Chapter 30: Not Allowed to Go to the KTV
Zhou Yuejun climbed onto the bed.
Because Yu Deng had just woken up, his cheeks were still covered with a faint rosy flush. Having shed two tears, his eyes were brimming with spring tides. Thus, in Zhou Yuejunâs eyes, he looked both pitiable and soul-stirringly beautiful.
It was as if a dream-haunted lover was making a fuss during their intimate moments.
How could he be so cute?
“I won’t go for the next few days.”
His voice was deep, but not weak. There was only a hint of fatigue in his expression.
“So that means youâre still going in the future?!”
Yu Dengâs hair stood on end. He looked at Zhou Yuejun with utter distaste, so angry he began to scold him.
“Zhou Yuejun!”
“Youâre already like this and you still want to go? How dare you?”
He raised his creamy, jade-like foot, habitually wanting to kick Zhou Yuejun, but suddenly remembered the man was injured, so he left it suspended in mid-air.
Failing to hit him made Yu Deng even angrier.
When he sulked, his whole body was like a cooked tangyuanâhot, round, and a bit sticky.
Just as he was about to lower his foot, Zhou Yuejun caught his ankle.
Yu Deng was very thin. Once controlled by Zhou Yuejun, the sole of his foot pressed against the man’s lower abdomen.
Yu Deng looked indignant, his eyes fierce with rage. He even wanted to snarl viciously. “You don’t listen to me!”
“Itâs so dangerous there! Don’t go anymore. At worst… at worst, I won’t eat KFC anymore, and I won’t wearâ”
[System 107: Alright, stop talking. Your persona is really about to collapse.]
If the persona collapsed to a certain degree, the system would force Yu Deng to log out, which would mean the mission had failed.
After being warned, Yu Deng suddenly shut his mouth, but he was still huffing with anger. He felt terribly wronged, tears swirling in his eyes as he silently condemned Zhou Yuejun.
His mind took a turn, and he changed his rhetoric.
“You get injured every other day at the KTV. Think about how much that affects your earning! Don’t let it be that school starts and you still haven’t gathered enough tuition!”
“Do you want to make me unable to study?”
Hearing his words alone, one would certainly think he was vicious and black-hearted.
But while Yu Deng spoke those harsh words, he was gritting his teeth. His eyes were misty and filled with vapor; the sense of fragile brokenness was almost leaking out.
One look and Zhou Yuejun knew Yu Deng was just talking tough. In reality, he cared about him to death. Yu Dengâs teeth were chatteringâit was a clear sign of lingering fear.
Yu Deng liked him.
He pulled the boy into his arms, coaxing him gently. “Lower your voice. Itâs the middle of the night; others are sleeping.”
“I have a few days off. I don’t have to go, and I get a hundred yuan a day.”
What? A hundred?!
Yu Dengâs pupils contracted with shock, but he didn’t scream. He didn’t want to back down because of money.
Xie Meng was truly generous to his subordinates. Knowing that Zhou Yuejun also worked at the construction site and would definitely be affected, he waved his hand and grandly gave him a hundred a day.
Zhou Yuejunâs cold eyes were solemn and deep. “It didn’t hit the bone. I think a hundred a day is quite worth it. Just from these few days of rest, I can earn the tuition.”
“Dengdeng, I will definitely let you go to university!”
” Iâll only do this for these two months. I won’t go once theyâre over, okay?”
Yu Deng kicked his legs and made a fuss, his head shaking back and forth as if he were being completely unreasonable. “No, no, no! You aren’t allowed to go! I don’t care how much money it is, you aren’t allowed!”
But once Zhou Yuejun made a decision, Yu Deng couldn’t pull him back.
Consequently, when he woke up the next morning, Yu Deng was still glaring at Zhou Yuejun, huffing at him whenever he moved around.
He even refused to let Zhou Yuejun speak to him.
It wasn’t until noon that Yu Deng suddenly rememberedâhe had actually forgotten that he had made an appointment with Qiao Fangyu to go to the library.
There was no helping it. Zhou Yuejun was so injured he couldn’t even take care of himself. He hadn’t broken his promise to Qiao Fangyu on purpose.
The seeds hadn’t been watered yet, so Zhou Yuejun held a basin of water with one hand, watering the things planted in the pots on the balcony.
The seeds he had given Yu Deng were two types of flowers and one type of orange. He didn’t really expect Yu Deng to grow them; it was just a pastime.
But Yu Deng had taken very good care of themâloosening the soil, fertilizing, watering, and even pulling weeds. A few small sprouts had already emerged.
“Youâre pouring too much water! Youâre going to drown my seedlings!”
“Are you trying to anger me to death on purpose?”
Yu Deng stood behind Zhou Yuejun as a supervisor. Whenever Zhou Yuejun did something that didn’t please him, he would inevitably order him around.
Making a patient work while he stood by with his hands on his hips giving ordersâhe was more exploitative than a landlord.
But Yu Deng was deliberately trying to make things difficult. Who told Zhou Yuejun not to listen to him? Who told him he was a “bad person”?
“Iâm not.”
Zhou Yuejun used a small wooden stick to pry at the damp soil, pushing some dry soil over. Because he was using his left hand, it was inevitably a bit inconvenient.
Yu Deng huffed again, mocking him shamelessly. “So stupid!”
Knowing the boy hadn’t let go of his anger and was just throwing these harmless little tantrums, Zhou Yuejun accepted it all.
Just as Yu Deng turned his head with puffed-out cheeks, a large black bee flew straight toward his face. He let out a startled cry, quickly raising his hands to cover his face as his body leaned back.
But Zhou Yuejun was behind him.
After his legs hit Zhou Yuejun, his center of gravity became unstable, and his whole body fell backward.
Zhou Yuejun was quick-witted. He supported Yu Dengâs waist with both hands to prop him up, but with Yu Dengâs full weight pressing down, in the panic, he could only prevent Yu Deng from hitting the floor.
Instead, he fell… right onto his face.
The softness was immenseâmore elastic and full than freshly beaten cotton. When it slammed into his face, it even went duang duang.
Meat. To a beast, it was ample, delicious meat.
Yu Deng landed on his bottom, but it didn’t hurt. Half of his soul had been scared away; he was in a state of being “out of body.”
He protected his head with both arms, completely unable to care about anything else.
“Is it still there? Did the bee leave? Did it come to sting me?”
Such a large bee had almost flown into his face; of course Yu Deng was afraid. He was afraid it would sting his face and turn him into a little pig.
Zhou Yuejunâs entire face was covered. How could he see if there was a bee?
However, for Yu Dengâs safety, he didn’t sink into the “gentle village.” He used his arm to support the boy, moving Yu Deng onto his chest.
“Let me see.”
When his vision cleared again, the bee was long gone.
But Zhou Yuejun was greedy for the soft tenderness. “Not yet. Don’t move yet; itâs about to fly away.”
Earlier, when Yu Deng had fallen over, what arrived before the weight was the boy’s fragrance.
The rich, sweet scent filled his nose. It seemed the boy’s entire body was part of a fragrant sachet, carrying a fatal seduction.
Yu Deng didn’t dare show his face at all, clutching his head tightly while his mouth didn’t stop mumbling. “Why hasn’t it left yet?”
“It must be… itâs because of that fragrant balm you used on me! Thatâs why the bee came.”
“You lured it here to bite me on purpose! You bad thing!”
“Don’t ever use that balm on me again!”
He rambled on, while Zhou Yuejunâs thoughts became increasingly muddled and blurred.
Fragrant balm…
It was indeed fragrant.
If he didn’t use the balm, wouldn’t he still have to help Yu Deng?
Translatorâs Note:
Duang duang! That’s a classic Chinese internet slang for something bouncy/elastic. Our poor Dengdeng literally fell face-first (or rather, bottom-first) into ZYJ’s face. And the “fragrant balm” (éŚč)… ZYJ is definitely thinking about their intimate nights. The “100 yuan a day” ZYJ mentioned would be roughly $12-$15 USD back then, which was a massive daily wage in the 90s!
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