Chapter 303: – Wen Xuan’s Birthday
Lin Jin has always been a lazy salted fish
He used to be a good student with excellent grades, but after his family split up, he realized no one cared even if his grades weren’t good so he started slacking off from then on.
The kind who could lie down but not sit.
For stuff like learning to dance, if it wasn’t for the black cat forcing him and Lin Jin finding that his dancing talent was actually pretty good, he wouldn’t have learned it that quickly. Also because of his yoga proficiency, his flexibility from the start was already better than someone like Chen Xinya who had been dancing since childhood. His foundation was good, so of course learning was easy.
At night, he stood opposite the computer desk, set the computer to show his favourite live stream, and then stood against the wall as instructed by Teacher Lin for two hours.
Because he could watch the live stream, it wasn’t hard to stand for two hours. Anyways, the first half an hour would just drift by as he watched the live stream in a daze. But afterwards, he started to feel the soreness in his calves and waist. He just endured through it while distracting himself with the stream.
Speaking of which, Lin Jin was also interested in dance back in middle school, only it was street dance. Back then, he was especially interested in street dance, and there just happened to be a classmate who practiced street dancing. So he would pester the classmate to teach him every day. However, that classmate wasn’t too fond of Lin Jin’s girly appearance back then and was very cold to him. Eventually, Lin Jin was told "Get lost, you sissy."
From that moment, Lin Jin lost all interest in street dance and also started to reject his girly appearance.
Two hours later, Lin Jin relaxed and collapsed on the floor, feeling like his legs and waist were no longer his. He climb to bed and laid down, staring at the ceiling as he questioned his life.
Back when he was in middle school and high school, he really hated his feminine appearance. At that time, he felt that he should look more like a real man, with a tall stature, bulging biceps, and a square face, like his father or brother. He managed to achieve that somewhat in high school, at least he wouldn’t get mistaken for a girl or being called cute anymore. But then in college, he unexpectedly started on the route of a crossdresser.
The point was! Aside from his initial resistance, Lin Jin found himself gradually getting used to the life of a crossdressing man. He even gradually began to think like a girl, even shamelessly taking advantage of his roommates who thought he was a woman.
Well, Lin Jin felt that if things continued this way, even if he really turned into a girl, he wouldn't be oppposed. That black cat played so many tricks all to change his values to really become like those of a girl’s.
After stupidly feeling sad for a moment, Lin Jin felt that his legs that were hurting earlier were now much better. He got out of bed and went out the door with Braised Pork.
Since he promised Xia Tian earlier and with nothing better to do, he decided to just go over to check it out.
Though it was already almost eleven at night.
Arriving at Xia Tian’s rental unit, Lin Jin lightly knocked on the door twice. Not long after, Xia Tian opened the door and without saying a word, went straight back to his computer.
Lin Jin followed and noticed that Xia Tian was still debugging the live streaming software on his computer. His computer was from Apple, which was different from Lin Jin’s. So even though Lin Jin wanted to help, he didn’t know how.
"What’s wrong?" Lin Jin looked around and noticed there were no spare chairs in Xia Tian’s room. So he just stood behind him with his arms crossed, awkwardly asking "the streaming software is not working?"
"Yeah, it’s not too compatible with Apple computers." Xia Tian was still expressionless. He sighed a said, still expressionless. He breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back on his chair, crossed his legs, and tiredly spoke "I’ll stream tomorrow night. If you’ve got nothing, go home and sleep. It’s late."
It sounded like he wasn’t very welcomed.
Lin Jin frowned slightly. He glanced at Braised Pork and found that the cat was currently entangled with Xia Tian's white cat. The two cats, one black and one white, were tangled together just like a yin yang symbol.
But since Xia Tian didn’t want to see him, then he’ll just leave.
He didn't feel wronged or anything. After all, it was his own fault that their relationship became strained.
Though Lin JIn didn't feel wronged, his emotions wasn’t something he could completely control. He dejectedly picked up Braised Pork and headed back to his own unit.
Just as he reached his door, he saw Wu Min and Wen Xuan coming up from the staircase, bumping into him face to face.
Before Lin Jin thought to ask what they were here for, Wu Min spoke up first.
"Today is Wen Xuan's birthday."
"Really?" Lin Jin looked at Wen Xuan in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me, only saying it now."
"Wen Xuan even forgot himself. It wasn’t until after 9pm when he suddenly said he had forgotten it was his birthday today, I forcefully dragged him out" Wu Min helplessly hooked his arm around Wen Xuan’s shoulders and teased him with a grin "Let me tell you, your birthday is your birthday, why the surprise ambush? Are you afraid we wouldn’t celebrate it?"
Wen Xuan, looking embarrassed, rubbed his somewhat spiky hair and chuckled awkwardly, "I really forgot."
"If I had remembered, I would’ve had you guys buy me birthday gifts and a cake and stuff like that long ago." Wen Xuan, perhaps feeling a bit awkward about suddenly announcing his birthday late at night, blushed slightly, but still tried to act nonchalant as he pried Wu Min's arm from around his neck and continued, "I wasn’t even planning to celebrate, but Wu Min insisted on dragging me out. The school’s back gate was sealed with no way out, but he still made me climb over the wall to come out and celebrate."
"It’s your birthday, it’s only once a year. It’s no big deal to climb over that wall" Lin Jin, who had no objections to celebrating Wen Xuan’s birthday late at night, said cheerfully, "Tonight, Wu Min and I will treat you, so just order whatever you want, birthday boy."
"Let's go, let’s go, go eat" Wu Min hooked his arm around Wen Xuan’s neck again and grabbed Lin Jin by the wrist, pulling the two towards the stairs.
The area behind the school’s back gate was full of big food stalls. They went around and chose one with a good reputation among the students. As a result, the three went to a large food stall named Fish Lord.
The store seemed to specialize in grilled fish. Many classmates said their grilled fish was the best in the area, but the other dishes were just so so.
Since the school gates closed at nine, there were basically no students in sight on the street now, except for those like Wu Min and Wen Xuan who had climbed over the wall. Only half the stalls were closed as they served not just students but also the local residents. In Fish Lord, there were only two tables who looked like they were students, the rest were obviously nearby locals.
"Want some beer?" Wu Min asked Wen Xuan.
"I’ll take one?" Wen Xuan hesitated a bit. He was slightly allergic to alcohol, but drinking one bottle should be fine. After responding, he turned to Lin Jin.
Lin Jin nodded, indicating he'd have a bottle too.
With their orders placed and the drinks served, the three of them chatted about interesting things at school while waiting for their food.