“I haven’t said anything yet.” Qin Cheng felt that Jian Heng’s refusal was inexplicable, but then he thought that if the school tyrant followed him every day, he would not be able to eat or sleep well, and it is very likely that he would not be able to study well. He felt a little embarrassed and his tone softened a lot, “You can do your homework on my bed. I’ll prepare a small table for you. You can choose peanuts, melon seeds, beer, or tea at will. I’ll play games without voice chat.”
Jian Heng didn’t say anything. He stood up and walked out, leaving him with a cold back.
Qin Cheng followed him and became curious again; this brother, your temper is as taut as a string and fierce as a heavy rain.
But it doesn’t matter. Generally speaking, when he needs help from others, his temper is still very good.
“Hey,” Qin Cheng called out to him, “I’m going to play Plants vs. Zombies without a keyboard. I won’t disturb your sleep, okay?”
Jian Heng walked into the bathroom without any response and closed the door.
Qin Cheng stood outside the door, like a blockhead chasing a girl. He knocked on the door and leaned his head against it: “Please be considerate of me, a poor bastard. I’ll treat you to a meal next month.”
The sound of water splashing in the bathroom.
Qin Cheng was silent for a while.
Next month, he wants to take his mother to the hospital for a complete physical examination, which requires money. It just so happens that this month the platform has a game zone anchor popularity competition, and the first prize is 30,000 yuan1T/N: Currently, this is around 4,135 USD..
He wanted it, or rather he had to have it.
In the past, the bonus would have been his for sure, but this month, he not only missed one day of work but was also late for several days. If he didn’t work harder, he would be in trouble.
From the day he took on the burden of supporting his family, the situation at home made him dare not make any mistakes. This time, this series of accidents was like the roof was leaking when it was raining all night.
Qin Cheng sighed, a flash of fatigue passing through his eyes, quickly disappearing.
His acting skills were on point, and his tone suddenly dropped, appealing to his emotions: “Student Jian Heng, if you don’t think about me, think about your Auntie Song. If I don’t make money, how will your Auntie Song live? Think about it, think about it carefully2你想，你细想 (nǐ xiǎng, nǐ xì xiǎng): T/N: Might be an alternative form of the catch phrase 你品, 你細品 (nǐ pǐn, nǐ xì pǐn), lit. you savor it, slowly, this saying is used jokingly by Chinese netizens to ask another person to think something over and try to figure out the implied meaning. The saying caught on after a funny short video was liked many times on Douyin, in which a man was trying to persuade his wife to give up spending on luxury bags and instead save money so that they could buy a home. The man used this phrase to be persuasive, and the way he said it was very funny..”
Qin Cheng deliberately lowered his voice, which was different from his usual hoarse tone, and had a more coquettish tone. Just like a domineering and arrogant teenager who suddenly lowered his head, pleading with you.
Qin Cheng never thought there was anything special about his voice, but the Omega players in the game always said that his voice sounded nice. Deep like a wolf-dog3狼狗 (láng gǒu): T/N: Might be from the catch phrase 小狼狗（xiǎo láng gǒu）, lit. little wolf dog. This term refers to handsome young guys who are confident, strong, and determined to win the hearts of those they love, usually a woman years older than themselves. First used by fans to describe their idols, this term was given as a nickname to Japanese actor Ryo Ryusei, whose 2016 TV series “Kenja No Ai” (“The Saint’s Love”) won him high popularity among Chinese women. voice; sexy and hoarse. They also said that his voice was most lethal when he pretended to be pitiful.
Qin Cheng didn’t know what wolf-dog and wild dog were, he just remembered the last sentence. In the game, he always used this tone to tease girls and then shot them in the head when they were off guard. It worked every time.
Tan Qi said he was simply a beast, destined to be alone. Qin Cheng didn’t think so; e-sports didn’t have those fancy tricks, just do it.
Sure enough, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped as soon as he finished speaking.
The corner of Qin Cheng’s mouth curled up, feeling somewhat proud.
See, a real man must learn to make the best use of things.
The bathroom door was pulled open, and Qin Cheng immediately handed over a bath towel, with a sincere look on his face: “Jian-ge, come home with me after you finish packing. If you want to study, I won’t say a word. If you don’t want to study, I will take you to play PUBG, LOL4LOL: League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games., Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen, Feeding Frenzy5吞食鱼 (tūn shí yú): Feeding Frenzy is a single-player mode and arcade-style aquatic video game written by Sprout Games, and published by PopCap Games., Plants vs. Zombies… whatever you choose.”
Jian Heng hadn’t wiped his body dry yet. Hearing this, he looked at him. His dark pupils were very oppressive.
After a while, he said, “Sleep at twelve o’clock.”
Qin Cheng immediately nodded: “Deal.”
Finally, he brought this big Buddha home. Qin Cheng quietly opened the door and entered the room. He carefully found a small table that hadn’t been used in 800 years from the back of the wardrobe, cleaned it meticulously, and placed it on the bed. He patted it and asked him: “Is it okay to do your homework here? Otherwise, I will move the big table over for you.”
Jian Heng sat down, took out his homework, and said: “No need, this is fine.”
Qin Cheng went out again quietly, and when he came back, he was holding a plate containing slices of watermelon in his hand.
“It’s in the refrigerator,” Qin Cheng placed the plate on the table, pointing at the computer, “If it’s noisy for you, call me.”
Jian Heng looked at him: “I won’t sleep before twelve o’clock.”
Qin Cheng’s eyes lit up. This means that he could play anything before twelve o’clock. Jian Heng is still quite accommodating. He thought he was unhappy.
The livestream time was more than two hours late, driving the fans crazy. They all joined in to send gifts and help him win the first prize. Qin Cheng also got caught up in the excitement, completely losing track of time. At half-past midnight, Jian Heng grabbed his collar and dragged him back to 302.
“Sorry, I got carried away trying to get on the rankings,” Qin Cheng slowly collapsed onto the bed. He went to work with injuries. He was fully committed and gritted his teeth during the livestream, but now his arms, shoulders, and back were sore and painful. He dare not move. One can only imagine the miserable state he’ll be in tomorrow morning.
Tonight, he may have to sleep with his butt sticking up6撅个腚 (juē gè dìng): 撅腚 (juē dìng) is a Shandong dialect, meaning lifting one’s buttock..
Jian Heng stood beside the bed, looking down at him. His expression was obscure under the dim light: “Going to school tomorrow?”
“…Um?” Qin Cheng was a little confused. After fighting during the day, he was more sleepy at night. His voice was vague, “Can’t ask for leave. I told my mother that I would study hard and not be the last in the exam. A big man should keep his word…”
Jian Heng: “…”
Qin Cheng fell asleep after saying this sentence, breathing evenly, without taking off his clothes.
The room was quiet. After a long time, there was a sigh.
***
The next morning, Qin Cheng was once again woken up by Jian Heng, who was dressed in all black and carrying breakfast.
Without mentioning anything else, he now sincerely admires Jian Heng’s self-control. No matter what time he goes to bed, he will get up early the next day without fail.
The book says that such people are capable of doing great things…
Qin Cheng sighed, not used to being waited on. He rolled over to get up.
“…Fuck.” His knees softened, and Qin Cheng almost fell off the bed and knelt on the ground.
His body really didn’t let him down. The sore and painful feeling spread from his limbs to his brain, which was not yet awake. His body was as heavy as an iron man. Poor Little Xiao Qin7小小秦 (xiǎo xiǎo Qín): T/N: LMAO. In case someone missed it, he’s referring to his ‘little brother’ *wink wink*., before he could even stand at attention in the morning, he had to stand at ease.
Qin Cheng swung his leg out of bed and moved with difficulty to the wardrobe to rummage through the clothes. The muscles that he usually thought were useless were now showing off their presence: Look, you have to use me to walk, doesn’t it hurt? You have to use me to stretch your arms, doesn’t it hurt? You…
Your uncle! Your aunt! What good will it do you if you hurt your dad to death!
Qin Cheng frowned and sniffed. The clothes on his body had a faint smell of incense, so faint that others should not be able to smell it.
Perhaps because of the pheromone compatibility, ever since entering the hospital, every time he smelled Jian Heng’s pheromone, he had an inexplicable sense of belonging.
He doesn’t know if Jian Heng has this feeling. Every inch of the muscles in his body relaxed under the scent of burning incense as if it was attracting him to let down his guard in front of another powerful soul and enjoy a moment of tranquility…
Ah, this idea is too dangerous. Qin Cheng wiped his face. It always gave him the illusion that he was actually very fragile.
Qin-ge is not weak. Qin-ge is a steel warrior.
It was another morning of enduring the pain alone. Qin Cheng suppressed his chaotic thoughts, endured the burst of pain, and cleaned up quickly.
Over the years, he had become accustomed to it. Fragility and discomfort were things he vented in his dreams at night. Instead of wasting time thinking about this, he believed it was better to earn more money.
When it was time to eat, Jian Heng still finished eating first. He then looked at his phone to practice questions, and while doing so, he monitored Qin Cheng until he finished all his breakfast.
Qin Cheng suspected that Jian Heng had eyes all over his body. Are all the skill points of school tyrant maxed out to this extent…
***
On the way to school, there were many students in school uniforms along the street.
“Hey, I feel that the susceptible period is almost over.” Qin Cheng pressed his head against Jian Heng’s back, both hands propped on his legs, and analyzed.
“Today is the last day.” Jian Heng said.
“How did you——” Qin Cheng was about to ask how he knew that, but paused, then changed the subject and laughed, “Damn, you’re not guessing again, are you? If you don’t become a school tyrant in the future, you can go fortune-telling. It’s always accurate. Five dollars for one divination and eight dollars for two divinations.”
Jian Heng didn’t say anything, probably because he thought his idea was too stupid, the cold boy refused to discuss it.
Qin Cheng was already used to his frugality with words, and said to himself: “How about you don’t buy a bike? Let’s take turns riding in the future. After all, you won’t be able to move out for a while——”
“Ah, right.” Qin Cheng paused, suddenly remembering the double sets of toothbrushes and toothbrush mugs in the cabinet yesterday. He felt a little emotional for a moment. Both of them were top Alphas, but while others had a live-in girlfriend, he was still single.
He had lost.
“What?” He didn’t say anything for a long time, so Jian Heng asked.
“Ah,” Qin Cheng scratched the back of his head, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed for no apparent reason. He coughed, “You, that is, is your girlfriend coming?”
When they passed by a breakfast stall, a little sister carrying a small school bag pointed at the two of them and said to her mother next to her, “Handsome Gege~”
Handsome Gege Qi’s embarrassment had not yet dissipated, and he only had time to wave to the little sister. Jian Heng pushes the pedal hard with his long legs, and the bike swoosh away quickly. He didn’t even see the little friend’s face clearly, let alone take out a piece of candy or something.
“Were you chased by a wolf? I haven’t even given them a handsome gege’s smile yet.” Qin Cheng sighed and pinched the white rabbit8大白兔 (dà bái tù): White Rabbit Creamy Candy [大白兔奶糖 (Dàbáitù Nǎitáng)] is a brand of milk candy manufactured by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. It is an iconic cultural brand and has been in production since 1943. White Rabbit candy is part of the childhood memories of many mainlanders and Hong Kongers, and has been featured in many classic Chinese movies and TV series. 
in his pocket.
“No.” Jian Heng suddenly said.
Jinhua City is a shabby place, but the greening is still pretty good. The willow trees on both sides of the path are still green and charming in early autumn. Qin Cheng stretched out his arm and touched the willow branches hanging down by the roadside, then turned his head and said, “What do you mean, no? Damn it, of course, there isn’t, how can there be wolves in the city——”
“Girlfriend.” Jian Heng interrupted him.
Qin Cheng was stunned for a while before realizing that Jian Heng was replying to his previous sentence. He suddenly felt that his life goal was even further away. Jian Heng doesn’t even have a girlfriend in this condition. Girls nowadays are really hard to chase.
Then he thought about it again and felt that it was not right. Would Jian Heng chase a girl? He could imagine Jian Heng and an Omega standing by the side of the road. The Omega was affectionate, while Jian Heng just wanted to do homework or run.
This picture was too beautiful that it hurt his eyes.
“No girlfriend? Then how come you have duplicate copies of toothbrushes, toothbrush mugs, towels, and whatnot?” Qin Cheng pulled off a few willow leaves and played with them, a little curious, “I thought your girlfriend was coming over. I was about to move to a hostel.”
“Change it once a week.” Jian Heng’s tone was very normal, just like saying that a toothbrush should be changed every three months.
Qin Cheng stared at him with wide eyes, he pointed at him, and then he realized that Jian Heng had his back to him and couldn’t see him, so he retracted his hand. “You mean, you throw away your towels, toothbrushes, toothbrush mugs, and other hygiene items once a week?”
Jian Heng let out a sound of agreement.
Qin Cheng choked. After a long while, he raised his thumb and spat out four words: “Very rich, freaking awesome.”
Qin Cheng reasonably guessed that he was a rich family’s big young master who ran away from home. The kind of person who was spoiled and spent money lavishly.
This can be guessed from many aspects; such as the cigarettes Jian Heng smoked, the shoes he wore, the mobile phone he used, and so on.
Although Jian Heng usually dresses in a low-key manner, who would buy sportswear of that brand if they didn’t have a lot of money to burn? Wouldn’t it be better to buy a keyboard and mouse for tens of thousands of yuan…
A sentence suddenly appeared in Qin Cheng’s mind: A rich young man went to the countryside to experience the poor life and accidentally got entangled with a poor boy…
He might have been infected by spending too much time with Tan Qi and his brain was crazy.
Qin Cheng looked at the scenery passing by quickly on the roadside, and his heart was rarely loaded with studying.
The monthly exam was just around the corner. It would be next week, and he could only say that he would be fine if he didn’t get the last place. If he really got the second to last place, he would lose face.
How could he improve his grades so quickly? Qin-ge pondered.
The morning sunlight shone on his body, the temperature gradually rose, and the faint smell of incense rushed into his nose. Qin Cheng looked up suddenly.
The ready-made big school tyrant was right in front of him. Oh my God, how could he forget about Jian Heng!
Qin Cheng’s fingers flew, and he deftly made a small bracelet with the willow leaves in his hand. He handed it forward and got straight to the point: “School tyrant, this school slag took the liberty of asking. Are there any questions on the monthly exam that don’t require brains and will definitely be tested by rote memorization?”
Jian Heng looked down at the emerald green bracelet hanging on Qin Cheng’s fingertips and fluttering in the wind. He reasonably suspected that if it wasn’t for the lack of materials, Qin Cheng could have weaved an emerald green wreath for his head.
He paused for two seconds, and without touching the bracelet, he said: “No.”
“Hey,” Qin Cheng knocked his head on his back, and handed the bracelet forward again, “I’m not kidding you, I really need to study.”
“I answer the questions,” Jian Heng took the bracelet and put it in his pocket, his voice flat, “Always use the brain.”
Qin Cheng: “…” Use your uncle! Return the bracelet to your dad!
The author has something to say:
The clever and skillful Qin-ge: Sending you a boiling heart~ Giving you my love~ Thousands of stars~ Plucked for you~ Flowers of love bloom for you~
The above is nonsense made up by the author. Qin-ge is a straight man. Qin-ge does not sing.
The song in ‘The author has something to say’ is 不管还有多少个明天 (bù guǎn hái yǒu duō shǎo gè míng tiān), No Matter How Many Tomorrows There Are. Here’s the video link.
List of Idiom in Chapter 14
養家糊口 (yǎng jiā hú kǒu): to support one’s family (often with the meaning of to barely manage to do so with one’s meagre income); to have difficulty feeding a family; support/sustain/raise one’s family; earn the family’s living; to barely feed the family so that they do not go hungry.屋漏偏逢連夜雨 (wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ): lit. When the roof is leaking, that’s when you’ll get several continuous nights of rain; when it rains, it pours (idiom).
屢試不爽 (lǚ shì bù shuǎng): to prove effective every time; well-tried; time-tested; be put to repeated tests and proved right/satisfactory; be proved effective every time it is used; stand/pass many tests; there is no error after repeated trials.
物盡其用 (wù jìn qí yòng): to fully utilize something; to use something to the full; to make the best use of everything; let all things serve their proper purpose; to make the best use of all kinds of things wherever they are available. It means making full use of resources without wasting any.
躡手躡腳 (niè shǒu niè jiǎo): to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom); to walk on tiptoe; to creep; to walk gingerly; to do things stealthily; walk stealthily/gingerly.
輕手輕腳 (qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo): (to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom); move cautiously/gently/quietly/softly; steal past; make one’s way carefully; hands and feet move very lightly so that there is no sound.
雷打不動 (léi dǎ bù dòng): one’s mind is made up, and cannot be changed; to rigidly adhere to an established arrangement, without any changes; not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable; to adhere rigidly to regulations; will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan); not to be shaken by thunder―not to be altered under any circumstances; unshakable; unyielding; describes a firm attitude that cannot be shaken. It also describes strictly abiding by regulations and never changing them.
自言自語 (zì yán zì yǔ): (idiomatic) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; mutter to oneself; to soliloquize.
嬌生慣養 (jiāo shēng guàn yǎng): having been indulged and spoiled since childhood; pampered and spoiled since childhood; grow up in soft surroundings; be brought up in clover; an idiom originating from literati’s works. Refers to being pampered and doted on too much as a child, so that they develops a fragile and lack of perseverance in everything.
大手大腳 (dà shǒu dà jiǎo): wasteful; extravagant(idiom); to throw away money by the handful; be wasteful/extravagant/prodigal; originally refers to people with big hands and big feet. Later, it is often used to describe spending money and not being economical with things.
心靈手巧 (xīn líng shǒu qiǎo): capable; clever; dexterous; be clever and deft; describes the unique ability of a skilled craftsman in artistic conception and technical techniques.
開門見山 (kāi mén jiàn shān): lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom); come straight to the point; without preamble; speak/write on a subject directly without beating about the bush; one can see the mountain when one open the door. It is a metaphor for talking or writing about the topic directly without beating around the bush.
死記硬背 (sǐ jì yìng bèi): to memorise without understanding; to learn by rote; to cram; to mechanically memorize; to memorize books rigidly without using memory to understand.
胡說八道 (hú shuō bā dào): to talk nonsense; rubbish; balderdash; twaddle; sheer nonsense; all baloney.
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