Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating

Chapter 86 - Only him and Xiang Huaizhi in the corridor

Edited by Divetus

Jing Huan looked into Xiang Huaizhi’s eyes and completely forgot everything he had just said.

The movie theatre’s announcement rang out to remind them to enter the theater.

Xiang Huaizhi stood up with the popcorn and the rose. “Don’t lack money, and also don’t want to get involved with her. Let’s go in.”

Jing Huan said “oh” and hurriedly followed him in.

When waiting in line for the ticket check-in, Jing Huan only then sort of pulled himself together.

In fact, it wasn’t that Jing Huan couldn’t call Xiang Huaizhi that; on the contrary, he was more used to calling him “Gege”, since he had called him that so many times in-game after all. When he first met Xiang Huaizhi, he almost called him by the wrong honorific several times.

But, still calling him that now seemed… It suddenly felt very strange.

The two of them chatted to pass the time and stood at the end of the check-in line.

Jing Huan walked into the theater with two cups of coke and looked up. The number of people in the theater was very small. Everyone was sitting in pairs of seats with a rose between them, turning the whole place into something just like a couple’s event.

At this time, Xiang Huaizhi turned around, revealing half of the rose with his movement. “Seat number?”

Jing Huan said, “The last row, seats 7 and 8.”

In the last row, it was only the two of them. Jing Huan put the coke in place, and when he looked up, he saw Xiang Huaizhi put the rose beside the coke.

Just like the other couples in the venue.

Jing Huan: “…”

Why did he feel like something wasn’t quite right?

At the beginning of the film, Jing Huan was ready to watch the film seriously.

The movie started with some opening narration. After Jing Huan watched it patiently, a few big words appeared on the screen—<>.

?

Jing Huan was a bit confused. He picked up his movie ticket and carefully read and confirmed it.

He hadn’t looked at it carefully when he was at the basketball court today. He had just thought that the film poster looked science-fiction-y, so he had casually chosen it.

The movie theater was even more perfunctory; movie tickets weren’t printed out, but hand-written, and on it only <> was scribbled.

So it turned out, this actually wasn’t a science fiction movie???

Any other time before, Jing Huan would’ve definitely gotten up and left.

But today, his patience had been expanded to the absolute maximum. He not only didn’t leave but also chose a comfortable position to sit in.

When Jing Huan saw the man on-screen tear open an express delivery box to discover a female robot lying in it, but only an inch of her was shown, his expression grew extremely subtle.

It could be seen that the scale of the original film was large, but after editing, there wasn’t anything left.

Jing Huan lost interest and propped his chin in his hands. As soon as he looked down, he saw the actions of the little couple in front of him.

When the man opened the express delivery box, the girl immediately sat up straight and covered her boyfriend’s eyes bashfully.

“….”

What was there to hide!

The person was just showing their neck!!

Jing Huan thought it was funny and turned his head over to vent but then met Xiang Huaizhi’s gaze.

Xiang Huaizhi looked at him with half-lidded eyes and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Jing Huan lost all the words he had wanted to vent.

He looked away, grabbed some popcorn and threw it into his mouth. His whole mouth was filled with sweetness. “You… Do you eat popcorn?”

“Delicious?” Xiang Huaizhi asked.

“It’s a little sweet.” Jing Huan paused for a moment. “Shit, it’s too sweet… You’d better not eat it, too oily.”

In the dark, Xiang Huaizhi let out a very small chuckle, “En.”

Jing Huan: “…”

Fuck.

What nonsense am I babbling about!!!

Am I crazy, did I have nothing else to do, why did I buy popcorn! Why buy a couple package!! Wouldn’t we be happy just ordering two cups of coke!!!

Jing Huan shifted his sitting position uneasily, and the cellphone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Lu Wenhao: No… A question suddenly occurred to me.

Xiao Jing ya:?

Lu Wenhao: Shouldn’t it be three people going to the movies? Why wasn’t I included?

Lu Wenhao: Why didn’t you and Senior Xiang call me to go ah!

Jing Huan was stunned.

Now that he said it, he really hadn’t thought of taking Lu Wenhao along…

Xiao Jing ya: We finally have a whole day without any classes, how can I deprive you of your rest time?

Lu Wenhao: ?

Xiao Jing ya: Have a good rest, drink more hot water, and go to bed early.

Jing Huan locked his cellphone and raised his eyes. The two people in front of him had already sneakily kissed each other.

The boy leaned over, and the back of his head moved back and forth.

Jing Huan’s neck was stiff, and he didn’t dare to turn his head again.

What if Xiang Huaizhi was looking at him again.

Did Xiang Huaizhi see what these two people were doing?

Jing Huan didn’t know what was wrong with him, he felt awkward all over. All he wanted to do right now was to rush up and fling money at the boy’s face, telling him to go book a room in the hotel next door and stop doing these kinds of things in public.

At the end of the film, the two people in front of them finally stopped moving around.

Jing Huan was so exhausted that he didn’t know what the movie was even about. He hurriedly got up and said, “Let’s go ba.”

Xiang Huaizhi let out an “en” sound, and he reached for the rose beside the coke and walked out.

Jing Huan: “&#k2026;”

Jing Huan walked out of the movie theater with mixed feelings, and for the second time, he blacklisted this place in his heart.

When the cold wind blew on his face, Jing Huan finally snapped out of his daze. He didn’t have anything to say but searched for a topic. “That movie was quite long.”

“Only 80 minutes,” Xiang Huaizhi said.

Jing Huan: “…” Fuck, why did he feel like a century had passed?

Xiang Huaizhi glanced at the time. “Let’s go eat?”

“Okay,” said Jing Huan, “I’m treating you, what do you want to eat?”

“Xiang Huaizhi?” Someone suddenly called out from behind them.

Jing Huan looked back and saw several tall boys standing behind them, all unfamiliar to him.

Xiang Huaizhi frowned and greeted them, “Class monitor.”

The class monitor was a boy from Northeast China. He was warm and kind, had helped many people in the class, and had a good relationship with Xiang Huaizhi.

“It’s really you. Didn’t you say that you had stuff to do?” The monitor looked at Jing Huan. “Who is this?”

“Jing Huan, sophomore!” Before they could reply, the guy behind the monitor gave out an answer, “You said you wanted to arrange a meeting to play basketball against him!”

The class monitor suddenly realized, “Oh, hello, hello underclassman.”

Jing Huan also smiled. “Hello class monitor, we just finished watching a movie.”

“What good movies are there recently?” The class monitor asked, “Then, where are you guys going now?”

“Out to eat,” Xiang Huaizhi answered.

“Shit, that’s perfect. Let’s go, I’ll treat you to some barbecue for my birthday today.” The class monitor immediately came up to pull them in without saying any more.

The class monitor was very tall, but he couldn’t budge Xiang Huaizhi.

Xiang Huaizhi said, “Next time ba, I have someone with me now.”

The class monitor smiled angrily. “Next time? You mean that I have to treat you on my birthday next year again bei.”

Jing Huan hurriedly said, “Ah, it’s okay. Then, let me head back first ba…”

Before he could take two steps back, Xiang Huaizhi grabbed his wrist. At the same time, the class monitor also grabbed his other arm.

“No, let’s go together.” The class monitor said, “It’s just a matter of one more pair of chopsticks! I reserved a big table, we can all fit!”

This was a new barbecue shop with grand opening sales. The class monitor explained that he and the store manager were acquaintances while raising his hand and ordering several bottles of alcohol, including two bottles of baijiu.

When Lu Hang arrived, he saw the people sitting there and stared. “Aren’t you… So what’s going on? Jing Huan? Why are you also here?”

“What do you mean what’s going on? These two Ge just finished watching a movie.” The class monitor stood up holding a cup. “Just in time, everyone is here. Quickly, everyone give me a toast and wish me a happy birthday!”

Everyone laughed at his shamelessness and stood up to drink.

The place was originally already crowded, the seats being a big round sofa. After Lu Hang joined in, it was even more crowded. Everyone was pretty much halfway stuck to the person beside them.

As soon as Jing Huan sat down, Xiang Huaizhi leaned towards him.

“In a moment, if they offer you baijiu, don’t drink it.”

Jing Huan gave a slight nod. “En.”

Ah, shit.

Why did he feel like Xiang Huaizhi’s breath… was nearly on his ear?!

Jing Huan didn’t know any of the people at the table, and he thought that Xiang Huaizhi was worrying too much about it. He didn’t expect that after three rounds of alcohol, the topic of conversation really turned to him.

“Underclassman,” the class monitor raised his glass to him. “One look is worth a thousand words, you’re really damn good-looking ah.”

Jing Huan clinked his glass against the class monitor’s. “Not good-looking, just handsome.”

The class monitor smiled. “Sure, you’re confident enough. You don’t know, but I heard about you a long time ago. Last time when we played against the neighboring class, Huaizhi wasn’t there, and none of the girls in our class came.”

He raised his index finger. “It’s true, not a single one came. I was wondering if it was some other show that had come… Later, I learned that your class also had a competition against another class that day, and all of them had gone to specifically watch you. ”

Xiang Huaizhi gave him a sidelong glance and saw the boy next to him holding the wine glass in one hand while laughing happily.

Chatting with them, Jing Huan unconsciously accompanied the class monitor to have a few drinks.

It was good that the glass was small, emptied in about two gulps.

He said, “In that case, next time let’s make an appointment to play a game, Ge.”

The class monitor nodded. “Then, you have to let me have a few points, otherwise those girls can’t see my good side.”

“Why would I have to let you?” Jing Huan said, “With your height, couldn’t you just casually block me?”

The class monitor was 1.9 m tall. When he heard that, he laughed happily, “Tch, Huaizhi, your underclassman can really talk.”

Xiang Huaizhi heard that and laughed, “En.”

“In fact, you don’t have to do something so troublesome. If you really want to share peach blossoms with your compatriots, there’s the simplest way,” said the class monitor. “You should quickly find a young lady to date and shatter the dreams of those other people after you, then it’ll be settled.”

Xiang Huaizhi’s movements paused.

Jing Huan gave a slight smile. “Then forget about it, who could like me ah. A relationship is doomed if it’s just based on physical appearances.”

Class monitor replied, “Come on ah, you consider it, or what type do you like? Ge will introduce you.”

“Forget it, forget it,” Jing Huan waved his hand, leaned back, and bumped into Xiang Huaizhi’s shoulder.

Jing Huan immediately turned his head and asked nervously, “Did I hurt you?”

Xiang Huaizhi’s eyes went half-lidded, and he just looked at him, not saying a word.

Again it was like this.

Why was Xiang Huaizhi looking at him with those kinds of eyes?

His gaze made him tense and speechless.

“What are you two doing? Sweetly staring at each other?” The class monitor interrupted, “Jing Huan, come, keep drinking.”

Jing Huan returned to his senses and turned around, pretending to be calm. He picked up his empty glass and said, “Okay, wait for me to pour out a glass.”

“Hey, wait a minute, don’t drink beer, what’s good about beer?” The class monitor picked up the baijiu on hand and said, “Come and drink this. It’s a good thing, very expensive.”

The class monitor stood up and bent down to pour baijiu into Jing Huan’s cup.

As soon as the baijiu bottle was brought over, it was blocked.

Xiang Huaizhi reached out a hand to block the bottle, saying, “He can’t drink it.”

The people at the table were all stunned. Lu Hang was the first to react and also stood up. “He really can’t drink it. Last time, he drank several bottles of beer in KTV, and we had to carry him out sideways.”

Jing Huan was embarrassed and said, “It wasn’t that bad, I was actually awake at that time…”

“It’s fine, it’s just one cup. This baijiu isn’t that strong, it’s just for casual drinking.” The class monitor said, “Or, how about half a cup?”

Jing Huan also felt that he couldn’t get drunk off of half a cup. He raised his glass a little and was about to say something.

“Don’t, small friends shouldn’t drink too much,” Xiang Huaizhi said, “Found out about your birthday too late, and I didn’t have time to prepare a gift for you, so I’ll have two drinks with you, class monitor.”

All the people at the table were shocked, and the class monitor felt even more so that this was a rare occurrence.

The boys in their class had a bad temper at the bar; they liked to persuade everyone to also drink, but Xiang Huaizhi was a person they could never persuade.

The boy sitting next to the class monitor said at once, “Then, if our classmate drinks, it has to be three cups ah.”

Jing Huan: “?”

That was a bit overboard.

Jing Huan hurriedly opened his mouth, “Then, in that case……”

“Okay.” Xiang Huaizhi’s brow wasn’t wrinkled anymore.

Jing Huan: “…”

Although they happily chatted, midway through the conversation, it was obvious that Jing Huan wasn’t from their class. He couldn’t say anything about the topics they had turned to afterward.

He couldn’t help turning his head to look at Xiang Huaizhi.

Xiang Huaizhi was chatting with his classmates. His face was as usual, but his cheeks were slightly flushed.

“Jing Huan.” An unknown amount of time later, the class monitor called out to him again.

Jing Huan got a hold of himself. “Ah?”

The class monitor’s cheeks were red; it seemed that some of the wine had reached his head. “Why did your mother give you this name ah, it sounds like a young lady’s name.”

This wasn’t the first time Jing Huan had heard this. He replied, “Oh, they said that while living in this world, just being happy is the best thing. Jing Kai and Jing Xin both don’t sound good, so they decided to use Huan.”

Everyone at the table laughed. The class monitor gave him a thumbs up while laughing, “What auntie said is reasonable.”

They ate barbeque until half past nine, but everyone still hadn’t celebrated enough. So the class monitor waved his hand and decided to add an activity, inviting them to all go to a bar to drink, and everyone would pay for themselves.

Naturally, everyone said yes.

Xiang Huaizhi got up and picked up his coat. “He and I won’t be coming along, take it easy guys.”

Being aware of how difficult it was to invite Xiang Huaizhi, the class monitor didn’t mind. “That’s fine, you go back by yourself, and Jing Huan can come with us bei.”

Jing Huan had just been ill and didn’t want to be haunted by a hangover. He waved his hand. “I won’t go either.”

The class monitor exclaimed, “Why not?”

Jing Huan shrugged. “I’m short on money recently. I can’t afford to go to a bar.”

Class Monitor: “…”

Xiang Huaizhi was listening on the side, and he kept thinking that this excuse sounded familiar.

It was only when they got to the door did they find that it was raining outside. The rain was even heavier than yesterday.

In this group of big men, not a single one had brought an umbrella. Fortunately, the class monitor and the restaurant owner really did know each other, so the owner lent them a few.

Jing Huan and Xiang Huaizhi also got an old-fashioned black umbrella.

While they were walking under the umbrella, no one spoke.

Jing Huan’s eyes wildly shifted around, and finally pinned on Xiang Huaizhi’s hand that was holding the umbrella.

“Are you dizzy?” Xiang Huaizhi suddenly opened his mouth and asked.

Jing Huan looked like he was caught doing something bad, and he immediately looked away. “Ah? No, I didn’t drink much.”

“They’re pretty good people,” Xiang Huaizhi said, “But their drinking habits aren’t good.”

Jing Huan nodded. “Understood.”

Small waves of dull noises sounded as the rain hit the roofs’ eaves. There were few people in the street, due to the rain and the streetlamps’ dim yellow light reflected on the water, brightening the surroundings.

His cellphone in his pocket vibrated several times, and Jing Huan took it out to check it.

They were guild messages. He didn’t know what the guild was celebrating, but they had been constantly sending out red envelopes.

Jing Huan didn’t click on any of them. He put his cellphone back into his pocket and suddenly thought of another important thing.

He still hadn’t taken the time to explain that mess to Xiang Huaizhi.

Yesterday, he was ill, and he hadn’t found a chance, but now it was just him and Xiang Huaizhi. It could be said that this was the best time.

Jing Huan’s mouth opened and closed, and after a long time, he still couldn’t force any words out.

“Did you take any supplements today?” Xiang Huaizhi asked.

Jing Huan was stupefied for a while, and only reacted after a bit. “Yes, I eat them after 12 every day. The servant will send a message to remind me.”

“When will the child be born?”

“If nothing unexpected happens, Sunday?”

Xiang Huaizhi let out an “en” sound, “It’s been hard on you.”

“?”

Xiang Huaizhi said, “When the child is born, I’ll take you out again to make up for the lost experience points.”

“…”

In fact, there wasn’t anything wrong with these words.

But Jing Huan inexplicably felt like he was drunk.

They were talking as if they were actually dating online.

Jing Huan immediately put aside this dangerous thought. He took a deep breath and said, “Gege, I actually have another matter I need to talk to you about.”

“What matter?”

“About…” Jing Huan’s voice got smaller, “About why I turned on a voice changer… and tricked you…. That matter.”

By the time he finished talking, Jing Huan wanted to find a hole in the ground to hide in.

It was too hard.

It was really too hard.

Even the college entrance examinations weren’t this miserable!!!

Xiang Huaizhi walked as usual and said, “I know.”

“It’s like this, a few months ago…” Jing Huan was dumbfounded and realized what Xiang Huaizhi had just said. He turned around in surprise. “Ah?”

“I said, I know.” Xiang Huaizhi said. .

“…”

How did you know????

Looking at his shocked expression, Xiang Huaizhi kind of wanted to laugh.

“Look ahead and concentrate on walking.” He said.

Jing Huan didn’t even know how he got back to the front of his apartment complex.

His head was full of questions now, but he didn’t dare to actually ask any of them, so he could only digest them by himself.

He had been holding it in for such a long time and had been afraid for so long, but Xiang Huaizhi actually knew everything???

The most unbelievable thing was that Xiang Huaizhi was still willing to continue to be friends with him even after he knew everything.

Even bringing him water.

And inviting him to the movies.

And helping to decline drinks for him….

Jing Huan left this nonsensical train of thought and lifted his head to show a very moved expression.

Xiang Huaizhi was really a good person.

A very good person.

“Gege,” Without any psychological burdens, Jing Huan’s “Gege” carried a special sense of sincerity. “I’ll definitely treat you well in the future.”

Xiang Huaizhi originally wanted to say goodbye, but after hearing this, he paused, “… Treat me well?”

“En,” Jing Huan swept a glance at the rose in Xiang Huaizhi’s pocket and said, “Do you really like roses? I’ll give you a big bunch next time.”

Xiang Huaizhi was silent for a bit. “En. Head up ba.”

Jing Huan said, “Why don’t we go up together? I’ll warm up a glass of milk for you, warm up your stomach a bit. You’ve just had so much wine, it’s hard to not feel uncomfortable ah.”

Xiang Huaizhi let out a long breath.

He wasn’t a lightweight drinker but his tolerance wasn’t to the point that he could have a thousand glasses and still not be drunk. The class monitor had just filled him with a lot of baijiu so now his whole brain felt a little heated.

“Not today,” he said.

Jing Huan let out an “oh”. “Then, I’ll head up first?”

“En.”

Jing Huan took two steps inside, but suddenly, he thought of something and turned back.

Jing Huan untied his scarf and wrapped it around Xiang Huaizhi.

His movements were quite casual. The more than a meter long scarf was loosely tied around Xiang Huaizhi’s neck. Jing Huan took a look, raised his hand again to help Xiang Huaizhi wrap it around himself one more time, and lastly folded in the scarf tail.

“It’s cold at night, wear this when heading back ba,” said Jing Huan. “It’ll be a bit warmer. The school doesn’t like to open the back gate during rainy days, who the hell knows if his lordship has closed the gate yet…”

The scarf had been worn for a long time and was permeated with that person’s warmth. Xiang Huaizhi smelled the scent of the scarf, and it was as if he was back in last night’s blushing dreamworld.

After tying the scarf, Jing Huan said with satisfaction, “I’m heading up. Send me a message when you get to the dormitory.”

As soon as he was about to leave, he was grabbed by the arm and dragged closer.

Jing Huan took two steps, bumped into Xiang Huaizhi, and smelled the light wisp of wine on the other person’s body.

Jing Huan asked, “What…”

He didn’t get to finish his question.

Xiang Huaizhi’s left hand held up the umbrella to block the view of their upper bodies. The black umbrella separated them from the sheets of rain, and the building’s motion-sensing light went out. Jing Huan seemed to have returned to the theater, the only difference being that there were now only him and Xiang Huaizhi in the corridor.

Under the umbrella, Xiang Huaizhi lowered his head, and like the way he had dreamed of last night, he very lightly pressed his lips against Jing Huan’s mouth.

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Juurensha: !!!!! EEEEEEEEE THEY KISSED!!! (And it’s my birthday!)

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