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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Sun Yan lightly patted his face with one hand: “Are you alright?”
Yan Hai’an shuddered: “It’s okay.”
No matter what, Sun Yan thinks that this can only be because of the person just now: “Did that person bully you just now? Huh? You don’t be afraid. I’ll take you back to beat him.”
Yan Hai’an looked a little lost before but he immediately laughed when he heard this sentence. He shook his head: “No. The relationship between that person and me was pretty good back then.”
“Oh.” Sun Yan restrained his suspicious look. Even though he could see that there was an inside story, he didn’t ask any more. But he still said forcefully, “Look at your pale face. You look like a ghost. I told you earlier that we should be staying in a hotel on a hot day with air conditioning.”
Yan Hai raised the corner of his mouth. He then lowered his eyes and replied, “Hmm.”
After only watching half of the exhibition, the two went back to the hotel in advance. Seeing that he wanted to be quiet, Sun Yan didn’t want to mess with him. He only ordered Su Yin to go to an old-fashioned restaurant to pack a table of food and bring back to the hotel to eat.
Because of him watching, Yan Hai’an still pretended to eat like there was nothing wrong with him. At night, Sun Yan, who was always horny, didn’t do anything. He only bear-hugged Yan Hai’an and they went to bed on time.
Yan Hai’an had a dream.
In the dream, he was still the hillbilly who just came from the country. He dressed in rustic clothes and didn’t understand anything about life in the city. If he tried to imitate other people’s behaviour, he would only make himself appear nondescript. It will make his classmates and teachers laugh. He was the best student locally. But when he arrived at the high school in City B, he found that he was nothing special.
However, he has been spoiled by his small hometown and he refuses to let go of his worthless pride here. He will beat up anyone who wants to laugh at his accent, regardless of their gender. As a result, the bullies in the school called it a righteous siege. How could they tolerate such a small country bumpkin to make a fortune in their own territory? But Yan Hai’an was not afraid of anyone and would fight even when they came in groups!
In the end, he was beaten with blood all over his head and the one who took the lead was worse than him. Because no matter how many beatings he received, he only caught the leading beating and he was afraid of hitting the opponent.
Yan Hai’an became a well-known problem in the school. Even the poor students in the school did not want to hang out with him. He didn’t mind. He doesn’t look down on them anyway.
It should have been at that time that he started to like to draw. At first, he just sketched out of boredom. Later, he found that he was actually good at it. So he became more and more dedicated to it. He didn’t think much about it. However, the atmosphere of anger continued to linger in him.
Just when he was living in isolation in the school like this, Feng Yiqing commented on the drawing he made at the corner of his Chinese homework: The drawing is very good. Are you learning to draw?
Probably new teachers have such enthusiasm and perseverance. They feel that all students can be taught and try to influence every child even those who have gone down the wrong path.
Obviously, this handsome, slightly shy language teacher wanted to save Yan Hai’an.
Yan Hai’an, as a middle sophomore in the rebellious period, spent a lot of time with him. He chased after him. But after all, he is only a teenage boy, so what kind of hatred does he have for this world? Not to mention that this was the first kindness he received from others after suffering a long period of cold violence there. After all, he was like a thirsty lamb who fell headlong into the river.
The admiration for the male elders continued to grow in his heart and Yan Hai’an rushed to the front in his language scores. Even his Mandarin had gained standard improvement.
Feng Yiqing said that he hoped that he would stop conflicting with others, which would not be good for him or others. Yan Hai’an would never fight with anyone again. Even if he was blocked by the youths from other schools who came to beat him, he would just let himself be beaten silently.
Feng Yiqing said that academic performance is not everything. If he really loves painting, he can try to develop towards this path. He likes Yan Hai’an’s paintings very much. Yan Haian wanted to paint more beautiful paintings for him to see.
Staying away, approaching and getting entangled, he exchanged all the persistence that a teenager could have in exchange for Feng Yiqing’s response.
They were really happy for a while. Until he was in the third year of high school, he refused to ask for money from his family. He secretly worked in a bar in order to take the college entrance examination art training class and Feng Yiqing also changed from an intern teacher to a homeroom teacher…
Yan Hai’an woke up from the dream, suddenly not knowing the time.
The curtains were drawn, but the light inside was dim, and the summer rainstorm was falling outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Yan Hai’an got up slowly. The air conditioner was still on in the room. He felt cold when the sheets fell off his body.
He sat on the bed in a daze watching the pouring rain.
There were no rainy days in his memory of his high school times. Of course, this was impossible. But he didn’t remember any. Even on the worst day of his life, the weather was clear. It was neither too cold nor too hot. It was a good day.
Should he go back and say goodbye?
Sun Yan turned over, put his hand on the side and felt that it was empty. He opened his eyes,and woke up: “What time is it now? Damn it, are you awake all this time?”
Yan Hai’an turned his head, leaned over and hugged Sun Yan who was about to get up. The two lay back on the bed.
“I’m still a little sleepy.” Yan Hai’an hugged him, “The air conditioner is too cold.”
“Oh…” Sun Yan was a little flattered. He put his arms around Yan Hai’an and hurriedly pulled the sheet over their shoulders with the other, “Then let’s lie down for a while?”
Yan Hai’an replied in a low voice, “Hmm.”
He has rarely been so good-natured. This humming made Sun Yan’s heart soften and he felt the urge to stuff the whole world into Yan Hai’an’s bag. He hugged a little tighter and asked as if coaxing a child, “What’s the matter?”
Yan Hai’an rested his forehead on his chest and shook his head.
Will this person be different? Yan Hai’an wondered.
“If…” His voice was barely audible, “if one day you want to part with me, you must tell me directly.”
Sun Yan was startled and wanted to look at his face, but he only saw the top of his head: “What nonsense are you talking about? If everything is good, why should we separate?”
Yan Hai’an just let out a muffled smile. A person like Sun Yan would neither aggrieved himself to delay time. Nor will he be disdainful to play tricks. If he doesn’t want it, then he doesn’t want it. There is no need to lie to anyone in this guy’s life: “That’s right. You are not that kind of person…”
His voice fell. It was as if he had fallen asleep again.
Sun Yan frowned and hugged him. After a long time, he lowered his head and kissed him on the top of his head.
***
Yan Hai’an started moving when he returned to City B, which was actually quite fast. While Sun Yan was on a business trip to a small town again, he dragged a suitcase by himself and moved.
Although Sun Yan hadn’t stayed there before, he had all the furniture and electrical appliances. It was like a show house. When he decided to come here, he asked the housekeeper to clean it up a few times and then remotely directed Su Yin to buy all kinds of towels, cups, and such. The small objects are arranged one by one at home.
He had really settled in.
The first thing to face in cohabitation is eating. Yan Hai’an hasn’t cooked for a long time. He and Mo Yisheng usually eat takeout in the studio. Sun Yan was even less likely to cook. So Su Yin had already found someone for them, who would come twice a day to make lunch and dinner, clean the house by the way, and then hire someone else to do the cleaning on weekends, which was very convenient for them.
Yan Hai’an is not used to being served like this. What does it look like when people come and go in his home every day to take the initiative to cook? When Sun Yan heard about it, he happily fiddled with him. But unfortunately, even if the things he made had added points for love, it was really not a good thing and it was quite disappointing.
Sun Yan barely ate half of his food and proposed a solution: “Either we go out to eat every time or just order takeout?”
Yan Hai’an couldn’t argue so he could only compromise: “Forget it, let the person come. I’ll learn slowly.”
Asking Sun Yan to learn it is simply a fantasy. Yan Hai’an had no choice but to learn it on his own. And the first step is to download some recipes.
But in a short period of time, Yan Hai’an couldn’t make a special trip to learn how to cook. Mo Yisheng was a bit in a hurry when he was away from him for a while and he had to go back every day to have a look. Running non-stop, he had to try his best to appease Sun Yan, who didn’t want to listen to his explanation and wanted to throw eight or nine babysitters at Mo Yisheng.
In a way, his life has become a new routine. As long as Sun Yan does not go on business, every morning after running with Sun Yan, he will go directly to the studio in Sun Yan’s car.
Because now Sun Yan is procrastinating in bed in the morning and dragging him to stay in bed together, the time he arrives at the company is not as early as before.
There is no way to work overtime at night. Even if Sun Yan doesn’t come to pick him up, he will call him to come home in a series of calls. They then will eat, have sex, and sleep.
It was like that everytime.
Mo Yisheng asked, “Hai’an, are you really in a relationship? No, you… Are you actually married without telling me?”
As he said that, he looked down at Yan Haian’s hand, as if he was looking for a ring.
Yan Hai’an: “…”
Yan Haian changed the subject and said, “Have you thought about what to paint for the competition?”
“Ah, I want to paint a portrait this time.” Mo Yisheng laughed, “But I haven’t figured out who to look for as a model. Do you want to be my model?”
Yan Hai’an shook his hand: “Forget it. There’s nothing good to paint about me.”
His phone rang again. This was the sixth time in ten minutes. A vein popped out of Yan Hai’an’s forehead, and he picked it up: “What are you doing?! It’s not time for me to go home yet.”
Sun Yan said: “Hurry down. I’ve waited for you for a long time.”
Yan Hai’an lowered his voice and said, “What the hell are you doing?”
Sun Yan repeated: “Come down. Or I’ll come up and drag you down.”
You can’t deal with this person who loves to play a rogue. Yan Hai’an took a deep breath, turned to Mo Yisheng and said, “I’ll go out a bit beforehand. You can estimate the time. Then I’ll call to ask you if you have eaten. Did you hear me?”
“What?” No matter how idiotic Mo Yisheng was, he found that Yan Hai’an wasn’t as concerned about himself as before. But he wouldn’t quarrel with his good friend because of this. He just couldn’t help but couldn’t control his emotions. Knowing where the call was coming from, he pouted and said angrily, “Your lover is so strict even when you live together.”
Yan Hai’an couldn’t help laughing when he saw him like this: “Okay. I’ll bring you your favourite cake tomorrow. I’ll leave early today. There’s really something to do.”
Mo Yisheng didn’t answer. He only watched him leave. He fell back on the sofa depressedly, pulled the pillow and hugged: “Don’t always treat me like a child…”
Yan Hai’an hurriedly went downstairs. After walking around, he didn’t see Sun Yan’s flamboyant sports cars. A horn sounded in the distance, distracting him and only then did he find the SUV parked twenty metres away.
“Hey, this car can already be picked up?” Yan Hai’an planned to say a few words to Sun Yan, but as soon as he saw the car, he understood that this guy brought the car here for himself. It was not completely unreasonable, “Thank you. But you can tell me about it. I can go get it myself.”
Sun Yan glanced at him: “Strap in.”
Without his reminder, Yan Hai’an had already pulled the seat belt and fastened: “We’ll go home?”
As soon as Sun Yan stepped on the accelerator, Yan Hai’an realised that the route was not the one going back to his residence within a moment: “Where are we going? Out for dinner?”
Sun Yan still didn’t speak.
Seeing that this guy was going to hang his appetite to the end, Yan Hai’an simply didn’t ask. He would know the location anyway.
Forty minutes later, Sun Yan stopped.
Yan Hai’an was already stunned.
Sun Yan unlocked the car door. He turned his head to the school gate and said to him, “Today your school celebrates your reunion. I’m afraid you have forgotten about it. Go ahead. I’ll wait for you here.”
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Next update: 2022.07.25
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*Translator’s Note: Sun Yan is so sweet. You guys might not know it yet but he actually went to find out about what happened to Yan Hai’an in school and brought him back to the school to resolve the knot in Yan Hai’an’s heart for years. -K
