Zhou Kai saw that Xie Yang still had some redness on the corner of his eyes and used one of his hands to gently rub it worrying about his discomfort.
Xie Yang feeling Zhou Kai's long fingers closed his eyes and nuzzled in to Kai's palm.
This obedient and dependent appearance of his beloved almost made Zhou Kai lose control and kiss him silly but he managed to hold himself back.
"You're not going to ask why I need the money?" Xie Yang inquired Zhou Kai while squinting his eyes open.
Zhou Kai was too distracted by his sweetheart's beauty to listen to him and only replied when he saw the confused look on his beloved.
"It doesn't matter what you do with the money."
Zhou Kai replied still trying to sound gentle.
"You're not curious at all? What if I use the money for wrong things?"
Xie Yang challenged seemingly nitpicking his husband's lack of care.
Zhou Kai hearing the slight complaint in his voice felt his lips curl up. He gently coaxed his beloved.
"It's not that I'm not curious but that I know sweet- Pres would only do any bad things in retaliation, meaning that the other party deserved it."
Xie Yang was shocked that Zhou Kai knew of his real personality when he had been putting on act.
Did he also know that he was acting pitiful right now?
Xie Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Kai trying to find any adverse emotions in his eyes but he only saw his eyes filled with affection, love and concern.
There was not a hint of smugness or arrogance over seeing his crush act pitiful to ask him for help.
This relieved Xie Yang to some extent but also made him realize that his husband was not stupid. His husband knew that he acted like a little white lotus and yet he still fell for his act.
Maybe it wasn't that he fell for his act but that he trusted and loved him enough to not care about his lying. He probably didn't even consider it lying. Just another quirk of his beloved.
Xie Yang also realized that he didn't need to put up an act in front of him.
Even without acting pitiful, he could get what he wanted. His husband wouldn't deny him anything unless it was harmful.
After realizing that Zhou Kai had seen through his little schemes, he felt a wave of embarrassment flow through him.
Xie Yang felt his blood rush straight to his face as he started blushing trying to avert his eyes from meeting Zhou Kai's.
'Holy hell, I'm an idiot.'
Xie Yang thought as he pushed his love struck husband while looking like he'd been harassed by a hooligan with a flushed face, red eye rims and tear drops on his eye lashes.
The antics of his beloved thoroughly amused Zhou Kai. He could never understand just what was going inside his sweetheart's head.
Though, he was willing to try and guess it for a lifetime.
Zhou Kai feeling the gentle yet firm push on his chest understood that his sweetheart really wanted to let go this time.
He was very reluctant to let go considering he never got such opportunities.
He still wanted to tease his beloved very much so he pretended that he didn't understand and deliberately asked, "Pres, did I do something wrong? Why aren't you looking me in the eye?"
The previously embarrassed Xie Yang immediately became angry at his husband's teasing.
'This bastard is doing this on purpose!', Xie Yang thought furiously.
'Serves you right!', replied Leo in a pleased tone.
'Shut up! Go away!' Xie Yang raged at Leo.
This angered look seems to finally please Leo as he strolls out of the alleyway with a pleased expression and a leisurely gait humming an unknown tune.
He then glared at his husband in warning but with his appearance, it had no attack power at all. He instead resembled a small kitten with bristled fur showing his claws.
Xie Yang gritted his teeth and pushed his husband with a bit more force than before.
Zhou Kai finally let go of his sweetheart. He felt the emptiness in both his hands and his heart. He calmly put his hands inside his pockets, leaning back slightly. His whole demeanor screaming cool indifference.
It could have been more believable if he didn't ball his fists to savour the residual warmth of his beloved's body.
Xie Yang stood a few steps away rubbing his face with the back of his hands to ease the blushing.
There was another bout of silence between them though this it didn't feel awkward or weird.