Edited by Yummers
Zheng Qiuyang was not afraid of Yuan Rui growing feelings again for his first love. He doesn’t think Yuan Rui to be someone who would graze on old grass. Plus, their relationship was currently going very well. But at the same time, he was very jealous. For anyone deep in love, suddenly realize that their lover had a white moonlight, it’d be hard to hold back the jealousy.
He simply couldn’t get mad at Yuan Rui though. He forced himself to seem very open-minded even though in reality he was holding in his anger so much that even his morning pee was yellow.
He needed to talk about it with someone.
Fang Shiqing laughed in his face, “That’s right, when you’ve got problems, come to me, the understanding little brother. First of all, tell me, is Yuan Rui’s first love handsome?”
Zheng Qiuyang was starting to regret his decision a little. However, he really didn’t know who he could rant about this to aside from the bastard in front of him.
Fang Shiqing realized that his behavior was a bit too enthusiastic. He coughed before continuing, “Looks don’t really matter. Honestly, Yuan Rui loves you so much that there is no need for you to worry.”
Zheng Qiuyang’s expression cleared up a little upon those words. He sighed, “I know he really loves me. It’s just knowing that such a person exists makes it a little uncomfortable.”
Fang Shiqing said, “Didn’t the two just kiss and nothing else? Were tongues involved? How old was Yuan Rui back then?”
Zheng Qiuyang’s brows knitted.” Seventeen, I didn’t ask about the details.”
Fang Shiqing had his hand on his chin. “It’s been almost ten years. Rest assured, Yuan Rui’s affections don’t last that long. In the one year that I’ve known him, just a few months before you two got together, he had liked two other guys. On average, he has a new crush every 3 months. Since it’s been ten years, he’s definitely already forgotten about the other.”
“……”
Fang Shiqing added on, “Though of course, his affection for you is lasting long. Mutual feelings and one-sided feelings are two completely different things.”
Zheng Qiuyang informed irritatingly, “He met his first love yesterday. The two talked for a bit and that guy said he’s been missing him all this time. Fuck, just thinking about it annoys me.”
Fang Shiqing had a 囧 face. “Yuan Rui told you that himself?”
Zheng Qiuyang had a distressed expression. “I asked him what the guy said, and you know him, he ends up repeating everything like a recording when asked those questions.”
“Hahaha, a recording!”
Zheng Qiuyang said nothing.
Fang Shiqing quickly stopped his laughter.
Zheng Qiuyang vented angrily, “Say, isn’t that guy a fucking bitch? He didn’t like Yuan Rui ten years ago because his features haven’t all matured! Rejecting him can be excused, but before he rejected him, he also took advantage of him! Now that he thinks Yuan Rui’s attractive and famous, he hurries over to flirt with him, what a piece of garbage!”
Fang Shiqing thought to himself, Based on Yuan Rui’s features now, he had to be good-looking even before they matured. Maybe they were even better before. But he couldn’t stand on the enemy’s side, so he went along with him, “Right right right, that is pretty bitchy. What does that person do for a living?”
“Advertisement. Apparently, he had a collaboration with the TV station yesterday, that’s how they ran into each other.”
Fang Shiqing continued to ask without much thought, “Advertisement, huh. What’s his name? I might know him.”
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Zheng Qiuyang spoke with an expression that exposed how much he didn’t want to remember it, “His stupid name is so pretentious. Surname’s Meng, given name’s Lai.”
Fang Shiqing was rather shocked.
Zheng Qiuyang questioned, “What? You know him?”
Fang Shiqing had a complicated look on his face. “Yuan Rui went to Ren Da for high school, right? Then it must be that Meng Lai. He went to the same middle school as me.”
“……”
“Meng Lai was the most handsome guy in our school back then! There were loads of girls who wrote him love letters. Afterward, I attended the high school attached to my middle school while he went to Ren Da. I heard he was still the most handsome guy at that school. Aside from young girls writing him love letters, even young boys were in it. He really is handsome, super handsome, ultra handsome!”
Zheng Qiuyang was very irked. “Am I not handsome?”
Fang Shiqing was going to say something, but he decided to keep his original thoughts in. After a second, he said, “When not compared to Meng Lai, you’re still considered handsome.”
“……”
Fang Shiqing quickly made clear whose side he was on. “But I’m definitely still on your side. Not like you can make a living with just looks.”
Zheng Qiuyang made a hmph sound from his nose.
Fang Shiqing thought for a little, then added, “Though Meng Lai doesn’t just rely on his looks. He’s pretty incredible himself. He’s currently handling media work and working together with many other major channels. Apparently the commercials in the commercial break for Let’s Run, Stars were all bought out by his company.”
Zheng Qiuyang made an even louder hmph.
Fang Shiqing sympathized with him, “If he’s the one competing with you, you might really be in a tough spot. Yuan Rui really likes this type of elite businessman.”
Zheng Qiuyang yelled, “Stop bullshitting! You just said that Yuan Rui loved me a lot, now you’re taking it back?”
Fang Shiqing innocently said, “That was because I didn’t know your rival was Meng Lai. My old classmates gossiped that he’s been single all this time, his response to why has always been he’s busy with his career. Some say he’s gay too. Tut tut, who knows if it’s because of Yuan Rui.”
Zheng Qiuyang responded viciously, “Doesn’t matter if it was or not! Yuan Rui stopped liking him a long time ago, he can be straight or gay or whatever he likes, I don’t care as long as he fucks off to the side!”
Fang Shiqing looked at him. He let out a heavy sigh then said, “There’s something else that I’m not sure if I should tell you.”
Zheng Qiuyang looked at him with squinted eyes.
Fang Shiqing couldn’t hold it in anyway, so he told the other, “Meng Lai’s pretty tall, even taller than Wang Qi. He’s probably around 192 to 193 centimeters.”
“……”
He came to have a heart to heart talk with his friend while distressed, yet when he left, the distress only increased by a hundredfold.
He went and bought snacks that Yuan Rui liked from the supermarket. He came back carrying a big bag of them.
As he opened the door, he heard Yuan Rui screaming from inside, “Close the door! Quick!”
Zheng Qiuyang had no idea what was going on, but his hand closed the door obediently either way.
A buzzing noise came near, it was a sweeping machine that ran wobbly over to his feet. Then, it turned around and went away wobbly as well, cleaning up the carpet before the entrance.
“Good thing you closed the door in time, or else it would’ve ran out. I would have to chase after it too.” Yuan Rui took the bag from Zheng Qiuyang’s grasp. He explained excitedly, “This just arrived this afternoon. I wanted to try and see if it worked well first, it seems pretty good.”
The two stood there shoulder to shoulder, watching the sweeping robot buzz as it did its work.
Yuan Rui asked, “Why did you leave work early again?”
“There wasn’t anything to do so I came back. Didn’t you say you were going to buy a mopping robot?”
Yuan Rui pointed inside. “There’s another mopping one, I’ll try it out later.”
Zheng Qiuyang was shocked, “You bought two?”
“I looked through a bunch of strategies on the internet, they all said it was better for them to be bought in pairs. This way it’ll save you more energy as well.”
“……You bought them just for me?”
Yuan Rui smiled. “Of course. If I’m on break, then I’ll definitely clean myself, there’s no way this thing can clean as well as me.”
“That’s certain.”
Yuan Rui opened the bag in his hands to look, he asked happily, “Are these for me?”
“Mhm.”
Yuan Rui carried the bag as he skipped inside gleefully. “There’s no need to keep an eye on it, it’ll be back once it’s done sweeping.”
Zheng Qiuyang followed behind him.
Yuan Rui put the bag down on the dining table. Then, he took out the snacks one by one, storing them in the snack cabinet beside the refrigerator.
Zheng Qiuyang sat by the dining table, watching him.
Only after he put everything away did he reach for a pack of Jinzai Spiced Fish. The corners of his mouth were covered with red chili oil as he ate it.
Zheng Qiuyang handed him a napkin, but he said, “I’ll wipe it later, I’m going to eat another one.”
He got another one from the cabinet. Once he was done, though unwillingly, he finally wiped and rinsed his mouth.
Zheng Qiuyang asked him, “Why don’t you eat more? You obviously didn’t have enough.”
Yuan Rui had his principles. “I can’t eat more than two at once, or else it’ll become addictive. I’m allowed to have two more tomorrow.”
Zheng Qiuyang thought the other was cute. He had his hand on his chin as his eyes were fixed on the other.
Yuan Rui was curious. “What are you looking at?”
“Looking at your handsomeness.”
Yuan Rui suddenly felt embarrassed. He expressed genuinely, “I’m not that handsome.”
Zheng Qiuyang asked him, “Do you think I’m handsome?”
Yuan Rui nodded. “Of course, super handsome.”
“Then out of everyone you know, what place would you rank me?”
“……Ah?”
Zheng Qiuyang continued to stare at him.
Yuan Rui blushed a bit from his staring. After a moment, he finally answered, “When you look at me like this, I can’t even remember what other people look like.”
Zheng Qiuyang couldn’t help but laugh.
Yuan Rui could feel the weird atmosphere. He took a guess, “Are you in a bad mood? Did your mom upset you again?”
“No. I wasn’t too happy earlier, but now I’m quite happy.”
Yuan Rui patted him. “If something’s upsetting you, you have to tell me, okay?”
Zheng Qiuyang replied with a smile. “Okay.”
“Don’t think I’m dumb, I know your mom always scolds you because of me. Just let her talk, not like it hurts or anything. I wish my mom would scold me, but I don’t even have a mom anymore.”
“……”
Yuan Rui continued with a smile, “So don’t keep arguing with your mom. It’s nice having a mom who can argue with you.”
Zheng Qiuyang felt his heart aching a little. He quickly changed the topic by asking, “How much were those two robots?”
Yuan Rui’s expression suddenly went a little downhill. He tried to act calm. “They weren’t too expensive. I’m a one million per episode fresh meat, I got money.”
Zheng Qiuyang squeezed his waist, questioning ambiguously, “Fresh meat?”
Yuan Rui looked at the clock hung on their wall. It was only past four in the afternoon. He felt like it’d be too licentious to do such acts during the daytime, he rejected delicately, “You’ll have to wait until night to eat.”
T/N: The scene from ZQY buying YR snacks, to ZYQ sitting on the dining table watching YR put away the food, ZQY staring at YR just because— maybe it’s just me but I find that kind of day-to-day scene so fulfilling by this author.
It’s not boring, instead, I love the little details shown about their relationship. How they treat and value each other in just a calm setting like this, nothing dramatic needed…
I also enjoyed that little scene.
thanks for the chapter <3
+1 TN
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
sometimes simple domestic acts satisfied me the most too (ʃƪ＾3＾)
thanks for the translation!
Agree with the translator! I really love detailed slice of life type of stories the most.
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Thanks for the chapter!
That reminded me of when my sis first gifted my mom the robot vacuum. That thing first had to map the house, & it was hilarious how we all followed it around & liberated it when it was trapped…
My heart melted! 💕 That was so cute!
thanks for the chapter!