Despite this speculation comes without any logic, yet Lu Yan’s first response was still: is he sobbing?
Xiao Heng has a pair of extremely bloodshot eyes, confusion hidden under his gaze as he looks towards him, but more so with precaution. Akin to a dangerous creature who tighten up all it’s nerves in the face of crisis but lick its wounds in secret after being injured. Rather than its unwillingness of revealing any vulnerabilities in the face of others, that kind of turbulence, tyrannical, intense penetrating feeling showcased on him is evidently more then just vulnerability.
Like the cold shivery rainfall that’s continuously descending at this moment.
Lu Yan’s umbrella barely manage to squeeze in both of them, he spoke up again: “Are you sitting here admiring the sight of the rainfall?”
Xiao Heng stays silent.
“Say something ah.”
……
“Got drenched silly?”
……
“Is it refreshing to be drenched by the rain?”
Xiao Heng finally gave out some reaction after listening up to here, he closed his eyes, rain drops directly slid down his cheeks, and descended along his Adam’s apple.
The young master once again opens up his eyes and said with a hoarse voice: “You are so bothersome.”
Lu Yan: “……”
This sh*t temper.
Why did he come down here in the first place?
Why not just let him get drenched to his death?
Lu Yan is currently pondering whether or not he should just turn around and go back up stairs, when the sh*t tempered fellow glanced at him and suddenly stands up after a while.
Lu Yan don’t know what his intentions were, so he stood in place.
Xiao Heng walks two strides towards him, his entire body is soaked thoroughly as if he just got fished out of the water, the shirt he had on also stick against his body. He has a slender waistline, his shirt buttons wasn’t proper done in the first place, there’s not much of a difference from wearing it or not after he is soak through.
Despite baring additional thoughts is evidently unsuitable under the current situation, however the appearance of this sh*t tempered fellow right now is truly offending the public decency.
Lu Yan didn’t intent to continue his thoughts further on it, that was because after Xiao Heng got closer to him, and leans downwards with his head propping on top of his shoulder.
Xiao Heng is thoroughly drenched by the rain.
But Lu Yan didn’t feel the clamminess upon contact, instead it was feverish heat.
The area where his left shoulder was leaned against was slightly warm to the feel.
Only then did Lu Yan realized that even his inhales are boiling hot: “…… Hei?”
“What’s the matter with you?”
“Respond.”
“Is your soul wandering in the underworld?”
Xiao Heng could just vaguely hear these words.
Two hours ago, he gets rid of everything that he is able to throw away on him.
It was as if Xiao Qishan's final remarks could never be faded away beside his ears no matter what: "Once you exit through this door —— you will be cutting all ties with the Xiao household from now on, I won't accept have a good-for-nothing as my son. Bet you think your current appearance is especially imposing right? Leave if you have the abilities to ah, let’s see what the hell you’ll become after you’ve left. Without Laozi, you’re nothing!”
He aimlessly wanders along the main street.
He doesn’t know where his finial destination will be, nor did he have the intention of going anywhere else.
Afterwards, Xiao Heng heard someone calling out his name, and the rain seems to cease all of the sudden, lifting up his head—— an umbrella is currently sheltering him from above.
Lu Yan asked in the end: “You don’t want to idle at home, what’s the point of showing up here all of the sudden.”
A long moment gone by.
Just as Lu Yan assume that he won’t give a response, only then did Xiao Heng said: “Home? I don’t have one anymore.”
His voice sounded quite muffled, it was unlike a response, it was more like he was conversing with himself. The entire trip to here has been awfully long and tiring, and with the heavy downpour as an addition, his voice is so hoarse that it’s almost unrecognizable, Lu Yan almost didn’t catch what he said.
Lu Yan is left with no chose but to just escort him into the building in the end.
The rainstorm intensity has heightened, having an umbrella wouldn’t be much of a use, so after they’ve successfully entered inside the building, Lu Yan is pretty much drenched all over.
Both Wei-ge and Zhuang Xiaohui push the window wide open and observe the situation from upstairs, the way those two idiots poke their head out the window is overly conspicuous.
Due to far distance and with the umbrella obstructing his view, Wei-ge didn’t precisely identify the person’s appearance, so he shouted once more upstairs after he finished speaking: “Yan Yan, what the hell have you brought back with?”
Lu Yan said: “Retrieved a stray dog!”
Wei-ge: “……”
Xiao Heng: “……”
Wei-ge: “So do I deliver your laundries to you afterwards or what.”
Lu Yan: “No need, I’ll come down later and grab them myself——”
Lu Yan leads him upstairs.
Prior to the matter regarding Kang Ru, he can somewhat figure out that his family situation is fairly complicated, plus showing up here with this kind appearance now. So Lu Yan made an assumption in the end: “You had a argument with your family?”
Xiao Heng did not refute.
It’s impolite for Lu Yan to question too much, but he is still rather a bit curious: “What did you come here for?”
What did he come here for?
Xiao Heng too couldn’t figure out the reason.
He said lastly: “601, your next door.”
“—— that apartment is the only property that I own.”
With a rental apartment in such a run-down building as his only source of property. How’s that supposed to be a dispute with his family, it’s comparable to estrangement in a sense.
In the middle of their conversation, they’ve already arrived at the sixth floor.
Lu Yan once again asks: “Have you got the key to 601, Kang Ru gave it to you right?"
Xiao Heng: “Not really.”
“……”
Lu Yan: “Then where are you gonna stay?”
Xiao Heng deliver him a single glance.
Lu Yan at last understood the situation: “I think between us neighbours, we indeed should take care of one another mutually.”
“I won’t overcharge you, two hundred for a night. Tt’s not up for discussion, you can pay me back once you’ve got cash on your hands.”
Xiao Heng didn’t expect he would take such a quick turn with his words: “That apartment of yours for two hundred?”
“Aren’t you driven into a corner right now,” Lu Yan said, “just raising the price get it?”
If in any case Lu Yan doesn’t make music anymore and decides to change his career instead, he’ll definitely be an unscrupulous merchant.
Once they agree upon the price through discussion, Lu Yan open up the door: “Take a shower? Do you have any spared clothes?”
This question he had asked is rather foolish.
He felt regretful after asking it.
Lu Yan grasps his hair: “Wear mine then?”
Xiao Heng has no objections.
Lu Yan flip through his closet, Xiao Heng stood right behind him behaving exactly like a stray dog whom he brought back.
Searching for clothes should be quite effortless, just randomly grab one and make do with it. But even if he wants to lend clothes to him that wasn’t wore often, his financial condition has already decided…… There are no existing clothes in his closet that suit the condition.
Yet just as Lu Yan’s hands made contact with a T-shirt, the young master who has no objections a moment ago spoke up: “This one won’t do.”
“Any reasons?” Lu Yan asked.
“it’s unsightly.” Xiao Heng gave a response that is both indifferent and concise.
“……”
The only property owned by him is just an apartment which he doesn’t have keys to, he still have the nerves to despise it for being unsightly?”
Lu Yan found it quite difficult to understand.
“When living under someone’s roof, understand what you’re suppose to do,” he lifts up the clothe in his hands, staring at Xiao Heng and saying, “Need, to, submit.”
Lu Yan: “Can you repeat yourself again, what’s matter with this one?”
It was silent for a while.
Xiao Heng finally manages to say with reluctance: “This one is fine.”
After the reprimand is over, Lu Yan fetched a new towel for him, then rummages through the drawer and wound up with a brand-new untouched underwear, it’s rather awkward in the first place to bring out this type of underclothing, so another complaint came from behind: “Another one.”
Lu Yan: “What the f*ck is wrong with this one again?”
Although this is a best-selling product brought from Taobao1, the one in his hand can consider to be rather simple and classy, and it’s a highly intriguing counterfeit CK2 product, with a posh color which never goes out of fashion.
[1]: similar to a Chinese version of Amazon
[2]: abbreviation for Calvin Klein probably ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lu Yan spoke up again: “Still remember what I’ve told you a moment ago ma.”
Xiao Heng lowered his gaze slightly and cut him off using a single word: “Tiny.”
Lu Yan: “………”
Xiao Heng went to the bathroom for a shower, Lu Yan is afraid he that would easily lose his own sanity and violates the law and regulations if he once again listens to anything else absentmindedly, thus he brings along a pack of cigarette and went out for a languid smoke.
Tiny?!
Damn you.
It’s you who’s tiny, your entire household is tiny.3
[3]: An insult
Lu Yan squat smoking outside the doorway, once again recalled back to Xiao Heng’s deep and profound gaze.
……
“F*ck,” Lu Yan lower his head and used his fingers to flick off some cigarette ashes, while conversing with himself: “Should’ve just let him stay at that damn terrace garden for the whole night.”
“I noticed that you haven’t come and fetch your laundries up until now, so I thought I’d deliver them to you myself.”
Wei-ge just happens walk up from downstairs, and noticed Lu Yan crouching at the entrance of 601’s door smoking, so he startlingly said: “Why the hell are you squatting here? Where’s the person you’ve brought back with?”
Lu Yan: “That stray dog? it’s currently taking a shower.”
Wei-ge: “Is that one, that rich young master, I notice that figure seems quite familiar even looking from afar.”
Lu Yan follow up while nipping on the cigarette, saying: “That’s right, a dog of rich breed.”
Wei-ge questioned again: “Why did he show up here then?”
Lu Yan coldly chuckled: “God knows.”
Wei-ge: “Yan, you seem to have quite the temper.”
“Ge, please give me a word of caution, remind me that murder violates the law,” Lu Yan said while squashing the cigarette on the floor, “I am not quite level-headed as of currently.”
Wei-ge’s readily follow the good advice: “Yan-di, murder violates the law.”
“En.”
“Remind yourself of the great future ahead of you, your beloved motherland! And your musical aspiration.”
“En.”
“There’s nothing you can’t think through, just give them a round of beating…… neverminded, I assume that you wouldn’t be a match, just give them a scolding instead, right, our crimes mustn’t expose someone to danger.”
Lu Yan nodded with agreement from time to time at first, but he felt something is amiss after listening midway through: “?”
We-ge: “It’s nothing, I haven’t said anything.”
When Lu Yan returns after a smoke, it just so happens that Xiao Heng finished showering, and with his hair wipe partially dry.
The T-shirt he had on is the one Lu Yan previously brought from Taobao for thirty bucks including free shipping, the graphic design is a series of music notes, Li Zhen had one also, the reason they both brought this was not because of it’s good looking, nor is it because the music notes express their aspiration for music, the actual reason being: it offers fifty percent off for two
Seeing others wearing your own clothing feels rather weird.
His fashion sense isn’t compatible with Xiao Heng’s in the first place, even the jean is designed in a ripped fashion. Lu Yan only bores a sense of realization that this person may really become his neighbour in the future after observing him.
If once those two were show up at Xiacheng district, perhaps together they could squat by the roadside and attempt burglary.
Xiao Heng is also obviously not adapting, he fixed his collar and asked: “Is there anywhere for me to sleep?”
Lu Yan said: “Sleep anywhere you wish.” As long as you provide a check for me.
“However, I’ll be composing an album for a while at night, if it’s a disturbance to you ……”
Xiao Heng assume that the rest half of his sentence may end with a few words of courtesy.
Instead, Lu Yan said: “Then you please bear with it.”
Both of them didn’t continue the conversation further.
The half of the clothes that Lu Yan had on has already been soak, the sticky sensation is rather uncomfortable. Lu Yan sat in front of his computer after he finished taking a shower and open up his lyric composer software.
The composition he took up has not yet been finished, since the first party always goes with the same old saying: The general impression is closely coming along! However, it’s just lacking that one last bit.
All the stuff he undergoes today can only described as incredibly thrilling.
Xiao Heng spawl on top of the sofa.
A familiar tone of guitar strums sounding beside his ears, the unscrupulous merchant who charge him two hundred a night would only hum along the tone once in a while. He actually was unbothered by it, he originally should’ve been in an irritated mood instead, but he found himself calmer than ever before.
It’s already deep into the night.
Lu Yan had on a pair of shorts after he finished showering.
While Xiao Heng was nearly about to fall asleep, with the help of the dim lighting within this room, he noticed a tattoo engraved on Lu Yan’s right wrist.
A black coloured
star.
Translated by: Piggybank 🐽
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