Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating

Edited by Divetus

Everyone had just finished eating dinner at this time and the number of people returning to the dormitories continued to rise. As they passed by the two people, they couldn't help looking at them.

After all, two big men standing face to face, with one of them still holding a plush was quite eye-catching.

Jing Huan's words of liking him were something Xiang Huaizhi had heard too many times.

But those had all been filtered through the voice changer, always said in a coquettish and shy tone. It had another kind of feeling when the boy said it so clearly and directly.

The first time Jing Huan had said he liked him, Xiang Huaizhi hadn't had any reaction. There were many people who confessed to him, whether in-game or in reality.

It was a little different after knowing who was behind the woman's account.

At first, he had been confused, but gradually, he began to feel uneasy and nervous, with his heart beating faster.

Like now, he'd obviously been tricked by this person for several months, but after hearing it again, his heart felt itchy once more.

The previous restlessness he had felt before now felt kind of funny.

After a long time, Xiang Huaizhi said in a hoarse voice, "Forget it…"

"Okay," Jing Huan nodded, feeling as though he deserved it.

Feeling a slight choke in his throat, Xiang Huaizhi suddenly felt that he was wasting his time here.

Before he could pull his hand back, he felt that the person gripped him a bit harder.

Jing Huan directly looked at him, with a face showing that he was ready to dive in headfirst, regardless of the risk. "I told you this, with full expectations that you wouldn't agree… But don't get me wrong, I really didn't do this because of anything else. I also asked you out on Christmas night to confess to you; I didn't know my Jie was coming."

Jing Huan tried very hard to calm himself down, but in fact, his heart beat had reached the point of actually being noisy. He rubbed his nose awkwardly. "Sorry, I originally wanted to wait until you weren't angry anymore to tell you all this, but now I'm a little… I can't hold it in."

"Why?" Xiang Huaizhi asked.

Jing Huan paused and responded honestly, "I'm scared that one day, when you want to date again, I don't know if I'd still be among your choices."

He said the word "again" very quietly.

Jing Huan might not have felt it himself, but when he said this, his tone was low and he sounded slightly aggrieved..

Xiang Huaizhi looked down. "What do you mean? Besides you, who else is there?"

"Liang Mengjia," Jing Huan answered.

Xiang Huaizhi frowned, his eyes confused.

“&#k2026;” Jing Huan looked away. "Just today in the library, you followed her out."

Xiang Huaizhi then understood.

He only remembered the girl's face, not her name.

Liang Mengjia had sought him out in the library for help, saying that she needed to move two stacks of books to the dormitory. She couldn't move them alone, so he helped her move the books to the girl's dorms downstairs, before leaving.

The light at the top of the dormitory entrance turned on, and a light more intense than the streetlamp hit Jing Huan, exposing his red cheeks instantly.

After a long time, Xiang Huaizhi suddenly sighed, "By forget it, I meant… You don't have to think about how to make it up to me anymore, I'm not that petty."

Jing Huan was stunned and asked, "Then, are you still angry with me?"

"Is that very important?" Xiang Huaizhi asked.

"Of course it's important…" Jing Huan murmured, "If you're still angry, I'll be crushing on you while simultaneously working hard."

That was also what he was doing right now.

Xiang Huaizhi hadn’t expected him to say that. He paused for a moment and asked, “And if not?”

“If not,” Jing Huan swallowed and looked up at him. “Then I’ll pursue you.”

"…"

They had been standing at the dormitory entrance for more than ten minutes, longer than any of the couples next to them who were saying farewell.

Afraid that Xiang Huaizhi would just turn around and leave, Jing Huan's hand had been holding onto him this entire time. They were very close together.

Jing Huan felt that his heartbeat was a little noisy.

Xiang Huaizhi looked at him quietly with an unfathomable gaze. Jing Huan could only directly look into his eyes for a little bit before he couldn't bear it any longer. As soon as he opened his mouth to talk, his shoulder was gently tugged.

"What are you two doing here!"

Lu Wenhao had just returned from dinner when he saw two of his acquaintances standing at the dormitory entrance.

Jing Huan, who was suddenly interrupted, dazedly turned his head to look at him. "Why are you here?"

"This is my dorm's entrance, why wouldn't I be here?" Lu Wenhao wondered. "Really, it should be, why are you here? And even holding onto Xiang Ge's clothes…"

Jing Huan pulled himself together and hesitated for a moment before releasing Xiang Huaizhi's clothes.

Seeing his hesitation, Xiang Huaizhi inexplicably wanted to laugh.

"I came down to throw out the trash," Xiang Huaizhi said quietly, his face revealing nothing. "Happened to run into him so we chatted for a bit."

"Oh," Lu Wenhao laughed. "It's just your guys' positions… Standing so far away, I thought that girls had come to our boy's dorm to make confessions."

"What kind of eyes do you have?" Jing Huan had completely regained his composure. "My fist is bigger than your head."

"I'm nearsighted, it's not like you don't know that," Lu Wenhao said, feeling wronged.

He looked down at the things in Jing Huan's hand. "How much do you like this plush? Specifically asking your Jie to return it, but now you're even taking it with you when you go out?"

"This one is new, and I'm happy taking it with me, don't ask." Jing Huan hurried him. "You should hurry up and go upstairs."

"I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait for Xiang Ge and go up with him." Lu Wenhao absolutely couldn't read the atmosphere.

Jing Huan was about to expire from anger.

Lu Wenhao suddenly leaned forward, glancing at Jing Huan's face. "No way, why are your face and ears so red?"

"Bullshit, I was just…" Jing Huan gritted his teeth. "Jogging."

"Oh, so free?" Lu Wenhao rubbed his just full stomach, then turned his head and asked, "Xiang Ge, are you guys done talking? If you are, let's head up ba?"

Jing Huan thought that if there really was such a thing as Cupid in the world, then Lu Wenhao must be the stalwart shield at his side.

He was just thinking about how to get rid of Lu Wenhao when he felt his hands go empty.

Xiang Huaizhi took the plush from his hand, and said lightly, "Then, I'm going up."

Lu Wenhao was confused for a moment, looking left and right in a daze.

Jing Huan was also stunned. He quickly responded and handed over the bag of medicine. "Take some of this ba."

"I bought some already, it's in the dorm," Xiang Huaizhi said.

Jing Huan blurted out, "Then, use it next time you have a cold."

Xiang Huaizhi: "…"

Jing Huan: "…"

What am I saying?

Was there anyone in the world who would curse the person they had just finished confessing to with sickness again?

"I didn't mean it that way," Jing Huan took the bag back. "Just…You should drink plenty of hot water."

Xiang Huaizhi laughed.

It was a very light sound, but as it fell onto Jing Huan's ears, it was no different from ridicule.

Jing Huan felt really miserable. Obviously, he had been bent, but he was still fundamentally a straight man. He couldn't even coax someone, and the confession had been a complete mess.

As he was wallowing in his embarrassment, Xiang Huaizhi reached out, took the bag of medicine and softly said, "I'm going up."

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Xiang Huaizhi went back to his dorm and put the medicine in a drawer. He thought about it, and put the plush right beside his computer .

He turned the computer on, picked up a book, flipped through it a bit but barely managed to read more than a few lines.

The door of the dorm room opened with Lu Hang rushing in..

"Fuck, today just kept getting colder and colder." He untied his scarf and asked, "How about going to have some hot pot for tomorrow, since it's the weekend?"

Xiang Huaizhi turned some pages and responded, "Whatever."

"Just us going?" After washing his feet, Lu Hang got into bed and tightly wrapped himself in his blankets before turning on the computer propped on his legs. "Let me ask the class monitor and them ba."

"Don't," Xiang Huaizhi frowned. "Not interested in drinking."

"All right ba." Lu Hang suddenly thought of something. "Then, why don't we call Jing Huan and them over? I just saw him now."

"Where did you see him?" Xiang Huaizhi asked, rubbing the next page with his thumb.

When this was brought up, Lu Hang perked up. He stuck his head out and said, "Guess. You definitely won't be able to guess where."

"Never mind then," Xiang Huaizhi replied.

Lu Hang clicked his tongue and said, "In the claw machine shop! I saw that he had a whole bag of tokens next to his hand, and there were two empty bags nearby, who knows how much that cost. I was talking to someone at that point, so I didn't call out to him… Really couldn't tell. Who would've expected that he's the kind of boy that likes to play with claw machines?"

Lu Hang had just wanted to continue when he caught a glimpse of the plush next to Xiang Huaizhi's computer and blurted out, "Eh? The one he wanted to grab seemed to be the plush that you have there."

"En." Xiang Huaizhi hung his head and carelessly said, "Probably wanted to give it to someone ba."

Jing Huan escaped for a day, but after taking a bath, he still had to log in to do his dailies.

Dailies were secondary, he was mainly afraid that Xiang Huaizhi wouldn't have time to get onto the game, and Xiao Xiangjing wouldn't be fed.

The first 30 days of a baby's life was the nurturing period, and it had to be fed on time every day. During this period, the food, books, and toys given to the baby by the parents would affect the baby's properties as an adult.

As soon as he logged in, he received the system notification that his and Xiang Huaizhi's divorce application only had 24 hours left.

Jing Huan's remaining excitement from his confession was immediately worn away.

Divorce itself was already very heartbreaking, but the stupid system also had to remind him every day.

Trash NCH!

Not humane at all!

Jing Huan opened up his friends list and found that Yearning For was online, the child had also already been fed.

He repeatedly opened up his chatbox with Xiang Huaizhi, pondering on what he wanted to say, when his cellphone buzzed.

Lu Wenhao: @Xiao Jing ya, are you free tomorrow? How about going out for hot pot?

Xiao Jing ya: Not free.

Lu Wenhao: Why? What are you doing on the weekend?

Xiao Jing ya: Something urgent came up. I can't go. You guys eat it ba.

Lu Wenhao: Okay ba, I'll let Lu Ge know.

Xiao Jing ya: ?

Xiao Jing ya: ???

Xiao Jing ya: @Lu Wenhao what does it have to do with Lu Ge?

Lu Wenhao: Oh, Lu Ge and them were the ones who wanted to go ah. They said that since we're about to go on vacation, we should all meet up and eat before we leave.

Xiao Jing ya: Suddenly, I'm free again.

Lu Wenhao: ?

Xiao Jing ya: I thought about it. All of us really should meet up.

Xiao Jing ya: So it's settled. Tomorrow's hot pot is indispensable, and we can't leave without meeting each other.

Xiao Jing ya: You copy my words to Lu Ge.

Lu Wenhao: You and Lu Ge haven't added each other as friends? What a bother ya, I'll just make a group chat ba.

Oh.

Jing Huan thought that was also fine. After holding onto his cellphone for a few seconds though, his head nearly burst——

Fuck!

He already added Lu Hang as a friend!

They were even talking about his husband's damn illness this morning!!!

Jing Huan's scalp was numb, and his actions were as fierce as a tiger's… Directly saving his life.

Half a minute later, Lu Wenhao called him.

"Hey man, what's wrong with you… Why did you block my WeChat???"

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Thanks for the ko-fis, guys! We went ahead and released an extra chapter this week because of that!

Juurensha: Aw, poor Lu Wenhao…still serves you right for interrupting Huanhuan's confession!

Divi: LMFAO Hao'er always getting the short end of the stick. You'll understand soon bro, Huanhuan is still shy!

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