Edited by Rae and Elanor
Ye Yao’s answer was indeed somewhat unexpected to Lu Ming.
Of course he also had a lot of friends, but the friendship between him and his friends was more on the level of ‘you punch me and I’ll give you a kick’ kind of friendship. There were really no very close ones like Lu Xun and Ye Yao.
Lu Ming had no doubt that if he put this past incident on his head and told his group friends, he would get a lot of schadenfreude ridicule. Maybe he would get bullshit words such as “That’s because our brother Ming is too handsome, that caused Xiao Ling’s heart to skip a beat~”, “My heart is beating so fast, can brother Ming marry me please” and something along those lines, utter nonsensical responses.
In short, no one would be so calm to analyze what Lu Xun’s childhood friend had done wrong.
Who would think from the childhood friend’s perspective?
But Ye Yao’s answer was thousands of miles away from the fishing system he had imagined! There was no fishing here, and he couldn’t wait to dismantle the fishing rod.
Or, was this the scholar’s rational way of thinking?
Because of the conflicting points, Lu Ming did not dare to make judgments easily, so he could only laugh: “You are right, hehe, Brother Ye is really a talent!”
Lu Ming wanted to keep asking, but someone suddenly slapped his head from behind.
“What are you doing staring at other people’s face like that? It’s rude.” Lu Xun’s voice came from behind. After returning from the toilet, he taught his cousin a lesson, then slowly returned to his seat and asked Ye Yao, “Has he been bullying you while I wasn’t around?”
Ye Yao shook his head, and Lu Xun was satisfied.
When their order was brought to the table, Lu Ming picked up his chopsticks and said angrily, “Are you kidding me? I’m a good person, why would I bully people!”
Regarding eating etiquette, Lu Ming has long been accustomed to being a disciplined son at home and robbing all kinds of things on the table when he goes out to dinner with friends.
The first to strike was stronger, and the last to strike suffered. They were all friends, so wasn’t it boring to pretend to be decent and show false etiquette?
Although Lu Xun was his cousin, the two of them had always been friends. Lu Ming had no scruples, and his chopsticks went straight to the piece of meat he liked.
However, before he could grab it, Lu Xun, who was sitting across from him, struck his chopstick aside extremely fast and took the piece that looked the most delicious.
“Hah! I haven’t seen you for a while, but the speed of your attack has actually increased—” Lu Ming stopped abruptly in the middle of his sentence, and stared at the person opposite him as if he had seen a ghost.
Because at that exact moment… Lu Xun didn’t eat what he grabbed himself, but put it in Ye Yao’s bowl and said softly, “Try some of this, it looks delicious.”
Ye Yao’s expression was a little helpless, “You don’t need to help me to take it, I can take it myself.”
“That won’t work, you won’t be fast enough against him. If I don’t help you, you won’t have anything left to eat.” Lu Xun decisively refused.
Lu Ming, who was sitting opposite watching all this, “…”
What had just happened? How could he be blinded by the light of non-straight men again? Ahh, so dazzling!
Did Lu Xun actually serve food to another person? Hasn’t Lu Xun been always too lazy to engage in this kind of humanistic care?
Lu Ming recalled a document he once wrote, and the title of the document was “How to judge whether the people around you like you”.
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.
There was one clause in it that showed a relationship was special, and that was: to only serve to a certain person when eating?
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Pc atf ojmf bo atlr rfcafcmf, Tf Tjb tfrlajafv, yea Oe Wec tewwfv, “Tbe jgf nfgs rfio-jkjgf. Xbbv, P klii ulnf sbe j ylu gfv fcnfibqf ktfc P ub tbwf obg atf Rfk Tfjg.”
Lu Ming, “…”
Damn it, do you have to reply to this joke so fast?
Why was Lu Xun’s behavior so consistent with the points written in the document?
Lu Ming’s mind was in chaos after eating this meal. When Ye Yao went to the toilet, he immediately seized the opportunity to ask Lu Xun a question, “I haven’t seen you for a while, are you still a straight man?”
Lu Xun’s face changed slightly, and he sneered, “You’re itching for a fight, right? Even if you turn gay, I would never turn gay.”
“But…” Lu Ming paused and carefully selected a few suitable words, “Brother, have you noticed that you sometimes act a little gay, especially when you’re with Ye Yao.”
Lu Xun frowned.
He drummed the table with his fingertips, as if thinking about what to say, and finally raised his eyes.
“If you don’t have such a good close friend, you won’t understand.” Lu Xun said slowly, “It’s like your mother served you vegetables out of family affection, not out of love.”
“But…” Lu Ming subconsciously wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Lu Xun.
“How can you make a blunt summary of things like feelings? Your experience pack is outdated, it’s time to update. I can’t be gay, won’t I know better than you?”
Lu Xun was too certain about his status, causing Lu Ming to have a kind of self-doubt.
Was that so, that seemed to make sense?
If Lu Xun really did turn gay, there was no need to hide it.
If Lu Xun was still a straight man, what about Ye Yao?
A straight man who could calmly analyze what was wrong with someone who had a crush on Lu Xun?
He still felt that something was wrong with Ye Yao.
One day’s contact time was too short to draw conclusions, so he needed a longer observation period.
Lu Ming thought for a while and asked Lu Xun, “Brother, do you have any plans to bring Ye Yao over to play with us during the winter vacation?”
“Yes I do.” Lu Xun didn’t hide it. “He doesn’t have snow in his province during the Chinese New Year. He said he doesn’t know what the Spring Festival is like when it snows. I’ll see if I can bring him home this year.”
Lu Ming nodded happily.
It would be easy for him to visit Lu Xun’s house during the Spring Festival, and then, he would be able to observe Ye Yao more closely.
He would continue to observe Ye Yao, if he was sure that Ye Yao really had a crush on Lu Xun… Then what could he do? As Lu Xun’s brother, of course he could only tell Lu Xun, who hated men who were homosexual. Or he could have a heart-to-heart talk with Ye Yao and tell him to stay away from Lu Xun.
It was not that he wanted to beat the couple with a stick, it was just that he still clearly remembered the lessons from the past.
Lu Xun didn’t like men, so instead of waiting until the ugly scene of tearing Ye Yao’s face at the end, he might as well quit early.
***
After sending Lu Ming away, it was time to review and prepare for the final exam.
Because he didn’t want to lose his scholarship, Ye Yao would review and prepare carefully for every exam.
Going out early to attend their class and returning from the library late was a basic routine, and Lu Xun would always be with him.
There was no heating on the way from the dormitory to the library, and they would need to use their willpower and other means to keep out the cold every time they went to and fro.
Lu Xun stuffed Ye Yao’s hand into his pocket and held it snuggly, and felt a little bit sad about the other hand he couldn’t hold.
“I will buy you a small hand warmer, so that one of your hands is warmed by me, and the other hand is warmed by the hand warmer, then you won’t be cold.” Lu Xun’s expression was deep.
“I’m not cold.” Ye Yao replied softly.
“You can lie to other people with this statement, but you can’t fool me.” Lu Xun snorted, “Do you know why you can’t fool me? Because you are the one who is cold but my heart is the one that is hurting.”
Ye Yao’s eyelashes trembled slightly.
The snow fell on their shoulders, on their black hair, and slowly covered the surface with a layer of white, making him feel a bit like an old man with white hair.
Lu Xun’s hand was very warm, like standing in front of a fireplace in the cold winter, but the heat belonged to a certain person.
Even without intimate physical contact marring his judgment, Ye Yao still felt some kind of uncontrollable throbbing in his heart as they walked side by side in such a quiet manner.
Lu Xun’s fingers were intertwined with his fingers. As long as he moved a little, Lu Xun’s fingers would be domineering and would tightly clutch his hand. In the pocket with little space, the two hands were tightly clasped.
Ye Yao’s voice was soft and slow, “I seem to have told you last time… Don’t say things like that when you talk, I’m not used to it, right?”
“I forgot, I didn’t do it on purpose, this is how I usually speak with you.” Lu Xun said vaguely.
Of course he remembered what Ye Yao had said before, but at the same time he also remembered his own inference —Ye Yao actually liked to hear him say these things, but he was just stubborn and being hard headed. And continuing to say such things may be a bridge to further close their relationship.
He did it on purpose.
Ye Yao no longer answered, he was held by Lu Xun and walked down the campus path, step by step. Every step on the pure white snow was like stepping on his heart.
Soon, after the final exam, there would be more than a month of winter vacation. For more than a month, he wouldn’t be able to see Lu Xun, so he could slowly wrap up his feelings and adjust his mood.
He was like a tightrope walker suspended in the sky, not daring to make mistakes every step of the way. And now there was a crack in the wire, and it had to be repaired, or one day he would be left alone.
There was more than a month to sort out his mood and stay away from Lu Xun, which was enough.
Without Lu Xun in this month, Ye Yao himself would not know what would have happened. Fortunately, there was still time.
***
While Ye Yao was taking a bath, Lu Xun hummed a song, took out his mobile phone, and opened Ye Yao’s mother’s WeChat.
He came up with a series of good words, and after coaxing Ye Yao’s mother into laughing happily, he came around to the ultimate goal.
[Auntie, I want to go to your place to play during Chinese New Year, and I also want to take Ye Yao to our side to see the Spring Festival in the North. Would that be possible?]
Ye Yao’s mother said gently: [Of course it’s convenient, our family doesn’t go out to play. We welcome you whenever you want to come over.]
Lu Xun: [Thank you Auntie, then I will go there on the second day of the New Year. Please help me keep it a secret from Ye Yao first, I want to give Ye Yao a surprise then.]
Ye Yao’s mother was surprised: [On the second day of the New Year, won’t your family have any opinions?]
Lu Xun: [No, they also like Ye Yao very much, and they all know that I have a good relationship with him and hope I can cherish it well.]
Ye Yao’s mother laughed: [Indeed, it is not easy to have such a very close friendship in this era. I hope you can maintain this relationship well.]
After finishing the conversation with Ye Yao’s mother, Lu Xun happily booked a flight from home to Ye Yao’s house on the second day of the New Year.
During the last winter vacation, he felt that it was too hard not to see Ye Yao for a month. Even if he made video calls every day, it was still very uncomfortable.
This time, he would be with Ye Yao on the second day of the New Year. He calculated with his fingers, the days of them being apart was very short.
Ye Yao would definitely be very happy at his sudden arrival.
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Zaki~ Uh-oh! Xun Xun ah, hold your horses 😛
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Readers: Ro
Xun Xun: Ro
Readers: Mance
Xun Xun: Mance
Readers: Romance
Xun Xun: Bromance
Readers: …..
Lu Ming really amateur! How can’t he see that the ‘straight man’ Lu Xun was even gayer than a gay man Ye Yao smh
I just wanna turn his face towards Lu Xun and say, “Stare and listen at him closely.”
honey you got a big storm coming
Red alert storm 😛
Thanks for the chapter!
Oh boy, when this all becomes clear to him haha, cannot wait xD
Thanks for the chapter!
LX’s lack of awareness is so funny, couldn’t imagine reading a document WITH ALL OF THE THINGS HE DOES and NOT taking a second like ‘wait a minute ‘
Djfndidunsksfn I’m crying this novel is so funny.
YY has so much strength ~ excited for him to maybe go on a few dates and LX start to understand some things.
Thank you so much for the translations! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Idk if LX is naive or just plain dumb😅
I can’t with this guy hahaha
He really like to deceive himself 😂
Thank You for the new chapter (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
the way he justifies himself with all his ‘gay’ actions really makes me want to ‘headbang’.
Thank you for the chapter
The romance/bromance thing at the end sent me laughing, LMAO! And aahhh, don’t you just LOVE IT when the gay man is oblivious to his gayness. It’ll be so satisfying when it hits him like a brick wall all of a sudden, hehe.
he would keep denying it hahahaha
he’s so blind he makes me cry sometimes
Even Yi Yao read the document thinking nope, I’m safe, I don’t do that stuff! Lu Ming: Cousin, did I see you doing gay stuff?
Lu Xun: No, you did not, you are outdated and alone (I’m paraphrasing lol).
It’s lu xun’s fault man, anyone would fall in love with someone who treats them like t h a t smh. Tl and editor, you know us readers so well, sadly lx still blind as a bat
lu xun, with full confidence: “I can’t be gay, won’t I know better than you?”
me: trashing the room, screaming at the heavens, going apeshit ahem. please excuse me.
(love the mini theaters)
No he won’t. I hope he wakes up soon. Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter ❤️☺️
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