THE STARDUST

Sit together in the university's cafeteria, Zhao YunLan can't stop laughing when he heard the story from his younger brother, 'So, you nearly raped by the feminine guy?' He asked in the middle of laughing.

'Ge, can you stop to emphasize that words? It's embarrassing!' Zhao MingAn pouted.

'Zhao...Ming...An...' Suddenly a playful yet resented voice heard from the cafeteria's door makes Zhao MingAn freeze.

'Mr. Ma...' The young man's eyes are widened, he even doesn't need to turn around to know who is the caller. Ma YuXuan strides in Zhao MingAn's direction. 'Zhao MingAn...Why do you so cold to me lately?' The young man started to clutch at Zhao MingAn's shoulder and shook him slowly.

'Mr. Ma, I don't understand what you mean...' Zhao MingAn tried his best to avoid the young man's touch.

'Usually, every time I visit the greenhouse, you are always there and look at me with that fiery passion...' Ma YuXuan winked at him.

'You meant the time I thought that you tried to get close to Professor Shen...' Zhao MingAn pushed a smile, 'I'm sorry for glaring at you...I was angry with you that time...' Zhao MingAn tried to straighten the misinterpretation.

'No matter what the reason was but your sharp eyes were pierced into me...I can never forget the sensation you gave me at that time...' Ma YuXuan licks his lips in a seductive mode to Zhao MingAn's cringe.

'YuXuan!' Suddenly, Shen YeZun's voice roars. Maybe because of his relationship with Zhao MingAn, Shen YeZun's angry face is very cute presently. Zhao YunLan coughed as he choked by his saliva for laughing too much makes Shen Wei pats his back softly.

'Oh...Oh...The stingy creature is here...' Ma YuXuan pouted but not letting Zhao MingAn's arm go.

'I think our matters are finished already, what are you doing here?' Shen YeZun angrily pulls Zhao MingAn to him.

'I just want to visit, is that so wrong?' The feminine guy glancing at Zhao MingAn, 'Alright then babe, I'll see you another time...' Ma YuXuan gives Zhao MingAn a flying kiss makes the young man gulps as he doesn't know what to do but Shen YeZun reaches his handkerchief and rubs Zhao MingAn's face with it.

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'Today is hilarious...' Zhao YunLan said as he sits in his office, 'I never know that YeZun is a jealous person...'

'Me too...' Shen Wei said as he sits in another chair, 'This side of him is new for me too...However, everyone will do the same about the one they love...' Shen Wei proceeds.

Zhao YunLan points his forefinger, 'True...' He said smiley. They just want to relax a little when the door is knocked, 'Come in!' Zhao YunLan shouted.

'Chief...Officer Zhu is coming...He said you asked him to do something...' Da Qing who appeared from behind the door said.

'Ah...Tell him to get inside!' Zhao YunLan said.

'Officer Zhu...' Shen Wei frowned, 'Do you mean Zhu Jiu?'

'Yes...' Zhao YunLan nodded.

'What do you need from him?' Shen Wei asked bluntly.

Zhao YunLan was amazed for a moment. It's not strange for Shen Wei to be sharp, he is the leader of the XingDu bureau nonetheless. 'Well...I asked him to check on uncle Li...'

'Zhao YunLan...Why should you ask him? If it's about checking the old Li's background, I can do it better than everyone...' Shen Wei miraculously could keep composed despite his burning inner.

'Shen Wei...Shen Wei...Precisely because it just about checking uncle Li's background, I don't want to bother you with this little thing...' Zhao YunLan lifts his forehead.

'Why can't you rely on me? Who am I to you?' Shen Wei somehow could no longer contain his upset.

'Shen Wei...' Zhao YunLan gulps, even though his voice sounds calm but Zhao YunLan knows that Shen Wei is angry. However, they can't talk longer as Zhu Jiu is entering the room.

'Chief Zhao...Director Shen...' Zhu Jiu bows in respect.

'Officer Zhu...' Shen Wei returned the politeness before he leaves the room, ignoring Zhao YunLan's awkward calls.

'Am I interrupting something?' Zhu Jiu asked.

'No...' Zhao YunLan tried his best to mend the situation, 'Of course not...' He said, even though he feels miserable about Shen Wei who just walked away and left everything hanging between them.

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In his apartment, Shen Wei throws his key to the table and sits on the sofa. Leans his back, slowly massaging his nose bridge and contemplating so many things. Opens his eyes and scrutiny his surroundings, when did the last time he comes to this place? Sighs softly as he realized that he spent almost all of his time in Zhao YunLan's place. Shen Wei is not finished arranging his jumbled mind when suddenly a call jolts him back to reality.

'Yes, Mother?'

'Wei-er, are you busy?' Shen MeiHua's voice sounds awkward.

'It's alright, Mother...Just tell me, what happens?' Shen Wei reassured the lady.

'Do you remember about the marriage that we talked about last time? If you willing then-'

'I'll do it, Mother...' Shen Wei said, cutting the lady's words.

'Are you sure?' Shen MeiHua asked again.

'Yes...I'm sure...' Shen Wei sighs once more after the phone is closed, lifts his phone as he is about to send a message to Zhao YunLan but he cancels it.

It's almost late night when Zhao YunLan reaches his apartment, all in his mind is to make up with Shen Wei but he opens his apartment door just to find the place is empty and Shen Wei is nowhere to be found. In a panic, he reaches for his cellphone. But when he was about to call Shen Wei, he found a note on his desk. 'I'm back to my parent's house...' Takes a deep breath after he reads it, Zhao YunLan puts down the note back.

**********THIS STORY IS STOLEN BY NOVELHD, PLEASE JUST READ THE ORIGINAL IN WATTPAD OR AO3 **************Several days later, Guo ChangCheng walks with Chu ShuZhi to do their routine patrols. Chu ShuZhi who is still so upset about his superior's decision steps fastly lets the young man chases after him desperately, 'Chu Ge! Chu Ge!' Guo ChangCheng shouted as he half-ran, 'Can you please slow down?'

'Can you walk faster?' Chu ShuZhi irritatedly asked back.

'I already on my highest speed...' Guo ChangCheng is pouted. Listen to the reply, Chu ShuZhi rolls his eyes and keeps walking.

'Chu...Chu Ge...' Guo ChangCheng timidly called out the man in front of him, 'Why does Director Shen not coming to headquarters lately?'

'He is busy preparing something presently...' Chu ShuZhi answered curtly.

'Preparing something?' Guo ChangCheng steps hurriedly following Chu ShuZhi, 'Preparing what?'

'A marriage...'

'What!?' Guo ChangCheng was just about to run when he saw Shen Wei and a lady get out from a car and walk into the bridal tailor nearby. In shock, the young man quickly grabs Chu ShuZhi's arm makes the man even more irritated. 'Chu...Chu...Chu Ge...That...That is Director Shen, right?'

Chu ShuZhi that pulled back could see Shen Wei with the lady entering the bridal tailor, 'Yes...That's him...' He replied, 'Now we better go, otherwise, he will think that we are slacking...' He proceeds as he pulls back his coat from Guo ChangCheng's clutch.

'But...But...Why the lady is with him? Why do they enter the bridal tailor?' Guo ChangCheng keeps asking.

'They are about to fit the bridal costumes, of course, they have to go to the bridal tailor...' Chu ShuZhi irritatedly replied.

'Huh?' Guo ChangCheng is in shock.

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That evening, after their patrol shift over, Chu ShuZhi decided to return to the XingDu Bureau's headquarters while Gui ChangCheng has dinner with his companions including Zhao YunLan. Different from the usual dinner that is full of chattering, this time everyone is very quiet. Can't hold the tension, Guo ChangCheng thinks to break the ice. 'I think I know why Director Shen never visited us these days...' He suddenly said.

'Why?' The curious Zhu Hong asked.

'That's because he is about to marry...' Guo ChangCheng answered innocently. Soon enough the whole table is full of coughing sounds.

'Xiao Guo...Dont say anonymous things!' Sees how shocked Zhao YunLan is, Lin Jing tried to straighten the news.

'I'm not saying random things...' The over-pure young man reassured, 'I saw Director Shen entered a bridal tailor this noon...He was accompanied by a beautiful lady...' Now everyone is just could look at each other while sometimes glancing at Zhao YunLan, lost their words to comfort the down-looking man.

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'Zhao YunLan...' Shen YeZun is a little bit confused when he opened the greenhouse door and found his 'brother-in-law' is standing in a miserable face.

'Am I bothering you, Professor Shen?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Of course, not...' Shen YeZun said, 'Please, come in...

'MingAn is still doing his assignment if you looking for him...' Shen YeZun said soon after the man entered, 'But he will be back quite soon...'

'It's alright, I will wait...' Zhao YunLan answered, 'Seems like this greenhouse becomes your love nest now...' He said after looking around, teasing the blushing man.

'Please, don't say that way...' Shen YeZun lowered his gaze.

'I'm home!' Zhao MingAn's voice echoed from the door.

'Welcome back...' Shen YeZun replied.

'Ge, you here?' Zhao MingAn smiles, 'How are you?'

'Same old, same old...' Zhao YunLan smiles back.

'Professor Shen...Have you eaten yet?' Zhao MingAn asked his lover.

'Not yet...'

'Okay then, I'll cook something for you...' Zhao MingAn opens his jacket.

'You just arrived...Let me cook for both of you...' Zhao YunLan offered, he needs a diversion.

'But...'

'It's okay, Professor Shen...Your brother eats my cooking too, so I'm confident with the taste...' Zhao YunLan said. Shen YeZun looks at his lover when Zhao MingAn nods, he agrees.

'You visit us here, is there anything you want to say?' Zhao MingAn washes his hands next to his brother after changing his clothes.

'Well...' Zhao YunLan keeps busy with the soup, 'Actually, I want to ask about Shen Wei's wedding...' He braces himself.

'My brother's wedding?' Shen YeZun is stunned, 'Zhao YunLan...Does my brother never say anything to you about it?' He puts some bowls and plates on the table.

'Seems like he doesn't...' Zhao MingAn answered the question after he sees Zhao YunLan's face.

'Well-'

'For someone to not tell about that such important thing, there are only two reasons for that...' Zhao MingAn cuts his lover's words, 'First, he doesn't think that you are important enough to know...Two, he doesn't think that you consider him as important so that he thought it will be useless to tell you...'

'MingAn!' Shen YeZun scolded his lover when he saw Zhao YunLan's face even sadder, 'Okay, just let's eat...'

They sit around the table, ready to eat. Zhao MingAn and Shen YeZun who eat the soup first suddenly stop eating, Zhao MingAn even spits out the soup in the wash bin. 'Ge, are you trying to kill me?' He asked.

'What happens?' He glances at Shen YeZun who forces himself to gulp down the soup. Curious, Zhao YunLan sips the soup and quickly runs to the washing bin and spits it out.

'But...But I usually cook this way...' Zhao YunLan is confused, 'I also eat my cooking...'

'But after my brother...' Shen YeZun's words make Zhao YunLan remember that Shen Wei always reheats the soup after the man finished eating. 'Zhao YunLan...For my picky brother willing to eat this tasteless food prepared by you...You know how much you're worth to him...' Shen YeZun avoided the phrase 'horrible' to describe the soup.

'He loves you but what do you do to him?' Zhao MingAn sighs, 'You pretend that you haven't any relationship with him in front of people...Do you think I will not see it? Do you think it will not hurt him? Now, is this his fault if he wants to be with someone willing to declare their love to the world?'

'MingAn...'

'I just state the truth...' Zhao MingAn retorted his lover. Now, Zhao YunLan realizes that he did something awful.

'Do you think everything will be alright?' Shen YeZun asked soon after Zhao YunLan rushed off.

'Everything will be just fine...' Zhao MingAn reassured.

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That night, Shen Wei lifts many boxes and is confused about how to open the car when suddenly, someone opens it for him. 'Thank you...' Shen Wei said.

'You are welcome...' The helper said as he also takes some boxes and arrange them in the car.

'Zhao YunLan...' Shen Wei is surprised.

'So, she is the bride?' Zhao YunLan glanced at the lady who talks with Shen MeiHua, she is indeed a beauty.

'Mhm...' Shen Wei nodded.

'She is pretty...' Zhao YunLan lowered his gaze.

'Zhao YunLan...'

'I'm sorry...' Zhao YunLan interrupted, 'I know I've been very selfish...You know, many things that were happened in the past kept haunting me till now...My fear, my remorse, my guilt somehow refuse to leave...The shadow of the "past you" makes me feel guilty every time I'm with you. Unconsciously, I hurt you...I'm sorry...'

'Zhao YunLan...'

'I know that I can't keep selfish...I know that even though I tell you this, it will not make any difference but...'

'Zhao YunLan...'

'I love you...' Zhao YunLan startled Shen Wei, 'Despite everything, I love you...' Zhao YunLan keeps lowering his gaze. Somehow, the situation turns very quiet. Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes only to find many stunned faces in front of him, Shen MeiHua and the lady now standing near Shen Wei, of course, they heard him too. 'Madame Shen...' Zhao YunLan is stuttered, 'Please, don't get me wrong...I don't try to cancel the wedding...'

'Zhao YunLan...No matter what you said, the wedding will not be affected...' Shen MeiHua smiles.

Zhao YunLan lowered his gaze, 'Of course, I know...' He finally lifts his eyes, 'I wish you happiness...' He looks at the lady.

'Zhao YunLan...' Shen MeiHua calls the young man once again, 'The reason for the wedding not canceled is because the one who will marry is not Wei-er...'

'What?' Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes only to see Shen Wei smile.

'My fiance is very busy...He can't come for fitting the dress...' The lady said, 'Because Wei Ge's posture is same with him...I asked him for some help...' She explains to Zhao YunLan's flusters, 'You are Zhao YunLan?' She asked, 'Wei Ge told me many things about you...Dont worry, I will not take him...He is just like my brother...' She proceeds, holding her laugh. And Zhao YunLan can never know how red his face was at that time.

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'Her name is Li YingYue...She is my mother's best friend's daughter...We know each other since she was born...' Shen Wei keeps talking while nibbling Zhao YunLan's naked body.

'I understand...Stop talking!' Zhao YunLan can't take it. Under the pouring shower, Shen Wei's warmth only already drives him crazy. Now the moving mouth and tongue keep caressing his sensitive skin in a steady vibration with Shen Wei's low husky voice that tickles his ears, he is ready to erupt any time.

'I think you want to know...' Shen Wei keeps his pace intentionally.

'Stop tease me...' Zhao YunLan sounds so desperate. It's been two weeks since their last intercourse, his body and soul are longing for this man's touch. Shen Wei's fingers that massage the walnut inside him can't fulfill his thirst that need something more to satisfy him. 'Please, I want all of you now...' Zhao YunLan clutching to the man's neck.

'As you wish...' Shen Wei purses Zhao YunLan's lips, devouring him alive while hiding himself in the deepest part of his lover.

Lover...

Yes, they are lovers now...

Stardust, in science, refers to refractory dust grains that condensed from cooling ejected gases from individual presolar stars and incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed. Some experts believe that stardust is the source of the organism, the essence of the living being, the beginning of the universe. Then, let the glitters shine in the beautiful night...