CH 75

75th -【Death of me】

Translator: Xena

Editor: Sammy

Proofreader: Bubbles

Chu Yu was lost in trance, as if he’d returned to the school’s glass greenhouse.

It had rained heavily that day, and the raindrops had continuously flowed down the glass walls like a curtain that cut off everything.

He held onto Lu Shi’s shoulders, hesitating and not daring to exert force.

Lu Shi had whispered into his ear, “Be good, bite down.”

The great joy and satisfaction brought by consuming blood for the first time in his memory was reawakened at this moment and exploded with a rumble in the depths of his body.

Chu Yu felt a rush of heat running up his back as he began to tremble and weaken, unable to even stand up.

Only his teeth biting onto Lu Shi’s thin lips clung and were reluctant to let go.

Noticing the tingling on his lips becoming more and more distinct, and the person in his embrace seemingly devoid of his bones, Lu Shi relaxed and leaned against the wall. He supported the person in his arms and sighed contentedly.

Chu Yu’s eyes weren’t sober. He was clutching Lu Shi’s jacket loosely as he vaguely called Lu Shi’s name. His demeanor, movements, and voice all displayed a deep dependence that couldn’t be concealed.

Lu Shi enjoyed it very much.

He needed this kind of hidden and unique dependency. This was his resting place; the light he tightly held within his hand and mustn’t lose.

A rustling sound came from the nearby bushes. Chu Yu’s mind hurled back into circulation, and with the corners of his eyes slightly reddened, he asked, “What’s that?”

The nasal sound in his voice was quite heavy. After speaking, he couldn’t help but use the tip of his tongue to lick the blood which spilled from Lu Shi’s lips.

“A cat that’s been watching for a long time.”

Chu Yu moved and carefully lifted his head. Sure enough he saw a black cat squatting on the wall, looking down at them condescendingly.

“H-how long has it been watching?”

“From when you pressed me against the wall and kissed me.”

Chu Yu met the bright yellow vertical pupils, then he was blown away by the night wind, making him a bit more sober.

Seeing Chu Yu stand up straight, Lu Shi traced his finger across the end of Chu Yu’s eyes before asking in a low, husky voice, “Are these tears of comfort seeping out? Was Gege’s blood that tasty?”

The final syllable was very light, the tone was slightly raised, and even the surrounding air rolled up into ripples.

Chu Yu didn’t know how many times he’d thought— this man will really be the fucking death of me!

He stretched out his hand, directly covered Lu Shi’s mouth, and muttered, “Y-you stop talking right now.”

He wanted to speak more aggressively, but his tone was soft, as if he was acting coquettishly.

After saying those words, Chu Yu added another sentence, “I was a little weak in the legs and unsteady earlier, after hearing you say that, it’s even weaker… and- and even more unsteady.”

Of course, it wasn’t just his legs being weak and unsteady, there were other reactions as well, but he was embarrassed to say it. However, the two of them were so close that Lu Shi had probably already noticed it.1

Chu Yu’s gaze fluttered in confusion, and when it met Lu Shi’s eyes, it suddenly fixated.

Lu Shi’s eyes were very beautiful.

Deep black eyes, long eyelashes, double eyelids streaking along the shape of his eyes, and long and pretty ends.

Usually, within it was cold, hostile, and indifferent, but today, they were like a thawed, clear pool, even adorned with a few smiles.

Chu Yu stared at these eyes without restraint. He leaned over and gently dropped a kiss on Lu Shi’s thin eyelids.

His boyfriend, at this moment, was finally a little more relaxed and happy.

The next morning, Lu Shi’s cell phone on the bedside rang. He got out of bed and went outside the room to answer the phone.

Chu Yu, who was sleeping in a stupor, turned over and noticed the empty space around him. With closed eyes, he stretched out his arms and after patting the bed for a long time, only then did he realize that no one was in bed.

Unable to find where he threw his slippers before going to bed, Chu Yu stepped on the carpet barefoot and walked out. He then saw Lu Shi standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out towards the tall high-rise buildings outside.

Chu Yu looked over but found nothing in particular. He yawned. “Who called?”

“Lu Shaochu.”

“Him? What’d he call for?”

“To ask if I can return during the Spring Festival.”

Chu Yu’s days were spent disorderly. There was also no tradition of celebrating Chinese New Year in his family.

A few years ago, because of his father’s unexpected death, the family couldn’t reunite. Shi Yaling basically worked overtime and attended meetings on the thirtieth until the first day of the new year, deliberately ignoring the festival so as not to be faced with circumstances that evoked mixed feelings.

Thinking of this, Chu Yu thought that although his mother had become colder in recent years, she really loved his father. When he was a child, he’d seen his mother get drunk several times and cry while holding his father’s photo in the middle of the night. She’d cry as she called his father’s name until finally falling asleep with tears in her eyes.

It was just that she wanted to support her huge family business and vowed to gradually throw away some things.

Shi Yaling didn’t celebrate the Spring Festival, and Chu Xuan and Chu Xi were abroad studying in boarding schools and couldn’t return. This festival was even more boring in the Chu family.

Only Aunt Lan still insisted that, every year on the first day of the new year, she’d cook delicious food for Chu Yu.

Putting his chin on Lu Shi’s shoulder, Chu Yu, like a koala, hugged Lu Shi from behind and lazily asked, “Then what? What did you say?”

“I said I’m not going back.”

“Oh,” Chu Yu pondered, “he wouldn’t force you to go back, would he? Fang Weiyun’s issue just came out.”

Lu Shi nodded. “Yeah.”

Lu Shaochu wouldn’t only not force it, he was practically eager for Lu Shi to not return. He felt guilty, worried that Lu Shi would question what happened to the statement “your mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to you”.

His pacing back and forth in the study made Elder Lu, who was sitting behind the desk, dizzy with unclear vision. “Can’t you just sit down?”

Lu Shaochu then stopped and sat down on a chair.

Elder Lu closed his eyes. “This time’s disclosure of Fang Weiyun’s incident could never be a coincidence. Someone must be eyeing our Lu family. You must be prudent during such times.”

He then inquired, “How’s Lu Shi?”

When asking this sentence, Elder Lu’s tone was consistently dull, but his eyes weren’t at all mild.

“Dad, speaking of Lu Shi, I have a new find!”

There were only the two of them in the study, so Lu Shaochu spoke without much scruples and said directly, “Fang Weiyun’s phone had been wiretapped for a long time, but the person who did this can’t be traced. I was suspicious, so I looked for someone to check the entire house.”

Elder Lu’s brows twitched and his eyes sharpened. “What did you find?”

Lu Shaochu cautiously answered, “Fang Weiyun’s diamond necklace had an eavesdropping device hidden in it.”

Elder Lu tapped his fingers on the seat’s armrest and asked in a profound voice, “Who gave the necklace?”

The question was asked, but it seemed like the answer was already known.

“The strange thing is that the necklace was given by Lu Shi.” Lu Shaochu immediately added, “This necklace had been bought by Lu Shi as a gift for Fang Weiyun. You know this, Lu Shi has always loved asking for Fang Weiyun’s favor since he was a child. I still remember clearly that after Lu Shi bought this necklace, he specially asked me if Fang Weiyun would like it.”

After striking a match and lighting a cigar, Lu Shaochu continued, “Then, I remembered that when Lu Shi bought this necklace, he also bought himself a watch of the same brand. He didn’t carry the watch with him and it was just placed in the room in a drawer. When I had the watch disassembled, I found that there was wiretapping in it too.”

Hearing this, Elder Lu’s fingers squeezed the seat’s armrest before slowly releasing them.

The smoke from the cigar dissipated, and Lu Shaochu, who didn’t notice, threw away the matchbox. “Dad, our family was being targeted since a long time ago! Lu Shi was young, he didn’t pay attention when shopping and was manipulated. Fang Weiyun often wore that necklace and it’s probably because of this that someone caught a whiff of the murder. Things eventually ended up in this situation step by step afterwards!”

“Well, tall trees attract wind. Our Lu family looks bright right now, and we really don’t know how many people are staring from the darkness.” Elder Lu uttered a long sigh and asked, “Fang Weishan, what are you going to do with him?”

Lu Shaochu smiled softly. “His sister was sentenced to death for her wrongdoings, and the settling of this matter can’t be placed on our heads. I’m planning to fish people out. The Fang family has broken down a lot in recent years, and although it doesn’t help much, Fang Weishan can still be used. Like sending charcoal in snowy weather, I’ll lend a hand at the right moment, and Fang Weishan will remember this favor. For outsiders, our Lu family will be benevolent and righteous towards their family.”

“Good, do it like that.”

Elder Lu pondered for a long time before asking, “Shaochu, do you still blame me for what happened to Jiang Yueman back then?”

“Dad, you said I was young and impetuous, I wasn’t sensible and did such absurd things. How can I blame you? Without you, I wouldn’t be who I am today!”

After Lu Shaochu finished speaking, he recalled, “Dad, look at Iris—”

Elder Lu lifted his eyelids. “If you really like that woman, it would be good to marry her after this matter is over. If you can give birth to a son, it will be even better.”

Lu Shaochu was overjoyed, but then he thought, “Dad, what do you mean—”

At that time, because of the Lu family’s reputation and other reasons, he couldn’t divorce Fang Weiyun. But he also didn’t want Fang Weiyun to give birth to a child, so he had a ligation operation. Without the risk of having an illegitimate child, he had had countless lovers outside the past years, and Elder Lu didn’t bother asking even half a sentence.

In addition, Lu Shi, his successor, was also very satisfying and reassuring.

However, now—

Elder Lu got up and walked out of the study. “Lu Shi is outstanding, but just by the fact that he hasn’t come home for a year and a half, it’s clear that this child’s ideas are too firm, his temperament is stubborn, and he isn’t bound by familial relationships. I can’t even control him, not to mention you. On top of that, do you think he has no doubts in his heart? Shaochu, take advantage of it while you’re still young and have another one.”

When Chu Yu and Lu Shi returned to Qingchuan Road, it was already near the end of the year. Many shops have closed their doors, and the lampposts and trees on both sides of the road were strung full of ugly colored lanterns and bright red lanterns.

After hearing that they were back from A City, Wei Guanglei volunteered to come pick them up.

When they arrived, Chu Yu saw a bright red three-wheeled motorcycle and was stunned. “Shitou, is this your new car?”

Wei Guanglei had shaved his head bald this winter. With a scar lining the corner of his eye, he appeared very much like a gangster. He just needed to pretend to be a little more vicious and he could scare children to tears.

“Yeah, it’s second-hand, the original owner didn’t want it anymore. I picked it up and repaired it so it can be driven.” He reached out and patted the steel rods and tarpaulin welded on the top of the three-wheeled motorcycle. “I welded it myself, fucking awesome, isn’t it?”

Chu Yu saw how meticulous the welding was and applauded. “Fucking awesome! It can block the rain and wind during rainy days and the sun on sunny days, not bad not bad!”

Wei Guanglei proudly stroked his chin. “Sit in, hurry up, I’ll let you experience Master Wei’s driving skills!”

At that moment, a whistle was heard not far away and a traffic policeman on duty shouted, “The tricycle or auto rickshaw over there, you’re not allowed to solicit passengers here. Hurry up and drive away!”

“Oh shit,” Wei Guanglei hurriedly got into the driver’s seat, “Lu-Ge, Young Master, get in get in, we’re leaving!”

After driving back to Qingchuan Road, Chu Yu’s bones were almost shaken loose. He was helped by Lu Shi as he spoke from the heart, “Shitou, I think I won’t be inconveniencing you any more to drive your vehicle out in the future!”

Wei Guanglei himself was so upset that he wanted to vomit but couldn’t. He waved his hands and said with difficulty, “I also think that this thing needs to take a seat, its bones are about to fall apart!”

Chu Yu was very happy. He and Wei Guanglei had reached a consensus, and he didn’t need to ride this broken car again!

However, Wei Guanglei’s car could still play a big role. For example, when buying New Year’s goods during the Chinese New Year, all the things could be piled up together and brought home in one transport.

On New Year’s Eve, adults gathered to play mahjong while watching the Spring Festival Gala. The local tyrant Wei Guanglei bought a lot of fireworks and firecrackers, piled them in his tricycle, and pulled over to the banks of Qingchuan River.

Chu Yu held a warm baby as he shivered against the blowing river wind, but not too much as he’d also adjusted to it.

He asked Wei Guanglei, “Shitou, are you sure that if we set off fireworks and firecrackers by the river, the police really won’t come to penalize us?”

“I swear on my dignity, no one will arrest us here on Qingchuan River. Young master, are you or are you not going to set off some fireworks?”

“Of course I am!”

Chu Yu had long wanted to set off a carload of fireworks to the sky and satisfy his craving, but hadn’t had the chance to do so.

Now, there was finally a rare opportunity. He helped Wei Guanglei arrange the fireworks and set them in place. “To tell you the truth, I even have cash with me. If we encounter a police uncle who comes to impose a fine on us, I’ll let him wait for me. Then after I’ve set off all the firecrackers, I’ll pay ten times the fine in one go!”

Wei Guanglei laughed. “That’s the fucking rich second generation attitude right there! Keep it up, keep it up!”

“Naturally! I don’t have much of anything else, just beauty and money!”

Thinking of something, Chu Yu turned back and asked Lu Shi, “What time is it?”

“Two minutes to ten.”

“My gosh!” Chu Yu put down the things in his hand, ran to Lu Shi’s side, took out his phone from Lu Shi’s jacket pocket, and opened the class group chat. “Ten o’clock is the schedule for grabbing red envelopes, fortunately I didn’t miss it!”

Almost all members were online in the group chat and Zhang Yueshan was presiding over the order.

Class Representative – Zhang Yueshan: [Everyone, grab red envelopes in a civilized manner and have a happy New Year!]

This message kept flooding the screen, and it didn’t stop until ten o’clock.

The first red envelope was sent out and Chu Yu flashed the fastest hand speed in his life. But seeing the “0.01” displayed on the screen, Chu Yu felt that he’d received injuries!

He urged Lu Shi, “Quick quick quick, grab red envelopes! I only got a cent!”

Lu Shi had never participated in such activities, and this time was no exception.

Seeing that Chu Yu was anxious, he raised his eyebrows slightly. “What’s the benefit?”

Chu Yu raised his eyes and gazed at Lu Shi, “Gege, help me grab some?”

Worried he couldn’t move Lu Shi, he added two words, “Gege, please!”

Lu Shi didn’t speak, but rather took out his phone and opened the class group chat.

Chu Yu was certain that he’d scratched Lu Shi’s itch— calling him Gege.

Although it was a bit nonsensical, it was useful!

After three rounds of red envelopes were snatched, Chu Yu had to recognize the fact that his luck in gambling was almost nonexistent.

Sports Committee Member – Dream-Ge2: [Fuck hahaha, what’s going on with School Flower, those were dozens of red envelopes, right? Adding up the money you grabbed, is it ten yuan?]

School Flower – Chu Yu: [Scram!]

Study Committee Member – Fang Ziqi: [I counted, School Flower grabbed six yuan and seventy-five cents! Hahahaha!]

Class Representative – Zhang Yueshan: [I thought I was the worst in the group when I grabbed 39 yuan, I didn’t expect that there would still be School Flower at the bottom! I’m okay now, I’m resurrected.]

School Flower – Chu Yu: [This fragile friendship can’t stand such gloom. Before this year is over, I’m breaking off relations with you guys!]

Someone in the group was asking who grabbed the most amount.

Study Committee Member – Fang Ziqi: [I computed it and Lu-Shen grabbed the most, with a total of 2,762! With this luck, I suggest Lu-Shen to not wash his hands and go buy a lottery ticket!]

More than 2,700? There was disparity, there was hurt, Chu Yu was so angry!

At that moment, Wei Guanglei’s voice sounded. “Look up!”

Chu Yu subconsciously raised his head and looked up at the sky. Several consecutive ‘shiuuu—’ were heard as fireworks rushed into the air and exploded one after another.

The fragments of light spots were especially clear in the dark night, like a splash of a starry river, scattering a group of stars.

Light and shadow fell on the surface of Qingchuan River which was then muddled by the water’s ripples. The beauty was incredible.

Underneath the fireworks exploding in the sky, Lu Shi lowered his head and kissed the tip of Chu Yu’s eyes. “Don’t be angry, I’ll give you all of mine.”

Before Chu Yu could react, he heard a ‘ding’, which was a red envelope reminder.

In the class group chat, Lu Shi had sent out an exclusive red envelope with Chu Yu as the designated receiver.

On the red envelope was Chu Yu’s portrait together with the following words, “I’ll give you all of mine.”

The author has something to say: Here’s a heart formed by fireworks blasting in the night sky as my love for you~

The clues of the necklace had been mentioned in chapter 39 and chapter 49.

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After an accident, Chen Yu transmigrated into a novel and became a thorny, mediocre student who carried a system with him.

It didn’t matter if you transmigrated into a book, it didn’t matter if you were an underachiever; as a top student, Chen Yu stated that the exam was the same everywhere.

The next day was the school’s monthly exam. As soon as he received the paper, Chen Yu felt that a full score was settled.

Just as he was about to answer—

System: [Dear, here to remind you that you can only earn 30 points on the test oh.]

Chen Yu: ???

Xie Lang, who possessed the looks and the grades, liked to mingle with the underachievers.

In his second year of high school, he was in the same class as Chen Yu, and they were even desk mates.

Xie Lang, who’d often heard of Chen Yu’s reputation as a learning slag, wanted to hang out with the person on the first day of school, skip class, and play games together.

Chen Yu: I need to study.

Xie Lang: ???

This didn’t match the rumors he heard!

cp: 【Only want to play, only crammed to learn study god (Xie Lang) gong x reserved and pretending to be an underachiever but is actually a top student (Chen Yuyu) shou.】

The recommended novel above is already finished with 73 chapters and 7 extras. The title here is different, maybe the author changed it while they were releasing the novel chapters. Here’s the link http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=4124399 As usual, I’m not sure if it’s already being translated or not~

This might be a typo, it’s usually Lou Jiaxuan in the chat group, Dream-Ge’s real name.