### Chapter 79: Sweet Love, But…
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“Love only makes up a tiny, tiny part of life.”
“There are so many things more important than dating in this world.”
“.”
These two sentences were uttered by Xu Yong’s good buddy a few days ago, on a sunny and breezy afternoon.
Talking about this buddy requires a long story.
Back when they were freshmen in high school,
Xu Yong was seated at the very back of the classroom while the guy called Lin Tian was assigned as his desk mate by the window.
From the moment he laid eyes on Lin Tian,
Xu Yong knew that he and this guy, who looked like he could k*ll you with a gaze but never spoke a word, wouldn’t gel.
But then one day, Xu Yong got caught munching on Lin Tian’s takeaway food. In just three seconds, Lin Tian turned into a hunter and demolished Xu Yong’s family tree, even offering to feast on Xu’s “tribute,” i.e., his mom’s offerings.
Xu Yong was shocked.
Immediately, he figured out that Lin Tian was his long-lost half-brother, separated either at birth or by destiny.
Though Xu Yong frequently trash-talked Lin Tian for being a “horseless” man, deep down he respected the man to his core.
Lin Tian studied hard, had tunnel vision, and stuck to his goals. As an “orphan” by choice, he excelled academically and maintained a job alongside his studies, proving that he could achieve much more than just flirting around.
So, calling him “horseless” was actually Xu Yong’s way of praising him.
“.”
This was a good buddy whom Xu Yong had admired for two and a half years.
And these words hit him right in the gut.
Indeed, there were many things more important than love.
For Xu Yong, who always claimed that he couldn’t live without women, this made him realize how lost and confused he had been over the past couple of years.
He recalled his high school life, where all he cared about were the gossip of pretty girls and the beauty rankings of each class.
He wondered if going to school was not just to achieve personal growth, gain skills, and foster social responsibility and innovation, but also to contribute to society’s future.
Xu Yong felt ashamed.
It was no wonder Lin Tian was always so successful.
While Xu Yong’s head was filled with thoughts of romance and women, Lin Tian’s brain was brimming with the world.
Maybe it was time he stopped indulging in these frivolous thoughts.
In the dimly lit room,
after careful contemplation, Xu Yong shut off his computer.
He tossed out the used tissues.
He thought deeply.
Just now, as he surfed the internet, Xu Yong suddenly remembered the girl he couldn’t stop thinking about.
So he searched again.
After searching, Xu Yong realized he still couldn’t shake the thought of her.
It seemed that all he really wanted was just to think about her.
Well, this time, Xu Yong was serious.
Lin Tian was right; love was a load of nonsense!
Xu Yong turned on his lamp,
and began his routine of watching Douyin videos before bed.
Those videos that usually made him and his brother feel queasy were now ignored.
He planned to find a movie review.
Preferably, a heartwarming story involving young romance, an adventure, a monster fight, and the ultimate happy ending—where the boy wins the girl’s heart. Perfect for a bedtime story.
Just as he was about to pick a video,
one caught his eye.
“203 million likes?”
He was sure he wasn’t the last one to see this video.
Xu Yong felt puzzled and continued observing.
In the video, there was a grand piano and cello, with a man and a woman sitting in front of it.
Their faces weren’t visible, but they seemed ready to perform a piece.
“Soh-la-so fa-so mi fa-sol, do-re-mi fa-sol…”
“Do-re-mi fa-so, la-sol do-re-mi…”
The girl humming—her voice was sweet and delightful.
Then, the man, it seemed, was teaching her:
“Come here, I’m a banana, bananabanananana~”
Wait, this voice was…
Familiar?
Since Xu Yong was still just a high school student, he feared getting caught by his parents if they heard him, so he kept the volume low.
When he finally turned up the sound,
the man started playing.
In the lively piano tune, the couple danced and sang joyfully.
“Come come, I’m a pineapple, pineapplepineapplepineapplepineapple~”
“Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh~”
“.”
What a bizarre video!
But, it seemed interesting?
Because the piano drowned out their voices slightly,
yet the fuzzy pleasure of being soaked in music felt incredibly enchanting.
Wowie!
Xu Yong flipped over in bed.
The song was “Can-Can,” something he disliked so much that he marked all related videos as “not interesting.” He hadn’t watched the original video before, and they rarely appeared in his feeds.
This was the first time he was hearing this entire piece.
Why did this feel so familiar combined with the video?
Without notice, Xu Yong imagined a cozy scene in a rental apartment where a happy couple created music together.
Sweet.
He continued watching:
The man playfully smacked the girl.
“Dunce, you didn’t rhyme! That’s wrong!”
“Eh, let me be a pineapple too then.”
“Pineapplepineappleepineappleepineappl~”
“Yeah, let’s do it, you can be the pineapple, I’ll be the big banana.”
“.”
Xu Yong flipped around joyously in bed!
Crazy, these two.
But, so sweet!
How could it be this sweet?!
They were too adorable! 😚
Just listening made Xu Yong start giggling idiotically.
Like a carp wriggling in bed.
Who wouldn’t want such sweet love?
“.”
Suddenly, those famous words from Buddy Lin Tian came back to haunt him.
His face froze in a silly grin.
No way,
Was he really falling for it again?
Xu Yong pinched himself.
Hadn’t he promised he’d listen to Lin Tian’s advice and never think about love again?!
Didn’t he know that Lin Tian was a whole dimension above him? So why did he still care about being sweet?
“.”
Xu Yong clenched his teeth.
He reluctantly kept watching the video.
Truly beautiful.
Who doesn’t yearn for sweet love??
But alas, he couldn’t continue looking.
He couldn’t be a “forever alone” mouse forever.
His eyes drifted towards the video author’s name.
[Moonlight and Cat].
“?”
Why was it this name?
No bloody way,
Wasn’t he familiar?
Xu Yong racked his brain. Suddenly, he understood.
“Bloody hell, isn’t that Lin Tian?!!”
He snapped out of it and looked closer at the screen.
His mind exploded.
It was Lin Tian and the girl, Gan Yan Yu?!
Telling himself love wasn’t important!
Here he was, getting swept away by the moment!
The Xu Yong who was just flipping gleefully in bed now pounded the mattress in despair, feeling a sorrow akin to d*ath!
“Lin Tian, I #%^@…#%&#@!!”
“You’re such an a**!!!”
(End of Chapter)
