Chapter 42

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name Spark’s singer</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name Spark’s member</details>

<details>Luo Yan – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao (Emperor of Qi) – In-game main character’s name Spark’s drummer</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>Spark’s bassist</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

Edited by Bubbles

Qi Xun stared at Le Han, who knew nothing.

Qiao Rui noticed that Qi Xun’s eyes were off, and he hesitantly asked, “Brother Qi, what are you… doing?”

Why was he looking at Le Han with such a horrifying look?

Le Han sent a photo to Zhan Ge and added a text message. When he finished, he looked up and saw the handsome man on the opposite side staring at him with a horrifying look. He was so scared that his hair was about to explode. He looked at Qi Xun and Qiao Rui in panic, and he almost bit his tongue as he asked, “What, what’s wrong?”

Why did he look at him like that? What did he do?

Qiao Rui shook his head and looked confused. He didn’t know, ah !

Qi Xun’s blue veins were about to burst, and his heart was beating fast.

The photo was obviously taken right now, from the opposite side of him, and it was obvious who was right across from him.

…Gua Gua?

Gua Gua!!

This boy was Gua Gua?!

Le Han turned out to be Gua Gua!!!

—Did they unexpectedly meet up ahead of time?!

Fuck, he didn’t expect it at all, and he could barely find a place to look at. When he looked back, he suddenly thought that he was in the light 1 He means that he is aware of Le Han’s identity, but Le Han doesn’t know. !

Qi Xun’s brain was blank. He didn’t even know what messy poems he recited in his head. He only felt as if he was hit by a bolt from the blue, making him dizzy.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through his head, but he didn’t see them clearly.

His hand holding the mobile phone was shaking slightly, his breath was a little unsteady, his ears were buzzing, and he opened his mouth. He subconsciously wanted to speak when the light on the mobile phone changed.

He reflexively looked at it and saw the text message Gua Gua sent after the photo.

“The face is very handsome, but I’m afraid of him! You are right. I’ll try not to contact him in the future!”

Qi Xun: “…”

Wait, no, stop!!!

Qi Xun was in a hurry for the first time. For a moment, he didn’t know whether he should explain to Le Han or lower his head to send a message to Gua Gua.

And his hideous expression and uncoordinated actions only made Le Han even more scared. While cautiously staring at Qi Xun, he quickly glanced down at his mobile phone and sent a message: “Wow, he’s staring at me. It’s weird, ah . I don’t know what he wants to do. QAQ It’s terrible. I didn’t offend him again!”

Qi Xun looked down to read the message. “…!!!”

He was about to vomit blood. He wanted to say, ‘You didn’t offend me. I offended you. I’m sorry!’

Who could tell him? Could they still recognize each other now? Was it still possible?

It seemed that this wasn’t the right time to tell Le Han that he was Zhan Ge, right?

In a mess, Qi Xun tried to calm down his panicked heart. He took a deep breath and told himself, ‘calm down, calm down!’

Then he thought about it and cautiously sent a message to Gua Gua: “…Do you hate him?”

The person on the other side immediately replied: “…Either way, I don’t like him QAQ.”

Qi Xun: “…”

He heard something shattering.

Le Han also inserted a knife: “His temper doesn’t seem to be very good. I can’t get along with this kind of person. No matter how good he looks, it’s useless. QAQ Fortunately, you are not this type!”

All right, he’ll shut up. Goodbye to the world.

…

In Qi Xun’s imagination, when he met with Gua Gua, it should have been like this: he appeared brilliantly, Gua Gua was charmed by his handsomeness, covered his face with excitement, then they hugged and loved each other…

Anyway, it could be as sweet or as dreamy as he wanted.

—Instead of getting a frightened face!

Even if Qi Xun died, he didn’t plan to tell Le Han that he was Zhan Ge in this situation!

In the beginning, he didn’t care about Le Han being so afraid of him. He thought that he couldn’t change his impression of him. Now he just wanted to kill himself!

—After all, wasn’t it all because of seeing one and loving the other?!

When Qi Xun recalled this matter, he realized that he had offended the same person twice for the same thing?!

Was there such an asshole like him in this world??

There wasn’t!

If Le Han were to discover that the online Zhan Ge who had offended him online had also offended him in reality… Even Qi Xun remembered that because Le Han was a ‘stranger’, his disgust and cold attitude were not concealed. Would Gua Gua forgive him regardless of his previous mistakes? Would there be no grudges at all? In other words, he was really a bad-tempered person, right?!

What’s more, even if these could be explained slowly afterward, Le Han’s expression of disappointment and hesitation when revealing their identities was enough to make him depressed! The romantic and perfect meeting he imagined wasn’t supposed to be like this!

At this moment, Qi Xun couldn’t help but complain about himself. How many difficult levels did he add to his future love affair that night? Was he possessed that night, or was he cursed?

No, he really couldn’t say it now.

…The only good thing about this was that he knew Gua Gua’s true identity in advance. It was better now than on October 2nd. When they met face to face, he would get Gua Gua’s face full of disgust again, right?

There was still a little time before the date they had agreed to meet at. There was no need to break everything now.

He had to take advantage of these two days to change Gua Gua’s opinion of him, let him change it into a good impression, and let Gua Gua know who Zhan Ge was. Everything could be solved – no, wrong – letting nature take its course was perfect!

Qi Xun calmed down, and his tensed expression relaxed.

He thought for a while, put down his phone first, and smiled at Le Han.

Le Han leaned back and looked at him in fear as his small face paled.

Qi Xun: “…”

His smile froze in the corner of his mouth.

Just in time, the waiter brought up the bottom of the pot and the dishes.

Qi Xun didn’t pay attention to what Le Han had ordered just now. When Qi Xun saw the waiter carrying a plate of mutton rolls to the table, he took it. Under Qiao Rui’s and Le Han’s confused eyes, he gently got up and put the mutton rolls on Le Han’s side. He said with a smile, “Eat more meat.”

Le Han didn’t dare look at him. He nodded slightly, and his voice was like a mosquito. “Thank you, thank you…”

Qiao Rui hesitated and said, “ Ah , but Han Han doesn’t like the smell of mutton. I ordered this dish.”

Qi Xun: “…”

Le Han: “…”

Qi Xun wiped his face, saw the waiter bring a plate of shrimp slips and snatched it again. He was just about to put it on Le Han’s side, but then he hesitated and asked, “Is this what you ordered?”

Le Han stammered, “Yes, yes, I ordered it…”

Qi Xun breathed a sigh of relief and gently placed the dish on Le Han’s side.

Le Han and Qiao Rui both looked at Qi Xun strangely. Taking Le Han as the center, most of the dishes were on his side, and Qiao Rui only had a plate of mutton rolls beside him.

The contrast was too tragic. Qiao Rui stared at Qi Xun silently.

Qi Xun glanced at him and said, “What are you looking at? Eat.”

Qiao Rui: “…”

Le Han felt a little flattered, and while he served the food, he anxiously looked beside him and asked Qiao Rui with his eyes what was wrong with the man opposite.

Qiao Rui had never seen Qi Xun be so gentle to anyone. He couldn’t help but wonder.

But he couldn’t ask that explicitly, could he?

He couldn’t possibly ask: “Brother Qi, why are you so nice to Han Han all of a sudden, ah ?”

It would be weird to ask.

So both of them looked at Qi Xun in silence.

Qi Xun’s attention, however, was all on Le Han.

When Le Han was eating, he looked at him quietly.

He looked at the hair, eyebrows, eyes, lips, neck, collarbone, and the hand holding the chopsticks.

No wonder it was like this.

Le Han was Gua Gua. Qi Xun was surprised, but he didn’t think it was unbelievable because the first time he’d seen the boy, he’d thought of Gua Gua.

It should be said that Le Han’s appearance perfectly fit all of his imagination regarding Gua Gua.

Of course, Qi Xun wasn’t the type of person who would project his feelings onto someone just because they resembled his beloved.

Before this, even if Le Han and Gua Gua were similar, he clearly understood that the two weren’t the same person.

He liked Gua Gua, so naturally, he wouldn’t take a second look at Le Han.

However, at this moment, he discovered that the two were in fact the same person.

Qi Xun seriously engraved everything about Le Han in his heart. What followed was that his whole heart felt as if it had been soaked in warm water, soft and hot.

He finally saw Gua Gua.

Although they didn’t meet in the situation he had arranged, he was still very happy.

So Qi Xun, who was very happy, put a piece of beef on Le Han’s bowl and smiled at him. “Quickly eat.”

Le Han cautiously said, “Thank you…”

Then he continued to type secretly: “ Ah , I really want to go home. I don’t want to eat anymore.”

Qi Xun glanced at his phone: “…”

He was very hurt.

Qi Xun tried his best to keep his mind in order and not collapse. First, he secretly used his phone to solemnly reply: “In fact, there’s no need to be so afraid. Maybe he likes you very much. Does he take care of you now?”

Le Han saw the message: “???”

He hesitantly replied: “…Sometimes.”

Just ‘yes’ was okay; what did he mean by ‘sometimes’!

After Qi Xun read the message, he hinted: “Since he takes care of you so much, you should give him a chance.”

Le Han was puzzled and typed: “You just encouraged me to refuse decisively in the future.”

Qi Xun: “…” Could he take back this sentence? Why did he always kill himself? Why? Why didn’t he memorize the phrase ‘don’t talk nonsense’?

Qi Xun bitterly advised: “I just thought about it. We can’t simply deny a person like this. He didn’t make any unforgivable mistake, so why can’t he have a chance to do better? You should open your heart to him and have a good talk, and maybe you will find that he is different from what you think!”

Le Han remained suspicious: “…Really?”

Qi Xun: “Yes!”

Qi Xun continued typing: “And isn’t he a handsome guy? You can tell how handsome he is just by looking at his chin and mouth. Can’t you forgive him once based on his face?”

Le Han: “???” Although he’d also admitted that Qi Xun was a handsome man, his chin was just a chin, and his mouth was just an ordinary mouth!

And because Zhan Ge was the one to say this, Le Han became a little unhappy: “In fact, he’s not that handsome!”

He wondered why Zhan Ge suddenly changed his attitude. It was all because he thought that Qi Xun was handsome!

…Le Han agreed that Qi Xun was handsome, but he was unhappy if the words came from Zhan Ge’s mouth!

Qi Xun: “???”

Not that handsome?!

Qi Xun suffered a blow again. He wiped his face. After thinking about temporarily giving up on persuading this person, he raised his head and said to Le Han, “By the way, you didn’t receive my call last time. You probably don’t have my contact information?”

Le Han was secretly talking with Zhan Ge when he was interrupted by Qi Xun. He quickly said, “ Ah , it seems so…”

“Then I’ll call you again, remember to save the contact. I’ll add your WeChat later,” Qi Xun said.

Before, he’d wanted to wait adding each other’s WeChat until he met Gua Gua in real life, but now he already knew who Gua Gua was. There was no reason to not add his WeChat, so add it quickly.

Le Han still didn’t understand why Qi Xun, who’d been cold when he met him before, suddenly took the initiative now. He confusedly nodded. After the two exchanged their contact information, Qi Xun added Le Han’s WeChat on the spot, and Le Han had to accept the request.

Qiao Rui looked at Qi Xun and felt that something was wrong.

Brother Qi never took the initiative to add other people’s WeChat, never!

The atmosphere after the meal was very strange, and Qi Xun paid for it after it was over. Qiao Rui said that he wanted to go to the toilet, and Le Han and Qi Xun waited for him at the door of the hot pot restaurant.

Finally, the two of them were alone. Qi Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as they got outside, a night breeze came.

The temperature had dropped very fast this autumn. Le Han was relatively slow and didn’t have the time to keep up with the falling temperature, so he only wore a T-shirt.

As soon as the wind came, he shuddered.

Qi Xun noticed and asked, “Are you cold?”

Le Han smiled at him. “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Qi Xun only wore a thin sweater, and there was no extra coat for him to put on Le Han, so he held Le Han’s arm and took him to the corner.

Standing in front of the hot pot restaurant’s door, everytime it opened, there would be convection in the air, and the wind would blow. In the corner, although it was still outdoors, the wind wasn’t frequent, so it wasn’t that cold.

Moreover, Qi Xun stood in front of Le Han, blocking the wind for him.

The man’s actions were obvious. Le Han was stunned and looked up at Qi Xun.

Qi Xun also looked down at him.

1.85 meters and 1.75 meters.

This height difference…was exactly the same as he imagined.

Qi Xun couldn’t help but smile. After smiling, he called out, “Le Han.”

Le Han responded blankly, “Huh?”

Qi Xun straightened the boy’s disordered bangs with his fingers and said in a low voice, “Don’t be afraid of me. I won’t be fierce to you again.”

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He means that he is aware of Le Han’s identity, but Le Han doesn’t know.