Edited by Rae and Elanor
The final exams had successfully ended, and the student’s long awaited and anticipated winter vacation had arrived.
Ye Yao and Lu Xun bought their tickets to go home on the same day and went to the airport together. Ye Yao’s boarding time was earlier, and before he left, Lu Xun gave him a tight hug.
“I’ll call you every day,” Lu Xun said, “Remember to miss me.”
“Then there is no need to miss you since you’ll be calling me everyday.” Ye Yao replied.
“You’re really mean, but it’s fine, I like it.” Lu Xun buried his head onto Ye Yao’s shoulder and inhaled deeply before reluctantly letting him go.
Ye Yao pulled his suitcase to the boarding gate. Before getting on the plane, he looked back. Lu Xun was still standing there, watching him leave.
*****
Ye Yao’s journey home went by without a hitch, and ate the warm home-cooked dishes that his parents made for him.
There was no Lu Xun at the dinner table who would tirelessly serve him vegetables and meat, but instead it was replaced by his parents’ concern, which made Ye Yao a little dazed for a while.
On the first day away from Lu Xun, he was a little uncomfortable, but it also made him heave a sigh of relief.
Most relationships would fade over time. Maybe in this month, because he wouldn’t see Lu Xun, he could turn his feelings back into friendship again?
Those thoughts about kissing a man, wanting to have more in-depth contact and communication, and very perverted dreams, would have to fade away. It would be best to change back to his original feelings of just being good friends.
Inwardly the plan sounded great in Ye Yao’s mind. When he had enough food and drink, he went back to his room to wash up and rest under the urging of his mother.
Pushing open his bedroom door, Ye Yao saw his clean and tidy bedroom and took a deep breath. He had completely forgotten that there were all kinds of Lu Xun’s personal belongings in his bedroom.
When Lu Xun came to their city to study in high school, he usually lived with Ye Yao here, and on weekends, he would go back to his own house with Ye Yao.
There were no extra guest rooms in the Ye family’s house, so when Lu Xun stayed here, he stayed and slept with him in his room every time, and more and more personal items belonging to Lu Xun filled his room.
The robot model and extracurricular books that Lu Xun bought were on the desk, the group photo of the two of them that Lu Xun insisted on putting on the bedside table, the pillow on the bed that belonged to Lu Xun…
If he remembered correctly, there were also Lu Xun’s towels in the bedroom’s ensuite, and the wardrobe had various clothes that Lu Xun hadn’t taken away.
On the first day away from Lu Xun, just after taking a few breaths of air without Lu Xun, he was once again surrounded by things that belonged to Lu Xun.
Ye Yao closed the bedroom door with a headache and took a deep breath.
*****
Lu Xun also returned home without any problems. Since his parents’ cooking skills were non-existent, they didn’t cook any home-cooked dishes. They gave the responsibility to the chef at home to cook some of Lu Xun’s favorite dishes.
Lu Xun’s father, wearing a pair of glasses, pretended to look at the work news on his mobile phone. After seeing his rebellious son entering the door, he cleared his throat loudly.
“Long time no see.” Lu Xun greeted lazily, and put the things in his hands on the table, “Here, I brought you some specialties from over there.”
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Lu Xun’s father snorted, stood up with the corners of his mouth upright, checked the special products brought by his filial son, and finally sighed with the corners of his mouth lifted, “It’s really all the incenses burnt to the ancestral grave, your kid has learned to be filial.”
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“I learnt it from Ye Yao.” Lu Xun said.
“Xiao Ye is really a caring child.” Lu Xun’s mother sighed a little, “The old saying that one will be influenced by the people around them is still very much applicable. You should learn more from Xiao Ye.”
The family sat down at the dining table, Lu Xun threw out his decision to go to Ye Yao’s house on the second day of the New Year, and got ridiculed by his dad.
“You’re going after the day of the New Year, do you think you are the daughter-in-law going to his in-law's house?” Lu Xun’s father was eating his own healthy fat-reducing meal, “I listened to other people’s gossip, and at this time many young people have started dating after they went to college. Xiao Ye might have some blind dates lined up, you’ll just be annoying him by going there.”
Lu Xun’s brows furrowed.
Blind date? Ye Yao was so handsome, how could he need a blind date?
What type of person could you meet on a blind date? Could you meet a good-looking rich person who would be considerate to Ye Yao?
No, there were no such girls, so a blind date would be a wrong decision.
When he goes there, he would have to remind Ye Yao not to waste time on a blind dates.
“Do you want a blind date?” Lu Xun’s father asked again.
“No.” Lu Xun refused without hesitation for half a second. “Even if you find some goddess, I won’t give her face, so don’t do this kind of thing to make an enemy of your family’s son.”
*****
In the warm and tidy bedroom, Ye Yao put the things that belonged to Lu Xun into an indiscernible cabinet.
The cool robots that Lu Xun had bought, the pens that Lu Xun had used, and his exercise books were all put into the cabinet in the far corner that Ye Yao wouldn’t pay attention to.
Lu Xun’s clothes were originally mixed with Ye Yao’s, but now they have been picked out and folded neatly, and put separately in the top compartment of the wardrobe. In the future, as long as he doesn’t deliberately step on a chair to look at them, Ye Yao wouldn’t see Lu Xun’s clothes.
In this room, Lu Xun’s presence gradually disappeared.
Ye Yao relaxed, went to the bathroom to take a shower, dried his hair and laid down tiredly on the bed.
Turning his head, Ye Yao saw the photo frame on the bedside table and the picture in the frame.
It was particularly placed there by Lu Xun, a photo of him and Ye Yao.
At that time, he and Lu Xun were still high school students, and their faces were much younger than they were now. They were wearing the blue and white school uniforms. Lu Xun, standing behind Ye Yao, had both arms wrapped around his shoulders, looking at Ye Yao, his thin lips lifted into a smile.
Ye Yao picked up the photo frame, looked at Lu Xun in the photo, and looked at himself in the photo.
At that time, he was still young and happy. In high school, he never thought that his thoughts about Lu Xun would change in this manner.
When cleaning up Lu Xun’s stuff before, he skipped this group photo intentionally or unintentionally, Ye Yao knew that he was still somewhat reluctant.
Ye Yao sighed and put the photo frame down again.
After a few more days, he would lock this photo as well with the other things in the cabinet.
*****
The New Year’s Eve arrived amid the sound of firecrackers, and Ye Yao received a video call from Lu Xun as expected.
Ye Yao, who was watching the Spring Festival Gala with his parents while eating hot pot, excused himself from his family and went back to his room to pick up the video call.
Lu Xun had called him in the past few days, but he rejected the video calls with excuses such as he was taking a bath, so they had just talked through simple voice calls. Now suddenly seeing Lu Xun’s face, he was still not used to it.
It was easy for people to look ugly through the camera lens, but Lu Xun was originally handsome. No matter how ugly the camera lens made people look, he was still a handsome guy. The handsome guy, who was lying on the bed video calling with Ye Yao, looked downcast.
“What’s the matter, are you not feeling well?” Ye Yao asked worriedly.
Lu Xun’s voice was dull, “Yeah, I’m feeling uncomfortable.”
Ye Yao couldn’t help but worry even more, “Where do you feel uncomfortable, do your parents know?”
“You don’t have any sensitivity at all. Where else can I be uncomfortable? Of course, it’s my heart!” Lu Xun gestured the distance with his thumb and index finger, “We are so far apart —-I haven’t seen you for so many days. A day is like three years without you, so we haven’t seen each other for decades!”
Ye Yao, “…”
He was feeling stupid. Lu Xun has a family doctor at home, so he shouldn’t worry about Lu Xun’s words.
The sound of fireworks exploding could be heard from Lu Xun’s side. Lu Xun’s bedroom was on the second floor and through the glass window, one could see fireworks exploding in the distance. He got out of bed with his mobile phone in his hands, and went to the window to watch the fireworks show with Ye Yao.
Ye Yao, who was thousands of miles away, could enjoy the beauty of fireworks across the screen. The villa area was quiet, and the faint sound of fireworks bursting came, and then passed to Ye Yao through the mobile phone, with an inexplicable feeling of being in a different world.
Lu Xun’s voice sounded softly, “I want to spend New Year’s Eve with you every year.”
The sound of the fireworks exploding again and again gradually coincided with the sound of Ye Yao’s heartbeat.
Ye Yao didn’t make a sound, as if he was watching the gorgeous fireworks intently.
Lu Xun was unyielding, “Did you hear me?”
“I probably heard someone talking nonsense.” Ye Yao replied.
Lu Xun frowned and turned the camera from the fireworks outside the window back to his face: “What nonsense are you—”
“Okay, we’ve been chatting for a long time, let’s go join our families. I’m hanging up, bye.” Ye Yao didn’t plan to continue talking to Lu Xun, he pressed the hang up button and ended the call.
Ye Yao sat on the bed for a while.
The city ordinance prohibited fireworks at Ye Yao’s city, so there were no fireworks. The room was quiet, and the only thing one could hear was the noise on the TV outside, the host of the Spring Festival Gala wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
Ye Yao got up from the bed, walked to the bedside table and picked up the photo frame. He stared at the photo for a while, as if he were imprinting that handsome face and happy smile on his mind, took out the photo from the frame and locked the photo in the cabinet containing Lu Xun’s personal belongings.
After doing all this, Ye Yao glanced at the room where there was no longer any sign of Lu Xun’s presence, and returned to the New Year dinner with his family.
*****
On the second day of the New Year, Ye Yao helped his mother make dumplings filled with pork and corn.
As a Southerner, their family didn’t actually have the habit of eating dumplings during Chinese New Year and Spring Festival. They all eat chicken, fish and other meat dishes with white rice. But Ye Yao wasn’t very surprised when his mother suggested making dumplings.
After all, the Internet was so developed nowadays, and it was not surprising that she wanted her family to try to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival like the Northerners because of the influence of the Internet.
Ye Yao liked to do this kind of manual work. When making dumplings, he felt that his mind was calm, he wouldn’t think about so many messy things, and he wouldn’t think about Lu Xun.
Lu Xun quite liked to eat dumplings, especially those with pork and corn stuffing.
This thought entered Ye Yao’s mind as he was in a daze, the movement of Ye Yao’s hand paused for a while, he shook his head and then quickly resumed to making the dumplings.
He couldn’t keep thinking about Lu Xun any longer. Now that he had decided to break away from his feelings of love, if he continued to think about him, he would sink deeper and deeper.
Now that there was no external interference, it was a good time for him to pull his feet out of the sinkhole.
Ye Yao’s mother’s phone rang in the kitchen. She went into the kitchen to answer the phone, and after speaking, she smiled and called out to Ye Yao, “Xiao Ye, go to the grocery shop downstairs and help me buy a bottle of vinegar, the vinegar at home is all used up. Dumplings don’t taste good without vinegar.”
Ye Yao responded in affirmative, put on his jacket and grabbed his mobile phone, and took the elevator to go downstairs.
The weather was cold, and no one was hanging outside in the community at this time. Ye Yao walked out of the building with his head down and walked into the grocery shop, not paying attention to the surrounding environment at all. Then he only heard the sound of footsteps, and suddenly a man came out from behind. The man moved very fast, covering his eyes with one hand and wrapping his waist with the other.
“Robbery, hand over the most valuable things on you!” The gangster’s voice was so low that the original tone could not be heard.
Ye Yao calmly said, “The phone is in my pocket.”
When the gangster would reach for his phone, then only one hand would be restraining him, at that time don’t blame him for being rude.
Ye Yao had a well thought plan in mind, but he never expected that the gangster didn’t touch his mobile phone at all.
“How can the most valuable thing be a mobile phone?” The gangster said aggressively.
Ye Yao was puzzled, just as he was about to say that the most valuable thing that modern people carry was indeed a mobile phone, the gangster behind him suddenly clung to him very restlessly, and took him into his arms.
The gangster no longer suppressed him, and a teasing voice sounded: “Of course you are the most valuable one, my dear Yaoyao.”
Ye Yao’s body froze, his eyes widened, he turned his head slowly, and saw the face he wanted to see the most, and at the same time the least he wanted to see.
Lu Xun hugged him from behind and winked at him, “Did you miss me?”
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Zaki~ dearies, deepest apology if I have not replied to comments on the chapters or sometimes my replies are late. Just so busy with school, weekend work and doing the other novels. However, I am reading them all and laughing and enjoying all your comments. Thank you so much for the love. Xiao rae and Ela jiejie extends their deepest gratitudes as well.
Dude YY is doing his best bt LX just always sike his plans away xD
Thank you for the chapter<333
You have the most beautiful pfp and username of all time. God bless, you are awesome lmaoooo
Pvp. Ahhhh, the majesty.
*pfp haha
haa… all that hard work down the drain. good luck yy
thanks for the chapter
Yo I secretly hope that Ye Yao gets to be away from Lu Xun and see what happens when Ly Xun doesn’t get what he wants lollll
Let’s see how freaked out he gets, when he realises that his stuff had been out away xD
Thanks for the chapter!
Put away*
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
oh yeah, ye yao the fates are against you good luck. he’s a major dumbass but how can you not continue to fall in love with someone with such devotion for you
Thank You for the new chapter (∩˃o˂∩)♡
Thanks for the chapter !
Thank you for the chapter
I can’t wait for the emotional pain of YY distancing himself from LX bc then I know it will get better and my heart tweaks
i am starting to get r e a l l y frustrated by this idiot. he’s hurting yaoyao’s heart by being a dunce! how could yaoyao be a morosexual! how could he like this massive idiot!
OUR XUN XUN IS SO SMOOTH MY GOSH 😳🤩
Thank for the chapter!
having a feelings for lx surely is tough
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you! ❤️
“Lu Xun’s father was eating his own healthy fat-reducing meal”
Me, eating a triple chocolate cheesecake : feels attacked
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