Edited by Elanor
The fish meat was put into Ye Yao’s bowl. After taking a bite, Ye Yao looked up and wanted to compliment Lu Xun on the taste and also to thank Lu Xun for preparing so much for him.
But when he raised his head, Ye Yao was stunned.
There were three people at the table besides him, and all three were looking straight at him, only with different expressions.
Lu Xun looked happy as he watched him eating the fish meat, while Lu Ming’s mouth was slightly open. Although he was also a handsome guy, his current appearance made him look very demented.
Finally, Chu Shi, whose lips were tightened into a straight line, his eyes first locked on his person and then slowly moving to look at the meat in his bowl.
Ye Yao: “…?”
What had just happened? He obviously just lowered his head and took a bite of fish, right? Wasn’t this fish meant to be eaten like this, or did it need to be paired with some special dipping sauce before eating?
This reason sounded too inexplicable. Ye Yao felt that something was not quite right. He calmly analyzed it and came up with a reasonable possibility.
One of these two people was a relative of Lu Xun, and the other was Lu Xun’s childhood friend, both of whom had an extraordinary relationship and were close to Lu Xun. They of course knew that Lu Xun rarely served food for others, so these two people probably wanted to see how he would respond to being given food by Lu Xun, and whether he would only accept Lu Xun’s kindness one-sidedly.
Ye Yao thought this was the only logical explanation, so he also reached out with his chopsticks and took a chunk of fish and put it into Lu Xun’s bowl.
“It’s delicious, you eat it too.” Ye Yao said.
Lu Ming, who was apparently eating but actually observing secretly, watched as Lu Xun’s face broke into a grin he had never seen before.
“Okay, let’s eat together.” Lu Xun said.
Lu Ming: “…”
He was blind.
In this situation, how could Chu Shi sit still? He immediately imitated the example, also picked up a prawn, and wanted to hand it to Lu Xun’s bowl, “Brother Xun, you eat some of this, it looks fresh…”
But before the food could be delivered, it was intercepted.
Lu Xun raised his hand to block it, strictly guarding his bowl, resolutely not letting any other food enter and ruin the piece of fish meat that Ye Yao had given him.
Lu Xun said indifferently, “You can eat by yourself, don’t worry about me, I have hands and can take it.”
At the first passing, this sentence didn’t seem to have any problems, but the person who uttered it had just accepted a dish that another person had served.
Lu Xun immediately added an explanation to what he said: “Ye Yao will also help me pinch, he has a better feel for my tastes now.”
In just one short sentence, the emotional card that Chu Shi had played before was torn to shreds.
Chu Shi slowly withdrew his hand holding the prawn as he barely managed to maintain his normal expression instead of jumping up: “Alright then, I didn’t expect that your taste has changed so much now, Brother Xun, I was careless.”
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The problem was Lu Xun.
Lu Xun’s words and actions, made him jump repeatedly across the line between this guy being so straight and this guy being so gay, making him dizzy.
Lu Ming’s head hurt from thinking as he raised his eyes to see the situation on the field, and when his eyes fell on Ye Yao, Ye Yao just raised his eyes and met his gaze.
Ye Yao’s eyes were open and he smiled at him in a very friendly way.
Lu Ming, whose thought was jumping repeatedly across the room, felt like he had been given a piece of reassurance, and broke free from the vortex of gay and non-gay.
That’s right, this was the kind of look he was most familiar with, the look of a pure straight man!
At least he was not the only straight guy on the field, so he was relieved.
Considering that Ye Yao had been traveling by car and plane all day today, Lu Xun drove the other two people away after dinner to let Ye Yao have a good rest.
***
The next day, Lu Xun planned to take Ye Yao to visit one of their attractions first. And the two uninvited guests came over again, saying they wanted to go play together.
It was a very common thing for everyone to hang out together, which used to be fine with Lu Xun before, but now he found it unbearable.
“Why do you two always come here? Do you two have nothing to do all day?” Lu Xun asked with a blank expression, “If you have nothing to do, go and find a factory to work in, so you don’t have to be idle all day long.”
“……” Ye Yao elbowed Lu Xun in the back to stop Lu Xun from speaking rudely, “It’s fine, the more, the merrier.”
Lu Xun’s position changed quickly, “That’s right, then let’s go together.”
Lu Ming, who was already numb to Lu Xun’s wallflower phenomenon, gave a low chuckle.
Lu Ming’s good natured attitude did not affect Chu Shi at all.
At an angle where no one was paying attention, Chu Shi clenched his fists, and his anger overwhelmed him.
In the past, Lu Xun was always a man of his word. As long as it was decided by Lu Xun, no one could change it.
In the old days, if Lu Xun didn’t want to go out, or didn’t want to go out with him, even if he sent a hundred messages saying that he wanted to hang out with Lu Xun, it would have no effect, because he couldn’t change Lu Xun’s decision at all. .
But now, Lu Xun easily changed his decision for another person, and it was even more than once.
He would let that person know his place, otherwise… don’t blame him for being rude.
***
Since the other three were local people, it was left up to Ye Yao to decide which scenic spot to visit on this trip.
Ye Yao chose a certain ancient architectural scenic attraction, and the group of people set off.
Ye Yao had always lived in the South, and all the ancient architectures he had seen were basically of the Jiangnan waterfront town types. It was the first time he came here so he wanted to see everywhere.
This was the mansion of a famous high-ranking official in history. The entire mansion was very large and needed a while before it could be fully viewed.
Playing casually and not paying attention to their positions, Lu Xun had been hooking Ye Yao’s shoulders all the time, as if he wished he wanted to grow on Ye Yao’s body.
The pond was swarming with koi and many people were watching. Taking advantage of the crowd, Chu Shi stepped forward at the right time, so that his shoulder could touch Lu Xun’s arm.
It was just a very ordinary contact, Lu Xun glanced at him, didn’t say anything, but stood aside with his arm around Ye Yao.
It was also like this before, Lu Xun didn’t like same-sex contact other than fighting outside and playing basketball, so he would try to avoid it.
But now, on Lu Xun’s other side, his arm was clearly still tightly wrapped around another person of the same sex.
Chu Shi jokingly said, “Brother Xun, you are still allergic to same-sex contact?”
“It’s good that you haven’t forgotten.” Lu Xun said.
“Ye Yao is also a man.” Chu Shi added.
Lu Xun pretended not to hear and didn’t even bother to answer.
Ye Yao was his best friend, how could this be the same?
There could be many childhood friends, but only one best friend. He was very clear about the difference.
After leaving the pond full of koi, Ye Yao and the others continued their stroll and came to a red wall.
Ye Yao discovered that Chu Shi had come up to him at some point.
Chu Shi said softly to him: “Did you know? This wall also has historical allusions.”
“Is that so?” Ye Yao became interested, “What historical allusion?”
Chu Shi continued to speak slowly, “According to the unofficial history, the Eldest Son of this high official was seduced by a commoner’s beautiful daughter, he lost his head and wanted to marry that commoner’s daughter as his wife. The high official was furious and beat the commoner’s daughter to death in front of this wall. It was said that the blood spattered all over the wall at that time, so the wall was simply repainted red.”
It was not a beautiful story, it could even be called horrifying, but when telling this story, Chu Shi’s tone was light.
He carefully observed Ye Yao’s expression, seeing surprise appear on that pretty face, and then the slender eyebrows frowned, no matter how you looked at it, it was not a happy expression.
The anger he had been holding for the past two days finally had an outlet, and he felt a sense of vindictive pleasure in his heart. Chu Shi continued to use this story to criticize him, “Their identities and status were different. How could the Young Master marry the daughter of a commoner as his main wife? It was improper status, of course they couldn’t be together. If that commoner girl had understood this earlier, she would have been able to save her life.”
Ye Yao sighed softly, “You are right, it is so miserable.”
Chu Shi met Ye Yao’s somewhat sad gaze and couldn’t help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, “I feel miserable too.”
Ye Yao nodded in agreement.
The period of feudalism was indeed a period of cannibalism, and even such things could happen. Fortunately, they were a socialist country under the people’s democratic dictatorship, and it was good to be a socialist.
It was still necessary to learn more, especially more about the law, and use the weapons of the law to protect oneself when one encounters injustice.
Chu Shi knew quite a lot of allusions, and Ye Yao was amazed listening to them. Sure enough, there must be a teacher among the three.
Ye Yao did not think there was anything wrong with these conversations, so he didn’t notice Lu Ming’s subtle expression, and Lu Xun’s downcast expression.
After walking half a lap, Ye Yao went to the restroom, and Lu Xun unprecedentedly did not offer to follow.
When Ye Yao’s figure disappeared from sight, the expression on Lu Xun’s face had completely vanished into thin air.
He said to Chu Shi, “Come with me, I have something to tell you.”
Chu Shi readily agreed, his heart pounding as he watched Lu Xun’s back as he walked ahead.
They hadn’t been alone for a long time, what would Lu Xun say to him? He had dressed up specially when he came out today, would Lu Xun find that he was extraordinarily good-looking today?
They came to a relatively hidden corner and Lu Xun stopped in his tracks.
He turned around, his expression frighteningly cold.
Lu Xun said coldly, “What are you trying to do when you were saying those words to Ye Yao?”
“Ah…” Chu Shi was taken aback for a moment, and quickly put on an aggrieved expression, “I didn’t mean anything else… I have no other intentions, I just simply told him the story about that wall, what’s wrong?”
Chu Shi was not too flustered, he had only said a few words, he and Lu Xun had been friends for so many years, he didn’t believe that Lu Xun would do anything to him because of a few words.
And in the next second, he was picked up by the collar of his shirt.
Lu Xun’s face didn’t have even a hint of mercy as he picked him up by the collar of the expensive clothes.
Faced with those dark eyes that had no trace of warmth in them, Chu Shi finally felt a certain fear.
Lu Xun said word by word, with unmistakable clarity, “I don’t care if you did it on purpose or not, you just need to remember that in the future, if you do things that will make him unhappy, I will make you unhappy.”
Lu Xun’s hands on the collar of the shirt tightened as he continued to say, “Next time, if I hear you sowing discord between me and him, don’t blame me for being rude.” Lu Xun let go of his hand and sneered, “This is the first and last time I will give you a warning.”
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What made Chu Shi think he was above Ye Yao? 🤨
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Sigh, what’s not meant to be is not meant to be Chu Shi..
Haha Lu Xun caught on but the sabotage attempt went right past Ye Yao! Anyway Lu Xun has already met Ye Yao’s humble family, so that angle was never going to work.
gagged his ass! man, that felt so good. Lu Xun best boy!!!
ty for the translation! ❤️
+1 😄
never seen this kind of straight man really
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