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After handing in the exams, both the English teacher and the students went back to their own business, leaving a frozen Yu Rui in his seat and a smiling Xie Li.
The voices were loud, some talking about the choices in a certain question, others complaining about the difficulty of the translation questions, and some carefree ones were already talking about what they were going to eat at noon.
Yu Rui also began to collect his stuff, picked up his notes, put the pens in the pencil case…. When the desk was so clean that the flies would have to eat dust, the students had finally left the classroom.
Yu Rui stood up with a sullen face, and looked at the person at the table behind him who was waiting patiently for him.
“Didn’t you want to go to the cafeteria? Let’s go.”
Xie Li stood up and followed him with his jacket in hand. He took a few steps to walk next to Yu Rui, saying in a lazy tone, “Do you have to wait for everyone to leave? Am I such a dislikable thing, Class President?”
“It’s good that you know.” Yu Rui said coldly.
Xie Li clicked his tongue, “Why do I feel that you’ve become increasingly biting towards me since the incident at your place that night?”
“….”
The incident that he didn’t even want to remember came to his mind, and Yu Rui turned his head uncomfortably, “You’re wrong.”
“So the Class President is shy?”
“As I said, you are wrong.”
After Yu Rui said this, he increased the speed of his steps.
Xie Li paused for a moment. He looked thoughtfully at the young man’s back, and after a few seconds, he slightly curved his lips and followed him.
Xie Li and Yu Rui were the most popular students in D High School, and walking side by side, it was obvious that such an image would not be as low-key as Yu Rui expected.
All the way from the classrooms to the cafeteria, Yu Rui was forced to endure a level of attention several times higher than usual, barely able to maintain his smile. Fortunately, Xie Li didn’t like scenes like that either, so he didn’t add to his troubles.
The cafeteria was crowded at noon.
From the moment they entered, Xie Li’s frown did not stop furrowing, and even his pace was hesitant.
Noticing this, Yu Rui asked, “…. is this really your first time in the cafeteria?”
“Would I lie to you about these things?”
“You’ve never been here?”
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For example, at this moment, what Xie Li could see in his eyes was doubt, mockery, disgust… to name a few.
Xie Li was so amused by Yu Rui’s complex emotions that he loosened his frown and smiled, “Why are you looking at me?”
“…. don’t you like physical contact?”
“No.”
“……”
The two stared at each other for a few more seconds, and Xie Li finally understood the source of Yu Rui’s complex emotions. He couldn’t help but laugh, reached out and squeezed Yu Rui’s shoulder, then curved his body slightly.
So close that it was like a whisper, his voice was low and ambiguous.
“It’s true that I don’t like physical contact, but I’ll make an exception for you…. Class President.”
“!!”
Yu Rui wanted to shake him off from the moment he squeezed his shoulder, but such a move was normal between guys. They were in full view of everyone again, so if he overreacted, it would look strange.
The result of enduring it was that Xie Li’s voice almost tickled his body, starting from his ears, half of his body went numb as if he was electrocuted.
Yu Rui made an effort to endure it, but he couldn’t and shuddered slightly.
Xie Li was aware of it, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Class President, are your ears your sensitive area? It seems like every time I whisper, you tremble a little? Do I perhaps frighten you?”
“…. has nothing to do with you.”
Yu Rui stepped forward as naturally as possible, avoiding Xie Li’s physical contact.
However, Xie Li laughed, “How could it have nothing to do with me? Your sensitive area… I could make you reach paradise.”
“!!”
Yu Rui was so angry that he gritted his teeth, stopped and turned to stare at him.
When Xie Li approached unhurriedly, Yu Rui lowered his voice, “Xie Li, I’ve said it many times; could you control your illness at school?”
“What are you afraid of?”
“Of course I’m afraid of-”
“Afraid of people listening to you? That’s fine, you can blame me for everything and you can go to the teacher and complain about me without any problems.” Xie Li paused, “And then, you won’t have to see me again, will you?”
Yu Rui froze.
Xie Li laughed hoarsely and leaned closer, “Ever since I left the classroom a while ago, I’ve been wondering, if you really can’t stand my proximity as much as you seem to do lately, why haven’t you done anything about it? Obviously, I remember that you hate trouble? Don’t you, Class President?”
Yu Rui unconsciously clenched his hands.
A small, dark light sank under Xie Li’s eyes, “Then, do you also-”
“Go find seats, I’m going to get lunch.”
Yu Rui cut off Xie Li’s words almost abruptly, turning around and leaving without hesitation. At this moment, he obviously did not consider whether this scene would seem abrupt or strange to others, but from behind he looked very nervous, as if he was trying to escape.
Xie Li stopped smiling and slowly straightened up.
He stared at the figure, it took all his strength not to go after him and drag him away where no one could see them to question him properly.
Xie Li has become increasingly familiar with Yu Rui’s character, just like the back of the figure fleeing in front of him right now; he won’t get anywhere if he really pushes him.
“…I mustn’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.”
Xie Li smiled to himself, turned around and “obediently” went to find seats.
Just after taking a few steps, a surprised voice sounded from beside him, “Brother Li?”
“….”
Xie Li stopped and looked back expressionlessly, Qiao Shengyu was sitting at the row of tables he walked by, waving at him.
Qiao Shengyu’s smile froze as he was swept away by Xie Li’s cold and disturbing gaze. In his heart, he wondered: this person clearly seemed like a nice person to Master Yu in the morning, but half a morning later, how come he had gone back to his usual unfriendly appearance?
Although he regretted it a little, Qiao Shengyu had already opened his mouth, so he could only smile curtly, “Brother Li, why are you in the cafeteria? This is the first time I’ve seen you here, if you can’t find seats, sit with us.”
“….”
Xie Li’s gaze drifted.
Qiao Shengyu was a notoriously troublesome student at school, plus he often had some friends he hung out with, so the ordinary students “respected” them, and stayed away from them. So there were only six or seven of them, plus two girls, but they occupied a table that could fit a dozen people.
This would keep them from being crowded together and being in contact with others, and this person knew Yu Rui well; making this judgment, Xie Li turned, narrowed his eyes, and sat down.
“Thank you.”
“Un. Brother Li is polite. We are all in the same class, what’s the point of saying thank you?”
Although Xie Li’s tone and demeanor were still lazy, Qiao Shengyu felt flattered. He obviously did not expect Xie Li to be willing to sit with them.
After sitting across from each other for a few seconds, Qiao Shengyu suddenly reacted, “Brother Li, you came alone? It’s the first time you’ve come, isn’t it? I’ll help you bring lunch.”
“No, I’m waiting for someone.”
“Ah, waiting for what, did you come with someone?” Qiao Shengyu was surprised, but the next moment he suddenly understood and smiled with an “I understand, I understand” face, “With the prettiest girl in the class, right, Brother Li?”
“No.”
Xie Li raised his eyes indifferently and then paused.
The next second, the corners of his mouth curled up.
“… he ‘s coming.”
At the end of the sentence, the tone of voice was rising. Qiao Shengyu looked up curiously and saw Xie Li looking in a certain direction behind him.
Strangely, someone who had had an apathetic expression a second ago, at this moment looked… as if he was excited.
Qiao Shengyu turned around curiously.
Following Xie Li’s line of sight, he saw the Class President, a distinguished scholar.
After freezing for a few seconds, Qiao Shengyu was puzzled.
“Brother Li, the person you are waiting for…. Is it Brother Rui?”
THE AUTHOR HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
Qiao Shengyu: I feel that something is wrong, but everything seems normal (doubtful of life.jpg).
Until Qiao Shengyu find an enigmatic and smart boy he wants to bully, he probably won’t understand what he’s seeing, exactly 😏