Seeing his ex-boyfriend breaking into his home late at night, and with his own house key no less, Xue Qing felt a surge of anger washing over him.
But Shen Qing seemed to lack the self-awareness of intruding into someone's home, pointing to the living room curtain with a reproachful tone, "Remember to close the curtains before you shower in the future. You often come out without wearing proper pajamas, others might see you."
"Huh???"
Right now, Shen Qing was the "other person," wasn't he?
Thankfully, before Xue Qing could get angry, Shen Qing handed back the phone. He pointed to the barbecued food on the coffee table. "I'm not feeling well tonight, rest up. I brought you some supper."
Xue Qing was shocked and speechless.
For a veteran cadre like Shen Qing, who insisted on exercise and refused junk food, it was already surprising to have eaten late-night snacks with them last time. Now, he was actually taking the initiative to buy barbecue and come find him?
"You aren't... um, against eating late-night snacks? Didn't you say it's bad for your health?" As Xue Qing asked, he felt cheap.
In the past, he was being watched and found Shen Qing annoying. Now that Shen Qing didn't mind, he felt uncomfortable.
"Occasionally having a meal is fine," Shen Qing said as he walked to the door, giving Xue Qing a quick look over, his gaze lingering for a few seconds on the towel around him. He said in a plain tone, "Close the door, I need to go back to the base after eating barbecue and tidy up the trash. Get some rest early."
"Bang."
Before Xue Qing could come to his senses, the door had already been closed.
For a while, Xue Qing just stared blankly at the door.
"Damn??? Is he insane? He must be crazy if he forgets to retort when Shen Qing brings late-night snacks over?"
Breaking into someone's home at night, brother! Are you looking for trouble?
He would change the lock to a fingerprint one tomorrow!
*
While eating late-night snacks, Xue Qing was also playing with his phone when he received a private message on Weibo.
Xu Yang: (Crying) Xue Ge, did I say something wrong? I'm sorry, please don't unfriend me, okay?
Huh??? He had just discussed forming a CP with Xu Yang, why would he unfriend him?
Xue Qing was dumbfounded.
He logged into WeChat and found that Xu Yang was indeed on his blacklist.
Incredible! Shen Qing had come all the way from the base just to bring barbecue and unfriend him?
Xue Qing hurriedly pulled him back: Sorry, it was a mistake. By the way, what did you say? I'm going to take a shower, didn't see your message.
The chat box showed that Xu Yang was typing. Xue Qing waited for a while, nearly a minute, before seeing the reply.
Xu Yang: (Smiling) It's nothing~ Xue Ge, are you going to sleep? Do you want to play duo tomorrow?
Xue Qing: Okay. What time do you usually start streaming? I start at eight.
Xu Yang: I also start at eight. See you tomorrow, goodnight Xue Ge.
Then he added a super cute emoji.
This kid is pretty cute.
After eating barbecue, Xue Qing leaned on the sofa, planning to get another bottle of soda when he hesitated, looking at the package and takeaway box on the coffee table. He reluctantly put down the cola and got up to tidy up the trash.
Shen Qing's actions made him feel uncertain.
He probably squatted in Shen Qing's live broadcast room anonymously and saw him contacting Xu Yang. It's ridiculous that he actually came to unfriend someone.
Even if he unfriended him, couldn't he add him back? When did Shen Qing become so childish?
After tidying up the garbage, Xue Qing washed up and went to the bedroom. He hadn't been lying down for long when he received a text from Shen Qing.
"Lying down?"
"...Are you monitoring my house??"
Shen Qing could control time so well. Was he cheating???
"Goodnight."
Xue Qing sprawled on the bed, staring at these dark words.
Shen Qing wasn't someone who liked to send messages. When they were in the team before, if there was anything, they would say it in person. If they couldn't find the person in person, they would make a phone call. He felt that sending text messages was troublesome.
How come now, he had suddenly developed a liking for sending text messages?
Although if Shen Qing were to call, he would definitely refuse it decisively.
But didn't Shen Qing say that he didn't like this kind of text that couldn't convey tone?
When angry, ordinary words could be read as an angry tone. When happy, plain words could be read as a sweet tone.
Text communication was the most inconclusive way to judge a person's emotions.
For example, now, he actually felt that Shen Qing was sending him a message with a smiling face.
Was he going insane?
Shen Qing was toxic; he had to stay away.
Xue Qing decided to add Shen Qing's number to his blacklist too, not accepting calls or messages.
They hadn't been in contact for a year after breaking up, and now, shortly after he returned to the country, Shen Qing came to bother him. Either Shen Qing's mind was broken, or his popularity was down.
*
The second day, eight o'clock in the evening.
Xue Qing had just started his live broadcast when he went into Xu Yang's live stream using his own live broadcast account, "Scumbag Xue."
Xue Yang had just come online, with a lollipop in his mouth, and was playing with his hair in front of the camera. When the special effect "Scumbag Xue entered the live stream" appeared, he immediately sat up obediently.
"Xue ge, good evening!" Xue Qing smiled, feeling that this kid was really too obedient and cute, with the same anxious and immature appearance as when he had been gaming with Shen Qing.
Xue Qing smiled, giving Xu Yang ten big mansions and making it onto the contributor list.
Xu Yang blushed, feeling happy but also worried about Xue Qing spending money. "Xue ge, you don't need to give me gifts. I'll have to pay you back for them, it's too much trouble."
[Scumbag Xue: Who asked you to pay me back? I'm happy to give you gifts. Log in and let’s duo.]
"Oh!" Xu Yang smiled, squinting cutely.
[Welcome UL-shen to enter the live stream]
Suddenly, Shen Qing entered Xu Yang's room using a big account. This startled Xue Qing, who froze and hastily checked his own live stream, but he didn’t see Shen Qing. Xue Qing quickly set his account to anonymous, thinking Shen Qing wouldn't notice.
[Hahaha, Xue, what are you up to?]
[Caught crawling on the wall, huh? Haha, quickly set your account to hidden, what's the use? Shen Qing came to your live stream first and saw you screen mirroring before coming over!]
[Catching the girl in the act, Xue is panicking right now, haha!]
Xue Qing saw the barrage and quickly left Xu Yang's live stream.
Not because he was caught crawling on the wall, but because... the incident where Shen Qing had suddenly entered his home and deleted friends yesterday, made him more and more anxious.
Then... he felt guilty.
Xue Qing pretended as if nothing had happened, calmly opened a YY room, and sent a plane ticket to Xu Yang.
As soon as Xu Yang joined with an open mic, Xue Qing heard him say, "Thanks for Shen Qing's sports car, I'm going duo with Xue ge."
Xue Qing's hand trembled, accidentally starting a game within the game, entering a solo match.
As soon as he entered, Xue Qing immediately exited.
This action caught everyone off guard, and the people in the live stream burst into laughter.
[Xue, be honest, what did you do to Shen Qing? Why are you so flustered? Hahaha!]
Xue Qing pulled Xu Yang into the room, and Shen Qing also returned to Xue Qing's live stream.
[UL-shen: Duo?]
Although Xue Qing clearly saw this barrage, he acted as if he hadn't seen it, decisively entering the game with Xu Yang.
Xu Yang was particularly obedient, following Xue Qing and bringing him good supplies, remembering what Xue Qing needed.
In this snowy map, they landed at a mansion.
Xu Yang was a little far from Xue Qing and made a mistake, getting ambushed. Xue Qing hurried to rescue Xu Yang, but Xu Yang quickly stopped him. "Xue ge, there are two teams here!"
Neither team was in a hurry to help Xu Yang; they were waiting for him to make a move.
Xue Qing had already seen both teams crouching, so he snuck around from behind, activated the voice changer and all mics.
"Big brother, Waa, big brother, quickly save me, there are people here trying to kill me! In that house over there, waa, big brother, come quickly, I'm about to die~"
This was the expensive voice changer he had bought, with a very realistic and pleasant tone.
Xue Qing's act startled Xu Yang.
"Xue ge, your, your voice... it's, it's really charming..."
Someone heard a girl's voice and walked out from behind cover. Xue Qing stood behind him and began shooting.
Hearing that help had arrived, the person's teammate panicked.
"Hey, it's a shame it's too late." Xue Qing smirked and quickly switched to a G36C, unleashing a barrage of bullets.
With three people down, the remaining enemy was also defeated. Xue Qing whistled back and supported Xu Yang.
Xu Yang excitedly cheered for Xue Qing, "Xue ge, awesome! You were so cool just now!"
"Really? Little bro, do you want me to teach you how to win?"
The voice changer was still on, and the childish tone sounded awkward.
Xu Yang bit his lip to hold back a laugh, then after holding back for a while, said, "Xue ge, shall we turn off the voice changer?"
"Oh~ little bro likes big bro?" Xue Qing disconnected the voice changer and all mics. "If you see any good guns later, pick them up yourself. Don't always think of saving them for me, I'm too fat right now."
Xu Yang obediently replied, "Oh."
Last night, Xu Yang had good awareness when playing solo, so why was his performance not as good today when playing duos? Well, it could be considered mediocre. But he couldn't outright criticize him, Xu Yang wasn't skilled at the game, he knew that.
It's just that... Xu Yang seemed to be knocked out quite frequently.
Before they reached the final circle, Xue Qing had lost count of how many times Xu Yang had been knocked down, and before he could reach to revive him, Xu Yang was already down.
Xu Yang said disheartenedly, "Xue, sorry."
"It's okay, just look at me, I'll take you to eat chicken."
Xu Yang was very quiet, and Xue Qing deliberately tried to lighten the mood to tease him, but Xu Yang didn't dare to speak loudly, afraid of disturbing Xue Qing.
"35, Brother."
Xue Qing also noticed the stones in the direction of 35, pulled the grenade and paused for a moment, then threw it towards the stones in the 35 direction, and the grenade exploded when it hit the ground, with a double bang.
Xue Qing eagerly ran to search for the two packages, and also didn't forget to praise Xu Yang.
"My brother Yang is amazing, there were still two hiding at 35, your luck is amazing!"
At this moment, Xu Yang covered his face with both hands, feeling shy in front of the camera.
They advanced to the finals, but in the end, Xue Qing only managed to eat the chicken's butt.
Because he heard the doorbell ringing at his home.
After last night's intrusion by Shen Qing, he had hired someone to change the fingerprint lock early this morning, and now he absolutely did not think it was Tang Damao coming back.
Sure enough.
In the live broadcast room, he saw Shen Qing posted two messages – "Open the door."
Xue Qing immediately wanted to flip the table.
Damn it, just open the door! You're just an ex-boyfriend, brother! Can you please respect your position?!!