After being with Xu Chi, Yan Shu always felt he would become lazier because Xu Chi didn't let him do this or that.
"I'll become useless like this."
"No, I can only help you with small things. You're very capable, and you'll always shine brightly."
Having the identity of a boyfriend, Xu Chi no longer needed to be as cautious as before.
Whenever he had time, he would wait for Yan Shu to finish work. Today, Yan Shu said he would finish work very late, so Xu Chi waited at the school gate on time. As soon as he saw Yan Shu come out, his eyes lit up like the stars above. Then he waved excitedly.
Yan Shu turned to look, a faint smile on his lips, and all the fatigue in his body disappeared. He walked over and said to him, "You don't actually need to pick me up."
He wanted to say, I already understand your feelings.
Xu Chi shook his head and said seriously, "No, that's not okay. I was like this before we were together, and I won't change after we're together. I want you to never regret being with me."
Yan Shu smiled. He thought being with Xu Chi was probably the thing he regretted the least.
Under the streetlamp, their shadows stretched long, and the summer night breeze gently blew on two burning hearts.
Xu Chi said, "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight. Let's take a walk before we go home."
"Okay."
As they walked, Yan Shu suddenly asked Xu Chi a question, "Have you ever been in love before?"
Xu Chi answered without hesitation, "No, you're the first."
Yan Shu tilted his head, looking at Xu Chi, "You give me the feeling that you're very experienced in love."
Xu Chi scratched his head, unsure if this was a compliment. He said honestly, "I just want to be good to you."
"Then why do you like me?"
Xu Chi looked at Yan Shu, his eyes filled with smiles. "If I told you I've liked you since college, wouldn't it be so sudden?"
"College?" Yan Shu thought carefully. There was no trace of Xu Chi in his memory, or maybe there was, but he hadn't noticed.
Yan Shu felt his heart skip a beat. He stopped and looked at him blankly, "You... when did you know me?"
Xu Chi looked up at the sky, lost in thought. "During the first student council meeting of our freshman year, that was when your image was deeply imprinted in my heart. But for the entire four years of university, I never had the courage to confess to you, or even the courage to let you know me."
Is this what they call unrequited love?
Thinking of the bitterness and helplessness of unrequited love, Yan Shu felt a little sad. His eyes gradually turned red, and finally he smiled bitterly, "Aren't you silly?"
"Not at all," Xu Chi raised his chin and smiled happily. "You are the moon in the sky, surrounded by countless stars. I would be satisfied just being one of them."
Xu Chi paused, turned to look at Yan Shu, his eyes as bright as a galaxy. "And now I have my moonlight. I'm very happy."
Yan Shu blinked, lowered his head, and said softly, "But what if you find out that I'm not that good? You seem to have a filter on me. Maybe in the eyes of others, you could be their moon too." [T/N: yeah, but, the Moon just has Earth in his eyes. He doesn’t care how many other planets there are]
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I can only be yours. Don't feel any pressure. I like you, I like everything about you."
After saying that, Xu Chi raised an eyebrow, "Wait for me a second."
Yan Shu watched him doubtfully as he blended into the night. His figure disappeared for a moment, then reappeared in Yan Shu's sight.
Xu Chi walked towards Yan Shu step by step with his hands behind his back.
He stopped a metre away and took out a bunch of red roses from behind his back.
Yan Shu heard him say, "They say a formal relationship should start with a bouquet of flowers and a confession. So, Yan Shu, I like you. Will you be my boyfriend?"
His voice was soft but exceptionally clear, falling on Yan Shu's heart with a tingling sensation.
His heartbeat had already answered for him.
"Okay."
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