Fatty Han wiped the sweat off his forehead and unscrewed his mineral water, drinking it like a cow. In a few gulps, he emptied the entire bottle of mineral water.
He sighed in relief before pointing to the large bag that had been thrown on the ground and said, “My mom insisted that I bring you guys some specialties. So, I thought I’d just bring a little, but she actually forced me to take half a bag, a full three pounds! I had to carry it all the way, she pitted her own son ah!”
After saying that, he unzipped the backpack, and it could be seen that half of the bulging travel bag was occupied by the wild goods he brought. Fatty Han took them out and put them on the table. Although complaining, he still couldn’t help his little expression of joy.
He pointed to the plastic bag and introduced it to Lin Dongyang, “This is our specialty, our beef jerky made with a secret recipe! There’s only one in the country, no imitations!”
Seeing his passion, Lin Dongyang supported the scene by clapping enthusiastically and said, “Your family has a lot of specialties. Two years ago it was salted meat, last year it was sausage, and this year it’s beef jerky. I feel that you just like to eat meat.”
Fatty Han laughed, “Don’t expose me ah. Come and taste it, handmade by my mom, it’s delicious! It’s because I was thinking of my brothers that I worked so hard to bring you this much, and from so far away.”
Lin Dongyang: “Then, it’s not your mom who pitted you.”
Fatty Han’s small eyes narrowed at him slightly. Lin Dongyang laughed heartily and stopped exposing him. Only then did Fatty Han carry the plastic bag and walk over to his study desk, casually pulling out a random book to act as a cushion, and directly pouring a third of the amount on it, “Brothers, I love you the most, I’ll give you more.”
Lin Dongyang saw his reluctant attitude and stopped him. “So generous, I can’t eat it.”
Fatty Han was accustomed to having a loose mouth and smoothly said, “If you can’t eat it, send it to your junior brother ah.”
Lin Dongyang really nodded thoughtfully. “Okay, then give me more,” He said it like he was about to take the bag from Fatty and pour more himself.
Fatty Han immediately hugged the rest of the beef jerky to death in his arms and accused. “You value a lover over friends?!”
Lin Dongyang saw him retreating two meters away but because of his waist injury he couldn’t get up to catch him. Instead, he turned slightly sideways to grab the beef jerky and taste it. The beef jerky was cut into even pieces and had a chewy texture. He heartily praised, “Auntie’s craft is good. It tastes really good.”
Hearing the compliment, Fatty Han’s round face couldn’t help but show pride, as if it was him who was being praised. “That’s for sure!”
Fatty Han rested for a while, and then began to sort out all of his big and small bags, as the two argued back and forth for a while. Li Wei and Zhu Wenbo arrived at the dorm around the same time. Finally, the four of them had gathered together again after the holiday.
Zhu Wenbo had been left alone in the dormitory by Lin Dongyang, who hadn’t returned at night for three days. The person facing the silent night and the three empty beds, closed his eyes and thought of the previous scene where the four of them were watching a horror movie together. He couldn’t help but feel weak and wrapped the quilt tighter around himself at night.
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.
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“I say Yang-zi, have you been in ecstasy these past few days?”
Lin Dongyang snorted at the resentful Zhu Wenbo and replied shamelessly, “Ecstasy.”
Zhu Wenbo said quite meaningfully. “The kind of ecstasy that means your waist can no longer be straightened?”
The two exchanged secret messages, and Li Wei, who was completely out of the loop, asked suspiciously, “What happened to your waist? Where have you been wandering the past few days?”
Lin Dongyang: “I went out to see a movie and ended up meeting a gay guy in a small park that night. I almost got into a fight, which resulted in me spraining my waist.”
As soon as Fatty Han heard the explosive news, he immediately interjected. “So exciting, tell me about it!”
Lin Dongyang also didn’t hide it. He said that he went out to see a movie with Qiao Yichen on May 1st, and even embellished the story of meeting the gay guys in the small park. He focused on telling the three people about the scene where Qiao Yichen removed the short man’s arm, just to forcibly emphasize to his roommates that: Qiao Yichen and him were just watching a movie, don’t blindly BB.
But he didn’t mention that he didn’t go home at night.
At the same time, Qiao Yichen wasn’t doing much better.
An Qi came back this afternoon. It was hard to get Uncle Qiao’s permission to spend time alone with Qiao Weiwei. He wanted to play for two more days, but was afraid of delaying Qiao Weiwei’s study. She was in her third year of high school and was about to take the university entrance exam. It wasn’t easy for her to come out and relax with her busy schedule.
The first thing An Qi did when he arrived at school in the evening was to catch Qiao Yichen and talk non-stop.
Just like right now, An Qi was sitting on his chair and leaning sideways to fire a series of cannon-like questions at Qiao Yichen who was next to him. “When did you get bent? How could I not know? What does it feel like to become bent? We have known each other for so long, so how come I didn’t see that you have this tendency? Does senior know?”
Don’t blame An Qi for BB, imagine that the playmate you grew up with suddenly tells you one day that he is bent! He likes men! A shock but not upsetting! A surprise but not exciting! Unexpected but not a mishap!
Although An Qi had secretly formed a united front with Qiao Weiwei, how could he suppress the little devil in his heart? His mind was also fried several times by the little devil in the oil pan. Seeing that Qiao Yichen was ignoring him, he began to nag again. “We’ve slept on the same bed so often in the past, have you had any improper thoughts about me? I’ll tell you what, I’m Weiwei’s person.”
He was like a comma that kept going on and on. Qiao Yichen sat expressionlessly at his study desk, and finally just put on his headset and turned the volume of his music to the maximum so that An Qi could hear it clearly.
An Qi: “…” He went up and took off Qiao Yichen’s headset. This time he was even more aggressive. He pulled a chair over and sat next to Qiao Yichen, patting his shoulder and saying in a serious manner, “We are both good brothers who can talk about anything and who grew up together wearing open-crotch pants. Since I know your difficulties, I will definitely help you to the end!”
“Have you spoken enough bullsh*t? If you have, then shut up.” In contrast to the unceasing torrent of An Qi’s long lecture, Qiao Yichen simply told him to shut up.
An Qi’s mouth deflated, and he said lightly, “I’ll go tell Weiwei.” He pulled his chair back to his study desk.
“Don’t…”
An Qi smiled triumphantly, and this time he didn’t ask a few questions in a single sentence with great fanfare. As it made him appear rushed and he lost his calm. Now he was left clutching his little tail. So, he slowly threw out a question, waiting for Qiao Yichen to give an answer before throwing out another question.
“If you don’t want me to tell Weiwei, then you should answer a few of my questions first.”
The threatened Qiao Yichen glanced at him indifferently. On the surface, he was like a frozen sea, but inside him there were giant tumultuous waves. He was annoyed at how he had told this chatterbox what was on his mind.
An Qi waited patiently for him to answer, but after a long time of not hearing Qiao Yichen’s response he tsked and took out his mobile phone, pretending to dial Qiao Weiwei’s phone number, just to force Qiao Yichen into answering.
Judging by the fact that he didn’t want to tell Weiwei last night, An Qi knew that he wasn’t ready to tell her right now either.
How can this work! According to Qiao Yichen’s stuffy and moldy character, it’s estimated that the buds of love would rot before he was even able to confess
An Qi couldn’t help but imagine a scene in his mind: a few years later, they, who once could have been lovers, had their own separate families. When they met again, they did not look at each other with an affectionate gaze and ask how life was going, but… acted like stay-at-home dads and showed off their children. When they got old, they would show off their grandchildren…
An Qi couldn’t help but shudder and wave away this goosebump-inducing vision.
The phone beeped twice but Qiao Weiwei hadn’t picked up yet. Qiao Yichen saw that he had actually called her, and quickly said, “Just ask.”
An Qi then hung up the still unconnected call with a mischievous smile, organised the questions one by one in his head and asked in order, “The first question: have you two slept together?” This question didn’t get a clear reply on WeChat, and he wanted to confirm it.
Qiao Yichen’s face darkened, but he still answered truthfully, “No.”
An Qi doubted, “No? So, you opened a room together but haven’t slept together yet? Is the bed at school not wide enough or is the bed at home not wide enough?”
Qiao Yichen: “That is the apartment I bought myself on Xingguang road.”
An Qi was stunned. “I can’t believe I didn’t know you bought your own apartment, you have been hiding it from me for so long. Does Uncle and Auntie know?”
Qiao Yichen smiled indifferently. “They don’t even ask where I am, so how would they know that I bought an apartment?”
From Qiao Yichen’s two sentences, An Qi could accurately find the information he wanted. If Qiao Yichen had really slept with senior he wouldn’t deny it like this. So they hadn’t slept together, the first problem was solved. As for the apartment, An Qi didn’t ask any more questions. After all, he wanted to buy it, and he could afford to buy a place in any area at will, it was not a big deal.
An Qi continued to ask. “Then the second question: have you confessed?”
As for when he became bent, An Qi chose not to ask, because if he bent then he bent. He couldn’t go back and straighten himself. Therefore, it was meaningless to ask or not to ask. The main question was to ask about the progress because Weiwei had entrusted this great matter to him.
Hearing this question, Qiao Yichen, in contrast to his normal secretive behavior, was relieved and surprisingly said in a relaxed tone, “No plans to.”
“F*…” An Qi almost swore in agitation. At the same time, a pang of sadness hit his heart, because he heard Qiao Yichen’s relief. He knew this man wouldn’t open his mouth and asking him to was like driving a duck onto a perch. Not trying, not moving.
The frightening scene of ‘showing off their children’ that An Qi had just imagined flashed in his mind once again.
“How can you not say anything? This time instead of online dating, you’ll have a secret unrequited love instead ah,” An Qi was a bit angry with him for his indifferent attitude. It was obviously Qiao Yichen’s relationship problem, but instead he let the people around him worry.
An Qi was like Weiwei, he didn’t want to see Qiao Yichen being set up by Uncle Qiao with a random daughter of a rich family later on, then living a passionless, tasteless life. He knew that Qiao Yichen’s family wasn’t harmonious, but he was ultimately an outsider who simply couldn’t interfere in other people’s family affairs at all.
“Are you afraid of being rejected by senior?”
Speaking of online dating, An Qi also sighed inwardly: a good man said that he is bent. The world is really unpredictable.
Qiao Yichen didn’t pay any more attention to him, feeling that he had already honestly confessed what he should have confessed. He once again put on his headset and selected a heavy metal song. The rhythm was so powerful it uplifted the heart, even An Qi’s last sentence, ‘I’ll help you to inquire,’ couldn’t be heard.
Seeing him like this, An Qi didn’t ask anymore questions. His face was sad and his heart felt aggrieved for Qiao Yichen. He muttered in a small voice, “A good child. But when he’s in love he turns into a coward and doesn’t even dare to confess. Poor child ah.”
And Qiao Yichen, who was listening to heavy metal with his headset, didn’t hear An Qi talking to himself at all. If he heard it, he would probably beat him, so that he could understand what a coward truly looked like.
An Qi should work with the roommates to make the two fools look at each other! So sad! So sweet!
Thank you for the chapter~
Ooow.. AQ pls help them together soon
He and Fatty Han have mischief in common! Lmao! Thanks for the chapter 🤣❤️
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
thank you for the chapter!!
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
I think real life is no Cinderella story and even in heterosexual relationship this kind of situation can lead a to a break up. But that not a problem for a single dog like me to think.