Chapter 3 – Dalao Appears

Dalao (大佬) is kind of like a big shot. 大 means big and 佬 means elder person.

In a charming dream, a teenager in a school uniform walked towards him, with a shy smile on his face, approaching slowly yet firmly.

When he got closer, he softly called out: “Lin Chi…”

Lin Chi suddenly opened his eyes, and his heart was beating rapidly, pu tong! pu tong! Sweat broke out on his forehead, his hand reached into the blanket, and indeed felt a patch of wetness. [tl: pu tong is just a thumping sound]

“Fuck!” [tl: 艹! (cao)]

He Qing was brushing his teeth when the system alert sounded: 【Ding! Lin Chi’s favorability value: 40】

【Yo~】 He Qing blew out a whistle: 【Our Chichi seems to have had a beautiful dream~】

After he finished brushing his teeth and washing up at a super slow speed, he dipped a little water and applied it carefully on his eyelashes. The dense and long eyelashes became even more curled. He Qing blinked at the mirror. The doe’s eyes were wet, revealing a naturally pitiful look.

【Host, what’s the use of doing this in an empty bathroom? 】

【You will know in a moment. 】 Just as soon as his voice fell, footsteps came from outside the door.

—bang!

The door was roughly pushed open, and Lin Chi rushed in. The teary-eyed young man looked at him in fright, his two eyes were full of fear and panic, “You…how did you…”

He was at a loss, and scared to the point that he kept moving backwards, but forgot that this was the bathroom. His feet slipped and his entire body fell back. Lin Chi saw this and quickly pulled him back with his hands, and stabilized the frightened young man. Looking at his watery, gently quivering eyelashes, his heart softened for some unknown reason.

“Didn’t you want to be my boyfriend? As your boyfriend, can’t I come to pick you up for class?”

He Qing opened his eyes wide in surprise and looked like he wanted to get closer. However, at the next moment when he was about to touch him, hesitation flashed in his eyes and he stood timidly in place. His voice was very soft, but his words were clear as he seriously asked Lin Chi, “Do you really like me?”

Lin Chi looked startled but quickly reacted with his usual smile, answering affirmatively, “Of course, you’re so cute, of course I like you.”

He was praised as being cute…

The face of the young man in front of him immediately flushed red and the clear-headedness from before was broken by Lin Chi’s words. His eyes were bright, like the look of joy and disbelief at your own luck after being hit by a pie falling from the sky, but it could be seen that he already completely trusted Lin Chi.

Lin Chi secretly let out a sigh of relief, “Let’s go…” He hesitated for a second before calling: “Ah Qing.”

He Qing revealed a big smile and continuously nodded: “En!”

———

The people of Class 1 quickly discovered a strange phenomenon. The flower at the top of the mountain, Lin Chi, actually stuck close to the mute He Qing who was excluded by everyone. They could be considered as inseparable as form and shadow every day. They all felt it was strange in their hearts, but since Lin Chi’s closest brother Zhang Xu accepted He Qing’s existence, then outsiders couldn’t say anything. [tl: “flower at the top of a mountain” (高岭之花) describes someone who is unattainable, and only can be looked at from afar. I tried to find an equivalent idiom but google wasn’t being cooperative. Also closest brother (or best brother) just basically means good or best friend]

They just watched silently, trying to find out how this cowardly mute got Lin Chi’s favor. After a period of observation, these people became a little speechless. How is this being friends, this is just being a servant!

In the past, the only thing He Qing did everyday, aside from studying, was study. At night, once school was over and after he finished eating, he would go back to his dorm room to sleep. In the morning, he would go to the classroom early to self-study. Now look what he’s doing now?

Early every morning, he would run to the cafeteria to buy Lin Chi breakfast, plus Zhang Xu’s. It wasn’t so bad during class, but once class was over, he would inevitably be called to run around here and there. Although the school building was not tall, after coming and going so many times every day, it could be seen that He Qing was tired and out of breath but still smiled as he handed over what Lin Chi wanted, some people couldn’t stand it anymore!

“He Qing!” An elegant and beautiful girl furrowed her brows and stood at the stairway entrance to call the teenager who was about to go upstairs. She saw the teenager holding a courier box, and her brows deepened further, “This sort of exercise time, you already ran back and forth five times, are you not tired?”

He Qing looked at her bewildered, “Ah Chi asked me to help…”

Looking at He Qing’s pure eyes, Sun Yumeng looked as if she hated that the iron for not becoming steel and said: “What help! Clearly you can bring everything up at once, but they just want you run back and forth! This is just playing with you!” [tl: hating iron for not becoming steel (恨铁不成钢) is basically being resentful towards someone for not acting as expected. To be disappointed in someone’s actions.]

“No, Ah Chi just forgot…”

Annoyed by the young man’s answer, Sun Yumeng used her fingers to count for him: “In the past few days, you must have run back and forth at least a hundred times, right? People see you as a joke, don’t you know! Also, not looking at what sort of person Lin Chi is! His heart is shady…”

“I, Lin Chi, am what sort of person?” A cold voice rang from behind Sun Yumeng. Lin Chi, with a calm expression on his face, pulled He Qing to his side in a few steps, and looked at her with unkind eyes: “Eldest Miss Sun, you stuck out your hand too far, ba!” [tl: Means “you’re going too far” or “you’re meddling in someone else’s business”]

“Ah Qing, let’s go!”

As she watched Lin Chi pull the teenager away, Sun Yumeng’s eyes flashed with coldness, sneered, and turned around to walk into the classroom.

It’s just a poor boy who was lucky enough to be used as an attendant by Lin Chi, she didn’t need to waste time so much.

Being roughly dragged downstairs by his arm, He Qing followed obediently, making Sun Yumeng, who wanted to save him from the sea of misery, angry until she was speechless.

Moreover Lin Chi preached to He Qing: “This Sun Yumeng, has always regarded herself as some righteous person. In fact, she is just some idiot who feels she’s excellent. Ignore her!”

After he said that, he saw the teenager in front of him nodding obediently without any hesitation, and looked at his own eyes full of trust, and very firmly responded to him: “En! I know what she’s saying is a lie! Ah Chi wouldn’t deliberately tease me, Ah Chi is the best!”

Lin Chi’s plan to publicize Sun Yumeng’s misdeeds in his heart immediately faded. He opened and closed his mouth, and finally said uncomfortably: “Let’s go, go down to play ball, Zhang Xu is waiting!”

【Ding! Lin Chi’s favorability value: 49】

He Qing followed Lin Chi with a lovable expression on his face, 【I ran until my legs turned thin, but still one point away from liking me, Chichi is really a difficult-to-please little fairy~】[tl: my guess is 50 points = like, 100 points = everlasting love?]

【Reminding the host, there are still 27 days before the mission end, please complete the mission as soon as possible. 】

【En… Still lacking an opportunity, system, help me out~】[tl: he wants the system to help him create an opportunity]

Next to He Qing’s ear was the system’s inorganic, cold, mechanical sound, 【No problem, just giving me a few points is enough. 】

【Done! 】

Lin Chi took He Qing all the way downstairs, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Sun Yumeng was right. They were indeed playing He Qing for the past two days. Seeing his foolish appearance while running around after being ordered about yet his face was full of happiness when returning, Lin Chi felt a little amused and a little guilty at the same time.

This game, is it a bit too much?

Walking to the perimeter of the sports field, he was thinking when he suddenly heard a sound of alarm next to his ear: “Ah Chi!!” A strong force pushed him. Before Lin Chi could stand still, there was a rumbling in his ears, and dust rose. In cloud of dust, Lin Chi was stunned to find that the young man who had just smiled at him bashfully lay under a pile of bricks, with blood on his forehead and eyes closed, unable to see whether he was alive or dead.

The place where he was lying was exactly where Lin Chi had just stood.

Lin Chi stared at the young man who feared neither life nor death under the dust cloud. Then he finally realized that the wall collapsed, and He Qing pushed him away and was crushed underneath. [tl: fear neither life nor death = reckless]

【Ding! Lin Chi’s favorability value: 65, reached the point of “like”, may host please keep up the good work! 】

【So, so painful! Didn’t you say it would be painless! 】

【Ah! Apologies, the painless package is only 388, does the host want one? 】[tl: it just says 388, no “388 points” or anything but it is referring to 388 points]

Before he passed out, He Qing raised the middle finger on the arm that was under his head with great difficulty: 【You just wait!】[tl: ]

After the wall fell down messily, the young man’s lower body was buried under the rubble, his face was covered with a layer of dust, his forehead still continuously bleeding. Lin Chi staggered over, only to realize that his legs were soft, and he called out several times: “Ah Qing! Ah Qing?!!! He Qing!!!”

There was no response, and the boy’s eyes remained closed, no sign of life could be seen.

Such a big commotion quickly attracted the surrounding teachers and students, and they were quickly surrounded by people. Among the noisy crowd, some people called an ambulance, some people notified the principal, and there were even people who moved the bricks that crushed He Qing. The teacher at the side who recognized Lin Chi nervously asked him if he was injured. Lin Chi was in a daze, and suddenly heard someone asking: “The ambulance said that there was a serial car accident in the eastern suburbs, and said all the cars were sent out! Who has a car? This student is about to die, he has to be taken to the hospital quickly!”

About to die? Who is about to die? He Qing? Is that silly mute?

Lin Chi’s hands shook as he took out his phone, “Dad…”

He Qing was sent to the operating room of a top three hospital by a luxury ambulance, red lights flashing the entire way. The best doctors performed the surgery and the most expensive medicine went into battle. Only then was his small life saved with great difficulty. Lin Chi’s complexion was pale as he sat on a chair. When Zhang Xu hurried over, his (LC) appearance gave him a scare.

“Chi zi! Don’t scare me ah! What’s wrong!” He rushed up and looked Lin Chi up and down, but he didn’t see a single injury, and he let out a large breath of relief. [tl: “zi” (子) can be used in a lot of ways but in this case, it seems to be replacing “er” as a diminutive. So, it is another way to call someone intimately. 子 can also be used as a way to refer to someone respectfully, as in “master” or “young master” if you are in the same generation]

“Monkey said that you were squashed by a wall, scaring me to death! Fortunately you’re okay!” [tl: *ahem* hanu made a mistake, I believe Monkey is a nickname. It wasn’t referring the the boys as “monkeys”… I changed it in the previous chapter]

“The one who was squashed by the wall is not me.” Lin Chi slowly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes were very conspicuous: “It’s He Qing, he pushed me aside, and he was crushed…”

Zhang Xu stared blankly for a second, “Then, then how is he now?”

“Being saved inside…” Lin Chi’s face was pale, he looked at his friend and said seriously: “Xu zi, I might really like him, like him, a man…”

He hoped to get some courage from his good friend, but he saw him take a step back with an expression of fear, his(ZX) eyes staring behind him(LC) in a daze. Lin Chi’s body froze suddenly, and he slowly turned his head back. Standing there was a man, a pair of eyes similar to his but deeper stared at him.

Lin Cheng saw him look over, his thin lips opened and closed, and the magnetic voice was cold and flat, “Is that so?”

Lin Chi’s blood turned cold. At this moment, he did not have the proud and aloof appearance like at school, he was just like an ordinary child who was afraid of his parents, body stiff and afraid to move.

His son came out of the closet, but Lin Cheng’s reaction was to size him up and down. After making sure that Lin Chi was not injured, he simply said: “I have a meeting, I’m leaving first, you remember to wear a condom.” [tl: LMAO don’t forget that the dad is gay too btw]

Finished speaking, the man who hadn’t had any fluctuation in his brows from start to finish gave a glance at the three words “operating room”, and turned to leave. Two people were outside in the corridor waiting, and seeing him coming over, they immediately greeted him: “President Lin, the good price we talked about before…” [tl: “operating room” is 3 words in Chinese (手术室)]

“Can the trip be arranged at night?”

After waiting to see Lin Cheng’s long legs disappear around the corner of the corridor, Zhang Xu dared to make a sound, “Chi zi, your dad is really good to you.” Didn’t even react to him (Lin Chi) coming out, how could he (Lin Cheng) not be good?

“But just now you said that you like He Qing…” Zhang Xu wanted to ask clearly, but saw that his friend’s complexion was ugly, both his eyes were fixed in the direction of where Lin Cheng disappeared, the hands hanging on both sides were tightly clenched.

“Ah Chi?”

Before Zhang Xu could ask, the red light went out and the unconscious, deathly pale He Qing was pushed out. A doctor followed behind, “Who is the patient’s family?” [tl: red light above an operating room to show that surgery is in progress]

The two greeted him, only to hear the doctor say: “The patient is not in a critical condition now, but the calf has an injured nerve, most likely it will affect walking in the future.”

Lin Chi’s footsteps paused, affecting his walking in the future, isn’t that limping?