Translator: WhenEverIWantTo
At ten o’clock in the evening, Xu Ze went back to his room, washed up, and went to sleep. When he lay down, he checked the time. It was half-past ten, yet Yang Yan hadn’t returned.
In recent times, if there were no special circumstances, Yang Yan was always leaving late and returning early. Most of the time, he would come back before Xu Ze went to sleep. Xu Ze turned off the light and lay down. Some habits were very easy to form.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time, Xu Ze in a daze felt someone lying beside him.
Without opening his eyes, Xu Ze knew that it was Yang Yan based on the familiar smell from the other party.
Yang Yan didn’t seem to have turned on the light. Since it wasn’t on, Xu Ze didn’t bother opening his eyes either. He turned over and lay down with his back toward Yang Yan.
Yang Yan thought that Xu Ze was asleep, so he tried his best to be careful. Yet in the end, he still woke Xu Ze up.
Slowly lying down, Yang stretched his arms around Xu Ze’s body and pulled it over.
Xu Ze suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Yang Yan in front of his eyes. The latter didn’t say a word, leaned up, and kissed Xu Ze’s lips.
It was a very light kiss. Yang Yan immediately backed away after sticking it down. He then raised his head slightly and kissed Xu Ze’s clean forehead. His eyes were gentle and lingered with affection.
Although Yang Yan had taken a bath and also rinsed his mouth, Xu Ze could still smell a little bit of alcohol. Under the status of being pregnant, he was very sensitive to the surrounding odors.
“You drank alcohol?” Because Xu Ze had just woken up, his voice sounded sticky, with a distinct nasal tone that made people’s hearts throb.
Yang Yan nodded: “Drank a little, did I wake you up?”
“It’s fine, I enter sleep fast.” Xu Ze’s sleep quality was good, basically, the type that can fall asleep after a short moment.
Seeing that Xu Ze’s brows did not seem to contain unpleasantness from being awoken, the gentleness in Yang Yan’s eyes spread. He rubbed Xu Ze’s smooth hair and inched closer to Xu Ze. Like a patient with skin hunger, the back of his hand caressed Xu Ze’s cheek, refusing to leave.
“I’ll pay attention and drink less in the future.” Yang Yan promised.
Xu Ze didn’t care whether Yang Yan drank less or more. He yawned and the corners of his eyes were a little wet.
Yang Yan’s gaze was fixated on Xu Ze’s narrowed, brimming with water, peach blossom eyes.
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In the darkness, Yang Yan didn’t close his eyes for a long time. Although he couldn’t see Xu Ze’s face clearly, the steady breathing sound from the other party fell in Yang Yan’s ears. Those sounds made one’s heart feel extremely calm and peaceful.
He did have sleepiness, but at this moment, Yang Yan didn’t want to just fall asleep like this. With Xu Ze’s warm body in his arms, Yang Yan just wanted this dark night to extend indefinitely.
Even if it’s just like this, purely sleeping covered with the blanket, Yang Yan could only feel that his heart was fully satisfied.
As the end of the term was approaching, Xu Ze had to prepare for the final exam. Although Yang Yan and he were not in the same major, the exam period was basically the same.
With the arrival of the end of the semester, courses gradually decreased. Instead, it was replaced by subject-by-subject examinations.
Most of the course teachers would take a class or half a class before the exam to draw a key point for everyone. As for the time after that, they would be left to everyone to self-review and recite.
During the exam, Xu Ze reviewed at home. The content of the exam was relatively simple and Xu Ze’s memory was okay. He’ll be fine with just remembering enough to get the passing 60 points. His goals were not high, though the results obtained from the test were generally much higher than 60 points.
Yang Yan occasionally also revised at home, though he doesn’t have as much time as Xu Ze. Yang Yan belonged to the kind of people who were learning gods. Basically, he could remember everything as it was taught in class. He had no need to be like most other people, having to cram again before the exam.
The final exams were over. On the final day, the roommates from Xu Ze’s dormitory and several other classmates arranged to go out to eat hot pot together.
When the group of people walked outside the school, a female voice suddenly called out to Xu Ze. Xu Ze stopped as with everyone else that was also quite curious. Everyone looked for the voice and saw a tall, handsome girl standing beside a flaming red sports car.
The girl was wearing a short, white down jacket. Inside was a beige sweater plus a deep gray short skirt. On her feet were a pair of black boots. When everyone’s gazes went over, the girl walked closer with a smile on her face.
She walked straight toward Xu Ze then stood still right in front of him.
Zhong Min had watched photos or videos before, so she knew that the person who hooked Yang Yan was handsome. However, when she saw the real person, Zhong Min found that the photos could not fully show Xu Ze’s prosperous beauty. When such a face was so close, Zhong Min even felt that her breathing seemed to slow down involuntarily, for fear that her breathing would be too rapid and disturb the other party.
“Xu Ze, who is this? Your friend?” Zhou Xing immediately came over from the side and asked. His gaze fell on Zhong Min’s face, unable to hide his astonishment. Why didn’t he know that Xu Ze knew such a beautiful woman like this? With this beauty, her standing beside Xu Ze would not be inferior.
“Hello, my name is Zhong Min.” Zhong Min greeted Zhou Xing generously and her dyed smiling eyes also met with other people’s eyes. After turning around, Zhong Min’s eyes fell back to Xu Ze. When she looked at Xu Ze’s peach blossom eyes that seemed to be swaying in spring, Zhong Min’s had a sudden bit of change in her expression.
She heard her heartbeat beating faster suddenly. Being watched by such a pair of tender, affectionate eyes that’s mixed with stars, for a moment Zhong Min seemed to feel that she had the misconception that she was liked by the other person.
Zhong Min’s lips moved slightly. She instantly understood why Yang Yan’s heart was moved by Xu Ze. If this was her lover, she also would definitely not run and play around outside. Just looking at this person’s face made one’s heart tremble and palpitate.
Facing the doubts leaking out from Xu Ze’s eyes, Zhong Min took a step forward. She stuck her lips next to Xu Ze’s ear and said in a voice that only she and Xu Ze could hear: “Xu Ze, I am Yang Yan’s former pursuer.”
Former pursuer? When Zhong Min backed away, the confusion in Xu Ze’s eyes deepened.
Pursuer he knew, but former pursuer? It took Xu Ze some time to digest this information.
Zhong Min was someone Yang Yan knew. Based on these behaviors of hers, Xu Ze had reasons to believe that Zhong Min may know that he and Yang Yan were living together. As for the matter of him bearing a child, Xu Ze noticed that Zhong Min’s gaze did not fall onto his abdomen. Zhong Min was most likely not clear about the child.
“You guys are planning to go out and eat together? You don’t mind adding me as a plus right?” Zhong Min’s smile was bright and moving. Even if some of the group had girlfriends, they couldn’t help but stare at Zhong Min.
“Since you’re Xu Ze’s friend, then you’re also our friend! Of course, we don’t mind. We’re planning to go and have hot pot. Can you eat spicy food?” Zhou Xing said.
“I can, I have no problem with spicy food.” Zhong Min looked over at Xu Ze when she spoke. Xu Ze’s expression was faint and she couldn’t tell what he was currently thinking.
Zhong Min’s unexpected addition made many single people a little excited. Even if it’s just this one time, eating with such a beautiful person made them unable to calm down.
Someone came over and wanted to chat with Zhong Min, at least letting Zhong Min know his name. Seeing that Zhong Min took out her phone and seemed to want to contact someone, that person’s footsteps paused. Zhou Xing who was next to him put his hand on the shoulder of his classmate, with meaning in his words: “What were you gonna do going over there? Are you gonna stand between those two people? Even if you were a background board, you still wouldn’t be qualified!”
Although Zhou Xing’s words were not pleasant, they were telling the truth.
The classmate looked sideways at the people walking next to him. The boy was gorgeous and handsome while the girl was beautiful. The classmate sighed and dismissed the idea of going to strike up a conversation. After all, he still had self-awareness.
Zhong Min and Xu Ze walked side by side. While she called on her phone, she would deliberately approach Xu Ze again as if she wanted Xu Ze to hear who she was talking to.
The voice on the other end of the phone was vaguely familiar, and then Zhong Min said to the other person the sentences: “I’m outside your school and I happened to meet Xu Ze. He’s going out to eat with some of his classmates. I remember that I also happened to not have eaten, so I’m following them for a meal.”.
After these sentences, Xu Ze knew who Zhong Min was calling.
The sudden appearance of Zhong Min was completely unexpected to Xu Ze. He probably never imagined that Yang Yan’s suitor would come to meet him directly like this.
Wait, Xu Ze’s eyes narrowed. He remembered that Zhong Min had just whispered to him in his ear that she was Yang Yan’s former pursuer. According to the previous inferences, Zhong Min had pursued Yang Yan before, but she had failed to catch Yang Yan. Since it was former, does it mean that Zhong Min was no longer continuing to pursue Yang Yan anymore?
Since she wasn’t pursuing him, why did Zhong Min find him here? Did she want to see what the person together with Yang Yan looked like? Xu Ze guessed that it was most likely this possibility.
Ah, poor Xu Ze. Still so innocent and clueless about your face. I’m surprised that none of his classmates confessed to him yet since he’s so gorgeous.
So three dreams this week. All of them are rather short since I don’t remember much of anything. However, this time, the first dream is dark I suppose. So I’m putting that as the third one.
”Second” Dream on March 5, 2022:
So this dream was set in a magical world. I was a super Op wizard. I think I went to space and different planets, but I’m only 80% confident on this.
I remember an erupting volcano on another planet. I was with friends and a dino pet. I had to go into the lava after using a protective shield spell to… save the planet I guess?
There was a scene of a villain attacking my home kingdom/planet. It was a 1v1 fight. The knight on my side was losing to the villain. I couldn’t help because I was on another planet. But then the knight’s necklace glowed and I popped out. I think a clone of me was there to save the day.
That’s it for that dream.
”Third” Dream on March 6, 2022:
So I remember essentially nothing for this dream. Other than I was Op again and it being like a peaceful world, I can’t really remember much.
I literally told myself when I woke up that: “Oh this is a fun dream. I better at least write the main plot points down so I can better remember it.”
I grab my phone then get distracted for like three seconds and poof! I remember nothing. Yay.
”First” Dream on March 2, 2022:
So this one get dark. For me personally, I don’t really think it was a big deal nor anything, to be honest.
I think of my dreams as interesting fiction, but that’s it. They’re completely fake. I don’t think or ponder on them too much. That’s why I think that I’m not really affected by those horror dreams.
Now that I state I’m completely fine and healthy psychologically, let me say some warnings about this very short part of the dream that I could remember.
This dream contains murder and maybe contain suicide with a heavy doubt. It’s very stretched to say that it was suicide. I’ll explain later.
So the dream I remember was that an assassin sneaked up behind me and killed me. I couldn’t do anything as they slit my throat.
I could feel the knife as it plunged into my neck and sliced through to the side. I could feel my airways blocked and the knife slid across my flesh.
Thankfully, I couldn’t feel pain in my dream, so all I felt was the weird sensation of the knife entering and slashing through my throat. It felt so weird in fact that I actually want to feel it again to remember exactly how it felt like.
Now, I’m saying this might be suicide since my dream is technically me. So my dream killing me is technically me killing me, aka suicide. It’s a bit of a stretch like I said, but still.
So before I end this, let me say again that I’m completely fine. I’m feeling great and happy with my life. This is just one of those random dreams that pop up once in a while.
So don’t feel worried about me and take this as a, I don’t know, weird not really funny joke of some sort. That’s all.
…
I do want to have that dream again though. I really want to feel that weird sensation again for some reason. But only in my dream! I hate pain. Like a lot.
… I should just stop now.
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潋滟水鬼波
潋 Liàn – full of water, trough
滟 Yàn – tossing of billows(billows – a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.)
水 Shuǐ – water
鬼 Guǐ – adj. Sly, smart ulterior, quick, surreptious(ghost is a noun which doesn’t fit the context)
波 Bō – wave, ripple, surge, storm (I personally think it meant ripple)
So it’s like [Wave full of tossing sly waters]? Still makes no sense to me… Especially in that context.
Why did author even use this. -(:3」∠)-
I also don’t get it much, but it basically meant XZ’s eyes are misty, the one like when you just woke up.
Or maybe it’s just damp???
潋 Liàn could also mean narrow, 波 Bō could relate to brim, the emphasis is on the water, surreptious meant secretively.
I think the closest english description is “the ‘water(or tears)’ ‘brimming’ the ‘edge’ of his ‘narrowed’ eyes”.
Eh, it’s close enough. I’ll just replace alluring with this.
Thank you for the chapter!
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