[The Present]

Today is his scarce day-off.

Cole Wu opened his eyes, touched the quilt on his body, and looked at the ceiling for a while...The body's biological clock had been accustomed to the working schedule, so he couldn't fall asleep again even if he got extra time now.

He bought the ointment at the clinic downstairs, and the injury on his feet were almost healed these days.

It was just that taking a shower could be inconvenient because the wound could not get wet.

For breakfast, he made an egg-flower soup and two fried sausages, and he drank a bottle of milk after the breakfast.

Cole Wu was lying on the bed again with his eyes softened.

He touched his stomach and the baby in it made him love and hate.

Because of the pregnancy, he had recently been particularly sleepy and he had lost his appetite. When he ate the fried sausages earlier in the morning, he almost spat it out.

It seemed that he would have to pay more attention to his diet.

Drowsiness, retching, dreaminess, back pain, legs cramping from time to time...What a nightmare!

In such a daze, Cole Wu began to sleep in his daydream.

In the dream, it was three years ago and he came to the home of Tye Zhang...He fell in love with Tye Zhang at the first sight, but he did not express it, and he was ashamed to express it. He dared not say his own thoughts...Tye Zhang liked his younger brother. But he disliked him. He even hated him. He always looked at him rudely. Sometimes he even deliberately did something to humiliate him...Tye Zhang only treated him well when they were in bed.

He liked touching his waist most.

More than once, Tye Zhang frankly expressed his obsession about his waist, which made him happy and dejected.

If he didn't have a waist like this, Tye Zhang would never show him a little bit of affection.

"Cole, my Cole...I want to touch your waist.ayMay I?"

Tye Zhang was so gentle in the dream.

He really was gentle to him. He pulled off his clothes with his wide palms, and placed his rough thumb on his waist, and started to sketch along his waist using his thumb, making him tickle.

"Haha, ha...Stop it, Tye."

Cole Wu pushed him in the dream and turned over, continuing to sleep.

This could only happen in a dream now.

Tye Zhang now disliked him. With all this fat around his waist, how could be it possible that he would touch him and in such gentle manner? According to his temperament, he would only throw himself to others, and do whatever he wanted.

Cole Wu woke up without knowing for how long he had been asleep.

He opened his eyes and his eyelashes trembled. It seemed that there was a person but he could see him clearly. The person's face looked blurred in the light shining through the window.

"Are you awake？"

It was a man‘s voice, gentle, deep, and reassuring.

Cole Wu lifted himself up and sat on the bed.

Seeing the person clearly, he said with surprise: "Toy? Why are you here, bro? How...how did you get in here?"

Toy Zhang smiled and said: "Chaz gave me the key. We are supposed to be together, but he got held up by something halfway through, so he left. He gave the key to me and asked me to visit you first."

"...I see." Cole Wu was slightly dissatisfied.

Chaz, how could he let his fiancé come to his brother's home first, and even give him the key?

Toy Zhang seemed to have read Cole Wu's mind, saying in a low voice: "Chaz said that you were having a day-off today and you will be sleeping soundly. He worried that you wouldn't hear the knock. So he gave me the key. I hope you don't mind."

On saying this, the man poured a glass of water and handed it over to Cole Wu, saying: "Drink some water. You have a frog in the throat."

"Thanks."

Cole Wu took the water hesitantly, but still, he was uncomfortable about the key thing.

He always felt that this was a bit strange. But he couldn't tell exactly why it was strange.

He always felt that it was too embarrassing to be in the same room with his brother’s fiancé alone. Although they had known each other before, and at that time, they got along well with each other.

But now, the identities of the two of them had made it really awkward.

Cole Wu hosted Toy Zhang for a while, and he made a few phone calls to his younger brother Chaz. Finally, there came Chaz.

"What's the problem with you, brother? One phone call every three minutes makes me flustered! Hum...It was so hard for me to get to the album signing session of Chi Que. I was trying to take a few more photos with Chi Que! But now I hurried back because of you. You are so annoying." Chaz Wu opened the door and complained, holding a pile of albums.

"You know what's worse? Your place is too dilapidated! There's even no lift here, and it's killing to have climbed stairs for six floors...Toy, my dear, could you please help me massage my legs? They are so exhausted."

Chaz Wu put a bunch of albums on his tea table, threw himself into the sofa, and stretched out his luxury leather shoes, waiting for Toy Zhang to give him a massage.

"...Chaz, why didn't you change your shoes before coming in? Your brother will have to mop the floor if you make it dirty." Toy Zhang became a little serious. He sat beside Chaz Wu and was not about to massage his legs.

Chaz Wu waited for a while, but Toy Zhang didn't do anything. He got angry immediately.

He deliberately stamped his feet on the floor tiles with his leather shoes, and even left some footprints.

"Even my brother didn't say anything. What are you doing here? My brother loves me most. He won't blame me for not changing shoes. This place is a filthy and shabby already and my shoes won't make a difference!"

Toy Zhang had always been gentle to him, but this time he frowned on him just because he did not change shoes. How could he bear such grievance?

Chaz Wu was crying in his heart on thinking about it, and he looked at Toy Zhang sadly, waiting for the man to apologize to him.

However, this time, Toy Zhang did not take the initiative to make an apology as he did before.

He looked cold and serious.

And even worse, he was angry!

"It's okay! The floor tiles are already dirty. It's fine, I'll have them wiped later. It really doesn't matter whether you change shoes or not. Please don't...don't quarrel over such trifles, ok?" Cole Wu stood aside and whispered.

He really didn't want his brother to ruin the relationship with Toy Zhang because of things related to him.

He remembered that Toy Zhang had always spoiled Chaz. He didn't know why he acted surprisingly serious today.

"...I'm sorry, Chaz. I shouldn't have been so cruel to you just now."

Toy Zhang chose to make the first move and apologize.

Although Chaz Wu was very arrogant and capricious, but he was unusually smart when it comes to men. He accepted the apology and rushed into the arms of Toy Zhang. He apologized to him as well: "I am sorry. It was my bad. I should have been so wilful. I will never do it again."

"Open the door! Cole, Cole! Open the door!"

Cole Wu had a headache all of a sudden. Just after he got hit by the mushy-gushy between his brother and Toy Zhang, the familiar disgusting voice came in from outside the door.

He slammed the door open and shouted: "Tye Zhang, what is wrong with you! Why the shouting? Have you got lupomania!"

"...Why are you saying this to me...I got you the best dermatologist to look at your feet and help you get rid of scars." Tye Zhang looked at Cole Wu, who was furious, and whispered.

There was another man by his side. The man seemed to have just got off the plane, still dragging a suitcase with his hand and looking mad.

Cole Wu blinked his eyes and said: "...Come in."