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In the end, he didn’t invite Tomas out to use the Japanese restaurant’s voucher. Yuan Rui told Zheng Qiuyang that Suo Yue wanted to meet him, and the other agreed very enthusiastically.
Suo Jianguo needed to attend the tea party for the district government that night; since Suo Yue will be home alone, she and Yuan Rui scheduled to eat outside.
“This one?” Yuan Rui said as he raised a set of outfits. “Does it look better than the last one?”
Zheng Qiuyang replied, “It’s alright. Is there anything better?”
Yuan Rui turned around to fish around the closet again, then made another combo for the other to see.
Zheng Qiuyang had his hand on his chin as he said in a picky manner, “The first one seems like it’s the best after all.”
Yuan Rui took out the first outfit again and said, “To be honest, you look good in everything. Suo Yue commented that you were very handsome when she looked at your photos, you don’t have to worry about that.”
But Zheng Qiuyang said, “It’s my first time meeting your family member, a good first impression is still quite important. Maybe I should just wear the coat from earlier, matched with the dark-toned pants?”
Yuan Rui looked at his watch, he finally couldn’t take it anymore. “No more, we’re going to be late if you keep this up. There’s definitely going to be a traffic jam today.”
Zheng Qiuyang looked around before making a final decision. “Let’s just go with the first one, they make my legs look longer.”
When he finally finished changing, Yuan Rui had already got his shoes on and was carrying the gift Zheng Qiuyang had prepared for Suo Yue. He was standing at the entrance when he called out, “What are you doing now? Hurry up! We’re really going to be late!”
Zheng Qiuyang replied from the bathroom, “You go get the elevator first, I’ll be out very soon.”
Yuan Rui could only follow and go out to the elevator. Crap, I forgot my phone, he thought as he reached into his pockets. He turned back to go back into the apartment, but when he pushed open the door, he just managed to see Zheng Qiuyang bending over to put on his shoes.
Both of them were quiet for a moment.
Then, Yuan Rui broke the silence, “Are those insoles?”
“……”
Yuan Rui put his phone into his pocket and said, “Hurry, the elevator will be here soon.”
The two stood shoulder to shoulder in the elevator, not saying a word.
The two were silent the whole way down the stairs, even when Zheng Qiuyang began driving with Yuan Rui in the passenger’s seat.
Zheng Qiuyang cracked first. “Do you not have anything to say?”
“……”
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.
Zheng Qiuyang held back his attitude. “I didn’t want you to see, why did you have to come back?”
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“……”
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“Then…can I laugh now?”
“……Is it funny?”
Yuan Rui was honest. “Qiuyang, you’re too cute.”
“……”
Since he’d already been seen anyway, there was nothing he could do about it. “Go ahead and laugh,” he said.
Yuan Rui was three centimeters taller than him. But since his shoulders are wider, their height difference wasn’t really obvious if they don’t stand next to each other.
But he still minded it a little.
Especially since they were going to meet Yuan Rui’s little sister, he can’t let himself appear shorter than Yuan Rui.
Yuan Rui didn’t laugh too wildly. It was a light laugh that showed his dimples, but it lasted for a long time. He was still laughing when they arrived at the Japanese Restaurant.
Zheng Qiuyang parked the car, then punched Yuan Rui’s waist. He spoke in an angry tone, “Stop laughing!”
Yuan Rui turned to look at him, still laughing as he spoke, “I can’t help it hahaha.”
“……”
Yuan Rui looked around, and saw that no one else was there. It was already dark and there were no lights in this parking lot, so he hugged Zheng Qiuyang without a worry, “Zheng Qiuyang, I like you so much!”
The humiliation that Zheng Qiuyang felt during the entire ride all went away in an instant. He informed awkwardly, “Also don’t misunderstand, I’ve never used insoles before. Today was the first time, I won’t use it again in the future either.”
Yuan Rui laughed. “No worries, you can use them, I won’t tell anyone.”
“……Don’t laugh! Or speak! Or else I’m going to rub your chest right here!”
Yuan Rui was a bit taken back as he covered his chest with his arms in fright.
Zheng Qiuyang hugged him and gave him a rough kiss.
The Japanese restaurant was owned by a friend of Zheng Qiuyang’s friend. He had brought Yuan Rui here a few times before, they could be called regulars of this restaurant. They had already reserved a private room, neither the owner nor servers surrounded Yuan Rui.
After one meal, Suo Yue was left with a pretty good impression of Zheng Qiuyang. When he went to the bathroom during the meal, Suo Yue said to Yuan Rui, “He’s pretty good. Looks more handsome in person than in pictures.”
Yuan Rui remained modest. “No no.”
Suo Yue smiled, “He seems pretty reliable too. His eyes are also filled with love when he looks at you. Now I can go home and report back to dad so that he can rest assured.”
Yuan Rui was surprised. “You told dad?”
“Of course. He told me to take a look first for him. In case he isn’t a good person, I can quickly save you. He’s always worried about you falling for other people’s tricks.”
Yuan Rui sighed. “Dad’s so busy, yet he still worries over such small trivial matters for me.”
Suo Yue glared at him. “You think a life long decision is a trivial matter? Would you be unconcerned if I married someone with no consideration at all?”
Yuan Rui spoke with suspicion, “Of course not! Are you dating someone right now? Put your head into schoolwork more, you still have your postgraduate exam to take.”
Suo Yue couldn’t help but sigh. “I’m already twenty-one, both you and dad act like I’m still eleven. Don’t worry, my dream is to go to Europe and become an ambassador. To be the east international goddess of our country and Europe! I will make all the hot guys from Britain, France, Germany, and Italy bow below my uniform skirt! Shooshooshoo!” She made a knife slicing motion with her hand in the air. “Not a single one can escape!”
Yuan Rui was in awe, he couldn’t help but sit up and clap.
Suo Yue patted the table to sign for him to stop. “So you and dad’s worries aren’t needed, got it?”
Yuan Rui replied, “I do, but…”
“There are no buts! Your boyfriend’s not bad, except that he is shorter than you.”
Zheng Qiuyang who just pulled open the Japanese sliding door right on time to hear that comment, “…”
Suo Yue, “…”
Yuan Rui quickly spoke up, “I like that he’s shorter than me.”
Zheng Qiuyang suddenly felt a bit of sweetness as his knees ached in pain.
There were only two classes left for the acting crash course until Yuan Rui was finished with it. He felt like he did have some improvements, but they weren’t too noticeable.
When Li Lingling asked him about it, he said honestly, “I really don’t have any talent for these performance stuff, this is probably the best I can get. It wasn’t very worthy for the company to spend that money on me.”
Li Lingling didn’t mind it that much, she simply said, “It’s fine. Being cast in an idol drama’s main goal is to attract younger fans, all you need to do is show off your handsomeness.”
Yuan Rui nodded. “I know.”
It was unexpected to Li Lingling to see how smooth their conversation went this time. She asked hesitantly, “What do you know?”
“You have to hurry and save some money while you’re still young and attractive.”
“……”
Li Lingling roared at him, “Your main job is starring in reality shows and variety shows! What do you mean ‘Hurry and save some money while you’re still young and attractive’?! You think you’re out here to sell yourself?! You’re an idol artist! Can you not think so narrowly?!”
Yuan Rui had a dumbstruck face from her roaring. After a while, he finally replied, “Selling my skills is also a form of selling.”
Li Lingling was already out of anger from how much the other had provoked her. She was impatient from only being able to glare at him and nothing else, so she called Zhao Zhengyi over to scold him. “Aside from taking care of your artist’s livelihood, you also have to spread positivity to your artist. What kind of mentality have you been feeding him every day? He was only a bit dumb in the past, now he’s just dumb without any improvements! What have you been doing to him?”
Zhao Zhengyi was quiet.
“Lingling-Jie,” Yuan Rui couldn’t just watch anymore. “Xiao Zhao is a rather positive person.”
Li Lingling glared at him.
Yuan Rui continued, “Those were all my boyfriend’s words. I promised him that I would resign when I’m thirty-five.”
Li Lingling asked, “……Then what are you going to do?”
Yuan Rui’s face was slightly tainted red, he stumbled his words. “Just- just like getting married and stuff.”
Both Li Lingling and Zhao Zhengyi were dumbstruck.
Li Lingling then yelled madly, “Zhao Zhengyi! Where did you get the bad luck that you have?! How is it that every person assigned to you ends up doing this?!”
Zhao Zhengyi couldn’t say anything.
Yuan Rui was puzzled. “……What?”
A few days after that, when he was riding the elevator, he met Liang Xi from upstairs and the mysterious roommate he lived with. That was when he suddenly understood what Li Lingling meant by her words.
Zhao Zhengyi, a complete heterosexual, was worthy enough to be called a gay male god reaping machine.
T/N: The insoles part LMAO, I also clipped that from the AD. I split them into 3 parts and the third part was altered in the AD (the fact that neither ZQY or YR knew they were actually eating at a Japanese-styled restaurant for more comedy effect lol): https://twitter.com/crispyfrycn/status/1360296252185825285?s=21
I find it super sweet how Yuan Rui’s step-dad and step-sister love him unconditionally. I find that it is rare in these novels..
thanks for the chapter <3
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Ahhh I love Yuan Rui!!! I’m glad he got such a supportive little family and a cute boyfriend who love him so much 🥰🥰
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
A salute for Zhao Zhengyi, a completely heterosexual, gay male god reaping machine.
Yuan Rui stepdad and sis were super sweet!~
Thanks for the chapter<3
Thanks for your hard work!
I may not understand all the subtle undertones (is that the right word?) of the dialogue, but this sure makes me laugh!
Those clips are so funny! Thank you ❤
Ahaha I can’t stop laughing XD~Thanks for the chapter~
Thanks for the chapter! A good example of a family to compensate for the mess on the other side…
I listened to the audio drama and honestly it’s a freaking cute!!!!
Liang xi also has his story?
thanks for the chapter!