Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Xu Maomao sat in the coffee shop and had had his cup refilled three times.
He was waiting for someone, and that person was not late. It was Xu Maomao himself who was too nervous, so he came to the scene in advance to “rehearse”.
Seeing that the mobile phone showed that it was still 20 minutes to the agreed time, he got up and went to the bathroom, picked a stall, walked in and closed the door.
This coffee shop was very clean but a little perverted. There were mirrors on all sides in the small private room in the men’s toilet, which seemed to be for the sake of the guests’ grooming, but who would want to look in the mirror at such a time?
But this decoration happened to be convenient for Xu Maomao.
He saw himself hiding inside, arranging his hair and collar, and tucking his double-layer thermal long johns into his underwear. Finally, he carefully buttoned up all the buttons of his coat, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, as he pretended to show a full-fledged scholarly character.
“Hello, my name is Xu Maomao,” Xu Maomao smiled into the mirror, “Xu Xian’s Xu, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao’s Mao[1].”
Xu Maomao paused, secretly said, no, too vulgar[2].
Then he restarted once again: “Hello, my name is Xu Mao Mao, mu cheng xin xu‘s[3] Xu and ke ding ke mao‘s[4] Mao.”
… again, it seemed too bold, mu cheng xin xu de, and then ding here ding there, it did not seem reserved enough.
“Hello, my name is Xu Maomao…”
Before his rehearsal was over, the door of the stall was knocked gently, and then a deep and magnetic voice sounded.
“I see, Xu Maomao, can you come out?”
The voice could be heard to be that of a young man, and his voice was slightly cold, but there was a slight smile audible in his words, which sounded very nice.
This, who did this voice belong to!
Xu Maomao immediately blushed until his neck burned, it was too embarrassing, what if the upcoming blind date found out, would he have to pay hush money?
Xu Maomao swallowed, tried to pretend to be very calm and opened the door: “I’m sorry! Please help yourself…”
His following words came to an abrupt end. Then Xu Maomao’s head buzzed, wishing he could faint.
The man outside the door was very, very handsome, estimated to be 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders, wearing a black turtleneck sweater, with a smooth face and smooth and delicate skin. Even in the dimly lit bathroom, there was a healthy glow surrounding him. That kind of beautiful high bridged nose and those narrow and long eyes, from which he seemed to be looking at him with a faint playful look.
This man was the one Xu Maomao was going on the blind date with today!
His name was Shen Yu. The introducer said that this man’s conditions were very good, originally to persuade him not to indulge in wishful thinking, but after seeing the photo, Xu Maomao boldly asked for a face-to-face meeting. Shen Yu refused at first because he didn’t have time, but for some reason, he later agreed to meet.
Unexpectedly, the opening was messed up.
“Xu Maomao,” Shen Yu said his name again, his voice still smiling, “Hello, I’m Shen Yu.”
The blush on Xu Maomao’s face hadn’t receded yet, “I, I… I just…”
“It’s okay.” Shen Yu said calmly, “It’s very cute.”
Xu Maomao was about to faint!
The blind date said he was cute! Was it going to be done? So excited, so happy! I really want to turn around three times in place, and then update 20,000 words a day!
Yes, Xu Maomao was a dead-end Internet writer. He first nested in the base Chinese website, and later became one of the three thousand beauties of Jinjiang Literature.com. For twenty-five years, it could be said that he had always been an otaku, either playing games or writing. So he didn’t know that some men called other people cute casually, just like calling the aunt on the side of the road a beautiful woman.
“Yes, I’m sorry,” Xu Maomao said, “I’m making you laugh, I’m not usually so stupid. This is my first blind date…” Usually he might be more stupid than this! Especially after vomiting blood and writing 30,000 words.
“Coincidentally, me too.” Shen Yu nodded and said, showing a smile that was not a smile.
Xu Maomao was embarrassed, then after being silent for a moment and searching all the experience of striking up a conversation in his life, he had nothing more to say: “Then, that, do you want to use the bathroom?”
“No, I came in to find you because I saw you hadn’t come out for a long time.”
Before entering the coffee shop, Shen Yu had seen Xu Maomao flashing into the bathroom through the window glass. He thought he would just wait for a while, but he didn’t expect to wait for ten minutes, such that he suspected that he had misjudged the person, he then came to the bathroom to wash his hands, and by the way checked to see if Xu Maomao was there.
Unexpectedly, he saw a funny scene.
Xu Maomao thought of the stupid thing he did just now, and his face, which had turned white after much difficulty, became red again. His skin was thin, and it was very obvious when he was a little excited, which made his face look like a monkey’s butt, and his beauty suddenly dropped by one level——In Tanmei novels, it was a lie that blushing made people look better and more seductive, it only proved that they had thick skin. Xu Maomao, who had thin skin, complained angrily.
After being seated, Shen Yu handed the menu to Xu Maomao. “Let’s chat while eating. You can order anything you want.”
It was said that Shen Yu was in business and his family was quite rich. But he pretended to be cool and said: “I’m not hungry, I’m just a little thirsty.”
I won’t tell you, in fact, my appearance while eating is very scary, and since we met for the first time, I’ll be more reserved.
Shen Yu smiled slightly, and casually ordered a cup of coffee and a snack.
The two started chatting. Because of the stupid thing about the bathroom, Xu Maomao couldn’t let it go for a while, so his speech was relatively weak and he didn’t dare to look up at Shen Yu. But Shen Yu was obviously a man with normal emotional intelligence, seeing that he was shy, he brought up the topic himself.
“What does Mr. Xu do?”
“Me?” Xu Maomao said cheekily, “Writer.”
In fact, I’m just a codewriter who writes mindless and cool upgrades[5]! And occasionally a dirty train[6]!
“It’s amazing.”
“What about Mr. Shen?” Xu Maomao asked curiously. Because the introducer gave very little information about Shen Yu, so apart from knowing his sexual orientation and appearance, he didn’t know anything else.
“Me? I’m unemployed.” Shen Yu laughed at himself, “I just occasionally do some chores for my friends.”
Xu Maomao understood that this was an excuse. After all, the rich people’s talking about doing chores may be astronomical business. Father Wang’s small goal was only 100 million. Shen Yu must be being modest!
Shen Yu quickly bypassed his work, and began to inquire about Xu Maomao’s hobbies, personality and so on.
He was not a very enthusiastic person, and he spoke slowly, looked well-mannered and had a very good temperament, his face was not very expressive, so only when Xu Maomao was embarrassing or when he spoke inconsistently, did he show a not so obvious shallow smile, as he waited for Xu Maomao’s messy statement to be completed before expressing his opinion at any time. He was a very patient man.
Xu Maomao secretly said in his heart: My heart is about to be taken away by this little goblin!
He was embarrassed to stare at other people’s faces for a long time, so he often took advantage of Shen Yu’s lowered eyes when sipping his coffee to secretly look at him.
The old black sweater that Shen Yu wore today was made of thick wool, which was low-key yet stylish. There was a camel woolen coat laid next to him. And because of his sitting position, the trouser legs were slightly rolled up, revealing his shallow white socks.
Almost all gays found men with white socks[7] irresistible , and Xu Maomao was no exception, his heart was pounding and he was seduced by the white pair of socks.
Because it was the first time they met, the conversation between the two of them was very reserved and literary. They didn’t discuss much vulgar topics such as each other’s family and conditions. He only knew that Shen Yu was living alone and was even younger than Xu Maomao. One year younger, but he looked mature and abstinent. Xu Maomao’s head becomes a mess when he casually raised his eyes and looked at him.
He actually wanted to know if Shen Yu had pets. Xu Maomao was afraid of pets because he was bitten by a stray dog when he was a child, and had to receive five injections of vaccines. At the same time, he suffered from very severe fur allergies and could sneeze or suffer from a nosebleed if he came in close contact with it.
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[1] He’s introducing the characters in his name since characters with same appearance could have different meanings in pinyin.
[2] He feels it is vulgar because the way he is explaining his name doesn’t make it seem elegant.
[3] Unspoken love understood between lovers.
[4] Just right, no more than a few, strictly following the regulations, cannot be modified, etc…
[5] He means to say that he usually only writes mindless books, a stereotype associated with online writers.
[6] Some dirty or explicit content.
[7] IDK why…