“Xiao Xiao, just let me in~ Today is the last day of the National Day holiday, and we’ll be separating tomorrow. Can’t you bear to see me in this miserable state?” Ye Lan looked at Luo Xiao with a resentful expression, while his feet moved forward secretly bit by bit, trying to sneak back into the master bedroom today.
Luo Xiao looked at him with a half-smile smile on his face, “Oh? Is that so? To be honest, I can very well bear it! I can bear it very well!”
“Oh! No way? Heavens! Earth! Is my life really going to be dark from now on?” Ye Lan exclaimed dramatically.
However, before he could finish shouting, a foot suddenly reached out from behind and kicked him hard. Mr. Huo scolded fiercely, “You little bastard, why are you shouting like that? Don’t you know you’ll be bothering others at this late hour?”
“Grandpa Huo, why is it you again?” Ye Lan rubbed the place that was kicked, with an unhappy expression on his face. “You’re already so old, why don’t you go to sleep? Don’t they say old people go to bed really early?”
“Who are you calling old? Huh?” Mr. Huo got unhappy when he heard this and glared at him with his hands on his hips. “I, this old man, no, I’m only fifty this year. How can I be old when I’m just half a hundred?”
“You’re already over fifty, how can you not be old?” Ye Lan challenged and looked at him provocatively. “Go to sleep, be good!”
“No, you’re not trying to change the subject! We were just talking about something else!” Mr. Huo was pushed by Ye Lan towards his own room. After taking a step, he suddenly reacted and put one arm around Ye Lan’s shoulder, smiling at Luo Xiao. “Oh right, Xiao Xiao, it’s getting late, you should close the door and go to sleep. You have to get up early for school tomorrow.”
“Okay, master.” Luo Xiao nodded obediently and then gave Ye Lan a gentle smile. “Then, Yezi, good night!”
Looking at the closed door, Ye Lan suddenly felt that tonight would be another long lonely night. And half the reason for this result came from the person beside him. He turned his head and gritted his teeth, saying, “Grandpa Huo, can you let go of me now?”
“Of course, of course.” Mr. Huo pretended not to see Ye Lan’s gloomy expression amd hummed a song as he walked to his own bedroom. “Oh, as one gets old, one should rest early and pay attention to sleep~”
Ye Lan could only rub his nose and head to the guest room. It seems he overdid it yesterday. But who could blame him when Xiao Xiao was so tempting at the time! Sigh, it looks like in the future, even if he has to leave a mark, he must do it in a place where no one notices. But he still wants everyone to see these marks, he wants others to know that Xiao Xiao is his alone!
Oh well, since Xiao Xiao is shy, he’ll try to be more careful from now on. After all, he can’t lose the chance to drink meat soup because of these things, or else that would be a loss!
The next morning, after much pestering from Ye Lan, Luo Xiao had to give him a goodbye kiss. Ye Lan rubbed his kissed cheek, feeling a little bit of regret in his heart. Why wasn’t it a kiss on the lips?
“Stop making that itchy face, it’s an eyesore. Go to school.” Mr. Huo directly threw Ye Lan’s backpack at him and impatiently waved his hand to shut him out of the door.
Holding his backpack, Ye Lan looked at the closed door and couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: Wasn’t this house supposed to be his? How come he’s now being rejected and shut out? Forget it, no need to think about it, better just go to school. Thinking about how he won’t be able to see his Xiao Xiao for another five days, he sighed once again at how slow time is passing!
“Hey, Fourth Brother’s back?” Yan Liben was leaning lazily in the chair with his legs crossed and greeted him.
Luo Xiao had already put his things back in the dorm and just entered the classroom when he found that only Second Brother was there. This was rather strange. The Second Brother, who was usually the one rushing in at the bell, came to the classroom early. Could it be that his eyes were playing tricks on him?
“Alright, no need to be puzzled, I just happened to come early today.” Yan Liben rolled his eyes. “By the way, why are you the only one here? Where are Big Brother and Third Brother?”
Luo Xiao sat down next to him and shook his head. “I just came from the dorm and didn’t see them. You guys didn’t come together?”
“No, they both came before me, so they should already be here, right?” Yan Liben shrugged, looking puzzled.
Just then, Ke Zheng and Qiu Lu walked into the classroom together.
“Huh? Boss, you guys came together?” Yan Liben casually asked and then looked at Ke Zheng expectantly. “Boss, Boss, did you bring breakfast for me?”
“I did, here.” Ke Zheng lifted the plastic bag in his hand and handed it to him directly. “There’s only vegetable buns, you’ll have to make do.”
“Eh? There are no pork buns left.” Upon hearing this, Yan Liben let out a mournful wail. As a certified carnivore, he hated vegetarian food the most. Vegetable buns? He really didn’t want to eat them, but his growling stomach left him no choice. Alas, he have to force himself to eat them.
“Third Brother, are you alright?” Luo Xiao looked at Qiu Lu’s obvious dark eye circles and asked worriedly, “Have you not been sleeping well lately?”
“That’s exactly the case.” Yan Liben took a bite of the vegetable bun. Hmm? The taste wasn’t as bad as he had imagined. He took another bite and swallowed, then said, “I come back late every night after playing, and surprisingly this guy is even later than me. He’s been reading books until 1 or 2 am and then goes to the library again before 7 am. I say, old scholar, if you keep this up, you’ll just end up a complete nerd!”
“Third Brother, reading is a good thing, but you can’t neglect your own health for it.” Luo Xiao said worriedly.
Qiu Lu pushed his glasses and smiled, “En, I’ll pay attention to it. I got a bit excited recently after finding a few rare books, but I won’t do that again in the future.” He was touched by his brother’s care.
The bell rang, signaling the start of the first class after the 7-day holiday.
After finishing the morning classes, the four of them packed up their things and planned to go out for a hearty meal. According to Yan Liben, to console him for eating two vegetable buns in the morning, they must go to have a proper feast for lunch–grilled meat was definitely the top choice!
After putting their books back in the dormitory, they headed straight to the grilled meat restaurant outside the school gate. As soon as they entered, Yan Liben quickly ordered a long list of dishes. Well, all kinds of pork, beef, and lamb. Luo Xiao and the others couldn’t help but frown, silently criticizing in their hearts: Just how much does he love meat?
“Alright, that’s all I want. You guys take a look, do you need anything else?” Yan Li Ben, still feeling satisfied after ordering all the meat in the restaurant, handed the menu to them.
Luo Xiao and the others looked it over and then added a few dishes of enoki mushrooms and other vegetables before returning the menu to the waiter.
When the plates of meat were served, Luo Xiao noticed that the business owners at this time was not as dishonest as they would be in the future. The prices were obviously very high and the plate size was also very large, but the meat were all in right portion. Looking at the seven or eight plates of various meats in front of them, even Luo Xiao, whose appetite was usually average, felt his hunger stirring.
With a sizzle, Yan Liben couldn’t wait to put a few pieces of meat on the grill. Inhaling the delicious aroma, all their stomachs started grumbling. Without a doubt, the four of them eagerly started grilling the meat.
Dipping the meat in his favorite sauce, Luo Xiao’s appetite suddenly opened up. Mm, he didn’t expect that occasionally eating grilled meat would taste so good!
The four young men with big appetites not only finished all the dishes they had ordered, but also added several more plates of meat. Patting their round full bellies, they unanimously agreed to come back for another feast like this sometime in the future. The food here was really affordable and delicious!
As the four of them strolled slowly on campus to digest their meal, they unexpectedly came across a melodramatic real-life scene.
“Jian Dong, why?” A petite girl cried, looking at the couple holding hands in front of her. “Didn’t you say I was your girlfriend?”
The man gave a light kiss to the woman who was cuddling next to him, then looked at her disdainfully, “What’s the big deal? We’re just friends. We’re both consenting adults, and if it works out we stay together, if not we break up. I feel we’re no longer compatible, so naturally I’ll look for someone else who is suitable.”
“But even if you want to find someone else, why does it have to be her?” The woman trembled as she pointed to the woman beside her, “You know very well that Lili is my best friend. How can you do this to me?”
The woman called Lili let out a scornful laugh, “Oh, Xiao Mei, can you not be so naive? Ah Jian and I have known each other much longer, and we’ve been in a relationship for a long time. As for you, if Ah Jian hadn’t said he wanted to try a different flavor, do you think I would have become your friend? Heh!”
“What?” Xiao Mei stared wide-eyed in disbelief, “Lili, you! No, this can’t be true, it’s not true. Jian Dong, what Lili said is all lies, right?”
Looking at the somewhat distraught Xiao Mei, Jian Dong deliberately raised a malicious smile and said clearly word by word, “No, what she said is all true.”
“You! Both of you! I’m going to fight you!” With that, Xiao Mei directly rushed up and fiercely struck the two of them. Lili was caught off guard and was slapped hard twice, and Jian Dong’s face was also scratched.
Seeing this, Jian Dong and Lili immediately became extremely angry and retaliated violently against Xiao Mei. After hearing their conversation, Luo Xiao and the others inwardly despised this pair of “dogs”. So when they saw Xiao Mei being beaten, Ke Zheng immediately rushed forward to defend her.
After the four of them joined in, this pair of “dogs” quickly fell into a disadvantageous position. Especially Ke Zheng, who had always disliked this kind of thing. He didn’t hold back at all. He even specifically targeted inconspicuous areas and used all his skill. Although there were no obvious injuries on the surface, it would hurt a lot when touched.
“You just wait!” Jian Dong, with a pig-faced expression, glared maliciously at the four of them, “And you, you little bitch, I never expected you to be secretly seeing another man behind my back. I won’t let you off either!”
Saying that, he disregarded the equally bruised and swollen Lili beside him and fled the scene in a sorry state. Lili saw the situation was not good and immediately followed Jian Dong to leave.
“Classmate, are you okay?” Ke Zheng asked cautiously. After all, he was tall and big, while the one called Xiao Mei was petite. No matter how you looked at it, he felt like he had to be extra careful to not frighten the other party.
Yan Liben nudged Luo Xiao and Qiu Lu, then made a suggestive expression at them, with an obvious ambiguous smile on his face. “Look, our Boss’s spring has come.”
Luo Xiao and Qiu Lu looked over when they heard this. That’s not right, they didn’t see any strange ambiguous feelings.
Seeing their puzzled expressions, Yan Li let out a long sigh: Really, you two wooden heads don’t understand romance at all!
Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1