AMA Chapter17

Yu Chengsong walked briskly towards the alley entrance. As he concentrated his mind, his hearing and sense of smell improved dramatically.

 

There were two scents of blood in the air; one real, and the other…

 

The indistinct groans and moans of pain in his ears became increasingly quieter as if something was strangling their throats and they couldn’t struggle free.

 

The sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella was so loud that Yu Chengsong simply put away the umbrella and walked in the rain.

 

There’s nothing to get wet anymore anyway.

 

“Oh f*ck! Help…”

 

“Lu-lu-lu… Lunatic!”

 

“I won’t dare to do it again, never again… uh—”

 

Yu Chengsong was in a very calm mood when he turned into the alley. In his calmness, there was a hint of anticipation that he couldn’t explain. But when he saw the scene clearly through the rain, he couldn’t help but whisper, “F*ck”.

 

There were eight people, six and a half were lying on the ground, and the only one standing was holding the half lying guy’s hair in his hand and slamming him against the wall.

 

“Clang—”

 

Yu Chengsong’s scalp felt numb.

 

The half lying also fell down.

 

Yin Gu let go of him and wiped his hands in the rain silently. Rain mixed with blood trickled down his fingertips. Red stains dotted his white shirt, and his black hair was slicked back. His gaze was indifferent, a perfect balance of madness and composure coexisting within him.

 

Yu Chengsong felt that coming out tonight was an absolutely correct decision.

 

Yin Gu acted decisively. He himself would not have been able to do this job unless he was paid more than 500 yuan. Yin Gu’s calmness actually gave him a sense of familiarity.

 

Hearing the voice, Yin Gu slowly turned his head, while the street lights flickered under the rain. From Yu Chengsong’s perspective, he was completely wrapped in scarlet pheromones, like a pair of bloody hands, pressing tightly on the throats of the seven people on the ground, making it impossible for them to even open their mouths and shout for help.

 

Yin Gu looked at him silently with a dark look in his eyes.

 

Yu Chengsong spread out his hand and was about to say “Have I ruined your plan again?” when Yin Gu suddenly laughed.

 

The corners of his lips lifted slightly, his eyes soft, as blood trickled down his jaw. “Deskmate, will you take me to the infirmary?”

 

Yu Chengsong stared at him for a while, then suddenly laughed. He folded his arms as he leaned against the wall, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Let’s go, right away!”

 

The scarlet blood completely disappeared, and a trace of fatigue flashed across Yin Gu’s face. Just as he took a step, the gangster who was lying behind him suddenly jumped up, took out a knife from his arms, and was about to him in the back.

 

Yu Chengsong frowned, and the next moment, orange-red pheromones erupted from the back of his neck, bypassing Yin Gu and striking the gangster directly. The situation was urgent and he couldn’t control his strength. The gangster, who was an ordinary alpha, rolled his eyes as foam came out of his mouth and he fell to the ground like a piece of rag.

 

He won’t be able to wake up for at least four or five hours, and he will have to lie down for a few days as well after he wakes up.

 

“Wow, such a noob.” Yu Chengsong stretched his neck and looked at Yin Gu. “What’s going on?”

 

Yin Gu unconsciously clenched his left hand, looked at the alley entrance, and smiled helplessly, “If I said I was doing something righteous, do you believe me?”

 

The victim ran too fast and didn’t even try to say thank you. Now he has no witnesses even if he wants to explain.

 

Yu Chengsong followed his gaze and saw nothing on the street except heavy rain.

 

Yin Gu has now become a good boy again, and his every word, action, glance, and smile are in accordance with the rules.

 

“I don’t believe it.” Yu Chengsong narrowed his eyes, “Do you want to hit me?”

 

It was so hard just to see it once, and within two minutes, he was like a good kid again. Yu Chengsong’s emotions had swung wildly, but now it all felt like a waste.

 

“I can’t beat you.” Yin Gu looked at his hand holding the umbrella, “Why did you put the umbrella away?”

 

“The noise was too loud. It didn’t even last for two minutes, and yet they were already scared to death.” Yu Chengsong said meaningfully, “What a pity.”

 

Yin Gu couldn’t help smiling as he looked at him, his eyes were soft.

 

“What are you laughing at?” Yu Chengsong glanced at his left hand. “It’s not fully healed? You didn’t even get wet. Take a bath and go to a clinic for treatment.”

 

“Where is it?” Yin Gu walked out.

 

“There’s none here.” Yu Chengsong glanced at the people on the ground again. Some of them looked familiar, but none of them were good people. Yin Gu claimed he was being brave and righteous, and he believed it. Yin Gu said the victim had fled, leaving the hero behind, and he believed that too. Isn’t that the nature of human beings? “Do you remember the milk tea shop?”

 

“Drink milk tea?” Yin Gu asked.

 

“En.” Yu Chengsong said, “There’s a small clinic on the street next to that street. It’s quite cheap.”

 

After that, neither of them said anything else and walked towards the hot pot restaurant side by side. The restaurant was closed, but there was a place to shelter from the rain at the door.

 

Although there was no need for the two of them to shelter from the rain, but they still walked over together.

 

While leaning against the store door, Yu Chengsong habitually reached into his pocket, took out a cigarette box, and pressed his fingertips into it, leaving a dent.

 

It’s been soaked by the rain, and water could even drip out if he twists it.

 

“You can take a ride there later.” Yu Chengsong broke the silence, took out a cigarette, and played with it.

 

“En.” Yin Gu said, and after a while, he tilted his head to look at him. “What are you doing out so late?”

 

“To see you doing something brave and righteous.” Yu Chengsong flicked his fingers, sending the cigarette butt flying. It hit the ground and was crushed into pieces by the raindrops. “What about you? Did you come out specially to do a good deed?”

 

“Me… maybe.” Yin Gu laughed, the corners of his lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm. “If that’s the case, it doesn’t seem bad either.”

 

“Two pitiful fellows.” Yu Chengsong smiled with a gloating look. Although one thousand enemies were killed but eight hundred of one’s own were lost¹It means that if you fight head-on with others, it is not only the enemy that suffers heavy losses, but both sides will suffer losses., “Is it a family matter?”

 

“En.” Yin Gu didn’t deny it. His eyelashes, damp from the rain, drooped halfway. The loneliness in his eyes tightened hearts, yet the corners of his mouth still curved slightly. “I got blamed for no reason. It’s just a sudden disaster.”

 

“What’s the blame?” Yu Chengsong frowned. He was more sensitive to this kind of plot than ordinary people. “Did they misunderstand you?”

 

“I have a younger brother,” Yin Gu said, “A twin brother, in—”

 

“Twin brother?” Yu Chengsong suddenly turned his head, his fingers clenching as he crushed the cigarette box. He raised his voice, frowning, and asked, “Did he bully you?”

 

A look of surprise flashed across Yin Gu’s face, then he covered his mouth with his fist and turned his head away.

 

Yu Chengsong could see from his shaking shoulders that he was laughing and he realized that he had overreacted. He threw away the cigarette box in despair, leaned against the door, and looked at the sky. “Laugh after you’ve finished the story. I get angry easily when my curiosity is not satisfied.”

 

“En…” Yin Gu slowed down, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all. “He… didn’t bully me, but someone else bullied him, and my dad asked me if I did it.”

 

“Multiple shadow clones?” Yu Chengsong laughed. “Your clone flew over there and beat him up? Your dad even watches Naruto ah.”

 

“Maybe.” Yin Gu said, “Or maybe he thinks I paid someone to beat him up.”

 

“Hire me.” Yu Chengsong stretched out his hand. “Five hundred, and I’ve even thought of his burial place.”

 

Yin Gu started laughing again, his phoenix-like eyes were so charming when he laughed. Before Yu Chengsong could raise his hand to scold him, he said, “Sorry, I didn’t mean it… has anyone ever told you that you talk in a very interesting way?”

 

“No.” Yu Chengsong glanced at him and said in a very pretentious manner, “No one dares.”

 

“Thank you.” Yin Gu took a deep breath and looked at him with a smile. “I feel much better now, really.”

 

“Kneel down, Dad is tired of saying this already.” Yu Chengsong stretched lazily, his clothes were sticky to his body and the breeze made him feel cold. “Are you going home?”

 

“I’m not going.” Yin Gu said lightly, “All my family members are dead.”

 

“Then, I hope that your wish comes true.” Yu Chengsong couldn’t help but look at him.

 

Yin Gu wrung his wet sleeves, the expression on his profile was silent and gentle, and the concealed indifference made him frown slightly.

 

“Do you want to come to my house?” Yu Chengsong said.

 

Yin Gu was stunned for a moment, then nodded. “Okay.”

 

“Let’s go.” Yu Chengsong felt relieved for some reason and opened his umbrella. “Let’s go to the clinic first.”

 

The knife wound on Yin Gu’s palm healed very quickly. Although it had been washed in water for who knows how long and had turned a little white, but it was no big deal.

 

The doctor re-bandaged it, prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine, and told him not to get it wet.

 

Yu Chengsong only reacted after entering the clinic.

 

Impulsive.

 

Apart from Zhou Zheyu, no other classmates have ever come to his house. After all, the family atmosphere is too disharmonious, and if his mother’s seizure acts up, it can even have the effect of a horror movie battle royale.

 

He didn’t care what others said about him, but when that person changed to Yin Gu… he didn’t know why he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

 

Neither up nor down.

 

“Thank you, I’ve transferred the money.” Yin Gu paid the money and waved his hand in front of him. “What are you thinking about?”

 

“Nothing, let’s go.” Yu Chengsong said as he walked out.

 

Let’s just treat it as an exchange of Yin Gu’s secrets. If it doesn’t work, he will just lock him up in the room and ask him a few more truths to achieve a secret balance…

 

He’s pretty awesome for being able to come up with such a stupid idea.

 

When going upstairs, Yu Chengsong said, “Actually, I have prepared a surprise for you—”

 

“Is it Uncle and Auntie?” Yin Gu said.

 

Yu Chengsong glanced at him and said, “Should I say you are awesome?”

 

Yin Gu laughed. “Can you change the word?”

 

Yu Chengsong gave a thumbs up, “Super awesome.”

 

Yu Chengsong took out the key and opened the door. The living room was brightly lit with his mother sitting on the sofa with her back to them. She was wearing red silk pajamas and looked like a ghost seeking life in the middle of the night. She did not turn around when she heard the door open but continued to watch the TV, which was not turned on.

 

Yu Chengsong took a pair of his slippers and handed them to Yin Gu while whispering, “Are you surprise?”

 

Yin Gu smiled and said nothing.

 

It was not until they changed their shoes and walked past the sofa to the bedroom that Mother Yu suddenly turned around, her eyes purple as she stared at him like a psychopath, “You still know how to come back, you still know how to come back, you still know how to come back!”

 

The tone of the last sentence was too high. Yu Chengsong covered his ears and paused for a moment before pointing at Yin Gu and saying, “My classmate, Yin Gu.”

 

Without waiting for his mother to speak, he pointed at her again and said to Yin Gu, “My mother, a biological one, although she is old and ugly, but she still looks a bit like me.”

 

“Hello, Auntie.” Yin Gu smiled at Mother Yu.

 

“Get out!” Yu Ma glared at Yin Gu indiscriminately.

 

“He definitely needs to go out.” Yu Chengsong stood in front of Yin Gu. “Can he even live in our house for another year? You gonna raise him?”

 

“A friend you made?” His mother suddenly said.

 

“Friend?” Yu Chengsong was stunned. He had just introduced Yin Gu as ‘my classmate’, and the only person who could be considered his real friend was Zhou Zheyu, so he didn’t know how to respond when his mother said this. However, the battles over the years had made him develop a conditioned reflex, so he put his arm around Yin Gu’s shoulders and smiled ambiguously, “Yes! My boyfriend! Do you want to congratulate me and give me a red envelope?”

 

Yin Gu glanced at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

 

Yu Chengsong blew him a kiss.

 

His mother’s face suddenly became uglier, and she looked at Yin Gu with a frown.

 

Yu Chengsong didn’t want to embarrass her again, so he stayed in the same position, held Yin Gu, and quickly walked to his bedroom, opened the door, and gently pushed him inside.

 

His clothes were soaked, yet the room was hot and humid. Yu Chengsong ran straight to the closet and said, “Why don’t you wear my pajamas? Black, blue, white, green, which one do you want?”

 

“Black one.”

 

Yin Gu looked around the not-so-small bedroom.

 

The room was simply decorated. Unlike typical middle school boys, there were no posters on the walls and almost no decoration. It had an ordinary desk, wardrobe, and double bed, with various unusual stuffed toys scattered and hung on the bed, table, and cabinet.

 

The largest one, a brown short-haired bear, was almost as tall as him and leaned against the chair beside the bed. The smallest, a pink peach, could hang from a mobile phone and perched atop the wardrobe… they were arranged haphazardly, or rather, not arranged at all, simply tossed about.

 

Yin Gu tried hard not to laugh out loud, these things were a far cry from Yu Chengsong’s “I’m very low-key, but I still rule the world” demeanor at school.

 

Did he break into a Chinese legend’s special hobby…

 

The orange cat pillow on the bed is quite cute but a little faded, probably because he cuddles it every day when he sleeps.

 

Yu Chengsong sleeps with the orange cat in his arms…

 

“Here, the underwear is new.” Yu Chengsong turned around and was stunned when he saw his expression. Then he realized something and threw the clothes at him. He walked to the bed, picked up the orange cat pillow and said excitedly, “Do you like orange cats too?”

 

“En…” Yin Gu didn’t expect him to be so frank. “Do you like these?”

 

“You don’t like it?” Yu Chengsong put the orange cat down, picked up a Husky neck pillow from the bedside, walked over, and handed it to him. “Touch it.”

 

Yin Gu reached out and touched it. The touch at his fingertips was wonderful and soft, and he felt very relaxed when he sank his fingers into it… he had never paid attention to this kind of thing before. His parents told him that good children should like to study, and stuffed toys are external things… he naturally never thought about whether he liked it or not.

 

“It’s so soft.” He said.

 

“It’s soft, isn’t it?” Yu Chengsong pinched the husky’s head violently, showing no sign of cherishing it at all. “This little broken thing costs more than 200 yuan. If it’s not soft, I’ll smash his store.”

 

Yin Gu burst out laughing.

 

“What are you laughing at? Change your clothes quickly. Isn’t it uncomfortable to feel sticky?” Yu Chengsong said as he took off his coat and casually put it on a chair. The white T-shirt underneath was also soaked, and he casually lifted it off. The tight muscles on his back rose and fell with his movement. The waistband of his sweatpants sat too low, slipping along his strong waist muscles into the hem of his pants.

 

Yin Gu withdrew his gaze and took off his bloodstained T-shirt.

 

Just now, Yu Chengsong’s mother didn’t react at all when she saw him like this. Is it a mental problem…

 

There are two bathrooms in the house: one in the master bedroom, which is reserved for his mentally ill mother and son, and the other one was outside.

 

Yu Chengsong now wanted to take a shower very urgently, but Yin Gu was the guest and seemed to be in a hurry too.

 

He looked at Yin Gu, who had taken off his shirt to reveal six-pack abs, and held back a whistle, deliberately avoiding the view of the two remaining packs in his pants. He asked sincerely, “Do you have any hidden illnesses?”

 

“Hmm?” Yin Gu was holding the T-shirt and thinking about where to put it when he heard it and looked up. “For example?”

 

Yu Chengsong pointed at his lower body and said, “Developmental disorders—” It’s good.

 

“It was very good.” Yin Gu smiled. “Would you like to try it?”

 

“Then I can be at ease.” Yu Chengsong picked up his pajamas and said wickedly, “Otherwise, I’m afraid you’ll feel inferior to me.”

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  It means that if you fight head-on with others, it is not only the enemy that suffers heavy losses, but both sides will suffer losses.