Ch31 - New Year (1/2)
“I didn’t mean anything else.” Zhou Sheng said.
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Usually, ‘didn’t mean anything else’ meant that one ‘did mean something else’. Yu Hao smiled and changed to another channel. It was still broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala.
“I understand.” Yu Hao thought, the one who tied the bell must be the one to take it off, let me take off the golden circlet ba, “I do want to date, I just haven’t found someone suitable.” As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng curled into the blanket and suddenly asked, “Why did Kaikai call you this afternoon?”
Yu Hao didn’t know why Zhou Sheng would ask this. In fact, he realised that as soon as he and Chen Yekai got close, Zhou Sheng would suddenly pay close attention.
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“He was probably worried that something might happen to me if I was outside by myself ba?” Yu Hao didn’t tell Zhou Sheng about the photo, “It was a normal greeting. Maybe he gave everyone a call?”
“He didn’t call me.” Zhou Sheng said evenly.
Yu Hao, “Since we’re together.”
Zhou Sheng motioned to his phone, “Do you want to ask if he gave big guy a call? You can wish him a Happy New Year in passing.”
Sometimes, Yu Hao felt like Zhou Sheng’s perceptiveness could be described with the word ‘terrifying’. But in the next moment, Zhou Sheng was even more amazing as he accurately grasped Yu Hao’s train of thought, “Learnt it from my Mum. When she was investigating my Dad to see if he was having an affair, that’s what you call not missing a single clue.
Yu Hao thought he might as well ask, “Then why do you think he called me?”
Actually, Yu Hao had vaguely felt that Chen Yekai treated him differently from the other students, and he had guessed the reason from the photo:
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Chen Yekai was treating Yu Hao like his ex.
“Because Professor Lin’s car accident made him feel like anything could happen in life.” Zhou Sheng said in a bored voice, “Maybe he was supposed to be in that car too. After he found out about the accident, he couldn’t help but call the people who are important to him.”
This time, Yu Hao knelt down to Zhou Sheng through and through. He might fool around a lot, but when he gets serious, he turns into that “General” in his dreamscapes.
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“And after that?” Yu Hao asked.
Zhou Sheng narrowed his eyes and scrutinised Yu Hao, “I think he’s a little interested in you, it’s just that he’s afraid to say it straight. He has the heart of a thief, but not a thief’s guts.”
Yu Hao didn’t respond and just watched the TV.
After so much foreshadowing, Zhou Sheng finally got to the point, “If you’re going to look for a boyfriend, it’s best if you don’t consider him.”
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Yu Hao, “Why?”
Zhou Sheng, “I don’t like it.”
Yu Hao mocked, “But if I really end up liking him, it’s not like I can do anything about it. Just think about it, if you were to find a girlfriend and I said that I didn’t like her, would you break up with her?”
Zhou Sheng said as if it was only natural, “I’ll break up ah, you’re the one who’s most important of course.”
Yu Hao, “…..”
When Yu Hao heard that, he had only one thought——worth it.
But he still stubbornly said, “You’re just saying that, you know that it’s impossible for me to force you to break up.”
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Zhou Sheng said, “Don’t tell me you really like him ba?”
Yu Hao said, “What if I really do? Do you think that I like you? Actually, I don’t, I’ve always……”
Yu Hao thought about it over and over, then suddenly thought of a good idea and finally made up his mind, “I’ve always thought that he was General.”
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Zhou Sheng, “……”
Yu Hao said, “So I……”
Zhou Sheng’s expression instantly became an extremely spectacular sight. Yu Hao thought that with this, Zhou Sheng’s golden circlet would finally be removed. He just didn’t know if the totem he gave him would still be around.
Zhou Sheng, “Really?”
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“You’re a shou ba?” Zhou Sheng suddenly went on a tangent.
“I don’t know.” Yu Hao answered honestly, “I’ve never dated a guy before, maybe?”
Zhou Sheng said, “I can’t accept you being, being…by him……”
When he spoke to this point, Yu Hao who had just been staring at the TV suddenly found it amusing, yet Zhou Sheng’s face was slightly red.
“What if he’s a gong?” Yu Hao asked.
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Zhou Sheng fell silent again. After a long time passed, Zhou Sheng said, “Pass me the remote control.”
Yu Hao threw the remote control over. Zhou Sheng caught it, then pressed the mute button and the whole world turned deathly silent within a moment.
“I don’t like……un, my bro being pressed down underneath someone else. But if you really like that,” Zhou Sheng said, “A feeling like ‘love’ has no reason, so I can only endure it, but try not to ba.”
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This was the second time Yu Hao felt moved by Zhou Sheng.
“I don’t like him.” Yu Hao still admitted the truth in the end.
“Fuck!” Zhou Sheng flared up, “Then what the hell were you talking about?! Were you making fun of me!”
Yu Hao immediately burst out into laughter as he looked at Zhou Sheng. Only then did Zhou Sheng realise that Yu Hao was lying the whole time. If Yu Hao had mistaken Chen Yekai as General, then why would he have said all those things to him last night?
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Zhou Sheng was at a loss. Neither of them spoke anymore and the conversation came to an abrupt end. After awhile, Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng as he had wanted to say something, but discovered that Zhou Sheng had fallen asleep while lying on the sofa.
By 11pm, Zhou Sheng was snoring lightly. He really was very tired. Yu Hao yawned as well and nudged him. Zhou Sheng didn’t react.
Yu Hao thought, we should go back and sleep ba, let’s not usher in the New Year. He went forward and wanted to copy what Zhou Sheng had done before, to pick him up and carry Zhou Sheng like a princess onto the bed.
He tried his best, but he couldn’t carry him.
He tried harder, but he still couldn’t carry him.
Yu Hao, “……”
Yu Hao thought, this guy is so skinny, so why the hell is he so heavy?! Is it because he’s a sports student? So Yu Hao could only resort to carrying him on his back, and wanted to get him into the room by any means. In the end, he was half carrying Zhou Sheng and was about to leave the living room when Zhou Sheng turned sideways and got off. He walked into the room as he mocked,
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“Weakling.”
Yu Hao, “……”
Outside, the sound of firecrackers rang out. The two of them got onto the bed to sleep separately.
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Yu Hao said, “Let’s go back to Ying city tomorrow ba.”
Zhou Sheng, “It’s only been two days, but you finally can’t stand it either? What happened to the family reunion you were talking about?”
Yu Hao, “I was wrong.”
Zhou Sheng, “Would you still persuade me to come home next year?”
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Yu Hao immediately said, “I won’t.”
Zhou Sheng, “Then how should I spend the New Year next year?”
Yu Hao, “I’ll accompany you. We can stay in the dormitory or go outside to play.”
Zhou Sheng was extremely satisfied, “Un, good boy. Good night.”
The sound of firecrackers went off round after round; Yu Hao felt like he had returned to the conscious world within his dreams. On this night, the city was decorated with lanterns and coloured banners. Red lanterns hung behind the seven-storey palaces, illuminating the curtain of night, while the fire beacons along the great wall lit up with blazing fires one after the other and burned brilliantly at the summit of the mountain ranges.
Zhou Sheng was still clad in armour from head to toe. This time he had taken off his helmet and instead of a mass of mist within, there was a familiar face. The real General appeared within his armour. He sat with Yu Hao in front of the beacon tower at the top of the Great Wall —— the place where they had first met each other within the dream. Both of them looked into the distance as they waited for the New Year’s sunrise in the dream. When the sun rose, Yu Hao felt like Zhou Sheng had said something to him while smiling.