Chapter 35 (2/2)

Gu Xuelan was tired She was about to go upstairs but when she passed by the kitchen she saw Xie Yu inside, an apron around his waist, his sleeves folded up He was holding a handful of vegetables, washi+ng them carefully under the tap

The water in the pot had just begun to boil and emitted steam Xie Yu reached out and opened the lid, then put some noodles in He did this with the ease of practice, without any dawdling

Xie Yu wasn't a stranger to the kitchen Before, when Gu Xuelan had been busy ork and hadn't had the time to take care of hio to Aunt Lei or Aunt Mei's houses for dinner A simple bowl of noodles or fried rice

Gu Xuelan didn't make a sound She stood in the kitchen doorway and watched

He etables, a sprinkle of spring onion, and a fried egg

He kept his head bowed, eyes attentive

Gu Xuelan's eyes filled with tears as she watched him She turned around and covered her eyes with one hand

Xie Yu didn't say much Madam Gu finished the noodles one bite at a time, and only then did he say, ”Happy birthday, mom”

Gu Xuelan nodded and e coy to say, either In the end, she only replied, ”It's getting late Get soo to class toain Xie Yu lay on the bed and was about to turn off his phone when the notification bar flashed with two ht

It ca good

Add Weixin 1502xxx7043, he'll do your hoer stilled on the screen A second passed before he typed a questionyour homework for you

He Zhao: Shen Jie said this person is very capable His prices are fair and he can even i can't tell

He Zhao: And if he gets one wrong, he'll do ten to make it up

Xie Yu: So?

Xie Yu felt that his knowledge of being a slacker was still too lih

Tell you via call Is this a good tih Xie Yu wasn't interested, he still y to reply, sure

The next second, He Zhao sent an invitation

Xie Yu didn't look carefully at it and thought it was a normal voice call

So, when he hit accept, He Zhao appeared in theonly a pair of underpants

He Zhao hadn't even toweled his hair He stood barefoot on the ground, bent over by his bed going through his clothes His shoulder blades and spine were drawn tight by thearound his neck The vigor only a youth could possess radiated from him

Xie Yu was silent for two seconds, then said, ”What are you doing? Showing off your damn black underwear?”

”fuck” He Zhao jumped, too He picked up his clothes and looked back ”…What the hell”

He Zhao had been busy putting on clothes and had accidentally hit the video call button instead

The lighting on Xie Yu's side wasn't good—a little dark—but by the looks of it he was lying on his bed He Zhao put on shi+rt and pants in a feift movements ”Hand slipped Hey, don't look like that Clearly you're the one who benefited here Your big bro's body…”

”If nothing's theabout his body ”There was soht The homework person”

Xie Yu wasn't sure why He Zhao had to talk one-on-one with him about soive a twenty percent discount for doing two sets of homework?”

”No,” He Zhao said ”Do you still have the piece of paper I gave you? What homework is there? Even I can't tell what on earth I wrote on here”

Xie Yu 'greeted' He Zhao calist was to tell hio somewhere cool Then he prepared to cut the video call

”Just try it! Maybe you andhave a special connection”

”You'd better ask the ho have a special connection,” Xie Yu said ”Can he i and immediately hit end call His phone screen returned to the hoe—he had forgotten to delete it—still lay quietly in the 'Ga

Before he knew it, night had fully fallen outside hisWind rushed in through thefro with it a touch of cold

Xie Yu shut his eyes and his consciousness grew fainter But he was somehoare that su su da my violet weapon,” when He Zhao had pulled aside his black ht countries,” was about to pass

Translation notes:

[1] 'salted fish' is a homophone for 'lots of free ti time in a daze