Proofreader: Akimi
If it weren’t for how peculiar Shi Bufan had been acting for the past few days, Zhen Yuanbai wouldn’t have the desire to roast and talk behind his back. If he knew that he was standing behind him, he would never have had the guts to talk about him.
He never would’ve thought of how quickly he was caught talking behind his back.
“Good father” Zhen Yuanbai turned around timidly, holding a corn porridge in one hand and the baked sesame seed-coated cake. He was guilty and scared.
Shi Bufan walked closer to him, but Zhen Yuanbai subconsciously took a step back. Shi Bufan shoved his backpack in his arms and said, “Bring my backpack back for me.”
Zhen Yuanbai hurriedly wrapped his arms around the backpack and stared at him with his pitch-black eyes. Shi Bufan curled his lips and lowered his head to say “I’ll settle our accounts later.”
Zhen Yuanbai shrunk back right then.
Song Mo swallowed his saliva and followed him, running back to the classroom. He murmured, “What does he mean? Is he going to beat you up?”
Zhen Yuanbai’s face paled, but he didn’t say anything.
Song Mo came up with an idea. “How about we tell the teacher?”
How would Zhen Yuanbai dare to? He was the one who talked behind Shi Bufan’s back. He deserved the beating.
When Shi Bufan returned, it was already the last class in the afternoon. Their clothes were disheveled and Qiu Jing had minor injuries on his face, clearly he went out for a fight.
The moment the four of them walked in, everyone in the room started to move aside and allow them to go back to their seats. The moment Qiu Jing laid his head on the desk, he went back to sleep. On the other hand, Shi Bufan stopped by Song Mo and raised his brows at Zhen Yuanbai.
Zhen Yuanbai tried his best to minimize his existence, but after Shi Bufan sat down behind him, his laugh made his hair stand up.
The second the bell rang, Zhen Yuanbai acted as usual and urged Song Mo to go to the cafeteria after the teacher left. But, Shi Bufan suddenly called out, “Wait for me.”
Song Mo immediately said in a low voice, “I’ll go call a teacher for you.”
Zhen Yuanbai had no choice but to stop and sit down. However, Shi Bufan suddenly took out a green bubble tea out from the desk and took off the plastic bag. While Zhen Yuanbai had no idea what to do, Shi Bufan jabbed the straw in and pushed the bubble tea over, saying in a wicked manner, “I’m respecting my father.”
“…” Zhen Yuanbai was suspicious, thinking he poisoned the bubble tea. At the very least, it would make him have diarrhea. He said weakly, “In the morning, I was joking…”
“You were joking?” Shi Bufan said as if he expected this. “I thought you were saying the truth. After all, I lost my memory, so I don’t even know how my father looks like.”
Zhen Yuanbai was about to cry. He lowered his head as Shi Bufan pushed the bubble tea closer to him. “Drink it. I’ll take you out for food.”
Zhen Yuanbai reached over with trembling fingers and cupped the bubble tea with both his hands. It felt like he was a completely different person from when he said he became a father at such a young age in the morning. Shi Bufan was about to chuckle hysterically.
Zhen Yuanbai sucked on the straw and took a sip with teary eyes. Shi Bufan propped his chin up and asked, “Is it good?”
How would Zhen Yuanbai dare to say it wasn’t? “It is great.”
“If it’s good, then drink some more. Let’s go to the cafeteria now.”
He walked in the front and seeing how slowly Zhen Yuanbai was walking, he turned around and held him by the waist. “Why are you scared? I’m not going to hit you.”
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.
Yc atf tjiikjs, Vbcu Zb gertlcu Al Tjcqlcu abkjgvr atf mijrrgbbw. “Qts lr tf tlaalcu Itfc Tejcyjl obg cb gfjrbc?”
“Itfc Tejcyjl lcreiafv tlw.”
“Itfc Tejcyjl xcbkr tbk ab lcreia rbwfbcf?!” Al Tjcqlcu kjr yljrfv abkjgvr Itfc Tejcyjl. “Ktfc Vtl Deojc wera’nf vbcf rbwfatlcu olgra.”
Vtl Deojc tbbxfv tlr jgw jgbecv Itfc Tejcyjl’r rtbeivfgr jr atfs kjixfv bea, yewqlcu lcab Al Tjcqlcu mblcmlvfcajiis. Vbcu Zb lwwfvljafis wbnfv yftlcv tfg jcv Al Tjcqlcu qjerfv yfobgf rtf rjlv, “Tbe uesr…rffw ab yf ufaalcu jibcu qgfaas kfii.”
Zhen Yuanbai kept his head down while Shi Bufan said, “Of course. I even bought him milk tea.”
Ji Yanping went to confirm this with Zhen Yuanbai and the latter nodded stiffly. After verifying that Zhen Yuanbai wasn’t beaten up, she was slightly more relaxed. “Fine, quickly go eat lunch. Every day…you won’t give me a moment of peace.”
Shi Bufan stared at Song Mo and he ran off quickly.
Zhen Yuanbai also wanted to follow suit, but Shi Bufan wouldn’t allow him. Holding the intention of getting it over with, Zhen Yuanbai finished the bubble tea before they arrived at the cafeteria. After he finished, he allowed Shi Bufan to look at the empty cup. “I finished drinking it, so are we even now?”
“What’s even?”
Zhen Yuanbai summoned his courage to say, “Um, that I’m your father…that joke.”
Shi Bufan laughed uncontrollably and went to get food without glancing at him.
Zhen Yuanbai was fine the entire afternoon.
He didn’t get diarrhea, nor was he poisoned. He then realized later on that Shi Bufan really wasn’t angry at him.
As a result, Zhen Yuanbai finally sighed in relief.
In the evening, Shi Bufan brought him home as usual. Zhen Yuanbai couldn’t help but say, “You’re actually a decent person.”
“Mhm.” Shi Bufan reached over to press Zhen Yuanbai’s head on his shoulder, lazily saying, “Didn’t you know this already?”
Who knows?
Zhen Yuanbai thought that in the past, Shi Bufan was a super duper tyrant in his heart. Not only did he like to bully him, he also liked to stare at him harshly during class. If Zhen Yuanbai accidentally made eye contact with him one day, he would glare at him fiercely, making it seem like Zhen Yuanbai had done something terrible to him.
In the past, don’t mention talking to him, but he would walk the other way around whenever he saw Shi Bufan. Yet, he was still able to find him when he was alone, shouting his nickname or threatening him. Then, he walked off.
But Zhen Yuanbai obviously wouldn’t tell him this.
“You actually don’t need to bring me back home every day.” Zhen Yuanbai couldn’t help but look up and say, “You can go out and play with Ye Lian and the others.”
“Are they more important than you?”
In fact, they really are.
Shi Bufan accompanied him to his neighborhood when Zhen Yuanbai stopped him from continuing. “You can go back now.”
“You’re just going to let me go back like this?”
Zhen Yuanbai didn’t understand. Shi Bufan looked left and right, pulling him into an abandoned telephone booth. He directly trapped him against the wall and asked, “Aren’t you going to hug me?”
Not only was Zhen Yuanbai unwilling to hug him, he even placed his hands behind his back. Shi Bufan laughed and hugged him, saying in a low voice, “What a stingy person.”
He had already made his intentions clear, but why was this guy acting like he didn’t know anything? He’s so bashful.
There was a sweet fragrance on Zhen Yuanbai and Shi Bufan didn’t know whether it was a psychological effect or what, but he thought it was very sweet. After taking in the scent, he wanted more, as if he was addicted.
The telephone booth had basked in the sunshine the entire day, so it was very warm and hot. Zhen Yuanbai felt uncomfortable with the embrace and pushed him. In his heart, he thought unhappily: is that how you treat your good friends?
He’s jealous. Shi Bufan pinched his face and said meaningfully, “I’m only like this to my father.”
They walked out of the telephone booth and Zhen Yuanbai waved his hand at him. He walked in the door and turned around to see Shi Bufan still standing there. He waved his hand again.
This was becoming stranger and stranger. Zhen Yuanbai walked to the first building and looked back again to see Shi Bufan still standing there, unmoved. He quickly turned back around and sprinted in the building and got in an elevator.
Shi Bufan fished out a cigarette from his pocket and the corner of his lips curled up as he lit it up.
Zhen Yuanbai wouldn’t admit it in front of his face, but he was quite reluctant to part with him when they had to go.
A Volkswagen brand car drove past him and slid the car window down. Zhen Pingjin peered out to see the young man’s tall and straight figure, making him knit his eyebrows.
Zhen Yuanbai washed some fruits and brought some over to Zhen Youxiu who was playing games. The latter looked unexpectedly at him and said, “I thought you wouldn’t be back today.”
Zhen Yuanbai ignored him and brought his own plate of fruits back into his room, taking out his homework notebook. In a moment, he heard movements outside and knew Zhen Pingjin was back.
He was a bit nervous in his heart and this feeling engulfed his mind more and more as Zhen Pingjin slowly walked over in his slippers.
The door was opened and Zhen Pingjin looked over. Zhen Yuanbai raised his head and clutched the pencil in his hand tightly.
“Where did you sleep last night?”
“Um, Shi Bufan’s house.”
Zhen Pingjin furrowed his brows and asked, “You are unable to sleep in this house? You just had to go sleep in someone else’s house?”
See, he knew this would happen.
Zhen Yuanbai explained, “We ate BBQ yesterday and by the time we were done, it was already very late. I didn’t have the nerve to ask him to bring me home, so I might as well spend the night at his place.”
“You don’t know my phone number? You’re scared of troubling your own father?”
“It was already midnight, so I…”
Zhen Pingjin interrupted his words furiously. “What did I tell you? Stay away from that boy. You just won’t remember, won’t you? He even came to our house today. Why? To find you? Do you know that he smokes? He’s a bad influence to you!”
He suddenly thought of something and asked in alarm, “Did he teach you how to smoke?”
Zhen Yuanbai shook his head.
Zhen Pingjin rubbed his hand against the door and said, “Let me warn you again. Stay away from him in the future, otherwise I will beat you. Do you understand me?”
Zhen Yuanbai nodded hurriedly.
Zhen Pingjin felt a ball of anger in his body and he slammed Zhen Yuanbai’s door shut. He turned around and looked at Zhen Youxiu, “You’re still playing! You’re going to be taking the senior high school exam next year and I’d like to see how you’re going to score first place if you keep playing games!”
Zhen Youxiu tilted his head to the side and said, “You’re going overboard.”
It became silent outside and Zhen Yuanbai who originally felt stifled by his father’s scolding became amused by Zhen Youxiu’s words. He kept his head down and continued to do his homework when the screen of his phone suddenly flickered.
Annoying Shi: What do you want for dinner?
Zhen Yuanbai didn’t want to answer him for now. Since Zhen Pingjin had said that, it was very possible for him to beat him up.
He responded: I’m doing homework.
Annoying Shi: Congming is clever.
Zhen Yuanbai didn’t answer.
Qin Ying arrived later on in the evening and Zhen Yuanbai heard them talking about him in the living room. While eating, as expected, Qin Ying mentioned Shi Bufan. She gave Zhen Yuanbai and Zhen Youxiu each a drumstick and said, “Your father and I can’t control who you’re friends with but I have to say that despite how wealthy Shi Bufan’s family is, it has nothing to do with you, ok? Even if he’s willing to be friends with you or bring you out for food and fun. You need to know that he will only be schoolmates with you for one, two, or maybe three years. Do you think you guys can be together forever?”
Zhen Yuanbai said, “I didn’t go to his house because he is rich.”
“I know.” Qin Ying smiled and said, “Our Congming isn’t a vain person, but let me tell you the truth. I don’t want you around him. He smokes, fights, and even bullies students. He’s only nice to you now because you saved him. If he gets into trouble in the future, what happens if he implicates you? Our family doesn’t have that much money to spend on you.”
Zhen Yuanbai kept his head down and said, “He never brought me into any fights.”
“Then why did you stand outside of class last time?” Zhen Pingjin asked with a gloomy face. “You guys have only been together for a few days and he has already caused you to stand out of class. He doesn’t find it shameful that he is the center of attention, and you don’t as well? You’re a good kid, so why must you follow after that bad boy? We don’t care about him repaying the favor. Go and tell him tomorrow that you guys are over and for him to never talk to you again.”
When his father spoke, Zhen Yuanbai wanted to retort, but he didn’t dare. He felt a stiff feeling in his heart. His eyes slightly teared up.
Qin Ying tugged on his clothes and said, “Ok, let’s just go eat now.”
After Zhen Yuanbai finished his drumstick, he was the first to leave the table and go back to his room.
He laid down on the bed and noticed that Annoying Shi had sent him another message ten minutes again. What are you doing? Why are you ignoring me?
Zhen Yuanbai recalled his parent’s words and then the feeling of standing on the field as punishment. He hesitated, wanting to blacklist Annoying Shi. A video call unexpectedly popped up and he accidentally clicked answer, immediately seeing Shi Bufan’s handsome face.
He laid on his own bed and originally wanted to pose handsomely. After seeing Zhen Yuanbai’s face, however, he moved his face closer to the screen and said, “What’s the matter? Why are your eyes red? Who bullied you?”
Zhen Yuanbai watched him from across the screen and thought it was all Shi Bufan’s fault that he was being mistreated. He couldn’t help but scold, his soft voice containing a lot of courage, “Starting tomorrow, stay away from me.”
T/N: Happy Chinese New Year! Enjoy the extra release ahaha 
I can see where the parents are coming from, but they don’t have to be so mean about it. 🙁
Rip having controlling parents
+1 ￣へ￣
+2
Well, not to put it in a bad way but they are fierce enough to make one of their child has a severe problem on expressing his opinion…
Thank you for translating this
I abid by the rule that controlling parents don’t really have a point. They traumatized their child. When he wanted to change schools because he was clearly afraid of being there, they simply dismissed him. The author has made a point to create parents as dislikeable as possible in my honest opinion. I Just want him to send the middlefinger to his shitty family, with the little brother as exception.
My prediction for the next chapter, expressed through song~ *I wanna fight your father – The Rubberbandits*
https://youtu.be/Qzo4rZxF3x4
I can’t believe you did that to me TvT
AHAHHA I LIKE YOU FOR THAT AND I’M CRYING LOLOLOL
T-t-that s-song is…..😭🤣😭🤣
Poor Zhe Yuanbai..
Thanks for the update ❤️
Awww baby. His dad is way too overbearing. I think this situation is only going to make SBF have a bigger misunderstanding. I love it.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
I’m seing this as forbidden young love!!
What would you guys think Shi Bufan will do!? 🤔🤔
Overly controlling parents, a no go Dx Let’s wait and see what SBF will do now lol
Thx for the extra ch \(≧▽≦)/ And HCNY too~
Thanks for the chapter!
Our MC also didn’t get a drumstick!!! Seems like it’s a normal routine by the mom to just give the drumsticks to the father and younger brother… 😟
She did lol
I hope Zhen Yuanbai won’t need to struggle so much in the future.😥
Thanks for the chapter.😄
Awww pets MC
Thanks for the chapter, and Happy Chinese New Year!
What does the dad want????
He doesn’t like him being timid but he also doesn’t let him make his own decisions
I really don’t like these parents, the father talks about how he’s always been a good boy but he actually hates him for being good and weak and for not being like a typical boy and everytime he looks at him, he wants to beat him so what right do you have to lecture him about who he makes friends with, you yourself said that you would rather him be bullying someone rather then getting bullied, now he’s friends with a bully you should be happy. And that mother i just don’t like you if it wasn’t because of you guys he might not have been so scared and timid to say his own opinion
My personality is similar to that of yuan yuan. There’s so many things that you want to say but when you are never able to express them because you fear them. It’s like you’ve been conditioned to just be meek towards them. Even now when someone raises their voice at me, even if I don’t want to, my eyes would start tearing up and I would have the urge to cry. It sucks to have controlling and abusive parents and my heart goes out to everyone that has toxic parents.
I respect Eastern (Oriental) philosophy but one thing is respect and another is hurting you, because it is your life, not theirs. I think you need psychology, I need a psychiatrist the same XD but for being depressive. Be confident in what you do Kiss Kiss Have a happy life (this was translate with google because suck my english I hope is undestandle )
Same with me and when I cry then a second round of scolding start for how i am so weak
Oh when someone who have feelings is rejected I just feel so good! So fulfilling! Feels so good to see other people suffering for love!
I don’t like ZYB’s parents. They complain about how unmanly and timid he is and treat him like he’s an idiot! Didn’t the dad say/think in an earlier chapter that he wished ZYB would punch/fight someone?!
Thanks for the chapter! 😊😍
I don’t like his parents at all. Especially his father
Am I the only who felt that Zhen YuanBai’s parents kept saying the wrong things?😅
ie; “boys can’t be together forever” “you’ve only been together for a few day” “tell him it’s over between the two of you” etc etc
LOLOL I can’t breathe with this novel AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA
I- 🤣🤣🤣
Poor babies.
Thank you for the chapter!
Lol im similar to ZYB’s lil bro, but i think the parent’s attitude hit too close to home ugh.
Can’t wait fro the clarification
Well… people always thinks that if your parents order you a little bit..they are controlling, abusive etc.i don’t agree with this at all.most of the parents want the best of their children.they will order, advice them for their own good.so,in this chapter yuanyuans parents were actually reasonable and normal.they are supposed to worry for their child.but in other chapters I didn’t like them.parents are supposed to courage and inspire you into becoming a better person.you are not supposed to feel ashamed of your children’s flaws of characters.just my opinion.and loved the translation😆
I hate Yuanbai’s father. He’s emotionally and verbally abusive already but signs are telling me they’re also physically abusive to Yuanbai. Yuanbai might be scared of his father’s threats because he believes his father is capable of harming him.
It’s no wonder how Zhen Yuanbai has a timid temperament, with a father like that? Ugh, but if you say he’s being protective well,i think no, he just straight up dislike his sonಠಠ
If the story didn’t go with the original storyline i wouldn’t even be surprised if it goes down the angst/tragedy path after witnessing how his father is even willing to beat him up just for hanging out with someone _(:3」∠)
If you know what happened to ML and MC in Thai Drama “Until We Meet Again” when their parents caught them…
then¯(ツ)/¯
That’s:(
Thank you for the chapter!
I understand the thoughts of Zhou Yan’s parents, that’s the reason I dislike them even more 😭😭😭
my innocent baby who is depressed, not to mention Bufan who still has to fight 😥😥