CH 24

Both Qin Chu and Qin Shiwu, who were standing in the secret place, did not expect such a development.

For a while, the two had their own thoughts.

But their moods were not very bright.

Qin Shiwu who was hiding in the secret place, eavesdropping, suddenly gritted his teeth.

“F***! This big brother knew that this old toad had a problem with his mind! Fortunately, I was clever and quick-witted enough to follow, and this was f*** exposed!”

Qin Chu, “How can you call him an old toad?”

Qin Shiwu said to himself: Otherwise! Will you be happy if I call him dad?

Qin Chu unhurriedly added, “He should be called a young toad.”

Qin Shiwu: ……

After Old Cheng finished that sentence, Lu Tong did not reply.

He was originally very nervous, and even his eyes began to drift.

Later, the more Lu Tong didn’t speak, the more Old Cheng’s heart calmed down gradually. It didn’t jump that fast anymore, and it even froze in his chest, as if it was wrapped in a piece of ice — Although he had expected this fact countless times before, when it really came, it was inevitable that he would feel a chill in his heart.

“I’m…… Send off with a red card?”

Lu Tong, “What do you think?”

Old Cheng squeezed out a smile, “Is there no reprieve? Just directly sentence me with the death penalty?”

Lu Tong, “No. There is no yellow card either.”

Old Cheng took a long breath and sighed, “I had heard from Wu Ke that you have always been very ruthless in rejecting people. I had never experienced it before, but now I have. Don’t blame Wu Ke. I coaxed and pestered him to bring you out.”

Lu Tong, “Are you done?”

Old Cheng, “It’s over.”

Lu Tong nodded, “Then I’m leaving.”

Qin Shiwu witnessed the whole process, looked at Lu Tong’s back that wasn’t wading in mud and water1, and swallowed.

“Holy s***……”

Qin Chu looked down at him.

Qin Shiwu gave a thumbs up, “It was too ruthless. This level of heartlessness can win the Nobel Prize in Heartlessness. Tonight, Old Cheng’s soul was broken into the Pacific Ocean.”

He kept on talking like an unceasing torrent, “Is Lu Tong’s heart made of stone? Look at Old Cheng’s face. Fuck, his face has turned black…… An ideal man never sheds tears. But I want to shed tears for him tonight.”

Qin Chu looked at Lu Tong’s back thoughtfully.

…… Why was there a “if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves2” sort of feeling?

Wu Ke came out of the convenience store and he saw Old Cheng standing alone under the pole. He slowed down his steps.

“Failed?”

Old Cheng, “The chance of success was only 0.5 percent.”

Wu Ke let out a laugh and patted his shoulder: “Actually, I had given you an advance calculation of 0.05 percent. Lu Tong, this person, has no heart. If you expect him to learn to love someone, it is better to expect Qin Chu to go to Peking University.”

Qin Chu who was in the secret place: ……

Old Cheng took a cigarette from his pocket, “I’m lovelorn. You are not comforting me for even a little, but throwing stones at someone who has already fallen down a well. Tell me what’s wrong with me. I’ve liked him for so many years, and he doesn’t have any boyfriends or girlfriends. Can’t he try it with me?”

Wu Ke, “Lu Tong is not that kind of person. He is really heartless. Do you think he is the kind of philanthropist who will pay back if you give? If he doesn’t like someone, even if that person attempts suicide as a threat and jumps off a building in front of him, he can watch them jump without changing his face.”

After Qin Shiwu heard this, his puppy ears twitched and he said to himself: So ruthless?

He looked up at Qin Chu.

Qin Chu looked down at him, “What are you looking at me for?”

Qin Shiwu shook his head, “Nothing. I see that you are handsome.”

In his heart, he complained unceremoniously: Even looking at you makes me feel sad! How can my mother, the Kaoling flower’s heart be touched if you don’t take action by now?

After Qin Shiwu complained, he couldn’t help but think: Was he actually so aloof when he was young?

In the beginning, when Qin Shiwu crossed over, he only heard others say that Lu Tong was really aloof, without actually experiencing it in person. He himself had shamelessly pestered Lu Tong, and Lu Tong did not seem to dislike him. So he did not feel the so-called “aloofness” either.

But today, when he saw the attitude of Lu Tong toward Old Cheng, he was completely shocked.

He was too cold and detached towards him……

Qin Shiwu felt incredulous.

He even agreed a bit with what Wu Ke had said just now: Does Lu Tong know how to love?

Qin Shiwu looked up at Qin Chu again with his eyebrows raised and he remained perplexed despite much thought: How did my dad take down my mom? What the h***.

Sixteen years later, Lu Tong was like a tamed wildcat, soft and well-behaved. Except for occasionally scratching Qin Chu’s face with his paws, he spent most of his time playing with his mobile phone in Qin Chu’s arms.

Qin Shiwu had occasionally seen Lu Tong lose his temper at home a few times, refusing to eat anything. In the end, Qin Chu would press him to the table and stuff a bowl of rice onto him who would be obedient. But he didn’t see any complaints.

Although he was not very talkative, compared to now, it was definitely poles apart.

Wu Ke and Old Cheng walked and talked.

“You said Lu Tong rejected me because I’m not handsome enough?”

“No, maybe he doesn’t like to engage in an aa love.”

“He is so beautiful. Can you find a more beautiful omega? Won’t his o be jealous of his face?” Old Cheng rubbed his chin and asked rhetorically, “Could it be that Lu Tong has someone whom he likes?”

“Why didn’t you ask him that just now.”

Old Cheng spoke, “I forgot.”

The two walked farther and farther away, and only after their figures disappeared did Qin Chu and Qin Shiwu come out from behind the bus stop.

Qin Shiwu, “There can’t really be someone he likes, right? Who could it be? Chen Anqi?”

Qin Chu did not say anything, but his expression was not very good.

Qin Shiwu looked back at Qin Chu, thinking that this was not the way to go on. Lu Tong was surrounded by no fewer orioles and swallows3 than Qin Chu. He couldn’t watch his own mother being taken away by someone else!

“What do you think of Lu Tong?” Qin Shiwu cautiously asked Qin Chu.

Qin Chu coldly snorted, “Not good.”

Qin Shiwu: ……

You f*** live the rest of your life following your right hand! Damn old man, I hate you for being such a blockhead!

Qin Shiwu and his father did not talk much. The topic froze as soon as it started.

On the surface, Qin Chu seemed to be really not interested in Lu Tong, and Qin Shiwu was almost depressed.

Is it just because Lu Tong is an a?

He was puzzled.

— Qin Shiwu didn’t know that his father and his mother had already had an illicit love affair behind his back. So he was still sullen.

The two of them had their own thoughts and broke up unhappily.

On the other side, when Lu Tong returned home, the lights in the living room were still on.

He pushed the door open and went in. Lin Siyin was still busy downstairs.

Seeing Lu Tong coming back, Lin Siyin put down her phone and raised his head from the sofa, “Why did you come back so late?”

Lu Tong, “I went out to play with my classmates.”

Lin Siyin, “Next time you come back so late, you have to tell me and dad, okay? We were worried about you.”

Lu Tong glanced at Lin Siyin’s mobile phone, and the fruit-slicing game was still displayed on the screen, with more than a thousand points scored. It seemed that she couldn’t spare time to worry about him.

Lu Tong perfunctorily, “I see.”

Lin Siyin, “Are you hungry? Mom will cook a bowl of noodles for you.”

“Not hungry.“ Lu Tong stood at the entrance of the stairs and suddenly said, “Mom, I want to live in the school.”

Lin Siyin sat up from the sofa, “Why do you want to live in school? Did you have a fight with your father? He has a temper like that. You don’t have to pay attention to him.”

Lu Tong, “No, that’s not it. It’s convenient to live in the school. I’m going to be in my senior year of high school. There will be an extra class for evening study, until 10:40 pm.”

Lin Siyin, “Why is it so late? But aren’t you still one year away from your senior year of high school?”

Lu Tong, “I want to adapt in advance.”

Lin Siyin had veiled criticism, “Wait until I ask your dad about this. I can’t make the decision.”

Lu Tong suddenly stood still, “Do you have to ask him? I am eighteen years old and I can make my own decisions.”

Lin Siyin, “You are still young, and it is not a trivial matter to live in the school. Moreover, living in school is not as comfortable as living at home where your parents can help you cook.”

Lu Tong, “Then why can’t I live there when others can live there?”

He had never lived in school since he was a child. Because he was a native of City H and also studied in a junior high school in City H. In order to better discipline him, Lu Zhiyan did not let him live in the school at all, for fear that Lu Tong would go out of his control and have his own ideas.

Lin Siyin was blocked by him in her talk and said, “…… It’s not that you won’t be allowed to live. Can you take care of yourself at school?”

Lu Tong walked upstairs, “You don’t need to worry about it.”

Immediately afterward, the door was slammed shut.

The main way for present-age’s teenagers to express their anger towards their parents was to smash the door. The louder the door was smashed, the bigger the fire will be.

Lin Siyin sighed when she heard the earth-shattering sound of the door smashing, “His temper is really getting bigger and bigger.”

Lu Tong threw himself on the bed and turned over.

His wish to live in school wasn’t an idea that was prompted by a sudden impulse. Instead, he took a long time to consider it before making the decision to live in the school.

The Provincial No. 1 High School was divided into two student departments, the first department and the second department. Due to the large number of students, there were several types of student dormitories and several dormitory buildings. Six-person rooms, four-person rooms, three-person rooms, and two-person rooms were divided into different standards. The smaller the number of people, the more expensive the accommodation fee.

The two-person rooms were arranged in the International Department. It was the High School Department of the Provincial No. 1 High School for students who came from abroad. They had to pay 2,000 more for accommodation every year. It was the best accommodation circumstances in the Provincial No. 1 High School. It was comparable to a four-star hotel and Qin Chu lived in the International Department.

Lu Tong’s body had now differentiated into an omega. Before he could figure out why it differentiated twice, he didn’t want Lu Zhiyan to find out.

If his father found out, he would definitely make a fuss for a while, making it known to everyone, which was what annoyed him the most.

Taking advantage of the cold war with Lu Zhiyan this time, Lu Tong simply decided to move out of the house and go to live in the school, saving himself from having to listen to Lu Zhiyan chanting scriptures in his ear every day.

After making up his mind, Lu Tong made arrangements for his own itinerary.

Go to the hospital to check your body this week, and then move to school on Sunday.

At the same time, under the same moon, Qin Shiwu also made up an idea: He would write a love letter to Lu Tong on behalf of Qin Chu.

PS in brackets: Without Qin Chu’s knowledge at all!

Qin Shiwu clenched his hands into fists and tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep: I must not wait any longer! If I wait for my dad to open his mind and confess to Lu Tong, it’s better to wait for him to get admitted to Peking University.

There was no chance that Qin Chu would get into Peking University, and it was impossible for Qin Shiwu to take the test of Peking University on behalf of Qin Chu – But it was still possible to write a love letter on behalf of Qin Chu!

No sooner said than done, early the next morning, Qin Shiwu didn’t even sleep in and went straight to school.

He threw away his schoolbag, sat on his seat, and frantically pulled out a fragrant, pink letter paper: He had just bought it from the small shop at the entrance of the school.

His deskmate, Lin Xiaomian, was still memorising words for the morning reading and was startled by Qin Shiwu’s actions.

Qin Shiwu unfolded the paper, took out his mobile phone from the drawer, and typed in the mobile phone after hesitating again and again: How to write a love letter?

Baidu soon jumped out with a variety of answers:

“99 touching love letters, there will always be one that will make you extremely moved……”

— No need. What’s the use of being extremely moved? Will Lu Tong read it, be extremely moved, and then cry and shout that he wants to marry Qin Chu!

“The most beautiful three-line quotes. Express your love with only three lines.”

— Not enough. Qin Shiwu’s mouth twitched. Just writing three lines is a waste of my time.

“Girls teaching you how to chase mm. The success rate is as high as 100%!”

— Pass. My mom is a true man. Even if he is an o, he is also a reputable male o!

“The shore of the mandala. The love of Yongheng.”

— Fuck! What the fuck is this?!

Qin Shiwu chose for a long time and his face twisted up.

Lin Xiaomian asked in a small voice, “Qin Shiwu, what’s wrong?”

Qin Shiwu turned his head and asked her, “Let me ask you, what kind of love letter do you girls like to receive the most?”

Lin Xiaomian blushed a little, “You want to write love letters? It depends on who you are writing it to.”

Qin Shiwu said, “Writing it to……”

Of course, he couldn’t say that he was writing it to Lu Tong. Qin Shiwu gritted his teeth and said tactfully, “I am writing it to the most popular girl in school. What is the most popular thing on the Internet now? That love letter must be in vogue, fashionable, and unique. It is best not to be a mainstream love letter on the market! It must be unforgettable for the person and lingering. As soon as they see the love letter, they want to fall in love with the person who wrote the love letter!”

Lin Xiaomian listened thoughtfully. After listening for a long time, she heard the phrase “not a mainstream love letter” and she had a sudden realisation and said, “Then I know.”

When Lu Tong arrived in the classroom early in the morning, there was a love letter on the table.

He looked left and right, and He Nian, who was holding a textbook and pretending to be doing his morning reading said, “No need to look. It’s for you.”

In this era, mobile phones were not so popular.

The student’s communication method was still to pass notes, and the confession method was also to write love letters.

Lu Tong could receive about a dozen love letters in a semester, so it was not surprising.

“Another admirer?” When the monitor came to collect homework, he saw the pink love letter on Lu Tong’s desk.

Lu Tong didn’t speak, and everyone was used to his silence. After a few words with the others, they dispersed.

He put down his schoolbag, picked up the love letter, and looked at it.

— Unsophisticated.

At first glance, it was a letter paper and an envelope bought from the small shop. The person who wrote the love letter seemed to be impetuous and careless. Even the envelope could not be kept well, and the corners were crumpled due to rough folding.

— There was nothing that he wanted to see at all.

Compared with other people’s love letters to Lu Tong, this one was too disappointing.

He turned it to the other side, and there was an ugly big heart surrounded by another ugly one: love.

Love was also misspelt and became “live”.

Lu Tong looked at the love letter paralyzed.

He Nian also noticed this, and he laughed out loud.

Lu Tong opened the love letter wordlessly, and the first line that caught his eye was：

“Wey grow up knouwing live froem the yongeast aege, and seein the moest butifull live……4”

A large piece of Martian text like garbled characters was written eloquently.

In the end, the sender signed: Youes lauvingly, Qin Chu.

Lu Tong’s expressionless face cracked: ……

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…… Pernicious ah……

Don’t feel shy to let me know in the comment section or in the discord of Knoxt if you find any mistakes~

Were ya guys able to decode the secret text? This is how you write not-mainstream love letters. Take notes guys

a slovenly job / sloppy

fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

a bevy of young girls; a crowd of women chattering together pleasantly

Thank ya melon bowl for helping me check it!!!