After returning to school, it wasn’t long before the final exams were upon them. Since they had a good time going out, they could now recollect and immerse themselves in their studies again.
Bitting a pen, Lin You looked at the questions. The answers were scribbled all over the exam paper, and the solving process was so brief that it could be overlooked.
On his desk, there was a cup of hot milk tea that Lu Qingyan had just brought for him.
Lu Qingyan hadn’t lied; these past few days, he hadn’t pressured him. He hadn’t even mentioned anything about the confession. Since returning from Lihai City after New Year’s, they continued going to school together as usual, playing basketball and running together. Last week, they even went to play games together with Bai Lu and the others.
Everything seemed to have returned to normal.
…Or so it seemed!
Lin You cursed silently in his mind.
This liar Lu Qingyan. Although he said it was okay, that he’d still treat him like a bro, but his actions were now so overly gentlemanly to the point of being infuriating.
Ever since returning after New Year’s, forget about physical contact, even if they accidentally brushed hands while passing papers, he would apologize.
He no longer hooked his arms around him, no longer warmed his hands when walking, and always maintained a palm’s distance.
It’s as if overnight, he suddenly understood the meaning of the distance between alphas and omegas.
But he couldn’t find a reason to blame him.
What could he blame Lu Qingyan for?
Lu Qingyan liked him, and that was already a secret shared between them. Now, with things unclear, he couldn’t give Lu Qingyan an answer, but Lu Qingyan voluntarily gave him space, which was undoubtedly thoughtful.
Should he be blaming Lu Qingyan for being too much of a gentleman?
Feeling frustrated, Lin You took another sip of the milk tea.
This milk tea was clearly the same one he frequently drank, but now it tasted like it had less sugar, with a bitter aftertaste of tea.
He suddenly thought of an idea, glanced at Lu Qingyan, and used his knees to bump against Lu Qingyan’s under the desk, trying to provoke him, “What sugar level did you ask for? It’s not sweet at all?”
Lu Qingyan didn’t even look at him. “Eighty percent, only you like it so sweet.”
Lin You glanced at the label on the milk tea cup: 80% sugar, add cheese foam, add pudding.
So he could only blame the milk tea shop, “Don’t go there next time, it’s bitter, what a scam.”
Lu Qingyan ignored his antics, finished his math homework, and passed it to Ye Nanshan, who was crying for help beside him.
Then he seemed to ponder for a few seconds before calmly saying to Lin You, “I’m planning to go back home for a few days.”
Lin You almost flipped the table.
“Why are you going back home?” Lin You stared at Lu Qingyan, his face darkening.
If someone else saw him with such an expression, they would probably instinctively steer clear, afraid of provoking him.
But Lu Qingyan wasn’t afraid of this paper tiger. He calmly explained, “The person next door is too noisy, and the final exams are coming up. I want to go back and review.”
It sounded like a legitimate reason.
“Bullshit. When have you ever been so serious before an exam? It’s not like it’s the college entrance exam.”
Lin You stomped on him again, but he couldn’t bring himself to stomp too hard, so he lightly brushed his ankle against Lu Qingyan’s calf, making it seem more like flirting.
Lu Qingyan intentionally teased him, “You got my shoes dirty; you’ll have to clean them for me when we get back.”
Lin You angrily stared at him.
Lu Qingyan’s face remained calm. He did indeed come up with a random reason to move back home. If they continued being together all the time, Lin You would always remain like a hermit crab, cowering in his shell, unwilling to come out.
“Why aren’t you keeping your word. You said you’d treat me like before, but now you’re avoiding me everywhere,” Lin You said fiercely, glaring at Lu Qingyan for a while before softening his expression, looking full of grievances. “I also want to figure things out quickly and give you an answer, but I just can’t figure it out.”
As a young teenage boy who had never been in a relationship or even flirted with anyone, he was pure and innocent, like a new player who hadn’t left the starter village.
Yet right away, he encountered the hellishly difficult boss; a best friend’s confession.
With one misstep, both love and friendship could be done for.
He was so miserable.
He lowered his head, remained silent for a few seconds, and then whispered again, “Lao Lu, I just can’t figure it out.”
Lu Qingyan’s heart softened when he heard Lin You calling him, he even felt like letting him off the hook.
He ruffled Lin You’s hair, “After coming back for so many days, I’ve also reached my limit. When I’m lying down to sleep and thinking that you’re one floor above me, I keep wanting to climb up to your balcony.”
Lin You didn’t ask why he wanted to come to his balcony.
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His face turned a bit red.
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Lin You wanted to argue, can you really cool down just by slipping back home?
But when he heard Lu Qingyan saying that he wouldn’t change seats for the time being, he didn’t dare to argue anymore.
He was afraid Lu Qingyan would find his argument reasonable and switch seats with someone else as soon as tomorrow.
“Then how many days are you planning to stay there?” Lin You asked, thinking for a moment, then threatening, “If you’re not staying in the dorm, I won’t stay either. I’ll go live at your house.”
This time, Lu Qingyan genuinely laughed.
How could there be someone like this, not even in a relationship yet but insisting on moving into his house with him?
“I’m just staying for a few days, to cool down a bit, and you should also cool down and think things over,” Lu Qingyan reassured him. “If we’re always stuck together like this, neither of us can calm down.”
Lin You didn’t say anything further, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
He started drinking the milk tea again, and even though it clearly didn’t taste good, he still gulped it all down.
The next day, Lu Qingyan was indeed missing during evening self-study, and Lin You returned to the dormitory alone.
Other people found this quite novel, several people who saw him asked him curiously, “Where’s Lu-ge? Why isn’t he with you?”
Lin You was in a terrible mood and really wanted to reply: What the hell does that Lu Qingyan jerk have anything to do with me?
But he held it back and swallowed his words.
He replied to others with a sullen expression, “He has something to do at home, he’ll be back in a few days.”
Seeing his expression, others were too scared to ask further and cautiously walked around him.
And so, a few days passed like this.
Lin You felt so emotionally lonely that he had even started forcibly borrowing a cat from Tang Qi next door. He held the cat in his arms as he watched boring soap operas in the living room.
These two days, he also casually talked to people around him about love, but none of them were reliable. Most of them were single just like him, and there was only one, Hou Zicheng, who had been in a relationship, but he couldn’t offer any constructive advice.
People even turned it around and accused Lin You of digging into their heartache.
So Lin You couldn’t be bothered to ask anymore.
He turned to love soap operas, hoping to gain some inspiration from them.
His idea wasn’t bad. These love soap operas, despite being so cliche and melodramatic, were still running even after so long. There had to be a reason for that. Although they were full of nonsense, they must have captured the impulsiveness of love, or else there wouldn’t be so many people so infatuated with them.
So, he persisted while holding the cat.
Midway through, the orange cat tried to escape from his embrace three times, but he forcibly held it down. In the end, he gave it a can of cat food to obtain some temporary peace.
Lin You stared at the iPad screen, deep in thought.
On the screen, the female lead accidentally kisses the male lead. Afterward, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. After going through some events, she wasn’t sure if she truly liked the male lead, so she suggested kissing him again to confirm her feelings.
After the kiss, the female lead looked at the male lead with affection and said, “You’re not the only one I’ve kissed before, but the kiss with you is the purest and most touching.”
Then the two embraced and kissed again.
Lin You widened his eyes in surprise, covering the cat’s eyes with his hand, not wanting its innocent soul to be tainted. He mumbled to himself, “There’s such a method?”
But he recalled that snowy New Year’s, when Lu Qingyan hugged and kissed him.
In the deserted garden, the air was cold, but that kiss was warm.
Lin You furrowed his brows in confusion.
It’s not that he was trying to make excuses, but Lu Qingyan’s perverted method of kissing, with his tongue even coming in, who’s heart wouldn’t pound from that?
It was from fright.
“Is this stupid method reliable?” Lin You mumbled.
The soap opera had reached the ending credits. He stopped covering the orange cat’s eyes and started to stroke its back instead.
The plump orange cat in his arms dozed off, having received the benefits of a can of cat food, it meowed flirtatiously at him and lightly brushed its tail against his wrist.
Even until bedtime, Lin You continued to ponder over this matter.
The dim moonlight and streetlights outside cast faint light through the curtains, revealing the swaying shadows of trees.
Lin You tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Finally, he got up, took a coin from the bedside, and closed his eyes as he flipped it.
It landed on heads.
The next afternoon, before the physical education class.
Everyone had gone out, leaving only Lu Qingyan and Lin You in the classroom.
Lu Qingyan had also changed into his basketball jersey and was ready to leave, but Lin You held him back.
Very tightly at that.
“What’s wrong?” Lu Qingyan looked at Lin You in confusion.
Lin You’s face was full of awkwardness, and upon closer inspection, there was even a hint of aggression, as if he wanted to fight someone.
Lu Qingyan quickly recalled if he had done anything to upset Lin You recently.
Lin You’s hand that was gripping Lu Qingyan almost became sweaty, and countless fragments flashed before his eyes, making his head feel heavy and dizzy.
He gritted his teeth, lowered his head and thought for a bit, then he said quietly, “Lao Lu, kiss me.”
Lu Qingyan thought he had misheard.
Having hallucinations at such a young age.
Lin You saw that he wasn’t getting any response, and it was almost time for class, Lin You grew anxious and tugged at his clothes. “Hurry up.”
Lu Qingyan took a deep breath, tried to remain composed, and pinched himself to remind himself not to act too beastly.
“Can I ask why you suddenly want me to kiss you?” he asked as rationally as possible.
Lin You made up his mind and went all-in, “Isn’t it said that when someone you like kisses you, you’ll feel your heart pounding? I just want you to kiss me, to see if I have that feeling. I was too surprised last time to tell.”
After he finished speaking, he raised his chin and closed his eyes as if he was on the execution ground, his eyelashes trembling.
Lu Qingyan almost laughed from anger, “This is the result of you contemplating for half a day?”
He looked at Lin You speechlessly and thought: Just look at how nervous he is, how would he even feel anything like this?
“Lin You, you’re really an idiot. You really think kissing and feeling your heart pounding are both tests that eventually lead to results?”
Lin You opened his eyes unhappily. He had already gone all-in, yet Lu Qingyan scolded him instead.
He threatened Lu Qingyan, “Are you kissing me or not, if not, I’ll find someone else. I can still figure it out by seeing if my heart pounds when I’m with someone else anyway.”
He was just making up nonsense.
Lu Qingyan could tell, but he still felt like giving him a good beating.
He pinched Lin You’s chin and leaned in, about to go for a kiss without another word.
Lin You had asked for it, practically offering himself. He would be a coward if he didn’t take it.
But before he could get close to Lin You, clear footsteps sounded from the entrance.
The physical education committee entered through the back door, saw Lu Qingyan and Lin You standing in the back row, and was puzzled. “What are you two doing? We were just looking for you guys to play ball.”
Lu Qingyan and Lin You had already separated, and there was enough distance between them for another person.
Lin You looked at the ground, clearly unhappy, and he secretly glared at the physical education committee.
Being inexplicably glared at, the physical education committee was unsure what he did to provoke such a reaction from this great Buddha.
Lu Qingyan rubbed his temples and said, “Forget it, let’s go out for class. Otherwise, Ye Nanshan and the others will come looking for us too.”
Lin You followed him without saying a word, still looking unhappy.
When they reached the sports field, Lin You stretched his wrist and tugged at Lu Qingyan again, asking, “Are you going to kiss me or not? Don’t go home today, come to the dorm.”
He said it quite casually, clearly not giving up until he achieved his goal.
Lu Qingyan gave Lin You a sideward glance, as if he saw a foolish lamb inviting a wolf to dinner.
“I’ll kiss you, why wouldn’t I?” Lu Qingyan said.
After saying that, Lu Qingyan entered the court to play basketball, while Lin You didn’t participate today. He played badminton with someone for a while and then sat in the audience, chatting with others.
For some reason, even though it was his own request, Lin You felt embarrassed to look at Lu Qingyan after Lu Qingyan agreed to kiss him. His heart felt restless.
That night.
As expected, Lu Qingyan didn’t go home and stayed at school for evening self-study with Lin You.
It had been a few days since they last attended evening self-study together, and Lin You was quite happy about it.
Cai Xiaoguo had just left the classroom, so there was no one was keeping an eye on the class anymore. Although everyone was still doing their homework, they were chatting at the same time.
In front of them, Bai Lu and Shao An were secretly playing cards under the desk.
Lin You stood behind them, occasionally peering over to watch and comment, calling them bad, which would be unanimously retorted by them.
It was a lively scene.
With only two minutes left until 8 o’clock, the classroom suddenly experienced a power outage. With a click, the whole building plunged into darkness. It happened to be a cloudy night, and there was no moon, they couldn’t even see the fingers on their hands, only one exclamation after another could be heard.
“Damn, what’s happening? Did the power go out without any warning?”
“The circuit breaker probably tripped. It should be back on in a while.”
“Who the hell took advantage of the chaos and stepped on me? Come out.”
The classroom was in chaos, just like a bustling marketplace.
Lin You also struggled to adapt to the sudden darkness, but a power outage at school wasn’t considered a big deal, the electricity would come back on eventually.
He glanced around the classroom. Because there was no moonlight, everything was dark as if shrouded in a layer of ink, and he could only vaguely see clusters of shadows, faintly discerning the outlines of people.
The moonless and windy night was the perfect setting for mischief.
With mischievous thoughts in mind, Lin You decided to scare Bai Lu and Shao An in the row before him.
But before he could put his plan into action, he heard Lu Qingyan calling him in a very, very low voice.
“Lin You, come a bit closer.”
Lin You thought that Lu Qingyan wanted to talk to him, so he leaned over without any guard.
However, the moment he moved closer, he felt a pair of hands cupping his face, and the fingers brushed gently against the corners of his eyes.
Then, a soft, warm, and dry pair of lips pressed against his own.
Lin You’s eyes widened and instinctively wanted to shout, but he remembered that they were in the classroom, so he suppressed it in his throat and turned it into a muffled whimper.
This wasn’t some quick peck.
Lu Qingyan kissed him with tenderness, yet also with dominance. He gently nibbled on his upper lip, sucking and licking. His tongue gently explored between Lin You’s lips, teasing and probing between his teeth until Lin You parted his lips himself.
Lin You’s heart was pounding so fast that it felt like it might leap out of his throat.
Their front and right sides were filled with people. Though the classroom was in complete darkness, they could still hear their classmates talking and laughing an arm’s length away from them. Someone could discover something amiss at any moment.
They were kissing in front of everyone.
This fact made Lin You’s heart tremble, he couldn’t tell whether it was fear or something else.
His back unconsciously pressed themselves against the wall, and his slim shoulders were against the hard tiles.
Lu Qingyan’s kiss left him breathless.
Between breaths, he caught a whiff of that cedarwood scent again. It was no longer faint and cold, but instead strong and overwhelming, enveloping him completely.
He felt like he was drowning in this cedarwood scent.
He didn’t know how long it lasted, maybe a second, maybe a minute.
Lu Qingyan finally released him.
But they were still very close, their breaths intermingling. Lin You was gasping for air, unable to speak.
Lu Qingyan leaned in closer to Lin You’s ear.
His voice was light, yet it felt like feathers gently tickling Lin You’s ear, playing with the tip of his heart.
“Xiao You, this is called kissing.”
After saying this, Lu Qingyan backed away, and his hands also let go of Lin You’s cheeks.
They returned to a safe distance.
Then, the next second, the classroom lights came back on.
The darkness was suddenly replaced by bright light.
Exposing everything that was happening in the classroom.
The sudden return of light made Lin You squint involuntarily.
He was still leaning against the wall, breathing uneasily. His heart was beating so fast that it felt noisy even to him. His cheeks were flushed, his eyes moist, and his hair slightly disheveled.
But Lu Qingyan sat neatly in his seat, not a hair out of place. His cuff buttons were properly fastened to the last button, and his hands with distinct knuckles were holding a pen, writing down the answer to the last question.
As if he had been sitting properly and seriously at his desk this whole time, as if he had never left.
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This chapter is soo sweet🥰
ahhhhhhhhgh plsssss get togetherrrr alreadyyyy may patience is so thin
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They continue to remain the cutest soon to be couple.
Thank you for the update!
Omg that was the most amazing kissing scene I’ve ever read! They made it seem so amazing
When I was younger I never have firts kiss, so when a guy call me to a date I agree. All okay, all fun until end of the date he want to kiss me and I go and giving him a peck (don’t know how to kiss) and this son of a good mother just say “open your mouth” and want to come back kissing like is normal🙈🙉🙊 (this was the first and the last date) GENTLEMAN IS MY FIRST TIME YOU CAN’T JUST COME AND ALREADY SIT ON THE WINDOWN
When I see this scene of Li You asking for a kiss and gain a tongue on his troat ALL I can think is, bruh chilli WTF 😳😳😳
Saying that, thank you for the chapter
Aaaaaahhhhh!!! 🫣