Lu Chen, extremely angry, found himself laughing instead—the fact that his boyfriend was with a female friend while asking him if he was surprised was infuriating.
Too surprised! Upon waking up, he found a green plant blossoming above his head. He didn’t even need to order vegetable dishes when going out for hot pot.
“Look, a surprise!” Ye Qiu smiled at him with a typical straight male expression.
As Lu Chen prepared to explosively curse him out, he felt a weight in his arms. Looking down, he saw a bouquet of neatly wrapped cherry blossom flowers, and all the anger he had gathered dissipated. He stammered, “Y-You can’t think that giving me flowers now will make me okay with you two!”
But no matter how much he tried to suppress it, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but lift.
Although he wanted to be angry, his boyfriend had bought him cherries. Was it because he had looked a little too long during their last date? He couldn’t deny that he had picked a pretty good man; he had a warm side after all.
“Humans and plants can’t be together! Getting married is something for all of humanity! If you like to eat them, I’ll buy them for you next time. I won’t marry a cherry blossom,” Ye Qiu replied, a puzzled expression on his face.
Marry a cherry blossom?
Taking a close look at the photo on his phone, he noticed Ye Qiu was bent over, carefully wrapping the flowers. He was oddly handsome while doing so and saved the image.
No, wrong, wrong! The important matter is at hand. Swiping left, he saw his boyfriend gently holding the flowers, while a pretty girl across from him looked at him with admiration. The setting was a dating spot unique to the shop, making the entire photo ooze pink bubbles as if happiness was about to spill over.
The photo had an incredibly romantic vibe; anyone who saw it would instinctively believe in love again. Below the picture, there indeed were similar replies.
How infuriating! He had never felt that way before; It was all thanks to Yi Ruxin getting there first!
As expected, that scoundrel of a man had no feelings for him at all!
“What a handsome couple! And you even have flowers; you’ve never given me flowers!” Lu Chen said, filled with envy.
Fortunately, the timing of his arrival was just right; according to the original plot, today, the original owner of his body was supposed to confirm their relationship at the cherry blossom shop while picking a gift for Lu Chen. They were to be like other couples, sweetly feeding each other, and furthermore, the original owner was even supposed to take home the remaining cherries to give to Lu Chen, making full use of resources.
Otherwise, how could Yi Ruxin, that high-class green tea, say such easily misunderstood things?
He never expected that a classmate would take a photo and Yi Ruxin would post ambiguous statements on her social media.
What followed was a wave of ridicule from those who did not like the original owner acting so pretentious; of course, Yi Ruxin and her sycophants exacerbated the situation.
“Chenchen, you’re acting foolish! You’re talking nonsense; the flowers are right in your hands! Are your eyes not seeing? I’m taking you to the hospital right now,” Ye Qiu said, worried as he waved his hand in front of Lu Chen’s face.
He suspected that Lu Chen had gone blind and couldn’t see the flowers he had given him. After all, this bouquet cost him 198 Huaxia coins!
He hoped the hospital could cure him.
“The flowers… are in my hands!” Lu Chen pushed Ye Qiu’s annoying hand away.
Looking at his phone and then at the flowers, he realized that the bouquet in his hand was indeed the one Ye Qiu had wrapped in the photo.
Ye Qiu explained the situation to him and noticed Lu Chen was calming down, so he picked him up and set him on the table. “Why did you rush out in such cold weather wearing one summer slipper and one winter slipper?”
Lu Chen pouted playfully, “I didn’t do it on purpose! I saw the news on the forum and rushed over to find you. The forum is full of compliments about you two being a visual delight and wishing you well.”
Helplessly, Ye Qiu carried Ji Chen back to the dormitory.
“This greeting card you wrote yourself… it’s actually quite romantic…”
Thoughts swirled through Lu Chen’s mind as he buried his head on Ye Qiu’s back, secretly smiling.
He never expected that even though Ye Qiu appeared serious, he was quite romantic inside.
For those in love, every day feels like a holiday. So, even if today was just an ordinary day, for Ye Qiu, it was an important day because of Lu Chen’s presence.
He felt he was the luckiest person for meeting Ye Qiu not long ago. Did Ye Qiu already like him before his confession? That was simply too coincidental.
What he wrote was so cheesy that he felt shy, completely contrary to his usual steel straight man demeanor.
“Well, the card was free! I specifically chose the one with the most words; how about that?!”
He dreaded a sudden silence.
How about what, huh?!
Was choosing the card with the most words really worth it?!
Lu Chen thought, what should he do if his hand felt a bit itchy?
Inhale… exhale… inhale… exhale…
One couldn’t ask too much from a steel straight man.
In the afternoon during class, he happened to run into Yi Ruxin.
Before Lu Chen could react, Yi Ruxin had already run up to him.
“Sorry, Lu Chen! My relationship with Ye Qiu isn’t what the forum said. We only went out together to pick out gifts for you. I didn’t expect to be photographed and posted on the forum. Although Ye Qiu does have a different attitude toward me, it’s because of you, you know, love the house and its crow. It would be bad if you two quarreled over me,” she said, apologizing while appearing fearful that Lu Chen would cause trouble.
Those words were half-true, half-false.
Even if no one had taken a photo and posted it on the forum, she would still have posted something on her social media for Lu Chen to see. Moreover, she had arranged with her friends to go shopping that day at the mall.
She never expected the situation to blow up like this.
All she had to do was wait for Lu Chen to lose his temper and then pretend to be pitiful like before.
If it weren’t for Ye Qiu being utterly devoted to her, Lu Chen felt he could have been brainwashed by Yi Ruxin’s long string of words.
The way she spoke made it seem like Ye Qiu had taken the initiative to ask her out, but it was actually her who had approached Ye Qiu, expressing her anger and taking it out on him, asking what conflicts there were between her and Ye Qiu. If Ye Qiu wasn’t a steel straight man and had misunderstood her intentions, perhaps they would have had a big fight today, allowing this woman to take advantage of him.
“I know you have a bad temper; it’s fine if you treat me like this, but please rein in your anger when it comes to Ye Qiu. Don’t yell at him every day.”
Lu Chen said with a half-smile, “But I heard Ye Qiu mention you said we were arguing, which is why you invited my boyfriend out to go shopping. How could I possibly know if our relationship had problems? Also, Ye Qiu hates shopping the most.”