Sweet, Although Short Chapter 19

Translated by Raine

Edited by Amaris 

Just then, Xia Yan turned his head around, and the two of them ended up staring at each other.

Ning Can blushed profusely. He turned his head away immediately, just to see a ripped face on the tv screen.

Ning Can immediately turned his head back and stared at Xia Yan. His whole face was pale.

Xia Yan’s heartbeat became very weird. He gathered his mind together and said, “It’s really late already, let’s go to sleep.” 

Ning Can didn’t dare to watch the horror movie at all, instead his eyes were glued to Xia Yan, “It’s… it’s not finished yet…”

Xia Yan said, “It’s already finished.”

He grabbed the remote in the dark and pressed the fast forward button, skipping directly to the end of the movie.

Ning Can wouldn’t know because he didn’t watch it at all. 

Xia Yan's hands trembled a little. The movie was finished, meaning this short snuggling session was also over.

But did it make any difference?

It had been four years, yet he was still making everything hard for himself.

A wave of tiredness surged up to him. Xia Yan got up and said, “I still have some work to do, you should go to sleep earlier.”

After that, he turned around and went straight to his study. He closed his eyes while trying to find the peace and silence that had accompanied him for four years.

Ning Can was still holding the fruit plate as he sat in the huge living room, astonished. His face slowly turned paler and paler.

Xia Yan left!

He was left alone in this awfully dark room! 

He used to think that the room was small and lousy, but now he felt like the room became so fucking big, so big it felt like it was packed with ghosts!

Ning Can paused for ten seconds and then immediately stood up, “It’s, it’s so late already, you still have work to do? You’re still so young, you shouldn’t stay up this late, what if you end up bald like my dad?”

Xia Yan’s heart that couldn’t calm down at all was now beating even faster.

Ning Can who was still holding onto the fruit plate rigidly said, “Really, staying up this late will make you bald…” 

Xia Yan stopped, but didn’t spare him a glance, “It’s only ten o’clock.”

Ning Can, “…” Only ten o’clock? The movie was two hours long, when it ended wasn’t it supposed to be twelve o’clock already!

Xia Yan didn’t give him the chance to ponder further and said straight to the point, “It’ll only take one more hour, I won’t stay up late, you should go to sleep now.”

Ning Can didn’t have any excuses anymore, but if he was left alone like this, he would be scared to death! 

I’m regretting this so much, why did I seek death and watch horror movies!

I couldn’t get it out of my mind after watching it!

Ning Can’s ‘If a plan is unsuccessful then create another plan’, “I’m staying with you!”

Right! This is a good reason! 

Xia Yan was dumbfounded, and his gaze finally fell upon Ning Can.

Ning Can looked at him unabashedly, his bright eyes were carrying hints of pride and slyness.

Xia Yan’s heart thumped so fast he could hardly hear what Ning Can had said.

“…Let me take a look, my father told me to learn from you, isn’t this the perfect chance? Don’t worry, if you have any business secrets just inform me, I’ll close my eyes and not look at it…” 

Xia Yan came back to his senses, his mind was buzzing. It felt like an electric current flowed all over his body, waking up all his dead nerves.

Rationally he knew he had to refuse him, no matter what, he had to refuse him.

This was a bottomless abyss, one step into it and you would be lost forever.

But… 

He said in a hoarse voice, “…Fine.”

If he was able to refuse Ning Can, why would he need to suffer till this day.

Chapter end