Hearing You Say Love chapter 65
How Will You Choose?
Zou Beiyuan still remembered the first time he had close contact with Su Ming. He thought Su Ming had a very beautiful pair of hands.
Su Ming’s fingers were long, slender, and fair, with the joints turning red. When using sign language, they were graceful, and when turning a pen or fiddling with something else, they were agile and very charming.
When cooking, those hands were very gentle, and after coming into contact with the fire, rice, oil, and salt, Su Ming’s fingers would leave behind a scent that made Zou Beiyuan feel nostalgic and warm.
Zou Beiyuan often recalled his childhood, and it seemed that his mother’s hands had a similar scent. So sometimes, he would place Su Ming’s hands under his nose and sniff them for a long time.
Now, those hands were covered in cream, showing a different kind of tenderness, pulling Zou Beiyuan deeply into its allure.
Zou Beiyuan was pushed backward by Su Ming until he sat in a chair at the dining table. His fingers tangled in Su Ming’s hair, his thumb caressing Su Ming’s earlobe, urging Su Ming to eat some of the cream, then asking him to apply more on him.
Su Ming indulged him, and Zou Beiyuan’s bold requests were all obediently fulfilled.
Zou Beiyuan then pulled Su Ming up, picked a strawberry, and crushed it between Su Ming’s lips, making Su Ming look as if he had been violated, but Su Ming still calmly endured it.
He responded to Zou Beiyuan, licking the fruit pulp that Zou Beiyuan deliberately placed on the corner of his mouth, swallowing it, then continued kissing Zou Beiyuan, still carrying the fragrance of strawberries and cream.
During the process, he unconsciously made sounds that would drive Zou Beiyuan to the edge.
In the end, Zou Beiyuan did lose control, and they made a mess of the dining table for the first time. Su Ming also pressed his face against the glass surface of the table for the first time.
The glass was cold, but his body was burning hot.
Zou Beiyuan tried to force him to say something other than “Hmm,” but he failed, and once again made Su Ming cry.
He had no choice but to pick Su Ming up and hold him in his arms, soothing him face to face, but after a while, he reverted to his old tactics, forcing Su Ming to say “I want” before continuing.
Su Ming still couldn’t say it. His eyes were red from crying, so Zou Beiyuan reluctantly gave in, saying, “I won’t force you anymore, it’s all yours.”
His whispered voice was full of tenderness, while the sounds coming from their lower bodies were as cold as a reprimand, ruthless and without mercy.
The dining table was sticky with cream, and Su Ming was covered in it as well. The cream also got onto Zou Beiyuan’s abs, staining his clothes and pants.
Zou Beiyuan felt he had made some progress; Su Ming didn’t seem as pained as last time, and he wasn’t crying as much.
Around 3 AM, he carried Su Ming to the bathroom, where Su Ming showed him how to clean him up. Zou Beiyuan saw the liquid flowing, a color like the cream, and couldn’t help but pin down Su Ming again for another round.
He missed the flight. Zou Beiyuan, who usually had a strong sense of time, rescheduled the ticket to 8 p.m. in a very uncharacteristic way.
Su Ming was placed on the bed, and Zou Beiyuan held him from behind, saying, “I can stay with you for two more hours.”
Su Ming was so exhausted that he could barely keep his eyes open but still insisted on signing: I’ll drive you later.
“No need for you to drive me,” Zou Beiyuan said. “I’ve arranged for a car to pick me up.”
Su Ming sluggishly nodded, then turned to hold Zou Beiyuan’s waist, closing his eyes.
Time passed so quickly that it felt like they hadn’t done anything before it was time to leave again. Zou Beiyuan held Su Ming quietly for a while, seeing how exhausted he looked. He felt a bit guilty and thought that next time, when they met so hurriedly, they wouldn’t focus only on that, but rather he would spend more time talking to Su Ming.
He had already settled things with his father, and in the future, the overseas competition agent rights would be handed over to Pereira’s company. Pereira had his own training base and required fighters to stay there, following his training plan.
Even if they could arrange for him to only attend pre-competition training, he would still spend several months before each competition without being able to stay by Su Ming’s side.
If Su Ming didn’t come with him, they would only see each other a few times a year for the next decade or more, and this situation would become their norm.
But just four days apart was already unbearable for Zou Beiyuan. Was he really going to be separated from Su Ming for such a long time?
Zou Beiyuan wasn’t a sentimental person, but when it came to Su Ming, he couldn’t help but have many worrying thoughts.
Su Ming however, didn’t seem to show much reaction to their separation.
Zou Beiyuan couldn’t understand. He felt that Su Ming should like him a lot, but Su Ming’s indifference on this matter made him uncertain.
The person in his arms quickly fell asleep. Zou Beiyuan gently pushed Su Ming’s hair back and silently watched him for a long time.
When Zou Beiyuan answered a phone call, Su Ming woke up for a moment. He remembered that Zou Beiyuan hadn’t eaten yet and thought about getting him something to eat. However, Zou Beiyuan held him tightly and wouldn’t let him get up, soon coaxing him back to sleep.
This sleep was very deep. When Su Ming woke up again, the room had become very dim.
Zou Beiyuan had left while he was sleeping.
Su Ming felt an emptiness in his heart. He pulled the pillow that Zou Beiyuan had slept on into his arms and took a deep breath, smelling the scent Zou Beiyuan had left on it.
It was almost eight o’clock. Zou Beiyuan sent him a message saying that he had boarded the plane and would contact him via video call when he got to Ninggang. Su Ming felt reluctant, but only replied with a short: [Okay.]
He put down his phone, got up, and went to tidy up the dining table, which had become quite messy from what they had done. He saw some pastries from his favorite dessert shop on the dining table.
Zou Beiyuan never ate desserts, yet he always remembered exactly which kinds Su Ming liked.
After tidying up the house, Su Ming felt sore in his back and waist. He sat on the couch eating chocolate soufflé and received a message from Ling Shanshan: [How did it feel at the therapy center today?]
Su Ming, chewing on his spoon, replied: [I’ve decided to go for speech training. Happy.jpg]
Ling Shanshan: [That’s great! I heard from Cheng Jianyun that you hesitated when you saw there were only kids there, and I thought you might not want to go.]
Su Ming: [Yeah, I was a bit hesitant, but I think I’ll try it first.]
Ling Shanshan: [Good luck!]
Su Ming smiled slightly and accepted Ling Shanshan’s encouragement: [Thanks.]
If he had to go to the speech therapy center every day, he would only be able to work on his comics at night. No matter how he thought about it, there never seemed to be enough time. Rabbit Conspiracy, Wolf Trail wasn’t a long story, but Su Ming planned to finish it all at once.
Maybe he should just wait until the story’s finished before starting speech therapy? After all, Director Cheng had said the process would be lengthy.
Su Ming sighed, knowing he was just making excuses to procrastinate.
Lost in thought, he opened Jam Comics and saw that there was a reply to the message he had sent to his top sponsor earlier.
User 7115464: [Why would you be troubled? I really like your comics, no need to worry about it.]
User 7115464: [In the latest chapter, does the plot hint that they’ll fall out because of the rabbit’s secret in the future?]
Su Ming: …
It seemed the person was really reading the comic seriously.
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [Thanks for your support, no need to tip me for liking my comic. Subscribing to my work already means you’ve paid. Plus, the platform takes half of the tip, I really feel bad for you.]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [I can’t spoil too much, but there will indeed be many unresolved issues between them.]
It seemed like the top sponsor wasn’t online.
Su Ming finished eating and sat in front of the work desk, sketching out the storyboard for the next chapter. It wasn’t until after 10 o’clock when he finished his video call with Zou Beiyuan that Su Ming received a private message from Jam Comics.
User 7115464: [The platform takes half? I thought all tips were for you.]
User 7115464: [Well, if they take half, they take half.]
User 7115464: [I saw chapter 23, and I think Wolf Jue and Rabbit Zhen both like each other. Is it just my imagination?]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [It’s not your imagination, they do like each other.]
User 7115464: [Since that’s the case, Rabbit Zhen wants the white wolf god’s skull. As long as he asks, Wolf Jue would willingly open the sacred tomb for him. Why go through deception and manipulation to obtain it?]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [The white wolf god’s skull is a sacred relic that protects the wolf tribe. How could Wolf Jue casually give it to Rabbit Zhen? Wolf Jue wants to be the wolf king, he’s not just thinking with his heart.]
User 7115464: [What protection, it’s just an imagined relic in people’s minds. If the protection was real, how could the wolf tribe have been suppressed by the herbivore nation for so many years?]
Su Ming: …
Is the sponsor a contrarian?
The characters in the story all believe in the power of the relics, but he wants to argue materialism?
It seemed like the sponsor couldn’t quite understand the classic setting in the comic story. Su Ming patiently explained: [In this story’s world, relics are very important. Have you seen Dragon Ball? Obtaining a relic can have an effect similar to summoning the Dragon god.]
User 7115464: [Dragon Ball? I haven’t seen it.]
Su Ming: …
How could someone who hasn’t even watched Dragon Ball love the comic so much they spend money on it?!
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [Let me put it this way. Suppose you have something very important that you must do, but it conflicts with your lover’s goals. Would you easily give up your own goal for your lover?]
This time, User 7115464 took a long time to reply: [Can’t there be a compromise?]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [Compromising always involves one side making a sacrifice. In this story, either Wolf Jue betrays his entire tribe and faith, or Rabbit Zhen gives up himself. If you were Wolf Jue, what would you choose?]
After a long pause, User 7115464 returned the question: [What if you were Rabbit Zhen, what would you choose?]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [The direction of the story is my choice.]
User 7115464: [Then what if Wolf Jue is willing to betray his entire tribe for Rabbit Zhen?]
Shu Yu Ming Jin: [Then he wouldn’t be Wolf Jue anymore.]
When Su Ming said this, he didn’t know why, but he felt a little regret. He thought that, at some point in the future, Wolf Jue might really make such a decision.
However, if Wolf Jue betrayed his tribe for Rabbit Zhen, the one who would suffer the most would be Rabbit Zhen, who would endure the double pain of “Wolf Jue becoming a sinner” and “Wolf Jue becoming a sinner for him.”
Because Rabbit Zhen wasn’t a jerk—he loved Wolf Jie.
After a long time, Su Ming received a reply from User 7115464.
[Rabbit Zhen doesn’t trust Wolf Jue. Maybe he doesn’t like him that much.]