127 I Must Be a Masochis (1/2)

Nie Chang leaned over and kissed his cheek. ”Why are you in a hurry? The story isn't over yet.”

Su Yan tensed. Why did this sound as if there were lots of other things he had done wrong?!

Nie Chang seemed calm though and just continued with his reminiscing as if he was in no hurry at all. ”After that day, you followed me around wherever I went, always crying out for 'big brother Nie', tugging at my clothes and throwing tantrums when something didn't go according to your wishes. You really endlessly pestered me.”

Su Yan felt like crying. How was this a story about how his friend had fallen in love with him? He was obviously insulting him!

”I was a little frustrated at first. We didn't know each other. So how could you shamelessly cling to me and call me your brother? But when I tried to get rid of you, you started crying as if you wanted to drown me in your tears. It was terrible to hear and even worse to look at.”

Su Yan pouted. ”If I was so terrible, why didn't you just ignore me?”

”Well, I had a really bad conscience. You did cry because of me, after all.” He sighed and shook his head. ”Ah, the first thing I learned in school actually wasn't reading or writing but instead coaxing you.” He once again ruffled Su Yan's hair. ”Well, I never regretted doing so because as terrible as your crying face was, your smiling face was just as beautiful.”

Su Yan blinked and touched his face. Eh? His face was that versatile?

Nie Chang could see that Su Yan didn't really believe him. ”It's true. I don't know about other people but at least I always felt that your mood is quite contagious. From the first day, I felt terrible when you cried and I was happy when you smiled. Nothing has changed about that.”

”So you just like my face?” Su Yan pouted. There were clearly the words 'How superficial!' written on his face.

Nie Chang laughed and went back to cooking. ”It's not your face. That's just part of it. What drew me in was your personality. You're the kind of person who wears his heart on his sleeve. If you like someone, you'll latch onto him until the end just how you've done it with me back then. If you dislike someone …” Nie Chang smirked.

If it wasn't for his job where he had to put a good face on the matter, then Su Yan could be really harsh. He totally didn't mind telling people to their faces that he didn't like them and he didn't go about it in a subtle manner. It was just like when he had seen that bad review for his short story. He'd get emotional and then everything would be too late. The words were out even before he thought about them.

”Haven't you always ridiculed me because of that? You said I had no idea how to behave in society.”

”Well, that's true though. But I still like that about you. It's nice to watch.”

”You're totally black-bellied!”