On the way back to the room, Ji Shuyan deliberately walked behind, observing Duan Zhi and Ji Yuan quietly.
In fact, he had long suspected that the person Duan Zhi liked was Ji Yuan.
Because he found that Ji Yuan didn’t actually know that Duan Zhi had a crush on someone, and said carelessly that Duan Zhi was pure-hearted and ascetic, living as if he was going to become a monk.
This was obviously not normal.
Duan Zhi dared to tell him, an outsider, that he had a sweetheart, but he didn’t dare to tell Ji Yuan, who was his roommate. If this wasn’t fishy, what was?
It was only later when he observed that the way the two of them usually got along with each other was very straightforward, like good brothers, and without any hint of ambiguity, that he slowly let go of his guard.
However, just now in the hot spring, when he saw Duan Zhi’s red ears, he suddenly realized – perhaps Duan Zhi’s so-called frankness was not because he didn’t like it, but because he liked it too much. Ji Yuan was a straight man who was not only stupid, but also born with a lack of strings1, Duan Zhi must know that if he spoke out, he couldn’t even be his brother anymore.
He could only deliberately avoid being intimate with Ji Yuan, and firmly adhere to the bottom line of friendship between the two of them.
But how can one’s mind be completely hidden?
The hot spring bath revealed everything, just Ji Yuan’s presence made Duan Zhi so nervous. It was the same in the afternoon, Duan Zhi followed Ji Yuan to the Wushan Temple. Obviously he wasn’t someone who believed in ghosts and gods, but he bought a marriage talisman beside Ji Yuan and hung it on his bag.
Not a single word was uttered from beginning to end, pure and honest, yet there were traces everywhere.
Ji Shuyan had the feeling that he had finally solved the mystery, and thought, no wonder Duan Zhi ran to his house so frequently, it could be seen that he had ulterior motives.
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However, looking at the two people walking together in front of him, his heart hesitated on how to move forward.
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Although Ji Yuan never had much luck with the opposite sex since he was a child, he was very popular among the boys. He looked like his mother, with delicate and cute facial features, and a dimple that appeared when he smiled. Since kindergarten, little boys would always mistake him for a girl. They would chase after him calling him princess, and loudly announce that they would marry Ji Yuan as their wife in the future.
Originally, he thought that it would get better when Ji Yuan grew up, he didn’t expect that he would still harm his good brother.
Ji Shuyan stared at Ji Yuan’s soft side face, and sighed calmly, what a sin.
Of course, he unconditionally favoured Ji Yuan, and wouldn’t be so stupid as to help Duan Zhi catch up with him. His family’s Ji Yuan is a straight man with a simple mind. When he is met with Duan Zhi, whose mind has more turns than a sieve, he would truly be eaten until there weren’t even dregs of his bones left.
But seeing Duan Zhi so obsessed with his unenlightened nephew, clearly liking him in his heart but unable to express it and only able to pretend to be a good brother to stay by his side…
He felt that Duan Zhi was also strangely pitiful.
Ji Shuyan rolled up his sleeves, feeling a little worried.
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Duan Zhi absent-mindedly listened to Ji Yuan’s nonsense, it went in through his left ear and out his right without registering.
Most of his thoughts were on Ji Shuyan behind him, his eyes couldn’t stop glancing back.
He didn’t know why but since he was in the hot spring just now, he felt that Ji Shuyan was worried, as if he suddenly had something on his mind. He wasn’t willing to walk with the two of them, and slowed down to walk behind them, frowning without giving any hints on what he was thinking.
He perfunctorily responded to a few of Ji Yuan’s sentences, gave an extremely careless “um”, and then looked back, just in time to meet Ji Shuyan’s gaze.
The two of them looked at each other, each with their own thoughts.
Ji Shuyan’s eyes reflected the bright light, they were brimming with the desire to speak.
Duan Zhi frowned suspiciously. Why did he feel that the way Ji Shuyan looked at him seemed to carry a bit of pity?
But by this time they had already walked to the villa next to the one they stayed in. Ji Yuan took the lead and walked in front, but he didn’t bring his room card, so he shouted for his uncle at the top of his voice, “Open the door uncle.”
This voice startled the two.
Ji Shuyan stopped looking at Duan Zhi, and went up to use his room card to open the door of the villa.
The villa didn’t occupy a large area, it was small and elegant. Back of the villa also came with a small courtyard, made in the style of small bridges and flowing rivers. It was autumn and the osmanthus tree in the yard had already bloomed, fine rice-sized golden flowers fell on you when walking under the tree giving off a refreshing fragrance.
Once he entered the living room, Ji Yuan ran to rummage through his own suitcase, and then insisted on pulling Ji Shuyan and Duan Zhi to play cards with him. Both of them agreed. Anyway, it was only nine o’clock, and there was nothing else to do.
But Ji Yuan was the only one who fully enjoyed this card game, the other two were a little distracted.
It was extremely rare that he actually ended up winning money from Duan Zhi and Ji Shuyan. Even he himself couldn’t believe it. He looked at the cards on the table several times, and excitedly slapped the table, “Give me money! This is a day that will go down in history.”
They didn’t play for much money, just one or two hundred yuan whether you won or lost. Ji Shuyan gave Ji Yuan more than that for milk tea.
He had lost 150 yuan, but transferred two hundred to Ji Yuan, “Take it.”
On the other side, Duan Zhi also transferred the lost money to Ji Yuan.
Ji Yuan made a small fortune out of thin air, and immediately decided to squander it, “I’ll buy you guys some midnight snacks. Tell me what you want to eat, don’t be polite.”
The midnight snacks were soon delivered. Ji Shuyan didn’t have much of an appetite but Ji Yuan ordered barbecue, crayfish and casserole porridge, and set up a table with a wide variety of dishes. The four hundred yuan that he had just won were all splurged just like that.
Ji Shuyan only drank a bowl of pork rib porridge before putting down his chopsticks in a lack of interest.
When Duan Zhi saw that he didn’t eat anything, he peeled a few crayfish for him and put them into a bowl. Knowing that he was a bit of a germaphobe, he specially wore gloves. The heads of the crayfishes were also dealt with cleanly, tender white meat dipped in a little chili sauce was neatly lying in the small turquoise porcelain bowl.
He stared at the bowl of crayfish for a while. Duan Zhi did all of this naturally, as if it was a matter of course.
Throughout the journey, Duan Zhi had always been very delicate and silent, with just the right amount of consideration. It was said that he was the parent who took Ji Yuan and his friend on a trip, but in the end, Duan Zhi was more careful and thoughtful than him.
Ji Shuyan didn’t brush off Duan Zhi’s face and ate the bowl of crayfish. In his heart, the guilt he felt towards Duan Zhi increased another point.
Look at the good deeds his family’s Ji Yuan has done, Duan Zhi was such a dissolute and unruly person, but now he was willing to bow his head to the ears to even please his uncle so well.
Translator’s notes
1. It could either be referring to a one-track mind or just calling him an idiot but since he was already called stupid, I think it’s the first one.
I’m using my phone to upload this as my laptop is at my hostel. So, I won’t be able to add translator’s notes properly. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I can’t wait for the moment when Ji Shuyan realizes that his guess is very very wrong and the person Duan Zhi likes is actually himself. 😅
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank You for the new chapter ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ) Don’t worry about this, have a nice time!
As adult man without sexual life he did a lot of wrong guess
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Aiii ji shuyan you dimwitted man you, sigh~~