75 – Increasing (Disaster) Strength
Translator: tamago
Editor: Yin
Xu Xiran had no one to discuss with. He couldn’t talk with Zou Shun because, with his relationship with Fang Mo, Xu Xiran couldn’t trust that he wouldn’t turn around and betray him.
But fortunately, when he previously said that he wanted to take things slow, Fang Mo agreed, and although he did so with much difficulty, he was still relatively well-behaved.
As the end of the semester was approaching, the two of them, who had not been very diligent in their studies, had to hug Buddha’s feet in this time of need and the amount of free time available to date immediately became scarce. They had just gone from friends to lovers, so no matter how hard it was, they still wanted to make use of every second to be together. They would still meet every day, eat together, go to the library and the study rooms together, and run to each other’s dormitory whenever they got the chance.
In the past, Xu Xiran had felt that the way he and Fang Mo got along daily was no different from falling in love except that they didn’t get to kiss or hug. He now realized that kissing and hugging were way too important, and that it was the most essential difference.
They were often together, but to not be able to be affectionate in public made it hard to bear.
Fang Mo’s lips always looked so kissable. Xu Xiran not only wanted to kiss his lips, but also in his other places, and he wanted to hold him in his arms and smell the scent of his body. Occasionally, when they would sit side by side in the study rooms, Xu Xiran would interlock his fingers with Fang Mo’s while others were not looking.
Fang Mo would rarely ever resist. He would take his hand out from between Xu Xiran’s fingers, move to Xu Xiran’s thigh, and touch him back and forth.
This made Xu Xiran’s studying efficiency extremely low.
He complained to Fang Mo: “If you’re like this, I won’t go with you next time.”
After hearing this, Fang Mo didn’t speak, and looked at him with an aggrieved expression. Xu Xiran suspected that Fang Mo was just pretending, but he had no choice but to let it go.
On the way back to the dormitory, they would always hold hands. At night, there were few people around, and the sky was dark so it was hard to see the faces of people passing by, making it relatively safe. Xu Xiran felt that it didn’t matter even if they could see clearly, since those who knew them had already tacitly agreed that they were in a relationship, and those who didn’t know them could think whatever they wanted. It was not an indecent gesture anyway, so there was no reason for him to hide.
But for making out, they still had to pick a place where no one was around. For instance, the small garden where they would feed the cat.
It was now winter, so the temperature would drop in the evenings and it would get quite cold. But after hugging and kissing for a while, their bodies would become hot again.
The benches in the small garden had no backs and were quite narrow. Fang Mo liked to sit upright with his legs apart on each side of the bench, face toward Xu Xiran, and then slightly raise his head to kiss him. His skin was fair and would quickly turn red, and his natural light lip color could always easily be sucked into a vibrant color. Coupled with his misty eyes, he would always look very pure and seductive.
But his actions were always insincere while he kissed, and his hands would move towards other improper places.
Although they were not in broad daylight, they were still in a place under the sky. Xu Xiran was then rubbed and touched by him for a long time, and he didn’t want it to end, but when his zipper became undone, he finally knew to stop.
“Stop messing around,” Xu Xiran grabbed his hand in embarrassment, “What if someone sees you?”
Fang Mo’s smile was particularly sweet: “No one is watching.”
Xu Xiran ignored him and held his hand with one hand while struggling to straighten his clothes with the other.
“You are so inhumane,” Fang Mo’s line of sight fell somewhere indecent, “It misses me. It’s up now and wants me to take care of it. How dare you break us up.”
Xu Xiran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “You’re mental.”
“It’s not like we haven’t done it before,” Fang Mo was grabbed by him and didn’t struggle, and simply raised his face and rubbed the tip of his nose against Xu Xiran’s cheek. “Don’t be shy. Did it not feel good last time?”
Xu Xiran coughed in embarrassment and did not speak.
For a moment, he had a few strange thoughts. When he came here today, he didn’t see the cat that he often fed. The cat had become very fat lately and its fur had become thicker and fluffier after winter, looking very plump and cute. Its appearance of acting like a baby was a bit like Fang Mo.
Maybe Fang Mo was the cat who came to him to repay the favor, which was why he was so cute even when he was being unreasonable.
“What are you smiling about?” Fang Mo tilted his head slightly and seemed curious.
Even this action was so similar. If Fang Mo and the cat had never appeared at the same time before, Xu Xiran would have completely convinced himself.
“You’re so silly,” Fang Mo said.
Xu Xiran didn’t refute, and kept his eyes on him with a smile, showing tacit approval.
Seeing this, Fang Mo was eager to try and wanted to reach out, but Xu Xiran still refused: “You don’t even let me touch you.”
“…That’s different.” Fang Mo turned his head.
An inexplicable, chaste thug.
Xu Xiran deliberately contradicted him: “Either we do it together, or we forget it.”
Fang Mo unexpectedly became embarrassed: “What do I do if someone sees me!”
“But it’s okay if someone sees me?” Xu Xiran looked at him dumbfounded, “Can you be a bit more fair?”
Fang Mo slightly furrowed his brows, awkwardly thought for a while, then raised his hand to touch his neck.
“Then next time we go to a place where no one will pass by, let’s make you feel good, okay?”
Xu Xiran also furrowed his brows: “Then what about you?”
“One thing at a time.” Fang Mo kissed him on the cheek.
Xu Xiran felt almost muddled: “What kind of service personality is this?”
Fang Mo avoided his question and began to ramble nonsense: “We got along so well last time, it has feelings for me and we really love each other, so can’t you please?”
Xu Xiran thought, my partner might have issues.
He didn’t speak, and Fang Mo was unwilling to back down so he held out his finger and pointed: “Tell me, does it have feelings for me? Does it!”
Xu Xiran sighed, wrapped his arms around his upper body, and brought him into his arms, coaxing him like a child: “Yes, it especially does. But it’s being relatively well-behaved for the time being, so can you be a bit more well-behaved too?”
Fang Mo kissed him on the neck and sighed: “Why are you being like a big girl?”
Xu Xiran’s heart shook.
Then he started to clench his ass.
~
Fang Mo felt miserable.
His roommate Liu Xiaochang, before even officially starting his current relationship, had already had a wonderful night of ups and downs, and even stayed up from time to time, living a pleasant, flavorful life. His good friend Zou Shun, on the night after establishing his relationship with his sweetheart whom he had liked for a long time, they had immediately fought fiercely until dawn, and like a bird who has been set free, he flew to his home twice every three days, and this sweetness was just too beautiful.
And he and the piece of wood he thought had bloomed, were about to mold together.
“You tell me. Does he like me or not?” Fang Mo slumped on his seat in the dessert shop, with no life in his eyes.
In front of him sat Zou Shun, who was biting his straw with an exasperated expression: “The one who wanted to set off fireworks in the middle of the night was also you.”
Fang Mo’s eyes and brows drooped together: “I wanted to set off a round of fireworks, but I didn’t know that the time would never come. He kisses me so passionately and yet I don’t know when he’s going to do something else.”
“Relax,” Zou Shun comforted him, “Do you not like that you have a man who can be your partner?”
“But he’s reserved as hell!” Fang Mo shouted.
“Keep your voice down,” Zou Shun crossed the table and hit him hard, “Have some manners okay?!”
Fang Mo lay on the table: “You don’t understand, I’m so frustrated.”
It was not easy for him to finally be together with the one he was secretly in love with for so long, and it was such a blessed thing. Xu Xiran would usually seem silly, but most of the time he was actually quite charming. Whenever Fang Mo would see him, he would feel so happy, and not just happy, but also feel like he was unable to restrain himself from going a little crazy.
A while ago when Xu Xiran went to play another game, Fang Mo watched him from the sidelines as he pulled up the hem of his jersey to wipe his face dripping with sweat, revealing a small section of his waist and abdomen, and immediately felt overwhelmed. Fortunately, the rematch was held in the gymnasium, and there were seats on the sidelines, so an embarrassment would not appear.
In that game, Xu Xiran’s team was unlucky, and the opponents were all talented players. After a long battle, they were miserably eliminated. When the game ended, Xu Xiran was feeling down, while Fang Mo was ecstatic but didn’t dare to show it, so he could only make himself comfort him, by hugging and coaxing him.
But in reality, he really couldn’t wait to just pounce on him with passion and desire1.
Fang Mo did not dare to let Xu Xiran know his true orientation. No matter how good their relationship was now, he had already been lying to him for a long time. It was not easy for him to come this far, so he felt he had to be careful. Xu Xiran didn’t even want to be touched by him, and refused to get them a room, which showed that he had never passed that hurdle in his heart.
“I think he’s still feeling a bit conflicted,” Fang Mo sighed, “He’s been straight for so many years, so this kind of deep-rooted thing can’t be changed that quickly.”
Zou Shun put down his glass: “Then take it slow, one step at a time. With him like this, the fact that you’re able to get with him is already fucking amazing!”
“I thought I’ve already succeeded in the revolution2,” Fang Mo shook his head, “I didn’t think that it was just the start of another struggle.”
Zou Shun lowered his body, leaned towards him with his face red, and said in a low voice: “About that, do you want to hear some advice from someone who’s experienced in this?”
Fang Mo immediately also leaned forward: “Come, come, come, tell me!”
Zou Shun cleared his throat, “Men are very honest in this respect. Psychological resistance is nothing compared to physical happiness, you understand?”
Fang Mo nodded: “Continue.”
“Since you can see that he has some resistance, don’t just wait for him to do something to you. Take the initiative to be a giver, and make him feel so good that from then on, everything will be smooth sailing from there. This is called an investment,” Zou Shun said.
Fang Mo showed difficulty: “…It’s useless, I’ve already been doing that.”
That bastard Xu Xiran had even said that he had a service personality.
“Impossible,” Zou Shun shook his head, “It must be that you were not good enough. You should try harder.”
Fang Mo was at a loss. How else could he try harder?
“For a straight guy who used to like big boobs to date you without only trying to hook up, and not have a problem in that aspect, if that’s not called liking you, I don’t know what is. What do you think?” Zou Shun said.
Fang Mo agreed from the bottom of his heart: “Right, right, right, what you said is reasonable.”
Zou Shun cheered him up: “So, you can do it!3“
“No,” Fang Mo said while suffering, “I really don’t know where to add the oil. Your person is also a straight man, right? Did he also start off like…”
He was interrupted in the middle of his sentence.
Zou Shun shook his head: “No, he’s not straight.”
“…Huh?” Fang Mo was surprised, “You said he was.”
“Since he likes me, of course he’s not straight,” Zou Shun said shyly, “That’s what he told me.”
“Can it really be like that?” Fang Mo said.
According to this logic, Xu Xiran would probably not be considered a straight man anymore either.
Zou Shun looked shy, but he spoke enthusiastically: “He said that not long after meeting me, he realized that he thought of me differently. The reason why he mistakenly thought he was straight for so many years was because he never met the right person.”
Fang Mo realized that he was witnessing PDA. That He Chengyi, who seemed to be mature, earnest, and not talkative, was someone this sweet to Zou Shun in private, and he was pretty good at it.
It never occurred to him that although he was already with Xu Xiran, he could still be green with envy towards others.
Fang Mo felt that most of the responsibility lay on Xu Xiran.
“You’re also the right person for Xu Xiran,” Zou Shun comforted him.
Although he was an unreliable boyfriend, they still had a very warm friendship.
Zou Shun clenched his fists and made a cheering gesture towards him: “Try harder! You can do it! Within the scope of the law, put in your all!”
~
Fang Mo racked his brains for two days and ultimately came up with a devious idea.
When Xu Xiran had a forty-degree fever, in his muddle-headedness, he hugged him and called him his wife. So could he also do the same?
Fang Mo peeked at his roommate’s class schedule and soon found a perfect time to commit his crime.
He bought a mercury thermometer ahead of time and secretly hid a hand warmer under the quilt, covered his face with a hot towel to keep him warm, and then lay under the blanket to call Xu Xiran.
“I don’t think I can go to dinner with you later,” he said in a purposefully weak voice, “I accidentally got sick.”
Xu Xiran appeared at the speed of light.
He came so fast that Fang Mo didn’t even have time to decide whether to undo two buttons of his pajamas first to expose a little more skin.
But he also wasn’t sure if that would make him more alluring. After all, he didn’t have those curves and for Xu Xiran, a lover of big breasts, to have that place empty might actually be more counterproductive.
Then he realized that he was worrying too much, Xu Xiran wouldn’t even have the mind to pay attention to the state of his pajamas at all.
“What’s wrong? Didn’t you feel fine yesterday?” Xu Xiran stood by the bed and reached out to touch his forehead, “You seem a little hot, did you take your temperature yet?”
Fang Mo pointed to the thermometer on the cabinet.
It displayed as 37.8 degrees. He didn’t want to make it too high, firstly because he was afraid of being taken away to the hospital, and secondly, because he didn’t want to make Xu Xiran worry too much.
He had planned it all out. A mercury thermometer was handy for faking heat, and the handwarmer hidden under the covers would help him continue to cheat later on.
Xu Xiran checked the temperature and let out a sigh of relief.
“It’s not bad, not too high, are you feeling unwell?”
Fang Mo lay in bed, nodding pitifully: “I’m suffering.”
Seeing this, Xu Xiran scratched her hair in embarrassment, then said, “Drink more hot water.”
“……”
Fang Mo’s well-prepared plan had almost completely failed.
After Xu Xiran finished speaking, he walked straight to the thermos in the corner of the bedroom, lifted it up, and shook it: “I don’t think there’s much left, I’ll help you get some more!”
Seeing that he was about to leave with the thermos, Fang Mo finally couldn’t help but increase the volume: “Come back!”
Xu Xiran stepped back: “What’s wrong?”
Fang Mo stretched out a hand from under the blanket: “Come, stand here.”
Xu Xiran immediately went into place.
“Put down the thermos,” Fang Mo said.
“I’m helping you to…”
“Put it down!” Fang Mo shouted.
Xu Xiran hesitated for half a second, then did as he said. After putting down the thermos, he quickly stuffed Fang Mo’s extended hand back into the bed, and tucked in the corners of the blanket to ensure that everything except his head was tightly wrapped.
Fang Mo’s exposed head tilted up slightly.
“Wait for me,” he said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiran laughed. He stretched out his hand to push aside Fang Mo’s bangs, leaned down, and kissed him lightly on the forehead.
“…Not here.” Fang Mo said again.
With an expression of not knowing what to do with him, Xu Xiran also quickly kissed him on the lips. Just as Fang Mo opened his mouth, Xu Xiran had already stood up straight and picked up the thermos again.
“I’ll get some hot water for you, I’ll be right back. You wait for me.” After he said this, he quickly ran out.
Fang Mo was left behind and felt a little sweet in his heart, but also couldn’t stop worrying.
He thought, why is this so difficult for me? What’s so good about drinking hot water? If I wanted to sweat, can’t we just exercise?
Author’s note:
*Fang Mo: I’m a 1 TT v TT
*Xu Xiran: I’m lying flat QAQ
1
The idiom here also means blazing fire and dry wood, or caught with passion
2A more literal meaning to this is succeeded in withdrawing the mandate of heaven (starting a new dynasty)
3加油 (jiā yóu) Literally translates to add oil
75 – Increasing (Disaster) Strength
Translator: tamago
Editor: Yin
Xu Xiran had no one to discuss with. He couldn’t talk with Zou Shun because, with his relationship with Fang Mo, Xu Xiran couldn’t trust that he wouldn’t turn around and betray him.
But fortunately, when he previously said that he wanted to take things slow, Fang Mo agreed, and although he did so with much difficulty, he was still relatively well-behaved.
As the end of the semester was approaching, the two of them, who had not been very diligent in their studies, had to hug Buddha’s feet in this time of need and the amount of free time available to date immediately became scarce. They had just gone from friends to lovers, so no matter how hard it was, they still wanted to make use of every second to be together. They would still meet every day, eat together, go to the library and the study rooms together, and run to each other’s dormitory whenever they got the chance.
In the past, Xu Xiran had felt that the way he and Fang Mo got along daily was no different from falling in love except that they didn’t get to kiss or hug. He now realized that kissing and hugging were way too important, and that it was the most essential difference.
They were often together, but to not be able to be affectionate in public made it hard to bear.
Fang Mo’s lips always looked so kissable. Xu Xiran not only wanted to kiss his lips, but also in his other places, and he wanted to hold him in his arms and smell the scent of his body. Occasionally, when they would sit side by side in the study rooms, Xu Xiran would interlock his fingers with Fang Mo’s while others were not looking.
Fang Mo would rarely ever resist. He would take his hand out from between Xu Xiran’s fingers, move to Xu Xiran’s thigh, and touch him back and forth.
This made Xu Xiran’s studying efficiency extremely low.
He complained to Fang Mo: “If you’re like this, I won’t go with you next time.”
After hearing this, Fang Mo didn’t speak, and looked at him with an aggrieved expression. Xu Xiran suspected that Fang Mo was just pretending, but he had no choice but to let it go.
On the way back to the dormitory, they would always hold hands. At night, there were few people around, and the sky was dark so it was hard to see the faces of people passing by, making it relatively safe. Xu Xiran felt that it didn’t matter even if they could see clearly, since those who knew them had already tacitly agreed that they were in a relationship, and those who didn’t know them could think whatever they wanted. It was not an indecent gesture anyway, so there was no reason for him to hide.
But for making out, they still had to pick a place where no one was around. For instance, the small garden where they would feed the cat.
It was now winter, so the temperature would drop in the evenings and it would get quite cold. But after hugging and kissing for a while, their bodies would become hot again.
The benches in the small garden had no backs and were quite narrow. Fang Mo liked to sit upright with his legs apart on each side of the bench, face toward Xu Xiran, and then slightly raise his head to kiss him. His skin was fair and would quickly turn red, and his natural light lip color could always easily be sucked into a vibrant color. Coupled with his misty eyes, he would always look very pure and seductive.
But his actions were always insincere while he kissed, and his hands would move towards other improper places.
Although they were not in broad daylight, they were still in a place under the sky. Xu Xiran was then rubbed and touched by him for a long time, and he didn’t want it to end, but when his zipper became undone, he finally knew to stop.
“Stop messing around,” Xu Xiran grabbed his hand in embarrassment, “What if someone sees you?”
Fang Mo’s smile was particularly sweet: “No one is watching.”
Xu Xiran ignored him and held his hand with one hand while struggling to straighten his clothes with the other.
“You are so inhumane,” Fang Mo’s line of sight fell somewhere indecent, “It misses me. It’s up now and wants me to take care of it. How dare you break us up.”
Xu Xiran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “You’re mental.”
“It’s not like we haven’t done it before,” Fang Mo was grabbed by him and didn’t struggle, and simply raised his face and rubbed the tip of his nose against Xu Xiran’s cheek. “Don’t be shy. Did it not feel good last time?”
Xu Xiran coughed in embarrassment and did not speak.
For a moment, he had a few strange thoughts. When he came here today, he didn’t see the cat that he often fed. The cat had become very fat lately and its fur had become thicker and fluffier after winter, looking very plump and cute. Its appearance of acting like a baby was a bit like Fang Mo.
Maybe Fang Mo was the cat who came to him to repay the favor, which was why he was so cute even when he was being unreasonable.
“What are you smiling about?” Fang Mo tilted his head slightly and seemed curious.
Even this action was so similar. If Fang Mo and the cat had never appeared at the same time before, Xu Xiran would have completely convinced himself.
“You’re so silly,” Fang Mo said.
Xu Xiran didn’t refute, and kept his eyes on him with a smile, showing tacit approval.
Seeing this, Fang Mo was eager to try and wanted to reach out, but Xu Xiran still refused: “You don’t even let me touch you.”
“…That’s different.” Fang Mo turned his head.
An inexplicable, chaste thug.
Xu Xiran deliberately contradicted him: “Either we do it together, or we forget it.”
Fang Mo unexpectedly became embarrassed: “What do I do if someone sees me!”
“But it’s okay if someone sees me?” Xu Xiran looked at him dumbfounded, “Can you be a bit more fair?”
Fang Mo slightly furrowed his brows, awkwardly thought for a while, then raised his hand to touch his neck.
“Then next time we go to a place where no one will pass by, let’s make you feel good, okay?”
Xu Xiran also furrowed his brows: “Then what about you?”
“One thing at a time.” Fang Mo kissed him on the cheek.
Xu Xiran felt almost muddled: “What kind of service personality is this?”
Fang Mo avoided his question and began to ramble nonsense: “We got along so well last time, it has feelings for me and we really love each other, so can’t you please?”
Xu Xiran thought, my partner might have issues.
He didn’t speak, and Fang Mo was unwilling to back down so he held out his finger and pointed: “Tell me, does it have feelings for me? Does it!”
Xu Xiran sighed, wrapped his arms around his upper body, and brought him into his arms, coaxing him like a child: “Yes, it especially does. But it’s being relatively well-behaved for the time being, so can you be a bit more well-behaved too?”
Fang Mo kissed him on the neck and sighed: “Why are you being like a big girl?”
Xu Xiran’s heart shook.
Then he started to clench his ass.
~
Fang Mo felt miserable.
His roommate Liu Xiaochang, before even officially starting his current relationship, had already had a wonderful night of ups and downs, and even stayed up from time to time, living a pleasant, flavorful life. His good friend Zou Shun, on the night after establishing his relationship with his sweetheart whom he had liked for a long time, they had immediately fought fiercely until dawn, and like a bird who has been set free, he flew to his home twice every three days, and this sweetness was just too beautiful.
And he and the piece of wood he thought had bloomed, were about to mold together.
“You tell me. Does he like me or not?” Fang Mo slumped on his seat in the dessert shop, with no life in his eyes.
In front of him sat Zou Shun, who was biting his straw with an exasperated expression: “The one who wanted to set off fireworks in the middle of the night was also you.”
Fang Mo’s eyes and brows drooped together: “I wanted to set off a round of fireworks, but I didn’t know that the time would never come. He kisses me so passionately and yet I don’t know when he’s going to do something else.”
“Relax,” Zou Shun comforted him, “Do you not like that you have a man who can be your partner?”
“But he’s reserved as hell!” Fang Mo shouted.
“Keep your voice down,” Zou Shun crossed the table and hit him hard, “Have some manners okay?!”
Fang Mo lay on the table: “You don’t understand, I’m so frustrated.”
It was not easy for him to finally be together with the one he was secretly in love with for so long, and it was such a blessed thing. Xu Xiran would usually seem silly, but most of the time he was actually quite charming. Whenever Fang Mo would see him, he would feel so happy, and not just happy, but also feel like he was unable to restrain himself from going a little crazy.
A while ago when Xu Xiran went to play another game, Fang Mo watched him from the sidelines as he pulled up the hem of his jersey to wipe his face dripping with sweat, revealing a small section of his waist and abdomen, and immediately felt overwhelmed. Fortunately, the rematch was held in the gymnasium, and there were seats on the sidelines, so an embarrassment would not appear.
In that game, Xu Xiran’s team was unlucky, and the opponents were all talented players. After a long battle, they were miserably eliminated. When the game ended, Xu Xiran was feeling down, while Fang Mo was ecstatic but didn’t dare to show it, so he could only make himself comfort him, by hugging and coaxing him.
But in reality, he really couldn’t wait to just pounce on him with passion and desire1.
Fang Mo did not dare to let Xu Xiran know his true orientation. No matter how good their relationship was now, he had already been lying to him for a long time. It was not easy for him to come this far, so he felt he had to be careful. Xu Xiran didn’t even want to be touched by him, and refused to get them a room, which showed that he had never passed that hurdle in his heart.
“I think he’s still feeling a bit conflicted,” Fang Mo sighed, “He’s been straight for so many years, so this kind of deep-rooted thing can’t be changed that quickly.”
Zou Shun put down his glass: “Then take it slow, one step at a time. With him like this, the fact that you’re able to get with him is already fucking amazing!”
“I thought I’ve already succeeded in the revolution2,” Fang Mo shook his head, “I didn’t think that it was just the start of another struggle.”
Zou Shun lowered his body, leaned towards him with his face red, and said in a low voice: “About that, do you want to hear some advice from someone who’s experienced in this?”
Fang Mo immediately also leaned forward: “Come, come, come, tell me!”
Zou Shun cleared his throat, “Men are very honest in this respect. Psychological resistance is nothing compared to physical happiness, you understand?”
Fang Mo nodded: “Continue.”
“Since you can see that he has some resistance, don’t just wait for him to do something to you. Take the initiative to be a giver, and make him feel so good that from then on, everything will be smooth sailing from there. This is called an investment,” Zou Shun said.
Fang Mo showed difficulty: “…It’s useless, I’ve already been doing that.”
That bastard Xu Xiran had even said that he had a service personality.
“Impossible,” Zou Shun shook his head, “It must be that you were not good enough. You should try harder.”
Fang Mo was at a loss. How else could he try harder?
“For a straight guy who used to like big boobs to date you without only trying to hook up, and not have a problem in that aspect, if that’s not called liking you, I don’t know what is. What do you think?” Zou Shun said.
Fang Mo agreed from the bottom of his heart: “Right, right, right, what you said is reasonable.”
Zou Shun cheered him up: “So, you can do it!3“
“No,” Fang Mo said while suffering, “I really don’t know where to add the oil. Your person is also a straight man, right? Did he also start off like…”
He was interrupted in the middle of his sentence.
Zou Shun shook his head: “No, he’s not straight.”
“…Huh?” Fang Mo was surprised, “You said he was.”
“Since he likes me, of course he’s not straight,” Zou Shun said shyly, “That’s what he told me.”
“Can it really be like that?” Fang Mo said.
According to this logic, Xu Xiran would probably not be considered a straight man anymore either.
Zou Shun looked shy, but he spoke enthusiastically: “He said that not long after meeting me, he realized that he thought of me differently. The reason why he mistakenly thought he was straight for so many years was because he never met the right person.”
Fang Mo realized that he was witnessing PDA. That He Chengyi, who seemed to be mature, earnest, and not talkative, was someone this sweet to Zou Shun in private, and he was pretty good at it.
It never occurred to him that although he was already with Xu Xiran, he could still be green with envy towards others.
Fang Mo felt that most of the responsibility lay on Xu Xiran.
“You’re also the right person for Xu Xiran,” Zou Shun comforted him.
Although he was an unreliable boyfriend, they still had a very warm friendship.
Zou Shun clenched his fists and made a cheering gesture towards him: “Try harder! You can do it! Within the scope of the law, put in your all!”
~
Fang Mo racked his brains for two days and ultimately came up with a devious idea.
When Xu Xiran had a forty-degree fever, in his muddle-headedness, he hugged him and called him his wife. So could he also do the same?
Fang Mo peeked at his roommate’s class schedule and soon found a perfect time to commit his crime.
He bought a mercury thermometer ahead of time and secretly hid a hand warmer under the quilt, covered his face with a hot towel to keep him warm, and then lay under the blanket to call Xu Xiran.
“I don’t think I can go to dinner with you later,” he said in a purposefully weak voice, “I accidentally got sick.”
Xu Xiran appeared at the speed of light.
He came so fast that Fang Mo didn’t even have time to decide whether to undo two buttons of his pajamas first to expose a little more skin.
But he also wasn’t sure if that would make him more alluring. After all, he didn’t have those curves and for Xu Xiran, a lover of big breasts, to have that place empty might actually be more counterproductive.
Then he realized that he was worrying too much, Xu Xiran wouldn’t even have the mind to pay attention to the state of his pajamas at all.
“What’s wrong? Didn’t you feel fine yesterday?” Xu Xiran stood by the bed and reached out to touch his forehead, “You seem a little hot, did you take your temperature yet?”
Fang Mo pointed to the thermometer on the cabinet.
It displayed as 37.8 degrees. He didn’t want to make it too high, firstly because he was afraid of being taken away to the hospital, and secondly, because he didn’t want to make Xu Xiran worry too much.
He had planned it all out. A mercury thermometer was handy for faking heat, and the handwarmer hidden under the covers would help him continue to cheat later on.
Xu Xiran checked the temperature and let out a sigh of relief.
“It’s not bad, not too high, are you feeling unwell?”
Fang Mo lay in bed, nodding pitifully: “I’m suffering.”
Seeing this, Xu Xiran scratched her hair in embarrassment, then said, “Drink more hot water.”
“……”
Fang Mo’s well-prepared plan had almost completely failed.
After Xu Xiran finished speaking, he walked straight to the thermos in the corner of the bedroom, lifted it up, and shook it: “I don’t think there’s much left, I’ll help you get some more!”
Seeing that he was about to leave with the thermos, Fang Mo finally couldn’t help but increase the volume: “Come back!”
Xu Xiran stepped back: “What’s wrong?”
Fang Mo stretched out a hand from under the blanket: “Come, stand here.”
Xu Xiran immediately went into place.
“Put down the thermos,” Fang Mo said.
“I’m helping you to…”
“Put it down!” Fang Mo shouted.
Xu Xiran hesitated for half a second, then did as he said. After putting down the thermos, he quickly stuffed Fang Mo’s extended hand back into the bed, and tucked in the corners of the blanket to ensure that everything except his head was tightly wrapped.
Fang Mo’s exposed head tilted up slightly.
“Wait for me,” he said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiran laughed. He stretched out his hand to push aside Fang Mo’s bangs, leaned down, and kissed him lightly on the forehead.
“…Not here.” Fang Mo said again.
With an expression of not knowing what to do with him, Xu Xiran also quickly kissed him on the lips. Just as Fang Mo opened his mouth, Xu Xiran had already stood up straight and picked up the thermos again.
“I’ll get some hot water for you, I’ll be right back. You wait for me.” After he said this, he quickly ran out.
Fang Mo was left behind and felt a little sweet in his heart, but also couldn’t stop worrying.
He thought, why is this so difficult for me? What’s so good about drinking hot water? If I wanted to sweat, can’t we just exercise?
Author’s note:
*Fang Mo: I’m a 1 TT v TT
*Xu Xiran: I’m lying flat QAQ
1
The idiom here also means blazing fire and dry wood, or caught with passion
2A more literal meaning to this is succeeded in withdrawing the mandate of heaven (starting a new dynasty)
3加油 (jiā yóu) Literally translates to add oil
