His Honey Chapter 19

Chapter 19

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Yu Zhinian didn't reply to Nie Sangning again.

Silence was golden.

In the evening, Yu Zhinian caught up with his work progress, and he decided to leave early and go for a workout. The fitness club he had always patronised before hadn't had any renovations or been shut down, but he chose to go to Da Shan's fitness centre.

Da Shan was surprised and curious when he received the notification of Yu Zhinian's session booking. Xiao Yichi had looked very serious that day when he'd asked for his opinion, and Da Shan guessed that his relationship with Lawyer Yu had progressed to some kind of significant point. He wondered how they were doing now. He knew that Xiao Yichi had gone off to volunteer for the summer, but that didn't necessarily mean that the two had gone their separate ways, did it?

When the training was almost over, Da Shan tentatively asked, "I haven't talked to Yichi in a while, I wonder how he's been doing... Lawyer Yu, have you heard from him?

Yu Zhinian wiped his sweat with a towel and shook his head with a natural expression, "No, I haven't kept up with him."

Da Shan sighed in his heart, these two people really didn't make it ah... ai.

The next day when talking about official business, Yu Zhinian and Nie Sangning's attitude was as usual, resting and chatting for a couple of sentences without mentioning any information.

The schedule pushed forward to the discussion of the site of the art gallery, which was not something that Nie Sangning or Yu Zhinian could make a decision on. Far away in the United States, Tang Wancheng booked a flight and departed for a site visit in the city not long after.

Xiao Yichi was almost forced to stay in the city's hospital for five days before he could be discharged. He had experience, these were just minor injuries and after cleaning up and recuperating for a day or two, there would be no big problem, there was no need to continue to stay in the hospital, taking up public resources. But the person in charge of the Beautiful Earth activities disagreed, "You were injured during our activities, if we don't take good care of you, it will have a negative impact on the reputation of our organisation, and in the future, people will be afraid to sign up for our volunteer projects." His face was bitter and his tone was aggrieved, so Xiao Yichi couldn't say anything else.

So when the person in charge repeatedly confirmed the discharge permission with the doctor and nodded his head to let him go, Xiao Yichi almost flew out of the hospital like a bird.

He immediately packed his things and set off for home. On the high speed train, Xiao Yichi was in a bit of a high mood, not only because he was discharged from the hospital, but also because his good friend who was far away in New York had already arrived in this city and they had arranged to meet.

The next day, after Tang Wancheng arrived in this city, she started her inspection visit. At the New York banquet, she was the bright and outgoing rich girl, but at work, she was competent and efficient, and hardly ever talked nonsense.

That's why Yu Zhinian, as well as Nie Sangning, didn't know that Miss Tang had arranged to meet a friend on top of such an intense schedule.

"Let's discuss up to here today." After concluding the inspection of a location, the three of them discussed a round of opinions on the location in the car on the way back. Tang Wancheng took a look at her watch and wrapped it up. "Both of you, sorry, I have an appointment to meet a friend next, just let me off when the car passes near the high-speed train station later, you guys go back to rest first."

No wonder today she proposed to examine this location first, it seems she did her homework and knew that she would pass near the high-speed train station. Tang Wancheng grew up in New York, she shouldn't have any familiar relatives or friends in this city, and since she didn't talk about her personal matters, since she raised the topic of meeting with a friend, this friend must be quite important.

Nie Sangning laughed, "Since we'll be passing near the high-speed train station, why don't we have the driver send you to the parking lot of the station, it's less of a walk and more convenient to meet."

Yu Zhinian nodded in agreement, "It's not very decent to drop a lady off nearby and leave on your own, it's not too far off the road."

Hearing this, "Let me ask." Tang Wancheng lowered her head and typed quickly on her cell phone, she should be communicating with her friend. Before long, she looked up, "Then I'll trouble the two of you to take the long way to see me off."

The high speed train pulled into the station.

Xiao Yichi carried his bag and prepared to get off, and when he passed the sink, he looked in the mirror. Although the independent ward had thoughtful services and a nurse to wash his hair, because of the previous tanning in the village, his hair had grown long, and with the wounds on his forehead and one cheek still in the process of healing, his whole person had an increasingly vicissitudinous look.

It was too late to take care of it then. Anyway, he was familiar with the other party, and the other party also knew that he had just been discharged from the hospital, so he shouldn't be concerned. Xiao Yichi leapt out of the train and accelerated his pace towards the parking lot.

As the car pulled into the parking lot, Tang Wancheng asked the driver to park in an empty space, dialled the phone and spoke in an intimate tone, "I'm in parking space B3, where are you? Should I go over to find you?" Yu Zhinian moved towards the car door, thoughtfully pulling it open for her. "You're in the area? Then I'll wait for you, hurry over." Tang Wancheng nodded her thanks towards Yu Zhinian and got out of the car.

 Just as Miss Tang got out of the car, a male voice called out from a short distance away, “Tang Tang!"

"Yichi!" Tang Wancheng ran over to embrace him.

Before Nie Sangning could see the person's face, Yu Zhinian suddenly left his seat and got out of the car.

Xiao Yichi was immersed in the joy of reunion with his friend, and with his back to the car, he did not notice that Yu Zhinian came out of the car. Tang Wancheng was blocked by Xiao Yichi's figure, and also didn't know what was going on on the other side of the car. She cupped Xiao Yichi's face to look at, heartbroken, “My god, you got so injured doing this volunteer work, I have to have the chef replenish you."

"Okay." Xiao Yichi smiled with curved eyes, graciously accepting the good intentions, "Shall we go to your place next?"

"Zhinian?" Nie Sangning was startled by Yu Zhinian's sudden movement and called out in confusion as he got out of the car.

Xiao Yichi stiffened and turned around.

His line of sight locked with Yu Zhinian's.

Yu Zhinian regained his ability to think at this moment: he knew that he had been discharged from the hospital, but he didn't expect to meet here.

Soon, Xiao Yichi's gaze turned to fall on the man behind him.

The distance of about five metres between them didn't prevent him from producing an awareness – what a magnificent and beautiful man.

"Ah, these two are assisting in the establishment of my gallery branch, come, I'll introduce you to them." Since they met, Tang Wancheng pulled Xiao Yichi's hand and walked over.

Approaching, before Tang Wancheng could introduce them, Xiao Yichi smiled and opened his mouth, "Lawyer Yu, long time no see."

Yu Zhinian's expression was calm, "Long time no see."

"Huh? You guys know each other?" Tang Wancheng was surprised.

"Mhmm, by chance." Xiao Yichi explained simply. Tang Wancheng laughed, "What a small world. Then I'll introduce you to this one." Her introductory gesture went in the direction of Nie Sangning, "This is the person in charge of the gallery branch's establishment phase, Mr. Nie Sangning. This is my good friend, he's a former war correspondent, Mr. Xiao Yichi."

Nie Sangning showed a smile towards Xiao Yichi and extended a hand of friendship, “Mr. Xiao, hello."

Up close, Nie Sangning's features were even more lethal, he could really use his beauty to commit murder.

At this instant, Xiao Yichi's intuition told him – It was him. The rose in Yu Zhinian's heart.

One has to be this beautiful to be worthy of Lawyer Yu's daily thoughts.

In comparison, his own self, full of vicissitudes and weathered from all the hardships, was not worth mentioning.

It was also at this instant that Xiao Yichi's heart was stung by the extreme beauty of the other party's skin.

Xiao Yichi returned the smile and shook Nie Sangning's hand, “Mr. Nie, hello."

Yu Zhinian interjected, "... You just came back from overseas?"

"Ah, I..." Xiao Yichi's words of explanation were picked up by Tang Wancheng, "Yichi went to volunteer in a mountain village, and in the process he encountered a landslide. He was injured from saving two children, and he was just discharged from the hospital this morning."

Nie Sangning suddenly understood, while Yu Zhinian only nodded.

Tang Wancheng glanced at Xiao Yichi before turning to Yu and Nie, "I'm so proud of him, amazing."

His best friend's words injected Xiao Yichi with energy – Yes, he was the majestic hero in the child's painting, who should he be afraid of?

Nie Sangning chimed in, "It's indeed something to be proud of."

Yu Zhinian didn't state his opinion, and only said, "Miss Tang, where are you going next? If it's on the way, why don't you just get in the car and let the driver give you a lift?"

The inspection visit used a seven-seater commercial vehicle with enough seats.

Tang Wancheng shook her head, "No need, thanks! Yichi and I still have a lot to catch up on, you guys go first."

Nie Sangning smiled, "Then we won't disturb you, Zhinian, let's go."

Yu Zhinian nodded goodbye to Tang Wancheng and Xiao Yichi before turning to get into the car.

Xiao Yichi watched his figure until the car door closed with a bang and the car started to leave.

Tang Wancheng had already made arrangements, and with a single phone call, a Bentley would arrive within five minutes to pick them up.

Although the two connected from time to time through social media, the sense of reality and intimacy of meeting face to face was incomparable. The two chatted non-stop during the wait for the car, acting as if the fact that the two were separated by ten-thousand miles had never existed before and they were perfectly acquainted with each other.

Sitting in the Bentley, Xiao Yichi asked, "Have you and Mr. Nie... known each other for a long time?"

"Ah, this, let me tell you oh," Tang Wancheng's expression at this time was no different from that of any girl who was gossiping – the excitement of a talk about gossip was overflowing. “Mr. Nie and Lawyer Yu are old lovers, and Mr. Nie now wants to pursue him again!"

At those words, Xiao Yichi felt his heart thump. "... Oh, can you tell me more about it?"

Encouraged, Tang Wancheng started from the scene where she witnessed the two reuniting at the dinner party in New York. "After that, I needed to recruit staff for the establishment of my branch, and Mr. Nie submitted his resume. He was doing well at Li Weige, and with his qualifications, he was overqualified to apply for my job. When I asked him why during the individual interview, he was very honest, saying that he wanted to try to see if he could reunite with his first love."

Xiao Yichi was puzzled, "And you just said yes?"

Miss Tang spread her hands, "Who told him to make a connection with a sugar daddy? I need financial support for the establishment of my gallery branch, and he can pull in resources for me."

Nie Sangning's marriages to Lawyer Herb and the banker not only brought his status to the next level, but also gave him the opportunity to make all sorts of connections. "The New York Chinese community is huge to say the least, and gossip is never absent. Both of his marriages were peacefully dissolved, and he divorced with a clean slate, not wanting a penny from the other party. This is because during the marriages, he managed to transform the other party's connections into his own resources, which is more useful than anything else. Plus he's so good looking, I don't have a bad impression of him."

Tang Wancheng's frankness didn't mean she was naive and uninformed. Born into a worldly family, she knew and felt far more than others. "There are many people who attempt to enter high society through their beauty and marriage. Mr. Nie is considered to be a smart one, and I haven't heard of him making any dog-blooded drama, he is polite and courteous in the world; moreover, some people do have to go through several exes before they really know how to love people, so helping him out is considered to be the beauty of adulthood. You see, two big handsome guys, one of them was young and careless, which led to a disastrous end of the first love, and after a chance reunion many years later, with life experience, he understood that the other side is destiny, so he let go of the mirror and wanted to reunite. Anyway, it's a king's road plot, and it's hard to say no without help."

Xiao Yichi's heart inexplicably felt a little blocked, and he simply hummed.

"But you, how do you know Lawyer Yu?" Tang Wancheng was curious.

"He has a very dear aunt, who is a good square dance partner with my old neighbour auntie... That's how we met."

"Hahaha, that's good." Tang Wancheng laughed, "Lawyer Yu is very strong at work, but the city is very deep, and he isn't that grounded, I didn't expect you guys to meet each other like this."

Tang Tang, that's not true. He can go down to the ground and grow vegetables, is all-round in household matters, and loves Snoopy.

Suddenly his nose was sore.

The feeling came so unexpectedly that Xiao Yichi had to lean back against the back of the car seat, tilt his head and close his eyes to soothe it.

If Tang Wancheng knew that they met on a blind date, would she be even more surprised?

Luckily, they were no longer involved.

In the other car.

Nie Sangning smiled and asked Yu Zhinian, "How did you and Mr. Xiao meet?"

Yu Zhinian, who was checking his cell phone, replied, "We have an acquaintance between us, and we were introduced by the acquaintance."

“Oh. Do you... have a good relationship?"

Yu Zhinian finished reading the content and put away his cell phone, his tone was calm, "No."

Nie Sangning no longer pursued the question, and instead invited, "Today's work is finished, why don't we, go and have a meal together?"

Yu Zhinian shook his head, "I'm sorry, my aunt is getting old, I have to go back to take care of her."

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Nie Sangning asked enthusiastically.

"I can handle it, thanks."

"Okay. Just tell me if you need anything, don't push yourself."

Yu Zhinian nodded.

Nie Sangning was much more mature and reliable compared to before.

Tang Wancheng rented a suite on the top floor of a five-star hotel, with a total of ten housekeepers, maids and chefs to serve her exclusively.

Xiao Yichi stayed at her place and was treated more honourably than an aristocrat.

In the evening, they each had a cup of nourishing bird's nest soup and drank while chatting.

"I have to continue to go out tomorrow to inspect and choose a site, why don’t you stay at my place and wait for me to come back to have dinner together?" Tang Wancheng said to Xiao Yichi as she lay down on the chaise lounge.

"Dinner is no problem, but staying here is out of the question." Xiao Yichi explained, "I have to go to the Beautiful Earth office tomorrow, they're going through the hospital expense reimbursement process, and there are bills that need my signature. I also have to go home and clean up a bit, oh, and there's also the task of lesson preparation."

Tang Wancheng looked at him and put down the soup bowl, "Yichi, do you have something on your mind?"

Xiao Yichi blinked. Then he smiled bitterly, "I have someone I like, but the other person doesn't like me, I confessed and was rejected."

Tang Wancheng sat next to him and put her arm around his shoulders.

Because of the difference in stature, it was a bit of an effort for her to do so, so Xiao Yichi cooperated with her and leaned on her shoulder in a cute little manner.

"Are you willing to tell me the details?" Tang Wancheng asked thoughtfully.

"Not quite willing yet." Xiao Yichi answered truthfully.

"Okay." Tang Wancheng then did not pry.

Rich, capable and beautiful as Tang Wancheng was, even she had been rejected by others. She was in a small remote park crying terribly when she met Xiao Yichi.

She had met him before at the school's Chinese alumni reunion and was not familiar with him. At that moment, he was sitting beside her in silence. "What are you doing here?" Tang Wancheng sobbed as she asked. Even if she wanted to be fierce like usual, she couldn't put on the airs she needed to.

"The security in this neighbourhood isn't very good. I'll send you off after you finish crying." Xiao Yichi responded as he bit down on his unlit cigarette.

"I just want to tell you," Tang Wancheng said, "you're the best in the world!"

Xiao Yichi smiled, "This I know."

"Mhmm, it's good that you know."

Knowing that, the next day, when Xiao Yichi saw Yu Zhinian in the living room, his feet paused uncomfortably.

"We continue to have work outside today, and Miss Tang invited us over for breakfast so we can leave together." Yu Zhinian saw this and explained.

Xiao Yichi smiled in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I only found out now."

"... Your injury, how is it?" Yu Zhinian asked as they were the only two in the living room.

"Recovering, it's not a problem."

"You have to take good care of yourself."

In the past so many years, he was taking care of himself.

Xiao Yichi bowed his head. But now, he wanted someone else to take care of him, more specifically, he wanted the person in front of him to take care of him. Then he would naturally be able to coax him to be happy.

It's just a pity.

At this time, the doorbell rang.

Nie Sangning made his appearance. He held a bouquet of fresh lilies in his arms and smiled gently.

A beauty with fragrant flowers, they illuminated the entire living room.

"Wow, what beautiful flowers!" Tang Wancheng was fully dressed and was pleasantly surprised as she came out of her room.

"I passed by the flower shop and saw that today's lilies were especially good, so I bought them." Nie Sangning gave the flowers to Tang Wancheng.

"Thanks!" Miss Tang happily accepted them.

Looking at this bright and lustrous scene, Xiao Yichi was envious. While eating breakfast, Tang and Xiao sat on one side and Yu and Nie sat on the other.

Xiao Yichi looked at the two opposite and had to admit that they were very well matched.

When envy gets out of hand, it turns into another emotion.

In all king’s road plots, there would be bad supporting characters intent on destroying the protagonist's relationship.

"... Yichi?" Xiao Yichi came back to his senses. Tang Wancheng looked at him and smiled, "What are you thinking about? I asked if you want to try this egg cake."

"... Okay." What on earth was he thinking about?

Xiao Yichi pushed back the demon in his heart.

Yesterday, on the way out of the high-speed railway station, Yu Zhinian checked the hospital bill sent to him by Beautiful Earth. Beautiful Earth had its own financial system, but the amount they could pay for Xiao Yichi didn't cover the costs of individual wards, professional carers, and so on. The person in charge conveyed this concern before the transfer, Yu Zhinian said that he would pay for this part, and their accounts can be balanced.

He never thought that the "friend" mentioned by Tang Wancheng would be Xiao Yichi, who seemed to be in good spirits.

In the evening, he had dinner at Auntie Pan's place. After the meal, Auntie Pan asked him, "Will you pack the leftovers and take them to feed the mother cat and her children?"

On the second night after Xiao Yichi left for the mountains, Yu Zhinian had asked Auntie Pan to set aside leftovers for him, saying that he would feed them to the cats. This wasn't the first time he had made such a request, and Auntie Pan was gradually getting used to it.

So she took the initiative to ask today.

In fact, that night, when Yu Zhinian brought the food to the cats, he saw that the security guard in the neighbourhood was already feeding them. He pretended to pass by and asked curiously, "Uncle, are you feeding the cats?"

"Yes! There's an owner in our neighbourhood who's usually very nice to me. He had to go out of town, and before he left, he gave me several bags of cat food and asked me to tell the security guard who's on night duty to come over and put some in every night."

The cats were burying their heads and ferociously eating, not caring about anything else.

Seeing this, Yu Zhinian went back to the car and waited for a moment.

By the time he returned to the same place, the security guard had already left. He put the leftovers down and opened them, and as expected, the cats came running again.

There were two of them circling his feet.

"Eat as much as you can." Yu Zhinian softly said to them. "He's the one who's really gentle, when he comes back, you guys should get closer to him."

The cats meowed, it wasn't clear if they understood human language.

After that night, Yu Zhinian went to see them when he had time, but not with food.

Back to the present moment. Yu Zhinian saw that Auntie had already started packing and didn't stop her, but only answered yes.

Xiao Yichi spent most of the night at Tang Wancheng's place. Tonight, he went to see them for the last time.

Yu Zhinian came to the small park, and there was actually a kitten that leapt out of nowhere and ran to his feet, as if it had been waiting for him all morning.

He walked to the usual place, and the other cats were there, wandering around, their cat food unfinished.

Yu Zhinian squatted down and opened the bag of leftovers. "Tired of cat food? Just in time, he's back too."

The cats ate a few bites, circled around him a few times, and went back for a few more bites, reluctant to leave.

In fact, he didn't have to worry about him. With a status as high and powerful as Zhao Huaimin, as rich and powerful as Tang Wancheng, and as kind and perceptive as Da Shan, he was surrounded by capable people. He will be well taken care of.

Hearing that he was injured, he was overly anxious. No matter what, in the end, he would be properly accommodated, there was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

Yu Zhinian returned home. After washing up, he lay down on his bed.

During this time, Snoopy had been accompanying him.

Tonight, he continued to sleep with it in his arms.

The next day, Yu Zhinian went into the closet to change clothes. When he fetched his socks, a Snoopy sticker was hidden underneath.

When he found one, there was one less.

Yu Zhinian glanced at it but didn't take it out. He closed the drawer and called Nie Sangning to have breakfast together at Tang Wancheng's place later on. He stood in front of the wardrobe mirror and straightened his collar.

However, it was Xiao Yichi who felt a touch uncomfortable when he saw him.

There were only the two of them in the living room, and Yu Zhinian could clearly see the injury on his face. He couldn't help but say, "You have to take good care of yourself."

Xiao Yichi lowered his head.

Yu Zhinian reflected that since he had rejected his confession, he should not come looking for a sense of presence like this.

This scene of theirs came to an abrupt end due to Nie Sangning's arrival. After breakfast, Tang Wancheng and Xiao Yichi got up and walked ahead, chatting about whether or not to drop Xiao Yichi off, where to drop him off, and so on.

Nie Sangning, on the other hand, asked the housekeeper to take a small bag and fill it with an egg and two small cheese pancakes. He smiled and thanked him as he took it, putting it in his bag.

Yu Zhinian spoke, "If you're still not full, I have a bit of chocolate ready in my bag, ask me for it later when you're hungry."

Nie Sangning looked at him, "I was thinking of preparing a little for you because I saw that you didn't eat much just now."

Back then, Nie Sangning was running late for a filming job and hurried out the door. "Wait!" Yu Zhinian rolled the freshly boiled egg in his hand, not afraid of being scalded, and ran over to put it in Nie Sangning's coat pocket, "Take it to eat, don't starve."

Nie Sangning kissed his cheek and left at the speed of light.

Even if his hands were burnt to the point of pain, Yu Zhinian's heart was only full of love.

Nie Sangning may have recalled the past as well, his gaze was deep, "It's not good to eat chocolate all the time, just tell me when you're hungry."

Finally, Nie Sangning got his first approval from Yu Zhinian, "Okay, thanks in advance then."

Xiao Yichi eventually declined Tang Wancheng's offer to give him a lift, and took the subway to the Beautiful Earth office by himself.

Firstly, he didn't want to face Yu Zhinian and Nie Sangning, and secondly, it wasn't on their route.

When he got to the office, the staff were having a morning meeting. The receptionist poured him a glass of water and asked him to wait for a while.

Coincidentally, a young boy in his group just happened to come to collect his volunteer certificate. "Brother Xiao? You've been released from the hospital? How's your health?" The boy asked in surprise when he saw him.

There were three volunteers in their group, and apart from Xiao Yichi, the other two were university students. When he was being treated in the town hospital, the two young men had visited him.

"It's already fine!" Xiao Yichi replied with a smile.

The young man looked at him, then looked around. Relying on his good relationship with Xiao Yichi, he mysteriously lowered his voice, "Brother Xiao, do you actually... have some kind of background?"

Xiao Yichi clouded, “Hmm? Why do you ask?"

The nurses at the town hospital couldn't keep their mouths shut. After Xiao Yichi transferred to the city hospital, the gossip spread, saying that bed seven was actually a patient with a special identity. A handsome lawyer rushed to see him for ten minutes to confirm that there was no danger and then left, after which the patient was transferred to a more advanced hospital.

"The villagers who were in the hospital heard about it and came to me to confirm it. What they said... is about you, right?"

“..." Xiao Yichi was digesting the information. He smiled bitterly, "I only heard about this today."

"Wow! What kind of TV plot is this, where someone is silently guarding you behind your back?"

The answer to this question, Xiao Yichi thought that the person in charge might be able to tell him.

After signing the document, Xiao Yichi put down his pen and looked at the person in charge very apologetically, "... I'm not going to hide it from you, just before I came here, Lawyer Yu told me the truth. The matter of transferring to the city hospital and the independent ward, asking you to cooperate with him really gave you a lot of trouble."

Upon hearing this, the person in charge quickly waved his hands, "Aiya, no trouble, no trouble, it's all because Lawyer Yu was the one who took care of it. I'm sorry, our non-profit organisation has strict financial regulations, Lawyer Yu mediated this time to allow you to get better treatment, our side still has to thank him!"

It really was Yu Zhinian.

Xiao Yichi came out of the business building where the office was located and looked up at the sky. His heart was full of mixed feelings.

More than once. He really needed to be given a man of the era award for doing good deeds without leaving his name.

When his mind was in turmoil, Xiao Yichi chose to go exercise.

Da Shan held Xiao Yichi's face and looked at it again and again, "It's fine, quite manly."

"Go away." Xiao Yichi laughed and scolded.

"Really. The scars of bravery are a man's medal, if I were Lawyer Yu, I would definitely be impressed with you. How about I praise you to him in a roundabout way? Maybe there's still a chance for you guys to be together."

Xiao Yichi, who was drinking water, almost choked. Da Shan immediately rubbed his back, and Xiao Yichi looked at him while pounding his heart, "What chance to be together?"

"Hey, didn't you ask me before if you and Lawyer Yu had a chance? Lawyer Yu came not long ago, I tentatively asked him if he knew where you were going, and he said he hadn't kept up with you, which means you're not together. Now..."

"Wait." Xiao Yichi interrupted him, "When did he come?"

"Let me see his appointment history." Da Shan pulled up a date and showed it to Xiao Yichi.

It was clearly a date after the transfer. "Not kept up,” he had the nerve to say this.

This sultry man whose mouth was not sincere to his heart!

Yu Zhinian checked his cell phone during a break in the inspection trip, and Xiao Yichi sent him a message: Lawyer Yu, is my Snoopy housecoat still at your place? If so, I would like to retrieve it, after all, it was a gift from Auntie Pan. When is it convenient for you? I can wait in front of your neighbourhood.

Snoopy home clothes, this was Yu Zhinian's little preference, was Xiao Yichi's forced smile when he learnt about it, was Yu Zhinian's masturbation material when it was late at night in the outer city, was Xiao Yichi's little secret after picking him up at the airport, and was also the evidence that they had unforgettable sex in the car.

Afterwards, the home clothes were stained and unpleasant to look at, so Yu Zhinian handed them over to the maid to clean without changing his expression.

They had been folded and placed on the chair in Yu Zhinian's bedroom.

Now it was time to return them to their rightful owner.

It was more convenient for him with his own car. Yu Zhinian replied, asking to meet at the small park near Xiao Yichi's neighbourhood tonight.

"Okay, see you then." Xiao Yichi sent four words.

Evening. Yu Zhinian did not agree to Nie Sangning's invitation to go for a drink, and Xiao Yichi did not have dinner with Tang Wancheng.

When Yu Zhinian came to his usual place in the small park, all the cats ran to his feet.

Xiao Yichi stood up and smiled helplessly, "It really can't be helped."

Yu Zhinian looked down at the cats, then looked at the bag in his hand and walked over.

"... Your home clothes." He handed over the bag. 

"Thanks." Xiao Yichi took it. He looked at Yu Zhinian, "I heard Auntie Pan say that you had a very deep first love... It's Mr. Nie, right?"

The light from the street light fell on one side of Xiao Yichi's face, just enough to illuminate his scars.

Yu Zhinian looked at him and admitted, "Yes."

"Have you guys already gotten back together?"

"No."

"Will you... get back together with him?"

At this moment, Yu Zhinian didn't want to lie to Xiao Yichi, "I don't know.... At least not right now."

This is enough.

"Yu Zhinian, then I'm going to start pursuing you."

Xiao Yichi's tone was so calm that Yu Zhinian couldn't react for a moment, "... Huh?"

"I said, I'm going to pursue you."

"No, you–"

"I know, I know." Xiao Yichi made a pause gesture to Yu Zhinian, "I know I'm not your type. Me, I don't fancy you either, I'm attracted to your Snoopy, and he that loves the tree loves its branches, I can't help it."

What kind of messy explanation was this? Yu Zhinian frowned in warning, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I know." Xiao Yichi approached Yu Zhinian. He didn't stop walking, and Yu Zhinian could only step back. "This is called 'the mouth is not sincere to the heart', I learnt it from you."

Yu Zhinian's back pressed against the light post, and Xiao Yichi stopped. "You rejected me, yet you travelled thousands of miles to come to the hospital to see me, and even transferred me to a better hospital. Aren't you encouraging me in disguise so that I don't give up?"

"I did this because of Auntie Pan..."

"Shut up." Xiao Yichi took half a step forward, the tip of his nose almost touching Yu Zhinian's. "I won't listen to what you say, I'll only look at what you do. Who made you have a lot of previous offences."

"The first time, you secretly had someone protect me, and it wasn't a coincidence that you saved me in La Luna; the second time, you solved the problem for Auntie Mai's son-in-law's company, and told Auntie Mai not to tell me about it; the third time, the hospital matter. Do you dare to say that you don't have any feelings for me at all?"

Yu Zhinian opened his mouth and Xiao Yichi immediately added, "I almost forgot, I can't listen to what you say. If you hate me and don't want to have anything to do with me anymore, then slap me in the face, hit this side." He pointed to the injured cheek.

"Hit me hard enough here to wake me up, then I won't appear in front of you again. How's that?"

Yu Zhinian gritted his teeth, "Xiao Yichi!"

"I'll count to three."

 "One."

Yu Zhinian clenched his palms tightly.

"Two."

His arm moved slightly.

"Three."

Yu Zhinian looked at Xiao Yichi, the corners of his eyes reddened from emotion.

The corner of Xiao Yichi's mouth curved up, "You agreed."

Yu Zhinian stubbornly resisted, "Xiao Yichi, you're acting like a scoundrel."

Xiao Yichi smiled and looked at him tenderly, "In my career, I have interviewed many people and have never been rejected. The only lesson I've learnt is sincerity. Lay your heart out in your hands and offer it to the other person. Yu Zhinian, I've had many bed partners, but I've never been in love. It's too late for me to read any tips, so I might be reckless, I might be clumsy, but because it's you, I think it's okay to make a fool of myself. If at the end of the day, you find out that Mr. Nie is your true love, or anyone else for that matter, then go ahead and love him properly, because, well, you can't possibly do worse than me."

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

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Translator Notes

Anyone remember chapter 8? Xiao Yichi received his watch from his friend in New York

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: February 13, 2024