The next morning, Lin You and Lu Qingyan met on the first floor.
It had been raining since midnight, and it hadn’t stopped until the morning. The weather was foggy, and the air felt cold and damp like the winter rain.
Lin You was too lazy to bother with an umbrella and got under Lu Qingyan’s umbrella, squeezing together with him.
Lu Qingyan already had breakfast, he brought Lin You soy milk and a rice ball.
“Whenever it rains, I don’t want to go anywhere except under my blanket,” Lin You took a sip of the warm soy milk, his voice slightly shivering. “Do they still have a sense of humanity? Making us go to early morning self-study in this weather?”
“You should say that to Cai Xiaoguo,” Lu Qingyan replied lazily as they walked towards the teaching building. Many people greeted them along the way.
The umbrella was large enough to accommodate two people, but Lu Qingyan still quietly tilted it slightly towards Lin You’s side.
When they reached the classroom, Cai Xiaoguo hadn’t arrived yet. The classroom was lively, with no one really studying properly. People were eating, copying homework, making up for missed assignments, and doing all sorts of things.
Lin You took out his English textbook and absentmindedly recited a few sentences from the text, but his gaze kept wandering to Lu Qingyan.
Today, he was wearing Lu Qingyan’s jacket.
Yesterday, he noticed that Lu Qingyan had forgotten to take a piece of clothing hanging in his wardrobe—his black, oversized jacket, clean and simple without any decorations or patterns.
Who knew what he was thinking, but after staring at the jacket for a while, he casually placed it on his own bed.
This morning, seeing that it was raining outside and the weather had turned cold, he disregarded his own well-stocked wardrobe and put on Lu Qingyan’s black jacket, telling himself that it was to block the wind.
Now that the rain had stopped, sitting in the warm and bright classroom, Lu Qingyan hadn’t expressed any opinion about the jacket on his body from the beginning to the end.
Lin You muttered in his mind, could it be that Lu Qingyan hadn’t noticed that he was secretly wearing his jacket?
But since Lu Qingyan hadn’t noticed, Lin You was too lazy to bring it up.
He folded the sleeves up a bit and found it quite warm. Lu Qingyan’s coat was clean, but it carried a faint scent of cedarwood, perfect for winter, cool yet refreshing.
Though he didn’t want to admit it, Lin You liked this scent. There was no reason for it, it was just ingrained in his genes.
He secretly glanced at Lu Qingyan, and seeing that Lu Qingyan wasn’t looking at him, he sneakily inhaled a few deep breaths.
Lu Qingyan took advantage of the early self-study to work on a math paper, but his pen stopped on the third problem, and didn’t write for a long time. The tip of his pen poked several small black dots out of the snow-white test paper.
He didn’t look at Lin You, but he lightly curled his mouth and wrote a cursive “L” on the test paper.
It was not until the afternoon that the light and continuous rain stopped, but in the evening, it unexpectedly started to snow.
The people around Lin You were all hiding under their desks and secretly eating roasted sweet potatoes. It was Lin You and Lu Qingyan who went out to buy them, and when they returned, they handed out one to everyone.
So when they heard that it was snowing outside, a group of people simultaneously raised their heads, their mouths still covered with sweet potato crumbs.
“It’s really snowing…”
“But this snow is too little, you can barely see it.”
“Having some snow is still better than nothing. It’s been ages since we had snow in this place.”
Comments flew out throughout the classroom.
The snow outside was indeed very little, more like tiny snow particles, but under the dim streetlights, they could clearly see each particle gently floating down from the sky.
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“Are you guys planning to go somewhere for New Year’s Eve?” Ye Nanshan suddenly asked.
“Go where?” Hou Zicheng was quite interested; he wanted to take his girlfriend out on a date.
Several people started discussing excitedly.
New Year’s Eve was their last holiday before the winter break this year. For second-year students, their winter break started later, and once they reached their third year, they would be lucky to even get half a day off on New Year’s Day.
Lu Qingyan listened as Lin You joined the discussion with the others, and his eyes slightly drooped.
New Year’s Eve might be a good time.
A new year, he and Lin You can also have a fresh start.
It’s just these bothersome third wheels…
Lu Qingyan narrowed his eyes slightly and scanned the people around Lin You with an unfriendly expression.
The several alphas couldn’t help but shiver, all sensing a chill behind them at the same time.
“How about going to Lihai City? They have a fireworks show there for New Year’s Eve. My uncle owns a hotel there and can book rooms for us in advance,” Bai Lu suggested.
“Sure.”
Everyone had no objections. Lihai City’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show was always grand, and it was by the seaside, offering a beautiful night view.
Lin You nudged Lu Qingyan and asked, “Are you going?”
Lu Qingyan pondered for a few seconds.
Outside, snow particles tapped against the window, and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes wafted subtly out of the room. People in the classroom lowered their voices while discussing plans. It was an ordinary yet gentle winter night.
Even though the whole classroom was filled with a bunch of third wheels, it still made him happy.
“Sure, let’s go.” Lu Qingyan replied.
Lin You immediately turned to Bai Lu and said, “Count me and Lao Lu in.”
Bai Lu took an A4 paper, then started compiling the list of participants and seeking everyone’s input for this collective New Year’s activity plan.
Hou Zicheng also shyly asked her to add his girlfriend’s name to the list.
Bai Lu glanced at him sideways and said, “Can your girlfriend even come?”
Hou Zicheng looked pained and replied, “I’ll try my best.”
Bai Lu wrote down the name nonetheless, but as she looked at the list, she wondered how to arrange the rooms.
If this was the past, Lu Qingyan and Lin You would be sharing a room, but that’s no longer possible now.
Should she let Lin You and Hou Zicheng’s girlfriend share a room?
The thought of that made Bai Lu shudder involuntarily. Forget it, she couldn’t simply see Lin You as an omega.
Bai Lu was fully engrossed in noting things down and no one noticed that the classroom suddenly fell quiet.
A tanned hand appeared from the side and snatched away Bai Lu’s paper.
Bai Lu was furious and just about to ask who was it! Causing trouble for what!
But when she looked up, she saw Cai Xiaoguo’s expressionless face as he examined the paper.
She immediately fell silent, silently curled up her neck.
Looking around at her classmates, each one pretended to be engrossed in their test papers, just like little quails.
Cai Xiaoguo’s voice was full of sarcasm as he spoke, “You guys are quite impressive. I could overlook the fact that you were roasting sweet potatoes in the classroom, but now you’re even planning for New Year’s Day activities.” He glanced at the names on the paper and continued, “Oh, there’s someone from another school on here too. Who’s Zhou Xiaoni?”
Hou Zicheng almost fell off the chair.
Lin You looked around, great, he was the only omega here, so he was the only one who could admit to this and wouldn’t be under suspicion of puppy love.
“She’s my cousin,” he blurted out.
Cai Xiaoguo immediately turned his attention to him and said, “I knew you couldn’t stay away from trouble. You’re going out to play, and even dragging your cousin along now.”
Everyone held back their laughter, only Lu Qingyan gave Hou Zicheng a glare.
Lin You was still holding a roasted sweet potato in his hand and wasn’t afraid at all. He giggled and thought that this time, their class had done well in the midterms, so Cai Xiaoguo probably wouldn’t get too angry.
As expected, Cai Xiaoguo eventually put the paper back down.
“You guys want to have fun, I can understand that, but let me make it clear in advance. If anyone’s grades drop in the final exams,” Cai Xiaoguo pushed his glasses and scanned the group of students with an expressionless face before revealing a sinister smile, “I will personally call each of your parents and make sure you spend the entire winter break at home.”
Wails erupted all around.
But after Cai Xiaoguo finished speaking, he also glanced out the window.
This was still the first snowfall of this year.
The students had been confined in the classroom for so long that they were about to turn sick. Even the sight of a few flakes of snow had them excited. Cai Xiaoguo couldn’t help but feel that they were a bit pitiful.
As teenagers aged seventeen or eighteen, who wouldn’t like to go out and play?
He coughed and didn’t say anything more, not even confiscating the paper with the list of names and activity plans.
Lin You was overjoyed and took the opportunity to stuff a roasted sweet potato into Cai Xiaoguo’s pocket as he passed by.
Cai Xiaoguo looked down and chuckled, “Are you openly bribing me?”
“How could that be? I bought too many, so I’m giving them away,” Lin You replied truthfully. Earlier, when he and Lu Qingyan were having dinner, they saw an elderly person selling roasted sweet potatoes. Lin You’s soft heart couldn’t resist, so he bought a large bag and started distributing it in the classroom. Almost everyone in the class got one, except for a few who didn’t like sweet potatoes.
…That’s why the smell of roasted sweet potatoes filled the classroom.
Cai Xiaoguo couldn’t be bothered to scold him further and walked away with the sweet potato.
Five minutes later, every student in the classroom saw him eating the sweet potato at the podium, not one bit concerned about the supervising teacher patrolling the corridor.
Lin You deeply felt that the reason why their class was so audacious and lively was somehow connected to Cai Xiaoguo, a teacher who openly violated the rules.
After the evening self-study, the lights in the school building darkened again.
The snow outside hadn’t stopped, but unfortunately, it was too little to pile up on the ground.
Lin You stopped at the intersection and reached out from under the umbrella to catch the snow, but the tiny snowflakes melted into water as soon as they landed in his warm palm.
“Lao Lu, do you think it will snow on New Year’s? A heavy snow, like goose feathers falling,” Lin You asked.
Lu Qingyan thought to himself that this was highly unlikely.
At least in his memory, their city rarely experienced such heavy snow.
The last time he saw snow piled up on the ground was when he and Lin You were still in the first year of middle school.
Lin You saw the thick layer of white snow outside from the window and excitedly put on a sweater, rushing out and having a snowball fight with the kids in the neighborhood.
As a result, he had a high fever for two days when he came back. He was confined inside by his mom until the snow melted. He couldn’t step out of the house and could only look outside with infinite longing while feeling weak and sick.
At that time, Lin You had just passed 160 centimeters in height, his face cute and exquisite like a doll. With a fever, his cheeks turned red like roses, but his face appeared even thinner. Wrapped in a blanket, he looked very pitiful.
Lu Qingyan couldn’t let him go out again, but he felt truly sorry for him, so he secretly built a snowman as tall as a person outside Lin You’s window while he was asleep at night.
As soon as Lin You woke up the next day, he could see it from the window.
Lu Qingyan was standing next to the snowman, looking exhausted after a night of hard work. But when he saw Lin You pressing his face against the glass, the small and fair face smiling at him from behind the window.
He felt that it was all worth it.
He always liked Lin You so much.
Liked him to the point where he was willing to give him whatever he wanted.
Except if it was to leave him.
“There will be, there will definitely be heavy snow,” Lu Qingyan said.
He walked over and tied his red scarf around Lin You’s neck, the color complemented his skin tone very well.
Lin You initially didn’t want it.
But Lu Qingyan gave him a faint glance.
“You’re already wearing my jacket, so you might as well wear the scarf too.”
So Lin You stopped refusing it.
He looked up at Lu Qingyan, feeling a bit embarrassed for some reason, “You noticed?”
Lu Qingyan chuckled, “Do you think I’m blind?”
He noticed the moment Lin You stepped out, that the black jacket draped over Lin You was his own.
He was the one who deliberately left it in Lin You’s dorm.
Lin You obediently let Lu Qingyan wrap the scarf around his neck and smiled at him.
A snowflake fell on his face, landing perfectly in that little dimple.
Lu Qingyan’s heart couldn’t help but race again.
Ai I’m addicted to this dog food
Ya, same
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The cutest couple to be.
Thank you for the chapter!
My heart is racing too ｡ﾟ(ﾟ^Ｏ^ﾟ)ﾟ｡
Ahh youth~ they’re so cuteee
Softly falling snow and sweet treats…hahahahaha…
So wholesome