Translator: Aafkee
Proofreader: ChaiTea
For the whole week, Yan Yu did not dare to mention wanting to date Chen Yifei. The latter reckoned that Yan Yu had probably finally thought it through and had returned to the ‘right path’. It was really busy in the company recently. Chen Yifei had to work overtime almost every day, while Yan Yu was busy with various social engagements with his business contacts. One day, in the afternoon, Yan Yu was in a discussion with a certain boss from another company, his tone urgent. Chen Yifei entered Yan Yu’s office, wanting to pass him some documents when he saw Yan Yu’s phone light up on his desk by chance. The notification light kept flashing, it seemed like the in-charge of a certain collaboration project was looking for Yan Yu on WeChat, the notification banner popping out one after another. Looking at the frequency of the incoming messages, Chen Yifei assumed that the other party must be looking for Yan Yu quite urgently, so he reminded Yan Yu, “Someone’s looking for you.” Yan Yu glanced over, covered the phone receiver and said, “Help me reply to him that I’ll go to his office at ten in the morning tomorrow. The passcode is 2408.” With that, Yan Yu continued his negotiation on his office phone. Chen Yifei unlocked Yan Yu’s phone and opened his WeChat app. The first thing Chen Yifei realised was not the messages, but his own photo that was being used as the chat background. Could it be that Yan Yu had been using this as his chat background since the trip? How is he not afraid of others seeing it by chance? Chen Yifei could not hold back his smile, the edges of his lips lifted slightly. Yan Yu had just finished his call, catching Chen Yifei’s smiling expression as he turned his head. Yan Yu recalled something suddenly and stood up to snatch his phone away, his face slightly flushed. Chen Yifei said softly, “It wouldn’t be good if someone else saw it.” Yan Yu said gloomily, “... Who could have seen it! This is my choice!” “I’m merely reminding you.” Chen Yifei turned and started back into his own office. Yan Yu could not help but continued to mutter behind his back, “I can only do this since someone refuses to date me!!” Chen Yifei paused but did not say anything in reply. At night, Yan Yu had to stop by the bank for some errands. Since Chen Yifei still had work to do, he stayed behind in the office. Yan Yu left alone and took the car, trying to rush to the bank before office hours ended to finish this errand for his company. For that errand, he had written a check that had quite a hefty amount. Yan Yu put the check in his briefcase as he thought about going back to the office to fetch Chen Yifei. He stood in front of his car as he was about to open the car door when someone dashed out of the alley from the side at lightning speed, snatched the briefcase out of Yan Yu’s hand and ran away immediately. Yan Yu was stunned momentarily but processed the situation quickly. He turned around and cursed aloud when he saw the mugger get on a motorbike, quickly disappearing on the busy road. Yan Yu was enraged. He’d always had a short temper since young, there was no way he would let this go so easily. He hopped into his car without any hesitation, stepped on the gas pedal and chased after the mugger. The mugger probably did not expect the person he snatched the briefcase from would dare to chase him. He accelerated as much as he could. Naturally, the mugger’s motorbike was no match against Yan Yu’s sports car. Seeing that Yan Yu had almost caught up to him, the mugger quickly turned into another path. Yan Yu could not follow him onto the path at all. There were too many cars on the road and it would be against the rules to do so anyway. Yan Yu was furious. He knew that the path led to a tunnel a few kilometres away, so he sped down another road. The mugger drove to a road with fewer cars. Unable to wait, he rummaged through Yan Yu’s briefcase as he drove and saw the check with many other valuables such as cash, an identity card, passport, credit cards, etcetera. Seeing his loot, he could not help but smile from ear to ear, knowing that he had just mugged a rich person. However, just when the mugger drove out of the tunnel, he saw a red sports car stopped horizontally in the middle of the road right in front of him, as if it had waited for a while. The mugger was scared shitless, quickly came to a halt before he tried to drive in the other direction. Not giving him another chance to escape, Yan Yu got out of his car and caught up with him in a violent rage. Before the mugger could start his motorbike, Yan Yu reached out and yanked the mugger off. Yan Yu threw him to the ground and kicked him fiercely, “Still trying to run, huh?!! Return my stuff to me!!” The mugger got exasperated, as well, and charged Yan Yu while shouting. Having been fighting since his kindergarten years, Yan Yu easily knocked the mugger down on the ground. Seeing that he could not win against Yan Yu, the mugger took out a small knife from his pocket and slashed. Without a weapon, Yan Yu could only dodge. However, he was not fast enough and his shoulder got slashed slightly, leaving little stains of blood on his shirt. Fortunately, a few other drivers on the side realised the situation and called the police quickly. Before the police arrived, they surrounded the mugger with their cars. The mugger tried to escape but got caught easily by the few people who came to help. They, then, waited for the police to arrive. Someone asked Yan Yu if he was okay and Yan Yu nodded, picking up his briefcase. He checked through his valuables and let out a sigh of relief after making sure everything was still there. Only then did Yan Yu feel the pain from his arm; a large area of his shirt was soaked in blood. Luckily, a kind samaritan offered to drive him to a nearby hospital. After arriving at the nearest community hospital, Yan Yu underwent a simple treatment to stop his bleeding as his injuries were not that severe. It seemed like there were not enough employees in the hospital as they were all busy treating more urgent patients. Yan Yu had wanted to give Chen Yifei a call but only realised that his phone was left behind in his car, which was probably towed away by the police so he would not have access to it any time soon. It was a bit noisy in the hospital as Yan Yu sat alone in a simple and crude room, waiting for the nurse to help him apply some medication. Not knowing why, he really wanted to see Chen Yifei at that moment. Just as he thought that, he heard an extremely familiar voice from outside his room at the front desk, “Excuse me, was there a patient with an arm injury sent here just now?” Yan Yu recognised Chen Yifei’s voice immediately. Forgetting that he was not supposed to move around carelessly, he stood up, his hand pressed onto the door frame as he shouted, “Chen Yifei!!” Chen Yifei let out a sigh of relief the moment he saw Yan Yu and nodded to the staff at the front desk before heading over to Yan Yu. Seeing the gauze on Yan Yu’s shoulder, Chen Yifei pushed Yan Yu back into the room and made him sit down. Slightly angered, he said, “Stop moving around carelessly. Where’s the nurse?” “How did you know I’d be here?” Yan Yu asked. “I saw the news just now and your car was on the screen.” Chen Yifei helped Yan Yu press the gauze to Yan Yu’s shoulder. Yan Yu could finally move and stretched his arm. Chen Yifei asked, “Are there any other injuries?” Yan Yu replied, “I’m doing well. I managed to take back what was snatched. I didn’t lose any--” Chen Yifei creased his brows and his expression darkened, his angered tone causing Yan Yu to shut up, immediately, “I’m not talking about your things, I’m asking about you. Is it truly necessary to chase the mugger? Didn’t you know he had a knife on him? Can you stop being so reckless? You are lucky that just your arm is injured, but what about the next time? Will you be as lucky?” Yan Yu was speechless, only replying after a moment, “Don’t you know me well enough? I’m too short-tempered. There was no way I wouldn’t chase him…” Of course Chen Yifei knew this, but he was worried, regardless. Chen Yifei sighed softly and called for a nurse to help him apply the medication. Chen Yifei said, “Don’t go to the office for the next two days.” “But there are too many things to do these couple of days,” protested Yan Yu. “I’ll sort it out for you.” “That won’t do.” Yan Yu was troubled, “It’s not that I don’t believe you, but if an assistant manages so many boards of directors, someone is bound to oppose it. What would you do if they deliberately made things difficult for you?” “Do I not have that right as your assistant?” Chen Yifei said, “Don’t worry, I can sort it out well.” Yan Yu gave in, “... Fine, then.” “Then, you shall stay at home these few days. I’ll ask for someone to come take care of you,” Chen Yifei stated. “Huh? A caregiver? I don’t wanna. I don’t like caregivers.” “You need a person to take care of you.” Chen Yifei said, “I can’t stay with you all the time.” “It’s fine as long as you come after work.” Yan Yu paused, dissatisfied with Chen Yifei’s face filled with suspicion, “I’m an adult, I know what I should and shouldn’t do. You only have to concentrate on working. I’m gonna blame you if our business performance gets worse during the time I’m absent.” “Fine.” After treating Yan Yu injuries, Chen Yifei asked Yan Yu to wait for him in the hospital and went to the police station himself to collect the car, and then, he drove the both of them back to Yan Yu’s home afterwards. Many from the company knew about Yan Yu’s incident, so many of them called to ask about his condition. Chen Yifei answered all the calls and thanked all of them for their good intentions and well wishes. After getting home, Chen Yifei made supper for Yan Yu and said, “Be careful when you sleep later. Call for me if you want to take a shower.” “Call for you… Are you gonna help me wash?” Yan Yu asked. Chen Yifei glanced at him and said simply, “It doesn’t matter to me.” To say that it doesn’t matter… Yan Yu snorted and did not reply. Chen Yifei continued, “What needs to be done tomorrow?” “Pay off the bills from that project with CEO Wang last time. Take the company’s card, the password is…” “I think you should do this yourself.” Chen Yifei said, “Don’t reveal your password to others.” “It’s fine if it’s you.” Chen Yifei was quiet. Yan Yu, “Who else can I trust if I can’t even trust the one I like?” Chen Yifei stared at him as if to see how serious he was. Yan Yu, too, stared back with confidence, as if to see who could stare longer. In the end, Yan Yu could not win against Chen Yifei’s eyes, which were too deep and stable. But to prove his determination, Yan Yu tried his best not to avoid his eyes. Chen Yifei admitted, suddenly, “But I don’t like office romances.” Yan Yu pursed his lips tightly, only squeezing out a single sentence after a moment, “... Work is work and private life is private life; it’s not like I can’t separate them.” “I don’t think you can.” “I can!!” Yan Yu argued. Chen Yifei did not continue with this topic. Instead, he packed up and prepared to leave. Yan Yu looked at his back dejectedly, curling up on his sofa, looking depressed and lacking in energy. Chen Yifei reminded him, “I’ll stop by to make you breakfast tomorrow morning. You can just warm it up and eat it when you wake up.” Yan Yu answered him dispiritedly. “Remember to eat.” Yan Yu snorted, “What can you do if I don’t?” Chen Yifei’s hands, which were packing things, stopped. He let out a light sigh and turned back, “Then, will you eat if your boyfriend asks you to?” Yan Yu’s mind went blank momentarily. He sat up immediately, his eyes shone brightly. Yan Yu hesitated, “You’re saying…” Chen Yifei stood at the entrance and said seriously, “I’ll say this first; any sort of private actions or topics are forbidden in the office. I don’t like talking about such things in the office; I’m serious.” If not for Yan Yu’s injured arm, he would have rushed to Chen Yifei, even if he needed to crawl and roll over, grab his shoulders and give him a good shake with all his might. Yan Yu stared at Chen Yifei, his eyes wide. The sudden shock of happiness caused him to not know what to do at that moment. Yan Yu asked slowly, “Are you really agreeing to date me?” “Only if you promise to not do stupid things in the office.” Yan Yu nodded immediately, “I promise.” Chen Yifei said, “Then you better be more serious now that we’re dating. Learn how to do the housework; don’t just rely on me to do this and that every day, do you understand?” Yan Yu stared blankly at Chen Yifei, not saying a single word, which caused the latter to misunderstand. Chen Yifei creased his brows, “What? You’re already dissatisfied because I’m asking you to do some housework? And you said you’re serious about me…” Before Chen Yifei could finish his sentence, Yan Yu had already dashed towards him and hugged him tightly with his uninjured arm. Chen Yifei was forced to lower his head and Yan Yu could not help but give him a kiss. Because his position had finally been acknowledged, his kiss was much more confident this time. Chen Yifei could only get away after struggling for a long while and said helplessly, “I need to go now.” Yan Yu asked boldly, “Why? Just move in.” “I still have to pack my things.” Chen Yifei paused. Then, he exposed Yan Yu with no hesitation, “Besides, I won’t have sex the moment we get together.” “I don’t mean that…” Yan Yu let out an embarrassed cough, “I don’t want to either...” Chen Yifei was quiet. “...Then, how long later?” Yan Yu asked sheepishly. “And you said you didn’t want to.”
Translator: Aafkee
Proofreader: ChaiTea
For the whole week, Yan Yu did not dare to mention wanting to date Chen Yifei. The latter reckoned that Yan Yu had probably finally thought it through and had returned to the ‘right path’. It was really busy in the company recently. Chen Yifei had to work overtime almost every day, while Yan Yu was busy with various social engagements with his business contacts. One day, in the afternoon, Yan Yu was in a discussion with a certain boss from another company, his tone urgent. Chen Yifei entered Yan Yu’s office, wanting to pass him some documents when he saw Yan Yu’s phone light up on his desk by chance. The notification light kept flashing, it seemed like the in-charge of a certain collaboration project was looking for Yan Yu on WeChat, the notification banner popping out one after another. Looking at the frequency of the incoming messages, Chen Yifei assumed that the other party must be looking for Yan Yu quite urgently, so he reminded Yan Yu, “Someone’s looking for you.” Yan Yu glanced over, covered the phone receiver and said, “Help me reply to him that I’ll go to his office at ten in the morning tomorrow. The passcode is 2408.” With that, Yan Yu continued his negotiation on his office phone. Chen Yifei unlocked Yan Yu’s phone and opened his WeChat app. The first thing Chen Yifei realised was not the messages, but his own photo that was being used as the chat background. Could it be that Yan Yu had been using this as his chat background since the trip? How is he not afraid of others seeing it by chance? Chen Yifei could not hold back his smile, the edges of his lips lifted slightly. Yan Yu had just finished his call, catching Chen Yifei’s smiling expression as he turned his head. Yan Yu recalled something suddenly and stood up to snatch his phone away, his face slightly flushed. Chen Yifei said softly, “It wouldn’t be good if someone else saw it.” Yan Yu said gloomily, “... Who could have seen it! This is my choice!” “I’m merely reminding you.” Chen Yifei turned and started back into his own office. Yan Yu could not help but continued to mutter behind his back, “I can only do this since someone refuses to date me!!” Chen Yifei paused but did not say anything in reply. At night, Yan Yu had to stop by the bank for some errands. Since Chen Yifei still had work to do, he stayed behind in the office. Yan Yu left alone and took the car, trying to rush to the bank before office hours ended to finish this errand for his company. For that errand, he had written a check that had quite a hefty amount. Yan Yu put the check in his briefcase as he thought about going back to the office to fetch Chen Yifei. He stood in front of his car as he was about to open the car door when someone dashed out of the alley from the side at lightning speed, snatched the briefcase out of Yan Yu’s hand and ran away immediately. Yan Yu was stunned momentarily but processed the situation quickly. He turned around and cursed aloud when he saw the mugger get on a motorbike, quickly disappearing on the busy road. Yan Yu was enraged. He’d always had a short temper since young, there was no way he would let this go so easily. He hopped into his car without any hesitation, stepped on the gas pedal and chased after the mugger. The mugger probably did not expect the person he snatched the briefcase from would dare to chase him. He accelerated as much as he could. Naturally, the mugger’s motorbike was no match against Yan Yu’s sports car. Seeing that Yan Yu had almost caught up to him, the mugger quickly turned into another path. Yan Yu could not follow him onto the path at all. There were too many cars on the road and it would be against the rules to do so anyway. Yan Yu was furious. He knew that the path led to a tunnel a few kilometres away, so he sped down another road. The mugger drove to a road with fewer cars. Unable to wait, he rummaged through Yan Yu’s briefcase as he drove and saw the check with many other valuables such as cash, an identity card, passport, credit cards, etcetera. Seeing his loot, he could not help but smile from ear to ear, knowing that he had just mugged a rich person. However, just when the mugger drove out of the tunnel, he saw a red sports car stopped horizontally in the middle of the road right in front of him, as if it had waited for a while. The mugger was scared shitless, quickly came to a halt before he tried to drive in the other direction. Not giving him another chance to escape, Yan Yu got out of his car and caught up with him in a violent rage. Before the mugger could start his motorbike, Yan Yu reached out and yanked the mugger off. Yan Yu threw him to the ground and kicked him fiercely, “Still trying to run, huh?!! Return my stuff to me!!” The mugger got exasperated, as well, and charged Yan Yu while shouting. Having been fighting since his kindergarten years, Yan Yu easily knocked the mugger down on the ground. Seeing that he could not win against Yan Yu, the mugger took out a small knife from his pocket and slashed. Without a weapon, Yan Yu could only dodge. However, he was not fast enough and his shoulder got slashed slightly, leaving little stains of blood on his shirt. Fortunately, a few other drivers on the side realised the situation and called the police quickly. Before the police arrived, they surrounded the mugger with their cars. The mugger tried to escape but got caught easily by the few people who came to help. They, then, waited for the police to arrive. Someone asked Yan Yu if he was okay and Yan Yu nodded, picking up his briefcase. He checked through his valuables and let out a sigh of relief after making sure everything was still there. Only then did Yan Yu feel the pain from his arm; a large area of his shirt was soaked in blood. Luckily, a kind samaritan offered to drive him to a nearby hospital. After arriving at the nearest community hospital, Yan Yu underwent a simple treatment to stop his bleeding as his injuries were not that severe. It seemed like there were not enough employees in the hospital as they were all busy treating more urgent patients. Yan Yu had wanted to give Chen Yifei a call but only realised that his phone was left behind in his car, which was probably towed away by the police so he would not have access to it any time soon. It was a bit noisy in the hospital as Yan Yu sat alone in a simple and crude room, waiting for the nurse to help him apply some medication. Not knowing why, he really wanted to see Chen Yifei at that moment. Just as he thought that, he heard an extremely familiar voice from outside his room at the front desk, “Excuse me, was there a patient with an arm injury sent here just now?” Yan Yu recognised Chen Yifei’s voice immediately. Forgetting that he was not supposed to move around carelessly, he stood up, his hand pressed onto the door frame as he shouted, “Chen Yifei!!” Chen Yifei let out a sigh of relief the moment he saw Yan Yu and nodded to the staff at the front desk before heading over to Yan Yu. Seeing the gauze on Yan Yu’s shoulder, Chen Yifei pushed Yan Yu back into the room and made him sit down. Slightly angered, he said, “Stop moving around carelessly. Where’s the nurse?” “How did you know I’d be here?” Yan Yu asked. “I saw the news just now and your car was on the screen.” Chen Yifei helped Yan Yu press the gauze to Yan Yu’s shoulder. Yan Yu could finally move and stretched his arm. Chen Yifei asked, “Are there any other injuries?” Yan Yu replied, “I’m doing well. I managed to take back what was snatched. I didn’t lose any--” Chen Yifei creased his brows and his expression darkened, his angered tone causing Yan Yu to shut up, immediately, “I’m not talking about your things, I’m asking about you. Is it truly necessary to chase the mugger? Didn’t you know he had a knife on him? Can you stop being so reckless? You are lucky that just your arm is injured, but what about the next time? Will you be as lucky?” Yan Yu was speechless, only replying after a moment, “Don’t you know me well enough? I’m too short-tempered. There was no way I wouldn’t chase him…” Of course Chen Yifei knew this, but he was worried, regardless. Chen Yifei sighed softly and called for a nurse to help him apply the medication. Chen Yifei said, “Don’t go to the office for the next two days.” “But there are too many things to do these couple of days,” protested Yan Yu. “I’ll sort it out for you.” “That won’t do.” Yan Yu was troubled, “It’s not that I don’t believe you, but if an assistant manages so many boards of directors, someone is bound to oppose it. What would you do if they deliberately made things difficult for you?” “Do I not have that right as your assistant?” Chen Yifei said, “Don’t worry, I can sort it out well.” Yan Yu gave in, “... Fine, then.” “Then, you shall stay at home these few days. I’ll ask for someone to come take care of you,” Chen Yifei stated. “Huh? A caregiver? I don’t wanna. I don’t like caregivers.” “You need a person to take care of you.” Chen Yifei said, “I can’t stay with you all the time.” “It’s fine as long as you come after work.” Yan Yu paused, dissatisfied with Chen Yifei’s face filled with suspicion, “I’m an adult, I know what I should and shouldn’t do. You only have to concentrate on working. I’m gonna blame you if our business performance gets worse during the time I’m absent.” “Fine.” After treating Yan Yu injuries, Chen Yifei asked Yan Yu to wait for him in the hospital and went to the police station himself to collect the car, and then, he drove the both of them back to Yan Yu’s home afterwards. Many from the company knew about Yan Yu’s incident, so many of them called to ask about his condition. Chen Yifei answered all the calls and thanked all of them for their good intentions and well wishes. After getting home, Chen Yifei made supper for Yan Yu and said, “Be careful when you sleep later. Call for me if you want to take a shower.” “Call for you… Are you gonna help me wash?” Yan Yu asked. Chen Yifei glanced at him and said simply, “It doesn’t matter to me.” To say that it doesn’t matter… Yan Yu snorted and did not reply. Chen Yifei continued, “What needs to be done tomorrow?” “Pay off the bills from that project with CEO Wang last time. Take the company’s card, the password is…” “I think you should do this yourself.” Chen Yifei said, “Don’t reveal your password to others.” “It’s fine if it’s you.” Chen Yifei was quiet. Yan Yu, “Who else can I trust if I can’t even trust the one I like?” Chen Yifei stared at him as if to see how serious he was. Yan Yu, too, stared back with confidence, as if to see who could stare longer. In the end, Yan Yu could not win against Chen Yifei’s eyes, which were too deep and stable. But to prove his determination, Yan Yu tried his best not to avoid his eyes. Chen Yifei admitted, suddenly, “But I don’t like office romances.” Yan Yu pursed his lips tightly, only squeezing out a single sentence after a moment, “... Work is work and private life is private life; it’s not like I can’t separate them.” “I don’t think you can.” “I can!!” Yan Yu argued. Chen Yifei did not continue with this topic. Instead, he packed up and prepared to leave. Yan Yu looked at his back dejectedly, curling up on his sofa, looking depressed and lacking in energy. Chen Yifei reminded him, “I’ll stop by to make you breakfast tomorrow morning. You can just warm it up and eat it when you wake up.” Yan Yu answered him dispiritedly. “Remember to eat.” Yan Yu snorted, “What can you do if I don’t?” Chen Yifei’s hands, which were packing things, stopped. He let out a light sigh and turned back, “Then, will you eat if your boyfriend asks you to?” Yan Yu’s mind went blank momentarily. He sat up immediately, his eyes shone brightly. Yan Yu hesitated, “You’re saying…” Chen Yifei stood at the entrance and said seriously, “I’ll say this first; any sort of private actions or topics are forbidden in the office. I don’t like talking about such things in the office; I’m serious.” If not for Yan Yu’s injured arm, he would have rushed to Chen Yifei, even if he needed to crawl and roll over, grab his shoulders and give him a good shake with all his might. Yan Yu stared at Chen Yifei, his eyes wide. The sudden shock of happiness caused him to not know what to do at that moment. Yan Yu asked slowly, “Are you really agreeing to date me?” “Only if you promise to not do stupid things in the office.” Yan Yu nodded immediately, “I promise.” Chen Yifei said, “Then you better be more serious now that we’re dating. Learn how to do the housework; don’t just rely on me to do this and that every day, do you understand?” Yan Yu stared blankly at Chen Yifei, not saying a single word, which caused the latter to misunderstand. Chen Yifei creased his brows, “What? You’re already dissatisfied because I’m asking you to do some housework? And you said you’re serious about me…” Before Chen Yifei could finish his sentence, Yan Yu had already dashed towards him and hugged him tightly with his uninjured arm. Chen Yifei was forced to lower his head and Yan Yu could not help but give him a kiss. Because his position had finally been acknowledged, his kiss was much more confident this time. Chen Yifei could only get away after struggling for a long while and said helplessly, “I need to go now.” Yan Yu asked boldly, “Why? Just move in.” “I still have to pack my things.” Chen Yifei paused. Then, he exposed Yan Yu with no hesitation, “Besides, I won’t have sex the moment we get together.” “I don’t mean that…” Yan Yu let out an embarrassed cough, “I don’t want to either...” Chen Yifei was quiet. “...Then, how long later?” Yan Yu asked sheepishly. “And you said you didn’t want to.”
