SEBLS Chapter 7

With a bang, the door of the room was closed.

“Fuck,” Qin Qiyue cursed, wondering why his mother was so unreasonable and unwilling to use her brain. She believed whatever Zhuang Wu said.

But thinking of what Lin Mengyu said about Zhuang Wu crying, Qin Qiyue fell silent again. He didn’t do anything, so how did he make Zhuang Wu cry? Should he apologize?

But he has been deliberately avoiding Zhuang Wu recently. If he were to go and apologize at this time, it would be too weird and crazy. He couldn’t do it.

…Forget it. Whoever Zhuang Wu loves is none of his business. But he cannot disobey Lin Mengyu’s orders, otherwise he will be nagged to death. So does he really have to go to and from school with Zhuang Wu every day from now on?

So annoying! Zhuang Wu is crazy!

After returning home, Zhuang Wu sat next to Wen Jia who was watching TV on the sofa and started to act coquettishly. “Mom, I want to discuss something with you.”

Wen Jia’s attention was still on the TV. When he heard Zhuang Wu’s words, she just asked perfunctorily, “What is it?”

“I want to sign up for a cram school,” Zhuang Wu answered.

When Wen Jia heard that Zhuang Wu wanted to enroll in a cram school, she reluctantly turned his attention to him, “Why do you suddenly want to sign up for cram school?”

Zhuang Wu had expected Wen Jia to ask this question, but he certainly couldn’t tell the truth. What if Wen Jia saw into it if he told her that he wanted to be closer to Qin Qiyue?

Zhuang Wu had no choice but to make up an excuse. “I want to get into a good university…”

Wen Jia looked at him suspiciously, obviously not believing him, but didn’t ask any more questions and just nodded. “Alright.”

Seeing his mother agree so easily, Zhuang Wu kissed Wen Jia on the face and smiled broadly. “Love you, Mom.”

“Okay, go do your thing.” Wen Jia sent Zhuang Wu away. “I still want to watch TV.”

After entering the room, Zhuang Wu lay down on the bed. He guessed that Qin Qiyue had been scolded by Lin Mengyu by now, so he picked up his phone and started inputting a text in the chat box with Qin Qiyue.

[Haze: Gege, why did you leave first today? Don’t walk so fast next time. You must wait for me TT]

The message was quickly replied to.

[1: Zhuang Wu, can you please stop doing things that annoy people?]

Seeing Qin Qiyue’s response, Zhuang Wu felt strange. Could it be that Lin Mengyu hasn’t started to blame him yet? The next second, Qin Qiyue sent another message.

[1: Okay.]

After staring at the message on the screen for a while, Zhuang Wu threw down his phone and rolled over on the bed. Qin Qiyue, you’re so stubborn but you still agree with me in the end. You might as well talk nicely from the beginning.

Later on, Wen Jia indeed arranged a cram school for Zhuang Wu, and he would go there every Saturday. However, it was only arranged this week and the cram school would not officially start until next week.

With Lin Mengyu’s support, Zhuang Wu became more unbridled than before. Early on Saturday morning, he bought breakfast and brought his homework with him, then went to Qin Qiyue’s house and knocked on the door.

It was Qin Qiyue who opened the door. It was still early and Qin Qiyue had just finished washing up. Seeing Zhuang Wu standing outside the door in high spirits, he asked in confusion, “What are you doing here? Didn’t I promise to wait for you next time? Do you really need to come and tell me in person?”

“That’s not what I’m here for, Gege. You see, my grades are so bad right now and I don’t have the courage to ask the teacher for help. So… I can only come to you, right?” Zhuang Wu was shameless.

“If your grades are bad, just listen carefully in class.” Qin Qiyue wanted to shut him out. “It’s useless to look for me.”

Zhuang Wu was unwilling to let him go. “Gege, I won’t let you say you’re useless. In my eyes, you’re the best.”

“…You…” Qin Qiyue was so angry that he was about to continue speaking, but then Lin Mengyu came from behind him.

“What do you want to say to Xiao Zhuang?” Lin Mengyu spoke sinisterly.

Having someone suddenly speak behind him, Qin Qiyue was startled. He turned, only to see Lin Mengyu. “Mom, you’re awake?”

Lin Mengyu ignored his words and just said, “You’re just letting Zhuang Wu stand outside the door and not let him in?”

Zhuang Wu quickly handed over the breakfast he had bought and began to act. “Auntie, this is the breakfast I bought for you and Qiyue-Gege. Is Uncle not up yet?”

“He had to go to the company to take care of some things today, so he left early in the morning. Thank you, Xiao Zhuang, for bringing breakfast. You’re so considerate.” Lin Mengyu then said to Qin Qiyue, “Hurry up and get out of the way. How can Xiao Zhuang get in if you’re blocking the door like this? He bought you breakfast, but you didn’t even say thank you.”

“……”

Who wants to eat the breakfast he bought?

Zhuang Wu knew what Qin Qiyue was thinking, so as soon as he entered the door, he told him, “Gege, eat your breakfast first. I’m not in a hurry to ask you questions.”

“Then don’t ask.” Qin Qiyue was a little annoyed by Zhuang Wu’s pestering. He originally wanted to get Zhuang Wu to leave his house as soon as possible, but when he glanced to the side, he found Lin Mengyu glaring at him.

“……”

“Okay.” Qin Qiyue was helpless. “I’ll explain the problem to you after breakfast.”

Zhuang Wu smiled. “Okay, Gege.”

Under Zhuang Wu and Lin Mengyu’s watchful eyes, Qin Qiyue finished his breakfast, then picked up the breakfast bag and was about to throw it into the trash can, but was stopped by Lin Mengyu.

“I’ll clean up the table, you go and explain the problem to Xiao Zhuang.”

Qin Qiyue had no choice but to take Zhuang Wu back to his room. He moved another chair to the desk, sat down, and glared at him. “Which problems do you not know?”

Zhuang Wu smiled at him ambiguously, took out his own homework, and spread it out on the table. “All of these.”

“…Scram,” Qin Qiyue said coldly.

He knew Qin Qiyue would answer like this. Of course, he couldn’t really ask Qin Qiyue to explain all the questions to him. After all, he knew the answers to some of the questions. It would take too much time to explain them all, and he might not necessarily learn anything by evening.

“Gege…” Zhuang Wu immediately began feeling wronged. “It’s okay if you don’t want to teach me all the questions. I know you think it’s a waste of time to teach me. But, can you really not teach me any of them?”

Qin Qiyue sighed. “Zhuang Wu, please speak properly, or I really won’t want to teach you a single question.”

“!!!”

Zhuang Wu stood up and walked to the door. “I’m sorry, Gege. I knew you didn’t want to help me with my homework, but I still forced you to do it. I won’t be an eyesore to you anymore. I’m leaving!”

He didn’t really want to leave. Lin Mengyu was sitting in the living room. If he went out at this time, Lin Mengyu would definitely stop him, and Qin Qiyue would be scolded.

Sure enough, when he was about to touch the door handle, his arm was grabbed by Qin Qiyue.

“You fucking…” Qin Qiyue was afraid that he would complain to Lin Mengyu again, so he suppressed his tone. “I don’t think you’re an eyesore. Sit down and I’ll teach you.”

Zhuang Wu secretly smiled, then turned around and looked at Qin Qiyue with an aggrieved look. “You really don’t think I’m an eyesore?”

An eyesore. Very much an eyesore.

But Qin Qiyue couldn’t express his true thoughts for now. When Lin Mengyu was not around, then he could say whatever he wanted.

“Yes, really,” Qin Qiyue said against his conscience.

Zhuang Wu immediately rushed over and rubbed his head against Qin Qiyue’s shoulder. “I know Gege is the best!”

Feeling Zhuang Wu’s sudden close contact, Qin Qiyue’s body stiffened, and then he pushed him away calmly.

Despite the fuss, Zhuang Wu returned to normal and started asking Qin Qiyue to explain the questions to him. He didn’t ask Qin Qiyue to explain that many questions, but it was still quite time-consuming. After the other finished explaining everything, a whole morning had passed.

After packing up his things, Zhuang Wu stretched and leaned on the back of the chair for a while before standing up.

“Thank you, Gege. You explained it very well. Even a dumb person like me can understand it.” Zhuang Wu teased deliberately.

Qin Qiyue was stunned. Although he knew that Zhuang Wu was belittling himself in order to praise him, he still felt a little awkward after hearing it and didn’t say anything.

After leaving the room, Lin Mengyu immediately looked over. “Xiao Zhuang, are the questions finished? Did you understand what Qi Yue said?”

“I did. Qiyue-Gege explained it in great detail.” Zhuang Wu smiled obediently. “It’s getting late. I’ll go back first. Thank you for the hospitality, Auntie.”

Lin Mengyu came over. “Since you’re already here, why not have lunch here? I’ve already cooked the rice, I just need to stir-fry the vegetables.”

“Is it okay? Will it be too much trouble for Auntie?” Zhuang Wu said politely.

“Of course it’s no trouble, just stay for a meal.”

Zhuang Wu glanced at Qin Qiyue. “Qiyue-Gege, do you want me to have lunch at your house?”

Before Qin Qiyue could answer, Lin Mengyu spoke first, “How could he not want to, right Qiyue?”

“…Mm,” Qin Qiyue uttered.

“Well then, thank you, Auntie.” I gained a lot today. I was able to spend some time alone with Qin Qiyue and have him teach me problems. I was also able to have a meal at Qin Qiyue’s house, so I could spend more time with him.

Lin Mengyu asked Zhuang Wu to go to the table first, while Qin Qiyue went to help him serve the food.

After sitting for a while, a bowl of rice was placed in front of Zhuang Wu. He looked up and found that it was Qin Qiyue who brought it to him.

His smile soon showed. “Gege, I’m sorry for bothering you all the time today.”

Lin Mengyu was in the kitchen at this time and couldn’t hear their conversation, but Qin Qiyue still bent down slightly and whispered in Zhuang Wu’s ear, “If you really feel embarrassed, then don’t bother me in the future, understand?”

“I’ve suddenly overcome the embarrassment.” Zhuang Wu held up his face and looked at him. “I will be troubling you a lot more from now on, Gege.”

“……”

Having taken enough advantage of the other, Zhuang Wu couldn’t stop laughing on the way home. No matter how much Qin Qiyue disliked him and didn’t want to pay attention to him, he still got the better of him in the end.

Sooner or later, he would make Qin Qiyue willingly tutor him and willingly let him trouble him.

For the whole afternoon, Zhuang Wu was doing his homework at home. He had asked Qin Qiyue to tutor him for such a long time and Qin Qiyue still had his own things to do, so he didn’t have the nerve to disturb Qin Qiyue again.

No matter how shamelessly he acted in front of Qin Qiyue, he really couldn’t keep doing this, so he went to discuss with his mother about enrolling in cram school.

If he had the nerve to ask Qin Qiyue questions every time, he would naturally not have signed up for cram school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Translator Xena’s update: Hello everyone, thank you for reading. I’ve reduced the updates to once a week on Sundays because something came up irl. It’s a major event in my life so I’ll be gone for months, but I’ve stockpiled some chapters which will hopefully shorten my hiatus period. I’ll mass update once this irl event is over, so see you then~