Beyond Absurd

Su Ran looked at the person in a rage, shrinking back in fear. He never expected Qin Yue to suddenly have the whim to ask him to be his boyfriend.

“I… I wasn’t playing you,” Su Ran argued in a low voice.

“You said you liked me a week ago, and now you tell me you’re in a relationship?” Qin Yue felt this was absurd.

“Because you don’t like me, I went on to like someone else,” Su Ran said, timidly looking at the angry person in front of him, his long eyelashes trembling, showing his fear.

“You fell for someone else within a week? So if it doesn’t work out with me, you immediately move on to the next?” Qin Yue asked.

At this moment, the two were very close. Su Ran kept backing up on the bed until he was up against the wall. The air conditioner was on, but it still felt hot. Su Ran was sweating, feeling the heat emanating from Qin Yue in front of him.

Su Ran clenched the corner of the blanket, now suspecting whether this was Qin Yue’s excuse to beat him. How could it be that one moment he seemed ready to kill him, and now he wanted to be his boyfriend?

Could it be that he simply couldn’t swallow his pride and was looking for an excuse?

But now he really did have a boyfriend. Initially, it was just an excuse to avoid being beaten, but now he was actually in a relationship. If he agreed, wouldn’t it mean having two boyfriends?

After a long silence, Su Ran looked up and softly hummed a response.

Qin Yue’s brow furrowed slowly, his body sweating, the cool air from the air conditioner making the sweat feel cold, yet his body felt hotter than ever, just like the day he found out Su Ran was actually Su Ranran, and saw Su Ran proving he was a male, feeling a piercing heat.

The sweet fragrance mixed with the dampness of sweat drifted around Su Ran, causing Qin Yue’s chest to heave, agitated as if he was being baked by fire, his voice deep, “You really fall for people that easily.”

Su Ran watched him, intimidated by his somewhat sinister eyes, and dared not speak. Then he heard Qin Yue say, “Break up with your boyfriend, and let’s date.”

Su Ran was puzzled for a moment, feeling somewhat indignant inside. He said he liked people easily, but what about him? He was clearly straight before, and he had resisted when he confessed that day. How could he want to start a relationship within such a short time?

And to the point of making him break up. If it weren’t for his crossdressing trick that fooled him, he would really believe the other party must like him a lot. Su Ran thought about it for a while and then looked at Qin Yue with courage, saying, “No, I can’t break up with him, we just started dating, and I really like him.”

“But you said you liked me seven days ago, your feelings change quite drastically,” Qin Yue said, his tone carrying a complaint he himself might not have noticed. He felt like he was only beginning to understand him. He looked soft, but was actually merciless. Today he liked you, and tomorrow he would like someone else.

Thinking about it, there seemed to be some regret. What if he had agreed that day? But he still felt Su Ran was playing him. Had he already fallen for someone else? Was that day’s confession also a lie?

“Feelings are just like that,” Su Ran said, sneaking a look at Qin Yue’s expression, then shying away, “You can’t hit me just because I’m with someone now.”

Qin Yue’s eyes narrowed, getting even closer to the person in front of him, his eyes sweeping across his moist lips, “I won’t hit you, I just want you to date me, and besides, you don’t want others to know what you’ve done either.”

Hearing this, Su Ran was stunned; Qin Yue was threatening him. He bit his lip, realizing he had thought of a punishment more severe than beating him—this was to torment him.

Su Ran bit his lip, “Then I can’t break up with my boyfriend…”

Qin Yue’s temples throbbed, “Then what do you want to do?”

Su Ran thought for a moment, then hesitantly said, “If you agree, we can keep it a secret, my boyfriend must not know…”

“No way,” Qin Yue said decisively, his face turning very grim.

“Then hit me,” Su Ran closed his eyes.

He knew Qin Yue wouldn’t agree; he was too proud. He wanted to tell him that this was the biggest concession he could make.

Qin Yue looked at the person in front of him, the veins at his temples throbbing, hating that he dared to do this.

“Are you playing me again?” Qin Yue gritted his teeth, his voice trembling, “Do you love playing with me that much?”

Su Ran only admitted to having played him once before, and no more after that. He said, “No, I’m serious…”

After a while, Qin Yue remained silent. Su Ran saw him looking like he wanted to eat someone and scared, thought of escaping, “Do you agree or not? If you don’t agree, I’m going to pee now, just pretend you never said this.”

Qin Yue took a deep breath, truly heartless, he said, “Okay.”

Su Ran, who was about to get off the bed, looked at Qin Yue in surprise, seeing his face restrained but his eyes somewhat calm. He actually agreed! This made Su Ran feel caught in a dilemma, but he couldn’t go back on his word now, or he would really be in for a beating.

“Then… alright,” Su Ran compromised, then cautioned, “You absolutely must not let anyone find out.”

Qin Yue took a deep breath, sitting on the bed, and then pulled Su Ran towards him, “When are you breaking up with your boyfriend?”

“Ah?” Su Ran was surprised, he was too anxious, as if trying to occupy this slot first, then pushing out the other radishes, he muttered softly, “I won’t break up now…”

Qin Yue’s face darkened, then he asked again, “So we’re lovers now?”

Su Ran thought for a moment, wanted to add that they were lovers that couldn’t be seen in public, but didn’t dare say it, he nodded, “Yes.”

After finishing, he pondered their conversation, always feeling a sense of absurdity.

Qin Yue moved closer to Su Ran, his shoulder touching his shoulder, his gaze moving from his eyebrows to his nose to those lips he always dreamed of, he said, “Then I can kiss you now…”

“Hmm?” Su Ran didn’t hear clearly, and the next second, he was grabbed by the chin, and soft lips pressed against his.

Qin Yue paused for a second, his mind almost blank, then slowly crushed, prying open his lips, savoring the warmth inside, licking his tongue, sucking on his tongue tip.

Sweet and soft, making his heart beat violently, his body getting hotter, sweat soaking his clothes, still that piercing heat, but now without the agitation, much more at ease.

After separating, Su Ran was somewhat dazed, he stared blankly at Qin Yue, “You…”

Qin Yue finally smiled, “I kissed you, aren’t we lovers?”

Su Ran’s eyelashes trembled lightly, indeed that was the case, but was he really going to date him…

In a daze, Su Ran went to the bathroom to run water, he also didn’t expect the plot to really go this way, but it was also within his expectations. The protagonist tops were interested in him and were not so resistant to homosexuality anymore. Qin Yue was now very obviously interested in him.

But… there was always a feeling of great sacrifice.

In the morning, Su Ran woke up groggily, and after a while, prepared to go to wash up. Just reaching the bathroom door, he saw Qin Yue.

Su Ran thought to wait until he finished using the bathroom before entering, just about to turn and leave when he heard Qin Yue say, “Let’s use it together.”

Su Ran was momentarily startled, then suddenly realized, remembering what happened last night, feeling extremely embarrassed.

“You go ahead…” Su Ran said.

As soon as the words fell, he saw the toothbrush placed on his toothbrush holder, already with toothpaste squeezed on it!

Su Ran incredulously looked at Qin Yue, was this still his uptight roommate? Was he for real?

Qin Yue rinsed his mouth, then looked at Su Ran, Su Ran being pinned in place by his gaze, then slowly walked into the bathroom, still a bit scared of him.

Su Ran took the water, then picked up the toothbrush already with toothpaste on it to brush his teeth, Qin Yue finished washing up, looked at Su Ran, watched for a while, then suddenly asked, “Your boyfriend is the blond I discovered that day, right?”

Su Ran almost choked, he looked in the mirror at Qin Yue still sporting blond hair, then hummed a response.

“Bad taste,” Qin Yue said, then leaned over and kissed his cheek.

Su Ran’s body stiffened, and Qin Yue had already left, moving so fast… Yesterday he said they were dating, and today it seemed like they were really in a relationship.

He felt somewhat unable to adapt.

And just then, the door was knocked on, it was Pei Zhiyang’s voice, “Baby Ran, time for breakfast.”

Su Ran immediately opened the door for Pei Zhiyang, saying, “Wait a minute.”

Pei Zhiyang followed him into the bathroom, he looked in the mirror at them, he was half a head taller than Su Ran, looked at the mirror then tilted his head to look at him.

His gaze slowly traced his face, gradually overlapping with the Su Ranran he saw yesterday. Last night’s Su Ran made it difficult for him to adapt, but now looking again, no matter what, it was him.

Thinking of what Baby Ran told him last night, Pei Zhiyang then hugged him from behind, his cheek resting on his back, “Baby Ran, my cute and adorable Baby Ran.”

Su Ran bent down to wash his face, conveniently allowing Pei Zhiyang to cling to his back, and as he was drying his face, just about to say something, he noticed Qin Yue standing at the door, meeting his cold gaze head-on.

Like being electrocuted, Su Ran turned around letting Pei Zhiyang get up, he now seemed to always need to remember, he and Qin Yue had another layer of relationship.

“Let’s go, to eat,” Su Ran said, then pulled Pei Zhiyang to head outside.

And just then, Qin Yue spoke, “Wait, I’ll go with you.”

Su Ran paused, while Pei Zhiyang already frowned, “We’re going together? Isn’t that inconvenient?”

Pei Zhiyang spoke directly, he didn’t like Qin Yue in the first place, and didn’t care about Qin Yue’s feelings, and just then, Su Ran tugged on Pei Zhiyang’s arm, showing an unnatural smile, “Okay, then let’s go together.”

Pei Zhiyang’s eyes widened, looking at Su Ran, signaling him to explain, Su Ran squeezed his eye at him then shook his head, whispering, “We’re all classmates, let’s go together.”

“This…” Pei Zhiyang was incredulous, who was it that always complained about not getting along with his roommate before, but now…

Something strange seemed to have started from last night.

During the meal, the three of them sitting at one table looked very odd. Pei Zhiyang never thought he’d see the day he’d share a table with Qin Yue.

But Pei Zhiyang didn’t mind him, he peeled a tea egg and placed it in Su Ran’s plate, then scooped a spoonful of porridge into his mouth using Su Ran’s spoon, it was sweetened eight-treasure porridge, he usually only drank two spoonfuls.

Beside them, Qin Yue watched Pei Zhiyang’s actions, then looked at Su Ran’s accustomed demeanor, he took a deep breath, he seemed to always repeat this action these days.

Then Qin Yue picked up a chopstick of vegetables, handing it to Su Ran, “Try this, it’s a new side dish.”

Su Ran paused, very unaccustomed, and before he could speak, Pei Zhiyang was already unhappy, “You’re using your chopsticks to pick food for Baby Ran?”

Pei Zhiyang’s tone was very confrontational, as if only he had this special right, and the next second, Su Ran slapped him lightly, then ate the vegetable Qin Yue picked, he mumbled, “We’re all classmates.”

And Pei Zhiyang incredulously looked at Su Ran, then at Qin Yue, and just then, Qin Yue’s lips curled up in a smile, making Pei Zhiyang’s teeth itch.

A meal eaten down, Su Ran no longer wanted such a scene to happen again, the three of them just shouldn’t appear at one table.

And just around noon, Su Ran encountered an even more awkward situation.

At the school gate, Qin Yue looked at Su Ran with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, “Let’s go, let me also taste that person’s cooking.”

Su Ran had a headache, Fu Qian’an had sent him a message, saying he was cooking at noon, and directly told him to come eat there, he dodged Pei Zhiyang, but couldn’t dodge Qin Yue, who caught him at the school gate.

No choice, his leverage was in his hand, he could only be led by him reluctantly.

Until they arrived at the front door of the house, Qin Yue glanced around the corridor, frowning, Su Ran used the key to open the door, pushing the door in, inside came Fu Qian’an’s voice, “You’re here baby, I’m cooking, it’ll be ready in a moment.”

This time Qin Yue’s frown deepened, his expression completely darkened, like frost. Su Ran also noticed his bad complexion, but he had told him before coming, fortunately although his face was bad, he hadn’t said anything from entering the house till now.

In Su Ran’s memory, Qin Yue was always a person with stable emotions, just like before when he knew he was Su Ranran, angry as he was, but he hadn’t moved towards him.

Su Ran led Qin Yue into the kitchen, “Baby, I brought a classmate over.”

Fu Qian’an was stunned, he had developed a shadow over the word “classmate”, looking at Qin Yue, his gaze was full of vigilance.

“He’s interested in seeing me streaming, so he came over,” Su Ran said with a smile, easing the atmosphere.

“Oh, hello classmate,” Fu Qian’an said.

“Hello.”

Fu Qian’an sighed in relief, this one didn’t seem like the kind of person Pei Zhiyang was, though still looking cold.

“Baby, help me stir-fry the vegetables, I’ll adjust the sauce for the next dish,” Fu Qian’an said.

Su Ran took the pan, he glanced at Qin Yue standing stiffly at the door, then at the busy Fu Qian’an, he sighed in relief, fortunately, he hadn’t noticed anything.

After adjusting the sauce, Fu Qian’an wrapped his arms around Su Ran’s waist, his face leaning over, “Baby you’re amazing.”

Since Pei Zhiyang appeared, he had felt a great sense of crisis, feeling he couldn’t be as cold and indifferent as before, otherwise Su Ran might really be snatched away by someone else, now Su Ran wasn’t just his cash cow, he seemed… to really start liking him…

At this time, watching the two interact intimately, Qin Yue clenched his fists tightly, his body trembling slightly.

He came purely to suffer, watching the two in front of him like this was torture, though he had expected it, he still couldn’t accept it, but he had to come.

Soon, the dishes were done, Fu Qian’an brought the dishes to the coffee table in the living room, Su Ran was still earnestly mixing the cold dishes, immersed in it, then felt a tall figure standing beside him, Su Ran turned his head to see it was Qin Yue who had been standing at the door all along, the next second, his waist was enveloped, Qin Yue close to his ear, “In what way am I inferior to him.”

Su Ran became anxious, he glanced at the kitchen door, afraid Fu Qian’an would discover, “Not like that…”

Qin Yue, not only not listening, leaned even closer, his lips touching his ear, “Break up with him, only me.”

Su Ran was about to panic, his eyes reddening as he looked at Qin Yue, “Wasn’t it agreed, don’t do this.”

And just then, Fu Qian’an had already appeared at the door, his figure stiffening, seeing Qin Yue’s hand wrapped around Su Ran’s waist, then saw the other turning his head to look at him, that contemptuous look felt very familiar, he had seen it on Pei Zhiyang’s face too.

Fu Qian’an’s heart twitched, “You…”

Hearing Fu Qian’an’s voice, Su Ran immediately pushed Qin Yue away, “He was just talking to me about something.”

Qin Yue glanced at him, then followed Su Ran out of the kitchen, leaving behind a somewhat stunned Fu Qian’an, his heart feeling sour, as if a person similar to Pei Zhiyang had appeared.

After sitting down, the few of them silently ate, Fu Qian’an continuously picked dishes for Su Ran, “Baby, eat this, you’ve been losing weight lately.”

Su Ran kept nodding, Fu Qian’an indulgently smoothed his temples, then proudly looked towards Qin Yue, as if to say, Su Ran is mine.

Qin Yue’s pressure was low, silently eating, only when picking vegetables, his hand “unintentionally” swept by, a plate of steaming hot dishes directly overturned onto Fu Qian’an’s crotch, immediately hearing Fu Qian’an yelp and stand up.

“What’s wrong baby?” Su Ran hurriedly wanted to help him wipe, then saw Fu Qian’an rush into the bathroom.

Su Ran was about to go check, but was stopped by Qin Yue, “It’s fine, I’ll take a look.”

Saying so, while Su Ran was still somewhat bewildered, he went to open the bathroom door, just in time to see Fu Qian’an rinsing with cold water, at the moment of entering he seemed to want to pull up his pants, but then gave up.

Qin Yue’s lips curled in a cold smile, sweeping him up and down, then asked, “Are you alright?”

Fu Qian’an was furious at this point, but he was injured, the Pei Zhiyang incident left him with a shadow, more understanding that a wise man does not eat a loss in front of him.

“It’s fine,” Fu Qian’an said.

Qin Yue then closed the door, returned to the coffee table and sat down, saying, “Don’t worry, it’s fine, it’s just that thing might not be usable anymore.”

“Ah?” Su Ran was shocked, that was very serious.

Su Ran immediately asked loudly to Fu Qian’an, “Baby, are you okay?”

The bathroom emitted a muffled sound, “Baby, don’t worry, it’s fine.”

Su Ran then breathed a sigh of relief, and when Fu Qian’an came out, he was already wearing loose boxer shorts, walking somewhat oddly.

Qin Yue coldly sneered, deliberately asking, “Are you alright?”

Fu Qian’an gritted his teeth, then said, “It’s fine.”

Seeing he was alright, Su Ran then stood up, “I’m done eating, I have to stream, you two eat slowly.”

Su Ran left, the atmosphere in the living room immediately dropped to freezing point, Qin Yue also stopped eating, directly sitting on the sofa, he turned on the Banana app, watching Su Ran’s posted works, he wore many familiar clothes, either worn during their video calls or sent in photos.

The living room was devoid of voices, Fu Qian’an sat on the other end of the sofa, also casually scrolling through his phone.

Time ticked by second by second, Su Ran finally started streaming, by this time his fans had already reached over a million, the moment he started streaming, the number of people in the room surged, eventually stabilizing at thirty thousand.

“Hello everyone, good afternoon, Ranran is here.” Su Ran greeted the camera.

As soon as his voice fell, the screen was filled with supreme gifts, Su Ran’s heart skipped a beat, less than a minute after starting the stream, this big brother had already sent a million!

“Thank you to this person… QAFafD564, is it a new account? Haven’t had time to name it yet,” Su Ran said with a smile.

“Thank you for supporting Ranran, heart.” Su Ran smiled brighter than flowers, “Big Brother, what do you want me to do?”

At this moment, the top brother was this random code netizen, surprisingly he didn’t make any demands, and he continued to send large gifts non-stop, half an hour into the stream, F came online, directly sending twenty supremes, becoming the top.

“F Big Brother is here, welcome F Big Brother~” Su Ran said.

And the next second, that random code immediately sent more gifts, overtaking F to become the top, soon the two seemed to be competing, continuously sending gifts, very quickly his streaming room was pushed to the front page, more and more people pouring in, the number directly breaking through a hundred thousand.

“Damn, the two big brothers are fighting for the top.”

“The streaming room gifts broke ten million! Holy shit, it’s a new record!”

“The host is so pretty! Kiss kiss kiss kiss!”

“So talented!!!”

The gifts didn’t stop for a moment, Su Ran kept thanking, quickly creating a record.

But gradually, Su Ran became somewhat afraid, the amount was too large, he felt a bit fearful, and the two were still sending.

“Both Big Brothers, you two are both my good big brothers, stop sending, that’s enough, love you guys.” Su Ran said, but after he finished, the two sent even more vigorously, as if determined to compete.

The gifts were pushed to an unprecedented height, Su Ran panicked, hastily greeted and went offline, standing at the peak also carried huge risks, he was still a bit scared.

After going offline, Su Ran smoothed his chest, this money came too easily making it feel somewhat unreal.

Just then, Fu Linxuan’s call came in, “Ranran, who was that person?”

“I don’t know either, he just came today,” Su Ran said.

“Don’t add him, I’ll keep sending you gifts, but you must not add him,” Fu Linxuan said.

“Okay, I’ll listen to Big Brother, you’re my only good big brother,” Su Ran sweetly said, coaxing the other into chuckling lightly.

At this time in the living room, Fu Qian’an had been monitoring Su Ran’s streaming room, seeing Su Ran go offline he couldn’t help but cheer twice, “Holy shit! Over twenty million!”

Saying so, Fu Qian’an looked towards Qin Yue, his eyes shining in a boastful manner, “Over twenty million, you saw it too, right.”

At this time, Qin Yue’s phone screen stayed on the closed streaming room, he looked towards Fu Qian’an, then listened to Fu Qian’an say, “I and Su Ran baby belong from zero to today’s achievements.”

Just then, Su Ran came out, his brow slightly furrowed, “I messaged that random code privately, but why isn’t he replying, it’s not possible to send so many gifts without adding the host right…”

Qin Yue lit up his own phone, the screen exactly the private message received screen, he calmly said, “I sent it, now I want to exercise the privilege of being the Top.”

Su Ran and Fu Qian’an simultaneously froze, Su Ran looked at that phone screen, almost dropping his jaw, he looked at the screen then at Qin Yue, then asked in a low voice, “What do you want me to do?”

Who would have thought that the top would be right in front of him…

“Do it here?” Qin Yue asked.

Su Ran looked at the still stunned Fu Qian’an, feeling that those streaming room privileges definitely couldn’t be in front of him, otherwise it would be too explosive…

He knew, Fu Qian’an definitely also wanted him to take good care of the Top brother. After all, they both took their work very seriously.

He pulled Qin Yue’s arm, leading him up from the sofa, “Let’s go to the bedroom…”

At this moment, the sunlight was very abundant, Su Ran pulling Qin Yue’s wrist, sunlight through the old window, the light and shadow sketching the figures of the two very beautifully, Fu Qian’an just watched this scene, his lips slightly parted, never quite recovering.

Until that green-painted wooden door closed, and was locked.

In that instant, he felt a burning sensation from inside to outside, a sense of absurdity bombarding his nerves.

“Fuck!”