Translated by: Yu & Ryn
The bathroom of the single-room inn was very small, only being able to fit one person at a time. Ling Ke went to wash up first, then after it was Qi Feng’s turn.
To avoid embarrassment, Ling Ke put on his pajama pants with lightning speed while Qi Feng was still washing up.
When he learnt that they were to find a place of accommodation outside, Ling Ke decided to bring a pair of pants. It wasn’t because he could definitely see himself sleeping in the same bed as Qi Feng, but because he thought that the inn they would stay at wouldn’t be in that good of a condition, so he decided to be as prepared as possible.
There were two pillows on the bed, but only one blanket.
But before Qi Feng even came out, Ling Ke didn’t dare move. He was only able to sit on the bed cross-legged, pretending to be looking at news on his phone.
A few minutes later, Qi Feng appeared in front of Ling Ke, also dressed in pajamas. He’d gotten properly changed in the bathroom.
Ling Ke couldn’t help but wonder: Would a normal straight guy change into his pajamas in front of another straight guy to avoid suspicion? Such a wary Qi Feng seemed to be different to the laid back Qi Feng he remembered…
Qi Feng came over and motioned for him to uncover the blankets together, and then proceeded to lie down on the other side of the bed.
Ling Ke stopped being difficult and sentimental, and followed Qi Feng onto the bed.
Only then did he realise how packed it was for two people to sleep in a single bed—This wasn’t the same type of “packed” as those dormitory bunk beds. After all, those beds had a wall on one side and railings on the other, so no matter which way you twisted or turned there would still be something blocking you.
But now, one side of the bed is empty, and on one side was another warm body. if you move to the left you’d be met with the edge of the bed, but if you move to the right it’d be no different than throwing yourself on someone else!
But when you’re sleeping normally, how can you just lie there unmoving? The more you can’t move, the more you’d want to move!
Maybe it was because it hadn’t gotten to the usual time they would sleep, and the two of them didn’t lie down completely. Both of them were leaning against the headboard, planning to surf the net for a bit.
Nobody knew who moved first, but their arms ended up touching. At first, the both of them tried to avoid contact, but soon after they started leaning against each other.
Straight guys had nothing to hide, so Ling Ke gritted his teeth and no longer flinched away, Qi Feng didn’t move away either, so the two of them ended up leaning against each other tacitly.
Being under the same blanket, the warmth of their bodies slowly started to mingle and spread. Even when they breathed, it felt like they brought some part of the other’s body temperature.
Finally, Qi Feng yawned, and put down his phone.
Ling Ke thought that he was going to sleep, so he swiped away the news article he spent the entire time staring at, but not reading.
What he’d never thought of was Qi Feng propping his head with one hand, looking at Ling Ke and saying “Hey, let’s chat for a bit.”
“…Huh?” Ling Ke tilted his head, but observing how close they were, he was so startled that he quickly retracted his gaze, lying down in the process.
As soon as he did, he regretted his actions immensely. Because Qi Feng still had his head propped up, instead of the same-levelled eye contact they had originally, Qi Feng now had to look down at him from above.
“I still don’t know when your birthday is.” Qi Feng said, nonchalantly bringing up a topic at random.
Ling Ke paused for a bit before saying “It’s already passed.”
People who say that their birthday had “passed” when being asked, usually meant that it had passed too long ago.
Hearing this, Qi Feng gasped and said in surprise: “Was it before or after we met? What’s the date?”
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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It was a coincidence that the Freshmen Welcoming party fell on his birthday, and he never wanted to make a big deal out of it, otherwise, with Qi Feng’s ostentatious personality, telling the other would have made matters chaotic.
And the “harvest” he got that day had already surpassed his original expectations — he originally thought that being able to perform with his long time crush on the same stage was meaningful enough, but he had also received an unexpected kiss and a bouquet, all given while Qi Feng had no knowledge of his birthday.
Ling Ke wondered for a moment if Qi Feng knew, but after observing for a bit, he found that Qi Feng was really unaware.
Although receiving this kind of gift out of the blue surprised him, only god knew how long he’d been secretly gushing over it.
However, at this very moment, Qi Feng didn’t seem happy, “I really didn’t know, sorry…” He raised his arm and put it down, as if he were to ruffle his hair as an apology, but changed his mind at the last minute.
“There’s nothing to be sorry for,” Ling Ke joked, “Didn’t you still give me a gift?”
“You mean the flowers?” When Qi Feng recalled that the bouquet of flowers he gifted to Ling Ke was a gift from some other girl, he became even more annoyed. “That doesn’t count at all ok.”
Not only that, he had even snatched Ling Ke’s stuffed bear!…. Gods, Qi Feng really wanted to start banging his head on the wall out of shame.
“I’ll make it up to you and give you a real birthday present later.” He said while looking at Ling Ke.
“There’s really no need for that,” Pleased by Qi Feng’s attitude, Ling Ke smiled and said, “If you’re being so serious about it, then if I don’t meticulously prepare your birthday gift when it’s your turn, I’d feel really bad.”
Qi Feng looked at him, his eyes sparkling, he didn’t refute either, as if that was exactly what he wanted.
Ling Ke cursed internally, “Shit.”
After talking for a bit, the tension between them started to ease up.
Then, Qi Feng pulled out his phone again, and with Ling Ke not knowing what he was looking at, he asked “You’re a Scorpio?”
“Hmm?” Ling Ke furrowed his brows and frowned. Was there something wrong with being a Scorpio?
Qi Feng glanced at Ling Ke with a weird look on his face, then muttered quietly, “That’s so scary…”
Ling Ke got curious as to why Qi Feng was describing himself this way, and propped himself up, leaning over to get a glance at Qi Feng’s phone.
Qi Feng hid instinctively and Ling Ke ended up grabbing his wrist in reflex, asking, “What’re you looking at? Why are you calling me scary?”
“Well, I found a post saying that Scorpios can endure long-term loneliness, inner torment, as well as physical and mental torture in order to achieve a certain goal… They’re also good at settling their emotions, and not show much emotion…” Qi Feng glanced at Ling Ke’s expressionless face, and the corners of his mouth twitched, “Why do I feel that they’re talking about you?”
Ling Ke: “…”
Qi Feng scrolled down and continued reading, “It also says that you’re flexible, your line of thoughts are always extremely well thought out, you’re secretly two-faced, and you’re unyielding against stronger forces…Fuck, is this still a human? It’s a god!”
Ling Ke let go of his hand, and let out a small chuckle, seemingly amused by how Qi Feng’s tone of voice had changed when he swore.
Maybe it was because he hadn’t expected for Qi Feng to look up his zodiac personality online, and to even give him a constructive assessment of the details of his horoscope, and even showing him a frightened look. This suddenly rose a “very hard to come by” hint of mischievousness in Ling Ke.
“Then are you afraid of me?” he teased with a smile.
Qi Feng raised an eyebrow, glancing at him for a good two seconds before saying, “Nope.”
Ling Ke was even more surprised now, “Why?” Didn’t he say he was “scary” just now?
Qi Feng looked at him with a dazed look, and then pensively started to recite a line from a TV show, “If he is strong, then let him be strong, for the winds will have to blow against mountains. If he is unreasonable, then let him be unreasonable, for the moon shines against the river…”
Ling Ke, “…”
Holding onto his stomach, Ling Ke’s body started trembling. It was getting hard to hold back from laughing.
Due to this joke, the atmosphere of the room had become much lighter.
Qi Feng poked Ling Ke’s shoulder with his phone and jokingly asked, “Hey boyfriend, I’ve already asked you about your birthday, why haven’t you asked about mine yet?”
“Huh?” Ling Ke turned towards him, giving his shoulders a shake, “Then when’s your birthday?”
Actually, he had long known…
“It’s the 26th of February.” Qi Feng answered seriously.
Ling Ke: “Oh.”
Many years ago, when he first followed Qi Feng’s QQ, Ling Ke had noticed Qi Feng’s friends leaving him messages that wished him “Happy Birthday” on his profile page. He had specifically noted down the date whereby those people had sent those messages. It was that day.
Perhaps it was because Ling Ke seemed a little unresponsive, Qi Feng persistently added, “I am a Pisces.”
Ling Ke let out another “Oh” sound, not at all surprised. He also knew that Pisces boys were naturally gentle and affectionate, were typically models of distinguished scholars, and were usually romantic… These descriptions totally matched Qi Feng’s personality.
For example, Qi Feng had suggested that they take the flower boat ride as well as release lanterns tonight – both that happened precisely due to the romantic ideals he held. Ling Ke agreed to do so because he also took into account of Qi Feng’s personality. If not, wouldn’t it be dumb for two guys to set off lanterns together?
It wasn’t just this. Ling Ke knows for a fact that both Scorpios and Pisces are water-based zodiac signs, and that their love constellations have a match of 98%.
As for how he knew all this, it was from years and years ago. He was bored, so he went online and looked it up…
Of course, he would never ever let Qi Feng know about this.
He was a scary and mysterious Scorpio after all.
Ling Ke laid down once again and said, “Okay, I’ll prepare gifts for you on your birthday…” He didn’t forget to add “…boyfriend” at the end of his sentence, as if implying that, it was because they were pretending to be a couple that he would give him gifts, and had they not been pretending, he’d not even think of gifting him.
Qi Feng was blatantly unsatisfied with his perfunctory attitude, and seeing that Ling Ke had already closed his eyes, he asked, “You’re sleeping? Just like this?”
Ling Ke opened an eye and said lazily: “It’s already past ten, bro.”
Hearing the “bro” coming from Ling Ke, Qi Feng felt his heart itch. Even though the four people in the 412 dorm would usually call each other “Bro“, “Boss” and “Big Bro” when they were messing around and teasing each other, it felt different, especially when it came from Ling Ke.
Qi Feng smiled and asked, “Well, this is the first time we’re sleeping together. Shouldn’t we have some type of special ceremony?”
When Ling Ke heard the two words “sleeping together”, his body quivered. Flabbergasted, he asked “What? We still need some type of special ceremony?”
Raising his eyebrows, Qi Feng said, “No matter how you put it, we’re pretending to be a couple now right?”
“Then…what do you want to do? Didn’t you just say it was just a pretense?” Although he vehemently refuted it, inwardly Ling Ke couldn’t help anticipating the “ceremony” that Qi Feng mentioned.
“When we first wrote the terms of being fake boyfriends, we mentioned practicing once in a while. Did you forget?” Qi Feng smiled, while gazing at him, “I think today’s a good chance. There’s only the two of us here, so why don’t we share a good night kiss?”
【A brief interlude】
(One)
Ling Ke tried to look at Qi Feng’s phone, while Qi Feng tried to hide it.
Impulsively, Ling Ke grabbed his wrist.
As if under a spell, Qi Feng instantly froze… Wow, this is the first time he took the initiative to grab my hand, so EXCITING!
(Two)
Ling Ke: Are you afraid of me? (I want to eat you up orh.)
Qi Feng: Not afraid! (You’re so scary that I’m trembling, but I still can’t help but love you!)
Ling Ke: … (This script doesn’t work. You’re not afraid of me, but now I’m afraid of you. Go away.)
(Three)
Qi Feng: Do you know when my birthday is?
Ling Ke: I know, it’s February 26.
Qi Feng: Do you know my horoscope sign?
Ling Ke: I know, Pisces. Don’t ask anymore, I even know balabalabalba… I know everything about you.
Qi Feng (with his eyes and mouth stretched wide open): Are you even human? You’re basically a god!
Ling Ke (expressionless): No need to worship me too much.
Asdfghjladhdk ling ke tries so hard to keep cool I love it
Ahhhhh cute, cute! Let them realize their feelings soon, ba! 🙏
Thanks for the chapter! <3
this story keeps getting better!!!thank u for translating 💞
They’re both such hot messes; I love it! 🤣🤣🤣
Also, is that some spice I sense headed our way?! 🤭😆 or is the author being a tease? 🤔😰
Thanks for your hard work, Ryn and Yu! 🤗
Cliffhanger are going to make me bald lol
Thanks for the chapter!!!
That little theater is always the best lolol
Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/
KSVDKS QI FENG IS SO CUTE AND LING KE IS FREAKIN HILARIOUS AHHH I LOVE THEM
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
quiero que esta novela se combierta en drama serie coriana
Thank you for ttranslating!! These two knuckleheads!!!
ASJJSDJSJDJS ARE THEY GONNA KITH??? (๑♡⌓♡๑)
i knew from the moment qi feng reacted like “omg you’re a scorpio” that he was a pisces hddjdj
Time for the kisses?! I hope they won’t take it too far 🤣
Thanks for the chapter!
as they say, ‘give an inch and they’ll take a mile’ indeed hahahhahahahaha
Thanks for the chapter!!!
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G-GOD NIGHT KISS?!! (´⊙ω⊙
)！(´⊙ω⊙)！that “bro” took me out 💀
Thank you for the chapter! Soooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooood!
well I guess I’ll go find myself a scorpio too, wish me luck minna 三三ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ .. and also those who’s zodiac sign is Pisces are most usually someone who’s really lazy too LMAO
So me and qi feng share a birthday!?! Wow😂
Thank you for your hard work Translator-sama ❤️✨
There’s never a dull moment with these two…
Hey that’s MY birthday (Qi Feng’s lol)