OVTTGTBE Chapter 1
by VolarePeach Milk
“You’re already in college, why are you still so impetuous?!”
“Now, tell me, why were you fighting?”
Bai Yao: “He harassed me.”
Liu Yucheng: “We weren’t fighting.”
The two spoke in unison. Teacher Zhou, the counselor, frowned at the bloodstains on Liu Yucheng’s clothes and the white cotton stuck to his nose, slamming the table and saying, “There’s blood everywhere, and you’re saying you weren’t fighting?! Also, Bai Yao, tell me, how did he harass you?”
Bai Yao glanced at Liu Yucheng.
He hadn’t expected that when he threw the punch, this idiot wouldn’t dodge, let alone block, and actually took it head-on with his nose.
Luckily, Liu Yucheng’s nose wasn’t fake, or this punch would have been a disaster.
“Teacher Zhou, I know I was wrong, just punish me directly.”
Bai Yao put his hands behind his back and said frankly, “I’ll accept whatever.”
“I provoked him first.” Liu Yucheng said quietly, “Just punish me.”
Teacher Zhou frowned and said, “Go! Write a self-criticism, both of you! Three thousand words! Hand it in to me on Monday!”
After leaving the counselor’s office, Bai Yao walked slowly towards his dorm room, as if he were used to being criticized and didn’t care.
At this time, it was Saturday night, and there weren’t many people in the corridor. He could hear Liu Yucheng’s footsteps behind him.
Today’s punch was meant to completely end this relationship, so he put some force into it. Anyway, Liu Yucheng is more resilient than he looks, so it’s fine to hit him.
Bai Yao’s dorm was on the Third Floor, and Liu Yucheng’s was on the Fifth Floor.
At the corner of the Third Floor stairs, just as Bai Yao was about to turn, Liu Yucheng grabbed the hem of his shirt from behind.
“Tsk, don’t pull my clothes.”
Bai Yao turned his head and glanced at him, “Want another beating?”
“No, I’m sorry.”
Liu Yucheng loosened his grip slightly, but still held onto the hem of his shirt, refusing to let go. “I… I want to talk about the reason for the breakup.”
His eyes were pitiful.
“I already explained it to you just now, and I made it clear in the message I sent you – we’re over. I don’t want to continue this kind of purely physical relationship.”
Bai Yao shrugged and continued, “Since you think our relationship is shameful, then goodbye. It’s not like I can’t let go.”
The two were classmates in the same year and the same major.
From beginning to end, the relationship lasted less than two months. During the relationship, they never even held hands in front of outsiders, let alone went public; when the two walked outside together, Liu Yucheng wouldn’t even walk beside him, wishing he could be ten meters away.
Besides Bai Yao’s three roommates who were particularly tight-lipped, no one knew they were together.
Besides being in the same classroom for class and sitting at the same table for meals, the only thing that could be considered romantic interaction was going to hotels.
The conversation between pure meal buddies at the dinner table is more substantial than theirs.
Liu Yucheng doesn’t like to talk to anyone. For the past two months, Bai Yao felt like they were together, but also like they weren’t.
Bai Yao would take the initiative to ask him questions, and he would answer, and he would reply to messages; but usually, Bai Yao was the one taking the initiative. No matter how high his initial enthusiasm was, it would gradually wear down over time. In the last few days before the breakup, the two barely said a word.
Now, a week has passed since that breakup message.
The two would meet in class and in the dorm corridor when getting water; until today, Liu Yucheng finally found Bai Yao’s dorm and asked him, “Why haven’t you come to me?”
In Bai Yao’s memory, not counting going to hotels, this was Liu Yucheng’s second time taking the initiative. The first time was when the two didn’t know each other yet, and Liu Yucheng took the initiative to ask him if he could add him on Wechat.
Today was Saturday, and when Liu Yucheng came over, Bai Yao happened to have nothing to do, so he stood in the dorm corridor and talked to him for a few words, answering his question.
“Didn’t you see the message I sent you? We’ve already broken up, and it’s been a week since we broke up. Don’t come talking to me anymore.”
Bai Yao knew very well that Liu Yucheng definitely understood his meaning when he received the message; he kindly answered him because his voice was trembling when he asked, which reminded Bai Yao of when the two first met, and he felt that since things had come to this, he might as well say everything clearly.
He just didn’t know why he had been dragging it out until today to ask.
Unexpectedly, after explaining, Liu Yucheng’s questioning turned into, “Why are you saying that?”
Bai Yao replied, “Because that’s the truth.”
After explaining, this person still wouldn’t leave, repeating those two sentences over and over again. Annoyed by the entanglement, Bai Yao simply threw a punch.
The two were dragged away by the Dorm Auntie and taken to the counselor for a scolding.
“We’re not just a physical relationship.” Liu Yucheng still grabbed his clothes, refusing to let go. “I don’t think it’s shameful either.”
“Since you say so, then okay, I’ll give you a chance.”
Bai Yao was calculating in his heart, today I’ll definitely make you give up completely.
He smiled faintly and asked Liu Yucheng, “I won’t ask about the information on your social media accounts; since it’s not just a physical relationship, then tell me, what are my usual dietary restrictions? What am I allergic to? We’ve been eating together every day for the past two months, you should know this, right?”
Liu Yucheng stared blankly at the big boy in front of him.
He couldn’t answer this question.
A belated sense of frustration spread in his heart. As a lover… how could he not even know what foods Bai Yao was allergic to?
“Liu Yucheng, you don’t understand me. You don’t like to talk, and I don’t understand you either.”
“I’m really tired of taking the initiative for so long. We’re classmates, we still have to see each other, and I don’t want to make things too ugly.”
Bai Yao said softly, “Let go.”
Liu Yucheng had no choice but to slowly release the hand that was grabbing the hem of his shirt, stiffening in place, watching him turn around and disappear into the Third Floor corridor.
……
After washing up at night, Bai Yao tossed and turned in bed, listening to an audio novel until after one in the morning but still couldn’t fall asleep.
Tired of lying down, he simply put on his clothes and got out of bed.
He was the only one in the dorm tonight. All three roommates had gone home, and there was no one to chat with.
He turned on the computer, organized his minimalist desktop, and logged into a game he had been playing recently.
The game was recommended by his roommate Zhang Yifang. It was a Large MMORPG with a mix of Eastern and Western styles and a unique and outrageous worldview.
Zhang Yifang said that this game was extremely grindy, but you could also spend money if you wanted to. Bai Yao tried it out and was lucky enough to meet a master named [Why Bother Caring] in the game. About two days ago, [Why Bother Caring]’s game account was put up for sale, and the account owner changed, but the master-disciple relationship was not terminated.
Bai Yao wanted to terminate it at the time, but the new account owner happened to be online and even sent a message in the game: [Terminating the master-disciple relationship costs game coins, 3 million at a time.]
New account owner: [I can carry you, you don’t need to terminate it.]
Bai Yao looked at the 4351 gold coins in his bag and silently closed the interface for terminating the master-disciple relationship.
When he went online last night, the new master was online, so Bai Yao did the master-disciple missions together with the new master and also ran a dungeon. The new master was a man, single, age unknown, unknown schedule, typed extremely fast, and had first-class skills. He was definitely a returning veteran player.
Going online at this hour, Bai Yao discovered that the new master was not only online, but had also changed his new game name: Peach Milk.
Feeling a bit stifled, Bai Yao opened the master’s chat box and took the initiative to say hello: Changed your name?
Personally, Bai Yao really liked drinking peach milk and would buy a cup every other day.
Especially the one sold at the small window in the school cafeteria. The sweetness and toppings were just to Bai Yao’s liking, and it didn’t contain real milk ingredients, so he didn’t feel uncomfortable or burp after drinking it. It was perfect.
[Peach Milk]: Yeah.
[Peach Milk]: Still online so late, I knew you were lying yesterday when you said you were going to bed at 10 o’clock.
Bai Yao: No! I really went to bed early last night! I’ve always had a healthy routine, Master, you have to believe me!
Bai Yao: I can’t sleep tonight, it’s all because my ex-boyfriend came to me!
[Peach Milk]: Oh? Is he next to you?
Bai Yao: He came to my dorm at night to find me, pestered me, and I was so annoyed that I couldn’t drive him away, so I punched him! As a result, he and I were caught by the counselor and scolded, and we have to write a self-criticism! Three thousand words, and I have homework to do this weekend, it’s so frustrating!
[Peach Milk]: Good boy, don’t be angry.
[Peach Milk]: What do you want to play tonight? I can accompany you until you’re sleepy.
Tonight, someone was finally willing to talk to him. Bai Yao pursed his lips and sniffed hard, replying gratefully: Thank you, Master!
Bai Yao: I want to go see that place you mentioned last time that’s like an amusement park. The silver coins you get from the amusement park can be exchanged for a roast duck mount, right?
[Peach Milk]: Yeah, okay.
[Peach Milk]: I’ll accompany you.
Bai Yao was very grateful to have met such a master who was willing to listen to him. After all, the two didn’t know each other in real life, so there were fewer concerns when talking about personal matters.
He usually had a good relationship with his three roommates, but after all, they were all boys of the same age, and Bai Yao was too embarrassed to tell them too much about his love life, mainly because he was afraid they would laugh at him and say he was being pretentious.
At most, he said, “I’m dating Liu Yucheng” when he started the relationship, and “I’m going to break up with him” after he decided to break up.
That was all.
[Peach Milk]: Did he come to you tonight to reconcile?
Bai Yao held a hammer, hitting the moles on the screen one by one, taking the time to type a reply: Yeah, I think so.
[Peach Milk]: What was the reason for the breakup?
After finishing a round of Whac-A-Mole, 30 amusement park silver coins entered his bag. Mount exchange progress: 31/300000. One silver coin was given by the guide NPC when he entered the amusement park yesterday.
Bai Yao replied directly: Because he’s an idiot.