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Editor: @anhnguyen12332

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Xia Yao tried to avoid Yuan Zong like a plague for over 2 weeks.

If he wasn't at work with his team, he was at home. Not only did he not come to Yuan Zong's anymore but he even didn't bother to show up for weekly training sessions, not to mention putting Yuan Zong's number into the blacklist. He always took the specialized car from home to work. If he ever encountered Yuan Zong's car on the way, he would pretend to not notice and lie down onto the backseats. The windows of the balcony were carefully locked and the curtains were also closed so that even a little ant couldn't go through.

The two had seemingly gone back to square one: Yuan Zong chasing after Xia Yao tirelessly and Xia Yao pretending to not notice him.

However, this second time around, Xia Yao's feelings have complete changed.

He used to only feel awkward and confused when Yuan Zong had stared at him in the past. Now, even the sight of Yuan Zong can turn him on. It was so different. He used to think of Yuan Zong as repulsive, now, when coming across him, Xia Yao feels rather mixed.

And it went from bad to worse, Xia Yao then occasionally found himself in a particular weird situation.

Every night he got into bed, scenes from that night would repeatedly consume him, totally uncontrollable, like being hypnotized. There were nights it happened twice and even three times, he didn't sleep a wink. Therefore he would look exhausted during the day.

It was another weekend, Xia Yao, with a fruit basket, came to the hospital to visit Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian immediately asked, "Wow dude, you look like you are at death's door, everything okay?"

"I do?" He automatically raised his hand to touch his face. "Huh, doesn't seem that much of a difference to me?!"

"Big difference." Zhang Tian said. "Not long ago, just last week actually, you look so much better, more alive I have to say. It has been like half a month and you look so down in the dumps. You actually look like a raccoon with those eyes. Even the way you sit is unusual, humpback, bent leg, no spirit whatsoever. Omg, it's like you've got a case of blue balls."

Xia Yao almost froze. Not a few seconds later did he have a reaction to Zhang Tian, but it was a rather a bewildered fake laugh, "No...no way..."

"Uhm...Yeah, I guess you are right. I mean, someone who has such a picky palate like you can't have such problems! I guess I wasn't thinking straight."

It had become a common thing for Xiao Hui and Zhang Tian to make fun of Xia Yao, who would never touch any "junk food" in his life. And Xia Yao had always been impervious to that, if anything, he even prided himself on it. But right then, when again, Zhang Tian joked about it, there was only one thing that came across Xia Yao's mind: Damn it...not funny...

Having chatted for a while, Xia Yao went out for a smoke.

He wanted to find some quiet place.

Xia Yao had just gotten out of the hospital and turned a corner when he was stopped by a tall person. Xia Yao didn't need to take a close look who that is, his first reaction was running away. Almost immediately, he was pulled at the back of his head. He was forced to turn around. His neck was held tightly in that person's arm.

"LET GO" He shouted angrily.

Yuan Zong didn't let go, on the contrary, he even held tighter. The infuriating look he threw at Xia Yao, and the anger in his voice, all of that

resentment seemed to have been built up for days. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" His grumble thundered lowly into Xia Yao's ear.

Xia Yao was completely pissed off. "So you just appear out of nowhere and expect that answer from me? I am the one who should ask what are you doing!"

"Nowhere?" This was the first time ever Yuan Zong has ever been this mad at Xia Yao. "You, with all the crap you've put me through all these days. And you talk like you have nothing to do with it?"

Xia Yao didn't give in, "I don't have anything to do with you. I go to work everyday, get home on time, what's the problem with that?"

Yuan Zong got straight to the point, "Why have you been avoiding me?"

But Xia Yao made an outright denial. "Says who? Just because I don't run around looking for you doesn't mean that I am trying to avoid you. I often came by your company before simply because it was warmer than other places. I usually look for a warm and comfortable place to eat, that's all. And now, it's warm everywhere, I am on the other hand injured, cannot eat junk food. Basically, I have absolute no reason to go look for you."

Yuan Zong glared at him, shouted out angrily, "Aren't you being unbelievably petty?"

Xia Yao stubbornly answered, "Exactly, I am petty like that!"

"Can't you even make up a more technically convincing reason?"

"Technical you say."Xia Yao startled, he was seen through. "Well shit, I am disgusted with you, I don't want you to give me an eyesore. How's that for a technical reason?!"

Yuan Zong was lost for words. If looks could kill, Xia Yao would be no more than a stain on the wall.

Xia Yao tried to pushed Yuan Zong's arm off his neck, screaming, "Damn it, would you let go?!"

Yuan Zong started to realize how cold Xia Yao's fingers were, not because of the cold weather, but it more like the coldness from within.

Xia Yao still struggled to throw Yuan Zong's arm off so he used his injured arm, knowing that it would make Yuan Zong let go.

And Yuan Zong finally did.

Xia Yao ran off to find some place out of sight. It took several cigarettes to calm him down. Then he came back to the hospital, hung there for a few more minutes and then he said goodbye to Zhang Tian, "Tian, my little brother, something just cropped up, you stay here okay? I gotta go, see you later."

"We didn't talk long, let me show you out."

"That's not necessary."

Xia Yao quickly got into the car. He had just sat down when he saw a box of drugs.

"Uh...uncle Zhao, are these yours?"

The driver answered, "No, I've been here this time, how could I get any drugs?"

Xia Yao took a closer look at the label on the box then became expressionless, it was a box of kidney tonic. He looked over the window, that's when it hit him: DAMN IT!

He turned red as a beetroot.

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Okay, so for those who don't get the whole "kidney" thing, let me explain it to you guys. So apparently, if you don't get to "do it" often, you'll get some type of kidney disorder, which explains why Yuan Zong left those bad of medication for Xia Yao. That how I understood it, please correct me if I'm wrong guys. Or jay comment if you can explain this more clearly ^^.

P.S: Ain't our Xia Yao being stubborn =='

Love,

Ann