Edited by Rae and Elanor
“What are you still standing there for? Hurry and take the picture.”
The sound of Ye Yao’s voice brought back Lu Xun’s thoughts which had flown thousands of miles away.
“Yes, take a picture, we’re taking a picture now.” Lu Xun turned on the phone’s camera function, and then lifted the phone excitedly.
The phone automatically turned on the beauty function, smoothing out Ye Yao’s charm even more. Dissatisfied, Lu Xun turned off the beauty filter function and lifted the phone to a suitable position.
The front-facing camera was like a mirror, presenting the scene in front of you to the person looking at it.
On the small screen, the two faces were close to each other, the one with the paler skin had a casual smile, while the owner of the other face was not looking at the camera, his eyes were fixated on the other person.
Lu Xun had not noticed himself at all, his mind was full of thoughts.
Ye Yao was so close to him, and sure enough, this kind of distance was what good brothers like them should have.
Ye Yao smiled so beautifully; if he was born in ancient times, he could be one of the four most handsome men in ancient history, and the Emperor would not have been able to go to Court early and would always be late.
No, why would the Emperor never be able to go to Court early? Ye Yao wasn’t even serving him at night, right?!
“Lu Xun?” Ye Yao asked doubtfully.
Lu Xun regained his senses, “I’ll just adjust the angle, okay, look at the camera.”
This moment was frozen on the phone, and Lu Xun immediately set it as the lock screen and the background picture of his phone, and his heart was filled with excitement.
He hugged Ye Yao, “I’m going to post it to our group of friends to make those fake ass brothers jealous!”
“…Don’t post it.” Ye Yao shifted his waist and in doing so, felt something hard on his side, “Go back to the bathroom, it’s not good if you keep suppressing it.”
“No.” Lu Xun refused again.
He didn’t have much interest in this matter at first, otherwise he wouldn’t have been single for that long with the number of people always hitting on him.
Holding the warm and fragrant Ye Yao here, wasn’t it happier than solving bodily desires alone in a cold bathroom?
Lu Xun subconsciously wanted to get closer to Ye Yao, he shifted his position and moved his hand forward to hug Ye Yao’s waist, but unexpectedly rubbed something else. His scalp tingled.
Lu Xun’s breathing suddenly became heavy, Ye Yao turned his head and met Lu Xun’s dark eyes.
Lu Xun still remembered Ye Yao’s warning that he didn’t like this kind of thing, so he moved his hand back, his voice was hoarse, “I just want to give you a hug, I won’t do anything.”
Ye Yao didn’t speak.
Under the warm and thick quilt, Ye Yao’s slightly cool hand was placed on the back of Lu Xun’s hand. He took Lu Xun’s hand off his waist and moved it to another place.
“Did you feel it?” Ye Yao asked.
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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“I’ll help you?” Lu Xun coaxed in a low voice, “It’s nothing if we do it occasionally, right? My problem down there is also easy to solve, you can do whatever you want.”
Ye Yao laid back, and because Lu Xun was holding him, he was almost lying on Lu Xun’s body.
He leaned his head on Lu Xun’s shoulder, raised his delicate eyelashes, stretched out his hand and tugged at the collar of Lu Xun’s pajamas, forcing Lu Xun’s head down to meet his eyes.
Ye Yao smiled slightly.
“That’ll have to depend on your performance.”
*****
Insert Rae’s rant here*****
After some time, Lu Xun went to the bathroom alone, and when he came out, he had a bottle of body lotion in his hand.
Back on the bed, Lu Xun pulled Ye Yao’s hand half in joy and half in distress. He spread the lotion on Ye Yao’s hand, and massaged it carefully so that the lotion would get absorbed.
“I don’t want your skin to tear, I’ll take care of it.” Lu Xun carefully massaged Ye Yao’s fingertips to the gap between his fingers, “Tell me what you want to do, and I’ll do it for you.”
Ye Yao was so content right now that his brain didn’t even want to think anymore but he also didn’t want to sleep, so he said, “Let’s just watch a few short videos.”
Lu Xun took out his mobile phone and opened the video website, while holding Ye Yao and massaging his hand, wanting to watch some videos with Ye Yao.
Thanks to the push of big algorithms, Lu Xun’s video feed appeared about friends every few times.
[The best island to go and have fun with your friends! Three-day detailed plan!]
[How should I celebrate my friend’s birthday, can’t think of anything new? Come try this trick!]
[Seven years of friendship ruined? Take note of the following five points to make your friendship last forever.]
Ye Yao, “…What do you usually watch?”
“The video I watched was normal, isn’t this kind of thing on your phone as well?” Lu Xun took Ye Yao’s phone, opened the video app and swiped a few times to see the feed.
[Where did the nameless corpse in the mountain village come from? We’ll take you through the confusing truth!]
[After being sentenced for manslaughter, he wept bitterly.]
Lu Xun silently locked Ye Yao’s phone again, “…Yes, elegant hobbies, worthy of being Classmate Ye, who studies cases every day.”
The utterly languid Ye Yao was too lazy to talk to Lu Xun, so he continued to watch the next video on Lu Xun’s mobile phone.
This video was very melodramatic. It was about a pair of friends who had been fighting over money for many years. One cried and said to the other, “You obviously have a deposit of 200,000 yuan, and you are not willing to lend me even 100,000 yuan. Do you even take me as your friend?!”
The other person looked angry, “You’re just borrowing it? You haven’t repaid a single cent of the money I lent you before, I’ve had enough!”
At the end of the video, the two people went their separate ways and vowed to never see each other again.
Lu Xun sighed and felt scared after seeing it. He hugged Ye Yao and said, “I’ll give you my personal bank card. You can buy whatever you want, it doesn’t matter if you run out of money.”
Ye Yao was helpless, “…Do you know what you will do and how much money you will have in the future?”
Lu Xun was not a young man who only knew how to spend money, on the contrary, he was very good at making money and had a very economically savvy mind. Back then, Lu Xun was rebellious and didn’t spend a penny from the money that was sent from home, but he still lived a very nourishing and luxurious life.
It could be foreseen that Lu Xun would take over the family business in the future, the Lu family’s business would become more prosperous, and Lu Xun would have an amazing amount of wealth.
Lu Xun disagreed with Ye Yao’s statement, frowned and said, “The meaning of money is to make you happy. If it can’t make you happy, it’s just a pile of waste paper. What difference would it make in having more or less?”
Ye Yao, who had made up his mind to use this next month to distance himself from Lu Xun, didn’t want to explain to Lu Xun why he couldn’t give him his bank card and let him spend it at will. He thought for a while, and continued with what Lu Xun said.
“Then I’ll swipe your card and buy a big seaside villa.” Ye Yao said.
Lu Xun was in high spirits, “Sure!”
Ye Yao casually said another nonsense, “I’ll buy a private jet, a luxury yacht, buy tens of millions worth of watches, and change them every day for a week. Ah, this would cost hundreds of millions.”
Lu Xun’s whole being bubbled with happiness, the excess money that was always meaningless in his eyes suddenly became very beautiful. He couldn’t stop nodding, “Okay, spend more.”
Lu Xun was inspired by Ye Yao’s words, and he fantasized about the future, “You should buy a bigger bed for the bedroom. You don’t have to be stingy when it comes to things like that. If you don’t sleep well, your spine will become prone to problems. There are also various beddings. When the time comes, I will see which colors are more suitable for you, and buy them.”
Ye Yao listened to Lu Xun’s fantasies without saying a word, and interrupted him just as he said that.
“It’s not good to just pick the one that suits me,” Ye Yao said slowly.
Lu Xun frowned, “What’s wrong with that, I think it’s good.”
“The bedroom where I would sleep with my lover, making choices based only on my criteria and what I like, would be too overbearing.” Ye Yao said slowly, word by word, he looked at Lu Xun’s gradually widening eyes, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, “And in my bedroom and his, it would be inappropriate if everything was picked out by you, right?”
*****
In the dead of night, Ye Yao fell asleep peacefully, but Lu Xun was too angry and he couldn’t sleep.
Ye Yao would use his money to buy a house where he would live with his marriage partner.
Listen to this unreasonable thing he said!
He had asked Ye Yao what he should do, and Ye Yao said that he could buy another apartment next to their house, so that maybe the two families could often walk together after dinner.
Who wanted to walk behind, watching Ye Yao walk around with his wife in his arms?!
It was so difficult to find a suitable partner now, and more and more people weren’t even getting married. Did Ye Yao even understand the truth that marriage is risky? Was it so bad to remain single with him?
Did Ye Yao understand who he would be with?
Lu Xun was so angry that he didn’t put his arms around Ye Yao to sleep, but now that Ye Yao was sleeping soundly, he couldn’t sleep at all.
Lu Xun tossed and turned for about ten minutes, then carefully sneaked over to hug Ye Yao.
Ye Yao had really gone too far, the half hour of being cold was Ye Yao’s punishment.
It was not long after Ye Yao had just fallen asleep, he was still in a light sleep state. He was woken up by Lu Xun’s actions and asked, “You aren’t mad at me anymore?”
“It’s funny you should say that,” Lu Xun sneered and hugged Ye Yao tighter, “When have I ever been angry with you?”
“Oh, that’s fine then.” Ye Yao patted Lu Xun’s hand and continued to close his eyes.
When Ye Yao fell asleep again, Lu Xun raised his head slightly and pressed his cheek on Ye Yao’s cheek.
Feeling the temperature of Ye Yao’s skin, Lu Xun gradually calmed down.
How long did you think I’d be angry for? Oh, it’s ridiculous, he wouldn’t give others the chance to let other goblins approach Ye Yao by taking this opportunity.
He couldn’t just sit still and allow that to happen, he would take the initiative to learn all kinds of information in many ways.
*****
In the morning, Ye Yao’s mother got up to make breakfast, and when she heard the noise from the kitchen, her eyes widened in shock as she got to the kitchen.
Lu Xun was actually busy preparing breakfast!
Ye Yao’s mother hurriedly stopped him, “How can I let Xiao Lu cook, go back to sleep for a while, and Auntie will cook breakfast.”
“It’s okay, Auntie, I had nothing to do anyways, I might as well make myself useful.” Lu Xun was very well-behaved in front of Ye Yao’s parents. Using his sweet words, he coaxed Ye Yao’s mother to smile and agreed to let him stay and help.
Lu Xun looked like he was chatting casually, “Auntie, does the family plan to set Ye Yao up on a blind date? I think many girls like him.”
Ye Yao’s mother smiled and waved her hand, “This child Ye Yao has his own opinion, so us older generation will not interfere in this matter.”
The corners of Lu Xun’s lips curled up, and he continued to ask while chopping vegetables, “Has Ye Yao told you what type of partner he likes? I asked him and he said he likes someone who will treat him well, but so many people in the school are very kind to him, and I haven’t seen any one he likes, this standard is really too vague.”
“He really doesn’t discuss this with us much, hmm, let me think.” Ye Yao’s mother recalled the past, “When he was probably in elementary school, I teased him once, and he said he liked girls who were gentle as water, now it’s probably still the same.”
The red tomatoes were squashed shapeless under Lu Xun’s knife, and Lu Xun’s knife had murderous aura around it.
Lu Xun, the former school bully, who scared people left and right, and had never been described as gentle as water, was a little flustered for some reason.
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Rae~ *sighs* Lu Xun is as oblivious to love as I am.
Zaki~*sighs* I’m just waiting.. waiting.. waiting…
oh brother… i mean at this point surely being upset that your best friend’s ideal type doesnt apply to you cant not be gay kan 😭 WAKE UP LX
+1 WAKE UP LX
Sleep together, eat together, hugging each other, do everything together, even jerking each other, I could understand if it got mistaken as what bestfriends do, but feels angry at the thought of your best friend being together with a girl and prevent your best friend to get married? WAKE UP LX
Low key this feels like me (LX) with my childhood friend. Was in love with them for over a decade and acted the same way before I realized and it was too late. Bittersweet to read this but I’m glad it will be a HE. Thank you for the chapter!
He is going to blow up like those tomatoes 🤣
Thank You for the new chapter (•‾⌣‾•)و ̑̑♡
Thank you for the chapter
Will Lu Xun intentionally try to become gentle as water or is it going to be a subconscious effort 😄
#FreedomToRae
Bruh, amazing to see two slow ones interact in a slow burn. I wonder if I would be like that too?
Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
These neds, I swear.
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
At this rate, even if they kiss, LX will probably think that it’s completely normal and will continue to think they are “Best friends”
Hahahahaha! Such the idiot…. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Lx: ah yes, just me and my BESTIE jerking each other off like besties do 🙂
Lu xun thinks about his relationship with ye yao like historians talking about historical figure’s relations with the same sex
Achilles and Patroclus
Thank you for the chapter! Looking forward to reaching the story point from the synopsis!
sighs this poor idiot.
Yeah staying single together forever, “sleeping” in the same bed, hating prospect of your homie liking someone romantically and wishing your homie would spend all of your money like they own it is totally normal homie things.
Lmao!😀
LX almost reminds me of me. I used to be super possessive about my friends and if I could be single with them forever, I’d have done that. Except I really wasn’t interested in getting them off😅
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