Chapter 58
There are two Fuyu Roads in Jinghai. One is the rich area in the center of the city, where even in the daytime it is very quiet, with deep sycamores on both sides of the road. The other Fuyu Road is far into the outskirts of the city, where fish and dragons mix and mingle, and the city is lively and vibrant.
The main residence of the Qu family is located in the center of the city on Fuyu Road, but since Master Qu moved out, Qu Xueyu has never gone back.
The outer Fuyu Road is very narrow, with both sides of the road filled with new and old buildings, and winding alleys everywhere. Qu Xueyu parked his car in front of a dusty-looking alley, which was deep and lined with various tall and short tube buildings.
“I lived here then?” Qu Xueyu tapped the steering wheel with his alabaster-like fingers and looked at Qu Xueying who was in the passenger seat.
Qu Xueying twitched his lips and then nodded: “Absolutely. Besides you – unless they’re having a hard time, who else is going to rent a room here?” This kind of building on Fuyu Road isn’t very common anymore. It’s the place where the young master came down to experience life, how could he forget it? The building was so dilapidated that no one wanted to live there, not even the young people who wanted to save money. When he rented the room for the young master, the landlord looked at him with the eyes of an underdog, with eyes as bright as light bulbs, and so enthusiastic that he was frightened.
In the end, Qu Xueying got out of the car, turned to Qu Xueyu’s side and knocked on his glass window. He raised an eyebrow and said: “Young master, please enjoy your time in the alley, I still have a date.” Originally, he wanted to find the landlord for the spare key. But who have thought that the landlord wouldn’t be there, so Qu Xueyu couldn’t get in, and could only stroll around in the alley. There weren’t many people here even in the daytime, and Qu Xueyu didn’t have to worry about being photographed when he was in disguise. He would have liked to say not to knock on people’s doors, but he thought that no one would rent that room for a while, so he kept his mouth shut.
Qu Xueyu cocked an eyebrow with a nod.
Qu Xueying was right, this place looked shabby and old. It was clearly daytime, but the depths of the alley were dark. Qu Xueyu pressed the top of his baseball hat down and stood at the mouth of the alley looking into the darkness. He had the uncanny feeling that a few lamps should be installed in the alley, because “he” was afraid of the darkness.
Qu Xueyu froze, eyebrows slightly wrinkled – Afraid of the dark, who is it?
When he was standing in front of his door inside the tube building, Qu Xueyu quietly observed the mottled doors, which were covered with dust, and did not look like it was inhabited by anyone. After a moment of silence, Qu Xueyu lightly knocked on the door – not expecting anyone to be there. Just for a moment, he suddenly felt as if there was someone who had knocked on his door, or on this door, on a night like this.
That person must be very important to him, but he could not remember who he was.
Suddenly, with a squeak, the door opened from the inside, and a young man poked his head out from behind the door, when he saw Qu Xueyu, he froze at first, and then his eyes lit up.
Qu Xueyu’s eyes widened, it seemed that the young man had recently been sick. His face was pale, and the thin tip of his chin made him look a little boyish, but his eyes were clear and bright, and his eyes were distinctly amber and white.
Qu Xueyu was somewhat stunned and stared at the young man in front of him because he appeared like a miracle. In his heart, he seemed to have drawn a shadow that overlapped with the image of the young man in front of him, but the shadow was too fast to be caught.
“You-” the teenager took a step forward, stretching out his white and beautiful fingers, suddenly cupping Qu Xueyu’s face, and his eyes were as bright as the stars.
At Qu Xueyu’s rare astounded expression, the teenager’s face showed a slightly shy but good-looking smile, and he then said logically and righteous: “You’re my boyfriend, I’ve seen your pictures on my phone.”
Qu Xueyu swallowed, subconsciously he wanted to brush off the teenager’s warm hand, but his hand was frozen and he could hardly move. When he looked straight into the young man’s eyes, his heart unexpectedly beat faster and faster.
This was not like him at all, for starters, someone like him couldn’t fall in love with someone at first sight, but such a thing was happening right now.
At first sight, he had fallen in love with a young boy who said such inexplicable things, right here, in front of the door of a dingy, shabby apartment. A few rays of sunlight pierced through the dilapidated brick wall and peppered the teenager’s face. The teenager’s pale face almost blended into the light, giving people the illusion that he might disappear in the next second.
Qu Xueyu’s heart suddenly raced with a few waves of inexplicable panic, a rather uncomfortable feeling.
Pah
His body acted before his consciousness, and by the time Qu Xueyu realized his reaction, he had already gained a firm grasp on the young man’s wrist. With a simple pull of his hand, the young man tilted over and fell into his embrace, his hands still maintaining their positions on his face.
Qu Xueyu closed his eyes, his warm nostrils brushing against the side of the teenager’s fragile neck, he took a deep breath, suddenly feeling all of the wisps of irritation and panic that he couldn’t resist in his heart ever since he woke up disappearing completely.
“If that’s what you so desire, then I am.” He gently murmured in the teenager’s ear, his tone light as if he was coaxing a child to sleep.
Lu Bai naturally wrapped his arms around the other man’s neck. He blinked and said rather seriously, “You are. It’s good that you admit it.” He had seen their photos in the hospital, and there was no mistaking him. He was supposed to meet with the other man in a few days, but he unconsciously wandered here yesterday and found that this alley and this room meant something to him. So he simply found the landlord and rented this room, and today when he came over to take a look at it, his boyfriend, who looked so good in the photos, knocked on his door – and this boyfriend looked even better in real life than he did in the photos.
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Qu Xueyu entered the teenager’s apartment.
It was currently the middle of the day, but the room was cramped and dim, with dust floating in the air.
Lu Bai held the other’s wrist and had him sit on the tiny sofa, touching the tip of his nose with some embarrassment, as he said, “This is the only place that’s clean.” He hadn’t had time to find someone to clean this room, but there had to be a place to rest his head when he was here, so he took matters into his own hands and tidied up the sofa, and now it’s just right for his good-looking boyfriend to sit on.
Qu Xueyu was a bit of a clean freak, but right now he didn’t care about the dust, he just watched the youth, “Did you just move in?”
Lu Bai thought that although he didn’t necessarily want to live here, he did just rent this place, so he nodded his head.
Qu Xueyu checked out the other person’s outfit and could see that there was still some youthfulness on the other’s pale face, so inquired a bit more, “Are you a student?”
Lu Bai recalled that his family had told him that he was a sophomore at a certain university, so he nodded again.
The mental image of a poor student with a difficult situation who was struggling to survive took shape in Qu Xueyu’s mind, and as he looked at the young man, his eyes softened, and his heart subconsciously welled up with sadness. He pulled the young man’s wrist and drew the other into his arms, stating, “I’ll take care of you from now on, okay?” After saying this, he feared that he might hurt the other’s self-esteem, so he made his voice more friendly, and said, “You said I’m your boyfriend, didn’t you? So there’s nothing wrong with it, is there?”
Lu Bai has no sense of self-consciousness to hurt his self-esteem, he obediently and coquettishly nestled in each other’s arms, and then naturally and familiarly wrapped his arms around the other’s neck, nodding his head and said, “Oh, then you must take good care of me.” Then he couldn’t hold back and kissed Qu Xueyu on the cheek, smiling so much that his eyes curved up and said, “I’ll take good care of you too!” Tch, he really had a good eye in the past, finding such a good-looking boyfriend who was also delightful.
Feeling the faint residual warmth left by the teenager’s lips still imprinted on his face, Qu Xueyu’s eyes narrowed, and the hand placed on the teenager’s waist tightened. He thought that this child’s guts were also too big and too trusting. Seeing him and calling him ‘boyfriend’ can still be said to be fateful love at first sight, but as soon as he came in and sat down, he kissed him! If he was a bad person, he would be… He was even more glad now that the person who knocked on the door today was him.
While mentally criticizing the other’s lack of vigilance, Qu Xueyu resolved to properly educate this child when he had the chance. At the same time, he hugged the teenager a little tighter, pointed to his own lips, and raised an eyebrow, “Kiss here.”
Lu Bai nodded, “Oh.” Of course, a boyfriend would want to kiss on the lips. So he naturally leaned down and kissed Qu Xueyu’s lips, and after he kissed him, he strangely had the impression that someone had taught him how to kiss before, and a blurry face flashed in his mind, which immediately disappeared as if it had fallen into nothing but water. Lu Bai’s heart felt a slight uneasiness, but when he looked at the youth, he relaxed on instinct. So as if it was a natural habit after countless times kissing in this way, he gently nipped at the corner of the youth’s lips and then pried open the youth’s unresisting mouth.
“Hmmm…”
Qu Xueyu’s eyes widened faintly, as he pressed down hard on the back of the youth’s neck, reveling in such a wonderful kiss, while at the same time thinking – This kid, he is really…was he picked up by a little wildcat and brought home today?!
Edited: Krone
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