translator: Oyen
Waking up the next morning, Yuan Xi only felt a splitting headache. When his mind gradually recovered to feel sober and calm, he suddenly remembered what happened last night—— he seemed to break into Qiu Zongping’s room and hold Qiu Zongping for a long time? Although his consciousness was vague at that time, the wonderful touch of lips was clearly engraved in his mind.
Yuan Xi looked around in a panic, and found that this was his bedroom, and he was still covered with a quilt… Was that a dream?
Rubbing his aching temples, he got up to wash. As a result, as soon as he opened the door, he happened to see Qiu Zongping coming out of the opposite bedroom, there were still distinct marks of being bitten on his lips. Did he really kiss him madly last night?
Yuan Xi’s brain suddenly buzzed, immediately blushed and looked away, scratched his hair awkwardly, and greet. “Good morning captain Qiu…”
Qiu Zongping looked calm and nodded. “You were very drunk last night. There was breakfast on the table, remember to eat it. I went out first.”
Looking at the tall figure of Qiu Zongping turning away, Yuan Xi could not help but reach out and touch his lips, feeling extremely complicated.
It was his first kiss…
He didn’t know what happened last night. Under the stimulation of alcohol, he subconsciously made the most desired action and kissed Qiu Zongping without thinking about it.
As a straight man, maybe Qiu Zongping felt disgusted for being force to kiss by a same sex?
Although his face remained calm as much as possible, Yuan Xi was keenly aware that Qiu Zongping deliberately avoided his gaze when he spoke just now.
Yuan Xi felt a little uncomfortable. After washing, he turned and went to the dining room and found that there was really hot soya-bean milk and steamed buns on the table. Qiu Zongping should have bought it from the steamed bun shop downstairs. He sat at the table and ate breakfast casually. He turned to the bedroom to pack quickly.
He really didn’t want to stay here at any moment.
It was enough to lose face in front of Qiu Zongping, and he didn’t want Qiu Zongping to look at him with disgust.
At 10am in the morning, Yuan Xi dragged his suitcase out of the dormitory and ran into Zhou Xuewei in the corridor.
Seeing that he looked haggard, Zhou Xuewei couldn’t help but be concerned. “What’s the matter with you? Feel listless?”
“Nothing, just wake up with a hangover and feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach.” Yuan Xi replied.
Zhou Xuewei didn’t think much, glancing at his suitcase and asking. “Are you ready to go home?”
“En,” Yuan Xi nodded. “Go home and have a rest for two days, and then go abroad.”
“Then, I’ll see you next season. Go back and have a good rest.” Zhou Xuewei smiled.
After saying goodbye to her, Yuan Xi quickly went downstairs and took a taxi to the high-speed railway station. He didn’t see where Qiu Zongping had gone, and he didn’t want to say goodbye to captain Qiu. Now he didn’t want to see this man at all, because in front of this man, he couldn’t hide anything. After drinking last night, he couldn’t disguise himself any more.
It was better not to make trouble for himself.
The confession had long been rejected. He said he would let it go, but as a result, he couldn’t let it go. After he got drunk, he pestered Qiu Zongping with the strength of wine, confessed, kissed and he shed a f*cking tears shamelessly. In Qiu Zongping’s eyes, Yuan Xi was a joke, right?!
Yuan Xi covered his eyes gently. The sun was shining outside the window, but he thought it was very dazzling.
Otherwise, how could his eyes hurt so much.
After returning home, both his eldest brother and mother were there and prepared a sumptuous dinner for him.
Yuan Xi was the youngest child in the family, with an older brother ten year apart. His parents were businessmen, and his family’s economic conditions were very good. He had been spoiled by his parents and brother since he was a child, so his temper was not very good, and he had developed a competitive character, always feeling that he was the best.
In his rebellious period when he was teenager in Wind Colour club, he was also the only one among newcomers who dared to confront the great gods in front of him. He was bold enough.
But over the past few years, he had experienced so many things in the Wind Colour club, and his spirit had been worn off a lot. In addition, it was the first time that he liked someone so seriously, but it turned out to be a mess, not to mention being rejected, and embarrassing to everyone in the league, he felt more and more a failure.
Seeing the haggard appearance of her son, Mother Yuan could not help but feel distressed. “Xiao Yuan, how did you get into this? Are you not happy in the team? If you’re not happy, come home, your mom will support you, okay?”
She still spoke in the tone of talking to children. Yuan Xi was unable to laugh or cry, “Mom, I am an adult, and I still rely on you to support me? I can support myself.”
Mother Yuan smiled and touched her son’s hair. “Okay, okay, you have grown up, and your mom can’t take care of your business. Then why do you look so pale? Did someone bully you?”
When his eldest brother Yuan Cheng heard this, he also added, “if you are really unhappy in the team, please tell me, I will find you another job and there is no need to wrong yourself.”
The concern of his family warmed Yuan Xi’s heart a little, waving his hand and replying. “Don’t worry. I’m good in the team. My teammates are very kind to me. I want to win a prize next season. I look bad because I was accidentally drunk at the team party last night, and now I still feel dizzy in my head.”
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Yuan Xi glanced at his elder brother with some guilty conscience, and found that his expression was calm and nothing unusual, and he was relieved.
Two days later, Yuan Xi dragged his luggage and was taken to the airport by his family.
He didn’t sign up for the tour. This time, he mainly wanted to walk around and relax himself. So he booked plane tickets and hotels online. He wanted to travel alone. He could sleep naturally every day and go wherever he wanted. He didn’t have a fixed itinerary, so that he could be free.
Mother Yuan felt uneasy and took his son’s hand. “Xiao Yuan, is it really okay for you to go abroad alone? What if you get lost or get robbed abroad or something.”
She had made up countless possibilities that her son couldn’t come back abroad alone, and she hadn’t slept well in the past two days.
Yuan Xi smiled and hugged her. “Don’t worry, I stay in a five-star hotel, which is very safe. The beach is near the hotel.”
Eldest brother Yuan Cheng suddenly gave him a stack of banknotes from his wallet. “I give you 1,000 USD, it can be exchanged for 10 million rupiah. You can use it first.”
“Ah? 10 million?” Yuan Xi thought he had misheard.
Yuan Cheng looked at him like a fool and replied. “10,000 rupiah is about 5 yuan RMB, and 10 million is about 5,000 yuan RMB. Figure out the exchange rate so that you don’t get confused about spending money there. A casual meal there costs hundreds of thousands of rupiahs, unlike WeChat payment in China, you have to pay cash for most meals. I knew you certainly didn’t change paper money. You should take your pocket money first.”
Yuan Xi took the banknotes with some shame. Compared with his elder brother, he was really not careful enough to do things.
He naively took the savings card and credit card and wanted to use the card directly after he went shopping and ate. As a result, when his eldest brother said it, he realised that many places in Indonesia were still relatively backward, and there was no credit card machine, so he had to pay cash.
To be honest, he wanted to go to Bali on a whim. At that time, a man with a leg injury stayed in the team and was depressed. He wanted to take advantage of the holiday to relax. Bali was a place where many stars held weddings. The scenery must be good. In addition, there was a discount on the plane ticket to Bali at that time, so he ordered one.
As for the travel guide … He didn’t check it carefully.
Anyway, he travelled alone. He only wanted to go to the seaside for a breeze during the day, surf the Internet at the hotel at night, and spend a few days at leisure by himself.
Yuan Cheng knew at a glance that this guy suddenly wanted to go abroad on a whim, but he didn’t make any preparations. He frowned and said. “You still have to change your bold style. Send me a message as soon as you check in over there. Foreign countries are no better than domestic ones. If something goes wrong, there’s no one to take care of it. Don’t get into trouble.”
Yuan Xi scratched his head. “Thank you brother, I know…”
Although Yuan Xi could be overbearing in front of others, in front of Yuan Cheng who grew up watching him from an early age, Yuan Xi was a grandson who didn’t dare to show up.
After the security check and the customs boarding the plane, Yuan Xi was a little excited. After all, he was brave enough to go abroad alone.
Sitting next to him on the plane was a very enthusiastic girl who smiled and asked him. “Does Mister also go to Bali for a holiday?”
Yuan Xi was stunned, then nodded. “En.”
The girl continued to ask. “I am the tour guide of a travel agency. This time I brought a group of more than 20 people. It is a six-day and five-night itinerary. Are you with a group? How many days are you staying in Bali?”
“I didn’t travel with the group, travelling alone. I’ll stay for about ten days.” Yuan Xi replied politely.
The girl gave him a thumbs up. “Travelling alone, then you are quite good, dare to travel alone, your English must be very good?”
Yuan Xi was ashamed. “My English is average, but I have portable translation software. I also bought a local network card and my mobile phone has navigation. I don’t think I will get lost, right?”
The sister grinned. “That’s true, now there is navigation when going out.”
Some people were so naturally familiar that they could find a topic when they met for the first time.
However, Yuan Xi was also very bored after nearly ten hours of flight, and it was nice to have someone to talk to him.
The strangers he met during the trip didn’t know about each other’s affairs at home, and there was no pressure to talk to each other, which made Yuan Xi feel extremely relaxed.
He talked to this girl a lot and learned a lot of local rules, such as getting up every day to leave a tip of 10,000 rupiah on the nightstand for the room cleaner, the taxi driver for tipping, and the hotel baggage pickup for tipping. They needed to give the tip to the people for the service, otherwise it would be rude; local people believed in the gods and must not step on what they put on the road for offerings; there was also a scenic spot called Lover Cliff in Bali, which was said to be a place where a couple jumped off a cliff…
Yuan Xi knew a lot from the enthusiastic tour guide girl, and was very grateful, so he wanted to take the initiative to ask about her contact information. “Can you leave me a WeChat account? If I encounter a problem here that I don’t understand, can I ask you?”
The girl smiled and replied. “Of course, help each other when away from home! Just call me Yingying.” She took out a pen and paper from her pocket and wrote down her WeChat account, “Add me WeChat when you can go online. Please leave me a message on WeChat, and I will reply when I see it.”
“Thank you!” Yuan Xi immediately put away the note.
In fact, Yingying took the initiative to chat with him, the most important reason was that she had a good first impression of Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi was actually not very handsome, and he didn’t look amazing at first glance, but the more she saw him, the more she felt pleasing to the eye. He was a little bit immature and impulsive. His features were not handsome, but his eyes were very beautiful. Especially when he was in a daze, his eyes were big and round, and they were so cute. He looked a bit silly and made people want to talk to him.
Hearing that he was travelling alone, Yingying, as a tour guide, wanted to help him understand Bali’s local conditions and customs.
It was boring to stay on the plane for ten hours without talking. After chatting for a while, both of them quickly became familiar with each other.
Yingying’s personality was lively and cheerful, but she knew how to speak properly and was not annoying. She didn’t ask Yuan Xi about his work and age. She only talked about what was interesting and delicious in the place of this trip. Yuan Xi had a good conversation with her and wrote down a lot of notes she said, which made a good start for this free trip.
The plane arrived in Bali in the evening. Yuan Xi changed his mobile phone card at the airport, logged in to WeChat and added her number, and said goodbye to Yingying.
He already contacted the hotel he booked in advance by email to meet at the airport. Moreover, because there were many Chinese tourists who booked this hotel, the driver sent to pick him up at the airport could speak a few words of Chinese.
After arriving at the hotel, Yuan Xi went to the front desk office to check in. Unfortunately, the beauty at the front desk only spoke English. Yuan Xi understood half of it and looked at her blankly. Fortunately, the beauty didn’t despise him for his amateur English. After smiling, using gestures for a long time, Yuan Xi finally understood that she wanted to register with his passport and fill in a form.
The entire English form was filled with personal information. Yuan Xi could still understand it. The address, email address, and contact information were filled in in turn. The front desk of the hotel quickly helped him check in and gave him a room card.
Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief. a bellboy immediately came to help him with his luggage. Yuan Xi followed him to his room. The dark-skinned young man introduced the room to him enthusiastically in English, saying that things were free to use. Yuan Xi probably understood, and before he left, he took out a wallet and gave him a tip of 20,000 rupiahs, and the other party immediately smiled and thanked him.
Yuan Xi was laying on the bed looking at the ceiling, feeling completely relaxed.
Everything here was so strange.
In the lobby of the hotel, there were blonde Europeans with long legs, dark-skinned Southeast Asians, English, Indonesian, and other languages that he couldn’t understand. Everyone used gestures to communicate. After the other party understood, they smiled and said thank you when they received help. This feeling was actually very good.
In a strange place, he could completely let go of all the knots, without thinking about anything.
Yuan Xi emptied his brain and lay in bed for a while, and then he took a bath and slept after he reported to his family that he arrived safely.
The ten hour flight was really tiring. He had a good night’s sleep and didn’t have nightmares.
The next day, Yuan Xi got up at 11:00. After washing, he was ready to go out alone to look for food.
What excites him was that the software commonly used in China, such as Dianping and Meituan, was also universal after going abroad, and could immediately search for nearby delicacies, which showed how terrifying the Chinese people were, and the foodies were almost occupying the whole world.
He found a nearby local restaurant with the highest evaluation in Diaping’s comment, and when he opened the navigation, it could directly lead him to the restaurant door.
Hi-tech was really convenient! Even in a strange country, he wouldn’t be lost, with navigation in his mobile phone.
Yuan Xi sighed, walked into the restaurant and ordered several dishes recommended in the comments, and then ordered avocado juice and ate it with relish. The bill at the time of payment showed that it was 270,000 rupiahs. Yuan Xi already knew the currency exchange rate here and calculated it carefully, when it was changed into RMB, it was only a hundred yuan, and he calmly paid the bill.
Instead of going back to the hotel directly, he wandered aimlessly in the street, then stopped by the beach and rented a lounge chair to watch the sea.
With the sea breeze blowing and listening to the music from his mobile phone’s earphone, Yuan Xi was in a good mood.
As he laid by the sea lazily and enjoyed a rare pleasant time, he spent an afternoon lying down.
At dusk, he also watched a spectacular sunset and took many beautiful photos.
Seeing that it was getting dark and the people around him gradually dispersed, Yuan Xi got up and followed the navigation to return to the hotel.
On the way back to the hotel, he was humming a song, which was his favorite ‘Forgotten Love Potion’. (T/N: 忘情水 – Andy Lau)
“Ah, Give me a potion for forgetting the relationship, let me not regret it forever…”
Yuan Xi’s singing was a little out of tune, but who cared? All the foreigners around didn’t know what he was singing, and it was even more impossible to know that he was out of tune, so Yuan Xi ran out of tune and felt at ease, singing all the way to the front desk of the hotel, only to see a familiar figure, and his voice suddenly stuck in his throat, almost choking on saliva.
——Qiu Zongping?!
Although that person only left him a silhouette at the moment, Yuan Xi recognised him at a glance.
The good mood of the whole day instantly fell to a low point. Yuan Xi did not hesitate to turn around and leave. As a result, there was a familiar voice behind him. “Yuan Xi?”
Yuan Xi: “……”
You can’t see me, you can’t see me, why do you want to see me?!
He really wanted to find a hole to get in.
As a result, Qiu Zongping came over step by step, and the sound of leather shoes touching the marble floor was clearly heard, making Yuan Xi’s back getting stiffer.
Qiu Zongping stopped one meter behind him and added. “I heard someone singing just now. I think the voice is very familiar. It was really you.”
Yuan Xi: “……”
Why did his cheap mouth sing a song?
Unexpectedly, in order to escape from Qiu Zongping, he ran to a strange country by himself. As a result, he met Qiu Zongping again here.
Yuan Xi only felt a splitting headache for an instant. He resisted the urge to escape, turned his head, pretending to smile. “Ah, captain Qiu, what a coincidence!”
His fingers clenched gently on the side.
Why was it so coincidental?
He wanted to forget Qiu Zongping, and take a good rest for a few days by himself. In the end, Qiu Zongping appeared here again…
In fact, Qiu Zongping was a little surprised, and added “It’s a coincidence.” His tone was calm, “You also live in this hotel? Have you had dinner?”
Actually Yuan Xi hadn’t eaten yet, but he forced himself to say. “I have already eaten.”
At this moment, a woman with wavy hair came over here. The girl’s face was very beautiful and delicate. The tight-fitting skirt set off her figure exquisitely. She was wearing a black sexy short skirt, stepping on high heels, smiling as he walked to Qiu Zongping’s side and asked. “A-Ping, who is this?”
“My teammate, Yuan Xi,” Qiu Zongping explained.
The girl looked at Yuan Xi in surprise and stretched out her hand generously and greeted. “Hello, what a coincidence, I can’t believe to meet you here.”
Yuan Xi shook her hand awkwardly and replied. “Then, I’ll go back to the hotel and take a bath first. Bye, both of you.”
Then, he tried to keep a calm pace and turned away.
After returning to the room, Yuan Xi slumped straight onto the bed and stifled his head with a quilt in annoyance.
He didn’t know who that woman was, she was really beautiful, and she was especially suitable for standing with Qiu Zongping.
And when he stood in front of Qiu Zongping, it was embarrassing.
Recalling the scene when Qiu Zongping introduced ‘this is my teammate’ to the beautiful woman just now, Yuan Xi’s nose suddenly turned sour.
Teammate, he was just a teammate.
This time he went abroad and came to a strange place. Originally, he wanted to slowly adjust his mood, heal his wounds, and then return to Wind Colour club in the best state to prepare for the next season’s league. Today, when he saw Qiu Zongping again in the hotel, Yuan Xi felt that the wound deep in his heart was torn open again.
Let alone to forget. On the contrary, those memories emerged more clearly in his mind.
Yuan Xi’s headache was going crazy, and his heart was aching like spasms, especially when he thought that Qiu Zongping was probably on vacation with his girlfriend, and that the woman was so beautiful and generous, he felt so miserable that he wanted to bump into the wall and lost his memory.
If there was some kind of selective amnesia surgery, he would not hesitate to clean up his brain. Clean all the things he liked about Qiu Zongping.
In this way, he wouldn’t feel bad.
He wouldn’t be like a fool stuffed his head with a quilt, for fear that he couldn’t contain his tears.
He had been held in the palm of his family since he was a child. When was he wronged like this? But this injustice, he asked for, couldn’t blame anyone.
It was he who fell in love with Qiu Zongping.
It was hopeless to continue to like him after being rejected!
Yuan Xi felt more uncomfortable the more he thought about it, and later turned off the light and went to sleep.
He didn’t notice it at all. The mobile phone next to him lit up and there was a WeChat from Qiu Zongping.
Ahhhhhh Yuan Xi 😢 but man, a vacation to Bali sure sounds nice…
Thanks for the chapter!
Hang in there Yuan Xi..😥😥
Yes, Bali is nice, I really want to go there again 😭
You’re welcome~ ❤
Ahhh poor Yuan Xi… 😭💔
Btw, who was that woman? Maybe it was just his sister 🤔
Thank you for the chapter!
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You’re welcome~ ❤
Ah i feel so angry for him.. Poor yan xi
270,000 rupiah a meal for a person? What kind of restaurant did you go to, Yuan Xi? Are you sure you weren’t scammed? Even in the current year it’s so expensive ==”. And no… I don’t think giving tips for room cleaning service is mandatory in Bali, at least Indonesian doesn’t even bother on that. For the bellboy usually yes, for helping with our heavy suitcases…