Edited by Elanor
When Ye Yao went to see Lu Xun again, he was relieved to find that Lu Xun’s fever had subsided.
Although Lu Xun was feeling much better and he only had a slight cough, and seeingYe Yao who had come to visit him, he suddenly hoped that his fever had not gone down.
Ye Yao brought him porridge. Lu Xun took the porridge and stepped back before Ye Yao had the chance to leave, giving way to Ye Yao to enter the house.
Opening his private space to another person.
“I don’t have a good appetite, I can’t eat so much. Let’s not waste it, we can eat together.” Lu Xun said in a low voice.
Ye Yao didn’t refuse. After he entered the room, he watched Lu Xun rummaging through the drawers and cupboards, and found some unused disposable bowls and chopsticks for him, and then ladled out a bowl of porridge.
Sure enough, it would be impossible to find tableware that needed to be washed in a school bully’s house where he lived alone. Anyway, a whole family would not go hungry when one person was full.
The porridge was put on the table and Ye Yao, without saying anything, joined Lu Xun at the dining table to eat.
Lu Xun took a sip of the porridge and furtively glanced at Ye Yao, repeating this action, the more he tasted the porridge, the more delicious the porridge seemed to taste.
Lu Xun’s nose was stuffy and he couldn’t really tell what the porridge tasted like, but he felt that this bowl of porridge was fragrant, soft and sweet, and it was the best porridge he had ever eaten.
This was not the first time they had eaten together, after all, they often sat at the same table to eat in the school cafeteria, but it was indeed the first time they ate together in such a setting.
There was a sense of warmth and something particularly homely about Ye Yao in a domestic setting, unlike when they were eating outside.
It would be great if he could have more chances to eat with Ye Yao like this in the future.
***
Ye Yao found that his relationship with Lu Xun was getting better and better.
For example, on his way to school early in the morning, he would often see the school bully, who didn’t like to get close to others, parked on the side of the road to eat breakfast, and when he saw him he would hand him one, saying that he had bought too much to eat or that his breakfast was not to his liking for the day and asked him to help him with part of it.
Another example was that Lu Xun would take the initiative to copy homework for him. Sometimes he would see Lu Xun after class, thinking hard just to solve the problem as soon as possible.
Ye Yao was quite satisfied with the fact that the prodigal son would not revert to his uncaring ways when he turned back, and hoped that Lu Xun would continue to maintain a good attitude towards studies.
The weather was fine today, Ye Yao went out to school as usual, before he left, he saw his father coming home from the night shift.
Papa Ye sized Ye Yao up a few times, and said in surprise, “Have you started to put on some weight lately?”
Ye Yao was taken aback, “Really?”
Papa Ye nodded, “There is a little more flesh on your cheeks than there used to be, and now your complexion is much better than before. You were too thin before, so you didn’t look good.”
Papa Ye patted Ye Yao on the shoulder in relief, “You are even more handsome now than before. Young people should eat more and not always think of saving money for the family. Do you often receive love letters from others at school now? It’s okay to fall in love, as long as it doesn’t affect your studies, both are major events in life.”
Papa Ye looked at his son’s face, and suddenly realized: “Is it a little girl who likes you and secretly gives you snacks or breakfast?”
Ye Yao: “… Nothing like that, Dad, don’t think too much.”
Papa Ye looked disbelieving, but Ye Yao couldn’t explain this kind of thing for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, Ye Yao hurriedly bid farewell to his family and walked out of the house.
Halfway through the bike ride, Ye Yao was not too surprised to see Lu Xun again.
What the school bully ate this morning seemed to be chicken rolls with soy milk, which looked delicious. Seeing him, Lu Xun immediately took out another chicken roll, soy milk and an omelet from the paper bag.
Lu Xun dug around in the paper bag and finally pulled out another carton of fresh milk.
“I bought too much, help me eat so it doesn’t go to waste.” Lu Xun’s expression was cool.
Ye Yao looked at the sumptuous breakfast, “…”
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Lu Xun looked bummed out, “That can’t be helped. I just like to spend a lot of money when I buy things. I order what I like when I see it, regardless of whether it’s appropriate or not. How can you not let me spend money? No one else here is qualified to eat what I buy for breakfast, if you don’t eat it, I can only let them go to waste.”
Lu Xun was too straightforward, which made Ye Yao a little speechless. He couldn’t waste food, so he could only eat it in the end.
After eating, Ye Yao pinched his own face, and really pinched a little flesh on it.
Every bit of flesh on it was hard-earned, thanks to someone who got up ten or even twenty minutes earlier every day so that he could feed him fat without repeating the breakfast pattern everyday.
Ye Yao knew in his heart that Lu Xun was also treating him well and being kind to him in his own way.
The star of friendship was radiating a shining light.
***
Although the relationship was getting closer, Lu Xun found that he was not satisfied.
Ye Yao sometimes hooked shoulders with others, and even hugged his friends for a short time after scoring a point when playing sports!
Ye Yao never hugged him, nor hooked his shoulders or patted his back.
Didn’t he just hate physical contact with men, especially if he feels disgusted after being touched by a gay man? Why should he be treated differently?
No, he shouldn’t put the problem on Ye Yao, Ye Yao was not a person with double standards, he should find the reason more on himself.
… Well, there were indeed some friends who wanted to hug him before, but he refused because he felt disgusted. He didn’t want to hook shoulders for more than three seconds. It would feel weird if it took too long.
What would it feel like to be hugged by Ye Yao, and would it also make him annoyed?
Lu Xun turned a page of the book with a grimace.
If you don’t hug, then don’t hug, this way, he would become Ye Yao’s best friend. The friendship between gentlemen, they focused on spiritual communication, he was not interested in physical contact at all.
***
In spare time, the school launched a basketball tournament. Ye Yao’s class was good, and they successfully made it into the quarter-finals.
The next draw was for a Senior class. This class was said to have been the Champions of the last basketball tournament. They were very strong and would be a formidable opponent for them.
They had once played against this class when they were freshmen in high school, and lost a bit tragically. This school year, with everyone growing a lot taller, plus Lu Xun joined the class basketball team, the overall strength of the team had risen to a higher level. The team members even began to ignite the ambition to win the Championship.
With a kind smile on his face, the captain, Da Hei, put his arm around Ye Yao’s shoulder and said, “Our Ye Zi and Brother Lu are so handsome, and the girls on the sidelines are all cheering for us, this momentum should completely overwhelm the opponent. And when they see how handsome we look and how well we play, they will immediately feel ashamed, will cry bitterly, and finally kneel down and beg for mercy! ”
Ye Yao was speechless, “You can cut the crap, don’t cry bitterly holding the pillar of the ball rack after losing.”
He took Da Hei’s hand off his shoulder, walked to the side of the court, and asked Lu Xun, who was sitting on the sidelines, with an unfriendly face. He was worried that Lu Xun’s cleanliness problem would arise during the game, and he felt that when he was grabbing the ball or defending, he would feel disgusted and he would fight with the man.
Lu Xun looked puzzled, “Running into someone on the court is the same as facing people in a fight. What’s so disgusting about that?”
Ye Yao often didn’t understand Lu Xun’s logic, but since Lu Xun said there was no problem, he chose to believe Lu Xun.
After all, Lu Xun’s basketball skills are so good, and he has obviously played many games, so he was a mature basketball player.
The game officially started, and immediately became fierce.
Although the Seniors had to study more diligently, they were obviously also developing in an all-round way morally, intellectually, physically and aesthetically at the same time, halfway through their basketball careers, they had improved their game from their sophomore years.
The competition was even more intense than imagined. The scores of the two sides were very tight, and they were chasing after each other without giving in.
But the time of a basketball game was limited after all, and it would always come to an end.
In the last three seconds, Ye Yao’s class was still two points behind.
These two points were almost fate-determining, and it was very difficult to catch up in the final moments. They only had one chance to shoot the ball at most.
Ye Yao, who grabbed the ball, was strictly guarded and was separated by several players. Lu Xun, who was standing outside the three-point line, met Ye Yao’s eyes.
As if by a strange telepathy, at this moment, Lu Xun knew that the two of them had reached a consensus.
Ye Yao would choose him among so many others.
The next second, the basketball was passed from Ye Yao’s hands, and Lu Xun jumped up, grabbed the ball before the defenders could touch it, and threw the ball into the basket before it could hit the ground.
The basketball went into the hoop and the end-of-game whistle sounded.
They reversed the ending at the last second!
The overwhelming cheers and shrieks of the crowd erupted, Lu Xun’s heart was beating hard, with sweat running down the corners of his forehead.
Amidst the cheers and screams that could be heard, in this noisy and silent world, Lu Xun saw Ye Yao running towards him and opened his arms.
It was a tight hug. They had just finished playing, and their bodies were sweating a lot. Lu Xun could even feel the sweat on Ye Yao’s arms sliding against the sweat on his arms, which was both cool and hot at the same time.
The scent belonging to Ye Yao filled the tip of his nose and it was very hot.
Being hugged by Ye Yao… so comfortable.
Before Lu Xun could fully react, the person who was holding him released him again, splitting them into two completely separate individuals.
Ye Yao in front of him had a smile on his face, “I forgot, I shouldn’t have hugged you, I’m sorry.”
Lu Xun pursed his lips, did not respond, followed Ye Yao’s movements and gave Ye Yao a high five.
There was a celebration party for winning the game, but because Ye Yao was not available tonight, the party was temporarily postponed to the weekend. After some flattery and verbal praise for Lu Xun, everyone went their separate ways.
The crows left the court and Ye Yao went to the bicycle parking area with Lu Xun as usual.
After all, the number of people watching the game was in the minority, and with a large part of the bike parking area empty, not many people were still here.
Ye Yao took out the key from his backpack and was about to bend down to unlock the bicycle lock when his wrist was suddenly tugged from behind.
The hand holding his wrist was big and hot, Ye Yao was a little surprised, and followed that hand to look at its owner.
This was the first time that Lu Xun had taken the initiative to make such a large degree of contact with him.
Lu Xun, who was holding his wrist, had an expressionless face, and he couldn’t tell what Lu Xun was thinking.
“What’s wrong?” Ye Yao asked softly.
Lu Xun still had a straight face, “What do you mean?”
Ye Yao: “?”
Without waiting for Ye Yao to ponder this unintelligible statement, Lu Xun took a half step forward and stood almost closely behind Ye Yao.
Lu Xun’s face was full of displeasure, “What kind of celebration is this? You let go before I even hug you back? Not letting me celebrate?”
Ye Yao couldn’t figure it out and he didn’t expect that Lu Xun cared about this, so he was a bit bewildered and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry for a while.
He regained his senses, straightened up again and opened his arms.
“Then I’ll make it up now?” Ye Yao said.
Sure enough, Lu Xun was not polite to him, and hugged him in the next second.
The hug was so tight that Ye Yao felt that he was being strangled, and Lu Xun, who didn’t express his joy of victory in time, seemed genuinely upset.
Ye Yao hugged Lu Xun back, and he felt Lu Xun’s strength loosen a little.
Lu Xun’s voice rang in Ye Yao’s ear: “That’s it, don’t treat me as someone you can’t touch, just engage with me normally.”
Lu Xun thought for a while, and added: “After all, we are friends, and you are different from those guys. We are both straight men, so what are you afraid of?”
“Okay, I will remember that in the future.” Ye Yao acquiesced.
Lu Xun continued to add, “I will hook up shoulders with you like your other friends in the future.”
Ye Yao chuckled, “Okay.”
***
Lu Xun really did what he said he would do, and the next day when Ye Yao and Lu Xun were eating pancakes for breakfast, Lu Xun hooked up his arm around Ye Yao’s shoulders.
Ye Yao acted and behaved like normal, originally, this was how normal friends got along with each other.
Lu Xun felt that the pancakes in his mouth tasted many times better.
Sure enough, friends couldn’t just rely on spiritual communication and connection, they still had to interact more or less physically.
He didn’t even listen to his Mom and Dad, so why should he listen to the older generation? Just because someone was older did not mean that what he said was completely correct. It was entirely possible that he would also be full of nonsense when he was old. In the future, when he was old, he would be the one to say that friends must hook shoulders and hug each other every day, so as to enhance the relationship better. Anyway, the people who would receive his salary dare not refute him.
Right, that’s how it is.
***
The first time Ye Yao saw Lu Xun, he was a little bit of a jerk.
Ye Yao realized that since he opened his heart to befriend this person, Lu Xun had been evolving at a rapid pace.
It was not even a matter of hooking up shoulders, when Lu Xun felt sleepy during class, he would lean on his shoulders for support. It was not even a big deal to grab one of his hands and fiddle with it under the desk when he was not listening to lectures or sleeping during class.
However, if Ye Yao felt that Lu Xun was too distracted, he would punch Lu Xun under the table to make the restless school bully listen to the class more honestly and keep him in line.
Ye Yao followed the guidance, “You don’t listen to the class, how will you be able to do your homework and let me copy? Then I can only do my homework when I get back from my part-time work and I have to do it until late. If you are a good brother, help me share the task.”
So Lu Xun became motivated to listen to lectures, striving to become the school bully with the best academic performance.
Time passed quickly, and the first major exam came after getting acquainted with Ye Yao well.
Lu Xun didn’t care about things like exams and test scores. Even if he gets zero marks in the exam, he was confident that he could earn enough money to live on his own.
It was because he was talented that his parents were very annoyed with him for being lazy and taking his studies for granted.
Usually, when other students were busy reviewing, it was his most leisurely time. Lu Xun followed Ye Yao to class as usual, watching Ye Yao work in the milk tea shop, and then returned to the rented house to laze around.
After all, now that the exams were about to take place, the teachers were not assigning homeworks, so he had nothing to write.
The 100-square-foot house, which he had previously found to be quite acceptable for living alone, was not too big or too small, but now he felt bored when he came home by himself.
It would have been nice if Ye Yao was next to him. It would be better to go to bed early, and after waking up in the morning, he could see Ye Yao again when he went to school, then he would buy the sweet soft bean curd that Ye Yao liked for breakfast.
It was always pleasant to think of someone to fall asleep with.
These two are so sweet with each other aiii
Thank You for the new chapter （*’∀’人）♥
seriously what will make him realize that he lives ye yao?!
I love these two! 🥹💖
Aww Lu Xun being clueless about himself is making Ye Yao healthier. Lu Xun will also be healthier. Being touch-starved is a real thing, poor kid.
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