When senior year started, many people couldn’t recognise Yu Jia Xing.
Yu Jia Xing used to be thin, skinny and lean, and he also doesn’t exercise, and he stayed in the house until he was very white, white and thin like a tree branch, but his hair was very black, and he kept it long, blocking half of his face, and he didn’t like to talk, and the whole person looked sullen.
It is said that boys develop later than girls, but Yu Jia Xing developed a little too late.
He used to be only 1.70m, but now he has grown to the average height of his class.
He is still skinny, but he has gained some flesh and doesn’t look so skinny anymore. His hair had changed, too, and he had a fresh shave that revealed his eyebrows and sideburns.
Everyone in the class was amazed – was this still Yu Jia Xing? Some girls began to look at him secretly and occasionally talked about him when they gathered around after class.
He had listened to Jing Fu Yuan during the holidays and had his hair cut. Now he could feel a cool breeze on his scalp, which was much better than his previous hairstyle.
He sat in the classroom listening to the teacher’s recent revision plan, his two feet shaking constantly.
Why wasn’t class over yet? He still wanted to show Jing Fu Yuan his new haircut.
The class teacher changed the tables and the person sitting in front of Yu Jia Xing was Meng Rui. When the seats was adjusted, Yu Jia Xing heard Meng Rui’s name and looked up at him.
The page with Meng Rui’s name on it had already been turned over and Yu Jia Xing had no feelings for him now.
But when he heard Meng Rui’s name, Yu Jia Xing couldn’t help but raise his head. He used to like Meng Rui, thinking that it would be nice if he could sit behind him and be satisfied with watching his back in secret. And now that he no longer liked him, he really became the one seated behind him.
As soon as the bell rang, Yu Jia Xing went out. Jing Fu Yuan was relegated to the last table because he was too tall, and Yu Jia Xing looked at the door of their class for a long time before he saw him.
Yu Jia Xing did not know how to speak, so when he found Jing Fu Yuan, who was sitting in the last row, he did not ask for him, but just stared at the door.
Jing Fu Yuan was poked several times by his table mate before he raised his head, his table mate asked: “Is that little girl looking at you?”
Jing Fu Yuan looked carefully at the door, Yu Jia Xing had indeed changed a lot, but in the end it was still the same person, he recognised him immediately.
Jing Fu Yuan knew that his table mate was nearsighted and didn’t open his mouth to correct him, standing up and walking towards the door.
When Yu Jia Xing saw Jing Fu Yuan walking over, his whole body was excited, and he said without waiting for Jing Fu Yuan to come to his side: “Ge, I cut the same style as you.”
Jing Fu Yuan didn’t see where the same style was, but still gave him face and said: “It’s quite nice.”
“Isn’t it? Heh heh heh.” Yu Jiaxing smiled a bit foolishly.
During the holidays, Jing Fu Yuan and Yu Jia Xing chatted a lot in Penguin1refers to QQ, a chat app similar to WeChat and the mascot is a penguin, Yu Jia Xing was quite talkative on the internet and typed fast, blah blah blah blah like jumping beans.
Ever since he found out that Yu Jia Xing was a year younger than him, he had subconsciously treated him like a child, like a younger brother.
Naturally, he has to be more patient with his younger brother.
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Yu Jia Xing’s appearance had changed a lot, attracting the attention of some girls, but it also made the gang who often picked on him look at him even more unfavourably.
“Yo, who does Miss Yu have her eye on again? You’re even dressed up?”
Probably someone who was born without the ability to read people’s eyes, when Jing Fu Yuan and Yu Jia Xing were walking together, someone shouted from not far away.
Jing Fu Yuan couldn’t help but frown when he heard that strange voice.
Yu Jia Xing didn’t even turn his head that way, pretending not to hear it, but consciously distanced himself from Jing Fu Yuan. He doesn’t usually walk with Jing Fu Yuan, but today he ran into him halfway, by coincidence.
Jing Fu Yuan saw Yu Jia Xing take a small step to the right and subconsciously reached out to pull him, “What are you hiding for?”
The other end was filled with ‘aiyo’, ‘aiyo’, and Jing Fu Yuan, who was not in a good temper himself, let go of his grip on Yu Jia Xing’s wrist and headed that way.
The gang was only able to move their mouths, but when Jing Fu Yuan came over and swung his fist, most of them were confused, and the brother who was punched was even more confused.
Yu Jia Xing opened his mouth wide in the back, then silently closed it again and said, “Da Ge, which road do you mix in2this is a bit hard to explain, it’s kinda like asking if you are going down the white or black road, ie, good or bad. Mixing in the ‘black road’ refers to gangsters?” His mouth was still quite poor, he just didn’t have the room to play during ordinary times.
Jing Fu Yuan turned his head: “They talking you, why didn’t you refute?”
“The rebuttal made it worse.” Yu Jia Xing’s eyes drooped downwards, “It’s not necessary.”
“Then what is necessary?” Jing Fu Yuan’s voice was not loud, but it was clearly conveyed into Yu Jia Xing’s ears, “Silence?”
No. Of course not.
Silence never solves anything, Yu Jia Xing thought, but they were right, I am a homosexual and like men.
Jing Fu Yuan thought he had spoken and asked: “What?”
Yu Jia Xing didn’t know where he got the courage, he knew on the one hand that he couldn’t talk about such things, on the other hand he thought the other side was Jing Fu Yuan maybe……maybe what? He closed his eyes and decided to follow his heart.
“They are right, I am gay.”
Yu Jia Xing didn’t look up, in fact he regretted it the moment he said it. He didn’t really know Jing Fu Yuan that well, but there was always an aura around Jing Fu Yuan that put him at ease. Yu Jia Xing had privately treated him as a friend, and had unilaterally relied on him.
After a long time, Jing Fu Yuan spoke, “Oh. A bit surprised.” The tone of his voice did not reveal how surprised he was.
“Yu Jia Xing.” Jing Fu Yuan said again, and this time Yu Jia Xing raised his head, he had never heard Jing Fu Yuan call him by his first name before.
“Don’t deny yourself.” Jing Fu Yuan said.
The moment he liked Meng Rui, Yu Jia Xing was truly joyful, he liked someone singularly and purely, with a blazing joy.
But more and more people denied him, they said: “Meng Rui, Yu Jia Xing is always glancing this way, it can’t be that he likes you, can it?”
Meng Rui asked him that day, “You’re not a gay, are you?”
Why ask him that? He just likes someone, there is no sin……there is no sin, right……?
Yu Jia Xing’s heart was hollow, and it turned out that in the end, even he himself denied himself.
Jing Fu Yuan saw very clearly, he said to Yu Jia Xing: “Don’t deny yourself.”
Yu Jia Xing suddenly couldn’t control his emotions, he wanted to cry, wanted to hiss, but with his mouth wide open he could only let out a hoarse choked sob.
He just liked someone, he wasn’t wrong. Finally someone peeled away the gloomy mist and told him so.
“What should we do if the gang spews shit next time?” On the way back to class, Jing Fu Yuan walked ahead, Yu Jia Xing following him like a little wife.
Yu Jia Xing raised his fist, but didn’t even raise his chin, still looking like a wimpy little blob. He said in a very small voice: “Blow their heads off.”
Jing Fu Yuan nodded his head in satisfaction.
