Don’t Pretend to be Poor with Me - Chapter 49.2

Where’s my wife

Song Yan had just returned to the dorms and pulled out a packet of LiZong1, and was just about to get to work. But as a result, just as he picked up his pencil, he received a message. His hand paused, and the tip of his pencil broke.

Where did that idiot Xia Zhiye get this kind of flirty emoji?

Song Yan gnashed his teeth with anger as he sent a screenshot of the sentence [If we’re not together, then let’s also not send each other WeChat messages unless it’s important], then tossed aside the trashed pencil in his hand, and pulled out a new one.

He was just about to continue answering questions when Xia Zhiye replied with a photo, one of a box of dogskin plaster2.

[Wild]: Is your waist considered an important matter?

[YAN]: Regardless of whether or not it’s important, it has nothing to do with you.

[Wild]: How could it have nothing to do with me

[YAN]: ?

Song Yan was just wondering whether Xia Zhiye would once again use an excuse like ‘I like you, so I really care whether or not you’re healthy, and whether or not you’re unhappy’, when he saw Xia Zhiye immediately follow up with a message: [After all, men can’t have bad waists]

Slap——

The new pencil that Song Yan had just pulled out once again met with a premature end in his hand.

In the past, he already knew that Xia Zhiye was shameless, but he never would have thought that Xia Zhiye could be this shameless. He felt that ever since the other pierced the window paper3, the other became an out of control, wild horse and the other would just blurt out whatever flirty emojis or lewd words whenever it came to mind.

Song Yan’s method of handling this kind of situation was very simple and cruel. He took a deep breath, as his fingers moved as quickly as the wind: [Fuck, off, asshole. If you don’t want to die, then don’t come back tonight]

Then he smoothly blocked the other’s WeChat.

His movements were extremely fluid, and he didn’t hesitate at all.

He then pulled out a third pencil, and opened his LiZong textbook.

Who cares about boys, boys can’t affect the speed at which he completes problems.

Otherwise, before becoming completely independent from Song Minghai, he wouldn’t even have the freedom to choose which school he attended, let alone choose to date a boy.

So even if he wanted to be with Xia Zhiye, it also couldn’t affect his studies. Or else what would he use to provide for himself, Xia Zhiye, as well as grandma and little mahjong?

After all, elderly people get sick easily, and you also need to be rich to raise girls. In the future, there will be more things to spend money on, and it’s not like he could rely on Xia Zhiye accompanying rich women to play games or selling his things off for the rest of his life.

Song Yan pondered this, and had a complete lack of awareness that he already subconsciously tied up his future together with Xia Zhiye. He then simply calmed down, and quickly began working on the workbook.

As soon as he completed the LiZong workbook, he moved to complete a math workbook, as well as an English workbook of questions from previous exams. He originally planned to complete another physics workbook, but he raised his head, and discovered the sky outside the window had completely turned black, and his stomach immediately rumbled.

Only then did Song Yan realize that he actually forgot to eat lunch, and the sensation of hunger sluggishly rushed forth in his abdomen. He pulled out his phone, planning to order take out.

But as a result, as soon as he unlocked his screen, he saw a shining, bright red dot on the upper right corner of the accompanying to play app.

Song Yan set it up so that strangers couldn’t send him messages, and his only friend on the app was Xia Zhiye.

He opened the app, and as expected, Xia Zhiye was the one that sent him a message.

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Xiao jiejie, are you there~

Song Yan saw the tilde, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Didn’t he say that he didn’t send private messages, and didn’t coax others? But as a result, not only did Xia Zhiye take the initiative to send a private message, but he even added a tilde when he sent the message?

The other didn’t add a tilde when sending him a message on WeChat before.

Also, the other clearly returned the money before, clearly showing that Xia Zhiye planned to terminate their business. But now, after he ignored the other for just an afternoon, Xia Zhiye eagerly found another girl. What a garbage scumbag.

But even though he scolded the other in his heart, Song Yan was still worried that Xia Zhiye suddenly encountered a situation and needed money, so he coldly replied: [Here]

On the other side, Xia Zhiye was originally also working on problems, when the screen of his cell phone that he had placed on the table suddenly lit up. He turned his head to look: [XX Software: The friend that you follow closely ‘Beautiful and Rich Little Lady’ sent you a message, hurry online to check it~]

He couldn’t help the smile that rose up on his lips.

A certain someone was indeed sharp mouthed but soft hearted. On the surface, they said they wouldn’t pay attention to him, but as a result, once a little hook was tossed out, they would obediently take the bait.

He picked up his phone, unlocked the screen, and quickly replied with a sentence: [Xiao jiejie, are you in a bad mood today? How come you’re suddenly so cold, you didn’t even add any emoticons]

Emoticons? How was it his goddamn business?

While scolding the other, Song Yan was also afraid of exposing himself, so he endured embarrassment in silence as he replied: [No ya! I was just opening the door, so it wasn’t convenient to type! (*▽*)]

Xia Zhiye held back laughter: [It’s good as long as you’re not in a bad mood. Then xiao jiejie, are you free to play games today? I’ll take you to glory ya]

Ya4, ya my ass.

What was a big guy like him acting cute for? He didn’t know how to live a clean and honest life at all.

Song Yan replied with extreme anger: [What’s up~ Didn’t gege return the money before, saying you don’t need it anymore? How come you suddenly found me again ya]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Before, I thought I had no hope, so I thought I didn’t need it anymore. But yesterday my confession was a success, so I want to prepare a surprise for the person I like.

“?”

His confession was a success?

Could it be that Xia Zhiye confessed to someone else yesterday?!

Song Yan felt blood rush up to his head, and his fingers moved faster than his brain did: [Who else did you confess to???]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: ?

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: What do you mean ‘who else did I confess to?’

“……”

Song Yan realized that he was a bit too emotional just now, and he calmed himself down: [Oh, nothing. Just that I thought that your confession to the person you liked failed before, and that you confessed to another person yesterday]

Song Yan also felt that his explanation was a bit stiff, but fortunately Xia Zhiye didn’t seem to think too much about it.

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: No, you misunderstood

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: From beginning to end, I’ve only ever liked one person. Before, I thought he liked me, but then I realized I was just imagining things so I was a bit discouraged. But later I realized it wasn’t that I wanted him to treat me well, it was that I wanted to treat him well. And what I liked wasn’t that he liked me, but it was that I liked him, so yesterday I gathered my courage and confessed to him.

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: He’s the first person I’ve ever liked, the kind where I really, really like him, to the point where I think I could like only him for the rest of my life. So I want to give him the best surprise.

I like him to the point where I think I could like only him for the rest of my life.

Song Yan’s fingers that held his phone tightened slightly.

Xia Zhiye, that dumbass. How could he say such sappy, disgusting words to an outsider?

But although he thought this in his head, his heart softened to the point it ached, and even the tone of his words grew much gentler as he typed: [Then did he agree to be with you]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: No.

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: Then why did you say that your confession was a success

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Because he still agreed to put up with, agreed to throw a tantrum with me. That’s enough for me

Song Yan: “……”

Fuck, does Xia Zhiye have no bottom line? How was it a good thing that he threw a tantrum at the other? He even treasured it, was he an idiot?

The more Song Yan thought, the more smothered he felt, and he replied with pursed lips: [From your description, I feel that that person’s temper and character isn’t anything special, and he doesn’t even know to cherish others, how is he worthy of your love]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Mm, his temper really is a bit poor.

Song Yan: “?”

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: And there isn’t anything special about his character.

Song Yan: “??”

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: There is also the potential for domestic violence and family sabotage

Song Yan: “???”

That’s enough. Xia Zhiye can be buried alive.

Just when he planned to assassinate Xia Zhiye, a new message appeared in the chat window.

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: But I just like him. Although he has a bad temper, he has a good character. Although he’s sharp tongued, he’s soft hearted. Although he likes to beat me, every time it’ll just be like a small-scale tickle, but when he helps me beat up those gangsters, he’ll use all his force. Although he’s picky and extravagant with his money, he’s still willing to live frugally and endure hard times just to help me. So in my heart, he’s the best, most unique person, and even though he hasn’t agreed to be with me for the time being, it’s okay because I’m willing to wait for him.

“……”

Song Yan, who previously wanted to bury Xia Zhiye alive, immediately wanted to bury himself.

If he wasn’t hiding behind the ID of ‘Beautiful and Rich Little Lady’, then he would even begin to suspect that Xia Zhiye was purposely deceiving his soft heart so that he would end their 21 day cold treatment early.

So he couldn’t let Xia Zhiye continue speaking. If the other kept talking, he would lose control.

While Song Yan was subjected to an increasingly fast heartbeat, he replied to the other: [Wow! Amazing! Then gege has to cheer up oh! (^ω^)]

Then he quickly added: [But I feel that it isn’t necessary for gege to spend money to prepare a surprise oh. If that person knew then they definitely also wouldn’t want you to go through hardship for him]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Mm, it’s fine. If you have no time then you can tell me directly. I can contact other customers.

???

Other customers?

Xia Zhiye is going to look for that rich woman that has indecent thoughts towards him?!

Song Yan didn’t even think: [I didn’t mean that]

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: I have always thought that you are the most innocent and most agreeable of all my customers. That’s why you’re the first person I contacted, and I even said so much to you. But I didn’t expect to have disturbed you. I apologize, but I am really thankful for you.

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: No, I didn’t mean that. I just felt that gege is still in high school, and you should study hard to stay on the correct path. You shouldn’t waste all your time playing games online with others

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: My parents passed away in a traffic accident when I was in my third year of middle school, I usually live with a grandma as well as a younger sister. Their expenses usually rely entirely on my grandma’s retirement pay and old-age insurance. I have to manage my expenses myself, so I’ve already gotten used to having multiple jobs, but you should rest assured, it won’t affect my studies.

Song Yan: “……”

That’s true. If it wasn’t for life, Xia Zhiye wouldn’t have to come out to earn money to support his family when he was only a teenager.

However, Xia Zhiye had a good head on his shoulders and his grades really were up to par. So Xia Zhiye might as well earn money from him, seeing as the other wanted to earn money to buy a gift for him. That way, he would feel a bit better at heart.

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: So it’s like that ah, gege is so pitiful ah. Then gege, don’t worry. As long as you’re willing, I’m free anytime, so you don’t need to look for other customers. It won’t be good if you end up meeting other strange people (*^◎^*)]

Xia Zhiye leaned against the back of his chair, looking at the message that appeared on his scare, and couldn’t help lowering his head to laugh.

How could someone be so cute while acting like a cool ge? It really made others feel as if they had no choice but to cheat him home.

Moreover, although he used some flowery language, what he said was all objective fact. So if Song Yan wanted to settle accounts later, he would just have to do the housework for the rest of his life. After all, he had to cheat Song Yan home first.

So he opened a data modification interface.

Half a minute later.

[Pure and Good-Looking Male High School Student Accompanying to Play Online]: Okay, thank you beautiful, kind-hearted little angel.

Song Yan stared at the ID that was suddenly edited: “?”

Just as he was about to send a message saying that wasn’t what he meant, that he didn’t want to be Xia Zhiye’s sugar mom, Xia Zhiye sent another message: [Let’s play?]

Song Yan: “……”

Forget it.

Beautiful and Rich Little Lady: [Okay]

This time, Song Yan paid particular attention so as not to log in to the wrong account, but after entering the game room, he discovered that the small microphone icon on the lower right corner of Xia Zhiye’s profile picture was actually lit up.

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: ?

Xia Zhiye’s lazy voice came through his earphones: “I didn’t turn on the microphone in the past because I didn’t want to chat with a stranger, but now we can be considered friends. I feel that it’s more convenient to use voice chat, after all, team cooperation in King’s Glory is very important. That way I can safeguard your gaming experience.”

It sounded as if he was both mindful and respectful of his work, and for a moment, Song Yan actually couldn’t think of a good way to refute the other.

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: But right now I’m in my dorm and my roommate is sleeping next to me, so it’s not convenient for me to speak, oh

Xia Zhiye: “No worries, it’s fine if you just listen to my directions. You don’t need to speak.”

Song Yan: “……”

Fine.

It’s fine if he doesn’t speak, or else he’d have to go ask Shen Jiayan for the link to the voice changing software.

“But before, I saw your location in the APP, you’re also in NanWu?” Xia Zhiye suddenly asked.

Song Yan’s heart tensed.

Xia Zhiye then unhurriedly asked: “You wouldn’t be from NanWu No.3 Middle High, right?”

Song Yan quickly denied: [No]

“It’s good that you aren’t. Or else you should be more careful at night in the dorms.”

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: ?

“NanWu No.3 Middle High’s dorms are haunted.”

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: ??

“You might not have heard it before, but the students in the XiaCheng district all probably know this. When the school was expanding, because there was no available land in its surroundings, they could only demolish the buildings that violated the regulations on the land where the dormitory building is currently built on.”

“At that time, many people who forcibly constructed the buildings and illegally occupied the land were unwilling to demolish the buildings, and insisted on saying that the workers wanted to rob them of their houses and land, and resolutely refused to demolish the buildings unless the workers paid them a high demolition fee. The workers were also unwilling to pay them, because the land was allocated by the government to the school, and they were only contracted to build the dormitories. Why should they have to pay the demolition fees? Both sides began quarreling and fought several times, and the more they quarreled, the bigger the argument became.”

“The issue wasn’t that they were fighting and having a conflict. The crucial point was that the construction could only continue to drag on, to the point where they could no longer finish the construction on time. Not to mention the cost of construction, but the students also weren’t able to enter school on time. It wasn’t until a certain day when the chief labor contractor had an idea. He decided to take advantage of the cover of night, when no one was around, to secretly demolish those buildings.”

“But as a result, who would’ve thought that a few people who led the argument and were the most ferocious had long anticipated his moves. At night, they also lived in those buildings that violated regulations, but that night, they just happened to have drunk alcohol. They were so drunk that they were muddled and a complete mess. They couldn’t hear anything, and after the construction crew shouted for a long while, the workers thought no one was inside. Then they directly drove a tractor and knocked the entire thing down.”

“So those few people were alive when they were crushed to death. Later, after consideration from all parties, this matter was pushed down, and the dormitory building was built as scheduled. But when the students moved in, they discovered that something inside the building wasn’t right.”

The other just finished saying this when a ‘bang’ could be heard from something knocking against the window. Song Yan was caught off guard, and one of his hands trembled due to shock, directly giving someone else a head5.

But it was as if Xia Zhiye didn’t notice this, and while controlling the hero with his hands, he continued to speak: “In the very beginning, it was during a weekend, when nearly all the students had returned home, and only one student remained in the dorms. At first, he suddenly heard someone slamming against the window, and was so startled that he cursed. Then, the sound stopped, and he went to the window to check it out, but as a result, he saw a person’s shadow float by. Immediately after that, he heard a strange sound from the ceiling, as if someone was upstairs working out. At first, he thought another student was upstairs pranking him, but then guess what happened?”

Song Yan was frantically operating the Di RenJie6 in his hand, wholeheartedly yearning for justice and light, and didn’t want to guess at all.

But Xia Zhiye leisurely tossed out a sentence: “But that student lived on the sixth floor, which was the topmost floor of the dormitory at No.3 Middle High. The roof was closed, and no one. Was. There.”

Clatter——

Song Yan’s fingers immediately and forcefully slipped across the screen, and the Di RenJie who symbolizes justice and light heroically sacrificed his life.

The originator of all evil even intimately asked: “What’s wrong? Are you scared? Don’t worry, you aren’t at NanWu’s No.3 Middle High, so the vengeful ghost can’t come for you. Also, your roommate is next to you, so don’t be scared.”

Song Yan, who was laying on the bed while alone in a room on the sixth floor at NanWu’s No.3 Middle High dormitory building: “……”

Yeah, it was fine, he wasn’t scared.

Prosperity, democracy, civilization, and harmony.

He was a proud member of the Communist Youth League, he wasn’t scared.

Bang——

“Fuck!”

A sound suddenly came from the door, shocking Song Yan into directly throwing away the cell phone in his hand.

When he turned around, he just happened to meet a large, white face who was peeping in against the glass on the door, and he was suddenly startled again. Only then did he realize that it was the dorm aunty.

After the false alarm, he realized that his back was already soaked in a cold sweat. He opened the door, and the dorm aunty handed him the takeout: “Let me tell you, this is a special circumstance during the weekend. You normally aren’t allowed to order takeout.”

Song Yan nodded: “Okay.”

After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly thought of something, then asked: “Aunty, when building this dormitory building, was there any accident during the construction period?”

The aunty nodded with a face of calm: “That’s right, there was, what’s wrong?”

“……Nothing, thank you aunty.”

“No problem, just think of aunty as family. But you should eat more. Your face is so pale, if I didn’t know, I would’ve thought you wiped flour all over it.” After the aunty finished speaking, she thudded away.

And along the long hallway, because it was the weekend after exams, the building was empty, and nearly all the lights in every single room were dark.

A draft of cold wind blew by, bringing along with it a ‘creaking’ sound from the window. Song Yan quickly shut the door, then tossed the takeout onto the table, then with a ‘whoosh’, leapt up onto his bed.

He picked up his phone, tightly wrapped himself up in his blanket from head to toe, then curled up under the covers while lying on his stomach and quickly sent out a message: [The internet in the dorms isn’t good today, I disconnected just now]

Xia Zhiye’s voice came in like the needle of a tranquilizer: “Mm, don’t worry. I’m here, and the opposing team is still being crushed. If your internet is slow then we won’t fight today and let’s talk about it another day?”

Song Yan has never typed this fast in his life: [No, it’s fine. My internet is fine now, I can play as long as you want]

“Oh, so it’s like that.” Xia Zhiye’s voice was a bit regretful, “But something suddenly came up on my side. After this round, I probably have to log off.”

[Beautiful and Rich Little Lady]: ?

“My younger sister doesn’t know how to do her kindergarten homework, so I have to go tutor her for a bit.”

After saying this, little mahjong’s voice really did appear: “Gege! Hurry up and come!”

“Soon, gege will be there very soon.” It sounded as if Xia Zhiye turned around to reply, then turned back to speak to Song Yan, “Come to the mid-lane, we’ll directly push forward.”

After saying this, Xia Zhiye burst forward, then quickly eliminated the opposite team’s Lu Ban and Daji, then brought their teammates to blow the victory bugle.

Without waiting for Song Yan to speak out, Xia Zhiye logged off concurrently with the sound of ‘Victory’.

His profile picture turned gray.

And his voice faded away.

The world abruptly returned to silence, leaving only the whistling wind outside the window and the strange sound of marbles from the ceiling.

Song Yan: “……”

It’s fine, he wasn’t scared.

He wasn’t scared.

Song Yan stiffly turned his body, then while maintaining the premise wherein neither of his four slender limbs escaped from under the blanket, he silently turned his body around, switching from lying on his belly to lying on his back, then he stiffly remained in the same spot and shut his eyes without moving.

As long as he falls asleep quickly enough, then this feudal superstition won’t be able to catch up to him.

He was a good young man in the new century, and received the education of socialist core values since he was a child. He believed in science, believed in Marxist philosophy, and stood firm in materialist thought.

“Fuck! Xia Zhiye that asshole!”

Three minutes later, Song Yan finally couldn’t help but open his eyes, and viciously cursed out loud.

Meanwhile, that asshole was in his own home, unhurriedly tidying up his backpack while putting on his coat.

Next to him was the extremely intelligent little mahjong, who had long since finished her kindergarten homework, and raised her head to ask: “Ye gege, are you still going back to school tonight?”

“Yeah.” Xia Zhiye put on a black jacket, “Your Yan gege asked me to go back.”

Little mahjong tilted her head, as if she was very distressed: “But didn’t you just say that Yan gege didn’t allow you to go back?”

Xia Zhiye turned around, looking at her with a mysterious wink and a smile: “But he’s going to call me back soon.”

Little mahjong: “?”

He just finished speaking, when Xia Zhiye’s phone rang.

A WeChat message.

[YAN]: Aunty is checking the rooms tonight, hurry up and get over here to sleep.

Some people really didn’t know how to lie. Today wasn’t the day they were supposed to return to school, why would she check the rooms.

But Xia Zhiye still laughed as he replied: [Okay, thank Yan ge for the reminder]

After responding, he waved the phone around in front of little mahjong: “Look, your Yan gege told me to go back.”

Little mahjong who had only just learned the arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 at school couldn’t understand a single word in the chat window.

But judging from Ye gege’s joy, she could tell that the message was real. But she naively and innocently couldn’t understand: “Then why would Yan gege want you to go back, but after a while not allow you to go back?”

Xia Zhiye crouched down, rubbed her head full of soft hair while laughing: “Because your Yan gege is a little tsundere who loves his reputation. But if he doesn’t have Ye gege then he can’t sleep well.”

He wasn’t sure if Song Yan was scared of the dark, or scared of ghosts.

But he knew that Song Yan was definitely afraid to sleep alone.

So since he said they would always sleep together, then they had to sleep together. If a certain someone couldn’t bear to lose face, then he might as well just be a bit more brazen.

After all, he wanted Song Yan to be able to sleep peacefully and free from anxiety every night from now on. The other no longer need to be afraid of losing sleep, and the other didn’t have to be afraid of being left behind in the dark.

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The author has something to say:

Song Yan on the surface: I want 21 days of cold treatment

Song Daxi in reality: I want to support the elderly and take care of his younger sister together with Xia Zhiye. Now which flower skirt would little mahjong look better in?

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TN: i created a discord, please feel free to join to chat about bl lol. i’m not so familiar with discord myself but i’ll try to update on chapters there so I don’t leave y’all hanging (ಥ﹏ಥ)

also, this is the rest of c49, i realize i said there would be 3 parts in total, but i ended up finishing everything up in this part!

1. LiZong is a comprehensive textbook filled with chemistry, physics, and biology questions that will be tested on the gaokao

2. Dogskin plaster is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat bruises, etc.

3. A metaphor for describing that something or someone’s problem is exposed

4. Ya (鸭) is often used when someone is flirting or acting cute (it sounds much better in CN lol)

5. With reference to the game, ‘giving someone a head’ means giving someone else a kill

6. Di Renjie is a playable character in King’s Glory. He’s essentially the Chinese Sherlock Holmes, and allegedly solves murders, etc. Hence why SY says he’s ‘yearning for justice and light’