Title: 不正经关系 (Improper Relationship)
Author：御小凡 (Yu Xiaofan)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists ：严海安 (Yan Hai’an – MC), 孙言 (Sun Yan – ML)
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Probably the cold medicine before going to bed worked well on him. Yan Hai’an slept well that night. However, his wrist was really painful. He didn’t care at first and just casually put the ointment presented by Sun Ling into the drawer. As a result, when he woke up the next day, he found that his wrist was blue. This thing was too conspicuous. Yan Hai’an had to choose a watch with a broad band to wear on his right hand so that he could cover it up.
He knew that he was very serious and this seriousness came from his bad mood. Yan Hai’an wanted to control it so he tried his best to indulge himself in work.
He should contact the news media about the financial statements of the exhibition…
“Good morning.”
The little girl at the front desk, Li Jinjing, looked at the big boss and she was paralyzed in fear. Why is the boss’s face so tense? Why does he seem to be angry at people all the time?
She kept recalling whether she had made mistakes at work, and said carefully: “Good morning.”
In order to ease the atmosphere, Yan Hai’an smiled at her.
Li Jinjing: “…”
The smile was as if he was saying: “I know what you’ve done. Hehe. I just want to see if you are conscious or not. You better hurry up and confess to get less scolding“, but she thought to herself that she really haven’t done anything wrong recently! Is it because she took a long time to eat breakfast in the morning? Or she went out too early for lunch? Or was what in her mobile phone been found out? Which one is it?!
Yan Hai’an entered the back office. With a curious heart, Li Jinjing thought for a long time and began to clean the table. Her colleague, Wu Fang, arrived late and was surprised: “Why are you so diligent today? Why are you cleaning the table so early in the morning?”
Li Jinjing pointed upstairs: “I feel that the big boss is in a bad mood today.”
“Why is that? I think that he was in a good mood recently.” Wu Fang put the bag under the table, “Did he quarrel with the little boss?”
Li Jinjing wondered: “No way. They’ve argued before. But every time the little boss is the one unhappy. When is it that the big boss ever been unhappy?”
Two equally handsome young bosses who have a good relationship are the favourite product of gossip among colleagues. The two chatted for a while, reviewed the old and learned new things, and added new content. When the teacher who will teach the guests and the first guest arrived, they went back to their places and worked hard. After all, the boss is feeling unhappy for some reason. So it’s always right for the workers to be careful.
“Hey.”
Li Jinjing immediately put down her handphone, raised her head and smiled. She then looked straight ahead.
Wu Fang touched her again: “Look outside.”
The studio is on the second floor of a commercial building and outside the door is the passage of the shopping mall. Li Jinjing followed her eyes and looked out. She saw nothing but people.
She said, “You startled me. I thought the boss came out.”
“Did you see that person outside? He has been standing at our door for a long time. What is he doing?” Wu Fang wondered, “Why does he look familiar?”
After her explanations, Li Jinjing noticed the man who was facing the door of their studio, leaning against the railing, smoking with his head down. He looked up towards them from time to time.
He doesn’t look like a good person.
“Wow, when did he start to stand there?” Li Jinjing probed, but afraid of being discovered. She hurriedly looked back.
Wu Fang said: “Since a long time. I already took a look before.”
It’s almost dinner time. What is that person at the door trying to do?
Yan Hai’an sat in the office for a long time. Because of the pain in his hand, he didn’t do anything. He only answered a phone call halfway through. His eldest brother Yan Haijian called because he was determined to bring his son to B City to hang out in the summer vacation and see the world. Originally, he also wanted to ask a distant relative who was a teacher in B city to get the kid to go to high school in B city, just like Yan Hai’an did. It’s just that Yan Hai’an’s dismissal from the school caused a bad impact and now their family has no contact with the school.
After confirming the itinerary with Yan Haijian, Yan Hai’an was idle again. Today, Mo Yisheng went out for a ride early in the morning and it is estimated that he will not come back all day. This causes him to have nothing to do.
Even so, he didn’t want to rub the medicine on his wrist. Because the medicine would smell and people would know where his body was injured as soon as they smelled it. In any way, he is very unaccustomed to showing weakness in front of others.
Yan Hai’an knew that he couldn’t go on like this. So he had been decadent all morning and it was time for him to do something. But he felt like a big stone was pressed into his heart. He felt so dull he couldn’t breathe. And the feeling that he had lost something was like a sharp needle that kept poking at his brain. It was painful and annoying.
In the past, when he had nothing to think about, he would think about Mo Yisheng. He would think about whether this child had eaten or not, whether he had gotten up or not, and whether he had been drawing to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat again. Sometimes, he feels like a helpless single mother, focusing on her only son and nothing else.
“Ugh……”
Yan Hai’an sighed. The emotions of last night flashed through his heart, making him return to the rational thinking he was accustomed to. Although Sun Yan’s words yesterday were too extreme, his own reaction was not necessary.
They are, after all, just bed partners. They have no responsibilities to each other other than physical hygiene. He thought to himself mockingly that he definitely wanted more than that. But he didn’t give anything of the same level to the other person, so it was only natural to get such a result.
Maybe if half of the energy that was put on Mo Yisheng was allocated to Sun Yan, things would be completely different.
The whole thing was a mess. Yan Hai’an was going to think about it later so he stood up and walked out of the office, planning to watch the students’ paintings. As soon as he went out, Wu Fang greeted him: “Big boss, someone has been standing at our door for a long time and I don’t know what to do.”
Yan Hai’an frowned and looked out the glass door.
He only saw pedestrians occasionally pass by but he didn’t see anyone like what Wu Fang ha said.
Wu Fang was also surprised: “He was still there just now…”
“If you find something wrong, just call the police directly.” Yan Hai’an said perfunctorily and turned around to say hello to the teacher in class.
Good-looking people are always popular. He and Mo Yisheng are very popular with the students. Many female members sign up only because of these two people. As soon as Yan Hai’an passed by, a girl asked, “Teacher, why can’t I draw anything here?”
The copy she chose is Van Gogh’s sunflower. The student is probably a real handicap since the painted flowers are very damaged. Yan Hai’an leaned down and took the paintbrush to help her make adjustments: “It’s better to draw the lines here like this…”
There was a very natural and light fragrance on him. And when he was close at this time, people could smell it if there was no other smell around. The girl’s face turned a little red. In fact, she had no other intentions, but it was quite pleasant to be close to such a pleasing person.
“I’m joining a class.”
A faint voice came from the front desk and Yan Haian’s movements stopped. He froze for a moment before continuing to draw as if he had heard nothing.
Simple copying is very simple for those who have learned it. But a few strokes can save the painting that was already bad. He returned the brush to the girl and straightened himself up. He is eager to go back to the office and sit for a while to calm down.
“Your gold card member is here. Don’t you need to give me a one-on-one guidance?”
The voice came behind him, obviously talking to him.
Yan Hai’an turned around. He was panicked in his heart but he put on a business-style smile on his face as if he was in an emergency: “Mr. Sun…”
Sun Yan didn’t look at him. He was staring coldly at the girl who was drawing just now. His gaze was so malicious that the girl noticed it. She couldn’t help turning her head suspiciously to look at the two of them. When she saw Sun Yan’s angry face facing her, she couldn’t help but feel that things were a little off.
“Mr. Sun.” Yan Hai’an couldn’t let him scare his students, so he had to take the initiative to greet him, “What’s the matter with you?”
Sun Yan withdrew his gaze, but did not look at Yan Hai’an. He lowered his eyes, which made him completely lose his previous arrogance. He instead looked like a big cat that fell into the water, with all of its hair drooping down.
He didn’t speak for a long time and just stood there on a standstill with Yan Hai’an. With the two men on a standstill, the female student behind them felt very uncomfortable and couldn’t draw anymore.
Yan Hai’an asked again tentatively, “Mr. Sun, what’s the matter with you?”
The trace of expectation in his words was so small that even he himself didn’t even notice it.
Sun Yan kept his posture without looking at him and said, “I got a member card here before and I’m attending class today.”
His voice was a little hoarse, combined with the smoky tobacco smell on his body. He probably smoked too much.
This card was given to Sun Yan when he was chasing after Mo Yisheng. Yan Hai’an thought he had forgotten about it, but he didn’t expect him to come to class today.
In any case, after spending money with them, Sun Yan is still the customer. Yan Hai’an was a little nervous. He rubbed his fingers together, nodded and said, “No problem. You signed up for the full course. I will ask them to arrange a place for you. In a while, the teacher will specially come to guide you.”
Most of the courses they offer are hobby classes. Even if you copy a painting you like, the fee for testing the size is only a few hundred yuan. At the beginning, Sun Yan applied for the most expensive one. The most expensive thing here is the complete course, starting from the most basic lines and training people to be as good as a professional painter.
Sun Yan didn’t know anything about it and he didn’t care to read about the content before: “Who is my teacher?”
Yan Hai’an dutifully said: “Our best teacher is Mr. Wang Ruo here. He happened to be here today.”
Wang Ruo is different from other part-timers. Although he is also working part-time, his main job is a teacher at a college. The only problem is that his time is not fixed and students need to make an appointment with him in advance.
Sun Yan was originally subtle, but a few words later revealed his true nature. He looked up at Yan Hai’an in dissatisfaction: “I spent tens of thousands of dollars to find such a person to teach me?”
The female student has completely entered the state of gossiping. Yan Hai’an stopped Sun Yan, took two steps to the side, and lowered his voice: “Mr. Sun, I hope you can learn to respect others.”
Yan Hai’an said this with a bit of accusation, which reminded Sun Yan of the quarrel between the two of them last night. His attitude disappeared in an instant. But his character is prone to be someone who is not obedient and admits his mistakes: “I just want to say… Why is it so expensive? Shouldn’t you let me choose my own teacher then?”
Why is it expensive? You’re even willing to spend ¥700,000 worth of paintings without batting an eye, but the tuition fee of ¥35,000 is too expensive? You seem to be trying to joke with me, Yan Hai’an thought.
Yan Hai’an seriously doubted whether Sun Yan knew how much he had paid. He himself helped him to swipe the card and the guy didn’t even look at the amount.
But anyway, this guy is now a customer. Yan Hai’an asked: “Who are you going to choose? Mo Yisheng can’t do it. He is very busy and doesn’t have that much time.”
He didn’t mean anything else when he said this, just stating the facts. However, when it came to Mo Yisheng, especially when Yan Hai’an popped out this name from his own mouth, Sun Yan not only wanted to explode in anger. But he seemed to also physically explode on the spot.
He said: “Yan Hai’an, I solemnly tell you, if you mention this name in front of me in the future…”
Yan Hai’an looked at him, a little curious about what cruel words he was going to say.
Sun Yan saw Yan Haian staring at him without blinking. He involuntarily swallowed the threat behind him.
He is really depressed to death.
He always felt that if he continued chasing after this person, sooner or later he would be unable to step on the brake pedal. But in this world, people are always caught between life and death. It doesn’t matter if people who are casual friends come and go, but it is too painful for those who are important to leave.
Maybe Sun Ling is right. He is a coward.
Of course, none of these matters. The important thing is that Sun Yan felt that he couldn’t stop the car anymore.
When exactly did this start? Is it because he was too superficial that I started to pay attention when I found out that this person looks much better than I thought? Was it the discovery of the claws beneath his well-mannered surface that led to this? Or is it because I discovered that the painting that had accompanied me for many years was painted by him? Sun Yan thought.
He was too curious about Yan Hai’an.
And curiosity… can lead to too many unimaginable things.
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Next update: 2022.06.13
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*Translator’s note: I’m updating only once a week this week. I’m sorry I’m going to Thailand today for a holiday. I won’t have time to work. Love you guys! You can still contact me on discord to yell at me hehe. -K
