Published at 30th of August 2019 10:58 pm

Chapter 1 - (1-5) edited

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Translator: Re

Editor: Mims

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(1)

I remember once when the company’s strong woman, Qiong Jie, led a group of small rookies around my desk and asked me, “Kang Yan, how can you stay with BOSS for two years?”

Knowing what she meant, I cleared my throat and smiled widely at the new employees of the company, “Because I don’t covet the BOSS’s beauty ah.”

Qiong Jie’s mouth dropped open as though she had seen a ghost, and she stared speechlessly.

BOSS, that is, my male god happened to come out of the back office at that time. Under the bright light, he looked at me with a funny expression.

The surroundings had been strangely quiet.

………

At this moment, the male god who had been my boss for three years is standing in front of the door of the company building with his hands in his pockets, while outside was a torrential downpour.

If he were to suddenly run out onto the street, his whole body becoming drenched in rain and yell, “Why are you betraying me?! You people are a bunch of dogs, you’re better off dead!”

That would have been in line with the routine of a dog blood drama.

I don’t think that would be practical.

Even if he was betrayed by a beloved woman, his face didn’t change when he left the company. He really is my male god.

I didn’t have a fever, my mind was very clear as I ran after BOSS like a doting little eunuch.

I poked his back.

Oh, it feels pretty good.

“BOSS, come to my house first ba.”

I didn’t notice that it sounded like the beginning of an invitation to a shotgun relationship. BOSS looked at me with a strange expression.

I quickly clarified, “That… I am not coveting your beauty.”

Acting as BOSS’s assistant for the third year, I once again saw that funny look on the male god’s face.

(2)

Seriously, even though I was the BOSS’s assistant for three years, I am not very familiar with him.

I heard that the first female assistant who was “familiar with him” was dismissed in the name of adultery.

The second male assistant who wanted to get close to him was transferred to another department by the male god for sexual harassment.

Then came a young talent who the boss righteously scolded in public, “Don’t touch me.”

It is really… anyways, as a result, the young talent voluntarily resigned with red eyes.

So when I went home with an unfamiliar male god, the atmosphere was very strange.

The rain hit the blue umbrella that I was holding. The sounds made by the droplets were not pleasant to hear. The canopy of the umbrella was too small and the male god was too tall. I had to practically raise my right hand above my head to try and cover two people with it.

If this was a novel, then the sound of *”thump thump” will enter the next scene and my hands won’t need to feel sore anymore. Instead, the male god is drifting farther and farther away from me.

[T/N: *the pinyin for “咻” here was xiū but it was changed since Mims pointed that in a typical rain scene the ML would have taken the umbrella and held it instead so his arms wouldn’t have felt sore. His heart might have also went dokidoki in that moment which I thought made sense ^^]

Walking in the rain can be very romantic. Slightly grey, full of haze, while the surrounding noises quietly ebb away. Unfortunately that romantic scene is a far cry from the current stormy situation.

Half of my body and shirt are drenched with water, and it’s absolutely freezing. I finally can’t help but ask the male god, “BOSS, can you come closer?”

I almost cheekily blew him a kiss, which scared me. If the male god knows that a good young man like me likes to watch idol dramas, he might just immediately flee to the end of the bridge and will not want to go home with me.

Fortunately, BOSS only looked at me and moved a little closer.

(3)

My home is in a small old district, an eight-storey *Tong lau, on the third floor.

[T/N: Tong lau refers to tenement buildings ->

None of the old houses in this area have elevators, which gives off quite a nostalgic feeling of old Hong Kong movies.

The male god looked up and down the shabby red lacquer door of my house. The paint on the top corner of the door was slightly peeled off, and pieces of wood were exposed.

The position between the door and the wall has been abraded, and an unpleasant squeak is heard when the door is opened.

BOSS frowned and asked the first question since following me home from the company, “How do you live in… this place?”

I was busy storing away the wet umbrella, lest there is complaints of water seeping down through the floorboards, and smiled gloatingly, “Isn’t that because the salary BOSS gives is too low?”

Of course this is not the case, there are some things that are just pointless to say.

The blue umbrella was folded neatly, and when I looked up, BOSS glanced at me and took off his shoes, then entered the house.

The male god has black eyes that can talk, and I can always read something from them. Just now they seem to say, What’s so funny? This idiot.

I used my toes to flexibly remove my white socks and left them by the front door. I hurriedly pulled open the curtains, and threw a towel on BOSS’s head.

There was some disbelief on BOSS’s face. It seems like I should have respectfully handed over the towel with my hands?

Stealing a look at his eyes, I probably guessed right.

I didn’t mind him. Touching my chin, I looked at this two bedroom apartment. I was very familiar with this small area, *it was neat and tidy.

[T/N: 方方正正齊齊整整– the first two characters translate to “square” I believe but I thought “neat and tidy” sounded better. If anyone has a better translation, please let me know ^^; ]

After confirming that there were no “prohibited items” left out, I hurried to the bathroom to take a bath. Soaking in the heat gradually spread warmth from my toes to my cheeks. I later thought, this seems to be the first time BOSS came to my house?

Circling the cold tiles next to me with my fingertips, I dipped my head into the hot water and blew bubbles to comfort myself:

At least there is a cup of hot tea for him… and a towel…

Not too bad.

When I came out of the water, I found a problem.

Looking at the only clean white shirt in the bathroom, what emerged in my mind was that the hem would only cover right past my important part, showing off the thighs of this white flower. Too indecent, I am not such a casual person…!

After thinking about it, the male god won’t think that since I am dressed like this I will do something to him, right?

After a moment, I thought of a heroic idea. Tie the long sleeves of the shirt around my waist and adjust the hem. Looking into the mirror, it was as if I was wearing a long skirt. The top half of my body was exposed, while the bottom half was like that of a hooligan’s.

Opening the door of the bathroom, the mist followed the cold air conditioning into the hall.

“…”

The male god, holding a cup of hot tea, stared at my new look for a long time.

(4)

Seeing that the male god had finished bathing, the gray slacks that belonged to me were worn by him as cropped trousers. I bit the corner of my lip and almost couldn’t keep myself from laughing out loud.

Carrying with him an abundance of body heat and the scent of shower gel, the male god wiped his dripping black hair and calmly sat down beside me.

Seeing that he put his laptop on his legs and was focused on what he was looking at, I didn’t bother him.

Sure enough, it’s BOSS, and he was already starting to plan so quickly.

The winter night that was ravaged by the rain was particularly cold, and there was no heating at home. I had to close the glass windows tightly and seamlessly, and tidy up the rooms from a thick layer of dust.

After such intense physical labor, I was starting to sweat and my body had slowly warmed up.

Going to the kitchen again, there is not much left in the refrigerator. I put in two tomatoes to cook with the udon at the bottom of the soup, peeled off the shells, and threw a few shrimps into the pot.

After being busy for about an hour, I went to the male god with an attitude of “seeking praise,” but when I saw the male god asleep, clutching his laptop, my brain calmed down a little bit.

His freshly washed bangs laid flat on his forehead covering his handsome eyebrows, and the whole person appeared softer.

I did something that was particularly regrettable, though. I did not carefully appreciate the rare sleeping posture of the male god but instead directly poked at his head over and over and said, “Dinner.”

The male god was unceremoniously made to sit across from me and eat Udon. On one hand I blamed myself for not waking the male god up in a gentler way, and on the other hand, I did my best to avoid staring at the red fingerprints I left on his forehead.

The male god put down the chopsticks, did not leave his seat, and said thanks to me in a low voice.

I scratched my head, laughed “hehe” twice, and suddenly thought of something…

“BOSS, you are responsible for washing the dishes.”

Male god: “…”

(5)

Ping Ping Pang Pang. After the male god broke a number of plates in the kitchen, I officially took over the work of washing the dishes.

They all say that boys should be poor and experience life! Otherwise, how would we divide the work with our cohabitant and live together in harmony?

I put on my pink rubber gloves and said to the male god who was standing there, with his arms folded, watching me:

“BOSS, you can’t count on love to accomplish everything. A relationship… ah… even if you live together, you have to contribute to maintain a home.”

BOSS listened to me silently, and begrudgingly agreed.

“En, I will share the housework.”

The male god saved a lot of money in recent years, but until this situation turns over, every dollar should be spent wisely. What’s more, with how expensive the current rent is…

Thinking of this, I focused on the rag and bubbles in my hand and said, “I’ve wronged you, BOSS.”

… At most I won’t give the job of washing the toilet to you.

The male god hesitated for a bit. He seemed to have shook his head but I didn’t see it clearly. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: “… Kang Yan, why did you leave with me?”

Without pause, I smiled as I continued scrubbing the dishes. I have long expected that BOSS would raise this question.

At that time, as I was staring at his proud back, he looked around the office and said, “I will be back.”

His words did not contain much emotion, nor was there any hesitation, so I knew that he would definitely come back and regain all his efforts.

Qiong jie, Li Shu, and the old higher-ups didn’t say anything. I, Xiao Ping, and Ah Li were all brought in by BOSS four years ago in hopes of working together and producing results.

Back then, we had just graduated from college and had nothing. We were hot blooded and failed countless times, working overnight on several occasions, and even when our ideas were rejected by the clients over and over again, we did not care.

I am not very business savvy. After a year with BOSS, he said to me,”Kang Yan, your heart is fine, come work as my assistant.”

The male god was more or less unable to get along with me at work. I think it was because I was too useless and not decisive enough. Adding on to the fact that he wasn’t familiar with me, he was flattered when I left with him.

During those four years, Xiao Ping raised a family. Ah Li shouldered high hopes and had a girlfriend to take care of. I believe that the male god was also aware of this, so he did not force them, nor did he blame them for not following him.

As the years flow by, some things, when put down, are put down forever.

Thinking of this was quite uncomfortable and the atmosphere was already gloomy.

“There would have been nothing left for me.”

This kind of miserable line is too embarrassing to say out loud.

The male god was looking straight at me, waiting for my answer.

I set the clean dishes aside and took off my gloves. Facing the upright male god, I used both hands to make a heart-shaped gesture over the left side of my chest, and arched toward him.

The male god’s face blackened and his eyes seemed to protest. You’re teasing me!

Bullying the male god is quite fun.

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Little corner:

Kang Yan is so adorable (*´∀`*ฅ)

Feel free to point out any mistakes! Also, do let me know whether you are fine or bothered with the way I put my translator notes within the chapter instead of at the very end. I just thought it would be easier than having to scroll down and potentially losing your reading spot ^^;

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