Chapter 8

Yu Tian simply ate lunch and was about to go out to buy a bag of dog food for Ara when he caught a glimpse of Ara chewing on something.

Following the instinctive alertness of dog owners, he frowned and immediately went over and pulled it out.

It was a photo.

The edges had been stained with Ara’s saliva, but fortunately, because of the material, it was not easy to be chewed up. Yu Tian drew a piece of paper, wiped it clean, and carefully examined it.

There were two boys in the photo, similar in age and size, one smiled with two faint dimples on his face, the other looked quiet and well-behaved, and the two chatted with each other, looking harmonious.

It was him and He Ming.

The background seemed to be the park below his parents’ house.

Yu Tian rubbed his smiling face in the photo. His finger rested on the dimple, then slowly moved to the right and finally rested on He Ming’s face.

Young He Ming’s eyebrows vaguely had some of the shadow of the present, but it was much more gentle than the present. He also seemed more approachable. Yu Tian recalled that when He Ming was a child, he did not seem to get angry so easily. He would not quarrel with him and generally surrendered to him.

Then, could it be that whether it was a person or a dog, it was cuter when young ?

If anyone were to evaluate Yu Tian they would feel he was a good tempered, friendly and easy to get along with but no one knew there was a time when Yu Tian hated He Ming very much. It wasn’t the kind where you quarrel with each other but truly from the heart. Later, Yu Tian summed up three reasons for it.

First, at the time of second year of junior high school, Yu Tian, like other teenagers, was suffering from ‘I am the greatest in the world’, ‘the world is wrong not me’ chuunibyou disease. His mother Chen Ran would always say to him “ you think you are great. Look at He MIng, he is first in grade and last time when he participated in the provincial maths competition he even won first prize!”.This made Yu Tian feel like he was dust in front of He Ming. Everyday he would listen to her say ’look at other family’s He Ming’ and he got irritated. Not to mention he had to face that other family’s child.

Second wasn’t an important reason since it was related to Yu Tian’s personal envy but it served to fan the burning flames. Yu Tian had a little crush on a girl in his class but that girl liked He Ming.

And the last but not the least important reason was, He Ming did not treat him very well at that time. Yu Tian didn’t know if it was his illusion, but for a while, he felt as if He Ming was deliberately avoiding himself. The two of them could obviously go home on the same road after school but He Ming always excused himself to leave a little later. When they met, He Ming would also unnaturally avert his eyes. After a few times, Yu Tian was very distressed until one day he heard He Ming’s class teacher “you need to play less with those who do not study, so that your results will always be good”. He Ming did not say yes or no. Yu Tian went back and pondered about it. He couldn’t help but think that he was probably the one He Ming was asked to stay away from. Although he ‘studied hard’, his poor performance was probably because his parents’ genetic IQ was not high.

Yu Tian then began to deliberately distance from He Ming. He Ming seemed to have sensed this. A few times they passed each other, Yu Tian could feel He Ming’s desire to say something, but he finally did not say. Yu Tian also didn’t bother to make fun of himself.

Their relationship was cold like ice,everytime two gathered it would give the real feeling of getting along forcefully. He didn’t remember what happened later but He Ming suddenly became good to him. Yu Tian was a good tempered child and didn’t hold grudges so they made up again.

After that…. They went to high school.

Both of them still had different classes. He Ming, like a good example, often won awards. His mother Chen Ran continued to chant in Yu Tian’s ear about it. On the surface, Yu Tian looked annoyed but he was happy for He Ming inside. During that time He Ming seemed to have found a spirit. His face, which rarely had a smile, started to often show bright smiles. When Yu Tian would notice it, he would retract it naturally.

According to this script, they should be good brothers with a strong bond. Although their friendship was better than normal. It was thanks to their parents’ mutual trust between them.

The main reason for their friendship not turning into love was absurd.

In recent years, the network had developed rapidly, and they were not surprised by homosexuality. But when Yu Tian and He Ming were in high school, this kind of thing was still relatively rare. A boy was said to have sent a love letter to the boy in the next class. Somehow the rumor spread and the result was quite serious. The boy dropped out of school. It was not the school that gave pressure, but he couldn’t go on reading by himself.

Yu Tian was cheerful and did not take this kind of thing to heart. He Ming, on the other hand, seemed to be too much disturbed. He avoided Yu Tian several times after school.

Yu Tian naturally asked him. And for the first time in history, the genius He Ming could not give a valid reason, only saying, “Anyway, you should not get too close to me in the future.”

Yu Tian was so angry with him that he said, “You don’t suspect me of being gay, do you?

He Ming’s face immediately changed color. Yu Tian was joking, but a look at his face was enough to understand. He immediately gave him a punch: ” Die, you narcissist!”

” ok” He Ming did not say anything. Silently taking the beating but he also refused to go with him again.

Yu Tian then also no longer took the initiative to contact him because of his cold war. This salty relationship remained for more than a semester. Later when Yu Tian had a heat stroke. He Ming rode a bicycle to take him home.

He Ming no longer avoided him like snakes and tigers after that, but Yu Tian’s temper came to the fore and the two went further and further down the road of mutual dislike until today.

Yu Tian slapped his head: “What is this?”

How did it look like a series of romance novels that the girls at his high school table loved to read?

It was over, he had been having more and more strange thoughts lately ……

At this time, WeChat issued a beep, for a new message.

Yu Tian did not know why he ran over to see it so quickly, the message was not from He Ming.

Xu Wenwen: 【You there? I’m back, hang out for a cup of coffee sometime?]