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Jiang Ran brought me sightseeing around Germany.
To my surprise, as soon as my foot stepped out of the train station, I could see a towering Gothic castle rising from the ground.
When I fixed my eyes to it, I recognised it to be the Cologne Cathedral that I had seen many times before in books.
Today was a clear, fine day. Under the dazzling sunlight, the tower was stately and dignified, dyed with a bright metallic copper sheen.
Jiang Ran sighed from behind. “They say that it was bombed by artillery more than 70 times during World War II. No one expected it to remain standing, preserved to the present. It is a monument baptised by the wear of time through the years, long in existence but ever new…”
Wts, since when did Jiang Ran turn into a great poet.
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I routed to the entrance of the cathedral, hurriedly whipping out my phone to take photos.
“You appear to like this place a lot?” Jiang Ran leisurely asked behind me.
“It’s my first time here, after all. Everything feels novel.” I moved up and clown, front and back, looking for a good angle to take the photo from, casually responding.
“Do you like photography too?” He squatted beside me, holding the collar of my shirt. “Why are you even sitting on the floor now?”
“Let go.” I impatiently shrugged. “This is the professionalism of us photographers.”
“So which brand of cameras do you like best?”
“Canon.” My answer came with alacrity, without needing any thought.
It was the brand that my dad had asked someone to get for me after I passed the entrance exams and got into university. At that time, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep for three days, my mind abuzz with ideas of how to put them to use.
However, after my family fell apart, I sold them all.
And along with it, the last bit of deluded hope that I held for my father.
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Now, in retrospect, I was perhaps too impulsive at that time.
I sighed softly.
Maybe that’s the point of photography. To capture the important moments…
After all, no one knew what the future would bring.
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I got up and looked at Jiang Ran. “We should take a photo together.”
“Sure.” At once, his interest was piqued. He took off his mask and walked over to me.
I held my phone with one hand, striking a cool and dazzling pose, whereas Jiang Ran stood quietly by my side.
“It’s too bad that I can’t get the entire cathedral in the photo.” I frowned, only now remembering that I hadn’t even prepared a selfie stick for when out with Jiang Ran, this old fogey.
Jiang Ran took the phone from my hand. “Why not? Isn’t it just that your arm is too short?”
H a r ? I whipped my head back, rolling my eyes at him.
Jiang Ran, let up on your ginseng chicken!
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Jiang Ran fiddled with my phone for a while, finding an upwards angle. With a smug face, he pulled me before the lens.
What the heck!
Jiang Ran, don’t you know that all you can shoot from this angle would be a mooncake face?
After all, he was a seasoned superstar; next to him, my face was all round and pudgey.
Sure enough, Jiang Ran pinched my face. “I need to supervise your exercise when we get back, otherwise you’ll really end up turning into a little yellow chicken. Look at this… attractive face.”
Damnit, Jiang Ran, you bastard!
Let me tell you this. If I die of anger, you’re not going to have a boyfriend anymore!
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However, during the few seconds that I was madly flinging curses at him in my head, Jiang Ran pressed the shutter button.
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Or, was it possible that associating with me had turned him into a sand sculpture too?
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“I refuse to let you call me little chicken anymore.”
“Then what should I call you? Mdm. Ji’er?”
“……”
I rolled my eyes at him, letting him catch ball himself.
Jiang Ran took a few steps back, giving me a onceover.
After a few seconds, he walked back over and said seriously, “Half-ton.”
Baffled, I frowned. “What? What do you mean by half done?”
Jiang Ran gave an impish smile. “500 kilograms. Isn’t that the meaning of half-ton?”
Are you for real? The topic is already long behind us but you’re still harping on it.
Ugh. You guys be the judge. I, Mo Shuyao, am 178 cm and 68 kg. How is that fat?
How, is, that, fat!
Instead, it’s Jiang Ran who’s too skinny.
When we get back, I need to find a way to fatten him up.
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A while later, I compromised. “Just Ji’er then. Even little yellow chicken sounds cuter than… fatty.”
Jiang Ran stuck his hands into his pockets, squinting at me.
I rolled my eyes at him.
He pointed to the spire. “There are stairs to the top of this cathedral that gives a panoramic view of Cologne. I heard that many couples go there to celebrate their anniversary. Would you like to go up and take a look?”
Huh? I looked up. By rough visual estimate, this spire had to be over a hundred metres high.
And you want me to… climb up there?
By anniversary, are you talking about my death anniversary??
I glared at him. “What did you just say? It’s too windy, I can’t hear you~~”
With that, I hurriedly fled.
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Jiang Ran followed behind me. “Aren’t you running quite fast now anyway?”
I pulled to a stop. “When we get back, must I really exercise every day?”
“I’ll get a coach to customise a training regime for you.” He stared at me for a few seconds, then couldn’t help but smile. “Don’t look at me like that. You should make sure to keep yourself fit.”
“……” Suresuresure, whatever you say.
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Jiang Ran and I went up a bridge.
This should be the transportation hub of Cologne. Trams and trains passed through this area.
Jiang Ran pointed to a red train and said, “That is the light rail system.”
“Oh.” I looked around. When my eyes caught sight of the patch of bright red on the railings of the bridge, I unconsciously frowned, asking, “What’s that?”
“Those are love locks. They say that if a couple fixes a padlock here and throws the key into the Rhine River…”
“Pfft—” I accidentally snorted before he could finish his story.
I was this close to rolling on the ground in laughter.
What kind of fairytale mary sue novel was this?
I originally thought that all those Tyrannical CEO films just came from a flight of fancy; I didn’t realise that there was actually a basis behind them.
I knew it. Poverty has limited my imagination.
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Jiang Ran was a little dissatisfied. He softly said, “What are you laughing at?”
I walked up to inspect the padlocks of all shapes and colours, even with names engraved on them.
However, some of them had rusted away with the weathering of the seasons.
It felt a pity to me. I muttered, “If I like someone, I’d lock him in my heart. I would be too reluctant to let the rain drizzle on him.”
“What did you say?”
I didn’t expect that Jiang Ran, at some point in time, had squatted beside me.
I jumped in shock.
“It was too windy just now, I didn’t catch your words. Can Teacher Mo repeat them once more?”
Har? I suspiciously glanced at him.
As if feeling that he hadn’t fully expressed himself, Jiang Ran stroked my hair. “Teacher Mo’s voice sounds very gentle when speaking of love.”
“……”
Is gentle a word used to describe men?
Jiang Ran. If you keep this up, you’ll easily lose me.
Really.
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In the afternoon, Jiang Ran took me to stroll the main shopping street of Cologne to buy a few outfits.
Now, I’ve stepped into a whole new world.
Looking at my handsome, suave, and elegant reflection in the mirror, I couldn’t help but lament—
It’s great to be rich.
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Jiang Ran also brought me to the Fragrance Museum. It was only there that I learned that Cologne was really the birthplace of cologne.
I recall Jiang Ran once telling me that he liked this brand the most.
So I fished out some money to buy him a box.
Jiang Ran was so happy that he looked like a 100-kg fatty.
Hoho, at the end of the day, he’s still a child. He’s so easy to please.
I showed my most fatherly smile.
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In the evening, Jiang Ran found a restaurant along the Rhine River, where I could sit by the window and have a direct view of the nightscape.
I couldn’t handle high alcohol content, so I got Jiang Ran to order me a glass of light, fruity alcohol.
The moon’s beautiful tonight.
All of a sudden, I was struck by a poetic mood. I held the wine glass and took a sip, thinking to myself that I wanted to hurry back and fix that lousy ending of my previous novel…
Ugh, pah, pah, pah!!
Why is my alcohol so sour?!
“Jiang Ran, what did you order for me?”
Holding a fork and knife, he said elegantly, “Radler, it’s lemon soda.”
Har?
Idgi, I clearly already have sweet love, why must I still eat sour lemons over here?
I glanced at Jiang Ran. “I want to drink yours.”
He suddenly stopped my hand. “The alcohol content in mine is a little high.”
“It’s fine, no matter how high it is, it’s just alcohol.”
He had a layered cocktail in his cup. It was immediately apparent that this was an expensive drink.
I picked it up and took a sip.
Wha, blehblehblehbleh!
Jiang Ran, this is what you frigging call a little high?
One sip was enough to send my soul drifting off to the heavens…
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I really couldn’t tell that Jiang Ran is actually able to handle such high alcohol content.
…As expected, he isn’t any kind of proper gentleman.
I’ll draw a Peppa Pig on you another day.
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Seeing how violently I coughed, Jiang Ran put down his cutlery, patting my back. “Are you alright?”
“Passable…” I slumped across the table. “Jiang Ran, don’t drink such high-alcohol content anymore. It’s not good for your body and throat. Even if you aren’t a singer, you shouldn’t strain your body like this.”
“But drinking aids sleep.” Jiang Ran sighed softly. “You also know that those of us in this industry have our occupational diseases.”
I furtively glanced at him. “But that’s before right? It has to be much better now. Get your agent to pack your schedule, when work tires you out, you’ll be able to sleep better.”
“That’s true. I can also earn more money that way, after all, I’ve to take care of two now.”
Following that, he unhurriedly sent a piece of meat over. “Do you like it? I ordered it just for you.”
“What’s this?”
“Crispy pork.”
“……” I suspect that he did it on purpose.
“I’m not eating it, take it away.”
Jiang Ran refused to move his fork. “But it’s really tasty.”
I very grudgingly took a bite.
Holy, it’s so crispy! And so fragrant!
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And so I solemnly told him, “Jiang Ran, cut another piece for me~”
He nodded, soon sending another piece my way.
I ate it in pure bliss.
Then, Jiang Ran calmly said in my ear, “For every piece that you eat today, you’ll have to exercise another hour.”
Mmf—??
Chewing on the meat, I stared at him in horror.
He smiled like the devil.
He was devil from the very beginning!
Whoa! Jiang Ran’s personality did a 180° so fast that left Mo Shuyao unable to read him anymore. I’m suffering from vertigo too. Nevertheless, I like it! 😊
Thanks for the chapter. ♡
so they did it? when did they declared being boyfriends? did i missed a chapter? or what?
Have you read c37? I’ve been doing multiple updates in the past few days.
hehe..maybe i need to read again..nowadays literature slangs really stumped me sometimes..thank you for those translation ya..
Teacher Mo said he was “eaten up” so yes- they had s3x.
ahhh..i see..thank you for the clarification. 🙏
So he’s 5’10- 149lbs and he’s calling him fat? >_<
Thanks for the chapter ~
Fuck I must be obese then. Wtf
.dude needs to weight a bit more.
Who is this? I dont know this Jiang Ran!!
😆
Thank you for the chapter 🤍