AMA Chapter45

“What do you think I should give him?” Yu Chengsong ignored him and muttered to himself, “His family members are not smart. And he has never received a proper gift either. Poor little thing.”

Zhou Zheyu locked the door, took out a cigarette, and lit it.

His pheromones smell like tobacco, so he can just block the smell in the room without worrying about his mom finding out.

“You’re already in this state and you still feel sorry for others.” Zhou Zheyu sat back as he took a puff of a cigarette. “You two should really form a ‘so pitiful’ group.”

“Skip the nonsense.” Yu Chengsong poked the plastic bag of candy, “Use your still-usable brain and think carefully. Aren’t you the best at coaxing Oga?”

“He’s not even an Oga, he—” Zhou Zheyu froze for a moment, suddenly realizing something. He snapped his head around to look at him, his neck cracking with the movement, eyes wide as he pointed at him with a trembling hand, “You wouldn’t, you, you really, you treat him…”

Yu Chengsong took the cigarette box and lit one as well, but didn’t smoke it. He just held it in his hand.

After a while, he said, “Probably.”

“What the f*ck do you mean by ‘probably’?!” Zhou Zheyu glared at him.

“Probably?” Yu Chengsong glanced at him, “Maybe, almost, should, be…”

“F*ck, I didn’t ask you that!” Zhou Zheyu looked shocked and unbelievable.

Yu Chengsong was inexplicably annoyed by what he saw, although he was not sure whether what annoyed him was Zhou Zheyu’s current miserable state or his own stupid behavior that he dared not admit directly.

His chest felt stuffy, and it was hard to breathe.

He bit the cigarette holder, turned to look at Zhou Zheyu, took a breath, and said, “Yes, I am moved.”

“…F*ck.” Zhou Zheyu lay back and collapsed.

“Get up.” Yu Chengsong kicked him and instantly felt relieved, as if he could easily run 5,000 meters and win a gold medal. “I’m done, it’s your turn. Think about it quickly. What can I give him to show my sincerity?”

“F*ck!” Zhou Zheyu sat up again with a somersault. He sat up so fast that he held his head for a long time due to dizziness.

“How about you let me know when you’re done f*cking?” Yu Chengsong picked up a piece of candy and threw it at his face. “I’m going to take a nap first.”

“I’m done.” Zhou Zheyu wiped his face with a look of pain, “I c*mmed in seconds.”

“You idiot.” Yu Chengsong kicked him again, unable to hold back his laughter for a long time. “Think about it quickly.”

“I’m thinking, I’m thinking! You’re more impatient than someone about to give birth.” Zhou Zheyu touched his chest, obviously still not recovered from the pain of ejaculation. After a long time, he said, “In my experience, if I’m attracted to someone like you do to this extent, I would usually offer them a small handful of my sincerity as a gift.”

“A handful?” Yu Chengsong looked at him and narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction. “Can you think of Father without using your scumbag standards? Father is different from you.”

“F*ck!” Zhou Zheyu spun around and shot him a fierce look that hit straight in the heart. “If you insist on giving someone your whole self, no one can stop you. But you two have only known each other for one month. If you make a move now, it’s basically a flash marriage. He was transferred here, and his family isn’t in this city. For all we know, he could disappear with your heart one day, and you’ll be left playing the God of Wealth.”

“He can’t run away.” Yu Chengsong took a puff of a cigarette and said.

“You look charming when you give someone your heart, but you look pathetic when you let your money slip away.” Zhou Zheyu squeezed the candy ball and said seriously, “As your best friend who has worn the same crotchless pants and peed on the same bed as you, I advise you to calm down. Look at Yin Gu…”

“What’s he like?” Yu Chengsong was unhappy and clicked his tongue. Can Gu Gu still have a choice when he’s like that?

“Turn off your f*cking filter before you glare at me.” Zhou Zheyu smoked and pointed at him, “Don’t talk yet.”

“Alright.” Yu Chengsong wanted to know what his closest brother thought of Yin Gu, since he was basically considered the in-law. He leaned back, his throat tightening a bit. “Go on.”

“He looks very unreliable!” Zhou Zheyu tapped the air with his cigarette and frowned at him. “But he’s the same as you in this respect. You two managed to tie.”

“Are you praising me for being handsome?” Yu Chengsong raised his hand.

“Yes.” Zhou Zheyu hit his hand, still frowning, “Put it down and listen to me.”

Yu Chengsong put his hand down.

He didn’t expect that Zhou Zheyu would take this matter so seriously. It’s not like he had thought about it carefully, but he came here simply to give Yin Gu a good birthday and prepare a surprise.

But now that they have come to this, they might as well say it all at once.

“I think Yin Gu is not a simple person. He is full of tricks. He will be nice to you when things are going well, but he will turn his back on you when things are not going well… do you know what green tea¹Chinese netizens use this term to refer to the kind of women who appear to be serene and nice but are actually merciless and manipulative, taking advantage of the men who take a fancy to them and toying with their feelings. is?” Zhou Zheyu retorted to him with a defensive look on his face. “What a popular word these days. Even I couldn’t see through his disguise when school started. It’s too scary… You’re such a simple and kind alpha that you let him put in the gutter and still have to count the money for him!”

“Should I thank you for the compliment?” Yu Chengsong sighed.

“It’s up to you.” Zhou Zheyu took a deep puff of his cigarette, paused, turned his head, and looked at him and said, “I’m not saying that you two can’t be together or anything, I just think you should think it over before making a decision, before you have to have him.”

Zhou Zheyu frowned. “At least keep in touch for a while longer.”

“I’ve thought about all this.” Yu Chengsong sat up straight and patted him on the shoulder. “I’m serious now.”

“I’m scared because I know you’re serious!” Zhou Zheyu looked at him with a look of ‘Why don’t you understand?’ “You’re not sure whether he is or not. What if, what if at that time… you’re the only one left besides me since childhood. We definitely can’t run away. How much effort do you have to put on a new person in your heart? What if he runs away, you f*cking…”

“I can’t die either.” Yu Chengsong comforted him, “Really? You don’t believe me?”

Zhou Zheyu looked at him for a while and sighed.

Yu Chengsong also sighed and said nothing.

He actually thought more than Zhou Zheyu, but like Zhou Zheyu, he did not think of a definite answer.

Every time he thinks a little further into the future, his thoughts get cut off.

What if Yin Gu left? What if they broke up after not being together for long? Or even what if he confessed to Yin Gu and he looked surprised and disgusted…

The truth is obvious. If that person leaves, he’ll go after him, but he might never reach him.

Even if they split up, he would still run after him, but he might never catch up.

Even if he couldn’t accept him, he will continue to chase after him, but it is still not certain whether he’ll be able to catch up or not.

Not certain, not certain, not certain

Every time he sees Yin Gu, he can’t help but think, but every time he thinks about him, he stops thinking halfway.

Then he got annoyed.

Screw it, barren as it is, just accept it.

Is it called youth without pain?

If he keeps hesitating and overthinking now, then years later he won’t even have anything to brag about when he’s drunk. When he’s drunk, he won’t know who to cry over, and he’ll end up living like some guy with no story at all—but he’d rather be a total fool for someone. Even if five or ten years later, he can’t help crying while holding the alcohol bottle when he thinks of this person after getting drunk, he will still accept it.

He would rather think that this kind of liking now is what is f*cking called youth.

Yu Chengsong didn’t know what the probability was for a person to meet someone they liked in their lifetime. Just looking at this classmate, Zhou Zheyu, he could see that people’s preferences were different. For Zhou Zheyu at the moment, he liked all pretty girls.

But for him, maybe because he’s so good-looking himself, he doesn’t care much about other people’s faces, so his feelings tend to run deeper. Of course, if someone is as handsome as Yin Gu, looks still matter—but right now, what he admires most is classmate Gu Gu’s beautiful soul.

“Skip this sad topic.” Yu Chengsong laughed, put his arm around his shoulders, and squeezed them. “Let’s think about what to give him for his birthday from the beginning.”

“Sending you a burning heart.” Zhou Zheyu sang weakly.

“I can give you a big slap in the face.” Yu Chengsong looked at him.

“Will you listen to me?” Zhou Zheyu glared at him. “You don’t have any patience for me now. You’re only trying to coax that little vixen!”

“Hey, hey, hey, I was wrong,” Yu Chengsong’s stomach aches. “Say it, say it, my chaff.”

“That’s more like it.” Zhou Zheyu thought for a moment, “Has he ever shown you what he likes? You can do it yourself or with your own hands.”

“Meal.” Yu Chengsong looked at him.

“Damn, it can’t be that you cook for him every day now, are you?” Zhou Zheyu suddenly raised his voice in indignation, “I didn’t expect you two to live together, and you even cooked for him! You weren’t so virtuous before, I didn’t even get to eat your food every day!”

“Do you want to date me? Do you want to sleep with me? Do you want to be f*cked?” Yu Chengsong glanced at him, smiling. “I promised to cook for you every day.”

“…Then forget it.” Zhou Zheyu covered his butt, “I’m not that greedy.”

“This is too boring, he can eat my food all the time.” Yu Chengsong said, “Change it.”

He must cook a good meal for Yin Gu that day, but it is just standard, not a surprise, just like wearing new clothes and cooking a table full of dishes during the Chinese New Year.

“Let me think…” Zhou Zheyu mumbled for a long time before he said, “You are this awesome, why don’t you make him a cake?”

“I do it?” Yu Chengsong was stunned.

“En; otherwise, I do it? Moreover, you have to do it yourself, and it’s better to record a video or something, so you can recall it later.” Zhou Zheyu touched his chin. “Also, it’s quite popular recently for alphas to embroider something for their partners. What contrast? Why don’t you make him a small backpack? Small gloves? What does he like?”

“Stuffed toy.” Yu Chengsong thought for a moment, “He liked it very much when he came to my house at that time. He touched it for a long time.”

“Then let’s use a stuffed toy.” Zhou Zheyu said, “But you can’t use the ones you already have in your house. You have to sew one for him.”

“There are only four days left.” Yu Chengsong frowned, “Is there enough time?”

Baking a cake is not difficult for him, but he has no experience in sewing things. If he is not ready by the day, he will only have cake to show for it.

How embarrassing.

And it wasn’t formal at all, which showed that he didn’t take it seriously.

“This is so easy to solve! You’ve lost your IQ because of your secret crush already.” Zhou Zheyu said, “I’ll tell you I’m heartbroken and I want you to accompany me every day. Let’s skip classes and come to my house to sew. Zhou Xinxin from the next class told me a few days ago that there are pre-cut fabric kits you can buy. You just sew everything together by following the instructions. They even let you add hidden buttons, and you can tuck a little note inside to confess your feelings or give someone a surprise.”

“If this works out.” Yu Chengsong pressed his shoulder. “Zheyu, I’ll treat you to a meal.”

“What if it doesn’t work out?” Zhou Zheyu looked at him.

“If not…” Yu Chengsong looked at the chocolate candy in his hand and laughed. “Then I may have to live in your house for a while.”

“Tsk, since you’re determined, I won’t say anything unlucky.” Zhou Zheyu nudged him with his arm, “What do you think the chances of success are?”

“About 70 to 80 percent.” Yu Chengsong said.

“I’m f*cked again!” Zhou Zheyu looked at him suddenly, startled. “This low?”

“That’s called a conservative estimate.” Yu Chengsong threw a piece of candy into his mouth.

Conservative indeed.

He had never seriously tested Yin Gu’s thoughts, nor did he want to. It would seem so insincere, as if Yin Gu’s love for him was not as good as he expected and therefore not worth pursuing.

The fact that he likes Yin Gu has nothing to do with how much Yin Gu likes him.

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  Chinese netizens use this term to refer to the kind of women who appear to be serene and nice but are actually merciless and manipulative, taking advantage of the men who take a fancy to them and toying with their feelings.