acfr chapter 15.2

TW: NON-CON!  (MC is inebriated and unconscious)

He Zisheng gently brushed his fingers over He Ziming’s eyebrows, eyelashes, all the way down his face – he carefully rubbed the contours of his features. It seemed he was playing around, remembering the warm times he once had with He Ziming. He finally placed his fingers on He Ziming’s slightly dry lips, and asked, “Is Gu Chen really important to you?”

“More important than me? Hm?” He nearly asked.

He Ziming didn’t respond, but subconsciously felt a little itchy, and rubbed (his face) into He Zisheng’s embrace.

He Zisheng removed his hand and directly pressed his lips on He Ziming’s lips. He began to tentatively lick them little by little and tasted the taste of the most noble crown prince of Daxing.

On the lips of He Ziming, He Zisheng tasted a strong, pungent wine.

Yet he didn’t feel like choking. Instead, he felt a little addicted and dizzy, wanting to taste it again and again. He pried open the slit of He Ziming’s lips jerkily, like prying open a mussel shell to reach the meat.

He Ziming was suffocated by the kiss, and he subconsciously tried to struggle. He Zisheng pressed him back again and he couldn’t resist holding the back of his head and fiercely kissing him.

At first, He Ziming was still resisting, but later, unknown whether it was because of the drunken rush or something else entirely, he slowly began to respond to He Zisheng; tongues entangling and lips kissed fiercely.

After the kiss was over, both of them were a little out of breath, and their lower bodies reacted due to the intense kiss.

“… It turns out that the men have such a taste.” He Zisheng stared at He Ziming’s lips, flushed red and glossy with spit by his own kisses. He rubbed his face repeatedly, and his eyes lit up.

He never thought that He Zisheng, who was extraordinary and majestic… would taste so sweet.

“I like you. I have liked you since I was a child. It’s just that there was a section in the middle you treated me so badly, I almost forgot it… and treated like as hate.” He leaned into He Ziming’s ear, his voice soft like a lover’s whisper, making He Ziming’s ears tickle: “What about you? Do you like me?”

“You just responded to me? Do you like me as much as I like you?” He Zisheng hugged He Ziming tightly and asked, almost to himself.

He Ziming’s drunk brain was in a daze. Only subconsciously pursuing warmth, he nuzzled into He Zisheng’s arms.

He Zisheng hugged him with joy, from the bottom of his heart.

He Ziming hugged him tightly, but softly murmured: “Zi Qing …”

He Zisheng’s whole body stiffened into a stone in an instant, his good mood entirely dissipated. He hugged He Ziming tightly, wishing to embed himself into his body, he gave a gloomy laugh, and said, “Zi Qing?”

“It turns out that your response to me was all just because you regarded me as Zi Qing?” His voice was so cold that it could almost freeze people to death. “Is Zi Qing really important to you?”

But He Ziming didn’t know anything about it. He just hugged him tightly, and found a comfortable position. He snuggled into He Zisheng’s body, and fell into a deep sleep.

He Zisheng wiped the sweat from He Ziming’s forehead with his hand, and vowed, “It doesn’t matter; even if there is only Ziqing in your heart, it doesn’t matter. I will replace him. I will soon replace him as the only important person in your heart…”

As he said that, he started to slowly remove the clothes on He Ziming’s body. Along his neck, moving downwards, he began to leave small kiss marks one after another on He Ziming’s body.

But He Ziming knew nothing about it … 

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He Ziming had a hangover and a splitting headache that night. But the next morning, he was suddenly awakened by a pot of cold wine poured onto his head.

“Which son of a bitch dares…” He was sleepy and had a splitting headache. When he was suddenly splashed with cold wine, he opened his mouth to curse.

Who would have known, when he opened his eyes, he would meet Gu Chen’s bloodshot stare.

Gu Chen seemed to almost want to rush up to hit him, but He Zisheng held him back.

He Ziming quickly sobered up, only to find himself naked, lying in the arms of another naked man. Their legs and arms were intertwined, as if he did not wake up, so close to each other they couldn’t be closer unless they became one.

It was Slave He…

That little actor that he favoured to annoy Gu Chen while he was sulking at Gu Chen.

Is this drunken chaos, to the beat of catching adulterers in bed? 

“Zi Qing…” He Ziming’s brain crashed. He couldn’t even speak, just subconsciously calling Gu Chen’s name.

Gu Chen looked at him coldly, his eyes filled with despair.

“Ziqing, listen to me, I, last night… I drank too much last night. Nothing happened between us yesterday.” He Ziming sat up unthinkingly and wanted to explain to Gu Chen. But when he got up, he realized he was naked, and quickly pulled up the quilt to block himself.

What is it called?

He Ziming felt like he was the dull and indecisive stupid male protagonist who was in bed with the vicious female second in an old miserable drama. 

He Ziming’s actions awakened Slave He.

As soon as Slave He saw Gu Chen and He Zisheng, he hurriedly wrapped up his nightgown in a panic, got out of the bed, and knelt down in fear: “His Royal Highness, Your Highness, Master Gu——”

“Ziqing, nothing happened with him last night! Don’t believe it … Ask him if you don’t believe it!” He Ziming put on his robe and got out of bed. In a panicked fluster, he pointed to Slave He and repeatedly explained.

Slave He was very obedient. Hearing He Ziming’s words, he quickly responded: “Yes, yes, Lord Gu. This slave and His Royal Highness did nothing last night, but we were all drunk …”

They defended themselves with their whole hearts.

However, Gu Chen looked at them in their ambiguity, at the mottled hickeys that couldn’t even be concealed… but he couldn’t even hear a word…

Gu Chen looked at He Ziming, his heart turned to stone.* “He Ziming, no, Your Royal Highness, you don’t need to explain a word to me. We’re done.”

*[心如死灰: ‘one ‘s heart is like dead ashes — utterly dissipated’ it means he has become extremely indifferent due to the breaking of his heart, poor gu chen 😦 also poor ziming :(]

He walked away the moment he finished speaking.

“Zi Qing …” He Ziming looked at his back and was at a loss/felt extremely at a loss.

As the one closest to He Ziming, He Zisheng instantly perceived Ziming’s line of sight and chased after his friend on Ziming’s behalf: “Zi Qing …”

“Chang’an, you don’t need to persuade me anymore. Everything that happened was just Gu Ziqing’s ridiculous spring dream. Now that I’ve awoken, it’s all over.” When Gu Chen saw him, he immediately spoke first.

He and He Ziming are finished.

He Zisheng immediately advised: “Zi Qing, don’t be so emotional.*”

“I’m not being emotional.*” Gu Chen answered almost numbly.

*[意气用事: Letting emotions affect one’s decisions]

He Zisheng said, “But Ziqing, you and my elder brother are caused this mess. What should Gu Wen do?”

“Big brother…” Gu Chen awoke from a dream, and he remembered the reason he was looking for He Ziming today. He also had a brother who was implicated by him in prison, waiting for his rescue.

He Zisheng said, “Yesterday, I… Yesterday, I heard that my elder brother was angry with you, and asked Mr. Liu of the Ministry of Justice to take good care of Wen-ge.”

“Gu Wen-ge has always been weak. How can he stand the care of the Ministry of Justice?” He subverted the truth.*

*[颠倒黑白: literally means to reverse black and white or right and wrong, but actually means to distort the truth deliberately.]

Gu Chen didn’t speak for a long time.

After a while, he seemed to have found himself and made up his mind: “Chang’an, do you remember that plan you mentioned yesterday? Now, I’ve come to a decision.”

“But…” He Zisheng wanted to persuade again.

Gu Chen interrupted him directly, “The only thing that matters now is rescuing my elder brother. If we continue like this, He Ziming will surely kill him.”

“Chang’an, you must help me!” He grabbed his friend’s hand, as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw, and begged.

He Zisheng had no reason to refuse, so he could only say, “… Okay.”

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TL Note

Special thanks to sassystrawberry and Kame𓆉 on discord for the help with translating certain parts,,,, historical is interesting but its taking itself out on me.

Do people like this story? I guess it’s hard to get into a novel when uh there is so few chapters and the tl quality is kinda shitty… sorry guys! My grammar is usually good, Literature used to be my best subject. MTL is making my sense of grammar weird. Comment if you have any suggestions!

I have the next chapter mostly done, I’ll get it up as quick as I can! Also if you play genshin and u read this whole author’s note, u will be a zhongli-haver. I guarantee it.