Chapter 15

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We slept on the same sofa bed\n

The two of them stood in the cramped lounge. There was nothing else in the lounge other than just a worn and tattered sofa bed, and a chair to place their clothes. The furnishings were ragged, like something that ought to be vigorously scrubbed clean by a washing machine. \n

He Yu, “……”\n

Xie Qingcheng, “…….”\n

He Yu threw his phone aside casually, and turned around to face Xie Qingcheng. “Why don’t you rest, you are the senior one after all.”\n

Xie Qingcheng said with a sullen face, “Am I really that old for you to give up the bed for me?”\n

He Yu had been tired for so long, and he didn’t want to spend his time talking with Xie Qingcheng. “Forget it, this sofa bed is not small, I don’t bother people in my sleep. Do you mind?”\n

This was as close as He Yu could get to courteously giving in like a gentleman. \n

He Yu has never slept in the same bed with anyone. To him, the bed was just a place to rest, but Xie Qingcheng is different. Men who were once married will always feel a little strange about sleeping in the same bed with others.\n

Hence Xie Qingcheng frowned slightly. “I’m not sleepy, I can just sit.”\n

But his face was a little pale, and even though he had been attempting to hide it, there was still a trace of fatigue that could not be hidden between his brows.\n

He Yu said, “I won’t eat you, what are you afraid of? Afraid that I will go crazy in the middle of the night and kill you?”\n

Xie Qingcheng said, “……What the hell are you talking about.”\n

That mentally unsound boy was quite sensitive.\n

Xie Qingcheng was also really sleepy. After such a difficult day, even someone with the strength of beasts would be exhausted. He was also tired of arguing with He Yu because he had no energy, so he sighed, “Let’s go to sleep then.”\n

Xie Qingcheng was still a little uncomfortable. He didn’t like people sleeping on the side of the bed. Especially since He Yu was young and his body ran hot. Even if the two were not close, Xie Qingcheng could clearly feel his heat and scent in the small space. Because the surroundings were so quiet, he could even hear He Yu’s light breathing.\n

Xie Qingcheng couldn’t relax.\n

He has always been the head of the family and a caretaker. When he was very young, Xie Xue slept next to him, and then Li Ruoqiu. He could begrudgingly overlook his terrority being shared if it were women that depended on him. \n

But the characteristics of youths around the age of eighteen and nineteen were different. The hormonal aura that belongs to males made Xie Qingcheng very uncomfortable. He Yu’s aggressive scent was strongly invading him, and he was not used to it.\n

So he closed his eyes and frowned again, and moved closer to the edge of the bed.\n

Then he moved again.\n

And again……\n

“If you move any further, you’ll be sleeping on the ground.” Suddenly, a very cold voice spoke up behind him.\n

He Yu suddenly got up with his hands on the bed. Before Xie Qingcheng could react, he pushed his body over him until half of his body was covering his own as the youthful aura mercilessly pressed down upon Xie Qingcheng recklessly. \n

Xie Qingcheng opened his peach blossom eyes. “What are you doing?”\n

He Yu misunderstood what Xie Qingcheng meant when he was trying to move away from him, and thought that Xie Qingcheng was disgusted by his illness, so a little malicious thought came up in mind. He pressed his body harder against Xie Qingcheng’s, his lips pressing to the side of Xie Qingcheng’s neck. When he spoke, the sharp glints of his canines were revealed as he whispered, “I’m having an attack and I want to kill you. Do you want to run away now?”\n

That’s some bullshit mental attack!\n

He Yu’s attacks were not like this at all. Xie Qingcheng thought that he was just uncomfortable and was deliberately demeaning himself, so his tone grew very cold and firm, “You get off me first.”\n

“I’m trying to grab my phone.” Not only did He Yu not get off, he pressed down even harder. \n

Xie Qingcheng didn’t care whether He Yu was actually grabbing his phone or not, he couldn’t stand having his space breached, his safety violated. He Yu was too close to him, the only thing he could breathe in was the heat of the young man on top of him. \n

Xie Qingcheng turned his face to the side for a while, feeling too uncomfortable. He got up, grabbed He Yu’s wrist, his body arching like a cheetah, his shoulder blades stretching like a butterfly as he flipped them over. Then he pressed against He Yu harshly as if he was teaching the other a lesson.\n

“……” He Yu said softly, “What are you doing on top of me? Aren’t you afraid of me?”\n

“What am I afraid of you for? I’m just teaching you to be obedient.”\n

“……”\n

He Yu stopped talking.\n

After a while, he sighed slightly. “Ge, you’re hurting me, don’t you know that?”\n

After realizing that Xie Qingcheng was just disgusted that he was too close to him, instead of trying to stay away because he thought he was mentally unsound, He Yu stopped resisting. He let Xie Qingcheng restrain him by the wrists, letting his shadow reflect in his eyes. \n

His tone and expression in his eyes were very pale, even a little sickly.\n

“Okay, okay. I’ll be good. Why don’t you pass me my phone instead?”\n

Xie Qingcheng is very upset about being bullied, but when it was his turn to stare down at the young man of the same gender, he did not feel that uncomfortable anymore. After all, he was just too manly. He doesn’t like any feeling of his space being invaded, of being oppressed by someone of the same sex. \n

So he didn’t want to talk more rubbish with He Yu and got up, looking around for his phone. It was indeed right there. He probably left it there earlier without thinking. \n

He handed the phone to He Yu.\n

“Thank you.” He Yu took it, raised his head and unlocked his phone, before indifferently saying, “Dr. Xie, we are both men, and none of us are homosexuals. Why are you so nervous? Haven’t slept in the same bed with a man? “\n

Xie Qingcheng’s own tone was very cold. “I’m used to being alone.”\n

He Yu smiled, still looking at the phone, his long eyelashes trembling slightly with every breath. Under the screen’s light, his eyelashes looked as fine as a snowflake. “Then you used to sleep separately with your wife?”\n

His tone was patronising. \n

Xie Qingcheng knew that he was upset after seeing the mentally ill patients today. Never mind his faint expression, he was definitely in a foul mood. \n

But no matter how bad it was, he has no responsibilities or obligations to listen to unhappy complaints like some garbage dumpster. \n

Besides, how much better could his mood possibly get? \n

Xie Qingcheng’s eyes became colder when he looked at him, almost reprimanding him, “Sleep, don’t bother me anymore.”\n

He turned over and laid back.\n

But when he said he was going to sleep, the fact was that Xie Qingcheng still had trouble sleeping. He Yu didn’t have any issues. He was so young that he didn’t intend to really rest at all, just wanted to lie comfortably for a bit. He quietly stared at Xie Qingcheng for a while, and felt that this person was so parental, treating him like a son.\n

If there is a chance, I really have to find a wedding dress and force him to wear it. If he wears it, then he can never straighten his shoulders in front of him for the rest of his life.\n

He Yu thought such things and was feeling a little bit bored so he clicked on the online shopping app and entered the phrase ‘wedding dress’.\n

The styles that popped out were all normal, very beautiful, and very solemn, and it seemed that they could not achieve the optimal results.\n

He Yu thought for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Xie Qingcheng’s back, and then looked down to add a keyword.\n

‘Lewd.’\n

Then the page got exciting. \n

The screen had images of thin garters, black silk garters, white silk garters with strappy laces, BDSM-styled, semi transparent gauze skirt, a wide variety of styles and many more…… He Yu swiped and swiped, and his eyebrows were slightly raised. \n

Very interesting, the human imagination was really astonishing in seeking pleasure.\n

Whenever he saw something that he was interested in, he raised his phone and looked at Xie Qingcheng’s back, imagining that one day somehow Xie Qingcheng would fall into his hands and be handcuffed by him. After seeing such clothes, he was no longer sleepy. \n

He was afraid of Xie Qingcheng when he was a child, but men often grew up like this—the more they had towering and oppressive obstacles in front of them when they were young, the more they’ll want to become powerful when they are older, crushing difficulties and turning icebergs into snow fields. To subvert a power dynamic was something that allows teenagers to feel that finally they are finally mature, taking claim of what they desired after for a long time. \n

That’s why He Yu felt that contradicting Xie Qingcheng was something that allowed him to feel ultimate pleasure.\n

Because he was so fascinated by it, He Yu didn’t pay attention when his hand slipped, entering a livestream page while forgetting to turn on the mute button. \n

So, in this cramped lounge of less than ten square meters, the voice of the host announced—”This sexy wedding dress is really super beautiful. If you wear it on the wedding night, your husband will definitely not be able to resist it……”\n

He Yu, “……”\n

Xie Qingcheng, “……”\n

He Yu: “……”\n

He hoped that Xie Qingcheng had fallen asleep.\n

But unfortunately, Xie Qingcheng turned around and gave him a cold look. The look was exactly the same as before, like a blade to cut He Yu’s heart. \n

“What are you doing?”\n

But by this point, He Yu didn’t want to hide anything. He smiled slightly, very cheekily. “Online shopping.”\n

“To buy a wedding dress?”\n

“Can’t I just window shop?”\n

Xie Qingcheng was too annoyed to even look at him, so he sneered:. “Why are you looking at wedding dresses? Who is going to wear it?”\n

He Yu’s eyes shone and he pondered silently, thinking if he said it’s for Xie Qingcheng, would Xie Qingcheng kill him directly?\n

It is not a good thing to kill people in the police station, it’ll affect their reputations terribly. \n

So He Yu gracefully said, “It doesn’t have anything to do with you.”\n

“……” Xie Qingcheng said with a frosty expression on his face. “Turn off your phone. Don’t look at these kinds of things. You’re not even together with anyone right now, so there’s no point looking at such things.”\n

His tone was very cold, and his eyebrows were twisted from disgust, and He Yu was made somewhat uncomfortable by him.\n

Why does he care about him so much?\n

What is the relationship between the two of them?\n

He Yu suddenly wanted to provoke him.\n

So he looked at his peach blossom eyes, falling quiet for a moment, before slowly and condescendingly smirking. The smirk was meaningful. “You don’t need to worry about me, Xie-ge, I will have someone soon. “\n

After a pause, he said again—\n

“From now on, I will learn from you. You are my senior, a person who has been married and divorced. You have rich experiences and know how to treat women well. When I need support, I will ask Professor Xie for advice. So Professor, please give me your guidance.”\n

At this point, his eyes flashed, and the scorn and malice in his smile became more pronounced.\n

“But there is one thing I am curious about. You have been married to Li-jie for so long, how come she never had a child?”\n

Xie Qingcheng’s expression was already darkening. “……”\n

During the day, the boy was someone who pretended to be gentle and refined in front of everyone. But now he was like the evil animal who has returned to his cave and tore off his human disguise. His almond-shaped eyes lazily glanced down, his voice carrying a mocking tone as he asked, “Could it be that you…… can’t get it up?”\n

After a few seconds of silence, the one who first responded was Xie Qingcheng. He pulled He Yu up by the collar and threw him to the ground, before also throwing down his pillow and quilt, burying He Yu alive.\n

Although He Yu wanted to provoke him, he didn’t think he would have this big of a reaction.\n

Xie Qingcheng was really angry. \n

He wasn’t very interested in sex to the point where he’s a little frigid, but what the hell was that bastard talking about? \n

“He Yu.”\n

Xie Qingcheng stared at him with shards of ice in his eyes. \n

—— “You’re so fucking childish.”\n

After saying these words, he got up, adjusted his clothes, and left. He slammed the door of the lounge hard behind him. BANG!\n

Xie Qingcheng went to the porch of the police station and smoked a cigarette.\n

He hated when the others brought up Li Ruoqiu in front of him, but He Yu really hit him where it hurts. \n

Now, he leaned against the pillars of the corridor’s door, his clothes untidy and hair messy, his meticulous and rigorous appearance ruined. He was illuminated by the blue smoke, and there was some boredom reflected between his brows. His eyes were bloodshot, withered, and his lips were dry. His eyes were empty as he smoked, revealing an almost wistful decadence uncharacteristic of his daytime appearance. \n

The policemen passing by couldn’t help but give him a sidelong glance. After a while, a young male police officer rushed over and handed him a can of cold beer. “Comrade, you look like you’re in a bad mood? I understand, with all that’s going on tonight— Eh? Xie-ge? Is it really you?”\n

Xie Qingcheng came back to his senses, and set his eyes on the male police officer.\n

“……Chen Man.”\n

Chen Man is an acquaintance of Xie Qingcheng.\n

Chen Man’s original name was actually Chen Yan, but because he did everything quickly, his family really hoped that he would slow down a bit, so they gave him a nickname called Chen Man. Likewise, everyone also preferred to call him Chen Man instead of Chen Yan which was the name on his ID card.\n

Xie Qingcheng and Chen Man met because of his brother. Chen Man’s brother was also a policeman, and was Xie Qingcheng’s father’s apprentice, but he died later. Chen Man had applied for the same major as his brother during the University Admission Tests and was slowly starting to work up the ranks.\n

“Xie-ge, how are you involved in this case?” When Chen Man saw that it was Xie Qingcheng, his fast-paced movements slowed down. He stood beside him, cracked open the beer, and handed it to him.\n

“It’s a long story.” Xie Qingcheng sighed as he bit the cigarette, took the cold beer, and gently bumped against Chen Man with some gratitude. Then he leaned against the pillar, his head still spinning as he looked at the night sky. \n

Chen Man saw that he did not intend to explain, and stood with him for a while before saying, “Xie-ge, are you cold? Do you want me to give you my jacket….”\n

“It’s okay, it’s not cold. It’s a hot day, how can it be cold?”\n

“According to the calendar, it’s already autumn……”\n

Xie Qingcheng was getting annoyed. He felt that this child was talking too much, so he said, “You can go already, I’m not really in a mood.  Thank you for your beer.”\n

“Is everything really alright?”\n

“It’s alright.”\n

Chen Man only turned his head back and took one step back.\n

“Wait.” Xie Qingcheng suddenly stopped him again. “Come back.”\n

Chen Man quickly came back.\n

Xie Qingcheng reached for the other’s police uniform. The two of them were quite familiar, having known each other for a long time. So Xie Qingcheng did not bother being too polite and reached for the pack of cigarettes from inside his uniform.\n

Although Chen Man didn’t smoke, he was in the small minority of nonsmokers in the police station. So he carried around a pack. \n

Xie Qingcheng took away his cigarettes, smoothened his uniform and patted him on the shoulder. “You can go now.”\n

“……. Alright. Do smoke less, ge. You are smoking too hard now.”\n

Xie Qingcheng ignored him again, leaning against the pillar to finish smoking.\n

After a while, footsteps came from behind again.\n

Xie Qingcheng said very impatiently, “Do you not have work to do tonight?”\n

“What work do I need to do?”\n

“……”\n

When Xie Qingcheng turned his head back, it turned out that it was not Chen Man who left and returned, but He Yu who had come out.\n

When Xie Qingcheng saw that it was him, his eyes became colder, and he turned his gaze away without saying a word.\n

He Yu stood silently next to him for a while, and reluctantly said, “Dr. Xie, I’m sorry.”\n

“I’m sorry about you and sister-in-law……”\n

The fire that Xie Qingcheng had been suppressing finally burst out at this time. He Yu didn’t know better and always made him angry. But because of his calm temperament, he always endured it.\n

But this apology was not genuine at all, which angered him even more. If He Yu didn’t talk to him so politely, he could still bear it. He was angry when he heard He Yu’s horrible apology, because it meant that He Yu didn’t have much sincerity, he was just someone who was all talk and no action. He was speaking like his parents—businessmen who spoke nothing of substance in order to be polite. Even his apology seemed to be taken from a corporate template.\n

All his worries and anxieties returned in his mind and— WHOOSH. The beer that Chen Man had given him was splashed across He Yu’s face.\n

 “What are you sorry for?”\n

The ice-cold beer dripped down, but it wasn’t as cold as Xie Qingcheng’s tone.\n

“I don’t hear a genuine apology. You can pretend in front of others, but it’s useless to pretend in front of me. What side of you have I not seen before?”\n

“……” He Yu didn’t say a word. This was the first time in his entire life that someone dared to pour beer over him, he couldn’t even react. \n

“Also,” Xie Qingcheng said viciously. “Stop calling her your ‘sister-in-law’. She and I are already divorced. Even if there is no divorce, I am not your brother, and she is not your sister-in-law. I am furious whenever I look at you, so don’t let me see you again tonight!”\n

He Yu slowly paused for a moment before speaking word by word, “Then what do you want me to do? Do you want me to take back my words?”\n

The drops of beer dripped between his eyebrows. He Yu was really unhinged, even at this moment, his lips could still spread into a smile that was both gentle and terrifying. “Let me kneel before you and apologize to show my sincerity”\n

“You don’t have to do anything.”\n

Xie Qingcheng squeezed the empty beer can, staring at He Yu’s eyes, before throwing the can into the trash.\n

“He Yu, you just have to remember that although my romantic life is a failure, you still have no right to laugh at me. Because you treat others with so much fakeness and abnormality, that no one will truly care for you. —Didn’t you just say that you are going to confess soon? Give it a shot.”\n

“……”\n

“I don’t care who it is you like. If she can stand you for one month, I’ll take your fucking surname.” \n

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The author has something to say:\n

It’s slowly coming. Chen Man is the love rival, so my cute friends, please warmly welcome Officer Chen~\n

Mini Theater:\n

Ai, I don’t know what to write for today’s mini theater, so let’s talk about the initial draft’s Xiao He~ Please, don’t take it seriously everyone. I wrote quite a bit for that draft but I felt it wasn’t fun. The framework for a scifi world is too large, and I would spend waaaayyyy too much time building the world and plot. But I’m not very ambitious, and I want to write romance more = =\n

Originally Xiao He Yu was meant to be a cold-blooded, logical android = = To him, age is just a factory setting. Against a high sci-fi, technologically advanced setting, nobody will look old. Dr. Xie’s age can be even older!! But sadly low-fi sci-fi can’t be too flamboyant, so I sigh….\n

Mini Theater if we used the original draft’s Xiao He Yu:\n

Xie Qingcheng lost control and splashed water on his face.\n

He Yu short-circuits.\n

The End. \n

As a side note I looked up the keyword Xiao He used, you won’t get the results you’re looking for. But if he changed the keyword to “sexy”, there would be a lot of results…… I bet those were the styles he saw……

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