Edited by Elanor
Under the dim street lights, the black shadows were stretched very long and blending into one, indistinguishable from each other.
Ye Yao felt that there was only one word that could describe his current feelings right now.
Clueless.
How could Lu Xun, a straight man, confess his love for him when it was obvious that when they were together, Lu Xun had never acted in any way that looked gay, had always been straight, and had even been homophobic before.
Did this make sense?
… Could it be that Lu Xun hadn’t woken up at all, and now he was sleepwalking, and then during this sleepwalking, he mistook him for the girl he had a crush on?
This logic… seemed quite possible.
Ye Yao didn’t speak for too long, and Lu Xun thought Ye Yao was struggling with how to reject him without hurting him. He rubbed his nose, suppressed the disappointment in his heart, and comforted Ye Yao instead.
“If you don’t want to agree, just refuse. Don’t worry so much.” Lu Xun said in a quiet voice, “But I won’t give up, and I will continue to pursue you.”
Ye Yao slowly plucked a layer of sweet potato skin, took a bite of the sweet potato flesh to suppress his shock, and then asked tentatively, “Which class does the person you like belong to, and what is her name?”
Lu Xun: “…?”
Ye Yao: “?”
Lu Xun and Ye Yao stared at each other for a few moments before Lu Xun finally caught up with Ye Yao’s brain circuit and he couldn’t but laugh out immediately.
He unscrewed the water he had bought and handed it to Ye Yao so that Ye Yao could eat sweet potatoes with it, while sneering, “You think I’m sleepwalking, don’t you? You, Ye Yao, you still suspect that I recognized the wrong person, if not it was you, Ye Yao, who wanted to eat, would I be crazy enough to accompany someone out in the middle of the night?”
“Who I like is the Class Monitor of the first section class of the senior grade in high school. His surname is Ye and his given name is Yao. Have I made it clear enough this time?”
Ye Yao was frozen on the spot after that long speech.
He was good-looking and had been confessed to many times since he was a child, but none of them had left him at a loss for words like this one.
When did Lu Xun’s friendship start to change?
What did Lu Xun like about him, and how did the two of them get along, was it ambiguous?
Countless questions rolled through Ye Yao’s mind, and what finally settled in his mind was the image of a bracelet that was nearing completion when he went to get clothes for Lu Xun at night.
At that time, he said to the bracelet that he would give his luck to Lu Xun, hoping that Lu Xun would be able to confess his love successfully.
Because he didn’t want to see Lu Xun sad and upset after being rejected.
… He didn’t want Lu Xun to be sad now and if possible, he hoped that Lu Xun would always be well and be happy.
Did he like Lu Xun?
Of course he did, otherwise he wouldn’t be such good friends with Lu Xun. They could spend all day together and never get bored.
But until today, he had never thought about this like and fondness in a direction other than friendship.
The expression on Ye Yao’s face slowly turned serious.
“You’re not kidding?” Ye Yao asked.
Lu Xun immediately swore to the sky, “If I am not serious at all, my monthly salary will be 2,000 for the rest of my life!”
This curse was too harsh, Ye Yao stopped it quickly, “Let’s go back first, we will talk as we walk.”
*****
Ye Yao didn’t speak much on the way.
When he finished his roasted sweet potato, Lu Xun gave him half of his own. Ye Yao didn’t refuse and ate all of it quietly.
The hungry stomach was filled, leaving only a lingering aroma and flavor in the mouth.
Lu Xun wanted to give Ye Yao the last half of the remaining sweet potato, but this time Ye Yao refused.
“This whole thing… is a bit sudden for me.” Ye Yao opened up, “I haven’t tried to bend before, nor have I liked any boy.”
“En, I know.” Lu Xun lowered his eyes, and the loss and disappointment in his eyes flashed again. But in the next second, he returned to his usual nonchalant look, “It’s normal that you can’t accept it. Don’t be mentally burdened for rejecting me. After all, you may have to reject me many times for the rest of your life. Get used to it first.”
“…That’s not what I meant.” Ye Yao was somewhat a little helpless and broke down his thoughts to Lu Xun to explain clearly, “What I mean is that if I don’t succeed in bending, now just so directly and casually agree with you, it may end up being a straight man playing with gay feelings, which is not appropriate, I have to think about it for a few more days.”
Lu Xun’s eyes lit up little by little, and his whole body suddenly became stunned.
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They opened the door and went back into the house. Ye Yao watched Lu Xun get inside his own bedroom, and then quickly rush out again, holding the freshly made bracelet in his hand.
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*****
After experiencing a confession, Ye Yao felt as if nothing had changed, but also as if everything had changed.
For example, Lu Xun would leave his favorite dishes for him and when he lay down on the desk to sleep at noon, Lu Xun would take off his school uniform jacket and cover him with it.
They were all small details, but they added up to something that occurred throughout his whole day.
Lu Xun would treat him like this previously as well, always giving him the best treatment.
Lu Xun’s jacket smelled of the same laundry detergent as his, blending in with him and wrapping him completely.
Ye Yao took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.
*****
School was over that day, but before Ye Yao and the others had left, the gossip-loving vice class monitor came up to Lu Xun’s desk.
The vice class monitor winked, “I forgot to ask you about your progress some time ago, but I guess it must have succeeded, because looking at our brother Lu’s glowing face, it’s time to hand out wedding candies, right?”
“You’re so gossipy.” Lu Xun glanced at the vice class monitor, “Still in pursuit.”
“What, it’s been so long and you haven’t succeeded yet?” The vice class monitor was shocked. He looked at Lu Xun blankly for a while, and then for some reason, he suddenly shifted his eyes to Ye Yao.
Ye Yao’s heart skipped a beat, and then he heard the vice class monitor say, “When you were chasing people, do you treat them with the same care as you do with Lao Ye?”
Ye Yao: “…”
Lu Xun raised an eyebrow: “Nonsense.”
“This… this is not possible?” The vice class monitor wiped his forehead in shock. He looked at Lu Xun, as if he was debating whether to say something or not, and finally gritted his teeth and slapped the table.
“Brother Lu, listen to my advice, don’t be a licking dog!” The vice class monitor advised with a frown, “She won’t cherish it if she understands you! There is an old saying that a licking dog will not die well, although it is a bit vulgar, but it’s not unreasonable! We’re tall, handsome, and rich, so why hang ourselves on a tree, don’t you think?”
Listening to these words, Ye Yao slowly frowned.
…dog licking.
Ye Yao was not an expert at surfing the Internet, but he also knows that this word had a very bad connotation.
Who would be happy to be called a dog licker? It doesn’t sound good or graceful, and it hurts one’s self-esteem.
If this was dog-licking behavior, wouldn’t it be bad for him to accept Lu Xun’s pursuit like this?
Ye Yao’s heart began to sink, and then he heard Lu Xun chuckle and kick the vice class monitor with a joking intensity.
“You don’t know shit about me wanting to be in love with him, you single dog. Stop sticking your neck in my business and get lost.”
Lu Xun continued to pack his school bag after the vice class monitor was kicked out, “It feels like it’s going to rain, so let’s walk faster, otherwise we might get caught in the rain on the way.”
The weather was indeed not very nice. Ye Yao responded in affirmative, waited for both of them to pack their school bags and strode towards the house where they lived.
Unfortunately, the heavens were not in our favor and a torrential downpour fell during the short ten-minute journey.
They had the misfortune to walk to a place where there was little shelter and the only one nearby that could provide them with shelter from the rain was a news stand that had closed down.
The news stand was small, and the spot that could ensure protection from the rain was even more pitiful, there was only room for one and a half people.
Ye Yao was pulled by Lu Xun and ran over. Before Ye Yao got too wet from the rain, Lu Xun stuffed Ye Yao into a safe corner in time.
In this way, Ye Yao wouldn’t be hit by a drop of rain, and almost half of Lu Xun’s body was still under the heavy rain.
Ye Yao frowned. He didn’t want to see Lu Xun get soaked in the rain like this, and…
Ye Yao went out a little, then when Lu Xun wasn’t paying attention, he grabbed Lu Xun’s wrist and yanked him in.
“We can each share half of this area, so that none of us will get wet too much.” Ye Yao said.
But this good intention was not appreciated by Lu Xun.
“Half for one person?” Lu Xun tried to pull Ye Yao back, but Ye Yao was wary of his strength, so it was hard to succeed for a while.
Lu Xun immediately changed his strategy and with a wounded look on his face, he said, “What’s the point of half for one person? Why do you have to have half for one person? I’m chasing you and you don’t even give me a chance to show off? You’re breaking my heart by doing this, Classmate Ye.”
“…Don’t waste time at this time.” Ye Yao was helpless.
Lu Xun took advantage of the opportunity, “This is my style, you don’t like it? Then I’ll try to be more shy in the future.”
Ye Yao: “…”
Ye Yao sighed.
He mulled over the words and explained with difficulty, “It’s not just a matter of you getting wet. We’re still close to the school. Maybe someone you know will pass by and see you. If… they know about our relationship in the future, there’s no guarantee they’ll not talk about you behind your back..… saying that you are too licky.”
Ye Yao lowered his eyes and looked at the raindrops falling on the ground, his voice almost blending into the rustling rain, “I don’t want to hear you being talked about like that.”
The speaker has no intention of speaking, but the listener has intention.
As he listened to Ye Yao’s words, Lu Xun’s adam’s apple twitched, forcing himself to endure it.
If only he could, he would have kissed Ye Yao until he was speechless by now.
But joy and love overflowed uncontrollably. Lu Xun squinted his eyes and laughed silently for a moment, then regained his composure and tried to allay Ye Yao’s worries and fears.
“Do you really believe what he said? You can’t believe such bad thoughts, you know. He’s just trying to sow discord and prevent me from being nice to you.” Lu Xun pressed his shoulder against Ye Yao’s shoulder, feeling Ye Yao’s warmth, and squinting comfortably, “We are… inseparable, supporting each other, so very touching, so much so that we can be in a Chinese book.”
Ye Yao subconsciously took the next sentence, “It is better to be together than to forget each other in the world?
“…Don’t even think about it.” Lu Xun’s forehead twitched, “Fuck, don’t be a fish alright, a dog is a dog. What’s wrong with being a puppy, it’s not embarrassing. If you want, you can brush my hair and stroke me.”
“Fuck, you’re sick.” Ye Yao couldn’t help but curse and laugh.
The originally depressed mood was soothed by these words. Ye Yao raised his head and looked in Lu Xun’s direction, meeting Lu Xun’s eyes.
Lu Xun’s eyes were very dark, and the unapproachable look he had when facing outsiders disappeared. There was a warmth in them that could be seen by even the most incomprehensible person.
“Can’t I be nice to you even if I like you?” Lu Xun said, “How can there be such a reason?”
The breeze blew ripples, carrying the glistening moisture, slowly sending it into his heart.
Ye Yao blinked as the sound of rain increased in his ears, and the curtain of rain turned into a natural curtain, cutting off the world behind them.
Ye Yao was pulled and then pushed into an area where he could not get caught in the rain.
Lu Xun was squeezed out, but he still looked very happy.
“Awesome, isn’t it? This move is called taking advantage of the situation, striking the East with the West in surprise.” Lu Xun said.
“You…” Ye Yao wanted to laugh, but couldn’t help but look at Lu Xun’s drenched shoulders.
It’s never necessary to look at what a person says, it’s important to look at what he does.
When the right person comes along, gender should never be a barrier.
Ye Yao slowly exhaled, “Don’t get wet in the rain. Come with me to avoid getting wet.”
“How can these half body position still come together without being–” Lu Xun suddenly stopped, and he glanced at Ye Yao cautiously, “…is that what I think it means?”
Ye Yao: “You——”
“What do you think I….?” No sooner had he started that sentence, Ye Yao was hugged into his arms by the person next to him.
The sports school uniform was made of loose material, with the smell of laundry detergent and sunshine, with a temperature that was unique to Lu Xun.
“The time left for you to regret not saying no in the first place is over, you know, Classmate Ye.”
Lu Xun’s tone was slightly higher in pitch, revealing a hint of nervousness after all.
The small area of shelter was more than adequate when they were hugging each other closely. The cool rain didn’t fall on them, and all they could feel was each other’s body heat.
Holding Lu Xun very tightly, Ye Yao could easily detect his tension.
Ye Yao put his arms around Lu Xun and patted Lu Xun’s rain-soaked clothes.
Lu Xun stiffened in his embrace.
“It means exactly what you think it means.” Ye Yao smiled up slightly.
The next second, he was embraced even more passionately.
A friendship was elevated here, ushering in a more enthusiastic future.
*****
Ye Yao and Lu Xun were admitted to the same university as they had hoped.
Although their majors were different, they were still in the same dormitory.
The dormitory was full of single beds, but this did not prevent Lu Xun from practicing his bed climbing skills, nor did it prevent them from sleeping in a single bed every day.
“University life is good, University life is wonderful. I have more time in University than in my senior year in high school.” Lu Xun hugged Ye Yao contentedly, “When we’re allowed to stay out later, can we go out and live together?”
Ye Yao adjusted his posture, “Okay.”
Lu Xun happily began to kiss Ye Yao. Today, the other two roommates had gone out to play games, they were the only two in the dormitory, so they could be a little more liberated.
After the kiss, Ye Yao was sweating a little. He pushed Lu Xun away and got out of bed to wash his face. When he returned to the bed, he saw Lu Xun looking up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle.
Ye Yao was baffled, “What are you doing? I’ve only been away for two minutes and you’re already depressed?”
“My thoughts had wandered away in my mind.” Lu Xun, who held Ye Yao in his arms, regained his happiness and told Ye Yao what he had made up in his head, “I’m a little scared, when I think about it, if Lu Ming hadn’t woken me up at the beginning, we probably are still friends now.”
Ye Yao thought for a while and answered in the affirmative, “Indeed, and you were extremely homophobic and a straight man.”
Lu Xun felt a pang of fear, “With my self-conceited thinking as a straight man at that time, I might not be able to turn the corner on my own. What if no one woke me up, then we would just be friends forever?”
“Being friends for life isn’t really that bad,” Ye Yao spread out the quilt on his body. “To be able to grow up together from high school and finally turn gray-haired into the grave is friendship and very romantic.”
“…” Lu Xun suddenly made a bad face. Fortunately, he was a handsome guy. No matter what expression he made, his appearance was still good.
“I’m kidding you.” Ye Yao laughed, “Actually, I think…even if no one woke you up, we would still be together in the end.”
“Really?” Lu Xun questioned for a second, then quickly and unconditionally switched sides,
“Yes, that’s right, that’s it.”
“I seriously think so.” Under the quilt, Ye Yao was held in Lu Xun’s arms as he continued to give Lu Xun his analysis, “After all, you have liked me since high school and with the kind of attitude you have, even if we both didn’t realize it… I would have bent sooner or later.”
Lu Xun’s eyes lit up, then quickly darkened.
“It would not be good for you to bend…. first.” Lu Xun whispered.
“Those things don’t matter, it’s just a process.” Ye Yao smiled and shook his head, “Off topic, what I want to say is—”
“No matter how the process evolves, we will be together in the end.” Ye Yao said, “According to my judgment, this formula is 100% valid.”
Lu Xun, who was lying next to him, had eyes full of love. He moved forward and kissed Ye Yao’s lips again.
~~~END OF NOVEL~~~
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What the author has to say.
I feel like I’ve come full circle here, so it’s easy to get tired of writing more, so I’ll end here.
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Namizaki~~ It’s finally completed!! I’m going to miss this couple. Thank you everyone for staying with me and Ela all throughout.
I want to thank Kix_prue, FakeScorpio-TrueTaurus, Eugene, PK, Do the Hansa, for making my flower garden in CGDC so amazingly beautiful. Iloveyou guys!!
To Elanor, my lovely and ever patient editor, who stuck with me for such a long time (and no chance of ever letting go..no way) Thank you very much dear.
To all my Coffee supporters, thank you all for your support and motivation, the coffee and cream puffs you sent are so much appreciated.
And to all of you lovely readers who filled the chaps with comments, my deepest gratitude, I may not have been able to reply to the comments but they were read, I laughed and smiled and got anxious with you all, thank you. Thank you for sticking with me in this Novel.
Happy Reading and I Love You ALL!!!! I hope to see you all on my next project, My Wangfei is a Man and The Bastard Male Wife… Thank you all! *bows*
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Ela ~~~ Wooot woot!! Another novel in the bag! There were times I was utterly upset with LX. So many times I would procrastinate editing because I was irritated with LX and complaining to Zaki. LOL. Glad things worked out for the two people!
Special thanks to all the people in discord for sending us flowers. You guys, even if we don’t react, both of us received it warmly. Thank you for all the comments – we love reading each and everyone of them!
Zaki has great choices in novels – and I am always dragged into pits with her. So I have followed her into the two new pits she has dug for me! I welcome you to join us there as well into the two new pits XD
Love you all! Thank you once again <3
thank you so much for translating this novel!!! i’ll miss ye yao and lu xun 😭😭
Yeeey, finally together (again)! (=^w^=)/ I don’t know what I should say now, haha~ It’s like reading two novels at once (♡´艸`) I had a great fun with those characters, even though they frustrated me very much sometimes😂 It was interesting to follow their adventures Thank You sooooo much for bringing us for this journey! ♡(ŐωŐ人) See You next time with other projects~ (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡
Congrats on the hard work paying off LX and translators! I’ll miss this flirtatious couple but I’m glad they’re happy in all universes.
Thank you dearie 🙂 It was a blast for us…finally able to complete amidst hectic schedules… Lico is always there for me.. always commenting, although this lazy translator does not always reply to comments..thank you dear.
Nah, it’s me who should thanks to You for Your wonderful work and I don’t care if my comments will be replied to or not, because I know that You don’t have time, but I only hope that they will make every Translator’s day a little better! ^^
Thank you for this wonderful journey 🥺♥️ I’ll be joining you guys on a new translation for sure <333
Sweet!
Thank you everyone for translating and editing!! I will follow you over to your other projects soon! 🏃♀️
It’s been a sweet and funny journey 😊. Your next two sound very interesting as well! Thank you for your hard work.
awww thank you for all your hard work
ZAKI~~ THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR STAYING WITH ME..FORGIVE THIS LOWLY ONE FOR NOT POSTING ON COMMENTS.. BUT I REALLY DO READ ALL COMMENTS..SWEAR!!!..IT’S JUST THAT I ALWAYS READ AND CHECK IN RUSH AS ASIDE FROM TRANSLATING, I HAVE WORK ON WEEKEND AND CLASSES ON WEEKDAYS.. IM JUST GLAD THAT I DON’T LIKE GOING OUT, DON’T LIKE CROWDS.. SO I CAN HUG BL NOVELS AND TRANSLATING.. HEHEHE! THANK YOU..THANK YOU..THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for translating this novel for us, you guys did a fabulous job! Will miss this cute silly couple! 😊❤️
I finished it. Thank you for your hard work. The story are sweet and fluffy. Thank you again.
Thnx for translating this lovely story ❤️
Thank you for translating this! I enjoyed reading about these two and also the au in the extras was such a “payback” for Ye Yao having a secret crush for so long in the main story!
Thank you very much for translating this amazing novel 🙇🏻♀️✨ and thank you for your hardwork!! I’ll miss this story and in the future I might come back and re-read this beautiful story again✦♡ I’ll miss Lu Xun & Ye Yao and the translators too♡ Merry Christmas ❄☃️ and Happy New Year✨🎉
thank you so much for translating this!
Honestly this journey was so much fun!!! I was angry, sad, happy and more angry at the twelve hours guy (12h straight and 12h gay) however, I admit that I liked every bit of it and with this ending I still had a warm heart that in any reality they would both be gay for each other (very very sweet)
Thank you for the journey ✨
Thanks for the translation
Thank you for the translation!😊
what a great reread! thank youuu