Just in Time Chapter 31
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 31 Alley
The fireworks ended in the middle of the night, and there weren’t many people left on the bustling street.
“You’ve recognized me as your father, and from now on, your father will protect you!” Qi Huo, with his arm around Chang Ziqi’s shoulder, laughed heartily, “Your father will definitely climb over the wall and avoid you, you idiot!”
Even with Chang Ziqi’s good temper, he couldn’t help but turn green, wanting to throw this lunatic into the Jinshui River for a rinse.
On one side, there was “fatherly love and filial piety”, and on the other side, Yi Chenliang followed behind Yun Fang with a normal expression, showing no signs of drunkenness.
It’s just that Yun Fang took a step, and he followed, not more, not less, quietly like a pet in a game.
“You send him home.” Yun Fang stopped, and Yi Chenliang almost bumped into his back.
“Me?” Chang Ziqi frowned, “I don’t know where he lives.”
“What a coincidence, I don’t know either.” Yun Fang supported Yi Chenliang, who was a little unsteady, but he was hugged by the arm and refused to let go.
The two sober people confronted each other for a while, and in the end, it was Chang Ziqi who lost, for no other reason than that Qi Huo, like an octopus, stuck to him, and couldn’t be torn off, calling him “baby son” making Chang Ziqi’s forehead veins jump.
He couldn’t afford to lose this person.
The octopus father was stuffed into a taxi by the son who wanted to “kill the father”, and he left in a huff.
Yun Fang retracted his gaze and poked Yi Chenliang’s forehead, “Drunk?”
Yi Chenliang raised his head and looked at him quietly, and after a long silence, he called him, “Yun Fang?”
“Hmm.” Yun Fang rarely saw him so well-behaved, and was quite curious for a while.
He remembered that when he was drunk before, he would just fall asleep, and when he woke up, he would only have a headache and nausea.
But he didn’t expect that he would be like this when he was drunk.
“I’m a bit dizzy.” Yi Chenliang let go of his arm, squeezed his brow hard, and muttered softly.
“Go home, drink some water, and sleep, and you’ll be fine.” Yun Fang’s voice also unconsciously lowered.
The street was extremely quiet, the dim light shone on the river surface, the shimmering water rippled slightly, and the air still had the burnt smell of fireworks and firecrackers.
“Go home?” Yi Chenliang sighed, his eyelids drooping, looking very unhappy.
Yun Fang rarely saw him sigh, “Don’t want to go home?”
Yi Chenliang didn’t speak, his hands slowly grabbed Yun Fang’s hand, and then he called him in a muffled voice, “Yun Fang?”
Yun Fang patiently responded, “I’m here.”
Yi Chenliang seemed to be very interested in his hand, he lowered his head and looked carefully, then used his index finger and thumb together, slowly pinching each of Yun Fang’s knuckles.
Yun Fang laughed, “What are you doing?”
Yi Chenliang didn’t lift his head, after pinching the last knuckle of his little finger, his fingers curled slightly, and he gently gathered Yun Fang’s little finger between his index and middle fingers, and gently gathered it into his palm.
The rest of Yun Fang’s fingers were loosely placed on Yi Chenliang’s fingers, and his index finger gently tapped the inside of his wrist, asking him in a tone like teasing a child, “Little friend Yi Chenliang, what are you doing?”
Yi Chenliang frowned, seeming a bit unclear, he instinctively tightened his fingers, raised his head and stared at Yun Fang fiercely, like a wolf cub protecting its food, “Mine.”
Yun Fang deliberately teased him, deliberately pulling his hand back, “Not yours.”
Yi Chenliang held on tightly, repeating anxiously and nervously, “Mine!”
Yun Fang was in a bad mood, squinting his eyes to threaten him, “Let go, this is mine.”
Yi Chenliang raised his head in a daze, stared at him for a long time, then slowly let go of his hand, his lips tightly pursed, turned around and walked away with his head down.
Yun Fang hurriedly chased after him, “Hey——”
Yi Chenliang completely ignored him, leaving only a stubborn and angry figure for Yun Fang. No matter how Yun Fang called him or teased him, he was indifferent, just lowering his head and stubbornly moving forward.
Yun Fang didn’t expect that he would be so intolerant of teasing when he was drunk. Until they reached Xinnan Alley, Yi Chenliang hadn’t said another word to him.
“I was wrong, isn’t it okay if I was wrong?” Yun Fang was both amused and helpless.
Yi Chenliang suddenly stopped, turned around and pushed him.
Yun Fang raised his hands in a surrender gesture, cleared his throat, and tentatively asked, “Not angry anymore?”
Yi Chenliang muttered, “Don’t follow me.”
Yun Fang was stunned, “No, where do you want me to go in the middle of the night?”
Yi Chenliang ignored him and turned around to continue walking.
“Stinky kid.” Yun Fang laughed and cursed, reaching out to grab him, “That’s enough——”
Before he finished speaking, he was grabbed by the shoulder and thrown against the wall. Even though he was dressed quite thickly, he was still “hissed” by the uneven wall.
A strong smell of alcohol hit him, and Yi Chenliang was very close to him. So close that even in this dark and narrow alley without lights, Yun Fang could still see his slightly reddened eyes under the thin moonlight.
Yun Fang felt a little uncomfortable being stared at so directly by him, and was also annoyed by his unusual drunken madness. In the end, he simply gave up, stuffed his little finger into his palm, and said in a helpless and humble tone, “Okay, yours, yours, everything is yours, please calm down!”
Yi Chenliang’s fingers unconsciously curled up, his mouth was tightly pursed, as if he was secretly competing with something, but in the end, he lost miserably, frowned, and tightly held Yun Fang’s fingers.
Yun Fang couldn’t stand his aggressive and aggrieved expression, opened his other arm and pressed him into his arms, “Come, hug and don’t be angry anymore.”
Yi Chenliang’s hand holding his fingers suddenly tightened, and his whole body stiffened, then softened again under Yun Fang’s child-soothing pats, and honestly leaned into Yun Fang’s arms.
Coaxing a child is really hard. Yun Fang leaned against the wall and sighed, his smile carrying a bit of fatigue and relief.
However, before he could fully relax, there was a sudden itch in his throat, as if something soft had gently swept over it, making him unconsciously swallow.
The hot breath with the smell of alcohol sprayed in his neck socket, making his scalp tingle for a while, and his tone unconsciously carried a little warning, but he became a little hoarse because of the sudden opening, "Yi Chenliang, what are you doing?"
Yi Chenliang raised his hand to cover his mouth with some irritability, and then did the same, once again took his Adam's apple in his mouth and licked it gently.
The weird numbness and unfamiliar throbbing rushed straight to the scalp, the expression on Yun Fang's face instantly cracked, and the whole person stood stiffly in place as if struck by lightning.
The hand of Yi Chenliang holding onto his fingers forcibly parted his five fingers at some point, turning into a ten-finger interlocking posture, and pressed his hand firmly against the wall.
Yi Chenliang seemed to be very dissatisfied and didn't taste anything, frowning and biting it dissatisfied, it was clearly a force that was neither light nor heavy, but it made Yun Fang's whole person tremble, and he almost let out a muffled moan.
In the dark and cramped alley, the rich smell of alcohol was mixed with the sound of clothes rubbing and rapid wheezing, and the warm touch fell from the jaw to the corner of his mouth. Yun Fang finally came back to his senses in the dangerous and ambiguous atmosphere, and tore the person who was sticking to his body.
It felt like only a few seconds had passed, yet it also felt like several long hours had passed. Yun Fang’s temples throbbed with pain, and he finally realized that Yi Chenliang wasn’t the only one who was drunk.
Was it Yi Chenliang who was crazy, or was it him?
The drunkenness and sleepiness were entangled in a mess, shattered by shock and quickly glued back together, even more chaotic and difficult to deal with than before.
Yun Fang finally found a bit of clarity from the chaos. He looked at Yi Chenliang, who was close at hand, but could only see his somewhat moist eyelashes and tense jaw.
Their hands, tightly clasped together, hadn’t even had time to separate.
“It’s okay, you’re just drunk.” Yun Fang raised his other hand and gently wiped away the moisture at the corner of his eye with his thumb.
But Yi Chenliang held his hand tightly and refused to let go. He was almost torn apart by cruel rationality and surging impulse, but his heart was full of fear and despair. He wanted to apologize, but when he opened his mouth, it was with a careful tremble, “…Yun Fang?”
“I’m here.” Yun Fang patted his back soothingly, responding to him in a gentle voice.
Yi Chenliang hung his eyes and didn’t dare to look at him. He desperately wanted to find a reasonable excuse to explain the absurdity just now, but he couldn’t say a word.
Yun Fang looked at the person in front of him who was about to freeze into an ice sculpture, stretched out his arm to hug him, “Let’s go home first.”