EmbersCh43 - “Let’s go.”

“Do you want me to go?” Sheng Renxing’s mouth quirked up, “If you want me to stay, just say.”

Xing Ye’s eyelashes trembled, like a warning before he was going to do something, but nothing happened in the end. 7xZOhc

He was silent.

After a long while, Sheng Renxing nodded: “Okay, then I’m going.” He bent over and picked up the glove that had fallen on the ground, handing it over to Xing Ye, but Xing Ye didn’t move to take it. So instead, he placed it on the side of the closet. “Bye bye.”

Chrysanthemum Garden.

With that, he nodded to Xing Ye, his expression calm and no longer angry.

Xing Ye was quiet till the end, when the loud silence filled the room, only accompanied by dust particles falling to the ground. XF3VCe

He stared at Sheng Renxing’s collar, his hair, and his Adam’s apple. He smelled good, a scent mixed with the freshness one had after taking a bath. Xing Ye had never smelled something like that in this place before.

As far as he could remember, he had never smelled that scent before, ever.

Sheng Renxing moved, pushing him away with one hand and using the other to support himself using the wall.

His leg still had not healed.

Xing Ye watched him go out. The door closed.

The movement of the door shutting disrupted the electric circuit of the lights in the dressing room – it became so dark that one wasn’t able to see their own fingers.

Sheng Renxing’s scent gradually dissipated, revealing the original solid, dark atmosphere that was in this room. It was like immersing in the dark, deep sea, with the water icy cold.

He didn’t know how long he had been standing there when the door suddenly opened again. Kgmah7

Sheng Renxing was standing outside the door, looking at him with his arms folded, a little helpless: “You really don’t fucking come after me, huh.”

Xing Ye was stunned, and Sheng Renxing didn’t continue to speak.

After a while, Xing Ye came forward and hugged him.

He used a lot of strength: his arms were tightly wrapped around Sheng Renxing, and he was almost out of breath. jdvz2Y

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“Are we leaving just like this? Don’t you need to greet your boss?” Xing Ye led him down a pathway similar to an employee passage. The route they were taking was different from when Sheng Renxing had been alone. Sheng Renxing continued, “Are you an employee?”

“Yes, no, this doesn’t count.” Xing Ye answered all of his questions, pushing open the fire escape door, which revealed a small alley outside. A man standing next to the door peeing was startled by their sudden appearance, and pulled up his trousers and left while muttering.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Xing Ye watched him leave before saying to Sheng Renxing, “Don’t come here.”

Sheng Renxing’s eyes swept over where the man had been standing, and his idea of holding onto the wall disappeared. Undh16

He smiled at Xing Ye and replied: “But I want to see you in the ring.”

“…” Xing Ye said: “I won’t come here for a while.”

True to his word, Xing Ye really didn’t go for a while.

Sheng Renxing knew this from the way no new wounds were showing up on his body, and because, from time to time, they would speak on the phone at night. 8gKFi

“When are you going to buy a new phone?” Sheng Renxing asked.

Xing Ye’s phone had broken a while ago, but he didn’t tell him why. Sheng Renxing hadn’t asked, and then Lu Zhaohua gave him his spare phone that he didn’t use but had just in case.

Xing Ye had been using that phone all this time.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to take the phone out of Xing Ye’s pocket, fiddling with it in his hand. fda2GV

Xing Ye stopped his hand, looked at him, and then at the phone, remembering: “This week.”

Sheng Renxing turned on the phone and clicked on it: “I’m going to buy books this week.”

Xing Ye: “Didn’t you buy them last week?”

“Finished them.” Sheng Renxing casually opened Xing Ye’s QQ and saw himself at the top. ABMb3u

Xing Ye hadn’t changed his name; it was still ‘X’.

“So fast?” Xing Ye took Sheng Renxing’s phone from his desk.

“Skipped some.”

Sheng Renxing changed his name to “boyfriend”, and closed the app quickly with a nonchalant look, not showing Xing Ye, “Do you want it?” hAB1O3

“Want what?” Xing Ye asked while doing something on Sheng Renxing’s phone.

Sheng Renxing glanced at him, and went through the contents of his phone in his mind. There should be nothing that Xing Ye couldn’t see, “The book I bought; I didn’t write anything down for most questions, you could do them.”

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Xing Ye shook his head. “It would be a waste.”

“If you don’t do them, I’ll leave the book to rot to ashes.” After having casually mentioned it, Sheng Renxing actually felt that his proposal was very good: “Exams are soon. If you hug Buddha’s feet, you’ll at least be above Jiang Jing and the others.” z1EZuV

“It would be a waste of my time.” Xing Ye looked at the phone and smiled.

“…” Sheng Renxing “tsk”-ed.

Just as he was about to say something, Xing Ye tilted his phone towards Sheng Renxing, puzzled: “Why am I saved as ‘18’?”

Sheng Renxing choked on his saliva. BnWzYV

After coughing for a while, he said, “Guess?”

Xing Ye glanced at him: “I’m not 18.”

“It’s not about age.” Sheng Renxing leaned back on his chair: the two front legs lifted.

They were in the classroom on the top floor: it seemed that this was the place for them to skip class now. dpwArT

Mainly since his performance playing piano, some girls would often walk past his class window in groups, regardless of the time. He felt like he was in a zoo, and almost wanted to hang on the window ‘50 for viewing, 100 for taking pictures’.

Once he told Xing Ye about it, he had laughed for a while, then asked him whether he wanted to go with him to the empty classroom on the top floor.

Sheng Renxing had immediately agreed, not because it was an empty classroom, but because they would be together.

Xing Ye guessed a few more times. iSqrIz

All were vetoed by Sheng Renxing: “Is it really so hard to guess?” He tutted and glanced down between Xing Ye’s legs.

Xing Ye was taken aback for a moment, then, in a manner learned from Sheng Renxing, said “Fuck”, smiling and stretching out his hand to pinch the back of Sheng Renxing’s neck.

Sheng Renxing turned his head and didn’t avoid it, but then shrunk his neck back and hissed: “Your hands are too cold,” and then he looked innocent, “Why did you react like that? It’s because you scored 18 points in the monthly exam.”

He stared at Xing Ye’s face, then his gaze slowly moved down, and he said “Oh” meaningfully, “Is it possible you think…” Or7jUG

Before he could finish, Xing Ye covered his mouth.

Sheng Renxing didn’t struggle, only looking at him with a smile.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Xing Ye stared at him for a long time, then suddenly reached out to scratch his waist.

Sheng Renxing “Wu”-ed, shook his hand away and almost jumped onto the table, staring at Xing Ye: “Why would you do that if you don’t agree?” Then he fought back. yiwoux

The two immediately made a mess, fighting. In the end, Sheng Renxing was caught by Xing Ye because he was sitting on the inside and so couldn’t do anything. He hung his neck with his head against his chest, admitting defeat to end the fight.

Sheng Renxing rubbed his wrist, panting and complaining: “You’re so evil when you fight.” There were red circles from Xing Ye’s fingers pressing down on his wrist.

Xing Ye stretched out his hand to help him massage his wrist: “I could say the same to you.”

“Hum”, Sheng Renxing looked at his messy hair and rubbed his ears: “Admit it, you just wanted to kiss me, right?” dY4Srz