VV: A message to my fellow kind readers: I’m tling wholly and solely because I feel lonely and depressed. My life is tasteless, colourless, and aimless, so please don’t expect me to complete the tlations bcz I lose motivation and interest very easily, just in seconds. Still, I’ll try my best to complete the tlations. Plus, in case you still haven’t read About Me, I wanna mention that idk Mandarin, nor do I’ve any plans to learn it, so my tlations might seem rough and confusing to you, but then again, I’ve tried my very best to make the tlations readable and understandable. Lastly, I hope you enjoy reading!



A muffled thunder resounded from the sky, the originally bright weather became a little drowsy, and the pattering rain kept falling.

Jiang Yu was sitting in the room playing games; his fingers were nimbly manipulating the mouse.

At this moment, there was a sound of talking outside the door; men and women mixed together; there were several people; it sounded like his sister Jiang Meng brought her classmates back.

Jiang Yu didn’t care too much and continued to play with his classmates.

Until the door was knocked, Jiang Meng’s voice came from outside the door: “Jiang Yu, are you there?”

“Yeah.” Jiang Yu lazily replied while playing the game.

Jiang Meng pushed the door open and walked in, muttering: “You’re playing games again, mom said; you won’t be given pocket money next semester if you play games again.”

Jiang Yu was playing to a critical moment and casually replied: “I’ll tell her later; you want to be my mother again today.”

“Fuck you!” Jiang Meng pushed him from behind, almost causing Jiang Yu to shoot in the wrong direction. Fortunately, his skills were in place, and he still took the opponent’s head neatly.

Jiang Meng glanced at his fluent actions, lowered her eyes to look at her younger brother in front of her, and suddenly touched his shoulder: “Hey, do you want to get introduced to your future brother-in-law?”

Jiang Yu glanced at her curiously: “Didn’t you say that you only like the Gobi flower¹in your school?”

“The Gaoling flower²,” Jiang Meng corrected him, knowing that he did it on purpose. She threatened in a low voice, “Don’t talk nonsense later; do you understand?”

This is the way the siblings have been getting along since they were young. They dig holes in each other’s mouths and never forgive each other. But when something happens, they will always be the first to stand up for the other party. In their own words, beating a dog depends on the owner³, and the sister/brother can only bully each other themselves.

Jiang Yu understood the meaning: “The Gaoling flower is here?”

The door was not closed. Jiang Meng looked back nervously and made a booing gesture to Jiang Yu: “Don’t talk nonsense in front of him!”

Speaking of this, Jiang Meng bent down and whispered her plan: “You both are boys; it is easier to talk; you can help me take care of him later; it is best to leave contact information. Then I can ask him to come out and play in the future.”

Jiang Yu deliberately snorted while controlling the character in the game to search for equipment, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Jiang Meng immediately understood, gritted her teeth, and said, “You will get half of next year’s New Year’s money.”

Jiang Yu paused for a while but remained calm.

Jiang Meng has long been used to their behaviour of taking advantage of each other; after all, she often does this kind of thing. Jiang Meng didn’t bother to confront him, so she simply said straight to the point: “I’ll give you all if it’s settled; maybe you will get more, okay?”

Jiang Yu was satisfied.

“Deal.”

After playing this round, Jiang Yu bid farewell to his friends and exited the game. He stretched himself, got up, and looked out the window. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the ground was full of water, and the whole city was shrouded in a huge cloud.

Jiang Yu walked out of the room, heard his sister and classmates talking and laughing in the living room, turned the corner, and went to the bathroom first.

This toilet has always been used by Jiang Yu alone. He was used to it, and he would turn the doorknob directly when he walked over.

Unexpectedly, the light was on inside, and there was a tall man standing by the sink. He was standing sideways in the light and shadow, buttoning his white shirt, and he could vaguely see his lean figure, the kind Jiang Yu admires the most.

Jiang Yu immediately stopped.

At the same time, the man turned his head to the side. When he saw Jiang Yu, his hands paused, and he seemed to be stunned for a while.

The two of them didn’t move for a while, and the scene was briefly frozen.

Not long after, Jiang Yu opened his mouth first: “Sorry, I didn’t know there was someone inside.”

The man hesitated a little, then looked away, and slowly fastened the last two buttons: “It’s all right.”

The Gaoling flower! This was the first reaction in Jiang Yu’s mind.

It’s really cold!

The man took the wet clothes he had changed and stepped aside: “You can use the bathroom now.”

Jiang Yu hummed, and before leaving, it seemed that the other party glanced at him thoughtfully.

Strange.

Jiang Meng’s crush is named Li Ying, a well-known popular male god in the college who is also notoriously hard to get close to. For three whole years, there were quite a few boys and girls who spoke boldly in the school, but so far no one has been able to take him down.

Jiang Meng is a senior student majoring in marine science at Haicheng University. Their project team just came back from the sea this afternoon. Some students from other places took the bus back to school, and the local students went home by themselves.

Unexpectedly, the sky was unpredictable. The bus had just left when the rain fell immediately.

Jiang Meng’s home is by the sea, and she invited a few classmates home to shelter from the rain out of selfishness.

There were four people, two men and two women, and Li Ying was one of them.

When Jiang Yu came out, they were playing poker in the living room. As soon as Jiang Meng saw him, she called out: “Jiang Yu, come and help my classmates draw the cards.”

“What cards are you choosing?” Jiang Yu looked down at the phone and asked casually.

Jiang Meng pointed to Li Ying and explained: “My classmate is not very good at playing; please help him choose.”

Hearing this, Li Ying tapped his slender fingers on the poker and then calmly drew out a card.

Jiang Yu put away his mobile phone, and when he raised his eyes, he happened to meet Li Ying’s gaze.

He was really surprised: Are there still people who can’t play poker these days? Jiang Yu walked over while thinking, dragged a chair, and sat next to Li Ying.

Naturally, no one knows how to play poker these days, and Li Ying was no exception, but he didn’t like playing poker very much, so he let him help draw the cards.

When Jiang Yu sat down, the other two students immediately became curious.

One of the boys asked, “Jiang Meng, this is your younger brother?”

Jiang Meng nodded and then heard Li Qianwen, her best friend beside her, complaining: “Why have I never heard you say that brother is so good-looking?”

Jiang Meng never thought that Jiang Yu was good-looking, just like Jiang Yu never saw that Jiang Meng was beautiful. However, all her friends who have seen Jiang Yu since she was a child all praised him for being good-looking.

Jiang Meng glanced at Jiang Yu, then sneaked a glance at Li Ying, who was beside him; her tone was flat but quite boastful: “Is he good-looking? I don’t think he is good-looking at all.”

Just as Jiang Meng finished drawing the cards, it was Li Ying’s turn. He was about to draw one of the cards when he saw a hand stretched out in front of him.

Jiang Yu stopped his movement, moved his head closer, and pointed at the king with his index finger: “Draw this one.”

At this time, Li Qianwen looked over and said, “Hey, Jiang Yu, your name is Jiang Yu, Yu of sunshine, right?”
(VV: 江Jiang 昱Yu)

Jiang Yu looked up at her and nodded politely.

“Wow, you are so good,” Li Qianwen said with a smile. Her tone was slightly coaxing, and her words seemed to have the meaning of molesting a child, “Do you have a girlfriend?”

“No,” Jiang Yu replied.

Li Qianwen asked again: “Then do you like the older ones?”

Jiang Yu didn’t speak this time. Because of his good looks, he often meets girls who strike up a conversation. He seems to be particularly attracted to this kind of sister and is used to this kind of situation.

At this time, the cards passed again, and it happened to be Li Ying’s turn to play again. He looked at the cards in his hand but did not move for a long time, as if he didn’t know which one to play.

It seemed that he was really not very good at playing. Jiang Yu thought to himself, raised his finger, and changed the subject: “Take this one.”

“Okay,” Li Ying said.

He seemed to be smiling slightly.

After playing the cards, the sky outside was completely dark, and the rain was still falling, almost flooding the whole city.

The weather was inconvenient; everyone ate some noodles and snacks to fill their stomachs, and they prepared to take a taxi to the nearest hotel.

The wind was mixed with heavy rain, and it was close to the sea. Li Ying searched for a taxi for nearly half an hour, but still no one took the order.

It was inconvenient to travel in this kind of weather, and they couldn’t get a taxi, so Jiang Meng simply kept them at home.

However, considering that there are too many people, Li Ying and the three of them decided to stay in a hotel after discussion. While they were discussing, Jiang Yu sat on the sofa beside them with nothing to do, playing with his mobile phone.

Until Jiang Meng’s phone rang, it was Jiang’s mother who remembered her daughter coming back from the university today.

The Jiang family is near the sea, and Papa Jiang and Mama Jiang opened a seafood restaurant by the sea. Tonight there was strong wind and heavy rain, so they specially called to inform the siblings that they would not go home tonight and asked them to pay attention to the safety of the electrical circuits at home.

Jiang Meng took the opportunity to tell Mama Jiang about inviting her classmates to stay overnight, and after Mama Jiang confirmed that it was safe, she called Jiang Yu to ask whether it was safe before agreeing.

After obtaining the consent of his parents, Jiang Meng immediately told her classmates the news and insisted that they stay here overnight.

In the end, Li Ying still called for another taxi for nearly 20 minutes, but there was still no response, so the three of them had to stay here overnight.

There are a total of three rooms in the house, and the parents’ room must not be used. The girl can only share a room with Jiang Meng, and for the other two boys, Jiang Meng was thinking: “The sofa can be pulled out to make a bed; one of you sleeps on the sofa, and the other can squeeze with my brother; do you mind?”

“Don’t mind, don’t mind; I’ve bothered you all, so why picky?” said the boy. After speaking, he turned to Li Ying as if he wanted to discuss how to sleep with him.

Li Ying has always been the most thought-provoking, but this time he didn’t know what happened and kept silent.

Considering that Jiang Yu had played cards with Li Ying before, he might be a little familiar. The boy offered: “Why don’t I sleep on the sofa and let Li Ying sleep with Jiang Yu?”

The two parties who were named coincidentally looked at each other.

Everyone’s questioning eyes also glanced at the two, mainly at Li Ying. After all, he has always been very distant, and they didn’t know if he would mind sharing the same bed with someone.

Li Ying raised the corner of his mouth lightly and politely said to Jiang Yu: “Excuse me.”

Jiang Yu shrugged; in fact, he didn’t care; anyway, he would get the money from his sister.

However, he felt that Li Ying seemed to be speaking differently from Jiang Meng, not so superiorly, and he looked very easy to get along with when he smiled.

If he wasn’t a boy, Jiang Yu would have suspected that the other party had taken a fancy to him.

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Footnotes

1. Gobi flower is also called cauliflower

2. Gaoling flower高岭花, (gāo lǐng huā) is a term used to describe noble and often cold beauties that seem unattainable. 高+岭+花 (tall/high + mountain ridge + flower). Literally meaning “flower on a high peak,” or “unattainable beauty” or a combo of both, like “the untouchable flower that only grows on the high mountains.”

3. Beating a dog depends on the owner literally means no one else can discipline, scold, or beat them but the owner or siblings themselves.

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