When Yan Xun confirmed that Chu Tingyun really had amnesia, he had also thought about making up a little lie to tease him, just like this man had once tricked him completely.
But before he even started to think about what kind of lie to fabricate, he considered another matter—
When he lost his memory, it had stopped at a certain night in his senior year of high school.
So what was the eighteen-year-old Chu Tingyun experiencing?
【My father had an affair and remarried, and my stepmother secretly wished I would just die.】
【Under various plots and schemes, I was harmed and ended up in the hospital.】
Those words sounded absurd, but Yan Xun knew that the facts were indeed as such; they were things that had happened.
The eighteen-year-old Chu Tingyun was not yet the future CEO Chu; his mind was still immature, and he didn’t have the ability or resources to resist his father and family.
His memories were stuck in that dangerous and painful adolescent period, and he believed that being in the hospital would mean harm, which is why when he woke up, he ran away immediately.
So Yan Xun took Chu Tingyun directly home, without going around in circles or fabricating some harmless little lie to tease him. Instead, he personally put a wedding ring on him and embraced him, saying:
“Tingyun, don’t run away again in the future.”
With his actions and everything that Chu Tingyun could see in this house, he conveyed a message to him—
We are already married; this is your home, and it’s safe.
“……”
At that moment, Chu Tingyun didn’t know how to react. He was tightly encircled in Yan Xun’s embrace, his body stiff, chin slightly raised, resting on the young man’s shoulder, his expression a bit dazed, a bit embarrassed, and a bit at a loss.
“So you’re… specifically looking for me?”
After a long while, Chu Tingyun finally began to understand—
He was married.
He had married this person named Yan Xun.
With that, all of Yan Xun’s previous unreasonable actions were explained.
“Yeah, I’ve been looking for you all along.”
Yan Xun had searched for so long that he was almost going crazy.
“This morning you said you were going to the ice rink, but ended up falling and fainting, landing in the hospital. I stayed in the ward all day waiting for you to wake up, but then when I stepped out to take a call, you disappeared.”
Later, Yan Xun finally found him and, after some probing, discovered that he had amnesia.
When Yan Xun had lost his memory back then, he could still call Zhou Ze, but Chu Tingyun didn’t even have a friend to call for help. He could only wrack his brains, cautiously testing a stranger, hoping to get some assistance from him.
—He wanted to borrow money.
Yan Xun had never imagined that one day Chu Tingyun would be in such a predicament, asking a stranger to borrow money.
If he hadn’t found Chu Tingyun who had run away from the hospital today, and if the other had encountered some malicious people, Yan Xun didn’t dare to think about what bad things could happen afterward.
As he thought of this, he seemed to completely forget that Chu Tingyun was a very smart person; even if he was only eighteen, he was already an adult.
There was truly… no need to feel this panic and make assumptions like a three-year-old who had gotten lost.
Yan Xun waited.
After a long while, he finally heard a hesitant question from beside him:
“Can a man marry another man…?”
At eighteen, same-sex marriage had not yet been legalized in the country.
Yan Xun replied, “It wasn’t possible before, but now it is.”
“……Oh.”
Chu Tingyun found it hard to believe and was especially shocked that he would actually marry someone. However, when he confirmed this news, he didn’t feel much resistance in his heart.
He just felt a strange sense of wonder.
“So we’ve been married for four years, right?”
“Yeah, four years and eight months.”
“Oh.”
So long…
Chu Tingyun subconsciously swallowed hard. He suddenly felt his heart racing, breath quickening, his body heating up, and his head spinning.
After losing his memory, Chu Tingyun still didn’t know that this feeling was called a crush; he just felt like he was starting to catch a cold.
He instinctively rubbed the wedding ring on his ring finger, then slowly raised his hand, awkwardly and stiffly, testingly reaching out to embrace Yan Xun’s waist.
Chu Tingyun rarely had such intimate actions with anyone; he was a bit unaccustomed to it, yet oddly felt a bit happy.
Very happy.
“So that three million you gave me is…?”
“It’s my old salary card; consider it marital property.”
Aside from fixed assets like the house and car, almost all of Yan Xun’s savings were on that card.
“Oh.”
Marital property.
Chu Tingyun liked this term.
The corners of his mouth involuntarily lifted, and he couldn’t help but hold on a bit tighter, burying his nose in the young man’s shoulder and neck, taking a deep breath.
For some reason, Chu Tingyun felt that Yan Xun smelled really good.
He couldn’t quite pinpoint the exact scent, but it felt clean and warm, intoxicating, and if he inhaled too much, it made him a little dizzy. He tugged on the collar of the young man’s shirt and leaned into the hollow of his collarbone to sniff closely.
“What kind of perfume do you use?”
“……I don’t use perfume.”
Yan Xun genuinely didn’t understand why Chu Tingyun kept saying he had some strange scent on him. Clearly, they both used the same shower gel.
If he pulled the collar down any further, it would be ruined, so Yan Xun could only let go of him, also pulling down Chu Tingyun’s hand.
But Yan Xun was still a little late; his shirt collar was slightly distorted, one button undone, revealing a small area of red skin on his left collarbone, which could be seen faintly as he breathed.
Chu Tingyun blinked, and he unexpectedly felt a desire to tear off the other’s shirt. But at that moment, Yan Xun had already single-handedly pulled his shirt together, easily buttoning it back up.
“Let’s go; I’ll take you to see the marriage certificate and household registration book first.”
This action he did casually and naturally inexplicably made Chu Tingyun feel it was very good-looking.
After Yan Xun spoke, he took Chu Tingyun’s wrist and led him toward the study. Having also experienced amnesia, Yan Xun clearly understood what it felt like to be completely clueless, so he wanted to give the other enough sense of security as soon as possible.
But Chu Tingyun didn’t move; instead, he pulled him back.
“?”
Yan Xun’s steps paused, and when he turned around, he saw the other smiling, revealing a smile like a little fox.
“Yan Xun gege, you see, you really like me, don’t you?”
Chu Tingyun had an expression that said “I finally exposed you.”
“You didn’t admit it when I asked you before. The first thing you did when we got home was to put on the wedding ring for me, and you also found the marriage certificate and household registration book for me to see.”
“…”
In a certain moment, Yan Xun began to doubt whether this man really had amnesia.
“No need to look anymore; I believe you.”
Chu Tingyun’s mind was working quickly.
He quickly pieced together the details, such as why Yan Xun was willing to give him money, accompany him shopping, knew his size, drove his favorite car, had also studied Russian, shared similar habits upon entering a home, and the decor of the house, etc…
For Chu Tingyun, these details were far more convincing than any official documents.
After confirming their relationship, Chu Tingyun became even more arrogant. He leaned closer to Yan Xun and stared directly at him, asking:
“Yan Xun gege, how did you pursue me back then?”
“……?”
Yan Xun’s expression suddenly became very strange.
This made Chu Tingyun raise an eyebrow: “Hmm? Are you embarrassed?”
Yan Xun: “……”
Chu Tingyun’s confidence seemed to be coded in his genes, expressed in every cell of his body.
“You want to know about the past?”
“Of course.”
The experiences of the past are what any amnesiac wants to know the most.
Yan Xun thought for a moment and said:
“The process was probably love at first sight, being clingy, relentless pursuit, forceful acquisition, and taking it by force. In the end, we got married.”
Chu Tingyun: “……..”
“Yan Xun gege, that joke is too funny.”
Yan Xun didn’t laugh: “You think I’m joking?”
“……”
Chu Tingyun stared at his expressionless face and suddenly felt a jolt in his heart.
First surprise, then shock, followed by a moment of self-doubt, and finally he seemed to discover some terrifying fact.
Chu Tingyun silently swallowed, slowly backing away a bit, and asked:
“Really?”
Clearly, this person considered himself to be the one being forcefully taken.
“……?”
？？？
Yan Xun was instantly a bit speechless with anger.
Alright, if that’s the case, then let’s try it.
So he didn’t explain further but nodded in agreement.
“Really, if you don’t believe me, you can go check the dresser in the bedroom; the third drawer should still have a pair of handcuffs and some ropes.”
He grabbed Chu Tingyun’s wrist, slowly applying a bit of force, just enough for the other to feel discomfort but not pain.
“…….”
As expected, this kind of forced restraint made Chu Tingyun even more nervous. He instinctively tried to pull his hand away, but Yan Xun was too strong, and he failed, only to be yanked back and pinned against the wall.
Yan Xun rarely saw Chu Tingyun looking so cowardly, so he asked him:
“Why are you running away suddenly?”
The other party originally had an extremely handsome face. When he wasn’t smiling, Yan Xun always gave off a serious and dignified vibe. But at this moment, there was inexplicably a kind of unexplainable, aggressive sexiness about him.
“Go… go check the bedroom.”
Chu Tingyun would never show fear in front of others; at least on the surface, his expression didn’t reveal any trace of fear.
In fact, he wasn’t very scared. Because in this half-restrained position, his hands were pressed against Yan Xun’s solid chest.
Though there was still a hint of tension and unease, his attention was entirely focused on Yan Xun’s face and chest.
Subtly, Chu Tingyun even felt a bit proud.
He thought to himself that he really must be quite charming, to make someone like Yan Xun go crazy for him.
For a moment, Chu Tingyun had already concocted an elaborate drama of chase and escape, where the other was desperately in love with him.
“Don’t worry, Yan Xun, I won’t run away.”
As he said this, he reached out to hook Yan Xun’s chin, the movement very frivolous.
“Don’t be so nervous.”
Yan Xun: “……..”
He truly couldn’t understand Chu Tingyun’s train of thought; in fact, he felt that he had been completely wrong to try to guess the other’s thoughts based on his own way of thinking.
When they had gone through their old accounts before, they should have realized their thought processes were entirely different.
Yan Xun stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled.
“Chu Tingyun, I think the one who should be nervous is you.”
Saying this, he turned around and pulled the belt off the trench coat hanging by the door.
“……”
Just a moment ago, he had said there were handcuffs and ropes in the bedroom, and now with this action, what was about to happen was obvious.
Chu Tingyun’s Adam’s apple bobbed a couple of times, and now he really wanted to run. But before he could take two steps, he was grabbed by the neck from behind and pulled back.
Unexpectedly, Yan Xun didn’t use that trench coat belt to tie him up, but one hand was enough to restrain him.
Chu Tingyun’s back pressed against Yan Xun’s chest, his upper body forced to turn backward under the other’s control, his shoulder and arm pinned against the study door.
This posture, full of coercion and force, clearly made him quite uncomfortable, yet Yan Xun kissed him in that very position.
“Mm…!”
Chu Tingyun’s eyes widened.
This was the first time he had been forcefully kissed while being held by the neck.
The moment their lips and tongues touched, it felt as if some low-voltage current suddenly surged through his entire brain, sending his limbs a little weak, yet the blood in his body was boiling and burning.
At that moment, Chu Tingyun felt dazed, but his body was excited to the extreme.
What was there to run from?
He thought.
Kissing felt so good; what was there to run away, before?!
