12 BY Junjun
Xiao Jian has been suffering from severe insomnia for the past few days.
He was so worried! He'd finally gotten his wife, whom he'd thought, even if she wasn't as dazzling as a phoenix, she'd at least have some merit and use, like a hen occasionally laying eggs. But who knew… he'd ended up with a rooster! Not only did she not lay eggs, but she also kept crowing incessantly, driving him crazy! Compared to Xining, this hen-like rooster, Li Muqing was practically a dragon among phoenixes! Although the analogy was bizarre, Xiao Jian didn't find it exaggerated at all. He thought about Xining, then about Li Muqing, and realizing the two were completely incomparable, he suddenly remembered that the PUMA clothes he'd borrowed from his fellow villager were still drying at Li Muqing's place! Was he… going to have to go back to hell again?
While Xiao Jian was still considering whether or not to step into the gates of hell again, the King of Hell appeared before him, accompanied by another gatekeeper.
"Xiao Qing, stop being stubborn with me, let me explain!" That evening, Xiao Jian, who had been struggling with his thoughts lately, didn't go to sell pancakes. Instead, he walked alone on the campus path in the autumn wind, intending to return Li Muqing's clothes and get back his fellow villager's clothes. At the same time, he was lost in thought about how to find a wife. Just then, he heard Zhao Yezhi's voice ahead. Xiao Jian looked up and saw that Li Muqing was about to leave, but Zhao Yezhi grabbed his arm, looking somewhat anxious.
"What else is there to say? Are you even a man? If you're a man, then stop being so mushy and just get it over with, okay?" Li Muqing said with a look of disdain.
“Li Muqing…” Zhao Yezhi’s expression was a little serious. “Sometimes I even doubt whether you ever really liked me. If I tell you I want to break up, you’ll immediately turn around and leave without a second thought. Is that really how you are? Are you really so willing to let go of the relationship we’ve built over the years?”
“Zhao Yezhi,” Li Muqing turned her head and actually laughed, “who slept with someone else behind my back? Who kissed someone else a second time? And who repeatedly let me see you entangled with him? If I hadn’t caught you just now, how long did you plan to hide it from me?”
"That time we slept together was an accident!" Zhao Yezhi was somewhat angry. He gripped Li Muqing's shoulders tightly with both hands, frowned, and looked at her, saying, "I've always loved you!! Do you know that!"
"So you're breaking up with me now?" Li Muqing stared intently at Zhao Yezhi, his tone so distrustful that Xiao Jian could tell Li Muqing was hurt.
"But...I...I don't know what's wrong with me, I just...I just fell in love with him so much..." When Zhao Yezhi said this, his confidence was obviously lacking, and all he got in return was a cold laugh from Li Muqing.
"Then why are you even talking to me? I'm going back to sleep. Go wherever you want! From now on, we're not in each other's way. You can sleep with as many people as you want, do whatever you want, I definitely won't stop you!" Li Muqing got excited too. He broke free from Zhao Yezhi's restraint, glared at him, and went up to his dormitory building.
Zhao Yezhi stared blankly at Li Muqing's retreating figure as she went upstairs, sighed deeply, turned around, and left as well.
This... these two must be breaking up...? Xiao Jian, holding Li Muqing's clothes, stared blankly at what was happening in front of him. He felt something was strange. He had only ever seen boys and girls break up before. He didn't know that two boys breaking up could be so dramatic? There were indeed too many things in this world that he didn't understand.
But… Xiao Jian was conflicted. Should he really go and risk getting himself into trouble at this crucial moment…? Well, he'd already come all this way; he couldn't just take the food back, could he? His time was precious! Lots of customers were waiting for his delicious pancakes!
Thinking it over, Xiao Jian mustered up his courage and rushed to Li Muqing's apartment, 801, completely forgetting that he could take the elevator.
Standing at the door of Li Muqing's dormitory, Xiao Jian hesitated again just before reaching out to knock: This... this is not a place I should come to. If the King of Hell is in a bad mood, he might be sentenced to eternal damnation. Should I... take this risk?
After careful consideration, Xiao Jian decided: A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle! I... I'd better leave quickly!
Just as Xiao Jian was about to take his first step, Li Muqing opened the door: "What are you muttering and babbling about endlessly standing at the door? Come in if you want! Do you think I'm a tiger? Look at your cowardly self, you still have the nerve to go on blind dates with other people, aren't you ashamed? You don't even dare to fart when you see them, are you even a man?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jian's inherent male pride surfaced: "I...of course I'm a man! And...and a truly upright man!!"
"Oh? What's wrong? Did I hit a nerve? Are you getting angry with me?" Li Muqing looked at Xiao Jian, whose face was flushed and who seemed eager to explain himself. She immediately felt that she had gone too far and shouldn't have taken her anger out on this little idiot.
“I…at least I like girls!!” Xiao Jian clenched his fist as he said this, for the first time he had the courage to refute Li Muqing’s words.
Upon hearing this, Li Muqing's face turned pale. He hadn't realized that Xiao Jian viewed him this way. All the regret he had felt earlier vanished. Li Muqing smiled at Xiao Jian, then went back inside to pick up the clothes he had folded for Xiao Jian. He walked to the door and threw them at Xiao Jian, saying, "I don't want to see you again. Get lost!" With that, he slammed the door shut.
Xiao Jian regretted his words immediately after speaking. He didn't look down on Li Muqing at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat grateful to her because Li Muqing wasn't like others who always looked at him with a disdainful gaze towards country folk. But the words were already out, and it was difficult to take them back. Xiao Jian stood at Li Muqing's door, thinking for a long time before realizing that he hadn't returned the clothes she had borrowed last time. So, this time, Xiao Jian knocked on the door without hesitation.
When Li Muqing opened the door again, Xiao Jian was dumbfounded: Li Muqing, who was always very assertive in front of Xiao Jian, was now staring at him angrily with red eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Spit it out if you have something to say! After you've said it, get the hell out of here!!"
Goodness, Xiao Jian's heart felt like it was being squeezed, a mix of sourness and pain. He wondered, was Li Muqing crying because of Zhao Yezhi, or because of him?
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