Your Distance

3- 4.8 Kilometers?

Being together with the same person for many years can cause your social skills to degrade. For example, right then, Ting Shuang didn’t know what to say to this Mr. Cycle at all.

Zhu Wenjia still urged at the side, “Hurry up and send him a message.”

Ting Shuang thought for a long while and sent one word: Hello.

Zhu Wenjia, “…”

“Brother, your operationality is far too low.” Zhu Wenjia snatched the phone over and clicked on Cycle’s homepage. “You need to find things to chat about from the other party’s basic information and statuses… Hey, why is there nothing on his homepage? “

Ting Shuang said, “Maybe he doesn’t spend so much time on the internet.”

Zhu Wenjia returned to the chat interface with Cycle, and was shocked upon seeing it. The other party also returned the same dry word: Hello.

“…As expected of a Perfect Match.“ Zhu Wenjia threw the phone to Ting Shuang and walked away silently. “The two of you can talk.”

Ting Shuang didn’t know what to talk about. He typed something, then deleted it, and typed again after deleting. Even after ten minutes he had not sent another message. He glanced at the time on the top of his phone, realising that he had lessons tomorrow morning, thus sending out a sentence: I apologise, I have to go to sleep, I have class tomorrow.

After a few minutes, Cycle replied with a word: Mm.

Ting Shuang got ready to sleep, but for Zhu Wenjia, the night life had just begun. Zhu Wenjia pulled out a pink button-up shirt from Ting Shuang’s closet and under it, wore only a t-shirt and shorts that didn’t reach his knees. Then he asked Ting Shuang for the bicycle key and rode to the city center alone to find a nightclub where he could get high.

As soon as Zhu Wenjia went out, the doorbell rang again. Ting Shuang thought that Zhu Wenjia had forgotten something, so he immediately pressed the button to unlock the door of the building. Then he opened his own door, shouting towards the door while walking to the bedroom, “Will you bring your own keys? There’s one in the bowl by the door. Take it when you leave, and open the door yourself when you come back. Don’t keep ringing the doorbell and disturbing me. And close the door properly when you leave, you hear me?”

“… Ting Shuang.” It was a familiar voice that sounded outside the door.

Ting Shuang’s paused before closing the bedroom door, and walked out to the sight of Liang Zhengxuan standing at the entrance.

Ting Shuang put a hand on his forehead and said, “Is there something you forgot to take?”

Liang Zhengxuan said, “How have you been doing?”

Ting Shuang said, “Fine.”

Liang Zhengxuan said, “Have you been eating well?”

Ting Shuang said, “Mm.”

Liang Zhengxuan said, “You smoked again?”

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Ting Shuang said, “Mm.”

Liang Zhengxuan said, “Stop smoking.”

Ting Shuang said, “I’ll see.”

Liang Zhengxuan wanted to come in, but Ting Shuang said, “What did you forget? I’ll get it for you.”

So Liang Zhengxuan could only stand where he was.

“I have class tomorrow, I really have to sleep.” Ting Shuang said, about to close the door.

Liang Zhengxuan blocked the door with his hand, stepped forward and hugged Ting Shuang tightly, saying, “Can we not break up? All these years… I really wouldn’t be able to take it.”