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Deluge - Chapter 23

Published at 4th of October 2022 01:52:50 PM


Chapter 23

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Once September came around, the summer heat ebbed away and temperatures gradually cooled into autumn.

Autumn in Hong city was the most beautiful season of the year. Xu Juan liked it, but it was mostly because his birthday was in September. As someone with quite a serious self-love complex, he regarded autumn as a season that belonged to him. 

That night, after making up with Pei Yu, Xu Juan asked: “Pei laoshi, do you have teacher’s day off?”

“Probably not, why?”

“My birthday is on the tenth.” Xu Juan attempted to hint at him, pretending, “I’m telling you in advance not because I want a gift from you, but it’s my birthday after all, so no matter what, you should do a little something, don’t you think?”

He blinked coyly at Pei Yu. 

But Pei Yu didn’t get his hint at all, saying solemnly: “I’ll get you a present.”

“……”

Afraid that he would give him stuff like a men’s scarf or leather belts, Xu Juan hurriedly said: “Presents aren’t important. What’s important is the air of celebration. During special occasions like birthdays, shouldn’t we also do something special?”

Pei Yu finally understood. His face flushed, and he said in a soft voice: “Sure, I’m fine with anything.”

He was so explicit, it was written clearly on his face that “as long as it’s you, you can do with me as you please”. Xu Juan’s heart went bang, exploding into fireworks. He felt so happy that his entire person seemed to float.

—— So dating was actually such a joyous thing.

Xu Juan found it quite incredulous, becoming a little in awe of the “power of love”.

He had never experienced such a feeling before. He thought, his love for Pei Yu wasn’t deep enough, wasn’t pure enough, it even harboured the detestable intention of just fooling around. Yet, even so, Pei Yu was able to influence his feelings this strongly. 

What if he abandoned all his selfish motivations and completely fell in love with Pei Yu?

Would that be equivalent to entrusting all his human emotions to Pei Yu, and letting this man control his feelings——

If so, then he should forget it.

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Pei Yu was so adorable, that Xu Juan couldn’t help wanting to kiss him.

They huddled together on the sofa to make out, then simply “helped each other” once before returning to the bedroom to sleep.

This wasn’t considered a peaceful night, but it was a wonderful night. 

Xu Juan reckoned, that as long as he didn’t provoke Pei Yu, their wonderful lives would continue with no end. But reality proved him wrong.

The next morning, while he was in the middle of sending Pei Yu to work, his mother He Xiangzi suddenly called. Once he picked up, she immediately said: “Xiao Bao, are you awake?”

“……”

Xu Juan was currently driving, so his phone was on speaker mode. From the corner of his eye, he saw that Pei Yu was smiling so hard that his face nearly distorted. Awkwardly, he said: “Mom, I’m already twenty six, can’t you respect me a little?” 

He Xiangzi said: “Sure, Mom respects you very much, that’s why I intend to personally organize your birthday party this year.”

In his heart, Xu Juan thought: This is it, it’s finally it.

“Is it a birthday party?” He said unhappily, “You won’t turn it into an engagement party, will you? I’m telling you first, I’m not single, I have a partner, so don’t mess around blindly.”

“You’re using that tone to speak to your Mom?” He Xiangzi was also unhappy, “You think I don’t know you have a partner? I’ve never seen you without a partner. You should do some self-reflection, which one of your partners can marry into the family? Each one is worse than the last! You’re already twenty six!” 

“Yes, yes.” Xu Juan said perfunctorily, “I know you just want the best for me. I’m driving, let’s talk later.”

He hung up, but when he turned to look, Pei Yu was staring at him with a face full of displeasure, going straight to the point: “So, Xu Juan, exactly how many partners have you had in the past?”

“……”

Xu Juan smiled a little: “I was just fooling my Mom back then, don’t take it seriously.” 

“Really? I think the one you’re trying to fool is me.” Pei Yu suddenly picked up his phone.

The call had just ended and not enough time had passed for the lock screen to activate, Xu Juan’s privacy was all but exposed in front of Pei Yu.

In his face, Pei Yu deliberately went through his stuff: “You have a lot of friends on Wechat.”

“Not too many, I’m actually not close to most of them.” 

It had been a long time since Xu Juan changed his phone, and neither did he have the habit of clearing his chats. His ex, his ex-ex… Nearly all those chats were left in his Wechat in their full glory. He was truly afraid that Pei Yu would see any content that shouldn’t be seen, but Pei Yu was currently looking through the chats; If he snatched his phone back, then it would look all the more conspicuous.

They just happened to run into a red light, Xu Juan didn’t snatch his phone back, but he reached out to hold onto Pei Yu’s wrist, voicing his grievance: “Pei laoshi, you’d just said you would trust in me last night, but you’re already starting to check my phone today. I see you were lying about trusting me.”

Pei Yu choked a little: “I’m just randomly looking, who wants to check on you?”

He wasn’t shameless, so he immediately returned the phone. 

Xu Juan’s evil scheme worked, and once the danger before him was averted, he changed his tone of voice: “To be honest, there really isn’t anything on there. You can look if you want to.”

He opened the lock screen settings and handed the phone to Pei Yu, letting him record his fingerprint: “Here, I’ll give you unlocking rights.”

“……”

Pei Yu was a teacher. The nature of his work and his personality both determined that he wasn’t an unreasonable person; He was clear that even between lovers, privacy was necessary. Xu Juan was already being this magnanimous, how could he go ahead and record his fingerprint for real? 

Pei Yu declined.

On the contrary, Xu Juan’s guilty conscience prickled and he felt that perhaps he had played too dirty.

He let out a sigh: “Hey, Pei Yu, why do you always take things so seriously?”

Pei Yu didn’t get what he meant by that. 

Xu Juan didn’t explain, either. Before the red light turned green, he took the opportunity to lean over to the passenger seat, giving Pei Yu a quick kiss: “You’re so great.”

Without waiting for Pei Yu to respond, he continued: “I’ll come pick you up tonight, then take you out to dinner.”

“Where to?” Pei Yu asked.

“Someone’s treating.” Xu Juan said, “Didn’t we talk about this last night? That I’ll introduce you to my friends. Are you willing?” 

Pei Yu nodded.

He was obviously very happy. Seeing the faint sparkle in his eyes, Xu Juan also found it difficult to hide his own smile: “But I’ll have to warn you first, you’ll probably find that they… Ahem, seem a little unscrupulous. What I mean is, they’re not as civilized as your colleagues at school. If you feel uncomfortable, just let me know and we’ll go home earlier.”

Although this was what he said, in actuality, since Xu Juan dared to bring Pei Yu out, of course, he would have first tidied up the setting. Anything that Pei Yu shouldn’t know about would definitely not appear before him.

But this wasn’t something that Pei Yu understood. He treated this gathering as something important, and was a little hesitant: “What if I don’t click with them? You know me, I’m not much of a talker…” 

“It’s fine.” Xu Juan said, “You’re my boyfriend, you don’t have to flatter anyone else. Just sit there and wait for others to please you. If anyone gets on your nerves, ignore them, don’t take them seriously.”

Pei Yu: “……”

Was this really a gathering between friends? He suddenly felt that Xu Juan’s social attitude might be somewhat problematic.




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