Yu Rui and Xie Li have not said a word since that night, and have treated each other like air, at least in Yu Rui’s opinion.
The class did not meet until the last session on Friday afternoon.
After Tian Xueqian finished their summary of the week, he began to talk about the administrative tasks set in the grades during the week.
The first few points were irrelevant and he carried them out quickly, but Tian Xueqian emphasized the last point: making an exception for the selection of several Student Council members in the second grade.
“Students, don’t think that Student Council work is a waste of time, ah? This matter is also useful for you. So if anyone is interested in this area and thinks they are qualified, pick up a form before you leave class.”
“Professor, what is considered eligible?”
“This….” Tian Xueqian’s eyes wandered and looked to Yu Rui, who, as usual, remained sitting upright in the back row with his head down and writing.
Tian Xueqian showed a smirk, “For example: in the election, if Yu Rui is running for Student Council President, the probability of winning is very high. In short, you have to be good or even the best in the department you are applying for, to be elected.”
Upon being named by Tian Xueqian, Yu Rui stopped writing.
This was something Tian Xueqian had already told him when he called him to his office last time.
Yu Rui wants to simplify the steps of his schooling as much as possible, and the independent entrance examination was something he had high hopes for. And he was more than qualified with his academic grades. It’s just that as far as the Student Council was concerned, a purely presencial position might lack a certain degree of competitiveness, and the position of Student Council President was indeed the most suitable for him.
Yu Rui thought carefully, and after Tian Xueqian told him that he could go get the forms, he got up and walked to the podium.
After Yu Rui, two other students, one from the Arts Department and one from the Sports Department, took the form.
Tian Xueqian looked at the few remaining forms in his hand and asked with a smile, “No one else? Students these days don’t have much self-confidence.”
Someone in the class muttered, “If Brother Rui runs for Student Council President, the position is his, so it’s a waste of time. As for the other positions, how can those of us who only know how to bore ourselves with studies be any good?”
“Well, then I…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a chair in the back row was dragged across the floor with a loud crash.
The teacher and students on and off the stage fell silent, and Tian Xueqian, who was the first to react, turned his head in shock to look at the back row.
Xie Li took off his uniform jacket and stood up, rubbed his messy hair, and walked to the front of the classroom.
Tian Xueqian frowned, “Xie Li, are you groggy from sleep? The class is not over yet.”
Xie Li did not stop walking until he reached the podium. He slightly narrowed his eyes and his handsome face was full of laziness and impatience.
Sweeping his gaze around the podium, he finally fixed his gaze.
“I’m in too.” Xie Li’s voice was hoarse with the obvious harshness of sleep. After taking one of the application forms and then lowering his eyes, he turned and returned to his seat.
He intended to catch up on his sleep.
Tian Xueqian was so shocked that he didn’t come back to his senses until Xie Li reached the middle of the classroom, “You’re applying too? For which position?”
Xie Li’s pace slowed down, at that moment he was walking toward Yu Rui’s table.
The glow of the setting sun was covered by the leaves outside the window for a few minutes, leaving only bits of pale golden light to spread downward. Many visible and invisible points of light spread over the young man sitting by the window.
Staring at that figure, Xie Li’s deep dark eyes slowly closed in a diffuse focus.
Sensing something, Yu Rui by the window frowned slightly and looked up.
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“Bang!”
On the basketball court, a basketball hit the ground hard and then bounced upward at high speed. Just by looking at the height of the bounce, you can guess the strength of the person who just threw it.
“Damn it, Brother Rui, what did you take to do that?” Qiao Shengyu, who was playing 1v1 with Yu Rui, was shocked, his eyes widened as he straightened up and looked at Yu Rui, who was half crouched down and leaning on his knees.
Yu Rui slowly straightened up, the corners of his mouth twitched shallowly, “I’m sorry. Let’s go over there first and come back after a short rest.”
“Okay, I’m tired too.”
Yu Rui followed Qiao Shengyu to the rest bench next to the basketball court.
It was strange that Yu Rui didn’t wear his plain white shirt today, instead, he put on a plain white printed T-shirt. From the start of the neckline of the shirt to the collar, it revealed a skin so white in the sunlight that it is almost reflective, and the collarbone is also visible and sexy.
After the warm-up and intense basketball exercise, the young man’s body was covered with a thin layer of sweat. His black hair was wet and plastered on his forehead, giving him a different look from the usual friendly and inoffensive one with rimless glasses.
He had just sat down on the bench when a girl trotted up beside him, her face bearing the residual marks of a sunburn that he didn’t know if it was natural.
“Class President, we bought an extra bottle of cold water there. The extra one… it’s for you.”
Yu Rui froze and then looked down.
The bottle covered with a layer of water vapor was tightly gripped by the girl, who had too much restlessness in her eyes, expression, and movements that she was unaware of, but others saw it.
Someone probably encouraged her to come; if he turned her down, she would have felt embarrassed for a while after returning.
Yu Rui put away the bottle of water he had already halfway taken out of his backpack again and took the bottle of cold water from the girl.
Then he arched his eyebrows slightly, his voice and smile soft and comforting enough, “Thank you.”
“No… it’s nothing.”
The girl’s face turned even redder, and even before Yu Rui could say a second sentence, she had already turned and ran away.
Yu Rui averted his eyes from the girl’s back. He hesitated about the bottle of cold water in his hand, but unscrewed the cap and took two sips.
He didn’t know if it was genetic or something else, but he didn’t have a good stomach, so he didn’t usually drink anything too cold.
Today was an exception.
Aside from giving the girl face, he also needed some cold water to suppress the anger he was feeling. Thinking about Xie Li was enough to make him angry for a while. No other gunpowder was needed.
Yu Rui was frowning when Qiao Shengyu with his water bottle sat on the bench beside him.
Qiao Shengyu slipped his arm over Yu Rui’s shoulder and asked unceremoniously, “Brother Rui, are you still upset?”
For his reasons, Yu Rui is not used to this kind of intimacy between boys, but after all, Qiao Shengyu played basketball with him for 20 minutes, it would be a bit inconsiderate to push him away.
So he could only restrain himself and smile slyly.
Qiao Shengyu was not offended, “I know, you must be upset with Xie Li and his campaign for Student Council President right?”
Yu Rui was silent for a few seconds. He didn’t deny it, bowed his head, and smiled, “It’s obvious.”
There was a bit of coldness in that smile, cold and indifference. Beauty and temperament in facial features were mixed in this smile.
Qiao Shengyu didn’t know what was going on. He felt stunned for a while and even realized that the boy who had been taken by the shoulders and turned around had just smiled beautifully.
I think a guy smiling looks attractive… Did he catch sunstroke while playing?
Qiao Shengyu touched his head.
But it’s almost night, it’s not possible.
Qiao Shengyu is never bothered by complicated matters if he can’t make sense of it. So he took up what Yu Rui said, “It’s quite obvious, but it’s also because Xie Li has gone too far. If he doesn’t attend a class every day and doesn’t care about anyone or his grades, what does he need to be the Student Council President for? Isn’t it obvious that he doesn’t get along with you, Class President?”
Yu Rui laughed and said nothing.
Qiao Shengyu added, “I guess it’s because you and Pei An An have offended him so much. This Xie Li doesn’t seem to care about anything. Why is he so spiteful? Isn’t she just a girl? Are brothers important or are women important?”
Yu Rui was amused by the tone of the last sentence, the corners of her lips curled up, “Xie Li… It shouldn’t be because of Pei An An.”
“Huh?” Qiao Shengyu turned his head in surprise, “Then why? A few days ago I saw that you two were doing quite well and I always thought that because of Pei An An you were against each other, wasn’t it?”
“I have no relationship with Pei An An, and Xie Li knows that.”
“Then why is he creating trouble with you?”
Yu Rui was forced to evoke the memories related to that man and his smile turned cold, “…. only ghosts will know.”
Suddenly cold, suddenly hot, sometimes far away, sometimes close, sometimes enemy, sometimes friend… it’s almost maddening. Qiao Shengyu sighed, “But we really can’t offend this person. I’m not going to lie to you, Brother Rui, not only is he a vicious fighter by himself, but his family…”
Before finishing the sentence, Qiao Shengyu suddenly choked.
A few seconds later he nudged Yu Rui, “Brother Rui, speaking of the devil.”
Yu Rui looked up.
In the diagonal corner of the basketball court, the tall, long-legged figure standing under the basketball basket was indeed Xie Li.
Xie Li looked in the direction of the two expressionlessly, and the emotions in his dark eyes were horrifying.
Yu Rui’s patience and aptitude, which he had practiced since he was a child, could not be controlled in front of this person, and after a few seconds of being observed by this gaze, a nameless fire welled up from the bottom of his heart.
… sick.
As they looked at each other, a basketball appeared behind Xie Li.
Xie Li heard the sound and grabbed the ball with one hand.
“Thanks, buddy, just give me the…”
Before the boy behind him could finish his sentence, the basketball was lifted by Xie Li and then thrown forward violently.
The ball went through the middle of the court and flew straight towards Yu Rui and Qiao Shengyu.
Qiao Shengyu let out a startled “fuck” and hurriedly pulled his arm away from Yu Rui’s shoulder and jumped off the bench. The other young man didn’t move a muscle.
“Bang!”
The basketball hit inches from his feet and then bounced diagonally, grazing his side.
They both stared at each other, as if there was lightning and piercing fire, drawing a smokeless battlefield. It was a bloodbath, but the atmospheric pressure was so low that the temperature seemed to have moved from the North Pole.
Everyone who noticed this, one by one stopped their movements, silenced their voices, and looked toward the scene.
Then, almost in the same second, Xie Li, who was standing, started walking and Yu Rui, who was sitting, got up from the bench.
The two of them walked down the middle of the court to a point right in the middle.
Standing face to face.
The corners of Yu Rui’s mouth curved up, his smile was as cold and rough as ever, “Shall we compete?”
“Compete” Xie Li smiled back, gritting his teeth as if trying to chew on something.
“Shall we bet?”
“I bet…” Xie Li’s gaze swept across Yu Rui’s face, “…whatever the other party wants the most right now.”
Yu Rui, “Fine.”
Xie Li, “If I lose, I withdraw from the campaign.”
Yu Rui’s smile turned colder, “If I lose I automatically withdraw as well.”
“Tsk.” Xie Li lowered his gaze and laughed mockingly.
The cold flames under Yu Rui’s eyes jumped, “What are you laughing at?”
“The Student Council, do you think I want that kind of thing?”
“Then what do you want?”
After a long silence, the corner of Xie Li’s mouth tightened and he slowly leaned forward to meet the neck of the teenager who was a few inches lower than him.
He chuckled silently.
The most deeply buried desires finally voiced out their insatiable, vicious tongues…
“If you lose, let me fuck you.”
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(Krone: UHM (✦ ‿ ✦)
rottenmindedbigsis: kekekeke)
i’m speechless
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My anger issues could never, I’d probably beat Xie Li up if I was Yu Rui but 😫 love is so questionable
Thanks for the chapter 😊
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Uh, I think I just lost…
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Ask for what you want. I agree.
What!!😏
Dun dun
Xie Li, he’s 16. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻. Wait a bit, you horny dog. （≧ ∀≦）
I hope yu rui would beat him up