Edited by Elanor
~~Merry Christmas everyone. Here’s a Christmas Bonus Chapter for you all. Happy Holidays~~ zaki and Ela
Ye Yao knew that Lu Xun would definitely go on for a period of time to acting gay before giving up, and that Lu Xun would take various actions just to convince him that he was bent.
But Ye Yao had no idea that Lu Xun would take action so quickly.
The next day, when Ye Yao woke up, he could smell the aroma of food. He got up from the bed and looked down, just to see a pile of breakfast on the table.
Everyone’s desk had one, but Ye Yao’s was the most visible to the naked eye.
Xiao Pang, who was also awakened by the smell of food, smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits: “Wow, who brought us breakfast? There is no way I can repay such kindness, this little man can only promise with his body!”
The door of the washroom opened, and Lu Xun’s laughing voice rang out: “It’s unnecessary to promise me with your body.”
Ye Yao looked over, met Lu Xun’s gaze, and Lu Xun winked at him: “After all, I can only accept one person’s promising his body to me, otherwise my heart will hurt and I will not be able to breathe.”
Ye Yao: “…”
What, did Lu Xun undo some kind of seal after thinking that he was also gay? This familiar flirtation had returned.
“Oh~ I understand, I understand, I understand,” Xiao Pang said very agreeably, and made a gesture of invitation to Ye Yao, “Brother Ye, please! Please Brother Ye, be the first to eat!”
Ye Yao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and it was impossible for him to say in front of the other people in the dormitory that he would not eat Lu Xun’s food and make Lu Xun look bad. If there was anything, he would choose to talk about it when he was alone with Lu Xun. So he got off the bed and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.
Ye Yao was halfway through washing his face, when he suddenly heard the bathroom door closing with a click. He moved the towel away from his eyes and saw Lu Xun standing beside him.
Lu Xun leaned halfway on the edge of the sink and watched him wash his face. Seeing that Ye Yao had noticed him, the corner of his mouth lifted into a smile: “They said that the newly improved shrimp dumplings are delicious, so I bought you some to try.”
There was no one else in the bathroom, so Ye Yao lowered his voice and asked directly, “What are you doing?”
“What do you think?” Lu Xun folded his hands on his chest, “Classmate Ye asked the question knowingly, we are both gay, what can I do without evil intentions?”
Ye Yao didn’t say anything for a while as he washed his face. He hung up the towel, and then turned to face Lu Xun.
“Do you remember, when we lived in high school, sometimes when I was late for school, you would get up early to buy breakfast for me?” Ye Yao said, “Just like now, you also brought me the biggest portion. ”
It happened several years ago, and Lu Xun didn’t really see the connection between the two events until Ye Yao specifically mentioned it, but then it dawned on him: “No wonder I felt a deja vu, I’ve done it before.”
Lu Xun didn’t have a deep impression of him buying things on his own, but he still remembered that not long ago he had a cold and a fever, and Ye Yao went to buy medicine for him in the middle of the night.
Lu Xun told Ye Yao, and Ye Yao was stunned: “Did I? I can’t remember clearly, and you don’t need to remember such trivial things as buying medicine.”
“You don’t remember going out in the middle of the night to buy medicine for me, but you remember the breakfast I bought for you.” Lu Xun’s eyes were tinged with laughter, “You are such a double-standard, I like it very much. I’m the same way, isn’t that a coincidence, a natural pair?”
“…” Ye Yao couldn’t compete with Lu Xun in word play, so he chose to get straight to the point, “Have you noticed that your current behaviors are still similar to when we were friends? This feeling is still there and hasn’t changed.”
Ye Yao firmly believed that Lu Xun was straight, so he felt that this matter was very clear. Whether it was during his previous straight days or during the period when Lu Xun now felt bent, Lu Xun was treating him in the same way, which proved that Lu Xun still subconsciously regarded him as his best friend.
It couldn’t be that Lu Xun had been bent for many years and had liked him since their high school days, could it?
Ye Yao patted Lu Xun on the shoulder and left. Lu Xun stood in place for a while. Went over and wring out Ye Yao’s towel to make it a little more dry, then hung it up.
How could it be the same? Best friend turned into best boyfriend, it was only natural and logical!
Ye Yao didn’t believe in it now, but it didn’t matter, he would gradually make Ye Yao believe in it over time.
***
On Monday, everyone started to go to their classes as normal.
Unlike winter, this season of spring was more prone to rains.
It was after school in the morning, but the sudden rain trapped many people in the school building.
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The girls who had the habit of carrying umbrellas with them happily left with their little sisters, while the male compatriots who were not in the habit of bringing umbrellas for shade were stuck in place.
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As time passed, Ye Yao, Xiao Pang and the others watched helplessly as many guys with girlfriends, or girls with boyfriends were picked up by their partners with umbrellas, while the three single dogs huddled together to watch others leave.
“How come I don’t have a girlfriend to pick me up!” Xiao Pang lamented.
Wen Ke, who had his head lowered, messaging something on his phone, quietly moved behind Xiao Pang, poked him on the shoulder, and whispered: “Brother Lu left an umbrella upstairs for the two of us, let us go up and get it.”
“Ah?” Xiao Pang was taken aback, but also quickly lowered his voice to make a secret exchange with Wen Ke, “What about Ye Zi?”
Wen Ke pushed up his glasses, his eyes were full of hatred for iron not becoming steel: “Are you stupid, of course Brother Lu will pick up the grass by himself!”
Xiao Pang instantly understood. He looked back around the corner at the stairs, where he saw Lu Xun, who was waiting with his head peeking out.
Well, they didn’t have girlfriends to pick them up, but Ye Zi had a boyfriend to pick him up.
This kind of little love affair really made him unable to understand sometimes.
Xiao Pang immediately hooked Wen Ke’s neck: “I seem to have seen my goddess upstairs, I’ll go and try to talk to her! Wen Ke, go with me and give me courage. If the rain stops, you don’t have to wait for us, Ye Zi!”
Ye Yao responded affirmatively, and continued to wait alone for the rain to stop.
Or else, he could just dash back when the rain subsided a little and change his wet clothes when he returned to the dormitory?
The young man in white who was waiting alone for the rain to stop had a picture-perfect face. Not far from him were several girls jostling and nudging, and finally one of them mustered up the courage to stand up and walked up to him.
The girl’s cheeks were slightly crimson due to her blush: “Classmate, did you not bring an umbrella, I… can I give you a lift?”
Ye Yao was slightly stunned, then smiled: “Thank you, but someone is coming to give me an umbrella, so there’s no need to bother you.”
The girl returned to her group in disappointment, and Ye Yao continued to wait for the rain to stop.
Of course, someone sending him an umbrella was Ye Yao’s casual lie.
In fact, it was not impossible for him to call Lu Xun. Lu Xun had no classes in the last two periods today, so he should be in the dormitory. But this school building was remote, and the dormitory building was really a long distance from here. The weather was bad and it was not convenient to ride a bicycle. The school bus was also overcrowded and it would take nearly half an hour to walk.
Asking the errand boy to buy an umbrella for him was much more convenient than having Lu Xun deliver it, and he didn’t want to bother Lu Xun too much for various reasons.
Forget it, he’d just wait a little longer, maybe the rain would stop after a while.
A low male voice sounded behind him: “Classmate, are you without an umbrella? Let me walk you to the dormitory.”
Ye Yao subconsciously shook his head: “No, thank you——”
Before he could finish his words of thanks, the man walked up from behind him: “Is there really no chance? Then I’ll ask again in a minute.”
Ye Yao: “…”
With this familiar coquettish way of speaking, Ye Yao would be stupid if he couldn’t recognize who this person was.
He suddenly felt nervous. Heart tightening, he turned his head to look at Lu Xun, and asked softly, “What brings you here?”
Lu Xun raised an eyebrow: “I didn’t send you a message asking if you brought an umbrella, so I came here directly. Is there any need for doubt? Who do you take me for?”
Ye Yao suddenly understood: “Xiao Pang and Wen Ke were also sent away by you, right?”
Lu Xun spun the umbrella propped on the ground, and said solemnly: “As the saying goes, so-called thirty-six strategies to love, being alone is the best—”
Ye Yao was once again defeated by the thickness of his skin. He didn’t let Lu Xun finish his sentence, he picked up his umbrella and held it up, pulling Lu Xun into the rain and mist, away from the crowd.
“Are you completely unaffected by talking so promiscuously in public?” Ye Yao couldn’t help but ask.
“Just expressing myself as I please.” Lu Xun was pleased with himself as he tried to take the umbrella from Ye Yao’s hand, but Ye Yao didn’t let go.
Originally, Lu Xun came all the way to give him an umbrella, so he shouldn’t put Lu Xun through the trouble of holding it.
“If you don’t let go, then I’ll just hold your hand.” Lu Xun didn’t back down, “You know I want to hold it very much, so if you don’t let go, I’ll take it as a yes.”
Ye Yao: “…”
Lu Xun reached out his hand again, and this time Ye Yao let go.
The raindrops kept hitting the surface of the umbrella, making a pattering sound. The world outside the umbrella was isolated by the rain, and the heavy rain and mist separated them from the rest of the world. The only thing that was not isolated was the space between the two of them inside the umbrella.
Ye Yao did not speak, he noticed that the umbrella was slowly tilting towards him.
This umbrella was not small, but it was still quite difficult to completely cover two grown men. Not to mention the fact that they weren’t even walking shoulder to shoulder, leaving a gap in the middle.
With the umbrella tilted like this, the rain would have drenched most of Lu Xun’s other shoulder.
Ye Yao pushed back the tilted umbrella, but after a short while, the umbrella tilted again. He had to reach up and take hold of the pole above the umbrella handle and apply pressure to push the umbrella over again to cover Lu Xun.
An umbrella was pushed back and forth between the two men, and finally Lu Xun reluctantly put the umbrella in the middle.
“You’re going to get wet like that, don’t you know?” Lu Xun said.
“You will also.” Ye Yao replied.
“Why? You care about me?” Lu Xun raised the corners of his lips, “My heart aches for getting you wet, but you also feel bad for getting me wet?”
How could I not feel bad?
Ye Yao did not say the words, he just pursed his lips.
No one would be unhappy when their beloved cared about them, so he was naturally happy and was secretly touched by Lu Xun’s gesture. If Lu Xun was his boyfriend, he would probably hold Lu Xun’s hand and let Lu Xun wrap his arms around his shoulders to narrow the distance between them, making the umbrella big enough to accommodate them.
But to be honest, when the two of them were straight men and were friends, they got along pretty much the same way.
After so many probings in the past, he really couldn’t believe that Lu Xun would bend so easily.
Lu Xun was disgusted by homosexuality to the extreme, and if this was all a disguise, Lu Xun who pretended he was bent would be in pain. If he agreed because he was tempted to try, Lu Xun would obviously suffer twice the pain when further contact would take place.
And in order to maintain their relationship, Lu Xun would most likely choose to force a smile and pretend that he liked it very much.
He didn’t want that to happen.
He didn’t want to make Lu Xun suffer for his own happiness.
Ye Yao frowned, looking a bit like he didn’t know what to say. Lu Xun grunted, and instead of taking Ye Yao to continue walking back to the dormitory, he turned to the side and into a small wooded area..
No one would come out to play on a rainy day. Everyone was in a hurry to get back to their dormitories. It was easy to find a place to talk quietly, and there was no one in these small woods.
“What are we doing here?” Ye Yao wondered.
Lu Xun said mysteriously: “There is something good here.”
He led Ye Yao inside, and walked to a large bush of flowers in full bloom.
“I spent almost a class looking for this place, beautiful, isn’t it?” Lu Xun narrowed his eyes.
“It’s beautiful, enjoying the flowers in the rain, Brother Lu is really elegant.” Ye Yao said, “Do you also want to recite a poem?”
Lu Xun shook his head slightly: “It’s not impossible, but I have something more important to tell you. Although I think you already know it, the ceremony is still necessary.”
Ye Yao’s heart stirred slightly and he turned his head, moving his gaze away from the flowers to Lu Xun’s face, and saw the seriousness in his eyes.
Lu Xun spoke clearly, enunciating his words, as he looked into Ye Yao’s eyes: “I’m officially starting to pursue you, Ye Yao.”
The raindrops hitting the umbrella and the rustling leaves did not prevent the words from reaching Ye Yao’s ears in the slightest.
He stared steadily at Lu Xun, listening to this bold and passionate statement of pursuit.
The corner of Lu Xun’s lips curled up into a smile: “I’m not a gentleman. I won’t ask for your permission to pursue you. Since you don’t believe it, you might as well take this time to see if it’s true or not.”
Lu Xun leaned forward slightly, lowered his head, and whispered in Ye Yao’s ear, “Yao Yao is so smart, he must be able to tell whether I am sincere or not, right?”
Ye Yao looked slightly sideways and saw the aggressive look in Lu Xun’s eyes at that moment, and felt his heart thundering in his ears.
He knew that he should stay away from Lu Xun, but he also knew that he simply could not stay away at all.
Unlike in the past, Lu Xun was now determined to cling to him completely since he had no intention of breaking away from Lu Xun for good,
He could only hope that he would be able to come up with appropriate measures when the time came.
Ye Yao said softly: “I hope too.”
***
Ye Yao and Lu Xun walked back on the main road again back to the dormitory.
On the matter of pursuing people, Ye Yao’s opinion would not affect Lu Xun’s actions in the slightest, so Ye Yao did not pour cold water on him.
“I know what you’re worried about, and I’ll make you forget about him.” Lu Xun said this, his face was a little gloomy, and he began to gnash his teeth.
Ye Yao: “…”
Did Lu Xun even know that he was actually pursuing someone who has his own heart?
A man rode past them on a bicycle in the rain. He raised his hand to wipe the water from his eyes, but his other hand lost its grip on the bicycle handle and the front wheel went out of balance, skidding into a puddle, splashing a lot of water.
The water splashed straight towards Ye Yao and Lu Xun. Lu Xun reacted quickly and stepped in front of Ye Yao.
In the past, Lu Xun would have directly hugged and blocked Ye Yao, but now he had changed his approach and just blocked like this, without making physical contact with Ye Yao.
The male student got off on the bicycle and came over in a panic: “Ah, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to. I didn’t expect the cycle to slip suddenly. I’ll wash this jacket for you?”
“Forget it.” Lu Xun said.
After the boy apologized again and left, Lu Xun took off his jacket and looked at it, it was stained with mud.
Lu Xun said deeply: “This is a medal of love that I left behind to protect someone.”
Ye Yao couldn’t resist tearing things apart: “Your medal will disappear as soon as you wash it with water.”
“Hmph, what a poisonous mouth you have, I like it.” Lu Xun sneered.
Ye Yao was speechless, and in order to prevent Lu Xun from catching a cold, Ye Yao took off his coat and gave it to Lu Xun, who vehemently refused it.
Lu Xun emphasized: “I only wear the coat my boyfriend gives me.”
Ye Yao withdrew his hand: “…. don’t wear it then.”
Simply because Lu Xun was still wearing thick clothes, Ye Yao quickened his pace, hoping to reach the dormitory as soon as possible.
Walking halfway down the road, Lu Xun spoke again: “I didn’t hug you just now.”
Ye Yao: “…I know.”
“In the past, when I held hands and hugged you, I was acting as a friend.” Lu Xun said, “In the future, when I hold hands and hug you, my position is that of your suitor, asking for your mercy, and looking forward to further development with you, do you understand?”
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Zaki~ Merry Christmas everyone 🙂 Thank you all for the support and ‘thank you’ pings in CG, Ela and I will always deliver you chapters to enjoy. Happy reading and Happy Holidays 🙂
Thank you so moch and merry Christmas to you too!! I’m so happy we finally got to this point, I can’t wait to see the epic 20 chapter pursuit lx is going to pull
Thank you for the Christmas gift! 😀 FINALLY things are starting to develop!
Thank you so so much!!!
😍😍😍 thanks for the bonus
Yes thank you – best gift today 😀
OMG they both think all of Lu Xun’s not -entirely- appropriate touching before was straight guy friendship 🤦. I’ll take it though, because Lu Xun’s courtship is pretty cute.
Thanks for the extra chapter! 😘
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
The lx who knows he is gay is the truly the unleashed lx
Wow, so romantic!
Thank You for the new chapter (♡ >ω< ♡) And Merry Christmas! ❤️❤️
Thank you for the update!!! Happy Xmas and 2023!
My discord is acting up again can someone tell me the password?
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
PLEASE TELL HIM ABOUT UR GRANDPA RAHHHH
IM GOING INSANE
ahhh that was rather sexy, how lu xun announced his courtship.
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Finally! Almost gave laozi HBP worrying for him😪