The promised 3 bonus chapters today! Tomorrow, I’ll upload the (currently) last bonus updates, all 4 of them~
Xie Xu put down the milk and left. Jiang Shi’s mouth was numb from the cold, so he inserted a straw and took a sip. When he looked up at the screen, he saw a flood of “hahahas” filling the chat.
[I’m really going to laugh to death.]
[When Little White Hair took a big bite out of the frozen pear and then asked Xu if he wanted some, I was drinking water and almost sprayed it on my phone.]
[Did anyone else notice that T Bao was about to hand Xu the frozen pear full of bite marks? Probably realized his pear looked too ugly and took it back.]
[Hahahaha, I saw it! I laughed so hard I honked like a goose, my mom told me not to go crazy.]
Jiang Shi: “?”
[Hahahaha, why has T Bao’s IQ dropped since being with Xu? He’s so easy to fool.]
[He’s a born southerner, so it’s normal not to know how to eat frozen pears, haha. Don’t call him stupid, or he’ll glare at you.]
[Little idiot, frozen pears need to thaw before you eat them, and you suck the water out, not bite them.]
[If they’re frozen well, you can just insert a straw and drink the sweet juice, just like you’re drinking milk right now.]
[Didn’t you realize anything was wrong when you bit into that ice?]
Jiang Shi slowly realized what had happened.
So, Xie Xu knew how to eat frozen pears, and when he saw him enjoying the pear so much, he hesitated to say anything. Was he respecting Jiang Shi’s preferences?
Jiang Shi was angry.
This damned stream chatters is driving him crazy, he was going to settle the score with them!
Jiang Shi rolled up his sleeves, ready to take action, when suddenly a flashy entrance effect appeared in his live stream.
[TLG-Xu has entered your live stream, make sure to welcome him!]
Jiang Shi quickly swallowed the dirty words he was about to say, switching to a sweet tone. “Captain, what brings you here?”
Wasn’t Xie Xu supposed to be taking a nap?
Jiang Shi unconsciously straightened his back, placed his feet back on the ground, and sat up properly.
[TLG-Xu: I’ll just hang out in your live stream for a bit, wearing headphones and sleeping.]
Jiang Shi nodded. “Captain, you sleep. I’ll just play games, I won’t disturb you.”
The sound of just the keyboard clicking was helpful for sleep.
[Just taking a rest? Like a little student being watched by the teacher.]
[But with Xu here, this little idiot probably won’t do anything.]
[I still want to see his abs…]
[Xu didn’t come to the livestream just for this purpose, right?]
[We’ve worked so hard, and this little idiot was going to send himself to your bed, yet you’re going to deprive us of the benefits of seeing his abs? @TLG-Xu]
Jiang Shi saw the mention and quickly muted the user.
[Time: Didn’t see Xu sleeping? Anyone who mentions him gets muted.]
Some people didn’t believe it, so Jiang Shi used his superior hand speed to muted them all.
Time: Let’s see who gets the last laugh. I haven’t even gotten back at you for the frozen pear thing.]
[Time: Smile.jpg]
Xie Xu stayed in Jiang Shi’s live stream for an hour. During that hour, no one was talking, but the sound of the keyboard never stopped.
[How does this guy manage to find and respond to those comments so precisely during a match?]
[I’m seriously impressed. I just mentioned if he’s grown taller this New Year, and he muted me for five minutes, giving the reason: personal attack.]
[I don’t think he has grown taller. You can compare him to his chair. I screenshotted it, I’ll send it to you privately. A few months ago, when he first started streaming, he was 175 cm.]
[From the comparison, no change. Maybe he grew 1 cm at most.]
[This little idiot used to think he’d grow to 180, it’s hilarious.]
[Well, looks like we won’t be seeing the ceiling tonight.]
Jiang Shi stared at the mocking comments, expressionless, and shifted his butt on the chair a little. He also muted the unfilial son who was making fun of the ceiling thing for half an hour.
After being muted for so many times, the viewers in the live stream started to behave.
[T Bao, don’t be so serious! It’s the New Year.]
[This little idiot plays games really well, his Senna’s number one in the league! Once the new year starts, those players in the arena will get destroyed!]
[T Bao is going to shoot a set of endorsements with Xu after the New Year, I’m already waiting to buy it!]
Jiang Shi saw some positive comments and his expression softened a little.
[Time: Don’t flatter your Dad too much, the keyboard is available for purchase.]
[Tsk, T Bao, you’re really fierce, just because Xu is sleeping and can’t see, right?]
[When Xu first came into the stream, you had your feet down! I counted, less than five minutes, and this kid was already crossing his legs.]
[Forget it, a father will not dislike his son’s ugliness. Dad will always love you.]
[Did T Bao forget about the fixed New Year’s tradition?]
[Yeah! Last year, T Bao chatted for half an hour!]
Jiang Shi saw some of the comments and put a confused expression above his hero’s head.
[The kid really forgot.]
[Right, with Xu here, ex-boyfriends are just a thing of the past.]
[T Bao was so heartbroken when he was with his ex. He was his white moonlight, and now every year he’ll reminisce with the live stream viewers.]
[The viewers still remember! Did the person involved forget?]
[I still remember T Bao’s original words: I really liked him. If we hadn’t lost contact, we would have had kids by now.]
Jiang Shi: “?”
He nervously glanced at the top-ranked professional account in the live stream, glowing with gold.
Xu should still be asleep.
But to avoid the viewers bringing up the past, Jiang Shi decided to respond.
[Time: That’s all in the past. Now I only love Xu. Got it?]
The viewers were just joking, and since Xu’s account was still in the live stream, they didn’t want to ruin the relationship, so the topic was quickly dropped.
Not long after, Xie Xu woke up and came to the training room. The two played a few matches to rank up.
However, Xie Xu seemed distracted, his mind somewhere else.
Jiang Shi didn’t think too much of it. After all, it was normal to feel off after just waking up.
By midnight, Jiang Shi called it quits. “Captain, I’m tired. I’m going to sleep.”
He yawned dramatically.
He didn’t want to really play games all night with Xie Xu and have no energy for more adult things.
But he needed a reason to get into Xie Xu’s room. Maybe some liquid courage would help?
Jiang Shi spent a long time thinking from the second-floor training room to the third floor, to no avail. In the end, he stood outside the bedroom door like he was punished by a teacher, too afraid to enter.
Meanwhile, Xie Xu hadn’t entered his room yet, sitting on his bed, scrolling through Weibo.
It had been a while since he checked a small Weibo account. Now, there were a few new links on it, but they required a password to open.
It seemed like a fan had mentioned a joke during Jiang Shi’s stream earlier, but that fan had threatened to privately message him the joke. However, Jiang Shi had calmed him down in time, so he hadn’t received it.
“Jiang Shi.”
Just as Jiang Shi was standing outside his room, brainstorming ways to enter Xie Xu’s room, Xie Xu suddenly called his name.
Jiang Shi immediately responded, “I’m here!”
The two exchanged a look, and Jiang Shi’s eyes lit up.
Was Xie Xu going to take the initiative to invite him into his room?
Xie Xu paused when he saw Jiang Shi’s expectant eyes. He changed the question he wanted to ask. “Do your teeth feel uncomfortable?”
Jiang Shi blinked. “Why do they feel uncomfortable?”
After asking, he suddenly thought of the stupid thing he did during the day – biting into a frozen pear. His face flushed red, and hurriedly brushed it off. “It’s okay, my teeth are fine.”
It’s not hard to finish that ice-like pear of that size.
Xie Xu hummed. “Then go to bed early, good night.”
Jiang Shi could only reply depressedly, and went into his room.
Feeling dejected, he took a shower, but couldn’t bring himself to blow-dry his hair.
Just like what his fans said – today, there’s only him and Xie Xu in the base. What can’t they do tonight?
He also just brushed his teeth for a long time.
When Jiang Shi was trying to find an excuse, he suddenly saw Xiao Hei strolling in at the door.
Jiang Shi’s eyebrows raised. ‘I can use him!’
Xie Xu took a shower and was drying his hair. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Jiang Shi’s anxiety bleeds through his voice. “Captain!”
Xie Xu opened the door and saw Jiang Shi holding Xiao Hei, face contorted in anger. “This stinky cat peed on my bed!!![mfn]Xiao Hei: this is injustice!![/mfn]”
After that, he handed the culprit to Xie Xu, as if asking Xie Xu to give him justice.
A trace of surprise flashed across Xie Xu’s eyes, and so was Xiao Hei’s.
Half an hour ago in the training room, Xie Xu saw Xiao Hei coming out of the toilet.
Jiang Shi put the cat litter box there for it.
Xiao Hei was not familiar with Xie Xu yet, and struggled to get down after being held for a while. Xie Xu the cat let go, and Xiao Hei immediately stepped on Jiang Shi’s slippers and meowed rudely.
He definitely was cursing at Jiang Shi again.
Jiang Shi was scolded by the cat, his face flat. Then, he let the “perpetrator” run away. However, he did not forget to complain to Xie Xu with a bitter face, “Captain, I only have that one quilt. I put it on the balcony and let it blow. I guess the smell will not go away until tomorrow.”
After he finished, he looked up at Xie Xu and said carefully, “Captain, can you take me in for one night?”
Jiang Shi had just finished taking a shower, and there was a very light mint smell from his shower gel on his body. Maybe it was because he was too heavy-handed when brushing his teeth, but his lips also looked rather red. With his lips pursed, he looked pitiful and helpless.
For a moment, Xie Xu fell silent. He then turned, and before he could close the door, Jiang Shi bolted – faster than Xiao Hei’s speed – and threw his slippers aside. He plopped on Xie Xu’s bed.
Just when Jiang Shi was about to invite Xie Xu to sleep with him, he saw Xie Xu turned around, opened the closet, and took another quilt.
Jiang Shi was a little unhappy. “Captain, this quilt you used now is quite big, we can squeeze together. There’s no need for two quilts.”
If they sleep in two separate quilts, Jiang Shi would have to crane his neck to kiss Xie Xu! That’s too tiring.
After that, Jiang Shi deliberately spread the quilt on the bed wide open, leaving no room for Xie Xu to put the new quilt.
Xie Xu looked at Jiang Shi’s little movements and asked, “Did your fans teach you something again?”
Jiang Shi was shocked — because indeed, this was a trick his fans taught him.
But he quickly denied, “How could it be? Captain, I’m just afraid that you will feel cold sleeping alone at night.”
After that, he quickly turned back and forth on the bed a few times, covering himself with the quilt and turned into a human burrito. He looked docile and obedient, as if inviting Xie Xu to do whatever he wanted.
—But since Xie Xu had this suspicion, that must mean one thing: such ambiguous action like this looked incongruous with his “Obedient Jiangjiang” facade. Xie Xu must’ve thought that it was his fans that led him astray.
Still, Xie Xu spread another quilt for him to use. He then turned off the lights.
Jiang Shi had a lot of little thoughts in his mind, preventing him from falling asleep. So he started chatting with Xie Xu.
Jiang Shi: “Captain, are there many people in your family visiting for the New Year?”
Xie Xu: “Quite a few.”
Jiang Shi: “During today’s stream, my fans told me that you participated in an entertainment basketball game before. Do you know how to play basketball?”
Xie Xu: “Yeah. There’s a basketball court on the right space of this base. You can go and play then.”
Jiang Shi became interested. “Then I will definitely go. Captain, you can teach me then!”
Xie Xu: “Alright.”
The room became quiet. After about ten minutes, Xie Xu’s breathing was as steady as his sleeping posture.
Jiang Shi opened his eyes in the dark, tilted his head to look in the direction of Xie Xu, and asked in a low voice: “Captain, are you asleep?”
He didn’t respond.
“Captain, they say you have eight-pack abs. Is that true?”
Still no response.
Jiang Shi finally felt emboldened. “Captain, I want to go to the bathroom, I can’t hold it anymore.”
After that, he squirmed a few times on the bed.
Xie Xu still didn’t respond.
Jiang Shi blinked. ‘Did he really fall asleep?’
He secretly lifted his quilt and scooted over into Xie Xu’s side of the bed.
Their shoulders were touching, their body temperatures were transmitted to each other through the thin pajamas, and during the groping, Jiang Shi’s hand accidentally touched the back of Xie Xu’s hand.
The direct warm touch startled him so much that he retracted his hand, heart beating erratically.
But then, less than a minute later, Jiang Shi moved again.
He closed his eyes, left hand slowly inched into Xie Xu’s palm. He rotated his body sideways as he wrapped his right hand around Xie Xu’s waist.
However, because he did not control the distance well, Jiang Shi’s right hand pressed on Xie Xu’s lower abdomen area instead.
The loose pajamas were lifted up a little. From the perspective of Jiang Shi’s palm, it felt a contrasting sensation – half soft fabric, half warm skin.
Maybe it was an illusion, but Jiang Shi swore he felt the abs underneath his palm contracted, making the lines clearer.
In the darkness, Jiang Shi swallowed nervously.
He thought about the eight-pack abs his fans swore Xie Xu has.
Jiang Shi licked his lips and boldly traced the outline with his fingers.
Xie Xu really has eight-packs!!
Poor kitty, being slandered!!!