So Yunyu had been living in this duplex alone for 4 years already, "Ah, time surely passed," Yunyu said as he stared at the family picture hanging on the wall.
Yunyu wiped the dusty corner of the frame with his sleeve and then went to the kitchen to cook something for dinner.
He checked the fridge and found nothing but some vegetables. He remembered that he couldn’t buy meat for a while because he spent his money buying Han Ye Gege’s new merchandise and hosted a small event in Han Ye Gege’s fansite since he was the fan club president.
Yunyu sighed and scavenged whatever vegetables he could eat. He wanted to order something delicious, like spicy chicken, but he knew he didn’t have enough money for it.
He got his payment for his role as Bai Shijue but would it be enough to cover his cost? Nope.
He had to save money for Han Ye Gege’s next fan sign because he had a lot of things to buy to get a ticket in. Once, Jia Jie gave him the ticket to enter the fan sign for free, and Yunyu accepted it gratefully. But he still bought the merchandise because he wanted to support Han Ye Gege and his life as movie emperor.
"Ah, it’s okay, Yunyu, look at the bright side, at least now ate your meat at lunch with Jinren-Ge," Yunyu said. He ate a lot of spicy chickens for lunch because it was Jinren Gege’s treat. Of course, he had to take advantage of it!
"I can stir-fry everything, I guess...." Yunyu said. He started cooking for dinner by chopping the vegetables.
He started humming happily as he cooked when he heard his phone’s ringtone, someone was calling him.
~ Super Idol de xiào róng
dōu méi nǐ de tián
bā yuè zhèng wǔ de yáng guāng
dōu méi nǐ yào yǎn ~
Yunyu picked up his phone and checked the caller. He frowned, "Jinren-Ge? Is there something important?" He wondered and picked up the call.
"Hello, Gege?"
"Ah, Yunyu! Where are you right now?" Huang Jinren asked on the phone.
"I’m in my home, Gege. Is there something I can do?"
"Haha, I just want to visit your home if that’s fine for you."
"Visiting my home?" Bai Yunyu hesitated. He never had anyone entering his duplex since he didn’t have friends. At least none of them were close enough for him. "I—I don’t know, Ge...."
"I bring meat, lots of meat," Huang Jinren persuaded.
"... I will send my home address," Yunyu agreed easily after getting bribed by meat.
"Great! Please send the address, and I will come quickly!"
Beep.
Yunyu sighed. He was really the easiest to bribe with meat, any kind of meat, "Including the big, black, and long meat, ehe—eheheh~."
Yunyu sent his home address to Huang Jinren and then continued cooking. Since Jinren-Ge said that he was bringing a lot of meat, then Yunyu cooked a bit more for a small dinner party for the two of them.
"I should probably ask him to bring a big cock—I mean, big coke for our drink, hehe," Yunyu texted Huang Jinren to bring a big coke, and then prepared a small dinner party for two of them.
This was the first time someone came for dinner together. He got anxious and did a few cleaning here and there first before taking a bath.
Almost an hour had passed, and the doorbell rang.
Yunyu was drying his hair after a bath when the door rang, so he put down the hairdryer and opened the door quickly.
Huang Jinren was standing in front of him with a box of pizza that was suspiciously placed near his crotch.
[Wait, is this that uh... dick in a pizza role play? Damn! Jinren-Ge is so naughty~]
But that was far from what Yunyu expected, much to his disappointment. Huang Jinren also brought a plastic bag and showed it to Yunyu, "This is grilled meat for us, and a box of pizza, oh, also Big coke inside my car, I’ll take that out first."
"Ah, thanks, Gege. Please come in. I’ve cooked a few vegetable dishes to balance the meat," Yunyu said, dodging the truth that he only had vegetables in the fridge.
Huang Jinren walked behind Yunyu, and he could smell the fresh scent of soap and shampoo. It was fresh, like a spring, and Jinren liked this a lot. H
However, he didn’t want to scare this bright, young man, at least not yet.
Huang Jinren’s eyes looked around in awe and commented, "You have a nice home, Yunyu."
"Hehe, thanks, Jinren-Ge."
"Where are your parents? I’m not disturbing your family, right?"
"Ah, don’t worry about them. My parents had passed away four years ago. There is only me in this home."
Huang Jinren’s body stiffened. He didn’t expect that Yunyu had been orphaned since four years ago. Since Yunyu was 19, that meant he had been all alone since 15 years old.
"You don’t have any relatives?"
"Um... no, my parents are both only children, and my grandparents had passed away long ago," Yunyu lied. Of course, he had relatives. But both had cut off their relationship with Yunyu.
After his Mom’s death, all relatives from Mom’s side cut off their relationship with Yunyu and his Dad.
And once his Dad remarried, all relatives on Dad’s side also cut off his relationship with Yunyu out of Dad’s order. Because Dad wanted to start a completely new life.
But Yunyu didn’t want to tell that to the random person he just knew. He didn’t want to look too pitiful.
"Sorry to make you remember that...." Huang Jinren said.
"It’s fine, Gege. It was like—4 years ago, I’m good now~" Yunyu smiled and prepared plates and utensils for them.
Huang Jinren sat at the dining table and waited for Yunyu to prepare everything first. Then Yunyu opened the food cover and showed stir-fried vegetables and veggie soup dishes to balance the meat and pizza Huang Jinren brought.
The smell was so good that Huang Jinren complimented, "Wow, you seem to be a great cook, Yunyu!"
"Well, have a taste first, Gege. I bet you’ll never find anyone better than me in cooking!"