Tong Xiaosong had trouble falling asleep, tossing and turning in a daze.
After a while, he felt an unusual silence around him.
Suddenly, a sigh echoed, and a voice in the darkness softly called out, “Xiaosong…”
Immediately, he perked up his ears. “Zhi Xian!?”
A pair of arms reached out from behind, wrapping around his waist.
He leaned back, finding himself in the familiar and comfortable embrace.
However, the warmth that used to accompany this embrace felt somewhat cold now.
Sensing something amiss, he asked with confusion, “Where did you go? Why are you so cold?”
“I’ve been by your side all along, never went anywhere,” Zhi Xian’s tone was somewhat stern as his arms tightened around the warm figure in his embrace.
There was a pause, and then he asked with suspicion, “Are you angry?”
Zhi Xian chuckled softly, “You do realize when I’m angry? You heartless little thing. Between me and Gu Xuan, who do you prefer?”
“Of course, it’s you! You’re the best and the most gentle! Gu Xuan is not good; he used to intentionally let others bully me, and he has a bad character. How can he compare to you!”
“Good to know,” Zhi Xian’s tone carried a hint of laughter.
Tong Xiaosong pursed his lips, a bit shy, and asked, “Am I dreaming right now? It’s not a dream, is it? Are you a real person?”
“Yeah, but for now, I still can’t meet you in person. It will happen soon,” Zhi Xian gently rubbed Tong Xiaosong’s head with his chin and whispered, “Someone is eager to explore the boundaries between life and death. I’ll be able to openly appear in front of you soon. I hope that by then, you will still like me as before.”
The last sentence erased all the previous words from Tong Xiaosong’s mind.
“How do you know…” Tong Xiaosong blushed, his heartbeat gradually becoming uncontrollable.
How did Zhi Xian know that he liked him?
What does Zhi Xian think?
Does Zhi Xian like him, too, considering his current embrace?
Does Zhi Xian really like him?
The thought made his heart in his chest excited as if it wanted to jump out.
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Tong Xiaosong was puzzled, “What are you talking about? I didn’t understand. What help? I…”
“It’s okay, you don’t need to understand, and you don’t need to remember tonight. Because tonight, I want to do some not-so-good things to you. You don’t need to remember them,” Zhi Xian said nonchalantly.
“Not-so-good things?” Tong Xiaosong felt a bit scared, “What… uh!”
The hand placed on his waist moved down, gripping his private area through the sleeping pants.
Not only that, there was something hard rubbing against his ass slowly.
As a man, he was acutely aware of what that thing was.
It was Zhi Xian’s…
Tong Xiaosong blushed, staring in disbelief.
In the darkness, his eyes widened, and through the sleeping pants, he felt the movements that left him dazed.
The long and slender hand in front gently played with the area that had already stiffened.
So… it’s a bit bold…
Tong Xiaosong nervously clutched the blanket, covering his face slowly.
How… how… how could this be forgotten!
Is it a bit too fast?
Tong Xiaosong was full of panic and shyness, but the other party’s actions did not make him feel repulsed.
On the contrary, he quite liked it.
It was just a bit thrilling, and he felt that even his breathing wasn’t quite smooth.
***
Tong Xiaosong abruptly opened his eyes, and it was already daylight. His roommate on the upper bunk, Wu Mabo, was still sound asleep.
Inside his sleeping pants, there was a damp and cool sensation around his crotch.
A sentence flashed through his mind.
“It’s okay, you don’t need to understand, and you don’t need to remember tonight. Because tonight, I want to do some not-so-good things to you. You don’t need to remember them…”
He covered his face in shame.
Oh no, he had forgotten everything about the dream, but unfortunately, he remembered the sentence Zhi Xian said to him and the subsequent risqué actions quite clearly.
He didn’t think he had any physiological needs in that regard, but last night, he dreamt such a dream.
And it was with his dream lover, Zhi Xian…
Actually, in his dream last night, he didn’t dream of anything too explicit. After all, he had no real-life experience, and dreaming of engaging in explicit activities with a man was unrealistic; such knowledge didn’t exist in his mind.
Last night, he just had a pleasant experience, and then he felt Zhi Xian pressing against him a few times through the sleeping pants, after which he fell asleep in the dream.
Now thinking about it, it was actually a bit regrettable…
Anyway, it was just a dream. If he had been stripped naked and held in Zhixian’s arms doing that kind of thing, it should have been even more comfortable, right?
Just thinking like that, he unexpectedly had a reaction again.
Tong Xiaosong rubbed his bright red face, feeling embarrassed about his shameless thoughts.
After stewing in his embarrassment under the blanket for a few minutes, he calmed down. He cautiously pulled the bed curtain closed, changed into a fresh pair of underwear, and threw the worn-out and deformed underwear into a plastic bag. He planned to dispose of it in the garbage bin on his way to school.
After all, there was no way to openly wash such things, and he had something to attend to tonight, so he couldn’t leave them for too long. The best way to handle it was to throw them away.
Taking advantage of the time left before his usual wake-up, he lay in bed with a red face, slowly savoring the memories.
Unfortunately, it seemed like the two of them didn’t kiss in the dream last night.
He still hadn’t seen what Zhi Xian looked like.
Tong Xiaosong turned over, feeling a bit obsessed.
He was actually so concerned about someone he had fabricated in a dream, acting as if he were secretly in love with someone real. His mind was filled with thoughts of this person.
How nice it would be if Zhi Xian were a real person…
***
While brushing his teeth, Wu Mabo frequently glanced at Tong Xiaosong.
Tong Xiaosong, self-doubting, touched his face and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Why are you smiling like that?” Wu Mabo scrutinized Tong Xiaosong, saying, “If someone didn’t know, they would think you’re in love.”
Tong Xiaosong:…
Was he that obvious?
In fact, he wasn’t that happy because the more he cared, the more empty he felt. The fantasy of the gentle and understanding Zhi Xian was just an imaginary creation. Such a perfect person couldn’t exist in reality.
However, the dream from last night occasionally flashed through his mind, and his heart would always beat excitedly and intensely a few times.
He raised his hand and touched his face. Did he smile just now?
Had he become too immersed in his fantasies?
***
“What’s going on with your test scores this time? You’ve dropped to the bottom ten!”
In the principal’s office, the principal reprimanded Tong Xiaosong with a serious and angry tone.
Tong Xiaosong stood in front of the desk, somewhat unbelieving, and asked, “Bottom ten?”
“See for yourself!” The principal threw the exam paper in front of Tong Xiaosong. “I specifically got your test paper in advance, intending to submit it together with the subsidy records. How do I explain this?!”
Tong Xiaosong, in disbelief, picked up the test paper from the desk. There were alarming red crosses everywhere, and the score was unprecedentedly low.
The principal sighed, “Tong Xiaosong, you are a promising student. What’s been happening lately? Are you so absorbed in those unfounded and chaotic things? Can you focus on your studies? If you continue like this, not to mention next month, even the month after, the subsidy won’t come through! Are you squandering the efforts of your teachers, me, and your family in cultivating you? Are these grades worthy of the importance we place on you?”
“I…” Hearing that the subsidy might not come through due to his grades, Tong Xiaosong’s eyes instantly turned red. He felt like he had messed up again.
Quivering his lips, he stared tightly at the red crosses on the test paper, as if seeing the difficult path ahead.
Flashbacks of the strange and supernatural events that had occurred during this period crossed his mind. It seemed like it had been a long time since he could concentrate on studying.
Seeing this, the principal couldn’t bear to be too harsh and said, “There’s another test in a week. I hope you can make it to the top ten. Otherwise, your subsidy… can only blame yourself for not working hard enough.”
“Alright, thank you, Principal.” Tong Xiaosong pursed his lips, took a deep breath, suppressed the bitterness and discomfort in his heart, and bowed deeply to the principal. “I will work hard and strive to get into the top ten in the test next week.”
The stakes are being raised.
But ugh the poor construction workers and roommates
The boy went through terrible trauma and they still want him to get good grades? Pathetic
Hoho things are heating up. I can’t wait for Zhi to appear in the flesh
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he needs the good grades to get subsidy funds. Those funds are usually given to poor students but only if they can keep up their grades
Can’t even give the poor boy a little downtime to process whatever the fuvk is going on with his life 😩