Rebirth Of Chen An

Chapter 198: The Calabash Brothers

As for Chen An, well, he was used to sleeping with someone nestling against him, but he could not stand being nibbled at because he hated the wet feeling of saliva. As a result, the still half asleep Chen An gave him a slap, which sent the dreamy Ding Sheng falling out of bed.

Chen An slowly woke up, while Ding Sheng also sobered up.

When they met each other’s eyes, Chen An remained still for a second, but as the more experienced one, he first told Ding Sheng to put on his pants.

That was how it happened. Now Ding Sheng knelt on the floor, with remorse written all over his face, whereas Chen An sat on the bed with one hand supporting his chin, thinking on the one hand that he should not have drunk the wine, and on the other why there wasn’t a wonder drug that could make him more resilient to alcohol.

“Stop saying you’re sorry. We’re both adults. People make mistakes, it’s no big deal.” Having said it, Chen An felt much better. He pulled back the quilt, and as his feet landed on the floor, he felt his legs nearly buckle. Chen An cursed under his breath: how crazy were they last night?

“No!” Chen An heard Ding Sheng say as he was on his way to the bathroom to clean up.

“I will be responsible!”

Chen An nearly tripped over himself on hearing it. On top of his hangover, the displeasure of being wakened and an empty stomach, this finally drove him over the edge. He shouted at Ding Sheng: “I don’t need you to be responsible!”

“Stop saying that, Uncle Chen, I accept full responsibility!”

“I’m not a woman. I don’t need you to!”

“It’s not about gender. I did it. A mistake is a mistake. I need to pay for what I did. Uncle Chen, I’ve come to a conclusion: please marry me!”

Chen An rolled his eyes and tried not to faint. Young man, you want me to marry you? That is the price that you want to pay?

“Brat!” Chen An grabbed the pillow and threw it at Ding Sheng, “piss off, I’m not gonna marry you!”

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The whole morning, Ding Sheng had the I-am-sorry-I-want-to-be-responsible-so-please-marry-me look.

“I’m telling you, if you give me that look again, I will dump the spaghetti on your face.” Chen An’s hand holding the fork trembled. Actually, he wanted to stick the fork in Ding Sheng’s face─no, that was too violent; he’d vowed to do good.

Yes, he’d given up his former ways. He was a good man now. Even if not a good one, he couldn’t be a bad person.

Calm down, calm down. Think of Changle. That’s right, think of him.

“Uncle Chen, I…”

Plop.

Chen An took the plate and dumped the spaghetti on Ding Sheng’s face.

“Stop talking to me in that grieved voice. I’m leaving this place tomorrow.” He could not stay here one more minute.

“Whether you like it or not, I will accept full responsibility towards you!” This time, his voice was not timid. Instead, Ding Sheng has regained his former resolute self. His eyes shone with determination; only the spaghetti made it seem weird.

Chen An sighed, acknowledging defeat.

“Go wash your face. We’ll talk about it after.”

Half an hour later, the person sitting across Chen An was no longer the timid young man in shock this morning. Chen An didn’t know what occurred to Ding Sheng, who was now staring at him with the eyes of an inspector looking at a suspect.