Edited by Rae and Elanor
The next day was the weekend. After getting up, Ye Yao invited Lu Xun to the movies as he had planned.
Lu Xun readily agreed, and went out with Ye Yao. On the way there, he planned the day’s itinerary as they walked.
“Watch a movie, eat something, and by the way, the cold weather will start in a few days, we need to buy some thicker clothes. Our clothes that are of the same style should also be updated. You can see what style you like and I will buy it for you.” Lu Xun said.
A few girls passed by the two of them. After walking a few steps, probably thinking the two couldn’t hear them, they began to talk excitedly.
“Did you hear it?! He said ‘I will buy it for you’, so spoiled ahhhh!”
“Ohhh, they have the vibes of an old married couple, I can’t believe this is the way they actually get along in private, I support it!”
“Sure enough, the same style of clothes were bought on purpose, so true, they really are ohhhhh!”
Ye Yao, who vaguely heard them, “…”
He was faintly embarrassed.
He wondered how Lu Xun felt when he heard the friendship between them was being treated as love.
Ye Yao was suddenly wrapped in a hug, and Lu Xun came up to whisper in his ear.
“You heard them, we have quite a lot of CP fans.” The straight man Lu Xun, who didn’t show any signs of surprise continued with a wicked smile, “That’s right, they sure have a keen eye and can identify treasures. Our love is so real that the public is able to see our commitment to each other .”
Ye Yao,: “…What are you talking about, do you know what a CP fan is?”
“Of course I do.” Lu Xun recalled the post he had read earlier and raised his eyebrows, “Look, you don’t surf the Internet, and you have never heard of such a popular CP. Obviously the forums are full of them. CP fans are people who think we are a couple and like to see us together. Do you understand, Classmate Ye?”
The discussions of the girls were completely inaudible now, but the cheerful atmosphere they left behind seemed to be still floating in the air.
The word “together” was uttered casually by Lu Xun, in a completely natural tone, as if he didn’t think there was anything wrong with it at all.
Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun’s dark eyes and suddenly said, “Actually, these kind of posts… are not good for you. Although you have always emphasized that you don’t like men, everyone is still very stubborn to believe otherwise. The atmosphere is already to the point where it is inevitable that some people will subconsciously think that you like men, so they will come to pester you again.”
Ye Yao paused for a moment and saw Lu Xun furrowing his gallant brows, his expression seemed displeased, so he continued to speak softly, “I will see if they have a group or something like that, then if there is one, I’ll talk to the admins and tell them to… stop talking about us like that on public forums.”
Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun’s unhappy brows.
It was his own selfishness, but he was actually very happy to see everyone talking about him and Lu Xun like that. But in fact, this was not good for Lu Xun, a homophobic person.
Lu Xun didn’t answer right away, he put his arms around Ye Yao’s shoulder, “How do you feel about it?”
Ye Yao was stunned, “I don’t feel anything.”
“Then that’s the end of it.” Lu Xun’s tone was relaxed, smoothing Ye Yao’s hair, as he said lazily, “A great man once said ‘People like to hear about it, but you don't like it. However, how important is your opinion?’ We must not discourage the enthusiasm of the masses, do you understand Comrade Ye?”
The corner of Ye Yao’s mouth twitched for a moment and he suppressed his expressions and then expressionlessly patted away Lu Xun’s mischievous hand.
Nonsense, that phrase was obviously not meant to be used like this!
***
The central area’s streets were bustling with a wide range of entertainment venues.
From high-end luxury stores to affordable and moderately priced stores selling Fast Moving Consumer Goods that could cater the consumption desires of consumers of all levels.
They walked past the window of a well-known luxury clothing shop which was brightly lit, illuminating the shop’s logo with a glittering light.
Ye Yao remembered this brand. When they were in high school, many of Lu Xun’s clothes had this logo, he probably must have liked this brand very much. Only later, as their relationship got better and better, Lu Xun’s style of dressing became more and more affordable, and he could no longer see the shadow of luxury brands.
And as far as he knew, with Lu Xun’s family background, even if he bought ten pieces in one go, he would be as unsympathetic as if he had just spent a dollar.
Ye Yao stopped in front of the window and looked at Lu Xun, “Do you want to buy it, I can accompany you to see it.”
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Ye Yao, “…”
Ye Yao no longer gave Lu Xun the chance to be flirty, and dragged Lu Xun to the adjacent average priced clothing store.
Holding the clothes they liked, Ye Yao and Lu Xun walked to the fitting room.
The fitting rooms here were very large, separate for men and women. Inside each large fitting room, there were several small fitting booths.
The fitting rooms for men and women were one on the left and the other on the right respectively, with the outermost doors separated by thin curtains. Because of the poor sound insulation, they could still vaguely hear the voices in the women’s fitting room at the entrance of the men’s fitting room.
“Ting Ting, are you done? Can you come in and help me with my clothes? This dress is so hard to wear.”
“I’m done! Which cubicle are you in?”
Ye Yao, unconcerned, walked into the men’s fitting room, and entered a small cubicle with Lu Xun.
It was only after Ye Yao had finished changing his clothes and waited outside for a while that he realized something was wrong.
Lu Xun hadn’t come out yet.
Did Lu Xun need so long to change his clothes?
Just as he was lost in thought, Lu Xun’s voice came from the cubicle in front of him.
“Yao Yao, are you done changing?”
Ye Yao, “…??”
Oh no, Lu Xun, this guy was definitely up to something bad again!
Before Ye Yao could speak, Lu Xun said a second time, with a smile in his voice, “Come and help me, this outfit is so hard to wear, I can’t fit into it alone.”
Ye Yao walked to the door of the cubicle and said coldly, “If it’s hard to wear, then don’t wear it, Xun Xun, your old clothes haven’t been ripped yet, so you can continue to wear them.”
“…Fuck.” Lu Xun smiled and poked his head out, grabbing Ye Yao’s wrist with a big hand, “Come in, you.”
Ye Yao was violently pulled inside the cubicle. The door was slammed shut by Lu Xun again, and pushed Ye Yao against the wall, while supporting Ye Yao's head with one hand.
He trapped Ye Yao directly in front of him.
Lu Xun smiled and approached, probably because it was a public place, he lowered his voice.
“Other people’s best friends help each other get dressed, but you’re telling me to wear old clothes from a few years ago, you’re really heartless, Yao Yao.”
Lu Xun spoke slowly and got closer at the same time till their faces were very close, then Lu Xun stopped.
They were so close that Ye Yao could see Lu Xun’s lips with the slightest raise of his eyes.
Ye Yao had seen male leads and female leads on TV in such similar scenes, but he never thought that one day he would be trapped against a wall in a kabedon position.
He was even trapped by the straight man he was secretly in love with.
Lu Xun’s lips were very thin, like a straight line, which could easily give off a feeling of rudeness. It’s just that when facing him, these lips always had a smile, and that rudeness feeling completely dissipated.
If this was a TV show, the hero and heroine would be kissing by now.
Ye Yao averted his gaze, not letting his eyes reveal his inner thoughts.
Lu Xun smiled and said, “I have fractures in both hands, and I can’t complete the complicated action of dressing alone. Do you have the heart to torture me?”
“…I’m sorry to hear this news.” Ye Yao cooperated and took out his mobile phone, “Your hands are hurt and it hurts my heart knowing this. I’ll help you contact the funeral home.”
“Then you help me get dressed first before taking me to the crematorium.” Lu Xun began to play with him shamelessly. “Our relationship is no worse than others. If other people who are just friends can do this, so can we.”
This is too gay, Ye Yao sighed very lightly, pushing Lu Xun a little away trying to be reasonable, “It’s normal for others, but they are girls and their clothes are more slim and difficult to wear, or they need help to zip up their skirts. You’re wearing a sweater. What do you need me to help you with your sweater? You don’t have any zippers on your clothes that need to be pulled…”
Ye Yao abruptly stopped talking as it suddenly occurred to him that Lu Xun’s clothes did have a zipper — a zipper on his pants.
Lu Xun’s thoughts quickly aligned with Ye Yao, and his eyes moved down from Ye Yao’s face: “Do you want to help me with this zipper? Good idea, how come I never thought of it.”
Ye Yao, “…”
Ye Yao decisively bent down and got out from under Lu Xun’s arm, and left the cubicle without looking back. Before closing the cubicle door, he even heard Lu Xun’s smug chuckle.
This damn straight man’s daily actions are Kiriki, but he was still very happy. He would really dare to do it next time.
***
After buying clothes and eating, it was time for the movie.
Ye Yao booked the tickets in advance, sat with Lu Xun in the best viewing seat, and waited for the movie to start.
When it was time for the movie to start, the lights in the movie hall dimmed, and through the 3D glasses issued by the theater, Ye Yao could observe Lu Xun’s expression from his peripheral vision from time to time without being noticed.
The plot of this movie was very simple. The main story was about how the two happy friends, the hero and heroine, with the help of friends, went from being unpleasant to each other to becoming a sweet couple.
The obscure side line was that the two male friends understood their feelings for each other when they matched the male and female protagonists, but due to real pressure and various reasons, even if they did not find a partner, their final relationship stopped at being friends.
In the darkness, every time the two males had scenes with each other, Ye Yao would slightly turn his eyes to look at Lu Xun.
Ye Yao was somewhat uneasy.
If Lu Xun was really homophobic, he should be very disgusted by seeing this kind of plot. And if it’s just verbal homophobia, but in reality there’s no such rejection, then there wouldn’t be any reaction, right?
What made Ye Yao slightly relieved was that Lu Xun’s expression had not changed much.
As time passed, the movie came to its end. The lights in the movie hall turned on again, Lu Xun took off his 3D glasses, picked up the cola beside his hand and took a sip.
Ye Yao, “…That’s my Coke.”
“Oh?” Lu Xun held the cola a little farther and looked at it, then took another sip in front of Ye Yao.
Against Ye Yao’s gaze, Lu Xun drank the Coke slowly, and then took the Coke that was on the other side into Ye Yao’s hand, “Is there really a need to be so particular about sharing a drink between the two of us, seriously, I’ll give you this cup.”
All Lu Xun’s words and deeds were the same as before, and he didn’t seem to be uncomfortable at all because he watched a same-sex love plot movie.
Ye Yao didn’t rush to test him out until they left the cinema and took a ride back to the campus. Walking on the campus path, it was only when Lu Xun tried to hold his hand again did Ye Yao speak up.
“What do you think of today’s movie?”
“It’s alright, just a sweet romance drama.” Lu Xun held a shopping bag in one hand and Ye Yao’s hand in the other, he didn’t know what to think, his expression suddenly sharp, “Why do you suddenly ask for my opinion, are you thinking of falling in love and looking for a girlfriend, and hence used this movie to test me?”
Ye Yao, “…”
What should be associated was not associated, and what should not be associated was blindly associated.
He really wanted to fall in love, but it was definitely not the kind of love that Lu Xun was thinking.
No, no, no, Lu Xun didn’t even see the homoeroticism plot in that movie at all!
Lu Xun let go of Ye Yao’s hand, and turned to hold Ye Yao’s neck between the crook of his elbow, narrowing the distance between the two, and said angrily, “I haven’t even thought about that yet so you aren’t allowed to either. Didn’t we agree to get into a relationship at the same time? You can’t ditch your friend for sex and girls!”
“I didn’t think of it that way.” Ye Yao was really convinced, he thought about it and took out his mobile phone, “I just think the actor’s acting skills are too over the top, so I want to hear your opinion. I’ll see what other film critics think.”
There were a lot of movie reviews. Ye Yao pretended to have just discovered it and said to Lu Xun, “Many people think that the two male supporting roles are clearly in love with each other, but it’s a pity that they couldn’t get together in the end.
Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and his expression became solemn in an instant.
“… In love?”
Thinking about Lu Xun’s minefield, Ye Yao’s words were more cautious than usual, “Maybe everyone likes this kind of CP now.”
Lu Xun’s expression slowly softened, “Girls don’t understand the expression of friendship between men, and think it’s love. It’s normal, just forget about it.”
… Lu Xun really didn’t see it, and felt that the pair were just friends!
Ye Yao felt complicated in his heart, and he didn’t know how to continue testing Lu Xun. He continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened. On the contrary, Lu Xun seemed to have some kind of interest because of this sentence, and took out his mobile phone cheerfully.
Lu Xun looked at his phone and said, “There are quite a lot of fans. It would be nice if there are so many people who support our CP. There are a lot of people who even write fiction for the couples they like, which is interesting.”
Ye Yao was helpless: “You envy what other CP fans do, do you want to see your own fan art?”
“I’ll want to see if I have it, it goes without saying—” Lu Xun stopped abruptly, his face gloomy.
Ye Yao was surprised, and looked back at Lu Xun, then he also saw the content on Lu Xun’s phone.
Lu Xun slid to a photoshopped image, in which the faces of the people in the picture were replaced by the two male supporting actors in the movie. They kissed, one pressed the other on the bed, and the whole picture was full of sexual tension.
This was photoshopped bed photo that came out, hinting sexual act between two men.
Ye Yao held Lu Xun’s shoulder and said nervously, “What’s the matter with you, what’s wrong?”
“It’s alright.” Lu Xun closed his eyes and slowed down, then returned his phone to the home page and turned off the screen, “I feel a little nauseated when I see this kind of thing, so I slowed down.”
“…” Ye Yao’s heart sank, and at this moment, he suspected that his expression didn’t look too good.
Ye Yao controlled the emotions in his voice, “Don’t move, stay here. I’ll buy you a glass of lemonade.”
Without waiting for Lu Xun to answer, he strode to the milk tea shop not far away, hiding his emotions.
There was a hint of chill from the early autumn night wind, making Ye Yao gradually wake up.
Lu Xun was really homophobic. Seeing the intimate scene of the two men made him feel sick.
Ye Yao laughed at himself, all his expectations and thoughts of temptation disappeared at this moment, but he also felt a sense of relief.
Being good friends was better, anyway, what he wanted at first was to be Lu Xun’s lifelong friend without revealing anything.
When Ye Yao walked away, Lu Xun leaned against a tree and waited.
He still felt nauseated, and this kind of mental nausea might not go away even after drinking ten glasses of lemonade.
He needed something that made him feel physically and mentally better just by looking at it.
Lu Xun took out his mobile phone again. But instead of looking at delicious food or beautiful women, he clicked on his mobile phone album.
There were not many pictures in Lu Xun’s mobile gallery, most of them were group photos of him and Ye Yao, as well as the single photo of Ye Yao that he searched from the forum last time, and the CP pictures of the two of them.
Lu Xun casually clicked into one of the pictures to enlarge it. It was the picture of him leaving the stadium with his arms around Ye Yao. Their heads were very close together, and at a glance, people could tell that they were talking affectionately. There was no space in the middle for a third person and there would never be a third person.
Lu Xun looked at this picture, like drinking a glass of iced watermelon juice in midsummer, the nausea that made him dizzy gradually disappeared and his emotions became sweet.
Lu Xun touched Ye Yao’s face on the screen and showed a satisfied smile.
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rae~ boyfriend applications for me are open after seeing how sweet they are. Haiz Xunxun ah u gotta see the bigger picture soon if not i’m gonna beat u up!
zaki~i’m getting frustrated for Yao yao 😛 😛
xunxun is in danger of me hunting him for sport #^^) thanks for the chapter!
+1…ughh..i so feel like jumping chapters LOL
+2 I’m itching want to smack him upside down.
+3, we ride out at dawn.
+4
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
I have absolutely no words for Lu Xun…
Oh, no worries. He’s not gay, he’s just Ye Yao-sexual. It’s single target sexuality lmao
Ah, poor Yao Yao, come, aunt will hug You! (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Thank You for the new chapter (∩˃o˂∩)♡
I feel like he is not gay but just love Yao Yao. That simple ❤️
Thank you for the chapter
Ye Yao you…you win the award for best acting skills! This straight man is flirting with you and your voice won’t even hitch, admirable
Skill <Acting> lv.99
dum dum, why he gotta act homophobic when it’s so clear he’s in love with a man QAQ
trusfrated rn
Thanks for the chapter ~
What are the timings of update,?
should be once a week, every Saturday. As I still have 2 other novels being translated at the same time. Love the Villain is a daily release while Sword of Frost was twice a week. But when I do more I usually post double chapters.. just not this time yet as I haven’t had time to edit the stocked pile.. 😛 😛 😛
I think I see how this is going…. Maybe. Lu Xun dislikes the idea of two men together but isn’t bothered by the jokes about him and Ye Yao together because Ye Yao is simply Ye Yao. He isn’t defined by his gender. Is Lu Xun demi then? 🤔
It’s not that he doesn’t see Ye Yao as male, it’s that the feelings between the two are stronger than Ye Yao’s gender in Lu Xun’s mind. At least, that’s what I’m speculating so far.
So, he doesn’t like men. He just loves one man, Ye Yao unconditionally without realizing it fully yet. Ye Yao is what makes Lun Xun feel content and satisfied.
But, he really does need to see the bigger picture of it all and Ye Yao feelings about it all.
He just Ye Yao-sexual, not gay in all
TVT when will this update..?
Do you want me to help with this zipper? //////SLAP//*///
thanks for the chapter!
Xun Xun is dumb dumb. I feel like beating him up for Yao Yao ┻━┻ ヘ╰( •̀ε•́ ╰)
Lol I agree with the comments that Lu Xun is Ye Yao-sexual! He doesn’t show any interest in women or other men.
..idk how to feel about it. like ik lx doesn’t realize his own sexuality and all but currently he really is homophobic. hope that he at least gets over the homophobia later. i don’t wanna see another “im not gay only attracted to you” kind of homophobic plot
I think I would start crying right then and there if someone said something like that to me ba 🕴
Thanks for the chapter ❤️
This novel shows us, how clueless can a person be
stares defeatedly at the box in the sand
lu xun is demi as fuck
Lu Xun gives me “I’m not gay, it’s only you that I like” vibes AHAHAHA I swear this sort of ML is gonna get more popular in BLs. And I’m not complaining. COME AT ME BABIES AHAHAAH
I think lu xun is a pansexual. Liking a person regardless his/her gender.
A broken radio couldn’t reach the heights of mixed signals being given off by this man
tbh I think Lu Xun must have some type of trauma to be so paradoxical about homosexuality
❤️❤️❤️
Bro, I’m not even yao yao but my heart has been on an emotional rollercoaster ride, one minute it was beating in anticipation and another it sank down to the ocean and one more it was lifted up to the sky above