Thunder rumbled across and the rain poured down outside the window.

The TV in the living room played a boring variety show with a little funny sound effects.

Ye Cheng nestled at one end of the sofa, and Lu Xiao sat cautiously at the other end, with a distance of 180,000 miles, as if they are separate by a galaxy.

Neither of them paid attention to what was on the screen, and looked down at their phones.

The suite that Ye Cheng bought by himself is not very big. One room has no bed for now, and the other has been converted into a study. He was too embarrassed to let Lu Xiao sleep in the living room, so he asked Lu Xiao to sleep with him, Lu Xiao blushed and agreed.

Lu Xiao quickly typed: [Ah ah ah ah, what should I do, ‌I want him to sleep with ‌me! 】

Zhou Minhao: [Wow, worthy of being a battle-hardened 0. 】

Lu Xiao: [Don’t be silly, what should I do now? It’s embarrassing to sit face to face with him for half an hour. 】

Zhou Minhao: [You are halfway through staying in the night, and you still stayed int the same room with . Did you drink at night? 】

Lu Xiao: [No, I’m afraid to drink and then doing something wrong. 】

Zhou Minhao hates that iron cannot become steel: [You, are you stupid! You had stayed overnight and you still don’t drink, and don’t put the duck in you mouth. I really appreciate it! 】

Lu Xiao: [‌There is no wine for dinner, it would be very strange for me to drink. 】

Zhou Minhao didn’t want to worry about this, and went straight to the point:

[In this way, you can chat casually for a while, and then when you are sleepy and you would take a shower first. Be careful, so that you can wash it first, so that you can fully appreciate the beauty out of the bath with your clothes. Think about how you look wet and decently dressed, so it doesn’t feel too cool. What you should do after taking a shower, I don’t need to teach you? 】

Lu Xiao swallowed nervously, raised his head and looked at the opposite side.

Ye Cheng was focusing on playing games and didn’t pay attention to the situation here.

Lu Xiao replied: [No, no, you misunderstood, we haven’t confirmed our relationship yet, I’m chasing him. 】

Zhou Minhao: […………]

Now he finally understand, why Lu Xiao has been single for so many years, it’s all because of his own nature, which is amazing.

Ye Cheng looked at the message on the phone in a panic, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.

Shi Jiaxu: [Seduce him‌, see if ‌ can hold on to it! 】

[It’s not me, you, you can stay with such a lousy excuse, can you be a little bit more stubborn? 】

[ This is the end, you might as well count. 】

[Take a shower first, then pretend to wear the wrong clothes after taking a shower, and see how he reacts. 】

[If you still haven’t establish a relationship, I suggest to just kicking him directly. 】

Ye Cheng frowned and said: [‌Yes, shouldn’t you wear pajamas after taking a shower? ‌wearing a ‌ shirt, will I look deliberate if I wear the wrong one? 】

Shi Jiaxu was speechless: [My dear monitor, my dear calligraphy association president, my dear grand prize gold tyrant. Can you understand the word “seduce”? It’s all “seduced”, but it’s not deliberate, so how can it be called deliberate? 】

Shi Jiaxu consoled: [Don’t panic, both men understand these sub-assessments. Our point is that we don’t focus on the progress of a process, but rather, we must pay close attention to the whole process. 】

Ye Cheng: […]

Well, he believes in Shi Jiaxu.

For example, if Lu Xiao is really a person who just wants to experience a fresh night’s sleep, there is no need to continue dating.

Ye Cheng took a deep breath, put down the phone and said, “I’ll go wash first…”

At the same time, Lu Xiao also looked at him and said, “Why don’t I take a shower first…”

Both of them were stunned.

“You go first, I’m not in a hurry.” Ye Cheng thought to himself, I’m going to wear your shirt to seduce you.

Lu Xiao quickly waved his hand: “You should go first, the master should wash first.”

Although Zhou Minhao is not a reliable person, appreciating Ye Cheng who just took a shower is a big temptation for him.

‌Not ‌planning to do something like Zhou Minhao’s ‌, but as long as it is a little bit of welfare, it’s not too much, right?

“You go first, you are welcome.”

“No, you go first.”

“You go first.”

‌They pushed around, ‌in the end Ye Cheng was annoyed.

Damn, don’t you just wear a shirt? You should be wearing your own with a similar effect.

Then he suggested: “How about rock-paper-scissors? Whoever loses will go first.”

Lu Xiao: “…”

Shouldn’t whoever wins first goes first?

This suggestion is very reasonable. There is no way to object. The two of them are fighting against each other.

In the end, Lu Xiao lost, so he had no choice but to take a shower in dismay.

When Ye Cheng saw the black face, he thought it was a little funny.

The thunderstorm was heavy outside, and usually one would feel a little scared at home alone, but today there was Lu Xiao at home, and he felt an indescribable peace of mind.

He was sitting on the bedside, looking for a book to read, waiting for Lu Xiao to come out of the shower.

Ten minutes later, Lu Xiao walked out wearing a bathrobe.

The tip of his hair also had a little water vapor at the tip, and the pectoral muscles were faintly exposed at the neckline, and the whole person looked very sexy.

Ye Cheng didn’t turn a page after reading the book for a long time. When he saw him approached, he exerted his hand uncontrollably, and the pages were pulled into a crumpled ball.

” pyjamas?” Lu Xiao asked as he sat down beside the bed without realizing it.

Ye Cheng said: “You…too bad, you won’t be able to wear my pajamas.”

Lu Xiao is about seven or eight centimeters taller than . Unless he presses back to 1.8 meters, it will not fit properly.

“Okay, I’ll sleep in a bathrobe, do you mind?” Lu Xiao asked.

Ye Cheng shook his head: “If you feel uncomfortable, you can also wear my clothes.”

“Forget it,” Lu Xiao is very self-aware, “I’m afraid it will make it bigger.”

Ye Cheng got up and said, ” I’m going to take a bath.”

Lu Xiao lowered his head uneasily: “Okay.”

‌He saw Lu Xiao’s white shirt in the laundry basket in the bathroom, grabbed it and smelled it. After working outside all day, it would inevitably smell of tobacco and dust.

Believing the evil of Shi Jiaxu, he would wear this shirt to bed at night. But before doing so, he should still try first.

Ye Cheng got a white shirt and chose an oversized one.

After taking a shower, he wiped his hair and walked out of the bathroom.

Lu Xiao was sending a WeChat message when he heard the noise and looked up.

Seeing this, the nosebleed almost didn’t come out.

Ye Cheng’s hair was not dry, and it was even dripping. He was wearing nothing but an empty white shirt, revealing two long, smooth legs, and no shoes.

Lu Xiao immediately stuttered: “You you…why don’t you wear pants?”

Ye Cheng pretended to be restrained: “I’m used to sleeping without pants.”

“You, you… or you should wear… put on your pants.” Lu Xiao’s words were at a loss.

Ye Cheng slanted a glance: “What’s the matter, what’s the problem?”

Could it be true that Shi Jiaxu is right, he is indeed an LSP?

[lsp in chinese “老色坯“ is a word for describing the people focusing only on the sexy side of something. It’s kind of a joking word in the Bilibili you can use when you see somebody staring at the girls and he seems to image some dirty scenes.]

Lu Xiao didn’t dare to look at him: “No…no problem, but I don’t think it’s very convenient…”

“I think it’s very convenient.” Ye Cheng sat down next to him , Lu Xiao could not help but leaned over to the other side.

Hld back, hold back, hold back, he recite the Qingxin mantra silently in his heart.

Lu Xiao, Lu Xiao, you can’t be so unpromising.

Ye Cheng started wiping his hair on his own, when suddenly, the position next to him moved.

his hand stopped, and he sneered in his heart, but he couldn’t help it.

It was Lu Xiao who jumped off the bed and ran away.

Ye Cheng put down his hands in confusion, where did this trouble come from?

Could it be that it was too provocative and scared away?

After a while, Lu Xiao came back with a hairdryer.

‌‌The hair dryer was plugged in, but still stuttered: “…don’t sleep with your hair wet, it’s…you’ll have a headache.”

Lu Xiao took the towel from hiss hand and wiped his hair with gentle and jerky movements. Ye Cheng was stunned, but stayed still‌.

It was the first time that he had served people like this, and after rubbing it several times, the roots of his hair were pulled, and he grimaced in pain. But it’s not easy to show it. After all, Lu Xiao tried to wipe his hair and he seemed to be ignorant in doing such tasks.

The soft cloth rubbed against the scalp, Ye Cheng tilted his neck sensitively, an inexplicable feeling of numbness.

Lu Xiao saw he was in pain, so he hurriedly asked, “Does it hurt? If it hurts, I’ll do it lightly.”

“It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt.” Ye Cheng replied casually.

After they finished, the two realized that the conversation was a little strange, and invariably thought crooked.

Lu Xiao put down the towel with a red face and consciously turned on the hair dryer to blow his hair.

Because he lost the barrier of the towel, his hand was much lighter than before, and he almost didn’t dare to touch his hair.

Ye Cheng’s hair is thin and soft. It feels like touching flannel or cat hair, and it feels very comfortable.

Lu Xiao also became more and more gentle, as if he was dealing with some small animal.

Fragrant and soft, the word has never been associated with Ye Cheng before, as he is always cold and untouchable.

After saying something, the sound of the hair dryer was in his ear, Ye Cheng couldn’t hear it clearly, and asked in confusion, “What are you doing?”

Lu Xiao leaned close to his ear, and said, “I’ll keep blowing your hair for you in the future?”

Ye Cheng didn’t expect it to be this, “I’ll be blowing your hair for you”, the meaning of this sentence couldn’t be more obvious.

He did not answer or look at Lu Xiao, nor did Lu Xiao chase after him for an answer, both of them became a little shy.

After blowing his hair, Ye Cheng had already left the task of “seducing him” out of the sky.

Lu Xiao put the hairdryer back in the bathroom and went to bed.

There was only a dimly yellow floor lamp in the bedroom, quietly illuminating familiar faces.

He doesn’t know why, but after blowing his hair, he didn’t feel restless anymore. He looked at Ye Cheng without blinking.

Ye Cheng asked, “What are you looking at?”

“You look good.” Lu Xiao said honestly.

Ye Cheng smiled, “The question, have you thought about it?”

He did not ask what it was about, but Lu Xiao knew that it was about what in the villa late at night, so he asked himself.

——Do you like me?

Before tonight, Zhou Minhao taught him for a long time and repeatedly urged him not to be the first to confess. So even if his feelings is not the same as yours it would eventually catch up.

According to Zhou Minhao, he used this method to make his little girlfriend give up.

Lu Xiao felt that he already liked Ye Cheng very much, so he took the initiative to learn these routines from him—because he also hoped that Ye Cheng would like him as much, so he couldn’t do without him. ‌

But when Ye Cheng asked this sentence

When the halo of the floor lamp spreads all over the body,

When the distance between them is so close that the curvature of the corners of their mouths is clear.

Looking at the reflection of his own face in the clear eyes, Lu Xiao suddenly felt that some means and some rewards are not important at all.

Even if Ye Cheng could give up on him in the future because of this, he still wouldn’t want to lie to those eyes.

“I like you.” Lu Xiao didn’t have time to think, and blurted out, “”I’ve figured it out. I like you as a lover.” I want to hold you, to hold your hand and… kiss you.”

He expresses his inner fervour in an unintelligible way, trying to make Ye Cheng understand that his love is not the “like” of his friends and brothers, but a kind of impulsive “like”. Despite his rude words, he managed to make Ye Cheng blushed.

Seeing the shyness on his face, Lu Xiao was even more encouraged.

He simply held Ye Cheng’s hand and asked earnestly, “Are you willing to be my boyfriend?”

Once upon a time, Lu Xiao’s plan was to chase after him for a few weeks, to send flowers and gifts like the one in the TV series, and send them to the door.

The first week, hold hands;

In the second week, kiss on the cheek;

The third week , formally confessing to Ye Cheng.

When it comes to confession, he want flowers and balls, and a diamond ring cake. He wants to have a hot ball trip, so romantic that he will never forget it for a lifetime.

However, this sudden confession happened while lying on the bed very simple,but no one could stop it.

‌‌After that, he felt a little regretful, regretting whether it would be too hasty.

Perhaps Ye Cheng would consider it, or he might reject it outright.

But what he never expected was that in the next second, Ye Cheng also held his hand and said, “Okay.”

Under Lu Xiao’s stunned gaze, he slowly revealed a smile. Warm and bright, it hits people’s hearts directly, as if answering a question that has embraced the whole world.

–

“Probably so.” Ye Cheng said to the phone.

The applause was dumbfounded: “So you immediately agreed to the confession, and you didn’t even survive the whole night? Then you both looked at each other affectionately all night, and didn’t do anything? ?”

Ye Cheng embarrassedly said: “It’s not even looking at each other overnight. We talked a lot about things. About how we feel about each other, about our family, about my family, about first impressions…”

“Okay, okay,” Shi Jiaxu interrupted, “no matter what you talk about, it won’t get you back from your confession. It’s really good. Anyway, pay attention, it’s so easy to get over the first impression of love. Now, before careful he don’t change in a blink of an eye.”

“Okay, I’m calling in.” Ye Cheng said nervously.

Shi Jiaxu sighed, feeling that the homework he had given him was all in vain.

Ye Cheng answered the call from Luo Ming: “Hello, Mr. Luo.”

“Xiao Ye, what are you doing?” Luo Ming asked.

Ye Cheng: “Not long after I got up, I was looking at the information you sent me yesterday.”

Luo Ming said in a strange tone: “Are your feet better? If they are better, you can come to the company.”

Ye Cheng understood what he meant,he took a rest for a few days. Keeping taking a leave like this does cause trouble for others. ‌‌When he said he would go to the company, Luo Ming said disgruntled: “So it seems that you are already well. Since this is the case, don’t let me remind you, come quickly.”

This morning, before seeing Lu Xiao out, Ye Cheng tried it and found that he could walk on both feet.

He took a taxi to the company, and more than half an hour had passed since the time to go to work.

Colleagues from the office came, and they were all concerned about whether his body had recovered. Even the people from the next department brought snacks to watch.

Luo Ming was unhappy because of his previous experience. Seeing that his popularity was good, his heart was even more unhappy, so he immediately arranged for him do his work he put on hold for several days.

Peng Gushu secretly complained: “What’s wrong, what does it mean for you to complete the two-day volume today? Can’t you do it slowly along the way?”

Others also complained for him.

Ye Cheng: “No, I’ll work overtime, and you can help me with lunch at noon.”

He didn’t go down to eat lunch, he sat in front of the computer for a few hours, and finally half of the workload was completed.

In the afternoon, he got off work early, and Peng Gushu brought supper.

Opening the lunch box, Ye Cheng found that the noodles were actually his favorite bamboo noodles, and also a bowl of white fungus soup.

“Didn’t the cafeteria never make bamboo noodles?” he asked curiously while eating.

Peng Gushu: “I ran into Mr. Lu when I was buying a meal. I heard that it was for you, and he let me bring it to you.”

Ye Cheng felt an ominous premonition in his heart and asked, “Did he know I’m working overtime?”

“Well, he asked me.” Peng Gushu said, “Well, I haven’t seen Mr. Luo this afternoon, what are you doing here?”

Peng Gushu simply packed his things on the table, greeted him, and got off work.

Ye Cheng hurriedly called Lu Xiao and asked what he was doing.

Lu Xiao answered the phone and looked at Luo Ming, who in front of him, and the resignation letter written on the table.

Luo Ming looked pleadingly, trying his best to beg for mercy.

Lu Xiao glanced at him indifferently, but his voice was very gentle: “Take care of yourself, so you’ll get better soon. Do you want to have supper after getting off work? I bought it for you to eat with you. .”

Ye Cheng: “Is Mr. Luo with you?”

Lu Xiao snorted: “Don’t mention people who look down on others.”

Luo Ming’s face turned even paler.

“Lu Xiao—” Ye Cheng reluctantly dragged out his voice, “You do this because you want the whole company to know about our relationship?”

Lu Xiao frowned and waved at Luo Ming, letting him dodge first.

Luo Ming felt as if he had been granted amnesty, wiped his sweat and withdrew.

“What if he knows, I wish everyone knew, so no one would dare to ask you to do anything.” Lu Xiao said when the door was closed.

Ye Cheng’s heart warmed, but he found it funny, “I’m a new employee who was supposed to do my share of work. Mr. Luo didn’t bully me, he just asked me to take care of the work I missed for the past few days and make up for it.”

Lu Xiao was no longer excited: “Did he pay your salary or did he pay your salary? I didn’t ask you to make it up. Where did their courage come from to make you make it up?”

The hidden meaning is that I can’t bear to ask my wife to work, but you did.

Ye Cheng knew that he felt sorry for him, so he could only coax him in a low voice: “Xiao Xiao, why are you so flammable and explosive? I’ll tell you what, you’ve been scared too. This one will be written off once and for all. Don’t make it difficult. If you make such a scene today, you will not tell me what to do in the future. ”

Lu Xiao reluctantly accepted this method and humbly agreed.

Ye Cheng could even imagine how reluctantly he was holding the phone, his eyes and nose were wrinkled, like a puppy who was wronged.

With a soft heart, he said softly, “I’m off work in ten minutes. Would you like to come to pick me up downstairs? I haven’t seen you for a day, I think I miss you so much.”

His words had a bit of coquettishness, as if he really wanted to see Lu Xiao right away.

Lu Xiao never thought that dating would be like this.

He was so happy that he almost wagged his tail, and immediately said, “I’m going down now. If you want to see me in the future, call me anytime, don’t hold back.”

After hanging up, he jumped up from the chair and rushed out the door.

Luo Ming, who was outside, hadn’t left yet. He seemed to want to wait until he finished the phone call before going in.

Lu Xiao hurriedly left a sentence: “Go home, don’t stay in the company, and treat the employees better in the future.”

“Yes, yes, President Lu.” Luo Ming panicked.

Lu Xiao ran to the elevator door, waited for a while, disliked the slowness of the elevator, and ran down the stairs directly.

He excitedly came to the finance department, gasping for breath.

It turns out that office love is so exciting, he thought to himself, no wonder why people would rather quit their jobs and fall in love.

Through the crack of the door, he saw the lights on.

Lu Xiao politely knocked on the door and asked, “Can I go in?”

Ye Cheng said: “Please come in.”

Lu Xiao pushed open the door, looked at him and smiled.

A young couple in love will feel uncomfortable even if they are separated for a little.

They didn’t have much to do, and tacitly stepped forward and hugged each other to recharge.

Lu Xiao casually rubbed his shoulders and muttered, “I miss you so much, too. I sneaked down twice while you were having dinner at night.”

Ye Cheng hugged him tighter.

Suddenly, footsteps resounded at the door.

Ye Cheng reacted extremely quickly and ran into the pantry.

“Anyone?” Luo Ming’s voice came from outside, “Strange, why did they not turn the lights off after getting off work.”

The two huddled together in a small pantry, breathing each other’s breath.

Lu Xiao gritted his teeth and said, “It’s him again.”

Ye Cheng couldn’t help laughing, pulling his tie and saying, “Mr. Lu, don’t get angry and drink more tea.”

Lu Xiao looked down at his lips and took a punitive bite on his lip.

The atmosphere in the tea room became hot, Ye Cheng raised his head and responded to the kiss.

The night in Nandu gradually elongated, melting the lingering feeling of the room.

T/N: Eyyyyy it’s finally over, YC and LX I’ll miss you so much. Thank you to all those who have read this project with me. I know that the translation is not perfect, but I’m glad you stick with me until the end.