Qin Chu suddenly lost his voice.
Lu Tong finally got him to stop after waiting, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
In the end, Qin Chu’s silence seemed to have gone too far.
He did not think that he would scare Qin Chu with this little score. Halfway through the first exam, Lu Tong turned his head to look at Qin Chu, and the other party was lying on the table to sleep.
It was understandable that he didn’t copy for the language exam.
Lu Tong thought, feeling that it was strange.
But Qin Chu didn’t ask for any answers from him in the subsequent math exam either. The question papers for the first year of high school and the second year of high school were different. But for Lu Tong, it was not difficult to do the questions for the first year of high school. Even if he couldn’t get a perfect score, he was more than able to achieve 140.
Therefore, at this moment, Lu Tong finally noticed something was wrong.
After the math exam, the two exams in the morning were completely over.
As soon as the noon bell rang, all the students in the classroom disappeared in an instant.
Lu Tong hesitated for a moment and gently pushed Qin Chu.
“Qin Chu, the exams are over.”
Qin Chu didn’t react at all when he pushed him like that.
Lu Tong realised that something was wrong with the other party, and he quickly reached out to touch Qin Chu’s forehead: He had a low fever.
Not only did he have a low fever, but his complexion also looked bad. It was somewhat pale as if he were enduring pain.
Lu Tong asked quickly, “Qin Chu, can you hear me? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”
Qin Chu was shaken awake by him, and he looked at him with his eyes open momentarily.
Lu Tong didn’t bother asking him again and said directly, “Let’s go to the infirmary first.”
The heavy rain outside has not stopped since last night.
No matter how good the drainage system of the Provincial No. 1 High School campus was, there were still a lot of puddles on the ground. If you step on it, half of your school pants will get soaked. Qin Chu didn’t want to go to the infirmary, so Lu Tong had to take him back to the dormitory first. The management of the dormitory in the International Department was flexible. Even if he came back during midday, the dormitory staff auntie would not say anything.
Qin Chu lay down on his side on the bed. Lu Tong rummaged around the room for a while and found some cold medicine to reduce his fever.
He sat in front of the bed, poured a cup of hot water for Qin Chu, and asked, “Qin Chu, besides having a cold, where else do you feel uncomfortable?”
How could he lie down in the examination room without moving if he just had a cold?
Qin Chu lay on the bed for a while before spitting out two words, “…… Stomach pain.”
“Stomach pain?” Lu Tong asked in surprise, “Why do you have stomach pain without any rhyme or reason? Do you have a stomach problem?”
Who would have imagined that Qin Chu would close his eyes and refuse to speak.
— — My stomach hurts after eating popsicles. Can you tell the truth?
If Lu Tong finds out, he’ll be ridiculed to death.
No, I can’t lose face to this person, even if I die.
Lu Tong looked at the time and then at Qin Chu.
His nature was not nosy, at least not to the point of being helpful.
If he spoke out about this matter of bringing Qin Chu back to the dormitory from the class – Others wouldn’t believe that it was something he could do. Lu Tong thought that he was being extremely benevolent and had done his utmost in his duty. His relationship with Qin Chu ended there.
If he helped any further, he would cross the line.
However, after walking out of the dormitory, he couldn’t help but stop when he reached the corridor and he thought to myself: Stomach pain is not a disease that can be cured by oneself. It’s better to go and buy some stomach medicine for him and then leave him to figure it out by himself.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed to make sense.
Lu Tong continued: Moreover, now that I still have a request from him, I can’t treat him like an outsider, lest he wake up and complain about me.
He made excuses for himself as he walked, and when he reached the elevator door, he finally found all his excuses.
“That’s right.” Lu Tong thought calmly, “Helping someone out of humanitarianism doesn’t indicate that you care about them. At most, I’ll purchase the stomach medication and head out without postponing the test in the slightest.”
After making up his mind about such an idea, Lu Tong went downstairs. He did not head to the school building but to the infirmary behind the cafeteria.
After swiping his school card and buying a bunch of stomach medicines, Lu Tong returned to the International Building.
Qin Chu looked like he was in really bad pain.
He went back and forth over and over again. The other person’s position on the bed, however, remained unchanged.
Lu Tong had no choice but to mix the medicine, help Qin Chu up, and watch him drink.
Qin Chu did not know where this stomach medicine came from, but he wanted to spit it out once he drank it.
When Lu Tong realised what he was going to do, he snapped, “Don’t spit!”
That mouthful of medicine stayed in Qin Chu’s mouth.
Lu Tong, “Do you understand that you should take medicine when you are sick? You are this old, but you still find medicine bitter?”
Qin Chu frowned and swallowed the medicine.
If anyone else saw it, their jaw would have definitely dropped in shock.
How could Qin Chu obediently listen to others?
If he asked his own father to come and see this matter, even his own father might not believe it.
Lu Tong saw that he had finished having it. So he fished out a candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Qin Chu’s mouth.
He changed into a set of clean clothes and threw the school uniform that had been soaked in the rain into the washing machine.
“I’m going to take the exam. Just rest in the dormitory in the afternoon and don’t take the exam.”
Lu Tong instructed.
Anyway, as far as Qin Chu’s score was concerned, it didn’t matter whether he took the exam or not.
After he finished speaking, he raised his feet and wanted to leave. Who would have known that Qin Chu would suddenly stretch out his hand and hug his waist.
Lu Tong sat on the bed, while Qin Chu laid behind him while holding Lu Tong’s waist easily with both hands.
He had his eyes closed and didn’t wake up. But his posture prevented Lu Tong from leaving.
Qin Chu was ill and was not very strong. But the hand on his waist seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, trapping Lu Tong directly.
Everything above his waist was stiff, and Qin Chu’s pheromones were causing trouble inside his body, making it impossible for him to take even half a step out of the dormitory.
…… This is awful.
Lu Tong’s face was hot, and he panicked.
He opened his mouth several times to speak but failed to succeed. Five minutes later, he still maintained this action and sat on the bed without moving.
Qin Chu muttered, “You stay with me.”
Lu Tong finally found his voice, “Don’t throw a tantrum. I’m not buying it.” After thinking about it, he added, “I have an exam in the afternoon.”
Qin Chu stopped talking.
When he didn’t speak, he switched to using his pheromones to reach up to him — — That seemed to say: Sadfishing.
Qin Chu’s pheromone was the cold fragrance of roses, from which he usually perceived coldness and arrogance when he smelled it, making it difficult to get close to him. After he got sick, there was more of a hint of pathetic milky odour wrapped in the cold scent, circling around Lu Tong like a puppy.
For no reason, Lu Tong was reminded of the little rose in the fairy tale book that he read this morning. Like Qin Chu, she was a bit of a stinky narcissist who was delicate and attractive.
— — The current Qin Chu could be called delicate and attractive.
He oddly made people take pity on him.
Lu Tong sighed.
— — Did I owe him in my past life?
He asked himself honestly.
“You let go. I’m not leaving. Don’t provoke me with pheromones.”
Qin Chu played dumb and said, “I have a bad stomach.”
His voice was softer, more whiny, and Lu Tong’s ears went soft as he listened. He finally couldn’t help but surrender.
It seemed that acting like a spoiled child was still very effective for him. Earlier, Qin Shiwu had used this trick that he learned without a teacher. He mostly inherited it from Qin Chu.
Qin Chu couldn’t help but feel proud of him and commented: Men can’t stand others acting coquettishly. If it doesn’t work once, try again.
He was also quite proud of himself.
Qin Chu’s body was hot, and holding Lu Tong was like holding a piece of dry ice. Lu Tong’s pheromones were like frost and snow. It was a cooling tool. After Qin Chu tasted the sweetness of holding him, he was unwilling to let go.
Lu Tong cautiously noticed that this position was a bit ambiguous. But he couldn’t resist Qin Chu’s insistence, so he was entangled in the bed with him, half-coaxed and half-deceived.
Now, Lu Tong was leaning in front of the bed, and Qin Chu was lying beside him. He just had to take a puff of a cigarette to show that he was “living even better than an immortal1This is based on the idiom, “Have a smoke after each meal, and you will surpass the immortals.”.”
Lu Tong was amused by his own imagination and leaned back on the bed for a while, closing his eyes.
He thought to himself: How did I get involved with Qin Chu?
Even when he thought about it carefully, he couldn’t come up with anything. Thinking about the whole journey that he passed through, there were all kinds of misunderstandings that were both funny and extremely embarrassing. It brought two parallel lines that would never have met together, and now they were still tied together in a tight knot.
Qin Chu was hugging him and was deeply asleep when his mobile phone on the bedside table first received a few messages and then vibrated twice. But it failed to wake him up.
Lu Tong reached out to turn off the sound, but unexpectedly, the screen lit up.
Several messages popped into his eyes, one by one.
– Ah Yu, Sister Caiying has returned to China today. Did you go to pick her up?
– You’ve always liked her, haven’t you? I’ve asked around for you. She seems to have broken up with her boyfriend. So here’s your chance!
– You saw the message, ah. You bas*** have ignored us, brothers, since you went to Provincial No. 1 High School. When are you going to come out and have a get-together?
Lu Tong paused subtly.
Immediately after, another text message was sent to Qin Chu’s mobile phone.
– I’m back, Xiao Yu. Why did you leave without saying goodbye last time? You must explain it clearly when we meet this time; otherwise, this sister will be angry.
Familiar, ambiguous, and too much information
Lu Tong held the mobile phone. For a moment, he did not know how to reply.
The text message that called him “Xiao Yu” was obviously from Sister Caiying mentioned by the other person.
Lu Tong glanced at Qin Chu with difficulty and thought to himself: No way. Is this kid still having a sibling relationship?
At the same time, the voice in his heart followed: He may also have someone that he likes?
He thought that a narcissistic and puffed-up kid like Qin Chu would only like Transformers and himself in this life.
He didn’t realise that there would still be a time when he would have his first love affair and have a crush on someone else.
— — Why was he feeling a little unhappy?
Lu Tong cupped his mobile phone: This dog is still hugging my waist right now, and what’s up with this woman? Quite powerful, ah, Qin Chu. You are eating a bowl in front of you, but you’re staring at the pot2(idiom) not content with what one already has; (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye..
— — He didn’t remember at all that Qin Chu had a completely humanitarian relationship with him.
Even if they did a temporary marking, there were no affections involved.
However, that didn’t stop him from considering these messages an annoying presence.
After this Sister Caiying posted one message, she followed up with several more.
He couldn’t help Qin Chu reply to the text message, so he could only wait for Qin Chu to wake up and settle it himself.
It turned out that this Sister Caiying was not an easy character to deal with. After not getting any replies to a few text messages, her call came directly.
Lu Tong opened his eyes and looked at his phone. Then he accepted the call resignedly.
On the other side was a very gentle and nice-sounding girl, “Xiao Yu, why didn’t you reply to the text message? Are you still angry with this sister?”
Lu Tong politely said, feeling estranged, “Hello. Qin Chu is a bit busy right now. So it’s not convenient for him to answer the phone.”
The person on the other side froze for a moment, “You are……”
Lu Tong, “I am his classmate. If you need anything, I can tell him that for you.”
He made a bit of noise when he said these two sentences, disturbing Qin Chu.
Qin Chu groaned uncomfortably and buried his head into his body. Lu Tong was on the phone and was caught off guard by Qin Chu’s move. He quickly pushed Qin Chu away.
“Can you be more well-behaved when you sleep! Stop hugging me and let go!”
Qin Chu muttered, “It’s not like you’ll lose a piece of meat if you hug me. I’m sick. Why are you so cold?”
Lu Tong gritted his teeth and said, “You’ve got a point!”
Qin Chu dragged out his voice and whined, “Lu Tong — — Don’t move. I’ll just hug you for a little bit. Your body is cooler than mine. Please be nice. I’m a patient!”
Lu Tong’s eyebrows twitched, and he immediately said, “Stop whining!”
While the two were pushing and shoving, Sister Cai Ying hung up the phone.
Lu Tong turned his head and looked at the mobile phone, and without saying much, he directly threw the phone back on top of the bedside table.
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