"Are you color-blind? My ears aren't red."
Ye Yizhou reached up to cover his ears, instantly feeling justified.
Seeing Ye Yizhou so plainly fooling no one but himself, Yan Qingdu slowly withdrew his hand and played along. "Mm, they're not red."
There was a hint of laughter in his rich voice.
Ye Yizhou's ears felt even hotter against his hands.
"Yan Qingdu, when someone is out of reach, they're your unforgettable first love, always on your mind, but once you have them, your affections start wandering. Is that an inherent human flaw?"
Ye Yizhou changed the subject with feigned composure, sounding a little wistful.
Yan Qingdu looked at Ye Yizhou and ventured, "Are you talking about yourself?"
?
Ye Yizhou froze, momentarily at a loss for words.
Well, that was...
Yan Qingdu was his unforgettable first love, but...
"Don't go making false accusations. When have my affections ever wandered?" Ye Yizhou retorted, his eyes widening.
"I've already had him. I'm satisfied, so now my sights..."
Yan Qingdu recited what Ye Yizhou had once said on the dating show from memory, but before he could finish, he was forcibly muted.
Because Yan Qingdu was too tall, Ye Yizhou deftly turned over and knelt on the soft cushion on the windowsill, straightening up. With one hand, he grabbed Yan Qingdu's shirt and pulled him closer; with the other, he covered his mouth.
He did it all in one fluid motion.
"I only said that because I was upset!"
Ye Yizhou was the one who felt wronged now. "Who abandoned his partner and went abroad just days after getting married? What normal newlywed couple barely exchanges two sentences a day? Not a single word of concern."
The more Ye Yizhou spoke, the angrier he became. The moment he finished, he saw that Yan