|| He’ll offend Tai Sui in Nanwu.
One second before the Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary was about to kiss Zhao Ruiwen square in the face, the phone in Song Yan’s pocket vibrated.
He took it out and took a look.
[Shitty Old Man]: I bought the watch you planned to give to Xia Zhiye. Pick it up in front of the school.
[Shitty Old Man]: I also brought your horribly ugly scarf.
Even in text format, it’s easy to sense Song Minghai’s reluctance and helplessness.
Although Song Yan was no longer obsessed with the watch, Song Minghai’s woes are music to his ears. Full of joy, he put down the English-Chinese dictionary in his hand and temporarily suspended his road to juvenile delinquency crime. He stood up and said, “I’ll go to the school gate.”
Xia Zhiye could guess who the sender of the message was. He lazily stood up after Song Yan. “I’ll go with you.”
Song Yan gave him a disdainful glance. “Are you free?”
“I’m just going to support you.” Xia Zhiye chuckled, hooking his arm around Song Yan’s shoulder. “Let’s go. With your Ye-gege’s protection, no one can bully our Yanyan.”
The two of them walked out of the classroom, arm in arm, bantering and joking with each other.
Unaware of the peril he had narrowly escaped, Zhao Ruiwen pushed up his glasses, clearly for his 800 degrees myopia, and mused, “Wow, the bond between Lord Xia and Yan-ge is really something. Such precious brotherly affection shouldn’t be disrupted just because they have a girlfriend now. Therefore, it’s truly imperative for us to have this couple camp! I’ll go talk to Zhou Ziqiu about it right away.”
After his soliloquy, he went out towards Class 13.
Little Fatty, who knew of the truth but had promised to help them “close their closet door”: “…”
If Zhao Ruiwen was assassinated, he’s willing to help bury his body this winter.
But fortunately, given Song Yan’s personality, he would definitely not agree to go camping with them. So Zhao Ruiwen should be able to survive until next spring.
Little Fatty sighed, carrying a large bag of gifts that were about to be returned, and embarked on a slow journey to protect his friends’ secret love.
Truly, ignorance is bliss – it’s very tiring to be the only person who knows the truth.
As for Song Yan, when he arrived at the school gate, he found something other than those two items. It was something not supposed to be there, leaning casually against the car door. He couldn’t help but mutter a curse.
Song Minghai didn’t put the items and left. This meant that he had something to say.
What comes out of Song Minghai’s mouth is most likely something that Song Yan wouldn’t want to hear.
Sure enough, when Song Minghai handed him the items, he leisurely assigned a task: “Come back to Beijing for your grandfather’s birthday on New Year’s Day. A driver will pick you up then.”
Song Lele’s grandfather is not his grandfather.
Just as Song Yan was about to firmly refuse, the arm resting on his shoulder tightened slightly, as if to offer reassurance. Then, he heard a relaxed and natural chuckle beside his ear, saying, “Uncle Song, isn’t this a coincidence? Song Yan just agreed to go camping with me, and we’ve already booked the tickets. It might not be appropriate to cancel now.”
‘Who is going camping with you?’
Song Yan was about to refute, but Xia Zhiye tightened his grip on his shoulder without changing his tone, causing Song Yan to swallow his rebuttal.
Song Minghai narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Xia Zhiye.
If it is said that Song Yan usually makes himself uncomfortable, it’s like a needle against wheat, an ice cube against an ice cube, a clash of hardness. They jab at each other a few times, but it’s still relatively easy to resolve.
Then this Xia Zhiye is like a needle hidden amidst a smile, always smiling and saying things that leave him unable to directly refute with confidence, but everywhere he manages to leave one feeling stifled. And to make matters worse, he has a good grandfather, so he can’t afford to offend him.
As a businessman, Song Minghai weighed the two and quickly came to a conclusion.
The better the relationship between Song Yan and Xia Zhiye was, the easier it was for him to approach Elder Xia.
After all, with the children from both families being so close, it’s quite common for the elders to frequently visit each other’s homes, share meals together, and so on.
As for the business in Nanwu, there’s no need to curry favor with Song Lele’s grandparents, as they couldn’t help him with his current venture.
So, in a manner befitting to a reasonable elder, he gently smiled and said, “In that case, could I trouble you to look after Xiao Yan? He’s not very good at taking care of himself, unlike you. Uncle will help prepare your camping equipment and such, I’ll leave them downstairs in your dormitory building. Remember to take them, and also remember to send me a photo to let me know you’re safe.”
“Uncle, thank you for the help.”
Xia Zhiye bid farewell to Song Minghai with a perfectly polite, courteous, and utterly insincere business-like smile.
When the Maybach’s tail lights completely disappeared from view, Song Yan turned around and walked towards the classroom with a cold face. “You can go camping, I won’t go.”
“What about your promise to send a photo to let him know you’re safe? And…” Xia Zhiye draped his arm around Song Yan’s shoulder, lowered his head, leaned in close to his ear, deliberately lowering his voice, mixing a hint of sensuality into it, “Don’t you want to experience the unique and ultimate “service” brought to you by a pure and handsome high school student in the wilderness? Hiss—”
As soon as he said that, Song Yan elbowed him and hissed, “Xia Zhiye, do you even have any shame?”
Xia Zhiye looked at his reddened ears as he attacked, pretending to be innocent. “Why am I shameless? I just want to help my boyfriend set up a tent in the wilderness, then build a bonfire, cook rice, grill barbeque, and things like that. Is it shameful for me to want to serve my boyfriend?”
Song Yan choked on pure air.
“Or…” Xia Zhiye lowered his voice, “What other special services do you think I’ll offer, eh?”
Song Yan instantly felt guilty.
Xia Zhiye couldn’t help but chuckle as he looked at Song Yan’s ears, which had gone from 30% red to 70% red. “Looks like our Young Master Song was very satisfied with yesterday’s service. But that kind of service isn’t something you can just get casually; it requires extra payment. 180 for one time, 350 for two times, 423 for three times. You can even get a discount for an annual membership card, with a minimum consumption of twice a week, no upper limit. Buy five, get two free. Interested?”
“…”
Fuck!
Song Yan kicked him hard until he flew.
However, Xia Zhiye was already prepared and swiftly dodged, then turned back with a smile. “Of course, if you prefer our roles to be reversed, you can also get it by paying three times the price!”
Three times your uncle!
‘Laozi’s service is only worth 540?!’
Song Yan, unable to bear it any longer, lifted his leg again, ready to kick Xia Zhiye into half-body paralysis. But then, he was stopped by Zhao Ruiwen, who had just rushed back from Class 13. He grabbed his waist and yelled, “Calm down! Yan-ge, calm down! Give Lord Xia another chance! Let’s finish camping first! I’ve also invited Zhou Ziqiu and his online dating partner. We’ll all have a good time for a few days, and all conflicts will be resolved!”
Even if he didn’t know the contradiction between Song Yan and Xia Zhiye, he felt that it was always right to mediate them.
After listening to Zhao Ruiwen’s words, Song Yan immediately forgot his intention to beat Xia Zhiye. He turned around, his normally indifferent expression was now filled with unbelievable shock. “Who did you say you called??”
“Zhou Ziqiu and his online dating partner, ah.”
“He agreed?”
“Yeah, he told me he’ll go, bringing his partner together.”
“…”
After a brief silence, Song Yan withdrew his legs, broke free from Zhao Ruiwen’s grasp, and resumed his indifferent tone. “Sorry, I can’t go camping anymore.”
“Why?”
Meeting Zhao Ruiwen’s clear and innocent eyes, Song Yan hesitated for a moment, and then replied, “I’m going back to Beijing to attend my grandfather’s birthday.”
“Ah… so that’s it…” The naive and pure Zhao Ruiwen’s tone was full of regret. He then turned to look at Xia Zhiye, “Then Lord Xia, what about you?”
“I, uh,” Xia Zhiye began, intending to say, “I’ll be following Yan-ge”, but he received a stern warning glare from Song Yan, so he quickly changed his tone. “I guess I won’t be able to go either.”
“Why?”
Zhao Ruiwen flashed his clear and innocent eyes again.
Xia Zhiye calmly smiled. “Because I want to stay and do social service.”
“Social services? What social services?”
Don’t mention Zhao Ruiwen, even Little Fatty was bewildered now. ‘What kind of advanced vocabulary is this?’
Only Song Yan understood instantly. He gritted his teeth and quickly explained before Xia Zhiye could say anything shameless again, “Xia Zhiye is planning to study abroad, and he’s going to prepare crucial documents for his application.”
“Ah, so that’s the case…”
The two seem to understand.
Even Little Fatty was convinced by those two reasons.
It seems like Lord Xia and Yan-ge really do have something to do on New Year’s Day.
“You sure you won’t go?”
Zhao Ruiwen asked again, with the last glimmer of hope twinkling on his pure-looking eyes.
Song Yan did not hesitate. “Mn, I’m sure I won’t go.”
“Ah, that’s a pity, the hot springs in Dongshan are so great this season.” Zhao Ruiwen was genuinely feeling disappointed.
Song Yan pretended to be natural and asked, “Are you going camping in Dongshan1literally “east mountain”?”
Zhao Ruiwen answered honestly. “Mn, and we’ll soak in the hot springs there.”
“What time do you get to the station?”
“I think about 7 PM, we’ll take the evening bus at East Station.”
“Mn. I see.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I’m just curious. I wish you a smooth journey and have a good time.”
Song Yan finished speaking and sat back in his seat, took out his phone, opened Baidu, and began searching for camping locations near Nanwu. Just then, he received a WeChat message from a certain someone who was sitting next to him.
[Big Dumbass]: Do you really want to go back to Beijing to attend your grandfather’s birthday?
Song Yan replied expressionlessly: [I’ll go with Song Minghai when I’m sick in the head.]
[Big Dumbass]: So, if you’re not going camping, how will you explain it to your father when there are no photos later?
[YAN]: I never say I won’t go camping. I just won’t go camping with them specifically.
[Big Dumbass]: What’s this? Is our Yan-ge planning to have a private time with me? Do you want to enjoy my ultimate service there?
[YAN]: Scram.
[Big Dumbass]: Then what else could it be?
[YAN]: For the sake of your best friend and my best friend.
[Big Dumbass]: ?
[YAN]: Maybe you don’t know, Zhou Ziqiu’s online dating partner is actually Shen Jiayan.
[Big Dumbass]: ???
[YAN]: Doesn’t matter if you don’t know. The thing is, Zhou Ziqiu doesn’t know it’s Shen Jiayan.
[Big Dumbass]: …
[YAN]: And Shen Jiayan only found out yesterday that they were online dating all along.
[Big Dumbass]: ……..
[YAN]: I have implored Shen Jiayan to take the initiative to confess his sins, but before he resolves this matter, do you think it’s appropriate for Zhou Ziqiu to propose elopement?
He knew Shen Jiayan’s level of intellect – it’s comparable to those of single-celled microbes.
He then thought about how Shen Jiayan presents himself online as a sweet and innocent loli from start to finish.
Then thinking about how for over a decade of his life, he’s never had feelings for anyone and firmly believes he’s a straight guy who cannot accept homosexual relationships for his good brother Zhou Ziqiu.
Xia Zhiye could probably make up the whole story, and then fell silent.
Just in time, Zhao Ruiwen at the front table turned back again, “Lord Xia, Yan-ge, are you two really not going?”
Xia Zhiye did not hesitate when he said, “Mn, I don’t have time, I want to do social service. Song Yan will go to Beijing to attend his grandfather’s birthday.”
Group camping for couples was a good idea.
But it wouldn’t be so nice if the said camping resulted in the death of a teenage boy.
But camping only with Song Yan means the two of them could afford being affectionate and sweet, spending romantic moments together alone. Just perfect for the two of them.
So on December 31st, Xia Zhiye and Song Yan showed up in front of the bus about to go to Xishan2literally “west mountain” at 6 PM with their camping tools.
One at 6 PM and one at 7 PM, one to Xishan and one to Dongshan. Perfect avoidance.
Although the motives might be complex, the outcome was still positive.
Indeed, being able to travel alone with Song Yan, and even staying overnight outdoors, should be a good experience, much better than having those gaggle of lightbulbs clumsily sticking around.
When a group goes on a wilderness outing, it’s called camping; but when it’s just two people, it’s called a date.
Xia Zhiye happily thought of that, and put his arms around Song Yan’s shoulders. “Boyfriend, do you think this is our first date?”
“Who is dating you? Also, can you please be a bit more mindful of the surroundings when we’re out? Don’t go around mentioning ‘boyfriend’ all the time.”
Song Yan shrugged off Xia Zhiye’s hand from his shoulder and stepped up onto the steps of the bus.
Xia Zhiye smiled and followed along his steps. “Don’t be shy, there is no one else here, and shouldn’t we hold hands on the first date… eh? Why are you stopping in place?”
Song Yan, who was previously walking steadily in front of him, raised his head and suddenly froze in his tracks.
Xia Zhiye followed his line of sight with a puzzled look and also froze in his tracks.
There, in the last row of the bus, sat three people they didn’t want to see at this moment.
And the three people who were supposed to board the bus to Dongshan at 7 PM were also looking at them now.
Their eyes meet, awkwardly and silently.
Little Fatty: “No time?”
Zhao Ruiwen: “Attending a birthday?”
Zhou Ziqiu: “Social Service?”
Song Yan: “…”
Xia Zhiye: “…”
At that moment, Song Yan suddenly remembered a long, long time ago, Shen Jiayan helped him find a Taoist master to calculate his fate.
He’ll offend Tai Sui in Nanwu3Thank you Rukaa for helping me! Raw CN: 他在南雾命犯太岁。 “命犯太岁” is something along the lines “having conflict with the five elements”, in other words he’ll be unlucky. Folks believe that because Tai Sui is the most powerful person, one cannot offend him, otherwise there will be disaster..
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