"Impressive, isn't it?"
Hu Chuntian gestured to his personal mansion.
"I've seen many mansions like this. Rich people's houses are all the same." Mo Aini yawned. "Where's the guest room?"
"You're not going to eat? I can't possibly let my Da Ge go hungry in my own home, you're my guest after all!" Hu Chuntian said coquettishly.
"I'm too tired to eat. Where's the guest room?" Mo Aini repeated.
"Over there." Hu Chuntian pointed.
"Thanks." Mo Aini sluggishly walked to the guest room, only to realize that Hu Chuntian was still following his shadow.
"I already said thank you for letting me sleep here. What else do you want from me?" Mo Aini grumbled. "You keep following me around. Are you a baby duck or something?"
"Just wanted to accommodate Da Ge as much as I can." Hu Chuntian smiled fakely.
"I don't need accommodation." Mo Aini slammed the door on his stupid, condescending face.
Mo Aini looked around the guest room. It's not too bad. It's like a spacious hotel room, maybe even a suite. The covers were velvety and the bed is bouncy, but doesn't creak. This was way better than his dorm bedroom.
He buried himself in sheets, and closed his eyes.
Then, he heard singing.
"High up on the mountainside, floats a cloud so white.
There lies Kangding* town, bathed in silver moonlight.
Moonlight shines bright, over Kangding town.
Lovely maid with a sweet smile, Li the woodcutter's daughter.
Zhang the blacksmiths eldest's son, came to court her in moonlight.
Moonlight shines bright, a courtship in moonlight.
First, he has fallen in love because she is talented and good-looking.
Second, he has fallen in love because she can take care of the family.
The crescent moon, can take care of the family!"
Mo Aini cringed. (Who the hell on their right mind would sing a folk song in the middle of the night!? )
He recognized the voice and groaned. Of fucking course, it's Hu Chuntian, singing right outside his door!
"Lovely maidens of the world, I no longer love you.
Gentlemen of the world, they can never woo you.
Moonlight shines bright, I won't let anyone woo you."
"What the fuck? That's not even the lyrics*!" Mo Aini burst out of the covers and pounded his fist at the door. "If you don't even know the lyrics, stop singing! You stupid high school repeater, I'm trying to sleep here!"
Hu Chuntian just chuckled. "I changed it on purpose."
"Yeah, right. Just admit that you're dumb." Mo Aini opened the door.
Hu Chuntian was sitting on the floor and leaning on it, so when the door opened, he fell backwards. He fell embarrassingly yet still managed to keep a thick face and grinned at Mo Aini. "Hello, Da Ge. Did you enjoy my version of the Kangding Love Song?"
Mo Aini went on top of him, pinning both of his hands!
"You really want to annoy me to death, don't you? That's the only purpose of you offering me to sleep here." Mo Aini glared at him, and he didn't even realize it but one of his knees was wedged between Hu Chuntian's legs.
"Da Ge, you're so rough! I'm scared, ahh!" Hu Chuntian said in a mocking cute voice.
Mo Aini made a deep, angry growl. "I'm too tired for your bullshit, Hu Chuntian. I want to sleep—"
"To sleep with me? Oh my, you move too fast for me, Da Ge!" Hu Chuntian smirked. "I may not look like it, but I'm still a virgin. I might not satisfy you."
"Who said I needed to know that you are a virgin!?" Mo Aini let go of one of his hands and grabbed his collar. "Hu Chuntian, just what the hell do you want from me!? If you don't say it now, I'll fucking leave!"
Hu Chuntian smiled at him innocently. "I really do want to sleep with you, Da Ge."
Mo Aini wanted to punch his teeth out. "I said stop spitting crap—"
"But not that way. I want us to share a single bed together, to sleep next to each other." Hu Chuntian added.
Mo Aini blinked and slowly let go. "What for?"
"I just want to! I want to know your sleeping habits for fun!" Hu Chuntian grinned.
Mo Aini stood up and scoffed. "So you can take pictures and humiliate me again? No way in hell I'm gonna allow that."
"No pictures, I promise." Hu Chuntian took out his phone from his pocket. He whistled for a maid to come over, and she took it from him. "Take that thing back to my room."
The maid nodded, took the phone and went upstairs. "See?" Hu Chuntian tilted his head to the side, smiling cutely like a cheeky kid would.
"If you weren't planning to take pictures, you wouldn't have brought your phone with you in the first place. Disgusting creep!" Mo Aini scowled.
"But it's gone now. You should hand over your phone too, Da Ge." Hu Chuntian said.
"Why the heck should I?"
"So it would be fair. I'm scared that you might take pictures of me too." Hu Chuntian just inserted his malicious hands in Mo Aini's front pockets.
"H-Hey! The fuck are you touching!" Mo Aini grabbed onto his wrist.
"I never expected you to be this big, Da Ge. Even bigger than me." Hu Chuntian's peach blossom eyes shone with sultriness, their bodies within a few inches from each other.
"What big!? You pervert!" Mo Aini pushed him away.
"I meant that I realized you're taller than me, Da Ge." Hu Chuntian smirked. "Did you think of something else?"
(You phrased it in a way for me to think of something else, you prick!)
"Anyway, I have your phone now." Hu Chuntian called over another maid and handed it to her. "Let's now go to sleep!"
"Hold up, I never said I agreed to any of this!" Mo Aini blocked him from the door.
"I am the owner of this house, aren't I? And you're just sleeping here. For free. How else are you going to repay me?" Hu Chuntian reminded.
Mo Aini wanted to curse everything; Hu Chuntian and his ancestors, all the staff and writers who created this bastard's character, and the fucking system. Screw all of them to hell!
"Ugh!" Mo Aini did not answer and walked away. But he didn't slam the door on Hu Chuntian either.
Hu Chuntian grinned from ear to ear, and joined his Da Ge inside.
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"Where should I sleep? The left or the right?" Hu Chuntian carried with him a pillow that he asked from the maid.
"On the floor if you want." Mo Aini buried himself into an impenetrable cocoon of layers of blankets.
"I want to sleep on top of you, can I?" Hu Chuntian teased.
Mo Aini ignored him, turning to the side. He was acting all grouchy, but when he turned, he actually gave Hu Chuntian space to lay down.
Hu Chuntian happily laid beside his Da Ge cocoon. He whispered to the ball of cloth in a hushed tone. "Can I hug you?"
The Mo Aini cocoon grumbled a response. "Are you going to sleep or not? I'm fucking tired."
"You didn't answer my question." Hu Chuntian poked the ball of blankets and sheets.
Mo Aini turned to him and took off the blankets over his face. "Hu Chuntian. Be honest. What is your true intention for bothering me?"
Hu Chuntian was caught off guard for the first time, blinking. Mo Aini's dark eyes were piercing even in the dark. He felt like those eyes were penetrating through his soul.
"..... Didn't I tell you I wanted revenge?" Hu Chuntian managed to say.
"Pfft. Revenge my ass. Do you call this revenge? The worst you ever did was spreading a rumor that also affected your reputation, not just mine. Revenge should be something painful." Mo Aini went closer to him, his gaze still not letting him go. "Yet why are you helping me? Why are you being nice to me?"
"Maybe I wanted to play with your feelings." Hu Chuntian said. "Like you did to mine—"
"There you are again. Why is it such a big deal? I lied that I liked you, so what? If you like me too, it would make sense for you to say that I played you, that you felt betrayed." Mo Aini scrutinized Hu Chuntian carefully. "I don't understand you. There are a million ways to make me suffer hell, but you're not doing any of that. Why?"
"Do I need to explain myself to you?" Hu Chuntian glared at him. "I do what I want, why should I have any reasons?"
"Hu Chuntian, people don't do things because they just 'felt like it'. At least, not things like this. There is some purpose that you want to achieve from your actions, and that's what I wanted to figure out."
"I...." Hu Chuntian turned away. "I won't bother you anymore tonight. Go to sleep."
Mo Aini chuckled, deep within his chest. "Why are you suddenly giving up? That's so unlike you."
"Mo Aini, if you do not want to get that 10 punches I promised you, go to sleep." Hu Chuntian gnashed his teeth and said as intimidatingly as he can.
"Hah, cute."
Cute!? Hu Chuntian immediately sat up from bed and aimed his fist on Mo Aini. "I'm not kidding. I'm being nice to you, so you should follow everything I say. If not, go sleep on the streets!"
The madman side character Mo Aini merely smirked. "Threatening me now, aren't you? Guess I really got on your nerves. Finally. 1 point for Mo Aini, 0 for Hu Chuntian."
"Just sleep!" Hu Chuntian lowered his fist but was still clenching it, his face in a bitter scowl. He angrily laid back in bed and turned away from Mo Aini's direction.
"Good night, A-Tian. Sweet dreams!" Mo Aini didn't know when to stop teasing. He fell asleep really satisfied in his cocoon.
Hu Chuntian couldn't get a wink of sleep that night. There's only one thing going around his mind, repeating over and over like a broken cassette:
"If you like me too, it would make sense for you to say that I played you, that you felt betrayed."
"If you like me too, it would make sense for you to say that I played you, that you felt betrayed."
"If you like me too.... If you like me too.... you like me too...."
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