Rather than a kiss, it would be more accurate to call it a violent collision involving a coincidental point of contact.
More than the pain of their teeth and bones slamming into each other, the “kiss’ made Xu Qichen explode mentally.
This is not the original plot!
Why is this happening?
This is definitely not the setting he wrote for their first kiss.
This is so tacky and unromantic.
But even so, his incompetent heart kept pounding non-stop.
Xu Qichen covered his bleeding lips and sucked in a breath. He wanted to stand up and pretend nothing happened, but realized that Mu Yao had raised his hands and was holding his head.
Xu Qichen got a fright, “Did you hit your head? Are you okay?” He tried to move Mu Yao’s hand aside to take a look, but the other party stubbornly refused.
Mu Yao’s voice was muffled, “I’m fine, I didn’t hit it.”
“Let me see.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“No means no.”
Xu Qichen frowned. Blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth, making him tighten his lips. Mu Yao noticed and made an ‘it’s over’ face. He then reached out to wipe the blood, “You’re bleeding, we should put a band-aid on it.”
Having his lips touched by another person should be embarrassing.
But all of Xu Qichen’s focus was on the exposed ear on Mu Yao’s head.
“Ear!”
Xu Qichen, who generally experienced very little changes in emotion, was so excited that his exclamation was much louder than usual.
Mu Yao didn’t know if he should laugh or cry, “Are you that happy?”
Xu Qichen forgot he was still lying on Mu Yao as he pursed his lips and nodded.
Mu Yao sighed helplessly and lowered the other hand as well.
“Can I pinch it?”
Mu Yao nodded.
With his consent, Xu Qichen carefully reached out and lightly pinched one of the furry black ears.
So soft.
When he released it, the ear moved by itself.
The wonderful texture was indescribable. It was like a huge, flattened springy fudge. Xu Qichen was even a little addicted. He reached out with both hands and pinched them together.
Squish.
Squish.
“Oi, are you done?”
Hearing Mu Yao’s question, Xu Qichen quickly squeezed them twice more before replying very seriously, “En, I’m done.”
“Then senior, isn’t it about time you got up?” Mu Yao raised his eyebrow, “Or is this position very comfortable?”
Only then did Xu Qichen react and scrambled away in a flurry.
That kind of heart-pounding feeling appeared again, retrieving the attention that had just been distracted by the ears.
Hearing Mu Yao suck in a breath, Xu Qichen looked at him again and found that there was blood on the side of his mouth.
“You’re also bleeding here.”
Mu Yao laughed lightly and pointed at his own lips, “This?”
He stuck out his thumb to swipe it, but the movement was very slow.
“This is your blood.”
After speaking, Mu Yao swept his thumb around his mouth before gradually moving towards the lips.
He stuck out his tongue and slowly licked the blood on his thumb.
This action was like throwing a lighted match into an abandoned wood factory filled with gasoline.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“Yeah,” Mu Yao opened his mouth wide, “my injury is inside.”
They were lucky it was not outside.
Or with both of them sporting external injuries… would be too suspicious.
Xu Qichen moved his lips but in the end he did not say anything. Mu Yao’s stomach grumbled, breaking the silence.
“Senior, I’m hungry. I didn’t eat much before I came over to help you move.”
It was a glaringly obvious attempt to throw the pot onto Xu Qichen, but because of the coquettish tone, Xu Qichen had no choice but to accept it and even feel guilty.
“Then… what do you want to eat?”
Ah, the ear moved.
That means he’s happy ba.
And just like that, he went with Mu Yao to the nearby supermarket. On the way out, he even met his plain-looking, seemingly sloppy roommate, who lived in the master bedroom.
It was about 5pm, so the supermarket was not too crowded. Mu Yao pushed the cart while Xu Qichen walked in front.
“Do you like tomatoes?”
“No.”
“Broccoli?”
“I hate that.”
Xu Qichen stopped and turned around, asking, “Then what do you like?”
Mu Yao raised his hands, patted the hat on his head as he seriously thought before coming to the conclusion: “Meat.”
Xu Qichen shook his head. He picked up three tomatoes, chose a lettuce, and put it all in the cart. Then he went to the fresh area and bought a beef brisket and a bream fish.
“Do you know how to cook all of that?”
This question made Xu Qichen not know if he should laugh or cry, “I’m buying them because I know how to cook them ah.”
Mu Yao nodded. They proceeded to shop for seasonings and other daily necessities.
In the past, Xu Qichen did not like going to the supermarket. It was too lively. Very few people came alone rather than as families or couples.
He was the only odd one in such a warm place.
Choosing things by himself, pushing the cart by himself, checking out by himself, and then carrying the heavy bags home by himself.
Dull and lonely.
“Why are you spacing out?”
He suddenly came back to himself, and realised that he was not alone.
“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”
Xu Qichen found that bringing Mu Yao along had a very significant advantage, which is, he didn’t have to do the hard work. On the way home, Mu Yao carried all the bags on his own, so he did not have to do anything at all.
After going back, Xu Qichen tried to get Mu Yao to rest but he refused, resolutely placing a chair by the kitchen entrance to watch Xu Qichen cook.
It was a strange feeling.
“Then, why don’t you help me wash the vegetables?”
Mu Yao happily got up, “Sure.” He went inside the kitchen to help out.
The kitchen of the two-bedroom apartment was not very big. With two men standing in it, they could not even turn around without bumping into each other. Mu Yao had no choice but to give up and do as Xu Qichen instructed. He went back to the room and played video games.
It had been a long time since Xu Qichen last cooked.
In the past, he lived with his aunt who couldn’t do housework at all. He had to learn to cook by himself. Slowly, his skills became better and better, but later when he lived alone, he lost his enthusiasm for cooking.
Sitting at the table alone, any food would become tasteless.
Just when Mu Yao was about to fall asleep, he smelled the aroma of food.
“Is it done?”
Xu Qichen turned around and saw Mu Yao leaning on the door frame of the kitchen, sticking his head in.
“En.” Xu Qichen handed the claypot to Mu Yao along with a cloth pad, “Take this out ba.”
There was no dining table in the bedroom, so they carried all the dishes to the dining table in the living room. After cleaning up, Xu Qichen took off his apron and knocked on the door of the master bedroom.
When the door opened,the boy inside pushed the black-framed glasses on his nose upwards and asked, “Can I help you?”
Xu Qichen was not very good at talking to strangers, but the kitchen and living room were communal areas, so he felt that he should at least say something to his roommate, “I made something to eat. Do you want to eat with us?”
The boy looked over Xu Qichen’s shoulder at the dining table. He hesitated but in the end he refused.
Xu Qichen did not push and simply went back to the dining table. He put a serving of rice and some vegetables on a plate and knocked on the door again.
When he opened the door, the boy looked a little annoyed, but upon seeing the plate in Xu Qichen’s hands, he was surprised.
“You probably haven’t eaten yet right? I got some for you, so you don’t have to go out to eat.” Xu Qichen smiled at him.
The other party took the plate in a daze and watched Xu Qichen go back to the table. He took a long while to close the door again.
Mu Yao had been waiting at the table for some time. He was waving around the chopsticks in his hand.
“Eat ba.”
“I was waiting for you ah.”
With a smile, Xu Qichen opened the lid of the claypot. The strong aroma mixed with the steaming hot air rushed up, “This is the tomato beef brisket pot.” Then he placed some on Mu Yao’s rice.
Mu Yao ate a mouthful of beef. The heat was just right. The beef was stewed till it was very soft. The glutinous beef tendon soaked in the sweet sour tomato juice simply melted in his mouth.
“Is it good?”
Mu Yao nodded many times. It was so good that he had lost the ability to speak. He stuffed his mouth full and before he even ate that, he was already reaching for the braised fish.
“How is this fish so tasty? It’s so good!”
Xu Qichen propped his chin with his palm and watched Mu Yao eat while explaining his method, “Before I put the fish in the pot, I sliced it open and marinated it. After heating the oil, I fried the fish until it’s golden brown. The more crisp it is on the outside, the more delicious it will be when stewed. Oh right, and I fried the stew with minced beef, minced garlic and light soy sauce, and then added water after. This makes it very fragrant. It’s my secret recipe.”
Mu Yao’s eyes were full of praise, but his chopsticks didn’t stop.
He had already had dinner with Mu Yao several times, but this was the first time Xu Qichen had seen Mu Yao eat so much. He ate the rice mixed with soup, bowl after bowl. He even blamed Xu Qichen for making it so delicious that he became hungrier and hungrier.
Xu Qichen felt full simply from watching him eat.
While waiting for dinner to be ready, Mu Yao had turned on the television. Xu Qichen specially turned the volume down to avoid irritating his roommate.
Initially, a youth series with no plot was playing. Now it was time for social news.
[At 10 p.m. on September 18, a citizen found a seriously injured worker, suspected of being attacked by wild animals, near the oil factory in Xinnan Road Development Zone. The relevant departments are actively investigating the case. At the same time, they are also appealing to the general public to avoid going to remote suburbs alone…]
Xu Qichen looked at the TV, but fortunately all the pictures were censored.
Attacked by wild animals?
When these words appear in modern cities, there is always a great sense of disorientation.
He glanced at Mu Yao, but it seemed that the other party didn’t care at all. He continued to attack the braised fish which had almost nothing left, just bones.
“Don’t eat anymore,” Xu Qichen grabbed Mu Yao’s chopsticks with his own, “If you eat anymore your stomach will rebel.”
Mu Yao tried to bargain, “Just one more bite.”
“Then eat vegetables.”
Xu Qichen put some vegetables in his bowl.
Even though he only liked to eat meat, since the vegetables were put there by Xu Qichen, Mu Yao ate them happily.
Xu Qichen felt a great sense of satisfaction when almost all of the food on the table was finished.
“Don’t move, I’ll clean up,” Mu Yao stopped Xu Qichen when he got up to wash the dishes. He pushed Xu Qichen towards the sofa and took up the job of cleaning up.
Like this, he felt like they were living together.
When he walked Mu Yao downstairs, the other party seemed reluctant, “I don’t know when I’ll be able to eat senior’s cooking again.”
Seeing him like this, Xu Qichen could not resist laughing. He thought of the ears that popped out earlier and waved at him, “Lower your head a little.”
Although he didn’t know what he wanted, Mu Yao obediently lowered his head.
Xu Qichen raised his baseball cap a little and looked under it in the dim street lights.
The ears were really gone.
On one hand, he was relieved. On the other, he was a little disappointed.
He wanted to touch it before he left, yet he was also worried about him being discovered.
However, he was curious.
“Why did they pop out earlier?”
Mu Yao froze. Then he rubbed the back of his head, “En… probably because of the pain ba. They appear when encountering strong stimulation.”
Xu Qichen nodded, “Is that so…” His expression was innocent with a hint of worry, “Then be careful in the future, or you’ll be discovered easily.”
He successfully slipped through.
Mu Yao heaved a sigh of relief while laughing at how dense the person in front of him was.
He was so silly himself yet he was always telling others to be careful.
When he got up early the next day for work, Xu Qichen saw a post-it note in the hallway.
[Thank you for the food, it was delicious!]
He immediately became very happy.
Xu Qichen got a pen and wrote [No problem!] before rushing to work.
The atmosphere in the company was more relaxed than he had expected. His seniors explained that this was because the company had just completed a large project. Everyone was relatively idle these days and there was not much work that needed his help.
Although Xu Qichen still couldn’t be as cheerful and sunny as Ye Han, he had learned how to take initiative to communicate with others. In addition, he always looked gentle and modest, hence he soon established friendly relations with his colleagues.
The only headache was, he still had to go back to school and study probability theory with the freshmen.
He did not expect the boss to approve, but upon hearing Xu Qichen’s explanation, the boss laughed out loud.
“Is it that Mediterranean? Is he still the dean?” The boss waved for Xu Qichen to sit down, “He used to pick on me too, I definitely understand you.”
Xu Qichen forced a laugh. So he’s a senior ah.
“It’s not a problem, it’s good to learn more, but not everything can be redone. Professional courses are only one class a week ba. You can go whenever you want. Anyway, we’re not so busy that we can’t afford to miss one person.”
Xu Qichen thanked him profusely. The boss waved his hands, “It’s a small matter. Remember to greet the Medi– ah no, Dean Liu for me.”
Xu Qichen nodded and left the office.
Mu Yao was right.
In some ways, he really was lucky.
As expected, the teacher of Probability Theory was the Mediterranean, but fortunately, it was the last class on Friday. This way, Xu Qichen didn’t have to miss too much work. He only needed to get off work two hours early on Friday afternoon. And after class, it would be the weekend.
According to the timetable sent to him by Mu Yao, Xu Qichen found the class. He stood outside the door and looked inside. Many students were already seated. However, they were all freshmen and were not familiar with each other, so they did not find it strange to see Xu Qichen.
As soon as he got to the door, he looked around for Mu Yao’s figure. Then he saw someone sleeping on the table suddenly raise his head and look at the door while rubbing his eyes.
What great timing.
Did he smell him again?
The moment he saw Xu Qichen, his sleepy eyes lit up. Mu Yao waved him in. Xu Qichen walked over.
“I saved a seat for you.”
Stunned, Xu Qichen watched him pick his bag up from another seat.
Mu Yao had not saved the seat beside him.
A girl walked to the window, “It’s so dark, I’m opening the curtains.”
With a woosh, the sun shone through the window and enveloped Mu Yao. He was not wearing the usual black T-shirt, but a simple plain white short sleeve.
The sun halved his profile into two distinct parts.
Fine, visible airborne dust particles made the view have the texture of a movie scene.
Blurring his outline.
“Sit ah.”
The seat he had saved, was the one in front of him.
At this moment, Xu Qichen was almost fooled.
Thinking he had gone back to ten years ago.
TN: It’s late, once again because Thursday came and went without me even noticing.
On the same note, I’ll be really busy this week so there won’t be an update the coming week too 🙁 Sorry!
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Thank you for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the chapter!!!❤️❤️
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Ah? Why the one in front? 👀
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thanks for the chapter <3
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