After forcing Yu Rui to say those words, the corners of Xie Li’s lips evoked a smile that was clearly one of satisfaction.
When the audience heard the translation, they couldn’t help but get excited.
“Fuck, is it such an exciting title?”
“It sounds really good. And I don’t know why, but it really fits Brother Li.”
“Hahaha, keep your voice down, aren’t you afraid that Brother Li will blow your head off with a tennis ball?”
“… I’m afraid I’m wrong and I’ll shut up.”
“What does Brother Li say to the Class President?”
“I don’t know, the microphone seems to be turned off, I can’t hear them.”
“Master Yu is too innocent, hahaha. Just now I saw him blushing a little when translating the song title.”
“Nonsense, the Class President is famous for not having had a first love and is focused on his studies, don’t say stupid things. Stay away from our scholar, don’t even think of laying your hands on him.”
“I wouldn’t dare. Just because of the way Li Ge protects the Class President, whoever messes with him, Li Ge might just rip his head off.”
“Hahahaha that makes sense. So, Li Ge is really good with the Class President, isn’t he?”
“You just found out?”
The loud discussion under the podium had no effect on Xie Li, who had somehow turned his back to the class, his figure leaning against the podium table.
The microphone in his hand was turned off.
Xie Li looked at Yu Rui beside him, the corners of his mouth curved slightly into a faint half-smile, “Have you heard this song before, Class President?”
“Sing it.” Yu Rui continued to smile, “The others are still waiting.”
“I’ll sing if you answer me.”
“…I haven’t heard it.”
Xie Li lowered his gaze and couldn’t hold back the smile on his lips, “Ah, then I’m the first person to sing this song to you, very good.”
“What’s good?” Yu Rui couldn’t help but ask, and at the same time looked at Xie Li coldly with a bit of warning.
Xie Li did not speak, he raised his hand and turned on the microphone switch under Yu Rui’s gaze.
A pair of dark eyes filled with a kind of indescribable love and desire never left Yu Rui’s figure.
Xie Li held the microphone with his right hand and dropped his left hand, reaching for the open metal casing on the desk he was leaning on. He looked at Yu Rui with a smile and pressed the play button.
The rhythmic prelude of “Super Psycho Love” suddenly sounded.
Xie Li lifted the microphone and looked at Yu Rui with his back to the class, and opened his mouth:
“Something lately drives me crazy.
Has to do with how you make me
Struggle to get your attention.”
The class was watching the lyrics on the projection screen, but Xie Li stopped his voice.
After closing his eyes on the empty beat, he looked at Yu Rui at the same time as he raised the microphone and continued with the lines:
“Texts from you and sex from you.”
Xie Li paused again, this time replaced by a low, hoarse laugh.
His eyes slowly lifted and roamed the figure of the young man in front of him, from waist to shoulders, collarbone, and neck, finally stopping on those cold, emotionally downcast eyes.
Xie Li smiled.
“Flirt with you, you’re all about it.”
He straightened forward, and his breath brushed against the young man’s ear.
“Tell me why I feel unwanted?”
The hoarse laughter plus the reverberation of the microphone added sexiness to the song, and the students in the class, who had been letting themselves be carried away by the rhythm of the music for some time, couldn’t help but shout loudly.
Xie Li let go of the microphone, walked away from a paralyzed Yu Rui, stepped down from the podium, and then stood with his back to the class again.
Leaning sideways on the podium desk, Xie Li smiled and looked up.
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Yu Rui bit his lip slightly and turned to walk to the side of the podium.
Eyes followed him as if glued to his back while a voice pierced his bones.
“Aim, pull the trigger.
Feel the pain getting bigger
Go insane from the bitter feeling
Trippin’ super psycho love.”
By the end of the song, there was no longer any need to stifle the screams. In this sudden explosion of noises, the hysteria of some of the girls could be heard.
Yu Rui came down from the podium to the far corner, as if standing by the window listening to the song, refusing to give any more glances. This caused Xie Li to turn away regretfully.
He faced the classroom with a microphone held high, and although his demeanor had reverted to his usual lazy demeanor, it was enough to cause another commotion in the classroom.
Outside the Class 10 classroom, more and more students were gathering and arguing quietly in the hallway.
“What’s going on, why is it like a mini-concert?”
“Listen, Xie Li is singing!”
“Who, Xie Li, can he even sing?”
“My god, are you sure you’re not mistaken? He doesn’t even bother to say a word in general, and he’s singing?”
“Sh*t, is this his voice? It’s too good to be true, isn’t it?”
“What kind of song is this? The lyrics sound very exciting.”
“It sounds good.”
“Okay, okay, okay, stop! You’re making so much noise that we can’t hear the song well!”
Xie Li turned to the rest of the class and sang the second chorus lazily, taking advantage of the brief interval after the refrain to tilt his body to one side, and looked up.
Eyes fixed on the figure by the window, Xie Li paused for a few seconds and smiled softly into the microphone, “Am I singing so badly that the Class President wants to jump off the building?”
“!!”
The person in front of the window stiffened.
The students in the class laughed, most of them thought that Xie Li was making fun of Yu Rui on purpose.
After Yu Rui regained his senses, he turned slightly and gave a puzzled look.
Xie Li swayed as he straightened up, and then seemed to choose a random direction: he walked towards Yu Rui and raised the microphone:
“Say you want me!
Say you need me
Tear my heart out slow
And bleed me”
Xie Li sang and stopped in front of Yu Rui.
The nervousness and uneasiness of the young man in front of him almost overflowed from his dark eyes. Yu Rui unconsciously pursed his slightly pale lips, while Xie Li’s gaze became deeper.
He wanted to dive into those lips, tear them apart and dye them in the brightest red.
Xie Li’s gaze suddenly lowered, and along with them suppressed the insatiable desire that stirred in his heart.
Then Xie Li smiled at Yu Rui and slowly turned around.
“You want me
You need me
You’re gonna be with me.”
He lowered the microphone and uttered the last sentence.
“Trippin’ super psycho love.”
The music stopped and the class exploded, the sound of tables being pounded, of clapping, shouting… even outside the classroom, everyone went crazy.
Only Yu Rui seemed passive.
It wasn’t until he saw that person put down the microphone and walk back to his seat, turning a deaf ear to the noise and shouting, and saw him lean back on the table as he usually does on countless occasions, that Yu Rui finally sighed in relief.
As he relaxed, he realized that a thin layer of cold sweat had formed on the palms of his hands.
… cannot participate in the festival in front of him, he was the only one off stage.
However, Yu Rui knew that he was the only one in the play under the curtain that just lay.
…
In the last two evening self-study sessions after the monthly exam, the students went crazy.
In particular, Class 10. With an attractive face and a deep voice capable of “killing” people, Xie Li occupied all the top searches of D High School publications and forums that night.
Students uploaded photos and videos from multiple angles, and even before the end of the third period, news of Xie Li’s singing had spread throughout the school, and quickly spread outside the school.
On the forum, there were also students from several classes who could not help but discuss the photos and videos of Xie Li’s singing that were posted.
[Xie Li is really handsome when he sings, it’s like refreshing my perception ahhh…!]
[Before the selection of the most attractive person in the school, I voted for Yu Rui, but after tonight… sorry, Master Yu, wuuuwuuu, I joined the enemy, but Xie Li is so handsome that I can’t close my legs!]
[For the voice, I’ll be a hardcore fan in the future.]
[My god, I really want to change myself to Master Yu! The only person who could see Xie Li’s face during the two songs was Master Yu, surely it must have been fascinating!]
[That’s right, he didn’t even look at the class during the affectionate phrases! Who took the pictures and videos? I’ll treat him to chicken!]
[Truly, he has a good voice, but when Li Ge sang, he kept an apathetic expression throughout. Girls from other classes will be thinking what’s the matter with Class 10 girls; why don’t you take the opportunity if you’re so close to the moon? If you don’t go, I’ll go!]
[Hahaha, the male students in Class 10 will be offended.]
[Offended +1.]
[Don’t keep talking, try it yourselves. Li Ge is like a Buddha descended into the world. He doesn’t even look up when a pretty girl passes in front of him.]
[Not only would he not lift his eyes, but he’ll probably yawn and walk past as if he’s barely awake.]
[Hahaha so real!]
[I was in the same class as Xie Li in the first year, it’s always been like that. I can try, but… Am I the only one who thinks that in some pictures, Li Ge’s look and expressions aren’t the same as usual].
People are very sharp.
Although at first the expressionless and even a bit lazy face of the handsome guy in the photo clouded perception, later on, there were finally students who could see that something was different.
And after the first one, came the rest.
[Well… are they saying that Xie Li always seems to be looking at Yu Rui?]
[Finally, someone said what they thought. I thought it was just me, but I looked at several pictures, and in some of them, Xie Li’s expression when looking sideways at Master Yu is quite different.]
[That’s right, it’s a big difference when you look at it with the headshots of just him in the photo.]
[Yes? Why don’t I see it?]
[Look up with your eyes wide open. Although most of the photos of Xie Li and Yu Rui are in the same frame, Xie Li has his back on the camera, and there are two of them where Xie Li hands the microphone to Yu Rui. That look… tsk]
[I saw it. When Xie Li was facing Yu Rui, his eyes were shining, but when he looked at the camera, his face was expressionless. What a contrast, disgust overflowing from the screen].
[What’s wrong with these two?]
[+1]
[Wuuwuuwu, I suddenly have a horrible feeling that I’m going to lose two first loves at the same time.]
[The one upstairs, don’t talk nonsense. They’re obviously brothers.]
[Yeah, don’t ask. Not asking is brotherly.]
[…]
[They’re supposed to be like brothers, what are you two talking about? Brother Li and Brother Rui have similar interests, otherwise, why don’t you look for another brother with similar academic performance?]
“Brother Qiao, what are you doing so focused?”
“!!”
The sudden voice startled Qiao Shengyu, he frowned and put away his phone: “It’s nothing. It’s someone talking nonsense in the forum, I scolded them to wake them up.”
“Ah? What do they say?”
“…”
Qiao Shengyu recalled those nonsensical guesses, and the scene in the cafeteria at noon yesterday could not help but appear before his eyes. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he waved his hand even more irritably, “Just some rumors made out of thin air.”
“Oh.”
“Hey Brother Ge, where’s your backpack?”
Qiao Shengyu paused, looked at the bicycle he was pushing, and then looked at his shoulders, his backpack was nowhere to be seen.
“F*ck looks like I forgot it in the classroom.” Qiao Shengyu looked at the time on his watch, “The classroom must be closed by now, right?”
“I guess so.”
“It shouldn’t be. I left late and heard that the Class President seemed to say he was going to stay and tidy up the desks and chairs. Brother Qiao, you’re just in time to go get him.”
“…Okay, help me keep an eye on my bike.”
After Qiao Shengyu finished speaking, he turned around and ran into the classroom.
Class 10.
There were only two people left in the classroom, even the hallway was empty and silent. The two classrooms next door closed their doors half a minute ago. It seemed that the whole building was in dead silence.
Xie Li sat at a table in the front row with his long legs bent and lazily resting on the floor, calmly and silently looking at Yu Rui at the podium.
Yu Rui was leaning in front of the media player, checking it and turning it off.
“Don’t you need to pick up Xiao Li tonight?” Xie Li asked.
The air was silent for a few seconds before Yu Rui replied, “It’s Sunday, she’s at home.”
Xie Li raised his eyebrows slightly, “Then can you go back later tonight?”
Yu Rui said nothing, raised his head, and looked at Xie Li with a frown.
Probably sensing the anger in the young man’s eyes, Xie Li smiled, stood up, and walked towards Yu Rui.
Xie Li raised his arm and held the person between the table and himself.
Yu Rui turned around aware of Xie Li’s intention, but it was too late when he tried to avoid it. He frowned, “Are you sick and drugged today?”
“What’s wrong with me?”
“…”
“I just sang some love songs, but the Class President can’t take it anymore?” Xie Li asked with a smile.
Yu Rui looked at him coldly, “Are they love songs for you?”
“If not, then what?”
The two stared at each other for a few seconds, before Yu Rui finally looked away abandoning this kind of question.
“Get out of the way, I’m leaving.”
“Today, I obeyed the Class President. I went up to the podium when you asked me to, and sang when you asked me to…. no reward?”
Yu Rui rolled her eyes with a slight sneer, “You still want a reward?”
Xie Li’s eyes were fixed on the young man’s lips which looked soft and moist under the light of the classroom.
After a moment, he blinked extremely slowly.
“I don’t want a reward.”
Xie Li said sweetly as if enraptured.
He leaned his body and gestured to kiss You Rui’s lips.
“I want you.”
That was smooth af XL. Love it. Thank you for the updates!!!
Ahhhhhhh that was smootthh…
Thank you for the chapter!!!
Now I see why he’s the top student – holy crap!
The idea of being serenaded makes my skeleton want to escape from my body, so this chapter was rough for me lol….. Fight or flight would’ve kicked in. I probably would have bolted, but failing that, I would have had to strangle XL
Finally! Somebody else who doesn’t think it’s romantic.
Imagine YR singing ‘Flesh’ by Simon Curtis after getting together with XL, bet XL gonna go crazier