EAY Chapter 51

Together

Together

51

Qi Ye’s voice was trembling slightly; he couldn’t believe what was happening.

What did Shi Ran mean? Was he teasing him? But what was so funny about this? Or was it out of gratitude? But he hadn’t done anything.

Shi Ran’s face was embarrassed. He felt more awkward and guilty than he ever had in his life. His first reaction was to escape, to leave as quickly as possible. But his wrist was held tightly.

Qi Ye seemed to anticipate his escape, subconsciously stopping him. Although he hadn’t sorted out his own thoughts, the only thing he knew was that he couldn’t let him go.

Qi Ye asked again nervously, “Shi Ran, what, what does this mean?”

Qi Ye only felt his face burning up. He glanced at him, then looked away, opening his mouth as if giving up, “I like you.”

“What?”

Shi Ran lowered his eyes and said softly, “If you don’t accept it, just treat it as if I’m talking nonsense. Don’t ignore me in the future. We can still be good friends.”

He couldn’t hide his nervousness; even his eyelashes were trembling slightly.

Qi Ye suddenly understood and replied, “I can’t accept it.”

As expected, but Shi Ran was still very disappointed, “I see.” He closed his eyes, “In the future, I will–”

Before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly pulled into an embrace. Qi Ye hugged him tightly, and said in his ear with a smile, “I can’t accept being friends with someone I like.”

“Shi Ran, will you be my boyfriend?”

–

Coming out of the room, the two had already begun a new relationship. The atmosphere between them was also very different. They were always looking at each other, always smiling unconsciously.

If Qi Xue hadn’t called Qi Ye to come home, he didn’t know how long he would have continued to smile foolishly.

Shi Ran sent Qi Ye to the door. Not wanting to seem too clingy, he didn’t want to delay him too long and urged Qi Ye to leave.

The main reason was that his heart couldn’t take it. This was his first relationship, and he wasn’t prepared at all. It was as fast as a tornado, and he was completely dizzy.

Shi Ran needed to be alone for a while to calm down.

Qi Ye was even more incredulous. He had always felt that his crush was like a one-man show, but he hadn’t expected that there would be a stage to perform on.

He couldn’t sleep, tossing and turning in bed, scrolling through his chat history with Shi Ran, and sending him a message: Is this real?

After a while, Shi Ran directly called him. Qi Ye excitedly sat up in bed, cleared his throat, and answered the phone.

“Why aren’t you asleep yet?” Qi Ye asked, pretending to be calm.

Shi Ran said, “You’re the same.”

Qi Ye fell onto the bed: “I can’t sleep at all. I’m worried that when I wake up, I’ll find that it was just a dream.”

Shi Ran laughed at him on the other end, “Silly.”

Hearing this, Qi Ye felt relieved and continued to talk about other things, “What do you want to eat for breakfast tomorrow? I’ll buy it and bring it over.”

Shi Ran: “Let’s go to that breakfast shop together.”

“Okay.” Qi Ye agreed, then said with sweet memories, “Actually, I’m quite grateful to that shop. It was because of that shop that I went to your house for the first time. It felt like winning the lottery.”

“Oh, I remember too. You insisted on giving me the meat bun.” Shi Ran said with a smile, then suddenly thought of something, “That’s not right, we weren’t even friends at that time, why did you want to come to my house?”

Qi Ye hesitated, did he want to reveal his crush of so long so quickly? Would he find it a little scary to have been secretly watched for so long?

Moreover, they had only just started, and their relationship wasn’t stable at all. Qi Ye didn’t want to scare him, so he said, “Shi Ran was very popular at that time. I wanted to be friends with you for a long time.”

“Really?” His tone was a little doubtful.

“Yeah!”

“Then when exactly,” Shi Ran paused before asking, “did you start to like me?” He asked very softly.

“Um–” His tone lengthened, and after thinking for a moment, Qi Ye still told a small lie, “I’m not sure.”

Love at first sight wasn’t really reliable. Qi Ye’s feelings for him deepened through his interactions with Shi Ran. He had originally planned to keep this feeling in his heart forever, and when they went in different directions, he could walk away freely. But he had fallen so deeply without realizing it, and by the time he came to his senses, he could no longer leave Shi Ran’s side.

“It’s the same as me.” Shi Ran said softly, “I don’t know when it started either.”

The two talked until very late, and reluctantly hung up the phone when the sky turned white. Qi Ye probably only slept for four hours before getting up, but he wasn’t sleepy at all and was full of energy.

The first thing he did after getting up was to check his chat history with Shi Ran. Seeing that they had talked on the phone for so long last night, he finally realized that he was really together with Shi Ran.

He put on his shoes and was about to go out when his mother came out yawning, “Going out so early?”

Qi Ye said, “Morning exercise.”

He would occasionally get up early to run, and his family knew about this habit. If it were the bed-loving Qi Xue, getting up so early would be suspicious.

His mother nodded and asked, “Oh, right, son, did you ask your friend when he’s coming over for dinner?”

Qi Ye shook his head, “Not yet.”

“Then how about today? It’s not a special day, but a friend of mine sent me some abalone yesterday, and it should be arriving soon. There’s a lot, so let him come over and eat.” His mother said with a smile, “Does your friend like seafood?”

“He likes it a lot.” Qi Ye said, “Then I’ll go find him and ask him after my morning exercise.”

–

“Abalone.” Shi Ran’s eyes sparkled, his face full of longing for delicious food.

Qi Ye thought he was really too cute, just like a little glutton, and put another bun in his plate, “Then come home with me at noon.”

Shi Ran hesitated again, “Won’t that make me look like a glutton?”

If it was Qi Ye’s friend, that would be fine, but now, their identities were different. Shi Ran wanted to leave a good impression on Qi Ye’s family.

Qi Ye smiled and said, “They’ve always wanted you to come over as a guest. There’s no time like the present, and there’s too much seafood to finish anyway. You can help us.”

“Oh, okay then.” Shi Ran agreed, but was still nervous, “What kind of gift should I bring?”

“Really, you don’t need to bring anything, just come.”

“No, I have to bring something.”

Seeing that he was so insistent, Qi Ye said, “Then buy some fruit, they like to eat oranges.”

“Okay.”

“Should Grandpa come too? It’s not convenient for him to cook alone at home.” Qi Ye said, “I’ll call a car at noon.”

Shi Ran said, “My dad is coming to see him today, so it’s okay. I can avoid meeting him, so it won’t be awkward. ”

Thinking of Shi Ran’s distant relationship with his parents, Qi Ye felt sorry for him and touched his hair.

His Shi Ran was really amazing, lacking the love of his parents, he still grew into such a dazzling and lovely person.

Qi Ye secretly decided that he must love him with all his might, so that his future life would be surrounded by love.

Because Qi Ye had always said that his family’s conditions were average, and even said that their house was a humble abode. But in the process of getting along with Qi Ye, Shi Ran didn’t feel that way.

Qi Ye was very generous, never hesitating when it came to spending money. Although his clothes and accessories weren’t brand names, they didn’t seem cheap either.

At first, Shi Ran thought that their family favored their son, prioritizing everything for him. But when Shi Ran saw the elegantly dressed and beautiful Qi Xue, he realized that Qi Ye was relatively simple.

Although Qi Ye had a habit of belittling himself, he was really insensitive to money, which was a characteristic of children who didn’t lack material things since childhood.

It had to be said that Shi Ran also liked this about him very much.

But Shi Ran was only guessing that Qi Ye’s family wouldn’t be as poor as he said, at most a middle-class family. But Shi Ran still underestimated Qi Ye’s insensitivity.

Looking at the two-story villa in front of him, Shi Ran was stunned. After realizing, he reached out and pinched Qi Ye’s lower back.

Qi Ye was startled. In his eyes, this was a very intimate act. They had only been a couple for less than two days. How could Shi Ran suddenly be so bold?

However, he didn’t hate it.

But when Qi Ye saw Shi Ran’s eyes, filled with warning and questioning, not the flirting he had imagined, he realized that he had misunderstood. Shi Ran was angry.

Shi Ran said, one word at a time, “This is what you call a humble abode.”

Qi Ye realized and quickly said, “Really, really, my family was really poor when I was little. My parents said that this house was bought with a loan.”

Just then, his mother, who came to open the door, heard her son’s words and smiled slightly, “It was a loan, but it’s about the same. Why are you telling your classmate this?”

Shi Ran immediately said, “Auntie, I’m sorry, I asked him too much.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” His mother waved her hand with a smile, “We’ve been waiting for you for a long time, come in quickly.”

At the entrance, Qi Ye considerately took slippers for Shi Ran to change into. His mother looked at him with satisfaction, “Finally knows how to take care of people.”

Shi Ran was a little embarrassed and secretly reminded himself that this was Qi Ye’s house and he had to keep his distance.

The food wasn’t ready yet, so Qi’s mother told them to go to his room to play for a while and wait. This was also the first time Shi Ran had seen Qi Ye’s room. Although the house was simply decorated and the layout wasn’t very large, Shi Ran still exclaimed, “You’re actually a young master too. It seems like I’ll have to call you Young Master Qi from now on.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Qi Ye touched the back of his neck and pulled Shi Ran to sit down on the bed. “My room is boring, there’s nothing to see except comics.”

Shi Ran smiled, “My room is the same.”

“You’re good at many sports, basketball, badminton, skateboarding, you’re much more energetic than me.”

“It’s okay, I’ll teach you one by one in the future.”

“Okay.”

Shi Ran was both happy and nervous, rubbing his legs with his hands, a little unnaturally, “It feels like, it’s a little fast.”

“What’s fast?”

“It’s just, we only got together yesterday, and today I’m coming to your house.” Shi Ran smiled, “Normal couples, don’t usually move this fast, right?”

“Oh.” For some reason, Shi Ran compared them to normal couples, this comparison made Qi Ye especially happy. He wrinkled his nose and said, “We’ve been good friends for so long, it’s different. My family always thought you were just my friend.”

“That’s true.” Shi Ran paused, then turned his body completely towards him, “It might be a little early to say this now, but I still want to ask you, what do you think your family would think if they knew about us?”

In short, regarding Qi Ye’s sexual orientation, he didn’t know if his family knew or if they approved.

Qi Ye said honestly, “They don’t know I like you, and I’m not sure about their reaction. But, my family will definitely support me, they’ve never had any special expectations for me. Since I was little, I’ve been average in all aspects, I don’t like to socialize, and I don’t even have any friends. I’ve grown up so much, and today is the first time I’ve brought a friend home to play, so they’re all especially happy that you could come.”

Shi Ran reached out and touched his face, “You’re really good, it’s just that those people before didn’t have a good eye. Not being friends with you is a real loss.”

Qi Ye smiled, grabbed Shi Ran’s hand and held it in his palm, and asked, “Then Shi Ran, what about you, what do you think your family will think?”

“My parents don’t need to know, as for my grandfather,” Shi Ran bit his lip, glanced at him, “I think, unless he realizes something himself in the future, I won’t actively tell him. He, after all, is old, and I’m worried he won’t be able to handle it.”

Qi Ye nodded, “Okay, then we won’t tell him.”

Shi Ran: “I feel like I’m really sorry to you.”

“Of course not, love is just between the two of us. As long as you like me, nothing else matters.” Qi Ye said seriously.

Shi Ran took the initiative to get closer to him, leaning into his arms. Qi Ye naturally put his arm around his shoulder. Just as the young couple were immersed in their own world, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Shi Ran was so frightened that he immediately came out of Qi Ye’s arms and stood up from the bed.

Qi Ye’s arms were empty, he looked at him amusedly, then said, “Come in.”

Qi Xue grabbed the doorknob and poked her head in, smiling and saying, “Dinner’s ready, you two young masters.”