Edited by Elanor
After learning that Lu Xun had a crush, Ye Yao paid special attention to whom Lu Xun had a special attitude towards. But no matter how he observed, he couldn’t tell who was this person that Lu Xun had a crush on.
Because Lu Xun was still the same buddy who spent everyday with him, except for not sleeping in the same bed, he stayed with him around the clock and wanted to even eat and shower with him.
Could it be that Lu Xun liked someone in their class, so he didn’t need to take time to secretly peek at his crush?
The more Ye Yao thought about it, the more he realized that this should be the case. Thinking that he and many of his classmates had been in the same class since the first year of high school to the third year of high school together, he knew his classmates better than Lu Xun, who had transferred to the class halfway through the year, so Ye Yao from time to time, would pretend to talk casually about the personalities and possible preferences of the girls in the class.
But Lu Xun did not receive his good intentions at all. Every time he talked about it, Lu Xun’s face looked strange and faintly turned green.
“…” Lu Xun’s face turned green, “Why are you saying this? Do you have a crush on her?”
Ye Yao was a little helpless that Lu Xun was such a straight-minded man. He explained to Lu Xun the reason why he did this, and Lu Xun’s expression finally softened.
“…Stop guessing.” Lu Xun took the food that Ye Yao liked from his own bowl and put them into Ye Yao’s bowl, and then took from Ye Yao’s bowl the celery, which Ye Yao didn’t like very much, but would eat clean in silence every time, into his own bowl.
“You never would have guessed, if you know, it will scare you.”
Could she scare him so much?
Ye Yao frowned slightly, and while thinking, he also gave Lu Xun his favorite vegetables.
Gradually, a bold idea emerged in Ye Yao’s mind.
Ye Yao glanced to the side to make sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation, then lowered his voice and asked Lu Xun nervously, “You’re not… falling for our class teacher, are you?”
Lu Xun: “…”
Lu Xun was so angry that he laughed and the matter temporarily came to an end due to Lu Xun’s frantic denial, which also made Ye Yao feel even more mystified by Lu Xun’s crush.
I wonder if that person likes Lu Xun? I hope that person likes him. After all, Lu Xun is really a good person. Except for being too straight sometimes and not understanding his style, he is really perfect in every way.
Ye Yao, who was straight and sometimes confused about amorous feelings, thought in this manner.
***
The senior year of high school always flew by very quickly. It was finally the weekend and Ye Yao did not go home. Instead, he stayed in the room with Lu Xun to review and rest.
Ye Yao’s neck and shoulders were a little sore from long hours spent lowering his head to read books, so he casually reached out and massaged his neck.
It was just a small movement, and Ye Yao didn’t make any sound, but he had only kneaded himself twice when he heard Lu Xun, who was sitting next to him, speak softly.
“I just watched a video a few days ago and learned a set of massage techniques to relieve sore shoulders and neck. Can I help you with that, let me give you a massage?”
Ye Yao stopped and looked at Lu Xun, the serious Young Master of a wealthy family, and paused for a moment wondering, before asking him, “What did you want to learn this for?”
“Ai, what are you saying, of course I’m here to help Brother Ye relieve his fatigue, otherwise I would have nothing better to do?” Lu Xun raised his eyebrows, and regardless of whether Ye Yao agreed or not, he got up and stood behind Ye Yao, placing his hands on Ye Yao’s shoulders and neck.
Lu Xun’s palms were warm, and the heat seeped into Ye Yao’s skin, warming it like a little sun in his palms.
Ye Yao tilted his head and looked back, Lu Xun caught his gaze, and the rebellious teenager with eyebrows slightly raised, flashed him a smile.
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The red rope had been woven to the end and the knots looked stylish.
…Is this almost finished?
Ye Yao took Lu Xun’s clothes and walked closer to the table to take a closer look.
The bracelet was really about to be finished, and there were only a few steps left. For sure Lu Xun would be able to finish it tonight or tomorrow.
According to Lu Xun, he would confess his love to his crush when he has officially finished weaving the red rope.
…By that time, the two of them won’t have that much time to spend together anymore.
Ye Yao lowered his fine eyelashes and reached out to touch the bracelet.
Of course he would feel uncomfortable if his best friend who had been inseparable with him for such a long time suddenly reduced the time they spent together. He would feel a sense of loss as if his friend had suddenly left.
It’s not that there weren’t ways to solve this problem, such as sowing discord after knowing who Lu Xun liked, telling Lu Xun what’s inappropriate about that girl, or taking advantage of the fresh relationship to convey to Lu Xun the bad qualities to that girl.
But he didn’t want to do that. Not only was it immoral, but Lu Xun would probably be very upset if the confession failed.
He didn’t want to see Lu Xun too sad.
It would be best if Lu Xun could always be happy and successful all the time.
Ye Yao put the bracelet back in place and removed his hand.
“Go for it.” Ye Yao said softly, “I’ll give you all my luck. I wish you a successful confession.”
***
Ye Yao couldn’t sleep on time tonight.
He sometimes thought about math problems, and sometimes thought about how Lu Xun would confess his love, and what to do if Lu Xun was rejected. He was in such a daze that it was already past one in the morning.
Teenagers were still in their growth spurt and consumed a lot of food. Ye Yao didn’t feel sleepy, but felt hungry.
He took out his mobile phone and opened the short video app to divert his attention, unexpectedly, the first video pushed to him hit him head-on.
The sweet and soft sweet potatoes were just taken out of the oven, and the hot skin was peeled off to reveal the brightly colored golden flesh inside. The steaming heat accompanied by the faintest hint of dampness, and the mere glimpse of it was enough to make you fall in love with it..
Ye Yao immediately switched off his mobile phone and rolled around on the bed a few more times, finally rolling out of bed, opened the door of his room, and walked quietly to the living room.
The living room was filled with their stock of food, braised beef, old pickled vegetables and vine pepper beef, all very beautiful.
Ye Yao stood in front of the food cabinet and made a selection.
He was from a wealthy family now, he could choose one of three instant noodles, which was really cool.
It just seemed that no matter which flavor it was, it didn’t quite satisfy him.
…I really want to eat sweet potatoes.
Ye Yao, not one who would let his own will go, paused for a moment and reached for the braised beef flavored instant noodles.
Ye Yao tried to keep his movements as soft as possible when doing things, but when he was boiling water, Lu Xun’s bedroom door snapped open.
Lu Xun walked out of the room with his eyes still half closed, his hair was messy from sleep, and the hair on the back of his head was bunched up in patches.
“Cooking noodles? Are you hungry?” asked the sleepy-eyed Lu Xun.
Ye Yao asked back, “Did I wake you up?”
“How can you wake me up? You look down on me too much.” Lu Xun muttered as he approached and stood next to Ye Yao, “Let me show off my skills.”
“Just making instant noodles, what kind of skills are you showing off,” Ye Yao couldn’t laugh or cry, “Go back to sleep, you’re making me look like an unscrupulous landlord, asking Xiao Lu to get up in the middle of the night to cook noodles for me.”
Lu Xun cursed as he walked to the kitchen and came out holding a bowl in his hand. Probably because he washed his face in the kitchen, Lu Xun looked much more awake.
“Let’s eat together, don’t think about eating alone when I’m here.” Lu Xun said as he squeezed over.
He looked at Ye Yao a few more times and raised his eyebrows, “Our Brother Ye doesn’t have the urge to eat late night snacks on his face, don’t you want to eat this?”
There was nothing that could not be said. Ye Yao truthfully told Lu Xun that he wanted to eat sweet potatoes, but now he was just using instant noodles as a substitute, eating whatever he wanted to fill his stomach.
“So bad, at such a young age, you actually learned how to find a substitute!” Lu Xun clicked his tongue several times before reaching out his hand to turn off the kettle which had not yet boiled.
Ye Yao: “?”
“There is a cart selling sweet potatoes over on Qianfeng Road and that uncle only closes the stall when it’s almost dawn.” Lu Xun said, “Wait here.”
The clothes Lu Xun was wearing to sleep were just a T-shirt, and now he didn’t even need to change. Ye Yao saw Lu Xun put his keys and mobile phone in his pocket and was about to walk out. An incredulous understanding flashed to his mind, and he quickly dragged Lu Xun.
“What are you doing there?” Ye Yao lowered his voice.
“I’m going to buy you roasted sweet potatoes. Don’t you want to eat them?” Lu Xun, who was dragged, turned to look at Ye Yao, who had no look of claiming credit on his face, his expression was as normal as if he had done all these things as a matter of course.
Ye Yao’s grip on Lu Xun’s wrist tightened as he lowered his voice, “How can you go shopping for whatever you want to eat in the middle of the night? I’ll just have some noodles.”
Lu Xun frowned, “It doesn’t make sense. Why are you trying to make do by what you have? Where did you learn this bad habit from? You have to change it in the future.”
Ye Yao pursed his lips: “…It’s too troublesome for you.”
“What are you talking about? Why would it be troublesome for me? We, Brother Ye, must have what we want, you know?” Lu Xun’s brows relaxed slightly and a smile appeared on his thin lips.
Ye Yao met Lu Xun’s gaze. Lu Xun seemed to be joking, but he was actually very serious.
He had said so much and given a lot of ways to get out of going out. If Lu Xun had just been impulsive, he could have gone along with the steps he gave and he would not blame Lu Xun at all.
But now Lu Xun still insisted on doing this, just because of his casual remark.
Ye Yao slowly let go of his hand and looked at his best friend.
He stuffed his cell phone into his pocket, took two steps forward and walked to Lu Xun, smiling, “Let’s go, I’ll go with you.”
***
The freshly baked and roasted sweet potatoes were still steaming, summer cicadas were chirping on the trees, the aroma of summer was mixed with the sweet smell of sweet potatoes, giving the whole atmosphere a dream-like quality..
The hot sweet potatoes were handed over to Ye Yao and the aroma was fragrant.
“I picked the biggest one for you.” Ye Yao heard Lu Xun say, “Eat up, if it’s not enough, we will buy more.”
The dim yellow street lights shone from the top, and there were no other pedestrians on the streets late at night. There were only vehicles passing quickly on the road, approaching and then moving away with a swish.
In such a late night, there were still people who would interrupt their sleep for his simple appetite, to come out with him and do this almost nonsense.
“Thank you.” Ye Yao looked at the sweet potato in his hand and said softly.
Lu Xun didn’t hear clearly, “What did you say?”
Before Ye Yao could say anything, Lu Xun frowned and speculated, “No, you’re not thanking me. On this happy day, do you have to say such words to chill my heart?”
“…I didn’t say anything, I was blowing on the sweet potato.” Ye Yao denied and started another topic, “When I was helping you get your clothes, I saw that you had almost finished making your bracelet. When are you going to confess? Tomorrow? ”
This topic seemed to bring tension to Lu Xun. Ye Yao watched Lu Xun kick up the gravel under his feet. The stones were kicked far away and blended into the grass.
“That thing… I’ll finish it before going to bed tonight.” Lu Xun said in a muffled voice.
“En, that was really fast.” Ye Yao nodded in encouragement.
Lu Xun added, “As I said before, I’ll confess my love as soon as it’s done, no more waiting.”
“Yeah, very decisive.” Ye Yao continued to nod.
Then he saw Lu Xun digging into his pocket with the hand that wasn’t holding the sweet potato, and the corner of his mouth turned down.
“Originally I wanted to wait until tomorrow, but I didn’t expect to be out in the middle of the night tonight. We came out in a hurry this time… I didn’t have time to bring it with me.” Lu Xun’s voice was a little strained and tense.
“Hmnn.” Ye Yao nodded, and within less than a second, he came back to his senses, suddenly realized something, and his nodding movement suddenly stopped.
Ye Yao slowly turned his head to look at Lu Xun beside him.
The sound of conversation disappeared, only the summer cicadas were making noise.
They were so close, almost shoulder to shoulder, that they could smell the sweet scent of roasted sweet potatoes in each other’s hands.
“Although I didn’t have time to bring the bracelet, I still would like to confess to my crush now.” It was also the first time for Lu Xun to confess. Although he was extremely nervous, he still said clearly word by word, “I have unilaterally deteriorated our friendship. Can I confess to my crush now? Could I please have the chance…to upgrade our friendship?”
ahhhhhh
It’s happening, it’s happening‼
Hehe took your sweet time to realise who lu xun’s crush actual is, yaoyao 😆
😂 all that effort to figure it out, too!
There it is, there it is! (=^w^=)/
Thank You for the new chapter (♡ >ω< ♡)
*This aunty approves the choice of a sweet potato over instant noodles 😄.
Outside in the middle of the night, all quiet with no one else around, satisfying a craving – it doesn’t happen very often but it is one of my favorite places to be (with or without a confession from a sweet goofball).
aww his confession is so cute! over sweet potatoes!
ahhhhhhhhh 🤯✨
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