translator: Oyen
Yuan Xi didn’t sleep well that night. He dreamed of Qiu Zongping’s wedding scene. Qiu Zongping was dressed in a handsome suit, and the bride beside him was wearing a white wedding dress. They walked into the church hand in hand to receive the blessing of relatives and friends. Yuan Xi floated over the church like a transparent ghost, watching him bow his head and kiss his bride…
This dream caused Yuan Xi to break out in a cold sweat, and when he woke up in the morning, his brain ached in bursts of pain.
He really had a good imagination. Yesterday, he only saw Qiu Zongping and a woman together, and he could have imagined a wedding. With such a rich imagination, it seemed a pity not to be a screenwriter. If he was a screenwriter, he might be able to write a bloody drama comparable to Korean drama.
Yuan Xi rubbed his sore temples and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
As soon as he looked in the mirror, his eyes were bloodshot, his eye sockets were still red, and he looked like he had been abused…
Yuan Xi splashed his face with cold water, shaved, adjusted his hair, and put on refreshing short-sleeved shorts.
It took ten minutes to clean up and look at himself in the mirror, taking a pose he looked more energetic. Yuan Xi was satisfied. Seeing that it was only nine o’clock in the morning, he fell asleep without dinner last night. At this time, he felt hungry. His stomach was empty, and he was almost starving so that his chest looked sticking to the back.
When he booked the room, the website stated that breakfast was included. As long as the room number was reported, he could use the hotel cafeteria to have breakfast at will. But yesterday, he was too tired to sleep until noon and didn’t eat breakfast. Today, he didn’t know whether the breakfast was over or not.
With the idea of giving it a try, Yuan Xi took the elevator to the hotel lobby, went to the front desk and asked. “Excuse you, where can I have breakfast?”
Xuewei laughed at him before, saying that he only knew ‘how are you’. In fact, it was a bit exaggerated. Yuan Xi was not very good at English, but he still knew a little about simple daily conversations, such as breakfast and lunch. He remembered words, even if there was a grammatical error, but the most important thing in a sentence was the keyword, and he believed foreign friends should be able to understand it.
At the front desk was a dark-skinned but nice Indonesian girl who obviously understood him, smiling and pointing to the stairs in front.
Yuan Xi followed her gaze and saw that it was a cafeteria on the top of the stairs. A foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes passed by with a plate. Yuan Xi immediately smiled and said, “Thank You!”
He was so hungry that he quickly turned and climbed the stairs.
There was a waiter at the door registering the room number. Yuan Xi handed him the room card, and then the waiter made a gesture to invite him in.
9am was not the peak time to have a meal. There were many empty seats in the cafeteria. Only a couple of foreign guests were sitting there to have breakfast. Yuan Xi was not in a hurry to find a seat. He took the plate and walked around the cafeteria.
This was indeed a five-star hotel. The breakfast was exceptionally rich. There were dozens of cakes alone. Yuan Xi’s eyes were bright, and he held a plate full of delicate cakes, then he went to get a warm omelette. Only then satisfactorily holding the plate to find a seat.
The cafeteria covered a large area, with a huge french window with a wall. Swimming pool could be seen from the french window, and the scenery was very good.
Yuan Xi walked over with a plate and tried to find a seat by the window. As a result, as soon as she walked around the corner, she heard a woman say, “A-Ping, go and get me a plate of fruit.”
Then there was Qiu Zongping’s faint voice. “What fruit do you want to eat?”
The woman smiled and replied. “Pineapple and watermelon.”
“En,” Qiu Zongping replied, “wait for a while.”
Standing up, he saw Yuan Xi was standing there with a plate, his whole body stiff as a statue. Qiu Zongping was surprised. “Are you coming to have breakfast, too?”
Yuan Xi: “…”
What a d*mn bad luck, to see both of them making a public display affection at breakfast time!
Yuan Xi resisted the thought of turning and running away, pretending to smile calmly. “En, what a coincidence.”
Seeing him, the girl laughed and waved to him. “Come and sit together.”
Yuan Xi: “…”
To her generous smile, it seemed rude to refuse face-to-face? While hesitating, he heard Qiu Zongping say. “Sit down, I will get more fruits by the way.”
Yuan Xi had to brace himself to sit down.
The girl wore sexy clothes yesterday, with a hot figure against a black skirt. Today, she was dressed in plain white T-shirts and half length denim skirts, with casual shoes on her feet and ponytail hair. She looked like she was on a leisurely vacation, but a little youthful and brimming with a student’s aura.
Beautiful people looked good no matter how they were dressed.
Yuan Xi had to admit that the girl opposite was indeed born beautiful and matched Qiu Zongping very well.
The girl took the initiative to ask. “You are A-Ping’s teammate, and you’re the summoner with the ID ‘Dead Soul’ in the game, right?”
Unexpectedly, she actually knew his game ID, and Yuan Xi nodded. “En, that’s right.”
The girl smiled and added. “I’ve seen some of your games, and both of you work well together.”
Yuan Xi was so embarrassed that he didn’t know what to say. He scratched his head and replied. “It’s… it’s still alright, it’s not too good.”
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“No wonder,” The girl replied, “I also booked it online, probably because this hotel has a good evaluation and the suite has a discount.”
Suite? They must have booked the couple suite right?
Today, they didn’t eat breakfast until 9am. Did it need to say what a man and a woman were doing?
Yuan Xi felt a little uncomfortable thinking about it, stopped talking, and ate the cake. If he had known Qiu Zongping had such a beautiful girlfriend, he would not have made a confession like an idiot and kissed Qiu Zongping madly. It was estimated that Qiu Zongping would hate to see him now.
Otherwise, he needed to find a way to leave quickly, so as not to be annoying.
Yuan Xi just thought of getting up, but Qiu Zongping just came back, carrying a plate of fruits and placed it on the table. “Eat.”
“Thanks,” The girl smiled.
She could order Qiu Zongping who had a cold personality as she wished. Obviously, Qiu Zongping must love her very much.
Qiu Zongping looked at her carefully and asked. “Where is one of your earrings?”
Yuan Xi looked up and saw that her left ear was wearing a long shell earring, but her right ear was empty. Qiu Zongping carefully noticed this. The girl was stunned. She touched her ear and said, “Oh, no, maybe it fell in the bathroom when I washed my face in the morning. I’ll go back and look for it later.”
“Why do you always lose things?” Qiu Zongping replied helplessly, “You almost lost your passport at the airport.”
The girl laughed. “Anyway, to let you worry about it, please keep the passport for me first.”
Yuan Xi couldn’t stay any longer. He immediately stood up and said, “I’m not feeling well. Go to the bathroom first.”
Looking at his back as he turned to leave, the girl was a little puzzled. After a moment, she said, “Does he eat something bad? When going abroad, it’s troublesome to be unaccustomed to the situation or type of weather of a new place. I have norfloxacin in my bag to treat diarrhea. You can bring him a box.” Then she picked out the medicine and handed it to Qiu Zongping.
“En,” Qiu Zongping took the medicine box on the table.
Yuan Xi was very upset in the bathroom because he found that the exit corridor of the bathroom was not far from Qiu Zongping and the girl’s seat, unless they were blind at the same time. They would still see him as long as he went out.
At this moment, he really wanted to learn god Han’s stealth skills, or learnt qinggong skill and ran away.
Maybe if he stayed a little longer, those two people would leave after eating…
Yuan Xi had to stay in the restroom. He didn’t know the time because he didn’t bring a mobile phone or wear a watch.
Fortunately, the restroom in this hotel was clean and had no peculiar smell. It was just that he looked a bit silly when he was alone in front of the sink.
He didn’t know how long it took. Yuan Xi guessed that the two people might have left, so he slowly walked out of the restroom. As soon as he came out, he found that Qiu Zongping and the girl were still sitting there!
Seeing him come out, the girl beckoned and smiled. “Your milk is cold. Let A-Ping pour you a glass again.”
Yuan Xi had no choice but to go over and sit down. “It’s alright… cough, you haven’t left after finishing eating?”
The girl laughed. “A-Ping is worried about you, waiting for you.”
Yuan Xi: “…”
He didn’t dare to look at Qiu Zongping’s gaze, so he looked down at the food on his plate. He just drank half of that cup of milk, and when he picked it up, he was about to drink it. Qiu Zongping suddenly said. “If your stomach is uncomfortable, don’t drink cold milk. I’ll pour you a hot one.”
Yuan Xi was stunned, and before he could refuse, Qiu Zongping got up and went to the side and quickly poured a cup of hot milk.
He handed the milk to Yuan Xi, followed by a box of medicine on the table in his hand. “This is from my sister. Go back and take two. If you are not accustomed to the situation or type of weather of a new place, you’d better not eat local food for lunch and dinner today. Indonesian food tastes too heavy. You can find a Chinese restaurant and eat some light vegetarian dishes.”
Yuan Xi was stunned.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Zongping would still care about him…
After that night’s drunken kiss, Qiu Zongping should be very disgusted when seeing him, and should avoid him like a snake right?
In his daze, he heard the opposite girl laugh. “I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Qiu Zongyue. I’m A-Ping’s cousin.”
Yuan Xi: “……Ah?”
Smiling, Qiu Zongyue looked at him. “A-Ping’s father is my own uncle. We grew up together. In fact, we are not much different from siblings.”
“Cou-cousin?” Yuan Xi looked at her blankly.
So, he made up a lot of nonsense, and even made up Qiu Zongping’s wedding of the century. As a result, the person with Qiu Zongping was his cousin.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi’s ears could not help but turn red, and whispered. “So this is your sister?”
Qiu Zongping was puzzled. “Didn’t I send you WeChat last night? I came here to play with my uncle’s family this time… Didn’t you see that?”
When Yuan Xi got up in the morning, his mobile phone died, so he put it in his room to charge it, and didn’t pay attention to WeChat at all.
After listening to Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi was even more embarrassed and replied, “I, I didn’t see it, my mobile phone’s battery is out of power.”
Qiu Zongyue found that her younger brother’s teammate was a little foolish, not the sharp summoner in her impression.
She couldn’t help but smile lightly and explained. “We are a family of four traveling out this time. My brother just went swimming with my parents. At first, A-Ping had no plans to go abroad. My parents insisted on pulling him to come here. Because he has been to Bali once two years ago, and he is familiar with this site, so he just acts as an adviser for us.”
Qiu Zongping nodded and said. “En, I have nothing to do during my vacation. I accompanied them to work as a travel advisor. I didn’t expect you to come here, too.”
“It turns out like this.” Yuan Xi’s ears turned red, nodding.
Qiu Zongyue chuckled and asked. “Are you going out to play alone this time?”
Yuan Xi nodded: “En, I am a free traveler, wanting to come out and relax.”
Qiu Zongyue said, “Just in time, I want to sign up for the rafting project tomorrow. Would you like to go together?”
“No, I don’t really want to go…” Yuan Xi hurriedly refused.
“Don’t rush to refuse.” Qiu Zongyue smiled. “This project is very famous. It is said that many celebrities have played. The rafting on Bali can also be ranked in the top ten in the world. Since you have come here, don’t you feel sorry if you don’t experience it?”
Yuan Xi had subconsciously refused, but he was moved after hearing what she said.
He was lying in the hotel like salted fish all day, which was really boring. Rafting, it sounded fun…
After all, Yuan Xi was young and energetic. Naturally, he couldn’t help but be curious about this exciting and fun activity. After thinking about it, he said, “Then I will go to play, how can I sign up?”
Qiu Zongyue replied. “You can sign up for rafting groups directly on the Internet. Well, I’ll book the tickets online, and you can transfer the money to me on WeChat later.”
“Thank you, sister.” Yuan Xi immediately agreed.
“You’re welcome.” Qiu Zongyue paused and smiled, “it’s really comfortable to hear Xiao Yuan call me sister, Xiao Yuan is more sensible.” Then glanced at Qiu Zongping with an innocent look. “Unlike someone, he doesn’t even call me sister.”
Qiu Zongping replied faintly. “You don’t look like a sister, right? Forgetful, careless, lose necklace, lose earring, lose ID card, why don’t you lose yourself?”
Qiu Zongyue laughed. “Don’t say it, I’m just not careful!”
Yuan Xi listened to their conversation blankly and didn’t know what to say, so he had to eat silently.
After eating breakfast, Yuan Xi went back to the hotel and turned on his mobile phone, and he saw a WeChat message sent by Qiu Zongping.
“That’s my cousin in the hotel lobby just now. I came to play with my uncle’s family. I didn’t expect it to be so coincidental.”
Yuan Xi’s cheeks were hot, and he felt like he was really crazy. Qiu Zongping sent him a WeChat message to introduce the identity of the girl, but he didn’t see it. His imagination was better than that of a screenwriter.
He unplugged the charger, added Qiu Zongyue’s Wechat, and asked, “Sister, how much is the rafting group?”
Qiu Zongyue sent him a screenshot. “A few hundred yuan. I wanted to pay for you, but you must be embarrassed if I do this. Transfer the money to me and I’ll treat you to a meal another day.”
This girl was careless, but she was very good in integrity. Yuan Xi had a good impression on her, and immediately gave her the money to buy tickets.
Qiu Zongyue immediately sent a message. “Have breakfast at 08:30am tomorrow and meet in the hall at 9am. The rafting company will send drivers to pick us up to the rafting area.”
Yuan Xi: “Okay.”
With nothing to do today, Yuan Xi took his mobile phone and put on earphones and went to the nearby beach, and then he let himself go and spent a whole day at the seaside.
However, he felt very relaxed and comfortable when he was just feeling the sea breeze at the seaside yesterday, but he was a little bored this afternoon. He turned on his mobile phone to surf the Internet with 4G signals, and by the way, he searched the rafting mentioned by his sister Zongyue. Sure enough, all the tourists who had played had good comments, so he looked forward to it even more.
When he went to breakfast the next morning, because there were more people in the restaurant at 08:30am, he did not meet Qiu Zongping, so he sat comfortably in the corner to fill his stomach.
Arrived at the hall on time at 9am, and saw Qiu Zongping at a glance——he was wearing beach pants and a simple white T-shirt today, with a pair of light gray sneakers on his feet. Because he was tall and straight, and he was handsome, this kind of bad street clothes had a different charm on him.
Qiu Zongyue waved to him, and Yuan Xi walked over and found that besides Qiu Zongyue, there was also a young man who looked somewhat similar to Qiu Zongping and a middle-aged couple.
“My cousin, uncle, and aunt.” Qiu Zongping introduced.
“Hello cousin, uncle and aunt.” Yuan Xi greeted them with courtesy.
Everyone: “…”
Why did it feel like a daughter-in-law meeting the parents?
Qiu Zongyue quickly ignored this strange feeling and smiled, she introduced him to her parents. “Yuan Xi is A-Ping’s best partner in the team, and he plays games very well! It’s really a coincidence this time. He actually came to Bali for a holiday alone and stayed in the same hotel with us.”
Qiu Zongyue’s mother was very enthusiastic. Hearing this, she immediately laughed. “It’s a coincidence that you can meet abroad. This is fate! Anyway, we are also free. Since Xiao Yuan is a good friend of A-Ping, let’s play together.”
Qiu Zongping’s cousin was serious, and only nodded at Yuan Xi as a greeting.
Just at this time, a dark-skinned young man came to pick up people at the hotel door holding a sign with the words ‘Qiu Zongyue, rafting’ written on it. Qiu Zongyue walked over and exchanged a few words with him, and then asked everyone to get in the car together.
Six people took the SUV car, the rafting location was quite far away from the hotel because it was in the mountainous area. On the way, Qiu Zongyue chatted with Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi realised that this sister was a master student—— a medical student and was studying for a doctorate. It was amazing!
Yuan Xi originally thought that this kind of temporary group reported on the Internet should be the kind that many people play together, so that he would not be too embarrassed to mix in the crowd.
Unexpectedly, after arriving at the rafting site, there were only six of them. He didn’t react, the rafting project was divided into small groups, not the large group like a travel agency.
What made him even more depressed was that there were only boats for four people and two people.
The four of Qiu Zongyue’s family would naturally sit together. He was not familiar with them, and it was impossible to take a boat with Qiu Zongyue.
Qiu Zongyue was very happy and said, “It’s just right, the four of us will be in the same boat, A-Ping and Yuan Xi will be in the double boat.”
Qiu Zongping didn’t speak, but his aunt smiled and said, “It’s just right to have Xiao Yuan here, otherwise we A-Ping will take a boat alone!”
The family of four soon left with the coach assigned by the rafting company. Then, a dark-skinned and strong young man walked up to them and explained it in English with gestures, which probably meant that he was their coach on the rafting trip and asked them to wear life jackets.
Yuan Xi put on the life jacket and stood still feeling helpless. Qiu Zongping walked to the river with the coach calmly. However, Yuan Xi felt that his footsteps were extremely heavy, and he didn’t want to take a single step. If he had known this before, he might as well sign up alone, and share the same boat with a stranger…
He really dug hole for himself, and he had to jump on his knees.
Qiu Zongyue’s family of four quickly got ready, and their boat had already set off. Qiu Zongping also got into the boat, leaving Yuan Xi standing on the shore in a daze.
The coach looked at Yuan Xi with a puzzled look, stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes. “Hello!”
Young man, don’t be absent minded, get on the boat!
Although he didn’t speak, his actions had already expressed everything.
Yuan Xi regained his senses and walked awkwardly to the side of the boat.
The boat used for rafting was a kayak, which was not like a wooden boat. Because the body of the boat was made of elastic rubber, it would stand unsteadily. Yuan Xi stepped on it, his body failed to keep his balance in time, and he almost threw himself forward. Qiu Zongping immediately reached out and caught him.
This posture was really too ambiguous, and Yuan Xi threw himself into Qiu Zongping’s arms.
The coach laughed beside him, as if he was laughing at Yuan Xi, a rookie, who could have fallen on a kayak.
Yuan Xi blushed and immediately sat down to the side.
The coach began to explain the points for attention in the rafting’s process. Yuan Xi heard a lot of English. Qiu Zongping took the initiative to translate to him. “You learn the movements of the coach, hold the oars in one hand, and hold on to the safety rope on the kayak with the other hand. Sit tight in the boat. The current here will be relatively fast, there are many exciting sections of the river in the process of rafting, hands must hold the safety rope, do not fall off the boat, or you will be injured.”
Yuan Xi scratched his head. “…Oh.”
In fact, Qiu Zongping had always been a very considerate person, which Yuan Xi knew when he was young. Every time he forgot to eat, Qiu Zongping would pack his favorite food into the dormitory; Every time he carelessly forgot the time of the meeting, Qiu Zongping would set an alarm clock and ask him to go with him…
Although Qiu Zongping was always serious and indifferent on the surface, he was really good to the players. He was like everyone’s elder brother, taking all the pressure and guarding Wind Colour with all his heart.
Perhaps it was because of this that Yuan Xi could not control his heart, and slowly fell in love with this person.
But at the moment, listening to Qiu Zongping thoughtfully translate the words of the coach, Yuan Xi’s mood was particularly complicated.
Wouldn’t it be nice if he didn’t have such a crooked mind?
They would be very tacit friends.
Yuan Xi took a deep breath, put away the confused thoughts in his mind, and grasped the oars like Qiu Zongping’s movements.
Seeing that they were ready, the coach smiled and said. “Let’s Go!”
The young man untied the rope on the shore and jumped into the boat vigorously. The oars suddenly propped up in the river, and the kayak quickly floated forward along the current.
Sobsssss Yuan Xiiiiiii!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!! It’s a cousinnnn lolol
Thank you for the translation!
Lol, and he already imagined about their wedding 🤣
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Thought so. It’s just a relative lmao
Thank you for the chapter 💜
Lol, she is a relative 🤭
You’re welcome~ ❤