Yandai Xie Jie No. 10 Chapter 18

Act 18: I really love you

Love 123: Busy today?

I'm Handsome: Almost done, there is a bit more that I need to finish writing!

Love 123: Ok~then come here a bit early.

I'm Handsome: ?

Love 123: Come with me to see a friend of mine, ok?

I'm Handsome: We're being treated to dinner?

Love 123: …

I'm Handsome: Shuaige, you're not saying anything?

Love 123: I did.

I'm Handsome: Is he treating us to dinner?

Love 123: Yes!

I'm Handsome: Aiya, your friend is sure as good as you ^_^

Love 123: Did you die of hunger in your previous life?

I'm Handsome: Ah! It said so! I played a game last night! It's fortune-telling!

Love 123: Oh?

I'm Handsome: About how I died in my previous life!

Love 123: …starving to death?

I'm Handsome: Correct! Guess what is your cause of death!

Love 123: Choking!

I'm Handsome: f.u.c.k! How do you know? Died of tuberculosis!

Love 123: …

The wind chime ringing at the door, Hang Hang got up from his laptop, he was only wanting to tell the Idiot to come here when he is done with whatever he is working on. Uncle Zhang came in with a small cage, inside is a small Chihuahua.

Chihuahua

"Xiao Hang!" Uncle Zhang placed the cage onto the ground, "I want to put it in your care from today until the sixth of this month."

"Uncle, have you looked at the notice at the door?" Hang Hang's face got darker, the hard-to-miss big notice sign at the door read: We apologize for not able to provide you with foster care service this year in observance of the Spring Festival.

"Ah! I did see it!" Uncle Zhang still smiled.

"Uh." This sentence had made Hang Hang feel uneasy, not knowing how to react. His pet has opened for three years now, the Spring Festival in the first two years he did not take any break; however, this year he has the Idiot; that Idiot also said that he wants the spend this year Spring Festival together, so he decided to take a break this year; he specifically let Hai Hong and Ying Ying take a break for a few days, from the 30th all the way until the 3rd. But…it looked like Uncle Zhang seemed to be very unwilling to compromise, which also represents that a lot of old customers were not happy with the sudden change. But they were not so persistent like Uncle Zhang =.=

"It's like this, you see we've known each other for quite some time, I only have this little Diu Diu, you see if you can look after him just a few days!"

"Uncle, the case is if I'm going to be here, then I won't hang that notice up." Hang Hang still stood his ground.

"You won't be at the store?"

"Ah, yes, I'll be staying at a friend's house for the New Year."

"Is it Qi Ji? Right, Qi Ji also has a dog! You can also take my Diu Diu along."

Hang Hang was frustrated, "Uncle Zhang, I'm not staying at Qi Ji's house!"

"Take it wherever you go, it's not like you are going abroad to visit your parents."

Completely crashed! Hang Hang could not utter another word.

"Be it that way, I won't tell others, you can rest a.s.sure."

Hang Hand did not have time to refuse as Uncle Zhang had already made his way out of the store.

Squatted down and looked at little Diu Diu in the cage, Hang Hang's temper suddenly disappeared. This little guy was very familiar with Hang Hang, whenever Uncle Zhang coming here, he always bought a lot of dog food and treats for him; therefore, it always rushed here before Uncle Zhang =.=

Taking up the cage and bringing it to the foster care area, poured in some dog food and some water for it, Hang Hang particularly gave it an extra piece of dog biscuit. At the same time, Hang Hang was pondering over if he brings a live animal over, Liang Ze will be ok with it, right.

Recently, Hang Hang felt like he does not understand Liang Ze, really does not understand his thinking. Before, Liang Ze's thinking was very a straightforward like a down-stream waterfall, but recently that waterfall had some unknown intense waves.

After that pa.s.sionate night, the next day Liang Ze woke up, not saying anything and just left; he called him, and he said that he just remembered the last two pages in the ma.n.u.script need to be fixed, so he had to rush back. Hang Hang did not think much of it. But the next three days, Liang Ze did not even take the initiative to call him, let alone coming to the store. When Hang Hang asked him about it, he only said that he suddenly wants to write something. He continued to wait as Liang Ze said he is still busy. Until today, Qi Ji called saying he wants to have New Year dinner together, Hang Hang called Liang Ze, Liang Ze said not busy.

Hang Hang could tell there was something wrong with Liang Ze, but he could not figure out where. As if there was a slight deviation that one could not be seen by naked eyes, like a shot out arrow with a little miscalculation can lead to a miss at the target.

Hang Hang shook his head, he seemed to be so hypocritical, being all sensitive by himself would not do him any good! This is Liang Ze, being this way is nothing new. He likes you, so rest a.s.sure! That is true, right? Gee, the dedication that day was very pa.s.sionate! Besides, who is not busy at the end of the year? Even if there is nothing, writer cannot stop his writing muse from coming in a sudden, right?

Hang Hang felt much better when he thought it over, so he took out his cell phone to call Qi Ji.

"h.e.l.lo?" Qi Ji picked up really fast.

"That was quick." Hang Hang leaned against the shelf, casually picked up a list on the side.

"Ah, I just took a shower, then came out and wanted a smoke when the phone rang."

"He said he is done today, no problem."

"Ok, what do you want for dinner?" A click of a lighter resounded from the other line.

"Up to you, we are not so picky."

"Gee…we…"

"You…"

"How intimate!"

"Is it something new?"

"Hang Hang…why I feel that you're a bit embarra.s.sed?"

"You think I'm really like that!"

"Like that, first love, ha ha."

Hang Hang frowned, well, this was the first time he tells Qi Ji about his love life. Hang Hang had never talked about his romance with Qi Ji. This made Qi Ji believe that Hang Hang had always been indifferent with other people, so he did not think too much of it, "How about West Lake boat dishes?"

"Not bad, you think he will like it?"

"There is nothing in this world that he does not like to eat."

"Uh." Qi Ji was surprised for a moment, "Can you not destroy other people's image just like that?" He kind of wors.h.i.+pped him a lot.

"Ah right. I didn't mean to destroy his image, it's just that he has a maladjusted brain, just like my previous computer, the C drive has minimized storage." Hang Hang said laughing. He had been thinking about it a lot before deciding to officially introduce those two with each other, he believed Qi Ji and Liang Ze can get along quite well, but he was not sure if that Idiot can make it or not. Many times Qi Ji was being quite nosy and asked about their progress, Hang Hang had wondered how slow Qi Ji can be to not be able to figure out what step he and Liang Ze have taken so far, when the two of them slept over at each other's place several times. Hang Hang concluded that brain disorder people have their own transmission in this world {Translator Input: He meant to say that Qi Ji also is quite…special, no less than Liang Ze; saying Liang Ze and Qi Ji are two of the same kind LOL}. This special specie is quite hard to decipher.

"That mouth of yours…" Qi Ji shook his head.

"You pick a place, I have something to do now, see you at 7?"

"Ok, no problem. I'll stop by your shop at around 6:30."

"See you tonight. And pet Meng Nan for me."

After hung up the phone, Hang Hang was still smiling, he did not need to look to know that he is smiling like a r.e.t.a.r.d. Love seems to easily turn a genius into an idiot.

As he was thinking so, Hang Hang received a new text message: 【Shuaige! The angel of love is going out now! 】

Can love change an idiot? {Translator Input: Hang Hang means can love change an idiot into a genius like it does with a genius LOL}

Or it will just turn idiot + dimwit =.=

Liang Ze typed in the last punctuation before getting up to leave his laptop. He just simple went to take a shower, put onto a new set of clothes, and shaved; when he stared intensely at at the mirror, he felt so strange. The electric razor made a noise as it touched the bared marble of the sink, his mind also followed the noise as it got woken up.

For Liang Ze, there is no such thing as a yes or no answer in all decision, with the exception of the shop owner, it seems that all decisions with him are yes or no; nothing as a maybe. Busy with writing is just his way of escaping the reality, he can escape it for a few days, but what else it can do. Liang Ze is very aware of a profound problem — he and Hang Hang, what kind of relations.h.i.+p they having?

Hang Hang does not have any problem, he knows that he loves him (Liang Ze). But is that the same with Liang Ze? Will he be ok with this? Can he even dare to give it a try?

The more he thought about it, Liang Ze could only come up with one vague conclusion — he likes Hang Hang. But he was not sure what kind of like it is. Certainly it is not the same as being friends, but…as lovers, it seems to not be right. He only understood that he cannot lose him. Because of this conclusion, in the end Liang Ze could only try to take step by step, he likes Hang Hang, Hang Hang likes him, they have this point in common; he decided to just act according to Hang Hang's wish.

And in order to avoid the same incident from happening again, Liang Ze decided to stay away from women for good. He was afraid, afraid that he would repeat the same mistake even though he knew it is wrong. Liang Ze is not a b.a.s.t.a.r.d and he really did not want to turn into one, therefore, he decided to cherish his love by staying away from women! Put an end to all sorts of temptation, his relations.h.i.+p with Hang Hang would become better one day; no, not better, becoming much better.

Taking another look at himself in the mirror, Liang Ze felt much better as his spirit got lifted. He grinned at his own reflection, "I'm very handsome! I love Shuaige! We are an invincible couple!!"

After chanting that to himself, he sent a short message to Hang Hang: 【Shuaige! The angel of love is going out now! 】

By the time he got the shop at No. 10 on Yan Dai Xie Street, it was not even 6 o'clock. Liang Ze entered the shop as saying "h.e.l.lo", Hang Hang was busy talking to a customer, but when he saw Liang Ze greeting him with high spirit, he looked up and smiled at him. Liang Ze saw that Hang Hang was busy, he immediately went to look for the chinchillas to play with them.

Small Leaf's baby had grown quite big, it was a bit evasive when meeting with Liang Ze, now he had firmly believed Hang Hang's words are right — Chinchillas only acknowledges one person as their owner. Obviously, this baby only acknowledges Hang Hang =.=

Small Leaf was getting bored of playing with Liang Ze, on the cage next door was Ikkyu, who was jumping on Long Long's back as stepping all over him, as if that would make it look even more eye-catching.

Liang Ze saw this scene and mumbled to himself: "Ikkyu ah Ikkyu, you're so adorably silly." He did not know that his IQ is not as good as his chinchilla friends.

Gathered some sweet potato chips, Liang Ze felt very satisfied. Hang Hang sent the customer off and came back seeing Liang Ze was smiling, "What's so funny?"

Liang Ze turned around, did not expect Hang Hang to kiss his forehead, looked around and saw no one, chu, he answered back with a kiss.

"We made reservation at West Lake for dinner, no problem."

"Delicious!" Liang Ze smiled cheerfully.

"Sure enough, you died of starving in your previous life, should I give you a paper towel to wipe your mouth?" Hang Hang smiled helplessly.

"Ah, we haven't named Small Leaf's baby!" Liang Ze slapped his forehead.

"Ah, right, I have this honor?"

"Of course!"

Hang Hang frowned, "I have…four chinchillas."

"The more the merrier!"

"Hm…"

"By the way…Ikkyu and Long Long didn't give birth?" Liang Ze looked at Long Long's bald spot, it does not look good, right?

"What kind of logic is this? Do they must have to give birth?"

"I like babies, I like this feeling of being a dad!"

The speaker has no particular intention in saying something, but the listener reads his own meaning into it. Hang Hang did not say anything.

LIang Ze did not realize that the topic was going in the wrong direction, seeing that Hang Hang did not answer him, he thought that Hang Hang feel aggravating of the burden of food, so he did not say anything: Stingy guy! You obviously have a whole supply of food at your store! He then mentioned about the topic from before, "You say which name is good? New Gatekeeper (Xin You Wei Men)? As.h.i.+kaga Yos.h.i.+mitsu?"
{Translator Input: a historic character in j.a.panese shogun era; which is also a character from Ikkyu-san; I won't go into details with this character because it's not going to change anything regarding this story ^^}

"And Yayoi (Another character name in the anime)!" {Translator Tip: Yayoi means full of life in j.a.panese ^^; it's a rare female name, you rarely see this name nowadays}

"Ah? Isn't that the baby's mother?"

"…"

"Shuaige! You see which name sounds good after all!" Liang Ze looked back at Hang Hang with serious expression.

"Is there any other choice? Besides New Gatekeeper, As.h.i.+kaga Yos.h.i.+mitsu?"

"It's up to you, but I believe Long Long also wishes for his baby to be named Xin You Wei Men (New Gatekeeper)."

"You…" Hang Hang silently prayed to the heaven above.

"I'm here"

Liang Ze and Hang Hang both looked intensely at Qi Ji pus.h.i.+ng the door to enter the shop. This person was being wrapped in a very thick jacket, head covered in a beanie, a wool scarf around the neck, and his hands were placed in a pair of a very thick layer of cotton gloves.

"Already?" Hang Hang looked over; yup, he had long been accustomed to Qi Ji's fas.h.i.+on trend when it is winter season, he would wrap himself up like a snowman, no, much more fatter than a snowman…

"Is it snowing outside?" Liang Ze really did not know, he seriously had no idea what is happening.

"Ah?" Qi Ji was a bit surprised.

"It's not snowing…" Liang Ze walked over and grabbed Qi Ji's beanie.

"It will soon." Qi Ji honestly answered.

Hang Hang looked at these two and could only watch them in silence, suddenly he did not feel like going out to dinner with these two.

"I've heard Hang Hang talk a lot about you, plus we also met before." Qi Ji took off his glove and shook hand with Liang Ze.

"Uh huh, Shuaige also often talk about you," Liang Ze enthusiastically shook the hand, "Qi Ji, right?"

"Yes, right, Liang Ze, I've admired you for a long time!" Qi Ji laughed hehe.

"What did Shuaige tell you about me? Isn't that he said I'm very handsome!"

"Uh." Qi Ji was unprepared for this question, what does this mean?

"You said that you admire me! What did he say that makes you admire me for such a long time?"

"…I mean I've been reading your novel for a long time."

"Ah! Ha! Ha ha ha ha…" Liang Ze looked at Hang Hang and then looked over to Qi Ji, finding that only keep on laughing would cover up his embarra.s.sment =.=

"Shuaige! Don't you need to officially introduce us?" Seeing that Hang Hang said nothing, Liang Ze decided to ask.

"Do I need to do an introduction?" Hang Hang frowned.

"How can you say that?" Qi Ji and Liang Ze both unanimously said.

Hang Hang shook his head, "I'm pretty sure that you two have the ability to get to know each other well."

His words of "the ability to get to know each other" seemed to work out itself just fine through dinner. Liang Ze and Qi Ji could really talk, quite enthusiastically that they forgot to lower down their volume, from time to time Hang Hang had smile apologetically to the other table. The two of them were living in their own little world, it is true that sympathy can help them to establish a diplomatic relation. One is an author, another is historian translator, alright, they both are not ordinary people. It had been such a long time that Hang Hang have seen such happy Liang Ze, and he (Liang Ze) used the speed of lighting to save Qi Ji's number down, he also said that he would come by Qi Ji's place if he has a chance, and said that if Qi Ji needs any information can always contact him; and also about wanting to do research on book x.x.x together.

Hang Hang felt particularly annoyed as he found out — he is being jealous.

Qi Ji is normally a very quiet person who rarely talk, the person who talk to him the most is Hang Hang; but today with Liang Ze, he could really do talk a lot! As if they can talk for centuries and still not finis.h.!.+ He even guessed that if it was Qi Ji who met Liang Ze first, then it would be…

But what Hang Hang does not know is that for both Qi Ji and Liang Ze, it is true that they have something to talk about, but to talk nonstop is just a pretense; for these two (Qi Ji and Liang Ze), Hang Hang is a special presence, they both can sense Hang Hang's care for the other person, so who does not want the relations.h.i.+p between them to be even more harmonious? Such a simple consideration.
{Translator Input: Basically, Qi Ji knows that Hang Hang loves Liang Ze, Liang Ze knows that Hang Hang's friends.h.i.+p with Qi Ji is very strong and goes way deep back; so both Qi Ji and Liang Ze decide that they both should get to know each other and be happy so that Hang Hang can be happy too; they don't want to cause conflict and then Hang Hang be placed in the position of choosing friends.h.i.+p over love. So they both are considering of Hang Hang's feeling here, yet Hang Hang does not get it LOL}

Qi Ji had planned that right after dinner, they all would go to his house for a little catch up; but he did not expect Hang Hang to say no. Qi Ji could only that maybe Hang Hang wants to go somewhere to spend time with Liang Ze, and maybe doing a lot of trivial things, so he did not insist on further, he did not think that his childhood friend is jealous of him.

If Qi Ji could not think of it (Hang Hang being jealous), of course Liang Ze also did not think of it either. The only difference between these two is: one is an idiot, the other is a blockhead. That is essentially the same.

Liang Ze drove Qi Ji home, when heading back, Hang Hang said that he grew up here when he was younger, together with Qi Ji. Liang Ze quickly picked on this topic and said lot of good words about Qi Ji, the result was the shop owner's mood got darken and even more gloomy.

When the car parked in front of shop number 10, Hang Hang immediately got off the car, and said nothing to Liang Ze. Liang Ze sat in the car as puzzling, how come this person getting in the bad mood all of a sudden? Yes, he did realize that Hang Hang seems unhappy.

Sitting in the car for fifteen minutes, no one came out for him, no one called his phone, and no one even texted him. Liang Ze could not sit still as he got off the car, and was about to get into the store when he saw Hang Hang hanging on a new notice on the front door, the new big sign said: 【A short break. Tomorrow business is back to usual. 】

"Oh, you don't close the store?" Liang Ze followed Hang Hang into the store.

"None of your business." Hang Hang answered nonchalantly.

"This…it's already 10:30."

"None of your business." Those words again.

"Shuaige!" Liang Ze pressed down on Hang Hang's shoulder, "Dinner is not to your liking?" This was the only reason the Idiot can think of.

"It seems like you'll die of starvation in this lifetime." Hang Hang pushed Liang Ze's hand away.

Liang Ze was dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

Hang Hang cleaned up around the store and still not saying anything.

"d.a.m.n it! Are you going to die if you say one word or what?" Liang Ze was going crazy.

Hang Hang still ignored him.

Liang Ze stood there for half an hour, feeling the heat rus.h.i.+ng to his head, "You're in a bad mood now, I'll come back tomorrow morning to talk with you; if you're still in a bad mood then, I'll go back and do the inflatable doll!" Liang Ze slammed the door as walked away.

{Translator Input: I will have to say, in this one Hang Hang is a bipolar b.i.t.c.h! I have to say it. Instead of telling Liang Ze what he is thinking, he expects Liang Ze to guess what he is thinking? What the f.u.c.k? I'm going to say it, Hang Hang is acting like a f.u.c.king girl in here and that's not fair for Liang Ze. I bet everyone of us has a share of our other half being mad for no reason, and not even telling us why they are mad because they expect us to "know" it. Well, here is something: NO ONE CAN READ MIND, SO SAY IT! If Hang Hang just say it, it would be better. If he says it, then Liang Ze will tell him what he thinks. Even for an idiot, Liang Ze is very straightforward in his thinking. Yes, Liang Ze is a b.a.s.t.a.r.d in the previous chapter, BUT he really does try to make this relations.h.i.+p works. He knows how sensitive Hang Hang is, so he is correcting himself on his own. Gotta give him credit for that. So my word of advice: TALK THE f.u.c.k OUT AND STOP BEING A p.u.s.s.y, HANG HANG!}

Hang Hang stopped whatever he was doing, looked out of the door, suddenly figured out that Liang Ze is innocent in this one.

"Hey!" He opened the door and called out, "Not that way, it's upstairs!"

Liang Ze turned around, looked at Hang Hang, and then curved up into a silly smile, "Shuaige, you really are not nice, even forced me to act like a little wife running back to her parents."

Hang Hang helplessly shook his head, he was getting jealous over nothing. He must be having a love syndrome, he obviously "eats" both the Idiot and the big bottle of "vinegar" =.=

{Translator Input: In Chinese slang, vinegar means being jealous; because vinegar has a very bitter and sour taste that is very hard to swallow down by itself; that expression of hard to swallow down is similar to the expression of someone being jealous: sour and bitter. So they use vinegar as an expression for someone being jealous ^^}

"Why were you in a bad mood earlier?" Liang Ze turned to smile at Hang Hang, hands in his pocket.

Hang Hang looked at Liang Ze, suddenly felt that he is very adorably cute, he stepped forward and then kissed down onto a pair of cool lips, "Don't think you can get away with anything with this expression."

Liang Ze turned to look around with his eyes, and then turned into a depressed face, "Shuaige, you really are very nice! Don't you see that during dinner today I was trying to avert the waitress!"

Hang Hang was taken aback for a moment, now that he mentioned it, Hang Hang noticed that during dinner, Liang Ze was trying to hide away from women as if they are plague, if he was not getting jealous over Qi Ji, he would have asked, "Why you did that?"

"Women are like scourges," Liang Ze said seriously, "I'm telling you, I'm going to stay away from them all!"

Hang Hang puffed out a laugh, this man's thinking is very magical, and then grinned ridiculously, "What about men?"

"f.u.c.k, what do think I am! Because it's you, if other men dare to touch me…"

"Then what?"

"I'll hit them!"

"Oh? Then…if it was that fitness trainer…"

"I cannot beat him, so I'll run."

"Ha Ha Ha Ha…"

"d.a.m.n it, I've had enough with yoga; no, I should've just switched to another gym."

Hang Hang pulled Liang Ze over and whispered into his ear, "Don't change, yoga is a good exercise on flexibility."

Liang Ze angrily said, "No, it's too girly!"

Hang Hang laughed so hard that his stomach hurts. Diu Diu, the forgotten Chihuahua, barked up, Hang Hang patted Liang Ze's shoulder, "Let's go, come to walk the dog with me!"

"Why its owner hasn't taken it back yet?"

"Uncle Zhang forced it on me."

"This…"

"Do you mind to have a dog add into your house on New Year?"

"It doesn't matter, it'll be more lively!"

Hang Hang put a leash on Diu Diu, then looked up at Liang Ze. Such an ideal partner.

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