Chapter 13 SB couple

Bao Bao?!

Qi Yi's heart soured after hearing the nickname Yan Yan had given to the person who had just returned with her.

While others were called "Bao Bao," he could only be called "Grandpa."

So, it's all cuddling and hugging with others every day, but during the year they had dated, not to mention hugging, they hadn't even held hands—if he were really a grandpa, there was no need to go this far.

Qi Yi was very angry, extremely angry, but he couldn't show it. He had always been good at hiding his emotions, it was just that once, for that one year, he had chosen not to hide them from that particular person.

At this moment, the turmoil in Qi Yi's heart made him realize the question he had once been reluctant to consider deeply.

He was not simply trying to take a glimpse at Yan Yan in Melbourne without leaving a trace, to see if she had already started a new life.

He wanted to clear up the misunderstandings, he wanted to start over.

He wanted to tell Yan Yan that he had seen "Tombstone Inscription" two weeks ago, and then he came.

Qi Yi also felt that he, as "Grandpa," needed to seriously scold Yan Yan—how was it plausible for her to erect a tombstone and write "Tombstone Inscription" when she was still alive and well? How utterly ridiculous!

A voice inside Qi Yi's heart was screaming: Bao Bao? Hug what? Where to hug? Hug your head!

But Qi Yi couldn't voice these inner thoughts because he was the elegant school hunk.

In fact, before Qi Yi came to Melbourne, he had been psyching himself up, continuously hinting to himself that Yan Yan, like him, hadn't started a new life either.

After figuring out where Yan Yan was, he still planned to return home tomorrow.

He even deluded himself a bit, thinking if he had not found Yan Yan, then surely she hadn't started a new life either.

He didn't want to think about whether there was any flaw in his logic.

But then Yan Yan suddenly entered his vision, with another person, a man who was even more handsome than him.

Qi Yi felt a bit ridiculous.

He hadn't seen Yan Yan for a full four years; how could he naively expect in his heart that Yan Yan would be unable to let go, just like him?

Yan Yan, so decisive a person, how could she harbor the same lingering feelings as him?

Yan Yan found it incredibly awkward, looking at Qi Yi who was lost in thought and not saying a word.

"Are you in a hurry to leave? Do you want to come up for a while?" Yan Yan could only continue to try to make conversation.

"No, I…" Before Qi Yi could finish, another voice interrupted.

"Don't leave, Bao Bao said there's a handsome guy downstairs, can't miss out passing by, how can we not invite you up, you must come up." Shen Xi popped up from somewhere unexpectedly.

Shen Xi was boy-crazy, especially for handsome ones, and whenever Bao Bao spotted a handsome guy, she would summon Shen Xi to have a look.

Qi Yi realized he might have misunderstood something when he heard "Bao Bao" again from Shen Xi's mouth.

But Qi Yi was not mistaken; the affection Yan Yan and "Bao Bao" exhibited while returning from shopping was clearly more than what's between ordinary boys and girls.

Qi Yi didn't want to go up, didn't want to think about what Bao Bao's meaningful smile implied just now.

A show of force? Marking territory?

But Shen Xi didn't care whether Qi Yi was willing or not, she reached out, ready to pull him inside.

Qi Yi stepped back, turned sideways, and avoided Shen Xi's reaching hand, but in doing so, he accidentally touched Yan Yan's hand.

Throughout their whole junior year, despite being in a relationship, two hands that never held each other finally touched.

Because Qi Yi sidestepped and moved backward, Yan Yan was now standing right behind him, very close. Yan Yan raised her hand and gave Qi Yi's back a push, nudging him forward.

Having reached the elevator entrance, Qi Yi still hesitated to go up. After some thought, Yan Yan said to him,

"Do you still want to go to the Skydeck? After we finish eating, we can all go together. The night view is better than it is now."

No matter how much Qi Yi didn't want to go up, he couldn't find any reason to have gone in and come back out again.

Eventually, he would have to face it. If he had to go, he might as well. Seeing how others show off their love could also help him get over it sooner.

This wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Qi Yi felt that as long as he didn't reveal his emotions, it would be fine.

...

As expected, once the card was swiped, the button for the 71st floor lit up.

Shen Xi was the first one through the apartment door and immediately gave two thumbs up to Bao Bao, who was looking at the entrance, then nodded vigorously.

Bao Bao would discover a handsome guy, and when Shen Xi deemed him truly handsome, she would put up a thumbs-up. A double thumbs-up signified double the approval, really very handsome.

"Pfft, would I lie to you?" Bao Bao said with a mixture of disdain and a matter-of-fact tone to Shen Xi, who was smitten.

Qi Yi, who had just entered the door, was hearing "Bao Bao" speak for the first time.

After listening, Qi Yi looked up at Bao Bao.

Bao Bao's voice was a bit different from what Qi Yi had imagined.

Yan Yan was the last one in.

"Let me introduce you, this handsome guy is the school hunk from my high school days, Qi Yi," Yan Yan introduced Qi Yi to Shen Xi and Bao Bao.

"This is Shen Xi, and this is Bao Bao, our household's famous SB couple," Yan Yan introduced them to Qi Yi.

"SB yourself, hello, I'm Bao Bao." After responding to Yan Yan, Bao Bao finally greeted Qi Yi.

"I would consider it, except I neither have the last name Shen nor Bao. There's no 'Yi' in this SB combination. Besides, even if we're going by English names, hers is Sasha, yours is Buster; put together, they still spell out a genuine SB," Yan Yan didn't hold back.

"Look at you, just be careful not to end up an old maid," Shen Xi was annoyed that Yan Yan always introduced her and Bao Bao as the SB couple to others.

"Like you're something special just because you've gotten married?" Yan Yan was not about to back down.

"Mind your image in front of the handsome guy," Bao Bao said with a look of irritated resignation.

"Mind your own business. I'm already giving you face by not introducing your real name. Want me to introduce you again?" Yan Yan said threateningly to Bao Bao.

"Okay, you win, I surrender. Happy now?" Bao Bao quickly conceded.

Qi Yi was somewhat lost watching the banter between the three people in front of him.

The Yan Yan he knew had never been so uninhibited. On the contrary, the Yan Yan he knew from high school seldom spoke, and initially, she seemed somewhat timid.

It wasn't until this moment that Yan Yan realized it was somewhat improper to leave Qi Yi standing alone at the entrance. Besides the moment when Bao Bao had greeted him, to which he responded with a smile just as meaningful, Qi Yi hadn't said a word.

Yan Yan thought she should bring Qi Yi into the loud conversation of the trio.

"Bao Bao, I've got something to tell you that I'm sure will make you super happy. Just now, Qi Yi asked me if you were my boyfriend," Yan Yan said as she led Qi Yi to sit down on the sofa, then started a new conversation.