Chapter 21: WiFi Signal
Translator: マイ
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Xiao Yao was 1.8 meters tall when he was still in high school. With both good looks and a good altitude, he had many admirers of all genders.
At that time, the National Same-Sex Marriage Law had not yet been publsihed, but with the improvement of people’s points of view, there had been many homosexuals announcing their coming out of the closet in a high-profile manner.
Li Yi was one of them. Everyone knew that he was gay, and the fact that he came out of the closet in a high-profile manner became well-known, even to his own family.
However, after having a life and death war with the members in his family, they soon came to accept him and the twisted melon that wasn’t ripe yet, came out just like that.
Then Li Yi began his life of debauchery, flirting and acting lascivious with men here and there, one after another. No one had been able to stand him since then.
It wasn’t until Xiao Yao… beat him up that he restrained himself.
Two weeks later after the beating, Li Yi’s eyes were still black like a panda. He scrapped several tubes of concealer to cover it, and he didn’t dare go home on the weekend either.
“You are so cruel, beating me up even though I haven’t said anything yet. If I confess, won’t you kill me then?” Li Yi said while crying and howling.
If Li Yi confessed, Xiao Yao probably wouldn’t kill him, he would run away by himself.
He would be scared away.
Although this was what happened in the second year of high school, Xiao Yao had already been aware of his preference since he was in junior high school.
Because of his family, Xiao Yao either had no one to talk to or was unwilling to share his disposition with anyone and only buried them deeply in his heart, unlike Li Yi.
Until now. This Little Bunny was quietly, and slowly pulling out, those traces of affection that were buried deep within his heart.
Ambiguously.
His wristwatch slowly pointed at 10 pm, and Ti Xiao’s third bottle of saline water had also bottomed out. Ti Xiao slept particularly soundly while the song played in the background, and did not wake up even while Xiao Yao was changing the bottle.
While Xiao Yao was still thinking about how to wake him up, the nurse sister pressed the back of Ti Xiao’s hand, and without any qualms, pulled out the needle, helping Xiao Yao solve the problem.
Ti Xiao was awakened by the pain.
Just like the last time Xiao Yao saw him wake up, Ti Xiao sat up a little confused as if he didn’t even know what year it was.
He still wore a mask on his face, a wooly hat covered his eyes, and only his nose was exposed. When he turned his head around, the image looked quite funny.
Xiao Yao let out a low chuckle and reached out to help him lift his hat properly.
The first scene that came into Ti Xiao’s line of sight was his hand resting on Xiao Yao’s arm. The palm of his hand was warm, while Xiao Yao’s arm was cool.
Ti Xiao quickly withdrew his hand. “Sorry, sorry, I was not very polite when I slept.”
He said it as if he was in a hurry to withdraw his hand, but he was actually reluctant to give up that cool feeling on his palm. After all, this kind of opportunity is quite rare and only comes once in a century.
He could tell that Xiao Yao’s arm was smooth and how tight his muscles were just by touching it. Strong and beautiful.
“It’s okay.” Xiao Yao pulled down his sleeve to cover his slightly stiff arm.
The sweet taste in his heart had become even sweeter.
Ti Xiao needed to take the infusion for three consecutive days, and while walking back, Ti Xiao transferred the payment for the medical expenses from his WeChat to Xiao Yao.
Although he had already taken today’s infusion, Ti Xiao’s physical fitness had not yet fully recovered. He felt dizzy as soon as he took a few steps as if the whole person was about to collapse.
“Be careful.” With his quick eyes, Xiao Yao supported him in an instant. He put his hand around Ti Xiao’s waist, and helped him stabilize his stand.
Whatever amount of heat there was that could be described in a novel and transmitted through the thin clothes from those hands, was strangled by the cold, and this big cotton jacket.
“Thank you, my head is still a little dizzy.” Ti Xiao originally thought it would end here, but he didn’t expect this sentence would give Xiao Yao a hint.
Just like that, while supporting Ti Xiao with one hand, Xiao Yao brought him to his apartment.
Oh f*ck, have we developed to the stage of entering each other’s apartment so soon?
Ti Xiao’s hand, which was holding the key, was shaking.
As its name suggests, the little grunting cat Xiao Hulu had run off to sleep somewhere again. Ti Xiao glanced at the book on the small coffee table in the living room, and hurried to destroy the corpse before he could even change into his slippers.
That was the anatomical reference he found for driving a car a few days ago.
(T/N: reference for sex scene.)
Although Ti Xiao joked a lot, he still wanted some face.
He couldn’t let Xiao Yao find out that he drew this kind of thing.
“Er, there are no bigger slippers…” The members of Ti Xiao’s family all had small feet; even his brother, who was over 1.8 meters tall, couldn’t escape the family’s fate.
“It’s okay.” Xiao Yao’s shoes, which he placed neatly beside the messy pile of shoes, looked out of place.
Seeing that nearly one-third of Xiao Yao’s feet went past the edge of the slippers, Ti Xiao scratched his head and said, “If you feel uncomfortable, you can go barefoot. I live alone… and I just cleaned the floor yesterday.”
Obviously it was last week.
“You can sit or look around. I’ll pour you a glass of water.” Now that Xiao Yao had come to his house, Ti Xiao would treat him well.
At first, Xiao Yao only stood there without moving, but a little curiosity made him look around Ti Xiao’s apartment.
Because the two units were opposite each other, the layout design was reversed. Ti Xiao’s apartment wasn’t too messy, but it couldn’t be called tidy either. The only difference from his own apartment was that although he lived alone, Ti Xiao’s apartment was filled with a completely different feeling from his own.
There was a warm feeling; a warmth which made people want to hold it firmly in their hands.
Things related to painting could be seen everywhere in the living room, such as drawing boards, easels, oil paints, and doll bodies. There were also piles of drawing paper that seem to be painted with human structures stacked in the corner of the wall.
In the corner of the living room was an easel with an unfinished oil painting, a bird’s-eye view of the city, wrapped in a dark blue night, and in the distance, was the sun rising eastward on the horizon. The oil painting hadn’t yet dried completely, and when he got closer, he could smell turpentine oil.
The position of the canvas was a bit crooked. It seemed about to fall if tilted even just a little bit. Xiao Yao stretched out his hand to help adjust it, but then a book fell from behind the canvas.
When Ti Xiao turned on the faucet in the kitchen, and was about to clean the fruit, someone took the apple from his hand before the cold water touched his skin.
“I’ll do it. You just had an infusion. It’s better not to touch cold water to avoid infection.” Xiao Yao said as he rolled up his sleeves and started washing the fruits.
Ti Xiao touched the band-aid on the back of his hand. After all, he still couldn’t imagine how a little bacteria could infect such a small puncture wound.
However, this thoughtfulness of the little goblin named Xiao Yao, almost made Ti Xiao dizzy.
He then stood aside and simply watched Xiao Yao washing the fruits – the sound of splashing water filling the entirety of the tranquil room.
As well as the “Guru” sound roaring from Ti Xiao’s stomach.
It had been almost 8 hours since he had eaten anything.
Ti Xiao wanted to bury himself into the crack on the floor as soon as Xiao Yao turned his head and looked over.
“Are you hungry?” Xiao Yao felt that the opportunity had come, and was finally able to bring out the dumplings he made at school. “I have dumplings made from school, do you want to try them?”
Ti Xiao suppressed the excitement in his heart, half jokingly, “Did you make it yourself? I don’t want to eat it if you didn’t make it.”
Xiao Yao smiled embarrassingly, and handed the washed apple to Ti Xiao. “I made it, but it may not look good. I hope you like it.”
How come? You’re so good-looking, the dumplings you make are sure to be handsome like you!
Soon, Ti Xiao’s face was swollen with papapa, face slapping.
It was really hard for him to describe this plate of dumplings – some had their fillings spilling out of their wrapper.
But Ti Xiao wouldn’t dislike it either. He picked up a dumpling and stuffed it in his mouth. “Are you not very good at cooking? I’m not very good at anything either.”
When we get together in the future, we can just order takeout.
Ti Xiao’s words were like a warning in Xiao Yao’s ears. He moved the chili dipping sauce that Ti Xiao had taken out away from him. “You’re still sick. You can’t eat spicy food.”
Ti Xiao was thinking about how to convince him so that he could get the chili back, but Xiao Yao suddenly said, “Was breakfast delicious?”
“Ah?” Ti Xiao choked, what’s the matter, he’s even worried about what I eat in the morning.
“Did this morning’s porridge taste good?” Xiao Yao asked again, as if he was in a hurry to justify his cooking skills.
Thinking that Xiao Yao wanted to have the food takeaway address because he had zero cooking skills, Ti Xiao understood his words right away. “Do you want to order from this takeaway shop too? Should I give you the name of the shop?” He said as he took out his mobile phone.
If the first half of the sentence made Xiao Yao happy, the second half of the sentence made him a little helpless.
What takeaway? Could it be compared to Xiao Yao’s loving breakfast?
Thinking that Ti Xiao might have misunderstood, Xiao Yao couldn’t help but laugh.
Ti Xiao was scrolling through the phone’s take-out app. As soon as he found the order last night, Xiao Yao’s voice rang, “I gave it to you this morning.”
Ti Xiao lowered his head again, and the words “Order Failed” appeared on the screen.
“Ah, did you send it?” Ti Xiao was a little embarrassed; he even said that someone wasn’t good at cooking.
But this was Ti Xiao after all; even if he was in a very embarrassing situation, he could turn black to white with a mouthful of words that could help him survive, and he would carve out a step for himself if there were no steps to walk on.
“No wonder it was so delicious! I say, it was especially delicious! I’ll give you a hundred points!” Ti Xiao gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up. “I want to eat your porridge every day!”
Xiao Yao really laughed this time, and said with his low, magnetic voice, “Yes, I will add an extra bowl of porridge for you in the morning.”
Ti Xiao originally just wanted to draw a step to connect things, but who would have thought that he actually got the benefit out of it. Suddenly, he felt bliss in his heart. He was so happy that he could go downstairs and run eight to ten laps.
“Okay, thank you so much.” Ti Xiao eagerly nodded his head.
I really like you so much.
They sat facing each other at the small dining table. The chandelier overhead shed soft light from above like broken gold; beautiful things, beautiful times, and a beautiful someone who always made people want to embrace him.
Ti Xiao squinted his eyes and looked at Xiao Yao from across the table. The enthusiasm of love in his heart became more intense.
At 11 o’clock, Xiao Yao’s cell phone rang. It was the alarm he set for when he should rest and go to sleep at night. It was the familiar piano piece, the one that Ti Xiao heard through the earphones.
Now that he thought about it, Xiao Yao still had to go to work the next day, and Ti Xiao was too thin skinned to keep others and force them to chat.
Before Xiao Yao left, Ti Xiao asked in a seemingly unintentional manner, “Ai, is the infusion tomorrow also at this time? Tell me what the doctor said, I’ll go alone tomorrow.”
It was already 11 pm, no matter what time the infusion was tomorrow, this Ti purely Xiao became Great grandfather Ti, trying to throw the bait to catch the Big Fish Xiao Yao.
And it seemed like the Big Fish Xiao Yao also wanted to take the bait, saying, “It’s around 8 o’clock. I will call you tomorrow, so let’s go together.”
Ti Xiao, who had successfully caught a big fish, was so happy that as soon as he got into his room, he washed up and lay down in bed, ready to go to his dreamland.
After Xiao Yao returned to his apartment and closed his door, he thought of the book that fell from behind Ti Xiao’s canvas earlier.
It was a drawing reference book.
The title of the book was《Male CP’s 100 Types of Positions》.
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Mai: uh uh uh… I’ll try to get 2 ch in a row for the next update. Because I also hate cliffhanger haha.
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