Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“Hello?”
“Is it convenient now?” Lin Jianlu’s steady and pleasant voice came from the other end of the microphone.
Yan Han: “…”
It’s not convenient… It’s definitely not convenient. He just put on the buttock membrane, and it would take at least twenty minutes before he could get up.
He couldn’t just let Lin Jianlu come over like this, and then lie here with a buttock mask!
Just wait until it’s done.
But when he looked at the time, it was really late. He couldn’t ask Big Brother Lin to wait for twenty minutes before coming over, right?
So after thinking for a moment, Yan Han tentatively said: “Why don’t you go to bed early today, don’t come over, and talk about it tomorrow?”
Then there was no sound from Lin Jianlu.
There was deathly silence on the other end of the line. If the screen hadn’t shown that the call was still ongoing, Yan Han would have thought the call had been dropped.
For a moment he even suspected that his cell phone was broken.
But when he was about to open his mouth to confirm whether Lin Jianlu was still there, a low “hmm” suddenly came from the microphone.
Yan Han opened his mouth, his throat was dry, and he suddenly wondered if Big Brother Lin had misunderstood.
He kept his arms supporting his upper body and looked back at his butt which was still covered by a translucent membrane. Although he found it a little difficult to say, Lin Jianlu knew about it yesterday. There was nothing to hide, and it was not in line with the eldest brother’s style to be hesitant.
So Yan Han simply explained the reason: “I’m applying a gluteal membrane… I just applied it, I have to wait for twenty minutes, then it will be too late.”
Brother Yan also tried his best to sound calm, although his eyelids twitched violently when he mentioned the gluteal membrane, and he felt unwell.
Lin Jianlu said calmly: “Ah.”
This time he replied quite quickly.
“Hmm!”
He felt like something called the bottom line had disappeared from his vocabulary since he uttered the word “gluteal membrane”. Interactions between people were actually like this. Before that layer of window paper was broken, you would feel awkward. But when all your affairs were exposed and known by the other party, that feeling similar to shame and embarrassment would disappear in vain.
So Yan Han’s tone became relaxed: “I have almost finished 5,000 questions today, so there are only less than 5,000 questions left. Maybe I can finish them tomorrow.”
“Well, very efficient, and exceeded the target.” Lin Jianlu praised.
Everyone else, whether they were classmates or fans who watched his live broadcast, only knew that their Brother Yan was doing exercises for the competition on the live broadcast website, but they did not know the details. Only Lin Jianlu, who had been explaining the exercises to him, knew where he was at, how much he still needed to understand, and which questions he needed to recite repeatedly.
So Yan Han always got very excited whenever he talked about these things with Lin Jianlu.
Because there was someone to discuss questions and share progress with, studying was not so boring and lonely.
What’s more, Lin Jianlu always gave him some pertinent advice.
For example, if Big Brother Lin said that the efficiency was very high, then it must be not low. At least Big Brother Lin could sleep well and contentedly tonight.
With a relieved sigh, Yan Han said, “I didn’t know what you were busy with before, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. It’s getting late now, Big Brother Lin, why don’t you go to bed first? Come and help me with some questions tomorrow when you are free.”
“I did have something to do today, I’m sorry.” Lin Jianlu said, “I’ll try to get there earlier tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“Do you have anything else to do tomorrow?”
“No, my task for the whole day tomorrow is also studying.” Yan Han clenched his fists and started to have a sweet dream – if Lin Jianlu could come to explain the questions to him tomorrow, minus the time to go back to school the day after tomorrow, then after school started, he could take two days to concentrate on asking about the remaining questions, and maybe he could finish the first round!
“Okay, then I understand.” Lin Jianlu said.
“Okay, Big Brother Lin, thank you for your hard work. Good night, Big Brother Lin.”
After saying good night to Lin Jianlu and hanging up the phone, Yan Han lay on the bed and stretched comfortably.
Not sure if it was because Lin Jianlu praised his efficiency or if he himself was satisfied with today’s workload, but Yan Han, who originally just wanted to lie down on the bed for a short rest, fell asleep suddenly.
He slept very soundly and peacefully, without even having any dreams the entire night. When he opened his eyes again, Yan Han discovered that it was already daybreak outside!
He sat up suddenly. Although he had a very comfortable sleep and felt refreshed after waking up, the whole night passed in the blink of an eye. The Yan Han of the past might have felt it was great to have such a good sleep, but now he always felt that he was losing out.
Somehow, he had thrown the grape-flavored buttock membrane to the ground.
Looking at the gelatinous buttock membrane on the ground that had lost all its moisture and shrunk into a wrinkled ball, Yan Han scratched his hair and asked Xiao Wu tremblingly, a little afraid to face the truth: “Well, did I stick it on for enough time last night?”
If not, then all his efforts this month would be in vain!
[That’s enough.] Xiao Wu said, [Although the host lay there for more than an hour and took off the buttocks membrane when he turned over for the first time, so the time of application was a bit long…]
“…”
[But it doesn’t matter, you should be glad that you didn’t apply a facial mask, otherwise you will be deducted points, hehe.]
“…”
Xiao Wu had already explained to him why the facial mask should not be left on the face for too long. It seemed that over time the mask paper would absorb the essence of the face, so generally the mask should not be left on for more than twenty minutes.
…That’s roughly what it means. The principle was not important to Yan Han.
All he had to remember was that this was the golden rule.
But he remembered it, but who could have thought that he would lose consciousness as soon as he closed his eyes… It seems that I have to set an alarm clock if I apply a facial mask while lying down in the future.
Details determined success or failure. Yan Han paid the most attention to details like this, and he would never do anything in vain.
So he took it very seriously and asked Xiao Wu to write this down in its notebook, and gave it instructions, telling it to remember to wake him up if he fell asleep again while applying the mask in the future.
After finishing all this, Yan Han put on his pajamas and climbed out of bed. He picked up the buttock membrane paper and other garbage on the floor and threw them into the dressing room… Thinking positively, it was also good to fall asleep. At least he didn’t have to endure the sticky feeling after applying the buttocks membrane, nor did he have to slap it like a fool.
It really feels weird to pat your own butt.
He tidied up the room simply, made the bed again, and looked at the time. It was 7:18 in the morning. After washing up, it was just in time for him to have breakfast with his grandparents.
Today’s breakfast was steamed buns that his grandma made early in the morning.
The steamed buns were very soft and chewy, and paired with three or four small pickles, they instantly whetted your appetite.
What was even more surprising was that instead of the clear porridge yesterday morning, his grandparents also made soy milk today.
Red dates were added to the soy milk. It was sweet even without sugar and had a strong date aroma… It was a familiar taste in Yan Han’s memory.
He drank two large bowls of food in one breath, filling his stomach again. After breakfast, he insisted on helping his grandparents wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen. Only then did Yan Han return to his room to prepare to start today’s question-solving.
At 7:50 in the morning, he turned on the live broadcast and opened the question bank bound with A4 paper, which was also almost torn apart by him, and began to review the part he had read yesterday.
At exactly eight o’clock in the morning, his cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated.
Cell phones were not allowed in school, and you had to be sneaky to bring them to class, so most people didn’t have the habit of turning on the ring mode of their cell phones, and they couldn’t adjust to this even during holidays.
Yan Han was no exception.
But every time his phone vibrated, it made a very loud noise. Now a call came unexpectedly, and Yan Han was not prepared at all. He was also scared by the sudden and crazy shaking of the phone.
After the jump, the eldest brother quickly regained his composure.
He couldn’t imagine who would call him at this time. When he picked up the phone, he saw… it was Lin Jianlu?
He’s calling so early…?
Blinking suspiciously, Yan Han answered the phone, but this time he didn’t need to speak, as Lin Jianlu said: “I’m free now, is it convenient for me to come over now?”
“Ah? So early?”
Yan Han said and looked outside. He didn’t deliberately close the door. Through the crack in the door, he could see his grandfather making tea outside, and through the window, he could see his grandmother watering the flowers in the yard.
According to the habits of the two old people, they usually won’t go out in the morning unless they went out to buy groceries at noon.
If Lin Jianlu suddenly came to see him at this time… he would just say they were classmates.
Although they were in fact classmates, Yan Han didn’t know why he felt guilty.
He lowered his voice and said, “Then why don’t you come in through the front door? My grandparents are at home, so just say you’re my classmate and came to see me to do homework.”
“Okay, OK.”
The phone was hung up, and after a while Yan Han heard a knock on the door outside, followed by his grandmother’s voice coming from far away: “Xiao Han, your classmate is at home to see you!”
“Oh!”
Yan Han quickly stood up and went out to greet them but saw that Lin Jianlu had already been welcomed into the house by the old lady.
Today, Lin Jianlu was still wearing casual clothes, a seemingly ordinary T-shirt and a pair of jeans. At first glance, it looked ordinary, but for some reason, these clothes on Brother Lin matched with his handsome face always gave people a “high-end” feeling.
Clothes complemented people, but some people complemented clothes better.
Then Yan Han also noticed that, perhaps for disguise, Lin Jianlu was actually carrying a business-style backpack!
“Are you Xiao Han’s classmate? Come in and sit down.” The grandfather who was making tea also hurriedly stood up to greet him and let him sit on the sofa.
Lin Jianlu quickly asked his grandfather, who was half standing up, to return to his seat and told his grandparents not to be so polite.
He was tall and even had to lower his head when he stepped over the threshold to enter the house, which made him look even taller in the low-framed old house.
He didn’t dare to sit down right away. He almost half-bent over to talk to the two old people. His attitude was respectful and humble, and he even looked a little obedient when answering questions.
“Are you Xiao Han’s high school classmate? Then your family is from our county as well? Are you going home to rest during the holidays?”
“Uh…” Unexpectedly, the two elders would ask so carefully. Yan Han was about to help Lin Jianlu answer or simply change the subject, but heard Lin Jianlu say:
“My aunt lives here, this time I came here to see her.”
“Come and help me with the questions.” Yan Han said in time: “This is my deskmate, he is a top student in our school and he is very good at studying!”
“Really!” The two old people felt that he looked familiar before, and now looking at him, wasn’t this the classmate who appeared in the news with their own child!
It had been a while since the incident happened, and even the online heat had died down. Apart from the parties involved and their parents, no one remembered what the little students who bravely stepped forward to help others looked like.
Even if they remembered, they wouldn’t recognize them if they met them on the street.
But out of pride, fear and heartache, the two old people read the reports whose protagonist was their own child over and over again, such that even Lin Jianlu’s appearance was deeply engraved in their hearts.
Now realizing that this might be one of the friends their child had mentioned, the old people became even more enthusiastic. If Yan Han hadn’t said that he was going to start explaining the questions, they would probably have insisted that Lin Jianlu sit in the living room to drink tea and eat snacks.
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