Chapter 42: Long-distance relationship? (1/2)

Functioning on conditioned reflex, You Liangxing could not help but think: Does that mean I’m allowed to video call you when your hair is washed? After snapping back to his reverie, he stilled, and reflected on what he was thinking exactly. Even if he had washed his hair, they were not familiar to the point where they could video call.

You Liangxing typed in the dialog box: After hurrying out of your house, it’s normal that your hair isn’t washed.

After reading his response, it felt like something was amiss. If it was meant to comfort Ah Sheng, it made it sound like it was extremely regrettable to him that they did not manage to video call. He tried again: Remember to wash your hair next time.

He paused to contemplate the sentence again. It was even worse. He changed it again: I didn’t wash my hair either.

… Despite changing his sentence a few times, why did all of them sound particularly strange? You Liangxing thought it over from many different angles before he finally decided on a reply: — Oh.

It was not that he was a bore; not saying words with ill-meanings was a force of habit.

It just so happened that Kang Shengzhe had never fussed about You Liangxing’s lack of words, in fact, he was accustomed to it. Thus, he found his own opener: — It’s such a pity, I feel like I just missed on a hundred million.

You Liangxing did not know how much of it was true, but the strange thing was that even though he knew that it might have been said out of courtesy, his mood cleared up significantly from that casual sentence alone.

His train of thought made a turnaround, and You Liangxing remembered the reason why he had initiated a video call: — Where are you? Did you happen to fall asleep outside?

Ah Sheng’s reply was delayed by a few seconds: — Ah…. En… No ah. 〖Serious Face〗

His response was the exemplar of ‘trying to hide the matter only to make it more conspicuous’, and it gave rise to a feeling of helplessness within You Liangxing.

— Forget it, go home now.

[Ah Sheng]: — Okay.

[Ah Sheng]: — If I don’t go back now, the sleepiness will escape me. I need to hurry.

You Liangxing: k2026;..

Feeling like he was going to laugh from anger, You Liangxing typed: k2014; You should eat breakfast after running.

Kang Shengzhe, who had not eaten breakfast for a long time, revealed a smile as he was rushing back. As he was running, he replied: — mo mo da.

You Liangxing’s eyebrows jumped, and a complicated urge surged in his heart and his eyes had a glint of viciousness. He found that he had never missed the sandbag in his dormitory more than now.

One punch was enough, just one punch.

If he was not even allowed to punch it once, his whole body would feel uncomfortable.

Once his morning run concluded, You Liangxing’s schedule was not occupied in the least, and he remained idle until noon. Concurrently, [Ah Sheng] had just made up for the sleep he had missed and he came knocking on his WeChat.

[Ah Sheng]: — So bored.

You Liangxing himself was outside. With nothing on his agenda, chatting with others was considered the most appropriate pastime to while his time away. You Liangxing replied: — En.

Whenever most people said ‘en’ or ‘oh’, it usually signified the end of a conversation but when it was used on Kang Shengzhe, that was not the case. He could feel that Liang Liang was not like the majority; he did not reply in such a manner because he was unwilling to acknowledge something, rather, when he replied in such a way, it showed that that he was seriously waiting for him to finish speaking. Essentially, Kang Shengzhe felt that You Liangxing was actually very patient.

… Although he might not seem that way on the surface.

[Ah Sheng]: — Aren’t you going out today?

You Liangxing: I haven’t decided on where to go.