Chapter 3: The Rival Forum
Xie Changyu felt a complex mix of emotions towards her roommate Jiang Yue, including jealousy, dislike, and...
Anyway, in his mind, this person was a weirdo.
He looks perfectly normal, but his behavior behind the scenes is like that of a pervert.
This wasn't Xie Changyu exaggerating. At first, he had a pretty good impression of Jiang Yue. Although he was a bit cold and had a slight obsession with cleanliness, he was well-mannered and didn't meddle in other people's business.
Later, for some reason, Xie Changyu resentfully complained that his constant eating of takeout at home was creating an unclean atmosphere in the dormitory. Every time before going to bed, she would check his body, but he couldn't resist. As a result, he had to eat takeout behind her back.
What's even worse is that they only care whether he orders takeout or not, while ignoring the other person. Isn't this discrimination? In the first month, he applied to change dorm rooms, but the counselor rejected his application. He had no choice but to continue living in the same dorm room with this weirdo, but he generally tries to avoid contact with him.
Xie Changyu lay on the bed, wishing she and this oddball could be in a different space.
After lying down for a while, his stomach started growling again as he got hungry. Xie Changyu clutched his stomach and grimaced helplessly. Normally, he could order takeout to his dorm without having to go out in this kind of weather, but since he was in his dorm, he had no choice but to go out to get food.
"Qi Yan, shall we go eat? I'm hungry."
Xie Changyu lay on the edge of the bed, his dog-like eyes wide open, looking innocent and pitiful.
He's always been very friendly with people who show him obvious kindness, and in just half a day he was already able to call them by name naturally.
Qi Yan looked up upon hearing this, his hands in his pockets. "Come down, let's go eat."
Upon hearing the agreement, Xie Changyu quickly climbed out of bed, grabbed the person, and left the dormitory.
Halfway there, Qi Yan rubbed his hair and asked tentatively, "Are you afraid of that Jiang Yue guy?"
"Is it that obvious?" Xie Changyu asked, his mouth agape in surprise.
Qi Yan hummed in agreement, a slight smile playing on his lips. "However, it's probably better to stay away from this guy."
Seeing that the two had a pretty good relationship, Xie Changyu, who disliked Qi Yan because he felt the other was targeting him, couldn't help but feel puzzled when he heard Qi Yan say this about him. He asked, "Why?"
Qi Yanping looked at the confused face in front of him, his eyes flickered slightly, and he moved a little closer without anyone noticing, and continued, "He and Wen Shu have an ambiguous relationship, you'd better stay away from him to avoid being misunderstood."
Xie Changyu was even more puzzled, "Who is Wen Shu? What misunderstanding is this?"
What misunderstanding could there possibly be between him and Jiang Yue?
Qi Yan raised an eyebrow and mocked him for holding his phone the whole time while looking completely clueless: "You're online all day, and you don't even know who your roommate is?"
Xie Changyu knew, of course. One was a germaphobe and a control freak, the other was a harassing, clingy person, and oh, the one in front of him was the only normal person.
However, "What does this have to do with the internet?"
Qi Yan opened the school forum, clicked on the homepage, and handed it to him, saying, "Here, take a look for yourself."
Xie Changyu hesitated before taking the phone. He wondered why his roommate seemed like some important person, having posted so many things online.
It's no wonder he thought that way. Although Xie Changyu went online, he was mainly there for gaming. He didn't pay much attention to people in real life, let alone log into the school forum. So his understanding of his roommate Jiang Yue came from his own one-sided feelings and perceptions.
Handsome, rich, and a germaphobe. These are the main things he noticed.
Taking the phone and looking at it, I felt my worldview was shaken.
—A love triangle? Jiang X gets involved?
—Gu X and Jiang X both like the same person, and boast that they can win over Wen X in three months???
………
………
Xie Changyu's eyes widened as he looked at the forum homepage, which was filled with discussions about a love triangle. No names were mentioned, but each discussion was highly suggestive.
My brain went blank for a moment.
"Jiang Yue actually likes men?!?!" Xie Changyu felt like she was going crazy. "And she and Gu Qingjia have both fallen for the same person?"
How could he not know that his two roommates were gay? He actually lived in the same dorm room with two people like that!
Qi Yan paused for a moment, surprised by his reaction. "So you didn't know they like men?"
His intention was to make him understand their complicated relationship, but it turned out to be a bombshell.
"I don't know!" Xie Changyu was also exasperated. The thought of bathing with Gu Qingjia and comparing sizes made him irritable. "They didn't tell me!"
Xie Changyu quickly recalled the memories of the past two months in his mind. He made a bitter face and felt a little frustrated. It was bad enough that there were two weirdos in the dormitory, but they were both gay. Damn it, he had to change dorms.
He looked at Qi Yan with some wariness: "You...you don't like men too, do you?"
Qi Yan snorted lightly, a smile in his eyes. He raised his muscular arm and asked, "What do you think, my good brother?"
The straight-male-minded Xie Changyu quickly concluded: "You're not." Then he defended himself, "I don't like men either; all the people I date online are girls."
So he likes girls.
"Online dating?" Qi Yan hadn't expected this. He lowered his eyes and asked, "So you're still dating online? Do you have a girlfriend?"
Xie Changyu denied it, but honestly said, "We've already broken up."
The reason, of course, was that the other person was too clingy and obsessive. Whenever there was a cold war, she would threaten to cut her wrists. He was terrified and immediately blocked and deleted her and ran away.
He felt he was quite unlucky, as all the online relationships he had ended up with were with these weirdos, and they all ended in self-harm. Wasn't there a sweet romance waiting for him?
He recently started chatting with a sweet girl who really suits his taste, but she seems to only treat him as a regular gaming partner, leaving him, who is usually passive, unsure how to handle the situation. The relationship is currently at a standstill.
The main reason is that his financial situation is quite average, and most of his expenses are spent on games. His opponent is obviously a rich girl who buys all the expensive skins without batting an eye and is also better at the game than him. Feeling inferior, he doesn't dare to make any moves.
well--
“…We broke up.” Qi Yan murmured softly.
Having given up on online dating, Xie Changyu is quite satisfied with her current situation. She has someone to play games with, and someone to eat with in real life. She has no worries and it's perfect.
Oh, except for my two dead roommates.
Although he doesn't discriminate against homosexuals, the thought of having two such people around him makes him feel uncomfortable and gives him goosebumps.
"We broke up, so I don't like men anymore, don't get me wrong."
"Um."
"Let's go eat, I don't want to think about this now, I'm starving."
Xie Changyu clutched his rumbling stomach, looking somewhat anxious. The most important thing now was to solve the problem of eating.
Fortunately, the cafeteria wasn't far from the dormitory building, and they arrived quickly.
After choosing their favorite dishes at their preferred window, Xie Changyu sat down at a less crowded table, with Qi Yan following closely behind.
"You eat so little?" Xie Changyu compared the two plates and felt like he had eaten as much as a pig.
Qi Yan explained, "When you exercise, you're usually quite picky about what you eat, and there are special fat-loss meals available."
"That's true." Xie Changyu looked at the other person's pectoral muscles and thought to himself, "Wow, they're huge. I wonder what they feel like to the touch, are they hard or soft?"
His mind was completely blank when Qi Yan coughed, interrupting his reverie. "You can come to the gym with me another day and experience it for yourself."
Xie Changyu snapped out of his daze, feeling a little embarrassed as he bit his chopsticks. He had actually been staring at someone else's chest; had he caught the influence of his perverted roommate?
He felt it wouldn't be good to keep refusing, and since he was also a little curious about fitness and didn't know whether running or working out was more tiring, he agreed, "Okay, how about this Sunday?"
The two of them ate slowly because they weren't in a hurry.
Xie Changyu started thinking about her roommate again. Did she like men?
His feelings were mixed, and he was also a little curious: do all handsome guys like men?
He then thought of the posts on the forum, that Jiang Yue, that weirdo with obsessive-compulsive disorder, actually had this kind of time, fighting over someone else's boyfriend, who was actually his roommate.
Thinking of Gu Qingjia, Xie Changyu didn't expect that this playboy, who seemed to have many girlfriends, would be interested in men. However, he was quite accepting of Gu Qingjia's liking for men. After all, this guy liked to stick close to each other in the dormitory. He wondered why anyone would like two men sticking close together. He used to think it was perverted.
Shaking his head, Xie Changyu realized he couldn't keep thinking like this; the more he thought about it, the more frightening it became.
Qi Yan watched the person in front of him with amusement as their expressions changed dramatically, then tapped his chopsticks together. "Are you still thinking about the forum?"
He hadn't expected this person to be so "isolated from the world," and he was actually frightened. Qi Yan's eyes were dark. He had only thought that Jiang Yue's behavior was a bit strange last night, and he couldn't help but give him a warning look, but he didn't expect that it would enlighten him.
He naturally hadn't missed the gaze that had lingered on his chest. Qi Yan suppressed a smile; how adorable!
"No, no." Xie Changyu refused to admit it, his eyes darting around as he quickly changed the subject, "Have you finished eating? I want to go back to my dorm for a nap, I'm so sleepy."
Qi Yan wasn't hungry to begin with, but upon hearing this, he stood up and said, "I'm done eating, let's go."
"good."
When the two returned to their dormitory, Xie Changyu remarked on how refreshing it was to be in the cool air from the air conditioner.
"Haven't you eaten yet, Jiang Yue?"
Xie Changyu heard Qi Yan chatting with her eccentric roommate and her attention followed.
"I've already eaten." Her voice was as cold as ever, making him wonder how someone like her could possibly be competing with Gu Qingjia for a man.
"Okay."
The brief chat ended, and the coldness in their tone made one wonder if they were really childhood friends. After eavesdropping on their conversation, Xie Changyu felt a bit tired and closed his eyes to sleep.
In the scene below, Jiang Yue looked at his childhood friend, whose tone was calm but whose expression was boastful. His eyes did not change, but the color of his eyes turned colder.
idiot.
A note from the author:
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This chapter features: a brooding, obsessive "cute girl" with countless aliases; a jealous, large-breasted male mother; a seemingly indifferent but actually obsessive pervert; and a seemingly straight man with skin hunger.
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