Xie Duo's fingertips would occasionally brush across his eyebrows and cheeks, which was a bit itchy. He held the edge of the bed with his hands and clenched the bed sheet, resisting the urge to hug Xie Duo.
Shen Antu's hair was very soft. It had grown a little long without a haircut. Xie Duo could hardly imagine that a man full of schemes and intrigues would have such soft hair. But if Shen Antu's life was neatly cut in half from the day of the plane accident, it would not be surprising for the new Shen Antu that Xie Duo had now to have such hair.
"Hiss - hot." Shen Antu held Xie Duo's wrist and changed the direction of the hair dryer.
Xie Duo collected his thoughts and concentrated on brushing his hair. Then the two of them leaned on the bed together to watch food videos and picked out a few that they both thought were good.
Seeing that Shen Antu likes cooking so much, Xie Duo suggested hiring a special chef to teach him how to cook, but Shen Antu refused: "I'm just cooking for fun, and Aunt Zhao's cooking skills are very good. She only needs to watch this video once and she can make the same dish the next day. There's no need."
Xie Duo then stopped talking and watched him collect a video of pork ribs with chives.
"Don't you have work tonight?" Shen Antu looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock, and Xie Duo hadn't gone to the study yet.
"Yeah." Xie Duo had been staring at Shen Antu's tablet. Shen Antu was checking his favorites. He removed the videos of dishes he had already learned from his favorites. When he swiped to a certain position, he suddenly exited the favorites page and started watching other videos as if nothing had happened.
"What was that just now?" Xie Duo was about to tap the screen.
"Nothing." Shen Antu dodged sideways and didn't give him the food. When Xie Duo tried to grab it, he lowered his head and pretended to bite his hand.
Xie Duo decided to wait until tomorrow to check the background data to see what he had missed before.
At eleven o'clock, they turned off the lights and went to bed.
In the past few days, Shen Antu would take the initiative to squeeze into Xie Duo's arms to sleep, but Shen Antu still remembered that Xie Duo had just pushed him away on the balcony, so he decided to punish Xie Duo. He would definitely not be able to get Shen Antu's embrace tonight.
So now he and Xie Duo slept on the left and right of the big bed respectively, with a clear distinction, and the empty space in the middle could accommodate three more people.
Shen Antu forced himself to close his eyes and sleep, but after getting used to sleeping with Xie Duo's arms around him, he couldn't get used to sleeping alone. Shen Antu found that he was the only one suffering, while the person who was punished was sleeping peacefully.
Two minutes later, the quilt moved slightly, and Shen Antu felt Xie Duo's hand, inserted it through his relaxed fingers, and gently clasped it, like two perfectly meshing gears.
"Go to sleep." Xie Duo's voice suddenly sounded in the darkness, a little lower than usual. Shen Antu was not sure if he had woken him up.
"Can I hold you while I sleep?" Shen Antu thought dissatisfiedly in his heart. If he couldn't give it to someone, at least give him a hand.
Xie Duo didn't say anything, but turned over and extended the hand that was being held towards Shen Antu.
After receiving the permission signal, Shen Antu immediately turned over and faced Xie Duo. He tightly held the hand that was sleeping with him and brought it in front of him to press against his cheek. Not long after, sleepiness finally came over him.
Chapter 15 Is He Different Than Before
Xie Duo didn't have to get up early for work on the day of the physical examination, so Shen Antu woke up in Xie Duo's arms, which was rare. Although he was no longer sleepy, he deliberately hugged Xie Duo and ate some tofu before getting up to wash up.
When they went out, Xie Duo's car was parked outside, and a man came out of the driver's seat to help them open the back door.
"This must be the driver who usually takes you to and from get off work." Shen Antu looked at the handsome and well-trained young man in front of him. He was dressed as meticulously as Xie Duo, with no smile on his face, as if he and Xie Duo were produced by the same manufacturer. The difference might be that Xie Duo was an upgraded version.
Xie Duo: "No, he is my secretary, Chen Xu."
Shen Antu nodded in understanding.
Chen Xu bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Mr. Shen."
"Hello." Shen Antu smiled at him, but was soon urged by Xie Duo to get into the car.
It was the first time for Shen Antu to go out with Xie Duo, and he was a little excited. He told Xie Duo about the movie he watched with Xie Wenxuan yesterday.
"The plot is a little weak, but the visuals are grand and the characters are well-established. This movie has been released for more than ten years, but it still doesn't feel outdated when you watch it now."
Xie Duo was replying to an email on his mobile phone: "She became famous overnight with this movie, and has been popular ever since she became a legend in the past two years."
"That actress is indeed beautiful, you can't tell she's 36, and her acting skills are impeccable. Xie Wenxuan showed me her interview, she spoke with great depth, and this mature and queenly style can really win the hearts of little brothers. But is she still single at this age?" Shen Antu also asked Xie Wenxuan yesterday, and Xie Wenxuan said categorically that he was single, but Shen Antu suspected that this was just wishful thinking.
Xie Duo: "I was divorced once before, so I should still be single now."
"How did you know?" Shen Antu was curious. "She's not your artist, right? I heard Xie Wenxuan yelling that he wanted to poach her. Which company does she work for?"
"Her contract will expire next year, and I plan to poach her." Xie Duo put away his phone and looked up at him. "Her current company is Jinsheng's Yanxing Entertainment."