Chapter 4 – Not Flirtable
Chu Yi owns a house in City A, which can be considered as a bachelor apartment.
Two years after the studio opened, he already lived a life free of financial worries in terms of food and clothes. After another year, he bought a house. Another year later, he bought a car. He seems to be the one doing the best out of the graduates from his year.
In regards to relationships, just like his mom, there seems to be many friends who want to introduce a partner for him because of how sociable he is.
As soon as they thought of someone suitable, they would first think of Chu Yi.
When Chu Yi makes friends, it has always gone well. But when it comes to dating and marriage, for some reason, he would always find something about the other party that he is not satisfied with.
Even after just chatting, there wouldn’t be many people left he found suitable to proceed with. Not to mention after a date, the strange vibe he felt from everyone could only make him laugh awkwardly.
His mom said his standards are too high, especially after each blind date. The other party seems to be pretty satisfied with him, the one that’s not satisfied is Chu Yi. This makes his mom quite anxious.
So after every blind date, he has to welcome a scolding from his mom.
Sometimes, he also reflects on himself, is it really that his standard is too high?
To be honest, he’s not in a hurry to marry, and it’s not to the extent that he really wants to marry. But the environment around him doesn’t allow him to not be in a hurry, his mom is urging, his grandma[1] is urging, his classmates are setting off red firecrackers[2], and some of his friend’s kids are already about to enter kindergarten.
They made it seem like he made some big mistake.
Some years ago, a few days after the same sex marriage law has been passed, he came out to his family, said he has no interest in girls and there’s no need to introduce any more girls to him.
After that, he thought the blind dates would stop. But what he didn’t expect was that after his mom agonized for a few days, she suddenly accepted it and immediately started setting him up with men.
The story is, she found quite a handful of them, almost as if they came from catching up with the trend. During that period, Chu Yi went on so many blind dates that he wanted to puke.
So the fact is, when Chu Yi married Qin Yiheng, it was a bit impulsive.
And a bit because he wanted to turn in the homework to his family.
Not sure how or what Qin Yiheng understood about him.
But he doesn’t understand Qin Yiheng, not even a tiny bit. Only the two pages resume from earlier today that didn’t really say much.
After the meal, Chu Yi told Qin Yiheng that he has a car and there was no need to call the driver over.
The two walked together to the parking lot and arrived next to Chu Yi’s car.
After Chu Yi unlocked his car, his eyes flowed and took a glance at Qin Yiheng.
Since Qin Yiheng drives such a good car, Chu Yi doesn’t know if he will dislike this one.
But very considerably, Qin Yiheng didn’t, he had no change of expression.
Chu Yi opened the door of the driver’s seat, and before he got in, he remember the image of Qin Yiheng’s driver opening the car door for Qin Yiheng. Chu Yi immediately stood up properly and was thinking about whether he should open the door for Qin Yiheng.
But Qin Yiheng already walked over by himself and opened the door of the back seat. But he didn’t sit inside, instead, he paused for a bit and then closed the door.
Chu Yi saw with his own eyes that Qin Yiheng’s long legs walked up, opened the passenger seat, and sat in.
Chu Yi’s heart was suddenly moved.
Although Qin Yiheng seems to be cold, he actually has very good manners.
Based on only the fact that he didn’t sit in the back seat and treated him like a driver, this can already score some points.
Then, Chu Yi thought about all the conversations he had with Qin Yiheng today.
Never mind, he definitely is cold. But none of Qin Yiheng’s words made Chu Yi feel uncomfortable nor did they make him feel inferior.
So just like this, he put a the future’s probably nice and easy label on himself.
“I need to go home first, I have to grab a few things before we head to your place, is that okay?” Chu Yi fastened the seat belt and sought Qin Yiheng’s opinion.
Qin Yiheng said: “Okay.”
And then he said again: “Our place.”
Chu Yi awkwardly ah-ed and said: “My apologies, right, our place.”
Ok, Chu Yi tells himself, gotta get used to Qin Yiheng’s serious attitude towards marriage.
Qin Yiheng is quite big, Chu Yi has driven many people before but no one was quite like Qin Yiheng, when he sat down, the space became very small.
No wonder Qin Yiheng’s car was so big, he probably can’t get comfortable in Chu Yi’s passenger seat.
Chu Yi felt uncomfortable just by looking at it.
Next time, it’ll be better to call his driver.
Very soon, the car arrived at Chu Yi’s residential area. He got off, Qin Yiheng followed.
The two took the elevator up.
Chu Yi already feels that he’s getting sort of used to this kind of awkward state of silence.
The 16th floor arrived quickly, Chu Yi let Qin Yiheng exit the elevator first then quickly followed.
The voice-activated lights turned on and only the sound of two people’s leather shoes can be heard from the corridor. Chu Yi took out his keys, opened the door, and went inside.
It was a very simple, clean and tidy two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. After Qin Yiheng came in, Chu Yi searched for a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet.
But Qin Yiheng glanced at the shoe cabinet, and after he saw many pairs of slippers, he slightly frowned.
Chu Yi didn’t understand what that meant.
“You go get your things, I’ll wait for you here.” Qin Yiheng told him.
Chu Yi oh-ed.
Even though he feels that leaving the guest at the door is impolite, he thinks that Qin Yiheng probably doesn’t want to wear slippers that other people have worn.
He could not find new slippers at the moment so Chu Yi didn’t force it on him. He can only hurry into the bedroom, tidy everything he need for the night, and put it into his bag.
Chu Yi jogged out: “All done, let’s leave.”
Qin Yiheng nods: “Mn.”
Qin Yiheng got back into Chu Yi’s car.
Chu Yi asks: “Where’s your place?”
After Qin Yiheng heard: “My place?”
Chu Yi ah-ed, he now understands the meaning behind Qin Yiheng’s words: “Our place.”
Qin Yiheng: “Zhen Jing.”
Chu Yi nods expressionlessly but in his heart.
High-end residential area yo, high-end residential area.
Following the navigation in his heart, Chu Yi quickly drove to the gates of the residential area. This place is far from the center of the city so it’s not noisy.
Since the car was unfamiliar, it was stopped by the security guard outside the gates. Chu Yi turned his head to look at Qin Yiheng and Qin Yiheng lowered the car windows.
“Oh, Mr. Qin.” The security immediately opened the door, smiles: “Please come in.”
Qin Yiheng didn’t immediately close the windows, instead, he said to the security guard: “This car is from my family.”
When these words fell, Chu Yi’s hands on the steering wheels paused for a bit.
Crap.
It’s the feeling of being shot in the heart.
Qin Yiheng closed the windows only after the security guard sensibly said got it.
Chu Yi licked his lips, calmed his mind, and asked: “Where do I go from here?”
Qin Yiheng: “Turn left.”
Chu Yi: “Mn”
Qin Yiheng: “Turn right.”
Qin Yiheng: “Go straight.”
Qin Yiheng: “We’re here. It’s that white one in front.”
Following Qin Yiheng’s instructions, Chu Yi drove the car into the garage of Qin Yiheng’s house.
The two exited the car together, Chu Yi put the key back into his bag and followed Qin Yiheng to the door.
Passing through an unlocked iron gate and a path of stone, came the door to the house.
Because it’s nighttime and the lights here shine only for looks, other than the road beneath their feet, nothing else was visible. Adding on the fact that Qin Yiheng’s right beside him, Chu Yi didn’t have the nerve to look around at the decorations outside the house and can only walk in silence.
Very soon, the two stopped outside the door.
“The password is 1004090,” Qin Yiheng slightly moved to the side and showed him the password lock in his hands: “Remember it.”
Chu Yi nodded, said okay, then silently repeated 100409 in his head many times.
After the door opened and they walked in, Chu Yi asked: “Does this string of numbers have any meaning?”
Qin Yiheng said: “The number of strokes in my name.”[3]
Chu Yi nodded.
Now that Qin Yiheng told Chu Yi the password of the door, Chu Yi felt like he should do something as well.
He thought for a bit, then took out the keys to his house from his bag.
“This is the key to my house, ” after saying this Chu Yi felt that it was a bit dry, thought for a bit then added: “Since you told me the password, this is the return gift.”
Qin Yiheng turns around to look at Chu Yi.
The moment their eyes met, Chu Yi suddenly felt that there was something ambiguous in the air.
His heart also started beating quicker.
Qin Yiheng didn’t take it immediately, instead, he asks: “If you give me the keys, what about you? How will you go home?”
Chu Yi thought he might be blushing so he moved a little and walked slowly towards an area that isn’t so bright, said: “I have a spare at my mom’s, I can go back to get it, and since you’re going on a business trip tomorrow.”
After Qin Yiheng’s back from his business trip, this return gift will obviously, slightly, seem less meaningful.
After speaking, he passed the keys over once again.
As if there was a ripple in his mind, he was indulging in the little romance of newlyweds he constructed himself while waiting for Qin Yiheng to receive his key, but then Qin Yiheng spoke.
Qin Yiheng: “Thank you, but I don’t need it.”
This very calm voice immediately dragged Chu Yi back.
Qin Yiheng continues to drag him: “I don’t need to go to that house of yours.”
Which… made complete sense.
Chu Yi: “…”
Chu Yi came back under the light, and put the keys back: “Okay.”
Jeez, he only gave you the password for convenience, what are you fantasizing about by yourself.
Chu Yi changed into the new slippers Qin Yiheng gave him and laughed as he thought about this.
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References
References
| ↑1 | grandma from his mom’s side |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | red firecrackers are set off at weddings |
| ↑3 | Qin(秦) has 10, Yi(以) has 4, Heng(恒) has 9 |
Chapter 4 – Not Flirtable
Chu Yi owns a house in City A, which can be considered as a bachelor apartment.
Two years after the studio opened, he already lived a life free of financial worries in terms of food and clothes. After another year, he bought a house. Another year later, he bought a car. He seems to be the one doing the best out of the graduates from his year.
In regards to relationships, just like his mom, there seems to be many friends who want to introduce a partner for him because of how sociable he is.
As soon as they thought of someone suitable, they would first think of Chu Yi.
When Chu Yi makes friends, it has always gone well. But when it comes to dating and marriage, for some reason, he would always find something about the other party that he is not satisfied with.
Even after just chatting, there wouldn’t be many people left he found suitable to proceed with. Not to mention after a date, the strange vibe he felt from everyone could only make him laugh awkwardly.
His mom said his standards are too high, especially after each blind date. The other party seems to be pretty satisfied with him, the one that’s not satisfied is Chu Yi. This makes his mom quite anxious.
So after every blind date, he has to welcome a scolding from his mom.
Sometimes, he also reflects on himself, is it really that his standard is too high?
To be honest, he’s not in a hurry to marry, and it’s not to the extent that he really wants to marry. But the environment around him doesn’t allow him to not be in a hurry, his mom is urging, his grandma[1] is urging, his classmates are setting off red firecrackers[2], and some of his friend’s kids are already about to enter kindergarten.
They made it seem like he made some big mistake.
Some years ago, a few days after the same sex marriage law has been passed, he came out to his family, said he has no interest in girls and there’s no need to introduce any more girls to him.
After that, he thought the blind dates would stop. But what he didn’t expect was that after his mom agonized for a few days, she suddenly accepted it and immediately started setting him up with men.
The story is, she found quite a handful of them, almost as if they came from catching up with the trend. During that period, Chu Yi went on so many blind dates that he wanted to puke.
So the fact is, when Chu Yi married Qin Yiheng, it was a bit impulsive.
And a bit because he wanted to turn in the homework to his family.
Not sure how or what Qin Yiheng understood about him.
But he doesn’t understand Qin Yiheng, not even a tiny bit. Only the two pages resume from earlier today that didn’t really say much.
After the meal, Chu Yi told Qin Yiheng that he has a car and there was no need to call the driver over.
The two walked together to the parking lot and arrived next to Chu Yi’s car.
After Chu Yi unlocked his car, his eyes flowed and took a glance at Qin Yiheng.
Since Qin Yiheng drives such a good car, Chu Yi doesn’t know if he will dislike this one.
But very considerably, Qin Yiheng didn’t, he had no change of expression.
Chu Yi opened the door of the driver’s seat, and before he got in, he remember the image of Qin Yiheng’s driver opening the car door for Qin Yiheng. Chu Yi immediately stood up properly and was thinking about whether he should open the door for Qin Yiheng.
But Qin Yiheng already walked over by himself and opened the door of the back seat. But he didn’t sit inside, instead, he paused for a bit and then closed the door.
Chu Yi saw with his own eyes that Qin Yiheng’s long legs walked up, opened the passenger seat, and sat in.
Chu Yi’s heart was suddenly moved.
Although Qin Yiheng seems to be cold, he actually has very good manners.
Based on only the fact that he didn’t sit in the back seat and treated him like a driver, this can already score some points.
Then, Chu Yi thought about all the conversations he had with Qin Yiheng today.
Never mind, he definitely is cold. But none of Qin Yiheng’s words made Chu Yi feel uncomfortable nor did they make him feel inferior.
So just like this, he put a the future’s probably nice and easy label on himself.
“I need to go home first, I have to grab a few things before we head to your place, is that okay?” Chu Yi fastened the seat belt and sought Qin Yiheng’s opinion.
Qin Yiheng said: “Okay.”
And then he said again: “Our place.”
Chu Yi awkwardly ah-ed and said: “My apologies, right, our place.”
Ok, Chu Yi tells himself, gotta get used to Qin Yiheng’s serious attitude towards marriage.
Qin Yiheng is quite big, Chu Yi has driven many people before but no one was quite like Qin Yiheng, when he sat down, the space became very small.
No wonder Qin Yiheng’s car was so big, he probably can’t get comfortable in Chu Yi’s passenger seat.
Chu Yi felt uncomfortable just by looking at it.
Next time, it’ll be better to call his driver.
Very soon, the car arrived at Chu Yi’s residential area. He got off, Qin Yiheng followed.
The two took the elevator up.
Chu Yi already feels that he’s getting sort of used to this kind of awkward state of silence.
The 16th floor arrived quickly, Chu Yi let Qin Yiheng exit the elevator first then quickly followed.
The voice-activated lights turned on and only the sound of two people’s leather shoes can be heard from the corridor. Chu Yi took out his keys, opened the door, and went inside.
It was a very simple, clean and tidy two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. After Qin Yiheng came in, Chu Yi searched for a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet.
But Qin Yiheng glanced at the shoe cabinet, and after he saw many pairs of slippers, he slightly frowned.
Chu Yi didn’t understand what that meant.
“You go get your things, I’ll wait for you here.” Qin Yiheng told him.
Chu Yi oh-ed.
Even though he feels that leaving the guest at the door is impolite, he thinks that Qin Yiheng probably doesn’t want to wear slippers that other people have worn.
He could not find new slippers at the moment so Chu Yi didn’t force it on him. He can only hurry into the bedroom, tidy everything he need for the night, and put it into his bag.
Chu Yi jogged out: “All done, let’s leave.”
Qin Yiheng nods: “Mn.”
Qin Yiheng got back into Chu Yi’s car.
Chu Yi asks: “Where’s your place?”
After Qin Yiheng heard: “My place?”
Chu Yi ah-ed, he now understands the meaning behind Qin Yiheng’s words: “Our place.”
Qin Yiheng: “Zhen Jing.”
Chu Yi nods expressionlessly but in his heart.
High-end residential area yo, high-end residential area.
Following the navigation in his heart, Chu Yi quickly drove to the gates of the residential area. This place is far from the center of the city so it’s not noisy.
Since the car was unfamiliar, it was stopped by the security guard outside the gates. Chu Yi turned his head to look at Qin Yiheng and Qin Yiheng lowered the car windows.
“Oh, Mr. Qin.” The security immediately opened the door, smiles: “Please come in.”
Qin Yiheng didn’t immediately close the windows, instead, he said to the security guard: “This car is from my family.”
When these words fell, Chu Yi’s hands on the steering wheels paused for a bit.
Crap.
It’s the feeling of being shot in the heart.
Qin Yiheng closed the windows only after the security guard sensibly said got it.
Chu Yi licked his lips, calmed his mind, and asked: “Where do I go from here?”
Qin Yiheng: “Turn left.”
Chu Yi: “Mn”
Qin Yiheng: “Turn right.”
Qin Yiheng: “Go straight.”
Qin Yiheng: “We’re here. It’s that white one in front.”
Following Qin Yiheng’s instructions, Chu Yi drove the car into the garage of Qin Yiheng’s house.
The two exited the car together, Chu Yi put the key back into his bag and followed Qin Yiheng to the door.
Passing through an unlocked iron gate and a path of stone, came the door to the house.
Because it’s nighttime and the lights here shine only for looks, other than the road beneath their feet, nothing else was visible. Adding on the fact that Qin Yiheng’s right beside him, Chu Yi didn’t have the nerve to look around at the decorations outside the house and can only walk in silence.
Very soon, the two stopped outside the door.
“The password is 1004090,” Qin Yiheng slightly moved to the side and showed him the password lock in his hands: “Remember it.”
Chu Yi nodded, said okay, then silently repeated 100409 in his head many times.
After the door opened and they walked in, Chu Yi asked: “Does this string of numbers have any meaning?”
Qin Yiheng said: “The number of strokes in my name.”[3]
Chu Yi nodded.
Now that Qin Yiheng told Chu Yi the password of the door, Chu Yi felt like he should do something as well.
He thought for a bit, then took out the keys to his house from his bag.
“This is the key to my house, ” after saying this Chu Yi felt that it was a bit dry, thought for a bit then added: “Since you told me the password, this is the return gift.”
Qin Yiheng turns around to look at Chu Yi.
The moment their eyes met, Chu Yi suddenly felt that there was something ambiguous in the air.
His heart also started beating quicker.
Qin Yiheng didn’t take it immediately, instead, he asks: “If you give me the keys, what about you? How will you go home?”
Chu Yi thought he might be blushing so he moved a little and walked slowly towards an area that isn’t so bright, said: “I have a spare at my mom’s, I can go back to get it, and since you’re going on a business trip tomorrow.”
After Qin Yiheng’s back from his business trip, this return gift will obviously, slightly, seem less meaningful.
After speaking, he passed the keys over once again.
As if there was a ripple in his mind, he was indulging in the little romance of newlyweds he constructed himself while waiting for Qin Yiheng to receive his key, but then Qin Yiheng spoke.
Qin Yiheng: “Thank you, but I don’t need it.”
This very calm voice immediately dragged Chu Yi back.
Qin Yiheng continues to drag him: “I don’t need to go to that house of yours.”
Which… made complete sense.
Chu Yi: “…”
Chu Yi came back under the light, and put the keys back: “Okay.”
Jeez, he only gave you the password for convenience, what are you fantasizing about by yourself.
Chu Yi changed into the new slippers Qin Yiheng gave him and laughed as he thought about this.
snaggletooth: it’ll be great if you could take a few seconds to participate in this strawpoll for a translation preference in future chapters, thanks!!
References
References
| ↑1 | grandma from his mom’s side |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | red firecrackers are set off at weddings |
| ↑3 | Qin(秦) has 10, Yi(以) has 4, Heng(恒) has 9 |
