The Laws of Love

   How should a lover’s kiss be defined and how should it be described?

       The feeling of kissing is like an unpredictable tide that comes from time to time, but as soon as you see your lover, the tide comes around immediately.

       Suo Yang was holding a handful of roses in his hand that the careful shopkeeper had removed the thorns from the stems.

       His wrist was pulled by Shen Huiming, his waist was circled by Shen Huiming, his lips were sucked by Shen Huiming, and his whole body was loved by Shen Huiming.

       A rose petal fell lightly, and it fell beside the vase, lying there quietly and looking up at the two men who were kissing intimately.

       After the kiss was over, Shen Huiming smiled and said, “I thought you would be shy about these things.”

       In Shen Huiming’s view, Suo Yang was the kind of person who kept his world tightly closed, a conservative and serious person. Before they got together, Shen Huiming even thought, if one day they kiss, would Suo Yang blush to the point of being embarrassed to respond to him?

       However, this kind of reserved shyness did not appear, everything about Suo Yang was natural and appropriate.

       Even when they were making love, Suo Yang didn’t shy away from it. Suo Yang even cooperated generously and even took the initiative at the right time.

       “For me, it’s meaningless to be shy in this way.” Suo Yang smiled at him and then continued to bow his head to arrange flowers, “We’ve spent a lot of time testing each other, going back and forth, and when we get to this point, all we have to do is enjoy ourselves.”

       He paused, turned around and looked at Shen Huiming with a smile, “Or do you want to see me shy? Perhaps I can play along with you a little.”

       Shen Huiming laughed, “That’s not necessary. I’m not looking for much in this area, the only thing I’m looking for is for you to feel comfortable.”

       Suo Yang turned to look at him, smiled slightly, and gave him a flower in his hand.

       “Presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers.1” Suo Yang said, “Borrowing the Buddha’s flowers and offering them to him again.”

       “I’m not the Buddha.” Shen Huiming took the flower and gently rubbed the petals with his fingers, “I’m just a vulgar man who can’t get away from the low life.”

       Suo Yang laughed, “Whether you are a man or the Buddha depends on what the people who see you think of you. If I say you are my Buddha, then you are.”

       Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang in a daze.

       “Am I so important in your heart?”

       “In fact, I don’t believe in gods and Buddhas, and I don’t have any beliefs,” Suo Yang said, “but being with you made me suddenly understand the ‘crossing over’ that Buddhism talks about.”

       “You have an understanding of Buddhist teaching too?” Shen Huiming didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and wondered what this person usually watched.

       “I don’t,” Suo Yang smiled, “I just flip through books when I’m bored.”

       While arranging flowers, he said, “It’s been a long time ago. I saw that the ‘crossing over’ in Buddhism is to use Buddhist teaching to cross people from this shore of the ocean of birth and death to the other shore where there is no birth and no death; and that the so-called ‘other shore’ is, in fact, the realm of constant happiness and purity.”

       Shen Huiming rubbed his eyebrows, “I really suffered from my lack of education.”

       Suo Yang leaned against him and laughed out loud, “To put it bluntly, falling in love with you makes me happy, comfortable, at ease, free from worries and sorrows. You brought me from a realistic and uninteresting world to a Garden of Eden that I can’t describe and define, so…”

       He gently poked Shen Huiming’s chest with his finger, “You are my Buddha.”

       The rose itself may be an aphrodisiac, or the person who knocked on the door of the apartment with a rose had hidden meth. Suo Yang himself did not expect that he would say such a thing, or that after he finished speaking, he would kiss Shen Huiming’s lips on his own initiative.

       The sour love words were still on the tip of his tongue, and Suo Yang ‘crossed’ them to Shen Huiming.

       The two were lying on the ground kissing, and accidentally pressed the rose under their bodies, staining Shen Huiming’s white shirt red.

       “The long holiday is coming soon.2” The lingering kiss ended in the evening when the sun was setting. Shen Huiming put his arms around Suo Yang, lay there and looked out the window at the sky that was dyed pink and orange, “Have you made arrangements for your flight for those days? I have nothing to do, I can fly with you.”

       Suo Yang leaned on his arm, hooking Shen Huiming’s little finger with his fingers.

       “Boss Shen is really not stingy with air ticket money.” Suo Yang deliberately teased him, “This boss really has a lot of money.”

       Shen Huiming smiled and tickled him, “Then what should I do? I finally had a vacation and wanted to make out with my boyfriend, but my boyfriend still has to work.”

       Suo Yang was ticklish, and when he was tickled like this, he shrank into Shen Huiming’s arms.

       The two big men made a scene like two silly elementary school students. After they had enough, they hugged each other and snickered at each other.

       ===

       When Shen Huiming and Suo Yang went out to their appointment with Zhou Mo, they were wearing Suo Yang’s shirt.

       Just now, the two were lying on the floor and messing around, but roses stained their clothes.

       The two are about the same height. Suo Yang was a little thinner than Shen Huiming, but they wore the same size.

       Walking down the street in their lovers’ clothes was a secret pleasure as if telling the world that you had been locked up by your sweetheart. Although no one else noticed or cared except yourself and your lover, it was a wonderful experience for them.

       One’s own scent was tainted with the other’s, and the other’s clothes were tainted with his scent.

       Even the body heat of his clothes was left on them.

       Before going to dinner, Suo Yang told Zhou Mo in advance that Shen Huiming would also be there. Suo Yang had to seek the other party’s opinion first. If Zhou Mo said he only wanted to have dinner with him alone, he would go to the appointment first and then make up for Shen Huiming.

       After all, Zhou Mo was the one he made an appointment with first.

       But Zhou Mo was a man who could not miss the opportunity to tease Shen Huiming in person. This guy had pretended he had no plans to fall in love before but ended up ‘cheating’ on his best friend behind his back, and Zhou Mo was eager to have him over.

       When the three of them met, Zhou Mo immediately recognized that the clothes on Shen Huiming belonged to Suo Yang.

       “What did you two do just now?” Zhou Mo smiled maliciously, “Where’s old Shen’s clothes?”

       Shen Huiming and Suo Yang looked at each other, deliberately not speaking.

       Suo Yang sat down and replied without changing his face, “His clothes were dirty, so he wore mine.”

       The word ‘gossip’ was almost written all over Zhou Mo’s face. He dragged his chin and looked at the two of them, “How did you get it dirty? Tell me more about it?”

       Suo Yang smiled softly and picked up the menu, “Have you ordered?”

       “No, I’m waiting for you to get some.” Zhou Mo said, “How did it get dirty? Don’t change the subject.”

       Suo Yang ignored him and looked down at the menu.

       Zhou Mo turned around and asked Shen Huiming, “Old Shen, tell me, what were you two doing?”

       “Kissing.” It was Suo Yang who answered him, “He bought flowers, but they were pressed during the kiss, and the clothes were stained.”

       “…Okay, I see.” Zhou Mo took a breath, “I get the picture.”

       Shen Huiming tapped the table in front of Zhou Zhou with a fork helplessly, “I advise you not to masturbate to the two of us.”

       “Can’t help it, you two are my source of pleasure these days.”

       “Where’s Cheng Sen?” Shen Huiming asked, “Is he away on a business trip again?”

       “Yeah, I haven’t seen him for three days, and all I can do is sex video call him. It’s not fun.” Zhou Mo said it openly, and the two people sitting across from him were already used to his uninhibited manner.

       Suo Yang put the menu between him and Shen Huiming, and the two leaned together to order.

       “Look at what you want to eat,” Suo Yang said when handing the menu back to Zhou Mo, “You haven’t been busy lately?”

       “It’s okay, mainly because I don’t have the energy to work when my husband is away.” Zhou Mo sighed, “I’m different from you, I’m a goblin who earns and absorbs yang energy. If my husband is away, I can’t absorb yang energy. I can’t even feel happy.”

       Suo Yang smiled and took a sip of water.

       Zhou Mo ordered something random and then began to ‘interrogate’ Shen Huiming.

       “Tell me, what’s the matter with you?” Zhou Mo said, “Does old Jiang know that you have pried his corner again?”

       “Oh, you can’t talk nonsense like that.” Shen Huiming said, “I knew Suo Yang much earlier than him.”

       Zhou Mo sneered, “But this is someone’s blind date partner!”

       “You also said that it’s just a blind date, and the relationship is not confirmed.” Shen Huiming said, “This is a two-way choice.”

       Zhou Mo curled his lips and smiled, “Jiang Tongyan must be dying of anger.”

       “No, he’s busy.”

       When he said he was busy, Zhou Mo muttered, “You all are so busy every day, it’s a wonder anyone wants to be with you.”

       “Isn’t it?” Shen Huiming smiled, “I also find it incredible.”

       Suo Yang was quietly listening to these two bickering on the side and found it quite amusing.

       “However, you’re really lucky.” Zhou Mo lamented as he rested his chin and looked at the two people before him.

       “Why do you say so?” Shen Huiming asked.

       Suo Yang also raised his head to look at Zhou Mo. Originally expecting him to say something complimenting him, but what Zhou Mo said was, “Suo Yang is not like me, he can stand loneliness, he won’t do anything even if you are busy and don’t touch him for 10 days and a half a month, but I can’t. This old Cheng has been gone for three days, and I have to let him coax me to sleep every night from thousands of kilometres away. He is almost exhausted by me.”

       He said these words there solemnly, and the two people on the opposite side couldn’t help laughing.

       “Stop talking nonsense.” Suo Yang said, “Let’s talk about something serious.”

       “This is very serious!” Zhou Mo said, “If you don’t have a satisfying sex life, you will easily become crazy!”

       “Are you going crazy?” Shen Huiming deliberately teased him.

       “Soon.” Zhou Mo blinked at the two of them and suddenly said with a smirk, “Old Shen, I advise you to guard against me as much as guarding against Jiang Tongyan. Maybe someday I’ll go crazy and climb up Suo Yang’s bed…”

       “Sorry to interrupt.” Shen Huiming said, “I forgot to tell you earlier, my phone is on record, Cheng Sen he……”

       “I’m just joking!” Zhou Mo suddenly became serious, “My heart and my body belong only to my husband!”

       Suo Yang was amused by him, and his whole body relaxed against Shen Huiming’s shoulder.

       “That’s so nice, ugh.” Zhou Mo looked at those two and suddenly stopped joking and said seriously, “I’ve been worried for a while.”

       Suo Yang looked at him, “What are you worried about?”

       “I’m worried that you will just live your life boringly by yourself.” Zhou Mo said, “I’m afraid that you really don’t trust others because of the things in the past. When I think that you would end up alone, my heart aches.”