Hao Yan Che caressed Yuan Gun Gun’s face.

  ‘It’s late,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Let’s sleep.’


  Yuan Gun Gun’s hand rubbed Hao Yan Che’s erection.

  ‘You want to,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Why can’t we?’


  Hao Yan Che pulled Yuan Gun Gun’s restless hand away.

  ‘Sleep,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘But you want to,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  ‘It’s not that I can’t,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘It’s you who can’t.’


  ‘What do you mean I can’t?’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘I don’t have my period.’


  Hao Yan Che didn’t know what to do. Usually Yuan Gun Gun didn’t want to do sleep with him too many times a night. But when she couldn’t, she wanted to sleep with him.

  ‘You’re pregnant,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘Can’t we do it if I’m pregnant?’ Yuan Gun Gun asked. ‘I thought we can.’


  Hao Yan Che pulled the bedsheet over his body and Yuan Gun Gun’s body.

  ‘We can’t,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Sleep.’


  ‘Um,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  When Hao Yan Che thought Yuan Gun Gun was sleeping, her hand became restless again.

  ‘Yuan Gun Gun, what are you doing?’ Hao Yan Che asked.

  ‘Why are you angry?’ Yuan Gun Gun asked. ‘I only want to help you.’


  ‘What?’ Hao Yan Che asked.

  Yuan Gun Gun pulled Hao Yan Che’s underpants down, and massaged his erection.

  ‘You……’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘Let me help you,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  Yuan Gun Gun remembered the play girl magazines and DVDs Long Liu Bao showed her two years ago. She practiced what she learnt on Hao Yan Che.

  Hao Yan Che enjoyed being pleasured by Yuan Gun Gun. He was happy she wasn’t shy as she used to be in the past.

  Yuan Gun Gun saw Hao Yan Che closed his eyes. She pulled the bedsheet to the side, and her mouth engulfed him.

  Hao Yan Che rubbed Yuan Gun Gun’s head.

  ‘You don’t need to……’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘What’s wrong?’ Yuan Gun Gun asked. ‘You’re not enjoying it?’


  ‘It’s not that,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  Hao Yan Che didn’t know what to say. He liked the feel of her mouth, but he preferred pleasuring her.

  ‘Then don’t interrupt me,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Don’t make me tire my mouth in vain.’


  Yuan Gun Gun’s mouth enclosed him again, and she licked his shaft.

  A while later, Hao Yan Che grunted, he pulled Yuan Gun Gun to his shoulder and spilled on the bedspread. He rubbed her wet lips.

  ‘You didn’t need to,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Are you OK?’


  ‘I’m OK,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘If you won’t so big then my mouth wouldn’t be as tired.’


  Hao Yan Che didn’t know what to do about Yuan Gun Gun’s mouth.

  ‘The truth is I wanted to do this to you that night,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘It doesn’t matter anymore. I got to do it tonight. It wasn’t a waste for me to watch the DVDs Bao Bao showed me two years ago.’


  ‘What else did Long Liu Bao do to corrupt you behind my back……’ Hao Yan Che asked.

  ‘Che, I want you to answer me honestly,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  ‘Ask me,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘If your body didn’t accept me touching you, would you have married me?’ Yuan Gun Gun asked.

  Hao Yan Che didn’t want to answer a foolish hypothetical question.

  ‘Che, would you love me even if your body couldn’t stand me touching you?’


  ‘Little Chub, don’t think about nonsense,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘There are no ifs. Don’t ever think I love you because I don’t have a choice. If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t think about marrying you and having children with you. Before I met you, I prepared myself to live alone for the rest of my life. I never thought one day I would meet you, fall in love with you and if you left me, you would take my soul with you.’


  Hao Yan Che put Yuan Gun Gun’s hand over his heart.

  ‘I don’t want you to ever doubt that you belong here,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Only you will ever live here.’


  Hao Yan Che kissed Yuan Gun Gun’s forehead. She smiled, closed her eyes and knew she would have a beautiful dream that night.

  Hao Yan Che watched Yuan Gun Gun sleep in the dark. He finally understood how happy his parents were together.

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