Besides the first day of the holiday when he slept until the sun was high in the sky due to insomnia, Nie Chuan had recovered from the second day onwards.
He would get up at seven in the morning and head out for morning exercise after eating breakfast.
Occasionally, when he encountered Mark and his friends on the community basketball court, Nie Chuan would have a few matches with them. Although there were some unpleasant feelings due to vying for the court previously, Nie Chuan found that Mark was someone with good faith and the two gradually became familiar with one another. Nie Chuan would unreservedly teach Mark some of the techniques he grasped for passing opponents to Mark and Mark also said that when Nie Chuan had a car in the future, he could go to the shop he works at for maintenance.
Every night, Nie Chuan would still text Reece telling him which exercises he had done and who he had a match against, it was basically all Nie Chuan’s wins.
Reece replied very quickly. Even though they were all very short, Nie Chuan got a sense of satisfaction that he was being cared about by the other.
Like this, the first week of the holidays passed.
Nie Chuan met up with Zhou Bin and Mao Xian. As the three people ate hot pot, Mao Xian constantly roasted Nie Chuan for not going online to play games recently.
“Ah Chuan, did you give up your internet addiction?”
“I never had internet addiction in the first place.”
Nie Chuan chatted with them perfunctorily, looking down at his phone from time to time.
Zhou Bin propped up his chin and asked jokingly, “Ah Chuan, who are you texting ne?”
Mao Xian also took notice and followed along. “Yeah! Who are you texting? You’re not listening to me at all!”
“Reece ah,” Nie Chuan subconsciously replied.
“Reece?” Mao Xian’s mouth twitched as he said disdainfully, “Did you make a mistake? Isn’t Reece your roommate? How many hours can you text him? And here I thought you finally found a busty blonde ne!”
“We’re talking about burst tactics,” Nie Chuan replied.
“Is that a tactic in basketball? You could just call ah. How long would he need to explain over text before you understand?” Zhou Bin replied with a laugh. There was an unknown meaning deep within his eyes.
“Reece said it’s not convenient for him to call,” Nie Chuan answered. Then, he picked up his chopsticks and stirred the pot, completely taking all the beef that Mao Xian just put in.
“Hey! Can you not be greedy!” Mao Xian was indignant and ordered another plate of beef.
Zhou Bin propped up his chin and said jokingly, “The way you text is like you’re dating.”
Nie Chuan replied without a thought, “Then the way I text you is also like dating you!”
Zhou Bin shook his head. “No, you’d only reply to my text within seconds in three kinds of situations. We usually don’t text otherwise.”
“Huh? What three situations?”
“The first type, borrowing money. I usually pretend not to see these kinds of messages. Only an idiot like Mao Xian would worry about whether to lend to you or not.”
Nie Chuan looked at Zhou Bin speechlessly. Fortunately, the last time he needed to borrow money he had called Reece.
“The second, you got rejected and came to cry for comfort. I think I can buy a repeater, record every instance I comforted you and wait until you lose love again to play it.”
“Go to hell.” Nie Chuan wanted to beat Zhou Bin for a round.
“Third, to pass exam answers.”
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A week ago, there was news that James Reddington, a well-known lawyer dubbed “great white shark” in the legal circle of New York, had an explosion in his mansion. He received serious injuries and was hospitalized with his life or death unknown. The explosion was suspected to be retaliatory and the case was still under investigation.
“That…… your roommate’s dad won’t kick the bucket……”
Before Mao Xian could finish, Zhou Bin covered his mouth.
“What? You’ve been texting Reece these days, didn’t he tell you?”
“No,” NIe Chuan shook his head and frowned.
No wonder, as soon as finals week was over, Reece hastily flew back to New York without even saying goodbye. It turned out something huge happened in his family!
Nie Chuan had the impulse to immediately call Reece to ask why he was concealing it from him, why did he tell him it was “urgent” rather than something “major”?
Could it be that when he had been lying in bed in the dormitory that time telling Reece that he was his most important friend, it was just one-sided?
“Ah Chuan, Reece probably didn’t tell you about this matter because he didn’t want you to also worry about it. Moreover, he’s very independent, his self-esteem should also be very high. He wouldn’t want to get sympathy from others.” Zhou Bin saw Nie Chuan’s unhappiness and was afraid he would do something impulsive.
Nie Chuan was very clear on what Zhou Bin said but when his phone received Reece’s message again, Nie Chuan suddenly didn’t know how to reply to the other.
No wonder Reece only texted him. Just like Zhou Bin said, if it’s basketball tactics, he could have explained it better over the phone, but Reece always texted him because it was inconvenient while he’s still at the hospital.
Nie Chuan felt extremely dejected for the first time.
“Alright alright, if something really happened to a big shot like Reece’s father then the news would definitely have been everywhere, it wouldn’t just stop in a week,” Zhou Bin comforted.
“En, en.”
Originally, they had planned to play games at the Internet cafe later, but Zhou Bin saw that Nie Chuan completely wasn’t in the mood so the three called it a day.
Nie Chuan returned to his room and found that his thoughts were full of Reece.
What’s he doing right now? Is he worrying about his father? His mansion was blown up, where would he live after his father gets discharged from the hospital?
If Reece’s father got blown into a vegetative state or something, would Reece drop out to take care of him and then he wouldn’t be able to see him until he graduates?
Sadly, Nie Chuan found that he seemed to have never needed to think about anything during the time he was living together with Reece. Whether it was getting up early to exercise, the most headache-inducing advanced mathematics, or even getting diarrhea to the point of lying paralyzed in bed after eating something bad, as long as Reece was there, all of that wasn’t a problem. But as soon as he couldn’t see Reece, Nie Chuan found his thoughts in disorder.
Nie Chuan picked up his phone and wrote several texts, such as “I saw the news about your father on the Internet. Why didn’t you tell me? Is your father alright?”
Reece evidently didn’t want him to know. If he asked, how would he answer?
Nie Chuan deleted the text.
Ah…… Ah…… so difficult! What can he even do for Reece?
At this time, Nie Chuan received a text from Lily: Hey Allen, The Hunger Games will be playing tomorrow, wanna watch it together?
Nie Chuan sighed and replied: I’m sorry, I’m not in the mood.
By the time Nie Chuan reacted, the text had already been sent.
Aiya! Nie Chuan, what are you doing ah! Such a conceited reply will definitely hurt the other!
However, Lily didn’t seem to have taken offence and her next text came quickly: What happened? Is something bothering you?
Nie Chuan quickly replied: Something big happened at my friend’s house. I’m feeling vexed about how I can help him, but it seems like there’s nothing I can do.
Lily: So that’s the case. Oftentimes we can’t do anything for the people important to us. But there is one thing we can do, and that is to accompany them.
Nie Chuan was stunned. Yes, Reece was always the one accompanying him during practice. Why couldn’t he go and accompany Reece ne?
Even if he couldn’t do anything, if it’s something like buying a coffee or sandwich for Reece then he could definitely do it ah!
After Nie Chuan sent a text thanking Lily for her reminder, he immediately went online to search for a suitable airline ticket.
He really wanted to see Reece, really especially wanted to immediately see him. So he booked a flight for seven o’clock the next morning, the cheapest one he could book aside from even earlier morning flights. Then, he checked the weather in New York – it seemed to be rainy – before he began packing his things. Zack from their team studied law and had always regarded Reece’s father as his idol. Nie Chuan got Reece’s address from him, although this address wasn’t necessarily useful.
At the thought of seeing Reece tomorrow, Nie Chuan couldn’t sleep all night. He didn’t even close his eyes until he got on the plane.
After he arrived in New York, he took the subway and then a taxi before he arrived in the Reddington residence’s neighborhood.
It was a wealthy area with luxury cars coming in and out and high-end mansions everywhere. However, finding Reece’s family’s home was very easy because he could see some unrecognizable ruins surrounded by yellow cordon with two police cars parked nearby. The police remained to continue the investigation while some reporters dithered around on the scene hoping that the officers might divulge some information.
The closer he was, the more frightened Nie Chuan became. The smell of the explosion and burning seemed to still linger in the air.
The scenes that can only be seen in movies were in front of him right now.
Fortunately…… Reece was in school when the explosion occurred, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
What is Reece’s father like with his injuries now? Was Reese very haggard?
Nie Chuan’s eyes were a little sore.
What are you so self-respecting for? These things should have been said to friends ah! Or do you not even consider me as a friend?
Nie Chuan took out his phone and sent a text: I came to your house to find you, but I don’t see you.
Reece, who was pushing a wheelchair into the hotel elevator, took his phone out to glance at it then froze.
Sitting immobile in the wheelchair, James, with his neck in a plaster cast, spoke helplessly, “Reece, you’ll be able to send me into my room in a few more seconds. Can’t you wait for a bit longer before playing on your phone?”
Reece didn’t answer him and, instead, immediately called the other’s phone.
Nie Chuan never expected that Reece would call so soon and almost dropped his phone in fright.
Reece shouldn’t be angry that he turned up uninvited ba?
“Where did you say you were?” As expected, Reece’s voice was suppressed.
He’s angry ah!
“I’m…… I’m in front of your house……”
“Get away from there, what if there’s another explosion!”
“Ah……oh oh!” Nie Chuan hurriedly retreated until he was all the way under a large tree.
How could it explode ah! If there could still be explosions then how would those police officers dare go in to investigate!
“I’m under a big tree, it’s about twenty or thirty meters away from your house ba.”
“I’m coming right now!”
Reece hung up the phone.
He wheeled James into the elevator and pushed down on the floor button forcefully. Even without him turning around, James could feel his son was very impatient at that moment.
“Hey—— hey—— young man, take it easy! Nothing on earth is more important than life or death! Look at your old man who almost went to see God. I’m already very satisfied.”
“Then you continue feeling satisfied by yourself.” Reece pushed James into the room, and left in large strides after leaving just this sentence.
“Hey, brat, how can you just throw your father who’s sitting in a wheelchair away like this!”
Vivian dragged James’ suitcase and walked in helplessly.
“You injured your cervical spine, not your leg. I have no idea what use your wheelchair has.”
“Did you see him being so impatient?”
“I saw,” Vivian nodded.
“When did Reece become like this?”
“It’s because he’s still young. I’ll accompany you. Do you want to do anything that the elderly like to do?”
“What elderly people, I’m still young!” James protested very earnestly.
At this time, Nie Chuan was sitting under the tree. He wasn’t even in the mood to open and eat the chocolate he got from his bag.
He thought that Reece would definitely be angry when he saw him ba. He originally came to take care of his father, how could he spare energy to take care of him ah.
“Am I being unnecessary again?” Nie Chuan muttered to the chocolate. “…… But I seem to really want to see you……If you don’t want to see me, then I’ll just take a look then go back after I make sure you’re okay.”
Twenty minutes later, a taxi stopped in front of Reece’s house. Reece slammed the car door closed and strode towards Nie Chuan.
Nie Chuan sat there foolishly, watching Reece practically running towards him. That feeling was just like a high-speed comet hurtling through all the dust in the universe before finally hitting him.
“Reece……”
Drea: Did NC just elope…
MadMadamMims: 🥺 slow-mo reunion sequence commence 😻
Poor James 😂🙏🏻
Ahhhhh cliff hangers 😭 but my imagination is going wild 😅
I’m so invested.
Thanks for the chapter!!!
somehow I can hear various Kdrama ost in the background….
Uh-Oh Reece just worried about you Honey~ So relax okay and grab a sneakers~
Thank you for the chapter<3
Wow. Reece just ditched his father for Nie Chuan. And Nie Chuan just hopped on a plane for Reece. If I didn’t know better, I’d defintiely think they were dating. Celine and Lily are really doing all the work in moving this relationship along. Haha! Thanks for the update!
Aww Nie Chuan acting like a boyfriend is so cute 🤧 I hope they sort their feelings out soon so they can now be official boyfriends 😏
Thank you so much for the hardwork!! ❤️❤️❤️ Here’s some chocolates from NC 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
Ok but if the boy I liked showed up cuz he thought I was sad I would rush to him too 👀 can’t wait for that reunion!!!
he’s a little confused, but he’s got the spirit x’D
thanks for the chapter!
The father-son interaction made me laugh😁
Thx for the chappy
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