Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: lolimelon
When he sensed that the grip around his waist had tightened, Yan Qiu felt his blood vessels clench up. Boiling blood surged to the top of his head.
Under the faint warm light, most of his face was hidden in darkness. Yan Qiu could sense that Ji Xinglan was just hugging him from behind motionlessly, but Yan Qiu felt as if his neck had become stiff. He did not have the courage to turn around to look.
He originally wanted to say something, but even after opening and closing his mouth repeatedly, he did not know what to say. He only felt his heartbeat thundering away and could not quite breathe.
Ji Xinglan seemed to have waited for him for too long, because he finally decided to move first. He thought that Yan Qiu had not understood what he meant, so he wanted to remove his arms around his waist in disappointment, albeit also with some degree of relief. Suddenly, Yan Qiu grabbed his hand back.
Yan Qiu turned his head to glare at him. “You… Do you…?”
Ji Xinglan definitely knew. He was testing him.
During those short few seconds, his brain seemed to have connected to some signal and replayed all the scenes that happened in the past.
After Yan Qiu forgot about that night, Ji Xinglan looked for him multiple times, but Yan Qiu did not remember that. He just thought that he came to cause trouble for Yan Qiu so he could chase the school princess.
Ji Xinglan should have known that he was drunk and completely forgot about it. After all, every time Yan Qiu spoke to him, he was not friendly.
If Xie Yu had not given him pointers, if he had not had that dream repeatedly, if he had not remembered it, then when Yan Qiu saw Ji Xinglan reacting this way today, he would definitely be confused. Just like last time, he’d think that he had a few screws loose in his head.
Ji Xinglan must also know that he did not remember it, which was why he dared to show the painting to him.
But unfortunately, Yan Qiu had already forgotten about that night, even though he was the one who desired Ji Xinglan. While he said that he wanted to challenge him alone, in truth, Yan Qiu was the one who shoved him against the wall and kissed him forcefully.
Yan Qiu felt troubled. Ji Xinglan’s first kiss was gone, just like that, so he must have been really angry about it, and that was why he searched for him every day to fight against him.
All that happened was not actually for the school princess. If he had been kissed by someone of the same secondary gender, he would also be worked up! Ji Xinglan was a really prideful person!
Yan Qiu finally understood. He was the one at fault for the conflict between him and Ji Xinglan.
As he looked at Ji Xinglan’s gaze, Yan Qiu felt like his entire body had frozen up. He panicked a little and he felt helpless. Chills crawled all over his skin.
Since Ji Xinglan already knew, then why did he do those things to him…
They had even done those things that were to be censored in family-friendly movies. Yan Qiu felt like countless sparks in his head gradually grew brighter, and in the end, they exploded with a bang, throwing all his thoughts to be thrown into chaos.
He understood now. Ji Xinglan was still angry at him for forcefully kissing him all those years ago, and now, he tricked Yan Qiu into an even worse situation to take revenge. He kissed him back, and even groped him!
A nobleman would bide his time in taking revenge. Ji Xinglan was really calculative.
When he remembered the embarrassing things they did in the backseat. Yan Qiu felt faint, and his head felt like exploding. He could not quite stand up. He wanted to reach out to hold something, but ended up nearly knocking into the frame of the painting.
Ji Xinglan saw that there was something off about his expression and quickly rushed forward to support him.
But because Ji Xinglan had been hugging Yan Qiu for so long, Yan Qiu did not want his support. His mind was in a mess and the only thing he wanted was to run away. He did not know how he suddenly gained strength–just now, he had been standing in a sickly manner, swaying, and nearly fell to the floor–but he pushed Ji Xinglan’s arm away and ran to the door.
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However, Ji Xinglan would not let him truly run away. He caught up to him in just a few steps and embraced him tightly from behind.
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Even though he hid it really well, Yan Qiu still heard the worry in his voice. He knew that Ji Xinglan was also testing the waters.
He seemed to be very afraid that Yan Qiu would really run away.
Honestly, though, Yan Qiu did not really want to run. He had to settle accounts with this bastard.
Yan Qiu just found himself feeling too embarrassed to face him because he had harassed Ji Xinglan in the past. He wanted to look for a place to calm down so that he would not have his face turn red entirely while he faced Ji Xinglan.
“Do you really remember it?” There was a sense of urgency in Ji Xinglan’s tone. He reached out to grab Yan Qiu’s chin so that he could look at him.
“Then why is it that every time I came to find you, you would…?” He asked his question really quickly, as if he really wanted to know something.
Yan Qiu frowned. He flung his head and wanted to shake his hand off. “We’re in public. Stop messing around!”
There was only one door separating the hall from the outdoors. People were still outside. Yan Qiu was worried that Ji Xinglan would settle matters with him right now.
But as both of them were arguing with each other about this, someone suddenly pushed open the door with a loud bang and a woman rushed in against the light.
“Surprise!” The person who came in wore stilettos. She looked a little crazy, and when she ran in, she smacked all the lights on. The lights above them instantly lit up.
The two people who were hugging each other were instantly exposed under the light.
Joyce was stunned before she immediately faced Ji Xinglan’s murderous and fierce gaze. She shuddered and quickly turned the light switch off on the wall. “Bro, I’m sorry for disturbing you! Please continue!”
As she said this, she swiftly ran out of the exhibition hall and even kindly helped them shut the door.
Yan Qiu blinked in confusion.
Ji Xinglan frowned and spoke in the direction of the door, “Come back.”
Once he finished saying that, he was finally willing to let go of Yan Qiu. But he still held his hand because he was worried and prevented him from trying to run away.
Joyce tentatively pushed the door open and looked in. When she saw that they were no longer hugging each other, she came in.
“Xiao Ji, you’re in a good mood today.” Joyce first sized up Yan Qiu before she quirked an eyebrow and said this.
At the same time, Yan Qiu sized her up. Yan Qiu found her familiar as well. She seemed to be the person who went with Ji Xinglan to the art gallery and to the pub later on.
But… she smelled like an alpha.
‘Ah, I suffered a huge loss, then!’ Yan Qiu slapped his thigh as he thought.
He was jealous for no reason and nearly surrendered his body to Ji Xinglan because of it.
When Ji Xinglan saw that they were observing each other, he introduced Joyce to Yan Qiu, “This is Joyce. It’s her solo art exhibition we’re visiting right now.”
Even though Yan Qiu really did not want to talk to Ji Xinglan right now, he still had to respect this lady, so he shook her hand in greeting.
This was Joyce’s gallery, so it was not strange for her to appear in this place.
But Ji Xinglan did not seem to be very happy. It seemed like she had not talked to him about appearing in this place.
However, Joyce’s appearance had indeed alleviated the awkward atmosphere between them.
Coincidentally, Yan Qiu did not want to be alone with Ji Xinglan for the time being. He did not want to speak to him either.
The three of them went out of the art gallery and looked for a Chinese restaurant to eat at.
Joyce could sense that the atmosphere between them was off. The young married couple seemed to be in an argument, so she decided to just talk about whatever she wanted. She even beat around the bush to praise Ji Xinglan in front of Yan Qiu, somehow managing to ease the awkward atmosphere.
Joyce had been abroad all these years, and while she traveled around, she drew. She went to a lot of places and had a lot of knowledge about the world. When she spoke, the things she talked about were very interesting. In the beginning, Yan Qiu only ate while he listened without much interest, but later on, he could not help but join the discussion.
Fortunately, she was around, because Yan Qiu could not face Ji Xinglan right now. Otherwise, he felt that he would go insane.
After the meal, Yan Qiu gradually calmed down.
He put down his cutlery and cast Ji Xinglan a glance.
The main reason for his anger was that Ji Xinglan knew who he was, but said nothing. He… even did all those embarrassing things with him. Was he toying with him like he was some monkey?
Why did he not tell him? Was he afraid that he would run away with his kid?
After dinner, they parted ways with Joyce.
When they reached the parking lot downstairs, Ji Xinglan opened the car door for Yan Qiu and motioned for him to go inside, but when Yan Qiu saw that there was no one around, he grabbed Ji Xinglan’s shirt collar and pushed him into the car before he slammed the door shut.
It was dark inside the car. The only bit of light came from the moon as it shone through the window. In this sort of situation, the best thing to do was to look for someone, put a sack on their heads, and beat them up.
With the light against his back, Yan Qiu grabbed Ji Xinglan’s shirt collar and stared at the person in front of him. He could not quite control his anger. “Have you known long ago that it was me?!”
“Yes.” He did not expect that Ji Xinglan would admit it so readily. Because of this, Yan Qiu almost did not know what question he should ask next.
“Then, why didn’t you tell me the truth?” Yan Qiu continued to be angry.
Ji Xinglan slowly smoothed out his sleeves and said calmly, “You didn’t think about telling me the truth either, right?”
Yan Qiu found himself speechless because of his words. He stuttered for a long time before he whispered, “I-I was afraid of you…”
“If you won’t tell me the truth, why did you stick around?”
“Would you have believed in me if I told you the truth?” Yan Qiu let go of his shirt collar, and he did not know whether he was angry at himself or at Ji Xinglan. “You knew I was Yan Qiu, the person you hated the most, not your petite fiance, so why did you keep kissing me? Don’t you feel disgusted?”
“I never kissed him.” Ji Xinglan suddenly looked down and said.
Yan Qiu was stunned, and he immediately understood who the “him” Ji Xinglan mentioned was. He did not know what to say.
It was silent in the car for a while. Yan Qiu could not help but poke him and asked, “Hey, when did you recognize me? Did you know since the start?”
“I won’t tell you,” Ji Xinglan said.
Yan Qiu was so frustrated by the childish behavior that he almost laughed.
He shook his head, and his anger was almost gone. “I shouldn’t have bullied you in the past. It’s my fault, but you can’t harass me this way either.”
When he heard this, Ji Xinglan said in a slightly uneasy manner, “I wasn’t thinking about harassing you. I was just afraid that you’d leave.”
Yan Qiu was stunned. Then, he sighed helplessly. “I won’t leave. I will fulfill my end of the agreement and give birth to your child before I leave. But promise me that you won’t lie to me again.”
Ji Xinglan stared at him in a profound manner for a long time before he finally nodded.
While they were on their way back home, Yan Qiu tactfully brought a pillow out from the bedroom. He intended to sleep on the sofa.
Yan Qiu knew that he was currently with child, so it would not be convenient for him to work. But he was not Ji Xinglan’s fiance, so he did not have any legitimate reason to sleep with him. He could not take his money either.
“Aside from the amount I used, I’ll return the rest of the money you gave me. I’ve troubled you in your house over this period of time.” Yan Qiu hugged the pillow and said to Ji Xinglan, “I can’t return you the money I spent for the time being, so I’ll owe you for now. Once I find a job next year, I’ll return all of it to you.”
“You…” Ji Xinglan did not seem to like how distant he sounded, but when he saw how firmly Yan Qiu behaved, he sighed and acquiesced to it.
There was one thing that never changed about this boy. He was still as stubborn as before.
Right after Ji Xinglan agreed to it, he saw Yan Qiu walking outside, so he quickly grabbed Yan Qiu’s sleeve. “Wait.”
“What is it?” Yan Qiu was surprised and he frowned a little.
“Can I get some interest?” Ji Xinglan quirked his eyebrows and asked.
Yan Qiu nodded slightly. “What do you want?”
“The things you did in the car.”
Yan Qiu instantly felt the veins at his temples throb, and he threw the pillow in his hands at Ji Xinglan.
“You have your own hands and legs, do it yourself!”
Once he finished speaking, he turned away resolutely and wanted to leave, but after just taking a few steps forward, Ji Xinglan grabbed his wrist and dragged him back to the bed. Then, he covered him with a blanket.
“Sleep on the bed. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
As he spoke, Ji Xinglan raised his hand to turn off the lights. His tone was firm and he quickly placed a kiss above Yan Qiu’s eye.
‘My identity is already revealed, so why is he still being so clingy?’ Yan Qiu’s face burned.
After he finished kissing Yan Qiu, Ji Xinglan, in a rare show of sense, left without Yan Qiu chasing him out.
He saw the door being shut. Yan Qiu touched his burning face and exhaled slowly.
Mogumoguchan: Why is he still being so clingy? WHY IS HE STILL BEING SO CLINGY? ARE YOU SERIOUS? IS YOUR BRAIN MADE OF A ROCK?
lolimelon: i think it’s confirmed that yan qiu’s eq is down in the negatives
He a dumb dumb. Really dumb dumb.
We need some backup here! Braincells are dying every second 😅
Earlier today i saw a image where a person is yelling at a cartoon brain “why is it empty?!” I think it was a portrait of YQ.
🙂
Thanks for the chapter 💜
Dumb as a brick YQ. You’re still cute.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
**Sigh, eye roll, impatient rhythmic tapping of fingers, blows bangs upward with a huff and decides not to read this frustrating book any more……. I’m out!
+1
I really can’t stand this meaningless conflict anymore
+3 really getting so annoying 😤😤
Oh god what with this turn of events and really yan qiu head is something
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Yan Qiu no bakaaaaaaaa~
He’s clingy because he wants his soulmate just like you want his pheromones
He is so dumb..
Thanks for the chapter!
Omg, he’s so omg…
🤦🏾♀️ I can’t. I literally can’t.
sigh dude…. sigh
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for your hard work!
Still don’t like JXL. I know Yan Qiu is being very obtuse, but JXL could very well man up and tell Yan Qiu that he likes him and has liked him from the beginning! Instead he chooses to play these stupid games… He deserves to sleep on the damn couch forever if he keeps behaving this way!!
What do you mean with “man up”?? You do realize both of them are the same gender. And YQ still thinks he’s an Alpha too. Honestly I don’t understand your problem with JXL. He’s human as well, he can get frustrated with YQ too.
With the type of personality you have you deserve to sleep on the couch.. If you hate him so much just don’t comment about it and ruin other people’s mood.
Thanks for the chapter!❤❤
really. its for real. really
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOUR BRAIN MADE OF ?
its just too obvious already. what the heck is this. stupid MC, stupid MC. i already curse you stupid from chapter 30. really stupid. not just stupid but also so prideful. YOU R AN OMEGA NOW!! oh my god! what is this thing, still dont accept the fact.
WhY iS hE sTiLl BeInG sO cLiNgY????
Someone help, we need an emergency braincell transplant :V
YQ is an idiot or is he acting?
So stupid. He forgot about that half of letter from two years, given to him by JX few days ago? I’m becoming really annoyed by this author
Yan Qiu is the Raiden Shogun of this book, giving IQ buff to everyone except himself.
Its a sad sad day when the Translator & Editor bashed the novel that they painstakingly work over. I agreed with you guys. Mc EQ is beyond saving. Hopefully their children doesn’t inherit mc EQ & IQ😌
I’m getting absolutely A GREAT UPSET on MC’s IQ. I couldn’t help but was even suspicious of the case that he may have a certain kind of BRAIN CANCER or not. In fact, he should had already gotten hints right there he first saw his PAINTING in JXL’s Study. I’ve never seen a Silly & Dumb MC Like You, Yan Qiu. I’m in SERIOUS. I’m nearly Giving Up on this. But, trust me, it will not be yet right now coz I like the ML & I’m looking forward to him.
Btw, thanks for your Translation.
XY please share some of your braincells to YQ
…fuck…Fuck….FUCK!!!🔪
Oy very! I just can’t 😑
No… they can’t be serious. BOTH OF THEM are dumb dumb!!! Not just MC in this instance because JXL knows something isn’t right and because he’s afraid of getting a rejection, he’s not confessing his feelings properly… Sigh…
When you’re dense and became even denser and densiest… 🙆.. I’m grabbing my hair with YQ thought process 🤧
YQ is officially the dumbest character I’ve ever read….
MC IS THE DUMBEST PERSON ALIVE ISTG AAAAAAAHHHHHHHGGGG MY HEAD HURTS
JXL said that he never kissed Xiao Qiu but Yan Qiu still thinks that he is pregnant and he didn’t even understand that JXL loves him WTFFFFF HOW THE FUCK YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
he has oficialy enteredthe one -1 brain cell clunb
I’ve never seen a dumber MC… It’s really annoying actually
Thanks for translating
I just hope he can just learn the truth in next chapter. Like this nothing is really happening, it’s just him going in circles around the truth never learning it.
he’s not even in the one brain cell club, he’s in the negative brain cell club 😭😭