Opportunities for Friendship

After learning that Lu Xun had a crush, Ye Yao paid special attention to who Lu Xun had a special attitude towards. But no matter how much he observed, he couldn't tell who Lu Xun had a crush on.

Because Lu Xun is still the same Lu Xun who stays with him every day, except for not sleeping in the same bed, the rest of the time he stays with him 24/7, and he hates to eat and bathe with him.

Could it be that Lu Xun likes someone in their class, so he doesn't need to take the time to sneak a peek at his crush?

The more Ye Yao thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case, thinking that he and many of his classmates had been promoted from the first year of high school to the third year of high school together, and that he knew more about his classmates than Lu Xun, who had transferred to his class halfway through the semester, Ye Yao began to pretend that he didn't know about the personalities of the girls in his class from time to time and about their general likes and dislikes.

But Lu Xun didn't receive his kindness at all, and every time he talked about it, Lu Xun's face looked strange and vaguely blue.

"......" Lu Xun's face turned green, "what are you talking about, you have a crush on her?"

Lu Xun is such a straight man, so Ye Yao is also a bit helpless, he explained to Lu Xun the reason why he did so, Lu Xun's face finally eased a bit.

"...... Don't guess." Lu Xun takes Ye Yao's favorite food from his own bowl, and then takes the celery that Ye Yao doesn't like much but silently eats clean every time into his own bowl, "Don't guess, that guy can scare you."

Can you scare him so much?

Ye Yao frowned slightly, and while pondering, he also gave Lu Xun his favorite dishes. Gradually, a bold idea surfaced in Ye Yao's mind.

Ye Yao looked to the side, to make sure that no one was listening to them, and then lowered his voice, nervously asked Lu Xun: "You're not ...... in love with our homeroom teacher, right?"

Lu Xun: "......"

Lu Xun was simply laughed at, and the incident ended with Lu Xun's frantic denials, which made Ye Yao feel that Lu Xun's crush was mysterious and unpredictable.

I wonder if that person likes Lu Xun? I hope that person likes it, after all, Lu Xun is really a very good person, except sometimes will be too straight man do not understand the feelings, other aspects are really perfect.

Ye Yao, who is straight and sometimes uninvolved, thought so.

*

The time of senior year always flies, and today is finally the weekend, Ye Yao didn't go home, but stayed in the house with Lu Xun to study and rest.

The long hours of looking down at the book made Ye Yao's neck and shoulders a little sore, and he casually reached up and pressed his neck down.

It was a very small movement, and Ye Yao did not make any sound, but he had just pressed himself twice when Lu Xun, who was sitting next to him, softly opened his mouth.

"I just watched a video the other day and learned a massage technique to relieve sore shoulders and neck, help you with that?"

Ye Yao stopped moving as he looked over at Lu Xun, a serious young lord of the mansion, and after a pause asked the question in his mind, "What are you learning this for?"

"Look at what you said, of course it is to learn to help Brother Ye to relieve his fatigue, otherwise I have nothing to do?" Lu Xun raised his eyebrows, and regardless of whether Ye Yao agreed or not, he directly got up and stood behind Ye Yao, placing it on Ye Yao's shoulder and neck.

Lu Xun's palm was warm, and the heat seeped into Ye Yao's skin, warming him like a small sun in his palm.

Ye Yao tilted his head back and Lu Xun caught his eye, and the rebellious, unruly teenager with a frown on his face flashed him a grin.

"Boss, still satisfied with my service?" Lu Xun asked.

"Satisfied." Ye Yao said.

Mr. Lu threw a wink at Ye Yao, "Then boss remember to order me next time."

Ye Yao was amused and laughed, "That depends on my mood, and on your performance."

*

At night, Lu Xun forgot his clothes when he took a bath, so Ye Yao went to Lu Xun's room to help him get them. In the room, apart from the photo of the two of them on Lu Xun's bedside table, Ye Yao also saw the red rope bracelet that he had bought some time ago on the desktop of Lu Xun's bedroom.

The red cord has been woven to the end and looks presentable.

...... Is this about to be coded?

Ye Yao approached with Lu Xun's clothes and was able to get a closer look.

I'm afraid Lu Xun can finish it tonight or tomorrow.

According to Lu Xun, when the red rope is officially braided, Lu Xun will confess his love to his beloved.

...... By that time, the two of them won't be spending as much time together anymore, I guess.

Ye Yao dropped her thin eyelashes and reached out to touch the bracelet.

A close friend who has been inseparable for such a long period of time, suddenly reduces the time spent together, of course, he will feel uncomfortable, a kind of friend suddenly left the loss.

It's not that there aren't ways to solve this problem, such as knowing who Lu Xun likes and then stirring up trouble by telling Lu Xun what's inappropriate about that girl, or conveying Lu Xun's bad qualities to that girl while the feelings aren't deep.

But he didn't want to do that, not only was it unethical, but Lu Xun would probably be very upset if the confession didn't work.

He didn't want to see Lu Xun too upset.

It would be nice to be happy and smooth all the time.

Ye Yao rearranged the bracelet and removed his hand.

"Cheer up." Ye Yao said softly, "Give you all my luck with your confession."

*

Ye Yao didn't get to sleep on time tonight.

He sometimes thought about math problems, sometimes thought about how Lu Xun would confess, in case Lu Xun was rejected what to do, so a daze, until after 1:00 in the morning.

Growing teenagers consume a lot of food, and instead of feeling sleepy, Ye Yao feels hungry.

He took out his cell phone and opened the short video software to try to divert his attention, but he didn't expect the first video pushed to him to give him a head-on blow.

The sweet and soft sweet potatoes were taken out of the oven, and the hot outer skin was peeled off, revealing the brightly colored golden flesh inside. The hot air accompanied by the hidden juice, just one glance will make people sink.

Ye Yao immediately turned off his cell phone as he rolled over in bed a few more times before finally rolling out of bed and opening the door to his room, gingerly making his way to the living room.

The living room was stocked with their food, braised beef, old-fashioned sauerkraut, and vine-pepper beef, all beautiful.

Ye Yao stood in front of the food cupboard and made a selection.

He's a big man now, too. It's awesome that he can eat instant noodles and still get three choices.

It just seemed like whichever flavor it was, it didn't quite satisfy him.

...... So hungry for sweet potatoes.

Ye Yao, not one to let his caprice go unchecked, pauses for a moment and reaches for the braised beef flavored bubbly.

Ye Yao had done his best to keep his voice down, but as he boiled water, the door to Lu Xun's bedroom snapped open.

Lu Xun walked out of the eyes have not been able to fully open, hair is messy after sleep, the back of the head of the hair up a piece of support.

"Cooking noodles? Hungry?" A sleepy Lu Xun asked.

Ye Yao asked rhetorically, "Did I wake you up?"

"How can you wake me up, you look down on me too much." Lu Xun muttered as he approached and stood next to Ye Yao, "Let me have a go."

"Just making noodles, what are you showing," Ye Yao cried and laughed, "Go back to sleep, you're making me look like an unscrupulous landlord, making Xiao Lu get up in the middle of the night to cook me noodles."

Lu Xun curses and walks towards the kitchen, coming out with a bowl in his hand. After washing his face in the kitchen, Lu Xun looks much more sober.

"Eat together, don't want to eat alone when I'm around." Lu Xun said as he squeezed over, he looked at Ye Yao for a few moments and raised his eyebrows, "Our Brother Ye doesn't have the urge to eat a late night snack on his face, don't you want to eat this?"

There's nothing he can't say, Ye Yao tells Lu Xun that he's craving sweet potatoes, and that he's just using instant noodles as a stand-in to fill his stomach with whatever he can get his hands on.

"So bad, at such a young age, you've actually learned to find a substitute!" Lu Xun tsked several times in a row before dashingly reaching out and turning off the boiling kettle that hadn't yet boiled the water.

Ye Yao: "?"

"There's a cart selling sweet potatoes over on Frontier Road, and that uncle won't close his stall until almost dawn every time." Lu Xun said, "You wait here."

The clothes Lu Xun wore to bed were T-shirts, and he didn't even need to change now. Ye Yao watched Lu Xun put his keys and cell phone into his pocket and was about to leave, an incredible thought came into his mind, and he hurriedly grabbed Lu Xun by the hand.

"What are you doing?" Ye Yao lowered his voice.

"Go buy you baked sweet potatoes, don't you want to eat them." Lu Xun, who was dragged, turned around to look at Ye Yao, there was no look of inviting credit on his face, his expression was all as usual, as if he had done all these things as a matter of course.

Ye Yao's grip on Lu Xun's wrist tightened as he lowered his voice, "What kind of reason is there to go buy whatever you want to eat in the middle of the night? Just eat some instant noodles to make do."

Lu Xun frowned: "How is it not reasonable, why do you condemn yourself to make do, where did you learn the bad habits, you have to change in the future."

Ye Yao pursed her lips, "...... too much trouble for you."

"What are you saying, what trouble me, what our Brother Ye wants, we must have it know?" Lu Xun's frown slightly loosened, the thin corners of his lips brought a smile.

Ye Yao met Lu Xun's eyes, who seemed to be joking, but was actually serious.

He had said so many words and given many steps, if Lu Xun had just acted on impulse, he could have gone along with the steps he had given him, and he would not have blamed Lu Xun at all.

But now Lu Xun still insists on doing it, just because he said so.

Ye Yao slowly let go of his hand and looked at his best friend.

He stuffed his own cell phone into his pocket as well, took two steps forward to Lu Xun, and smiled, "Come on, I'll go with you."

*

Freshly baked sweet potatoes are still hot, summer cicadas are chirping in the trees, the aroma of summer and the sweetness of sweet potatoes mix together, and everything you see and hear can be turned into a beautiful dream.

The hot sweet potatoes are handed over to Ye Yao, and the aroma is delicious.

"I picked the biggest one for you." Ye Yao heard Lu Xun say, "Eat all you want, we'll go out and buy more if it's not enough."

Dim streetlights spilled from the top, and there were no other pedestrians on the street late at night, only cars that sped down the road, swishing closer and farther away.

There were still people who would interrupt their own sleep for his simple munchies to come out with him on such a late night and do this almost nonsense.

"Thanks." Ye Yao said softly, looking at the sweet potato in her hand.

Lu Xun didn't hear, "What did you say?"

Before Ye Yao could say anything, Lu Xun frowned and speculated, "No way, you're not thanking me, are you, must you say something like that to chill my heart on this happy day?"

"...... I didn't say anything, I was blowing up sweet potatoes." Ye Yao carries on denying it and starts another topic, "When I was helping you with your clothes, I saw that you're about to finish your bracelet, when are you going to confess, tomorrow?"

The topic seemed to create tension in Lu Xun, and Ye Yao watched as Lu Xun kicked up the gravel at his feet, which was kicked far away into the grass.

"That thing ...... I got it done before I went to bed tonight." Lu Xun muffled.

"Well, that was quick." Ye Yao nods in encouragement.

Lu Xun added, "As I said before, confess when you're done, don't wait."

"Well, decisive." Ye Yao continued to nod.

Then he saw Lu Xun dig into his pocket with the hand that wasn't holding the sweet potato, the corners of his mouth turned down.

"I was going to wait until tomorrow, but I didn't realize I'd be out in the middle of the night tonight. This time out was a bit rushed ...... I didn t have time to bring it." Lu Xun's voice held some tightness.

"Uh-huh." Ye Yao nods, and less than a second after he nods back, his nodding stops violently as he suddenly realizes something.

Ye Yao slowly turned his head to look at Lu Xun beside him.

The talking died down and only the summer cicadas were making noise.

They were so close, almost shoulder to shoulder, that they could smell the sweet odor of baked sweet potatoes in each other's hands.

"Although I didn't have time to bring it, I still want to confess to my crush now." Lu Xun is also the first time to confess, under the ten thousand nervous, still one word said clearly, "I have unilateral friendship deterioration, can give me a chance to ...... upgrade our friendship a little?"