Not For You to Bite

The morning sun was dazzling, and the light came in from the window, filling the room with bright light.

Chi Le was a little dazed when he woke up. The surrounding environment was so strange that he couldn’t tell where he was for a while.

He blinked his eyes, turned over on the bed, and saw Sheng Zhuo on the opposite bed.

Strange room, strange bed, there is only one thing in the whole room that is familiar, that is the person on the opposite side, this situation is so familiar no matter how you think about it, Chi Le almost thought he was dreaming again.

Sheng Zhuo was lying flat on the bed, the quilt covering his body neatly, the light reflected on his face, the profile of his face appeared softer than usual. Since he was a light sleeper, he opened his eyes when Chi Le turned his lower body.

Seeing Sheng Zhuo’s opened eyes, Chi Le finally realized before opening his mouth that this was not a dream, he turned his words around and finally said “Morning” dryly.

Sheng Zhuo seemed a little annoyed to wake up, with a sullen face, he gave a soft ‘Mn’, sat up from the bed, lifted the quilt, got up, and went to the bathroom.

His hair was a little messed up, his eyes were slightly hidden, his pupils were dark, his face was not smiling, and his gestures were lazy and indifferent. He was different from what Chi Le usually saw, so Chi Le unconsciously looked at him for a couple of seconds more and felt that it was a little bit refreshing.

When he retracted his eyes, his eyes inadvertently slid across the position below Sheng Zhuo’s waist, he paused for a moment, his gaze was hastily fixed, he looked at it for a moment, and then closed his eyes in a panic.

Damn, his wife’s seems to be bigger than his own.

Chi Le didn’t want to believe it and suspected that he was wrong, so he opened his eyes slightly and took a sneak peek.

It’s over, it is indeed bigger than his own.

After washing up, Sheng Zhuo came out, and all signs of morning grogginess disappeared. He returned to his usual self, with a calm expression and a refreshed appearance.

He tousled his hair, looked up, and saw Chi Le lying on the pillow sullenly, listless as if he had been hit by something.

Sheng Zhuo walked over and sat down beside the bed, reached out, and rubbed the back of his head, “What’s wrong?”

Chi Le turned to look at him, her face sank into the soft pillow, and he sighed silently.

Sheng Zhuo laughed, “Is it a nightmare?”

Chi Le nodded, looking straight at him with a pair of dark eyes, “It’s a big nightmare.”

“What kind of nightmare?” Sheng Zhuo pinched his ears lightly, “It can scare you like this. Could it be that you dreamed of some monster?”

Chi Le’s lips moved for a while, and finally, he uttered four words in an unclear manner, “Truly a huge monster.”

“…”

Sheng Zhuo inexplicably felt that the way he looked at him was a bit strange.

“What kind of huge monster?”

Chi Le buried his head in the pillow and rubbed it vigorously, the words ‘refuse to answer’ were written all over his body.

“…Touching your hair like this will make your scares go away.” Sheng Zhuo thought he was still afraid and gently touched his soft hair. “Get up quickly, it’s almost time to gather.”

Chi Le’s cheeks turned slightly red, feeling that Sheng Zhuo’s tone was like comforting a child.

Sheng Zhuo saw that his face was gradually turning red, thinking that his mood had eased, and he no longer thought about that ‘nightmare’, so he stood up and wanted to help him up.

Sheng Zhuo’s tall body stood beside the bed, casting a shadow on Chi Le.

“… Have you grown taller again?” Chi Le looked up at him in disbelief.

Sheng Zhuo touched the space between his eyebrows, “Maybe, I haven’t measured recently.”

Chi Le looked at him with complicated emotions as he grew taller and taller, and his mood became even more depressed!

They’re both drinking the same milk. Why was that the more he drank it, the whiter he became, but the more Sheng Zhuo drank it, the taller he got? What is the reason for this?

Chi Le ushered in a new day with great dissatisfaction.

*

Today it was Fang Younian and Jian Cheng’s turn to cook, and they have been flying around since the morning, and the villa was noisy.

Chi Le walked down the stairs, passed the kitchen, and heard two people swearing non-stop inside.

Fang Younian: “Can’t you pour the oil properly? You almost spilled it all over me! If I become disfigured and can’t find a wife, will you compensate me?”

Jian Cheng: “If you can’t cook, stay away from me. Don’t get in my way here, and you talk so much when you can’t even cook properly.”

Fang Younian: “The rules require both of us to cook. I won’t take advantage of you. If it says two people cook, then two people cook! Move aside, I’m frying this egg today!”

Jian Cheng: “You’ve already burnt it! Is that even an egg you fried? Looks more like pig feed, no, even pigs wouldn’t eat it.”

Fang Younian: “Who said pigs wouldn’t eat it? I’ll eat it later!”

Jian Cheng: “Ha… so you’re a pig, then?”

Fang Younian: “Ugh! You’re the pig! You’ve confused me with all your nonsense.”

…

Chi Le leaned against the staircase and burst into laughter while listening. Jian Cheng usually had a good temper and rarely had moments of being so fired up. Fang Younian didn’t know what was going on, but he seemed to always hit Jian Cheng’s nerve, making it all the more intriguing to hear.

“Lele.” Sheng Zhuo waved to him in the living room, “Come here.”

The first time Chi Le heard him call his nickname, his heart jumped, he answered crisply and ran over happily.

Chen Yunzhou stood in the middle of the two rooms, feeling quite a headache. In the living room, the relationship between the two had progressed rapidly, going from bitter rivals to now being as close as glue and paint1an idiom meaning really close. In contrast, the two in the kitchen kept arguing every time they met, with their conflicts escalating. He felt truly exhausted being caught in the middle of all this.

Standing in front of the sink, Sheng Zhuo poured a cup of warm milk for Chi Le, and helped him spread jam on the bread, then pushed the plate in front of him, “Hurry up and eat.”

Chi Le sat down opposite him, and looked at him as naturally as possible, “Aren’t we going to wait for Jian Cheng and Fang Younian to make breakfast?”

Chen Yunzhou came over and snatched a piece of bread from Chi Le’s plate, “The two of them are bickering like that, I don’t know how many spitballs are in the rice they make, you dare to eat it?”

Chi Le quickly shook his head, lowered his head, took a bite of the bread, and took another sip of the milk. Honey was put in the milk, and it tasted sweet. He licked his lower lip eagerly.

Sheng Zhuo raised his eyes, “Is it delicious?”

Chi Le nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at rice, “It’s delicious! It’s very delicious!”

Joke’s on him. Don’t think he doesn’t get it. It’s a giveaway question.

Chi Jindong liked to brag to him since he was a child, saying that the first thing about being a husband is to be able to praise his wife’s delicious food. It is said that his mother was caught up by Chi Jindong in this way. Besides, the breakfast prepared by Sheng Zhuo was indeed quite delicious, so of course he had to praise it vigorously.

Sheng Zhuo smiled, sat down opposite of him, and started eating slowly.

Chi Le’s chewing movements unconsciously slowed down, his eyes stared at the opposite side, and he felt that the atmosphere of sitting and having breakfast with Sheng Zhuo was like a dream—if there wasn’t an extra Chen Yunzhou next to him.

Chen Yunzhou finished eating a piece of bread and wanted to reach out to Chi Le’s plate.

Without even raising his head, Sheng Zhuo tapped his hand with the spoon handle in his hand, “If you want to eat, go get it yourself.”

Chen Yunzhou curled his lips and left. Before he left, he couldn’t help muttering in a low voice, “Why is there such a big difference between classmates? If Chi Le wasn’t Beta, I would be wondering if the two of you are in a relationship.”

Chi Le glanced at Sheng Zhuo guiltily, seeing Sheng Zhuo drinking his coffee with his head down as if he didn’t hear, secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

He rubbed the back of his neck lightly, frowning slightly.

Sheng Zhuo glanced at his hand, “What’s wrong?”

Chi Le’s movements froze, and he muttered secretly in his heart, Sheng Zhuo obviously didn’t look up just now, how did he know what he was doing so quickly? He answered honestly: “The back of the neck is a little uncomfortable, itchy.”

Since he got up this morning, he felt strange on the back of his neck, but the feeling was not obvious, only occasionally a little uncomfortable, and other times it was normal.

Sheng Zhuo glanced at the back of his fair neck, his expression froze slightly, and he looked away after half a second, “It’s not red.”

“Yeah.” Chi Le withdrew his hand and didn’t take it seriously, “Maybe I was bitten by a bug last night, and it will be fine after a while.”

Sheng Zhuo warned, “If you still feel uncomfortable, go to the hospital.”

Chi Le nodded absent-mindedly and seized the time to eat breakfast.

He hurried and finally finished his breakfast before Fang Younian and Jian Cheng brought out the food and left the restaurant with a full belly.

Like them, the others looked for reasons to eat other things. In the end, Fang Younian and Jian Cheng were the only ones left to eat breakfast. The two of them quarreled from the kitchen to the dining table, and there was no sign of stopping.

Fang Younian: “Don’t touch my scrambled eggs, I won’t let you eat them.”

Jian Cheng: “Am I crazy to eat your plate of ashes?”

Fang Younian: “You don’t want to eat? Then you must eat today!”

Jian Cheng stood up and ran, “Don’t even think about it!”

Chi Le leaned on the railing on the second floor, watched Fang Younian chasing Jian Cheng out of the dining area with a plate of black things, and silently mourned for Jian Cheng.

He secretly rejoiced that he didn’t have to eat that plate of strange-looking scrambled eggs.

Who made his future wife virtuous?

Chi Le licked his lips, a little nostalgic for the glass of milk with honey just now.

 

 

1an idiom meaning really close