It was the first time the elementary school teacher had seen such a situation. After confirming that both of them had been informed of the parents’ meeting by Yu Li and that they indeed appeared to be Yu Li’s two older brothers, the teacher had the difficult task of arranging them…
Two minutes later, Yu Rui and Xie Li were sitting shoulder to shoulder in the back row of a classroom at T Elementary School, receiving many curious glances from the parents in the front row.
If it was the normal Yu Rui, he would probably have argued with Xie Li to leave first. But at that moment, he was so stunned that he didn’t even want to say a word, so he just let the teacher do whatever she wanted.
Xie Li quickly realized that something was wrong with Yu Rui.
“Are you feeling ok?” asked Xie Li with a frown.
“… I’m fine.”
“Do you know what face you have now?”
Yu Rui simply ignored him.
Xie Li raised his hand and pressed the back of his hand to test the temperature of Yu Rui’s forehead.
… hot as soon as he touched it.
Yu Rui already had a high fever, and he had also caught a cool breeze on the way, so his body temperature increased even more after sitting in the classroom.
Xie Li paused.
Yu Rui came back to his senses slowly, frowning and avoiding his hand, and whispered, “Don’t move…”
The voice was muffled and faded with a sickly softness as if trying to trap you.
Normally, Xie Li wouldn’t have been able to resist saying or doing something to tease Yu Rui, but at this moment he paid no attention to it and reached out and grabbed Yu Rui’s wrist…
“I’ll take you to the hospital.”
His voice was two tones colder than usual.
Yu Rui was prepared for this. He pulled Xie Li back and breathlessly lowered his voice, “Can you behave yourself? We still have a parents’ meeting.”
“You’re feverish like this, do you want to be taken out in an ambulance later?”
“Don’t overreact…”
“The two parents in the back.” The teacher, who had been on the podium and endured several times, finally couldn’t hold back…
Yu Rui and Xie Li arrived late, almost exactly a second before 2:00. At the podium, the class teacher had already introduced herself and talked about the class’s plans for the semester and the steps she needed parents to take.
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The teacher was initially looking for positive eye contact with the parents but ended up seeing them argue a couple of times just looking at the back of the room. Finally, she relented and spoke, “Please be quiet.”
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Xie Li’s heart suddenly trembled.
He hated weakness, and he also hated weak people. There were only a few people he liked. Gentle, kind, harmless, naive… they were all personalities he didn’t like. He just doesn’t like it and doesn’t express it, he’s too lazy to care. People come like water, those people had nothing to do with him.
He had always thought that the first time he was struck by Yu Rui, was when the boy’s cold stare in front of the sink was the complete opposite of his gentle and harmless appearance.
That was the first time he saw a different existence. But at this moment, he realized that he was wrong.
If someone else had grabbed his arm like that, even if his words sounded breathless, they were a bit weak and pleading, then he would have thought only about how bored he was.
But with Yu Rui, it was completely different.
He was a “psycho” who had no empathy, whose likes and dislikes were completely irrelevant to him; he could take one look at anything heartbreaking and tearful and then look away.
But Yu Rui is completely different.
Yu Rui… had made him feel the presence of that empathy for a second.
Xie Li slowly lowered his gaze, then looked deeply at Yu Rui. The emotions in that gaze were deep, so deep that it was disturbing.
Yu Rui did not see it.
If there is, then the most terrifying moment for a beast would be when it put away its sharp claws and teeth and knelt slowly and silently on the ground. True domestication is something more difficult than death. And if he does, then he must be thirsting for a greater “price” to fetch to fill his abyss of desire.
Yu Rui did not see it.
Once, he told him to run.
Now it was not necessary.
Because he knew he could never let go of the hand he held now.
…
The parents’ meeting was finally over.
Most of the parents started running to the podium, wanting to talk alone with the teacher about their children’s situation.
Yu Rui probably had the same intention, but Xie Li didn’t even give him a chance to express himself before “holding him” hostage.
The two were already handsome, and parents had observed them many times from the classrooms, so they attracted even more attention as they strolled around the elementary school grounds.
As they walked around the school grounds, Xie Li half-dragged Yu Rui towards the front gate.
At the gate, Yu Rui was still trying to struggle, “My bicycle is over there…”
“I’ll come and get it when your fever has broken.” Xie Li cut him off, “My friend came by car, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
It was then that Yu Rui slowly pushed out of his foggy mind the memory of Xie Li saying on Thursday that his friend was coming, and he felt a little guilty, “Did I delay your business? I can go to the hospital myself, you’d better go with your friend…”
“Yu Rui.” Xie Li suddenly said his name coldly.
Yu Rui was confused and raised his eyes blankly.
Xie Li’s voice was one of the most serious and pleasant among the guys, but he never got serious in front of Yu Rui; when he suddenly stood beside him and curtly called his name, his aura shocked Yu Rui.
Xie Li didn’t have the heart to treat him the same as others. After meeting the young man’s confused eyes, his tone softened again, “There are a lot of people outside the school. Don’t force me to take you into the car, be obedient.”
He did not know whether it was the cold or high fever, but Yu Rui was really “obedient” and was led by Xie Li.
Gan Qingyan’s car was not far away.
The three of them didn’t know the area, and there were unlikely to be any sights near the elementary school, so they waited by the car for the entire parent meeting, bored to tears.
Gan Qingyan was the first to see Xie Li coming. Just as he was about to warn the other two, he noticed another boy who looked a few years younger than them, with Xie Li tugging on his wrist.
The fat guy next to him noticed it too, and the ash from his cigarette almost fluttered in his hand, “Sht? Who’s the one Brother Li is carrying… no, the point is Brother Li hates physical contact, but he leads a person by the hand? Is he looking for a sister-in-law for us?”
“It’s time to change those glasses of yours.” The man next to the fat man said, “The one he’s holding is a boy.”
“??”
Without waiting for them to argue further, Xie Li had already dragged Yu Rui towards the car.
“Brother Li is this…?”
Xie Li had just touched Yu Rui’s forehead again before leaving and was now frowning due to the hot temperature. He looked at Yu Rui again, stared for a few seconds, and turned around, “Take us to the hospital first.”
Once the three of them heard that the destination was the hospital, plus seeing that the boy’s face was a little pale, they didn’t dare to joke any more. The fatty was kicked into the passenger seat by Xie Li, who helped Yu Rui into the back.
As the car drove away, Xie Li thought about it and brought his upper body closer to Yu Rui, “The one driving is called Gan Qingyan, the fatty in the passenger seat is called Lin Yihuan, and this is Cai Yan; the three of them are my childhood friends, they come from the north. You don’t have to be polite to them, call them by their names.”
At these words, Yu Rui barely reacted, but the faces of Gan Qingyan and Lin Yihuan, who had been watching them from the rearview mirror, and Cai Yan, in the back row, subtly changed.
Gan Qingyan and Lin Yihuan looked at each other…
Yu Rui did not know the weight of these words, but they did. The circle was so big that they didn’t know many people their age who could address them on a first-name basis.
Xie Li wasn’t talking to Yu Rui, he was talking to them… saying that this guy was very close to him, so they knew what to expect. But Xie Li had only been here for a little over a year, not to mention that they had never heard of such a person before…
The first to speak was the chubby little Lin Yihuan, who seemed to have no temper and asked with a smile, “Brother Li, is this your friend here?”
Xie Li raised his eyelids, “His name is Yu Rui, ‘Rui’ of wisdom.”
The fat man felt aggrieved, “You just introduced me without even saying what character I am.”
“He’s smart enough to guess.”
“So we’re stupid? We may as well… no Brother Li, don’t lie to me, does this have anything to do with being smart?”
“Come on, don’t be stingy.” Xie Li looked towards Yu Rui who was getting paler and paler, “Hang in there a little longer, we’re almost at the hospital.”
“Hmm…”
When they arrived at the hospital, Xie Li sent Yu Rui to the emergency room to check in first. The emergency room doctor had the nurse take his temperature and immediately prescribed a bottle of infusion and had the nurse take Yu Rui to the room where the drip was suspended.
Xie Li took the bill to pay the fee.
Gan Qingyan, Lin Yihuan, and Cai Yan stood awkwardly in the hospital corridor, all three of them had private doctors at home, and some of Cai Yan’s family elders had several large private hospitals.
It was the first time they had seen so many people crammed into a room where the drip was hanging, or lying down.
After a few seconds of complex adjustment, Lin Yihuan couldn’t help but gossip, “Hey guys, what’s the origin of that Yu Rui over there? Brother Li holds him in such high esteem.”
Cai Yan thought about it, “He has a good temperament.”
“That’s right.” Lin Yi Huan remembered and looked at Gan Qingyan, “What do you guess?”
“I can’t see anything on the clothes. I have a feeling it has nothing to do with his background either. No matter what the background is, it’s unlikely that with Brother Li’s character he would hold someone.”
“That’s right.” Lin Yi Huan nodded his head, “We have grown up together for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen Brother Li speak so softly. Even the Cheng Zi in my high school back then was not so diligent in chasing after our school’s flower…”
Before he finished speaking, Lin Yihuan said, “Gan QingYan you pinched me… fuck, Brother Li, are you back?”
Xie Li was around the corner and looked at Lin Yihuan, wondering if he heard him or not.
Until he passed by the three of them, Xie Li didn’t stop his steps to approach, seeming to say something casually, “Don’t look at him. I’m chasing him.”
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Doesn’t it look like Yu Li may have saved big brother by calling for help? I think that means they didn’t have anyone to call before Xie Li.
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
gratias ago tibi pro translatione 🙂