Chapter 57: 然然, 别推开我，我难受

Ran Ran, don’t push (reject) me away, I feel terribly uncomfortable

Song Zhi Xu stayed at the office with some irritation in his heart for the entire day. Before he got off work, he still didn’t know how to go home to face Lin Ran. It was just before he went home that Mu Qingting’s phone call came through and Song Zhi Xu answered it. From the other side he could still hear the voice of greeting, Mu Qingting should be just getting off from work, from the hospital.

“What’s wrong? Have you found out something?” Song Zhi Xu opened his mouth and asked directly. Mu Qingting rolled his eyes in disgust, apart from Lin Ran’s matter, Song Zhi Xu couldn’t think of other matters. 

He was really not important anymore in Song Zhi Xu’s heart.

As he lightly snorted, Mu Qingting said with some dissatisfaction. “Can’t be check. You come out and accompany me to drink, I’m not happy today.” Song Zhi Xu hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Where?” Mu Qingting froze, although he did want to find Song Zhi Xu for a drink but he did not expect Song Zhi Xu to agree, after all, after having Lin Ran, Song Zhi Xu almost only stayed at home and at work.

“Qingting?” Song Zhi Xu called out again before Mu Qingting suddenly came back to his senses. 

After hanging up the phone, Song Zhi Xu looked at the bar’s address sent to him on his phone so he called Lin Ran again, saying that he would not go back for dinner tonight. After all, a bar place like this was not suitable for Lin Ran.

Besides that, he was a little unsure of how to face Lin Ran right now. Song Zhi Xu called Lin Ran and was answered almost as soon as it rang, and soon came Lin Ran’s somewhat cheerful voice asking, “Song Zhi Xu, are you coming home?”

Song Zhi Xu was silent for a moment, but still said truthfully and honestly: “Ran Ran, I have something to do tonight, I can’t go back to have dinner together with you. I’ll let the assistant bring you dinner,is that okay?”

The memory of the last time Song Zhi Xu didn’t come back every day came flooding back into his mind, the smile on Lin Ran’s face froze, holding the phone for a long time before he asked in a gloomy voice, “Song Zhi Xu,are you still coming back?”

“Coming back.” Song Zhi Xu heard Lin Ran’s mood was not good and hurriedly explained, “It’s Mu Qingting looking for me for something, it’s not suitable for you to go but I’ll go back tonight, okay?”

After Song Zhi Xu said that, Lin Ran also didn’t pester him anymore, but only told him in a small voice to come back home earlier.

Song Zhi Xu promised him before then the two of them hung up the phone.

Listening to Lin Ran’s somewhat pitiful voice at the end, Song Zhi Xu wanted to go back immediately, but he was still embarrassed and couldn’t control his feelings about it after Lin Ran said something about his nosebleed.

After hanging up the phone, Song Zhi Xu went out and borrowed the kitchen from the company restaurant to make the dishes Lin Ran liked to eat and packed them up before handing them over to his assistant to send it. Song Zhi Xu drove his car and went to the bar that Mu Qingting had previously mentioned.

When he arrived at the reserved room, the moment he opened the door, the table was full of wine as Mu Qingting had already poured the wine and started to drink.

When he saw Song Zhi Xu, Mu Qingting waved at him and poured him a large glass of wine and handed it over.

“Come, Old Song [Lao Song] have a drink, it’s been a long time since the two of us had a drink.”

Song Zhi Xu was somewhat annoyed these days, Lin Ran’s unconscious teasing made him unable to hold on, and on the contrary, Lin Ran ran away whenever he had the mood. 

This kind of thing that raised the fire and didn’t care about putting it out annoyed Song Zhi Xu, but Lin Ran naturally knew nothing about it, and Song Zhi Xu couldn’t blame him either, so he could just hold it back by himself.

Song Zhi Xu tilted his head and finished all the wine in his cup, then asked Mu Qingting again.

“What’s going on?Tell me about it.”

The two of them had known each other since childhood and had been close, so Song Zhi Xu knew just by one glance that Mu Qingting had something on his mind, so he asked him directly.

Mu Qingting was already a little drunk as he drank one glass after another, and when he heard Song Zhi Xu’s words, he pouted his lips.

“What else can it be, if it’s not that psycho Xiao Nanyu? In the past, he was still occasionally looking for chances for us to run into each other, but now he is directly and blatantly running to my office. So shameless that I can’t even get rid of him.” Mu Qingting tapped the sofa, “Now, if the people in their department can’t find him, they’ll call my office, obviously… it’s obvious that I don’t have anything to do with him.”

Song Zhi Xu was not surprised at all, pouring a glass of wine for himself and sipping it while speaking indifferently, 

“Qingting, actually Xiao Nanyu is quite nice to you, maybe you can try it with him.”

As a bystander, Song Zhi Xu could see clearly. The only thing that was different about Xiao Nanyu was that he didn’t treat Mu Qingting the same way as he treated everyone else, that was, in front of Mu Qingting, Xiao Nanyu would be a bit of a stalker, “What’s the point of trying?

I’m a golden bachelor with a lot of flowers and grasses waiting to be pampered,

Why hang myself on a crooked tree?

And what’s more, that Xiao Nanyu is three years younger than me, so I have a generation gap with him.” As he listened to Mu Qingting’s words, Song Zhi Xu unconsciously thought of Lin Ran. Lin Ran was six years younger than him, so there was even more of a generation gap, but he didn’t feel it at all.

Thinking about it, Song Zhi Xu advised him, “It’s alright, it’s only three years, it’s almost the same, there’s no generation gap, you can try it with him, maybe after the trial, he’ll think you’re not good and give up, then at that time, you can still spoil the flowers and grassess [tn content=”the flowers and grassess”][This flowers and grasses 花花草草 used to describe happy and romantic things. Song Zhi Xu here uses it to describe romantic relationships with women, since Mu Qingting seems to be straight and a playboy.][/tn].”

Translator’s Note: 

I’m sorry for not updating for quite a long time. Real life kidnapped me and I’m grateful for the change of life. I’ll try to update frequently. 🥰😌

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Mu Qingting rubbed his own hair with some annoyance, sighed and sulked into drinking again, and stopped talking.

Song Zhi Xu also followed suit and drank two glasses, remembering what he had in his body, stretched his hands out and took it out, casually throwing it at Mu Qingting.

“Medicine, give it back to you, I won’t use it.”

Mu Qingting picked it up and looked at it eyed-drunkenly for a moment. It was a bottle of medicine that he had given Song Zhi Xu a while ago to relieve internal heat.

Thinking about Song Zhi Xu’s nosebleed, Mu Qingting couldn’t help but laugh at him as he fell onto the sofa, only after for a while that he got up and teased him, “What’s wrong? No more internal heat? Or is the medicine not working anymore?” Mu Qingting laughed for a while, “Old Song this fire is too much for you, but maybe it’s an evil (unhealthy) fire, find the little Ran Ran to cure it is the most useful.”

Speaking of Lin Ran, Song Zhi Xu had some annoyance and drank an extra glass, telling Mu Qingting briefly about the events of the previous days, in the end, he rubbed his forehead helplessly.

“I’m quick-tempered and uncomfortable right now, and on the other hand, that little fool still looks like he doesn’t understand anything and sincerely apologized.”

As Mu Qingting listened, the boredom of the night was swept away, he collapsed on the sofa laughing, waiting until Song Zhi Xu finished talking before he held back his laugh, pointed at Song Zhi Xu and raised his voice, “I told you right? I said that you are a coward. If you had been braver back then, maybe Lin Mu would have stayed with you in the capital, but now you’re still a wimp, torture you, this wimp.”

Song Zhi Xu was already drunk, but Mu Qingting’s words still reached his ears.

Song Zhi Xu directly picked up the bottle of wine on the table and took a large gulp. Both of them drank a lot in the bar and in the end Mu Qingting directly collapsed drunkenly on the sofa, Song Zhi Xu was better than him as he was able to stand up, walking to his side with somewhat unsteady steps. After finding his mobile phone from his pocket and unlocking it with his face, he called Xiao Nanyu directly.

After saying the address, Song Zhi Xu left the person behind as he left by himself. Although he had been drinking, Song Zhi Xu still remembered to get himself a substitute driver to take him back to the villa.

He promised Lin Ran previously that he would go back home tonight. That little fool should still be waiting for him.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door and Song Zhi Xu entered, Lin Ran, who had been waiting for him, immediately ran over to him, jumping into his arms and knocking him backwards two steps before stopping.

“Song Zhi Xu, you’re back.” Lin Ran used his cheek to rub against Song Zhi Xu’s arms, smelling the strong smell of alcohol on his body before then frowning. Song Zhi Xu had drunk a lot of alcohol and spent quite a long time driving, the alcohol had come up and there was some dizziness in his head.

But he knew that the person in his embrace was Lin Ran, the only person who could wait for him to return at this kind of time was Lin Ran.

Song Zhi Xu held Lin Ran tightly, lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead, his mind still thinking about today’s event, his voice a little drunken as he said. “Ran Ran, I don’t, don’t have a nosebleed anymore, really, you take a look.” Song Zhi Xu slightly raised his chin and showed Lin Ran his nostrils. Lin Ran really stood up on tiptoe, took a look at it and nodded his head.

He would always trust Song Zhi Xu. 

“Hn, Ran Ran knows, Song Zhi Xu is not having a nosebleed anymore.” Lin Ran brought Song Zhi Xu over to the sofa yet Song Zhi Xu didn’t sit down. He stood on the edge of the sofa with Lin Ran in his arms, not sitting and not allowing Lin Ran to sit either.

“Ran Ran I’ve been having a hard time lately, sometimes I have a dream about you in the middle of the night and then wake up, so I have go to take a bath and the water is especially cold.” Song Zhi Xu asked as he moved closer to Lin Ran’s lips, kissing him for a while before leaving and adding, “Just now Mu Qingting also said I’m a wimp (a coward).”

“Song Zhi Xu is not feeling well? Let Ran Ran take a look.” Lin Ran was a little worried, as he exerted a lot of energy to push him away, anxious to see if he was hurt or not. Song Zhi Xu also cooperated by moving back a step.

“Ran Ran, do you want to see it?”

“Hn, want to see.” Lin Ran immediately nodded his head.

“Then go upstairs, I’ll show it to you.” Song Zhi Xu shook his head so that he could sober up a little as much as possible, before he pulled Lin Ran upstairs. Back in Song Zhi Xu’s room, Song Zhi Xu pushed Lin Ran onto the bed as he himself stood in front of the bed and began to undress.

Lin Ran looked over with red cheeks and didn’t find any place on Song Zhi Xu’s body that was injured, and just as he was about to ask in confusion, Song Zhi Xu suddenly pounced on him and started pulling him. 

Lin Ran was just about to resist when Song Zhi Xu whispered in his ear. “Ran Ran don’t push me away, it’s hard for meto bear it, I will not have a nosebleed. ” Lin Ran’s hand that was pushing on Song Zhi Xu lost its strength, he only relaxed when he realized that Song Zhi Xu really didn’t have a nosebleed so he took the initiative to hug Song Zhi Xu’s neck and happily kissed Song Zhi Xu’s cheek.

He liked this kind of feeling of being close to Song Zhi Xu and being able to feel each other’s warmth.

“Ran Ran?” Song Zhi Xu’s voice had a sexy huskiness to it as he called out in a low voice and kissed him on his neck before he murmured out, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

“Okay, Ran Ran is not afraid, Ran Ran is not afraid of Song Zhi Xu.” Lin Ran nodded his head obediently, but in fact his heart was already racing. It was the first time he had been this close to Song Zhi Xu.

Song Zhi Xu raised his head and looked at Lin Ran for a moment, then reached out to turn the light next to him off, the room suddenly sink into darkness for a moment before then he pulled the quilt over them.