Yu Yan turned aside and said, âCome in first
.â
Lu Xiuhe entered the room, opened a bottle of mineral water, and guzzled it down in one big gulp.
Yu Yan asked, âWhat happened to your previous coat?â
Their clothes had been rented. They would have to pay if the clothes were damaged in any way or lost. It wasnât that they couldnât afford it, but there was no need to waste that kind of money.
ââ¦â¦Fuck.â Lu Xiuhe thumped his chest and stamped his feet. âI forgot to get it back.â
âWhere is it?â
It was in that fucking liarâs car!
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, but he couldnât vent his anger onto Yu Yan, so he removed the coat on his shoulders with a swish and viciously threw it on the ground.
The logo on the collar of the coat was exposed. Lu Xiuhe took a casual look at it. Fuck, it was even from a fucking big name brand.
So he flatly let the coat lie on the ground for two minutes before picking it up again in silence.
Yu Yan observed Lu Xiuheâs current attitude and realized that it didnât seem like he had met with a friend at all; it was much more like he had come back after having fought an enemy.
His cellphone dinged, and it was a push notification from an app with a reminder of tomorrowâs flight.
Only after seeing this notification did he also remember that he would have to go back tomorrow.
âXiao Yan, I feel like Iâm really too stupid.â Lu Xiuhe had calmed down a bit in the last five minutes.
But it turned out that this calming down was just a joke. He was probably going to have to slowly recover from the shock he had suffered throughout the second half of his life.
Yu Yan had been just about to send a message to Yi Chen. However, after seeing that Lu Xiuhe was in a bit of a better mood, he could only send an emoticon across first, and then ask, âWhatâs the matter? By the way⦠Iâm flying back tomorrow morning, do you want to go back together?â
âYes.â Lu Xiuhe fell onto the sofa with an expression of lovelessness on his face. âI will never come back to Jincheng for the rest of my life; I canât stay in this city full of lies for another moment. Xiao Yan, how about you change your flight b
. Weâll leave tonight, and go far, far away.â
Yu Yan refused very quickly, âI wonât.â
Lu Xiuhe replied, âFine
⦠I was just casually saying that. Iâm also not willing to spend money to change the flight.â
Yu Yanâs face was full of doubts. âBut didnât you come here just to see your girlfriend? You havenât even seen her, and youâre going back?â
Lu Xiuheâs face now carried a wooden expression. âI saw them.â
â?â That was when Yu Yan just remembered that as Lu Xiuhe had entered the room, he seemed to have been ranting something about online dating. âWhen did you see them?â
âJust now.â
ââ¦that friend you talked about, that was actually them?â
âEn.â
Seeing Lu Xiuheâs face go deathly still, Yu Yan hesitated for a moment before asking, âShe didnât look the way you imagined?â
How should he answer that?
After thinking for a long time, Lu Xiuhe said sincerely, âNo, they looked⦠beyond my imagination.â
Face-to-face meetings were a hurdle; only a few couples managed to cross such a hurdle, and it was common for relationships to die the moment they were exposed to the light of day. However, judging from how Lu Xiuhe said this, it seemed that he was obviously satisfied with the appearance of this woman.
With the kind of personalities they had, they should have already gotten used to interacting with each other normally. It wasnât likely that they would have started quarreling during their very first meeting.
Yu Yan didnât understand. âThen, isnât that good?â
âThe problem isâ¦â Lu Xiuheâs expression was complicated as he spoke, âIsâ¦â
If the average person heard him talk this way, they would probably be terribly nervous about the words that were to come next.
However, at this time, Yu Yanâs cell phone lit up.
1: Just arrived, Little Fool has been sent back home.
Yu Yan sat to the side with his cellphone in his hand while listening to Lu Xiuhe struggle with âIsâ for a long time.
Yu Yan: Then, when youâre at work, who takes care of it?
1: The auntie will feed it.
âIsâ¦isâ¦is that heâs a fucking man.â
Yu Yan was tapping on the keyboard, so absently said, âOh.â
For a while, he kept typing on his cellphoneâs keyboard.
Then his head swished upââ
Lu Xiuhe had on an expression of having eaten
, and seemed to have given up all hope as he repeated, âYes, heâs a fucking man! Fuck me, heâs even taller than Laozi, wears completely girly clothes, and his voice is so harsh it makes peopleâs hair stand on end! Itâs no wonder that he didnât want to use a voice transformer to go through the motions with me, I dare say that even a voice transformer wouldnât be able to save him! Just this-just this stupid coat is even bigger than my coat, itâs uncomfortable no matter how I wear it, ahhhhhhh!!!â
By the time he finished talking, he was so angry that heâd picked up the innocent coat and hammered it against the sofa several times.
Yu Yan was shocked: ââ¦â
âIâm never going to do online dating for the rest of my life, setting aside all of this, online dating can go to fucking hell.â The more Lu Xiuhe talked, the more indignant and sad he became. By the end of his tirade, he began to sing, âOh, who can fucking guess if QQ love is real or fake?â
Yu Yan wanted to comfort him, but this situation was too thorny.
He had a question. ââ¦then how did you meet him?â
If Lu Xiuheâs online partner was really a man, then naturally he would have never taken the initiative to ask for a meeting. And both of them had just been at the gala, where he had seen Lu Xiuhe sitting in his seat with his own eyes.
Speaking of this, Lu Xiuheâs old face suddenly turned red. He faltered for a long time before he said, âDidnât you see all of it?â
Yu Yan was confused. âWhat did I see?â
âIn the bathrâ¦â Lu Xiuhe paused. âYou didnât see anything?â
Yu Yan replied, âNo.â
Thinking of the other partyâs identity, Lu Xiuhe decided that it was probably not suitable to make a big fuss and let everyone know about it.
In fact, the moment he had discovered the truth, he had earnestly wished to run to a media company with a big loudspeaker to urge them to go downstairs and work overtime. That way, he would force the dog to make the headlines tomorrow, and then they could all just die together.
But after that moment of anger had passed, he couldnât quite bear to do so.
âJust, anyway, thatâs how I saw him.â
Lu Xiuhe was done making a fuss, and his whole person wilted. âNo way, I thought of him as a wife, and he actually wants to act gay with me? Iâm finished, I donât even want to date for the rest of my life. Iâm in my twenties, and Iâm already so tired.â
Yu Yan comforted him. âItâs okay, if men wonât do, then that means that you like women
.â
âRight.â Lu Xiuhe picked up his cellphone. âWhat you said is very reasonable. I got several WeChat accounts from female anchors earlier, Iâll go chat and bond with them a bit.â
?
Yu Yan asked, âYou have an online partner, and you still went to ask female anchors for their WeChat?â
âThat was different, I didnât want their WeChats to get in touch with them or anything.â Lu Xiuhe said, âI just wanted to show off to those little bastards in the Internet cafe later⦠Xiao Yan, do you want any? Iâll give you two?â
Yu Yan shook his head. âNo.â
âOh, I forgot. Arenât you also dating someone online?â
â¦
Yu Yan was about to speak when Lu Xiuhe put on an expression that made him look like an experienced person.
âOnline dating has risks, so caution is required. Xiao Yan, Iâm not deliberately targeting you, but look at me, Iâm the very lesson of its bloody outcome. Have you ever spoken to her?â
Yu Yan thought about it and said, âYes.â
âThatâs also of no use, there are so many loli voice transformers now.â Lu Xiuhe asked again, âYou havenât had a video call
?â
âWeâve had.â
âAre you sure it wasnât someone that they just found to replace themselves instead?â
âSure.â
Lu Xiuhe set aside his preaching expression, and his eyes filled with envy instead. After a while, he sincerely expressed his emotions, ââ¦thatâs great.â
â
When Yi Chen returned home, he found that the lights in the interior of the house were all lit up and a black car was parked outside.
He parked and got out, and the window on the driverâs side of the other parked car rolled down. The driver waiting in the driverâs seat said to him, âMr. Yi,
âre back, hurry in
. Mrs. Yi has been waiting for you for a long time.â
Yi Chen let out an âenâ and said, âThanks.â
When he entered the house, Mother Yi was sitting on the sofa playing with the cat.
âYouâre back.â Mother Yi put the cat down and quickly stepped forward with a slight frown. âDidnât I say that even though your injury has just healed up, you shouldnât rush back to work like this? The company wonât collapse if youâre not there for a few months.â
âItâs the end of the year, I canât not be there.â Yi Chen picked up the cat and petted it twice. âWhy are you here?â
âI came to see you and cooked some soup for youâ¦â After Mother Yi finished saying this, she realized that something was off.
Her always-serious-in-speech-and-manner son looked a lot warmer tonight, and his eyes even carried traces of tenderness that he hadnât been able to hide away yet.
She asked in surprise, âWhat happened, what good thing happened?â
Yi Chen, holding the cat in one hand and taking out his cellphone with the other, didnât deny it. âSomething good did happen.â
âTell mom about it?â
Seeing a string of âAhhhhhhâ and âIâll tell you laterâ from the other side, Yi Chen laughed and put the cat back on the sofa. âNot yet. Whereâs the soup?â
Mother Yi was immediately diverted from the most important point. She went into the kitchen and brought out a bowl of hot soup.
âI was afraid it would go cold, so I put it in the oven.â
Only after Yi Chen had taken a few sips of the soup did Mother Yi state her purpose of coming here today.
âXiao Chen, there will be a large-scale painting exhibition happening abroad in two days. Itâs going to be for a week, and your dad has already booked the tickets for it.â Mother Yi paused before continuing, âThere also happens to be a ballet competition being held in early December there, and the organizers invited me to be a judge.â
Yi Chen nodded. âGo
.â
âThen, will you be okay by yourself?â Mother Yi asked, âIn fact, I came here to ask you⦠Would you like to go with us? We can find someone to manage the company, or even ask your uncle to help us watch over it first. See, you havenât even completely recovered from your injury, and itâs really not suitable for you to be doing high-intensity work right now. You know that your dad and I donât have any high material requirements. We know that you alsoâ¦â
âIâm not a child.â Yi Chen put down his spoon and interrupted her, âYou guys have a good time.â
Mother Yi was once again stopped from saying what she wanted to say.
After a while, she sighed heavily, âOkay
.â
After seeing his mother off, Yi Chen closed the door, and a familiar feeling of fatigue crept up again.
This kind of feeling had just emerged in his body when his cell phone rang. It had rung several times in Mother Yiâs presence as well, but because he had been talking to her, he hadnât had the time to take a look.
Little Anchor: Sorry, I just went to deal with something.
Little Anchor: [panic] [panic] [panic]
Little Anchor: Are you busy?
That cold tired feeling disappeared in a flash. Yi Chen went to the living room, held the cat in his arms, and directly video-called Yu Yan.
It took more than ten seconds for the other side to pick up the call. It was dark on that side, and he only heard Yu Yan say, âWait a minuteâ¦â
Then there came the sound of a door closing, and the light was turned on, but the angle the cellphone was being held at was very tricky, for only Yu Yanâs purplish-red tie was in view of the video camera.
Yu Yan went out to the balcony, and finally couldnât help it.
âYi Chenâ¦â He had held his laughter in for so long that it hurt, and only now could he finally laugh out loud. âMy friend seems to have been angered to the extent that heâs now developed some issues.â
Although he didnât know what had happened, seeing him laughing so happily, the corner of Yi Chenâs mouth also unconsciously drew up. âWhatâs the matter?â
Yu Yan told him about it.
âThen his online partner just called⦠and said he was a clothes thief. Theyâre still cursing each other out on the phone.â When he finished, Yu Yan shook his head. âNo, it seems that Lu Xiuhe is just unilaterally cursing him out.â
âOnline dating as a method of dating was originally unreasonable and also unreliable. Itâs too risky,â said Yi Chen.
Yu Yan was stunned, and his smile faltered a bit, but he quickly changed the topic. ââ¦itâs not that, itâs just that Lu Xiuheâs luck wasnât so good. There are still a lot of people who manage to successfully date online.â
Yi Chen shook his head. âItâs a long distance relationship where you canât see them, canât touch them, youâre far away, and your emotions are only maintained by playing games and through a few words. How long can it last?â
âAs long as two people like each other, isnât that enough
â¦â
âSeparated by a screen, what like or not like, it can all be faked.â
Yu Yan: ââ¦â
Yi Chen rubbed the cat. âWhy arenât you talking?â
Most of Yu Yanâs smile had disappeared by now, and after a short pause, he asked, âAre you going back on what you said?â
Yi Chen asked, âWhat?â
Yu Yan asked, âArenât you and I dating online?â
Yi Chen: â?â
Yu Yan said, âMy return flight to Manyang is for tomorrow.â
âThen they would be the ones in a long distance relationship, where they couldnât see each other, couldnât touch each other, and would have to be far away from each other.
They could only use games and some words to maintain their emotions for each other in this manner.
ââ¦â¦â
Yi Chenâs expression gradually turned more imposing, and Little Foolâs fur had been reverse-combed by its owner to the extent that he looked like the lion king.
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: Soooo, you guys can probably guess who LXHâs gf actually was, right? Weâll get to what actually happened in that bathroom in the extras! And hahahaha Boss Yi, you really are a bit of a dummy when it comes to relationships. You guys are also dating online!
: Yi Chen dropped that hammer straight on his own foot! Hahahaha
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