Lin Jin's maternal aunt's son, also known as Lin Jin's cousin, had only played together with him for a few years when they were children. After that, they had basically lost contact and only saw each other during the annual family reunion dinners.
Lin Jin didn't even know his cousin's name, only knowing him by the nickname Weiwei, which is how he had always referred to him.
After having lunch at their grandparent's house, their grandfather didn’t say anything and went off to play mahjong again. Also, their aunt brought cousin Weiwei over.
Weiwei was somewhat chubby, probably weighing at least 85 kg. He seemed to have inherited all his dad's genes. Although he was fat, he was also quite tall, almost the same height as Lin Chen, and had a slight pot belly and short hair. However, the key point was that he had a big butt, it seemed like all his flesh had accumulated there. As he walked, his butt swayed from side to side.
Damn, if my butt gets bigger in the future, it won’t be like that, right?
Weiwei was two years older than Lin Jin and was currently a junior at a university in Nanjing. It seemed to be a Tier 2 university, which was much better than Lin Jin's vocational college.
As for the aunt, she was a very fashionable woman with short, fluffy, flaxen dyed hair. She wore a slim fitted blazer and casual skinny pants. One hand was looped through Weiwei's arm while the other held a stylish shoulder bag. She didn't look like she was in her forties at all.
"Wu Juan, you finally decided to come back?" His aunt sat on the sofa in the front room, sounding somewhat displeased. She let go of Weiwei's hand, which she had been holding, and turned her head away in an arrogant manner. "How many years has it been? You do the math yourself."
"I've been quite busy…"
While Mom was calming down his aunt who was pretending to be angry, Weiwei aimlessly looked around the room before walking out.
This cousin Weiwei seemed to be a bit introverted, he hardly spoke a few words even during last year's Chinese New Year's gathering when all the relatives were together.
Sitting on the sofa and chatting with Lin Chen, Lin Jin noticed his cousin Weiwei's movements. Losing interest in the conversation, he gave Lin Chen a glance and then stood up to follow Weiwei.
Lin Chen reluctantly stood up from the sofa and followed Lin Jin out of the room. When they were kids, he and Lin Jin would often bully their cousins like Weiwei just because the two brothers outnumbered them. He never expected that even now, Lin Jin still had thoughts of bullying their cousin Weiwei.
Of course, Lin Jin wasn't as evil as his younger brother thought. He was just bored and wanted to tease someone new. He stepped out of the room and saw Weiwei sitting on a long stone bench in front of the house playing with his phone. Without hesitation, Lin Jin walked up and sat down next to him.
"What's up?" Weiwei glanced at the handsome man next to him, frowned slightly, and then asked before Lin Jin could speak "Who are you?"
What the f*ck?! Although I know I've changed a lot, but are you so blind that you can’t even recognize me?
Lin Jin looked at Weiwei, his face baffled. Weiwei's facial features were completely obscured by fat, his face was round and covered entirely in fat.
"Weiwei, I’m Lin Jin."
Cousin Weiwei was stunned, recalling the last time he had seen Lin Jin.
When he last met Lin Jin... his acne had already reduced significantly, but the marks were still visible and his skin was in poor condition because of Lin Jin's habit of picking at his pimples. At that time, Lin Jin’s face was slightly sallow, and his malnourished thin body made his face look like it was about to sink in...
In any case, if you put that Lin Jin next to the Lin Jin standing in front of him now, they were basically two different people, right?
But if he thought back a bit more, probably to when Lin Jin was in middle school, he could vaguely connect it with his cousin who now looked almost indistinguishable from a young woman..
"The acne's gone, that's why I didn't recognize you" said cousin Weiwei. He of course would never admit to being face-blind, so he quickly made up an excuse and turned his head away.
This cousin Weiwei had always had a rather naive appearance since childhood, chubby and a little clueless. He was only two years older than Lin Jin, so naturally, whenever Lin Jin and Lin Chen saw their cousin Weiwei, they wouldn't hold back. For example, when they stayed over at their aunt's house, they'd team up to kick Weiwei off the bed or something.
As a result, Weiwei didn't have a very good impression of Lin Jin.
"Brother, are you planning to bully our cousin again?" Lin Chen walked behind Lin Jin helplessly, holding the back of the bench with both hands and looking at the back of Lin Jin's head.
"No! Do I look like I’m such an immature person?!" Lin Jin turned around and waved his fist at Lin Chen in dissatisfaction.
"Not at all, not at all!" Lin Chen immediately shook his head. Of course you don’t look like it, you are that type of person, okay?
Not to mention how you bullied me last night, though you probably don't know about that.
"By the way, Weiwei, is your family's internet cafe still open?" Lin Jin suddenly turned around and asked Weiwei, who was still engrossed in his phone. "It should still be open, right?"
"Mm."
For some reason, his personality had become somewhat introverted. He was obviously a guy who used to climb trees and make trouble with Lin Jin. But he had become much more introverted as he grew older, obviously because... obviously because his feelings had been hurt!
Lin Jin's imagination went wild, thinking about how the once lively Weiwei must have fallen in love with a girl one day, but after a series of chasing girls, the girl finally rejected him with "you are too fat". From then on, the once outgoing cousin had become an introverted shut in.
Hmm, no worries! Let me, your cousin, save you!
So, without any hesitation, Lin Jin continued, "Then take us to the internet cafe? Lin Chen has never been to one."
Their aunt’s family had opened one of the earliest internet cafes in the small town. Since Lin Jin was three or five years old, he had already secretly asked his aunt to take him to the internet cafe.. As for Lin Chen, ever since he could recognize words, he actually found books more fun than computer games! As a result, he had been reading books all his life and ended up being a nerd.
Though could you really call him a nerd? Never seen such a robust nerd before.
"That works" Cousin Weiwei nodded. His family's internet cafe wasn't far from here, a ten minute ride on a tricycle cart would get them there. "Do we go now?"
Maybe the subject of computers had piqued Weiwei's interest, as his face looked much more animated. He even took the initiative to ask Lin Jin, "What game are you playing these days?"
"I'm into Dota 2, and Lin Chen likes to play LoL" Lin Jin said, crossing his legs casually and tossing the question back, "What about you?"
"Crossfire, and also some singleplayer games similar to Touhou" Cousin Weiwei began to use keep track with his fingers to list the games he played. Although Lin Jin hadn't heard of most of them, they sounded quite advanced.
For instance, the detective mystery game called Danganronpa that he mentioned, and games like Chocolate and Vanilla where you raise cats, etc.
What interested Lin Jin the most was the so called Chocolate and Vanilla where you raise cats. After all, he was currently being raised by a black cat himself. Although playing that cat raising game might not change reality, but wouldn't it be cool to imagine the cat in the game replaced with the black cat?
So Lin Jin kept asking for details, but his cousin hesitated and refused to answer.
How would Lin Jin know that “Chocolate and Vanilla” was actually a popular adult game?
Ploania
Translator’s Note: Chocolate (Chocola) and Vanilla are catgirl characters from Nekopara, an adult visual novel.
Lin Jin's maternal aunt's son, also known as Lin Jin's cousin, had only played together with him for a few years when they were children. After that, they had basically lost contact and only saw each other during the annual family reunion dinners.
Lin Jin didn't even know his cousin's name, only knowing him by the nickname Weiwei, which is how he had always referred to him.
After having lunch at their grandparent's house, their grandfather didn’t say anything and went off to play mahjong again. Also, their aunt brought cousin Weiwei over.
Weiwei was somewhat chubby, probably weighing at least 85 kg. He seemed to have inherited all his dad's genes. Although he was fat, he was also quite tall, almost the same height as Lin Chen, and had a slight pot belly and short hair. However, the key point was that he had a big butt, it seemed like all his flesh had accumulated there. As he walked, his butt swayed from side to side.
Damn, if my butt gets bigger in the future, it won’t be like that, right?
Weiwei was two years older than Lin Jin and was currently a junior at a university in Nanjing. It seemed to be a Tier 2 university, which was much better than Lin Jin's vocational college.
As for the aunt, she was a very fashionable woman with short, fluffy, flaxen dyed hair. She wore a slim fitted blazer and casual skinny pants. One hand was looped through Weiwei's arm while the other held a stylish shoulder bag. She didn't look like she was in her forties at all.
"Wu Juan, you finally decided to come back?" His aunt sat on the sofa in the front room, sounding somewhat displeased. She let go of Weiwei's hand, which she had been holding, and turned her head away in an arrogant manner. "How many years has it been? You do the math yourself."
"I've been quite busy…"
While Mom was calming down his aunt who was pretending to be angry, Weiwei aimlessly looked around the room before walking out.
This cousin Weiwei seemed to be a bit introverted, he hardly spoke a few words even during last year's Chinese New Year's gathering when all the relatives were together.
Sitting on the sofa and chatting with Lin Chen, Lin Jin noticed his cousin Weiwei's movements. Losing interest in the conversation, he gave Lin Chen a glance and then stood up to follow Weiwei.
Lin Chen reluctantly stood up from the sofa and followed Lin Jin out of the room. When they were kids, he and Lin Jin would often bully their cousins like Weiwei just because the two brothers outnumbered them. He never expected that even now, Lin Jin still had thoughts of bullying their cousin Weiwei.
Of course, Lin Jin wasn't as evil as his younger brother thought. He was just bored and wanted to tease someone new. He stepped out of the room and saw Weiwei sitting on a long stone bench in front of the house playing with his phone. Without hesitation, Lin Jin walked up and sat down next to him.
"What's up?" Weiwei glanced at the handsome man next to him, frowned slightly, and then asked before Lin Jin could speak "Who are you?"
What the f*ck?! Although I know I've changed a lot, but are you so blind that you can’t even recognize me?
Lin Jin looked at Weiwei, his face baffled. Weiwei's facial features were completely obscured by fat, his face was round and covered entirely in fat.
"Weiwei, I’m Lin Jin."
Cousin Weiwei was stunned, recalling the last time he had seen Lin Jin.
When he last met Lin Jin... his acne had already reduced significantly, but the marks were still visible and his skin was in poor condition because of Lin Jin's habit of picking at his pimples. At that time, Lin Jin’s face was slightly sallow, and his malnourished thin body made his face look like it was about to sink in...
In any case, if you put that Lin Jin next to the Lin Jin standing in front of him now, they were basically two different people, right?
But if he thought back a bit more, probably to when Lin Jin was in middle school, he could vaguely connect it with his cousin who now looked almost indistinguishable from a young woman..
"The acne's gone, that's why I didn't recognize you" said cousin Weiwei. He of course would never admit to being face-blind, so he quickly made up an excuse and turned his head away.
This cousin Weiwei had always had a rather naive appearance since childhood, chubby and a little clueless. He was only two years older than Lin Jin, so naturally, whenever Lin Jin and Lin Chen saw their cousin Weiwei, they wouldn't hold back. For example, when they stayed over at their aunt's house, they'd team up to kick Weiwei off the bed or something.
As a result, Weiwei didn't have a very good impression of Lin Jin.
"Brother, are you planning to bully our cousin again?" Lin Chen walked behind Lin Jin helplessly, holding the back of the bench with both hands and looking at the back of Lin Jin's head.
"No! Do I look like I’m such an immature person?!" Lin Jin turned around and waved his fist at Lin Chen in dissatisfaction.
"Not at all, not at all!" Lin Chen immediately shook his head. Of course you don’t look like it, you are that type of person, okay?
Not to mention how you bullied me last night, though you probably don't know about that.
"By the way, Weiwei, is your family's internet cafe still open?" Lin Jin suddenly turned around and asked Weiwei, who was still engrossed in his phone. "It should still be open, right?"
"Mm."
For some reason, his personality had become somewhat introverted. He was obviously a guy who used to climb trees and make trouble with Lin Jin. But he had become much more introverted as he grew older, obviously because... obviously because his feelings had been hurt!
Lin Jin's imagination went wild, thinking about how the once lively Weiwei must have fallen in love with a girl one day, but after a series of chasing girls, the girl finally rejected him with "you are too fat". From then on, the once outgoing cousin had become an introverted shut in.
Hmm, no worries! Let me, your cousin, save you!
So, without any hesitation, Lin Jin continued, "Then take us to the internet cafe? Lin Chen has never been to one."
Their aunt’s family had opened one of the earliest internet cafes in the small town. Since Lin Jin was three or five years old, he had already secretly asked his aunt to take him to the internet cafe.. As for Lin Chen, ever since he could recognize words, he actually found books more fun than computer games! As a result, he had been reading books all his life and ended up being a nerd.
Though could you really call him a nerd? Never seen such a robust nerd before.
"That works" Cousin Weiwei nodded. His family's internet cafe wasn't far from here, a ten minute ride on a tricycle cart would get them there. "Do we go now?"
Maybe the subject of computers had piqued Weiwei's interest, as his face looked much more animated. He even took the initiative to ask Lin Jin, "What game are you playing these days?"
"I'm into Dota 2, and Lin Chen likes to play LoL" Lin Jin said, crossing his legs casually and tossing the question back, "What about you?"
"Crossfire, and also some singleplayer games similar to Touhou" Cousin Weiwei began to use keep track with his fingers to list the games he played. Although Lin Jin hadn't heard of most of them, they sounded quite advanced.
For instance, the detective mystery game called Danganronpa that he mentioned, and games like Chocolate and Vanilla where you raise cats, etc.
What interested Lin Jin the most was the so called Chocolate and Vanilla where you raise cats. After all, he was currently being raised by a black cat himself. Although playing that cat raising game might not change reality, but wouldn't it be cool to imagine the cat in the game replaced with the black cat?
So Lin Jin kept asking for details, but his cousin hesitated and refused to answer.
How would Lin Jin know that “Chocolate and Vanilla” was actually a popular adult game?
Ploania
Translator’s Note: Chocolate (Chocola) and Vanilla are catgirl characters from Nekopara, an adult visual novel.
