CH 41

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Translator: hoenimochi, Rin    Editor: Su Xinghe

Shen Wenqiu was confused and felt a buzzing sound in his ears.

He frowned, held his breath and stared intently at the screen of his mobile phone. He read the number in the text message repeatedly and counted it three or four times, to make sure it was eight million.

Eight million.

Shen Wenqiu took another breath and then directly dialled Lu Yong’s cell phone number.

Lu Yong has never set any ringtones for incoming calls.

The “beep” of China Unicom’s phone rang twice and then Lu Yong picked it up. He talked as if nothing was happening, “Hello? Xiao Baa, you’re up? I’m on my way back, please wait a little… …”

Before Lu Yong could finish speaking, Shen Wenqiu asked right on his face, “I just received a transfer text message. Did you make a mistake and put 8 million on my card? Although I’d like to find out your motivation for doing so, don’t you know that once there is money in my account, it will be transferred by the bank to cancel the debt?”

Lu Yong’s natural tone made Shen Wenqiu almost want to vomit blood and then he said, “I know… Xiao Baa, I’ll tell you slowly later. Don’t be anxious, wait…”

Shen Wenqiu cursed, “You know that but you still fucking send money to my card? Are you crazy?!!!”

“Go and withdraw the transfer operation – now! Immediately!”

There was no answer from Lu Yong.

‘What’s with this silent attitude?’ It made Shen Wenqiu even more agitated. After a minute, Shen Wenqiu heard Lu Yong’s ignorant answer, “I went to look for the earphone cable, what did you just say?”

Shen Wenqiu was so angry that he was about to have a brain haemorrhage, “I said, you go to undo the transfer operation! Turn the car around and go back to the bank! Don’t you fucking give the money to me!!!”

Shen Wenqiu looked left and right, making sure no one would hear him. But he still took two steps away quickly, lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, “Lu Yong, you really don’t have to have any boring sense of responsibility just because you slept with me. You can just…you can just think of it as playing with me, can’t you? Just be casual okay? You’re already at this age, how could you act differently as you think?”

Giving eight hundred can still be said to be pocket money, eight million? …that must have been given seriously by Lu Yong. How could one’s hand slip and send eight million yuan?

Shen Wenqiu didn’t think it’s money for whoring. Lu Yong couldn’t have done that. Who would spend so much money just to waste it? Besides, Lu Yong was still a stingy person. Lu Yong usually had to choose carefully one by one when buying vegetables, so it was impossible to spend money indiscriminately.

Even though he heard it across the listening speaker, Shen Wenqiu could still feel Lu Yong’s stiffened voice that said in a jarring manner, “Shen Wenqiu, you said last night that you liked me too.”

Shen Wenqiu vaguely, probably, remembered what he said. He took two steps in the same place irritably and subconsciously touched his pocket. He really wanted to take out a pack of cigarettes and smoke it but there was nothing in his pocket. He remembered that he had quit smoking a long time ago and said irritably, “I can’t remember clearly anymore. Didn’t you also just say those few words at the climax? ….”

After Shen Wenqiu finished speaking vaguely and willfully, he paused first, feeling guilty in his heart. He thought, ‘I really sound like a scumbag when I say that.’

‘What will Lu Yong think?’

Lu Yong must be very angry now, right? No matter how honest and simple Lu Yong is, he would still be so embarrassed that he was made fun of like this.

Shen Wenqiu waited anxiously for Lu Yong to argue with him.

But what he heard was Lu Yong’s calm voice, “En.”

Shen Wenqiu was confused, ‘en what en?’

Lu Yong continued, “I had a guess that you would disavow me and probably react that way, which is why I first transferred all the money on this card that I always bring with me to give to you.”

As if he turned into a guest of honour unknowingly, Shen Wenqiu was surprised to hear Lu Yong’s calm and collected reply.

Lu Yong said lightly, “I know it all. I know that the bank will freeze the money and transfer it away. Originally, I transferred the money to pay your debts.”

“I only brought this card for you, I have no other intentions. I just want to give you all my money.”

He added, “But in fact, it’s not completely transferred yet and there is still a small fraction left. I usually have to spend some money in other places.”

Shen Wenqiu opened his mouth. His lips twitched and he asked as if he was whispering, “…What the hell are you doing?”

Lu Yong, “Can I tell you in person when I go back?”

Shen Wenqiu, “No.”

Lu Yong sighed softly, as if he had no choice but to obey him.

With the phone close to his ear, Shen Wenqiu suddenly felt that Lu Yong was leaning against his side to talk to him. Just like last night, hugging him and talking to his face in a nice temper.

Lu Yong said extremely gently, “Shen Wenqiu, I want to date you. I want to get your permission to officially be your boyfriend. I want to make love with you justifiably. I still want to do it with you and I want to do it for a lifetime.”

“Definitely not for fun.”

“Don’t say it’s just for fun. You are very valuable to me. I can’t possibly treat you like that.”

Shen Wenqiu had dreamed about this countless times in his dreams. When he really heard Lu Yong say these words, even though he had done countless exercises in his heart, he would still be at a loss and the pit of his stomach would feel sweet and sour.

Obviously, he answered “I do” every time in the dream.

“*Ding.*”

And a new text message was sent to the phone.

Shen Wenqiu glanced at it. It was a reminder that the money Lu Yong had just deposited was frozen by the bank and was about to be taken away.

Immediately, Shen Wenqiu felt a sense of peace.

‘Never mind.’

He really wanted to cry but couldn’t cry.

Shen Wenqiu lifelessly said, “Good, now it’s too late. The money is going to be transferred away by the bank. Forget it, just think of it as I owe you another eight million. Anyway, I owe you so much money. For the time being, do not care more about these.”

After that, Shen Wenqiu didn’t give Lu Yong a chance to answer and hung up the phone directly.

On the other side of the phone.

Lu Yong was a little confused when he got hung up on.

He thought about it, called his father and said straight to the point, “Dad, is Shen Wenqiu by your side now? Can you go over and watch him for a while? I’ll be there in about ten minutes.”

“Okay, okay, thanks Dad. En.”

Lu Yong recalled what happened this morning. He really didn’t expect to send the money at first. He just went to wash the sheets secretly.

He got up early and no one else was awake yet, so he didn’t let anyone bump into him.

It was really freezing to wash the sheets in cold water in winter. The last time he washed things in cold weather, it seemed like it was in high school, right? He lived on campus in high school and didn’t have a washing machine. He was very afraid of being disliked by Shen Wenqiu, so he was not lazy at all. He immediately washed his clothes when they got a little dirty and even helped Shen Wenqiu to wash his clothes as well. But Shen Wenqiu would secretly take out his panties in advance and wash them off by himself. Only once he forgot about it and it got washed together. Shen Wenqiu discovered it when he was drying.

Shen Wenqiu blushed and asked, “Why did you wash it?”

Lu Yong said, “I washed it very clean.”

Shen Wenqiu was probably overwhelmed with shame and lost his temper with him, “This is not a question of cleanliness… You are not allowed to do it in the future.”

It was too cold. The more he washed, the clearer his brain became and he gradually became suspicious of himself. It seemed… Shen Wenqiu didn’t explicitly say that he would date him, right? It was just that when he was overwhelmed by what he said, he casually replied, “I like you too.”

Compared to a cautious reply, it seemed to be just Shen Wenqiu’s thoughtless and unintentional remarks.

At that time, he felt that Shen Wenqiu was a little stunned from being fucked by him…

Lu Yong finished washing the sheets and stared dazedly in a melancholic way. Then he gloomily took the sheet to the roof in order to dry it.

When he went upstairs, he ran into his dad who had just woken up.

His father glanced at him, then looked at the blanket in the basin.

Lu Yong wanted to lie very much. He felt uncomfortable being stared at and was frightened. After thinking about it, he still didn’t want to lie. In the end, he blushed and said blankly, “I slept with Shen Wenqiu again…”

His father’s eyes seemed to say, ‘Laozi is not surprised at all.’

Lu Yong blushed even more.

His father asked, “The relationship has been settled? But doesn’t Xiao Baa owe a lot of money? What are you going to do? If you go to a foreign country to get married, will our country also recognize your spousal relationship?  Then you also have to share half his debt, right?”

Lu Yong felt that Shen Wenqiu was very shy about having a relationship with him. Marriage… He didn’t even dare to think about marriage.

And in fact, his father didn’t know how much money Shen Wenqiu owed.

His father said, “How can he not be depressed when he owes so much money? If you can help him pay it back, pay it back. If a couple is being calculative about each other so much, you will be tired. He is an excellent good boy. Turn over for him and you two will get along better with each other in the future.”

Lu Yong nodded.

He thought his father couldn’t be more right.

Lu Yong dried the sheets, went straight downstairs and walked out of the yard. His father asked from behind, “Where are you going?” 

Lu Yong got in the car directly, without looking back and said, “I have something to do. I’m going to the city.”

He thought, hesitating again and again, it was better to do it directly.

Expressing his feelings to Shen Wenqiu with actions was more powerful than any flowery words and he had the confidence to woo Shen Wenqiu again.

What kind of state Shen Wenqiu was in now? As someone close to him, he knew better than anyone else.

He always remembered a very ordinary moment. Once, Shen Wenqiu said to him with a light smile, “I’m no longer the Xiao Baa you remembered before.”

Shen Wenqiu pretended to be optimistic with a smile that he could never forget. And when he saw him, he felt so distressed that he wanted to cry for Shen Wenqiu.

Back then, the sunny, cheerful, proud and confident young man was flattened by setbacks, lost all pride, and shrank himself up.

What about him?

What has he been doing lately? He pulled Shen Wenqiu out of the water but Shen Wenqiu still seemed to have been waiting wetly on the shore, perched on the edge of the water, with no fixed place in his heart.

Lu Yong hurried up and came back just before dinner.

Shen Wenqiu sat peacefully in the yard, basking in the sun and playing Go with his father. Hearing his return, he didn’t look up, pretending to ignore him.

Lu Yong stood beside him and silently waited for them to finish the next round.

Shen Wenqiu put away the pieces and said, “Are you still playing? Uncle.”

Lu Yong interjected, “Shen Wenqiu, I have something to tell you.”

Shen Wenqiu listened as if he didn’t know what to say and set up the chess pieces directly.

Lu Yong picked up the chessboard and walked away. Shen Wenqiu couldn’t ignore him any longer and chased after him angrily, “Lu Yong, is there something wrong with you?”

Lu Yong was also annoyed, “Yes, there is something wrong with me. I’m missing a hand, it’s obvious that there’s something wrong with me.”

Father Lu caught up and snatched the chessboard back. The two quarrelsome people were driven outside into the courtyard, “I still want to play. I’ll continue to play with others. If you two are going to quarrel, then go and quarrel outside! You’re giving me a headache!”

So Shen Wenqiu and Lu Yong were both kicked out of the house.

Shen Wenqiu only felt angry, angry with himself, with nowhere to vent. He stared at the ground and walked forward.

Lu Yong didn’t say a word and followed him like a big loyal dog.

No one spoke.

After walking like this for more than ten minutes, his feet started to heat up.

At the edge of the deserted field, Shen Wenqiu finally stopped. He turned his back to Lu Yong and said cruelly, “I mean to refuse. If you don’t understand my euphemism, I am now telling you clearly that I am refusing you.”

He finally refused, stop torturing him.

He didn’t know if he had hurt Lu Yong or not, but he felt like a sharp knife had been pierced into his heart.

Lu Yong made an “oh” sound, which didn’t sound like he was giving up.

Lu Yong disagreed and said lightly, “…then I’ll ask again tomorrow.”

“What are you going to ask?” Shen Wenqiu’s shoulders shook. He felt embarrassed but he couldn’t help crying, so he sniffled and asked, “Lu Yong, you said you like me. But what you like is the old me and not the current. What do you still like about me? Didn’t you… didn’t you also say that I’m a rotten person?”