No one can give an accurate answer to the question of how to love someone well, but Huo Zhixing thought it was essential to make the other person feel reassured and loved.
Although they always jokingly blamed sexual incompatibility for their divorce, but that wouldn’t explain all of their misunderstandings. To put it bluntly, it was because they weren’t honest with each other.
In the past few months after the divorce, the two of them have strayed along the road they haven’t walked before – one where they didn’t have to pretend, didn’t need to hold back, and where they could freely say whatever they wanted.
Show each other the good, the bad, the vices, and the insecurities.
Tong Qiu said, “Officer Huo, you are so nauseating.”
Huo Zhixing asked him, “Don’t you like it?”
“I like it.” Tong Qiu touched Huo Zhixing’s ring and said, “I really don’t have to return this ring to you this time.”
“In the first place, I never wanted you to return it.” Huo Zhixing led him to the bathroom. They both had to wash away things that wasn’t appropriate to describe. “You were stupid. You sent me a message saying that you forgot to return it.”
Tong Qiu almost forgot about that. Now that he thought about it, it was interesting.
At that time, he said he wanted to return the ring to Huo Zhixing despite the fact he was a little reluctant. Later, after he took off the ring, the ring mark was still visible and haunted him all the time – Every time he saw it, he would unconsciously think of the other person.
Although he didn’t like where their marriage was headed at that time, and he promised himself in the beginning that if he didn’t like it anymore he would leave without second thoughts – but in the end, he had grown to care about their marriage.
The two patients helped each other take a shower, being careful to make sure that none of their wounds would touch the water.
Tong Qiu felt that the scene was too funny. He couldn’t help saying, “We just enacted a GV play.”
“What?” Huo Zhixing didn’t hear clearly and turned to look at him.
“You always never listen to what the teacher says!” Tong Qiu pretended to be angry, “I have already said it. If you didn’t happen to hear it, then you should ask the other students yourself.”
Huo Zhixing laughed: “Where are the other students here?”
He turned off the water, took the shower head for Tong Qiu’s grasp and hung it, before he pulled the towel hanging from the side and wrapped it around the two of them.
“This is a separate after-school tutoring,” Huo Zhixing pinched Tong Qiu on the sides. “I paid a high tutoring fee.”
Tong Qiu glanced at him and smiled: “How annoying.”
“You’re bothered?” Huo Zhixing returned to the bedroom with a hand around him, “It’s doesn’t look like it!”
“What does that look like?” Entering the bedroom, Tong Qiu lied down next to Huo Zhixing.
Huo Zhixing smiled and drew circles on the other’s chest with his finger: “What do you think?”
Tong Qiu smiled back, sleep eluding him at that moment – he just wanted to kiss the person in front of him.
It was a wonderful night, his companion was also wonderful – all in all everything was wonderful.
Once again, as sprawled on the bed where he had been sleeping for a year, Tong Qiu thought that laozi has finally returned to lay back on it again.
Originally, Tong Qiu told Huo Zhixing to have the divorce certificate changed as soon as possible, but as they had both been too busy, they couldn’t find time during the day.
Since the both of them were still injured, they didn’t have time to linger in bed the next morning and immediately got ready for work after they woke up.
Huo Zhixing suggested, “Why don’t you move back first?”
He couldn’t use his right hand, so Tong Qiu stood in front of him and buttoned his police uniform.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“Why? So frivolous? Just asked me to live together?”
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They went into the bathroom where Tong Qiu exclaimed, “You haven’t shaved in days. You’re starting to look like my uncle.”
Huo Zhixing smiled and looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror: “It’s pretty good. Aren’t they popular now?”
“Your beard is the wrong shape.” Tong Qiu took out a razor and spent almost half a day looking for the shaving foam. When he found it, he shook the can and was disappointed, “You ran out?”
Huo Zhixing couldn’t say anything.
In the end, Tong Qiu still proceeded on shaving Huo Zhixing, saying: “You’re messy beard wouldn’t be called popular – It’s just sloppy!”
He looked at the other, smiled, and said, “Although you look sloppy, you are still handsome. So let’s try to look as lively as possible.”
Huo Zhixing didn’t dare to speak, for fear of being scratched, and could only listen.
“You looked too much like a beggar that it might cause some misunderstandings. Even if you told people it’s only because you forgot to shave, those who didn’t know any better might think I rejected you and you had lost any will to live.”
After he finished, Tong Qiu helped Huo Zhixing wash his face again.
“I feel like a disabled person when you treat me like this.” Huo Zhixing couldn’t even wipe his face by himself, his right hand being indisposed as it was. Instead, he placed his arm around Tong-laoshi as the other became responsible for wiping his face – Tong Qiu even applied the moisturizer for him.
“From today on, I’m your personal care worker.” Tong Qiu patted Huo Zhixing’s cheeks, “Okay, you can go to work now.”
Officer Huo was worked on by his ex-husband slash current boyfriend, and went out clean and clear. Before leaving, he assured: “Although Zou Kai had already been arrested, you can still call me whenever you have anything to do.”
Tong Qiu smiled and they said their goodbyes. He closed the door and quickly prepared to leave also. After he left the apartment, he called Chu Yao.
“Sister, something big happened.”
Chu Yao was also on her way to work, and disgruntledly replied, “Hmm? What?”
“I’ve made up with Huo Zhixing.”
“… What’s wrong with you?” Chu Yao did not take it seriously, “Haven’t you always treated each other well?”
“No, we just got back together last night.”
Chu Yao sneered: “What did that poem say? The one with the peak on the side of the ridge.”
“You mean I can's see the full picture because I'm directly involved?”
“Worthy of being a Chinese teacher I can associate with it.” Chu Yao said, “Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Can the two of you really be considered divorced? Who has seen a couple who had only fallen in love with each other after the divorce?”
Tong Qiu smiled. Anyway, he was in a good mood today, and he wouldn’t lower himself to her level.
“So when are you going to go through the formalities?” Chu Yao asked, “For this second marriage, would you hold a wedding?”
Regarding this, Tong Qiu had no plans yet – he hadn’t even thought about it, mind too full thinking about Huo Zhixing.
“I’ll talk about it later,” Tong Qiu said. “We still have to wait for the college entrance examinations to end.”
When he said that, Chu Yao remembered that it was currently the middle of May and the college entrance examinations were about to start.
“Okay,” Chu Yao replied, “If you hold a wedding, this sister will help you. This time you will be married again, don’t make any mistakes. Follow Officer Huo to live a good life and enjoy a harmonious sex life!”
After Chu Yao finished speaking, she laughed and hung up the phone.
Tong Qiu silently complained: I didn’t want to remarry him because of his good bed skills!
Tong Qiu went to school with all his injuries plainly visible, and his good student Feng Kaiwen was the first to rush towards him and show some concern.
“Brother Tong, what happened to you?” Feng Kaiwen looked worried, “Did Officer Huo rape you?”
Tong Qiu thought that Huo Zhixing really understood the boy.
“Domestic violence? What kind of domestic violence?” Tong Qiu asked him to give out last week’s test paper. “I got rid of a villain for the people.”
Feng Kaiwen didn’t believe it. He wanted to ask more but before he could, he noticed the ring Tong Qiu wore.
“You two made up?”
Smelling some juicy gossip, Fang Kaiwen eyes lit up: “You wore the ring again.”
“You claim to be my best student and yet you don’t seem to care about your teacher at all.” Tong Qiu jested, “I’ve been wearing this ring for a while.”
I was wearing it last week!
Tong Qiu waved his hand and motioned that the other should work quickly.
Feng Kaiwen took the order and went to hand out the test papers. Tong Qiu stood behind his desk and swept his gaze around the classroom, the empty table accidentally crossing his sight. The Chinese class representative would never be able to return.
A month had already passed since Xiao Keran died, and the school has returned to its former calm. Teachers continued to give lectures and students continued to review, as if the storm had never happened.
But did it really seem like it never happened?
Tong Qiu saw Kan Yue, who was sitting at the table in front of Xiao Keran, subconsciously turned his head around to chat, only to face back looking a little forlorn.
There were still changes.
Some people still remember her.
When the bell rang, Tong Qiu took a deep breath and knocked on the blackboard to signal everyone to keep quiet as he was about to begin his lecture.
The last mock exam was just around the corner, and the battle has finally reached the final stage.
At first, Tong Qiu wanted to move back to the apartment he and Huo Zhixing lived before despite the fact that their divorce papers had yet to be amended.
As a result, the matter has been constantly delayed.
Tong Qiu was eager to move back as soon as possible, but he simply couldn’t make time.
The college entrance examinations were approaching, and due to what happened to Xiao Keran, Tong Qiu paid more attention to his students. During the evening self-study class, even if he would not be in the classroom, he would stay at the faculty office to wait until time passed and the class ended so that he could leave the school premises together with his students.
He got off work late at night, and would arrive home much later.
Huo Zhixing’s work hours were not fixed. In the evening, when the other man went home, Tong Qiu will go with him. When Huo Zhixing won’t be able to return, he would simply go to the apartment he rented to sleep and change his clothes.
At first he thought about moving over on the weekend, but in the end the school decided to hold the mock exams during the weekend. He had to supervise the exam for two days and also check the papers.
By the end of the day, when the students finished their exams, the teachers had to stay behind and work overtime to mark the exam papers just to catch up in time for Monday when the results were needed.
Everyone felt as if there was something chasing after them, and they dared not stop for a minute.
In fact they knew that it was time itself that was chasing them.
Late in the evening, Tong Qiu and all the teachers were still in the office busy working overtime. Tong Qiu had already gone dizzy from reading the papers when his mobile phone suddenly rang.
He saw that the caller was Huo Zhixing.
“Still at school?”
When he heard Huo Zhixing’s voice, Tong Qiu felt like his fatigue has been relieved by a lot.
“Yeah, it will take a while.”
“Thanks for your hard work,” Huo Zhixing said, “Can you spare a moment to call the uncle guard to let me in?”
“Ah? Where are you?”
“Your school gate.” Huo Zhixing replied, “I sent you a message before, and you told me you weren’t done with work yet. I got to leave the station early and felt bored at home so I bought some fruit for you and the other teachers.”
Tong Qiu didn’t expect the Huo Zhixing would come. He immediately put down his pen and ran out to meet the other.
After school finished, the campus grounds became dark and there were only a few dim yellow street lights. Not long ago, he and Huo Zhixing fought against Zou Kai here. Because of that, every time he walked alone on this road, he always felt like someone would suddenly appear carrying a knife.
Tong Qiu quickly ran from the building door across the playground. From a distance, he saw Officer Huo holding unto a large plastic bag in his left hand.
He smiled before running towards the other person. If it wasn’t because of the guard, he would’ve rushed straight into the other’s arms and kiss him directly.
It felt good to be in love with someone.
It’s also great to have a lover.
The author has something to say:
Countdown to the end: Ten!
Nell’s Corner:
Sorry for the delay! I got busy job hunting. As someone working for the hospitality industry, I was one of the thousands of people who temporarily lost their jobs because of the pandemic – it didn’t help that I got positive before so lmao I have no choice but to look for other jobs temporarily to keep food on my darling cat’s table until the cruising industry starts properly sailing again.
But I digress.
On a lighter note, concerning the author’s notes, worry not! Although the main story would end within ten chapters, but the author blessed us with eight more extras hahaha! So all in all, you guys still have 18 more chapters to look forward to hehehe.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ahh domestic love is so cutee
Sometimes what you need is a divorce!
Thanks for your hard work!
This couple is so cute 🥰!
Thanks for the chapter 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖
hi！ in your note you said you didn’t know what the line 「你說我當局者迷」 means and translated it as “you said I am a fan of the authorities?”
The full idiom is 當局者迷 旁觀者清, it means the spectators see (the chess game 局) clearer than the players themselves. It aligns with what Chu Yao says in the following lines.
Basically Tong Qiu, the Chinese teacher, broke apart the saying when Chu Yao says that she could see that they love each other long ago. Tong Qiu was asking her if she thought he was in the maze/confused because he’s directly involved and can’t see the picture that everyone else sees!
當局者- player
迷 (maze, alternately: lost/confused/)
旁觀者-spectator
清-clear
Thank you so much for this! Sorry I only noticed it now hehehe…
I’ll have it edited in a moment.
Ahhh so sweet. Boys, take this opportunity to have all those things you didn’t have during your first wedding. If I remember correctly there is one particular set of wedding attires, you’ve tried on before that looked good. I really want to see it on you again. 😍🤩
Thank you for the chapter!!!
Can’t believe there are 18 chapters left until I have to say goodbye to this story 😭
Thank You for the chapter ლ(´ ❥ `ლ)