Ch36.1 - The Rules of Raising a Dog-Type Boyfriend (6)

Xu Qichen shook in fright and almost fell off Mu Yao’s back.

He chuckled, “Don’t move.” 

It really is Mu Yao’s voice.

As his low blood glucose symptoms gradually subsided, Xu Qichen’s vision began to become clear, and the trampled lawn, black sneakers, and students on the field appeared in his sight one by one.

Being carried like this made him feel a bit embarrassed.

“Let me down ba.” 

Upon hearing this, Mu Yao stopped only to lift Xu Qichen even higher on his back. “Senior, if you move again, I’ll really bark.”

When he felt the person on his back tense up and freeze, Mu Yao started to walk again.

Xu Qichen heard Yang Xiaocheng call out to him and twisted around, “Ah, my dorm mate is calling me.”

Mu Yao turned around as well and shouted to Yang Xiaocheng, “Senior, Senior Ye is feeling sick, I’m taking him to rest.” Then he spun around and continued walking.

This person is so strange ah.

However, in the original settings, Mu Yao indeed fell in love with Ye Han at first sight. So even though he personally found his actions strange, Xu Qichen considered them to be somewhat reasonable.

The silence between them continued until Mu Yao found a bench under the shade and placed Xu Qichen there.

“Don’t run around.” After giving such an order, he turned around and ran off. 

Xu Qichen had no energy to run away anyway. He leant back on the bench and watched his classmates leaving.

A text message from Yang Xiaocheng came in.

Yang Xiaocheng: [Are you okay? Who’s that freshman?]

He quickly replied. 

Ye Han: [I’m fine. It’s just that my low blood sugar acted up after the run, so I felt weak. The junior is a new member of the basketball team, I met him when bringing the freshmen in previously. Don’t worry.]

Just after he sent the reply, Mu Yao came back with a bag in his hand and sat down beside Xu Qichen.

“Have some water.” Mu Yao took a bottled sports drink from the bag and opened it before handing it to him, “Small sips, don’t rush.”

Xu Qichen thanked him before obediently sipping the drink. 

It’s sweet. He liked it.

Mu Yao then took out a packet of candies from the bag and gave it to him, “Want one?”

Xu Qichen looked at him suspiciously. Mu Yao explained, “Earlier, it looked like after the exercise your low blood sugar was acting up. So I guessed you might need this.” Then he took the candies back, “But if you don’t, then nevermind.”

“I want it,” Xu Qichen put down his drink and snatched the candies over. 

But the bag was proving to be too difficult to tear open.

After struggling for a long time, Xu Qichen only managed to make a small tear in the bag. The tear was so small that the candies could not even be popped out of it.

Mu Yao took the packet, put it by his mouth, and tugged lightly. The candy bag tore open.

Seeing the sharp tooth peeking out from the side of his mouth, Xu Qichen felt a phantom pain in his tongue. 

“Here,” Mu Yao poured the candies out onto his palm and held it out to Xu Qichen, who picked two and peeled open their wrappers. When he put them in his mouth, his mood immediately lightened.

Mu Yao put the remaining candies back in the bag. He bumped his thigh against Xu Qichen’s, making him whine softly, “It aches.”

“Senior, you have to move more after long-distance running. Otherwise, you won’t even be able to come downstairs tomorrow.”

Xu Qichen was then pulled up by Mu Yao and he walked on the spot despite the ache. As he shook out his legs, he glanced with complicated feelings at Mu Yao, whose two long legs were stretched out as he lazily lay on the bench. 

Regardless of everything else, he was really handsome ah.

“Your military training must have been tough too ba,” Xu Qichen continued to kick his legs, “Eat lunch with me ba, my treat.”

Mu Yao had not expected Xu Qichen to invite him out like this. It did not seem like his usual way of doing things, so it made Mu Yao especially happy. “Really?”

Probably a hallucination caused by exhaustion, but when he said ‘Really?’ Xu Qichen actually imagined a pair of fluffy ears twitching on Mu Yao’s head. 

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Wake up!

“En, but we can only go to the canteen. You still have training in the afternoon, so it’s best if you quickly finish eating and get some rest.”

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Both Ji Mengze from the previous world and Mu Yao from this world made Xu Qichen understand this: Being good-looking can really be enough to feed oneself.

Xu Qichen’s mobile kept ringing while they ate. He checked it to find that his WeChat was suddenly flooded with messages.

Chen Yue: [Hanhan! Who’s that freshman who carried you today!? Does he have a girlfriend?] 

Li Xinru: [ Ye Xiaohan, tell me truthfully: Who’s that handsome boy? When did you meet such a handsome freshman! Hand over his contact information!]

There were more than thirty such messages. Aside from his female classmates, there were even girls from other courses from their school. On one hand, he was surprised that Ye Han was on such good terms with so many girls. On the other hand, the speed at which the news had spread was really amazing.

Xu Qichen was deep in thought looking at the boy eating opposite him.

Should he share his contact information? Ah, if he asked him… 

Xu Qichen imagined Mu Yao’s angry expression and gave up.

Plus…

According to the original plot and the secondary task, they were bound to be together in the end.

Why should he make romantic rivals for himself? They would only hinder his progress. 

That’s right.

With this slightly selfish notion, Xu Qichen replied.

[Sorry, I heard he already has someone he likes.]

Then he put his phone face down on the table and continued eating as if nothing had happened. 

“Senior, what are you so happy about?” Mu Yao frowned at him, “You’re smiling like a fool.”

Xu Qichen immediately lowered his head, “No ah, you should eat quickly and go back to take a nap.”

As expected, once back in the dormitory, Yang Xiaocheng asked about him again. Xu Qichen carefully explained the context. When Yang Xiaocheng understood what was going on, he very rationally made a prediction.

“It’s over for you. All the girls in school are going to pester you to introduce them.” 

You’re exactly right, Xu Qichen thought as he collapsed on his bed.

A reward interface popped up in front of him. Xu Qichen lazily accepted 800 points before slumping again.

The next day he received a message from Chen Qingyu, saying there was basketball training in the afternoon and he should drop by if he had time. Unlike Ye Han, Xu Qichen was someone with a strong sense of time and therefore finished all his homework early. Since he had nothing else to do, he went to the training session. Although the role of the manager was just an empty title, he should still show up once in a while.

0901: “Mr. Xu, I feel like you’re taking the initiative more often in this world.” 

Xu Qichen: “Is that so? So I’ve improved.”

0901: “I feel like a proud father.”

Xu Qichen: “Please use the Internet less often…”

0901: “You don’t like it? Then… sorry for bothering you.” 

Xu Qichen: …

When he arrived at the basketball court, training had already started. Xu Qichen, who had specially bought some drinks, sat inthe first row in the audience.

Although he himself can’t do it, he feels excited and hot-blooded watching others play basketball – sweating on the court in a passionate and youthful manner.

Chen Qingyu was very insightful to choose Mu Yao as the centre. He was first-class in terms of shooting percentage and rebounding defense ability. In addition, he had greater endurance and explosive power than ordinary people. In no time at all, he had become an important part of the team. 

During the break, the team came to where Xu Qichen was sitting. Ah Ming was clearly excited as he happily accepted the drink Xu Qichen gave him, “Our practices are getting better and better. I feel like we can easily make it to the finals.”

Ah Feng: “Please don’t jinx us.”

Chen Qingyu: “Right now we’re only practising against the kids from our own school. When the competition starts, we have no idea what kind of opponents we’ll be facing. I heard the sports school got a few especially strong freshmen this year.”

Xu Qichen handed the last bottle to Mu Yao and said, “It’ll be fine. Just do your best and leave the rest up to fate.” 

Ah Ming laughed out loud, “Ah Han has been too cute recently, he’s glowing like a mini bodhisattva ah. Did you secretly go to the temple over the holidays for a ritual?”

Everyone laughed along.

Xu Qichen was also about to laugh, but he accidentally caught sight of Mu Yao lifting his shirt to wipe at his sweat. As he did so, his solid six-pack abs and deep mermaid lines were exposed.

For some reason, Xu Qichen actually thought of chocolate bars. 

Similarly shaped like cubes.

He suddenly felt hungry.

“Wah!! Ah Yao’s figure, too manly!” Ah Ming patted his own belly, “From tomorrow onwards, I’ll be in the gym every day!”

“Just give up, you lack the foundation ah.” 

“Hahaha, that’s true.”

It seemed inappropriate to keep staring, so Xu Qichen turned away and pretended to look at the surroundings.

After training, everyone left the court. Mu Yao said to Chen Qingyu, “Senior Chen, I’m going to buy something, you guys go on ahead.”

Chen Qingyu and the others nodded. Xu Qichen was about to go with them but Mu Yao said, “Senior Ye, didn’t you say you also had to buy something?” 

Xu Qichen turned around and furrowed his eyebrows in doubt. But after seeing Mu Yao’s meaningful look, he said, “That’s right, I almost forgot. You guys go back, I’ll go with Mu Yao.”

Seeing Xu Qichen lie so calmly, Mu Yao couldn’t resist grinning.

“What is it,” Xu Qichen asked, “Did you want to tell me something?”

Without saying anything, Mu Yao went straight to a vending machine and came back in a while with two boxes of ice cream in his hand. 

Xu Qichen stared at the ice cream in his hand and looked at it for a while. He thought Mu Yao would give him one, but he found that the guy opened one and ate it himself.

Although it was rather presumptuous to do so, Xu Qichen could not resist asking, “Are you going to eat both of them yourself?”

Mu Yao smiled very brightly, revealing his sharp teeth, “Why, is it illegal to eat two ice creams alone?”

Xu Qichen shook his head and rested his chin on his hand, watching the students who had just been dismissed from evening remedial classes. 

“Just kidding,” Mu Yao opened the other tub, put the spoon in, and handed it to Xu Qichen.

He’s really weird, Xu Qichen thought to himself, but he still accepted the ice cream and ate it.

Chocolate, his favourite flavour. He glanced at the one the other party was eating. Although he couldn’t see the packaging, he could see the pale yellow ice cream inside.

The colour of sunshine. 

A familiar colour.

Just as Xu Qichen took another spoonful, Mu Yao said, “Senior, since you’re eating my ice cream, you have to promise me something.”

Xu Qichen seriously considered spitting out the ice cream in his mouth.

This was entirely a black-hearted transaction ah. 

“Will you promise me?” Mu Yao pointed at Xu Qichen’s throat with the spoon.

Xu Qichen swallowed the ice cream. “Promise what?”

Mu Yao smiled, “The first match is on Friday, I want a lucky charm. Can you give me one?”

Xu Qichen thought about it seriously, “Should I go to the temple to ask for one?” 

Mu Yao was stunned. Then he fell over laughing, “How do you always say such funny things with a straight face?”

Xu Qichen: “You’re the one who said lucky charm.”

“Not that kind of lucky charm, just give me something I can wear, then senior’s luck would be shared with me.”

Xu Qichen looked at him seriously, “Let me warn you, my luck is terrible.” 

“Is that so?” Mu Yao grinned, “I think you’re very lucky ah, always meeting me when something happens.”

Who speaks about themselves like that…

“Just give me something, even a wrist guard or knee guard will do.”

Xu Qichen couldn’t resist Mu Yao’s slightly cute tone, so he had to say yes, “Okay.” 

There was a beautiful English song on the campus radio. Xu Qichen saw Mu Yao’s head nodding gently. His short black hair looked very soft. He couldn’t help reaching out and touching it. This action startled Mu Yao.

“Why did you touch my head?”

Xu Qichen stood up, leaned over Mu Yao’s head, brushed his hair with both hands and looked at him carefully.

“Where did the two ears grow out from?” 

Mu Yao grabbed Xu Qichen’s hand as the corners of his lips curled up, “Wanna see them now?”

Xu Qichen frantically shook his head.

He didn’t want to be chased around by a pack of dogs again.

For several days after returning, Xu Qichen was thinking about what to give. He browsed the sports store for a long time but couldn’t find a suitable gift. 

Before going to bed at night, Xu Qichen was still searching for it on the Internet.

0901: “Mr. Xu, what are you looking for?”

Xu Qichen: “En… a gift. Preferably something that can be worn in a match.”

0901: “Let me help you.” 

Suddenly, in front of Xu Qichen’s eyes, a glittering shelf of items appeared. From left to right, it included wrist guards, arm guards, hair bands, knee pads and socks.

“It’s all black or gray, are there no other colours?”

0901: “Mr. Xu, there’s an arrow on the left, click on it to see the custom bar. You can use it to design an item to your liking.”

Xu Qichen’s eyes lit up and all of a sudden his mood uplifted. He immediately sat upright. He looked at all the items carefully. Finally, he chose the hair band, and then clicked the custom bar to ‘design’ the lucky charm wholeheartedly. 

The team uniform of their school is blue on a white background, which looks very refreshing. Xu Qichen sets the width of the hair band to two fingers wide, the background color is sea blue, and there is a thin white stripe at the upper and lower boundaries.

“Is it too empty here? 0901, do you think it’s alright?”

After a while, 0901 replied in a deliberately deep tone, “I think it’s okay.”

Xu Qichen: … Please rescue my Internet-addicted father. 

However, he still felt that it was a little empty. He took out his mobile and searched for hair bands on the Internet. Basically all of them had logos printed on them.

At that, he rotated his design with his fingers to look at it.

Maybe he should add his initials…

“0901, can I write on it by hand?” 

An empty white window immediately appeared on the interface.

0901: “Please write in the box, Mr. Xu.”

Xu Qichen stretched out his index finger, chose white and wrote two letters.

On the sea blue band, two letters appeared in white – MY. 

After looking at it for a while, he felt as if there was something wrong, but he couldn’t say what it was exactly, so he simply stopped thinking about it, “0901, make it like this for me.”

0901: “Very well Mr. Xu. Please pay 2000 points.”

So expensive. Luckily, he had several tens of thousands, so he didn’t feel too bad about it.

0901: “It’s done, Mr. Xu.” 

He did not see the finished product fall from the sky.

So he turned around and looked for it on the bed. Finally, he found a blue hair band beside the pillow, lying there quietly like a secret gift from Santa Claus.

Although he did not put in that much effort, it was still something he had designed himself. Xu Qichen held it against the light and carefully observed it.

He liked it.