ARIWATM Chapter 045

In Jiang Xuan’s eyes, what kind of person is Cheng Chen?

He didn’t look into it too closely, but he’d always follow his brother to his house to play, even if his brother is not there, he will always use various reasons to run to his house, he has a sweet mouth, and can always make his mother happy. His mother always said that if Jiang Xuan’s mouth was half as sweet as his, she would be satisfied, the two families also very close, so Cheng Chen became Jiang Xuan’s little tail.

Little tail was said by others, but Jiang Xian felt that his behavior was more like tailing.

For the sake of his family’s face, he could only pretend he didn’t see it, under the condition that it didn’t affect his normal life, he could barely accept a little favor once in a while, because everyone was saying ‘He’s still young, just bring him along with you’ and other similar sayings, Jiang Xuan refused, but Cheng Chen was able to persuade others to let Jiang Xuan take him with him every time.

It’s impossible for adolescents not to have small thoughts, everyone knows that Cheng Chen likes Jiang Xuan, but they are also tacitly recognized as bamboo horses, after a long time, such an atmosphere has been created, it seems that the two of them should be together, moreover, Cheng Chen also particularly enjoys it when others would matched them as a couple, and 80% of the time is because he intentionally fueled it.

Cheng Chen himself believed it, he also convinced himself that Jiang Xuan liked him.

He doesn’t want his dream to be broken, everyone said they were a good match when they stood together, they’re perfect for each other.

Family background, looks, education, majors are all so similar, why can’t he like him!

During his first year in college, Jiang Xuan often stayed at school and rarely had contact with Cheng Chen, he felt incredibly free, he felt that after a year, Cheng Chen’s enthusiasm for him had dissipated, but Cheng Chen seemed to be still immersed in the beautiful dream he made up by himself.

Jiang Xuan also doesn’t know why he can be so persistent like this, his rejection seems to have no effect on him at all.

But this time, no matter what¹無論如何 (wú lùn rú hé): one way or another; whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means; in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; come what may., he must make it clear that he was actually a little tired of Cheng Chen’s self-righteousness.

Jiang Xuan told Cheng Chen: “In my eyes, he’s better than anyone else.” As a matter of fact, it is.

Cheng Chen’s screaming sound disappeared, he said frantically: “Brother Jiang Xuan, you don’t want to be with me, you deliberately making up excuses to fool me, your words are too vague, you’re lying to me.”

In Jiang Xuan’s mind flashed through the charming person on the stage yet soft and lazy at home, his eyes were a little more gentle, Cheng Chen saw the changes in him, which made him feel chills in his heart, Jiang Xuan really fell in love with someone without him even knowing it?

How is it possible, he knows all the friends around Jiang Xuan, but no one told him that Jiang Xuan knows other people.

Jiang Xuan said lightly: “There’s no need to lie to you.”

Cheng Chen: “Then why don’t you tell me who he is?”

Jiang Xuan: “Cheng Chen, so what if you know who he is?”

Cheng Chen was taken aback by the question: “I…”

Jiang Xuan: “I don’t want him to be bothered by anyone, and I ask you not to bother him.”

Cheng Chen now realized that Jiang Xuan really had such a person in his heart.

Cheng Chen: “I want to know how I’m not as good as him, we’ve known each other for so many years, you’ve never once thought about me?”

Jiang Xuan: “I’ve said it, to me, you’re just the neighbor’s younger brother, I have no other thoughts about you, never have.”

Cheng Chen was stunned: “You’ve never said so many words to me, but for someone I’ve never seen before, it turned out to be like this.”

Jiang Xuan: “Cheng Chen, I hope that after today’s words, you can understand what I mean, next time if you really have something to ask me, please let me know in advance.”

Cheng Chen really can’t understand how Jiang Xuan found someone he likes overnight, who is it?
He must know.

Jiang Xuan said it to this extent, he knew that if he kept pestering him, there would be no result!

It’s better to find the person Jiang Xuan likes, give him a sum of money, and let him leave planet Feige, if he doesn’t leave, he has plenty of ways to force him to leave, Jiang Xuan must belong to him!

Cheng Chen has a calculation in his heart: “I understand, Brother Jiang Xuan, I won’t come here to bother you casually in the future, I’m leaving.”

He has to retreat now, he can’t push Jiang Xuan too far.

Is he so obsessed with Jiang Xuan’s appearance to the point that he can’t have a leeway? No, their Cheng family looks glamorous, but the Cheng family has long been in a state of decay, the so-called wealthy family, doesn’t know how much longer it can last, their family needs to find a strong support, otherwise, his parents wouldn’t have spend a lot of money to buy a house adjacent to the Jiang family, so that they can take advantage of the Jiang family’s influence in the future.

As long as he doesn’t want to live a mediocre life, he must catch Jiang Xuan, his mother told him that the Jiang family may fall into Jiang Xuan’s hands in the future, he is the most likely to inherit the Jiang family, Grandpa Jiang is most satisfied with him.

Their Cheng family will still rely on the Jiang family in the future, so naturally they cannot let such an excellent heir go.

Cheng Chen had other calculations in his heart, decisively got into the car and left, before leaving, he gave Jiang Xuan a tearful look.

Two unfamiliar cars, one of which belonged to his brother, this time, he just wanted to prevent Jiang Xuan from calling his brother, the car driving away along with his car.

The two cars took the flight path one after the other and left, Cheng Chen didn’t notice Lin Zimao standing in the shadow.

After Jiang Xuan entered the house, he stepped out of the shadows.

Suddenly, he feel that the cake in his hand doesn’t taste so good.

Jiang Xuan actually has someone he likes.

Living with him all this time, he doesn’t seem to see him go out on a date, the one who meet him the most is Ji Chen.

As he thought about it, he changed his shoes and entered the house without realizing it.

Jiang Xuan was opening the mysterious small cabinet to get the small cans, seeing him coming back, he immediately closed the cabinet door, Jiaoyan kept scratching his trouser legs below, fortunately, Lin Zimao was a little distracted and didn’t notice the small movements between him and Jiaoyan.

Lin Zimao was not in high spirits, so he put the cake on the counter, opened the packaging bag, picked up a spoon to eat it by himself.

He thought naively, won’t give Jiang Xuan the food.

Jiang Xuan realized that the time when he entered the door was very coincidental, there was no sound of cars or other sounds outside, wondering if he heard him talking to Cheng Chen just now.

“Just been standing outside?”

Lin Zimao poked a scoop of cake and stuffed it into his mouth, he didn’t hide it: “Um.”

Jiang Xuan looked at the corner of his mouth smeared with cream, and licked the corner of his mouth: “You can let me know, it’s cold, it’s easy to catch a cold staying outside.”

Lin Zimao gives him a sidelong glance: “Looks like you two are having a great time talking about feelings.”

Jiang Xuan gave him a verdict: “Poor eyesight.”

Lin Zimao took another bite of the cake: “You’ve got someone you like and you’re still not happy.”

Jiang Xuan evade major issues by going into minor ones²避重就輕 (bì zhòng jiù qīng): to pick only the easy tasks to do; to take the easy way out; to avoid the major issues and only engage in the trivial ones; to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; always take the easy way out; deal with trifles but evade what is serious; evade major issues by going into minor ones; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones; Refers to avoiding heavy responsibilities and only picking the light ones to bear, also refers to avoiding the main points and talking only about the unimportant things., he asked him casually: “Why don’t you share the cake with me?”

Lin Zimao glanced at him lightly: “You don’t eat sweets.”

Jiang Xuan took out a fork from the counter: “Their cakes aren’t very sweet.”

Lin Zimao: “You can eat with the person you like tomorrow, if you eat too much, you won’t want to eat with him tomorrow.” He doesn’t even know how sour his words are.

Jiang Xuan poked a small piece of his cake with a fork, and tasted it in his mouth.

Lin Zimao said nonsense stingily: “Hey, you’re not allowed to eat it!”

Jiang Xuan imitated his tone: “I’m not called Hey.”

Lin Zimao twitched the corners of his mouth, deliberately call out to him with a soft voice: “Then, call Brother Jiang Xuan, Brother Jiang Xuan, Brother Xuan, Brother?”³T/N: This is much cuter in Chinese; “Then, call Jiang Xuan Ge, Jiang Xuan Gege, Xuan Gege, Gege?” as a side note, Cheng Chen call Jiang Xuan as Jiang Xuan Ge. I imagined he call this with a falsetto coquettishly.

Jiang Xuan stared at the corner of his mouth smeared with cream, and said: “Keep it going.”

Lin Zimao: “Think beautifully.”

Jiang Xuan picked up the cake in front of him: “No, I’m listening.”

Lin Zimao looked at him fixedly, then moved the cake back in front of him again: “The high-cold senior collapsed.”

Jiang Xuan only poked a little: “I haven’t eaten dinner.”

Lin Zimao stopped moving his fork: “You should eat with someone you like.”

Jiang Xuan moved the cake over: “Um.”

Lin Zimao had already eaten dinner, so he stopped eating, and watched as Jiang Xuan finish off the remaining half of the cake bit by bit.

Jiang Xuan ate very elegantly, eating without making any noise, Jiaoyan jumped onto the counter, walking slowly to the cake step by step.

Jiang Xuan broke off some cake for it to lick, after licking it, it felt it was delicious, and then it rubbed its head over again, Jiang Xian gave it some cream again.

Lin Zimao wanted to tell him to stop feeding it, but looking at Jiaoyan’s figure, which was getting slimmer and slimmer every day, he stopped.

He poured two glasses of juice, handed one of them to Jiang Xuan, and then turned around to go upstairs.

Jiang Xuan stopped him: “Wait.”

Lin Zimao’s expression was indifferent: “What? Eat all my cake, I don’t have any more.”

When Lin Zimao turned his head, Jiang Xian raised his right index finger and gently wiped the corner of his mouth: “Got cream on it.”

Lin Zimao’s body stiffened.

He remembered that the last time the two had physical contact was when he was holding his wrist.

Lin Zimao took a step back, pressed the corner of his mouth that seemed to be scalded, and said with an unsteady breath: “Thank you, I’m going upstairs to sleep.”

He quickly turned around and went upstairs, but he didn’t realize that when he disappeared on the second floor, Jiang Xuan looked at the cream on his fingertips, then put it on the tip of his tongue and tasted it, it tasted better than the cake in the box.

What Jiang Xuan didn’t know was that Lin Zimao kept thinking about Jiang Xuan when he took a shower, his figure appeared in his mind when he was sleeping, and he even dreamed of him in his dreams…

When he woke up the next morning, Lin Zimao decisively took a shower, the whole person was not very energetic.

He thought he might be crazy.

They’re all men, aren’t they? He’s a man, too, how could he dream about him.

Today’s breakfast is a simple meal made by Jiang Xuan, boiled eggs, rice congee, side dishes, and steamed buns bought outside.

Lin Zimao sat across from him, his attention couldn’t help but fall⁴不由自主 (bù yóu zì zhǔ): can’t help; involuntarily (idiom); to not be able to restrain oneself; to feel an irresistible urge (to do something); can’t help but; spontaneously; in spite of oneself. on him again, Jiang Xian’s technique of peeling eggs was more skillful than him.

The image of last night’s dream flashed in his mind, he thought that he was too useless.

Lin Zimao finished his breakfast in a weak and dispirited manner, his mood was extremely depressed.

Jiang Xuan had already noticed that something was wrong with him this morning, so he called out to him before he left the house, and put his hand on his forehead: “What’s wrong with you? Dispirited and downcast⁵無精打采 (wú jīng dǎ cǎi): dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out; lackadaisical; downhearted., are you sick?”

Lin Zimao wasn’t sick, but he only felt that his forehead, which was gently caressed by Jiang Xuan was astonishingly hot.

There is someone you like, what are you doing touching his forehead?

“No touching.” Lin Zimao’s eyes suddenly flashed fiercely, he grabbed Jiang Xuan’s right index finger, bit hard, and then ran away.

It seems that after biting, he can forget what happened in the dream.

After Lin Zimao rushed out of the house and got on the bus, Jiang Xuan, who stood at the door for a long time, stared at the tooth marks on his fingers.

Jiaoyan is a small cat, Lin Zimao is a big cat.

Big or small cat bite people won’t be painful.

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  無論如何 (wú lùn rú hé): one way or another; whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means; in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; come what may.
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  避重就輕 (bì zhòng jiù qīng): to pick only the easy tasks to do; to take the easy way out; to avoid the major issues and only engage in the trivial ones; to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; always take the easy way out; deal with trifles but evade what is serious; evade major issues by going into minor ones; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones; Refers to avoiding heavy responsibilities and only picking the light ones to bear, also refers to avoiding the main points and talking only about the unimportant things.
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  T/N: This is much cuter in Chinese; “Then, call Jiang Xuan Ge, Jiang Xuan Gege, Xuan Gege, Gege?” as a side note, Cheng Chen call Jiang Xuan as Jiang Xuan Ge. I imagined he call this with a falsetto coquettishly.
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  不由自主 (bù yóu zì zhǔ): can’t help; involuntarily (idiom); to not be able to restrain oneself; to feel an irresistible urge (to do something); can’t help but; spontaneously; in spite of oneself.
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  無精打采 (wú jīng dǎ cǎi): dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out; lackadaisical; downhearted.