Spring Festival Gala 3
Yan Yan was laying on the bed in pajamas, stern faced. However, his raised tuft of hair outside the frame softened his expression, making him look cute. He wore a clean and translucent pure white silk pajama set with a lapel collar and a checkered weave pattern. It was a couple’s pajama set and Zhuang Yiyun’s set was black.
Looking through the lens, only half of his collarbone was visible, yet it was enough to captivate Zhuang Yiyun. His movements were leisurely as he tapped the Enter key with his index and middle fingers, then he took them back and casually placed them on his lap.
On the other side of the screen, Yan Yan squinted his eyes, focusing his previously scattered gaze on one point. Zhuang Yiyun lowered his eyes; that position was where his hand was.
The two have been together for a long time but their hearts still skip a beat when they see each other. The subtle emotions between the two were like mountain mist—visible in how it flows with the wind, yet elusive to capture. You can only feel, smell, and understand it.
Zhuang Yiyun smiled and asked, “Lawyer Yan, do I not have the opportunity to make a statement before the court’s judgment?”
“Sure, you can.” Yan Yan propped up his phone against the bed, freeing his hands and with a confident posture, he declared, “Now, the plaintiff’s attorney will cross-examine on behalf of the plaintiff.”
Zhuang Yiyun calmly made a gesturing invitation.
“Defendant, do you know Ms. Li Hongran?”
“I don’t know.”
“Heh… Men, truly heartless. Yesterday, you were happily chatting and laughing, playing the romantic, but today, you claim not to know her?”
“Lawyer Yan, please manage your emotions in court.” Zhuang Yiyun wanted to laugh a bit but restrained himself, then asked, “Could you please explain what ‘playing the romantic’ means?”
“Flirting, teasing.” Yan Yan’s words were blunt. After thinking about it, how could Dr. Zhuang not know the meaning. He was actually led by the nose and he answered. Laying down must be affecting his brain. Angry, he lifted the covers and sat up abruptly. The movement was big, causing his shirt to ride up and revealing a glimpse of his fair and flexible waist.
Zhuang Yiyun’s eyes darkened slightly, he adjusted his tie and said, “I’ve only flirted with you.”
Caught off guard by the sudden hormonal attack, Yan Yan choked on his retort.
“Like now.”
“Ahem, ahem… Please mind your language in court.”
“I’m being subtle. Otherwise, I don’t mind describing some flirtatious details for you.”
Yan Yan was initially composed, but decided to take a playful turn upon hearing his flirtatious words.
“Describe them, then. Otherwise, I won’t know if it’s over the limit.”
Zhuang Yiyun’s gaze fell on his neckline. The pajama’s neckline was small, revealing only a small triangle below the neck. However, this didn’t hinder Zhuang Yiyun from being familiar with the appearance beneath, especially the way it looked now.
“Lawyer Yan, you have six hickeys below your left collarbone, extending from the collarbone to the chest, they should now have turned brown. There are two finger marks on your waist, which I made while pinching your waist…”
“Damn it! Zhuang Yiyun!” Yan Yan blushed and became angry.
“Okay.” Zhuang Yiyun calmly asked him, “Are you proceeding with the cross-examination?”
“No more cross-examination!”
“Then I’ll present a defense.”
“You’re still defending? You’re quite skilled now, huh?”
“Of course, one can’t be too legally ignorant, or it would embarrass the lawyer husband.”
“Fine, defend.” Yan Yan grumbled.
“I don’t know the Li Hongran you mentioned, and I truly haven’t looked at anyone outside.”
“You did. Why don’t you admit it? Last night, the female celebrity sitting next to you was Li Hongran. You even leaned in to listen to her and responded to her gaze.”
“Did you look closely?”
“Yes! The evidence is conclusive. The entire nation saw it on the Spring Festival Gala replay. So explain. You better think carefully, this defense opportunity is a one-time deal.”
“When watching the skit, she said there was an actor on stage who looked like Professor Fu at my table, so I took a look.”
“Just that?” Yan Yan recalled and said, “Where is the resemblance? I didn’t notice anyone resembling Professor Fu.”
“I didn’t think so either, but she insisted, so I ignored her. She also praised my wedding ring, saying it’s beautiful. Although I don’t know what makes a simple ring attractive, I just thanked her and didn’t continue the conversation.”
“This is clearly… knowing you’re married she still forcibly created a CP for hype. Oh, she didn’t say anything herself, smart move. When the popularity is high and netizens find out, they can’t criticize or condemn her. Impressive.”
Zhuang Yiyun couldn’t be blamed for encountering such a person. Yan Yan eased up a bit but then realized something was wrong.
“How do you remember so clearly?”
“You asked, so I recalled seriously.”
“Fine, I’ll reluctantly accept your explanation. What about someone named Liu Ning? A man.” This time, Yan Yan didn’t waste words. Zhuang Yiyun likely had no idea what happened on Weibo, so he directly explained the situation.
As he spoke, Zhuang Yiyun got more animated.
“My husband assigned me a task to get autographs from two male celebrities. I didn’t know the backstage route, so Liu Ning took the initiative to guide me, saying he’d agree only if we took a photo together. Lawyer Yan, should I still give the autographs to my husband, considering these two male celebrities caught my husband’s attention?”
“Of course!” Those were the two main actors from the drama he had been recently obsessed with, he was excited.
“But my husband blames me for taking photos with others…”
“No blame. What’s there to blame? Dr. Zhuang is so handsome, who wouldn’t want to take a picture with him.”
While Yan Yan praised, he saw Zhuang Yiyun’s expression on the screen changing. It felt as if a storm was brewing.
Before he could think deeply, Zhuang Yiyun stood up. Because the phone stand was initially prepared for live streaming Zhuang Yiyun kneeling on the keyboard, Yan Yan had adjusted to half height. When Zhuang Yiyun stood up, the height became level with his lower body.
As he walked around, his suit pants formed subtle wrinkles, revealing glimpses of his leg muscles, capturing Yan Yan’s attention instantly.
“Enough of this. I’ll change and come pick you up.” Zhuang Yiyun took the phone from the stand and casually placed it in his pocket.
Yan Yan’s Adam’s apple seemed to follow his movements, feeling as if he was being carried away in his gege’s pocket. When the phone’s camera regained visibility, Zhuang Yiyun was already in the dressing room. He placed the phone on the central jewelry display cabinet, loosening his tie as he asked, “Do you want to see?”
What to see was self-evident.
Without looking up, Zhuang Yiyun had an indifferent expression as he tore off his tie in two swift pulls. Yan Yan couldn’t take his eyes away and replied honestly, “I want to see, gege.”
Zhuang Yiyun paused his unbuttoning, chuckled slightly, and shook his head. Truly, throwing a tantrum because of two male celebrities, wasn’t it too much? If Yan Yan enjoyed watching, then let him. After all, they couldn’t seduce Yan Yan away. Just removing his tie had already ensnared him
With these thoughts, Zhuang Yiyun suddenly placed his phone face down on the cabinet.
“Gege?” Yan Yan called from the other side, but he completely ignored him. After doing video calls like this for over three years, it became dull. It was better to take the initiative and show him, to bring him back home to watch.
The video call wasn’t disconnected, and Yan Yan could hear Zhuang Yiyun changing clothes on the other end. The soft sound of fabric rubbing, the hangers sliding, and the discarded clothes landing on the changing stool—all of these sounds reached his ears. He listened, reconstructing every action in his mind and even imagining the scene.
Without seeing anything, he felt his breath quicken, remembering what he and Zhuang Yiyun had done in this dressing room four years ago.
The video captured the sound of unbuckling a belt, and Zhuang Yiyun asked, “Because someone tried to take advantage of your husband, you got angry and ran back to your parent’s home?”
“Yes, that’s right. This will always be my home, I can come back whenever I’m upset.” Yan Yan’s mind was distracted, but his voice remained calm.
Zhuang Yiyun chuckled softly, “Of course.”
“You had no sense of vigilance and were slandered for no reason, making me angry. Won’t you reflect on it?”
“Okay, I’ll reflect.”
Unable to see his expression, Yan Yan felt a sudden sense of emptiness. Why did Zhuang Yiyun seem unusually accommodating today, it was not quite like him.
“Yanyan, wait for me obediently in the room.”
“What nonsense, I am at home.”
“Mm.” Zhuang Yiyun put on a down jacket, then picked up the phone and directly ended the video call. Yan Yan didn’t even see his face until it was disconnected. Now, he was left hanging, his heart suspended.
Sitting there, he felt a bit dazed. Should he get up to wash up and change clothes? But it was the first day of the lunar new year, and seeing his bad mood, his parents didn’t take him with them, he heard Auntie Zhuang and Uncle Mei inviting them to the temple. There was nothing for him to do if he got up. So why bother getting up?
He analyzed this in his mind but his actions were honest. He got up, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and then returned to the room to play on his phone.
Calculating the time Zhuang Yiyun would arrive, he listened intently for any sounds outside. As soon as he heard the noise of the door unlocking, he immediately turned over and covered himself with the blanket. He couldn’t show too much concern about whether Zhuang Yiyun would come or not; he had to appear “calm.” The way to demonstrate this was to go back to sleep immediately after ending the video call.
Zhuang Yiyun entered, changed into slippers, placed the gifts for Yan Yan’s parents in the living room, and then headed straight to Yan Yan’s room. The door handle turned, the door opened, followed by a soft click as the door closed again. Then Zhuang Yiyun locked it.
Yan Yan almost peeked but resisted the urge, pretending to be asleep.
“Yanyan, I’m back.”
Yan Yan pretended not to hear.
A hand slipped into his still-warm blanket, and Zhuang Yiyun chuckled, “The blanket isn’t warm enough, so let gege help”
Now Yan Yan knew what he was up to. His eyes trembled a bit, and when he heard the rustling of him undressing, he couldn’t keep up the act. Like a groundhog, he poked his head out, saying, “I’m getting up, there’s no need to warm me up.”
In order to prove that what he said was true, he directly lifted the blanket and got up.
He wanted to get up, but Zhuang Yiyun didn’t let him. He pressed him down, then kneeled on the bed.
Zhuang Yiyun: “I want to sleep.”
“Then sleep by yourself.”
“Come over.”
“I won’t! My parents just went to the temple to pray and will be back soon.”
“I locked the door, just keep your voice down and they won’t know.”
“You… How can I keep my voice down when you usually act like a beast?”
Yan Yan rolled to the other side, but Zhuang Yiyun still caught him. One leg pinned him down, one hand grabbed his arm, and the other hand opened the bedside drawer, taking out Yan Yan’s body lotion.
Yan Yan panicked and realized he was serious. Struggling was futile, and realizing the seriousness of the situation, he pleaded, “Gege, good gege, please, I can’t.”
“I clarified the incident where I was slandered, but you asking me for autographs from male celebrities hasn’t been settled yet.” Zhuang Yiyun’s eyes were profound. “For the autographs, you even gave up your jealousy?”
Yan Yan now realized that Zhuang Yiyun was really angry. He had experienced Zhuang Yiyun settling scores before and knew his sharp tongue couldn’t compare.
“I was just casually looking, joining in the fun. They’re popular right now so…”
“I don’t want the autographs anymore, gege. Please don’t mess around…Mm… Ah…”
“Am I messing around? Don’t you like it?”
“No, I don’t like…”
“Well, I like it. From the first time I entered your room, I just wanted to fuck you here. You gave me only one chance to defend, and now I’m giving you one chance to refuse. Yanyan, do you want to exercise this power?”
“Gege…”
“Hmm?”
“No… I refuse to exercise it.”
“Good baby, keep your voice down.”
That noon, Yan Yan’s parents didn’t come back for lunch. They had a vegetarian meal with Zhuang Xian and her boyfriend. They called Yan Yan to ask if he wanted to come, but he didn’t answer. They thought he was still sleeping and prepared a packed meal for him.
When they returned home, they found their son missing but their son-in-law was in the kitchen preparing noodles.
“Dad, mom.”
“Xiao Yiyun is back. Yan Yan hasn’t gotten up yet?”
“I made him angry and he won’t come out.” Zhuang Yiyun said this way, but his expression showed enjoyment. When he turned around, a bright red mark was evident on his neck, and it was obvious who had left the mark.
For married people, there was nothing they didn’t understand. Qian Ruqing placed the packed box on the countertop. “Mom will cook the noodles. You go rest, I’ll call him in a while.”
Zhuang Yiyun’s pocket vibrated, and he took out his phone. It was a system notification from Weibo that his account had been verified.
“No need, I’ll just coax him.”
With that, Zhuang Yiyun went to the bedroom while updating his Weibo. When he entered the room, the post had already been sent, just in time for him to show it to Yan Yan.
Zhuang Yiyun V: [Let me introduce my legal spouse, @lawyeryanyan. Don’t randomly pair me up with others online, otherwise, Lawyer Yan will draft a legal letter and send it over.]
Yan Yan was soft and sluggish in the blanket, and didn’t want to move. He finished reading with Zhuang Yiyun’s help, and responded with a light hum.
It was comfortable, this was how it should be. In the future, if anyone slandered his husband again, he would send a legal letter. And it wouldn’t cost any money!
Awww lawyer yanyan 🤗