I Love Sashimi

That night, it was Qi Qianze who sent Fu An back.

By the time they reached Fu An’s residence, it was already 1 am. The night wind was a little chilly, so Qi Qianze had very intimately placed a coat on Fu An.

Fu An hadn’t wanted to wear it but had been held still while Qi Qianze wrapped him up firmly and completely.

This day had been very long, starting from the disagreement during their first encounter, to going home and confessing everything to each other, and finally to the current ambiguity of the situation. In its entirety, it felt like it was a century long.

But actually, it was just one afternoon. Thinking of it like this, Fu An again wondered whether things were going too fast.

The place where Fu An lived really wasn’t far from where Qi Qianze did. There wasn’t traffic at night, so it was only 10 minutes away.

Considering the details, that area wasn’t directly on Qi Qianze’s route to work, but for Fu An, when he was still a medical student, he would have passed by the entrance to Qi Qianze’s neighborhood every day.

Hearing the name of Fu An’s neighborhood, Qi Qianze’s face was cold for a split second, but it quickly went back to normal. He didn’t look at Fu An, and said very unhappily: “Then you passed it every day but never came back, you’re really merciless.”

Not waiting for Fu An’s response, he continued: “If it were me, I would have come back long ago.”

Finally, he complained: “You’re so cold to me.”

Fu An: “……”

Fu An used to say more in a day than Qi Qianze would in a month, but after they met again, he was constantly being left speechless or being interrupted, to the point where he couldn’t say a single word.

Qi Qianze, how had he become like this?

Fu An had already thought this countless times today. He sat in the car, thinking of how to get a word in edgewise, suddenly thought of something, and said to Qi Qianze: “You……”

He paused. It seemed that the words weren’t too easy to say, as he asked his question in fits and starts.

“You, you didn’t get a…….boyfriend, or girlfriend, right.”

Fu An waited a second, and before Qi Qianze could respond he added: “After me.”

Qi Qianze’s hands rested on the steering wheel, and in the soft light, his lips curved up.

Fu An immediately knew that he’d asked a stupid question.

“You didn’t?” But Fu An still asked.

“What about you?” Qi Qianze [asked in reply/answered his question with a question].

“I……” Of course Fu An hadn’t gotten into any relationship, and he also knew Qi Qianze hadn’t either, but even if he’d had a gut feeling about it ever since long ago, a weight would still be lifted from his chest once he heard the real answer from Qi Qianze. The words were on the tip of Fu An’s tongue, but then took a turn, “If you don’t tell me, I won’t tell you.”

Qi Qianze was a little stunned by this. It wasn’t until this moment, that he finally [confirm that Fu An was still the same person from before.

Fu An naturally thought differently from others. He was quite opinionated and possessive, and sometimes when speaking with someone he liked to put pressure on them, but if he was familiar with someone, they would find that all these were a coquettish display, like the waving tail of a beautiful little rooster. And as long as he wasn’t angry, those gloomy, grumpy moods would never appear.

But a lot of people couldn’t stand his outward haughtiness.

If someone was very aloof, it was hard for them to be likable to others. If they lacked ability and talent, they’d only be ridiculed. If they did have both the ability and the talent, they would only attract the hatred and envy of others, people who would constantly be waiting for them to slip up and make a mistake. This was especially true for Fu An who was in the latter, talented group. As a lofty and aloof person with a merciless mouth, it was even more difficult for him to be liked.

But this didn’t matter, Qi Qianze would always put up with him.

Qi Qianze said: “The same as you.”

He had originally wanted to say “If you didn’t then I didn’t,” probably to tease Fu An a little. But in the end he hadn’t, and just said: “Of course I didn’t.”