The lights in the living room overhead were dazzling, and Zhu Tong could hardly see the face in front of him.
Is his vision blurred or the face in front of him blurred?
All he could hear was their accelerating heartbeats, the sounds of gasps and hitched breaths.
“You…”
Zhu Tong blinked numbly first, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly found that his brain was blank and he couldn’t say anything.
But the warm breath from his mouth was obvious to Shao Ming.
At the last moment of the fall, Shao Ming supported his body onto the armrest on the edge of the sofa in time, and did not completely press his body to Zhu Tong.
After all, this little young master is weak, what should he do if his weight breaks his brittle bones?
Unlike Zhu Tong’s blurry vision, Zhu Tong’s face was facing the light, so Shao Ming could even see his long eyelashes clearly.
His face was calm, but his eyelashes were trembling nervously, and his breathing was shallow, as if he was deliberately suppressing it.
Is he afraid?
Doing something now would scare him away, wouldn’t it?
He subconsciously lowered his head a little.
Zhu Tong suddenly tensed up.
One of his hands hangs on the edge of the sofa, and the other was pressed by Shao Ming. He should take the taller boy away now, but he couldn’t even raise his hand at all.
He blinked even more, his eyes wandering around, “You… you…”
“You get up first.”
It’s a simple sentence, yet…
The pressure from Shao Ming’s body pressing against him was too great, so he couldn’t say it.
The suppressed hand gripped the sofa cushion tightly.
Shao Ming felt his movement, and he smiled suddenly. As if he couldn’t hold it anymore, he pressed down purposefully.
Zhu Tong was startled, closed his eyes subconsciously, and tilted his head to the side abruptly.
A warm and soft touch brushed across his side face, and the hot breath sprayed on his ears.
The familiar voice was not as light as usual, and was instead quite sexy. He whispered, almost directly against his ear. “I was not careful, don’t be afraid.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Like an electric shock, it made him shudder.
The rubbed area on his face felt like brushed by a feather, very itchy.
Shao Ming’s heart was also itching.
If Zhu Tong didn’t turn his face just now, then he…
But he dodged.
Shao Ming’s eyes darkened slightly, and he pursed his lips when he looked at the shorter youth’s earlobe, which was so red it looked like a dripping blood.
On the sofa, Zhu Tong was so nervous that he couldn’t breathe smoothly, he finally got up the courage to raise his hand, his body suddenly lightened, his raised hand was also held by the wrist, and with a force, he was pulled up into a sitting position.
“Are you all right?”
A caring and calm tone.
Zhu Tong turned his head slightly and saw the usual same smile on Shao Ming’s face. But still, his face still felt boiling hot.
Accidental too, right?
Unsure why, but Zhu Tong felt a little lost.
He shook his head and said, “It’s okay.”
However, he raised his hand and looked at his palm. While it was painful when he slipped off the sofa, at least his skin wasn’t broken.
He really is a lot tougher.
Shao Ming’s eyes darkened, “Scared?”
Zhu Tong replied, “No.”
Shao Ming raised his hand to help him stroke the bangs that were messed up because he fell down, and said with a smile, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t scare you in the future…”
“No.” Zhu Tong panicked, “It has nothing to do with you.”
It was he who didn’t hold up.
But this seems to be easily misunderstood.
He paused and glanced sideways, “Yes… the sofa is too narrow.”
Shao Ming: “…”
Zhu Tong: “…”
The corners of Shao Ming’s lips kept rising.
Zhu Tong blushed and quickly averted his gaze.
Shao Ming smiled and said, “Well, tomorrow, let the landlady change to a set of wider sofas, the ones that won’t fall off even if you lie down and turn over, how about that?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He seemed to be mocked.
Shao Ming must’ve laughed at him!
He stood up embarrassedly, “I… I’ll go back to my room.”
Shao Ming looked at him calmly, “Aren’t you taking a bath?”
Zhu Tong’s body stiffened. “Uh, um.. It’s not late yet… so I’ll take a shower later. It’s still early so I’ll do my homework now.”
Yes, the homework for the National Day holiday has not been finished yet, and there was quite a lot of them.
Shao Ming continued, “Do you want my help?”
“No need.”
Zhu Tong quickly got into his room.
Shao Ming watched as the door of his room slammed shut, much louder than usual.
He stared at the door for a while, then slowly retracted his gaze and raised his hand to support his forehead.
He seems a little… over the top.
To Zhu Tong, and also to himself.
Although Zhu Tong avoided that kiss, he did not seem to reject it.
Did you really take the touch just now as “accidental”, or…
Shao Ming has never had such a time of worrying about gains and losses, and he can’t have it.
If he is worried about gain and loss about one thing, what he should do is to let himself stop paying attention to that thing.
Wherever there is extravagance, desire is born, and desire brings endless trouble.
He hates trouble.
But now the trouble is Zhu Tong.
This young master is a real troublemaker.
Whether it’s his family, his character, or his inadvertent infiltration into his own life.
But such a troublesome person… he wants it.
Can he have him?
The phone on the sofa suddenly rang, Shao Ming glanced at it, a string of unfamiliar numbers, and he directly pressed the lock screen.
At this time, the progress bar of the system interface appeared again and again, approaching 60% in an instant, flickering at a high speed, and finally fell back to 49%.
System:”…”
The system couldn’t sit still, it felt that it was necessary to remind the host of this situation, “Host…”
“Don’t remind me about White Moonlight!” Zhu Tong interrupted it while sputtering, “Don’t disturb me when I’m trying to memorize math formulas.”
System:”…”
Inside his room, Zhu Tong sat at the desk and forced himself to memorize the trigonometric formulas silently.
“sinα+sinβ=2sin[(α+β)/2]cos[(α-β)/2]，
sinα-sinβ=2cos[(α+β)/2]sin[(α-β)/2]…”
However, he had memorized such formulas multiple times in the past, but now it looked like a string of gibberish letters… it’s all bullshit in his eyes!
His sight back then was unclear thanks to the backlight. But now, it somehow appeared crystal-clear in his mind, and he couldn’t will those thoughts away.
The way Shao Ming looked at him at that time was a bit strange.
What was said in his ear… was also very brainwashing.
Has Shao Ming’s voice… always been this nice? nice?
It turned out that the temperature on Shao Ming’s lips was a little cold.
–Or was his face too hot at the time?
Why does he like to talk like that directly to his ears?
Does he do the same to others…?
He somehow can’t see it happen.
His teasing way of speaking… the class monitor and the girls are used to it and are comfortable with it.
But he can’t! He’s the one who’s useless and can’t fight back!
Zhu Tong sighed deeply. He couldn’t memorize the formula and couldn’t do his homework.
After trying for a long time, there is only one “solution” for the progress of a math problem.
Go take a shower first.
Zhu Tong got up, took the clothes from the closet, held the clothes in his hands, then walked to the door lightly. He opened a crack in the door, and glanced at the living room.
The bright lights in the living room had been turned off, leaving a dimly lit floor lamp.
Then he turned to look in the direction of the bathroom — it was dark.
Zhu Tong breathed a sigh of relief, took his clothes and came out of the room. Just after he came out, he closed the door, and suddenly there was movement in the next room. After a few footsteps, there was the sound of the door lock turning.
Zhu Tong: “!”
His hand was still holding the doorknob, and he subconsciously wanted to get back into his room.
Shao Ming had already come out. Seeing his slightly hesitant action, he said, “Avoiding me again?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He straightened his back, “No, I…”
“I’ll come out and pour a glass of water.” Shao Ming smiled: “Go wash, I won’t rob you of the bathroom.”
Zhu Tong reacted and asked in doubt, “Have you shower?”
Shao Ming said: “Not yet, you should take a wash first.”
“…”
“Why don’t you first…”
He remembered overhearing Shao Ming talking to the landlady in the courtyard yesterday that there would be no hot water at night.
Shao Ming said, “No need, I’m not in a hurry.”
Zhu Tong said, “What should you do if there is no hot water later?”
Shao Ming asked back, “Then what if there is no hot water when you wash?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He glanced at the door, “I… I can go to Uncle Liu’s place to wash.”
“…”
Shao Ming’s face darkened, he smiled and said, “No need, the water heater has been repaired, you can wash it first.”
Zhu Tong said suspiciously, “Really?”
Shao Ming reaffirmed his answer: “Really.”
Zhu Tong didn’t believe him. He heard Shao Ming telling the landlady yesterday that he was “replacing” the water heater. If it can be repaired in one day, why does he need to change it?
Seeing that he didn’t move for a long time, Shao Ming said, “If you don’t believe me, why don’t we go together…”
Zhu Tong was immediately agitated, and said, “I’ll go wash first.”
“…”
Seeing Zhu Tong walking into the bathroom so quickly, Shao Ming’s lips upturned subconsciously.
It’s a pity that he’s running pretty fast.
He watched for a while, went to the water dispenser to boil water, poured himself a glass when the water was boiled, and glanced in the direction of the bathroom when he returned to his room.
The homestay was very quiet, and even the smallest sounds in the room were amplified multiple times.
Soon there was a rush of water in the bathroom, and Shao Ming felt as if his feet were pinned, and he couldn’t move.
Sounds that could be ignored – or more accurately, he didn’t pay much attention in the past – was now a burst of distraction in his ears.
‘He would take a while… it’s maddening.’
He took a deep breath and turned back to his room.
Ten minutes later, his door was knocked, and Zhu Tong’s reminder came from outside the door: “I’ve finished washing, you can go in now.”
His voice was very small, a little hesitant, as if afraid of disturbing him. It sounded very soft.
Shao Ming: “…”
He felt that this young master really didn’t let him live peacefully.
Wasn’t he afraid that Shao Ming would directly open the door and drag him into his room?
However, Young Master Zhu was very witty. After reminding him, before Shao Ming opened the door, he had already slipped back to his room.
The next morning, when Zhu Tong woke up, Shao Ming had already appeared in the living room before him.
This man really gets up earlier than him every time.
Not a single exception.
T/L: Zhu Tong, you can’t bat your gay thoughts away sweetie… just learn to live with it.
