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019-01
Previously: “I’ll bully the little bastard into leaving Yubai.” Han Tianlin said confidently with a smile. “It’ll be simple. Just a phone call will do.” He then hung up on Xichen and dialed Xi Xingling’s number.
According to Han Yubai’s personality, if Xi Xingling does something wrong yet again, Yubai will definitely discard of Xingling completely. Besides, Gu Xichen has already returned, so what’s the point of keeping a knockoff around?
During the days when he couldn’t visit Li Dong, Xi Xingling sent a test everyday, for a whole month. Sometimes it was a simple greeting, othertimes it was a long and flirty speech coupled with a risque selfie. Other times, he described in detail what he had done that day and what kinds of feelings and thoughts he had, etc.
And for that whole month, Li Dong ignored him.
This kind of punishment was a slow burn and very good, and this sort of ruthlessness from Li Dong was deeply embedded into Xi XIngling’s psyche.
Xi Xingling no longer thinks Li Dong is kind and has a good temper at all anymore—and he doesn’t dare to bombard Li Dong with information all the time. He still really misses him, though.
In this month, in addition to concentrating on work, Xi Xingling remembers Li Dong’s requirements set for him everyday: he must not be mean, he must not always be so coquettish, he must not fantasize about things he shouldn’t think about, and he must not do this, he must not do that. He recites these in his mind ten thousand times every day.
“Buzz… buzz..” A phone with a beautiful phone case was vibrating next to a pillow. Xingling answered the call and saw that it was a familiar number, but without a contact name.
He was reminded of Han Tianlin, whose number had been deleted from Xingling’s contacts, but the combination of numbers still remained so familiar. After all, Xingling had it memorized for 3 years, and even if it one day turned to ashes, Xingling would still remember it.
If he had received Tianlin’s phone call before, he would have thought it was the luckiest day of his life. He would have rushed downstairs to empty the convenience store of lottery tickets. But now, receiving this call… Xingling instead made an expression as if the devil himself had appeared before him.
He wanted to throw his phone across the room.
Should he answer?
But what if it’s something to do with Second Young Master?
He picked up the call. “Hello? Young Master?” XIngling tried his best to use a neutral tone of voice, just like if he were answering a call from a colleague. “It’s so late—what can I do for you?”
“Slut.” Han Tianlin’s voice was as disgusted as ever. “The person Yu Bai likes is back, don’t continue to pester him and wisely leave.” It’s best if Xingling could go far, far away…
“...” Xingling was speechless for a while because he was too shocked. Is the first love of the Second Young Master back? He was pondering this for a while and so it took him a long time to respond to the call again out loud.
“Okay, next time I see him I’ll ask Second Young Master if he still wants me-”
“I just told you not to pester him anymore, why bother asking him? Don’t you understand human speech?” Tianlin said irritably. He now regrets introducing Xingling, such a troublesome person, to his younger brother. If he had known that Gu Xichen would come back after getting a divorce, he would not have done this.
“Whether I cut contact or not, I will listen to Second Young Master about this.” Xi Xingling bravely replied. “I’ll hang up first—I still have work tomorrow.”
Han Tianlin never dreamed that Xingling would talk back to him one day. “This bitch!”
The little goblin who hung up the phone turned right around and immediately sent a message to Li Dong tattling about the situation. “Second Young Master, the Eldest Young Master called me just now and said that your childhood sweetheart came back. He told me not to pester you anymore D:”
Send. In a second subsequent message: “I didn’t listen to him. It wasn’t him who had the final say in whether or not I would pester Second Young Master, so I sternly refused and hung up the phone… but now I feel a little scared. What should I do?
Li Dong had in fact been keeping up with Xi Xingling’s messages everyday during this month even without giving any response. So naturally, he saw this message.
Li Dong was barely satisfied with the progress Xingling had been making during the month, but tonight’s situation and Xingling’s response to him made him very proud.
“What are you afraid of? My brother won’t eat you.” Li Dong graced Xingling with a response, finally. And after thinking about it for a while, he chose to directly call him.
This surprised Xingling so much that he almost directly knelt down on the bed. “Second Young Master? You’re finally willing to pay me some attention?” He exclaimed happily while hugging the quilt.
Does this mean that Second Young Master will let him continue to see him? Even if… his sweetheart…
“I just met the person I used to like briefly today, that’s all. My brother called you that quickly?” The speed at which these two things occurred was quite impressive. Li Dong felt a little awkward talking about Gu Xichen, as he had never actually liked Xichen, just the past occupant of his body. In fact, Li Dong would never like that type.
“Well…” Xi Xingling felt like Li Dong hadn’t spoken in a long time and prompted Li Dong to continue.
“I actually find that you are more likeable.”
“!!!!!!!!!!” Xi Xingling’s soul was in pain. He didn’t have that down on recording. A row of exclamation points was not enough to express Xi Xingling’s mood. He was so happy that he felt lightheaded. Oh my god—was he dreaming?!
How could this be reality?
“Of course, I only mean this when you aren’t lacking all self respect,” Li Dong clarified. “You have done well during this period, and you must work harder in the future.”
“Ahhhhhhhh! Yes, I’ll listen to Second Young Master!” Xi Xingling just wanted to kneel down to Li Dong and worship him. He couldn’t even describe his emotions anymore. He was excited, elated, ecstatic. He wished he could teleport to Li Dong’s bed right in this instant and be ravaged.
“Pick me up at the airport at one o’clock the day after tomorrow,” Li Dong ordered.
“Yes, Second Young Master,” Xi Xingling was so excited that he wanted to cry. “I will be there. I’ll go over in the morning and wait for you.”
…This kind of obsessive behavior is truly insane.
Li Dong couldn’t think of anything else to say, so he directly hung up the phone.
translator’s notes:
sorry i've been mia. i have good news... i got into medical school!!! wooooo!!! i'll be matriculating into univerity of rochester's school of medicine and dentistry in september of 2025!
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