Edited by Elanor
Ye Yao didn’t expect that not long after he moved in, his student would immediately rush over, saying that every minute and second of study time was precious and should not be wasted.
His spirit of learning was commendable, but it was already getting late. Ye Yao just discussed some basic topics, and after assigning a few questions for homework to Wang Xue, he ended today’s class.
When he arrived at the door, Wang Xue was still unwilling to leave. He leaned on the wall with one hand, held the book in the other, and inhaled with his chest up, trying to make his muscles pop-up and look defined, as if this would allow Ye Yao to see the outline of his abdominal muscles under his clothes.
This teasing from an underage male student made Ye Yao’s heart stop: “Tonight, you have to memorize all the class content I wrote for you. If you think you can finish it even if you waste your time here, I can make a cup of tea and continue watching you perform for another half an hour.”
Wang Xue: “…”
This beautiful tutor was really cruel, how come his enticement had no effect at all!
Wang Xue entered the elevator in a dejected manner. Seeing that the elevator closed and the numbers began to jump down, Ye Yao also turned around and went back to the house.
The door slammed shut, cutting off Lu Xun’s view.
Ye Yao disappeared from his eyes again.
Lu Xun slowly closed the door, his hands covered in cold sweat.
Ye Yao’s words made him understand in time that the young man was Ye Yao’s student, so he restrained the thought of pushing open the door and dragging the strange young man away.
Ye Yao was already alienating him, he had to be careful and try not to make moves that would push Ye Yao further away.
Even if he hated gay men, and even more, hated Ye Yao to be alone with other men for a long time, but this was Ye Yao’s job, and Ye Yao was just using his work ethics to get along with other people.
He endured, looking for opportunities to get closer, until the strings in his mind broke, or the day he figured it out.
Lu Xun waited until the next day.
He knew Ye Yao’s habit of work and rest. Seeing that it was almost noon and time for Ye Yao to eat, he came to the door and waited at the peephole. After waiting for a while, he saw the damn high school boy come out of the house. After a while, he saw Ye Yao who was fully dressed to go out to eat after finishing his morning work.
Lu Xun immediately took out his mobile phone and called Ye Yao. When the call was answered, he softened his voice: “Have you eaten? I’ll go to your neighborhood and have lunch with you?”
Ye Yao closed the door and walked out, while answering Lu Xun: “Yeah, I’ve already eaten.”
The neat answer stopped Lu Xun’s breathing for a moment. Looking at Ye Yao outside his door, Lu Xun continued to ask softly, “Why did you eat so early today?”
“The meal time has changed with the make-up class time, so it’s not the same as before.” Ye Yao pulled the topic away from himself, “Have you eaten? I can’t accompany you, you have to eat well, you understand?”
“I…I haven’t eaten yet.” Lu Xun continued to speak with difficulty, “What did you eat for lunch today? I want to eat the same as you.”
“I had yellow braised chicken rice. I remember that there was a restaurant in the school that did a good job with Yellow Braised Chicken Rice. Why don’t you eat there?” Ye Yao said.
“Okay, I will also eat Yellow Braised Chicken Rice.” Lu Xun said softly.
They chatted a little bit more before dropping the call. Guessing that Ye Yao had already taken the elevator going downstairs, Lu Xun opened the door carefully.
Sure enough, Ye Yao was no longer visible outside. Lu Xun pulled down his hat and secured the face mask he was wearing, and pressed the elevator button.
It was the afternoon rush hour, and it took a certain amount of time for the elevator to go up and down. When Lu Xun went down, he couldn’t see Ye Yao’s figure anymore. He went to the nearby Yellow Braised Chicken Rice Restaurant as agreed with Ye Yao, where he saw Ye Yao sitting alone in the corner eating.
Lu Xun, who was fully covered, ordered a meal and sat behind a green plant, with one part of his mind focusing on the fragrant chicken rice and nine points on Ye Yao.
Ye Yao would rather eat alone than eat with him.
What happened… How did it become like this?
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In the evening, Lu Xun continued to invite Ye Yao to have dinner, but he still got Ye Yao’s tactful rejection.
“You’re running around just to have a meal with me, you’ll get tired.” Ye Yao said, “And I’ll be going back tomorrow, what do you want to eat in the central area? I’ll bring you a take out when I go back.”
Lu Xun lowered his eyes: “Just come back, you don’t need to queue up to buy it.”
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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Ye Yao returned to the dormitory after nine o’clock in the evening. He still brought a small snack for Lu Xun.
As long as it was what Ye Yao brought back, Lu Xun would eat anything. He sat down beside Ye Yao, and said softly while eating: “I know that Brother Ye treats me the best, and he will think of me no matter what, he is indeed the best brother in my life.”
Ye Yao responded, “En” , his face not showing emotions as he patted Lu Xun’s hand: “I’ll take a bath first, you eat slowly.”
As Ye Yao left, the already taut strings in Lu Xun’s mind tightened even more.
He had to continue to endure.
Work hard to be a perfect friend, one day… Ye Yao will be willing to reconcile with him, right?
*****
On weekends, Ye Yao continued to live outside, and Lu Xun also went out.
Before leaving the dormitory, Xiao Pang asked hesitantly if he had a conflict with Ye Yao, but Ye Yao seemed to be normal again, and they didn’t quite understand what happened.
“There are some small conflicts,” Lu Xun said, “I will try to reconcile with him.”
Lu Xun was indeed trying hard, but the biggest problem he faced now was that Ye Yao was not giving him a chance to even try.
He still tried to ask Ye Yao to eat on weekends, Ye Yao used various excuses to refuse, and finally said that the food outside was not clean and hygienic.
Lu Xun did not give up.
“Then I’ll buy groceries and cook for you? I’ll find a house with a kitchen to cook food for you, I’ll deliver it to the intersection, and you can come out and get it.” Lu Xun said, “Guaranteed to be clean and hygienic, and definitely to your liking. Chef Lu will cook for Brother Ye during weekends, Chef Lu will definitely give you face.”
Ye Yao smiled: “The chef’s value is too high, and my wallet is not enough to pay Chef Lu’s half-hour salary. I’ll hire Chef Lu next time when I have money.”
“How can it be high, it’s free, I’m a man who casually whores for nothing.” Lu Xun dismissed this reason as a joke.
Ye Yao sighed very lightly: “I’m too busy Lu Xun, I probably don’t have time to eat so properly, I’ll just cook some noodles to deal with it, you don’t have to work too hard either.”
Rejected again and again, even if Lu Xun was trying to relax, the strings in his mind couldn’t help but get tighter and tighter.
Lu Xun said half-jokingly and half-seriously: “Why are you so busy that you can’t even make time for meals? You have to work more than ten hours a day, which is very inhumane. I’ll try to help you and change the work system to eight hours. How’s that?”
“Ei, my student has been behind with too much subject content. I have to race against time to have make-up class for him. Time is really tight.” Ye Yao said, “Wasn’t it also a race against time when I helped you make up lessons? He is just like you. Haist, come to think of it, his foundation is much worse than yours, and now it is more urgent to teach him than when I previously gave you supplementary lessons. You can imagine it with your heart, think of him as you in the past, and you should be able to understand. ”
It wasn’t the first time Ye Yao had used tutoring as a reason, but this was the first time he had compared others with Lu Xun.
Same as him.
Lu Xun heard this sentence.
How long had Ye Yao been with that male high school student to say that he was just like that person?
He also wanted him to imagine himself as that high school boy. What did this mean? Would that person become best friends with Ye Yao like him in the future?
Ye Yao was unique in his heart and could not be compared with anyone else. He also yearned for the same status in Ye Yao’s heart.
His overstretched brain couldn’t process too much information anymore, and the taut string in his mind finally snapped.
All his efforts were useless, Ye Yao had just made up his mind to stay away from him.
“Ye Yao.” Lu Xun took a deep breath and said quickly, “I know your employer, and I happened to run into her after you left that day. I told her that we were best friends and we were having a disagreement. She gave me the key to the house next door to you, and told me to find a chance to reconcile with you.”
Ye Yao on the other end of the phone suddenly became silent.
“I’m right next door to you… Now go out at your doorstep, would you like to come out and tell me all about this openly and frankly?” Lu Xun walked out.
Ye Yao was terribly quiet on the phone.
“If you don’t come out, I’ll just wait here until the end of time.” Lu Xun said coldly, “I just want a reason, a reason why you’re treating me like this. Is this request too much for you? Don’t just say that you’re not deliberately alienating me, and that you’re just busy. Ye Yao, my IQ has not become zero yet.”
The phone was hung up by Ye Yao, Lu Xun held the phone and stood straight in front of Ye Yao’s house.
He didn’t check the time, and he didn’t know how long he waited until he finally heard the door opening.
Ye Yao came out and there was no trace of panic on his face. He looked at Lu Xun with the same eyes as usual, as if nothing had happened.
He didn’t have the temperament to ask why Lu Xun wanted to follow him like this, but said calmly, “You shouldn’t have come here. We had an arrangement.”
Lu Xun was furious, his patience had been continuously consumed these days, and he couldn’t afford to add fuel to the fire. He pushed Ye Yao’s shoulder and strode into the room, slammed the door behind him, and pushed Ye Yao against the wall.
Even in his anger, he still remembered to put his hand on the back of Ye Yao’s head to prevent Ye Yao’s head from directly touching the hard wall.
“Have you arranged it? Do you want me to follow your plan every step of the way, Ye Yao?” Lu Xun’s face was terrifyingly gloomy. “If you can’t give me a convincing reason, I will not only live next door to you, but I will also find a way to get closer, and you won’t get rid of me just like that.”
Ye Yao didn’t speak.
“Are you going to tell me?” Lu Xun suppressed his voice, “Do you think I have a good temper, Ye Yao, and can be taken at your beck and call?”
Ye Yao still didn’t speak, he seemed to have suddenly turned into a gourd with its mouth sewn and lost his language function.
He also didn’t want to look at Lu Xun again, and averted his eyes, focusing on the vase on the side.
Lu Xun was definitely not a gentle and amiable person in his heart, he knew this very well. In the past, Lu Xun treated him especially well, and he enjoyed this special treatment, but after today, this special treatment would probably be gone.
The facade had been torn apart. If he just ignored and didn’t tell Lu Xun the reason today, how long would Lu Xun be able to stick around with his hot face and cold butt next to him? Lu Xun was arrogant at heart, and would probably leave before long.
He thought that the distance he had arranged was very suitable, and he couldn’t bear to be any closer, but in fact this distance was really unacceptable to Lu Xun.
Things could never go both ways.
“You really don’t plan to tell me anything?” Lu Xun said again.
“…I have already said what I should say,” Ye Yao finally spoke, raising his eyes to look at Lu Xun, “You shouldn’t have come.”
Ye Yao was suddenly struck with the familiarity of this scene, he seemed to have confronted Lu Xun many times in the past.
And every time they faced each other, Lu Xun had always been the first to give in, but this time he definitely wouldn’t.
Ye Yao could see Lu Xun’s angry eyes, and then Lu Xun slowly lowered his eyes.
Ye Yao’s waist was wrapped by a hand. The man who had just confronted him so forcefully, who was so full of anger, gently embraced him, leaned down and put his head on his shoulder.
“Yes, that’s how I am, at your beck and call,” Lu Xun’s muffled voice sounded in Ye Yao’s ear, a low, weak tone, “You can do whatever you want, just don’t ignore me, don’t get mad at me, okay?”
Ye Yao felt as if his heart had been punched.
He was not afraid of Lu Xun having a harsh conflict with him, the only thing he was afraid of was Lu Xun talking to him like this.
Ye Yao took a deep breath and pushed Lu Xun outwards: “…Let me go.”
Lu Xun hugged the person tighter: “I don’t want to let go, I’m an octopus, and I have no bones and must stick to you.”
Ye Yao pushed again, and this time he gave a reason: “I’m thirsty, I’m going to drink water.”
Lu Xun finally let go, Ye Yao walked to the living room and sat on the sofa. He wanted to pour a cup of water for himself and Lu Xun. Lu Xun picked up the thermos first.
“I’ll do it, this thermos weighs a lot, the water in it is still a little hot, don’t scald yourself.” Lu Xun said.
Lu Xun’s sensitivity had captured Ye Yao’s faint faltering when he hugged Ye Yao and said soft words just now. Of course, he would not miss this opportunity and make persistent efforts.
Seeing that Ye Yao was about to turn into a silent gourd once again, Lu Xun poured a glass of water and held it in front of Ye Yao.
Ye Yao drank the water in silence, and Lu Xun said in a soft voice, “I don’t know why you suddenly don’t want to talk to me, but is there a problem that we can’t solve together?”
Ye Yao drank the water silently, his lips were stained with water and turned aqua red.
His left hand that was resting on the sofa was suddenly held, and he didn’t need to think to know who was holding his hand.
Ye Yao’s left hand was pulled up by Lu Xun, who wrapped it completely with both hands and held it in the palm of his hand.
“I haven’t touched you like this for a long time.” Lu Xun whispered.
Ye Yao didn’t answer, he jerked his hand out, but couldn’t pull it out.
“I used to think that I would be able to hold your hand like this for the rest of my life,” Lu Xun continued to whisper his thoughts, “but I didn’t expect that you wouldn’t want me to hold you later.”
Lu Xun warmed Ye Yao’s hand in its entirety: “I don’t know why you are distancing yourself from me, but my heart will not change. Not now, and never in the future.”
Ye Yao held the cup without drinking or moving.
“Ye Yao, Brother Ye.” Lu Xun’s tone was already considered pleading, “Yao Yao, what did I do wrong that you don’t like, tell me the reason, and I will change it.”
Every word entered Ye Yao’s ears, and flowed to his heart along his blood stream.
The dike that had been holding firm so far collapsed in an instant.
He would rather Lu Xun and him fight than have Lu Xun face him with this attitude. Aren’t you angry with me? Why don’t you quarrel with me, have a cold war, tough it out and live with me for a few days, before getting bored and tired, and finally part ways?
Why are you showing weakness and saying soft words like this, saying that if you made mistakes, you would definitely change it. Aren’t you rebellious and disobedient?
He couldn’t hide it anymore. With Lu Xun’s attitude, how could he still hide his true intentions?
No one should trample on the sincerity of others.
Ye Yao placed the cup heavily on the table.
“Okay, I’ll tell you the reason.” Ye Yao said solemnly, “It’s not your problem, it’s mine.”
Lu Xun’s whole body tensed. He covered Ye Yao’s hand and laughed to lighten up the atmosphere: “Your problem? How could you have a problem? Brother Ye, even if you are wrong, for me, it is still right.”
Ye Yao didn’t smile, he tried to withdraw his hand again, but didn’t succeed.
Forget it, let Lu Xun hold it, anyways when Lu Xun finds out the truth, he would automatically let it go.
“The most intolerable thing you can think of and that you can’t stand is the reason why I chose to stay away from you.” Ye Yao lowered his eyes, “It’s something you will draw a line in the sand with me and clear your relationship with me once you know about this..”
The most intolerable?
There were many things that Lu Xun didn’t like, but only two things came to his mind at this moment. Any one of them would make his body grow cold and his blood stop flowing.
Ye Yao had already fallen in love and had become someone else’s boyfriend, and had even secretly obtained a marriage license, and would be having a grand wedding in a few days.
Or maybe Ye Yao met a like-minded friend with whom he was incredibly compatible with and decided that the person was a soul mate, so he had gotten tired of him.
Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun’s stiff expression, and slowly curled the corners of his lips: “It seems that you have already thought of it.
Ye Yao slowly said word by word, “Yes, I like men.”
The two mountains that had been weighing Lu Xun down, causing him to be out of breath, suddenly shattered. Lu Xun’s whole body was uncontrollably lightened throughout, as bright sunlight shone through the cracks in the shattered mountains.
Lu Xun’s heart was pounding, and his body was wrapped in warmth, which made him smile uncontrollably.
Great, great, Ye Yao just likes men!
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Zaki~ hahahaha I think it didn’t really register in Lu Xun’s mind.
Thank you for the chapter <3
🤦🤦so who’s gonna tell him
🤨 lol
I’m curious how his brain work 🤔
Thank you for the chapter
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ŐωŐ人)
This dumbass 😂😂
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Hallelujah! He finally said it! Now the plot can move on.
Thanks for the update!
Let’s give Lu Xun a moment to remember all the things he’s done or tried to do his best friend, who was trying so hard to act like a straight guy…🤔
I feel liked he skipped a few steps in the process, Ye Yao literally said the most intolerable thing, which is having a crush on Lu Xun, and Lu Xun is just, yay he only likes men. Ayo, who gonna tell him?
LU XUN PLEASE I’M DYING YOU BIG DIDDILY DING DONG DUMMY!!!
Lmao how is YY going to handle LX smiling lol
GOD I WANT TO BEAT HIM UP 😭🤬 WHY IS HIS SO CHARACTER SETTING SET AS CLUELESS! YE YAO RUN LU XUN IS A RED FLAG
Oh cutie pie. I hope it dawns on him quickly xD
Thanks for the chapter!
Lmao 🤣 I’m dead.
Thank you for the chapter !!!
………………..Lu Xun, aren’t you a homophobe? Did you forget?
Thanks ♥️
i was all sad the beginning of the chapter, and then laughed out loud at that last sentence. oh, lu xun…
Gosh!! I’ve never in my life so badly wants to enter a novel to beat someone up🤦♀️
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