This girlie is tired, so only 1 chapter update today.
Due to the system’s automatic privacy protection program, when Zhu Tong’s favorability level increased, he didn’t hear the festive notification jingle from the system, but he could see it.
He kissed Shao Ming three times, and his fondness increased by 3%.
When Shao Ming kissed him back, he couldn’t see clearly, but he heard a sound effect… It sounded like collecting coins on a platformer.
Zhu Tong’s chest heaved violently, partly because of Shao Ming, and partly because of his own excitement.
Who would have thought that a kiss could have such a big impact?
The favorability bar shot up to 88% directly!!
But why didn’t it have the same effect the previous times?
Is there a difference between being proactive and passive?
When Shao Ming was “gnashing his teeth” at him, Zhu Tong was completely oblivious. His eyes were shining, and the hand that had been hanging by his side was raised, actively cupping Shao Ming’s face, mimicking Shao Ming’s earlier kiss.
It was a bit clumsy and awkward, but it worked wonders.
For a moment, Shao Ming’s eyes darkened, and the rational line in his mind snapped.
Zhu Tong was still trying to kiss, but to his surprise, the taller youth tightened his lips even more tightly, leaving Zhu Tong confused as he opened his eyes. Suddenly, he felt a tightness around his waist, and his entire body lifted off the chair.
“?”
As if everything was spinning, when his back touched the “ground,” the young man holding him down pressed down, and Zhu Tong subconsciously turned his head to see that the “ground” was actually his bed.
Before he could figure out how he ended up on the bed, his head, which had been turned aside, was forcibly turned back, and his breath was cut off.
Unlike his imitation and probing, Shao Ming was better at finding opportunities. If there was no opportunity, he would create one. Zhu Tong felt a gentle pinch on his waist. The waist was a sensitive area, and he instinctively gasped. However, before he could make a sound, the young man on top of him pushed his tongue into his mouth.
The system interface hadn’t retracted yet, and Zhu Tong glanced in the gap. The favorability bar didn’t move.
‘…Is it saturated?’
Shao Ming kept his eyes open and didn’t miss Zhu Tong’s obvious diversion of his gaze and the fleeting suspicion on his face.
Then he felt himself being gently pushed, so he withdrew.
Shao Ming asked hoarsely, “What did you see?”
Zhu Tong’s wandering thoughts instantly returned, his pupils refocused, and he saw Shao Ming’s pitch-black, deep eyes. At this moment, his back was against the light, his eyes were dark, but they still made Shao Ming want to get lost in them.
‘But why did he suddenly ask this question?’
Zhu Tong nervously cleared his throat and tentatively asked, “You?”
Shao Ming smiled satisfiedly. “What else?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
What else?
Because they were so close, all he could see was Shao Ming’s face.
He added, “Nothing else, just you.”
Shao Ming: “…”
The grip around his waist suddenly tightened. Shao Ming, feeling the shorter youth underneath him squirming as if ticklish, lowered his head again.
As Shao Ming forcefully pried open Zhu Tong’s lips, his hand instinctively moved down, and his fingers touched the edge of the hem of his clothes, slipping in without hesitation.
Zhu Tong couldn’t help but tremble, but he didn’t fully register the implication.
Shao Ming kissed him deeply and heavily, making Zhu Tong unable to resist. Because he laid back on the bed, it limited his movements, leaving him with no room to escape. His brain began to spin, and his body even felt weak all over.
The familiar heat rose from deep within his body, spreading to every limb.
Wherever Shao Ming had touched him, it felt like electricity running through him, and suddenly, he became aware of something in front of him. His consciousness instantly cleared, and he lowered his eyes to see a slender fingertip emerging from his collar.
“…”
Shao Ming briefly stopped their kiss, letting Zhu Tong’s swollen lips breathe. Then, he gently pressed his forehead against Zhu Tong’s, his breathing heavy and hot.
After a moment, he propped himself up halfway, locking eyes with the young man beneath him.
Zhu Tong’s chest heaved violently, not daring to move.
Shao Ming’s palm… was very warm, resting right on the spot where his heart was.
The air conditioner in the room was on, and the temperature was high. Zhu Tong was only wearing a tight cashmere sweater. The loose V-neck had been pulled askew, revealing his delicate collarbones and shoulder lines…
Shao Ming couldn’t help but swallow nervously, leaning down to nuzzle against his ear and murmuring, “Tongtong…”
Zhu Tong: “…”
His heart skipped a beat, unsure of how to respond.
The warm and soft touch had landed behind his ear.
Zhu Tong trembled all over. “I…”
As he spoke, he felt uneasy and moved slightly, but then he couldn’t continue. Suddenly realizing something, his body stiffened abruptly.
His hazy vision instantly cleared, and his limbs suddenly regained strength. Zhu Tong raised his hand suddenly, pushing the youth on top of him away.
Shao Ming: “You…”
Seeing him glaring slightly, Zhu Tong knew he must have also noticed. His face quickly turned red, and he pushed harder.
Zhu Tong panicked. “Please move aside.”
Shao Ming knowingly asked, “Where do you want to go?”
‘To the bathroom, ah!’
Zhu Tong didn’t say anything, just tried everything to escape.
Shao Ming had wanted to trap him, but he unexpectedly found that Zhu Tong’s struggling strength had increased significantly. This discovery both surprised and frustrated him. He used brute force to suppress him but sighed softly, his voice gentle as he said to Zhu Tong, “It’s no use hiding in the bathroom for this kind of thing.”
Zhu Tong’s struggling movements froze instantly.
‘Does Shao Ming know? When did he find out?’
Seeing Zhu Tong looking at him in shock, Shao Ming’s previous guesses were instantly confirmed.
This young master was practically confessing.
Shao Ming asked, “Were you running into the bathroom this morning for the same reason?”
“…”
Zhu Tong stopped struggling, burying himself halfway under the blanket.
But the blanket was too short, only covering half of him.
Shao Ming looked at his reddened ears and felt like he was about to explode.
Zhu Tong’s muffled voice came from under the blanket, “Could you let me go to the bathroom? Please?”
Shao Ming couldn’t decide, persistently leaning closer and asking, “What do you need to do in the bathroom? Doing bad things alone?”
Zhu Tong vigorously shook his head. “…I just need some time alone.”
Shao Ming hadn’t anticipated this.
He asked, “Alone in the bathroom for a while?”
Zhu Tong nodded.
With his head buried, Shao Ming only saw a couple of nods from the back of his head.
His throat tightened slightly. “Have you been doing this for the past few days?”
Zhu Tong remained silent.
When did this person find out? How many jokes has he heard?
Shao Ming leaned in again. Zhu Tong was already lying on his side on the bed, burying his head. Shao Ming pressed against his back and whispered in his ear, “Not doing it? What about it?”
‘…Doing what?’
Zhu Tong couldn’t help but turn his head slightly, revealing one eye that met Shao Ming’s restrained gaze. Suddenly, he understood and buried his head again. “I won’t do it.”
Shao Ming: “…”
The thing he had been desperately trying to hide suddenly exposed itself in an unexpected way. Zhu Tong had been embarrassed at first, but now that he realized he had been exposed all along, the embarrassment wasn’t as heavy.
It’s probably true that with many debts, one doesn’t worry about owing more.
He recklessly admitted, “My health wasn’t good before, so it didn’t happen often. It’s… it’s not a big deal, it’ll pass after a while.”
“…” Shao Ming’s throat felt dry. “You think it’s not a big deal, so you didn’t do it?”
Zhu Tong remained silent.
Even though he didn’t fully understand these matters, he instinctively felt that it should be embarrassing for a boy. Yet Shao Ming kept asking, “Not even once?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He was both embarrassed and angry, turning around with a flushed face to push away the young man behind him. But his outstretched hand was suddenly held, and Shao Ming restrained him again, lowering his head to kiss him.
Zhu Tong quickly became dizzy again.
He heard Shao Ming suppressing his excited emotions and saying to him, “Holding back like this for too long isn’t good for your health.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
His voice that came close to his ear again carried a coaxing tone. “Let me help you, okay?”
…
That night, Shao Ming was sent back to his own room to sleep.
The next day, Zhu Tong walked into the classroom with pursed lips.
He was afraid that any relaxation would reveal something unusual about his state.
His lips were a bit swollen, although Shao Ming kept saying it wasn’t very noticeable, but Zhu Tong himself felt too seen and didn’t dare to let anyone even see a glimpse.
On the other hand, Shao Ming looked radiant, even though Zhu Tong ignored him in the morning, his smile never faded.
When Luo Suo came to Zhu Tong to copy homework, he noticed that Shao Ming’s smile was noticeably brighter than usual, making him look a bit silly.
‘Wait, a bit… silly?’
Luo Suo never expected to associate this word with his Ming-ge one day.
But he really did look a bit silly now.
Luo Suo kept glancing around as if looking at something rare. Suddenly, the homework was handed to him. He took it and turned back to his seat. However, due to his lack of concentration, when he turned around, he was tripped by the legs of Zhu Tong’s chair. He stumbled, “Oops…”
He exclaimed.
Zhu Tong subconsciously turned his head, “Are you okay?”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Luo Suo steadied himself in time. When he stood up and faced Zhu Tong’s face, he paused, “What happened to your lips…”
Before he could finish his sentence, both of them were startled.
Zhu Tong quickly turned his head back.
Luo Suo suddenly realized something and turned to look at Shao Ming.
Shao Ming wanted to stop him when Luo Suo began to speak in surprise, but he was a step too late. Looking at his deskmate who turned into a mute quail again, Shao Ming kicked Luo Suo irritably, “You’re the one with a big mouth again?”
Luo Suo widened his eyes in disbelief.
Who was really the one with a big mouth here?
Before he could defend himself, Shao Ming seemed to realize that he was the instigator. The smile on his lips couldn’t be suppressed, and he said to Luo Suo, “Alright, take the homework and go.”
Luo Suo: “…”
‘Okay.’
‘Ming-ge is still Ming-ge.’
Luo Suo gave him a thumbs-up and left with the homework.
After sending Luo Suo away, a hint of distress appeared on Shao Ming’s face. He cleared his throat and, to show sincerity, suppressed his smile and leaned over to put his arm around his desk mate’s shoulder, “Still angry? Didn’t I already apologize? You said you forgave me.”
“You…” Zhu Tong huffed, “Didn’t you say it wasn’t noticeable?”
“…”
Shao Ming remained unfazed. “It really isn’t noticeable.”
Zhu Tong: “But just now, Luo Suo…”
“Luo Suo is dirty-minded, so everything he sees becomes dirty.”
“…”
It sounded like they had done something impure.
Zhu Tong wasn’t as shameless as Shao Ming to shift the blame onto Luo Suo. He frowned at Shao Ming. “In the future…”
“I’ll be more restrained, won’t make your lips swell again.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Shao Ming coaxed again, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist last night, I was excessive. But who tempted who first?”
Zhu Tong: “I just…”
It was for the sake of his favorability level!
But denying it didn’t seem plausible either. After all, he had gone along with it later. How could he have done that?
Thinking about it, he really went crazy last night.
Remembering it was enough to make Zhu Tong bury his face in his hands.
Shao Ming took his hand away, suppressing a smile. “Do you know what ‘the more you try to cover up, the more obvious it becomes’ means?”
Zhu Tong looked at him puzzled.
Shao Ming continued, “Do you know what you’re doing right now?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He was indeed trying to cover up.
Instinctively, he looked towards the front of the classroom. During break time, the teacher assigned homework, so not many people were looking back at the moment.
“We have P.E. later. Are you going to class with a red face?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Shao Ming’s words convinced him. He tried to adjust his emotions, but couldn’t help glaring at Shao Ming. “It’s all your fault.”
Shao Ming accepted his complaint, “Mn, my fault.”
Who asked his little young master to be so alluring?
He didn’t intend to bully him too much, but last night presented such a rare opportunity that he wasn’t willing to pass up, ah. There’s no reason to let it slip by, even if it meant giving the opportunity to Zhu Tong himself.
He glanced again at Zhu Tong’s still-swollen lips from the previous night, feeling a warmth in his heart, then forcibly averted his gaze.
In the afternoon P.E. class, Shao Ming refused to join the boys in playing basketball or badminton. Instead, they occupied a table tennis table alone.
Zhu Tong was clueless about sports, but luckily, he had an all-around guide to help him.
Luo Suo had just come down from the basketball court, bought a bottle of water from the canteen, and passed by the table tennis area. He watched as Shao Ming, who usually steamrolled his opponent by violent serves, was now feeding scores to his opponent with the most basic skill level.
He sighed with emotion as he drank water.
Love not only lowered one’s IQ but also made one act childish.
As he was about to leave this stinky elementary teaching scene, he glanced up and saw someone not looking too friendly from afar.
Luo Suo was taken aback for a moment, thinking he might have seen wrong.
“Is that Xia Yang over there?”
He suddenly spoke, and Shao Ming happened to catch the ball very carefully, but still missed. Both of them looked up at the same time.
Shao Ming didn’t pay much attention. “What, do you want to go say hi?”
“What should I say to him?” Luo Suo scoffed, “It’s just a bit strange. I seem to be able to see things clearer than usual, almost as if I’m no longer nearsighted.”
Although Luo Suo was a poor student, his eyesight wasn’t particularly good, probably around two hundred degrees of myopia.
Zhu Tong also glanced over, thinking that must be the halo effect of being a heartthrob – that is, becoming the focus of attention wherever they went. To emit the charm of a heartthrob, it was basic to let people see them clearly.
But didn’t Xia Yang’s halo fade on the racecourse last time?
Just as he was thinking, Luo Suo added, “Not only can I see him more clearly, but sometimes he’s just too noticeable. It feels like the more you don’t want to see him, the more you see him. How can he be so persistent.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Indeed, he had spent a long time by White Moonlight’s side, so he had a keen sense of things.
Zhu Tong couldn’t help but smile, but didn’t say anything.
He wasn’t interested in Xia Yang and didn’t want to chat much. Being a glutton for punishment, he just wanted to continue playing table tennis. But he noticed Shao Ming furrowing his brows and looking over.
Shao Ming had perfect vision, but even with excellent eyesight, it wasn’t possible to see someone clearly from such a distance. He hadn’t paid attention to Xia Yang before, and seeing him now… did Xia Yang really seem different from others?
Was there something abnormal, or was he overthinking?
He was puzzled and inadvertently lost in thought.
At that moment, someone on the other side of the playground seemed to sense his gaze and turned to look at him.
