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Bai Cheng also noticed that Mo Yi was not feeling right. During lunch break, he dragged Xu Qiu away and pulled Mo Yi into a private moment on the rooftop.
As they opened their lunch boxes and noticed Mo Yi’s distracted demeanor, Bai Cheng couldn’t help but ask, “Mo Yi, what’s wrong? Did something happen? I can tell you’re worried about something. Can’t you tell me?”
Caught red-handed…
Mo Yi sighed inwardly, realizing that he couldn’t hide anything from his partner. So, he decided to be honest and said, “I’m like Xu Qiu, I can’t go to the same university as you.”
Mo Yi’s tone was filled with disappointment, and Bai Cheng immediately understood the situation.
Feeling the care from his partner, Bai Cheng felt even happier. He leaned over and kissed Mo Yi on the cheek, saying, “I’ve already looked into the university courses. My major is easy, and I’ve decided to commute. I can negotiate with them about my situation since I have a lot of work to do for the studio. So, I’ll only go to school when necessary.
I’ve checked, and there’s a vocational sports college next to B University. The admission scores aren’t high, and it suits your talents. How about you try applying there? I’ve seen your grades, and I’m sure we can work hard together to get you in.
When the time comes, I’ll choose a place to live near the school, and then we can move in together. How does that sound?”
Was he inviting himself to live together? This way, they could continue to be together!
Excited by the idea, Mo Yi eagerly nodded.
Seeing his little one finally happy, Bai Cheng ruffled his hair and didn’t forget to subtly hint for a reward.
“So, I’ve done all this thinking for both of us, how are you going to reward me?” Bai Cheng said, looking directly at Mo Yi’s lips, his implications clear.
But Mo Yi, now in a great mood, suddenly felt hungry. His attention was all on lunch now.
The aroma wafting from the lunchbox, especially the perfectly cooked braised pork ribs inside, made Mo Yi’s mouth water.
Hearing Bai Cheng’s words, Mo Yi licked his lips but resisted the urge, instead picking up a piece of braised pork rib and offering it to his partner’s lips, saying, “This is my favorite braised pork ribs, you can have it first!”
What a silly little dog!
Seeing Mo Yi’s reaction, Bai Cheng couldn’t help but feel helpless. He reached out and stopped Mo Yi’s chopsticks, saying, “You eat the braised pork ribs yourself. The reward I want is something else.”
“What do you want then?”
Mo Yi stared at the dishes in the lunchbox, feeling conflicted. Suddenly, he felt his chin being held and his mouth forced open.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Ktlr iecmt ygfjx, Zb Tl jcv Djl Jtfcu gfaegcfv ijafg atjc ereji.
Djl Jtfcu kjr rwlilcu atf ktbif alwf, mifjgis lc j ubbv wbbv. Dea We Hle, eqbc rfflcu Zb Tl, lwwfvljafis fzmijlwfv, “Yt ws, Zb Tl, ktja vlv sbe fja obg iecmt? Glv sbe fja j yjrxfa bo mtlil qfqqfgr? Tbeg wbeat lr rb gfv!”
Mo Yi, with swollen lips, glanced at his partner beside him. He really wanted to say, ‘It’s not that I ate chili peppers, it’s that I was eaten!’
Life in the third year of high school is hectic, and for most people, Bai Cheng’s change is just occasional gossip and a small episode.
Including Bai Xiuming, his bad reputation in school just meant that people didn’t want to interact with him anymore, but they wouldn’t go out of their way to trouble him.
However, Bai Xiuming didn’t see it that way. If anyone even glanced at him or whispered nearby, he felt like they were mocking him or gossiping about him.
This perception tortured him, especially since he always considered himself superior. When Bai Cheng revealed his excellence, Bai Xiuming felt even more resentful, feeling like he was being compared unfavorably to Bai Cheng, and he harbored hatred towards him.
So, he approached Mo Yi, hoping he could do something for him.
However, when he tried to approach Mo Yi several times, Mo Yi always managed to avoid him, unwilling to have any dealings with him. But he couldn’t just passively wait for Mo Yi to come and talk to him.
Even though Bai Cheng had suggested that Mo Yi could pretend to listen to Bai Xiuming, Mo Yi still didn’t want much interaction with him.
If there was something to say, why not just say it!
And if he really had to say something, he could send a message online. He didn’t want Bai Xiuming to come near him and pollute the air around him!
Mo Yi could be said to have taken his resentment to the extreme, and Bai Xiuming naturally felt his resistance. He thought that after the incident, even someone who only knew how to run like Mo Yi looked down on him.
Bai Cheng was not easy to deal with, so what could Mo Yi do?
So, Bai Xiuming decided that he would first teach Mo Yi a lesson.
But how?
In the following days, Bai Xiuming began to observe Mo Yi carefully and noticed that he was always with Bai Cheng, like they were inseparable. Could it be that Mo Yi genuinely cared about Bai Cheng?
Bai Xiuming felt that the atmosphere between them was strange, and the feeling of someone he arranged being recruited by Bai Cheng made him even more unhappy.
However, he soon realized that he wasn’t the only one paying attention to them. Several other boys, whom Bai Xiuming knew from the sports department, were also often sneaking around them.
One of them, named Ma Yong, seemed to have a bad relationship with Mo Yi.
Realizing this, Bai Xiuming began to formulate a plan.
After observing for two more days, he finally overheard a conversation among Ma Yong and the others one afternoon about dealing with Mo Yi.
“I’m telling you, boss, we’ve been following that kid for a long time now. Why don’t we just give up?” one of the followers said while munching on a piece of bread, looking miserable.
“How can we give up? We’ve worked hard for so long. We can’t just give up!” Another thin follower, number 2, insisted, still firmly supporting the boss’s initial decision.
Upon hearing their words, Ma Yong furrowed his brows. Mo Yi, this kid, whenever there was something going on, they would follow him around. Unknowingly, so much time had passed, and they hadn’t found an opportunity.
Of course, it was also because they hadn’t really been paying much attention. Training was quite exhausting, and sometimes after school, they would relax by playing basketball or games, forgetting about that kid.
Should they just let it go?
As Ma Yong hesitated, Bai Xiuming walked out and said to them, “Do you want to mess with Mo Yi? I have an idea.”
“Bai Xiuming?” Ma Yong squinted at the newcomer, wondering why this person suddenly appeared. He hadn’t heard of any grudge between him and Mo Yi, but he was still curious. “What idea do you have?”
Bai Xiuming smirked at the question. “The school sports meeting is coming up, right? He’s known for his running skills. How about making sure he can’t participate?”
A week later, the school sports meeting was held as scheduled.
Mo Yi, as a long-distance running specialist, naturally participated. Moreover, he had already decided that he would run his best and impress his partner.
Seeing Mo Yi’s confident and spirited appearance, Bai Cheng couldn’t help but chuckle. He ruffled Mo Yi’s hair and asked, “Confident?”
“Of course!” Mo Yi replied firmly. He had already decided that after winning, he would give the medal to Bai Cheng, making his partner happy.
Bai Cheng accompanied Mo Yi as they walked towards the rest area behind them.
Because there were many specialized students in the school’s sports department, athletes like them had their running shoes and uniforms ordered by the school, which were of good quality.
They had several dedicated rest areas, each with its own lockers for storing clothes, shoes, and personal items.
Many people also prepared towels and water to give to their classmates and friends to show support.
He Jiajia was one of them. Since she had also signed up for the long jump, she could enter this area as well.
The girl had already changed into her sports uniform, blushing, holding the towel and water she had bought earlier, intending to give them to Mo Yi. However, as she approached the vicinity of the male locker room, she saw Ma Yong and a few others nervously entering.
“Ma Yong?”
Ma Yong and He Jiajia had been neighbors since childhood, and they were childhood friends.
However, after entering high school, He Jiajia noticed that Ma Yong began to distance himself from her. She thought it was because boys were growing up and no longer liked to play with girls like her. Although she felt a bit disappointed, she thought she could understand, so she also actively reduced their interactions.
But today, Ma Yong’s demeanor made He Jiajia feel uneasy. Although several of them were athletes, why were they acting so suspiciously, with one person even standing guard?
Seeing this, He Jiajia immediately walked over to the boy standing guard and asked, “What are you guys doing?”
“What are we doing? We didn’t do anything!” The boy replied loudly, clearly feeling guilty.
Then, He Jiajia heard a ‘bang’ from inside, followed by a cry of pain from Ma Yong.
The boy guarding the door froze upon hearing the sound, and He Jiajia seized the opportunity to push open the door. She saw that the door of a locker in the lower right corner had been pried open, and a boy was holding a box of thumbtacks and putting them into the shoes inside the locker.
Ma Yong stood beside him, clutching his arm, probably having accidentally bumped into the locker next to him.
But the most important thing was that the locker that had been pried open had Mo Yi’s name written on it!
“How could you do this!” He Jiajia was shocked and looked at Ma Yong with anger.
Ma Yong’s face turned red when he saw the girl. He had been nervous just now because he heard He Jiajia’s voice and accidentally bumped into the locker.
“It’s none of your business. This is the boys’ locker room. Get out,” one of the boys immediately retorted.
He Jiajia, however, just looked at the tall and sturdy Ma Yong. “You tell me, what’s going on? How did you become like this!”
He Jiajia was relentless; while others might fear Ma Yong, she didn’t. After all, her family still had photos of Ma Yong wetting the bed when he was a child!
She couldn’t let them get away with this; it was wrong!
Ma Yong was speechless for a moment, and both sides were at a standstill.
The boy who hadn’t guarded the door properly earlier also followed in, realizing that He Jiajia’s intervention had caused a delay. He immediately looked remorseful and shouted, “He Jiajia, mind your own business!”
At that moment, a lazy voice suddenly spoke up: “What business? Tell us about it.”
Everyone turned to see that Mo Yi had appeared at the door at some point.
And the one who had just spoken was none other than Bai Cheng, who had come with him. He was leaning casually against the door, looking at them with a relaxed expression.
Ma Yong and He Jiajia is an unexpected pair! :0
I was JUST wondering where that group had run off too, but here they are🤣
Thank you so much for the update!!~♥️
I was so hyped that I forgot to comment! Wow, just don’t try to touch Bai, or our puppy is gonna break your legs!
Tryna hurt mo yi by putting thumbtacks in his shoes…. How old are they, 10…?