In the novels Li Yan used to read, after the main characters made their feelings clear, next would be an adult scene in which they joined their bodies together.
Su Jian had bought oil and a couple of cucumbers, so Li Yan thought all his fantasies would come true.
Li BaoGui pulled away from him a little, interrupting his embrace, and said with some embarrassment:
"Shall we use the oil?"
Su WuLi raised his eyebrows a little, he had never mentioned that purchase to Li BaoGui, so Mo Zhan must have been the one who did. Su Jian didn't think anything of it, it was just a massage oil, wasn't it? There was no reason not to share it.
"Sure, sure. You just have to tell me where you want it." Su WuLi picked up the cucumbers he had left on the bed, and walked over to the shelf where he placed the bottle of oil.
Li Yan appeared to have a thin face and to be shy, but he had a dirty mind. Deep down he was eager to sleep with Su Jian, so much so that his body trembled when he heard those words and mistook them for a rather indecent request.
Ah, but Su Jian really thought Li Yan wanted a massage.
As Su WuLi took the bottle of oil, Li BaoGui got up from the bed and dropped the outer robe covering his body to the floor. He now had only his white under robe, which reached a few inches below his thighs.
Su WuLi turned around.
Seen from another angle, the scene was not unlike an exhibitionist opening his trench coat in front of an innocent young man.
The inner robe was cotton and did not create too much transparency, Su WuLi's eyes slid down, looking at the other's hips and tracing their way down to Li BaoGui's slender, pale legs.
His throat felt dry, but he didn't understand why Li Yan found it necessary to undress to such an extent, he didn't even have inner pants on.
On his side, Li Yan didn't understand why Su Jian looked so confused. Were they not going to consummate their love?
Neither of them moved, no one wanted to make the first move.
"Well... Where does Li Yan want this gege to give you a massage, do your legs hurt too?"
Li BaoGui covered his face with his hands, his body began to tremble with embarrassment.
"Su-ge that's not massage oil! It's lubricant!"
The realization hit Su Jian like a bolt of lightning.
[Actually, it makes sense.]
[It makes sense.]
Su WuLi bought lubricant like it was nothing, and walked around the street with it without hiding it too much. He even asked Hua Zhang where to get it. The news had spread to Li BaoGui thanks to Mo Zhan, which meant that Lu Zhi also knew.
Su Jian recalled Mister Qu's words.
["No, Young master, please be considerate. I don't think you want to cause something scandalous, it would spoil your plan. If you're going to do it, be careful and restrained, okay? Once and carefully, and you'll both be satisfied for now.'']
Su Jian cursed himself in every possible way.
[Master Qu, Master Qu, why did you let me ruin myself in such a way, didn't you realize I'm a fool?]
[Use force, huh? Massage carefully, huh?]
[Sorry, Grandpa, I should have bought a brain.]
"W-what did you buy cucumbers for?" Li BaoGui was still hiding his face.
"I wanted a salad. "
Seeing Li Yan's distressed reaction, Su WuLi understood and could only say:
"...So dirty..."
Was it an insult or a compliment? No one knew.
"Don't say it, get out!" Li Yan was full of shame.
Su WuLi didn't quite know what to do, he walked over to the table in the room quickly and left the cucumbers and oil there. Li BaoGui turned around to avoid looking at Su WuLi and wanted to climb onto the bed to hide, but the result was fatal.
At the same time Su Jian turned around, Li BaoGui bent down to climb onto the bed; the short expanse of white cloth covering his body was lifted up, revealing two fleshy mounds of pale skin. It took time to describe the scene, but it happened in a single second.
Li BaoGui felt the cold breeze on his butt and immediately used his hands to cover himself. Then there was a thud. When Li BaoGui looked back, he found Su WuLi lying on the ground with blood on his forehead and nose. He fainted and hit the edge of the table.
Li Yan immediately got up and ran to him, kneeling beside him. The blow did not seem to be serious, Su WuLi even had a smile and a renewed look on his face. He seemed to have attained enlightenment, Buddha had smiled at him.
"Su-ge, are you all right, I'll go for help!"
[I'm very well, very well. I am the luckiest man in the world.]
When Madam Mo and her eldest son came out of their courtyards, they really wanted to know why Li BaoGui was running half-naked through the residence, and in the middle of the night.
What they found filled their faces with disapproval. They helped Su WuLi, yes, but they would never stop thinking about why there was a jar of oil, two cucumbers and a half-naked Li BaoGui in one room.
They didn't ask, they didn't want to know the truth. Anyway, they could no longer see little Li BaoGui as a white lotus.
They all went back to sleep, even Li BaoGui, with his reputation stained, lay down next to his husband and hugged him while waiting for him to wake up.
Su WuLi did not wake up until the next morning, and Jian'er also woke up next to him; he had dreamed all night about the last thing he saw, he could not help but be a man of weak flesh.
"Su-ge." Li BaoGui sat up beside him on the bed, and leaned down beside him to look at the wound on his forehead. "Are you feeling all right?"
"I've never been better."
Li BaoGui's cheeks warmed at Su WuLi's look and smile, it had a hint of mockery that reminded him of what had happened.
"I had to ask my mother and my cheap brother for help."
"It's okay..." Su Jian was suddenly alarmed. "Did they see the oil and cucumbers?"
Li BaoGui nodded silently, and then Su WuLi closed his eyes once more. His image must have fallen even lower in the Li family, he would have better results if he faked his death.
"Su-ge, my image also ended up being tarnished."
"The Li family will always give you some face, I don't even have a face to lose." Su Jian laughed listlessly.
Li BaoGui moved to climb on top of him, wanting to hug and kiss him, but Su WuLi still had the Jian'er awake and hard between his legs, he was definitely not ready to let Li Yan touch him.
Li Yan had been the distant moonlight to him until the day before, now he was his husband and never his enemy again. He had swooned at the mere sight of his buttocks, he should think a little before going any further.
Without any tacit understanding, they both moved at the same time with different intentions. In the end, Li BaoGui ended up falling off the bed and hit the floor.
Su WuLi got up immediately, but Li BaoGui got up too and his face ended up right in front of his husband's crotch. Jian'er bid him good morning with great encouragement.
Li BaoGui fell back and fell again, now with his back to the ground and hit his head. Su WuLi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurried to help him up.
"Su-ge, it hurts." Li Yan complained.
"It's okay, it's okay now."
Su WuLi held him in his arms and gently stroked his head, trying to comfort him. Li BaoGui, whose consciousness didn't hurt and who wasn't really hurt, moved his hands and 'accidentally' touched the firm Jian'er.
"How big." he said without thinking.
"You always think about it?" Su Jian, deep down, already knew what Li Yan was like.
"Is it too early for my breakfast?"
[How dirty, Li Yan, how dirty.]
Without knowing it, Su Jian seemed to have opened a forbidden door.
For better or worse, small footsteps were heard from outside and little Li Huan came to his parents' door together with BaiBai.
"Yimu, yifu. come back!"
Li BaoGui and Su WuLi moved as fast as lightning to get ready, put on outer robes, and sit on the edge of the bed, smiling and serene as if nothing had happened. Li Huan entered the bedroom and walked to them, followed by the little goat, in his hands he held a roll of paint.
Su Jian was about to scold him for letting an animal into the room, but he restrained himself to prevent lengthening the conversation.
"Laoye let me make a painting, I brought it so yifu and yimu can have it!"
"Great." Li BaoGui gave him a look full of affection. "I'm going to prepare some cakes, and then Huan'er can show us his painting and tell us about his trip, is that okay?"
Li Huan nodded with a big smile on his face, then noticed the bandage around his father's head.
"Yifu is injured?"
"It's nothing serious, in the afternoon I'll be as good as new." Su WuLi reassured him.
Li BaoGui left his place on the bed, and approached his little son as he spoke.
"Your father got a little beaten up, we'd better let him rest for a while. I'll take a bath and we'll cook together, how about it?"
Li Huan took Li BaoGui's hand that Li BaoGui extended to him, and they both walked to the exit of the room smiling. BaiBai looked at Su WuLi with narrowed eyes, and left with them after letting out a snort.
Li Yan looked back before leaving, his eyes and Su Jian's eyes met from afar. Su WuLi froze for a second, then got the courage to say two words.
"I love you. "
Li BaoGui felt his heart flutter in his chest, and replied:
"I love you too."
Li Huan was as happy as the two of them, even BaiBai seemed satisfied.
From that moment on, Su Jian found the family he had never been able to have.