Chapter 16: Time away

Ye Yao's answer was indeed a bit unexpected by Lu Ming.

Of course he has a lot of friends, but the friendship between him and his friends is in the form of you give me a punch, I'll give you a kick in the ass, and there's no such thing as a sticky relationship like Lu Xun and Ye Yao.

Lu Ming didn't doubt that if he were to put this past story on his head and tell the guys, he would get a lot of gloating jeers. Maybe he'd even get some shit like, "That's because Brother Ming is so handsome, that's why he made Zero's heart flutter~", "I'm fluttering too, can Brother Ming help me wash my socks?", or something like that.

In short, none of them would be so calm as to analyze what that hairdresser did wrong.

What kind of person puts themselves in the shoes of a hairdresser?

But Ye Yao's answer was not what he expected from the fishing system! This is not fishing, it's almost like removing the fishing rod.

Or is this the mindset of the rational schoolmaster?

The two conflicting points of conflict made Lu Ming not dare to make a judgment easily for a moment, so he could only laugh, "You're right, huh, Ye is really a talented man!"

Lu Ming wanted to continue asking, but his head was suddenly slapped from behind.

"Why are you staring at someone's face like that, it's not polite." Lu Xun's voice came from behind as he finished lecturing his cousin after going to the restroom and slowly returned to his seat, asking Ye Yao, "Did he bully you while I was gone?"

Ye Yao shook his head, and Lu Xun was satisfied.

When the food was served, Lu Ming picked up the chopsticks and said angrily, "What the hell, I'm a good person, how can I be a bully!"

Lu Ming has long been used to the rules at home, but he's used to grabbing them when he's out at dinner with friends.

If you do it first, you'll get it later! We're all friends, what's the point of talking about letting or not letting, how meaningless is that?

Although Lu Xun was his cousin, the two had always gotten along as friends, and Lu Ming had no qualms about running straight for the piece of meat he had his eye on.

But before he could get to it, Lu Xun, who was sitting across from him, made a lightning fast move and snatched away the delicious looking piece of essence.

"Ha, I haven't seen you for a while, the speed at which you lay your hands on me has actually increased-" Lu Ming's words came to an abrupt end in the middle of his sentence, and he stared at the person across from him as if he had seen a ghost.

Lu Xun didn't eat what he grabbed for himself, but put it into Ye Yao's bowl and softly said, "Try some of this, this looks delicious."

Ye Yao's expression was a bit helpless, "Don't help me with the food, you can just eat it yourself."

"That won't do, you definitely can't grab him, you won't get any if I don't help you." Lu Xun decisively refused.

Lu Ming, sitting across the street watching all this: "......"

What happened, how he was going to be flooded with non-straight male light again! Ah, it stings!

Lu Xun still gives food to other people, doesn't Lu Xun never care about this kind of humanity?

Lu Ming recalled a document he once wrote that was titled - "How to tell if the people around you like you".

There's a line in there that seems to be all about showing off specialness and only serving food to a certain person at dinner?

Lu Ming thought for a moment and said in a joking tone, "Do you want to be so in love, I'm just here to eat dog food?"

In the face of these words, Ye Yao was reluctant to speak, while Lu Xun grunted and laughed: "You are very self-aware, well, go home in the New Year and brother will give you a big red packet."

Lu Ming: "......"

God damn it, do you have to be so quick to respond to a joke like that?

How is it that Lu Xun's behavior matches so well with the documentation?

Lu Ming's mind was so confused by this meal that when Ye Yao went to the restroom, he immediately seized the opportunity to question Lu Xun: "I haven't seen you for a while, may I ask if you're still a straight man?"

Lu Xun's face changed slightly and he let out a cold laugh, "Your skin is itchy isn't it, I can't even bend it if you bend it."

"But ......" Lu Ming paused for a moment, carefully picking a few appropriate words to use, "Brother, have you noticed that your behavior is a bit gay sometimes, especially when it comes to people Ye Yao. "

Lu Xun frowned.

He tapped his fingertips on the tabletop one at a time, as if thinking about what to say, and finally he raised his eyes.

"You haven't met friends with such a good friendship, you don't understand." Lu Xun said slowly, "It's like your mom giving you food out of affection, not out of love."

"But ......" Lu Ming subconsciously tried to voice out a rebuttal, which was again interrupted by Lu Xun.

"How can you generalize something like feelings in a raw and rigid way. Your experience packet is outdated and it's time to update it. Don't I know better than you whether I bend or not?"

Lu Xun spoke with such certainty that Lu Ming developed a sense of self-doubt.

Is that right, it seems to make some sense?

If Lu Xun is really bent, there's no need to hide it.

If Lu Xun is still straight, what about Ye Yao?

A straight man who will calmly analyze what Lu Xun's crush is doing wrong?

He still thinks Ye Yao is off.

One day of contact was too short a time to make a judgment; he needed a longer period of observation.

Lu Ming thought for a moment and said to Lu Xun, "Brother, do you have any plans to bring Ye Yao over to our side for the winter vacation?"

"There is this idea." Lu Xun didn't hide it, "It doesn't snow during New Year's on his side, and he said he didn't know what Chinese New Year was like when it did, so I'll see if I can bring him over this year."

Lu Ming nodded happily.

It would be easy for him to visit Lu Xun's house during the Spring Festival, and then he would be able to see Ye Yao more often.

He continued to observe, if he could determine that Ye Yao really had a crush on Lu Xun s words ...... Then what could he do, as Lu Xun s brother, of course, he could only tell this matter to Lu Xun, who hates men. aka talk to Ye Yao and let him stay away from Lu Xun.

It's not that he's trying to stick it to the man, it's that the lesson from the past is there.

Lu Xun does not like men, rather than wait until the end to tear the face of the scene ugly, it is better to automatically quit early.

*

After sending Lu Ming off, it was time to do revision and prepare for the final exam.

Because he wants to get a scholarship, Ye Yao studies and prepares for every exam very carefully.

Going to the library early in the morning and late at night is basic, and Lu Xun will always be there with him.

There was no heat on the way from the dorms to the library, and it took will to keep the cold at bay on the way there and back.

Lu Xun shoved Ye Yao's hand into his pocket to hold it, and was a little heartbroken about the other hand he didn't get to hold.

"I bought you small hand warmers so that one hand won't get cold when it's warmed by me and the other hand is warmed with the hand warmer." Lu Xun had a deep expression.

"I'm not cold." Ye Yao whispered back.

"You can only fool other people with this claim, you should forget about fooling me." Lu Xun grunted, "You know why you can't fool me? Because the cold is on you and the pain is in my heart."

Ye Yao's eyelashes fluttered.

Winter snowflakes fell on their shoulders and on their black hair, slowly attaching a layer of snowy white to the surface, which really had the feeling of a white head to old age.

Lu Xun's hand is warm, like a fireplace in the middle of winter, but it belongs to one person.

Without the sensuality of a large body contact, just walking quietly side by side, Ye Yao still felt a certain uncontrollable stirring.

Lu Xun's fingers were crossed between his fingers, and as soon as he made a slight movement, Lu Xun's fingers wrapped around him in a domineering manner. In the pocket where there was not much space, the two hands were tightly clasped.

Ye Yao spoke in a soft and slow voice, "I think I told you last time ...... not to be too meaty when you talk, I don't fit in?"

"Forgot, I didn't mean it, it's my normal style of speaking." Lu Xun said vaguely.

He remembered what Ye Yao had said before, of course, but also remembered what he had deduced - that Ye Yao actually enjoyed hearing him say and do so, and was just being hard-mouthed and stubborn. And continuing to say it on sight might be a bridge to bring them closer together further.

He did it on purpose.

Ye Yao no longer answered, he was held by Lu Xun's hand, walking step by step in the middle of the campus path. Every step on the white snow was like stepping on his heart.

Soon enough, after the final exams was the month-long winter vacation, in which he couldn't see Lu Xun and could take his time to gather and adjust his mood.

He was like a man walking a tightrope high in the air, not daring to make a mistake at every step. And now there were cracks in the wire that had to be repaired, or else one day he would step off.

A month or so to initially organize myself and get away from Lu Xun was enough.

Without this month, he himself didn't know what would have happened. Fortunately, it was not too late.

*

While Ye Yao was taking a bath, Lu Xun took out his cell phone, humming a song, and clicked on Ye Yao's mom's WeChat.

He comes up with a series of nice words that make Ye Yao's mom smile, and then throws out the final goal.

[Auntie, I'd like to visit your place for the New Year, and I'd also like to take Ye Yao to our place to see the Spring Festival in the North, is it convenient?

Ye Yao's mom said gently, [Conveniently, our family doesn't go out to play, you're welcome to come whenever you want].

Lu Xun ：【Thank you aunty, then I'll go there on the second day of the New Year. Please keep it a secret for me, I want to give Ye Yao a surprise then.

Ye Yao Mom surprised: [On the second day of the year, won't your family have a problem with that?

Lu Xun :【No, they love Ye Yao too, and they all know that he and I are close. I hope I can cherish it.

Ye Yao's mom loses her smile: [Indeed, it's not easy to have such a relationship in this era, I hope you guys can keep this relationship well].

After finishing his conversation with Ye Yao's mom, Lu Xun happily booked his ticket from home to Ye Yao's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

Last winter vacation he felt that not being able to see Ye Yao for a month was too much of an ordeal, even if he could video every day it was still hard.

This time he went over on the second day of the year, pinching himself so that they would be separated for a short time.

Ye Yao will be very happy to see him suddenly arrive.