Chapter 48 (1/2)
Fake Slackers
Translator: Jury
Editor: Noe”
A certain person who had had aclosed on him by Heaven was currently very frustrated indeed
He was so frustrated he didn't sleep well all night Even doing mock exam papers didn't help
He Zhao discovered that the strange, soradually built up, little by little By the time he became aware of it, it was completely out of control
Countless times he had been shaken, and each time, he wasn't sure what to do
He wasn't sure where to put his hands, he didn't dare look directly at that person, yet a voice in his heart continued to shout
He, likes, Xie Yu
Not that sort of like That sort of like
Whenever he saw him, his heart filled up Afraid to win, yet afraid to lose Not grounded at all, with the lingering feeling that somewhere within him still remained empty That sort of like
But
He Zhao had ree-old dilehts rushed about in all directions like a wild beast but still could not find their way
Eventually the beast stopped, having exhausted all its energy He Zhao sat on the ground and thought, would his little friend… dislike it?
As someone as discussed in a CP thread on the school forums, He Zhao was, in a broad sense, aware of the ht
What if Xie Yu was as straight as an arrow?
He was at an age where it was easy to be reckless, but he didn't dare to just do as he pleased
Eventually, He Zhao tossed his pen down He wasn't sure what to do, either, so he opened Xie Yu's social media profile and scrolled down, post by post
Xie Yu's socialoff the Xie Yu he knew He Zhao no Xie Yu's life froentleness that he ordinarily never showed
Xie Yu's everyday posts were very siry he would post, 'Go fucking scram,' and when he was happy he would post pictures of nature or his surroundings One coe cat, with the caption Eat yourself to death
The orange cat sometimes sunned itself belly-up at the entrance to the convenience store, napping with its eyes narrowed
The convenience store looked run-down and children's toys were arranged on its stock shelves A whole wall of cheap toys
There was a signpost in the upper left corner of the photo, the words 'Black Water Street' faintly visible
He Zhao paused This location sounded faroer in nuht to hi, he reached a close-up photo of the orange cat It was very close to the calass, and Xie Yu's hand was placed on the orange cat's head——just looking at the hand, one could not i the cat's head could be vicious at all
Xie Yu was sitting on the side of the road, and the cat was clearly very co petted, its eyes narroith satisfaction
He Zhao stared at the photo for a long ti it
The Xie Yu in these photos was different from the Xie Yu in school, but he was still the little friend He Zhao knew
With such a thick layer of arht he was impenetrable
”daer and flipped his phone over ”…Why is he so cute”
After evening self-study ended, Xie Yu returned to his dor when he received a phone call froain if he would be going home for the weekend, and prepared to use the excuse that he needed to study for the upco mid-ter Jie's voice, stuttering and clearly drunk ”Xie Yu, I' Jie's voice stopped there, because Xie Yu had hung up the phone
Two htily, ”You're just a peasant, but you dare hang up on me?”
A vein jumped at Xie Yu's temple
What the hell was 'peasant?' The drunk was still acting like he was a lord tyrant?
He Zhao was still awash in the feeling of 'my little friend is too da down the corridor and cursing out loud, ”Motherfucker, are you quite finished?”
He Zhao: ”……”
”Everyone owes you so and you're the worst off” Xie Yu pushed open his dor to the deserted end of the corridor to keep talking Expression blank, he said, ”Yes, I've been eyeing your fauard it like the dog you are”
Xie Yu had not taken two steps before the door opposite his opened and He Zhao leaned in his dooratching hi, cursing the whole way Very ile curse
When he was done, and walking back after hanging up the phone, He Zhao asked, ”Who was it that deserved that cursing?”
He Zhao did not ask anything further about the situation An average person, listening to this without knowing the full picture, would think Xie Yu was the bully here But He Zhao straightaway labeled the other party, who had been cursed at for a long ti' He really was very biased
Xie Yu didn't want to talk about it He stopped, stood in his dorm room doorway and said, ”Ah, just an idiot”
Xie Yu's expression was frustrated, an air of annoyance e Jie were in front of him now, and if one were to hand Xie Yu a stick, he wouldn't hesitate to beat Zhong Jie to a pulp He was that annoyed
He Zhao turned to one side ”Want to come in and sit down?”
Xie Yu didn't move
He Zhao said, ”I have sweets”
Xie Yu used words economically If he could express what he wanted in tords he certainly would not use three
After listening for a while, He Zhao had gotten the gist of it He suggested, perfectly seriously, ”Is your stepbrother a special needs child? Does he need to see a neurologist?”
Xie Yu laughed ”Yes Developed child”
He Zhao suddenly ree cat from Xie Yu's profile He pulled up the photo and showed Xie Yu ”How did this cat get so fat?”
”The whole street feeds it How could it not get fat?” Xie Yu glanced at it then asked, ”What are you looking at ”
They chatted for a while, about everything froame equipment, and then the conversation came around to Liu Cunhao's birthday ”Hao-zi's birthday is next weekend Are you going?”
Xie Yu thought about it ”Birthday?”
”Did you not notice hied his chair closer ”A wily one, he is”