Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me-Chapter 252 : The Fountain Blast

Shen Jingwei stood alone, queueing for the entrance to the fountain blast area while the other three people went to stand in line for glazed apples.

Other than him, everyone had at least one partner or family member or friend to accompany them.

Shen Jingwei was the only lone soul in the long line.

Funnily, he felt less alone when the other three people were not around.

Sometimes, solitude was much preferable to being an unwanted company in a crowd.

He must have stood almost an hour when the people standing before him grew less and less, but Yan Renzhong and his two sisters had yet to make their appearances.

Shen Jingwei started craning his neck around to look for them to no avail.

"Excuse me, is it possible for me to delay my turn?" Shen Jingwei asked the gatekeeper.

"No," he said. "If I do that for you, I have to do it for everyone else. The line is never going to diminish."

Shen Jingwei heaved an exasperated sigh.

This was an unforeseen circumstance. He only had two options -- one, leave the line, or two, go alone into the fountain blast.

"..."

Sigh.

"So, are you going in or not?" The gatekeeper asked when Shen Jingwei’s turn arrived.

"I will go," Shen Jingwei decided. Otherwise, he would have wasted one hour standing in line for nothing.

He already crossed the gate when he heard Yan Renzhong’s voice some distance away from him.

"Wait! Jingbao, I am coming!"

All heads turned to the handsome man, who used only one hand to cross barricades and reach Shen Jingwei in a matter of seconds.

"Your friend?" The gatekeeper asked.

"Uh, yes."

Shen Jingwei gave Yan Renzhong a puzzled look.

"Where is Yaya? And Xiaoling?"

"Still waiting to get their glazed apples," Yan Renzhong said with a grin. "I thought I would come spend some private time with you instead."

"Huh?"

Yan Renzhong dragged Shen Jingwei into the fountain blast area.

As soon as they stepped in, a high wall made of water shot into the air, obscuring them from others’ view.

Shen Jingwei’s mouth formed a huge O when water pillars, made colorful through colorful lights, shot through various openings in accordance to a piece of music.

Yan Renzhong hugged Shen Jingwei from behind and kissed him on the cheek.

"I am sorry for the way Xiaoling and Yaya behave," he said. "I won’t put you in this awkward situation a second time."

Shen Jingwei grasped Yan Renzhong’s chin and gave him a peck on the lips.

"I know. You apologized enough. We will just get through this one day. It’s Yaya’s birthday. We should not ruin it for her."

"It’s not only Yaya’s birthday," Yan Renzhong insisted. "I want it to be family time, and you should naturally be included."

Only that he was not.

"Yan Renzhong..."

"Hmm?"

A question nagged at Shen Jingwei’s mind, like a thorn at his side, but he was unable to speak freely.

He once told Zhu Dongyi that he didn’t want to put Yan Renzhong in the difficult position of having to choose between him and his sisters.

But what if Yan Renzhong still had to choose in the end?

Would he pick Shen Jingwei?

Or...

And if he did pick Shen Jingwei, would he be happy with his choice...?

"Jingbao? What did you want to say?"

Yan Renzhong nudged him, rubbing their cheeks together intimately. Shen Jingwei laughed.

"It tickles," he said, trying to break free from Yan Renzhong’s hug.

"If it makes you laugh, I will do it all day."

Yan Renzhong tightened his arms around Shen Jingwei and rubbed harder against the latter.

"Ahahahaha... Okay, stop. Stop, stop!"

"I like it when you laugh and smile," Yan Renzhong breathed into his beloved’s ear. "I don’t want you to feel sad and lonely."

"I am a little lonely, but I am not sad," Shen Jingwei corrected him. "I have you around me practically every day. Yaya only gets to see you two days in two weeks if she’s lucky. Wouldn’t I be too selfish if I claim to be lonely just because you ignore me for one day?"

Yan Renzhong assumed a miserable expression.

"I didn’t ignore you."

"If you ignore me," Shen Jingwei quickly corrected himself. "You have tried your best including me in this family outing. I am grateful for that."

Yan Renzhong spun Shen Jingwei around and pulled him into another embrace. This way, they could hold each other face-to-face.

"I love you," he whispered while looking deep into Shen Jingwei’s beautiful eyes. "I love you very much."

"I love you too," Shen Jingwei replied, his lips curving into a mischievous smile. "Now kiss me."

Above their heads, pillars of water collided in the air, creating an amazing water spectacle.

The droplets of water rained on top of Shen Jingwei and Yan Renzhong’s heads, but the couple were too absorbed in each other’s lips and tongues to care.

Lost in the moment, they kissed for a long time, shielded from the world by the gentle veil of rising water.

Once the music stopped playing, the water acrobat ended and the curtain of water parted to allow the two men out.

Hand-in-hand, they walked past the exit path. In a nutshell, it was a long tunnel made of a lot of tall hedges. Souvenir stalls stood at various corners, and stall keepers kept waving at them to drop by.

"They must be disappointed that they didn’t make it into the fountain blast," Shen Jingwei said. "Should we buy them something from here?"

"Not a bad idea. Let’s check each stall out then."

They bought several unique keychains and accessories, not only for the Song sisters but also for Shen Dou Dou.

Outside, Song Xiaoling and Song Yaya already waited for them. They each had a glazed apple in their hands, but they did not look happy at all.

"Why did you go alone?" Song Xiaoling snapped at Shen Jingwei, the first time she spoke to him after she gave him her half-hearted apology. "I thought that you were standing in line to get all of us in."

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