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    Nie Chuan found his bed already emptied. 

 

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    “Hey! Where’s my blanket and my sheets!”

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    “I sent someone to wash them.”

 

    “Ah? How much will it be?”

 

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    Reece snorted and glanced at Nie Chuan, “Did I say I’d make you pay?”

 

    Even if you didn’t plan to ask me to pay, my face isn’t thick enough to ask you to pay ah!

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    Nie Chuan had a profound feeling that he was being kept.

 

    “Then when can I get them back?”

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    “They’ll get sent back Sunday night.”

 

    “Then can I sleep with you on Saturday?” Nie Chuan carefully watched Reece’s expression.

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    He couldn’t say for sure whether Reece had already had enough of him last night. 

 

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    “If you don’t sleep with me, who else do you want to sleep with?” Reece asked back.

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    The ambiguous smile on his lips almost made Nie Chuan fall from the bed. 

 

    I say, there’s such a pure relationship between us, could you not always lead it askew? 

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    When Reece finished buttoning his collar, Nie Chuan suddenly gaped.

 

    “What’s the matter with you?” As Reece walked by the bed, his fingers brushed over Nie Chuan’s bangs.

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    “I found that you look good in almost anything!”

 

    Considering how I have to sleep in your bed tonight, I’ll flatter you ba

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    “Nie Chuan,” Reece’s suddenly lowered, appearing more serious than usual.

 

    “What is it?” It couldn’t be that you’re going to tell me I can’t sleep in your bed, right? 

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    “Are you bent?” Reece raised his hand and bent it in front of Nie Chuan. 

 

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    “How could that be——” Nie Chuan shouted without a second thought.

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    Then Reece’s lips slowly curved. Nie Chuan suddenly realized that the last time he was kissed by Reece in the bathroom, he was almost scared into peeing his pants and had also asked “Are you bent?” Isn’t this guy too vengeful? 

 

    Reece got up, took a suit out from the wardrobe, and put it on.

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    “Eh? No morning exercise today?”

 

    “Practice on your own today. I need to fly to New York for a wedding.”

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    “Oh.” This was the first time Nie Chuan saw Reece in a suit. 

 

    His whole body gave off a noble and elite temperament. Nie Chuan could imagine how many heads would turn if Reece walked through campus like this. 

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    But as soon as he thought about how Reece wouldn’t be in the dorm this weekend, Nie Chuan secretly felt ecstatic about his newfound freedom. 

 

    “I’m going. You aren’t allowed to play games past 10.”

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    Since living with Reece, Nie Chuan really felt that his living habits were like a template.

 

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    “Don’t worry!” Now that his game ID was linked to Reece’s, Reece can check whether he is online at any time. 

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    Nie Chuan got up to brush his teeth and saw Reece driving away with his own eyes. He turned over happily in bed several times.

 

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    Reece isn’t here, what’s he going to do ne? What’s he going to do?

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    Usually, Nie Chuan could only solve it while taking a shower, this time he could finally let loose.

 

    Wait…… his bed was gone. He was scared he couldn’t let it out on Reece’s bed ah!

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    Nie Chuan had already decided which film he wanted to watch and he couldn’t help feeling extremely excited! 

 

    Nie Chuan grabbed his water and towel as usual and continued running. 

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   Just after finishing a lap, he heard a greeting from behind. 

 

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    “Hey—— Allen! It’s just you running today? Where’s Reece?” 

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    It was Lily, the captain of the cheerleading team. Nie Chuan still had a good impression of her. The last time he and Downey faced off, Lily was cheering him on! 

 

    “Why, do you like Reece too? He’s not easy to chase,” Nie Chuan answered half-jokingly.

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    “I don’t want to chase him! I just wanted to ask you, how were the cranberry cookies that I baked?” 

 

    “Ah? You’re the one who baked them? They’re good! I gobble them up every time!” Nie Chuan only realized what was wrong after he finished speaking. 

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    Lily must have been baking them for Reece, but they were eaten by him. How bitter must she be feeling! 

 

    “As long as you liked them! I heard Ewing say you like sweets, so I made them cranberry-flavored. But then I found out that your favorite is actually chocolate. Next time I’ll bring you chocolate muffins!”

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    Nie Chuan blurted out, “Eh, aren’t they for Reece? If they are, he doesn’t like sweets, you can make him sandwiches!”

 

    Lily laughed. “Why should I make food for him! I originally brought them for you! You’re always very serious every time you do morning practice. I’ve noticed you since the very beginning when you had to get dragged along by Reece to finish three kilometers. Now, you can easily do five, right?” 

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    Nie Chuan was suddenly a little moved. Besides Reece, there were others who saw his efforts.

 

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    “Thank you. Because you always put the cookies next to Reece’s things, I thought they were for him.” 

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   “Huh? Those were Reece’s? My mistake,” Lily smiled. “Since Reece isn’t here, would you like me to help you with your sit-ups?” 

 

    “Yes, thank you! But you might have to work hard to hold me down, ok?” 

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    “No problem!”

 

    Nie Chuan must admit that this morning was the most enjoyable time he’s spent with a female classmate. 

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    In the library, Nie Chuan couldn’t help messaging Zhou Bin: Ah Bin! Ah Bin! Did you know? Turns out the cookies next to Reece’s towel every morning were actually for me! Do you think that girl likes me?”

 

    Two seconds later, the other replied: Did you misunderstand what others meant again? Don’t indiscriminately confess again without my guidance!

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    Nie Chuan immediately withered when he saw this reply. 

 

    Yeah, maybe Lily just wanted to get to know Reece through Nie Chuan. 

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    “Hey, what are you thinking about?” Lily knocked on Nie Chuan’s desk and sat down beside him with her book. 

    

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    Everyone looked over. After all, Lily was the captain of the cheerleading team, had a good figure, and was a campus idol among the school’s otakus. Her parents were well-known figures in the business world and the boyfriends that she previously dated included business school elites and football team captains, but now she was taking the initiative to sit next to Nie Chuan which was quite surprising.

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    “Oh, my paper is giving me a headache! I’ve already written it, but there’s probably a lot of grammatical errors.” 

 

    Nie Chuan was too embarrassed to say that he was thinking about Lily just now. 

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    “You can email it to me, I’ll look at it for you.” 

 

    “Really? Thank you!”

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    “Can’t talk anymore, I’ve got a super long paper! Gotta quickly study!” 

 

   At this time, Zhou Bin and his girlfriend also sat opposite Nie Chuan. When Zhou Bin saw Lily, he revealed a surprised expression. 

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    At the end of the study session that afternoon, Lily followed them to eat Chinese food. She was a great conversationalist, so much so that even Zhou Bin and his girlfriend chatted very cheerfully with her. 

 

    As they walked on the path back to the library, Zhou Bin took Nie Chuan by the shoulder and said, “You know, a girl who will spend time to have a good relationship with the people around a guy most likely likes that person and hopes to gain the approval of the people around him.” 

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    “Really? You mean Lily likes me?”

    

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    “It’s very likely. Although I really don’t understand what she likes about you.” 

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    “Then…… what should I do?” Nie Chuan had never experienced a girl expressing good will towards him. 

 

    “It’s very easy ah. If Lily hints about what movies you’d like to watch, just say you guys can go watch it together. If Lily says she likes something, buy it for her as a thank you for the cookies if you can afford it. If you guys stay in the library late into night, you absolutely must walk her back to her dorm. Let her know you also have a good impression of her, ok?”

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    “Ok!” Nie Chuan nodded.

 

    “But there’s one thing,” Zhou Bin made a grave expression. 

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    “What?”

 

    “Doesn’t this count as an affair?” 

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    “What affair?” Nie Chuan didn’t understand what Zhou Bin was talking about. 

 

    “Aren’t you already married to Reece?” 

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    Only then did Nie Chuan notice the smirk on Zhou Bin’s face. 

 

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    As usual, Zhou Bin sat with his girlfriend. He turned a few pages but still couldn’t help looking at Nie Chuan’s back with a frown. 

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    I already reminded you, Ah Chuan…… although I really want you and Lily to be together, I’ve always felt that……Lily isn’t Reece’s opponent. I hope Reece can keep his promise and won’t lay his hands on you. I really wouldn’t want there to be a day when you miserably come find me, not because of losing love……but because your butt is sore…… 

 

    The whole day, Nie Chuan didn’t read his book and instead kept paying attention to Lily beside him, such as when she drank water and when she turned the page. Nie Chuan thought inwardly: I’m done for! How can I finish my paper if I keep waiting like this until the end of the weekend ah!

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    At this moment, Nie Chuan received a text message on his phone: Review well. Only diligence can make up for an insufficient IQ.

 

    “Eh……”

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    In an instant, those charming thoughts were completely gone. 

 

    As soon as he opened his book, he remembered the last time Reece had come up behind and was solving advanced math problems with his arms around him. 

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     His breath and the tone of his voice both seemed to still be beside his ears. 

 

    Nie Chuan raised his hands and pressed the corners of his eyes. He suddenly realized with grief that compared to Lily, he wanted Reece to be the one reading next to him even more.

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    But…… just like how Zhou Bin had left him to have his own life, would there also be a day when Reece does too?

 

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    Thinking here, Nie Chuan suddenly felt lonely. 

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    Back in the dorm that night, Nie Chuan wrote his paper until ten o’clock. He stretched and looked at Reece’s bed, and suddenly felt a bit lonely. 

 

    When Reece was here, Nie Chuan would lay in bed and not brush his teeth. Now, he suddenly felt it was a sin to lay on Reece’s bed without brushing his teeth. Nie Chuan obediently went into the bathroom and really brushed for three minutes. 

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    Lying in bed, Nie Chuan could still sense the scent that belonged to Reece on the blanket and pillow. It was cool and sharp, just like the person himself. He turned over on the bed a few times, completely awake.

 

    Could it be that he has difficulty sleeping in a bed that’s not his own?

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    Nie Chuan remembered his plan to watch an “action movie.” He sat in bed with his laptop, opened the film that Mao Xian had just sent him, and watched it with relish. With the tissues at the head of the bed, he could finally have a good time la!

 

    It’s just that the quality of the film that Mao Xian downloaded this time didn’t seem to be very good. Nie Chuan looked at it and felt that it was within expectation, but it wasn’t novel.

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    A link appeared in the film’s credits: Please click for more wonders……

 

    At first, Nie Chuan was still hesitating whether to click it. If it was a virus, what would he do?

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    But he still couldn’t resist the temptation and clicked the link.

 

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    It’s just that the moment the page opened…… Nie Chuan’s three views broke……

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    Because on the homepage were two western men embracing each other!

 

    A window popped up where they actually held each other and kissed! Nie Chuan was completely dumbfounded by that tiān léi gōu dòng dì huǒposition! 

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[tn: 天雷勾动地火 – when sparks fly between two people and something unsuitable for children to watch happens, here it can be a reference to homosexuals] 

 

    The “action movies” that he watched before couldn’t compare to this degree of intensity. 

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    Instantly, Nie Chuan thought of Reece’s kiss. 

 

    The direction that his tongue stirred in, the feeling of it slipping through his mouth, and even the strength he used when sucking, it was as if his whole world had been conquered and was under his control. 

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    The sound of kissing came from the laptop. Nie Chuan was frightened into turning off the video but unexpectedly hit the full screen. 

 

    He was so scared that his heart almost leaped out, not to mention how the “plot” development was becoming more and more out of bounds. 

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    Nie Chuan took a deep breath then turned the screen off accurately. 

 

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    “Scared me to death……” Nie Chuan patted his chest, then opened the film that Mao Xian had downloaded and was shocked. 

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    It’s just that, for a minute, he really couldn’t keep watching. What stayed in his mind was the scene in the video just now. 

 

    He even had the urge to click on it again. He didn’t know if it was because of curiosity or because the senses brought about by that moment were more impactful than ordinary films.

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    Gradually, the scene in his mind became disordered, and he uncontrollably thought of Reece’s kiss. 

 

    He really wanted to know, when Reece kissed others, was he also that forceful? 

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    How would he embrace the person he liked? How would he make the other feel spellbound?

 

    Right at this moment, the door opened. Nie Chuan heard the familiar footsteps and sat up in shock. He hurriedly closed his laptop and bunched up the blanket to block his little brother. As soon as he looked up, he saw Reece coming in with his suit hanging from his arm. He closed the door, unbuttoned his collar with his left hand, and stretched his neck. It wasn’t the handsomeness that belonged to a young man, but a deeper level of sexiness. 

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    “You…… you’re back!”

 

    The moment Reece’s gaze landed on him, Nie Chuan felt as if he was struck.

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    “Of course,” Reece looked at Nie Chuan, his eyes seemed to be saying ‘not going to welcome me?’

 

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    “Didn’t you go to New York to attend a wedding? Isn’t your home there? I thought you’d stay there until Sunday night?”

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    “How could I bear you turning our dorm into a doghouse?” Reece asked back.

 

    Nie Chuan was speechless. Since becoming roommates with Reece, Nie Chuan felt as if he was back in high school military training. Even if Reece wasn’t present, Nie Chuan had never thought of messing up the room because it was simply too difficult tidying the room back up.

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    Reece came beside the bed, leaned over to look down at Nie Chuan’s bent legs, and smiled faintly. “Are you this energetic because you saw me, or because you saw something else?”

 

    As if struck by lightning, Nie Chuan trembled.

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    Don’t joke with me at a time like this ah! Nie Chuan felt like he was going mad!

 

    “Haha…… this…… I’m going to the bathroom!”

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    “Why go to the bathroom? You can solve it directly here,” Reece sat down on the bed while still wearing his shirt and suit pants with one hand propping himself up beside Nie Chuan and the other hand opening the laptop. He turned to take a look, “Ah, you were watching this.”

 

    Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. What does he mean by “you were watching this,” has Reece also seen it? 

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    Nonsense, which man hasn’t watched one? Mao Xian once said “action films” are mankind’s greatest invention, they satisfy mankind’s most basic physiological needs. So…… it’s not strange for Reece to have seen it. 

 

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    “This one isn’t interesting.” Reese raised his eyebrows, obviously disdaining Nie Chuan’s taste. 

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    “Then which one would you say is interesting!” Nie Chuan asked amusedly.”

 

    Aren’t these films all virtually the same, could it be that Reece’s taste is even heavier?

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    “Of course it’s the ones you imagine yourself that are more interesting.”


Drea: *sigh* I actually quite like Lily as a character, if only this wasn’t BL 

MadMadamMims: I feel like NC’s awakening is upon us *sips tea*

x NPJD

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8 comments

  1. Oohhhhh enlightenment seems so close! Nie Chuan has already realized he prefers Reece’s company, even over that of a cute girl who likes him… ALSO the UST is crazy strong; I don’t know how Reece isn’t exploding bc I’M about to explode. Thanks for the chapter!

  2. *I already reminded you, Ah Chuan…… although I really want you and Lily to be together, I’ve always felt that……Lily isn’t Reece’s opponent. I hope Reece can keep his promise and won’t lay his hands on you. I really wouldn’t want there to be a day when you miserably come find me, not because of losing love……but because your butt is sore…… *

    I couldn’t stop the laugh that came out when i read this part😂😂

    Thx for the chappy (≡^∇^≡)

  3. Lily’s so nice, much better than Selene or Celine or whatever her name is 😤 sadly the SS tier Lily can only compete so far with the SSS+ Tier Reece 😔