Translator: Callis
Editor: Dragon
It was late summer and early autumn, with the morning wind blowing on his face. The light, sweet fragrance of yellow orchids being carried by the wind embedded itself deeply into his heart. However, it couldn’t disperse the frustration that had been building up inside Xu Xing.
Xu Xing rubbed his tired eyes. The spirit of a third-year high school student couldn’t be seen on his face at all. Instead, he seemed like a withered leaf beaten by frost and dew, striving to be autumn’s first dead leaf.
A girl with shoulder-length hair came up from behind and gave Xu Xing’s butt a big smack.
“Good morning, Xu Xing!”
The girl’s voice was clear and lively.
Xu Xing turned his head, only to see Tang Mian standing in front of him, chewing a lollipop. She had an entirely new outfit: a red backpack on her shoulders, red sneakers on her feet, and a shining, bright red school-issued lanyard around her neck. Even the watermelon flavored lollipop in her mouth was a bright red.
Tang Mian’s accessories and her deep blue school uniform matched up. The rate of heads she turned could be said to be 100%.
Tang Mian and Xu Xing were childhood friends that grew up on the same road. Although the two families split right before junior high school due to moving to a new home in the neighborhood, Tang Mian and Xu Xing remained classmates in the same class and school. Even if they could have been distributed to different junior high schools by lottery, they couldn’t be separated in the end.
Xu Xing didn’t comment on Tang Mian’s new aesthetic. He silently climbed up the stairs with a despairing expression.
Upon seeing this, Tang Mian laughed and patted Xu Xing’s shoulder. She asked: “What’s going on? Mourning so early in the morning?”
Xu Xing noiselessly sighed. He hadn’t been so bereaved since this morning, but had been like this for the past three entire days.
If he spoke about it, no one would believe him. When Xu Xing woke up three days ago, he unexpectedly received a bizarre ability — he could see a red string connecting two lovers.
Xu Xing wasn’t able to get excited at all by this mythical ability, because he noticed that he also had a red string.
However!
The ends of the red string linked his left hand and his “radio transmitter” together : )
Xu Xing: “……”
This meant, if his “yin-yuan” eyes were genuine, he was destined to be solo for his entire lifetime.
As a vigorous young man who was about to enter adulthood, the gift that fate had given him for his coming-of-age ceremony was advance notice of this grievous news about his life. Fate’s taunt could be said to have been in good faith, but could also be said to be with 90% malice.
Xu Xing was still immersed in sadness. Meanwhile, Tang Mian grabbed Xu Xing and put a milk flavored lollipop in his hand. She beamed and comforted him: “There isn’t a barrier that can’t be overcome. Be a little happier, I’m giving you some sugar.”
Out of the corner of her eye, Tang Mian suddenly caught sight of two figures turning around the corner of the staircase. She was immediately attracted. She didn’t notice that when Xu Xing looked down at the palm of his hand, he had an expression of being so distressed that he had found it hard to breathe.
Tang Mian used her elbow to bump Xu Xing, the lollipop in her mouth also raised and pointed towards a certain direction. She asked meaningfully: “Guess how many more couples would be made in our class this semester. I wonder who would take the lead.”
Xu Xing followed her gaze. A boy and a girl were talking and laughing together on the stairs. The girl was their biology class’s representative, Yu Canchun; the boy was the one who sat in front of her in class, Liu Zekun.
Tang Mian quietly gossiped: “Liu Zekun must be chasing Yu Canchun. Simply don’t be too obvious ~ I don’t know if the two got together yet.”
Xu Xing shoved the lollipop into his pants pocket and spoke in a confident voice: “The two can’t get together. It would certainly be hopeless for Liu Zekun to chase Yu Canchun.”
Tang Mian turned her head and asked: “Why?” She suspiciously stared at Xu Xing. “Don’t tell me that you secretly already got together with Yu Canchun?”
Xu Xing carelessly said: “Let’s just say that Yu Canchun likes someone else.”
After hearing this, Tang Mian curiously crowded up against Xu Xing and asked: “Who did you hear say that? Who does she like? Are they in our class?”
“She……”
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Xu Xing turned his gaze to the front, only to see a red string drift out from the left side of Liu Zekun’s chest and float around Yu Canchun’s left ankle. However, the red string that emerged from Yu Canchun’s chest was actually extending in Xu Xing and Tang Mian’s direction……
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At this time, a figure just came up from the bottom of the stairs and Xu Xing, caught off guard, happened to bump right into them.
“Hey……Be careful!”
Tang Mian’s shrill voice nearly ruptured Xu Xing’s eardrums.
Xu Xing subconsciously sidestepped. Unexpectedly, his foot gave out and he stepped on air. He resembled a bare-winged chick, falling onto a strong chest.
The person who caught Xu Xing was standing a step below him, but appeared only a little shorter than Xu Xing.
He didn’t move, his right arm raised high, so that he could use Xu Xing as a board. He wanted to protect the half-filled, open cup of warm milk tea in his hand.
“Be careful when you walk.”
The boy’s voice and cold, and he carried the strong fragrance of milk, which wafted into Xu Xing’s ears and nose.
Xu Xing suddenly faced a pair of clear eyes, the gleam in the depths of his eyes like ice. The indifference was enough to pull at the pair’s close proximity. Xu Xin’s heart froze, and he secretly cursed, repeatedly apologizing.
Tang Mian pulled him upwards. During the time between Xu Xing returning to his senses and Tang Mian saying, “It’s okay”, the boy had stepped up the stairs and walked towards the left side of the corridor, leaving Xu Xing only a view of his back.
Xu Xing was still concerned with Yu Canchun’s red string, but couldn’t find a trace of it when he looked down the staircase. At this moment, he heard Yu Canchun’s clear, sweet voice: “Lu Che, it’s early ~”
A cold voice responded to her: “It’s not early.”
Xu Xing subconsciously turned his head, only to see Yu Canchun standing in front of the corridor and Liu Zekun standing where he was before. However, Yu Canchun’s beaming expression was completely directed towards the boy who had walked right past her.
The red string coming from Yu Canchun’s heart floated and trembled, its other end tied to the ankle of the boy named Lu Che.
— To be exact, most of the drifting red strings that were coming from all directions converged at Lu Che’s ankles.
Xu Xing was stupefied. The two large bunches of red string on Lu Che’s ankles, if unraveled, could have been knit into a cardigan. Xu Xing didn’t know if it would feel as heavy as wearing weights on his legs.
Tang Mian quietly sighed with regret next to him: “I can’t help but say that Lu Che is truly handsome. No wonder he could take the title of school grass after playing in a basketball tournament……”
Lu Che was half a head taller than the 1.8 meter tall Xu Xing. He had well-sculpted facial features, fair and clear skin, and an excellent figure. His outwardly cold, indifferent temperament induced even more of the girls’ desire to conquer. He had transferred to this school during the second semester as a second-year. First, he led the class to defeat Class Four’s team of so-called unofficial champions. Then, he represented the school in a city-level basketball tournament. He became renowned in the round-robin, where he not only won the championship cup, but also captured the hearts of many boys and girls.
Xu Xing didn’t want to agree with Tang Mian’s praise, but the bundles of red string on Lu Che’s ankles was powerful proof: If a red string represented an admirer, then the two heaps of red strings must represent at least a few dozen people.
Xu Xing’s good eyes noticed a red string among the heap of red strings which had an even more vibrant shade of red floating in his direction, threading its way between his legs.
Aside from being able to see the red string, Xu Xing could also touch the red string. He poked the tip of the red string with the tip of his shoe and looked back curiously to see how the red string reacted, but was interrupted by Tang Mian, “Hey, Xing Xing, did you offend Yu Canchun?”
Xu Xing was puzzled by Tang Mian’s question and asked: “How could I? Why are you asking this so suddenly?”
He and Yu Canchun had nothing to do with the other. Even if he wanted to offend the other, he didn’t have the opportunity to do so.
Tang Mian shrugged and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: “Maybe she also ran for class monitor, only for you to be chosen first. So, there would be a feud between you two.”
Tang Mian wasn’t sure if her vision had blurred. Just before, she had coincidentally glanced over and noticed that right after Yu Canchun called out to Lu Che, her quick look towards Xu Xing seemed to be aggressive.
Nevertheless, Xu Xing gave the matter some deep thinking: “If I unwittingly offended someone……then I can’t do anything about it.”
Just like……him and Lu Che.
Xu Xing thought back to two days ago, when he had just realized that he had yin-yuan eyes, he had panicked alone for an entire day, worrying about it. He finally confessed to his sister, trying to get her comfort and guidance.
When his older sister heard, she first solemnly told him, “Keep this a secret from everyone for now. Don’t think too much……let nature take its course.” Then, she let him calm down by himself.
Xu Xing dazedly went back to his own room. Aside from letting his imagination run wild, he had already given up on pondering over it.
His older sister opened his door twenty minutes later. Xu Xing naturally thought that his sister was coming over to comfort him. The result was that his sister had completely diverged from the subject: “Lu Che……is that the boy from your class who transferred last semester?”
Xu Xing: “……”
When Xu Xing heard that, at that time and under those circumstances, he certainly felt upset. Originally, there wasn’t any intersection between the two. Just because of his older sister’s words, Xu Xing already unilaterally declared Lu Che his enemy.
Xu Xing and Tang Mian went towards the end of the corridor and found the door plate for Class Seven, Third-Years.
Tang Mian stood in the corridor and looked around. She couldn’t help but mutter: “We’re finished! Our classroom is the outermost room in the school. It’ll definitely be very hot in May and June next year. I prefer our second-year classroom.”
Moving from the Class Seven Second-Years in B Building to Class Seven Third-Years in A Building involved crossing a sky bridge. The current ban nevertheless removed the “rising” from the title of “rising third-year students”, pushing them towards the vast and mighty ranks of “third-year students”.
Xu Xing entered the classroom. It was just as noisy as it normally was in the classroom. During summer break, the month-long cram courses still hadn’t instilled the label of strictness and self-discipline of the third-year students in them. The five-day vacation before the start of school simply smacked them thoroughly back into their original state.
The only difference was that Xu Xing could see the many drifting and intertwining yin-yuan strings in the classroom. However, Xu Xing wasn’t as gossipy as Tang Mian. He didn’t have time to trace the head and tail of every single red string and see which one corresponded to which pair of little lovers. He disinterestedly glanced over them, then returned to his seat.
Xu Xing’s deskmate had built a book wall on his desk, with two thick stacks of books piled high. There was a small space hidden in the middle, which hid an opened box of Pocky biscuits.
There was also a small pouch of chocolates in his deskmate’s hands. He was incessantly stuffing them into his mouth, eating happily. The moment he saw Xu Xing, he asked: “Do you want one?”
The hand stretching out towards Xu Xing was white and chubby, with two pieces of chocolate rolling around in his palm.
The name of the person who shared his desk was Wang Zicong, who was born white and chubby. He had a pair of phoenix eyes, and a perpetual beaming smile. He looked like a mascot, but was actually a standard short, chubby, and rich person. Wang Zicong’s family was involved in real estate, the ones who built the school gymnasium. His father had donated a lot of money to the school.
Xu Xing took out all of the chocolate pieces from the dark box, confiscating them all. He said: “Eat, eat, eat. Didn’t you say you were going on a diet? Stand on the scale and see if you can still eat.”
The bright smile on Wang Zicong’s face suddenly wilted. He nodded extremely grievously: “Can eat, of course I’ll eat. My base weight is 200 pounds. If I stand on a scale and eat for a day, I still won’t see any changes.”
Xu Xing: “……”
Tang Mian took the chocolate pieces from Xu Xing’s hands and stuffed two inside her mouth. She pinched Wang Zicong’s wide face and said: “Our little Prince has a girlfriend, what are you afraid of?”
Xu Xing’s sore spot was poked, and he could only feel a pit in his stomach.
Wang Zicong not only had a girlfriend, she was also very beautiful! Her skin was white and beautiful! Round butt and slender waist!
When the pair stood together, it was like a beautiful mother pulling along a chubby son, not matching at all. It was just that the bright and charming Xu Xing had only been accompanied by five girls in his lifetime.
Xu Xing stared at the red string growing from Wang Zicong’s chest. The more he stared at it, the more it became offensively conspicuous, and his mood hit rock bottom.
Tang Mian’s seat was next to Wang Zicong’s. The two were talking and laughing, but Xu Xing wasn’t in the mood to join them. He listlessly held his chin in one hand, chewing a stick of Pocky tastelessly in his mouth.
Xu Xing was simply feeling melancholic. It was precisely at this time that a male student in the row in front of his walked over, crashing into Xu Xing’s field of view. His eyes instantly brightened —
The faint, swiftly moving red string didn’t enter his palm; the other end faded into his □□!
Xu Xing almost clapped!
When he found out that the other was also ‘solo’, Xu Xing empathized with his fellow sufferer. There was a myriad of sadness for being his comrade, but also some joy in finding a comrade.
Xu Xing excitedly called out: “Hey, Xiao Shun……”
Xu Xing wanted to give his classmate an amicable greeting when a cry suddenly came from the back door: “Hey, Lu Che!”
The deep male’s voice overshadowed Xu Xing’s greeting. Xu Xing and Xiao Shun looked at the door simultaneously.
There was a tall boy standing at the back door, leaning against the doorframe. Xu Xing could clearly see — there was a red string coming from the boy’s crotch. In a flash, the red string suddenly brightened greatly.
Xu Xing’s eyes subconsciously followed the red string over. Coincidentally, Xiao Shun turned around to throw out his garbage, and even the red string from the crotch of the boy standing by the door suddenly stretched taut. The other end of the red string followed Xiao Shun’s butt……
And went in.
“???”
Xu Xing had a stunned expression, and the biscuit stick in his mouth fell to the ground with a plop and broke into several pieces.
For Xu Xing, Xiao Shun’s situation was a little beyond his expectations. He stared at the back of Xiao Shun’s trousers, wishing he could dig into it and investigate.
Xiao Shun and the boy standing by the door didn’t have any interactions whatsoever. Not even their gazes met, but after Xiao Shun saw the boy, he quickly lowered his gaze and returned to his desk without a word.
His expression was calm, but Xu Xing clearly felt that every move was deliberate.
Xu Xing’s heart beat wildly.
The delight he had just had in wanting to shake hands with Xiao Shun had already thoroughly vanished into thin air. Now, his heart was pressed down by grey clouds, violent and restless as the howling rain and torrential storm.
By chance, Xu Xing turned around to look behind him. His wildly-beating heart froze a split second after he saw the true situation! He clearly saw……a red string squished under his butt.
Xu Xing watched with wide, incredulous eyes. He suddenly got up, opened his legs, and bent down to look, only to see the red string disappear between his legs.
— It was exactly the same situation as Xiao Shun’s.
Xu Xing: Excuse me???
His mind was blank. He dazedly stooped down at his waist to confirm it several times.
Tang Mian leaned against Wang Zicong’s desk and insincerely glanced over at the ground by Xu Xing. She leisurely asked: “What happened? What did you drop?”
The biscuit in her mouth crunched.
Xu Xing didn’t answer.
Stupefied, he held out his hand, holding onto the red string and lifting it up.
The red string trembled, and suddenly tightened. The other red strings intertwined around it seemed to fade away around 50%, giving way for Xu Xing’s red string and collectively making way for it.
Xu Xing’s gaze followed the red string, the other end weaving through, to the person sitting behind him, tying itself into a unique, flirtatious bow.
“……”
With fear and trepidation, Xu Xing’s line of sight climbed up, the hand holding the red string was shaking uncontrollably, the red string also trembling slightly as a result — Because of this trembling, Lu Che, who had lowered his head playing mobile games, subconsciously glanced towards Xu Xing.
The side of Lu Che’s face was shrouded in the bright, golden morning light, softening his sharp silhouette and adding a warm aura. It was a pity that it was only an illusion brought about by the bright and dazzling sunlight. Lu Che had nothing to do with the phrase ‘nice and friendly’.
The two people stared at each other.
Xu Xing’s face was full of astonishment.
Lu Che’s face was indifferent.
Xu Xing: “……”
All of a sudden, Xu Xing felt that he had lost control of something in his hand and he subconsciously reached for it — the bright, blood-colored red string had already turned into a mirage and slipped between his fingers, light as a feather.
The red string passed through his fingers, leaving Xu Xing to grasp at air.
He couldn’t touch the red string?!
First chapter, I hope you enjoyed! Three guesses as to who ML is (੭ु ´͈꒳`͈)੭ु⁾⁾
Thank you for the update and your hard work. Look forward to future chapters.
I am wHEEZING THIS IS PURE GOLD!!! I LOVE this start!!
So will this Xiao Shun and other dude be a side CP or what? XD
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
The first ch was good so far xD
Thx for it and I look forward to more, seems like a novel that will make me laugh :3
ML candidate: Lu Che, lu Che, LU CHE
Ahahaha a red string from the crotch and the butt, truly speak volumes. 😂
Thanks for the chapter! Looking forward to more of them!
Lu Che, Lu Che, Lu Che.
Sigh.
Better prepare your bums, Xu Xing.
Thanks for the translation 💕
I wonder if the red strings caused that xiao shun a wedgie
Ooooh!! Love it😍😍
Thank you for the chapter!!☺️
I love this, laughed so hard I almost kicked my laptop near me off the bed
Thanks for the chapter~ ( ^ ♡ ^ )/
This seems exciting!! 😈
Also he’s just bending down randomly and grabbing at the air randomly in the eyes of everyone else 😆😆😆
5 money he falls into the ML’s lap in the next chapter 👀
Pfffffttthahahahaha so funny roflmfao 😂😂😂
Thank you for the chapter 💖😆💖
Rather than fated lovers, the red string seems to represent current feelings more?
It doesn’t seem to apply to the red line between MC and Lu Che though, since there was one when they didn’t really know each other? So it might be a combination of both (some show current feelings, some are actually “fate”) — at least, that’s my current theory about it.
But MC’s red string is to himself, which shows he has no feelings for anyone. And it’s certainly possible for Lu Che to have a crush on MC without MC knowing him.
I read a bit ahead, and given Lu Che’s reaction to MC, I don’t think he likes MC (in that way)? Even if he did, then why isn’t MC immediately connected to Lu Che the moment he was able to see the strings? We see from Xiao Shun and the other boy that it’s possible to have a connection even when one party is completely unaware. It’s an interesting theory ┐(´д｀)┌
It could just be that he’s sexually attracted but doesn’t have feelings yet? Once he develops feelings, the red string will move to coming from the heart?
[I read until chap 11]
If the red string forces people to be together then that’s the red string acting as fate (fate is something you can’t control; they can’t control their body because of the string; hence the name red string of fate). Those who matched are fated; but there are rules. I think they need to ‘cross paths’ (not necessarily meet or have contacts; whether the other party is aware of the other it doesn’t matter as long as they crossed paths) with their pair first before they can be tied with the string. That’s why XX’s string only appeared when he met Lu Che. It isn’t fixed, and the red strings can change who will it pair you to depending on the circumstances. Just like how XX thought he’s destined to be alone, but actually it’s because he just hasn’t met Lu Cheng yet. The same goes to those with unrequited love and those who doesn’t have strings, they probably just haven’t crossed paths with their pair too. The red string’s only job is to match people, whether they will last forever together, however, depends on the person involved. If no progress has been made upon chance contacts, the red strings will interfere and force contacts between the pairs (just like what happened to XX and LC). As to why their strings are attached to their crotch, I think it’s because it represents desire, which means their relationship will likely start off maybe sexual (kinda like how most mxm relationships are usually fleshy?), until it moves to the love stage. The love stage is where the strings are tied between the hearts of the pair (XX’s parents are in love stage). I think there’s also a possibility that the strings will break/change. (being fated doesn’t mean you’ll be together forever, it can be you’re fated to meet, but not fated to be together; so if ever the strings break maybe they’re indeed fated to be alone, or maybe the red string will match them to another one. Hard to say). That’s just my guess so far.
I was just thinking that red string means what you love the most 🙃😜😏
XDXDXD found this just now and this looks really interesting!!!
Other story: red string of fate intertwined cutely in little finger
This story author: fck them all! I want it intertwined in their ass and birdie!
😂😂😂😂 crazy golden story
Time to catch up. I need something funny and cute to read.
This Tang Mian seems a good friend. I like the Good representation of females in BL novels. It’s so refreshing.
Other people have their string attached to the chest, so why Lu Chen and Xu Xing and Xiao Shu are different… If It’s a strong feeling it appears attached to the chest, to the ankles when It’s one sided love and to their intimate bits when It’s just sex. That’s my theory.
Thanks for the chapter!
sexuality reveal : level 1000😂
It’s so cute and very very funny🤣🤣