Chapter 58 (1/2)

Fake Slackers

Translator: Jury

Editor: NomNom

First Published on Chaleuria

058 – You like to study, don't you

Whether it counted asthe parents or not, He Zhao had acted like it was He did everything he could to gain Aunt Mei's favour, as if he, and not Xie Yu, were her Godson

”It counts” Xie Yu took two steps forward ”So reave you”

He Zhao looked down at the bags in his hands, and it kind of dimmed the joy of his prior son-in-law visit

Just now, at the dining table, they had not saidout of the bag Besides, they had been focusing on their little movements under the table So, Xie Yu only complained now ”You looked the part of a leader this afternoon, Zhao-ge”

He Zhao said, ”It was all right When I walk down the street, I feel like the whole street belongs tomy sarcasm for sincerity?”

The buses here ran every half an hour, and the previous bus had probably just left The bus stop sign hung crooked and there were no seats in the waiting area It looked very run-down

He Zhao hadn't noticed when he had arrived Now he looked for a place to sit and only saw four bare stuine what the seat that had previously been there looked like based on the stumps ”This place really has character…”

When Xie Yu had returned for summer vacation, the seat had already been like this Zhou Dalei had even squatted on the side of the street, waiting for hio Then the police found it” Xie Yu briefly summarized the theft which had made waves in the coain”

The chair of the neighborhood co herself ragged to take care of the shborhood Every three or five days one would see thered araphones, ”Where's the well cover?! —Which one of you stole the well cover?!”

”Who broke the bus station sign? And the bus station seat? What are you going to do with it after sawing it off?”

He Zhao was very entertained ”That really happened?”

But wait, there was more

They had later discovered that the well cover had been stolen by a ruffian from the next street over Of course, the residents of the next street weren't so altruistic as to adhborhoods had started quarrelling It had gone on for so long they ht?”

Xie Yu said, ”We didn't fight Do we look like such hooligans?”

”Don't… you?”

It hadn't escalated into a fight, but in the ht, sohborhood Coone to the next street over and stolen their well cover back

The neighboring street had never i would happen, and everyone was slack-jawed the next

Xie Yu finished his story, then noticed He Zhao was standing in a daze He stopped and waved a hand in front of his face ”Hey”

Xie Yu waved twice, then got impatient and tried to slap hiht hold of his hand, his fingers weaving through Xie Yu's, then he said quietly, ”…Before today, I'd only seen this place in your photos”

What He Zhao did not say was that now that he had coan to corass, dirty fro in patches on their fur as they lay, eyes closed, under the sun

Every brick, every building, and every sound fros

Now he realized where Xie Yu's contradictory yet alluring nature came from He shut out all the evils of the world with a hard outer shell, a dry attitude that kept people at a distance

But the soft place in his heart had remained spotless

He Zhao had a lot to say, but eventually only held on to his little friend's hand and said, ”I think there's no hope for ht of the walnuts, and quietly thought, I think there's no hope for you, too

With a brain like his, eating walnuts would probably be of no use

They waited a while more Half an hour went by but the bus hadn't arrived

Xie Yu wanted to knohat tiht and the battery had run out When he unlocked it, the screen barely lit up before going dark again He nudged He Zhao with his elbow ”Where's your phone?”

He Zhao said, ”Pants pocket, left side”

Xie Yu's fingers came to rest on He Zhao's pocket The h, and before he could reach in He Zhao re you shouldn't”

Xie Yu stopped ”In your dreams”

19：21

It wasn't late yet, but it wasn't early, either, and the ride back would take ht about it and decided to call Madam Gu to report in

He Zhao's hoaht of several pink icons and a fareen in the corner

Xie Yu didn't look closely He was trying to hit the call button on the lower right corner but touched the browser icon to its left

It was a matter of privacy, after all, and Xie Yu had no intention of snooping into his partner's phone He reacted faster than he could think, reflexively hitting the back button and returning to the ht of soe

Xie Yu hesitated a ain