Ji Ning and Herinos walked over to the cafeteria together. Along the way, several students greeted Herinos who responded to each of them with a smile. It was easy to see how he was one of the most popular professors in the school.
Ji Ning split up from Herinos when they entered the cafeteria to buy his meal. Once he’d got his food he went over to the table Herinos had claimed. Unexpectedly, Herinos hadn’t bought any food, just a brightly coloured drink that looked like pomegranate juice.
“Professor, aren’t you going to have dinner?” Ji Ning asked.
“I don’t have much of an appetite.” Herinos smiled at Ji Ning, who sat opposite him, “Actually, I mainly wanted to speak with you. You should eat first.”
They chatted casually, and once Ji Ning had eaten his dinner, Herinos asked, “How are you doing these days, do you still think of Jiang Che?”
“Yes…”
Ji Ning put down his chopsticks and nodded slowly. Over the past few days, he’d started thinking about Jiang Che more frequently than usual. He dreamed of his voice, his smile, and the memories of the time they spent together.
He suddenly recalled what Zhou Rin had said to him the other night.
“Did you know, Ji Ning? Jiang Che loved you.”
Those words had caused a storm in Ji Ning’s head. Even though a day had now passed, his heart still trembled at the memory.
Afterwards, Zhou Rin said that he might have remembered wrong, but he had no way of knowing the truth. No matter what kind of feelings Jiang Che had for him, they were lost the day he died.
“Remember what I told you before? You should try to have a relationship.”
Herinos’ crimson eyes were affectionate and his voice was soothing.
“One day, you will meet the person you love.”
“Maybe at that moment, all your wishes will come true.”
“The person you’ve been missing will also appear in front of you.”
“As long as that is your wish.”
At first, he hadn’t been able to accept that he was a part of Jiang Che, but the more memories he received, the more he could feel the resonance generated by the fusion as well as the similarities between himself and Jiang Che.
He wasn’t entirely sure what part of Jiang Che he represented. Maybe it was the moment when Jiang Che realised he loved Ji Ning.
He was Jiang Che’s inner struggle and contradiction, so in his world, he and Ji Ning were trapped on opposing sides. This was the part of Jiang Che that was reluctant to acknowledge the feelings in his heart and subconsciously tried to alienate himself from Ji Ning.
However, Jiang Che really loved Ji Ning. This was reflected in Herinos. He was deeply attracted to Ji Ning, and even though he knew their relationship would end in tragedy, he refused to let those feelings go.
At the same time, he was also Jiang Che’s hope. Jiang Che had always hoped that Ji Ning would like him back, so he was the first fragment of Jiang Che’s consciousness that Ji Ning encountered. In the original unfolding of the ‘story’, Ji Ning was supposed to seduce a female character, but his target suddenly switched to him. This was Jiang Che’s unconscious desire – he hoped that Ji Ning could love him even though he was a man.
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His mood lifted because of Herinos’ warm gesture and he moved forward to embrace Herinos for a few seconds. He didn’t even notice how Herinos tilted his head slightly, to drop a gentle kiss to his hair. His touch was so fleeting that Ji Ning didn’t suspect a thing.
“You’ll be fine.”
Herinos ruffled Ji Ning’s hair, smiled at him, then turned to leave.
Ji Ning stood under a street lamp and watched him go, until his back slowly melted into the night and he disappeared. He waited for a few seconds longer, then went back to his dormitory.
As soon as he pushed open the door, the strong scent of coffee filled his nose. Huo Wuling sat at the table with his chin in one hand, and a spoon in the other, stirring the hot coffee in the cup in front of him. At the sound of the opening door, his dark eyes swept towards Ji Ning.
“…” Normally Ji Ning would have asked why he was drinking coffee at night, but as Huo Wuling hadn’t apologised to him yet, he simply ignored him and went about his business without saying a word.
“They’re almost gone…” Huo Wuling picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. He squinted his eyes and whispered softly, “I thought the vampire would hold on, but unexpectedly he gave in as well.”
His voice was so low that Ji Ning could barely hear what he was saying, so he simply ignored him. His phone buzzed a few times, receiving messages, so Ji Ning unlocked the screen to see who sent them. Seeing their contact name, his eyes lit up and he quickly sent a reply.
Senior Gu: Good evening, how are you doing?
Me: Good evening Senior. I’ve just come back to my dormitory after dinner. What about Senior, what are you doing? Are you busy?
Senior Gu: I’ve been busy with filming for the last few days but it’s finished tonight. The crew will be leaving tomorrow afternoon, so I have no plans tomorrow morning. I’d like to see you again before I leave, do you have time?
Me: Of course I have time. I also want to return Senior’s scarf, but would meeting with me disturb Senior’s rest?
Ji Ning was very happy to hear that Gu Chen wanted to see him. If he could, he desperately wanted to give his praises for Gu Chen’s performance in ‘We’ll meet again some day’ in person. Of course, thanks to Ozer’s interference, he hadn’t seen the last third of the film so he had to search the internet for the film’s ending.
But at the same time he was worried that meeting him would inconvenience Gu Chen, so he hesitated to accept the invitation. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen sent him a voice message. Ji Ning put in his headphones and turned his volume up to listen to the message.
“I have no plans tomorrow morning because I made time to see you again.” The man’s voice was low and sweet, with a slight hoarseness. It sounded extremely sexy, “But it isn’t convenient for me to go out, so I would have to trouble you to come to my hotel. Would that be alright?”
Ji Ning’s heart was about to burst out of his chest. He typed his reply with red ears: Yes, yes, that’s no trouble at all. I get to see Senior! I’m really happy!
“Really? I’m also very happy.”
Gu Chen sent another voice message, laughing. He then texted Ji Ning the hotel’s address and location, and told him when he arrived at the hotel, a girl with the surname Xu would take him upstairs and that she was his assistant.
Ji Ning’s eyes sparkled and he was fighting to keep the smile off his face when the next moment, his phone was snatched away.
Huo Wuling stood in front of him, holding his phone. He didn’t read the messages, just waved it in front of Ji Ning and asked, “Who are you chatting with? Why are you smiling so happily?”
“Give my phone back!”
Ji Ning snapped. He stretched out to take the phone back, but Huo Wuling anticipated his move and stepped nimbly backwards. Without thinking, Ji Ning threw himself at Huo Wuling, grabbing the boy’s shoulders to reach the phone that was held high above his head.
Huo Wuling didn’t embarrass him this time and let him take the phone back. Ji Ning cradled his phone, glaring at the boy. He wanted to turn and leave the dormitory when he was suddenly embraced by Huo Wuling. Strong arms tightly clasped his waist, preventing him from leaving.
“Let go of me!”
Ji Ning struggled, but Huo Wuling held him tight. He buried his face into Ji Ning’s neck like a rogue and said sullenly, “I don’t want to.”
“Huo Wuling, you—”
Ji Ning was on the verge of exploding and the thought ‘Let’s just beat up Huo Wuling’ crossed his mind, when the boy’s next words made him hesitate.
“I was wrong Ningning…”
Huo Wuling’s voice was quiet, as if he didn’t want Ji Ning to hear him, but he was indeed apologising.
“…” For a moment, Ji Ning was stunned. He hadn’t expected Huo Wuling to suddenly apologise. His outstretched hand slowly fell and after a few seconds, he asked stiffly, “Where were you wrong?”
“I made you unhappy. I didn’t care about your feelings. I asked about your friends. I stole your phone. I stole your breakfast. I waited by your bed deliberately to scare you…”
Huo Wuling listed a lot of things one after another. However, apart from the fact that he pressed him for information about Jiang Che, nothing else could have made Ji Ning angry. After all, even stealing his phone was just to attract his attention rather than peaking at his private messages.
Now that Huo Wuling was acting so humble, Ji Ning almost wanted to laugh and his anger disappeared.
As roommates they’d always had a good relationship, and now that Huo Wuling had sincerely reflected on his actions, Ji Ning’s attitude softened and he patted Huo Wuling on the back. “Okay, now let me go.”
“No.” Huo Wuling took advantage of his good nature and hugged him even tighter, “You have to forgive me first.”
“How can you be like this?” Ji Ning didn’t know if he was amused or angry, “You’re threatening me to forgive you?”
“It’s not a threat, it’s a request.”
As he spoke, Huo Wuling raised his head, a rare pitiful look on his beautiful face. “Ningning…”
“It’s fine, it’s fine.” Ji Ning sighed helplessly and immediately gave in, “Don’t do it again, I’m really angry.”
“I won’t do it again.” Huo Wuling said with a frown, “I can’t bear to make you angry.”
Ji Ning glanced at him, “You make me angry a lot.”
“Apart from this time, I’ve only been teasing you.” Huo Wuling said innocently, “I just want to make you happy.”
“I think you’re trying to make yourself happy.”
Ji Ning almost rolled his eyes. He pushed Huo Wuling away unceremoniously and put his phone back on the table. After picking up his wash bag, he walked into the bathroom.
The door closed with a click. Huo Wuling’s expression slowly faded to blank and his eyes darkened as he said softly.
“They’re all leaving. Maybe I will be the only one left.”
“Even if it’s only for a moment, as long as you belong to me alone, I won’t have any regrets Ningning.”
That night, Ji Ning was so excited to see Gu Chen again that he could barely sleep. The next morning he woke up early and took a bus to the hotel where Gu Chen was staying. When he walked into the lobby, a young woman stood up from the sofa and smiled at him, saying, “Hello, are you Mr. Ji Ning?”
“Hello, are you Miss Xu?” Ji Ning hurriedly greeted the woman.
Miss Xu replied with a smile and the two exchanged a few words before she took Ji Ning into the lift and brought him to the 27th floor. According to her, the entire floor had been rented out by the crew to ensure the actors wouldn’t be disturbed and it was impossible to enter without the right keycard.
When they reached the 27th floor, the woman showed her credentials to the staff guarding the lift doors, before bringing Ji Ning to the door of Gu Chen’s room.
Before knocking, she lowered her voice and said to Ji Ning, “I’m sorry, but you might not be able to stay for long. The weather has been cold these days and because brother Gu was so busy filming, he’s fallen ill. This morning he had a low fever. He didn’t want me to tell you, but I thought it was necessary to say.”
“Then I will pay attention to the time. Thank you for telling me, Miss Xu.” Ji Ning said to her.
“You don’t have to speak so politely to me, I wanted to ask you a favour.”
The woman continued, “Brother Gu has never liked taking medicine and always avoids it when he can. There’s nothing we can do about it, but if it’s possible, could you make sure he takes some? I think he would be embarrassed to refuse you.”
“Okay, I’ll do my best.”
Ji Ning agreed immediately. The woman smiled, then turned and knocked on Gu Chen’s door.
I love seeing how deep Huo Wuling’s obsession really is – he’s one of the friendliest protagonists with his flirting and everything but his desperation to keep hold of Ji Ning is always there at the same time.
There’s not many chapters left now – I can’t believe this novel’s nearly over, luckily the next two are longer chapters!! ٩(^ᴗ^)۶
CRYING SCREAMING HUO WULING OH MY GOD 😭😭😭😭
He’s so pathetic – I want to study him
huo wuling, i feel so bad for him 😞
…and it’s only gonna get worse >:)
Can someone make a list of which ML represents what emotion of jiang che so I could read it all at once and cry about it from time to time😔😭
Huo Wuling’s obsession is killing me😢😖
This is what I’m here for xx
It’s chapter 111!!
All of them great in their own aspects but HOU WULING I REALLY LOVE HIM ❤️…. even I want him to be original ML
We went from ‘i’ll get him in 6 months’ to ji Ning being so excited he can’t sleep haha.
Goodbye, herinos.
I can’t believe most of them have gone now.