Translator:- Max
Ying Nian had indeed calmed down, and upon seeing him come back, he apologised sincerely, saying, “I’m sorry for losing control of my emotions earlier. I shouldn’t have said that. If Tang Yu causes you any trouble because of it, you can tell him that I was just trying to anger him. I’m sorry.”
Ying Nian really felt sorry. Yao Xiuyuan was a straight man and had helped him again and again, but because he was momentarily furious, he retaliated against Tang Yu and said “I like him”. This was really inappropriate.
Yao Xiuyuan didn’t seem to mind much. He found another cup and helped Ying Nian get some water again. He walked to his bedside and handed it to him, “Do you want some water?”
Ying Nian reached out to take it. Yao Xiuyuan, seeing his slightly reddened eyes, sat down beside him and said, “Don’t worry about such trivial matters. From my school days until now, there have been girls every month wanting to tell others they like me, and there have been girls pointing at me, asking their boyfriends to learn from me. If apologies were needed every time, I’d probably have enough apologies to fill an ocean.”
Ying Nian couldn’t help but smile at his words, and seeing him smile, Yao Xiuyuan smiled too. He looked very handsome, with natural peach blossom eyes. When he smiled, there was a hint of tenderness in his gaze, giving him a somewhat romantic and affectionate air. Yet, Ying Nian found it very gentle.
He drank the water from the cup quietly. Yao Xiuyuan advised him, “Get some sleep. You can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning.”
Ying Nian nodded, placing the cup on the bedside table next to him, and then lay down.
Yao Xiuyuan was a little worried about him, so he didn’t leave. Instead, he said to Ying Nian, “I’ll go rest in the nursing ward inside. If you need anything, just call me.” Ying Nian was surprised as saw him walk into the nursing ward.
Ying Nian felt that Yao Xiuyuan didn’t really need to go to such lengths, but when he thought about it, he realised that Yao Xiuyuan was just worried about him. So, without saying anything more, he accepted this kindness.
After a day of torment, he was both physically and mentally tired, and soon fell asleep. However, Ying Nian didn’t sleep peacefully. He always felt as if something was chasing him, and he was struggling in his dreams.
After he finished chatting with Shao Yong, Yao Xiuyuan came out to drink some water and looked at Ying Nian while passing by. He saw that Ying Nian was frowning, as if struggling with something in his dream.
He quickly shook his shoulder and called out, “Ying Nian, wake up, Ying Nian.”
Ying Nian was shaken awake and looked at him in a daze. Yao Xiuyuan sat down beside his bed and asked him, “Were you having a nightmare?”
Ying Nian shook his head. He hadn’t had a nightmare; he just felt oppressed and uncomfortable in his dream, so he wanted to escape.
“It wasn’t a nightmare.” He said softly. “I just felt uncomfortable.”
Yao Xiuyuan felt it might still be related to what happened today. He advised, “It’s okay. It might be because you’re in the hospital. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”
Ying Nian nodded. “You should go to sleep.” He said. “I’ll be fine.”
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Yao Xiuyuan actually wanted to sit with him for a while, but since Ying Nian said so, he was afraid that sitting here might inadvertently add pressure to his sleep. So he stood up and said, “Then I’ll go back first. If you can’t sleep, give me a call.”
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Yao Xiuyuan felt that Ying Nian didn’t need to be so polite. He was younger than him by a few years, and now they were living together. They could be considered friends. He could allow himself to be a bit vulnerable in front of him, such as now, he could ask him to stay with him a little longer.
However, since Ying Nian had already asked him to leave first, he didn’t say much more. He simply said good night and helped him get a glass of water, placing it on the bedside table nearby.
Ying Nian watched him leave and silently lay down on the bed. He felt a bit tired, but for some reason, he couldn’t fall asleep. His eyes opened and closed repeatedly for over an hour before he finally fell to sleep slowly.
He still didn’t sleep very well, not as oppressively as before but still not relaxed. As a result, Ying Nian woke up early and took out his phone to start browsing WeChat.
Shortly after he entered the bathroom, Guan Han sent him a WeChat message saying that Chen Mao had asked him to leave, so he was now outside the KTV. He asked if Ying Nian needed him to find an excuse to leave. However, at that time, Ying Nian was busy inducing vomiting, so he didn’t respond.
Seeing that he didn’t respond, Guan Han sent several more messages. The last one said that if there was anything, he could call him.
Ying Nian replied to him: It’s okay.
Since Guan Han hadn’t woken up yet and didn’t reply, Ying Nian exited WeChat and started watching videos.
When Yao Xiuyuan came out of the nursing room after washing up, he noticed that Ying Nian was already awake. He asked, “When did you wake up?”
Ying Nian was afraid that he would worry, so he deliberately said the later time, “7 o’clock.”
Since this time wasn’t too early, Yao Xiuyuan didn’t say much. He just asked, “Do you want to be discharged now or at noon?”
“Can I be discharged from the hospital now?” Ying Nian asked him, “If possible, I would like to be discharged from the hospital now.”
Yao Xiuyuan smiled, “Of course, let’s do it now. I’ll tell Zhang Peng.”
He called Zhang Peng, who gave him some instructions, and then he let him go.
Ying Nian originally wanted to take a taxi home himself, but Yao Xiuyuan sent him home without any explanation. Ying Nian had no choice but to thank him again and said apologetically. “I’m sorry for affecting your work.”
Yao Xiuyuan looked at him helplessly. “Don’t you think you’re being too polite?”
Ying Nian was taken aback for a moment.
Yao Xiuyuan rested one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the back of Ying Nian’s seat. “Considering that we’re roommates now, and roommates can be considered a kind of friends, isn’t it normal for friends to help each other out? You’re saying thank you on the left hand and sorry on the right hand. Aren’t you tired of it?”
Ying Nian felt that it was basic etiquette. Yao Xiuyuan helped him, so he should say thank you. He delayed Yao Xiuyuan’s work, so Ying Nian should apologise. It wasn’t just politeness; it was basic courtesy. However, he silently lowered his eyes. Indeed, it was also politeness, because he didn’t really consider Yao Xiuyuan a friend.
“Do you think we’re friends?” He whispered, slowly lifting his eyes to look at Yao Xiuyuan.
Yao Xiuyuan looked at him in shock. “Don’t tell me we’re not?”
Now he finally understood why Ying Nian had always been so polite and courteous to him. “Since we’re living together, we should be friends.”
“But that’s just you and Chu Cheng helping me out of kindness.”
“So what do you think our relationship is?”
Ying Nian didn’t answer. He felt they didn’t have much of a relationship. With Yao Xiuyuan’s status, he didn’t want to climb high, and also did not dare to pull himself up high. At that time Chu Cheng had said that Yao Xiuyuan needed someone to cook for him, and since he could cook, he could temporarily stay here to avoid Tang Yu. Because of this, he had always stuck to his role, making every meal for Yao Xiuyuan on time. Later, since Yao Xiuyuan didn’t accept his rent, he also took on other housework.
He felt grateful to Yao Xiuyuan and considered him a good person. He also believed that if Yao Xiuyuan needed his help in the future, he would readily agree without hesitation. However, this gratitude was only one-sided, and he wouldn’t presumptuously assume that because of their time together that he and Yao Xiuyuan were already friends.
How could he be qualified to be Yao Xiuyuan’s friend?
Yao Xiuyuan saw that he was silent, and felt that his heart was full of surprise and curiosity, “If we are not friends, then at least we are roommates, right?”
Ying Nian felt that their living together situation, to be more precise, was him living under someone else’s roof to seek shelter.
“You don’t even count as roommates?” Yao Xiuyuan said incredulously.
Ying Nian smiled. “Let’s count that.”
“Exactly.” Yao Xiuyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, pulling his arms back and leaning against the chair. “Besides, you’re Zhouzhou’s friend, I’m friends with Ah Cheng, Zhouzhou and Ah Cheng are more than just friends. If you do equivalent substitution, we two should also be friends.”
Ying Nian thought his maths skills were pretty good. He could still come up with this kind of equivalent substitutions at a time like this.
Yao Xiuyuan tilted his head and looked at him, “So, don’t be so polite in the future.”
When Ying Nian heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at him and nodded.
However, Yao Xiuyuan didn’t believe it. He leaned closer to Ying Nian and said, “Really agree? Then tell me, what kind of relationship do we have?”
Ying Nian was amused by his obviously suspicious tone. As he looked at the person in front of him, he remembered the first time he saw Yao Xiuyuan, on Valentine’s Day last year, February 14th. He was having a meal with Ji Qingzhou when Yao Xiuyuan walked over from afar, openly scrutinising them, and suspected that they were having an affair.
When he moved into Yao Xiuyuan’s place, he wondered if it would be difficult to get along with him. After all, there were too many differences between them. He wasn’t even Chu Cheng’s friend, just a friend of Chu Cheng’s boyfriend. He couldn’t even get along well with Tang Yu’s friends when he was Tang Yu’s boyfriend. How could he ensure that he could get along well with a stranger who was so different from him in terms of social class?
Ying Nian even thought to himself to give it a try. After all, it was the best solution for now. If it didn’t work out, he could always move out. However, now, Yao Xiuyuan unexpectedly told him that they were friends.
When Yao Xiuyuan didn’t mention the word friends, Ying Nian wouldn’t presumptuously label them. But when Yao Xiuyuan uttered the word, Ying Nian couldn’t resist the temptation it brought.
Of course, he was willing to be friends with Yao Xiuyuan. He couldn’t even think of a reason to refuse.
“We’re friends.” Ying Nian chuckled. “Isn’t that what you said?”
Yao Xiuyuan was now satisfied. He reached over to help Ying Nian unfasten his seatbelt. “That’s right. Okay, you should go home now. I’ll be back for lunch in the afternoon. The doctor said you should stick to a liquid diet for now, easily digestible food, got it?”
“Got it.”
“Rest well, and drink plenty of hot water.” Yao Xiuyuan urged.
Ying Nian nodded and accepted this straight guy’s advice, got out of the car and closed the door for him.
After returning home, he searched online to see what would be suitable to eat in his condition. In the end, he decided to make chicken soup wontons. Of course, he could only have the soup, but Yao Xiuyuan could eat the wontons.
Ying Nian simmered the soup, wrapped the wontons, and even cooked two hot dishes and prepared two cold dishes for Yao Xiuyuan. He only started cooking the wontons after Yao Xiuyuan came. Yao Xiuyuan smelled the fragrance and asked him, “It smells so good. What are you making?”
The author has something to say:
Yao Xiuyuan: You’re Zhouzhou’s friend, I’m Ah Cheng’s friend. Zhouzhou and Ah Cheng are more than just friends. If you substitute equal values, we two should also be more than just friends.
Ying Nian: Is this how you learned mathematics? Aren’t you afraid that you will anger your maths teacher to death?
As for the pairing of Ying Nian and Yao Xiuyuan, it was obvious that Yao Xiuyuan had the first clue, but of course not now. He still only thinks they are friends. As for Ying Nian, Ying Nian actually didn’t expect to start a new relationship so soon, and Ying Nian never expected that Yao Xiuyuan was a Schrödinger’s straight man who would change from a straight ruler to a roll up measuring tape. Ying Nian himself was also very confused [Face covering]
Translator’s note:- This Guan Han like how suspicious he is. Like you KNOW that Ying Nian was avoiding Chen Mao and also knew that Chen Mao wanted to bully Ying Nian, yet you still left the room huh. And then sending him messages and acting as if you care or trying to whitewash yourself like dudeee if he’s in danger like everyone knows that if a bad guy wants to hurt you he’ll first of all take care of your phone so that you can’t call for help, so what if Ying Nian couldn’t get to his phone for help. Then he went home like dudeeee if he was fine he would have replied to you soon but Ying Nian didn’t which means he might in some potential trouble cause he didn’t read or replied to your messages or calls aka in danger.!!! I don’t trust him!!
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Guan Han is suspicious indeed. Perhaps he just doesn’t care. After all he and Ying Nian just ordinary friends at most, perhaps just considered acquaintance…
But seriously… The author’s note is right. I don’t think friendships can be considered like maths 😑 no matter what, that friend of your friend’s boyfriend is still stranger to you ah 🤦 so I get why Ying Nian does that 😣
I’m happy to read their story (YN + XY), thank you for translating it! This part of the story is hard though. I want to vomit… Tang Yu and his Cousin make me sick.
Guan Huan is unreasonable and sus.
I’m so happy that this CP gets so many chapters, it’s as if it’s own small short story.Thanks for the update!😀