The wet hair plastered on Su Chi's forehead, covering his eyes. The water stains snaked around, and his pupils were dark and unfathomable.
For a second, Su Huanyi wanted to curl up into a ball and hug his weak body tightly!
He trod warily. "... Do…do you want to wash up first?"
The cold air from the cold water mixed with the chill from Su Chi's body and hovered in the narrow space. Su Huanyi felt like he was about to be frozen into a small ice sculpture.
He sniffled again, his eyes teary. "Or, shall we do it together...?"
"Heh." A light, sarcastic sound slipped out from the thin lips.
Su Huanyi was instantly quiet as a chicken.
A moment later, the cold water was stopped with one hand, and the air in the bathroom warmed up a few degrees. "You wash up."
Su Chi finally went to use Su Jianchen's bathroom. In an extremely humane manner, he put hot water on for Su Huanyi to avoid more accidents before leaving.
Su Huanyi watched Su Chi walk out of the bathroom. The latter's thin, wet shirt was clinging to his waist, revealing the lines of his muscles, solid and lean…
At that moment, he felt that the strength of his waist could really throw him into the sea.
When he came out of the bathroom after his bath, the suite was silent.
Su Huanyi's hair was still dripping with water. When he saw that there was no one in the living area and that Su Chi's bedroom door was half-open, he knew that the latter had returned from his shower.
He hesitated for two seconds before slipping through the door.
Su Chi was sitting on the edge of the bed with his back to the door. His shoulders were wide and his waist narrow, the long, strong legs stuck out from under his bathrobe. He heard a movement, and he turned around to see Su Huanyi at the door.
Su Huanyi poked his head in and called out, "Big Brother."
When he saw that Su Chi didn't tell him to get out, he boldly sat down on the sofa chair opposite Su Chi's bed.
"No water came out when I pressed the button before. I didn't mean to make Big Brother suffer."
Su Chi heard the word "suffer" and wanted to sneer. "That's because you didn't turn on the main water supply before."
Su Huanyi hurriedly clapped his hands in praise. "So that's how it is! Big Brother is so smart! "
Su Chi didn't want to see this gleeful face anymore. He moved his gaze and it fell on his dripping hair. Two seconds later, a towel was thrown over. "Is this how you recuperate from your illness? Fighting poison with poison? "
Su Huanyi raised his hand to wipe his head with the towel. The wide cuff of his bathrobe slipped down from the crook of his elbow, revealing a large bruise.
Su Chi leaned over and pressed it. It felt like he was squeezing dough. "It's still not healed after such a long time?"
"Mmm…it hurts." Su Huanyi groaned and retracted his hand. Noticing that Su Chi was no longer angry, he immediately introduced the bruises to him eagerly, "This is a new friend."
The corners of Su Chi's mouth twitched.
Su Huanyi stayed in Su Chi's bedroom until he had dried his hair before returning to his. As he got under the covers, he thought that his big brother was so tolerant. He didn't even throw him into the sea after being drenched in cold water.
Maybe it's because I'm sick.
Or maybe it was for Su Jitong's sake. He was sick because he had given Su Jitong an umbrella. Indeed, good people deserve to be rewarded.
......
Su Huanyi slept until dawn and didn't get up until his bones were soft. He saw Su Chi in the living area when he came out of the bedroom. And he greeted him sleepily, "Good morning, Big Brother."
The hair above his head nodded frequently in the morning light, and Su Chi stared at it for two seconds before saying, "We've all had breakfast. Call room service for anything you want."
"Thanks, Big Brother."
After breakfast, Su Huanyi remembered that he had made a workout appointment with Su Jianchen yesterday. He changed into casual clothes and prepared to go out, "Big Brother, I'm going to go find Second Brother to work out with. Do you want to join me?"
"No." Su Chi didn't bother to look up from the computer.
Su Huanyi didn't mind. "That's okay, I can take you with me in my heart."
Su Chi: "I'm not blind, no need."
"…"
The morning temperature in Nangang had already reached more than 20 degrees.
The rehabilitation area is divided indoors and outdoor. Since Su Jianchen said he should get more sunshine now that he came to Nangang, Su Huanyi immediately proposed exercising outside.
Su Jianchen's gaze immediately showed a look as if to say "fairly sensible."
Under Su Jianchen's guidance, Su Huanyi got on a rowing machine. It was his first time using it, so Su Jianchen told him to sit with his lower body not moving. "You pull the machine with your hands to simulate rowing. You can add leg stretches when you have mastered the rhythm."
Su Huanyi looked like a little question mark. "But Second Brother, how can my lower body move when I'm rowing?"
Su Jianchen bent down and nodded at his legs, indicating that he needed to exert force there. "You think those dragon boat athletes don't move their lower body, but in fact, they are exerting force all over their body. Do you understand?"
Su Huanyi recalled the movements of a dragon boat paddling, and moved his buttocks back and forth. "Is that so?"
When Su Jianchen was pointing at his leg, and when he wasn't paying attention, his fingertips poked the thigh. Su Huanyi was caught off guard and was poked in the flesh. As if a laughing point had been hit, he jumped up and giggled.
Su Jianchen:"... "
He watched as the person leaned forward and backwards in a fit of giggles. The flesh he had just poked with his fingertip felt soft and very different from his own body. He had been exercising for years and his leg muscles were solidly bound and hard. "Don't you have any muscles?"
Su Huanyi was wearing long sleeves and long trousers. At this moment, he could only lift the hem of his shirt to show his white belly. "Abs."
Su Jianchen's eyes were first dazzled by white skin, then his gaze rested on the thin layer of muscles. "Little chicken vegetable."
Su Huanyi: "…"
After Su Jianchen finished instructing him, he went to practise on his own. Su Huanyi rowed for a while and took a break. He turned his head and saw a set of double bars.
He wrinkled his eyebrows and felt a sense of familiarity with them.
"Second Brother, what is this for?"
Su Jianchen followed his finger and looked over. "For rehabilitation after a broken leg."
Su Huanyi: "…"
He silently retracted his hand.
No wonder he felt close to it. This device must have accompanied this body day after day after the original owner's leg was broken.
The sun was gradually getting bigger overhead, and Su Huanyi saw a thin layer of sweat on Su Jianchen's forehead, so he said, "Second Brother, I want to sit indoors for a while."
"Delicate." Su Jianchen let go of the ring and landed. "Let's go."
Su Huanyi led the way. "Did you see a bar yesterday? I'll buy my second brother a drink."
Su Jianchen said bluntly, "Is it your treat? Dad gave you the money, so it's Dad's treat."
Su Huanyi gave a heated smile and said, "The thought is mine."
Su Jianchen couldn't retort anything, so he could only follow behind.
The bar was located in the entertainment area, next to a swimming pool. The décor was exquisite, so it was clear that the owner behind it knew how to enjoy himself. The entrance had the letters "NY" written in flower font, which should be the name of the bar.
When Su Huanyi went inside, he found that the inside was quiet. He thought of Su Chi, who was still in his room, and wanted to call him to invite him for a drink.
The phone rang for a while, but no one answered. Su Jianchen then said, "Big Brother might be working and didn't hear you. You find a seat, and I'll go get him."
Su Huanyi was wary. "Second Brother, you're not trying to get out of this, are you?"
Su Jianchen thought he was suspicious and said, "If I want to get rid of you, do I need to find an excuse?"
Su Huanyi thought about his second brother's straightforward nature and felt that he had a point.
It was close to noon and there were not many people in the bar. Su Huanyi sat at a brightly lit bar seat after Su Jianchen left.
A bartender was standing behind the bar. He was wearing a white vest and a white shirt and was shaking a drink with a clunk. Behind him was a dolphin mirror reflecting the ceiling goblets.
For the past few days, Su Huanyi has been recuperating, leaving the matter of the Kun wine to Sun Heyu and Zhou Qingcheng for the time being.
Now that he was in better spirits, he began to think about how to expand his business. The bartender in front of him had already made a cocktail and put it aside for the waiter to take away. Su Huanyi saw him start mixing another one and couldn't help getting closer to the bar.
The bartender smiled at this and poured the wine into the glasses one by one. "Does the guest like it?"
"I'm enjoying watching you make drinks." After complimenting him, Su Huanyi asked, "Is there a specific recipe for each drink, and can it be substituted?"
The bartender explained to him, "Different types of wine and ingredients mixed together will have a special taste. Sometimes, even if one of the flavours is changed, it will affect the whole."
Su Huanyi pondered, "So certain drinks have to be mixed with specific wines?"
"You could say that."
Su Huanyi's standing strands of hair then wavered.
The two continued to chat, and soon a waiter stepped out from behind the bar and whispered something into the bartender's ear. The bartender froze, glanced at Su Huanyi in a slight surprise, and then his expression narrowed.
After the waiter left, the bartender took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet behind him. Su Huanyi saw that it was exquisitely packaged and had the word "expensive" written all over it, so he couldn't help but shut his mouth and move away.
It would be a waste of such expensive wine if he disturbed the bartender while he mixed it.
The bartender skillfully put several types of wine and ingredients into the jug, shaking it with his hands, straining them into the glass, and finally decorating it.
Su Huanyi was admiring it from afar when the glass of wine was pushed in front of him. "Our shop maintains a good relationship with our valued customers. This is on our boss."
Su Huanyi's strands of hair almost curled into a small question mark: ...?
How did he become a valued guest?
He felt a sense of déjà vu with this scene. "May I ask what your boss's name is?"
The bartender said apologetically, "I'm only in charge of the bar, I don't know about that." He suggested, "It's best to taste this drink as soon as possible. The temperature change will affect the taste."
Su Huanyi was in a dilemma.
Just as he was racking his brain for an excuse to decline, there was a sudden movement at the entrance to the bar.
Su Huanyi turned around and saw two tall figures walking in through the doorway. The light inside the bar was low, and the daylight from outside filtered in through the doorway, outlining the perfect silhouette of the two men.
The tourists around the bar cast glances at the two men and withdrew only when Su Chi and Su Jianchen walked up to the bar and took their seats.
Su Chi glanced at the glass of wine on the table and asked, "Have you drunk it?"
Su Jianchen also looked at the glass of wine. The two brothers were sandwiching him between them, and Su Huanyi felt a lot more pressure!
He looked at the bartender and rubbed the tip of his nose. "It's on the bar."
Su Chi raised his eyebrows and followed his line of sight to the bartender behind the bar.
The latter inexplicably felt his heart tighten and could not help but slow down his breathing to explain, "The boss and this customer have a good rapport."
Su Jianchen frowned and asked Su Huanyi, "Did you talk to the boss?"
Su Huanyi hastily denied, "I haven't even met him!"
Su Jianchen's frown tightened.
He was about to say something when Su Chi suddenly took out a card and put it on the bar. His expression was light. "Thank you for your boss's kindness, but he can't drink because he has a cold. So, I'll settle the bill."
Su Chi's tone was relaxed, but his attitude showed the strength of a superior. The bartender hesitated for a moment, but took it and charged the bill.
Su Huanyi rubbed his fingers nervously. Oh no…that's not right. I didn't ask Su Chi out to treat me.
How could he let Su Chi take out his card and swipe it as soon as he walked in? Is he a two-legged gold eater?
The three of them chose a quiet seat after Su Chi had swiped his card. Su Huanyi wanted to make up for it. "It's my treat. What do you want, brothers?"
Su Chi leaned back against the back of the sofa. His lines were not far from Su Jianchen's. "You're treating us with the money Dad gave you."
Su Huanyi thought of the batch of Kun wine. "Then when I earn my own money, I'll invite my brothers again."
Su Chi said, "Whatever."
While Su Jianchen stared at him. "That's not what you told me!"
Su Huanyi patted him kindly, "Don't be stereotyped."
"..."
After coming out of the bar, the family gathered for lunch. Su Jitong and Yu Xinyan planned to take a lunch break. Su Jianchen had to go back to his room to take a shower after sweating in the morning while Su Ji had a video conference.
Su Huanyi sneaked off to the private beach on the pretext of going to the sanatorium while no one was paying attention to him.
He had been ordered not to go in the sea breeze because of his cold, but it wasn't too windy at the moment. He just wanted to go to the beach to see the sea and relax alone.
After all, the third brother was coming. There would be tougher times ahead.
The water on this part of the private beach was almost deep blue, with wave after wave of white foam washing over the fine, soft sand. One could see the huge reefs reflecting the white and gold light of the sun.
Su Huanyi dared not go too far and only sat in the sun at the edge of the beach by the main road. That way, he could slip back in at any time.
The salty sea breeze blew in his face, bringing with it the smell of the waves.
Su Huanyi's eyes squinted in the sun, like a soft cat cake. He stared off for an unknown amount of time. Suddenly, there was the sound of wheels from a distance on the asphalt behind him.
He didn't care at first until the sound of the wheels stopped behind him.
Su Huanyi opened his eyes and looked back.
The visitor stood behind him with a suitcase and a coin in his fingers.
Ding! The coin was tipped by the fingertips and tossed high into the air, the silver light flickering in the sunlight.
The sea breeze suddenly picked up, and the visitor's thin windbreaker fluttered behind him.
The coin suddenly fell into his hand.
Su Huanyi saw the pupils reflecting the reflected light of the coin, and the corners of his lips curved mischievously and playfully.
"I hear that you miss me a lot?"