Jiang Nian and Lin Meng kept their promise this time and came back with Lin Siyu on the eighth.
Lin Sizhe had already gone to work early because of something related to her internship.
Lin You happily carried his suitcase and ran off with his parents, not sparing even a single glance at Lu Qingyan. The whole process was smooth and seamless, being quite a thankless wench.
Lu Qingyan could only call Lin You from his room.
Their houses were only a few meters apart, and their rooms were directly opposite each other. Standing on the balcony, they could see each other’s rooms. If they were daring enough, they could even climb over the balcony and enter the other’s home.
Lin You lay on the bed, reading manhuas, and there were strawberries washed by his brother next to him. He joked with Lu Qingyan over the phone, “Lao Lu, I have to criticize you. Distance creates beauty, and a short separation is better than a honeymoon. The few meters between us create a sense of mystery, which is perfect for cultivating feelings. It’s not a good idea to stick together all the time.”
Lu Qingyan sneered over the phone, expressing his disdain.
“That’s not what you said when you confessed to me the other day. You said you never want to be separated from me again,” Lu Qingyan ruthlessly brought up the past, exposing Lin You’s shameful deceitful behavior.
Lin You laughed, “How can you take what a man says seriously when he’s in the heat of the moment? Lao Lu, are you even a man? You actually believed that?”
Lu Qingyan really wanted to ask him, whether I am a man or not, do you really not know?
But considering how Lin You had been scared away by him a few days ago, he held it back.
Lin You turned over on the bed and arrogantly asked, “Are you missing me a lot? Can’t stand being away from me even for a short while?”
He said this purely to tease Lu Qingyan and poke some fun, not really expecting Lu Qingyan to answer seriously.
Yet Lu Qingyan responded with a simple “Mn” on the other end of the phone.
He continued, “I do miss you a lot and can’t stand being away from you even for a short while.”
Lin You froze midway while turning over on the bed.
He let his legs down and hung them over the edge of the bed, burying his face in the pillow for quite some time without coming up.
After a while, he finally said to the phone, “Enough, don’t make it sound like a life-or-death separation. All I did was go home, and our homes are next to each other. You can come over with just a step.” Lin You sat up, scratching his messy hair, and continued, “How about you come to my place for dinner tomorrow, or I can come to yours. Then after dinner, let’s go out on a date.”
He remembered that he still owed Lu Qingyan a date.
Lu Qingyan chuckled and said, “Okay, you decide the location.”
Lin You was in a good mood and chatted with Lu Qingyan about other things until it was 2:30 am before he finally hung up the phone. He also didn’t know why he had so much to talk about with Lu Qingyan.
But what happened was, Lin You was packed up and sent to his grandparents’ house by his parents the next morning.
Lin You stood in the pollution-free green courtyard in the suburbs, facing the abundant flowers and plants in the yard, as well as chickens, ducks, and geese leisurely strolling around. He regretted it so much that he wanted to die.
If he had known this would happen, why would he have gone through the trouble of moving out of Lu Qingyan’s house?
He stood in the yard, cursing loudly at a young rooster for a good ten minutes, feeling like a complete idiot.
The rooster paid no attention to him and dug up a worm from the ground.
Lu Qingyan was equally speechless about the situation.
This year was chaotic for them, with their plans constantly being disrupted by unexpected changes. There was always something going awry.
The only good thing was that Lin You had become his boyfriend, the type that wouldn’t be able to run away. The two of them had spent several days in harmony, so the short separation wasn’t too agonizing.
After all, they only had three days left until school starts.
Lu Qingyan would never dream that he would love the start of school.
Although he was a top student, he had always despised school like a slacker.
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Lin You squatted in the courtyard, reflecting on things for half an hour, and finally came to a realization.
He would visit his grandparents every Chinese New Year, and this year, being so engrossed in his love life, he had forgotten about it. So he couldn’t really blame anyone else.
He held up his phone and showed Lu Qingyan his grandparents’ small courtyard through video call.
His grandparents were both elite artists when they were younger, they were especially classy and had a great sense of life. As they grew older, they fell in love with the rural lifestyle. Besides flowers and plants, the courtyard was filled with various green vegetables. In addition, chickens, ducks, and geese roamed around freely, looking quite arrogant.
Lin You squatted there pondering, then asked Lu Qingyan, “Do you think the meat of these chickens, ducks, and geese taste better because they stroll around all day?”
Lu Qingyan didn’t know either, “Maybe. But you’d have to ask my mom about that.”
Lin You’s gaze then fell on a swaggering white goose, and he muttered to Lu Qingyan, “I’ve had enough of chicken and duck, but I don’t eat goose often. Say, should I suggest to my grandpa that we should have braised goose for dinner?”
He imagined it quite beautifully, with the courtyard full of chickens, ducks, and geese appearing in his eyes as plates of meat with long legs.
However, his gaze might’ve been too eager and his direct stare at the big white goose might’ve been too intense. That big white goose, originally strolling leisurely, suddenly seemed to have gone mad and charged at Lin You, fiercely pecking at him.
Lin You was still holding his phone in his hand and was unable to dodge in time. He ended up being chased all over the yard by the white goose flapping its wings.
As he ran, he shouted into his phone, “What the heck is this goose? A bully? Doesn’t it know who the real owner of this place is?”
Clearly, the white goose had no idea, as it continued to chase Lin You relentlessly, flapping its wings and finally biting him on the butt.
Lin You howled in pain, shaking both the heavens and the earth.
Lu Qingyan was stunned on the other side of the video call.
He had never seen Lin You being bullied in his entire life. Who would have thought that he would be defeated by a goose’s beak?
In the end, it was his grandfather who rushed over and rescued Lin You from the goose’s beak.
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That evening, Lin You finished dinner with a gloomy face and just lay face down on the bed to rest his butt.
To be honest, he wasn’t in much pain; getting hit on the nose in a fight would hurt much more than this.
But who couldn’t help feeling like a little baby when they’re at their grandparents’ house?
His grandfather, however, didn’t seem to care about him very much. He wore reading glasses and looked at the newspaper with complete indifference.
“I keep that goose as a guard for the house, but you’re only thinking about eating it,” his grandfather turned a page of the newspaper, “Young people shouldn’t always eat meat. Why not eat some vegetables?”
Lin You was furious. “The last time you stole and ate the chicken leg, I was the one who covered for you!”
His grandmother glanced at his grandfather in silence, and his grandfather turned his face away, not speaking anymore.
His grandmother couldn’t be bothered with the old man, minding her own business as she peeled an apple for her good grandson.
The old man may not care, but she did.
She fed the apple to Lin You as she peeled, then murmured, “You’re an omega now. Don’t keep running around all the time. It wouldn’t be good if you injured your face or legs. You have such a pretty face, we can’t afford to leave any scars on it.”
Lin You bit into the apple but remained silent.
His grandmother used to be a lady from a wealthy family, skilled in traditional female arts and poetry. According to her aesthetics, an omega should be gentle and refined.
Unfortunately, he didn’t quite fit those descriptions.
His mother wasn’t gentle or refined either.
The only one left to bring some comfort to his grandmother was his older brother.
“I never thought Xiao You would be an omega,” his grandfather chimed in from the side. Seeing that his wife didn’t seem to care about the chicken leg incident, he felt a bit arrogant and continued, “Just look at how mischievous he is. When he came over one summer break as a kid, he raided all the bird nests and even made the neighbor’s kid cry by bullying them. He doesn’t look like an omega no matter how you look at him.”
Lin You argued with him, “Grandpa, that’s old-fashioned thinking. Take a look at the world outside and stop burying yourself in newspapers. Nowadays, omegas are like me. We don’t hesitate to fight back. The gentle and homely ones like my grandma are long gone.”
His grandfather snorted coldly, not bothering to respond to him.
Lin You’s grandmother peeled another orange for him and said, “You can’t say that Xiao You doesn’t look like an omega. I already had my suspicions when he was little. With his looks, he’s prettier than any other omega.”
She then lowered her head and asked Lin You, “You probably don’t remember, but when you were little, Lu Qingyan came to our house to play with you. He had good looks, so the little girls and boys next door were all fighting to be his bride. Guess what Xiao Lu said?”
Lin You didn’t remember this incident, but it didn’t hinder his interest, “What did he say?”
Grandmother Lin smiled proudly, clearly very satisfied with Lin You’s beauty, “Xiao Lu said he only wanted you as his bride, and he didn’t want anyone else.”
Lin You burst out laughing, “And what happened after that?”
He felt that with his temper back then, if Lu Qingyan wanted him to be his bride, he might have retaliated and beaten him up.
But his grandmother stood up and went to the nearby bookshelf to fetch a photo album.
As she flipped through the album, she reminisced about the past with him, “I don’t know how, but you actually agreed. Then a bunch of little kids used a scarf as a veil and held a wedding ceremony for you two.”
Lin You was so surprised that he almost dropped the orange from his mouth.
He instinctively wanted to say: Impossible.
However, his grandmother presented evidence to him, “Look, I even kept the photo. Your aunt took it and even put blush on both of you.”
Lin You looked down and then his whole face scrunched up, finding the picture extremely burning to his eyes.
In the photo, he and Lu Qingyan both had expressionless faces, and he couldn’t remember the reason they played this pretend wedding with a group of little kids.
He had a red scarf on his head, presumably as the bridal veil, and he held an apple in his hand, casually nibbling on it with an indifferent expression.
Lu Qingyan wore a white shirt and trousers, looking more serious than Lin You was, but still had a stern expression, seemingly finding everyone mentally disabled.
However, their hands were held together in the photo.
Looking at the Lu Qingyan in the picture, who was probably only five or six years old back then, Lin You’s somewhat disdainful expression softened.
It had been a long time since he had seen Lu Qingyan look so young and tender. As a kid, Lu Qingyan’s skin was quite fair, all milky and plump. Who knew how it had become the sexy wheat tan as he grew up.
As he continued to look at the picture, he couldn’t help but smile and asked his grandmother, “How old was I in this photo?”
His grandmother reminisced, “You both were six years old, just little squirts.”
Lin You picked up that photo. Although he found the photo ugly, at the same time, he found Lu Qingyan in the photo very adorable.
Grandma lowered her head to look at other photos, and among them were several pictures of Lu Qingyan and Lin You together.
Suddenly, she had a bright idea, thinking that Lu Qingyan had now become an outstanding alpha, a perfect match for her beautiful and lively grandson, Lin You.
After retiring, matchmaking became another one of her hobbies.
But as she looked at Lin You through her reading glasses, he was lying on the bed, laughing heartily with round dimples and wearing a simple T-shirt as pajamas. If she didn’t know he was almost reaching adulthood, she would’ve thought he was still fifteen years old.
She shook her head, thinking that her grandson probably hadn’t come around yet.
Besides, times have changed, it’s better to love freely now.
So she didn’t say anything about it and turned to settle some old scores with grandpa over the chicken leg.
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Lin You asked for that photo from his grandmother.
In the evening, while video chatting with Lu Qingyan, he smiled and asked, “Lao Lu, do you know how old we were when we secretly pledged to be married?”
Lu Qingyan didn’t understand where this question was coming from. “What do you mean?”
Lin You lifted up the photo for Lu Qingyan to see.
He laughed his ass off, “Do you see? Damn, this photo is too tacky, so tacky it suffocates me. We were only six years old, who knows who talked us into this.”
Lu Qingyan was also shocked by the photo, and he couldn’t help but furrow his eyebrows.
It was indeed tacky.
Taking it out would definitely be a piece of embarrassing history.
But after looking at it for a while, he found the little Lin You, focusing on eating an apple in the picture, very adorable.
“You looked like a white glutinous rice ball when you were little,” he said with a smile.
Lin You wasn’t going to take that and immediately launched a counter-attack, “Bullshit, and you were already pretending to be cool even as a kid.”
They bantered for a while, giving each other personal attacks.
But after a moment, they both spontaneously called a truce.
Lin You was lying on the bed and asked Lu Qingyan, “Do you think this counts as predestination?”
He was very embarrassed when he asked, thinking it was too melodramatic and might damage his cool-guy image.
But deep inside, he felt both tingly and soft. He just likes these kinds of melodramatic things.
Lu Qingyan chuckled, “Sure counts, aren’t you my little bride? Auntie had already betrothed you to me when you were still in her belly.”
Lin You wanted to tell him to get lost, who the hell wants to be a little bride?
But before the words could come out, he lost his momentum, and he found himself holding the phone and smiling like an idiot.
The nights in the suburbs were quiet, so quiet that Lin You could hear the sound of his own heartbeat.
He sighed sincerely, realizing that he was starting to miss Lu Qingyan again.
Maybe people in relationships were all like this.
A day without seeing each other felt like three autumns apart.
As he contemplated to himself in his heart, he heard a pause from Lu Qingyan on the other end.
“If only you were here with me,” Lu Qingyan said. “I suddenly really want to hold you.”
Lin You’s toes curled up.
He didn’t know how to respond, whether to honestly say that he felt the same or to mock Lu Qingyan for being so sentimental.
This was his first relationship, and he had no experience.
But after thinking for a while, he decided to follow his heart.
He said softly, “Lu-ge, I also miss you a lot.”
AAAAAAAAAHHHH MY BABIES GOT MARRIED WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE SO CUTEEE
Thank you for the chapter! 🥰
Btw, i noticed a small typo in the second sentence: “lin sizhe had…. related to his internship” should be “her” as sizhe is the sister!
thank u!! i have fixed it hehe
thank you for the chapter!
I truly hope they get married when they’re adults 💕
I love the fluff
Thanks for the update
Ahw~ such cuties 😍
So cute 😍😍😍
Thank you for the chapter