wasn’t having me enough?
Specs were scattered around, and Fang Yuhan casually glanced at them, but was shocked by the purity of the gold indicated on them.
It was a golden birdcage!
This couldn’t be for birds; Qin Zhan should discuss it with him.
The idiom “keeping one’s wife in a golden house” came to Fang Yuhan’s mind, and his face flushed. Suddenly, he remembered the old photos his mother had shown him.
For over twenty years, there were two cages, differing only in size and material. Qin Zhan’s taste had hardly changed.
Fang Yuhan finally understood why he used to climb into birdcages when he was a child, and even now, he felt a little tempted.
Wait a minute… Fang Yuhan suddenly became alert. Did Qin Zhan remember the embarrassing incident from back then and was now going to hold him accountable for it?
After all, his reputation had been damaged for so many years.
How was he going to hold him accountable? Fang Yuhan’s butt reflexively tingled, as if pricked by needles, and he jumped up from the chair. He had promised to give his little friend a break, but now he hadn’t, and it seemed to be getting worse.
He needed to apologize first. Fang Yuhan had an idea and rushed out, only to bump into Qin Zhan just as he was about to enter.
“You…” Qin Zhan was surprised at Fang Yuhan’s early return.
Fang Yuhan: “What a coincidence?”
Seeing him looking guilty and trying to escape, Qin Zhan’s anger surged, and he grabbed his wrist, pulling him in, using the last of his reason to dismiss the workers.
During this time, Fang Yuhan stood next to him like a little wife, very timid.
“I’m sorry.” As soon as everyone left, Fang Yuhan hurriedly apologized. “I embarrassed you so much, but who hasn’t been foolish in their youth…”
Qin Zhan laughed at the term “foolish youth”. It seemed that Fang Yuhan had realized his mistake, but he couldn’t help but mock, “Are you still acting like you’re four years old?”
Was there no responsibility in love? Like playing house as a child? Play whenever you want, have as many boyfriends as you want?
Fang Yuhan couldn’t believe Qin Zhan was so angry, and he was also a little confused for a while. He was being thrown into the birdcage like a little maid. The whole person sank into it.
Seeing Qin Zhan close the cage door with a lift of his hand, Fang Yuhan crawled up with his hands and feet, clinging to the pillar made of pure gold, squeezing out two tears with all his might, but none came out.
He still didn’t think it was a big deal. Qin Zhan wasn’t the kind of person who held onto things from twenty years ago, was he? Small-mindedness couldn’t sustain a large conglomerate. Fang Yuhan didn’t know that Qin Zhan’s anger was like the grassland above his head. He picked up the childhood nickname he had scorned for many years and no longer used, selling pitifully, “Big Brother – Xiaona was wrong.”
Qin Zhan squatted in front of Fang Yuhan, just suppressing his impulse, but this address from Fang Yuhan reignited his anger.
Xiaona?
Qin Zhan’s eyebrows furrowed, his hand trembling with anger. He knew Fang Yuhan was just joking, but he didn’t expect him to say such a thing.
How many people had he said that to?
Faced with this fact, Qin Zhan felt as if he had been through hell and back.
But hadn’t he brought it on himself, like a moth to a flame?
He knelt down, pressing his forehead against Fang Yuhan’s across the pillar, and closed his eyes. “I don’t want to treat you like this either. Let me calm down for a bit.”
He had never liked canaries since he was little. He hoped Fang Yuhan was a white sparrow by the water, free and beautiful, returning to the nest on time.
But he had to build this golden cage to warn him.
Qin Zhan handed the key to Fang Yuhan. “If you truly realize your mistake, come out by yourself.”
After saying that, he returned to his own bedroom, his back somewhat lonely.
Fang Yuhan: “…”
????
What was wrong?
Fang Yuhan opened the door without any pressure, remembering the magical apology method he had thought of earlier and ran out to prepare.
The door slammed shut, and Qin Zhan thought, was he too kind?
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