Come out and stay
Ye Yao is lying on his bed, and he hears Lu Xun's footsteps as he walks back to the bottom of his bed.
Ye Yao doesn't want to face it right now, so he faces Lu Xun with the back of his head.
The covers on his back were straightened and pulled flat by Lu Xun, who tucked them in for him.
"Don't be angry, I'll go to the museum with you tomorrow, to make up for your offense?" Lu Xun said, "I'm also angry, I'll be more careful next time."
Ye Yao didn't think Lu Xun needed to apologize to him, after all, he was the one who joked about Lu Xun being a pin, and Lu Xun was the one who retaliated. It was a normal interaction between friends, and he was more embarrassed than angry when he laid down on the bed.
Ye Yao's attention turned to what Lu Xun said and frowned, "Why are we still going out tomorrow?"
He's spent the day with Lu Xun, and that's enough.
"Don't want to go out? Then go to the library with you and read a book?" Lu Xun said again.
"Tomorrow," Ye Yao said vaguely, "I haven't thought about it yet."
The conversation ended, and Ye Yao thought the night would be quiet, but to his surprise the bed shifted slightly, as if someone was climbing up.
Ye Yao turned around quickly, and saw Lu Xun halfway up his bed.
Ye Yao was shocked, and quickly reached out to stop Lu Xun from moving forward, "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you before that you're not allowed to sleep with me this semester?"
Lu Xun explains, "You said you have a lot of classes this semester, so you need to sleep alone to keep up enough energy. But tomorrow is a weekend without classes, so it's okay if we still sleep like we used to, right?"
Lu Xun paused for a moment and whispered, "We've been separated for five days at night, and I miss you so much."
Ye Yao frowned slightly, not softened by Lu Xun's show of weakness.
It was an obvious loophole, but he hadn't noticed it before.
If, according to Lu Xun, he slept in the same bed two more days out of the seven days of the week, there was no point in him taking care to keep a normal distance in general.
And Lu Xun spends basically the whole day with him during the day on weekends. If only there was a way to reduce the amount of time Lu Xun spends with him during the day on weekends so that he can stay busy and sleep at night with plenty of energy.
Ye Yao thought about the plan in his head, while pretending to be angry and rejecting Lu Xun's request, "You don't know what you've done tonight, and you still want to sleep with me? Go back to your own bed."
Lu Xun, who spanked Ye Yao with a cheap shot, retreated and lost his way back to his bed.
Ye Yao had an idea in his mind in a brief moment of reflection, and it wasn't exactly sudden, the idea actually popped up from time to time after he went to college, and he opened his cell phone, looking for a part-time job in the same town.
Ye Yao's idea was simple: he just needed to find a suitable weekend part-time job that would keep him busy during the day and that he could continue to use as an excuse to reject Lu Xun at night.
There are quite a lot of part-time jobs to choose from, such as handing out flyers, weekend order taker at a fried chicken restaurant, and weekend waitress at a milk tea store, all of which are popular types of part-time jobs for college students.
When Ye Yao was in high school, his mother was sick and the family was under a lot of financial pressure, so he would work after school to subsidize the family's income, and he was very quick to pick up various kinds of odd jobs.
Lu Xun gradually familiarized with the latter, Lu Xun began to change his ways and become stronger, he also began to give Lu Xun tutoring. Because of this behavior, even if he did not intend to ask, later Lu Xun also forced the money into their family bank card, called tutoring fees.
Ye Yao, who managed to pull the school bully into an outstanding student, thought that he might actually have a talent for lecturing and could try his hand at tutoring.
Ye Yao searched through all sorts of information, and it really did lead him to a suitable one.
There was a job posting looking for a high school tutor, and the family was offering quite a high hourly rate, and the address was a decent one, so the number of applicants could be very high.
Ye Yao clicked on the [I want to apply] icon, sent in his basic information and work experience, and with the title of Provincial Top Student and the experience of successfully teaching an A college student, he was able to kill it and get this tutoring job.
Ye Yao got the contact information of the opposite side, plus the other side of WeChat direct dialogue.
The other party's WeChat avatar is a round-faced middle-aged lady who looks bejeweled but is very amiable, surnamed Wang, Ye Yao and the opposite side of the greeting, Ms. Wang's anxious message popped up.
[My child is a sophomore this year and will be a senior soon, is it too late to make up for it?]
Ye Yao Use the universal reply: [You can rest assured that as long as you are willing to learn, you will definitely be promoted.]
Ye Yao was a bit puzzled at the same time, through Ms. Wang's avatar he judged that this family should not be short of money, how could he think of looking for a tutor only now, and still looking for a tutor on the recruitment network? He thought he would be looking for a gold-medal teacher with strong credentials through various connections.
Ms. Wang's message came again: [Teacher Ye Yao, our child is a bit rebellious, his previous tutors were all pissed off by him, are you in good health?
Ms. Wang: [Will ...... go through a few moves?]
Ye Yao: "......"
He probably understands why he didn't get a teacher with strong credentials.
Ye Yao replied in the affirmative, and the opposite party, not knowing whether to believe it or not, or maybe it was a dead horse, gave him the time and address of his first class.
The time is tomorrow, and the address is in the expensive central business district, some distance from Ye Yao's school.
Ye Yao was mentally estimating the time to wake up tomorrow when Lu Xun, who was on the bed next to him, leaned over and asked him, "Why don't we go to the movies together tomorrow?"
Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun and shook his head, "I may not be available on weekends from now on, I should have very little time to accompany you to play, or else you'll find someone else to go and see it with you?"
Lu Xun's complexion sank slightly, and he quickly pulled up the corners of his mouth and smiled to make himself look milder.
"Why don't you have time on weekends from now on, is it to work for the construction of the motherland?" Lu Xun said, "Take me with you, we are also a pillar of the motherland."
"I'm going to work on weekends from now on." Ye Yao faintly said, "When I was a freshman, I didn't know any better and thought that I could relax after my family got well and put all my energy into my studies. Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have done that. I'd better take advantage of my free time to earn more money. In the future, if you have savings in hand, you don't have to panic when you encounter emergencies, and you don't have to be too embarrassed when the things you want to buy are more expensive."
Lu Xun frowned, he wanted to say something, but he was afraid that his words would hurt Ye Yao's pride. In the end, he stifled a sentence: "In case of emergencies, you can borrow from me, isn't that the meaning of friends? We rely on relatives at home, but we rely on friends when we go out."
Ye Yao shook his head, "When it comes to unexpected things borrowing your money after that is also to be paid back, rather than waiting until there is an outstanding debt to make plans, it is better to start now."
Lu Xun watched as Ye Yao set his alarm for tomorrow morning and used his cell phone to look up which subway number he should take tomorrow, and his anger and blood couldn't stop churning in his heart.
Ye Yao had always been out of touch with him when it came to money, and he used to think that Ye Yao didn't want to use his parents' hard-earned money at home, but then he realized that the proceeds from his own investments in stocks and shares, which were purely his personal assets, Ye Yao didn't have any interest in spending, either.
This is a great thing to be happy about for the vast majority of luxury families, and how many people cry that their friends are only interested in their money and don't really want to be friends with them as a person. If there is a person who comes to them, for their money not to spend a penny, that can be a big thing to be happy about.
But Lu Xun doesn't think so.
What is he trying to learn all kinds of money-making skills management skills for, but for the people close to him not to have to be troubled by money?
And isn't Ye Yao purely treating him like an outsider by not even wanting to spend his money?
Obviously during winter break, Ye Yao would still fantasize with him about using his card to buy airplanes and yachts, and now he's back to this state of being a clear-cut outsider.
Now Ye Yao won't even have time to spend with him on weekends anymore because he has to make money.
Lu Xun's spirit had been tense throughout the week of classes, and just as he had gotten a little relaxation today, it was tense once again.
Ye Yao is still looking up the route, and he puts it down in a memo, looking serious.
Lu Xun couldn't control his temper and covered the screen of Ye Yao's cell phone, making Ye Yao return his attention to him.
"No need to pay back, you spend my money." Lu Xun's face was so gloomy that it could drip water, "Internet banking payment tie my card, tie it now."
Lu Xun looked scary in his current form, but Ye Yao wasn't afraid of him, and since they were both males anyway, it was a big deal to go toe-to-toe.
"No way." Ye Yao said, "The money has to be split or it's a property dispute, and I've seen a lot of cases about property disputes, so you don't have to say it again."
Lu Xun held Ye Yao's hand on the screen of his cell phone without letting go, and Ye Yao simply turned off the phone, seeing his slightly cold face on the remaining half of the dark screen.
Ye Yao adjusted his expression slightly and slowed down his voice, "Lu Xun, you know I can't accept your money for nothing, then what kind of person would I become? A friendship mixed with money is not pure enough, you know?"
Lu Xun wanted to say that he didn't think it was impure, that he liked it, but Ye Yao's attitude was strong, and the atmosphere would probably drop to freezing point if the argument continued.
Lu Xun took a few deep breaths, "Where do you work, I'll give you a ride to and from work."
Ye Yao wanted to refuse, but on second thought he thought it was not necessary the first time, and he didn't say Lu Xun could secretly follow him, so he simply told Lu Xun the tutor's address.
"Go to sleep." Ye Yao puts his phone down, "I have to get up after seven tomorrow, no staying up late, good night."
*
The next day, Ye Yao arrived at the tutoring site without incident.
Lu Xun was finally hustled off after he vowed to call Lu Xun by pressing the emergency call button as soon as anything went wrong.
Ye Yao rang the doorbell and saw Ms. Wang, who looked the same as her WeChat avatar, when the door opened.
"Teacher Ye Yao you're here!" Ms. Wang joyfully led him in the door, "Ouch I checked the news yesterday and saw your report and photo, the top students are getting more and more handsome these days."
Ye Yao : "...... You're welcome."
Ye Yao looked around the extremely well-decorated home, saw no one else, and asked, "Where's the one who needs tutoring?"
Ms. Wang brought Ye Yao some tea, and her round face looked sad. She sighed and gestured for Ye Yao to follow her, so Ye Yao followed her to a closed door.
The sound of rhythmic music was faintly heard from inside the door of the room, and Ms. Wang knocked on the door, "Xuexue, the new teacher is here, come out and meet the teacher?"
The music inside the room stopped, followed by a grumpy voice, "I thought I said I didn't want a tutor! What's wrong with me hanging out on the streets later, life is free, you have no idea how cool that is!"
Ye Yao: "......"
It's really rebellious, or a different kind of rebellious than Lu Xun, who at least didn't think that his career would be on the streets when he grew up.
Pity, Ye Yao Looking at the sadness on Ms. Wang's face, she was tempted to drag the people inside out and beat them up.
"Can you just open the door so I can go in and interact with him?" Ye Yao asked.
"Hey, it can be, but ......" Ms. Wang hesitated, "my child is more grumpy and likes to get his hands ...... "
"It's okay," Ye Yao said warmly, "I'm not bad with my hands."
Ms. Wang was amused for a moment, she hesitantly inserted the key into the keyhole, and finally sighed and opened the unlocked door, "Alas, if you're going to be bullied by him hurry out, and if you want any amount of compensation and medical bills just say so, our family will compensate you within our ability."
Ye Yao didn't say anything, he smiled slightly and knocked on the open door of the room to give a hint to the people inside, then stepped inside the room and closed the door with his backhand.
It's better to keep parents out of sight when he's lecturing disobedient kids.
This bedroom was huge, with clothes piled up all over the place, and the sophomore kid was sitting in a computer chair with his back to him in punk clothes full of holes, his feet resting on the computer desk in front of him, his arms crossed on the back of his head, a whole bunch of run-of-the-mill punks.
That's who he's homeschooling this time, Wang Xue.
Wang Xue gave a warning to those who stepped into his territory, ''I'll give you three seconds to get out before I do anything. College student tutor? I'll let you beat the crap out of you with one hand."
Ye Yao As if he didn't hear, "I've checked with your parents about the situation, your foundation is relatively weak, we'll start with the freshman content and also need to review the middle school content once in a while, is this plan acceptable to you?"
Ye Yao's voice was too calm, and Wang Xue was completely enraged, snapping his head back, "Can't hear me, can you, deaf-"
The angry voice ended abruptly.
This room is big enough and messy enough that the room owner doesn't like to let people in to clean up and doesn't clean up at all himself throwing it around, the whole room looks messier than a dog house.
The slender figure in the white sweater stood in this messy room like a lotus out of the mud.
Wang Xue unconsciously opened his mouth wide and watched with a dumbfounded expression as this person walked up to him.
"Hello, I'm your new tutor." Ye Yao said.
One should wear a tuxedo in the presence of such a man.
Wang Xue, who sits in an indecent position, stiffly lowers his legs from the computer desk and sits subconsciously as a well-behaved student.
His brain hadn't been able to recover from the shock of the beauty his eyes had brought, and after a few more seconds of slowing down, he cracked a wicked grin.
"Be a tutor," Wang Xue's eyes were ambiguous, "Be my boyfriend and I'll give you money to spend as you please."
Ye Yao: "You?"
Wang Xue whistled, "Don't look at your brother young, your brother has abs."
Wang Xue is actually quite good-looking, but when faced with a man, Ye Yao is as calm as water and is not aroused at all.
"I heard you want to work on the streets later?" Ye Yao asked.
"It's to hang out on the road!" Wang Xue corrected with a blush, then he went back to the topic he had just talked about, "If you don't object, I'll take that as a yes, and you'll be my boyfriend from now on."
Ye Yao smiled slightly, as if the ice was melting. With such a beautiful face on top, he spoke without any hesitation, "You look weak, forget it."
That's the last thing a brother who wants to hang out on the road wants to hear!
Wang Xue immediately stood up and said in a vicious voice, "Heh, I advise you not to play with fire to piss me off, or else you won't be able to beat me even if I let you have one hand."
Ye Yao stood away a bit, with a disinterested look on his face, "Really? Can't see that you can't beat me."
Is this kind of words can be said casually, then he still have to show show the male style and give this beautiful tutor a little color!
Wang Xue pounced with vigor.
*
Ten minutes later, Wang Xue was lying in bed with a blanket over his head, silently weeping.
His heart ached.
He actually couldn't even beat a tutor who looked so pretty! How can he still be a socialite when word gets out?
"You've lost face on the road, you can't go on." Ye Yao said, "The only way out is to study. Are you going to study?"
Wang Xue sat up from the bed in silent tears, "Why do you fight so well?"
"Learning gives me power in my heart, and with power in my heart, I'm naturally good at fighting." Ye Yao, that's bullshit.
It sounded like a ridiculous reason, but it was perfectly adequate to fool Wang Xue. He wiped away his tears and sat down at the desk with Ye Yao.
"What if I learn it and still run into people I can't beat?" Wang Xue asked.
Ye Yao calmly sells his specialty: "Then learn to protect yourself with the weapons of the law, huh?"
*
At the end of the day's tutoring, Ye Yao walks out of the room and is met with a tearful Ms. Wang holding her hand.
After a warm conversation plus giving money, Ms. Wang said, "Teacher Ye Yao, your school is so far away, and it's so troublesome to go back and forth on weekends, so I'll leave you a house nearby, and you can stay there when you need it, so that you don't have to go back and forth."
This is too much money, Ye Yao of course refused, then he saw Ms. Wang pull out a large set of keys, and from within the large set of keys, she took one out and gave it to him.
"Don't bother to spend money, it's all in your own house, it's too much trouble to rent it to someone else without a few dollars, so I'll just leave it unused. Decorated yet no one has lived it, you do not be formal! When the time comes the address I'll send you on WeChat ha."
Ye Yao: "......"
The key was shoved into Ye Yao's hand, and when the young Ye Yao tried to give it back, he was no longer a match for Ms. Wang.
Ye Yao went down the stairs in a trance and saw the back of the man who was waiting for him in the darkness of the night.
It's Lu Xun.
Lu Xun didn't know when he arrived and how long he waited, but he waited silently without any semblance of impatience.
Ye Yao's nose soured a little, and he took a few breaths, tightening his grip on the cold, hard key that had been shoved into his hand not long ago.
If he lived nearby, Lu Xun wouldn't have to pick him up and they wouldn't have to see each other again.
This key will allow him to stop seeing Lu Xun two out of seven days a week.
Then come out and live outside on your own, you'll only see Lu Xun during class hours, which is just the right distance.
Published at: 06/27/2024 23:00