Ji Shuyan unilaterally decided where Duan Zhi will stay.
Ji Yuan had no objection to this. He was just surprised why his uncle was so hospitable all of a sudden.
After all, Ji Shuyan is very territorial. He doesn’t even let the housekeeping aunt clean his study and has to do everything by himself.
Now, not only did he let an unfamiliar person sleep in his own room, but also let him sleep on his bed. Ji Yuan will not be wrong to suspect that once Duan Zhi leaves, his uncle will throw away the bed sheet and quilt covers.
Ji Shuyan justified, “Your room is too small, and the bed is also a single bed. It will be too crowded for two boys to sleep. Duan Zhi is a guest after all. It is only right to let him live more comfortably.”
What he said seemed to make sense. So, Ji Yuan nodded ignorantly.
“Go to bed early. Have you finished your assignment?” Ji Shuyan walked over and touched Ji Yuan’s head again, “If you can’t finish it, forget it. You can just do it tomorrow.”
“It will be completed soon,” Ji Yuan said with a bitter face, “I’m almost done, Brother Duan has finished writing.”
Ji Shuyan expressed deep sympathy.
But when he was in medical school, he had a lot more assignments than Ji Yuan did. So, no matter how much he spoiled his child, he couldn’t just say “don’t write” to Ji Yuan like he did in high school.
He could only pat Ji Yuan, “You can do it.”
Ji Yuan felt even more upset now.
Duan Zhi who was leaning against the door couldn’t help but smile when he saw this scene.
This uncle and nephew duo was really a good example of “benevolent father and filial son.”
That said, from appearance alone, Ji Shuyan doesn’t look like Ji Yuan’s uncle at all. Although he is already thirty-three, he looks about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He had a pair of extraordinarily beautiful eyes which were as clear as limpid autumn waters. Their ends were slightly hooked, teasing people secretly. He stood there in a green home robe with his cold and indifferent temperament just like a bamboo under the moon.
When the two stood together, they looked more like brothers than they did uncle and nephew.
After Ji Shuyan consoled his nephew, he didn’t stay in Ji Yuan’s room for long. He left after saying good night. When he passed by the door, he signalled Duan Zhi to follow him with his eyes.
Duan Zhi followed him obediently.
The two went to Ji Shuyan’s room.
The moment he closed the door, Ji Shuyan was actually quite regretful. He shouldn’t have let Duan Zhi stay, he should have just thrown him out.
He really didn’t like strangers touching his bed.
However, he didn’t say anything. He lowered the backrest of the grey fabric sofa in the bedroom and turned it into a simple single bed.
“Go and wash up first, there is a pair of pajamas and new underwear in the bathroom,” Ji Shuyan said lightly, “I bought the big ones, they should fit you.”
Duan Zhi glanced at him, “Is the underwear also big?”
He glanced at Ji Shuyan meaningfully, “I don’t think your size will be suitable for me.”
“…”
“It’s your choice whether to wear it or not,” Ji Shuyan said through clenched teeth, “If you don’t want to wear it, just go naked.”
“I’ll wear it.” Duan Zhi let out a muffled laugh and went into the bathroom.
Ji Shuyan collapsed on the sofa, feeling physically and mentally exhausted.
He once again confirmed that he and Duan Zhi really couldn’t bear each other.
When Duan Zhi finished showering, Ji Shuyan put down his book and went in with his stuff.
He’s a little hesitant to use a bathroom that someone else has just used, even if it’s his own.
But when he walked in, he found that the inside was clean. Even the water stains had been wiped off, as if someone knew that he was a clean freak and cleaned it specially.
Ji Shuyan closed the door and changed his opinion of Duan Zhi a little bit – he was quite polite.
He carefully finished showering and blow dried his hair until it was half dry and no longer dripping. When he came out, he wanted to go straight to the sofa bed, but found that Duan Zhi was already lying on it.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Duan Zhi finished replying to the message and was about to talk to Ji Shuyan when he looked up but was taken aback.
Ji Shuyan was wearing a grey silk nightgown. As he had just taken a shower, his skin moistened by water vapour was dewy, his cheeks were slightly pink, and his eyes were misty. His hair, which was not completely dry, hung down softly. Compared to his daytime clothes which looked serious, he now had a touch of tenderness and fragility.
Duan Zhi’s Adam’s apple rolled a little. He turned his head away as if to cover up.
Ji Shuyan didn’t notice his gaffe. He sat on the edge of the bed, lay down and sighed with satisfaction.
He really does prefer to sleep in his bed. Duan Zhi’s judgement was very tactful.
“Good night,” he said while turning off the lights in the room, leaving only a single wall lamp on the opposite wall.
The bedroom fell silent.
Duan Zhi usually sleeps pretty well, but today he rarely suffered from insomnia.
He turned his head to look at Ji Shuyan’s position on the bed.
Ji Shuyan slept evenly with a regular sleeping posture. Lying in the large and soft quilt, his eyes were tightly closed, and his thick black eyelashes could be counted.
Duan Zhi watched silently for a while.
When Ji Shuyan heard that he was going to sleep with Ji Yuan, he looked like he was facing an enemy, but now he was relieved to allow him to stay in his room.
Little did he know that he was actually leading the wolf into the house.
Stupid, Duan Zhi snorted lightly. For a man in his thirties, his vigilance was simply in the wrong direction.
He withdrew his eyes and was about to try to fall asleep again when he heard Ji Shuyan’s voice coldly resounding in the room.
“How much longer are you going to watch?”
Duan Zhi was taken aback for a moment. When he raised his head again, he found that Ji Shuyan had already opened his eyes and was looking at him clearly, with a sense of displeasure at being disturbed.
“You aren’t asleep either?” Duan Zhi asked.
Ji Shuyan scratched his hair irritably; he wasn’t too comfortable with having an extra person in the room. Even more so since the person was staring at him making him feel like he was sleeping on pins.
“You’ll wake me up even if I fall asleep.” Ji Shuyan sat up straight, picked up the kettle on the bedside and poured himself a glass of water. Then he asked Duan Zhi, “Do you want some?”
Duan Zhi shook his head.
Ji Shuyan drank half a glass slowly. The two of them, one sitting on the sofa and the other on the bed were clearly in the same bedroom, but the atmosphere was quiet to the point of embarrassment.
Ji Shuyan thought with a headache that the guest room in the house should have been cleaned up so as to save him from the dilemma now.
Duan Zhi also noticed Ji Shuyan’s annoyance.
His face was pressed against the top of the soft grey quilt that Ji Shuyan would normally use. It had a faint cold fragrance which was very soothing and pleasant on summer nights.
However, not only did Duan Zhi not calm down, but he became very restless because of this scent.
He stared at Ji Shuyan, and suddenly asked softly, “Uncle Ji, is it because you hate me that you can’t even sleep in the same room with me?”
Ji Shuyan almost choked on the water. He covered his mouth with his hands and coughed several times. He couldn’t understand how someone could be so blunt.
However, Duan Zhi was still smiling at him, as if he were making a harmless joke.
But Ji Shuyan is not a young student, he can understand the sincerity behind the joke.
Duan Zhi was lying on the sofa with his long arms and legs, his tall body was curled up on the small bed making him look somewhat aggrieved, but his amber eyes looked at him without blinking.
Ji Shuyan inexplicably felt a little soft-hearted.
The current Duan Zhi looked much more well-behaved than his aggressive version during the day. He resembled a harmless big golden retriever.
Before he could speak, Duan Zhi had already taken the initiative, “I’m just kidding, Uncle Ji, don’t take it to heart.”
But Ji Shuyan didn’t take the step down. He put down the glass and said in a low voice, “No, I can’t say I hate you.”
Duan Zhi still looked at him motionlessly.
Ji Shuyan pursed his lips, thinking about how to explain.
In fact, long before Duan Zhi came to the house with Ji Yuan, he had already met Duan Zhi once, in a dark alley.
Under the half-bright and half-extinguished streetlamp, Duan Zhi stood with a hostile face. His young, handsome face was as terrifying as the Shura. He was holding a man by the collar, staring at him viciously. The other party didn’t resist at all and fell against the wall like paralyzed mud.
He was just passing by at that time and was startled when he saw this situation. He quickly stepped forward to stop him, but the man took the opportunity to break free and run away. However, Duan Zhi didn’t take his anger out on him, he just gave him a gloomy look and walked past him without saying a word.
This incident left a deep impression on him. Later, when he saw Duan Zhi at home and saw his handsome and flamboyant facial features, he immediately remembered it.
But Duan Zhi probably doesn’t remember him. After all, he had just come back from the hospital that day, with dishevelled hair, a mask, and a bloated down jacket, forget Duan Zhi, even Ji Yuan wouldn’t have been able to recognize him.
So his initial impression of Duan Zhi was really bad.
Ji Shuyan glanced at Duan Zhi, and said, “Actually, I saw you once before Ji Yuan brought you back. At that time, you were fighting very fiercely with someone.”
Duan Zhi was startled, “When?”
But then he remembered that he had fought quite a few fights. It was really hard to say which one. So, he immediately shrank back like a quail.
He thought sullenly, he doesn’t bully the weak, everyone he beat deserved it.
Ji Shuyan found it rather amusing to see him like that.
“Later you came more often, and I found that you are really a troublemaker. You have many friends and troubles. One day you go racing and the next you go to the bar. Your private life also seems to be quite complicated. You are surrounded by a group of Yingying Yanyan, both men and women. Do you think I should be more reserved towards you?”
Duan Zhi couldn’t hold back anymore, he really wanted to defend himself, “No, I didn’t…”
He is truly not a messy person, so even if he doesn’t need to explain anything else, this must be clarified.
“However, I’m not blind,” Ji Shuyan interrupted him, “Having been in contact with you for half a year, I found that although you are a troublemaker, you are not bad-hearted. You are fair and upright in your actions and have done a lot of righteous things. You are also quite good to Ji Yuan.”
Ji Shuyan looked at Duan Zhi, his cold eyes held a little more warmth than during the day, “All things considered, even if you are not a gentleman, you are not a bad person. I admit that I am not cordial enough to you, and I also feel that my personality is not compatible with you, but that doesn’t mean I hate you.”
He still felt that the Duan Zhi he saw in the alley that day was scary, but based on his understanding of Duan Zhi, he didn’t think he was someone who would oppress others for no reason.
It’s just that he has been a strict and good student since he was a child. He grew up calm and self-disciplined. Duan Zhi is completely different from him. He is usually smiling and easy to get along with, but when he is angry, he is as terrifying as a lion. He was completely unpredictable.
So they are not suitable to be friends.
Ji Shuyan pressed the bridge of his nose, “Okay, don’t think too much about it. I’m just your friend’s parent. My opinion of you doesn’t matter and you don’t have to take it to heart.”
Duan Zhi narrowed his eyes; he didn’t expect that he could get such an evaluation from Ji Shuyan.
He looked at Ji Shuyan motionlessly.
Ji Shuyan sat against the head of the bed with his waist straight and eyes half-closed. He really looked like a delicate young master raised in an influential house, born suitable to take up the scalpel to save lives and heal the wounded.
After a while, Duan Zhi laughed out loud, “Uncle Ji, you’re wrong about one thing. Your opinion of me is very important.”
Ji Shuyan raised his eyebrows, not really believing it.
But he couldn’t be bothered to care about what Duan Zhi was thinking. So, he simply went back under the covers again after drinking his glass of water.
He was just about to develop drowsiness and go back to sleep, but Duan Zhi seemed determined to not let him feel better and came to harass him again.
“Uncle Ji, I have to correct you on one point. As a doctor, you must be meticulous. Why do you think my private life is chaotic? I still have my first kiss and am innocent. I haven’t even been in a relationship yet. I’ve been keeping my body like jade till now.”
Ji Shuyan: “…”
He silently rolled his eyes in his heart.
Who would believe that?
Does he think he is an elementary school student?
Just from Duan Zhi’s busy mobile phone, you could always hear someone on the opposite end enthusiastically calling him Brother Duan. If Duan Zhi could be considered innocent, his name would be written upside down.
He didn’t want to pay attention to him, but Duan Zhi refused to give up, and kept chattering, “I can’t sleep anyway, let’s chat. Uncle Ji, how many people have you dated?”
Ji Shuyan was not too disturbed; his eyes opened a crack.
“Why are you asking this?”
“I’m just curious,” Duan Zhi dragged out his voice. He is 1.9 metres tall, but people won’t feel displeased when he acts coquettish. “Uncle Ji, you look serious, and you are a good person at first glance. One would be very blessed to fall in love with you.”
Duan Zhi closed his eyes when he said this.
In fact, he had heard Ji Yuan mention Ji Shuyan’s relationship status, but for some reason, he still wanted to hear Ji Shuyan himself say it.
It’s like self-abuse, envy grew from the bottom of his heart.
“There’s nothing to talk about,” Ji Shuyan said dryly, “The first one was during school years. At that time, my sister and brother-in-law had just passed away, and I had to take care of my nephew and deal with family matters. I didn’t want to delay others, so we split up. I talked to another person who was also a doctor after starting work. Both of us were too busy, so we separated. Later, I went on blind dates. But I didn’t find a suitable one even after going on several dates, so I just stayed single until now.”
Duan Zhi: “…”
It’s really concise and to the point. He couldn’t hear even a bit of romanticism. It was as if he was giving a work report.
He turned his head and glanced at Ji Shuyan helplessly, such a beautiful face, so charming, yet so insensitive.
As expected of Ji Shuyan.
“Uncle Ji,” Duan Zhi said in a low voice, “Your love is as serious and concise as your work.”
Ji Shuyan didn’t think there was anything wrong with his straightforward relationship history.
His attitude towards relationships has always been very responsible, but he has never had the kind of romantic, death-defying love seen in TV dramas. He believes that life should be plain and gentle, that partners who survive decades hand in hand would ultimately unite in familial love.
Unfortunately, other people don’t seem to think so. So, both of his girlfriends dumped him.
He looked at Duan Zhi who was sleeping on the sofa, and was a little curious, wondering if Duan Zhi had ever liked anyone.
Although he always wanted to keep a distance from Duan Zhi, he had to admit that Duan Zhi was really handsome and eye-catching. With a sense of lazy sexiness in his bones, a slight raise of his eyebrows could disturb a pool of spring water.
This kind of Duan Zhi will always be sought after by countless people. As long as he wants to, he can probably change his partner every day until next year.
But Duan Zhi seemed to behave normally to everyone. He hasn’t seen him put anyone in his heart.
Ji Shuyan couldn’t hold back and asked, “You ask me this kind of question, is it because you have someone you like?”
It is a well-known fact that people who are caught in the whirlwind of emotions love to ask relationship questions.
Although calm and restrained on the surface, the dignified Doctor Ji, a good young man with excellent character and education, actually loves to hear gossip.
Duan Zhi was suffocated by the question.
He looked up at Ji Shuyan.
Ji Shuyan was looking at him curiously. His hair that gently fell on his face, his soft, white skin and his rosy lips which looked very kissable were all showing a little ignorant cuteness which was different from the seriousness he exuded during the day.
Just looking at Ji Shuyan like this made him feel like his heart was about to jump out.
“Yes,” he blinked, and said softly, “I like him a lot, so much that even I, myself am surprised.”
Oh?
Ji Shuyan’s ears perked up, and he looked at Duan Zhi eagerly, “Who is it? Have you confessed yet? Were you rejected?”
He looked quite happy in others’ misfortune.
Duan Zhi smiled helplessly, but looked at him with gentle and loving eyes.
“I won’t tell you.”
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