The water park was crowded, and leaving one’s hair loose meant it was easily caught on things, so Xu Chi took Yun Zhixue to a hair salon to have it styled.
The hairstylist felt the thick, soft, and silky hair, then looked at the little boy’s snowy white face. She was a hair care specialist. Being experienced, she could tell at a glance that this was a little boy who loved beauty. She skillfully divided the hair into several strands and secured them with clips while curiously asking, “Little student, what kind of hair care and skincare products do you usually use? I want to buy some for my own child.”
Yun Zhixue kept his knees together, sitting obediently in the chair. His eyelids were heavy, as this was his nap time. The stylist’s words helped him perk up a bit. He tried to remember what the bottles and jars on his vanity were called. “I am not very sure. I just use whatever is available.”
Although Yun Zhixue looked like a little boy who was exquisitely, punctually, and daily dressed up, in reality, he had never dressed himself up on purpose. He washed his face with plain water and used whatever was prepared for him for his bath. Or rather, this was something he had never worried about, as someone had always prepared it for him.
The stylist understood. “Naturally gifted.” After all, his entire body’s skin was white to the point of glowing, and there was not even a difference in shade between his neck and his face.
The stylist tied two small buns and then quickly separated the hair she had clipped, weaving a light blue ribbon into the braids. She tied it very quickly, finishing in a few moments, creating a “New Chinese” style double-bun braid to match the pink round-collared robe the little student was wearing.
After it was done, Yun Zhixue immediately cupped his face and looked in the full-length mirror, looking left and right, his mouth curving upward. “Sister, you are so amazing; this is tied so beautifully.” His soft voice was filled with delight.
The hairstylist put away her comb and clips, saying truthfully, “When someone is born good-looking, any hairstyle suits them. Especially your head shape, little student. It is round and adorable; it was clearly sleeping on the right way by your family. It doesn’t restrict hairstyles. Plus, your face is extremely beautiful.”
Yun Zhixue touched the back of his head. It was the first time he knew he had a “round head.” He looked at the full-length mirror, looking left and right. Was this what a round head was?
Xu Chi recorded the way Yun Zhixue cupped his face to look in the mirror, then crouched down to take a cheek-to-cheek photo against Yun Zhixue’s soft cheek. A joint photo was definitely useful; he would post it on his WeChat Moments that evening to announce that he was a man with a family. He also wanted to warn those with bad intentions.
Thinking about how he and his baby were officially together today, he was filled with joy.
There were exceptionally many people at the water park on the weekend, mostly families. The children were mostly full of energy, and the noise of their screams seemed to pierce the sky. Because Yun Zhixue had been holding a giant fat cat in the morning and did not nap after lunch, he had walked a distance and his energy was already failing. He was almost being supported by Xu Chi, who had his arm around his shoulders.
Based on Yun Zhixue’s physical condition, his soft stomach, arms, and thin little legs, Xu Chi had already considered his low stamina and limited energy, ensuring the date was not physically demanding. But he still had not expected it to be this bad.
He settled Yun Zhixue under a parasol in the rest area and crouched in front of him, touching Yun Zhixue’s sweat-dampened forehead with some heartache. “Tired, right? Let’s rest for a while. We don’t have to play in the water.”
Yun Zhixue was indeed exhausted and sleepy. His legs were sore, and he was feeling the heat from the midday sun. His cheeks were flushed, and he leaned listlessly against the chair back, his eyes watery. He nodded gently, his voice slightly breathless. “Okay, I will just rest for a while.” Then, with watery eyes, he looked at Xu Chi. “Let’s play later, okay? I want to play in the water.”
Xu Chi naturally agreed immediately. While taking out a tissue to wipe the sweat from Yun Zhixue’s forehead with heartache, he instructed, “I will go buy a glass of juice to quench your thirst. Baby, just sit here and wait for me.”
Yun Zhixue nodded, took the tissue, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his white, lotus-root-like arms, and squinted against the chair back, waiting for Xu Chi to return.
“Hi, beauty.”
A face suddenly enlarged in front of Yun Zhixue. Yun Zhixue was startled and sat up straight, his drowsiness fading somewhat. He looked at the person in front of him in confusion.
The person was looked at by such a pair of beautiful eyes and felt a bit embarrassed. He had originally come to the water park to accompany his younger brother, but he did not expect to encounter his destined woman. He scratched his head and patted his brother’s back, his meaning self-evident.
The younger brother’s words tumbled out, “Sister, this is my brother. He fell in love with you at first sight and wants your WeChat, but sister, don’t give it to him. My brother is not reliable at all and lies habitually. He promised to bring me to the water park last month, but we only came this week.”
The older brother covered his younger brother’s mouth with an embarrassed face. This was not what they had agreed on. He wanted to drag him away, but the younger brother pulled his hand away and continued.
“Sister, why don’t you add my QQ? I will grow up very quickly. When the time comes, I will pursue you, and I will definitely be a hundred times better than my brother.”
The older brother looked shocked, looking at his younger brother, “Do you even know what ‘like’ means!”
The younger brother puffed out his little chest and said righteously, “How do I not know what ‘like’ means! Sister is so beautiful, I want to look at sister every day and buy sister candy! Play the games I like! Brother, you are already twenty-six! You are just an old ox eating young grass; how shameless!”
The older brother was almost angered to death by his younger brother. Yun Zhixue did not even have the chance to interrupt before seeing the two of them looking like they were about to fight. He quickly separated them and advised, “Don’t hit the child; the child is still small. I am a boy, a brother, not a sister.”
The younger brother seized the opportunity, hugged the “sister’s” leg, and made a face at his brother.
Xu Chi came back with the orange juice and saw this scene. He put down the orange juice, hugged Yun Zhixue’s shoulder to make him sit back in the chair, and pulled the child away. He looked down and asked Yun Zhixue what happened.
After Yun Zhixue explained, Xu Chi kissed the baby’s side cheek and said to the child’s older brother, “The beautiful sister has a partner. I am the sister’s boyfriend.”
Yun Zhixue nodded. Yes, yes, he had a partner.
The child’s older brother looked at this intimate couple and quickly pulled his younger brother away. The younger brother was still shouting, “Sister is lying. How can such a beautiful sister be a boy? And brother also calls her sister.”
He could not care about the heartbreak of just learning that his destined “beauty” was actually a boy and already had a partner. He quickly covered his younger brother’s mouth, apologized embarrassedly, and hurriedly dragged his younger brother away. It was almost a frantic escape.
The child’s voice still drifted, “Brother, what are you doing? I’m telling the truth; sister smells so fragrant, and unlike you who is smelly, it must be sister.”
“You, you leave. I don’t want you anymore; I want sister.”
“Darn kid, is that the point! The point is that they have a partner!”
The sound behind them was too small for either of them to hear clearly.
Xu Chi took a breath against Yun Zhixue’s neck, “Mmm, indeed fragrant.” Only then was he satisfied. He picked up the orange juice, inserted the straw, and handed it to Yun Zhixue’s lips. “Baby, drink the orange juice. If you are tired, we will watch the scenery here.”
Yun Zhixue sipped the fruit juice. The cool, sweet liquid moisturized his thirsty throat upon entering. He looked at the direction where the two had left, still a little worried, “The relationship between the two should be very good; they shouldn’t fight, right? Fighting is not good for a child’s growth.”
“Baby, don’t worry. They definitely won’t. The way those two brothers get along is probably just like an antagonistic path, but their relationship is actually very good. Truly poor relationships would only be like strangers.”
Yun Zhixue was relieved and drank the fruit juice in small sips. He then looked at the sparkling wave pool not far away and the crowds playing with water guns.
Putting down the juice, he slowly tugged on Xu Chi’s sleeve, his voice soft, “Xu Chi, after resting a bit more, can we play that?”
Xu Chi happily pinched Yun Zhixue’s hand and rubbed it in his own, “Of course, everything listens to the baby.”
Xu Chi remembered that he had just kissed the baby and claimed to be the baby’s boyfriend, and the baby did not refute it but even nodded, making him feel excited.
He hugged the baby up, sat in the chair himself, and had the baby sit in his arms. Surrounded by couples, his actions were not abrupt.
Xu Chi buried his head into Yun Zhixue’s shoulder, smiling, “The baby just admitted it, I am the baby’s boyfriend, and the baby is willing to be my wife.”
Yun Zhixue was a bit hot, especially since Xu Chi’s body temperature was very high, like a solar furnace roasting him. He pushed Xu Chi’s face away with his hand, but Xu Chi immediately stuck back on. After several rounds like this, Yun Zhixue was the first to give up. A bit annoyed, his cheeks puffed up, and he let out a soft huff.
“You are so hot, don’t stick to me.”
Xu Chi replied, “But I am sister’s boyfriend. If I don’t stick to sister, and sister is so beautiful, someone will come to ask for contact information again later.” His voice carried a smile.
Yun Zhixue was stunned for a moment before realizing this sentence was clearly teasing him. He looked at Xu Chi with his beautiful cat eyes, confusion in his eyes, “Xu Chi, are you jealous?”
Xu Chi nodded and admitted frankly, “Yes, my baby is too beautiful, everyone likes him wherever he goes.”
Yun Zhixue was a bit shy from the praise, his fingers unconsciously grabbing Xu Chi’s knuckles. He lowered his eyelashes, his voice softening even more, “Okay, then you can stick to me.”
Xu Chi was pinched by Yun Zhixue, feeling like a little cat scratching an itch, which made him unable to control tightening his arms. He made the boy stick even closer to him, burying his head in Yun Zhixue’s shoulder. His lips grazed against the delicate skin intentionally or unintentionally, especially since the hair that had just been trimmed was pricking Yun Zhixue’s skin.
The shrinking from the kisses and the subtle pain of being pricked overlapped, making Yun Zhixue regret what he had just said. However, because of the words he had spoken, he could only shiver in Xu Chi’s arms while biting his lower lip, the corners of his eyes turning red.
Xu Chi noticed Yun Zhixue’s movements and liberated his lower lip, kissing Yun Zhixue’s corner of the mouth gently, soothing him, “Won’t tease the baby anymore. Baby, rest a bit, and after you recover your stamina, we will go into the water.”
Yun Zhixue, with wet red eyes, gave a soft mmm.
After resting for about half an hour, Yun Zhixue felt his stamina had recovered a bit, so he pulled Xu Chi to go play in the water. Xu Chi naturally indulged him. The two changed into swimsuits. Yun Zhixue’s was prepared by Xu Chi in advance, a set of conservative light blue one-piece swimsuits with a small skirt, which covered his waist and hip curves well, only having a cute hollowed-out butterfly knot on the back.
Yun Zhixue looked down at his chest, a bit soft and with some flesh. The swimsuit was tightly stretched, so he was a bit embarrassed and covered himself with a bath towel. Xu Chi’s own was a very ordinary black swimming trunk, revealing his muscular upper body and sturdy long legs. He was quick, changing in a few moments, and then waited for Yun Zhixue outside.
Even though the swimsuit was conservative enough and Yun Zhixue was even covered with a bath towel, when he walked out of the dressing room, Xu Chi still stared. The exposed legs were so white they seemed to glow, and they were so long. The little skirt on the swimsuit hem swung gently as he walked under the white bath towel, especially the section of waist that was vaguely visible. Xu Chi’s Adam’s apple rolled, his eyes were like a hungry wolf’s, and he hurried to Yun Zhixue’s side, his hand diving under the bath towel and wrapping around him.
A truly thin waist, but his stomach was soft. Xu Chi pinched it, “Baby, why is your stomach so soft? There is no muscle at all.”
Yun Zhixue pushed Xu Chi’s hand away, feeling aggrieved, “You can’t mock me just because I don’t have abdominal muscles.”
This was Yun Zhixue’s pain. He did not know why his stomach was just soft. He had once wanted to train to have eight-pack abs like his friends. After exercising for ten days without any changes, the pain-fearing and lazy Yun Zhixue gave up under his friend’s persuasion.
Xu Chi shouted injustice, “How could I mock the baby? My meaning is that it is so soft and muscle-less, it is too easy to pinch. If the location wasn’t wrong, I would have kissed it already, and even bitten it.”
As he spoke, his hand wrapped around again, hugging him. “I can’t bear to let go.”
Yun Zhixue did not answer, only looking at Xu Chi’s abdominal muscles with some unavoidable envy. Those neat and distinct abdominal muscles shone with a healthy luster in the sun, rising and falling slightly with Xu Chi’s breathing, full of power.
As for his own, Yun Zhixue looked down at his flat and soft little belly. His waist was also gripped by Xu Chi with one hand, especially suitable for being pinched to play with, without a trace of strength.
It was just completely different.
Yun Zhixue felt aggrieved; could it be that he and Xu Chi ate differently? How could the body gap be so big?
Xu Chi naturally noticed the look of longing that Yun Zhixue lingered on his abdominal muscles for a moment. He put Yun Zhixue’s hand on his abdominal muscles and deliberately tensed his muscles to make the outline of his abs even more distinct. Yun Zhixue touched it and it felt like a stone. Because he was being touched like this by his beloved’s delicate white hand, Xu Chi’s voice was a bit hoarse, “Does the baby like abdominal muscles?”
Yun Zhixue naturally did not want to admit it, immediately withdrawing his hand, speaking in a thin, soft voice, “Don’t like them, hard ones are no good, not as good to touch as mine at all.”
“Then let me touch it to prove it.” As he spoke, Xu Chi’s large palm pressed onto the flat, soft lower abdomen, rubbing it back and forth, commenting while rubbing, “What the baby said is indeed correct, the baby’s here feels soft and smooth when touched, like a freshly baked little milk cake, it really is impossibly good to touch.”
“If 10 points is full marks, I give 1000 points.”
Yun Zhixue was rubbed until his whole body was hot, Xu Chi’s palm was incredibly hot, and it passed through the thin swimsuit to Yun Zhixue’s skin. He felt like he was being scalded, softening in Xu Chi’s arms. His ears were red, and he was a bit shy, “Stop talking, how can it be that exaggerated.”
Especially since Yun Zhixue noticed that it seemed vaguely like someone was watching them, making him even more shy, “Don’t pinch anymore, I want to go into the water to play.”
Xu Chi was not exaggerating; he truly thought so. However, looking at Yun Zhixue’s shy, peach-blossom-like face, he closed his mouth and hugged Yun Zhixue to go to the store to purchase a swimming ring.
The most popular in the water park was the huge wave pool. At the same time, for the sake of safety, one needed to wear a life jacket. Since they already had life jackets, a swimming ring was definitely needed. Finally, when the boss said that since there were life jackets, a floating bed was more fun than a swimming ring, Yun Zhixue chose a pink flamingo floating bed.
After buying the life jacket and the floating bed, naturally, he needed to put on the life jacket. Behind the store, in a place with fewer people, Yun Zhixue stood on the inside, and Xu Chi blocked him.
Yun Zhixue felt a little more at ease. He was a bit embarrassed to take off the bath towel in a place with many people; after all, he pursed his lips. He seemed to have been raised too lazily; there really wasn’t a bit of muscle on his body. If so many people saw it, would he be laughed at?
Yun Zhixue again told Xu Chi to close his eyes and not to peek. Xu Chi, with his eyes open, was not very happy. His wife, whom he couldn’t look at, who else could?
The flamingo floating bed was placed on the ground, and Xu Chi held the life jacket in one hand, while his free hand again pinched Yun Zhixue’s little belly, causing Yun Zhixue to hurriedly use his hands to protect his little belly, “Little Snow has already taken off his skirt to show me, but you are still hiding when wearing a tight swimsuit and putting on a life jacket.”
Yun Zhixue’s eyes widened, “You are talking nonsense, I did not show you Little Snow.”
Xu Chi pretended to kindly remind him, “Why not? Yesterday we even held hands and went to the bathroom together.”
Yun Zhixue remembered and seriously refuted, “But that was because you said you wanted to see how to urinate while wearing a skirt, so I let you see, that doesn’t count.”
“But I saw it, white and pink, it was showing me. Even this I have seen, what is the baby still shy about.”
Yun Zhixue could not refute; it seemed to be that logic. Since he had already seen more private parts, couldn’t he look at the “pectoral muscles”? However, his “pectoral muscles” didn’t seem very authentic and were a bit different from others.
Xu Chi saw Yun Zhixue wavering and added, “And baby, we are about to be in a romantic relationship. I am your prospective boyfriend and prospective husband. Even now we are strictly speaking on a date, can’t I show my boyfriend?”
It seemed to be such a logic.
Yun Zhixue was persuaded, but he was still a little worried. He raised his eyes and whispered to Xu Chi, “Then if I let you look, you are not allowed to laugh at me, and you are not allowed to pinch like you pinch my belly.”
Xu Chi readily agreed; he understood the gradual progress. Not pinching now didn’t mean he wouldn’t pinch sooner or later. By then, he wouldn’t just pinch, he would also lick and bite.
Under Xu Chi’s intense gaze, Yun Zhixue’s delicate white fingers pinched the corner of the bath towel, and with a light pull, the bath towel slid to his white, bright arm curve.
Xu Chi swallowed his saliva, his tent was rising.
Yun Zhixue still thought Xu Chi felt that he was different from him. His “pectoral muscles” were a bit soft, but at least there were still some, weren’t there? He complained with some grievance, “It was agreed, you would not mock me, but you kept staring.”
Xu Chi touched his nose uncomfortably; he was not getting worked up. He picked up the life jacket and served Yun Zhixue to put it on, then coaxed him, “How could I have wronged the baby? It is really because the baby is too cute, everywhere, I couldn’t help but look a few more times.” Of course, he wanted even more to bury his face on it, and kiss with his mouth.
Yun Zhixue let Xu Chi buckle the life jacket for him and accepted Xu Chi’s explanation. Xu Chi was not calm at all while buckling, quite distracted. He could see the subtle rises and falls as he looked down, who could bear it? Especially since an evil fire in his heart was about to burst out.
He buckled it up and immediately put on his own life jacket. He picked up the floating bed on the ground to block it, letting it fend for itself. After all, in this situation, if it didn’t fend for itself, what else could he do? Xu Chi gritted his teeth secretly. Why was he so enamored by Yun Zhixue’s color? No, why was he so easily moved by emotion? He really couldn’t bear it at all, and he didn’t even distinguish the occasion.
To cover it up, Xu Chi could only hold Yun Zhixue’s hand to walk, causing Yun Zhixue to look at Xu Chi strangely. Was he not going to wrap his arm around his waist anymore? Xu Chi saw the meaning and explained, “I am holding the floating bed in my hand, the floating bed is too big, and it is easy to poke the baby.”
As for the real reason, Xu Chi understood it himself, he was covering it up.
The two walked into the water waist-deep, and the cool current instantly dispelled the afternoon heat, and the floating bed floated on the water. Xu Chi also relaxed. Yun Zhixue could not swim, and although he had a life jacket, he still tightly grasped Xu Chi’s arm, like a little duckling that had just entered the water, cautiously moving his steps.
Xu Chi was so dependently grabbed by the arm, it was really hard not to feel secretly refreshed, no matter what he thought in his heart. On the surface, he was still very reliable.
“Don’t be afraid, the water is not deep. First try the floating bed, heard from the boss that it is not bad.” Xu Chi grabbed one corner of the floating bed with one hand to fix it, and helped Yun Zhixue climb up with the other hand.
Yun Zhixue nodded, and then started to climb up puffing and puffing, but the water surface was always swaying, and the floating bed was too light, following the drift, and the force was uneven. Before Yun Zhixue’s legs were even put on, the bed overturned, and the person also turned with it.
Xu Chi was quick-eyed and agile, grabbing the person into his arms. Yun Zhixue was caught off guard and threw himself onto Xu Chi, his cheeks hitting his burning chest. He could clearly feel the vigorous heartbeat under the skin, thump, thump, thump, both fast and powerful.
“Don’t rush, baby.” Xu Chi’s voice was low and hoarse, and the vibration of his chest came from Yun Zhixue’s cheek, “I will support you, slowly.”
His two hands steadily supported Yun Zhixue’s waist, almost half-hugging him, guiding Yun Zhixue to lie on the floating bed first.
Yun Zhixue concentrated and climbed up puffing and puffing again, and Xu Chi just stared at the baby’s little butt facing him. This posture was quite subtle, the damp skirt hem was a bit curled up, especially after the light blue fabric was wet, one could vaguely see the color of the close-fitting little underwear.