My Boyfriend Discovered My Zhihu ResponseCh3 - A Pleasant Surprise (Part One)

April 17th, 2019.

I’m back. I had to write two theses and complete so many assignments for my midterm. I didn’t even have the time to check my phone, my bad for making everyone wait. L6lepE

Someone sent me a direct message about which university I’m attending. Haha, I’ll keep it confidential for now. Actually, I think you guys might be able to figure it out, but please keep it to yourself for me. I don’t want my sexual orientation to travel on campus.

My boyfriend studies computers. I can’t tell you exactly, but he feels like he’s very sophisticated. Speaking of this, my boyfriend actually has a heavier academic workload than me. He is a cadre of the student union and recently participated in an innovation competition. He also has to spend one day every week to accompany me, which is very hard.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

My boyfriend majors in computer science. I’m not sure about the specifics, but it sounded like the kind that’s related to advanced technology. Speaking of this, my boyfriend’s school load is much heavier than my own. He is the head of the student union, and he also signed up for a big innovation competition recently. On top of that, he is taking one day from his busy week to spend time with me. He has a lot on his plate.

This made me self-reflect; I’m indeed investing way too little in our relationship. So, for his upcoming birthday, I’m ready to go visit him instead. As for the gift, don’t think I didn’t see those rotten ideas in the comments!! You guys are making me blush, the two of us haven’t even kissed that many times. EljF3N

I didn’t take the initiative on any of them as well, gosh, I’m really a failure…someone come save me. It’s really embarrassing. Even now, I still blush during our video chat, and whenever he hugs me, I feel hot all over.

Speaking of this, I used to have a female friend with whom I came out for the first time. She was very calm after hearing about my sexual orientation and said to me, I had guessed it a long time ago. Big, you have no interest in girls at all. Besides, are you going to get hard on girls with that sad look on your face?

Since I’m on this topic, I used to have a female friend, and she was the first person I came out of the closet to. When she heard about my sexual orientation, her reaction was very mild. She told me that she had long guessed it. Because she got the feeling that I wasn’t interested in girls at all. Then she laid it out how with my shou-like face, how am I going to get hard with girls?

Me!!??!

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Actually, at that time, I never took the time to think if I’m a 1 or 0. There were only a few occasions of me noticed the strange feelings I have towards people of the same gender. However, her words really affected me because I unknowingly accepted myself as a 0 _(:з」∠)_

Enough, the topic is going way off tangent.

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.

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It is difficult for an extravagant person to become thrifty after all. n12PdU


Discussion (196):

Jia Jia-ing: Ahhh, finally an update! None of the ongoing novels plague my mind this much.

Qi Xi » Jia Jia-ing: Handshake

Bright Milky Way: Hahaha, I guessed right. Anon is a little shou. T15AFk

Someone who has been here: Listen to me, get a room in the hotel next to your boyfriend’s school, decorate the room, buy the necessary items, and then call him. He will definitely like this birthday gift.

The Experienced One: Hear me out, get a hotel close to your boyfriend’s campus, buy all the necessary things, prepare the room, then call him.

Kong Kong Cong Cong » The Experienced One: I heard that hotels around the campus have hidden cameras. Not safe.

The Experienced One » Kong Kong Cong Cong: It shouldn’t be an issue if it’s a more high-end hotel. vT pUA

Liang Qi » The Experienced One: You guys are complicating things. If Anon could be this proactive, he wouldn’t have come back to this question.

Anonymous Account (Author) » Liang Qi: Haha, right on target!

Chrysanthemum Garden.

A Tree Climbing Pig: Anon, try not to beat yourself up, have more confidence. If you are able to get such an amazing boyfriend, it means there’s something brilliant about you, but you yourself just haven’t noticed yet.

Xiao Ming Classmate » A Pig That Can Climb Tree: That’s right, only the confident ones can sparkle. yC3Sbv

Anonymous Account (Author) » A Tree Climbing Pig: Yes, thank you. I’m working hard on improving myself!

polish: I have a small discovery… maybe I am overthinking… I saw an anonymous answer under this question before… it fits this story inexplicably…

polish: I made a small discovery…but I might be over reading into things…I saw another anonymous response to this question a while ago…and for some reason, it really matches this story…

Anonymous Account (Author) » polish: ?? lAMGeN

Jia Jia-ing » polish: ??

Xiao Ming Classmate » polish: ??


April 19th, 2019.

Going to Shanghai tomorrow. I didn’t tell him, and I won’t be messaging him. I’m going to pretend that I forgot about his birthday and show up right outside of his dormitory. He is in for a surprise! dEQaOb

Hehe, I’m feeling excited just thinking about it!

By the way, there was another anonymous answer mentioned by a friend in the comment area before. I looked through it for a long time but didn’t find it. Why did this question suddenly have so many answers? Now there are more than 3,000 answers. I can’t find it. All sour.

Oh right, a reader mentioned in the comment section about another anonymous response. I searched for it long and hard with no luck. When did this question get so many responses? It has reached more than three thousand. My hand is sore from all the scrolling.

It seems that everyone has a secret they can’t share. 3p6cY

Could that reader please help find and share the link with me? I really want to check it out. Many thanks!

It’s late now, well, good night, everyone!


The translator has something to add:

Teo: readers are welcome to create a NU page for this project. I don’t know if things I submitted would get approve since I got banned once for uploading the wrong link, so I don’t create novel page or upload chapter link xd 1LnH5U

Translator's Note

More effeminate in either behavior or nature. Lacking the manly spirit/appearance.

Translator's Note

The full proverb is ‘it is easy for a thrifty person to become extravagant, but difficult for an extravagant person to become thrifty’. Simply, it’s easy for someone living a poor life to change to living in a rich life, but the same can’t be said for someone living in a rich life to reduce to a poor life.

Translator's Note

Not sure if this is reference to an onomatopoeia, or it means simple-minded clever one.

Translator's Note

It’s more like, a pig that can climb tree. It might be related to the phrase ‘this female pig can climb trees, very trustworthy’. Depending on the context, it could mean the person is very reliable, or to mock a person not being reliable.

Translator's Note

Referring to someone by another name (nickname), and according to Chinese wiki, it’s a representation of a character. The person with this name had a natural way to tell corny jokes in school. Thus, many of the jokes have a character with that name, and often appear in example paragraphs in schoolwork.

Translator's Note

Follow students. Often left as pinyin in fan translation, or tong xue. So, in this case, it would have been Xiao Ming-tongxue.

Translator's Note

Already in English. Left it as lowercase to match the original text.

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  1. Thank you for your translation ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  2. Waaaa mc becoming proactive 💞

    Anonymous response OwO is that the ml hehhe

    Thank you for the NU pagee (♡˙︶˙♡) got to know about this story from there. Imma add tags when I’m done with this