OVTTGTBE Chapter 55

Broken Mirror Reunited (Part 1)

Taking the elevator to the Third Floor and walking through the ornately decorated hallway, Bai Yao entered a private room already occupied by twenty-some people, who appeared to be his classmates.

“Yo, Brother Yao is here? Quick, have a seat!” Li Jinyang hurriedly called out, “This is Bai Yao from our department, you all know him, right?”

“Hahaha, we know him! We’ve seen his speech videos!”

“Quick, give him the microphone! He sings so well; I still remember that song he sang during military training!”

“Hey, he’s still so handsome up close!”

“How can you love everyone you see? You said the same thing when Senior Zhang Ran entered the room… Bai Yao is openly gay, so stop thinking about it.”

Bai Yao’s head was buzzing, and he temporarily lost his usual social skills. Besides forcing a smile, he didn’t know how to respond.

A bespectacled boy handed Bai Yao a bottle of beer, a bottle of cocktail, and a clean glass: “Tonight, someone’s treating, so drink whatever you want and sing any song you like.”

Seeing this, Li Jinyang quickly said, “Senior, he’s allergic to alcohol; he can’t drink.”

“Thank you.”

Bai Yao took the two bottles of wine and the glass. “It’s not a severe allergy; it’s okay to drink a little.”

Anyway, it won’t kill him.

He still remembered his last experience with drunkenness, and he remembered the vow he once made never to drink again.

But… now the online relationship is gone, and Liu Yucheng has gone to another place. Maybe the two of them won’t see each other for several years.

How much worse could things get?

“Don’t push yourself. By the way, I’m Zhang Ran, about to start my senior year in the Chemistry Department.”

He introduced himself with a smile, “Don’t mind if I sit next to you, right?”

“Of course not, sit wherever you want.” Bai Yao gave a dry laugh and poured himself a glass of beer.

There were many people in the private room, and two or three of them were already holding microphones and shouting songs at the top of their lungs. Bai Yao didn’t go to request a song right away. There were many people today, and he wanted to wait until he was familiar with everyone before he started singing.

“Are you and Li Jinyang in the same department?” Zhang Ran tilted his head, having to raise his voice to ask.

“Yes.”

Bai Yao downed an entire glass of beer in one gulp and then poured himself another glass. “We’ve been in the same dorm since military training began.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Senior Zhang Ran, could you move over a bit?”

Two girls came over and sat on Bai Yao’s other side. Unfortunately, the long sofa in the private room was still a bit small, and everyone had to squeeze together. Bai Yao was forced to sit in the middle.

“Hey, Bai Yao, can you tell us about you and Liu Yucheng? We still have many questions about that PPT…”

The girl next to him started gossiping.

“I’m also quite curious.”

Zhang Ran pushed up his glasses and said quietly, “I’ve heard that there are many people at school who are pursuing Bai Yao, but I didn’t expect this junior to actually like boys.”

“There’s really nothing to talk about; it’s just falling in love and breaking up, that’s all there is to it. If you’re curious, you can just grab someone who’s dating at school; my situation is not much different from theirs.”

Bai Yao said, shaking his head with a smile.

In a moment of distraction, he didn’t notice that he was pouring cocktail instead of beer into his glass. He only realized something was wrong after the wine had already entered his mouth.

It was his first time mixing the two types of alcohol, and he didn’t know what would happen.

“The fruit platter is here, junior, don’t just drink; eat something.” Zhang Ran pushed the newly delivered fruit platter in front of Bai Yao.

“Thank you.”

……

Two hours later, Bai Yao was a bit lost.

He had sung a few songs and gotten carried away playing dice. Bai Yao shook two empty wine bottles, his eyes staring blankly—he couldn’t believe that he had actually finished a bottle of beer and a bottle of cocktail.

“Can you still drink?” Zhang Ran asked with a smile.

“Yes.”

Bai Yao felt that his brain’s reaction speed had slowed down a lot. When he came back to his senses, he had another freshly opened bottle of cocktail in his hand.

Since he was already here…

He would pour another glass.

“Your face is already red; don’t push yourself too hard.”

Xia Zhixi couldn’t help but remind him when she saw him pouring wine again, “You can eat fruit if you lose the game.”

On the surface, Xia Zhixi and Li Jinyang were just sitting next to each other; but Bai Yao had seen that the two of them had secretly been holding hands for a long time.

“Thanks for the reminder.”

Bai Yao said with a smile.

One song after another played in the private room. Hearing a familiar melody, Bai Yao looked up at the big screen in front of him.

Someone had requested “Similar to Love.”

Before the New Year, when he was recording a video of himself playing the guitar at home, he had originally wanted to record this song. But because his skills were rusty, he ultimately didn’t choose to record it.

Right now, the person singing this song in the private room was a girl; Bai Yao didn’t remember her name. Seeing a spare microphone on the table, he didn’t hesitate much, picked it up, and sang along with her.

His mood now was completely different from what it was before the New Year.

At that time, perhaps he was fearless because he knew that even if they broke up, he could still see Liu Yucheng again. But now, he clearly knew that the two of them were about to face a cliff-like farewell, but the moment hadn’t really arrived yet. This feeling of being neither here nor there was extremely tormenting.

Although they had only met today, the feeling that every glance was one less, and every meeting was one less, expanded incredibly at this moment.

He really wanted to see Liu Yucheng, to see him a few more times before they completely separated.

After the song finished, the KTV private room suddenly fell silent.

Bai Yao shook the wine glass in his hand, lowered his head, and fell deeply into his emotions, not noticing that someone had walked into the private room at the end of the song, and their eyes were focused on this person.

A slender, fair hand took away the wine glass from Bai Yao’s hand. Bai Yao slowly raised his head, following the arm to see the owner of this hand.

He was bent over, wearing a black mask on his face, a pair of eyes staring at him.

Bai Yao’s brain had basically lost its ability to think. The moment he recognized that it was Liu Yucheng, he subconsciously raised his arms, hooked his neck around Liu Yucheng, and buried his face in Liu Yucheng’s collarbone.

Liu Yucheng took the opportunity to support Bai Yao’s thighs and hugged him closer to himself.

Then, he turned his head to look at Li Jinyang and said lightly, “I’ll take him away first.”

Only then did Li Jinyang react, nodding repeatedly: “Oh, oh, okay, he drank a lot of wine; take good care of him.”

“Yeah.”

When pushing the door to go out, Liu Yucheng also freed up a hand to prevent the door of the private room from touching Bai Yao’s clothes.

In this way, he supported Bai Yao with one hand and left the private room directly.

“Damn, I didn’t even react; he just came in and took the person away???”

“Who was that person just now?” Xia Zhixi looked at Li Jinyang with a puzzled expression. “Could it be Liu Yucheng?”

“It’s him.”

Li Jinyang raised his phone, “He just sent me a message, saying that he couldn’t contact Bai Yao, asking me where Bai Yao was now, and I sent him the address.”

“Let’s pause the song first! Let’s discuss this a little…” A girl asked, “What’s the situation between them? Is this going to get back together?”

“They haven’t gotten back together yet, because Bai Yao’s mother has already intervened and wants to cut off their contact.”

Li Jinyang had also drunk a lot of wine, and he became more talkative than usual. “But it’s true that they can’t forget each other. However, looking at the situation just now, and the momentum that Brother Yao had when he sang, almost making people cry, it’s hard to say whether they will get back together after tonight…”

……

After entering the elevator, Liu Yucheng looked at the person hanging on him and asked softly, “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t drink?”

Bai Yao closed his eyes, didn’t answer, and didn’t shed small pearls, just let out a soft “woo.”

Liu Yucheng supported his buttocks with one hand and gently patted his back with the other. “Is it very uncomfortable? It looks like you drank a lot.”

“Woo.”

After exiting the elevator and walking into the KTV lobby, Liu Yucheng asked him, “Do you want to go back to your house, or do you want to go back to the dorm?”

Bai Yao opened his mouth and muttered three words: “Go… hotel.”

“I should take you home.”

“No!”

After reacting for a few seconds, Bai Yao struggled and jumped down from him, swaying and saying, “This daddy, tonight wants to go to a hotel… hic!”

Liu Yucheng: “…”

Not hearing any response, Bai Yao simply grabbed Liu Yucheng’s collar and tugged, “Liu Yucheng, let’s go, go book a room with me!”

Liu Yucheng: “…………”

He was really drunk.

“No, that’s not right…” Bai Yao frowned, “Aren’t you going to another place?”

Liu Yucheng sighed, took off his thin coat, and draped it over Bai Yao’s body. Although the weather was very hot during the day, the wind was still cool at night.

“I heard the song you just sang outside the door.” He whispered in Bai Yao’s ear, “It was very nice. It’s a pity that the person singing can’t even stand still right now.”

Bai Yao’s emotions changed very quickly at this moment, smiling foolishly at him.

“Come on, I’ll carry you on my back.”

“Riding a big horse, hee!”

Bai Yao supported his shoulders, laughing happily.

Liu Yucheng couldn’t help but laugh twice, “Then you should come up.”

After finally getting Bai Yao on his back and walking to the KTV door, Liu Yucheng saw Bai Yao’s two female bodyguards from before.

One of them was on the phone at this moment, and the other had already seen the two of them, with a very embarrassed expression on her face.

“He can’t drink, and now he’s so drunk, how can you be bodyguards?”

Leaving these words behind, Liu Yucheng quickly left with him on his back, leaving the two bodyguards in a panic.

“President Bai, the young master came out of the KTV, but he seems to be drunk!”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Dudu is allergic to alcohol; he never drinks.”

“It’s true, Little Liu just carried him on his back, just passed by us, the smell of alcohol is so strong… What should we do? Should we follow them?”

“How could Dudu drink?! I don’t believe it!”

……

“Liu Yucheng.”

“Didn’t you… go with my mom and them to do a project?”

Bai Yao sat on the big bed in the hotel, looking down at Liu Yucheng, “How did you…”

“I went.”

Liu Yucheng was bent over, unbuttoning the buttons on his coat little by little, “But, when I got to the highway toll station, I got out of the car and ran away. Because I couldn’t get a taxi, I had to call a moving company car to send me back.”

Bai Yao frowned, but the feeling of soreness in his eyes couldn’t be controlled at all, “…Why?”

“Because, I want to see you.”

Liu Yucheng lowered his head and said softly, “I’m not sure if you will remember these words after you wake up tomorrow, so I’ll just pretend you don’t remember… I don’t want you to study abroad, your health is not good, and you’re picky about food…”

“Most importantly, I don’t want to be separated from you, not even for a second. If my plea is really useful, you can ask me to beg you in any way you want.”

After he finished speaking, the room fell into silence.

“Liu Yucheng, you look up, look at me.”

Bai Yao slowly raised his hand, grabbed Liu Yucheng’s collar, pulled him closer, and then gently bit his lips.