Edited by Elanor
The sun was still shining so beautifully, so Lu Xun tried to bring the atmosphere back.
“There is no sand in my eyes, I saw the scenery and wanted to write a poem.” Lu Xun murmured.
Ye Yao listened calmly with respectful silence, while Lu Xun remained silent for a long time.
The poetry that filled his mind right now was that he cared not about being drunk by the beautiful scenery, but about straight men turning gay. But could this be said? No.
But as a person with nine years of compulsory education, Lu Xun managed to come up with an impromptu line, “The lotus leaves that cover the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers that reflect the sun are exceptionally red.”
Lu Xun’s eyes moved to the delicate petals in the pond. The lotus flowers were beautiful, but nowhere near as beautiful as Ye Yao.
“Good poem.” Ye Yao applauded facetiously, “Brother Lu’s composition score in his Senior year of high school will definitely improve a lot.”
Lu Xun: “…”
After chatting for a few moments, the whole atmosphere became healthier and more positive. Was this normal?
Who wanted such an upright and friendly relationship?
Seeing that Lu Xun didn’t want to talk about studying, Ye Yao immediately patted Lu Xun on the shoulder, took out his mobile phone and turned on the camera function.
“Come, let’s take a picture.” Ye Yao suggested.
Ye Yao was not very proficient in taking pictures. As long as his face and the scenery behind him were in the frame, he would think it was a good photo. Fortunately, both he and Lu Xun were good looking, so they didn’t look ugly when photographed like this.
Lu Xun looked at Ye Yao’s headshot on his phone, then at Ye Yao himself, and sighed silently in his heart.
It’s over, he thought Ye Yao was still cute with such a death angle photo.
…This was not just an idea that came to mind now, he had similar thoughts previously. Sure enough, he was so gay when he was facing Ye Yao!
He had wasted so much time liking a person without realizing it, but fortunately it was not too late now. Ye Yao did not fall in love with anyone else, nor did he have any conflicts with Ye Yao or did anything wrong because of it.
Great, luckily he found out in time that he was gay.
*****
After returning to Lu Xun’s home from checking out the university, Ye Yao finally met Lu Xun’s family. He had never met Lu Xun’s parents as they had gone to other places for business inspections.
It would be a lie to say that Ye Yao wasn’t nervous about meeting the head of a wealthy family. But when he looked at Lu Xun, he found that Lu Xun’s expression was equally tense.
Ye Yao’s heart tightened and he pressed Lu Xun’s hand, “Does your family not allow you to bring your classmates over to play? Then I will go out now, so don’t be afraid.”
Lu Xun held Ye Yao’s hand in return, “Where are you going? Of course I told them you were coming a long time ago.”
Lu Xun looked into Ye Yao’s eyes, his deep eyebrows slightly pinched, his expression extremely incomparably serious, “You are a distinguished guest of our family and even if they kick me out, they will still treat you with courtesy.”
Ye Yao was touched and understood at the same time. It seemed that Lu Xun was nervous because his family was too strict. It was really not easy to be born into such a wealthy family.
Lu Xun didn’t know what Ye Yao was thinking about, he was thinking about something else.
He was thinking about how he would react if his parents saw his feelings for Ye Yao.
No matter which path he took, giving up this path was an absolute dead end.
*****
Ye Yao received a warm and attentive reception.
The Head of a wealthy family was not as overbearing as he had imagined. The domineering couple he had expected were like an ordinary couple receiving friends brought home by their son.
No, there were also things that were quite different from ordinary parents.
For example, Lu Xun poured a cup of tea for Papa Lu. This was obviously a very common thing to do, as when Lu Xun was at his house, he had seen him pouring tea and water for his parents every day. But when Papa Lu saw this, he seemed to have seen something strange and stared at Lu Xun, examining him top to bottom.
Finally, Papa Lu said to Mama Lu, “What year is it now that simulation robots can be made so lifelike? It can even pour me tea.”
Ye Yao: “…?”
Why did it seem to be different from how he imagined they would get along with each other?
Lu Xun maintained his usual friendly attitude of a good young man in the new era in front of Ye Yao, and smiled harmoniously at his Father, “What are you talking about? I didn’t know any better in the past, you are already old, don’t take it personally.”
Papa Lu: “…”
My half-grown son, Dad is angry, I am clearly in my prime!
Lu Xun’s Mother gave some face to Lu Xun and did not say anything about Lu Xun’s actions, but her eyes were moving back and forth between Ye Yao and Lu Xun from time to time.
The meal was a delightful one for both the loving Father and the filial Son. When Ye Yao went to the guest room to rest, the atmosphere suddenly changed subtly.
Mama Lu had a soft expression, but the content of her words was quite frightening, “Xiao Ye is a very nice kid. Did you bring him home as your partner to show your Mother on purpose?”
“…Not a partner.. yet.” Lu Xun raised his thin eyelids, “He doesn’t know yet.”
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Without Ye Yao by his side, Lu Xun was back to his expressionless self.
Papa Lu casually chatted with Lu Xun about lighter topics while he sized him up.
Lu Xun’s behavior at the dinner table today had surprised him. He knew Lu Xun’s character well in his heart. Although there was no major problem in general, being a good boy had never been Lu Xun’s label. It was obvious that he would do so today just to show off in front of his beloved.
But that boy, though, didn’t seem to have that in mind.
Lu Xun spoke, “I know what you want to talk to me about. My mind will not change, and I can no longer be with a girl. If you are bent, you are bent. It is useless to force me if you can’t accept it. You can have a second child as early as possible while you still have the throne in the family. I will not compete with them in the family head succession. Anyway, the policy is now open, I can clean up and leave the house.”
Lu Xun’s Father laughed angrily at his rebellious son, “Is that what I want to tell you? Nonsense.”
Lu Xun raised his eyebrows, “Then what do you want to say?”
Lu Xun’s Father tapped his fingers on the table, “What are you going to do if Xiao Ye doesn’t want to?”
“If he doesn’t want to…” Lu Xun’s voice became darker as it trailed off, and the expression on his face gradually faded.
As Lu Xun’s father, Papa Lu was well aware that Lu Xun had always had an obsessive streak in his personality and would not change once he decided on something.
This characteristic made it easier for Lu Xun to succeed in areas he was interested in and cared about, but when Lu Xun’s eyes focused on a certain person, this obsession was not necessarily a good thing.
Lu Xun was silent for a moment and stood up, the corners of his lips slightly curled up and the grim expression also disappeared, transforming him into the friendly and filial Lu Xun that Ye Yao was familiar with.
“What can I do, it’s not like I can do anything to make him hate me.” He turned around and walked out, his voice soft and persistent, “I will keep pursuing him until he is willing.”
*****
Ye Yao took a shower in his room, cleaned up and returned to the bedroom to check his phone and found that Lu Xun had sent him a message while he was taking a shower.
[Late night*bored*lonely?*There’s*what*you*want*in*here*and*the*door*is*un*locked.]
Ye Yao: “…”
A simple text message could not stop Lu Xun’s flirtatiousness.
Ye Yao replied with an emoticon of [Wash up and wait for me to come over], picked up his phone and headed to Lu Xun’s room next to him.
Lu Xun’s door was indeed unlocked, and he opened it with a gentle push.
Ye Yao closed the door with his backhand and looked around the room, but saw no one.
Lu Xun’s room was not lit by the brightest ceiling lights, but rather with the ambient wall lamps, making the whole room very comfortable to look at.
Ye Yao thought for a while, walked into the room and sat down on a chair in Lu Xun’s room.
After waiting for a while, he heard a soft click and the bathroom door opened. Lu Xun casually walked out of the bathroom covered only with a towel draped around his lower waist.
The muscles on the young man’s body were just right, neither exaggerated nor thin. Long legs, broad shoulders, neatly defined abdominal muscles that were not exaggerated, damp hair and a white towel resting on it, all combined, it was a heart-warming figure of a painting.
Ye Yao was a little surprised and blinked.
“…I forgot to take my clothes.” Lu Xun said.
Ye Yao watched Lu Xun as he approached from a distance, walking towards him step by step. He could see the water droplets rolling down Lu Xun’s muscles, as well as the subtle angular changes in Lu Xun’s movements, but no matter how they changed, they were very pleasing to the eye.
Lu Xun reached out his arm, brushed past his shoulder, taking the clothes that were resting on the back of the chair he was sitting on.
Ye Yao raised his head slightly and met Lu Xun’s dark eyes.
Lu Xun’s face showed no particular expression, except for his Adam’s apple which moved a little as he locked eyes with him.
“Nice figure.” Ye Yao praised in a matter-of-fact manner.
Lu Xun could hardly control the expression on his face at this moment, he barely managed to keep it together and gave a casual smile to Ye Yao.
He had gone to great lengths to estimate Ye Yao’s course of action to show off his own merits, in the hope that Ye Yao would be a little bit more enlightened and find that people of the same sex were also attractive.
All his efforts were not in vain. Ye Yao complimented him for his good figure. Was Ye Yao actually not that straight?
Lu Xun was organizing his next sentence to make the atmosphere less upright, when he saw Ye Yao reaching out and touching his arm, sighing, “I need to work out too to try to be on par with you.”
Lu Xun felt his heart go cold in an instant.
Ye Yao thought he had said something perfectly fine, but when he saw Lu Xun’s strange expression, he couldn’t help feeling a little confused, “What, did I say something wrong?”
Lu Xun tried to put a smile back on his face, “Yes, everything you said is right.”
Ye Yao couldn’t be at fault, it was him who was at fault, blame him for not being charming enough!
This truth was applicable at any time. When encountering something, just recite it silently ten times in your heart first!
*****
Ye Yao was led by Lu Xun to play a new game today. It was a casual game in which you only needed to control the game characters to build and decorate their own home. The furniture in the house could be interacted with, the chairs could be sat on, and the beds could be laid on.
Lu Xun mentally calculated his next plan.
He realized that a lot of his previous contacts with Ye Yao were gay, and he should also have alerted Ye Yao to see how Ye Yao would react after realizing that their interactions were gay.
Maybe… Ye Yao would realize, as he did, that he was not actually that straight?
This game was specifically chosen by him. It was a game where the characters of the same gender could be intimate with each other. He had been looking for it for a long time.
Lu Xun controlled the mini-person on the phone to lie down on the bed, and then asked Ye Yao to control his mini-person to lie down as well.
When the two little mini-people were lying side by side on the bed, Lu Xun said meaningfully, “They look like us sleeping together.”
Ye Yao looked at the phone screen and nodded. Not knowing what mechanism had been triggered by mistake, the two mini-people lying side by side suddenly hugged each other, and little pink hearts appeared above their heads.
Ye Yao froze and subconsciously looked at Lu Xun, who was homophobic.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xun happened to be looking at him too. When their eyes met, Lu Xun’s eyes flickered for a moment.
“Are you all right?” Ye Yao asked.
Lu Xun’s voice was very soft, but there was no resentment in his tone, “What can happen to me? I said before that I will learn from you, and now I am open-minded, so it’s nothing.”
Ye Yao was relieved as he clicked on the screen for a moment and watched the two friendly mini-people as one gave the other a kiss and the other gave back the kiss.
After the kiss, the two mini-people’s faces turned red, and a sentence popped up above their heads, [“You are the only person I am willing to share my bed with.”]
When the time came, Lu Xun spoke up, “When I look at them, I feel something is not right. We have always slept in the same bed before. Isn’t this behavior a bit gay?”
Ye Yao slowly raised his head, looked at his friend who had just gotten over his disgust for homosexuality, and said softly, “We are friends, isn’t it normal to sleep in the same bed? How many brothers grew up sleeping in the same bed, how can they suddenly become gay?”
Ye Yao thought for a moment and added, “It is called sleeping with your feet touching.”
Lu Xun: “…Is this something I’ve said before?”
“Yes.” Ye Yao replied happily.
Lu Xun recalled what he had said frankly to Ye Yao when he had made various moves in the past.
What’s wrong with sleeping in the same bed? Good friends who cherish each other have to sleep on the same bed. This was called sleeping with feet touching. In ancient times, it was also a beautiful thing worthy of being written down in a book.
What’s wrong with everyone drinking from the same bottle of water? This is not water, this is a man’s blood and youth. Good friends should drink from the same bottle of water.
Why did he like to hold Ye Yao’s hand? Holding hands is a way to express friendship. Why is it that two girls holding hands are called good friends, but two boys holding hands be called gay?
Ye Yao actually remembered all these words and deeply agreed with them.
Lu Xun was speechless for a moment, unable to disprove this theory himself.
Ye Yao frowned slightly. He had been friends with Lu Xun for a long time and often didn’t think too much when they hung out together, but now something was obviously not right with Lu Xun.
Ye Yao was very considerate towards people he cared about, just like when he brought medicine to Lu Xun in the middle of the night.
“….There’s something not right with you, Lu Xun.” Ye Yao said softly.
Lu Xun’s heart skipped a beat and then began to beat wildly.
Ye Yao saw that he was bent, or did he further see his admiration and love?
It was said that love and poverty could not be hidden, and his concealment methods were even more clumsy. He was cloaked in a shell of friendship, which only possessed a slight disorientation.
In the past, this shell had confused him, and it had also confused Ye Yao.
“I understand.” Ye Yao came to a conclusion in this short period of time and patted Lu Xun on the shoulder, “Next time if you have something to say, you can tell me directly. No need to beat around the bush like that.”
Lu Xun tensed his body, waiting for the next trial, “En.”
What would Ye Yao say to him, rejection, or something else?
Ye Yao smiled faintly, his smile was as beautiful as ever, with a touch of reassurance to Lu Xun.
Under Lu Xun’s nervous and expectant gaze, Ye Yao said, “Are you worried that after playing this game, I will have some bad thoughts and misunderstand our relationship?”
Lu Xun: “…”
Xiao Lu, whose heart was beating wildly, was knocked unconscious on the road. Lu Xun was touched on the shoulder by Ye Yao as he heard Ye Yao’s words of reassurance full of brotherly loyalty——
“Don’t worry, in my heart, you will always be my best friend and that won’t change.”
*****
If someone else had said this to Lu Xun that he and Ye Yao would be friends for life, Lu Xun would have immediately thought that this person was cursing him and would have thrown them out without mercy.
But now that it was Ye Yao who said it, then this sentence was not a curse, but evidence that Ye Yao wanted to stay close with him forever.
This was all proof of love.
Lu Xun laid on the bed alone, comforting himself as he sorted out his thoughts. Although he was obviously so bent, Ye Yao had no doubt at all that he was a bender, nor did he see anything wrong with what they had done to each other.
This was probably the legendary saying that ‘a straight person sees the straight’. Ye Yao was so straight that he looked at everyone as a straight man.
Lu Xun turned over on the bed and looked at the new picture of him and Ye Yao that he had placed on his bedside table.
The photograph showed the two of them with smiles on their faces and a pond full of lotus flowers in full bloom behind them.
In fact, there was really nothing to analyze. At this point, he had two ways to go.
Since Ye Yao was a straight man who could not pick up on his hints, one way was for him to work hard to slowly and subtly bend Ye Yao over, and make Ye Yao fall in love with him, and then be together with Ye Yao as a matter of course.
This one had the advantage that he did not have to face Ye Yao’s rejection when Ye Yao was not yet attracted to men, and the relationship between him and Ye Yao would always be relatively relaxed.
The disadvantage of course was that if he could not notice Ye Yao’s change of heart in time, then Ye Yao may fall into self-blame for falling in love with his best friend.
Unlike him, Ye Yao’s moral level was very high that he would not bend himself to be happy and then also infer that Ye Yao would be happy when he does.
The other way was to directly make his feelings known to Ye Yao and pursue him. From Ye Yao’s reluctance, he would pursue him until Ye Yao was willing to relent.
This approach might start off as a shock to Ye Yao and he might severely reject him.
He might reject him in front of his friends or he might reject him in private. No matter what kind of rejection, it would be quite humiliating and embarrassing for a normal person.
Lu Xun picked up the photo frame that sat next to the bed and ran his fingers over Ye Yao’s photo.
Fortunately, he didn’t care at all. As long as he could catch Ye Yao, face was nothing.
The more precious the treasure, the longer it was worth digging and searching for it, and Ye Yao was worth a long and endless pursuit.
*****
The summer vacation between the second and third years of high school was very short and after visiting several choice universities, it was almost the beginning of school in the blink of an eye.
Ye Yao and Lu Xun were still at the same table, but there was a new change this semester. In order to save time on the road in going to and from school, Ye Yao planned to apply for boarding accommodation.
After he told Lu Xun about his plan, Lu Xun immediately stopped him, “Why don’t you and I rent a small house near the school? It will be close by and there’s no lights-out time limit. It’s much more free than a dormitory.”
Ye Yao thought it made sense. He and Lu Xun would share the rent, which was not too expensive in a month, and his family could afford the rent now.
Lu Xun gave Ye Yao a sour look, “You won’t even use my money.”
“What should I use your money for?” Ye Yao was exasperated, “You can save it for your partner in the future.”
Isn’t his target for a partner right here?
Lu Xun didn’t say the words out loud. Although he had decided to express his feelings to Ye Yao and didn’t care about Ye Yao’s rejection, he had to be careful about the scene of his first confession.
Being too casual would make you more dissatisfied when you look back on it when you get older, and you would want to beat yourself up again.
Ye Yao had no idea about what Lu Xun had in mind. He and Lu Xun successfully rented a house and brought all the necessary luggage.
Ye Yao’s luggage was very simple, just a few clothes and school supplies. Just as he was about to unpack his luggage, he saw Lu Xun coming from another room with something in his hand.
“A small ornament for you. Where would you like me to place it for you?” Lu Xun said.
“You’re giving me an ornament?” Ye Yao asked curiously, “What kind of ornament? You can just put it wherever you want.”
Lu Xun looked left and right, walked over to Ye Yao’s bed, and put the thing in his hands on Ye Yao’s bedside table.
Ye Yao now saw clearly what Lu Xun was holding. It was an amiable Buddha statue with three red characters written on its belly.
Ye Yao came closer and bent down to take a look at the three red characters on the belly, which read —- The Bent Buddha.
Ye Yao: “…???”
Lu Xun hastened to explain, “It’s harmoniously pronounced “won-der-ful”. I wish Brother Ye’s every exam result will be “wonderful”, representing my best wishes.”
Ye Yao: “…You’re too much of an East–West merger, aren’t you?”
“No one stipulates that this can’t be done.” Lu Xun shoved his hands in his pockets.
Ye Yao laughed, straightened up, and lightly patted Lu Xun’s shoulder.
“Okay, then may we both be WONDERFUL in the new school year.”
Lu Xun raised an eyebrow and laughed along with him, “Yes, bend, bend all the way.”
God bless him and Ye Yao, both of them will be bent!
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Thank You for the new chapter (⸝⸝⍢⸝⸝) ෆ
I can’t wait to see how Lu Xun will confess.
Thank you for the new chapter. ♡
May both of them be bent! 😂
I have heard people say “Get bent!” like it was a bad thing but not our boys 😊.
I hope I will come across more characters like Lu Xun and his parents 😄. They say the funniest things!
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