ATOIME Ch120 - Whose Underwear Is It On The Floor? - Chrysanthemum Garden

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Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: lolimelon

Yan Qiu held onto his terminal and waited for a bit. When he turned around, Ji Xinglan answered him.  ynC4rj

[Not yet.]

The night was long, and he was not the only one who couldn’t sleep. Ji Xinglan, too, was sleepless. 

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Yan Qiu crawled further under his blanket so that he could hide the shining terminal screen and avoid affecting other people. 

A day had already passed, so why was the dream not over yet.  m sdeY

Apparently, the night was a time when people felt melancholy. When he lay in bed, he was lonely and bored. Yan Qiu could not stop himself from missing Ji Xinglan, Xing Xing, and Qiu Qiu. 

If it were not because he was worried that he would be treated as someone sick in the head, he would even consider going over to the neighboring bed to sleep with Xie Yu so that he could find a familiar sense of security. 

After hesitating for a while, Yan Qiu tentatively typed some words into the chat box. 

[Why aren’t you sleeping yet?]

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Ji Xinglan seemed to have been guarding the screen because he replied quickly. 

[I can’t sleep when you’re not around. I was joking.]

[…]

[You actually got used to such a stupid thing?] Kjy564

But Ji Xinglan did not continue with the conversation. He asked, [So, why aren’t you sleeping too?]

[I can’t sleep.] Yan Qiu replied in a gloom. [The streetlamp outside is a little bright, and I might have been sleeping for too long in the car just now.]

[…You slept soundly in the car, so why can’t you sleep in bed?]

[Do you miss me?] N ZXO1

Yan Qiu did not want to admit it, so he avoided the topic. 

[We just met, why would I miss you?]

[Say, do you think we need sleep when we’re dreaming?]

[I don’t know. Do you want to sleep? If you don’t, do you want to do a video call?] cJ1pvR

[No. There’s someone else in my dorm.]

[Who?]

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[Who else? It’s my dormmate, Xie Yu.]

[…] gBtKkM

Yan Qiu was waiting for Ji Xinglan to say something, but later on, he received no reply. After waiting for a while, Yan Qiu thought that Ji Xinglan had fallen asleep, so he asked whether he was already asleep in the chatbox. 

Before he could send it, he suddenly received new messages. 

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[Do you miss me or not?]

Ji Xinglan sent two photos to him, and by the looks of it, he just took them. 

He stared at Ji Xinglan’s face on the screen and licked his slightly dry lips. Yan Qiu had to admit, he longed for his body. 

Ji Xinglan looked like he had just finished bathing in the picture. He wore a bathrobe, and his hair seemed damp. It hung gently by his face, and some of the longer strands practically covered his eyes, making his nose look even taller. He looked so beautiful that he was about to glow.  3UacNR

Yan Qiu gulped. Ji Xinglan wore earrings, making him look like a young teenager. 

He slid to the other picture, and Yan Qiu stared at the picture even longer. The second one was an even more indecent photo. Ji Xinglan wore the same clothes as he did in the picture before, but in this picture, he lifted his bathrobe and bit down on the belt. 

Ji Xinglan was sincerely, sincerely seducing him. 

Even though Yan Qiu knew it, he could not resist the temptation. He stared at the picture until he had his fill, but he still felt unsatiated. Why was Ji Xinglan not here with him now? u5UJlH

That way, he could touch him. 

Yan Qiu thought about it and typed. [If that’s what you say, so be it.]

[Should we move out?]

[Who knows when we’ll wake up from this dream. If we keep staying apart from each other, others will think that our relationship is bad.] Ny49Hj

[…You’re overthinking things. No one knows we’re married now.]

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[Why are you using emoticons?]

[Are you in a hotel now?] uSpdZq

[No, I’m at home.]

[Are you alone?]

[Obviously. My wife ran away.]

[…] zvEWhY

[Are you really not going to consider moving out? If you sleep with me, you’ll have a lot of benefits.]

[It won’t be too convenient. It’s hard trying to apply to live off campus.]

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[If you need to apply to live outside, do you want me to move into your dorm?]

[…?] n N7Cx

[That’s not good. Xie Yu and the others are here. Right now, they think that I hate you.]

[Then have Xie Yu move out, or tell him that you like me.]

Lf rajgfv ja atf ijra rfcafcmf bc atf rmgffc, jcv Tjc Hle mibrfv tlr fsfr. 

‘Ktlr ues jmaejiis tjv atf uear ab rjs atbrf atlcur.’ 7W24qx

Zfjcktlif, Al Wlcuijc kjr ralii agslcu ab mbcnlcmf Tjc Hle ab rajs klat tlw jcv kjr mbcalceberis afwqalcu tlw. 

[If we stay together, it’s much easier for us to carry out our underground relationship, right?]

Tjc Hle rajgfv ja atbrf kbgvr. Lf vlv cba xcbk ktfatfg la kjr yfmjerf tf kjr gecclcu bea bo jlg ogbw yflcu ecvfg tlr yijcxfa obg abb ibcu bg lo la kjr yfmjerf bo rbwfatlcu firf, yea tf ofia atja tlr fjgr kfgf aegclcu tba. 

Even though he could not see them, he could sense that his ears were flaming red.  pNm4zt

Yan Qiu pretended to be fierce. [I’m going to wallop you if you continue running your mouth off. I’m sleepy, so I’m not going to talk to you now.]

[Alright. It’s late. Go to bed. We’ll look for a time tomorrow and talk about how to get you out.]

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[Goodnight. I’m really going to sleep now.]

[Okay. Don’t overthink things. You might be back when you open your eyes tomorrow.] KhDop4

[I love you, goodnight.]

The screen of the terminal turned dark. Yan Qiu crawled out from under the blanket to breathe in fresh air. 

He turned around to face the wall. Just now, when he was talking to Ji Xinglan, he experienced the feeling of dating in secret while still being a student. 

…… 7mRUCO

He slept soundly until the next morning. When he opened his eyes, Yan Qiu found himself still lying in his bed in the dorm, and he felt a little dejected. 

The next day, Yan Qiu looked like he could not focus. When he attended class, he started dozing off. 

He sat in a corner in class. The lessons the teachers gave were a little too easy for him now, so he decided to just lay on the table and sleep. 

He lost sleep until late at night yesterday, and he had to wake up early for class today, so he was extremely sleepy.  SHpURV

Yan Qiu originally just wanted to rest a little, but at the moment he slept, he slept away the entire morning. When Xie Yu came over from the class next door for lunch with him, Yan Qiu rubbed his bloodshot eyes and left with him. 

As they qued up for lunch in the cafeteria, Yan Qiu kept yawning. 

He could see Chen Gou baring his teeth at him from a distance. He was scowling, and his scarred face was fierce. Yan Qiu could not be bothered acknowledging him, so he pretended that he could not see him and looked away while shrugging nonchalantly. 

When he saw Chen Gou now, he found him a little hilarious. Who was the person who did his best to curry favor with him in the past? o7UOHl

The queue became shorter, yet when he carried his tray to the cashier to pay, Yan Qiu found that he only had five cents left on his meal card. 

Why was his life so tragic? He was even poor in his dreams. 

Just as he brought out his terminal to top-up, Xie Yu looked at the crowd queuing up behind them and paid for him. 

Yan Qiu transferred the money to him, and when he cast a glance at the crowd, he thought he saw Ji Xinglan, but after he blinked, he was gone.  TCqWuF

Right when he wanted to take a proper look, Xie Yu urged him to hurry up and leave. 

“Let’s go, Boss. Chen Gou is going to occupy our space later!”
Da Long and the rest had already occupied spaces for them. Yan Qiu sat down across from Xie Yu, and while they ate, he listened to Xie Yu talk. 

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As the top Yan Qiu supporter, Xie Yu tapped on his tray and talked like a narrator describing the fight between David and Goliath. He told Da Long and the others how Yan Qiu made their school proud. 

“He first did a shoulder throw on Ji Xinglan and threw him on the ground, then hit his lower abdomen and beat him up…” ho64EX

The more Yan Qiu listened to it, the more he felt guilty. But Xie Yu was already boasting about him, so he could only laugh awkwardly and ate instead of talking. 

Xie Yu had yet to have his fun talking about how Yan Qiu won and wanted to invite Yan Qiu to say a word or two when he looked up and suddenly noticed something. 

Xie Yu suddenly reached out and grabbed Yan Qiu’s shirt collar. Yan Qiu did not have the time to dodge, and he saw the shock on Xie Yu’s face. 

When he saw his surprise, Yan Qiu suddenly remembered something.  QRO5v8

He still had hickeys on his neck. He originally hid them by buttoning up his shirt, but he felt hot when he was eating just now, so he popped a few buttons open. But he completely forgot that he had hickeys. 

Yan Qiu coolly buttoned up his shirt and made a motion for Xie Yu to shut up. 

Xie Yu was shocked, but when he saw Yan Qiu telling him not to cause a scene, he soon calmed down. 

“What the heck, Boss? You’re dating someone?” When the others were not paying attention to them, Xie Yu whispered at a volume that only both of them could hear. h9xZu1

Yan Qiu said nothing. 

“Who is it?” Xie Yu was just as curious as a cat. He was about to go nuts with excitement. “Just who is it? Let me guess, it must be Lin Wei, right?”

Case closed! So, Yan Qiu fought against Ji Xinglan yesterday for Lin Wei. In the end, Yan Qiu defeated Ji Xinglan and successfully won the beauty. 

But in truth, Yan Qiu was the one who was pinned down by Ji Xinglan. He stared at the tray in front of him and said nothing.  v 31Vk

He knew that Xie Yu would never be able to guess that he was dating Ji Xinglan. But it was better that he guessed Lin Wei instead of Ji Xinglan. Otherwise, there was going to be chaos. 

When he remembered how Xie Yu looked like he wanted to fight against Ji Xinglan, he still felt fear. If Xie Yu went to cause trouble with Ji Xinglan, Yan Qiu was the one who was going to suffer. These two people just kept making him worry. 

When he saw Yan Qiu keeping quiet and not talking, Xie Yu thought he was feeling shy. He immediately got so excited that he slammed his chopsticks on the table and stood up from his seat. 

Finally! They were finally able to regain their pride in front of Ji Xinglan! i5DVhS

Just when he was feeling excited, he suddenly noticed a familiar figure in the crowd. 

Oho, speak of the devil. 

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Ji Xinglan was currently standing at a spot not too far away, and he seemed to be looking over but refused to come over. 

‘He’s most likely here to cause trouble to Yan Qiu.’ Xie Yu thought, but he could not win against Yan Qiu, so he did not dare come over.  cnlwGa

“Hey, Ji Xinglan!” When he heard Xie Yu suddenly shout at someone behind him, Yan Qiu quickly turned his head around to look. 

Even if he stood in the crowd in the cafeteria, Ji Xinglan still stood out like a sore thumb. 

Yan Qiu immediately noticed him. He did not know whether Ji Xinglan had just arrived or whether he had been standing there and watching him for a long time. 

When Xie Yu shouted at him, Ji Xinglan came over, but he did not carry himself as someone who lost to Yan Qiu. Neither did he look like he came here to cause trouble.  wUOVGE

But Xie Yu grabbed him, put one leg on the chair, and said proudly, “Why did a loser come here?”

Ji Xinglan cast Xie Yu a glance, but he did not expose Yan Qiu. He just smiled and sized up Yan Qiu silently. His smile caused his skin to crawl. 

Yan Qiu felt like his skin was about to start burning because of the gaze, and he hunched his shoulders while he silently drank some soup. 

…… 8lEhfw

Ji Xinglan said nothing and left. Yan Qiu did not know whether he was angry or not. 

Even though he knew that he would not get angry so easily, Yan Qiu still felt a little nervous because he did not receive any news. When it was evening, Yan Qiu asked him whether he wanted to play soccer to test the waters. 

[I’m not going.]

[Don’t go for the night self-study session tonight. Wait in the dorm.] gM2Ou6

‘Wait in the dorm…’ Yan Qiu put down his terminal. He knew that Ji Xinglan was most likely going to look for him. 

The red setting sun was connected with the horizon, and Yan Qiu started daydreaming in the dorm. 

Xie Yu had just finished bathing, and he took his basin over. His hair was wet, and water still fell from his hair. Plopped on his head was a partially wet towel. 

“It’s almost time for class. Aren’t you leaving, Boss?” Xie Yu quickly wiped his hair and took a look at the time.  K5CnWQ

“I… won’t be going to the self-study session. You go on ahead.”

When he heard this, Xie Yu immediately stared at him in shock. “Are you thinking about fighting with Ji Xinglan today as well?”

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“No.” Yan Qiu sat in his chair and sighed in boredom. “I just can’t be bothered going to the night self-study session. I’ll sleep in the dorm.”

Xie Yu scrutinized him, and when he was certain Yan Qiu did not want to go out, he sighed and said, “What a rebel.” 5aQjGC

Yan Qiu had already played truant plenty of times, so Xie Yu did not think about trying to make him go to class. He left on his own. 

Once Xie Yu left, Yan Qiu sat in the dorm alone. 

People occasionally walked in the corridor outside. Yan Qiu was bored, so he started playing a game. 

After he finished playing the game, the sky had already turned dark.  H5tp8u

The bell for the night self-study session rang twice, and the dorm became quiet. The school building outside was also brightly lit, but the dorm corridor was dark. 

At this moment, there were only a few people left in the dorm. 

Yan Qiu sent a message to Ji Xinglan but did not receive a reply. 

For a moment, he could not quite figure out why Ji Xinglan asked him to stay in the dorm.  odO7mK

Five minutes later, when Yan Qiu wanted to start another game, he suddenly heard someone turn the doorknob of his room. 

He looked over, and he saw Ji Xinglan walk in with a hat and mask, locking the door behind him. 

When he saw him pull the mask to his chin, Yan Qiu ran over and kissed his face. 

They could only get intimate with each other behind other people’s backs. Even though it was quite exciting, it still frustrated him from all the enduring. Ji Xinglan kissed Yan Qiu until Yan Qiu pushed him away.  E39Zj0

“What is it?” Yan Qiu asked. He thought that Ji Xinglan had an emergency by asking him to stay in his dorm. 

But Ji Xinglan just smiled. “It’s nothing serious.”

‘It’s nothing serious.’ In other words, it was something improper. 

“Should we talk about it outside?” Yan Qiu’s gaze went to the door, and he made this suggestion. He was worried that someone would come back.  aortKn

However, for some reason, Ji Xinglan lifted the hem of his shirt, and he used his palm to caress Yan Qiu’s waist gently. He said softly into his ear, “Why can’t we talk here?”

Yan Qiu’s back stiffened because of what he was doing. His Adam’s apple bobbed, and the refusal was stuck in his throat. 

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……

He had no idea who was the one who initiated it. But when Yan Qiu regained his senses, both of them were in bed, and they had been kissing for a while.  ab3Pqm

Ji Xinglan pulled up a section of his shirt and asked Yan Qiu to bite down on the hem while he unbuckled his belt with a flick of his finger. 

Yan Qiu felt that Ji Xinglan’s fingers were so nimble that they were unlike a man’s fingers. His fingers were long and full of strength. 

The twin bed in the dorm was a little cramped. Yan Qiu already found it cramped when he slept on it alone, and when both of them were squashed together on it, he could not move at all. 

But this was what Ji Xinglan wanted. Yan Qiu could only lay on his back, and he had nowhere to run. Ji Xinglan placed his hands on the headboard and slowly leaned down to kiss him.  g3FubO

Yan Qiu looked adorable when he was shy, and Ji Xinglan wanted to just stay here and not leave today. 

But Yan Qiu was not as shameless as Ji Xinglan. He was still a little worried that someone would come back, and after allowing Ji Xinglan to fool around a little, he pushed him away and said, “Are you done? Didn’t you say that you have something serious to discuss with me?”

“What is it?” It was as if Ji Xinglan was playing dumb. “Oh, was it about Xie Yu saying that you beat me up?”

When he heard this, Yan Qiu felt so embarrassed that his face turned red, and he fell silent.  PkEaGS

But Ji Xinglan did not seem to mind. Instead, he teased Yan Qiu and said, “What, will you actually be able to bear hitting me?”

“…No.” Yan Qiu sounded like he was forcing those words out of his mouth. How did Ji Xinglan learn about him running his mouth off?

“That’s good, then.” Ji Xinglan smiled and pulled his pants down. 

Just when both of them were going to continue fooling around in this position, they suddenly heard footsteps at the door.  kye2SW

Three seconds later, the fragile wooden door to Yan Qiu’s dorm opened with a bang, and it even bounced off the door. 

Xie Yu saw that the light of the dorm was lit from the outside, and he opened it without hesitation. 

But when he came in to look, he saw that Yan Qiu had already climbed into bed and was asleep. 

“Boss?” Xie Yu asked curiously, “Why are you sleeping so early?” 9 TeQ2

Xie Yu was a little slow to the uptake. Even if there was a huge bump under Yan Qiu’s bump, it did not catch his attention. 

There was no way the cramped one-person bed could hide anyone. Yan Qiu could only stuff Ji Xinglan under the blanket and pull it up to his head, turn his body to the side, and pretend to be sleeping. 

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In truth, with an alpha’s height, as long as Xie Yu stood on his tiptoes and looked at the upper deck, he could see everything clearly, but he did not notice anything. 

“Why are you back?” Yan Qiu asked.  HoTjM5

“I’m worried about you, so I came back after I finished my homework.” Xie Yu put his bag on his bed. “If you’re tired, go to sleep.”

Yan Qiu hummed, but he was so nervous that his voice quivered a little. 

He could not let Xie Yu discover this. If he noticed that Ji Xinglan was in his bed, it would be too awkward. 

But Ji Xinglan refused to stay still. As if he was intentionally causing trouble to Yan Qiu, he decided to do something under the blanket. He touched Yan Qiu everywhere, and Yan Qiu was so angry that he pinched his arm. That was the only time Ji Xinglan decided to stop.  537eFw

At that moment, Xie Yu suddenly said, “Huh? Whose underwear is on the floor?”

Yan Qiu cussed in his heart, and he groped around under the blanket, but he touched his own in the bed, so he could only grit his teeth and say, “It’s mine.”

But Xie Yu only said innocently, “Huh. So, you wear such fashionable underwear?”

Yan Qiu glared at Ji Xinglan under the blanket. “It costs ten RMB for three in the market. They give you random styles.” CH5Vsm

“Oh.” Xie Yu finally stopped asking questions. He tossed Yan Qiu’s underwear over and said mysteriously, “Got it. I was wondering why you didn’t go to class.”

Xie Yu seemed to be thinking about something ridiculous. Yan Qiu shut his mouth and glared at Ji Xinglan. He was utterly humiliated because of Ji Xinglan today. “I’m tired. Turn the lights off.”

Xie Yu helped turn the lights off and climbed into his bed. 

Yan Qiu was seriously behaving strangely recently.  dC8Xql

……

That night, Ji Xinglan did not find a chance to get out, so he decided to just hug Yan Qiu and sleep on the cramped bed. 

Behind him, Xie Yu let out soft snores when he slept. Perhaps even if he was beaten up, he would not think that the annoying Ji Xinglan was in their dorm right now with them, and he was hugging Yan Qiu in the bed next to his. 

Yan Qiu opened his eyes and found that Ji Xinglan was looking at him. They looked at each other, and Ji Xinglan kissed his forehead.  8XMGex

He whispered, “Go to sleep.”
They were just holding each other and doing nothing else, but with a human cushion with him, Yan Qiu slept soundly. 

The next morning, before it was bright outside, Yan Qiu woke up from Ji Xinglan’s rustling. 

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While Xie Yu was still sleeping, he said goodbye to Yan Qiu and slipped out stealthily. 

He was not discovered. Yan Qiu sighed in relief and turned around, then continued sleeping until the sky was completely bright.  RAF4bI

When Xie Yu woke up, he rubbed his eyes and sniffed at the air. He suddenly felt that there was a special scent in the dorm. 

It was a cold, refreshing, and manly scent. 

“Hey, Boss, did you put on perfume?” Xie Yu stood on the balcony, and he noticed that Yan Qiu had that scent on his body. While he brushed his teeth, he gasped in amazement. “A man in a relationship is really different, huh?”

…… eViRBg

Due to them nearly being exposed yesterday night, Yan Qiu refused to let Ji Xinglan come to the dorm again no matter what. 

After school, when he went to play soccer just like usual, Yan Qiu saw Ji Xinglan again. 

No one knew about their relationship, much less that they had hugged each other to sleep last night. 

When he heard someone call his name in the crowd, Yan Qiu stared at the grass, and his ears turned a little red.  XhlWTa

Lin Wei was also by the field. At that moment, she went over and said that she wanted to help Yan Qiu hold his clothes. 

This was how she was, she always ignored him and kept him hanging while he was courting her, but over the past few days, when Yan Qiu ignored her, she approached him on her own. 

Yan Qiu just smiled and put his clothes on a chair before saying something completely unromantic. “No need. It’s too tiring if you hold it.”

There was really no need for her to hold his clothes. Crude boys like them would usually just throw their clothes on benches or the bushes. If worse came to worst, they would throw it on the ground, then pick it up, dust it off, and wear it. Having someone hold their clothes was just an act of flirting.  h97U5o

For some reason, Yan Qiu suddenly remembered Ji Xinglan abruptly throwing his clothes on him, causing him to be unable to focus on playing soccer. 

It was an abnormal day. Neither Yan Qiu nor Ji Xinglan paid attention to Lin Wei. Feeling a little puzzled, she touched her face, took a look in the mirror, and put on some lipstick. 

‘What’s going on? Is the color of my lipstick today not good? I’m a pure school beauty, don’t I have charm?

‘Does the world even make sense?!’ xaJR r

Xie Yu also witnessed everything by the side, and he found this strange too. He stroked his chin and thought about this. 

Yan Qiu did not look like he was dating Lin Wei. In fact, he seemed to have decided to change, direct his love elsewhere, and stop being her admirer. 

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But since he was not dating Lin Wei, who was he dating?

Xie Yu looked in the direction of Lin Wei’s gaze, and he saw Yan Qiu whispering with Ji Xinglan not far away. He narrowed his eyes perplexedly.  YolJxu

If he wasn’t together with Lin Wei, who else could it be? It could not possibly be Ji Xinglan, right?

‘…Hahahahaha! That’s too ridiculous. No way.’ 

Mogumoguchan: Gotta say, I was hoping for three years ago! Ji Xinglan x future! Yan Qiu. Would have been interesting. But oh well. And Yan Qiu just never ever learns.   

lolimelon: hahahahaha! that’s too ridiculous. yes way, my lovely xie yu. yes way. 5F aTI