Ch119 - We'll Keep It A Secret

“I’m just going to wash my hands…” Xu Lele smiled as he entered the bathroom, completely oblivious of Yao Yulong’s unnatural behaviour.

“You should say goodbye loudly, even if your tears flow down…” Xu Lele hummed a song as he turned on the faucet. As he washed his hands, he didn’t forget to look at himself in the mirror. He only thought that the youth facing him was rather handsome.

“Ai ai ai…” Yao Yulong chased him inside, his gaze drifting to the stall next to them as he spoke to Xu Lele. “Are you done washing now?”

Xu Lele thought that this was somewhat suspicious. “Almost, Longlong, are you urging me to hurry up?”

Yao Yulong immediately shook his head. “Of course not hahaha, I just wanted to go together with you.”

As the two of them spoke, no movement came out of the stall. Yao Yulong thought that with how loudly they were speaking, Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian would have definitely heard them.

They were probably panicking right now, so he should hurry up and take Xu Lele away.

“Oh oh, okay.” Xu Lele didn’t think much of it, and immediately turned off the faucet. He then scooted closer towards the mirror and straightened up his hair before saying to Yao Yulong, “Longlong, let’s go.”

“Go go go.” Yao Yulong finally felt like the stone in his heart had dropped peacefully. No matter what, at least Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian won’t have a fourth person that knew about their situation.

But as the two of them walked towards the doorway, they heard a bang before they exited the bathroom.

Xu Lele unconsciously halted his footsteps and looked back. “Hm, Longlong, did you hear something?”

“No…” Yao Yulong wanted to pretend he was confused and tugged at Xu Lele to make him leave quicker, but he didn’t think that the people inside the stall would actually speak again.

“Aaa, I’m sorry I accidentally poked you, does it hurt?”

This was Ji Xiunian’s voice.

“It doesn’t hurt, I’m strong. It’s not problem even if you use more force.”

This was Lu Xu’s voice.

Xu Lele was immediately dumbfounded—

Lu Xu was in the same stall as Ji Xiunian?

And saying phrases like “poke”, “hurt”, “more force” made it sound very scandalous?

There was no way the two of them were like this. He was probably overthinking it.

As Xu Lele continued to be at a loss, the people inside continued to say, “The space inside this stall is really too small, let’s go to the room next time.”

“Of course the room is safer and more comfortable in comparison. Weren’t we just in a hurry this time? Just remember for next time…”

Room…

Comfortable…

In a hurry…

Xu Lele’s mouth was wide open. His jaw was about to drop off out of shock. He looked at Yao Yulong dumbly. “They’re…”

“Ai!” Although Yao Yulong’s current expression was a bit embarrassed, he didn’t seem extremely shocked. Xu Lele suddenly realised that Yao Yulong had known all along.

No wonder he didn’t want him to enter the bathroom earlier, no wonder he was urging him to leave…

If he had known, he would have left right after washing his hands…

No!

If he had known, he wouldn’t have entered in the first place.

It was really awkward to come across this kind of situation. It was much better to not have known in the first place.

“Go go go!” Xu Lele’s voice was extremely quiet, his tone urgent. His role had immediately switched with Yao Yulong’s.

As long as Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian didn’t discover them, it wouldn’t be too awkward.

It was just that before they could take a step, the stall opened with a click.

Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian exited the bathroom together, and saw Xu Lele and Yao Yulong standing outside looking shocked.

The four of them looked at each other. There was a momentary awkward silence.

Even in his dreams, Ji Xiunian would have never thought that they would be found out by others the second time he worked on the job.

He subconsciously looked towards Lu Xu, questioning with his gaze as to what they should do in this situation.

After all, Lu Xu had over two hundred years of work experience. He should know how to deal with this kind of situation.

“How long have you guys been here?”

Compared to the shock and bewilderment of the other three, Lu Xu was the calmest out of the four of them.

He looked at Yao Yulong and Xu Lele, his expression carrying the hint of a smile.

On the other hand, the other two people didn’t dare raise their heads out of guilt, as if they were the ones who had been caught.

“Xu ge, I…” Yao Yulong didn’t know how to explain.

He should have left a long time ago, but right now he was still there.

He had obviously wanted to help by covering for them, but Lu Xu didn’t know this. Yao Yulong also didn’t know if they would misunderstand the situation as him trying to eavesdrop.

He originally didn’t have a very keen personality. He panicked in this kind of situation and became even more clumsy.

Xu Lele perceived the situation from the side, and hurriedly opened his mouth to help Yao Yulong explain. “Xu ge, Longlong was outside helping you guys with hiding it. I really didn’t know that the two of you were inside…so that’s why I came in to wash my hands.”

He looked at Lu Xu, then looked at Ji Xiunian, and panickedly tried to clarify his position. “Xu ge, Nian ge, you guys don’t have to worry. I will hide this. Anyways, it’s not like we can’t accept the freedom to love. Really, no matter if you guys go public in the future, we will support you!”

“Huh?”

Ji Xiunian and Lu Xu couldn’t help looking at each other. They were afraid that there was a misunderstanding about their relationship.

Xu Lele was a chatterbox. Once he opened his mouth, he revealed all his thoughts out loud. “We definitely won’t reveal it to others and we’ll protect this secret for you guys. After all, we have a close relationship, and we’re brothers. It’s just that this is a public setting. Doing things here…isn’t it a little too risky? I’m not trying to blame you guys ah, but I just think that it’s okay that we found out today and nothing happened, but if it was someone else next time…”

“Xu ge, Nian ge, please don’t mind my scolding. Whether we’re being public figures or on the competition stage, we really have to be extremely careful…”

Dating for celebrities was already a very bothersome thing, along with the fact that Lu Xu was currently in a competition show.

Ji Xiunian had acting skills and a massive fanbase. Everyone was relatively more lenient towards his actions.

But Lu Xu was different!

He was a rookie in the industry and had just begun. If this blew up he might never be able to turn his life back around in this life.

Xu Lele had a good relationship with Lu Xu. When he spoke, he naturally talked about it from Lu Xu’s point of view.

Ji Xiunian heard Xu Lele say as much, and discovered that the path of this misunderstanding was becoming a bit strange. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

He didn’t want to give Lu Xu unnecessary troubles, and therefore wanted to explain.

But before he could even open his mouth, the Lu Xu on his other side had already leaned towards him. “Ai, thanks bro. Nian ge and I also didn’t think things would turn out like this. But it’s hard to be clear about things like feelings. You guys understand, right?”

When Lu Xu stood next to Ji Xiunian, they were handsome beyond the mortal realm.

No matter who it was, he had an appearance that scored full points. People like them were only worthy of being suitable for each other.

Lu Xu finally softened his posture. Xu Lele and Yao Yulong were afraid Lu Xu was pressured and immediately said, “We understand, we really understand.”

Yao Yulong also returned to his senses, and made a posture as if he were swearing an oath upon his life. “Xu ge, Nian ge, to be honest I actually noticed something going on between the two of you a long time ago, but I know that it’s hard to conceal feelings. I really do understand. You guys relax, if the two of us go out and reveal it, let us immediately be killed in a car crash…”

“Well, I don’t think we need to die necessarily.” Xu Lele hurriedly covered Yao Yulong’s mouth and then turned back to tell Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian, “Nian ge, Xu ge, you guys should just relax. Your secrets are our secrets. We will protect them well!”

The four of them agreed to keep the secret like this, so the atmosphere instantly became much more harmonious.

Just as they had figured out their issues and were about to leave, two noisy trainees came in from outside.

Before the two trainees could even speak, Xu Lele and Yao Yulong immediately puffed out their chests and stood in front—

“We came to go to the bathroom.”

“Mhm, that’s right. The four of us came together!”

“Uh huh.”

The two other trainees blinked blankly, not understanding why they had to emphasise that the four people needed to go to the bathroom together.

Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian glanced at each other in the back, only thinking that Xu Lele and Yao Yulong were a bit cute.

Seeing that Lu Xu was smiling, Ji Xiunian’s heartbeat went out of control.

When he thought of how Lu Xu had just told others that the two of them were dating, Ji Xiunian’s mood inexplicably became pleasant.

Even though he knew it was fake, he was still happy.