EAY Chapter 34

Living Care

Living Care

34

The National Day holiday ended, and Qi Ye and Shi Ran returned to school together.

Shi Ran felt very tired because he had worked a late shift at the milk tea shop yesterday. If Qi Ye hadn’t come to find him today, he probably would have overslept. He only managed to catch a catnap on the ride over.

As soon as Shi Ran entered the room, he started yawning repeatedly. Qi Ye, who was putting things down behind him, said, “Go to sleep. I’ll call you when it’s time to eat.”

Shi Ran groggily went to get his bag, “I still have wet clothes to take out and dry…”

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll take care of it for you.” Qi Ye held his hand and pushed him back to the bed. Shi Ran leaned on the bed railing, smiling as he watched him, “What a great roommate. Thank you.” After saying that, he fell asleep.

Qi Ye smiled helplessly, grabbed a hanger to dry Shi Ran’s clothes. Two tops and a pair of pants felt damp to the touch, and then, there were two pairs of underwear, one black and one white… large briefs.

Qi Ye’s face flushed as he quickly took them out to dry. He remembered that he had accompanied Shi Ran to buy these. Living in the same dormitory, one inevitably becomes aware of the other’s taste in underwear. Shi Ran’s previous ones were too childish, and he probably thought so too. After looking around, he felt that Qi Ye’s taste was more suitable for him, and he insisted on dragging him to buy the same kind.

While his thoughts were running wild, his body couldn’t stay idle. Otherwise, he would overthink things. After Qi Ye put away Shi Ran’s and his own belongings, he changed his own bed sheets and took them to the laundry room. He also took two pairs of shoes with him, noticing that Shi Ran’s white shoes were also dirty, so he took them along as well.

The laundry room wasn’t usually crowded, and there was only Qi Ye there at this time. After washing everything, he was about to hang the shoes by the window when he suddenly remembered Li Tianyi’s missing shoe incident. He searched everywhere but couldn’t find them. There were no security cameras installed here. Li Tianyi bitterly told his roommates to learn from his lesson, and scolded the despicable thief severely. Li Tianyi’s best conclusion was that he couldn’t be diligent, and he was immediately punished for being diligent for once.

After Qi Ye hung up the bed sheets, he took the washed shoes back to the dormitory. Meng Nan and Li Tianyi had already returned. Li Tianyi loudly urged Shi Ran to get up, saying that he had brought a lot of delicious food from home.

“Let him catch up on sleep, don’t wake him.” Qi Ye said as he passed by.

Li Tianyi released Shi Ran’s hand and noticed the shoes in Qi Ye’s basin. He exclaimed, “That’s not fair! I also want to transfer my best friend over to wash my shoes for me! Why does Shi Ran get such good treatment?”

“What are you talking about? It’s just something I did while I was at it.” Qi Ye glanced at him and hurried to hang up the shoes.

Li Tianyi said aggrievedly, “Then why didn’t I see you doing my shoes while you were at it?”

Meng Nan retorted, “Your feet stink, can’t do it while at it.”

“Your feet stink! This young master’s feet are fragrant, the most invincible and fragrant in the world!” Li Tianyi exploded, kicked off his shoes, and stretched his feet in front of Meng Nan. “Smell them! Are they fragrant or stinky?!”

Meng Nan looked disgusted and tapped his foot with a dictionary, “I’ll break it off and then give it to you to smell.”

Li Tianyi screamed and clutched his foot.

Shi Ran was awakened by the noise and warned from his bed in displeasure, “Li Tianyi, believe it or not, I’ll throw you down from upstairs!”

“We finally came back, don’t sleep anymore, sleep at night.” Li Tianyi leaned on the edge of the bed, looking up at Shi Ran and acting spoiled, “Come down quickly, I brought roast goose for you guys to eat.”

Shi Ran’s expression changed from anger to joy, and his eyes sparkled, “Roast goose? I’ve never had it before. You’re really something, taking so long to get to the point.”

Qi Ye thought silently: What’s so great about roast goose? They sell it near my house too. I’ll bring some for Shi Ran next time I go back.

Meng Nan moved the folding table, and everyone put the delicious food together. Li Tianyi brought the most. Meng Nan said embarrassedly, “I didn’t buy anything. These are some bread from the bakery where I work part-time. They just expired, so you guys probably shouldn’t eat them.”

“Wow, pumpkin and red bean bread! My favorite.” Shi Ran said with a smile, “I used to buy them at night when the bread was discounted. They were either about to expire or had just expired. It’s okay to eat them. I usually can’t afford the expensive ones.”

Meng Nan looked relieved, “Yeah, but it’s best not to buy the ones with cream.”

Qi Ye asked, “Does the store you work at also have discounts at night?”

“Yes.” Meng Nan nodded.

“Wow, you didn’t tell us. I’m going to buy them at night too.” Li Tianyi was passing out disposable gloves, “It’s going to get cold soon, and I can’t get up to buy breakfast at the cafeteria. The school’s bread is too awful.”

Meng Nan teased him, “A rich guy buying discounted bread?”

“Of course. Rich people aren’t stupid. It’s a bastard who doesn’t take advantage of a good deal.” Li Tianyi said.

The atmosphere was harmonious as they finished their first meal back at school. Afterwards, they each cleaned up the leftovers on the table. Shi Ran went to the balcony to get a broom and saw his white shoes shining in the sunlight, still dripping with water. It was then that he realized what Li Tianyi was yelling about earlier in his daze. He raised his head slightly, and his clothes were neatly hung up as well.

“Okay, besides roast goose, I also brought some exclusive snacks that my mom made. You can’t buy them outside. She specifically asked me to bring them for you guys to try.” Li Tianyi’s mom was thoughtful and had sealed them in transparent bags, one for each person.

Qi Ye thanked him and put it aside without looking closely. Li Tianyi couldn’t wait to get their feedback and urged them to eat quickly. Qi Ye was too full, so he said he would eat it later. Who knew that young master Li wouldn’t agree and opened one himself to feed him, “Qi Ye, this peanut brittle is my mom’s specialty. I usually don’t give it to just anyone, unless they are someone I recognize as—”

Thud. Li Tianyi, who was enthusiastically promoting the snack, suddenly had the product in his hand knocked to the ground. He was stunned and turned to look at Shi Ran.

Shi Ran didn’t realize that he would react so quickly. He was just sweeping the floor and didn’t even see what the thing in Li Tianyi’s hand looked like, but his hand had already acted before his brain.

“Oh, well.” Shi Ran said, “Qi Ye is allergic to peanuts. He can’t eat this.”

Then, he lowered his head and picked up the thing that he had knocked down. In order to not disappoint Li Tianyi’s mom’s good intentions, he took it to the faucet, rinsed it, and stuffed it into his mouth to eat. As he ate, he praised, “Delicious, delicious, it really is a unique handmade treat.”

Li Tianyi felt that something wasn’t quite right, but he couldn’t put his finger on what it was. He looked at Shi Ran and then at Qi Ye. “Oh, you’re allergic to peanuts. You should have said so earlier. We almost had a disaster.”

Qi Ye was also a little confused, “You were talking too fast, I didn’t hear what you said.” He was too full and just wanted to sit down and rest.

“It’s a good thing Shi Ran reacted quickly.” Li Tianyi turned to look at him, “But your reaction was too fast, it scared me. Anyone who didn’t know better would have thought I was feeding Qi Ye poison.”

Shi Ran proudly waved his hand, “Your brother’s strength is unquestionable.”

Li Tianyi smiled mischievously, “Brother, it’s not good for a man to be fast.”

Shi Ran rolled his eyes, and Meng Nan sat down, flipping through a book, “Filthy.”

“You’re not filthy, you’re fast.” Li Tianyi ran off to argue with Meng Nan again.

Qi Ye touched his lips, looked at Shi Ran, and said, “Thank you.” Allergies weren’t a big problem, but the itchy and painful feeling was unpleasant. It was better to avoid it if possible.

“It’s nothing, you have to be careful yourself.” Shi Ran wanted to say something else, but with other people present, he had to sit down, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Qi Ye: Thank you for drying my clothes and washing my shoes.

After Qi Ye saw the message, he curled his lips and looked at Shi Ran, who was in his seat, and lowered his head to type: You’re welcome, it was a small matter.

Shi Ran: Don’t do it again in the future, so you don’t spoil me.

Qi Ye: What bad habit?

Shi Ran: Laziness, maybe I’ll even think that you should do it for me, and I’ll be unhappy if you don’t, that would be too awful.

Qi Ye: You won’t.

Shi Ran: That’s human nature, don’t test human nature.

Qi Ye: I’m not testing it, I believe in you.

Shi Ran: You’ll regret it!

Qi Ye: Oh, then let me regret it.

Shi Ran: …