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Last edited 7/13/21.

When Yan Qing Chi woke up the next day, he felt a sense of powerlessness as if he was constrained by chains. As soon as he looked down, he saw that Jiang Mo Chen was still hugging him. The reason why it was “still” was because last night in the middle of the night, Jiang Mo Chen suddenly turned over in his sleep and hugged him. Yan Qing Chi had always been a light sleeper. Due to this sudden bear hug, he nearly broke free of the other party’s hold and consequently broke his (JMC) arm. Nevertheless, the second before he (YQC) could act, his brain reacted in time, hence the prevention of scary headlines such as 《Shocking! On the Husband-Husband’s Wedding Night, the Husband’s Blood Stained the Marriage Bed. Is This Due to Moral Degeneration or is it the Distortion of Human Nature?! 》1 

He reached out to remove Jiang Mo Chen’s hand, but the latter grabbed his hand on reflex. 

“Wharyu doing? (What are you doing?)” Jiang Mo Chen mumbled.  

“It’s time for me to get up.”  

Jiang Mo Chen opened his eyes blearily, grabbed his phone, and checked the time, “It’s only 7 o’clock. What are you waking up so early for?”   

“To go on a morning jog.” Yan Qing Chi used his other hand to pat his (JMC) hand, conveying to him to let go.   

Jiang Mo Chen released him, “Where are you going to run?”  

Yan Qing Chi flipped over and got off the bed, “Just the gym in the house. I’ll use your treadmill.”  

Jiang Mo Chen had thought that he had planned to go jogging outside. In the end, he was only jogging inside, “Then what’s the point in waking up this early?”    

“I’m used to it.” 

As he said so, he noticed Jiang Mo Chen surveying him up and down, “What are you looking at me like that for?”  

“I commend you. It looks like you’re really not affected at all. Last night we rolled in the sheets until 1 or 2 AM, and yet you’re able to wake up spirited at 7AM as per your morning routine to go for a morning jog. Truly admirable, I’ve really underestimated you.”  

Yan Qing Chi turned his head, curled his lips into a perfunctory smile, and strode towards the bathroom.   

He quickly brushed his teeth, changed into workout clothes, exited the bedroom, and entered the gym on the second floor.   

Yan Qing Chi ran for approximately 40 or so minutes when he sensed that the door had been pushed open. He turned towards the door and caught sight of Qiqi standing at the doorway, peeping in with only his small head visible.   

He glanced at his watch, stopped the treadmill, and headed towards the doorway.   

Qiqi saw him coming over. With a twist of his body, he plastered himself against the wall and hid.   

Seeing so, Yan Qing Chi purposefully put the top half of his body outside first when he reached the doorway, “Wah!” He curled his fingers into claw-like shapes, “I caught you!”  

Qiqi squealed in laughter, giggling as he retreated two steps.  

Qing Yan Chi walked out and rubbed his head, “Are you hungry?”   

Qiqi nodded.   

“Wait for me, I’ll go take a shower and then make food for you.” 

Qiqi continued to nod.   

Yan Qing Chi took him to the living room  and had him sit on the sofa watching T.V. He himself returned to the bedroom and grabbed a change of clothes. He glanced at Jiang Mo Chen’s sleeping side-profile. Not wanting to wake the other party up, Yan Qing Chi went to the guest room to shower.   

These two days, Auntie Zhang had personal matters to take care at home. Thus, she took a leave of absence. They could only take care of things themselves.

Yan Qing Chi looked into the fridge and asked Qiqi, “Want congee?”  

Qiqi nodded.   

“And I’ll also heat up some buns for you?”  

“Yeah.” QiQi agreed in a low voice. While he nodded, he slid down from the sofa and walked over by Yan Qing Chi’s leg.   

Yan Qing Chi prepared the milk powder for him and handed him the milk bottle, “Drink this first. We’ll eat after a while.”  

Qiqi accepted the bottle, lowered his head, and began to drink the milk powder.   

Yan Qing Chi gathered the ingredients and entered the kitchen.   

Seeing him enter, Qiqi moved his short legs and followed him in.   

“Know what this is?” Yan Qing Chi prompted him as he scooped up rice.   

“Rice.” 

“What about this?”  

“Meat.”  

“And this?”  

Qiqi was sort of troubled, “What is this?”  

“It’s century egg.”  

“Century egg?”  

“Yup.” Yan Qing Chi looked at him, “For your congee.”  

Qiqi nodded, not really understanding.  

While he had the century egg and lean pork congee2 cooking on a slow fire, Yan Qing Chi heated up the frozen stuffed buns3 that they had in the house.

“What kind of flavor does Qiqi like?” He asked.   

Qiqi thought about it and answered, “Sweet red bean paste.” 

“Then what flavor does Daddy like?”

Qiqi chewed on the milk bottle pacifier, “Meat.”   

Yan Qing Chi laughed, picking 2-3 of each flavor to put into the pot.   

“C’mon, let’s go out.”    

“The food?” Qiqi glanced at the pot on the stove.   

“It’ll be done after a while. While we wait, we can go watch a cartoon.”   
   
Qiqi nodded docilely. Hugging his milk bottle, he returned to the sofa with Yan Qing Chi.   

They watched a cartoon for a couple minutes. Yan Qing Chi surmised that it was about time, getting up to go to the kitchen to check, then turned off the fire. He said to Qiqi, “Go wake up your daddy. “  

Qiqi widened his pair of cat eyes. Hesitantly, he asked, “Me?”   

“That’s right. ” Yan Qing Chi patted his shoulder, “Little warrior Qiqi, can you complete this mission?”   
  
Qiqi lowered his head, seeming to be afraid.   

Yan Qing Chi rubbed his head, “Don’t be afraid. You go in for the kill in front, I’ll cover you in the back.” 
 
“What is ‘go in for the kill’? What is ‘cover’?” Qiqi asked him. 

“Well, it means that you go call your daddy and I’ll go with you. I’ll wait for you at the doorway. If anything happens, you come and find me.”  

Hearing him say so, Qiqi gained some confidence, “Yeah.”   

Yan Qing Chi scooped him up, “C’mon, I’ll carry you over.”    

Qiqi was happy to be held by him, unconsciously laughing again. He reached out and poked Yan Qing Chi’s shoulder.   

Yan Qing Chi set him down by his bedroom door. He opened the door and prompted him, “Go on.”  

Qiqi turned to look back at him. Yan Qing Chi pulled an encouraging fist pump for him, “Fighting!”    

Qiqi pushed the door open, entering the room little by little.  

He seemed to still be afraid. When he looked back every three steps, he would see Yan Qing Chi outside the door cheering for him. He clenched his little fist and continued to walk forward. He walked until he was in front of Jiang Mo Chen and called, “Daddy.”  

Jiang Mo Chen didn’t hear him, continuing to sleep.
  
Qiqi raised his head to look at Yan Qing Chi standing outside the door, then lowered his head to look at Jiang Mo Chen. He raised his volume, saying, “Daddy.”  

This time Jiang Mo Chen heard him. He hazily opened his eyes to see Qiqi standing before his bed. “What is it?” He asked.   

“It’s time to eat.” Qiqi said quietly, “To eat breakfast.”
  
Jiang Mo Chen chuckled. He pinched Qiqi’s face, “You made it?”  

Qiqi shook his head, “Uncle Yan made it.”  

After he finished speaking, Qiqi very naturally raised his head to look at Yan Qing Chi.  

Jiang Mo Chen followed his gaze and turned his head to see Yan Qing Chi standing there outside the door. Unlike the pajamas that he saw him in before he fell asleep, the other man wore a very casual white everyday outfit.  

“You know how to cook?” Jiang Mo Chen was skeptical.  

“Not only do I know how to cook, my cooking is very good.” Yan Qing Chi proudly stated.  

“Is that so? Then I look forward to it very much-oh~”  

Yan Qing Chi was successfully disgusted by that ‘oh’ of his and the tone he spoke in. When he shook his head and tut-tutted at him (JMC), Jiang Mo Chen burst into laughter.  

He beckoned Qiqi, “Come here, QiQi.”  

Qiqi immediately ran over to him.  

Yan Qing Chi held his hand and looked at Jiang Mo Chen who sat up, “I’m going to bring Qiqi downstairs first. You can join us after you wash up.” Saying so, he turned around and left with Qiqi in hand.

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Footnotes

Another cultural reference. There was a show called “Ethical Review” (道德观察) that reviewed incidents and had the tagline where the show host would say the words along the lines of “SHOCKING! (insert issue here), is this due to moral degeneration or is it the distortion/twistedness of human nature?!”

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