Edited by Elanor
Lu Xun pressed Ye Yao’s hand, this time, no longer through the plush leather suit, but in actual contact with Ye Yao’s warm skin.
He locked eyes with Ye Yao, and intently stared at Ye Yao’s still slightly red eyes.
“…Do you still want my help?” Ye Yao asked softly.
Lu Xun replied in affirmative: “I can’t see if my neck is really clean because of the blind spot. Just wipe it fully. It’s not cleaned off properly, right?”
Ye Yao didn’t say anything for a while, he looked at Lu Xun, and finally smiled slowly: “Then don’t move, let go first.”
Lu Xun let go of his hand, and Ye Yao, who had regained his freedom, moved his fingers, and then placed his index finger against Lu Xun’s jaw.
He didn’t press hard, but just pushed gently against it, as if the person in front of him consciously tilted his head up so that the neck could be more in his line of sight.
Ye Yao repositioned his hand.
Lu Xun has a long, slender neck and a clean jawline, there was no dirt or oil stain.
Like the Emperor's New Clothes story, today it was Ye Yao’s Sauce.
As a vital part of the body that could be life-threatening if injured, most people were cautious and would avoid being touched on the neck. Very few people were willing to put their neck in the hands of others.
Not to mention that for a homophobic straight man, the probability of being willing to let a gay man touch his neck was almost zero.
Ye Yao observed Lu Xun’s expression. Lu Xun’s eyes were narrowed, his face was full of pure satisfaction, with no hint of reluctance to be found.
Ye Yao withdrew his hand, and was held down again in the next second.
“Thank you, Classmate Ye, for helping me out so much.” Lu Xun’s lips lifted slightly, looking at Ye Yao like an untamed wolf with extremely aggressive eyes, but his words were very polite, “If you also get dirty when eating together next time, remember to let me help you as well.”
Facing such a gaze, Ye Yao responded with a friendly smile: “Next time… let’s talk about it next time.”
*****
It was already Sunday evening, and after eating, they had to pack up and go back to the dormitory.
Ye Yao also brought back the little bear he got from the amusement park. After all, the dormitory was his real residence for four years in college. He wanted to put the bear on the bed to sleep with him, but just as he threw it on the bed, he heard Lu Xun’s gloomy voice.
“I thought Concubine Xiong would be sleeping on the desk, but it turned out he’s actually sleeping on the bed. What a blessing.”
Ye Yao: “…”
“I used to sleep there too,” Lu Xun climbed onto the bed, and spoke gloomily to Ye Yao through the bed curtain, “but now that Concubine Xiong has come to power, and I, an old man, has been pushed away. In this world, only new people laugh, but old people cry?”
Ye Yao lifted the bed curtain expressionlessly, and placed the doll bear on Lu Xun’s bed.
Lu Xun was making the quilt more comfortable when suddenly something was placed on the bed. He took a closer look, saw what it was, picked it up and threw it on the desk below.
“Yo, what does His Highness mean by this, are you testing me? I’m not the kind of a casual person who would share a bed with another bear.” Lu Xun patted the pillow, “Only one person can sleep on this pillow besides me. .”
“Your son.” Ye Yao said, “I’ll give you to take care of him.”
With a twinkle in his eyes, Lu Xun went down and brought up the doll bear again.
“It’s because he’s too young to sleep on his own, causing his parents to sleep in separate beds to care for him.” Lu Xun squeezed the bear’s face, “When will he be old enough to sleep in a bed by himself and not need his parents to take care of him?”
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Ye Yao heard there was something in Lu Xun’s words, and he didn’t reply. He laid down on the bed and received a message from Lu Xun on his mobile phone.
Lu Xun first sent him an emoji of [I’m taking care of the baby at home, you don’t have to worry about us when you’re working outside], and then asked:
[How much score did I get for today and yesterday’s date?]
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But Lu Xun was obviously outside this sphere of normality, Lu Xun asked every step of the way, wanting to know all his thoughts.
Ye Yao rolled over on the bed and replied: [Secret.]
Ye Yao put down his phone and recalled the expression on Lu Xun’s face when he suddenly touched his Adam’s apple during the meal.
He was sure that this move was absolutely beyond Lu Xun’s expectations, that Lu Xun’s first expression was a little dumbfounded and disbelieving.
Then, that dumbfounded and disbelief turned into surprise.
Did he enjoy being treated like this by him too?
However, Lu Xun already had a lot of contact with his hands, so it was not hard to understand why he did not resist being touched by them.
What if it was replaced by the touch of other parts,like… he had never touched Lu Xun before, with his lips?
Ye Yao pursed his lower lip, and pulled the whole quilt over his head.
*****
The school days were still very busy, every classroom was full, and everyone had to crowd downstairs after class, unless they waited in the classroom for ten or twenty minutes for everyone to go.
Ye Yao didn’t have a cleanliness habit of not being touched by others, so he got used to being squeezed. He was about to leave after class, and when he took out his phone to check, he found that Lu Xun had sent him a few messages more than 20 minutes ago.
[I’m also in class at School Building No. 3 today. I’m on the sixth floor. Wait for me when you get down to the building lobby.]
Ye Yao’s classroom was on the fourth floor, and he replied [OK], and then walked out unhurriedly.
As expected, the staircase was indeed crowded, as most of those who were too lazy to wait for the elevator chose to take the stairs. The crowd was so dense that within a few steps, Xiao Pang and Wen Ke who had been next to him were both squeezed out of sight.
Being rubbed on the shoulder or touched by others in this situation was so normal that it couldn’t be more normal. Ye Yao didn’t think about anything when his hand was touched.
Then his fingertips were touched, and then touched again.
It was a very light touch and didn’t feel like an inadvertent touch, like a feather scratching lightly at his fingertips.
After being touched several times in a row, all with the same intensity, Ye Yao finally felt that something was wrong, and turned his head with a frown.
There was no one directly to his left, and the person who had been touching his hand was a short step behind him. He was tall and had prominent features, standing out from the crowd.
Seeing Ye Yao turn his head, the man raised his eyebrows with an expression of surprise: “Hey, what a coincidence, isn’t this Classmate Ye Yao?”
“Hehe,” Ye Yao’s furrowed brow loosened, “A coincidence indeed.”
Lu Xun, who was a small step behind him, stepped forward and took the position directly to his left.
The hand that was only touching his fingertips from time to time, now pressed against the back of his hand because of the crowd, and the wrist bumped against the wrist.
If such a contact had occurred between two strangers, one of them would definitely withdraw his hand back to his chest to hold the book, or simply put his hand directly into their trouser pocket, so as to avoid the same awkward thing from happening again.
But now, no one withdrew their hands.
Ye Yao’s index finger was hooked lightly, and the man’s index finger was inserted between his fingers, wrapping around his knuckles. Seeing that he did not encounter any resistance, he slowly and boldly took hold of his index finger.
“There are so many people here, it’s so crowded that I don’t even have room to put my hands down.” Lu Xun approached Ye Yao’s ear, “Can my hand borrow a place, Classmate Ye?”
Ye Yao glanced at Lu Xun, without speaking and his hand was held directly.
Bad-hearted suitors would not miss any chance to make contact and they held hands in the midst of the crowd, as if they were conducting a secret transaction.
*****
The time after school was relatively leisurely. Today they had no homework, so Xiao Pang and Wen Ke happily went out to play, leaving Ye Yao and Lu Xun in the dormitory.
Lu Xun was taking a shower, while Ye Yao was sitting at the desk looking at his hands.
The hand-holding in the staircase was like a dream, initiated by Lu Xun who charged forward and led him into the dreams of the past.
Lu Xun liked to hold his hand very much, but of course he didn’t hold hands with ordinary male friends, and he and Lu Xun didn’t hold hands when they were just ordinary friends.
At that time, Lu Xun had still maintained the image of a cool guy in his eyes, in short, he was not as sticky as he was later. He, as the cool guy Lu Xun’s friend, and knowing that Lu Xun was homophobic, even if he had a really good relationship with Lu Xun, he would rarely have any physical contact with Lu Xun.
The physical contact began to increase, after his class won a difficult ball game in high school, and he was happy to give Lu Xun a hug after winning.
It was the first time they had such intimate physical contact. Lu Xun, who was hugged by him, was frozen in his arms. After he realized it, he let Lu Xun go, who also did not say anything.
After the game was over, he and Lu Xun went back to the dormitory together. Lu Xun, who had just showered, suddenly said to him with an unhappy face: “I didn’t even react. I haven’t responded to you and celebrated with you. Why did you let go so quickly?”
At that time, Ye Yao asked inexplicably: “Then what if I hug you again?”
“It’s not impossible.” Lu Xun said.
So he hugged Lu Xun once more, and this time Lu Xun responded to him.
From then on, he has had more and more physical contact with Lu Xun, and he has become Lu Xun’s best friend.
The last time they held hands directly on the road was when they were still best of friends, but now the two of them had a different relationship than before.
Lu Xun was testing him, and he was testing Lu Xun.
Ye Yao turned on his laptop, chose a variety show to play, and sat at his desk to watch it.
After Lu Xun came out of the shower, he hung around behind Ye Yao, and finally dragged a chair to sit next to Ye Yao: “What’s the point of watching a variety show alone, I’ll watch it with you.”
Ye Yao pushed the laptop between the two of them so that Lu Xun could see it clearly as well.
This was a relationship variety show and it was now playing to the point where the female guest accidentally fell into a small pit and was pulled up to her feet by the male guest. Then the male guest kept holding the female guest’s hand in case the female guest fell down again.
The scene switched to the interview with the female guest after the end of the show, who smiled widely and said: “He just kept holding my hand and did not let go, yeah, I was really moved.”
“It’s normal for people to blush when they hold hands with each other.” Ye Yao said, “When the two of us hold hands, it’s like holding the right hand with my left hand. I’m used to it.”
Seeing that the topic was about to lead to the difference between them and normal couples, and then to friendship, Lu Xun quickly stopped him: “What are you talking about, I don’t hold hands with my left hand, don’t talk nonsense.”
Lu Xun imitated the female guest’s tone of voice: “When Yaoyao held my hand, I was also moved.”
Ye Yao didn’t comment on Lu Xun’s words, and the two of them continued to watch the variety shows together.
The laptop screen was littered with pink love bubbles, while outside the screen, Lu Xun’s fingertips once again unknowingly touched on Ye Yao’s fingertips.
Ye Yao had other things on his mind, but on the surface he pretended to be watching the variety show intently, pretending not to notice that Lu Xun was getting closer to him.
Closer, he needed to be closer, closer to a distance where he could give Lu Xun a kiss if he tilted his head.
It was the first time for Ye Yao to do this kind of thing, and he was not even this nervous when he was checking his College Entrance Exam score as he was now.
What if Lu Xun got frightened and pushed him away?
If Lu Xun couldn’t control the subconscious reaction of wanting to vomit, what kind of expression should he put on?
What if Lu Xun was so frightened that he fell to the floor with his chair and the back of his head hit hard on the ground?
Ye Yao pursed his lips, and quietly stepped on Lu Xun’s chair with one foot.
…It was the first time he’s done something like this.
Nervous.
The male guest on the screen was secretly preparing a surprise gift for the female guest, so he acted carefully and spoke in a breathy voice.
Ye Yao, as if infected by the atmosphere on the screen, also said in a breathy voice: “Do you think that male guest is quite handsome?”
Lu Xun didn’t hear him clearly and he leaned his head over and asked: “What did you say?”
“I said…” Ye Yao didn’t notice that Lu Xun had gotten so close to him and turned his head. As he turned, his lips slid from the corner of Lu Xun’s lips all the way across his cheeks, and finally rested on his earlobe.
Lu Xun’s earlobe was cold. Ye Yao tried his best to calmly think of a nonsense sentence.
In order to ensure that he would immediately see the expression on Lu Xun’s face and his reaction, Ye Yao moved back quickly, and was met with a spectacle.
Lu Xun, who was usually thick-skinned and good at acting like a hooligan at all times, and who didn’t even blush when drinking alcohol, was strangely red in the face and ears.
The expression on his face was blank, as if he hadn’t realized what happened. Ye Yao did a careful observation, and also felt his face was a little hot.
Lu Xun jolted to his feet, with an even more strange expression on his face.
As he stood up, Ye Yao immediately noticed that something was wrong.
Lu Xun took a step closer to him, and a dangerous aura surged out instantly. Ye Yao also stood up from his chair and took a step back.
The alarm sounded in his head, and Ye Yao swallowed.
… He felt that he should not remain here any longer, and should leave the space alone for Lu Xun.
He had made all sorts of speculations before, but none of them had this kind of development.
Lu Xun who turned gay was indeed different from the Lu Xun who was straight, or at least completely different in terms of being a danger to him, and he hadn’t, surprisingly, thought about this problem before.
He admitted he was a little panicked.
He turned towards the direction of the door. Ye Yao took two steps back, and fled through the door to escape.
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Zaki~ hahahaha! Run Ye Yao. I told you not to test Lu Xun 😛
I can’t wait to see him be caught lol. Thank you for the chapter!
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Finally.
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Ohoho~ (￢‿￢ )
Thank You for the new chapter ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡)˚๐*˟ ♡
Huhuhuhu just finished reading it. Can’t wait for the next chapter<3333
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Hahaha these two were more romantic when Lu Xun thought they were being normal best friends 😄.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
the beast is released
Hahaha!!! Ty for the chapter ❤️
“can my hand borrow a place” man is the ultimate rizzler
lol ye yao is getting more than he bargained for
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It seems that Ye Yao doesn’t know that you shouldn’t tease a yandere, especially if you’re the object of their obsession 🤭