Ch120 - Do You Believe In Ghosts?

The four of them returned to the apartment. Xu Lele was the only one trying to brighten the atmosphere by making conversation along the way. Yao Yulong didn’t really talk much, feeling like he and Xu Lele were two third wheels caught between the two of them.

Luckily, the TV station was not far from the apartment. Once they arrived at the dorm corridors, Yau Yulong pulled Xu Lele and said to the other two, “Nian ge, Xu ge, we’ll be heading back now…”

Without even looking at Lu Xu or Ji Xiunian’s for their reactions, they quickly left.

“…”

Ji Xiunian wanted to reassure them that they did not need to feel pressured, but he didn’t have the chance to do that before they disappeared without a trace.

“All right, Nian ge, I’ll be going to your room to pick up Ba Mei.”

The first time Ba Mei came by, it came in by knocking on the window, and during subsequent times it climbed in through the window.

Never mind Ba Mei’s rotund form; it was a very agile and lively one.

Ji Xiunian had been worried that climbing in through the window would be unsafe at first. Then, in order to accommodate Ba Mei, he had stopped locking the windows.

Every time before he left, Ji Xiunian would prepare food for Ba Mei. So, at this time, Ba Mei was probably in his room.

Ji Xiunian felt his heart grow soft at the thought of Ba Mei, then smiled at Lu Xu, “Let’s go.”

The two of them went into Ji Xiunian’s room, and some trainees passing by saw this but they did not think anything of it.

“Did they enter?”

“They did, they did…”

Xu Lele, who was supposed to go back to his dorm room, stuck half his head out from behind the wall, looking very suspicious.

On one hand, Yao Yulong thought that this wasn’t very good, but on the other hand, he also couldn’t resist checking out the current situation.

Seeing Lu Xu enter Ji Xiunian’s room, Xu Lele returned to his original position.

At this point, they were the only two people left in the dorm. They looked at each other, before they were finally unable to resist discussing.

Xu Lele asked Yao Yulong, “When did you find out that they were together?”

Yao Yulong thought about it carefully, then said with some hesitation, “I thought it was a bit strange before, but didn’t think too much about it. It wasn’t until today that I realised it was actually real…”

Xu Lele nodded violently. “Is it because you thought that it wasn’t quite right for a long time, but you didn’t dare think in this direction?”

Seeing Yao Yulong also nod, Xu Lele clapped his hands together as if he had found a confidant. “Actually I’m pretty sensitive to this kind of thing, but I also thought that neither of them would be bent…”

Actually the one who made Xu Lele the most shocked was Lu Xu.

In his eyes, although Lu Xu was young, he had always given off manly, top vibes. Compared to finding out that he wasn’t straight, it was more shocking to find out that he was actually a bottom.

But he had just heard Ji Xiunian very clearly saying that he had poked Lu Xu painfully.

This “poke” was very, very clear.

Xu Lele shook his head forcefully, trying to evict these strange thoughts out of his head.

Xu Lele, who usually burned with the soul of gossip, had long felt that Ji Xiunian was interested in Lu Xu. However, to his surprise, Lu Xu was actually also interested in Ji Xiunian.

When the two of them had been together, it was Lu Xu who had admitted this reality. He didn’t know what attitude Ji Xiunian had towards this.

“Say, do you think Nian ge is serious towards Xu ge.”

Yao Yulong was also considering this problem. He was afraid Lu Xu would lose out.

After all, Ji Xiunian was a senior in the industry and already had a fan base. But Lu Xu was only eighteen years old, and his life had just begun. If there were any issues with their relationship in the future, the person who would be the most hurt would be the younger one.

“Ai ai, no one can be sure of the future. Thinking so much right now also has no use.” The other two should have been talking about this for a while now; it was useless to worry so much about them.

Dating was between two people; others interfering was too much. They could only hope that Lu Xu had some protections and wouldn’t suffer too much harm, even if something did happen in the future.

As Yao Yulong thought this over, Xu Lele suddenly said, “Our Xu ge is only eighteen, and Nian ge is already twenty-seven. Isn’t this considered Nian ge preying on the tender? I believe Xu ge can handle this matter well, and even if anything happens in the future, he’s not the type to look back.”

Ji Xiunian was nine years older than Lu Xu. It seemed that he would be the one more likely to just play around for a while. With Lu Xu being this young, he could only play along.

The two intuitively felt that Lu Xu was not the type of person who would suffer a loss. Just as their roommate came back and they couldn’t continue the conversation, the two immediately changed the topic.

Sure enough, when Lu Xu went into Ji Xiunian’s room, he saw Ba Mei sleeping in its cat bed on the windowsill. Its tummy was round and chubby. It seemed that it hadn’t skimped on food earlier.

Lu Xu couldn’t help shaking his head, and said to Ji Xiunian, “Nian ge, with your method of feeding, I’m afraid Ba Mei will really become as fat as a pig.”

“Meow?” After being called a pig, Ba Mei immediately opened its eyes, glaring at Lu Xu as if it was being bullied.

When Ji Xiunian saw this, he hurriedly comforted Ba Mei. “Not fat not fat, our Ba Mei isn’t fat at all, you have a great body.”

“Meow…” After being praised by Ji Xiunian, Ba Mei’s mood became much better. It waved its tail and got up to run over and rub itself against his calf.

Even though he knew that Ba Mei liked Ji Xiunian, Lu Xu couldn’t help but say emotionally as he watched, “Say, even though this Ba Mei guy’s personality is good, you’re the first one it’s liked so much.”

“Really?” When Ji Xiunian heard this he couldn’t help looking down gently at Ba Mei. “Maybe it’s fate. Speaking of this, how old is Ba Mei, ah. Two?”

Ji Xiunian vaguely remembered that cats had a lifespan of over ten years, but he didn’t know how old Ba Mei was this year.

For some reason, Ji Xiunian suddenly remembered Lai Chengshan’s previous nonsense about how grim reapers had black cats. He had even said that it would be fierce and could kill you with one glare.

When he looked down at the Ba Mei by his feet, Ji Xiunian wanted to laugh a bit. The tubby Ba Mei looked both soft and cute. How could it be related to such a cruel description?

Speaking of which, since Ba Mei was also a cat accompanying a grim reaper, he didn’t know how long this little fellow had accompanied Lu Xu for.

Without giving Ji Xiunian enough time to lament the limited lifespan of cats, Lu Xu had already finished calculating Ba Mei’s age. “Ba Mei shouldn’t be too young. Probably at least thirty four years old?”

“Thirty four?!”

Ji Xiunian thought he had heard wrong at first, and couldn’t help asking again, “You said Ba Mei is thirty four years old?”

“Right.” In Lu Xu’s eyes, he and Ji Xiunian were already colleagues. Even if they weren’t going to be intimately close, they shouldn’t have any secrets between them. “I picked Ba Mei off the road to the underworld…”

The road to the underworld?

Ji Xiunian felt that this was rather unbelievable. When looking down at the cute and soft Ba Mei, he truly couldn’t connect it to the underworld.

“So, Ba Mei is a living being right…”

“Hahaha, yes.” Looking at Ji Xiunian’s face, Lu Xu could tell what he was thinking. He picked up Ba Mei for him to pet. “Try and listen to how strong our family’s Ba Mei’s heartbeat is.”

When Ji Xiunian heard the two words, “our family”, he wanted to smile. He automatically thought of its other meaning.

He was merely petting Ba Mei together with Lu Xu, but for some reason this scene seemed very warm, as if the three of them were a family together.

Lu Xu carried Ba Mei back to his dorm room. When he entered, he heard Xu Haoming and the others discuss, “The guest singers have been decided. I saw a lot of familiar faces.”

“Are you sure Manman is an instructor and a guest singer at the same time?

“That’s what I saw on the list, so it shouldn’t be wrong.” As Han Tianyu spoke, he saw Lu Xu walk in. “Xu ge is back, we can just ask him.”

Before Lu Xu could speak, Xu Haoming already got up and rushed over. If Lu Xu’s reflexes hadn’t been so quick, he would have been pushed over straightaway. “If you have something to say, say it properly. Don’t move around so much.”

Xu Haoming smiled sheepishly and got up before anxiously asking Lu Xu, “Everyone else is saying that Manman is going to be a guest singer. Is this true?”

Others may not know the goddess’s plans, but as a junior of her company, Lu Xu should know something about it.

As expected, as soon as Xu Haoming asked, Lu Xu already had an answer. “The news I’ve received is that she will come. I heard she’ll be in my group. We’ll probably still have to wait for the program staff to notify us on the details.”

Han Tianyu wasn’t completely surprised when he heard this. He merely said to Xu Haoming, “See I already told you, Manman is definitely coming to help her junior.”

“Aaaaaaaa I’m so jealous! Xu ge you’re really too lucky waahhhh. I also want my goddess to be on a stage with me…” Xu Haoming looked pitifully at Lu Xu, unable to conceal the envy within his eyes. “How about I join your group the next time we split into groups. This way I can be on the same stage as my goddess aaaaaa…”

Upon hearing this, Song Zhe pursed his lips. He cruelly pierced through Xu Haoming’s dreams. “You and Xu ge are both stably in Class A. We’ll definitely not be sorted into the same groups. Don’t even think about it.”

“Awuuu, it’s too hard waaahhhhh.” Xu Haoming wailed loudly, only to be met with his roommates’ rolling eyes, urging him to return to normal faster.

The group of youths was always fussing over something. Although Lu Xu was normally rather quiet, he felt inexplicably very happy watching them joke around with each other.

Not long after they mentioned Yu Manman, Lu Xu’s phone rang. When he took his phone out to check, it actually turned out to be Yu Manman.

So it wasn’t good to speak of people behind their backs, which was why they didn’t mention her name until now.

Seeing that the other three were still arguing over chasing after celebrities, Lu Xu pointed at his phone and said quietly, “It’s my shijie, how about you guys do your thing and I’ll go take a call?”

“No need no need, you can take it in the dorm.”

“Right right, it’s so cold outside, you should stay inside…”

Cold?

When Lu Xu heard this he raised his brows and glanced at Xu Haoming. He felt like the weather at the end of August really had nothing to do with being cold.

But since they had already spoken to this extent, Lu Xu thought that taking the call in his dorm was fine too. Anyways, if he didn’t say anything, the others wouldn’t know anything either.

After making this decision, Lu Xu nodded to them and then took his shijie’s call. “Mhm, pretty good, everything is going smoothly. Hm? Are you already here? Oh oh, okay, I’ll come over now…”

Seeing Lu Xu hang up the phone, Xu Haoming and the others couldn’t help but ask, “Xu ge, are you getting ready to head out?”

Lu Xu nodded. He didn’t feel like this was something he needed to hide.

“Shijie said she’s already by the apartment, and wanted me to come down to find her.”

“Fuck, Manman actually came!” Xu Haoming felt even more envious of Lu Xu. After all, his longed-for goddess was the other’s shijie he could meet with whenever.

Han Tianyu also gave his input from the side, “Goddess is really very good to Xu ge. But going over at this time means that it’s probably not related to the show.”

A show like ‘Birth of an Idol’ made a lot of effort in maintaining fairness and justice, starting from the auditions.

Even though Lu Xu was very popular, it was because he had used his own skills to get there, step by step.

It was also because of this nondiscriminatory attitude that audiences thought that the program staff represented a certain level of truth and courage, and thus more and more people watched.

“It’s probably not show-related. She said she had something private to chat with me.”

“Go go, don’t let my goddess wait for too long.”

Lu Xu nodded and then hurriedly left the dorm to find Yu Manman.

As a special guest of the program, Yu Manman’s had much better accommodation than the rest.

She had someone send over her luggage, but she herself was standing outside the room. When she saw Lu Xu come over, Yu Manman immediately waved to him, clearly having waited for him for a while.

“Manman jie.”

“Mm, have your recent practice sessions gone smoothly?” As Yu Manman spoke, she looked around all four corners, wanting to see if the ghost from last time was there.

“It’s going pretty well.” Lu Xu didn’t know why Yu Manman was looking for him, but he merely looked behind in the direction she was looking. “Manman jie, are you looking for something?”

“No.” Yu Manman was afraid Lu Xu didn’t know that there was a ghost next to him, and didn’t want to scare him, so she merely asked a probing question. “Xu zai, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?”