TWSITAOCP Chapter 53

The silenced phone kept buzzing and vibrating after midnight, but it was thrown into the soft quilt, and the noise was isolated.

Yu Sui opened his eyes in confusion, put his curled fingers on Yan Xiu, and grabbed him lightly.

The young man was young and energetic, full of energy and power…

… Who was born in the year of Tiger again?

He silently waited for that restless feeling in his heart to pass, but his arms did not move away from Yan Xiu’s body at all. Instead, they were tightly restrained. The red hadn’t faded from his ears, but he lowered his eyes and caught the edge of Yan Xiu’s pajamas. Yan Xiu turned slightly to the side and was caught firmly.

“It’s obviously your birthday.” Yu Sui whispered, “What are you hiding for?”

The two teenagers threw themselves on the bed and were able to catch each other, yet clumsy in a way that felt entirely natural. Neither of them knew who scratched first without any restraint—someone just groaned and sighed lowly with a slight dampness.

Yan Xiu pressed his waist and kissed the area where his vocal cords were, looking for the spot in his memory and gently licking and biting it. Then he heard Yu Sui call him “Minister” and then “Yan Xiu”.

The room was well-soundproofed, and the walls had even been re-paved for the musical instruments in Yu Sui’s warehouse, but they still muffled their voices, whispering every word as they slipped past the bed, waiting until they took out tissues to wipe their hands and changed into a pair of pajamas.

Yu Sui sat cross-legged on the ground with some blank expression for a while before raising his eyes to look for Yan Xiu.

Yan Xiu bent his legs and leaned on the bedside, lowering his eyes and replying to the people who lined up to send him blessings.

From the front, his facial features are sharp, deep and handsome. Due to his temperament, the only thing missing now is his small round glasses to look utterly composed—hard to imagine the redness at the end of his eyes not long ago.

Yu Sui curled his lips and said to himself, the more sullen a person is, the more hooligan they are.

Of course he himself wasn’t much better.

“Why are you wearing trousers?” Yu Sui said.

Yan Xiu didn’t hear clearly: “What?”

“Nothing.” Yu Sui withdrew his gaze and slowly stood up.

Yan Xiu glanced at him, then went back to replying to the student council’s message.

From this point of view, although he is taciturn, his social circles weren’t closed-off. The birthday greetings from Class 3 Arts were sent out one round and then came to the student council, although they were all words such as “May your fortune be as vast as the Eastern Sea and your life as long as the Southern Mountain” which did not look like blessings to his peers.

Then came Lao Yan and Tang Ying, and then the family groups on both sides.

Tang Ying: [Why don’t you answer the phone? ]

Yan Xiu hesitated for a long time, and for the first time, his always smart mind shut down because he couldn’t think of an excuse. It took him a long time to reply: [Didn’t hear it]

There’s no excuse for shit.

But Tang Ying thought she knew her son well, so she believed him and changed the topic to remind him to remember to go home and cut the cake.

The Yan family group started posting messages very early, usually starting with the oldest uncle, and then the next person would send blessings with the same sentence structure, which was very serious. Yu Sui had been happy for a long time after catching a glimpse of it earlier.

Yan Xiu typed out the same words as previous years and clicked send.

He happened to see the messages pop up from the forum notifications, because half the preview showed his name.

Clicking in, it was full of birthday wishes. And the official CP thread had Yu Sui’s name scrolling by, with people subtly wondering what Yu Sui had gifted him.

Just as he saw this, the young master came back in his peripheral vision.

With one hand in the pocket of his pajamas, and with the other hand gently holding a rose, he danced in front of Yan Xiu and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day, birthday boy.”

Yan Xiu could smell the scent of flowers from the tip of his nose down. He raised his eyebrows: “You put that in your schoolbag and cover it? Just one?”

“A bouquet,” Yu Sui sat down and pointed to the table, “but it looks too silly to bring a bouquet over.”

Yan Xiu turned away and smiled: “One flower or a bouquet are essentially the same.”

Yu Sui was stunned for a moment, then turned around and glared at him: “Would you like to say a few nice words to salvage the flowers and that box of allergens?”

It’s a pity that Yan Xiu didn’t say a few good words except to hurt people. His words were poor, and he couldn’t coax the young master. After replying to the last message, he put down the phone and stretched out his arms to hug Yu Sui.

“Very cute.”

“Very smart.”

“The person I like.”

The consequence of making a fuss too late was that he couldn’t wake up the next day. The young master was so lazy that he just laid down on the bed with the quilt and pillows in his arms, his back to the world. Don’t make any noise, otherwise he would lose his temper.

Downstairs, everything was already in motion. There are voices of the gardener and the aunt talking outside the balcony, and the kitchen has started to work. Yu Zhen, who came home early in the morning and got up early, went downstairs. Passing by the room, she took a look. 

Then, the vehicle stopped at the door, and Yu Lao floated into the house with the lingering aura of his all-night cultivation. When he went upstairs, his footsteps were heavy, one step at a time.

After Yan Xiu finished changing his clothes, he pulled the quilt to cover Yu Sui’s back.

Yu Sui noticed that he was about to leave, so he climbed up and grabbed the corner of his clothes: “…Thirty seconds.”

Yan Xiu held his face in his hands and looked at him: “No need to force it.”

“No—” Yu Sui said, “I have to follow you today.”

He was so sleepy that he started talking nonsense: “Otherwise it would be unlucky.”

Yan Xiu never figured out what following him had to do with good luck or bad luck. After letting Yu Sui pull him for thirty seconds, he took the initiative to drag the young master up to wash up and change clothes.

If they don’t go out, Aunt Sun will probably be unable to bear it and come up.

Yu Sui put on his clothes, his chin pressed on Yan Xiu’s shoulder, and asked him to take him out. As soon as the door opened, he faced Yu Si.

Yu Si’s face looked pale after staying up late. And when he turned his head, he looked sinister: “Good morning, didi.”

“… Good morning, gege.”

Yu Si nodded and was about to float away, then turned to look at them: “… You two sleep together again?”

Yu Sui was numb: “…”

Yan Xiu pushed his chin to make him stand up and responded casually: “It’s convenient for chatting.”

“Oh.” Fortunately, Yu Si couldn’t think about it right now, so he left after asking.

“…”

“…”

“Convenient to chat?” Yu Sui complained in a low voice. “What kind of chatting?”

Yan Xiu asked, “What kind do you want?”

“…” Yu Sui waved his hand, “Food.”

 

In the evening at Yan’s house, Tang Ying called over all the people she could call, so the dining table was full that night. Yan Ying was also there. And when this girl saw them today, her eyes started to look wrong.

She deliberately made a bend and sat next to Yu Sui.

The two boys glanced at her, and the latter smiled innocently: “I just want to sit with Xiao-Yu ge.”

Yu Sui paused. Yan Xiu looked away, so Yu Sui turned to him sharply: “… Hey.”

Yan Xiu: “Huh?”

There was a lot of noise around them. An uncle of Yan Xiu reached out and took away a tea cup in front of them, and an aunt placed three goblets in front of them.

Yu Sui pursed his lips and swallowed the words.

He almost forgot that this was “outside”, with so many people coming and going.

“Xiao-Yu ge.” Yan Ying called him again. “I heard from my classmates that you guys competed. You are so good.”

“…It’s okay.” Yu Sui was a little absent-minded. Yan Xiu handed over a pair of chopsticks, and he subconsciously took them and handed them to Yan Ying, then glanced back at Yan Xiu.

Yan Xiu poured the tea cups of the three of them, put them on the turntable and pushed them over. He took one of them and touched it to Yu Sui’s lips. He looked at Yu Sui and said, “Drink water first.”

“Oh.” Yu Sui’s heart fell to the ground with arrogant teeth and claws, before returning to peace again.

There were only three young people at the same dining table. Over the course of the meal, Yu Sui heard many people mention the two of them, saying that they had a good relationship and that they should support each other to go a long way.

Yan Ying brought out a bag of gifts and said that a friend from the affiliated high school asked her to deliver them to Yan Xiu for his birthday. She herself gave them a pair of fishing rods.

“Do you have any misunderstandings about your brother?” Yu Sui folded his arms to watch the show, but Yan Xiu held his shoulders and pressed him.

But then, he heard Yan Ying say: “There is no misunderstanding. My gege recently changed his avatar— I think the person on it is my brother, and he is fishing. Doesn’t that mean that he likes fishing now?”

Her brother seemed satisfied with the answer and took the fishing rod.

The young master was caught off guard and almost choked himself to death.

He looked at Yan Xiu with fear and found that Yan Xiu was really not afraid that their not-so-secret “brothers” would be exposed in front of their family.

Yan Xiu poured another cup of warm water into his hand and whispered, “Drink slowly.”

“I know.” Yu Sui’s voice was very low.

 

Yan Ying was lying on the sofa with her arms folded, watching with cold eyes. After a while, a relative came and sat next to her, so she returned to the correct sitting posture.

As soon as the relatives left, Yan Ying raised his leg and touched Yu Sui: “Did my brother come with you this morning?”

Yu Sui responded: “Yes.”

Yan Ying asked directly: “Xiao-Yu ge, if we don’t like anyone after graduation, do you want to try being with me?”

“…”

Fortunately, the relatives were not here, otherwise they would have exploded collectively.

Yan Xiu simply poured another glass of water and put it in front of Yan Ying, before looking at Yu Sui. Yu Sui’s words did not change when he reached his mouth: “No.”

He smiled: “I no longer meet the conditions.”

“…” Yan Ying opened her mouth, but this time he didn’t look at Yu Sui. She stared directly at Yan Xiu with dazzling eyes. She sniffed slightly and opened her arms, “Gege… gege, please hug me.”

The girl’s tears fall unreasonably, just like Yu Sui’s temper, which was hard to figure out. This was not the first time Yu Sui has rejected Yan Ying, and every time he refuses, he refuses simply and neatly, without even using the words, because he knows that Yan Ying’s liking for him was not on that track at all.

Yan Xiu patted the little girl who suddenly had an emotional breakdown. He saw Yu Sui stood up from the sofa and looked at Yan Ying, looking a little at a loss.

He felt a little distressed.

Yan Xiu grabbed Yu Sui’s hand, and Yan Xiu squeezed it lightly before letting go and opening his arms to him.

Yu Sui took a step forward and let Yan Xiu hug him.

 

The weekend passed quickly, and it was a long time before Yu Sui remembered to ask about that day.

Now, they were sitting in the classroom, and the school committee member who handed out homework was practicing dart skills behind them, trying to put the homework book accurately to everyone’s desk.

Yang Feiwen and Tang Bohu each occupied a corridor, shouting a duet to “Drunken Butterfly”.

“I think she guessed it.” Yu Sui caught the homework and lay back on the chair. “Not sure what she guessed, but it can’t be because I have someone I like.”

“She guessed it.” Yan Xiu put his hand against his reclined chair and pushed it back. “She went to see the school’s forum.”

Therefore, it was impossible for Yan Ying not to know that the two portraits were drawn by Yan Xiu, and it was impossible for her gege to be so incomprehensible and charming and do inexplicable things without thinking too much about it.

“Has she seen it?”

“Yeah.”

“When?”

“… Before she even enrolled.”

That was more than early.

Yu Sui stopped rocking his chair, so the chair legs hit the ground. He was about to say something when Yan Xiu suddenly reached out and pinched away the eraser mud that had gotten on his face.

Yu Sui waited for a while before speaking: “When you said don’t be afraid that day, were you trying to coax me or something else?”

Yan Xiu didn’t even think about it: “I’m not coaxing you.”

And that was it.

This kind of answer usually has to be followed by an explanation—you can’t always ask questions and answers, otherwise how can we continue the conversation?

But Yan Xiu was exactly the kind of person who could leave you like that.

Yu Sui knew that Yan Xiu was probably too lazy to say anything. He squinted his eyes, thinking about whether to use force to extract a confession. However, before he could take action, Yang Feiwen, who was singing a duet at the other end, unknowingly changed his seat to the seat in front of Yu Sui.

Yang Feiwen casually picked up a textbook and held it against his face: “Since when did you find someone you liked?”

Yu Sui’s words were spoken a long time ago. How could Yang Feiwen, who was right in the thick of commotion, have caught a fragment of conversation and automatically connected the dots for Yu Sui?

Yu Sui looked at him speechlessly: “What are you doing with my book?”

“When did you fall in love with someone?” Yang Feiwen asked persistently. “If it’s true or false, I’ll tell you there’s something wrong with you!”

Yu Sui: “…”

He heard someone next to him laugh and immediately bumped his legs under the table.

When that tactic failed, he immediately used another trick to deceive Yu Sui. He first said “Oh” meaningfully, and then said deliberately and funny: “Who is that someone so lucky? She never thought that she would have to endure the fact that her boyfriend has an official match in a relationship with you? But then again, if you really like someone, can you still not catch up with her?”

Yu Sui: “…”

Yang Feiwen: “If I had your face and your height, Tiantian would have promised me long ago.”

Yu Sui complained: “Then you still lack a brain.”

“…Don’t interrupt.” Yang Feiwen tried to turn around and pull his comrades, “Yan-ge, look! There is a hidden violator who is trying to fall in love prematurely!”

“…”

Yan Xiu glanced at someone: “…Hmm.”

“There is no intention or hiding.” Yu Sui took back his textbook. “Okay, let’s go to class.”

“Such a slippery answer.” Yang Feiwen thought as he walked back, but suddenly froze in his tracks and was confused.

My brother was in a relationship behind my back, and I didn’t know.

During the class that day, a hot post appeared on the forum, which directly affected the hearts of a large number of people.

• Official CP: BROKEN UP

Hot comment below: [@Minister of Discipline Inspection Department, someone is violating discipline here. Arrest him quickly! ]