Yu Rui seemed to be stunned by Xie Li’s words and looked at him dumbly. The air was silent for a few seconds before the teenager sitting at the desk suddenly let out a slight hiccup.
Xie Li was also taken aback, he didn’t expect Yu Rui’s first reaction to being like this, he couldn’t hold back and laugh, “Did I scare you, Class President?”
Yu Rui had already covered his mouth with a hand the first time, but he couldn’t help a second time.
Xie Li was still laughing when the third one came, he finally noticed something and frowned slightly, raising his hand to press the spot between Yu Rui’s chest and stomach. Through the thin shirt, Xie Li gently massaged Yu Rui’s stomach.
“Yu Li said long ago that you have a bad stomach. What she remembers, don’t you remember? No consecutive breakfast and lunch plus a fever, do you want to die?”
“….”
Yu Rui felt a little embarrassed by the nagging, he tried to slap Xie Li’s hand away or dodge it, but he had one hand over his mouth and the other was held by the man, his upper body tried to dodge back, but he was pinned against the wall and desk unable to move.
In the end, the struggle was futile, he didn´t know if it was a psychological or physical effect, but he felt his stomach seem to warm with the heat of the slowly rubbing hand.
The young man’s tense side relaxed a little, and even his black hair, which was half leaning against the wall, seemed softer and duller.
When Yu Rui stopped hiccupping, Xie Li still massaged him for a while longer. Then he dropped his hand.
“Is there anywhere uncomfortable?”
Yu Rui thought about it and shook his head.
Xie Li’s voice lowered, “Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’m going to start being mean to you, don’t expect me to treat you like a patient again.”
“….”
“First.”
Xie Li pulled Yu Rui’s hand, which he had been holding, and released it, resting it on his knee.
Xie Li raised his eyes, “You don’t have to make those nice guys or any other pretenses in front of me, I’ll always see through them anyway. I’ve known from the first time we met that you’re someone of deceptive appearance, Class President.”
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“….”
Yu Rui finally reacted a little this time.
He looked at Xie Li with a slightly raised gaze, the emotion hidden in them was hard to see in the dark, but Xie Li could guess that it was probably something like “Xie Li, you’re sick, aren’t you?”
Imagining the tone of voice it would have, Xie Li laughed quietly. He leaned over and rested his hand on the edge of the desk where Yu Rui was sitting.
“There’s a second point, and it’s the most important.” Xie Li raised his eyes and fixed them on Yu Rui’s. The smile disappeared.
“Even if I do it tonight, you shouldn’t assume that we can call it even between us. Who are you negotiating a deal with, Class President? Sick and crazy people don’t talk about deals, only about wanting and how badly they want it.”
Xie Li paused and leaned forward a little more. Breathing was intimate and audible, voice low, “How about you guess what level of desire I have for you?”
“…”
“Class President, if you don’t back out, then we will continue. I don’t mind at all eating you clean today and coming back again tomorrow.”
“….”
Yu Rui couldn’t take it anymore and reached out his hand to push Xie Li, who was getting increasingly closer.
After calming down for a few seconds, Yu Rui jumped off the desk and reached out his hand to open the curtains.
Moonlight streamed in through the window.
Yu Rui exhaled a sigh of relief; the feeling of tension and tightness that Xie Li caused him to feel finally dissipated. He slowed his breathing and spoke, “Thank you for bringing me back, it’s getting late, you can go now.”
Xie Li took a couple of steps back, and at this moment he just turned on the lights in the room, then took out a thermometer from his pocket and approached Yu Rui, “I’ll leave after taking your temperature first.”
Yu Rui hesitated, and the second he fixed his gaze on Xie Li wanted to refuse, but after looking at him and feeling some suppressed emotions in those eyes, he finally decided to compromise.
A few minutes later, Yu Rui handed the thermometer to Xie Li.
37.8°C
Xie Li looked at it for a few seconds and his eyebrows frowned. He raised his eyes to look at Yu Rui, and his smile sank to a shiver, “With this temperature and you still want to do it with me, do you want to be sent to the ICU directly after finishing?”
“….”
All the emotions under that light could no longer be hidden. The cold white of Yu Rui’s neck was a little red, he slightly clenched his teeth and looked away.
Xie Li went on, “Usually, even if you are healthy, there is a high probability that you will have a fever after the first time, you know?”
Yu Rui gritted his teeth: “….I’m not as experienced as you.”
Xie Li snorted, “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, of course, I have to know everything.”
Yu Rui was so angry that his face turned red, “You have already checked the temperature, now get out.”
Xie Li also obeyed, he didn’t want Yu Rui to get angry with such temperature and suffer again. He nodded and was about to turn around, but just after taking two steps, he was stopped by a voice coming from behind.
“Wait.”
“??” Xie Li looked back and saw Yu Rui handing him some stapled sheets of paper. Xie Li unconsciously received them in his hands and looked at them, “The review?”
“Yes.”
“5000 words?”
“Including punctuation marks, there should be 5200.”
Xie Li squeezed the paper and the emotions in his eyes fluctuated for a few seconds, but in the end, he said nothing more and sighed, “Roger that. What the Class President wrote while ill, I will definitely recite it backward when I return.”
“…”
Xie Li turned around to leave, but after thinking about it he paused, “I’ll order you some porridge for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow. Don’t eat other things.”
Yu Rui frowned, “No need. I have work tomorrow, so I won’t be at home.”
“You are this feverish and still want to work?”
“The fever will go down in the morning, and there’s no way I can take a day off with this low fever right now.”
“…”
Xie Li suspected that Yu Rui was trying to piss him off tonight, “I’ll give you two choices, first, I’ll help you with your work tomorrow.”
Yu Rui hesitated, “And second?”
“Second, we’ll turn off the lights and sleep, you’ll go into ICU tomorrow and save yourself from even asking for a leave of absence.”
Yu Rui, “….”
Yu Rui had no choice but to give Xie Li the employer’s address and then send a message explaining the reason. Before sending Xie Li to the door, Yu Rui hesitated, “Thank you for today.”
Xie Li opened the door, stopped at the sound of his voice, and then faintly said, “Don’t say thank you Class President, saying thank you is useless: if you try a little harder and put in a little more effort, you might succeed in pissing me off.”
“….”
Yu Rui could barely justify himself and escorted Xie Li to the door.
Xie Li stepped on his long legs to go down the stairs but returned after going down two steps.
Yu Rui was still in a daze, the man had walked past him again, he pressed his wrist on the door frame, lowered his head, and bit his lips hard.
“… fee.”
Xie Li finished, turned around, and walked down the stairs.
Standing in the doorway for a long while, Yu Rui touched his mouth in a bit of disbelief; he had always reacted quickly, and tonight, probably because he was sick, he didn’t have time to dodge it at all.
After a few more seconds, the teenager’s ears slowly reddened.
The door closed with a loud bang.
One floor down.
The corners of Xie Li’s mouth curved as he paused in the darkness, dropping his hands.
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Half of this chapter seems to be missing
I feel like some of this chapter is missing
😮 That was a lot compacted into a tight little chapter! Xie Li setting straight any misconceptions was kind of beautiful (or sick, same thing lol), Yu Rui getting hiccups was hilarious, Xie Li massaging and soothing was unbearably sweet, and then his warning at the end was pretty hot. Eating you clean, he says! Say it again, for the friends in the car!
“usually, even if you’re healthy, there’s a high probability of developing a fever after the first time”
You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this in Chinese BL. Where did this little fact come from? Unless there’s an infection or injury or STD transferred, people don’t normally develop fevers after their first time. Men or women.