Bonus chapter for KeKe for the CG 10k Discord member event~
translator: daisy
proofreader: jay
By the time Xing Ye woke up, everyone in the class had already left—save for Sheng Renxing, who was writing next to him.
He blinked dazedly.
“Awake? Are you hungry?”
Xing Ye lethargically sat up while rubbing his forehead, and saw two takeout cartons on the table.
Inside was fried rice.
“Did you buy it?”
Sheng Renxing put away the worksheets, “Huang Mao did, and he wanted me to ask you about what happened to the breakfast you brought for him. He said that he almost swallowed Jiang Jing in hunger.”
Xing Ye pretended not to hear the latter part of the sentence, “Which one do you want?”
“The one with green onions belongs to me.” Sheng Renxing smiled and opened a box to take a look.
“This one is yours,” he handed it to Xing Ye. Seeing that the other stopped moving, he glanced quickly at his right hand and grinned.
“What is this?” Xing Ye rolled his wrist.
“A watch,” Sheng Renxing mixed the toppings together, “Can’t you tell?” Their lunches had been delivered quite a while ago, but he waited for Xing Ye to get up before eating. Who knew that he would sleep so soundly?
“More or less.”
“…” Sheng Renxing snorted while picking at the carrot shreds in the fried rice, “I’ve won awards for my art.”
“What awards?” Xing Ye watched as he not only picked the carrots, but also picked out the meat and threw it into a plastic bag.
Sheng Renxing momentarily paused to look at him, “Aren’t you hungry?”
The portions were rather small and not very tasty, and Sheng Renxing had to force himself to finish it, “Do you want to get a drink?”
Xing Ye shook his head, rolled up the other’s sleeve so that it revealed half of his arm and grabbed a pen at random.
“What kind of design do you like?”
Sheng Renxing motioned for him to wait. Turning on the phone with one hand, he scrolled through the images before showing Xing Ye, “How’s this?”
It was a clock tattoo, and there was a half-rose underneath it. However, despite the complicated pattern, it wasn’t very beautiful, and he deliberately chose it so that Xing Ye would have a hard time.
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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“If you don’t draw it well,” Sheng Renxing held his head in one hand and thought for a while, “I’ll doodle a turtle egg on your face.”
“Tbe jigfjvs bkf wf bcf.” Wlcu Tf iloafv tlr tfjv jcv vgjuufv tlr olcufgr jmgbrr tlr jgw ilxf tf kjr wfjreglcu atf jwbeca bo rqjmf tf tjv ab kbgx klat.
Sheng Renxing was itchy by the time he finished, “Don’t exaggerate, doesn’t the watch look nice?”
Xing Ye’s lips curved into a smile, but he remained silent.
The other joked, “I’ve noted down this grievance, just you wait.”
Xing Ye first sketched out a decent-looking draft, which occupied one-half of Sheng Renxing’s arm.
Sheng Renxing watched for a while and wanted to take a photo, but since his phone was with the other, he turned to pat Xing Ye’s hair, “Can you see properly?” His forehead bangs were getting long, and at this rate, they were going to cover his eyes. Xing ye blinked, his eyelashes trembling slightly with the strands.
Sheng Renxing kindly helped him part his hair in the middle.
Xing Ye stared at him coldly, Sheng Renxing couldn’t help but smile while tidying his hair, “The young fellow is pretty handsome.”
After a while, “Why is he afraid of you hitting him?” Sheng Renxing tapped his fingers on the captain’s table.
The other didn’t speak.
Sheng Renxing prodded him with a finger, “Don’t play dumb.”
Xing Ye “tsk-ed”, and lifted the hem of his shirt to rub off a line, “Do you two have a good relationship?”
“We have a classmate relationship.” Sheng Renxing signaled for him to wait as he leaned forward to pull out a pack of wipes from Chen Ying’s drawer.
“And here I was thinking that you were dating. At the time, he was the one who came up with the idea of taking my clothes.”
“Huh?” Sheng Renxing handed a wet wipe to him, remembering what they had said earlier about the gay person that stole Xing Ye’s clothing.
“We’re dating, my ass!” He focused on the latter part of the sentence, “What were they doing with your clothes?”
“I don’t know,” Xing Ye stared at him, and replied indifferently, “When I finally got them back, the situation was rather chaotic, so he might think that I would retaliate.”
“Oh, so have you?”
“No,” Xing Ye replied lightly, “I gave him a warning.”
Even though he lifted his head, Sheng Renxing couldn’t judge his inscrutable expression very clearly, “You love using this sort of move, please reflect on yourself.”
“I’m currently introspecting,” Xing Ye finished drawing, and placed the wipe down while looking into the other’s eyes, “You too.”
“?” Sheng Renxing was stunned, “I’m what?”
“You also attract gay students.”
The other “fuck-ed” in response, “How did you even come to that conclusion?! Just because two guys both like men doesn’t mean they’ll end up together!”
Besides, the captain wasn’t his type.
“I guessed because I’m not gay.”
Sheng Renxing, “You’re behaving in a very gay manner right now.”
“I’m not feminine.” The other retorted.
“Have you ever seen me with an orchid finger?” Sheng Renxing knew that many people’s impression of gay men was that they acted in a feminine way.
Xing Ye thought for a while before laughing, “You should do one.”
The other raised a middle finger in response.
After a while, Xing Ye asked, “How do you know that you like men?”
At first, Sheng Renxing didn’t want to say anything, but since the atmosphere was pretty good, he lightly scratched the table while explaining, “When they were talking about girlfriends, I realized that I didn’t have any interest in girls.”
“Which one?” Xing Ye frowned slightly, looking like he wanted to study the topic.
“No,” Sheng Renxing was getting a little embarrassed and impatient. “I wasn’t interested in any women.”
“Oh, so not like the way you’re interested in your desk-mate?”
Sheng Renxing “tsk-ed”: “I’m interested in orchid fingers.”
Xing Ye laughed.
After a while, the other asked, “Have you never met any gay people? Why so curious?”
He shook his head with a smile, “I’ve only met orchid fingers. I can introduce you if you’re interested.”
“No!” Sheng Renxing draped himself on the table, and couldn’t stop himself from blurting out, “You should introduce yourself to me, I’m interested in you.”
Xing Ye stared up at him for a long time: “Unfortunately, I’m not well versed in the art of orchid fingers.”
“Yes, it’s a pity.” Sheng Renxing yawned to hide his expression, “Don’t worry, you’re not my type.”
The other smiled, “My style?”
“Too hard.” Difficult to chew. “I like softer ones.”
“Why don’t you look for a girl then?”
Sheng Renxing “tsk-ed”, and felt that he was speaking too coarsely in his anger, “Because of the difference in genitalia.”
Seeing that the other was about to open his mouth again, he added, “Shut up, or I’ll draw a penis on you later.”
Xing Ye raised his eyebrows in silence.
In the midst of their nonsense, they had forgotten about the task at hand. Xing Ye bent down and drew seriously while chatting. Since Sheng Renxing couldn’t solve questions in this position, he quietly observed the other.
“You draw pretty well, have you taken lessons?” Sheng Renxing watched as the sketch gradually flourished. Leaning over to glance at the photo, he saw that it was slightly different, but the changes were for the better.
“Nope.”
“Then that’s really amazing!” Sheng Renxing praised him.
Xing Ye smiled, “Not as amazing as you, I haven’t won any awards.”
“Tsk!” The other rolled his eyes, “Is it finished?”
“It will be if you don’t move around,” Xing Ye squeezed on his arm.
But before they could finish, Sheng Renxing was called away.
It was that female classmate who told him, saying that the director was looking for him.
When Sheng Renxing entered the office, he thought that the mooncakes had come to complain again.
Unexpectedly, Director Li smiled, “I heard that you can play the piano?”
Smelling an air that spoke of yet another scheme, he thought for a while before replying, “I know a little bit.”
The other smiled again, “Here’s the situation. The senior students will have an earlier send-off than usual because of the gaokao, and the school is going to hold an assembly for them. The first and second years will be there to cheer them on and perform some shows to celebrate.” He slid a sheet of paper over, “One of them was a piano piece, but the student who was supposed to play had an unexpected accident. Coincidentally, I remembered that you also know how to play.”
Sheng Renxing raised a hand to take it, and the other was going to say something before he saw his arm.
Since he came here in a rush, Sheng Renxing’s sleeves were still pulled up, and the tattoo-like watch was large enough that it was easily visible.
Director Li choked.
Sheng Renxing grabbed it, “I’m not participating.”
Director Li was very anxious: “But you were recommended by the principal. He said that you won an award for your piano performance last time, didn’t you? It would be an honor!”
“I need to prepare for the Mathematical Olympiad and monthly exams.” Sheng Renxing frowned.
“It won’t take up your time. You can practice during class.”
“?” Is this something that the director should say?
After a while of back and forth, Sheng Renxing finally nodded and picked up the piano score on the table.
Director Li stared at the “tattoo” on his hand and stopped talking again. Noticing the other’s behavior, he shook his hand, “Doesn’t it look good?”
daisy: their ust is killing me okay goodbye. also the chapter that was supposed to be posted yesterday will be uploaded tomorrow along with saturday’s chapter. i keep getting sidetracked by basically everything else ;-; so sorry for the delay!!
Are there really no other students in the whole fucking school? They want the MC to literally do everything- he might as well teach and be the principal and then after winning them trophies for sports >_<
Thanks for the chapter <3
And then they compare him to his dad in order to make him do things. Ugh. 😡
And Xing Ye, you might not be gay. That’s fine. That you better be bi for by boi.
Then you better be bi for my boi
+1 it’s so annoying. I just want Xingxing to be happy and loved, is it that hard?
Xing Yi’s a model example for the questioning in lgbtq.
Tho if you’ve never seriously thought about stuff like this then it’s not unusual.
thanks for chapt 🙏💓💓 n omf :(( i feel bad for S.R 🙁 they working him to the bone
also, S.R so relatable lmao xD him realizing he’s gay cuz he had no interest talking girlfriends is same as me lol, except opposite
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter!! Also poor SRX, why does he have to do all this by himself ==
“I’m not gay” who are you bullshiting? I’m honestly really curious about what happens in his head. Do you know you like Xingxing or not? I’m so confused by you????
Ty for the chapter!💜💜💜
The ‘you are not my type’ to a straight friend while they are actually your type… Too real