The Theory of QueerbaitingChapter 21

Although he knew Duan Jiashu didn’t mean that, he still felt that his heart started to beat a little faster than normal. He tried to ignore this strange feeling and made a face as he snapped his head to face Duan Jiashu. “No, you have to leave after eating.”

“I won’t leave.” Duan Jiashu put his back on the door. tskw6i

You Xin: …

He’s acting like a kindergarten kid again. You’re 1.88 meters tall and much taller than me. If you don’t want to leave, can I even manage to throw you out manually? I’ll eventually have to throw you out, okay!

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You Xin and Duan Jiashu stared at one another. Duan Jiashu looked at You Xin firmly for a while, then his eyes drifted to the pot behind the other side. “If you don’t turn off the fire, the noodles will be mushy.”

You Xin looked at him with loathing, opened the pot lid, stirred the food with chopsticks, then turned off the fire, sprinkled a handful of scallions and poured some sesame oil. He kept busying his hands and said, “If you leave, I’ll give you something to eat. I tell you, if you don’t leave, I’ll call your agent.” qpTlKP

He thought that You Xin’s appearance of cooking while angry was very interesting. Duan Jiashu touched the other’s head and was hit by You Xin in retaliation.

“Call Wen-ge. He’s long suspected that I have an improper relationship with you. Originally, he didn’t know that I forgot my key and thought I had already gone home. Now you can just make his suspicion true as you call.”

You Xin took out his phone and paused. He felt desolate in his heart. Why is every agent so open-minded? Oh, no, you can’t blame the agent. He can only blame Duan Jiashu, a psychopath who wants to forcibly sell CP with him. If he didn’t goof around so much, how can everyone have such doubts?

“I can pretend to explain to your agent what I’m afraid of.” You Xin still wanted to resist the other.

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“Then I’ll admit it directly to Wen-ge. I’m not afraid of anything.”

You Xin: !!!

“Duan Jiashu, you’re threatening me at this point!” You Xin was now completely angry. If Duan Jiashu really said that to Wen-ge, he would really jump into the Yellow River. What a sin!

“I didn’t…” Duan Jiashu lowered his eyelids and looked pitifully at you Xin: “You musn’t send me away. I just said earlier that I have no other place to go and no friends. The first person I thought of was you, but you still want to drive me away…” 7NphSs

You Xin turned around and stopped looking at Duan Jiashu. He guessed that this guy was acting again, but he was moved by the other’s words. Yes, even if he was just acting to get what he wanted, what Duan Jiashu said should be true. He could really be the first person he thought of. Even if Duan Jiashu is a weirdo, he kept pushing the other out which was really too hurtful.

You Xin hadn’t been looking at him, which made Duan Jiashu anxious. He came over, lowered his head and hugged You Xin, enveloping the whole person in his arms. “You took good care of Xiao Hua back when you didn’t know it at all. Why can’t you take me in? I will be like it then. Meow meow meow~”

You Xin was startled at first, and then got amused. “Xiao Hua, how can you be so annoying? Get up and wash your hands. If you don’t eat the noodles now, they’ll clump together.”

“Then I’ll leave tonight…” tpJX45

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Duan Jiashu basically got what he wanted so he stopped making trouble. He finished his noodles and washed the bowl. Then he took out his cell phone watched live broadcasts of kittens for a while, and began to seriously read a script. Seeing his actions, You Xin almost thought that Duan Jiashu was a young schoolboy.

You Xin looked on frigidly for a while and felt a little puzzled. In the past, he once thought Duan Jiashu was a very cold person. After spending more time and getting along with him, he discovered that this person had some strange and unscrupulous thinking in his mind all day, but he sets an image, just like a backbone of a business. However, he is still the kind of person that is as childish and stubborn as a child. He annoys people and gives them a sweet feeling at the same time. JUVwO8

You Xin thought, are all good actors psychopaths, or does this psychopath just so happens to be an actor? It was probably the latter.

Soon, it became time to take a bath in the evening. Duan Jiashu didn’t bring any clothes. You Xin can make preparations for towels and pyjamas, but there was really no suitable way to change his underwear. Duan Jiashu’s underwear was two sizes bigger than his. You Xin really doesn’t have such big underwear.
“All right, I’ll buy some for you.” You Xin got worried. If Duan Jiashu went out to buy underwear himself… he shuddered in fear. You Xin put on his mask and hat and told Duan Jiashu, “I’ll be back soon. Don’t do anything at my house!”

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Duan Jiashu nodded. When he heard that You Xin closed the door and walked away, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He picked up the phone and opened the camera app.

On the other side, You Xin walked smoothly to the convenience store not far from the entrance of his neighborhood. It was late and the clothes he was wearing were inconspicuous, so one recognized him. You Xin bought Duan Jiashu a large pair of underwear. In order not to be so brusque, he bought a bottle of coke and several boxes of fruit candy. 5U8sIb

The salesperson was a young girl. When she checked out, You Xin was looking in a daze at the condoms and lubricants next to the counter. He woke from his stupor upon hearing the girl chuckling, “Didi, are you embarrassed to buy X products? Why are you so shy when you already bought underwear for your boyfriend?”

You Xin: …

People are so imaginative nowadays, can’t I buy large underwear for my father at the convenience store at night? Forget it, it’s even more strange to think that way…

You Xin shook his head and didn’t dare speak. He quickly paid the money and ran away from the girl’s teasing eyes. It wasn’t until he ran back to the corridor that You Xin slowed down. He didn’t know if he became too sensitive because he’d been selling CP. Now he suddenly discovered that it was very dangerous for him to let Duan Jiashu live in his own home. If it became the same as that fan fiction, he and Duan Jiashu will… Ah, don’t think about it. It’s too dreadful! uATo0d

You Xin slowly returned home and saw Duan Jiashu sitting at the table playing with his phone. There wasn’t anything unusual, and You Xin finally puts his heart at ease.

“Here’s your underwear. Take your towels and pyjamas then take a bath.”

Duan Jiashu took the underwear and looked at it. He didn’t say anything and went directly to the bathroom.

You Xin took a blanket and put it on the sofa for Duan Jiashu. After the other washed, he also went to the bathroom. ZIrxbd

This was a situation similar to when they live together when recording for the program, so You Xin gradually felt relieved. After taking a bath, he saw Duan Jiashu lying quietly on the sofa playing with his phone, so he went back to his bedroom, turned on the small night light and began reading novels on his phone.

He’d only been reading for a while when he heard Duan Jiashu turning over from outside. You Xin’s sofa is a cloth sofa with supports. It’s 1.8 meters wide. Sleeping at a height like Duan Jiashu’s, this small sofa can only have someone sleep curled up.

I guess he can’t sleep well, You Xin thought. He looked at his spacious bed and hesitated.

No, you can’t let him come! 81gnR

You Xin shook his head and continued to read the novel. However, Duan Jiashu just kept turning around like a pancake outside. You Xin suspected that if Duan Jiashu turned once more, his sofa wouldn’t be standing any longer.

“Duan Jiashu, stop.”

The sound outside stopped immediately. Just a moment later, Duan Jiashu came to the bedroom with the blanket in his hand.

“I want a bed. The sofa really isn’t good.” t6x4T1

You Xin glanced at Duan Jiashu and was amused. Duan Jiashu usually wears serious clothes. When recording the program, his pyjamas were comfortable shirts. Now the other just looked so funny in his big mouth monkey‘s pyjamas.

You Xin was in a good mood and so he decided to give in. “Then I’ll sleep on the sofa. You sleep here.” He was about to get up, but Duan Jiashu held him down.

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“Don’t go. Let’s just sleep together and talk. We are both guys. What are you afraid of? Do you really secretly love me?”

“Who loves you secretly? You’re imagining things! Right, let’s sleep together. I’ve nothing to be afraid of!” You Xin was a little guilty because of what happened just now. Now Duan Jiashu put him back without thinking. His mouth spoke toughly, but his heart was drumming a little. The time Duan Jiashu forced him to sell CP, he remembered it clearly. What would he do if the other did something similar again!? BIC5yd

You Xin moved to the right to make room for Duan Jiashu. He looked nervously at his phone and pretended to read a novel.

Duan Jiashu finally got to sleep in the bed. He stretched out his feet, looked left and right for a while, and then observed You Xin.

“Let’s chat.”

“What will we talk about?” You Xin put down his cell phone and looked at the other carefully. drcIok

The dim yellow light hit Duan Jiashu’s face and cut out an extremely beautiful and soft light and dark outline, and the other’s bright and deep eyes looked at him without blinking.

You Xin couldn’t help swallowing, and his heart was beating like a drum.

“Were you reading a novel just now?”

You Xin jolted immediately and slapped the phone screen to the duvet, “No!” fOVCsN

“Have you read some of Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper’s short stories recently?”

“No, I didn’t!”

“There are many detailed descriptions in “Unexpected Love”. Have you read them?”

You Xin immediately held his breath when he heard this. He lowered his eyes and dared not look at Duan Jiashu again. After a long time, he said, “I… I skipped them.” DRxugH

“I’ve read it all and it’s very good.” Duan Jiashu made a serious comment, and then frowned suspiciously, “but is it all true? Does the back also climax like in the front?”

You Xin: …

“I don’t know. Don’t ask me! If you ask again, I’ll kick you out!” You Xin finally got annoyed with Duan Jiashu’s words.

“All right.” Duan Jiashu was disappointed. “If you don’t know, you don’t know, but why are you blushing?” XuosCh

“It’s just the lighting, I don’t blush!” You Xin retorted angrily.

“Really?” Duan Jiashu reached out and touched his jaw, giving the younger goosebumps. “Lies, your face is hot.”

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You Xin’s hair stood up immediately and he reached out to knock off Duan Jiashu’s hand.

“Stop talking and go to sleep already!” He turned off the night light and turned his back to Duan Jiashu, but even so, You Xin felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. 9pngW

He opened his eyes and asked himself: what should I do, You Xin, do you like the psycho Duan Jiashu!!!?


Hello everyone, I’ll keep this short. I’m sure that you’re all already aware of the current situation within the intl. danmei community. My TL projects aren’t hosted on JJWXC, so I will not be pausing or password-locking any of them (unless something similar happens on Changpei). It’s been hard for many of our fellow translators, so I hope that you all will be understanding and respectful of their wishes, and to be patient as we wait and see how the English site will go. Thank you for reading this chapter and have a good day/evening to all of you 🙂

Also, I’m very sorry that this is a day late, 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️I got busy with work and didn’t realize until earlier that I forgot to schedule this update 😅😂

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Translator's Note

There’s a saying in China which goes: “跳进黄河也洗不清” (Jumping into the Yellow River can’t wash one’s self clean). The Yellow River is known for its muddy waters, so if someone jumps there, they’ll only get dirtier.

Translator's Note

I’m assuming they’re from the fashion brand Paul Frank

Translator's Note

remember: the novel DJS read is an omegaverse novel, so many things happen there XD

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10 comments

  1. I’ve always taught that Duan Jiashu is a weirdo but it seems like he’s a fox lmao Thanks for the chapter 😊

  2. I somehow feel like DJs pick up lines keep getting more direct and worth. He might as well could have asked him if he has ever done it from the back and if he liked it. So shameless. But … I kind of love it. 😅