Chapter 57.3 Miss

The sun gradually rose and the shop assistants in the wide bed next door also got up.

They were a little surprised to see Yu Yuan still here.

After all, he was a well-known workaholic and basically worked around the clock¹连轴转 (liánzhóuzhuàn) – (idiom) lit. to continuously revolve, never taking breaks easily.

However, Yu Yuan was also known for being standoffish, so they just glanced at him a few times and didn’t dare to go up and ask more.

“Ah Mu, I’m hungry,” Yu Yuan said in a low voice.

He was very busy recently, so busy that he practically didn’t have time to eat.

He somewhat missed the steamed eggs that Yan Mu made.

Yan Mu was about to speak, but Ah Yu spoke first, “I’m hungry too. Yan jiejie, let’s go eat pine nut goose oil rolls and marinated dried salted duck!”

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“……Now you know how to call me gege?” Yu Yuan scoffed. “Ah Mu, what do you want to eat?” After speaking, without waiting for Ah Yu to answer, he turned his head to ask Yan Mu.

“I want to drink white porridge. You can buy a plate of salted meat, so that the white porridge won’t be tasteless.” Yan Mu’s eyes curled into a smile.

Yu Yuan went directly to Restaurant Baoyue and bought breakfast.

The three of them sat at a stone table in the courtyard and ate, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

Yu Yuan bought steamed egg and baozi for himself.

It’s not as delicious as the one Yan Mu makes.

Yu Yuan ate a few mouthfuls of the steamed egg and felt like it was tasteless.

He looked at the way Ah Yu was acting cute towards Yan Mu, and suddenly felt even more upset inside.

So, he stopped eating after taking a few bites.

Ah Yu wasn’t a picky eater. Besides, he happened to be growing now so he ate a lot.

He ate the rest of the steamed egg in just a few bites.

He smiled sheepishly at Yu Yuan and said, “Yu Yuan, are you still going to eat?”

Yu Yuan coldly gave him a sideways glance and didn’t speak.

“If you’re done eating, then I’ll eat it all.” Ah Yu smiled extra brightly.

After speaking, he happily ate the entire portion that originally belonged to Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan hadn’t been in a good mood all day because of Ah Yu.

Ah Yu was simply Yan Mu’s bum beetle³跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng) – somebody who tags along/shadow/sycophant/person who follows another closely, wherever she went, he would follow.

Yu Yuan couldn’t spend time alone with Yan Mu even if he wanted to.

Moreover, Yan Mu seemed to like Ah Yu a lot, so in front of her, he could only try his best to hold back from throwing Ah Yu out.

His dark mood lasted until dinner.

Because he took Yu Yuan’s food and ate too much at once, Ah Yu ended up having diarrhea the whole day.

Yan Mu originally wanted to call a physician to take a look at Ah Yu, but he simply refused to see the physician.

Yan Mu had no choice but to let Ah Yu lie in bed to recuperate.

He hadn’t gotten up until now.

Yu Yuan felt that Ah Yu really deserved it.

In order to celebrate Ah Yu lying in the bed, Yu Yuan went to Restaurant Baoyue and bought many dishes to go with rice.

He was in a happy mood and sat obediently in the courtyard, waiting for Yan Mu to start eating.

However, he waited and waited, but Yan Mu didn’t come.

Could it be that Ah Mu went to see Ah Yu again?

Yu Yuan’s eyes turned cold.

He had never imagined that there would be a day where he would be angry at a kid.

He pursed his lips and without saying a word, he stood up, prepared to go look for her, but happened to bump right into Yan Mu who’d just returned.

“Aiya, be careful,” Yan Mu exclaimed.

“Now Ah Mu is starting to despise me for getting in the way.” Yu Yuan suddenly felt even more wronged.

“What are you thinking about?” Yan Mu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

After speaking, she opened the food box in her hand.

In the exquisitely carved wooden food box, there was a bowl of extremely plain steamed egg.

“Ah Mu?” Yu Yuan was dumbfounded.

“Don’t you want to eat steamed egg? I made this by borrowing Restaurant Baoyue’s kitchen, try it.” Yan Mu was about to take the white porcelain bowl out, but it was too hot and burned the tip of her finger.

She instinctively wanted to put her finger on her earlobe to cool it down, but Yu Yuan pulled her hand over without a word.

Before she had time to react, her finger was placed in the teenager’s mouth.

Yan Mu was stunned.

Her fingertip was wet and slippery, and she could vaguely feel the teenager gently licking the wound with his tongue.

A tingling, numbing feeling came from her fingertip, as if a small electric current was spreading from it.

Yan Mu’s face flushed deep red and she wanted to withdraw her finger, but her body was too limp to use strength.

“W-what are y-you doing?” She was so anxious that she stuttered.

“The imperial physicians said that saliva can prevent wound infection.” The teenager spoke incoherently as he held her finger in his mouth.

After speaking, he pulled Yan Mu’s finger out of his mouth.

Just when Yan Mu thought it was over, he stuck out his tongue and licked it again, reluctant to let go.

“It’s done.” Yu Yuan acted extremely innocent.

Yan Mu shivered and hurriedly retracted her hand.

She stared at Yu Yuan with a red face, not daring to make any other moves.

Yu Yuan, on the other hand, looked calm and took the steamed egg out of the food box very naturally.

“What’s wrong?” At Yan Mu’s expression, Yu Yuan seemed a little puzzled, “Do you want me to feed you?”

“……No need.” Yan Mu took a deep breath and ate her own meal.

She tried her best to make herself appear calm and collected.

With Yu Yuan’s stubborn personality, if she showed a hint of discomfort, she was afraid he really would feed her.

Yan Mu finished her meal as fast as she could.

She only dared to look at Yu Yuan after she finished eating.

Yu Yuan was eating the steamed egg.

He ate extremely seriously as he carefully scraped the bowl clean, not leaving even a single piece of bacon.

“Ah Mu’s is still the best.” Yu Yuan’s lips curled up as he said, “It’s much better than the one Restaurant Baoyue makes.”

“Then I’ll make it for you again next time,” Yan Mu helplessly said.

Yu Yuan seemed very happy with her reply, and even his movements of cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks looked much more cheerful.

The bright moon gradually rose and night fell, Yan Mu was ready to go to bed after washing up.

As soon as she opened the door to her room, she found Yu Yuan sitting on her bed with his knees bent, reading a book.

“Why are you still here tonight?” Yan Mu was confused.

According to their promise, Yu Yuan was supposed to go next door and sleep in the wide bed tonight.

“I don’t want to sleep with them,” Yu Yuan said unhappily.

“If you don’t want to sleep with them, then go back to the residence and sleep in the side room there.” Yan Mu was helpless.

“Ah Mu, don’t drive me away.” Yu Yuan tugged on Yan Mu’s sleeve, “I just received news that there will be a very dangerous mission tomorrow.”

“Ah Mu, I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you again.” Yu Yuan lowered his eyes.

What he said was half-true.

He had indeed just received news that the mission tomorrow would be very dangerous, but not the point of getting killed—— at least he wouldn’t be.

This was just an excuse. He just wanted to sleep with Yan Mu.

During those nights filled with loneliness and blood, he almost went crazy thinking of Yan Mu.

In the darkness of the night, he silently chanted Yan Mu’s name to endure it over and over again.

The endless emptiness would gnaw at his soul in the dead of night.

He couldn’t bear sleeping alone.

He raised his head and looked at Yan Mu.

Yan Mu remained silent.

Yu Yuan’s passionate heart also gradually cooled.

Just when he thought he was going to be rejected by Yan Mu, she suddenly sighed.

“Okay, we’ll sleep together tonight.”

Speaking of, it was almost time to replenish her lifespan.

Yu Yuan watched as the young girl walked towards him with a candle in her hand.

The warm yellow candlelight illuminated her face, and the young girl looked holy and graceful as if she were a deity.

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Edited by: Gaze

Translator’s Note: 元宵节⁴Yuánxiāojié – Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar快乐 Happy Lantern Festival！！！