WBAI Chapter 72

“Keep going.” Yu Feng’s voice came through the phone.

Xie An’yu thought to himself, How can I continue with you listening on the other end?

“Brother, I’m hanging up…”

“Don’t hang up,” Yu Feng said. “Just keep going like this.”

Xie An’yu rested his head against the edge of the table, his gaze falling to the floor: “I can’t continue…”
Yu Feng employed both soft and hard tactics: “I want to hear it.”

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone around him was foreign and couldn’t understand Chinese, he boldly added: “I just love hearing you pant.”

While feeling ashamed, Xie An’yu’s physical reaction was becoming increasingly obvious. Yu Feng, holding his phone, stood up—the pasta on the table only half-eaten. The restaurant was somewhat noisy, so Yu Feng walked to the elevator entrance and took the express elevator upstairs.

The elevator was empty, cutting off the outside noise. Xie An’yu’s breathing through the phone suddenly became much clearer—deeper than usual, and somewhat erratic.

Hearing the background noise disappear from the other end, Xie An’yu guessed Yu Feng had moved to a less crowded place. His tense nerves instantly relaxed considerably.

“Hmm?” Yu Feng pressed the floor button, waited a moment, then said, “If you don’t like it, we don’t have to do this.”

Yu Feng wasn’t employing reverse psychology—Xie An’yu had been silent for quite a while. He might genuinely be unwilling, and Yu Feng didn’t want to force him to do something he didn’t like.

“I’m hanging up. Call me when you’re done.” As Yu Feng spoke, he made to end the call, but Xie An’yu’s hushed voice came through: “Don’t hang up.”

Yu Feng swiped his card and entered his room. He closed the door and affirmed with an ‘Mm’: “I won’t hang up. Then you continue.”

Hearing these sounds through the phone speaker was a completely different experience from hearing them in person. Without visual cues, the auditory sensations and stimulation were heightened.

Yu Feng sat on the bed, tilting his head slightly to look at the wall decoration, his eyes half-lidded as he said, “Your voice is so nice.”

Xie An’yu let out a low moan in response to Yu Feng’s slightly magnetic voice.

Yu Feng had originally intended to join Xie An’yu, but he wanted to focus on listening to the sounds of Xie An’yu pleasuring himself, so he planned to take care of his own needs later during his shower.

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Xie An’yu lay slumped over the table, phone in hand, slowly catching his breath.

Yu Feng said: “There are wet wipes in the first drawer on the right.”

Xie An’yu remained motionless on the table, his voice hoarse as he asked, “Did you do this on purpose?”

“Mm?”

“Specifically putting that folder on the desktop.”

Yu Feng chuckled: “Now you’re blaming me? Didn’t you watch it yourself? I only put it on the desktop because I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to find it.”

“The desktop is so clean, with just that one folder…”

Xie An’yu lazily lifted his eyelids—the computer screen still paused on a highly stimulating scene.

“My desktop is naturally that clean,” Yu Feng said.

Xie An’yu pulled a few tissues to wipe his hands, placed the phone on the table on speaker mode, then opened the drawer to take out two wet wipes.

Actually, before this, Yu Feng had been worried Xie An’yu wouldn’t even be able to handle watching such content. Forget about using it to get in the mood—he was afraid Xie An’yu might not even be able to watch it through.

Yu Feng asked: “So, how was the ‘study’ session just now?”

Xie An’yu slowly cleaned his hands with a wet wipe, saying: “Didn’t really study—went straight to watching the action scenes.”

Yu Feng laughed softly: “So bold. I was worried you wouldn’t be able to watch it.”

Xie An’yu thought to himself, If it weren’t for the fact that one of the people in it had a back view somewhat resembling yours, he really might not have been able to watch it. Because of that person, he not only watched it through but also got aroused.

Xie An’yu tossed the wet wipe into the trash can.

“As long as you can accept it, that’s fine.” Yu Feng got up and headed toward the bathroom. One reason he had Xie An’yu watch the video was to confirm this very point.

“The videos on your computer… are all pretty high quality.” Xie An’yu didn’t know if he was being too honest or a little jealous. “Did you specifically pick videos with handsome guys?”

“All pretty high quality?” Yu Feng chuckled. “You watched more than one?”

“I watched several, but only the beginnings.” Xie An’yu was indeed jealous. “So, did you pick them based on handsome guys?”

“If I’m going to watch videos, shouldn’t I watch something good?” Yu Feng laughed. “Why would I pick ugly ones to torture my eyes?”

Xie An’yu let out an ‘oh’, thinking that made sense, but it didn’t stop him from feeling jealous.

Yu Feng could imagine Xie An’yu’s thought process—most likely, he couldn’t get into several of them and finally just dragged the progress bar to the action part.

Yu Feng walked into the bathroom and said, “You don’t need to watch online classes anymore. From now on, it’ll be live teaching.”

Xie An’yu was stunned for two seconds before he realized what Yu Feng meant.

Yu Feng added, “I’ll teach you personally.”

The author has something to say:

I know with this word count, you all probably want to hit me over the head with watermelon rinds. I understand that dodging and taking the hits is my fate—go ahead and hit me. I deliberately didn’t apply for the rankings this week because I wanted to write more slowly. Nearing the end and dealing with writer’s block, the writing hasn’t been going smoothly. I want to take enough time to properly reorganize the outline and adjust my mindset and state. I’d rather write slowly than rush through it carelessly. I’m afraid of writing sloppily because if I do, I’ll be uncomfortable until the story ends—another manifestation of my OCD. = = In short, as we approach the conclusion, my updates might be a bit unstable. I’m giving you all a heads-up in advance. If you don’t want to disrupt your reading experience, you can wait until the story is complete before reading. Thank you all for staying with me this far—I’m truly grateful. Your feedback and support are my biggest motivation for writing.

I’m not sure if I should post a (kinda) NSFW warning here… It’s so short… and vague…

List of Idiom in Chapter 72

以退為進 || 以退爲進 (yǐ tuì wéi jìn): to retreat for the sake of advancing; retreat in order to advance; make concessions in order to gain advantages; one step back today for two steps forward tomorrow; retreat for the sake of advancing; make a strategic withdrawal; yield to gain an advantage; step back to move forward. Originally refers to improving one’s moral character through humility, but later evolved into a strategy of achieving an aggressive goal by giving in.

敷衍了事 (fū yǎn liǎo shì): to work halfheartedly; to gloss things over; to go through the motions; to skimp; not to bother; lie down on the job; shuffle/muddle/walk through one’s work. The overall meaning is to describe a negative attitude of doing things carelessly and hastily.

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