Ch35 – I Like You Too

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Translator: Mogumoguchan

Editor: Neirith 

When he saw Ji Xinglan draw closer, Yan Qiu turned his head to the side in a rather stiff manner, doing his best not to keep their faces from touching.

This person was really good with his grappling skills.
Ji Xinglan pushed down on his wrists and positioned his knees in a way that Yan Qiu was forced to open his legs.
Yan Qiu couldn’t even muster the least bit of his strength. 

 

 

“Explain…? Explain what?” Ji Xinglan was being really aggressive, and although it caused Yan Qiu to blink uneasily, he remained obstinate with his words. 

Ji Xinglan stared at him and demanded, “Xie Yu.” 

When Yan Qiu heard it, he realized that it wasn’t because of the love letter, and he instantly sighed in relief.
However, once he thought about it, he found it strange. 

 

He had finally managed to appease Ji Xinglan last night, so why was he suddenly angry at Xie Yu again? Did something happen while they were in school?

“I… haven’t been in school the entire day today.
I never saw Xie Yu,” Yan Qiu said in an innocent manner. 

In truth, when Yan Qiu said those words, he felt a little guilty. 

 

He had been staying at home the entire day, and during that entire time, he chatted with Xie Yu through the terminal.
He also listened to Xie Yu make jabs about Ji Xinglan being a wolf in sheep’s clothing and about how Yan Qiu wasn’t to fall into his trap because he was the type to deceive innocent omegas.

While Yan Qiu promised Xie Yu that he wouldn’t get too close to Ji Xinglan, he remembered how he was already bearing his child. 

If Xie Yu knew the truth, he wondered what sort of thoughts he would have. 

 

Yet, even though he had time to chat with someone, he hadn’t found the time to send messages to Ji Xinglan.
When Yan Qiu remembered this, he felt a little guilty.  

Ji Xinglan stared at him for a few seconds before he relented, “Is that so?”

“It is.
What else do you think I could possibly do?” Yan Qiu found himself puzzled. 

If Ji Xinglan were jealous of Xie Yu, his best friend, it meant that Ji Xinglan was capable of being jealous of everything in existence.
Did that mean that he would be jealous of the cat as well?

“Stop letting your mind run wild.
Xie Yu is my friend.
I’d sooner like you than like him,” Yan Qiu said.  

Ji Xinglan fell silent for a moment before he said, “Say it again.”

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“Xie Yu is my friend.” So Yan Qiu repeated. 

“The next phrase.”

“I’d sooner like you than—Mmph?!” 

The sudden kiss caught Yan Qiu completely off guard.
He didn’t know what suddenly came over Ji Xinglan, but Ji Xinglan just kept lapping at his lips like a kitten.
Then, he looked up, smiled and said, “I like you too.”

“Wha…?”

 

Even though he knew that it was impossible for it to be real, the sudden confession still caused Yan Qiu’s heart to race.
Blood rushed to his head, and his chest felt like it was bursting. 

This was the first time Ji Xinglan told him that he liked him.
Last time, he would only unreasonably declare that Yan Qiu was his, and he was Yan Qiu’s.  

‘You like me…?

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‘What the heck? Even if you want to toy with me, you don’t have to say those things.’ Yan Qiu’s cheeks quickly started to burn.
He couldn’t quite put a word to the complicated emotions he felt in his heart to words.
It was like a tingle. 

But when he saw Ji Xinglan’s hand under his shirt, Yan Qiu warned himself, ‘It’s impossible.
Don’t trust him.’

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Once he heard this, Ji Xinglan had a cold sneer appear on his lips.
Desire flashed in his eyes.
“It’s fine even if you don’t like me.
But you can’t fall in love with anyone else.”

“What right do you have to say that?”

“Because I’m legally your husband, and because you’re pregnant with my child,” he said. 

Yan Qiu found himself rendered speechless by his casual choice of words.
The disappointment caused his face to burn even hotter, the red flush instantly moving from his ears to his neck.  

When Ji Xinglan saw this, his heart fluttered.
His attitude softened up slightly.
He moved his arms a little away from Yan Qiu’s sides, and since his arms were no longer supporting his weight, he leaned against Yan Qiu.
In order to act affectionately, he shamelessly laid on Yan Qiu and refused to move. 

“Did you sleep like this the entire day? Why didn’t you send even a message to me?” He sounded a little indignant. 

Ji Xinglan’s weight was placed entirely on Yan Qiu’s body.
Because of it, Yan Qiu was forced to sink into the soft cushions on the couch, and he couldn’t exert any strength.. 

Their cheeks touched each other.
Yan Qiu felt that their current position was a little indecent, and he tried to push Ji Xinglan while he said sternly, “What are you doing?!” 

It had only been a day since they last met, why was Ji Xinglan so clingy?!

Nevertheless, Ji Xinglan insisted on laying on him.
He refused to move, as if he were a corpse.
Since his entire weight was on Yan Qiu, even if he didn’t use any strength, Yan Qiu would still be unable to push him away. 

Yan Qiu put his hands on Ji Xinglan’s shoulders and tried his best to maintain a distance with him.
His ears gradually turned red. 

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Even if he helped Bai Yuanyuan modify her love letter, there was no need for Ji Xinglan to toy with him like this, alright?! 

Ji Xinglan put his head on Yan Qiu’s shoulder and nuzzled against his neck.
Meanwhile, his fingers brushed against Yan Qiu’s collar.
It itched, making Yan Qiu subconsciously hunch his shoulders. 

“If you like the puppy type, I can try to be cuter too.”

 

When he heard Yan Qiu say these words by his ears, he glared at the adult alpha who was pressing his entire weight on him.
He was 188cm tall, and was highly capable when it came to fighting.
When he realized this, his gaze instantly turned very complicated. 

‘Cute, my foot! That’s terrifying!’ 

When Ji Xinglan saw Yan Qiu’s shocked expression, he thought that Yan Qiu was happy, so he lowered his head and kissed his eyes again. 

It would seem that the love letter he found in Yan Qiu’s drawer was indeed put there by Xie Yu, but when Xie Yu saw that Yan Qiu hadn’t gone to school today, he decided to take it back. 

Yan Qiu didn’t seem to have known, so he might not have seen it in time. 

Ji Xinglan sighed in relief.  

Xie Yu was indeed Yan Qiu’s lackey in the past, but as an alpha, Ji Xinglan couldn’t help but feel possessive of Yan Qiu.
He also wanted to control him and protect him, and these were all thoughts that he couldn’t tell others. 

Xie Yu was also an alpha, and he had to be wary of him. 

Ji Xinglan continued to compete against Xie Yu in his open mind without knowing that the love letter was actually for himself. 

“Isn’t there air conditioning in the apartment? Why are you still dressed in such thick clothes at home?” 

Ji Xinglan released Yan Qiu and moved away from Yan Qiu’s body with a flip.
It was only then that Yan Qiu was able to sit up.
He smoothed out the clothes that Ji Xinglan had wrinkled. 

After he finished tugging down the hem of his shirt, Ji Xinglan beckoned to him and said, “Come here.”

Yan Qiu cast him a sideways glance.
Ji Xinglan patted his legs, a clear sign that he wanted Yan Qiu to go over and sit on his lap, while also reaching out to touch Yan Qiu’s shirt. 

“Remove the sweater.
It’s in the way.” 

‘In the way? In what way?’

Yan Qiu knew that he definitely didn’t have good intentions.
His Adam’s apple bobbed, and he shook his head at Ji Xinglan.
“No.”

Regardless, Ji Xinglan just folded his legs and sat on the couch calmly.
He spoke clearly and in a tone that allowed for no arguments, “Be good.
Either you’ll remove it, or I’ll remove it for you.”

He was just asking Yan Qiu to remove his sweater, but Yan Qiu still felt embarrassed.
He clutched his sweater, and his hands trembled a little.  

Xie Yu was right.
Ji Xinglan was rotten to the core!

In the end, Ji Xinglan got what he wanted and had Yan Qiu sit on his lap while he wrapped his arms around him from behind.
At that moment, Yan Qiu only had a thin dress shirt remaining on him. 

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Ji Xinglan hugged him from behind him, and he placed his chin on Yan Qiu’s shoulder.
While he consoled him, he said, “Let’s take care of the baby together after it’s born, okay?”

Yan Qiu turned his head slightly, and his eyes sparkled a little.
He saw Ji Xinglan’s beautiful but thin lips moving, and they looked as if they were tempting him.  

Since they were married, Yan Qiu always wanted to give birth quickly.
Then, he would divorce Ji Xinglan and run away.
Once that was done, he would never come into contact with this rascal anymore.
However, he now started hesitating. 

Yan Qiu stared at his long eyelashes.
His eyelashes curled up a little.
The words of rejection inexplicably died in his mouth. 

“Let’s talk about it in the future.”

During dinner, Yan Qiu insisted on going out to walk his kitten as he had stayed at home for the entire day.  

Ji Xinglan managed to procure a bell from somewhere and placed it around the kitten’s neck. 

Yan Qiu found it cute, and he kept using his hand to play with the bell. 

Ji Xinglan looked at him.
“Is the bell really that fun?”

Yan Qiu gave an offhanded response. 

“You have one too, you know.”

As he spoke, he walked into the room and brought out a bell that was not quite the same.
With a click, he placed it on Yan Qiu’s inhibition collar. 

“It’s a toy given as a gift when I bought the collar set.
It looks pretty good. 

Yan Qiu didn’t know whether it looked good, he only knew that it was humiliating. ‘A toy? It’s a sex toy!’ 

He tried his best to remove it, but no matter how he tried, he was hapless to remove it.
He only turned his head around and asked for help.
“Take it off.”

“Why? It looks pretty good.” Ji Xinglan touched his cheek and spoke in a whisper to persuade him.
“Be good.
I’m worried that you’ll get lost.
Once you come back from your walk, I’ll take it off for you.”

Yan Qiu switched to a set of loose clothes.
With the kitten in his arms, he moved to a lake garden nearby.
His face was red, and Ji Xinglan went with him. 

During the night, the lake was the same as the small forest in their school.
It was a sacred spot for couples to date.  

They had just walked half a circle around the lake, and had already passed by an unknown number of couples who held hands while they walked with each other. 

Between the shrubs was an alley made of pebbles.
The light from the streetlights shone on it, making the pebbles shine.
From the distance, it looked as if they were stepping on sparkles. 

 

Ji Xinglan didn’t take the road that was filled with people.
Instead, he brought Yan Qiu to a path among the trees. 

The streetlight post behind him was already far behind him.
The further they went down the alley, the darker it was.
The dark shadows of the trees seemed as if they were baring their teeth, like something straight out of a horror movie.
It was as if a monster would jump out at any moment.  

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But Ji Xinglan insisted on saying that the path was shorter if they walked at the center, so Yan Qiu just followed him. 

They walked a few minutes in the forest, and when they arrived at a place with no people, Ji Xinglan suddenly held Yan Qiu’s hand.
Yan Qiu said nothing.
He held the kitten in one arm, while the other hand remained enveloped in the heat from his warm palm.
He obediently let himself be led by Ji Xinglan. 

The kitten seemed to be in a state of discomfort because it was being held by one hand, so it jumped down from Yan Qiu’s hand and started walking on its short legs. 

However, since its legs were short, it couldn’t walk very fast.
While it was strolling about, it would also stop repeatedly to look around or sniff about.
It was even slower than an old man taking a stroll.  

Yan Qiu paid no mind.
He walked when the kitten walked, and stopped when the kitten stopped.
When they were in the depths of the forest, they stopped again.
Suddenly, Ji Xinglan shoved him against a tree by the side.
The bell tied to his collar swayed and made a few chimes. 

“What are you doing?”

Behind Yan Qiu was a rather coarse trunk.
In the dark, he tried his best to open his eyes to look at the person in front of him.
Ji Xinglan placed his hand behind Yan Qiu’s head, because he was worried that Yan Qiu would end up hitting his head. 

Under the silver moonlight, Ji Xinglan’s face was incredibly beautiful.
He seemed to have laughed a little.
A gentle look that was different from how he usually looked sparkled in his eyes.
“What do you think I want to do?” 

Yan Qiu said nothing.
He shrunk back a little, but Ji Xinglan had already had one hand cradle his neck.
His other hand was positioned against the trunk, and just like that, he leaned down to kiss him. 

Under the pure moonlight, they stood under the shadow of the tree and kissed quietly.
In the quiet forest, only the faint chimes of the bell and the sounds of kissing were heard. 

The kitten walked forward on its own before it turned its head around.
Then, it noticed that the two people behind it didn’t follow. 

When it looked a little closer, it found that they were standing together doing something indecent that was not fit for the eyes of kittens! 

Lan Lan let out an angry meow and ran back to search for those two people. 

When they walked out of the small forest, Yan Qiu’s ears were still a little hot. 

He was toyed around to the point that he felt that his throat was a little dry.
When he went past the shops by the road, he went in to buy a bottle of water. 

He had just been gone for a moment, but when he came out, he saw Ji Xinglan bullying the kitten again.  

That evil person even brought Lan Lan’s tail in front of it to fling it in front of its eyes.
When the kitten saw the furry thing, it mewled while it tried to chase and bite its own tail.
In the end, it was so dizzy that it laid sprawled on the ground. 

“Why are you constantly bullying the kitten?!” Yan Qiu picked Lan Lan up. 

 

Ji Xinglan was displeased.
“It’s your fault for playing with the kitten all day long.”

Slight uncertainty flashed on Yan Qiu’s face.
He stared at Ji Xinglan in puzzlement.  

‘No way.
Is this guy… even jealous of a kitten?!’

Mogumoguchan: How long exactly is Lan Lan’s tail…?

Neirith: I hate this ML.
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