In fact, Zhou Bin wasn’t the one who went to pay Reece a visit, he had met Reece on the way back to the dormitory from class.
It had been the first time he was face to face with this man at such a close distance. They were clearly of similar age but Reece had a different kind of momentum, one that made Zhou Bin inexplicably want to retreat.
“If you don’t plan on living together with Nie Chuan then I’ll move in.”
That was what Reece had said.
Zhou Bin froze. Perhaps as one of the parties Nie Chuan didn’t understand but as an onlooker, he already had a faint premonition and knew that he should prevent it. Leaving aside the fact that these kinds of feelings weren’t something an idiot like Nie Chuan would be able to bear, Reece was even more dangerous.
“I don’t agree. I’ll tell him to move in next to me.” Zhou Bin’s fingers trembled as he said these words.
“Is your disapproval any use?” Reece’s expression was freezing and Zhou Bin’s scalp went numb.
“I’ll……”
“You’re going to tell him? Make him keep away from me on his own?” Reece smiled and Zhou Bin felt like he was a child in front of him.
“Yes. He’ll take my advice.”
“Then I’ll use force, what do you think about that?” Reece’s smile became even more obvious.
“You’re a bastard!” Zhou Bin swung a fist at Reece’s face but he hadn’t thought that Reece wouldn’t even attempt to dodge.
Zhou Bin was stunned.
Reece didn’t even come in contact with him, but Zhou Bin’s fingers felt like they were about to be broken.
“I didn’t dodge in order to make you understand, I want him, I want all of him. So for this purpose I can bear all the malice coming from the people who are important to him.”
Zhou Bin took a step back subconsciously and suddenly he didn’t know what to do. What Reece said was true. If he really told Nie Chuan to run away from Reece, Nie Chuan would definitely receive a bigger blow ba……
“Then fine, you have to promise me three conditions. If you can do these three conditions then I promise I won’t get between you and Ah Chuan.”
“What three conditions?”
“First, you absolutely can’t use force on him. If you do then I will tell Uncle Nie to send Ah Chuan back home so that you won’t be able to see him again.”
“Alright.”
“Second, you’ll take good care of him. He trusts you. He looks very easy to get along with but he doesn’t trust just anyone.”
“Alright.”
“Third and most importantly, if anything starts between the two of you, it must be Ah Chuan who confesses to you first rather than you forcing him to accept it. Do you agree to this or not?”
This was the most he could do for Nie Chuan as a brother.
Reece lowered his head and stared into Zhou Bin’s eyes seriously. “You’re really cunning, Zhou Bin. If I want Xiao Chuan to confess first then he must realize that he likes me, right?”
“That’s right. *Qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián. You’re Chinese is very good, you can understand it can’t you?” [tn: 强扭的瓜不甜 = don’t force something to happen]
“Alright,” Reece answered.
Zhou Bin breathed a sigh.
Reece looked at Zhou Bin and said faintly, “Xiao Chuan is very lucky to have you as his friend.”
“But to meet you, I don’t know whether that was lucky or unlucky for Nie Chuan.”
“I am a person who acts, Zhou Bin. I like Nie Chuan so I will spare no efforts to make him happy, more so than others.”
With that, Reece left.
Zhou Bin, who had turned off his phone, sat in place for a long time.
“Ah Chuan…… good luck……”
At this time, Nie Chuan tugged at the blanket and was just about to enter a state of sleep.
Fall asleep! Fall asleep! Once you fall asleep you won’t remember Reece’s existence anymore!
“Nie Chuan, you didn’t brush your teeth.” Reece closed the book and set it to the side.
“I did,” Nie Chuan replied.
He was laying nicely under the blanket, he didn’t want to get up again at all.
“You didn’t.”
“I’ll brush it again tomorrow morning.”
“Do you want me to personally brush for you?”
“I’ll go brush them now.”
Nie Chuan got up and tearfully went into the bathroom.
“Brush for three minutes before you come out.”
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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“Xiao Chuan.”
Reece’s voice came leisurely. Especially in the dark where he couldn’t see the other side’s expression, Nie Chuan felt as if his heart had been hooked.
“What?”
Don’t call me “Xiao Chuan” if there’s nothing!
“I didn’t mean anything when I made fun of how many times you lost love. I didn’t mean to laugh at you so many times.”
“Oh.”
If you didn’t then you didn’t.
A guy like you wouldn’t be able to understand the pain of losing love……
“I just want you to know that the next person you love will love you just as much.”
Nie Chuan was a simple-minded person but in that moment, he was a little moved. It was probably because such words seldom came out of Reece’s mouth.
“Thank you for your well wishes.”
Maybe having a guy like Reece as a roommate wasn’t actually that bad?
While thinking this, Nie Chuan fell asleep.
The next morning, he heard a voice in his ear. “Get up, Nie Chuan.”
“En…… sleep for 30 seconds more……” Nie Chuan turned over and covered his head with the blanket.
Then, a hand reached into the quilt and covered his mouth and nose.
“Mmm…… mm……”
The other’s strength was very big, this was definitely not Zhou Bin!
Moreover, Zhou Bin wouldn’t treat him in such a crude way!
Wait, his roommate now isn’t Zhou Bin…… but……
Nie Chuan sat up abruptly only to find Reece sitting on his bedside looking at his watch. “So it actually takes more than 40 seconds every day to wake you up. I really admire Zhou Bin for his patience.”
I woke up in 40 or so seconds, you should be laughing!
Nie Chuan hurried into the bathroom and found that his toothbrush already had some toothpaste squeezed onto it and was lying horizontally on the mouthwash cup.
While brushing his teeth, Nie Chuan said to the other indistinctly, “Thank you!”
“Thank you for what?” Reece asked as he folded the quilt.
“For helping me squeeze toothpaste ah.”
“Oh, I accidentally knocked your toothbrush to the floor this morning and stepped on it so I rinsed it for you and helped you squeeze some toothpaste.”
“…… No way ba! I could have still changed to another one ah!” Nie Chuan poked his head out the bathroom door.
After which he found Reece sitting on the chair with a smile.
“You lied to me!” Nie Chuan reacted.
“Don’t spray toothpaste suds all over the place.” Reece replied back.
Nie Chuan continued to brush his teeth fiercely.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Nie Chuan was about to relieve himself. He pulled his pants down and saw Spider-Man’s band aid…… and suddenly couldn’t remove it.
“Oh, you can take it off to see if it’s alright now.”
Reece’s voice came from right beside his ear.
As soon as Nie Chuan turned to the side he found Reece standing behind him with his hands in his pockets, practically glued to him. His chin rested imposingly on Nie Chuan’s shoulder as he lowered his eyes to look at Nie Chuan’s little brother.
“What are you doing! I need to use the restroom!”
Don’t lean so close to me ah!
Nie Chuan quickly dodged, pulled up his pants, and looked at Reece warily.
Although he also didn’t know what he should be wary of.
“Remember to change your pants to ones that don’t have zippers for class,” Reece reminded him.
Nie Chuan felt that the place that already wasn’t hurting anymore seemed to suddenly have a dull ache again?
Even though Nie Chuan was “injured,” Reece’s training regime for him didn’t decrease in the slightest.
The focus of his training had also been placed on endurance and explosive power.
When he mentioned his roommate had been replaced with Reece to Ewing, the gum in Ewing’s mouth almost fell out.
“Did I hear you correctly…… Reece is your roommate now? I can’t imagine him being somebody’s roommate at all…… what would it be like……”
“Haha, you feel that way too?”
“Isn’t someone like Reece who’s very principled, serious, and aloof better suited for living alone?”
Nie Chuan and Ewing had just finished practice and were sitting on the edge of the basketball court chatting when Carlo unexpectedly showed up.
“Allen! I heard that your roommate moved out! I especially applied to move in with you but someone beat me to it! Tell me who it is! I’ll drive him out!”
When Carlo pounded Nie Chuan on the shoulder, Nie Chuan almost flew out.
“Can you really drive Allen’s roommate out?” Ewing looked at Carlo with a bad smile.
“Of course! Leave it to me!” Carlo patted his chest.
“It’s Reece,” Ewing said.
“Huh? What?” Carlo’s face resembled a foolish Husky’s.
“Mhm,” Nie Chuan also nodded.
“No way, right? He moved out of his old apartment? Impossible! His apartment is a single room!”
Nie Chuan and Ewing were also puzzled
[tn: The raws said “聂川和尤因一□□头.” Those two little squares are censorship and I have no idea what it could be so I took a guess ^^; ]
Honestly speaking, Nie Chuan also couldn’t believe that Reece would give up such a good apartment. It had its own kitchen and even a balcony, all that was missing was a sea view.
Nie Chuan and Zhou Bin’s double room was more economical and also came with a balcony and bathrooms but it had no kitchen.
“Hey, didn’t you say you were going to drive out and replace Allen’s new roommate?” Ewing raised his chin.
“…… Reece is too treacherous!” Carlo suddenly thought of something. “That day when I told Reece about Allen’s roommate moving away and Allen being very lonely, he told me with a deadpan face ‘He’s already this big, he should learn how to adjust his mood’ but then he turns around and becomes Allen’s roommate! He probably told me that so I would relax my vigilance so that he could take the opportunity to change dorms!”
“You’re thinking too much……” Ewing was speechless. He patted Nie Chuan on the shoulder and then said, “It’s actually not too bad to live together with Reece. At least he won’t be late every day and his living habits are absolutely impeccable. If you lived together with that idiot Carlo, the two of you will definitely be late every day and even miss important exams!”
Carlo felt a profound powerlessness. “I say, can you not slander me like this?”
“Oh, don’t tell me our whole team almost got disqualified once because the one who was late to an exam was me?”
“……” Carlo was speechless.
Like this, Nie Chuan and Reece lived in harmony and got along for four or five days. Although Reece would always appear without warning whenever he was taking a shower or using the restroom, Nie Chuan had basically adapted to this roommate. However, even adapting doesn’t mean that he didn’t need to be careful.
For instance, when things like eating potato chips in bed touched Reece’s bottom line, he would coldly say to Nie Chuan, “Are you raising cockroaches?”
Reece would also tell him very seriously that, whether male or female, he didn’t want anyone entering this dormitory as they wished.
“Whether male or female? Why?”
“I don’t want an unscrupulous guy like you bringing your crushes into the bedroom.”
“Hey! Who has an unscrupulous secret crush?!”
Nie Chuan suddenly felt that the worries he shared with Zhou Bin had already become an inerasable black history when it comes to Reece!
“And with your IQ, please don’t let anyone who claims to be a relative or friend of mine come in randomly.”
“Why?”
“Because if they really are my family or friends, I will tell you, understand?”
“Understood.” Nie Chuan thought for a moment then asked, “Your father’s lawsuit wouldn’t have offended someone right? There really wouldn’t be someone who will pretend to be a family member or friend and enter the dorm to retaliate or kidnap you right?”
Reece glanced at Nie Chuan coolly, Nie Chuan quickly shut up.
On Thursday afternoon, because Reece had a class, Nie Chuan finished the training on his own and then walked back to their dorm.
As soon as he came to the door, he saw a tall boy with a cap standing at the doorway.
The closer Nie Chuan came, the more he realized the height difference between himself and the other person.
This kid should be about 188cm ba!
“Excuse me, who are you looking for?”
When the other person looked at Nie Chuan who was holding a key in his hand and seemed like he was about to open the door, he gave a big smile. “Hello! My name is Downey Reddington! May I ask if Reece lives here?”
He had curly, light brown hair and large eyes and could be classified as a type that was easily liked by girls.
Once he smiled, his blue eyes practically blinded Nie Chuan.
However, Nie Chuan’s focus was on the guy’s surname.
“You’re Reece’s……”
“We’re cousins!”
Nie Chuan looked carefully at this guy named Downey, He looked quite adorable but he and Reece really didn’t look alike at all.
Wait, Reece once said not to allow so-called relatives or friends into the dorm!
Does that mean Reece had already anticipated Downey’s arrival!
This Downey may not be a good person! He was hired to kill! Maybe there’s even a gun in his backpack!
In his mind, Nie Chuan began picturing various American action movie scenes.
“You should be Reece’s roommate, right? I’m not a bad person, I’m really his cousin. You can just call him!”
“Why don’t you call him and then ask me to answer?” Nie Chuan asked.
Downey laughed. “You’re really interesting!”
He reached his hand into his pocket but when he took it out, he said apologetically to Nie Chuan, “Look, I was playing on my phone on the train and my phone ran out of battery!”
Nie Chuan shook his head and said, “How about this, I’ll take you to find Reece. I know where his class is.”
In a public place like that, it’ll be hard to do something to Reece even if you want to!
Nie Chuan gave his own quick-wit a thumbs up!
Sensing Nie Chuan’s suspicion, Downey sighed helplessly, lowered his head and rubbed his hair. When he raised his head again, the trace of coldness in his eyes and the slight sneer on the corners of his lips made Nie Chuan feel a chill.
This was definitely not the face of a good person!
Downey’s left hand suddenly passed Nie Chuan’s ear and pressed against the door.
He was a few centimeters taller than Nie Chuan but the imposing momentum when he made this move really was quite similar to Reece.
Downey turned his face and raised his chin. “Hey, I said that I really am his cousin. Please open the door, I’m really tired from the train and want to borrow his bed for a bit.”
With a smirk and a gaze that made people feel pressured, this guy was completely different from his boyish appearance just now.
Nie Chuan realized what it meant to “change face faster than turning a book”!
“Oh…… oh……”
How could he be Reece’s cousin! He never heard Reece say that there was a relative coming! And if he really was Reece’s cousin, how could he not know that Reece absolutely hates others touching his bed! Cousins included!
Reece’s character of pointing his nose and looking down at others should be easy to offend people ba?
Maybe this is someone who came to seek revenge?
Nie Chuan bent down, went around under Downey’s shoulder and pretended to take out the key to open the door. In that instant Downey relaxed his guard, he suddenly turned around and broke into a run.
“Hey—— how dare you play me like that!”
Downey was quick to react and chased after him.
Nie Chuan carefully turned his body to the side and passed by several classmates.
Downey just shouted bluntly, “Get the f*ck out of my way!”
This overbearing attitude made practically everyone stick quickly to the wall.
Nie Chuan was shocked when he heard the sound of the other’s footsteps, this guy was too fast ba! Nie Chuan’s hairs were about to stand on end. On several occasions he even felt the other’s fingertips touch his shoulder!
“Isn’t it just opening the door for me—— what the hell are you running for!”
Downey’s voice, with a hint of anger, reverberated in the corridor.
“Go get Reece to open the door for you!”
This guy is so rude! In the beginning, he feigned a pure and good appearance, it seems there really was a problem with him!
Nie Chuan was even more sure that it was the right decision to not open the door for Downey.
“Stinky kid—— if I catch you, I’ll break your legs!”
Downey’s roar made Nie Chuan run faster.
He normally never ran this fast.
Nie Chuan was running down the stairs when Downey suddenly gripped the handrail and jumped over it, landing directly in front of Nie Chuan from the upper flight of stairs.
Nie Chuan was dumbfounded and took a step back.
Downey snorted, “You think you’re fast, kid? Then run! Keep running!”
It was comparable in effect to the “Scream all you want, no one will save you” in American TV shows.
Nie Chuan sneered “hehe” at the other.
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MadMadamMims: who the heck is this dude!? 😯
Drea: Reece’s cousin, really xD just look at his unreasonable personality, those genes run stronk
Oho so Reece already asking for Zhou Bin’s blessing (≧▽≦)
Thanks for the translation!
suspicious rando has arrived! and nie chuan thinks he’s a serial killer lololol
thanks for the update
Poor Nie Chuan. He just can’t catch a break. All of Reece’s rivals are somehow surfacing around Nie Chuan. Having Reece as a roommate is probably stressing him out. But I agree with Reece. Nie Chuan is lucky to have Zhou Bin as a friend. Thanks for the update! I also think Downey is actually related to Reece. That overbearing personality and confident behavior – it probably runs in the family.
This Down e y Tide Pod dude better chill the eff out.
Zhou Bin, a true bro T-T