Translator:- Max
Editor:- Max
“Chicken soup wontons.” Ying Nian pointed to the pot in front of them. “I can only have the soup, but you can eat the wontons.”
“You are really miserable.” Yao Xiuyuan sighed.
“What’s even more miserable is that I have to eat at the same table with you and watch you eat helplessly.” Ying Nian said, feeling that he was really miserable.
Yao Xiuyuan smiled, put his arm around his shoulders, “It’s okay, I can describe the taste to you, you can imagine it yourself.”
Ying Nian: ……
Ying Nian felt that their short-lived friendship could break apart at this moment!
When the wontons were cooked, Yao Xiuyuan helped Ying Nian carry them out, and Ying Nian brought out the stir-fried dishes.
Yao Xiuyuan looked at the abundant food in front of him, then looked at Ying Nian across from him with just an empty bowl of soup. He felt that the contrast was too tragic.
“Ai,” He shook his head, “I feel like my conscience hurts a little.”
Ying Nian pretended to be surprised and said, “Yo, so your conscience can still hurt? Just now I saw your conscience leaping and frisking about.”
“You also said it, that was just a moment ago.”
Ying Nian smiled and took a sip of the soup. It was well-made, the flavour was what he liked, though he wasn’t sure if Yao Xiuyuan would like it or not.
“Try it, see if it suits your taste.” Ying Nian set down the spoon in his hand and leaned on his chin, looking at him. “If your conscience really hurts, then eat more. Of course, you don’t need to describe the taste to me.”
Upon hearing this, Yao Xiuyuan immediately took a sip and said in pleasant surprise, “Master ah you. This tastes even better than what I had at the hotel last time. You know a lot.”
“Not really.” Ying Nian replied modestly, “It’s not particularly exceptional.”
Yao Xiuyuan thought he was quite skilled. When Ying Nian had just moved in, perhaps to please him and make Chu Cheng’s words not seem untrustworthy, he cooked for him with various methods every day. Both Chinese and Western dishes were served alternately, and every meal was different. This scared Yao Xiuyuan, who quickly expressed that there was no need to go to such trouble, just Chinese food was fine, as he didn’t have a strong preference for Western cuisine.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the wontons in front of him. They looked delicious, but unfortunately, Ying Nian could only have the soup. Yao Xiuyuan felt a bit sorry for him. “When will you be able to eat normally?”
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“Do you eat sweet congee or savoury congee?” Ying Nian looked at him, feeling quite proud. “I actually know how to make eight different types of congee. If you don’t tell me and since I also have nothing to do tomorrow anyway, I could make all eight for you.”
Yao Xiuyuan raised an eyebrow. “Are you planning to sell them? With so many, do you have that many pots at home?”
“I can buy them. If I buy today, they’ll be delivered tomorrow.”
Yao Xiuyuan felt that Ying Nian was quite passionate about cooking. After some thought, he said to Ying Nian, “I’ll have both sweet and savoury congee. Just make with what you have, no need for all eight varieties.”
Ying Nian nodded in agreement, deciding to make one or two sweet and savoury varieties tomorrow to see which one Yao Xiuyuan liked.
After drinking two bowls of soup, he was almost full. Yao Xiuyuan saw that he was going to wash the dishes, so he pressed him down and said, “I’ll do it.”
Ying Nian looked at him in shock when he heard this, “You’ll do it?” He felt that based on his understanding of Yao Xiuyuan, Yao Xiuyuan was not that diligent.
Yao Xiuyuan glanced at him and said to him, “Hand.”
Ying Nian stretched out his hands towards him without knowing why. Yao Xiuyuan took his left hand, turned it over and looked at his palm, and saw two small healed scabs on his hand.
Following Yao Xiuyuan’s gaze, Ying Nian understood why he didn’t want him to wash the dishes. “This kind of small injury is nothing.”
Yao Xiuyuan didn’t say anything. He reached out and rolled up his sleeve, and saw that the scars on his arm had also scabbed.
“You’re quite awesome? Not afraid of pain?”
Ying Nian withdrew his hand from Yao Xiuyuan’s grasp and said, “At that time, staying clear-headed was the most important thing. Besides, in that situation, the first cut might hurt, but the subsequent ones didn’t cause much pain. I would’ve preferred it to hurt more, but unfortunately, there were no other sharp objects.”
“Thankfully there were no other sharp objects.” Yao Xiuyuan said, otherwise, with Ying Nian’s character, who knows what else he might have done.
Turning around to pick up the bowls, he said to Ying Nian, “You have a good rest here. I’ll do the dishes today.”
Ying Nian stood up, and Yao Xiuyuan, puzzled, asked, “Do you have any objections to my arrangement?”
Ying Nian helped him pick up the plates on the table. “Don’t worry, I’m just helping you carry the plates inside.”
“That’s more like it.” Yao Xiuyuan said satisfactorily. “A patient should behave like a patient. You’re younger than me, so reasonably, you should call me ge. I won’t take advantage of this, but you have to listen to what your gege says, understand?”
Ying Nian felt that he was quite good at finding reasons, even bringing up the gege card. He nodded helplessly, put down the plates in his hands, obediently said, “Understood”, and then left the kitchen.
That night, Ying Nian went to bed early, but he still slept very restlessly. He dreamt of Tang Yu, finding himself unable to move, lying on the bed. He seemed to want to leave but couldn’t break free. He remembered someone promised that he’d come to save him, but that person never arrived. He watched as Tang Yu approached him, bending down as if to touch him, but his face seemed to be twisted sinisterly, like a devil. Ying Nian was instantly startled awake, sitting up in bed and gasping for breath. After calming himself down for a moment, he covered his face with his hands in despair.
He had never imagined that one day Tang Yu would appear in his dreams in such a form. Tang Yu had once represented his joy and love, but now he was nothing but a nightmare. How did his love have such an ending? It was pitiful, sad, and even laughable. He and Tang Yu had loved each other once; he had been his dream lover. But now, even appearing in his dreams would frighten him and make him sleep restlessly.
Ying Nian quietly sat on the bed for a while, then lifted up the quilt and got out of bed, walking to the living room.
He opened the refrigerator, grabbed a bottle of beer, turned on the lights, then sat on the sofa and poured himself a glass.
Ying Nian had always thought that yesterday’s incident was over and in the past. He had scolded him, and Yao Xiuyuan had taught him a lesson. Such matters weren’t worth remembering. But from yesterday to today, he couldn’t sleep peacefully. Reason told him that it was over, but his subconscious wouldn’t let him forget so easily.
He could accept that Chen Mao had drugged him. Chen Mao never liked him and always looked down on him, even when he was with Tang Yu. It was not an unimaginable thing that he drugged him. They had both always found each other unpleasant to the eye, so this incident only deepened his disgust and hatred towards Chen Mao.
But he couldn’t accept that Tang Yu, despite his continuous resistance and even knowing that he was injured, still insisted on being with him in that situation. What did he mean to Tang Yu? Did Tang Yu really understand him after all these years? Or did Tang Yu think that he was someone who didn’t deserve any respect at all?
Ying Nian didn’t understand. He always found it difficult to understand. When Tang Yu first cheated on him, he didn’t understand. When he begged for reconciliation after Ying Nian proposed a breakup, he didn’t understand. When Tang Yu cheated again, he didn’t understand. Or when he learned the news that he moved out from home and Tang Yu tried to persuade him to stay, he didn’t understand.
He seemed to never fully understand Tang Yu’s thoughts. He thought Tang Yu liked him, but then Tang Yu cheated. He thought Tang Yu didn’t like him, but then Tang Yu kept pestering him. Now, he couldn’t even figure out why Tang Yu would make such a choice after knowing he had been drugged.
He took a sip of the cold beer, it was ice-cold in his mouth, slightly cooling down the agitation in his heart. He didn’t want to get drunk, nor did he want to get drunk because of Tang Yu. He just wanted to have a little bit of alcohol, enough to feel a little tipsy, so he could sleep peacefully without nightmares or restless sleep.
Ying Nian thought he would just drink a little and it would be fine.
After finishing the game with Shao Yong, Yao Xiuyuan opened the door and wanted to see what was in the fridge to eat, only to find that the living room light was on. Curiously, he walked over and saw Ying Nian sitting on the sofa, drinking.
Yao Xiuyuan was taken aback for a moment, then quickly strode over and snatched the glass from his hand. “What are you doing? Can you drink alcohol with your current condition? And it’s cold! Do you think your stomach is very good? Have you forgotten that you were in the hospital at this time yesterday?”
Ying Nian was stunned for a moment, as if he didn’t expect him to come out, let alone say such words.
He explained quietly, “I’ll just drink a little.”
Yao Xiuyuan was puzzled. “Is there anything that you absolutely have to drink for?”
Ying Nian didn’t speak.
Yao Xiuyuan looked at him, but suddenly remembered last night when he came out for water. Ying Nian seemed to be sleeping restlessly, and it was he who had woken him up. He felt like he understood now. Even if one didn’t want to mind such things in his mind, subconsciously, he kept recalling and fearing it, especially when that person was Tang Yu.
Yao Xiuyuan looked at Ying Nian, sitting there silently. There was a hint of stubbornness in his gentleness, yet his lowered eyes made him seem somewhat lonely.
He sighed and put the glass on the table, not forgetting to emphasise, “No drinking allowed.”
After saying that, he turned and walked back to his room.
As Yao Xiuyuan walked back, Ying Nian lifted his gaze and watched him walk back without saying anything else. For the first time, he felt a bit worried. Was Yao Xiuyuan angry?
Yao Xiuyuan had been very worried that something bad would happen to him so he stayed with him in the hospital all night and specially took him back home the next day. He instructed him to only eat liquid food that wouldn’t irritate his stomach. But now, Ying Nian was secretly drinking behind his back, and when caught, he didn’t admit his mistake. If Yao Xiuyuan was truly angry about this, it would be reasonable.
Ying Nian didn’t want to upset him. He felt grateful to Yao Xiuyuan and knew that not letting him drink was for his own good. Therefore, he stood up and walked towards his bedroom.
Yao Xiuyuan was squatting in front of a cabinet in his bedroom, looking for something. The door was not closed, so Ying Nian walked in directly, walked up to him and called him.
Yao Xiuyuan looked back at him, “Why did you come in?”
Ying Nian smiled at him in an attempt to appease him and said, “I’m sorry.”
He suppressed his smile and said seriously, “I shouldn’t have been drinking at this time. I was wrong. Don’t be angry.”
Yao Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, but the next second he laughed, “Do you think I’m angry?”
He stood up, looking at Ying Nian, who seemed a bit confused by his words. He smiled and said, “I’m not angry. It’s just that when I saw you drinking, I remembered that your stomach wasn’t suitable for it right now, so I spoke a bit harshly. Please don’t mind it.”
“Then why…” Ying Nian asked, puzzled, “Why didn’t you do anything and just went back?”
Hearing this, Yao Xiuyuan said “wait”, squatted down again, and started looking for it. Ying Nian saw him take out a bottle of wine, looked at it, and put it back. He took out another bottle of wine, looked at it, and put it back. After doing this several times, he finally took out a bottle of wine and closed the cabinet with satisfaction.
“Didn’t you want to drink? Beer is not good; it’s too cold and has a high alcohol content. This fruit wine was given to me by someone else. It has a lower alcohol content, and it’s not as cold. You can have this; you should be able to drink a little of it.”
Ying Nian was momentarily taken aback as he didn’t expect him to come back just to find a bottle of wine that he could drink.
Yao Xiuyuan patted his shoulder. “Let’s go. I’ll accompany you for a drink. A glass of wine before bed is really good.”
He pressed Ying Nian’s shoulders and turned around, and then looped his arm around him as they walked out. Ying Nian looked at the bottle of wine in his hand, unsure what he was feeling right now.
He felt that Yao Xiuyuan seemed to be even better than he had thought.
Translator’s note:- Ahhh this is such a bitter sweet chapter. YXY and YN’s chemistry ahhh but poor baby’s dream ahhhh I hope that Tang Yu burns in hell. But at least I’m glad that Ying Nian has Yao Xiuyuan with him whose very mature ahhh I love him, please take care of our poor baby!!!
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