Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

123. Nothing Is More Important To Me Than You

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

It was evening when they returned to Nancheng Lie’s apartment. It was June. The sky was filled with twinkling stars, which were like a beacon to lost children in the darkness, lighting their way home.

When Nancheng Lie came out of the bathroom, he couldn’t find Li Qinghai, no matter in the bedroom or the living room. But he didn’t get nervous. His lips slowly curled up into a gentle smile. He knew where Li Qinghao was.

Nancheng Lie’s apartment was on the top floor. The attic in his apartment was the same size as each floor. The only difference was that the attic’s roofs were slanted.

The apartment had two bedrooms and a living room. The stairs to the attic were concealed.

The reason Nancheng Lie bought such an apartment with two bedroom and a living room was in fact because of his selfish motives. He had outfitted a bedroom as a study. So, now there was only one bedroom in the apartment. Nancheng Lie never intended to bring anyone to his private apartment, except for Han Mingxu. If he brought Han Mingxu here, they had to share the same bed and the same pillow.

That was exactly what Nancheng Lie wanted.

Then where were the stairs leading to the attic?

The walls of the living room were made of dark blue glass. Unlike common mirrors, this kind of glass didn’t reflect light. At night, if you turned off all the lights in the living room except the overhead light, you would see full-colour slides projected on the glass walls. The slides were full of pictures of Li Qinghao.

The stairs to the attic were behind one of the glass walls. To be exact, that glass wall was a secret door. As long as you opened it, you would find the stairs to the attic. At that moment, you felt as if you’d found a way to heaven.

Nancheng Lie had once taken Han Mingxu to the attic, so Li Qinghao knew how to get to the attic. He didn’t tell Nancheng Lie that he liked the attic very much.

The roofs of the attic were made of special glass, too. In the evening, when you lay back on the bed, you could see the stars all over the sky. The moon and stars seemed to be within reach. You would feel completely relaxed under the night sky dotted with thousands of stars. On rainy days, you could hear the patter of rain dripping on to the glass roofs. You would feel as if you were drifting on the ocean. When it was thundering and lightning, the hidden roofs opened and covered the glass roofs, then the attic became a normal, enclosed room.

Nancheng Lie had been a hedonist since childhood. But when he designed this attic, he put Han Mingxu’s preference first. Han Mingxu was a quiet man. He liked being alone in a quiet place. This attic was quite to his taste.

Sure enough, when Nancheng Lie came upstairs to the attic, he saw Li Qinghao in beige pajamas lying on the bed in a big zigzag shape. The attic had only one large room.

There were a small bar, a piano, a Japanese-style square table and a king-size bed in the room. Li Qinghao was now lying on the bed.

Nancheng Lie took off his slippers and walked towards Li Qinghao. His bare feet were soundless over the carpet. He came to the bedside and sat down, staring quietly at Li Qinghao, who was sleeping with his eyes closed.

When Nancheng Lie was Li Qinghao’s age, he often sat beside Han Mingxu, staring fixedly at Han’s serene sleeping face.

Suddenly, Li Qinghao opened his eyes. The sight of the deep affection in Nancheng Lie’s eyes made Li Qinghao’s heart skip a beat. ‘Most of time this guy looks like a playboy. Maybe it’s only when I’m asleep that he has the courage to express his true feelings,’ Li Qinghao thought to himself.

Being caught red-handed, Nancheng Lie was a little embarrassed. He flushed. “Aren’t you asleep?” asked Nancheng Lie.

Li Qinghao patted the bed.

Nancheng Lie raised a questioning eyebrow.

Li Qinghao gave a smile and said, “We can sleep together.”

Nancheng Lie’s eyes lit up with joy. Without hesitation, he lay down on the bed, stretched out his arms and held Li Qinghao closely. “I was waiting for your invitation.”

Pfff… Li Qinghao burst into laughter. “You are really a shameless man.”

“Xu, nothing is more important to me than you.”

Hearing this, Li Qinghao froze. Nancheng Lie sensed that Li Qinghao’s body stiffened. “Xu?” He wrapped his loving arms more tightly around Li Qinghao.

Li Qinghao sighed, “You must have had a hard time these years.” In the past, Nancheng Lie dared not show the slightest trace of his love for Han Mingxu for fear of losing Han. He must have born intense mental suffering for many years. Li Qinghao regretted realizing his true feelings for Nancheng so late. He loved Nancheng Lie deeply. He thought the world of Nancheng Lie. But in the past, he had wrongly believed his affection for Nancheng Lie to be a kind of pure brotherhood. He was haughty because of Nancheng Lie’s love and indulgence. He firmly believed that Nancheng Lie would never leave him.

“You silly boy.” Nancheng Lie kissed Li Qinghao’s earlobe and then buried his head in Li’s shoulder. He took a deep breath and said, “Xu, as long as you know I love you, that’s enough.”

Nancheng Lie felt that the time and hard work involved in winning Xu’s heart were worthwhile, because Xu finally responded to his love. Nothing in the world was happier than winning the heart of the one you loved.