My Two Dads

uring the takeout wouldn’t spill, how to use pretty words to make him happy…” Yang Han listed them off her fingers, “Although I think the pretty words part was made up by him.”

Xu Jia instantly found the essence of what she said, “Mmh, that definitely gave me diabetes.”

When Yang Mo was in the fourth year of university, he was extremely obsessed with programming.

Although he wasn’t majoring in that subject, his talent was so outstanding that he became a force to be reckoned after he officially properly studied it.
At that time, the university team that he joined had already won many competition awards.
As for himself, he had won individual awards from Microsoft and for finding a bug from Apple iOS.
At this point, job opportunities would come to him uninvited the second he get his graduation certification from Shou Cheng University.

During his second year in university, Yang Mo pretty much lived with competitions as his only company.
In every single competition, there were only computers present followed by a silent audience.
Nothing interesting to watch.

But Han Shi Yu would still accompany him to every competition.
He waited outside just like a parent who waited upon their child who went in for university entrance examinations.
He appeared even more nervous than Yang Mo, eagerly asking him about the results whenever he was done.

Yang Mo would accept the water bottle, unscrew it and take a sip before answering indifferently, “First.”

Whenever Yang Mo took the lead, their team would usually solve the most questions given, naturally winning the gold medal.

In order to let Yang Mo look good, Han Shi Yu would generously treat all the team members to a meal, then be inexplicably happy for the entire day.

Before the two of them met, Yang Mo did participate in these competitions too.
However, the joy after winning were always very short-lived.
There wasn’t anything more than getting a casual compliment from his roommate when he walked back from the dining hall to the dorm room.

Yang Mo’s excellence was already something common to them.
Celebrating it on a large scale with gongs and drums would be weirder.

But after meeting Han Shi Yu, he gained the company of someone who would always go the extra mile without a single complaint just to celebrate for him with gongs and drums.
His victories always hung on Han Shi Yu’s lips like his biggest pride.
He never got sick of it no matter times that happened.

Every time he sees this guy being happier than he himself is, Yang Mo could never stop himself from smiling.
Taking a sip of water was just to hide the corners of his mouths as he pretends to be calm and say, “What are you so happy for.
It’s not a big deal.”

Yang Mo thought that Han Shi Yu was still a child.

Therefore, he would intentionally try to help Han Shi Yu solve his problems.
He felt that Han Shi Yu who was far too innocent, looked just like a stupid, fattened lamb in the eyes of the crooks.
Yang Mo was very possessive.
No matter how fattened up this lamb was, the only one who could slaughter it was himself.
Others were not allowed to touch even one hair on him.

Which was why even after graduation, Yang Mo still carried a lot of worries.

If he were to leave the country, away from Han Shi Yu for two years, would this guy even be able to survive?

But clearly, Yang Mo’s overly thought out worries were unfounded and unneeded.
After all, Han Shi Yu had survived 20 years on his own thanks to his sheer tenacity.

As the youthful song ended and the shutters flashed away, the scene of all the graduation caps being thrown into air coupled with thousands of strange expressions was forever printed on the films, becoming a knot that connected their memories as they go separate ways.

Yang Mo walked out on his own amidst the laughter and parting words.

“I’ve been under your care for three years,” Lu You Qi said as he rested an arm on his shoulder, laughing, “Mo, congratulations on graduating.”

Yang Mo said, “Thanks.”

Lu You Qi dropped out of graduate school and will be returning to his second hometown in England to further his education.
He felt very unwilling to separate with Yang Mo, because after all, such a caring roommate was too difficult to find.

Lu You Qi asked if he could take him back to England as a package.

Yang Mo said he could break his legs and make him stay in China forever.

Lu You Qi raised his eyebrows and said, “Roommate, you haven’t beaten me up for three days now.”

It was already time for them to graduate, so Yang Mo decided to grant his wish.

After talking about their futures for a while, Lu You Qi smiled and asked, “Your little junior didn’t show up?”

“He has something to tend to today,” Yang Mo said.

“Hoh, I suppose he’s feeling sad.” Lu You Qi laughed, “He won’t have a senior to cling to anymore from now on.”

Yang Mo was silent.

The period of time before graduation, Han Shi Yu became unusually clingy with him.
But the closer they got to the real thing, the more he knew how to restrain himself.

If he were to stick to closely to him, it would only cause the loneliness to feel much, much worse when they really have to separate.
Yang Mo understood that logic.

The sentiment on separating was mutual, but Yang Mo’s sensitivity towards it was considerably lower.
He didn’t know how to go about comforting others.
Yang Mo looked down at the steps beneath his feet and after a moment of silence, he said, “I’ll go look for him.”

T/N: Sorry for the slower/shorter updates lately, but I’ve gotten really swamped and barely have enough time to translate.
I’ll still try to update as much as I can.
For this week, it’ll be half the chapter since it’s also longer than usual.
Thanks for understanding~