BF Chapter 26

“Fuck me.”

Xu Shen spoke those two words very naturally. He wasn’t a timid or squeamish person; when he wanted something, he said it straight out.

Especially when facing someone like Zhan Shili, taking a direct approach might yield unexpected results.

And Zhan Shili was indeed thoroughly bewitched by him.

Xu Shen’s voice was slightly breathless, and his eyes were extraordinarily bright. When he stared intently at someone like that, nearly no one could resist.

Zhan Shili thought that at least he himself couldn’t.

The claim to be unmoved by temptation even when a beauty sat in his lap was a scam; he had never been a true gentleman to begin with.

A hand brushed aside Xu Shen’s wet bangs, and Zhan Shili’s finger landed on his brow. Xu Shen gently closed his eyes, allowing Zhan Shili’s fingers to caress him and brush by, inch by inch, sliding down from below the brows to the eyes, brushing past the long eyelashes, landing on the high bridge of his nose, and then on the warm, moist lips.

Perceiving the warmth of the fingers flitting past his lips, Xu Shen opened his mouth to take them in like a wildcat eagerly licking its master, showing affection.

The look in Zhan Shili’s eyes deepened, the heat travelling through every nerve from the fingers being licked and sucked on by Xu Shen, finally plucking at his heartstrings.

When Xu Shen leaned down, he raised his hand almost immediately to press against the back of Xu Shen’s head, assertively pushing the person toward himself and kissing him fervently.

Forcefully pinned down and embraced by Zhan Shili, Xu Shen complied with Zhan Shili’s actions, wrapping his arms around his neck, opening his lips, responding to him passionately.

It was a kiss even longer and more intense than before, their wet bodies entangled as a heat climbed from within.

When Zhan Shili said that he hadn’t prepared anything, Xu Shen didn’t mind in the slightest. His drooping lashes trembled slightly, the last rays of the sunset blurring in his eyes: “Just go in directly.”

Zhan Shili’s breathing grew even heavier, his hoarse voice dripping with desire: “Don’t cry out in pain later.”

Xu Shen laughed airily: “Nic, let me see what you’re capable of.”

Zhan Shili leaned over him, giving him no chance to back out.

It was intense at the beginning, kissing, caressing, colliding.

Xu Shen let out muffled groans intermittently, enveloped by a subtle pain, yet also tasting a special kind of pleasure in it.

Whenever he called out in pain, Zhan Shili would lower his head to seal his lips with a kiss, swallowing those sounds and preventing him from making any more noise.

In a daze, Xu Shen felt as if he were still submerged underwater, rising and falling in the surging waves, pushed to the highest climax, and then completely sinking into the deep sea.

After night fell, they went back into the inner cabin room to take a shower. Their clothes were completely unwearable, so Xu Shen draped a bathrobe over himself and went to the kitchen to sear steaks.

He uncorked another bottle of red wine and lit a candle.

When Zhan Shili came out after his shower, Xu Shen had already set the food on the table and was pouring wine.

“A candlelight dinner?” Zhan Shili asked.

“Isn’t it your birthday today? I’m celebrating for you.” As Xu Shen spoke, he raised his eyes to look at Zhan Shili, “That birthday present just now, are you satisfied with it?”

A slight ripple appeared in Zhan Shili’s eyes: “Was that just now a birthday present?”

Xu Shen nodded: “Of course.”

Zhan Shili lowered his eyes, smiled very softly, saying, “I really don’t celebrate birthdays.”

“Don’t be such a party pooper,” Xu Shen pulled out a chair, “Sit down.”

He raised his glass first and insisted on saying to Zhan Shili: “Happy birthday, baby.”

Zhan Shili’s gaze remained on his smiling eyes. He followed suit, raising his glass and clinked it gently against his.

The taste of the wine lingered in his throat, unconsciously bringing up those intoxicating and alluring thoughts again. Xu Shen slowly cut his steak, looking at Zhan Shili’s calm and refined face across the candlelight, asking him, “Nic, are you always this calm?”

Zhan Shili asked, “What aspect are you talking about?”

“When we slept together just now,” Xu Shen said, “you seemed very restrained the whole time.”

Even at the height of his climax, he was trying his best to suppress his instinctive desires, losing control but not losing his composure.

Zhan Shili simply asked him, “What were you expecting to see?”

“Don’t know,” Xu Shen said honestly, “Probably just wanted to see a more genuine emotion from you.”

Zhan Shili, however, said, “Staying calm and composed at all times is a good thing.”

Xu Shen felt helpless: “Do you have to be like this? There are only the two of us here, and we’re out on the vast sea.”

“Seren,” Zhan Shili softly called his name, “what is our relationship right now?”

Xu Shen thought for a moment and offered, “Covert operation partners? Or perhaps, two people mutually engaging in an illicit affair?”

“Since that’s how you define it,” Zhan Shili said, “why still ask that question just now?”

Xu Shen was rendered somewhat speechless and conceded defeat: “Alright, you make a point.”

Zhan Shili raised his glass once more to clink against his, putting an end to this topic.

Soft blues jazz played from the speakers, and Xu Shen asked Zhan Shili if he wanted to dance together.

Seeing that he didn’t respond, Xu Shen repeated, “Dancing or not?”

Zhan Shili put down his wine glass, elegantly wiped his mouth with a napkin, stood up and walked over, extending his hand towards him.

Xu Shen smiled and reached out to rest his hand on it.

They embraced and danced together in the modest space. With both arms wrapped around Zhan Shili’s neck, Xu Shen slowly turned his steps alongside him in those lingering, passionate melodies, snuggling against each other.

Outside the window was the sea under the night sky. The boat drifted with the waves, and the sea breeze was sticky and damp, silently rousing onlookers’ hearts.

“Actually,” Xu Shen’s whispered in Zhan Shili’s ear, “you could also put it another way, our relationship—”

He paused for a second, then continued, “It’s called following our hearts.”

Zhan Shili held his waist with both hands, asking in a low voice, “Following your heart or mine?”

Xu Shen laughed in his ear: “What’s in your heart? And… what’s in mine?”

Not only is Zhan Shili unable to answer this question, Xu Shen himself was also unable to answer it.

Zhan Shili silently turned his head and kissed his cheek.

“It’s all the same,” Xu Shen closed his eyes gently. “In short, as long as we’re happy.”

Zhan Shili agreed: “Mn, you’re right.”

The second round was in bed.

Xu Shen sat on Zhan Shili’s lap, lit a cigarette, puffing out clouds of smoke as his restless hands wandered and caressed Zhan Shili’s body.

Zhan Shili grabbed his wrist in warning: “I told you before, I don’t like the smell.”

“I know,” Xu Shen deliberately blew smoke in his face. “You really don’t like it?”

Zhan Shili frowned and asked in a deep voice, “Is it fun?”

Xu Shen took in that fierce and impatient expression of his, finding it extremely amusing.

“You really can’t take a joke,” Xu Shen said after a moment, taking one last deep drag on his cigarette before stubbing it out in the ashtray on the bedside table. “But I just happen to like this pretentious nature of yours.”

Zhan Shili patted his waist: “Still have energy, hmm?”

“How would you know if you don’t try?” Xu Shen softened his voice, leaning up to kiss him, a smoky taste swirling between their lips and tongues, “Nic, I want you.”

He was deliberately seducing him, wanting to see Zhan Shili truly lose his composure because of him. Zhan Shili sensed it, but did not want to let him succeed so easily.

The passionate entanglement in bed was like a contest of equal strength, with neither side willing to be at a disadvantage.

Xu Shen was utterly immersed in this game, unable to stop, having developed a taste for it.

He was far too enthusiastic, exposing the softest parts of himself to the person holding him without reservation. Even though Zhan Shili didn’t want to yield to him, he was ultimately moved in the end, reining in his nature and no longer acting like a tyrant.

Xu Shen caught the tenderness born in Zhan Shili’s eyes; these eyes were used to deceive, but they were also deeply affectionate by nature, and it wasn’t a fleeting illusion.

Nearing the finale, Zhan Shili wanted to pull out like before, but Xu Shen disagreed. Their lips met, and he swallowed, his breath unsteady: “Just go for it.”

“Are you sure?” Zhan Shili stopped, his voice even hoarser than before, warning him, “It’s going to be very uncomfortable later.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Xu Shen said carelessly, “I’m happy to let you come inside.”

“Endure it.” Zhan Shili’s eyes grew deep and dark as he held both of his hands tightly, after which he no longer held back in his conquest, plowing ruthlessly.

Xu Shen’s head tilted back, broken moans spilling from his mouth, only to be entirely silenced by Zhan Shili.

The surging tides arrived furiously and enticingly, drowning them.

In the end, in this contest, neither side truly gained the upper hand.

The next morning, the yacht returned to port.

Xu Shen pulled the door to the room shut, blocking off the secretary’s curious gaze: “What you saw or guessed, keep to yourself. You know what I mean?”

The secretary hurriedly replied, “I didn’t see anything, nor do I like making assumptions.”

Xu Shen took the clothes and nodded: “Thanks. I’ll have HR give you a raise next month.”

The secretary departed in high spirits.

Xu Shen entered the room, where Zhan Shili was tidying up his only tie that hadn’t gotten wet—the one previously lent to bandage Xu Shen’s wound.

Seeing this, Xu Shen asked, “That tie was stained with blood before, was it able to be washed clean?”

“Not completely clean.” Zhan Shili turned to the inner side to show him; indeed, some bloodstains still remained on it.

Xu Shen asked curiously, “Then why’re you still keeping it?”

Zhan Shili had no intention to explain, largely because Xu Shen that night had genuinely touched a certain part deep in his heart, so he wanted to keep it: “Might as well keep it, it’s quite nice.”

Xu Shen said, “If you do this, I’m going to start suspecting you have some kind of unusual fetish.”

Zhan Shili didn’t argue: “It’s not too late to run now.”

That was impossible.

One didn’t want to run, and the other had no intention of letting him run either.

Xu Shen was too lazy to bicker any further, handing over the clothes delivered by the secretary: “This set of yours is a size larger than mine. My secretary knows that the person I spent a wonderful night with at sea last night was a man.”

Zhan Shili was unfazed: “If they know, they know.”

Xu Shen shared the exact same attitude, entirely indifferent.

Zhan Shili put on the shirt, and Xu Shen stepped forward to help him button it up: “Nic, were you happy last night?”

Zhan Shili looked at him and asked, “What about you?”

“If you’re happy, then I’m happy too,” Xu Shen said. “I’m content just being with you like this; I won’t ask for anything else.”

Zhan Shili didn’t believe it: “You’re willing to be wronged like this?”

Xu Shen asked, “But what else can be done? I don’t want to make things difficult for you.”

“Seren,” Zhan Shili reminded him, “if you keep talking, I’m going to start taking it seriously.”

Xu Shen smiled, tilted his head, and lightly kissed his lips.

At 9:30, they finished breakfast on the yacht and disembarked.

As they parted ways at the dock parking lot to get into their respective cars, Xu Shen suddenly called out, “Nic.”

Zhan Shili looked toward the car opposite to him. Xu Shen leaned against the car door and, just like before, dragged a finger across his lips: “See you next time.”

Zhan Shili gave a curt nod and got into his car first.

Their cars drove out of the parking lot one after the other.

Today was Sunday, and Xu Shen did not go out again after returning.

Everyone at home was present. Following the kidnapping incident, everyone had settled down—after all, Xu Shiji wasn’t the only one still shaken.

Xu Shen went downstairs to brew some coffee. Qin Su and Huang Minli were drinking tea in the living room; seeing him come over, Qin Su casually teased: “Ah Shen, who did you go out to sea with yesterday, not returning all night? Are you dating someone?”

The marks on Xu Shen’s neck were distinct, and he had absolutely no intention of covering them up, acknowledging it generously: “Made an appointment with someone.”

Qin Su laughed and said, “Girls nowadays sure are enthusiastic enough.”

Just in time, Xu Zikang and Zhan Shili entered the room together and happened to hear this sentence. Xu Zikang asked curiously: “Ah Shen got a girlfriend? I haven’t heard you mention it before?”

Xu Shen smiled without answering, his gaze falling onto Zhan Shili: “It’s the weekend today, Mr. Zhan, are you also coming to report to Father? It must be hard on you.”

Xu Zikang helped answer, “I just ran into Nic at the door. He said he came to deliver a document to Father. Since Assistant Liu resigned, Father is left with only Nic as an assistant, so he’s indeed working harder than before.”

Xu Shen teased playfully, “Mr. Zhan might very well be enjoying it though; after all, the capable are often given more work.”

Assistant Liu certainly hadn’t resigned voluntarily—Xu Shiji simply wouldn’t let him stay by his side any longer. Zhan Shili has now been promoted to Xu Shiji’s primary assistant as he wished, so why would he care about doing more work? Besides, he was now able to leverage his new position for personal gain when entering and leaving the Xu Family estate.

Ignoring Xu Shen’s sarcastic remarks, Zhan Shili said: “It’s all part of my job.”

Qin Su also said, “Nic is capable, which is why Shiji trusts him. Ah Shen, you should learn more from him, it won’t do you any harm.”

Rounding up, this stepmother was not many years older than Xu Shen, yet she postured as a kind mother. It was simply because her own son was still young, and she was happy to see someone stand up to Xu Ziren, therefore devoting herself to getting close with Xu Shen.

Xu Shen was also willing to have her pillow talk for him with Xu Shiji, so he assumed a teachable attitude and said to Zhan Shili: “I indeed ought to learn more from Mr. Zhan. As long as Mr. Zhan doesn’t find me annoying and is willing to teach me, that would be great.”

Seeing right through the playfulness in his eyes at first glance, Zhan Shili said calmly, “It can’t be called teaching; as long as I can help Young Master Shen, I will do my best.”

Xu Shen smiled: “Then many thanks.”

Qin Su steered the conversation back on track again: “Ah Shen, don’t change the subject! We were just talking about you! Are you really dating? Why not bring her home for a meal?”

“Hasn’t reached that point yet.” Xu Shen was somewhat casual, glancing a the impeccably fastened buttons of Zhan Shili’s shirt—which he had personally buttoned up for him early this morning—slightly regretting the fact that the marks left on his body last night had all been bitten onto his shoulders, “Let’s talk about it in the future.”

Huang Minli rarely joined their conversation, asking him with a smile what his girlfriend did for a living and what her name was.

“Nicky,” Xu Shen’s voice paused. “His¹Once more, the pronouns he/him, she/her, and “it” sound the exact same in Chinese, being “他,” “她,” and “它” respectively, so although the ladies think that Xu Shen is dating a girl (he’s also not clarifying on purpose) and uses she/her, Xu Shen uses he/him and they cannot tell the difference since it sounds the same. name.”

Qin Su laughed, “Aiyo, what a name.”

Xu Zikang joked with Zhan Shili: “Nic, do you have a younger sister named Nicky?”

Zhan Shili looked straight into Xu Shen’s eyes and said slowly, “No.”

Xu Shen smiled, his expression bordering on regret: “Yeah, no. It’s a real pity.”

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t/n: Highkey got embarrassed typing the smut out by hand, it felt like I was the one writing it lol. Anyways, Nicky hahaha tf is with your naming sense Shen Shen???

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  Once more, the pronouns he/him, she/her, and “it” sound the exact same in Chinese, being “他,” “她,” and “它” respectively, so although the ladies think that Xu Shen is dating a girl (he’s also not clarifying on purpose) and uses she/her, Xu Shen uses he/him and they cannot tell the difference since it sounds the same.