Ch124 - Li Chengyan/Xie Yu (2)

Translator: Mogumoguchan

Editor: lolimelon 

Xie Yu stared at the hand on his shoulder, and he calmly shrugged it off. He actually looked like a good boy who was blocked by a delinquent right then. 

“If I go home too late, my mom’s going to yell at me,” he said seriously. 

Li Chengyan frowned as he stared at him for a while, as if he was sizing him up because he did not believe him. In the end, he suddenly laughed. 

“Hey, are you a kid or what?” 

When he heard this, Xie Yu clicked his tongue, and his temper flared. Just as Li Chengyan expected, he fell into the trap he prepared. 

“You’re the kid. You’re all kids. I’ll go with you,” Xie Yu said angrily. 

He was just worried about getting yelled at if he went home late. It was not as if he had never gone to a bar before. Did Li Chengyan think he was a kid?!

There were plenty of people at the school entrance when school ended on Friday. Xie Yu followed Li Chengyan and walked on the pedestrian crossing. Then, he made a prompt decision and sent a message to his mother saying that he was staying at school for supplementary lessons. 

“Why did you give my shirt to someone else?” Li Chengyan’s driver was already waiting so he opened the door and told Xie Yu to get in. He looked a little displeased. “Those who don’t know might even think she’s my girlfriend.”

“You already have thirty-eight girlfriends, anyway. You shouldn’t be bothered by having one more.” Xie Yu opened the car window and propped his elbow on the windowsill before he snickered. “In any case, having thirty-nine girlfriends is just one number away from having a round number.”

Li Chengyan laughed, and he stared at Xie Yu with sparkling eyes, as if he found what he said interesting. “Then, do you want to be my 40th lover so that I can get a round number?”

Xie Yu was stunned silent. He looked at the driver, then stared at Li Chengyan like he was staring at an idiot.  

“Round number, my foot,” he rebuked him. 

The car stopped in front of the entrance to the bar. 

“You’re an adult, right?” When he got out of the car, Li Chengyan nudged at Xie Yu with his elbow. 

Xie Yu took out his ID card from his pocket and threw it in his face. “Of course.” 

……

“We’re the only ones here?”

Xie Yu held the glass and sat at the bar counter before looking around. Night had just arrived, so it was not the liveliest time for the bar yet. 

“Duh. Who else do you want here?” Li Chengyan smirked and asked.  

Xie Yu clearly did not quite believe in him. He looked around, but there was really no one else around. Then, he finally believed that Li Chengyan really wanted to treat him to a drink alone. 

“Is this how you usually drink?” Xie Yu brought the glass to his mouth and took a sip. “You don’t look for beautiful omegas or whatever to keep you company?”

Li Chengyan stared at his alcohol-stained lips. They were moist and pink. His eyes darkened a little. “I want to drink with you today.”

…… 

Xie Yu might be stubborn and say he was good at drinking, but his alcohol tolerance was quite bad. After drinking just a little bit of whiskey, his ears turned red, and his eyes became glassy. 

Yet his competitive nature as an alpha made him unwilling to back down from drinking in front of Li Chengyan. That was why he went to the washroom to wash his face. 

When he looked at the mirror, he found that his ears were not the only parts of him that were red. His skin had a dusty pink hue on it too. 

Xie Yu wiped off the water on his hands and shook his head before he opened the door and went out.  

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At the moment he went out, he felt dizzy, and he knocked into someone. 

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When he saw how he reacted, Li Chengyan knew that Xie Yu could not drink anymore. He did not expect that Xie Yu was only good at boasting that he had good alcohol tolerance and that he actually sucked at drinking.  

Li Chengyan shook his head in resignation and pulled him up. “Come on. I’ll send you back.”

The streetlights were bright at night, and all the lights in the city gathered into one stream of light. 

The wind outside was a little strong, and when it blew on Xie Yu’s face, it made him sober up a little. 

Xie Yu’s apartment was nearby, so Li Chengyan accompanied him until he was at the entrance. Xie Yu was worried that his mother could tell that he had been drinking, so he said to Li Chengyan, “You should leave first. I’m going to stand here for a while to sober up.” 

“I’ll stand with you,” Li Chengyan said. 

Xie Yu sat down by the parterre and looked at him. “Why are you standing?”

Li Chengyan put his hands in his pockets and looked down at him. The alcohol appeared to be affecting him a little as well. 

“Do you have any idea what I’m thinking at all?” Li Chengyan’s voice was a little low in the dark, but his eyes shone brightly.  

After drinking, Xie Yu’s head was much slower than usual, and he shook his head in confusion. 

…Then, Li Chengyan suddenly leaned down and pressed his lips against Xie Yu’s.

Xie Yu was first stunned. When he reacted to the situation, Li Chengyan was already trying to push his tongue into his mouth. 

Xie Yu grew still, and his mind went blank.  

Wh-Wh-Wh-What is he doing?!

What the heck?! What is Li Chengyan doing?!

Did he kiss me?!

Throw it all! This bastard actually kissed me?! 

This is my first kiss! FIRST KISS!

I was saving it for my dream omega!

Li Chengyan could sense Xie Yu stiffening up, but he didn’t mind. He slowly let go of him and said with a smile, “It’s this.”

Xie Yu sobered up completely due to shock. He stared at Li Chengyan’s face for three seconds before he turned around and ran.  

As he watched Xie Yu suddenly dart into the apartment complex and disappear, Li Chengyan sighed. 

……

When the smell of alcohol completely left his body, Xie Yu finally dared go back home. His mother had a face mask on and was laying in bed while watching a TV drama. She didn’t notice anything strange with Xie Yu. 

After taking a bath, Xie Yu laid in bed and stared at the ceiling in dumbfounded shock.  

His mind was in a mess. He grabbed his terminal and wanted to send a message to Yan Qiu, but found it too embarrassing to do so. 

What was going on? He was kissed by an alpha?

He… might have not found it disgusting when Li Chengyan kissed him, but Xie Yu did not expect that Li Chengyan had those thoughts toward him. The only emotion Xie Yu had left right now was shock.

That night, Li Chengyan sent a message to him, but Xie Yu did not click on it to read it. He did not reply either.  

‘I should keep it this way.’

The only way he could think about handling this matter was to not reply to Li Chengyan. 

……

Ever since he found that there was something off about Li Chengyan’s feelings for him, Xie Yu started staying away from him.  

He did not reply to his messages, and if he ran into him, he would take the long way around him. 

He was hoping that Li Chengyan was just bored and found this momentarily interesting. Then, he would forget about Xie Yu after some time. 

But when school ended the following Friday, Xie Yu heard a ruckus in his classroom, and when he saw the man standing at the entrance, he found that he had underestimated this matter. 

Li Chengyan felt really frustrated when Xie Yu did not reply to his messages, and he was finally unable to hold it in anymore today, so he went straight to Xie Yu’s classroom.  

When he saw Li Chengyan standing at the backdoor while he talked to Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan, Xie Yu quietly stuffed his books into his bag and pretended as if he did not see them. He flung his bag on his back and went downstairs. 

He thought that he had already shaken off Li Chengyan, but to his surprise, Li Chengyan calmly followed him downstairs and outside with his hands in his pocket. 

Xie Yu tried his best to increase his speed, but Li Chengyan had long legs, so he could not shake him off. 

When he saw that Li Chengyan was about to follow him to his apartment, Xie Yu could only stop walking and demand answers from him, because he was worried that his mother would see him.  

“Why are you following me?”

In just a few more steps, Li Chengyan arrived in front of him, and he had a teasing look on his face. “You weren’t replying to my messages, so I could only come find you.”

When he saw that Xie Yu was not saying anything, he suddenly drew closer and spoke in a volume only both of them could hear, “So, are you embarrassed about what happened that day?”

It would have been better if he said nothing, because the moment Li Chengyan said this, Xie Yu’s ears immediately turned so red and hot that he looked like smoke was about to come out of him.  

“Let’s talk, okay?” When he saw Xie Yu looking at the apartment and not concentrating on him but was instead plotting his escape, Li Chengyan discreetly used his body to block his path. “You can’t just hide from me forever.”

Xie Yu almost went mad because of him. “Can you blame me for this? You’re the one who kissed me!”

But Li Chengyan suddenly said, “I kissed you because I like you.”

Xie Yu did not detect any mockery from Li Chengyan’s voice, and Xie Yu’s face turned red, then purple, and after a long time, he finally said, “You’re crazy.” 

Once he heard this, Li Chengyan laughed and stared at him calmly. A teasing smile formed on his lips. “You’ve said this before.”

Xie Yu could not remember when he said this before, but that was not the point right now. 

“I’m an alpha.” Xie Yu pointed at himself, then at Li Chengyan. “You’re an alpha too. What do you mean, you like me?”

“Ji Xinglan and Yan Qiu are the same.” Li Chengyan looked down.  

Xie Yu stared at his handsome face and found himself speechless for a time before he grabbed his hair agitatedly. “That’s different!”

“How is that different?”

“Of course it’s different,” Xie Yu stuttered. He soon found that he was about to be trapped by Li Chengyan’s logic. “Of course it’s…”

“Oh?” Xie Yu’s mother had come back happily after she bought groceries. When she was about to reach the entrance of the apartment, she saw her son talking to another boy. So, she went over to pat Xie Yu’s shoulder.  

Xie Yu looked like she saw a ghost when he saw his mother. 

“What’s wrong? Why are you acting so shocked?” Xie Yu’s mother was a little displeased because of how he acted, but when she turned around to look at Li Chengyan, she smiled a little. “Xie Yu, is that your classmate? …Oh? Aren’t you Chengyan? You’re so tall now.”

“…Mom?” Xie Yu stared in shock as his mother held Li Chengyan’s hand. 

When Xie Yu’s mother saw Li Chengyan, she seemed to have forgotten that she still had a son. She grabbed his elbow and cordially invited him into their house.  

Li Chengyan did not reject the offer. He went into Xie Yu’s house. 

After making Li Chengyan settle down on the couch, Xie Yu’s mother went to make tea, and during that time, Xie Yu ran over to ask his mother, “Mom, what’s going on? You know him?”

Xie Yu’s mother looked up and stared at him with a strange expression. “What’s wrong? You don’t recognize Chengyan anymore?”

Xie Yu shook his head. “I don’t. Did I know him in the past?” 

“Of course,” Xie Yu’s mother said matter-of-factly, “You liked him the most when you were young.”

Xie Yu looked even more dumbfounded. 

What? I liked Li Chengyan?

When? He didn’t even remember when he got to know Li Chengyan.  

Xie Yu stared at his mother at a loss, then stared at Li Chengyan as he played with his terminal on the couch. He blinked in confusion. 

…Am I suffering from memory loss?

“It was when you were in kindergarten. You were really young at that time.”

Xie Yu inherited most of his careless nature from his mother. Xie Yu’s mother did not notice that her son was actually asking her a serious question and was just sharing the past with him as if it was a joke.  

“Chengyan is my friend’s nephew. Sometimes, I’d help pick him up from kindergarten. You were originally in the same class as he was, don’t you remember?”

Xie Yu shook his head, feeling lost. 

Kindergarten was a long time ago, and aside from Yan Qiu, he did not remember anyone else’s names, much less recognize them. 

Xie Yu’s mother knew that her son did not have a good memory, so she shook her head and put the tea leaves in the cup. “Chengyan was a pretty little thing when he was young, and you liked him a lot, you idiot. You insisted that he’s an omega, and you kept kissing him. You even said that you’d marry Li Chengyan once he grows up…” 

“…”

“Hahahaha! By the way, I even told Chengyan’s mother that it would be great if he’s an omega, then we can actually get you two engaged since young.”

“…”

“A pity, though. Chengyan is now taller than you are, and your child bride is gone.” 

Xie Yu’s mother did not notice that there was something wrong with Xie Yu’s expression. As Xie Yu listened to his mother’s description, his ears burned. Xie Yu’s mother even asked him to serve Li Chengyan tea. 

So, he was the one who harassed Li Chengyan first? He kissed him and even said that he wanted to marry him?

It was no wonder why Li Chengyan said that he kissed him because he liked him. He was most likely repeating what Xie Yu said in the past. What a rotten person. 

With a complicated expression, Xie Yu picked up the teacup. When he turned around, he saw Li Chengyan smiling at him flirtatiously from the couch.  

Xie Yu swallowed hard. 

‘Oh gosh, I’m the one who flirted with him first.’

Mogumoguchan: Ooh, Xie Yu, you flirt. 

lolimelon: xie yu dug himself a hole lmao