Yu Rui frowned slightly and looked coldly at Xie Li, who was smiling, then looked at Qiao Shengyu, “What do you mean?”
“In the matter between you and Xie Li!”
“What about Xie Li and me?” Yu Rui’s eyes were cold.
The face that always had a kind and harmless smile was now devoid of emotion, which made Qiao Shengyu feel strange and torn. He was speechless for a moment and lowered his head, “About what I saw in the cl-”
“What did you see? Do you have any proof? Did you take pictures or recordings?” Yu Rui threw out three questions in a row, causing Qiao Shengyu to look at him in surprise.
After a while, Qiao Shengyu finally came back to his senses and his face reddened, “I won’t say anything Brother Rui, I treat you like a brother, you don’t need to hide-”
“Assuming the truths without proof can only be regarded as your truth.” Yu Rui apathetically cut him off.
Under Qiao Shengyu’s complicated and puzzled gaze, Yu Rui’s expression and tone remained calm and indifferent.
“Since there is no evidence, I do not need to admit it.”
When Yu Rui finished speaking and prepared to take his bicycle, without taking another step, he stopped again and looked back at the boy who was still staring blankly at his place, “Qiao Shengyu.”
“… Brother Rui.” Qiao Shengyu looked up again and raised his head, with a bit of hope in his eyes.
Yu Rui looked at the young man looking up at him, slowly curving the corners of his lips…he still had the same kind smile as always, except for those eyes that were like ice, “If I hear any strange rumors tomorrow…. believe me, when the odds are against me, I will have public opinion on my side, and in the end, I won’t be the one to pay the price.”
After speaking, Yu Rui pushed his bicycle without looking back.
Qiao Shengyu froze in place. After a few seconds, he finally woke up with a shiver and pulled the hem of Xie Li’s shirt, who was also about to leave.
Xie Li paused impatiently and frowned at Qiao Shengyu, “Anything else?”
“The one who just spoke to me, is it…Is it really Brother Rui?” Qiao Shengyu muttered.
“Otherwise?”
“But how come Brother Rui is like that?” Qiao Shengyu raised his head in confusion.
Xie Li was silent for a few seconds, the corners of his mouth curved into a smile as he turned around, and he lazily leaned on his bicycle with his long legs.
“Do you think this Yu Rui is strange?”
Qiao Shengyu nodded slowly.
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“Other than the good academic performance thing…”, Xie Li interrupted Qiao Shengyu leisurely, slightly lowered his gaze, and a small, deep greedy smile appeared in those dark eyes, “…not a single thing is correct.”
“!!”
Qiao Shengyu’s face paled.
Xie Li didn’t seem to notice Qiao Shengyu’s change. Even if he did he wouldn’t care, he was only interested in Yu Rui… and this topic about Yu Rui right now was the best way to dispel his boredom, causing his expression to brighten up a bit.
Xie Li laughed hoarsely, “He is not kind and cheerful, his temperament is not good, and no one can get close to him; what you thought was just your thoughts.”
Qiao Shengyu, “How is it possible? Brother Rui never refuses anyone’s requests.”
Xie Li smiled, ” Unlike what you think, he is extremely indifferent, hardly empathetic, and what bothers him most are interpersonal relationships and the problems they can cause. The way he chooses to avoid those problems is not to reject them and solve them.”
Qiao Shengyu’s expression was already indescribable.
“You think not refusing means being kind and gentle?” Xie Li laughed with a tone filled with uncontrollable emotion, “No, the gentleness and kindness with which he treats everyone equally and without distinction is the greatest indifference.”
“!!”
“Do you think you are close to him? You see only a shadow that has been fabricated; the real one is far away. And you?” Xie Li snorted, and after the extreme excitement disappeared from his eyes, he returned to his lazy and careless demeanor, “You’ll never be able to catch up with him.”
When Xie Li finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave. He pushed the bicycle a few steps, and then he heard a Qiao Shengyu who finally couldn’t contain his anger…
“I can’t catch up to him, but can you get close to him?!”
“…Me?” Xie Li paused, with a smile in his tone, “I’m already by his side, can’t you see?”
Qiao Shengyu looked at Xie Li’s back with an annoyed expression.
“Oh yeah, one more thing.” Xie Li turned around, “I’m not like you guys, the first thing I saw was him in the distance.”
Xie Li lowered his gaze and the corners of his mouth curved a little.
“And I don’t just want to see and touch, I want to possess him.”
The rest of the words were tinged with deep desire, almost word for word, as they left his lips.
“I will have him completely and totally.”
After Xie Li finished speaking, he finally stopped paying attention to Qiao Shengyu as he got on his bicycle and rode in the same direction as Yu Rui.
Qiao Shengyu gaped in place, not coming to his senses for a while.
When he finally came out of his daze, he felt somewhat bewildered as he recalled the Yu Rui of his memories; the kind and gentle teenager who made everyone feel good.
“It’s just… our illusion.”
Qiao Shengyu let out a sigh and dragged his feet in frustration.
On the other side.
Xie Li didn’t take long to catch up to Yu Rui.
Looking sideways, the young man’s face was slightly tense, his features were pale and beautiful under the streetlight at night, but his eyes were ice cold.
Xie Li stared at him for a while, and Yu Rui, who was being stared at, finally frowned, he couldn’t stand it anymore, “Not looking at the road while riding a bicycle, are you looking for death?”
Xie Li let out a slight “tsk” and withdrew his gaze, “I’m a little sorry.”
“Sorry for what?”
“I’m sorry that the real you, which only I knew, has been discovered by a third person.”
Yu Rui, “….”
Yu Rui looked at him expressionlessly, “Are you sick?”
Xie Li smiled, “Whether I am sick or not, you are the one who knows best.”
“….”
Yu Rui did not reply.
At one point, Xie Li’s eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned the front of his bicycle in front of Yu Rui.
After a loud braking sound, Yu Rui and Xie Li’s bodies stopped at the same time.
Yu Rui looked back and raised his eyes coldly, “You…!”
Xie Li, “I’m just curious about a question.”
Yu Rui held back his irritation, “What question?”
Xie Li, “Why are you being soft on me?”
“What the…?”
Xie Li used his bike to force Yu Rui’s bike to stop on the shoulder, he repeated the question patiently, “Why are you soft on me?”
The corners of Yu Rui’s mouth curved into a cold smile, “When have I ever been soft w-”
“When you faced Qiao Shengyu knowing that he could be a friend, you didn’t hesitate to give him the slightest chance to hurt you; this seemingly harmless but prickly hypocrite is the real you.”
Yu Rui looked at him, “So?”
“So what about me?” Xie Li propped his bicycle on one foot and slowly approached the young man. His eyes darkened, “Why don’t you put on the thorns for me now, Class President?”
“….”
Yu Rui’s eyes trembled.
However, Xie Li gave him no room to back down and leaned a little closer to him, almost kissing him on the lips.
A muffled laugh sounded between the two of them.
“I don’t think you don’t have no way. If you don’t need to worry about anything you must have many, many tricks you can use on me, why not use them, Class President?”
Yu Rui looked away and prepared to circle Xie Li, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“… tsk.”
Xie Li suddenly raised his hand and pressed the front of Yu Rui’s bicycle.
Yu Rui looked back angrily and met an extremely deep gaze.
“It’s taboo to tempt a psycho who has no conscience, Class President.”
Qiao Shengyu has just lost some innocence he didn’t know he had. I wonder if he’s going to look at everyone suspiciously for a while 😄
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