Recently, Yu Yao has been coming to Yu Jia Xing whether or not she has something, and the two of them are idle chatting face to face.
Everything Yu Yao said was related to Jing Fu Yuan, and Yu Jia Xing occasionally started his conversation with the name ‘Jing Fu Yuan’.
When Yu Yao had finished talking about her cousin, she finally couldn’t help but say to Yu Jia Xing: “You really don’t talk much.”
Yu Jia Xing blinked his eyes and looked down, delaying for two seconds before saying, “Sorry……”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Yu Yao was busy waving her hands, “I just thought that you are so cute and also my brother-in-law1raws actually said sister-in-law since there is no term in Chinese to refer to an older brother’s wife, I took the liberty to change it to brother, so I wanted to get closer to you. I was the one who started the conversation, so don’t mind.”
Yu Jia Xing looked up: “……Brother-in-law?”
“Yeah.” Yu Yao smiled, “Brother-in-law.”
Recently, the weather was very hot and the weather forecast said that it would rain but it hasn’t rained yet, Yu Jia Xing felt that he was already dizzy from the heat. But was Yu Yao saying that as a disguised recognition of himself?
This was important. I must speak to Jing Fu Yuan when I see him later.
Yu Jia Xing made a mental note of it and faced Yu Yao with a slightly shy smile. Yu Yao was dazzled by the smile and she giggled along.
When they saw Jing Fu Yuan at noon, the two discussed the dinner issue and finally settled on a snack downstairs, Yu Jia Xing couldn’t wait to speak: “Your sister said……”
“So hot?” Jing Fu Yuan saw that he had sweat on the tip of his nose, so he bent his finger and scraped his nose, “What’s up with Yu Yao?”
Yu Jia Xing was made to forget what to say next by this action of Jing Fu Yuan, his eyes staring straight at Jing Fu Yuan.
“What’s wrong?”
Yu Jia Xing acted mysterious and hooked his fingers: “You come over a little.”
Jing Fu Yuan came closer and Yu Jia Xing kissed him on the cheek, before he curled his eyes and smiled, his white teeth showing, not knowing what he was pleased with, “It’s so hot ah.”
“En.” Jing Fu Yuan knocked him on the forehead, “A kiss and you’re not hot anymore?”
Yu Jia Xing blinked wickedly: “One more kiss and it won’t be hot anymore.”
Jing Fu Yuan lowered his head and kissed his forehead, nodded his head and said: “There’s watermelon at home, it’s chilled in the fridge, I have class this afternoon, you remember to cut it up and eat it when you get back.”
“Oh.” Yu Jia Xing covered his forehead and smiled sweetly, after a while, two palms clapped together, “Your sister calls me brother-in-law!”
Jing Fu Yuan surveyed him: “You’re very happy?”
“I’m happy ah.” Yu Jia Xing looked at his smirking expression and hurriedly explained, “It’s not because of the address, it’s because……Ge you don’t smile!”
“Why not smile?” Jing Fu Yuan pinched the tip of his finger, “Xing’er is all smiling.”
Yu Jia Xing made a face at him and Jing Fu Yuan pinched his fingertip.
“Anyway I am just happy. Yu Yao is so cute.”
Jing Fu Yuan pinched his face, “She’s cute? You haven’t seen her jumping up and down.”
Ever since Yu Yao first told Yu Jia Xing about Jing Fu Yuan’s childhood, Yu Jia Xing thought Yu Yao was a super cute and understanding girl! So although he couldn’t say much to Yu Yao, in his heart he had already classified Yu Yao as a friend.
When Jing Fu Yuan saw that Yu Jia Xing didn’t answer, he pulled his face again and asked: “Is she cute or am I cute?”
Yu Jia Xing’s eyes widened, “Ge, you are so childish.”
Jing Fu Yuan licked his lips, also feeling a little embarrassed, patted Yu Jia Xing’s head, “Hurry home, what if you get a heatstroke in this heat?”
Yu Jia Xing nodded and said: “I’m leaving then?”
“Wait a minute.” Jing Fu Yuan pressed the back of Yu Jia Xing’s head and kissed him, “To cool you down.”
Yu Jia Xing took a book to cover his face, only revealing a pair of eyes, his eyelashes curling and trembling, looking heartwarming.
“Ge.”
“En?”
Yu Jia Xing took the book away and pouted at Jing Fu Yuan and blew a flying kiss, “Miu2this was written in English!”
Jing Fu Yuan laughed.
Yu Jia Xing got on the bus and Jing Fu Yuan sent over a text message.
Yuan Ge Ge: [Xing’er is the cutest.]
Yu Jia Xing buried his face into the open book, trying to let the cold book cool him down.
Yu Jia Xing’s previous note3on Chinese chat apps, you can add a note to a contact to remind you of certain things, eg. Sam, note: work colleague. for Jing Fu Yuan was ‘Ge’, but it was later changed to ‘Yuan Ge Ge’ by Jing Fu Yuan.
Because Yu Jia Xing’s phone lock had Jing Fu Yuan’s fingerprints, so Jing Fu Yuan could turn his phone on and off at will. The other day, Jing Fu Yuan took his phone and fiddled with it for half a day, and when he returned it he deliberately flipped through it and was stunned when he saw ‘Yuan Ge Ge’ in his address book, looked at the mobile phone and looked at Jing Fu Yuan himself. After looking at it back and forth several times, he couldn’t help but say, “Ge, I didn’t expect you to be so men sao4闷骚 (mèn sāo): generally refers to a person who is quiet on the outside but fanatical on the inside. Such people do not easily express and expose personal emotions and emotional changes, but in specific occasions or environments, they often behave unexpectedly..”
Jing Fu Yuan pushed him to the bed and bullied him, and lowered his voice in his ear and said, “‘Sao’ for you to see?”
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In the afternoon, dark clouds covered the sky and it was overcast. Yu Jia Xing was looking forward to the rain, but now he didn’t care about the cooler temperature, all he could think about was whether Jing Fu Yuan had an umbrella or not.
Yu Jia Xing called, but Jing Fu Yuan probably put his phone on silent in class and didn’t answer it.
When Jing Fu Yuan called back, it was already raining outside and Yu Jia Xing asked him if he had an umbrella with him.
Jing Fu Yuan: “I have it, don’t come down, I’ll be back soon.”
“Okay Da Xiong Di5大兄弟 (dà xiōng dì): Also translates as big brother but slightly different, it is more generic whereas Ge only refers to older brother. Xiong Di is more like male sibling, like saying you have male siblings at home. Xiong = older brother, Di = younger brother. It’s a bit hard to explain 😅 Anyway you can think of Ge as more intimate..”
“What did you call me?”
“Da……Ge!”
Jing Fu Yuan laughed lightly, “Smartass.”
It wasn’t raining hard yet, so Jing Fu Yuan returned home and opened his umbrella and put it in the living room.
Yu Jia Ying sat up from the sofa and stuck his back in: “Now here’s the problem!”
Jing Fu Yuan looked at him.
“It’s raining and we can’t go out, what’s for dinner?”
“What’s there in the fridge?”
“Eggs.”
“What else?”
“Eggs.”
Jing Fu Yuan raised his eyebrows: “And eggs?”
“Wah you’re so smart.” Yu Jia Xing exaggeratedly opened his arms, “Come and bo ji6啵唧 (bo jī): Sorry I can’t think of an English equivalent of this, it’s a cute way of saying kiss. Like JP’s chu~.“
Jing Fu Yuan was very cooperative and walked over to hug and kiss him.
“I ran into Yu Yao this afternoon.” In the kitchen Jing Fu Yuan cracked the eggs into a bowl, “She said you were shy.”
Yu Jia Xing was playing at the side, and when heard that, he said modestly: “Generally shy, I guess.”
“Isn’t this quite eloquent?” Jing Fu Yuan handed the beaten eggs to Yu Jia Xing.
Yu Jia Xing held the bowl with both hands, “It might be better if we were more familiar……I’m slow to warm up ba, ai Ge if you say it like this, I also feel a bit stupid.”
Jing Fu Yuan turned back to look at Yu Jia Xing, Yu Jia Xing lowered his head to look at the eggs in the bowl looking out of focus, not knowing what he was thinking, Jing Fu Yuan sighed and said: “This is already very good.”
This is already very good.
All the special treatment were reserved for him and only him.
Jing Fu Yuan reached out to rub Yu Jia Xing’s earlobe and Yu Jia Xing raised his head.
“Just talk a lot to me only.” Jing Fu Yuan couldn’t help but say what was on his mind as well, but the thought was too dark, he lowered his eyes and added, “This is my selfish thoughts, just pretend you didn’t hear it.”
“I’ve already heard it.” Yu Jia Xing held his head up, his Adam’s apple visible, and Jing Fu Yuan wanted to take a bite out of it, but of course he knew that he couldn’t take back what he had said, so saying that was just a grand excuse for his selfishness.
“Ge, the pot is boiling.”
“En.” Jing Fu Yuan answered and took the bowl from Yu Jia Xing’s hand.
As the dishes came out of the pot, Yu Jia Xing quietly looked at Jing Fu Yuan, “Ge?”
“En?”
“What kind of stuffy vinegar are you eating?”
Jing Fu Yuan was a little discouraged, feeling childish and feeling unable to not care. The thought that his kid would be talking and laughing with someone else made him care a little. It’s not that he wants to restrict his right to make friends, it’s just that……
Jing Fu Yuan felt that he was talking about falling in love like adopting a son, worried about here and there, afraid that his position in his heart would decline, and afraid that he would make the child impatient if he stared too closely.
Yu Jia Xing brought the rice to the table, “Anyway, no matter what you’re jealous of, my likes are unique.” He deliberately put on a serious face, and smiled again when he turned his head to look at Jing Fu Yuan, “Congratulations on winning the lottery, my like is only for you.”
The cloud of sadness on Jing Fu Yuan’s heart was dispelled by Yu Jia Xing’s words, after being together for so long, he had thought his heart was so full that it was overflowing, but every time Yu Jia Xing would surprise him. After the surprise, he would find that he liked the person in front of him even more and would continue to do so.
He took Yu Jia Xing’s hand and raised it to his eyes and kissed it, “It’s an honour, My prince7written in English.”
