Ultimately, the food went cold.

Wei Dong first wanted to take a quick spin under the shower and then finish eating, but halfway through the shower, Qin Youyou walked in completely naked.

Wei Dong couldn’t restrain himself.

Qin Youyou felt like he was not afraid of dying. Before starting he was completely fearless—halfway through he was crying out for mercy. By the end he could barely stand straight. Wei Dong laid him down on the bed, but even after lying there for a while, his legs were still a little shaky.

Wei Dong used the induction cooker to reheat the dishes one by one.

After resting for a spell, Qin Youyou crawled out of bed and went to sit on the soft cushion, holding onto his bowl as he relished the food.

His portion size was truly frightening and Wei Dong was scared he would pop. Consequently, after dinner they sat down to watch TV. The kid’s gaze fell impatiently on the little cake and wasn’t willing to move away.

“Can you still fit it?” Wei Dong chuckled.

“I can.” Qin Youyou was very serious with his response.

“It’s not that I don’t want you to eat,” Wei Dong told him. “You’re eating a bit excessively; can your digestion handle it?”

“It can handle it.” Qin Youyou was firm.

Wei Dong had no choice—he stood up and opened up the box. “Okay then, you can eat it.”

Qin Youyou took the box with both hands and then held up the cherry to Wei Dong’s mouth.

“You eat it,” he said.

“Open your mouth, Ge.” Qin Youyou commanded.

“I bought it for you…” Wei Dong was helpless.

Qin Youyou rubbed the cherry along his lips. The cream was spread over his lips and the sweet smell permeated his nose.

Wei Dong was speechless.

For a while, Qin Youyou stared at the corner of his mouth expressionlessly. Then he moved closer and used the tip of his tongue to lick it up.

Wei Dong looked down at his eyes. “… Does that place no longer hurt?”

Qin Youyou chuckled mischievously then stuffed the cherry into his mouth. Shuffling back, he nestled back into the couch and used a small spoon to dig into the cake.

“Ge, don’t you want to try it?” He was eating with gusto.

Wei Dong spat out the cherry pit into his hand and threw it in the bin. He wiped his hand and said, “I don’t eat it. I bought it for you. Kids like to eat that kind of thing.”

Qin Youyou burst out laughing and looked back at the TV with the spoon in his mouth. After a long while, he said “I don’t even remember when the last time was that I ate cake.”

Watching the TV, Wei Dong remained silent.

Qin Youyou looked down and continued scooping, mouthful by mouthful he happily ate the cake.

The small cake was actually only the size of a palm, but Qin Youyou savoured every spoonful, making sure it wasn’t gone in only a few bites.

He put the paper wrapper and spoon into the plastic bag, tied it up and then went to sit next to Wei Dong.

Wei Dong touched his face. “In future, if you want to eat it, I’ll get it for you.”

Qin Youyou gazed up at him. “Okay.”

If one were to say that in the days leading up to this, Qin Youyou had been a bit cautious and restrained, it could now be said that the display of needing to be close to Wei Dong was incredibly obvious—it bordered on clingy.

After cleaning up the two of them went to lie down and Qin Youyou wrapped himself around his body.

Wei Dong was amused. “Are you trying to drain me today?”

Blushing, Qin Youyou said quietly, “You’re not dry… You only came once… And I came multiple times.”

Wei Dong rubbed his head. “Be good, go sleep.”

Qin Youyou was restless and he propped himself up to look at Wei Dong.

“If you don’t want it… What else can I do for you then, hmm?”

“What are you saying?” Wei Dong didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“I’m not good to you because I want to sleep with you, so don’t think like that.”

“I know.” Qin Youyou turned his face away. “For one session it would still be less than what you spent tonight. My worth isn’t worth that much.”

“Qin Youyou,” Wei Dong was incensed. Qin Youyou just looked at him. “What can I do to you from constantly destroying your self-worth with your words?”

“Then why won’t you do it with me? You’re so good to me, so besides this, what else can I give you?”

“Why would I insist on you giving me something? This isn’t a transaction, Qin Youyou.”

“Then what is it?” Qin Youyou looked him dead in the eye.

Wei Dong looked at him for a while then sighed. “Why can’t it be that I just want to treat you well?”

“But why…” Maybe Qin Youyou didn’t understand, or maybe, he just wanted to hear him say it clearly.

“There’s no reason,” Wei Dong reached out to grab him in his arms and lay down, pulling the blanket over both of them. “It’s simple—I just want to treat you well. If you really can’t believe that there’s people in the world who don’t have ulterior motives, then just leave me your bank card number. When you need money, I can just give it to you, so then there’s no need for you to come over.”