Chapter 88 - Were they playing the same game?
Edited by xiin and Noks
Once the bathroom door closed, Yu Yan lay back down, feeling hot and dry all over.
In this situation, he didn’t consider what he said in great detail. “…Then hurry up.”
He wasn’t loud, but the person inside the bathroom would definitely be able to hear him.
The bathroom door remained tightly closed for five minutes.
10 minutes.
15 minutes…
Although Yu Yan wasn’t in as much of a hurry right now as he had been before, that energy hadn’t gone down, and he felt very uncomfortable holding it in.
He glanced at the time and made sure that he had already been waiting for nearly 20 minutes.
He couldn’t help but ask, “Yi Chen, you’re still not done?”
Only after a long time did Yi Chen’s hoarse voice sound out from the inside of the bathroom as he answered, “Wait.”
Then, after what seemed to be an indeterminable amount of time, the door finally opened.
Yu Yan’s ears turned hot. He got up quickly and scurried over. “I’m going in.”
He said that, and without waiting for Yi Chen’s answer, just rushed into the bathroom and quickly closed the door——
He had taken this series of actions too quickly, and by the time Yu Yan thought it through once more, he was too embarrassed to open the door again.
The exhaust fan in the bathroom hadn’t been turned on, and because it was raining, the window hadn’t been opened either. With the door being closed for that long, the air circulation speed in the bathroom had already dropped rapidly and was now stagnating.
Yu Yan smelled the scent of milk in the air, along with another unusual smell.
Maybe it was because his senses were too sensitive right now, but he definitely couldn’t have smelled this scent during normal times.
His mood, which had somewhat calmed down originally, immediately perked up again. He clenched his teeth and realised that he shouldn’t think about it any more, so he closed his eyes and chanted to himself.
—Just pretend that I’m at home alone, just pretend that everything is as usual, just pretend that Yi Chen isn’t in my home…
Who would have known that the more he chanted these things to himself, the more he thought about the extra scent that lingered in the air, and the more he thought about the person on the other side of the door… the more he felt.
After a moment, there were two knocks on the door.
Yi Chen, who was standing outside the door, said, “It’s late. Don’t delay going to sleep.”
“Or, how about I help you?”
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Yu Yan heard his voice, and these two sentences that had been spoken in a low voice. All of a sudden, every single one of the emotions and sensations he was feeling rushed to a peak together.
His whole back was numb, and he felt so good that goosebumps broke out all over his body. He sat on the toilet with his eyes wide open and didn’t return to his senses for a long time.
“……”
“……”
Yu Yan! You’re too fast ah!!
He cleaned up quickly, stood up abruptly, and replied absent-mindedly, “I’m… fine on my own.”
Yi Chen, who was still leaning outside, smiled at this. “Done?”
“No!” Yu Yan stood in front of the mirror. “I—I’ll still be a bit. If you’re sleepy, go to sleep first ba.”
In front of his boyfriend, he must have no undesirable aspect for which points could be deducted.
Yi Chen had to press his lips together to control his smile.
He nodded his head with great care and said, “That’s okay, I’ll wait for you.”
Yu Yan: “……”
In the end, Yu Yan didn’t want Yi Chen to wait for too long outside. He silently counted for three minutes before slowly opening the bathroom door.
The bedside lamp was on, and Yi Chen was reclined against the head of the bed, holding something in his hand. When he heard the sound of movement, he raised his head and said naturally, “So long.”
Youths should be spoiled and praised.
Yu Yan had a guilty conscience and was too embarrassed to say anything in reply. Before closing the bathroom door, he raised his hand and turned on the exhaust fan. “…What are you reading?”
“Nothing, just taking a look.” Yi Chen closed the document and put it aside.
Yu Yan had just laid back in bed when the bedside lamp immediately went out. In the dark, a big hand reached out from the other end.
He felt his waist being gently encircled.
With the kind of contact they had had just now, the two of them didn’t regard this back to chest spooning posture as something too intimate.
Yu Yan was comparatively thin, so his waist was thinner than that of an average boy’s. Yi Chen felt as if he had nothing in his arms.
He frowned a little and said, “Eat more later.”
Yu Yan said, “I always eat on time.”
He also couldn’t understand it; he ate three meals a day, all Chinese food, and then also indulged in dinner and midnight snacks. He didn’t like to exercise very much, so he couldn’t understand why he just wouldn’t become fat.
Even if it was the kind of fat that appeared as a small bulge on the stomach, that was fine, it could be reduced anytime.
Yi Chen said, “You should eat nutritious food. Don’t eat take-out anymore, I’ll get someone to send food over.”
Yu Yan was stunned. “No need, why bother?”
Yi Chen didn’t plan to discuss this thing any further with him, and he simply continued, “And you need to keep fit. Are there any gyms nearby?”
Yu Yan thought for a moment. “One opened up in the last two months.”
“Where is it?”
“After swindling the nearby residents into applying for a fitness card, they closed the shop and left.”
“……”
“Then buy some exercise equipment,” said Yi Chen.
“How can it fit ah.” Yi Chen’s body temperature felt very comfortable. Yu Yan had been a little nervous at first, but after having spent this long a time lying down against him, he could feel sleepiness roll over him. He yawned as he suggested, “…I’ll go jogging.”
Yi Chen thought that Manyang’s environment was good, but it wasn’t convenient. This city was too small, and its development couldn’t be compared with that of Jincheng’s at all. It was okay for the elderly to live in this city, but it wasn’t quite suitable for young people who were in their prime.
Mainly, it was too far away from him.
He thought for a long time, and his hand tightened a bit, so that he could feel the slight ups and downs of the chest of the person in his arms as he breathed.
“Yu Yan,” he called out.
Yu Yan was just about to fall asleep. Hearing his name, he immediately opened his eyes and said, “What’s the matter?”
Hearing the sleepiness in his voice, Yi Chen swallowed the words he was about to utter.
It was still early, don’t be too impatient.
“Sleep.”
“…… En.”
—
Yu Yan had originally thought he would be too nervous to sleep at all.
But that obviously wasn’t the case. When he woke up, he first touched the empty space next to him, then picked up his cellphone and looked at it. Finally, he determined that he had slept for at least 10 hours and had not dreamt all night long, sleeping soundly.
It was already nearly time for him to start streaming, so he immediately came around and sat up from his bed.
What about Yi Chen?
He picked up his cellphone and was just about to go look for him when he heard a door open from his left, which was followed closely by the curtains being pulled open, and then the light from the noon sun immediately burst into the room through the gap.
“I won’t be in Jincheng for the next two days. Our project team is following up with your collaboration…” Meeting Yu Yan’s gaze, Yi Chen continued, “If it’s a work issue, you can contact the project leader. Uncle Cheng, I didn’t mean that, but it’d be best if we didn’t let private affairs interfere with public duty… Of course, privately, whenever you’re free, I will accompany you to dinner at any time after I return to Jincheng.”
Upon seeing him, Yu Yan’s heart settled down. He was afraid of disturbing the other party’s phone call, so he got up lightly and mouthed, “I’ll go brush my teeth.”
Yi Chen nodded.
Yu Yan went into the bathroom and saw two toothbrushes in his toothbrush cup, one of which he had bought last night.
He had been so careless yesterday that he had only remembered to buy a toothbrush, but hadn’t bought an extra cup.
He took out the two toothbrushes, held the other one in his hand, and began to brush with his own.
Quite a few of Yi Chen’s work calls came and went during this while, and he spoke on the phone for nearly half an hour. There were professional terms mixed into his words, but Yi Chen talked openly in the room, and Yu Yan didn’t pay much attention to what he was saying.
After he hung up, Yi Chen asked him, “Did I wake you up?”
Yu Yan turned on his computer and raised his head when he heard him. “No, I woke up naturally.”
The sound insulation quality of his windows seemed to be much better than he had expected.
“En.” Yi Chen asked, “Go eat?”
There was an hour left before the start of the livestream, which was enough for them to partake in lunch.
“Okay, what would you like to eat?”
Because the clothes had been taken from those present at the company, almost all of the clothes Yi Chen had brought were white-collar shirts and suits. He buttoned up his top button as he said, “Didn’t you say you were going to take me to eat hot and sour noodles?”
The hot and sour noodle shop was actually an early breakfast shop. By the time they reached it, the shop had nearly closed. The proprietress saw him, paused in her action of cleaning up, and smiled. “Xiao Yan, how come you came over here today? Don’t you usually order takeout?”
“I’m more free today.” Yu Yan asked, “Are you still selling hot and sour noodles?”
“Selling them, I’ll make it for you alone.”
They casually found a spot to sit.
Two bowls of hot and sour noodles were served. The proprietress had a face wreathed in smiles and kept looking at Yi Chen.
After all, it was rare to see someone wearing such respectable clothes and who was also so tall and handsome in such a small shop like theirs.
“Xiao Yan, is this your relative?” the proprietress asked.
Yu Yan was just about to open his mouth when Yi Chen broke apart his chopsticks and answered first, “No.”
The proprietress asked, “Oh, then a friend?”
“No,” said Yi Chen.
The proprietress hesitated. “A new neighbor?”
“No.”
Finally, the proprietress pondered for a while and then asked, “You can’t be Xiao Yan’s teacher?”
Even the teacher option had popped out? You could have just guessed a classmate instead.
Yi Chen forced himself to smile as he replied, “Also no.”
It was no wonder why the proprietress didn’t say classmate. Yi Chen was a man dressed in a Western suit and leather shoes, and although he didn’t look old, he couldn’t be Yu Yan’s classmate.
Yu Yan held back his laughter and interrupted their conversation, “Madam, today’s hot and sour noodles are delicious.”
“Right?” The proprietress’ focus was shifted. “I specially brought the chilis from my hometown. If you like it, I’ll add some more for you.”
“No need, it’s just right.”
Yi Chen took a taste. It was really good, but it was too spicy.
When the proprietress left, he asked, “How long have you lived here?”
Yu Yan said, “I have lived here since I was born.”
Yi Chen nodded; no wonder he was so familiar with the proprietress.
It was just a bowl of hot and sour noodles, and they soon finished eating.
When it came to paying the bill, Yu Yan was ahead of him. “You came to Manyang, of course I’ll treat you.”
Yi Chen paused in the action of taking out his wallet and let him have his way. “Okay.”
The proprietress took out the shop’s QR code while she kept glancing at Yi Chen. She could tell from both the other party’s words and actions that this was a very cultured person.
This kind of high-quality man successfully aroused the matchmaker’s heart hidden in women.
“Young man.” She smiled kindly and decided to wing it as she asked, “How old are you? Are you married?”
The two of them paused.
“No,” said Yi Chen.
“Do you have a girlfriend?”
“Also no.”
“Oh, that’s good. That’s very good.” The proprietress turned her head and asked Yu Yan, “Xiao Yan, do you remember Meimei Jiejie? That young lady who lives upstairs.”
Yu Yan didn’t understand how this topic was brought up and reflexively said, “I remember.”
The proprietress said, “Meimei ya, she went to design school, and she looks pretty good… Xiao Yan knows her, she’s a nice young lady, isn’t she?”
This kind of question, Yu Yan naturally couldn’t reply with a no. In fact, he didn’t even remember what that Meimei looked like. “Yes,” he agreed.
The proprietress said, “I took a look just now ya, and thought that if Meimei and your friend were standing together, they would definitely look so good together!”
Yu Yan was dazed. “What?”
Yi Chen had already recognized the signs a long time ago. Originally, he had wanted to suppress this topic. However, who knew that once he saw Yu Yan’s dazed appearance, he merely raised an eyebrow and endured the conversation.
The proprietress said, “I mean, since both of them are single, why don’t I be the middleman and set a time for your friend and Meimei to meet each other?”
Yu Yan suddenly saw the light. “…”
Yi Chen leaned a little closer to him and said, “No need.”
“No ya, don’t be shy. This kind of thing is very normal.” As soon as the bill was paid, the proprietress immediately closed the QR code app and looked through Meimei’s WeChat. “I’ll show you her picture. Her profile photo is really beautiful…”
“No need.” This time it was Yu Yan who opened his mouth. He took Yi Chen’s wrist and said, “Madam, we’re going first.”
“Don’t go ah!” The proprietress hurriedly looked up. “What’s wrong with just meeting each other? Xiao Yan, you’re still young, so you don’t understand. When you grow up, some aunties will also help introduce you…”
Yu Yan stopped when he heard these words.
He turned around and took a step to the left, coming to a stop when he was standing side by side with Yi Chen, and then asked, “What do you think of me, Madam?”
“Of course you’re good ah, I also watched you grow up,” the proprietress replied, not understanding the purpose behind it.
Yu Yan asked again, “Then do you think the two of us look good together?”
The proprietress was confused. “With whom? Meimei? That’s not good, Meimei is much older than you…”
Yi Chen had still been smiling at the beginning. However, upon hearing this sentence, the corners of his mouth imperceptibly tightened, and he interrupted her, “Not with Meimei.”
Proprietress: “Ah?”
“With me.”
Proprietress: “…Ah.”
——
Yu Yan returned home just in time to start the livestream.
“You stream.” Yi Chen took his documents and moved a chair next to him to sit in. “I won’t bother you while you’re playing games.”
Yu Yan said “okay.” He turned on the camera, adjusted the angle, and made sure that the person next to him wouldn’t enter into the view of the camera. Then he started his livestream on time, at two o’clock in the afternoon.
[Today is also a day to love Yanyan!]
[Fuck! WTF! Boss 1 is actually StarTV’s boss!! Goddamnit, I’ve been unknowingly nibbling on an office romance? What a thrill!!]
[Being a fan of Xiao Yan’s is so nice, never have to worry about him being bullied by other anchors any more.]
[With the anchor and Yi Chen so familiar with each other, it’s no wonder that he won an award during the anchor competition. The boss could call up an internal programmer, and then aren’t hundreds of thousands of gifts just a matter of a few lines of code?]
[Even taking advantage of other people’s power to bully people, and bullying other anchors. What kind of state has laoshu been bullied into, it’s too terrible ba.]
Even though the big boss had whispered into his ear telling him to be a bit more willful during his livestream just yesterday, but towards these kinds of antis who deliberately stirring up, Yu Yan just chose to suspend them and then directly kick them out of the barrage.
Just when he was about to ban them, he heard the person beside him coldly ask, “What, bosses have no personal rights? If you’re a boss, you therefore can’t spend money to support an anchor you like?”
Yu Yan: “…”
Yi Chen met his gaze. His eyes were filled with the words—”I said I wouldn’t bother you while playing games, but I didn’t say I wouldn’t do so while you were livestreaming.”
[？？？]
[WTF? What’s going on? Am I blind??? Isn’t this background Xiao Yan’s home?]
[…… Bosses have personal rights. Bosses can support their favorite anchors, but that doesn’t mean bosses can run over to the anchor’s house oh!]
[This backdoor connection, it’s too exaggerated ba.]
[What are you doing at my son’s house??? You beast!!]
“If anyone can find any evidence that I have opened a backdoor for him, I will reward that person 100,000 yuan,” Yi Chen said seriously, “What am I doing in his house… Don’t you guys always say that the little anchor runs cheat software and uses a perspective bot? I attach great importance to this matter, so I came to check it in person.”
Not only the stream followers, but even Yu Yan was full of question marks now.
He couldn’t help but turn off the mic and say, “…Don’t talk nonsense.”
[Turning off the mic?!]
[OK, I have already created an AVI of two hours and forty minutes.]
[How would you like to check ♂ him?]
The stream moderator knew that she couldn’t manage the current situation on her own, so she rushed over to the moderator group chat and hollered. A large number of moderators then rushed into the stream and started to suspend people, atwitter all this while.
It didn’t take long for the barrage to settle down. Although certain things were still being typed and sent, there were obviously fewer antis present. Occasionally, a few of them mixed in, but they didn’t stand out.
Yu Yan opened the PUBG client. He naturally couldn’t draw stream followers today. In the first match, he queued for a squad match.
Yi Chen put down the document he was holding and looked at the computer screen with great interest.
Although Yu Yan had also played games in his home before, he had always been working in the study, and they had been separated by a wall. He had never seen him play games this close up before.
Yu Yan’s back was straight, he was wearing headphones, and the expression on his face was serious.
After landing in Pochinki, he quickly opened the door to look for a gun.
Yi Chen wasn’t wearing earphones. He just saw him open a red dot sight and kill people.
Because he needed to fire the gun, Yu Yan’s mouse kept going up and down, and then there was a slight change in the middle. He pulled out an AKM, and by the time he finished firing, Yi Chen felt that the mouse was about to drop.
Yi Chen thought of the times the muzzle of his gun went flying towards the sky, and so leaned forward to watch attentively.
Yu Yan cleaned up the team at the top of the building, opened the box, and started looting.
Before Yi Chen could see what was in the box, he heard the mouse swipe a bit, and by then, Yu Yan had already finished looting and left.
Yu Yan said, “This box had an expansion mag, a SCAR-L, and a 4x scope. If you want it, come and get it.”
Yi Chen: “….”
He raised his eyebrows and drew a little closer.
After cleaning up Pochinki, their team searched again for a while before they started running from the poison circle.
While they were running, Yu Yan suddenly said, “There are people in the N direction.”
Yi Chen paused and looked in the direction he pointed to.
He saw nothing.
At this time, he again heard Yu Yan say, “Two of them.”
Yi Chen took a deep breath and looked closely again. The N direction was still completely empty.
?
What people?
Yu Yan didn’t discover the confusion that had appeared on the face beside him. He found a stone to hide behind, then opened the scope to point at a small stone on a mountain far away.
10 seconds later, a person’s head appeared tentatively from behind the stone.
Yi Chen: “…”
Bang——
Yu Yan fired a shot.
[yanxyan knocked down XXXXS01 with an M24]
Yu Yan said, “There’s still another one.”
Just after he said that, he opened the scope and shot again.
Bang——
A 10 kills notification jumped out onto the screen, and Yu Yan said, “All dead.”
Yi Chen: “…”
Were they looking at the same image?
Playing the same game?
Among the two of them, one was playing seriously, and the other was watching seriously, so they both didn’t realize that because Yi Chen kept moving forward, at this time, half of his face was exposed to the camera lens.
[Fuck me?? This Yi Chen is ten thousand fucking times more handsome than his picture in Baidu Encyclopedia??]
[It’s too eye-catching to have these two people in the same frame ba… Holy crap, what’s the point in cutting those livestream playbacks together, my ass ah, directly go to cutting together the real people ah!! Pass the mouse to the BNF!]
[Boss 1’s expression is actually synchronized with mine…]
[Lolololol Boss 1’s ignorant face makes me laugh.]
[Boss’s inner OS: WTF, he’s done looting? Holy shit, where are the enemies?? Holy crap, how are they all dead???]
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Juurensha: Ahhhh, nosy noodle shop auntie is nosy. Of course 27 year old Yi Chen figured out right away what she was going for, it’s probably a very familiar conversation. (Also the two of them using the bathroom….Yi Chen, if you were going to take 20 minutes, you might as well have let Yanyan help you out!)
xiin: Boss Yi’s confusion is actually really cute o.o
Noks: That proprietress’ last ‘Ah’ felt so satisfying. Also, yanyan and Boss Yi are just too cute together! *squeals*
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