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The winter in Yixing City this year was warm. It was already January, but there was still no snow.
“I don’t think it’s going to snow this year.”
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Yan Qiu stood in front of the window and let Ji Xinglan put his jacket on him. When he looked up, he saw the clear blue sky outside, and sighed; finding the situation a little regretful.
He remembered when it snowed last year, he had gone to the park with Ji Xinglan, where they had played and kissed in the snow.  adWdx6
Time flew and another year passed by in the blink of an eye.
He had been Ji Xinglan’s secretary intern for a week. He became familiar with his work under his guidance. Once Lieutenant Ji expressed his satisfaction with his work, Yan Qiu was ready to officially take up the position.
Even though he sat in the same office as Ji Xinglan, Yan Qiu did not want to bother him too often. So he would tirelessly work alone.
Yan Qiu had just joined the workforce so he had no experience in managing various tasks. Because of this, he felt extremely stressed due to the heavy workload.
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For the entire week, he simply stared at the monitor and read the documents, simultaneously typing away on the keyboard; all the while feeling dizzy.
By the time he had finished all his work, the weekend arrived, allowing Yan Qiu to lay exhausted on the bed, waking up only around noon the next day.
Since he started working, he had no time to spend with his babies. So on the weekend, he let Nanny Cheng take a break and took care of the children himself.
When Yan Qiu walked into the nursery, the two babies were sleeping.  Uv9GJD
Newborns grow up quickly. Yan Qiu did not know whether his mind was playing tricks on him, but no matter how he looked, he felt that the babies had grown up a little more compared to last week.
He reached out to tug Qiu Qiu’s golden tresses. Then, in resignation, he looked at his sleeping brother.
Xing Xing still did not have a lot of hair.
Right when Yan Qiu reached out to touch his head, Xie Yu called him.  d2aOmq
“Hello.” Yan Qiu picked up the call and heard Xie Yu’s excited voice as he spoke while gasping into the phone.
“Hah
 Boss, we’re at your apartment!”
Judging by his voice, Xie Yu sounded as if he had run over in excitement. Behind him was Li Chengyan’s excited voice. “Xiao Yu, slow down.”
Yan Qiu looked out the window and saw Xie Yu and Li Chengyan at the entrance. He zipped up his jacket, closed the door of the nursery, and hurried downstairs.  Fg4ueb
When Yan Qiu entered the living room, Ji Xinglan had already opened the door, letting in Xie Yu and Li Chengyan.
Ji Xinglan was close to Li Chengyan, and because of him, Xie Yu and Ji Xinglan were no longer as hostile to each other as before.
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As a regular guest, Xie Yu did not bother with being polite. He removed his jacket and sat on the couch to play with Lan Lan.
When he saw Yan Qiu coming downstairs, Xie Yu immediately set the kitten  aside and jumped to his feet.  UvQmIs
Both of them had been busy recently, and they had not seen each other for nearly half a month. Now, they finally had some free time to come and see Yan Qiu and the babies.
Xie Yu wore a thick cashmere shirt and his hair had grown a little longer, yet his smile was just as warm as before.
They drank tea in the living room, after which, Yan Qiu brought them to the nursery to see the babies.
Xie Yu really liked Xing Xing and Qiu Qiu and was like their godfather. He would drop by occasionally to see them.  oNKMf5
“Call me big brother.” The two babies had just woken up and were still in a daze. Xie Yu crouched by the baby cradle and leaned against the narrow edge with Yan Qiu to look at the babies. He looked so excited, it was as if he was visiting a zoo.
“Xing Xing, call me big brother.” Xie Yu poked Xing Xing’s fair and soft cheeks, but Xing Xing turned his face away and ignored him.
When he saw this, he reached out to the omega baby. “Qiu Qiu, good boy. Call me big brother.”
Qiu Qiu widened his brown eyes and stared at him before he giggled.  JH9iWD
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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‘That person over there’ was Li Chengyan, who looked resigned as he talked with Ji Xinglan. He would occasionally turn his head to watch the two people squatting by the cradle playing with the babies.
Ji Xinglan and Yan Qiu had renovated their guest room into a nursery. It was quite huge and had been meticulously decorated by Yan Qiu and Mrs. Ji.  O1felp
The room was thickly carpeted, the curtains and furniture were light colored, and the walls had cartoons painted on them. All sorts of soft toys littered the room and a wind chime made of blue penguins made clunking sounds at the door.
The room was a child’s heaven. But Xing Xing and Qiu Qiu were still too young, and aside from sucking on their baby bottles, they did not think about anything else.



On Sunday night, while closing the windows, to his surprise, Yan Qiu found that it was snowing outside.  0ziQLU
Initially, when something cool landed on his face, he thought it was rain. But when he wiped it off and looked at it closely, he realized that it was ice that had yet to melt – a snowflake!
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It suddenly started snowing at the tail end of winter.
Even if it was just for a little while, it still made Yan Qiu happy.  J8OLn
He and Ji Xinglan got together during winter last year. Perhaps winter was a cold, dry, and boring season to many people, but for Yan Qiu, winter contained a lot of beautiful memories of him and Ji Xinglan.
The babies were sleeping next door in Mrs. Ji’s room, their room was pleasantly warm because of the air-con. Contentedly, Yan Qiu leaned against Ji Xinglan’s chest.
Ji Xinglan could sense that Yan Qiu was not asleep yet, so he asked, “Are you that excited to become my permanent secretary tomorrow that you can’t sleep?”
Yan Qiu opened his eyes in the dark to give Ji Xinglan a look before he buried his head in the crook of his neck and let out a grunt.  JWTlYN
Ji Xinglan had lied to him and said that he had a busty secretary, forcing him to be jealous for an entire night, but in the end it turned out that ‘he’ was that secretary.
Yan Qiu got jealous for no reason, he was already being nice for not teaching Ji Xinglan a lesson.



After it snowed for an entire night, all the roofs and branches had a layer of snow piled up on them.  OWtIix
The sunlight illuminated the snow. But the heat gradually melted it, causing water droplets to fall.
Their uniform was not suited for this sort of weather. So Yan Qiu wore a thick cashmere jacket over it alongwith with a scarf and gloves. Only once he was covered well did he go out.
Yan Qiu had urged Ji Xinglan to wear something warm as well. So he wore a scarf – the one Yan Qiu had knitted.
Yan Qiu’s lips twitched as he stared at the haphazardly made scarf on Ji Xinglan.  CN4MHX
He thought that the scarf had been tossed somewhere. He did not expect Ji Xinglan to bring it out to wear it again after a year. His face was completely destroyed because of it.
The person who made it felt regret coursing through his veins.
If he knew that Ji Xinglan would value the scarf he made so much, even if his hands broke because of it, he would have made it look nicer.
Yan Qiu was worried, wondering if Lieutenant Ji would be chased out because he was considered ‘not dressed appropriately’ if he went to work like this.  3xYCQH
But he could not win against this guy. So he smoothed out the scarf as much as he could and stuffed all the extra thread inside. At least, he did not look like a hobo.
“It’s almost eight. Let’s go”, Yan Qiu said.
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Mrs. Ji and nanny Cheng stood at the door with the baby each in their hands. Yan Qiu waved and bade them farewell before walking towards the car with Ji Xinglan.
Last night, since Mrs. Ji had driven her car back first, it was parked inside the garage, while Ji Xinglan’s car was parked by the road.  87e350
After a night of snow, the roof of the car was covered in a thin layer of frost.
Ji Xinglan was not bothered by it in the least. He used a wiper to first sweep the snow away from the windshield then the windows. While Ji Xinglan was getting rid of the rest of the snow, Yan Qiu stood in front of the car, removed the glove on his right hand, then, using his warm fingertip, drew a heart on the thin layer of snow on the hood, and wrote the word ‘Ji’ in it.
“Let’s go, babe.” Ji Xinglan did not notice what he had done. After finishing, he simply urged Yan Qiu to get in the car.
Yan Qiu responded with a hum and got in.  OQuzEI
Ji Xinglan drove the car into the parking lot and asked Yan Qiu to head into the office first.
To avoid unnecessary gossip, both of them had agreed to pretend not to know each other.
Ji Xinglan stood by the car and watched Yan Qiu enter the building before he lowered his head and locked the door.
In his peripheral vision, he saw the heart drawn on the snow covered hood, along with the ‘Ji’ written inside it.  UqJBbw
In just one glance he knew who had done this.
He looked in the direction where Yan Qiu had just gone, then lowered his head and smiled. He reached out a hand to write the word ‘Yan’ alongside the ‘Ji’, then went inside with his keys in hand.



Originally, Ji Xinglan had quickly wanted to get off work so that Yan Qiu could see what he had written on the hood.  13eJBL
But by the time evening arrived and it was time for them to get off work, most of the snow had already melted.
On Ji Xinglan’s insistence, Yan Qiu moved in front of the car to see what was written on what remained of the snow on the hood.
Yan Qiu squinted, and


according to the lines drawn, he could somewhat make out two people kissing, but they were butt naked!  AeoD8
Yan Qiu immediately scowled and looking at Lieutenant Ji scolded, “You’re so childish.”
“Well
” It was only at that moment that Ji Xinglan noticed that not only had the words he had previously written disappeared, instead, there were now two inelegant small butt naked figures kissing.
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“I didn’t draw that!” Ji Xinglan cried out for his innocence.
He did not know which mischievous kid did it.  L5RA1Z
But Yan Qiu did not believe him, making Ji Xinglan feel a little depressed because he was turned into the scapegoat. He could only ask Yan Qiu to get in the car. “I’m on night shift tonight. I’ll send you back first.”
Yan Qiu was about to get into the car when he heard this. He slowly stood straight.
“You’re on night shift alone?”
“Yeah. What’s wrong? You want to keep me company?” Ji Xinglan asked with a smile. “The bed in the break room is a little narrow, but if we hug each other tightly, we should be able to sleep on it.” l3 oHi
Yan Qiu ignored his cheeky comment and picked up the terminal to call home and ask about the babies.
“Let’s go.” Once he told Mrs. Ji that he was not going to come home tonight, Yan Qiu shut the car door. “I’ll keep you company.”



After they had dinner in the cafeteria, Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan returned to the office.  JMT7w5
It was already late. Practically no one could be seen in the office building. Only a few lights remained lit.
“What do you need to do during the night shift?” Yan Qiu sat on the edge of the bed and swung his legs. He was feeling a little bored.
Ji Xinglan boiled water and said languidly, “If nothing urgent comes up, I don’t need to do anything. I can sleep in the break room until morning.”
Yan Qiu watched him pour water into a cup. He did not quite understand what he said, “Then what?” EKyWdX
Ji Xinglan handed the cup to Yan Qiu. “Someone will call only if there is an emergency.”
Yan Qiu nodded and drank from the cup. Ji Xinglan had put some leaves into it and green leaves were floating on the top. Even though he could not taste the tea, a refreshing aroma filled his mouth.
Yan Qiu held the cup and continued swinging his legs while sizing up the bed.
The bed was definitely more than enough for a single person, but if two people were to sleep on it, it would be for sure a little cramped.  Fl4SN6
Perhaps it would be just as Ji Xinglan had said, they would have to hug each other tightly to sleep.
Once he was done with all his work, Yan Qiu leaned against the headboard and uninterestedly watched a TV drama. Then for some time he video chatted with Mrs. Ji and watched the babies play.
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He did not know whether Mrs. Ji had turned on the beauty filter, but the babies in the video looked way cuter than they usually did.
Then their bedtime arrived and because the babies had to sleep, he said goodbye to them. Yan Qiu looked outside the window and found that it was snowing again.  ibrsWu
“Are you cold?”
Ji Xinglan removed his jacket and tossed it aside before he casually tugged at his collar. The alpha pheromones that spilled out of him subconsciously made Yan Qiu’s throat dry.
When he laid down, Yan Qiu eagerly snuggled into his arms and considered Ji Xinglan as a human-shaped heater.
Ji Xinglan’s chest was so warm. When Yan Qiu pressed his cheek against it he could clearly hear the strong heartbeat, as if that heart was beating just for him.  MtIxiy
The steady and rhythmic heartbeat made Yan Qiu relax.
He wrapped his limbs around Ji Xinglan like an octopus. Finally, he did not feel cold.

In fact, he could vaguely sense that something somewhere was turning hot.
When he sensed Ji Xinglan’s motives, Yan Qiu’s face turned red, and he turned away, refusing to look at Ji Xinglan anymore.  FRZIxS
He did not understand how Ji Xinglan had so much energy. The passion between them had not diminished even once.
Whenever Ji Xinglan saw him, he would smile, grab him, kiss him, and hug him.
During the weekend, both of them would fool around multiple times in the bedroom, bathtub, and on the couch.
Even now, Yan Qiu’s presently covered neck and back carried plenty of hickeys that had yet to fade away.  Ep1Zc3
“Does the night shift count as office hours?” Ji Xinglan hugged Yan Qiu from behind and pressed his warm lips against his ear while he asked him softly.
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I think so.” Yan Qiu sensed Ji Xinglan’s hand sliding under his shirt and he immediately tensed up. He licked his dry lips and replied diffidently.
He loved Ji Xinglan hugging his back and loved sticking close to him on the narrow bed. Yan Qiu himself was feeling a little restless.
But no matter what, this was the office. The moment he thought about doing this sort of thing with Ji Xinglan here, he knew that he would definitely die of embarrassment whenever he remembered this when he would come here later.  74wDdF
Yan Qiu blocked his face with his arm and warned Ji Xinglan softly, “Stop fooling around. This is your office.”
Ji Xinglan remained unreasonable. In a second he had Yan Qiu pinned under him and had grabbed his wrists. “This is my office. I’m the one who decides how to use it.”
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“Hey, stop fooling around.” Yan Qiu knew that Ji Xinglan would actually do that and was not joking around, so he panicked.
But Ji Xinglan loved watching him acting nervous and shy, so he knelt beside him and stared at him.  YNI9bh
Ji Xinglan’s eyes were nice and bright and profound, someone could lose themselves in his eyes. He was not in a hurry to do anything. His gaze was that of a predator, waiting, before it devoured its prey. He was not in a hurry. Instead, he toyed around with him and amused himself while watching his prey act in a panicked fashion.
Yan Qiu looked up and gulped at the sight of Ji Xinglan’s exposed skin and sexy collarbones.
When Yan Qiu stared at him with that gaze, Ji Xinglan could not quite handle it anymore.
Yan Qiu tried to break free his wrists, but it was useless, so he could only softly beg for mercy. But Ji Xinglan was all fired up at the moment and refused to let him go.  6sSl3T
“Be good. You’re currently my secretary.” As he spoke, he gave Yan Qiu a pleasant-looking smile. While Yan Qiu was dazed, he leaned down and kissed him.
Even after engaging in intimate acts with Ji Xinglan countless times, when Ji Xinglan kissed him, Yan Qiu’s mind still turned into mush. Ji Xinglan’s kisses could practically suck ones’ soul away. Just that one skillful kiss caused Yan Qiu’s heart to race and his body turned to jelly. He was now at Ji Xinglan’s mercy.
Yan Qiu opened his teary eyes and felt that he had no willpower around Ji Xinglan.


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The heat gradually faded away. Ji Xinglan kissed his forehead.
Yan Qiu shut his eyes and, exhausted, gasped for breath. His tousled hair was a little messy. Ji Xinglan reached out a hand and smoothed out his hair, but Yan Qiu rolled his eyes at him and sounded as if wronged. “Is this how you treat your secretary?”
Mogumoguchan: These two are just so corny. I bet they’re the type of embarrassing parents, and Xing Xing is definitely the type who goes, “Ew!!! Dad! Mom!”
Sarcasm: They are like bunny rabbits! Also JX, YQ is not ‘acting’ nervous and shy!! DuhrcR