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Chapter 112: Their new FOUNDATION
Early morning at 5:00am, Gu Hai was awoken by the sound of a cellphone alarm going off, his eyes squinted toward the windows; it was rare to see stars...one can't tell that it's already morning.
Fuck! Who's the idiot*1 that set the alarm so early?
After squinting around for a few more seconds, Gu Hai's once again opened his eyes, he realized that he was that idiot.
His lower eyelids felt heavy, one second it was open and the next impossible to open. He casually looked over at Bai Luo Yin peaceful sleeping face.
Finally, Gu Hai forced himself off the bed.
The light in the room was still off and in the darkness, Bai Luo Yin was aware of someone kissing his face, it was a gentle movement, faintly enough that he didn't mind it. The lamp was lit up after he opened his eyes again. He could see Gu Hai standing beside the wardrobe looking for clothes.
"What time is it?" Bai Luo Yin sat up.
Gu Hai threw Bai Luo Yin's clothes toward him, "Wear this today, it's a bit cold out."
When Bai Luo Yin was brushing his teeth and washing his face, he smelt a familiar scent availing his nasal. He stuck his head out of the door and saw Gu Hai standing at the corner of the kitchen. Carefully and meticulously, he placed the food that he had bought earlier, onto a couple of plates and into a couple of bowls.
The toothbrush in Bai Luo Yin's hand paused for a second, he quietly calculated the distance, from where is he to Aunt Zou's restaurant, the time spent to go there and come back; judging from that he could determine what time Gu Hai had woken up.
While eating breakfast, Bai Luo Yin couldn't help but asked, "Why didn't you wait for me to wake up, so we can go out and eat instead?"
"Wait for you to wake up?" Gu Hai snorted, "We won't even have time to eat by then."
"Then why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
"Don't you already know the reason why?"retorted Gu Hai as he took the half bitten egg and shoved it into Bai Luo Yin'smouth.
In the elevator, Gu Hai's back was facing Bai Luo Yin. While waiting for the the elevator to arrive at the first floor, Gu Hai suddenly turned his head, making an extremely hideous expression which caught Bai Luo Yin off guard and scared him.
After Bai Luo Yin gained his composure, he kicked Gu Hai's leg, "Can you not be so childish?"
Gu Hai smiled and turned toward Bai Luo Yin, fixing his collar and zipping up his shirt, before they got off the elevator.
Because it was cold out, the bicycle was also quite cold so for the sake of 'exercising', they decided to jog to school.
All morning, Bai Luo Yin didn't sleep. He didn't know whether or not the reason was because he had slept half an hour longer this morning; but Gu Hai proudly credited himself for this achievement.
During class, Gu Hai always like to stretch out his arms toward Bai Luo Yin's back, sometimes unintentionally, a feel here and there; carrying no wicked intention, but simply wanting to know this person exist.
Initially, when Gu Hai touched Bai Luo Yin, Bai Luo Yin was always aware of it, sometimes he would turn around and curse him out, but now he doesn't. Even to the extent that, sometimes when Gu Hai is diligently paying attention in class, Bai Luo Yin would carelessly turn around to see whether or not he's okay.
Class dismissed around noon and they bought fast food to eat at home. Coming out of the elevator, they were shocked to see that their apartment door was opened again.
What's going on? Didn't they secretly change the lock yesterday? Could it be a thief?
They felt their way into the room; in the end, they didn't find any dangerous situation, but what made them fume with rage was that, Jiang Yuan's (Bai Luo Yin's mother) shadow emerged from the kitchen.
"My babies, you're back, mom already prepared food, you guys go wash your hands and get ready to eat."
The vein in Gu Hai's forehead rose, he quickly pulled Bai Luo Yin toward the living room.
"What's going on? Wasn't the lock already changed? How did she get in here again?"
Gu Hai gritted his teeth together in anger.
Damn it! She even dared to find a locksmith just to take the lock apart?
Just when they were about to go and question her, Jiang Yuan came out of the kitchen with a smile adorning her face as if the sun had shone brightly today just for her sake.
"That's right, I forgot to tell you guys, the lock was broken. Don't worry about it though, I already had it fixed."
After talking she quickly returned to the kitchen, humming a tune as she brought the food back to the dining table.
Bai Luo Yin walked toward the front door and looked at it, the lock looked the same; they worked so hard to change it yesterday, but today his old lady easily broke it. The exterior looks good; the only mark was made yesterday by the screwdriver. One look and he can tell that no locksmith did this, everything was done personally by his old lady.
Gu Hai stood to the side, laughing coldly, "I finally understand."
Bai Luo Yin looked up, "Understand what?"
"I can finally understand why your dad, who's so honest and sincere, could give birth to such child prodigy like you. And also how she has proven herself to be your mother and you her son. Now I know why, my dad is so obedient to your mother."
Bai Luo Yin's eyes sharpen at Gu Hai, quite unhappy at the face that he was mentioned in the same breath as Jiang Yuan. Yet, he can't deny that many of his good genes were inherited from her.
"I've decide, from today on, I'll come over everyday to make food, wash your laundry and clean the bathroom. I still can't be at ease with a housekeeper. I don't really do much all day so it would be better to be here to help you guys out."
Bai Luo Yin and Gu Hai's face took on a ghastly expression.
Jiang Yuan added, "Of course I won't stay too long; I'll only stop by at noon and night time."
Gu Hai's face darkened. How can she be so disgusting doing whatever she wants.....
Jiang Yuan pushed the food toward Bai Luo Yin and Gu Hai.
"Eat quickly."
Bai Luo Yin's chopsticks doesn't budge at all ashe looks at Jiang Yuan expressionless eyes.
"Afterwards, can you not come and bother us anymore?" said Bai Luo Yin as determination sunk deep into each words that emitted from his lips.
Gu Hai wanted to say those words earlier butchoose not to since, after all, she was Bai Luo Yin's mother. So therefore, hedidn't want to speak out.
Jiang Yuan lips became white, so much so that even her lip gloss was not able to conceal it.
"Luo Yin, mom misses you. If mom doesn't see you for one day, my heart..."
"You don't miss me," Bai Luo Yin interrupted, "You just want to take advantage of the situation."
Jiang Yuan's eyes welled up.
"When I lived at home, you never showed your face. Didn't you also live well then?"
"That's because someone was there to take care of you, now..."
"Now I will take care of him," Gu Hai interrupted, "Didn't you always believe in the western education system? Well, we're already 17 years old, enough to be independent. If you're afraid he'll be troubled, right now, I can guarantee you, I will wash his laundry and make his food. When he's in pain or tired, I know it all. As long as you can guarantee that you won't step through this door again, we will definitely live well. But if you insist on coming to bother our lives again, then, I can't guarantee if you will see us tomorrow."
Gu Hai's voice was not loud yet it was powerful, every word could break the ground.
From then on, for a long while, Jiang Yuan really didn't come. Occasionally she would send someone over to bring them things, such as, clothes, quilts which they didn't use so it was thrown into a room and piled up.
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Bai Luo Yin really lived there.
Furthermore, once he started living here, two weeks quickly passed by. Besides going home on Saturday and Sunday, the rest of his time was spent here.
Their lives together had a regular routine. Gu Hai would wake up half an hour before Bai Luo Yin, buy breakfast and wait for Bai Luo Yin to wake up so they can eat together. Bai Luo Yin felt sorry about this so he talked it over with Gu Hai, that they should take turns, but Gu Hai immediately refused. The reason was that he could drive and Bai Luo Yin couldn't, thus, everyday at noon, if they were free, Bai Luo Yin would let Gu Hai teach him how to drive. Afterward, they would go home by nightfall to eat, rest for a bit and if given the time, go exercise, the gym, or the basketball court. They would play until they were soaked in sweat before going back...
After returning home and taking a hot shower or bath, the remaining time was spent idling around.
The two never quarreled, so it was exceptionally peaceful in the apartment. The reason was probably because there was really nothing to argue about.
When the room was messy, they both ignored it. It also wasn't a problem when the bathroom items were misplaced or thrown all over the place. They would simply use whatever they saw, whether clean or not.
They also never argued over which television station to watch either, since their preferences were more or less, the same......
Of course, the biggest problem was about food.
Bai Luo Yin's best comment toward Gu Hai's cooking skill was:
"I won't die of food poisoning."
It's true, if he shut his eyes and pinched his nose, it's edible.
Of course, Gu Hai was good at making certain dishes. That is, boiled eggs. Everyday, he would boil eggs and every time it was cooked well, Bai Luo Yin would give him a praise or two.
So every weekend, like a ritual, when they went back home, Aunt Zou would be at a loss for words when Gu Hai and Bai Luo threw themselves at the dining table. In one breath, they would eat several people worth of food and even more so, they would whine about not being full yet.
Thatafternoon, Aunt Zou gave them a large amount of food and instructed them toplace it in the refrigerator since it would be one week's worth of food forthem. What's even more sweet about Aunt Zou was that, on her spare time, shewould, without hesitation at all, make some delicious food and over food forthem.
When it came to washing the dirty laundry, Gu Hai was always responsible and diligent about it. His own clothes, he tossed into the washing machine, but Bai Luo Yin's clothes, he would hand washed them one at a time.
Bai Luo Yin had urged him several times to just toss them into the machine as well, but Gu Hai insisted on hand washing them.
What's even worse, he was rather selective about which article of clothing was to be hand washed and which should go into the machine.
It wasn't long before Bai Luo Yin discovered, in reality, Gu Hai only hand washed one item, and that was, Bai Luo Yin's underpants.
Every night, Gu Hai would stand at the bathroom's sink and with great determination, he would scrub, scrub, scrub away.
It was then that, Bai Luo Yin finally understood how Gu Hai could easily run several miles at a time without loosing his breathe. Since, after all, washing clothes had already left him flushing and gasping for air.
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Translator's Note
*1 傻逼 （sha bi) means more or less, idiot, but it's way more vulgar in Chinese, more like stupid c***
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The original novel is written by Chai Jidan
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