December 24, 2023. Snow
Happy first snow.
Today, there were Christmas trees, the first snow, wish cards, and people who made wishes come true. It was the first day of transitioning from my trial, the first day of being in love. Being in love with him, writing this sentence brings a surreal sense of happiness. Sitting here, I occasionally worry that everything I experienced tonight might just be a dream.
Did he really take my wish card? Did he really hum “Fly Me To The Moon” softly in my ear? Did he really sing “My Only One” for me? Really, really, of course, it’s true!
Suddenly, I really want to go back in time. I always thought my life had no regrets, or even if there were real regrets, I didn’t care. Now I realize I regret not having the courage to get to know him in high school. Although it’s not too late now, he’s 22 years old, not entirely an adult, right? Sometimes he still shows a childish side, doesn’t he?
I really like today, I really like today. I want to declare December 24, 2023 as the most important day in Mai Dong’s life, the happiest day, the most blissful day! I really like everything about today. From now on, all Christmases, Christmas trees, snow, and moons will become elements of my happiness!
I really like him, I’m happy and in love.
Yan Xuming is in a relationship. The speed at which this news spreads is beyond everyone’s imagination.
When Yan Xuming returned to the dormitory that night, as soon as he entered, he noticed that something was off with the atmosphere. He hadn’t realized it yet. As he took a few steps into the dormitory, the quiet space suddenly filled with a familiar BGM.
Yan Xuming was stunned, then chuckled and muttered a curse word under his breath. This intro was all too familiar; he had sung this song on the field just half an hour ago.
The two roommates sang incomprehensible English in a mournful voice while staring at their phones. Midway through, one of them suddenly rushed to the balcony as if struck by illness, shouting at the increasingly heavy snow outside, “Classmate Yang Yang, happy first snow!”
The boy called Yang Yang blushed and lightly slapped the other’s shoulder, “Aiya, you’re terrible!”
Yan Xuming was thoroughly disgusted. He threw his coat onto the back of his chair and sarcastically remarked, “Mai Dong, isn’t as disgusting as you.”
After he said this, Liu Yang and Chi Wenfu immediately hugged each other and began poorly acting out fake tears. “Chi-zi, look at him ah. Just because he got together with the other family’s xueshen, he’s protecting him like this. We really have no place in his heart in the future.”
Chi Wenfu wept bitterly as he nodded, “Yes ah, how are we going to live from now on ah!”
After the roommates finished being ridiculous, they started gossiping. Liu Yang dragged a chair over and sat next to Yan Xuming, “Ge, talk? How could someone like the xueshen fall for you?”
Yan Xuming had one assignment left undone. He opened his laptop and ignored everyone.
Liu Yang immediately turned to Chi Wenfu to complain, “Chi-zi! Look at him, he can’t even be bothered to talk to us!”
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Liu Yang remembered something, “F*ck, you kid! No wonder you always delayed going to eat with us before. Even when we called you, you didn’t come with us. Did you figure out when the xueshen goes to eat, and then waited for a romantic encounter?”
Yan Xuming was completely immune to his roommates’ attacks, focusing on his assignments with disregard for their chatter.
However, the news of his love life wasn’t confined to just his roommates’ knowledge. Before long, his phone chimed incessantly with notifications. He didn’t bother to check, knowing it was his friends rushing to gossip.
Unable to wait for a message, someone called directly. Yan Xuming answered, immediately hearing a sarcastic tone, “Chairman Yan, happy first snow~ Is your first snow happy? You must be very happy ha, everyone in the school knows you’re happy~”
Yan Xuming hung up the phone.
Compared to the cheerful atmosphere on Yan Xuming’s side, Mai Dong’s side was very different.
Mai Dong, this person, is indeed a bit clueless when it comes to relationships, and he doesn’t have much of a romantic bone in his body.
During the confession on the field, he even thought that only he could get it and didn’t think much about others.
After returning to the dormitory and finishing today’s diary, the happiness in his heart was about to overflow. He wanted to find a place to vent, but he didn’t have the courage. As he was uncomfortably holding it in, a message suddenly popped up on WeChat.
Chen Sinian: “Ah? Mai-zi! I haven’t seen you for a few days, and you’re already off the market!”
Mai Dong was so startled that he almost dropped his phone. Huh? His matter with Yan Xuming should still be… quite a secret, right? Apart from occasionally holding hands in private, not many people should have noticed, right?
Mai Dong calmed his mind and replied, “Ah?”
Chen Sinian continued lamenting, “F*ck! Confession during the first snow, you two are playing so romantically ah!”
Mai Dong really couldn’t hold back this time, “…How did you know!”
Chen Sinian: “No, not only do I know ah, I think the whole school knows by now.”
Mai Dong stared at the message for a long time, unable to process such a large amount of information all at once.
Once again, he resorted to his old tricks, long-pressing Chen Sinian’s message and selecting delete. There, he could pretend he didn’t know about this… Wait a minute, why does the whole school know ah!
Meanwhile, Du Chuan was on the phone with his girlfriend. They were talking about something, and just a moment ago, it was a sweet conversation. Suddenly, his expression changed as if he heard something shocking as he sat up straight, “What did you say?!”
Mai Dong had a very bad feeling.
He quickly put on his coat, intending to sneak out of the dormitory. As he was putting on his shoes, Mai Dong was halted by Du Chuan’s loud shout, “Stop right there!”
Mai Dong froze in place as if someone had hit the pause button.
The familiar four-way conversation began again.
Du Chuan and Wu Zimo were both laughing in exasperation, their arms crossed as they interrogated Mai Dong, “Are you saying that person has always been Yan Xuming?!”
Mai Dong silently nodded.
Du Chuan gritted his teeth in frustration, “Then, why didn’t you say so earlier! I… F*ck it, I even said in front of the Chairman that you liked a scum girl, only to find out he knew it was himself! You, you!”
Mai Dong felt ashamed, “I was wrong. At first, I did have a crush on him, and I didn’t want to cause trouble by confessing, so I let you misunderstand. Later, because you already misunderstood, I didn’t know how to explain.”
Liu Hewei patted Du Chuan on the shoulder, “Alright, alright, don’t be angry.”
Du Chuan sighed, “I’m not angry. This could have been such a good thing ah. If you had said it was Yan Xuming earlier, we could have helped you figure out how to pursue him. If you had said it was Yan Xuming earlier, wouldn’t we have been more relieved?”
Mai Dong obediently accepted the scolding, sitting up straight like a primary school student.
“So, what’s the deal between you two? I heard he confessed to you today, does that mean the trial period is over?” Wu Zimo asked.
“En,” Speaking of this, Mai Dong felt a bit happy about it.
“Look at that smile you can’t hide,” Du Chuan said helplessly.
It wasn’t until Mai Dong and Yan Xuming officially confirmed their relationship that Mai Dong realized what kind of existence he really was in school. He always thought he wasn’t good enough for Yan Xuming. If anyone knew that Yan Xuming was with someone named Mai Dong, they would all ask, “Ah? Who’s Mai Dong?”
But this was clearly not the case.
Mai Dong and Yan Xuming went to the cafeteria together for lunch. Although they sat quite properly, facing each other at the four-person table, Yan Xuming’s friends always came over to greet them, saying, “Yo, having lunch with the xueshen!”
Mai Dong always felt awkward and nearly choked on his food.
Yan Xuming, being considerate, pushed a cup of hot water towards him, “Take your time eating, ignore them, it’ll get better with time.”
Mai Dong replied in a low voice, “Um.”
Yan Xuming then asked, “Are you not used to this? If you’re not comfortable, you don’t have to come to the cafeteria in the future.”
To Mai Dong’s ears, Yan Xuming’s words sounded like, “I won’t have lunch with you in the future,” so he quickly explained, “It’s okay. Although I’m not used to it, it’s fine… I’ll get used to it eventually.”
Yan Xuming laughed upon hearing this, “My bad, I didn’t expect it to be like this. In the eyes of my friends, your image is too solid xueshen. En, like a ‘Gao Ling flower.’”
Mai Dong almost choked again, “Are you kidding me?”
Yan Xuming nodded his head, “Yes ah.”
Mai Dong: “…”
What kind of experience is it when the trial period is over?
Mai Dong found it somewhat magical. Last time, Yan Xuming had said that the trial period would last until Mai Dong dared to kiss him downstairs in the dormitory building. At that time, Mai Dong thought it was completely impossible, so he wondered if this trial period would never end?
But now, with the change in their relationship, everything seemed to become natural again.
Although he couldn’t immediately get used to the teasing coming from all directions, he couldn’t help but appreciate the fact that he could hide behind Yan Xuming in such situations. Mai Dong could feel Yan Xuming’s captivating aura, like a strong and stable core, always gently shielding Mai Dong from things he didn’t want to face.
Mai Dong gradually felt that the names “Mai Dong” and “Yan Xuming” were becoming more closely intertwined, which made him feel content every time he thought about it.
Well, Mai Dong still couldn’t bring himself to kiss Yan Xuming downstairs in the dormitory building.
But luckily, his examiner wasn’t very strict either.
❤🤩 thanks for new update
Love this characters so much..
So cute 🥺 🥺 🥺
Congrats, congrats~ ♡〜٩(^▿^)۶〜♡
Thank You for the new chapter ( ˘ ³˘)♥
Xueshen, you should study well to pass your exam excellently!!!!
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“I really like today, I really like today”
Don’t quote me on this but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the phrase “important things must be stated twice” in other Chinese novels. So I things it’s a cultural quirk as opposed to an author quirk