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Since he was a child, Xia Yiyang has always been well-behaved. Of course, he largely depends on his good-nature and handsome face. Just like when he had just entered college and went out to play with Bai Fang, he really liked her, he was ambiguous and tempting, and Bai Fang didn’t hate him either. Who doesn’t like to have the attention of a handsome boy? They got along very well, in the eyes of others, they seemed to be an excellent couple.
So when Shen Luo suddenly appeared, Xia Yiyang was caught off guard.
At that time, the entire department knew the two of them, so when the news spread that Bai Fang and Shen Luo were eating together in the cafeteria, even if Xia Yiyang didn’t ask about it, someone would come and tell him.
Xia Yiyang didn’t react much to that dark gesture of sympathy and schadenfreude. He was very clear that he and Bai Fang were not in a romantic relationship, he had no right to worry about who she wanted to eat or go out with.
It’s just that he himself didn’t understand, how come they later became an inexplicable trio

Even 15 years later, Xia Yiyang still didn’t understand it.
***
He was remembering the day he went to study in the library, preparing to memorize three pages of a book. When he finished reciting “Marxism has the quality of progressing with time”, Shen Luo suddenly stood in front of him.
“Let’s eat together?” Shen Luo looked at him.
“What would you like to eat?” Xia Yiyang asked.
“What should we have for dinner?” Shen Luo threw the documents on the table, “Do you leave work so late at the bank every day?”
Xia Yiyang pinched his brow and sighed, “It’s still early, don’t complain, the bank had a good start, normally you wouldn’t even get a chance to eat with me.”
Shen Luo pouted, muttering something that Xia Yiyang couldn’t clearly hear. As soon as the two of them left the office, they saw Chen Hui, who rarely came down from the 12th floor.
Although Chairman Chen is the type of person who can roar, loves to scold using bad words, and never speaks normally, in terms of appearance, Chen Hui is slightly more handsome than Xia Yiyang.
Shen Luo saw him nod his head in greeting, Chen Hui was also very arrogant, it was rare for him to speak without using exclamation marks: “Inspector Shen, you have worked hard these days.”
Shen Luo: “That’s how it should be.”
Chen Hui said to Xia Yiyang: “Work well with Inspector Shen.”
Xia Yiyang hurriedly said, “I know, leader.”
Chen Hui: “Shall we have dinner together?”
Shen Luo smiled, “Next time, I made an appointment with Manager Xia today.”
Xia Yiyang: “

”
Chen Hui thought to himself “Are they going to screw!? What fucking day they don’t have dinner together?!!”
In fact, this kind of fixed meal appointment is not a big problem for Xia Yiyang. As a single man, he usually orders takeout alone after getting off work. The only difference is that there are more people and more money.
Shen Luo is not too difficult to please as he can also eat cheap food, having invested a large capital this half a month, now that they have reached the point of being “emotionally stable”, he doesn’t need to go to high-end restaurants every day.
“When are they going to give you your house in Yu Yuan?” Xia Yiyang took a fried dumpling from the bowl.
Without knowing the reason, Shen Luo seemed to have gone crazy, out of nowhere he had said that he wanted to eat fried dumplings and beef soup from the business that was near their college, it had already been 15 years, they did not even know if the store was still open or not, it was difficult to walk near the university town, so Xia Yiyang drove for a long time, until he found a place.
Shen Luo had ordered beef soup, it had a layer of cilantro floating: “Maybe next month, when your bank approves the loan, they can give me the house.”
Xia Yiyang: “Is it furnished?”
Shen Luo shook his head: “It’s empty.”
Xia Yiyang was a little surprised: “Empty? Do you have time to decorate it?”
“Even if I don’t have it, I have to make time.” Shen Luo looked Xia Yiyang in the eyes, “Do you still want to eat?” He pointed to the remaining fried dumplings.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“It’s not impossible.” Xia Yiyang started to laugh, he looked like a loan shark, “But the interest rate for the renovation loan will be higher. Do you want me to apply for you?”
When Shen Luo finished taking the last bite of fried dumplings, he raised his eyebrows saying: “Why? Do you want me to owe you that much?”
Xia Yiyang was stunned for a moment. He felt that the words of the other party were ambiguous and he did not know what to answer; he unexpectedly started to babble, he was speechless.
Shen Luo lowered his eyes and nonchalantly said softly: “I was joking, if I really don’t have enough money I will definitely ask for a loan, if I’m going to owe someone I prefer it to be your bank.”
Xia Yiyang gave an awkward “oh”, watched Shen Luo finish the broth, wiped his mouth, and said: “Shall we go?”
Xia Yiyang took the initiative to get up and pay, when he returned, he saw Shen Luo staring at him.
“?” Xia Yiyang took his briefcase, “What’s wrong? Still not full?”
Shen Luo snorted childishly: “After so many years, why are you still so good?”
Xia Yiyang: “???”
***
Loans for second hand homes have always been released very quickly, especially in this day and age where housing prices change almost daily. The broker has to worry about the transfer of the loan and Shen Luo only has to sign.
Xia Yiyang was still worried about the renovation of Shen Luo’s new house, he often wandered in front of him, he wanted them to make a new loan agreement, since his 500,000 yuan annual salary wasn’t earned without a little ambition.
“I still have some savings,” Shen Luo was getting annoyed with him, so he decided to be direct. He and Xia Yiyang were eating together at the SZ bank cafeteria. Of course, they used Xia Yiyang’s card to pay.
Xia Yiyang felt a little sad when he saw a great opportunity slip away: “Fine”
Shen Luo: “You can introduce me to a construction team.”
Xia Yiyang: “Why not a remodeling company?”
Shen Luo: “I can design it myself, I don’t need a remodeling company, you can come help me.”
“
” Xia Yiyang didn’t really want to help.
Shen Luo looked at him and raised his eyebrows: “What would you like us to inspect first next month?”
Xia Yiyang took Shen Luo’s hand in a very fawning manner and sincerely said: “Let me know when you move, I’ll go help you!”
As a result, on a rare weekend off, Shen Luo actually went to pick him up under the excuse that he was moving.
The houses in Yu Yuan are very good, the three rooms faced south, and the living room was not only big but also had good lighting.
When Xia Yiyang walked in with a box in his arms, he found that it really was the kind of aesthetic that Shen Luo liked, big French windows and a minimalist style, except for the blanket spread on the floor, which looked warm, everything else was cold and quiet.
The furniture didn’t escape from three colors, black, gray and white, the large sofa looked like a bed.
“I thought you hadn’t bought any furniture.” Xia Yiyang lowered the box and put his hands on his waist, “Was it very expensive?”
Shen Luo walked in behind him and gave him a funny look: ”I have enough money, don’t worry.”
Xia Yiyang, seeing that he was unable to achieve his goal, dully pouted.
Shen Luo had said that he was moving, but in reality, even after all the furniture was replaced, there were not too many personal items, a computer, clothes, and items for basic daily necessities. The most important thing among all of that was his various SLR cameras and his two cabinets full of photos.
That was the first time that Xia Yiyang had seen someone with two cabinets full of photos, and one of them was still closed, so he could only carry it.
Shen Luo deliberately left a white wall in his new living room, Xia Yiyang asked him what he would use it for, and Shen Luo replied casually: “To hang photos.”
So the two simply started hanging the photos.
“Aren’t we going to hang the photos of the one that’s closed?” Xia Yiyang realized that many of the hanged photos were landscapes that Shen Luo had photographed in the United States, most of which he had seen on his Instagram.
Shen Luo was hanging the photos one by one and absentmindedly said: “Those are all bad photos but I’m not willing to throw them away.”
No matter how Xia Yiyang looks at him, Shen Luo doesn’t seem like the kind of person who likes to collect, but he himself doesn’t have the qualifications to judge others’ hobbies.
Because there were too many photos, they couldn’t finish hanging them even though it had been a while, so the two of them simply started chatting while doing it.
“Nasdaq Composite.” Shen Luo pointed to the photo in Xia Yiyang’s hand. “I went to walk around there to take photos one day before going to work.”
Xia Yiyang was speechless, “You are a man who has been on Wall Street.”
Shen Luo was also not modest: “So I still have some money.”
Xia Yiyang muttered: “The bull corrupted you”
“Working there is life threatening.” Shen Luo hinted at Xia Yiyang to take more photos, “I’m almost 40 years old but I don’t want to die suddenly in a foreign country.”
“

” Xia Yiyang sighed, “Can we talk about something good? Don’t talk about your age or your death.”
Shen Luo turned to look at him, a smile seemed to be hidden in the corner of his eye and asked: “Then what should we talk about? Why don’t you have a girlfriend yet?”
Xia Yiyang said solemnly: “I invited you to eat every day for a month, when I had a girlfriend I never invited her to eat every day, tell me, where can I find time to look for someone else?”
“Am I different?” Shen Luo turned around and continued to hang up the photos, and in a joking tone he said: “Why don’t we just stay together?”
Xia Yiyang snorted: “Don’t think you can rip me off more food, I won’t say that you really are shameless but, at least we have to take turns and you be the one to treat!”
After Shen Luo finished hanging the photos, he turned around, leaned against a bright wall full of photos and looked at him, with a calm expression he said: “Okay, I’ll treat you tonight, what do you want to eat?”
“

” Xia Yiyang thought “This isn’t right, why do I have to accompany this guy to dinner on weekends too!?”
***
Because it took a long time to finish arranging the things from the move, when night came, Xia Yiyang finally decided that he was going to order Haidilao as takeout.
Shen Luo couldn’t take it: “I just moved into a new house and it already smells like huoguo, what kind of sin have I committed
”
Xia Yiyang: “We can eat with the window open, why do you look so down?”
When the huoguo was finished cooking, Shen Luo’s expression was much better, he was probably already hungry, it was better than having a stinky face in a meal.
No one spoke for the first five minutes, they were both immersed in their meals, it wasn’t until Xia Yiyang opened a beer that Shen Luo suddenly spoke: “The first meal we had when we helped Bai Fang move out of college was Huoguo.”
Xia Yiyang was shocked: “I don’t remember”
Shen Luo looked at him: “That’s because you were drunk.”
Xia Yiyang tapped his chopsticks on the edge of the pot: “You shouldn’t talk about other people’s shortcomings.”
Shen Luo wanted to say something but the room suddenly went dark.
Xia Yiyang: “

”
Shen Luo: “

”
Xia Yiyang: “Look, even the heavens think you’re blind.”
“Are you upset?” Shen Luo sneered as he reached out to take his cell phone, “I’ll go check the switch”
Xia Yiyang took a piece of meat from his bowl in the dark and said as he ate, “Did the power go out in Bai Fang’s house that day too?”
Shen Luo was stunned, and after a while, he lightly said, “I thought you forgot.”
Xia Yiyang was not sure if he remembered clearly, because he drank a lot that day and his mind was confused, but he seemed to know everything, his whole person was curled up on the carpet in Bai Fang’s house, he was in a daze, as if he was sleeping.
Someone had caressed his face, it was a very soft hand, he didn’t need to think long to know that it was Bai Fang.
“Looks like he’s drunk,” Bai Fang whispered.
Shen Luo’s voice sounded a little further away: “Let him sleep.”
Bai Fang agreed: “I’ll go see the switch.”
Then the sound of silent footsteps was heard, Xia Yiyang struggled to open his eyes, he looked in Shen Luo’s direction but it was completely dark and nothing could be seen.
Not knowing how long he stared, he suddenly gathered strength and went up the stairs in that direction.
Shen Luo asked subconsciously, “Bai Fang?”
Xia Yiyang did not reply, not knowing where he got the courage from, he reached out his hand and sweating, he took Shen Luo’s hand.
Shen Luo: “

”
Xia Yiyang continued to lie on his stomach, holding Shen Luo’s hand firmly, his heart trembling slightly like a layer of boiling oil.
Shen Luo probably actually thought it was Bai Fang, and he let him pull him without protest, and even cooperated by getting close while scratching Xia Yiyang’s palm with his fingertips.
Xia Yiyang’s face turned red.
He was lying on the ground, his chest felt sweet and aching at the same time, which stimulated his taste buds and he began to feel a sour taste.
Shen Luo moved, Xia Yiyang was very nervous, but the other party did not move away, instead came closer, Xia Yiyang could feel Shen Luo’s hand caressing his face.
His hand was completely different from Bai Fang’s, it was rougher and not smooth at all.
“Did you think I was Bai Fang that night?” Shen Luo used his cell phone to see the switch and said with a smile, “You held my hand for a long time.”
Xia Yiyang had no choice but to say awkwardly, “I really don’t remember that.”
Shen Luo didn’t answer, he walked over to the table ready to make a call: “I don’t see what’s wrong, I’ll call someone to fix it.”
Xia Yiyang: “I’ll check it out.”
It seemed that Shen Luo was going to accompany him. After a long time, the two got used to the darkness, and with the window open, the light from outside came in so they basically had no problem seeing.
Xia Yiyang looked at the switch carefully, remembering his past experiences, when he was about to start, he suddenly felt a warm feeling behind him, he didn’t know when Shen Luo approached.
“Did you see the problem?” Shen Luo’s cell phone lamp shone against the wall, forming a large white circle.
Xia Yiyang looked at their shadows overlapping on the large white circle, Shen Luo was a little taller than him, and it seemed that they were hugging each other.
Xia Yiyang’s chest began to fill with sweetness again.
It was painful and sweet.