Chapter 49
Seeing this kind of Weibo post, it was hard for Jiang Chaochao not to laugh.
His grin almost reached his ears.
“You, you,” Jiang Chaochao grabbed Xiang Ye’s hand and pointed to the picture taken on the plane, “You took pictures of me secretly.”
Xiang Ye said, “Cute Xiao Chao.”
Jiang Chaochao immediately said, “Fine then, I was indeed very cute.”
This was the first time Xiang Ye took pictures of Jiang Chaochao, and it was also when Jiang Chaochao discovered that Xiang Ye’s photography skills were pretty good.
They were casual, not overly sharp, almost like you could see the wind in the pictures, very lively.
Jiang Chaochao liked them very much.
“This looks like a public announcement,” Jiang Chaochao said.
Xiang Ye gave an “ah.”
Jiang Chaochao could tell, “You did this on purpose.”
Xiang Ye: “Damn, you caught me showing off.”
Jiang Chaochao was surprised, “You even like to show off?”
Xiang Ye chuckled: “Then maybe not.”
After resting for a while, the sun shifted, casting a large patch of sunlight on the stone bench.
After resting, it was easy to become lazy. Xiang Ye stood up first and extended his hand to Jiang Chaochao: “Let’s go, it’s just a short distance left.”
Jiang Chaochao held Xiang Ye’s hand: “Let’s go.”
They stopped being playful for the rest of the journey, cycling slowly, chatting, and enjoying the breeze by the river.
They talked about how Jiang Chaochao learned to ride a bicycle.
“You won’t believe it,” Jiang Chaochao said, “I only learned how to ride a bicycle in university.”
Xiang Ye: “But you ride very well.”
Jiang Chaochao was smug, and also said: “That’s why I can never catch up to you.”
Xiang Ye chuckled, “Okay, okay, okay.”
Xiang Ye asked: “Why did you suddenly want to learn how to ride a bicycle in university?”
Jiang Chaochao thought for a moment: “The campus was too big, the shuttle bus was unreliable, and I felt embarrassed always asking for rides on other people’s electric bikes.”
Xiang Ye asked: “Why didn’t you just learn how to ride an electric bike?”
Jiang Chaochao: “I heard that if you can ride an electric bike, you might not be able to ride a bicycle, but if you can ride a bicycle, you’ll definitely be able to ride an electric bike.” He asked Xiang Ye, “Is that true?”
Xiang Ye shook his head, “I don’t know, I’ve never thought about it.”
Jiang Chaochao suddenly laughed.
Xiang Ye: “What’s wrong?”
Jiang Chaochao said, “I remembered talking about this with a guy last time. That guy didn’t even know how to ride any kind of bike, but he was giving me all sorts of advice on riding bicycles, riding electric bikes, all that.”
Xiang Ye: “Who?”
Jiang Chaochao: “A stranger. He saw me wobbling on my bicycle and insisted on giving me pointers.”
Xiang Ye fell silent.
Jiang Chaochao laughed, “I was speechless at the time, I immediately rode away, and my cycling skills improved drastically out of fear.”
Xiang Ye laughed, “He probably thought it was because of his excellent guidance.”
Jiang Chaochao shook his head, “Very likely, anyway, I’ve never been back to that road again.”
After chatting, time passed even faster.
Reaching the end of the road, they parked their bicycles.
“The flowers?” Jiang Chaochao asked, “Taking them with us?”
Xiang Ye said, “Let’s take them,” and took the flowers from his own basket, then walked around Jiang Chaochao’s bicycle and picked up the other bouquet.
He rearranged them slightly so they looked good together.
They stood there by the roadside. Jiang Chaochao’s attention was initially on Xiang Ye’s hands. Xiang Ye carefully adjusted the flowers, and Jiang Chaochao watched intently, but then his gaze drifted.
Drifted to a place that was hard to describe…
Jiang Chaochao wasn’t intentionally looking; he didn’t know what was wrong with his eyes.
He glanced for half a second, then, feeling embarrassed, he looked back at the flowers, but in the next second, he couldn’t help but glance down again.
Actually, Xiang Ye’s pants were very loose, and his shirt was long, so unlike when he was sitting in the hotel, nothing was visible now.
Then, Jiang Chaochao, what were you looking at?
“Done.”
Xiang Ye suddenly spoke, coincidentally just as Jiang Chaochao looked away.
People tended to panic when they were feeling awkward. Jiang Chaochao thought later, if he hadn’t said anything, he could have pretended nothing happened.
But he not only said, “Oh wow, so beautiful, you’re so amazing, so talented.”
He also blushed.
A perfectly normal person, clearly the one who watched the whole process, complimenting someone else, and even blushing while doing so.
Xiang Ye naturally sensed something was amiss, and he seemed to recall Jiang Chaochao’s evasive gaze when their eyes met earlier.
“Jiang Chaochao,” Xiang Ye chuckled helplessly.
Jiang Chaochao blushed even more, “Huh?”
Xiang Ye asked, “What were you looking at?”
Jiang Chaochao: “N-nothing.”
Xiang Ye handed the flowers to Jiang Chaochao, and Jiang Chaochao took them absentmindedly. Then he heard Xiang Ye say, “You can look slowly when we get back.”
Jiang Chaochao’s grip tightened around the flowers, “What did I even look at?”
Xiang Ye: “Still want to talk about this?”
Jiang Chaochao: “…Then let’s not talk about it.”
Xiang Ye chuckled softly.
Jiang Chaochao: “…”
He fell for it.
After walking a few steps, Jiang Chaochao thought, it’s Xiang Ye, not someone else, what’s the big deal?
After walking a few more steps, Jiang Chaochao thought again, You told me to look slowly when we get back, just you wait.
“Want some coffee?” Xiang Ye asked.
Jiang Chaochao, who was still annoyed just a second ago: “Sure.”
Xiang Ye ruffled Jiang Chaochao’s hair rather forcefully.
It was a small cafe by the roadside. While Jiang Chaochao was holding the flowers and waiting for the coffee, Xiang Ye took a few more pictures of him.
“I just realized you like taking pictures so much,” Jiang Chaochao said when Xiang Ye returned.
Xiang Ye also said, “I just realized that too.”
Jiang Chaochao: “What do you mean?”
Xiang Ye: “I suddenly understand why Fu Jing likes taking pictures of me so much.”
Jiang Chaochao chuckled, “That’s a compliment to both of us, I guess.”
Xiang Ye: “Isn’t it?”
Jiang Chaochao: “Yes, yes, handsome guys should date handsome guys.”
Fine, same as always, it was just the two of them anyway, what was wrong with being a bit shameless?
After finishing their coffee and leaving, they returned to the hotel.
Xiang Ye said he was a bit sleepy, and Jiang Chaochao was also tired.
Xiang Ye should be sleepy, Jiang Chaochao was sometimes worried about his health.
They had worked up a bit of a sweat cycling, so after arriving at their room, Jiang Chaochao told Xiang Ye to shower first while he collapsed onto the sofa.
Taking out his phone, he first opened Weibo.
Many of his fans had already commented, all praises, praising Teacher Bianbian for his photography skills, praising the beauty of Dali, saying Teacher Bianbian was happy again.
Dali was indeed beautiful, but the pictures were stolen, hee hee.
Also, Teacher Bianbian was indeed very happy.
After reading through his own Weibo, Jiang Chaochao went to Xiang Ye’s.
It was a bit different here.
“Whatever, hubby’s handsome friend is also hubby.”
“Hubby, what’s going on? This is the first time someone else has appeared on your Weibo.”
“Hubby, your pictures are so beautiful.”
“Hubby, why is it this handsome guy again?”
“Hubby, you both are so handsome!”
“Is Fu Jing there? Why didn’t you take more pictures of this handsome guy?”
…
And a minute after posting, Xiang Ye appeared in the comment section. The only comment he replied to was the first one he saw.
—“Whatever, hubby’s handsome friend is also hubby.”
Xiang Ye replied: “He’s not your hubby.”
So Jiang Chaochao clicked on this comment.
“Ahhh I was noticed by hubby!”
“Hubby’s possessiveness is so strong (not really)”
“What’s hubby’s relationship with this little brother? (not really)”
“Can I say this? Hubby’s pictures are filled with love (not really)”
“Don’t know what to say, joining the crowd (not really)”
“Me too (not really)”
…
Jiang Chaochao smiled as he read the comments.
Xiang Ye’s fans were quite interesting too.
After reading these, Jiang Chaochao habitually opened his group chat.
He shouldn’t have looked. It was very lively, the number of unread messages constantly increasing.
Jiang Chaochao clicked on it.
He shouldn’t have clicked. The discussion was about none other than Teacher Bianbian.
It was still Coke Bottle who started it. She said: “Guys, I think I’ve discovered something.”
Everyone asked, “Discovered what?”
Coke Bottle: “The blogger I mentioned this morning, the one who follows Teacher Bianbian.”
Coke Bottle: “Their IP addresses both changed to Yunnan today.”
Group members: “???”
Group member: “What do you mean? Teacher Bianbian and the handsome guy went to Yunnan together?”
Coke Bottle: “And five days ago, the handsome guy also asked on Weibo, ‘What’s good to eat in Yunnan?’”
Group members: “What? What?”
Group member: “Wait, wait.”
Group member: “This handsome guy, couldn’t he be the one Teacher Bianbian said he fell for at first sight?”
Group member: “Holy shit! That makes sense!”
Group member: “Huh? Huh? Huh? What’s going on, what’s going on?”
Group member: “I’m getting excited.”
Coke Bottle: “Right! That’s what I thought too!”
Coke Bottle: “Damn, you have no idea, I got goosebumps!”
Coke Bottle: “Next, I have something else to say.”
Coke Bottle: “Are you ready?”
Group members: “Ready.”
Group member: “Hurry up.”
This was where Jiang Chaochao entered the group chat.
Amazingly, once again, he caught a live broadcast of his own story in this group.
Coke Bottle: “The handsome guy just updated his Weibo.”
Coke Bottle: “He posted six pictures, five of them with another handsome guy.”
Coke Bottle: “I suspect…”
The group chat instantly exploded.
Group members: “Ahhhhh No way, no way!”
Group member: “Is it Teacher Bianbian? Is it, is it?”
Group member: “Ahhh What handsome guy, who is it, what’s his Weibo?”
Group member: “Ahhh I went to check, who’s who?”
Group member: “Ahh I saw it too, holy shit, they’re both so handsome!”
…
Jiang Chaochao had already anticipated this since he saw Coke Bottle’s speculation earlier.
And what he had to do now was wait for his dear group members to praise him to the skies.
There were several groups of people in the group chat at the moment. One group didn’t understand but was eager to know and asking around. One group had already found Xiang Ye’s Weibo from Bianbian’s but didn’t know who was who. One group already knew which one was Xiang Ye and which one was suspected to be Teacher Bianbian.
Those who knew everything, those who knew something, those who knew half of it, were chatting like they were playing a guessing game. Even Shici appeared, clearly not having seen her uncle’s new Weibo post yet, asking, “What Weibo? What? Who?”
It was a complete mess, making Jiang Chaochao laugh.
But next, Jiang Chaochao couldn’t enjoy the gossip anymore.
Xiang Ye came out.
Heh.
Men.
Only wearing a bath towel again.
Did he think Jiang Chaochao would be bewitched again?
Of course he would.
The lighting here was much brighter than in the bedroom last night. Plus, Jiang Chaochao had been teased by Xiang Ye not long ago, so although he was still a bit shy, his gaze was very bold.
Incredibly bold! Staring intently.
Xiang Ye naturally noticed Jiang Chaochao’s gaze, he must be enjoying it.
See, he threw the towel aside.
See, he was walking over.
As he approached, Jiang Chaochao still felt a bit intimidated.
But on the surface, he still appeared fearless, just staring at Xiang Ye as he walked over.
He even said boldly, “Didn’t you tell me to look slowly?”
At this point in the story, Jiang Chaochao should have reached out and touched him, but his uncooperative hand just moved, and moved, and in the end, he still didn’t dare to lift it.
Then he would attack with words.
Jiang Chaochao: “What are you looking at, gege?”
Xiang Ye retorted: “What do you want to look at, didi?”
Jiang Chaochao blushed. Xiang Ye’s words were indeed a response to his.
But…
Who was Xiang Ye calling didi?
Wh-what didi…
Who, who was didi…
“Look, I want to look at everything.”
He couldn’t lose this battle of momentum.
Xiang Ye took another step closer after hearing this.
His knee touched Jiang Chaochao’s knee.
“Look at everything?” Xiang Ye asked.
Jiang Chaochao’s Adam’s apple bobbed, “Everything.”
Xiang Ye grabbed Jiang Chaochao’s hand and placed it on the towel.
