SEBLS Chapter 14

“……”

Qin Qiyue glared at him. “Shut up.”

“When I’m with Gege, I can’t stop talking. I always want to say something.” Zhuang Wu ignored Qin Qiyue’s tone.

There was nothing to be done. Zhuang Wu was a shameless man. Qin Qiyue ignored him and pretended to watch TV.

Wen Jia was cooking in the kitchen, and Zhuang Wu was afraid that she would suddenly come out, so he didn’t dare to be too presumptuous. Seeing that Qin Qiyue refused to pay attention to him, he decided not to make things difficult for himself.

After the meal was ready, Wen Jia invited them to the table to eat. Qin Qiyue stood up first, then remembered that Zhuang Wu had sprained his foot, so he naturally squatted down to help Zhuang Wu come up.

This was beyond Zhuang Wu’s expectation that Qin Qiyue would be so nice and considerate.

“It’s a bit of an exaggeration to carry me on your back at such a short distance.” Zhuang Wu pretended to be embarrassed.

He was right. Qin Qiyue was about to stand up when he heard Zhuang Wu speak again, “You’d better hold me through.”

“…..”

Qin Qiyue wanted to curse loudly, but as Wen Jia was still there, he couldn’t refuse and could only hold Zhuang Wu through.

Seeing this scene, Wen Jia couldn’t understand his son. He could stand up and laugh even though his head was bleeding before, but now he needs another to carry him on their back and hold him after spraining his foot?

This is the epitome of losing face, Zhuang Wu, you really make me proud!

There were very few homosexuals during this year, and generally no one would suspect that two men would have this kind of relationship, so Zhuang Wu dared to let Qin Qiyue hug him in front of Wen Jia.

This princess-carry was more intimate than a piggy back. The distance that Qin Qiyue walked while holding Zhuang Wu was the most difficult distance to reach, because he could not control his violent heartbeat and was afraid that Zhuang Wu could feel it.

He didn’t understand why his heart was beating so fast.

After putting Zhuang Wu on the dining chair, Qin Qiyue breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to put some distance between them.

As soon as Qin Qiyue raised his head, he met Zhuang Wu’s eyes. Zhuang Wu smiled and gave him a wink.

His heart tightened and he quickly sat down on the chair, trying his best to calm his pounding heart.

During the meal, Zhuang Wu was still not well-behaved. Relying on the fact that Wen Jia couldn’t see under the table, he directly hooked Qin Qiyue’s leg with his foot.

Qin Qiyue warned him with his eyes, but he didn’t expect that Zhuang Wu was still unrepentant and returned his gaze with ambiguous eyes.

Afterwards, Qin Qiyue retracted his legs. However, Zhuang Wu was sitting right next to him and the distance between them was very small, so retracting his legs didn’t have much effect, as Zhuang Wu could still touch him with his toes.

“Qiyue?” Wen Jia noticed that something was wrong with Qin Qiyue and asked carefully, “Why is your face so red? What’s going on?”

Before Qin Qiyue could react, Wen Jia’s hand was already on his cheek. “You’re so hot… Could it be that you have a fever? Hiss, weren’t you fine just now?”

“……”

Isn’t Wen Jia’s behavior equivalent to publicly revealing that he was embarrassed and blushing because of Zhuang Wu’s teasing? Qin Qiyue seemed to feel Zhuang Wu’s burning gaze.

“I’m a little hot.” Qin Qiyue struggled to quibble.

“Hot?” Wen Jia looked at the temperature on the air conditioner and muttered, “It’s autumn now. The weather has already turned cooler and my air conditioner is not set at a high temperature, so why is it hot?”

His defense was futile. Qin Qiyue lowered his head and ate without saying anything.

“This can’t be.” Wenjia insists, “You can’t have a fever. I’ll go get a thermometer to take your temperature.”

Qin Qiyue hurriedly shook his head. “No need, Auntie, I really don’t have a fever…”

Wen Jia stared at Qin Qiyue for a while, and finally sat back down. “Okay, but if your face is still hot later, we must use the thermometer.”

“Hm……”

Zhuang Wu almost burst out laughing.

Wen Jia was sitting opposite them, not too far away and not too close. If they spoke softly enough, Wen Jia would not be able to hear them.

Therefore, Zhuang Wu moved closer to Qin Qiyue and spoke in a voice that only they could hear, “It turns out Gege blushes so easily in front of me.”

Qin Qiyue tightened his grip on the chopsticks, pretended not to hear, and continued eating.

Fortunately, Zhuang Wu was not expecting him to reply. After teasing the other, he lowered his head to eat.

After the meal, Qin Qiyue couldn’t just leave right away. He could only take the dishes to the kitchen to wash them, even though Wen Jia had already told him to just leave them there and she would wash them.

After washing the dishes, Qin Qiyue could finally leave. “Then I’ll go back first.”

He said this to Wen Jia, but Zhuang Wu did not end his torture on him and answered on behalf of Wen Jia.

“Are you?” Zhuang Wu said with a smile, “Okay, Qiyue-Gege, be careful on the road.”

“…….”

The words Wen Jia was about to say had already been said by Zhuang Wu in a sickening tone, so she could only nod to Qin Qiyue.

As soon as Qin Qiyue left, Wen Jia immediately asked Zhuang Wu, “What’s wrong with you? How can you have the nerve to trouble others like this?”

“Ah… but I think Qiyue-Gege is quite happy to be bothered by me.” Zhuang Wu retorted with an innocent attitude.

“You…!” Wen Jia choked on her words and became a little frustrated. “What I’m saying is, don’t bother others all the time.”

Zhuang Wu said obediently, “I know, Mom~”

Seeing Zhuang Wu like this, Wen Jia couldn’t bear to say anything more. She just sighed and went to watch TV.

After returning to his room, Zhuang Wu couldn’t wait to take out his mobile phone from his pocket and send a message to Qin Qiyue.

[Haze: Gege, I’m very happy today, thank you.]

After this message was sent, Qin Qiyue never replied. It was probably because he saw it but has no plans to reply. Zhuang Wu had expected this, but still continued to send messages to harass him.

[Haze: What should I do? I feel that I liked Gege even more today~]

Qin Qiyue replied to the message sent this time.

[1：……]

“?”

What does a string of ellipsis mean? Why is it that you’re being more and more perfunctory each time?

Nevertheless, Zhuang Wu would think of words to respond.

[Haze: What does Gege mean with those ellipsis? Do you like me so much that you’re speechless? ]

[1: Get lost.]

[Haze: Gege is so ruthless…]

Qin Qiyue didn’t reply to the message, but Zhuang Wu had already achieved his purpose of teasing Qin Qiyue. Although Qin Qiyue’s reply to him was very cold, Zhuang Wu knew that the expression on the other side of the screen would definitely not be as cold as these messages.

…………………………

During evening self-study, Hu Jianlong was explaining a problem at the podium. When he arrived at the key step, there was a click in the classroom, and then it went dark.

The classroom was in uproar, and Hu Jianlong shouted at the top of his voice, “Quiet, don’t talk! I’ll go see what’s going on.”

As soon as Hu Jianlong left, the classroom became noisy again. The class president didn’t even bother taking care of it. During their three years of high school, power outages during the day were very common. The power would usually come back on before it got dark. However, this was the first time that the power went out during evening self-study, and everyone found it strange.

Hu Jianlong went outside the classroom to ask and found out that there was a power outage in the area surrounding the school and the power probably wouldn’t be able to return for a while.

Zhuang Wu was quite happy that there was a power outage during the last evening self-study period, but then he remembered that Qin Qiyue was afraid of enclosed and dark environments for some reason which resulted in him not turning off the lights before going to bed every night.

When going home from school at night, there was no problem because there were street lights. Now, Zhuang Wu didn’t know why, but not only was the classroom dark, the back window facing outside was also pitch black.

Nothing will happen, right?

Zhuang Wu was a little worried, so he quickly took out his cell phone and sent a message to Qin Qiyue.

[Haze: What is Gege doing? ]

After sending the message, Qin Qiyue never replied.

At this time, a few brave people took their mobile phones and ran away to play games. Seeing that they dared, Zhuang Wu was no longer timid and went straight to Qin Qiyue.

Zhuang Wu patted Qin Qiyue’s deskmate. “Um, can I switch places with you for a while and then switch back later?”

The deskmate did not make things difficult for him and readily agreed, “Yeah, yeah, you can sit down.”

After expressing his thanks, Zhuang Wu sat down next to Qin Qiyue. If it weren’t for the lights from the cell phones of the people in the back row, Zhuang Wu would not have been able to walk over here. Because the light was too dim, Zhuang Wu could not see Qin Qiyue’s expression and reaction at this moment.

“Gege, why didn’t you reply to the message I sent you?” Zhuang Wu tried to find a topic to talk about.

After a few seconds of silence, Qin Qiyue spoke in a low voice, “I haven’t read it. Besides, I don’t think I need to reply to your message.”

“???”

What do you mean you don’t need to reply to my message?

Zhuang Wu was a little enraged but still tried to calm his tone and say to Qin Qiyue, “You’re right, nothing would really come out of replying to my message, but from now on, you have to reply to every message I send you.”

 

His words did not ease the atmosphere. Qin Qiyue remained silent.

Considering that Qin Qiyue was afraid of the dark, Zhuang Wu asked tentatively, “Gege, are you scared?”

Qin Qiyue’s voice was not loud, and it seemed that he didn’t want to answer him. “What’s there to be scared of?”

“The dark.” Zhuang Wu comforted him, “If you’re scared, I can talk to you.”

Ever since Zhuang Wu said the word “dark”, Qin Qiyue was stunned. “How did you know I’m scared of the dark?”

This… Zhuang Wu only gradually came to understand this matter after he entered the entertainment industry and worked in the same crew with Qin Qiyue. Now that Qin Qiyue was suddenly asking him how he knew it, Qin Qiyue would probably think he was mentally ill if he told the truth.

However, Zhuang Wu still wanted to give it a try, just in case Qin Qiyue would believe it.

“Gege, actually…” Zhuang Wu said seriously, “I came from the future. In the future, you will become a very good actor. Although I won’t be as good as you, at least I have realized my dream and also became an actor.”

 “……”

Although he knew clearly that Zhuang Wu was making up stories, Qin Qiyue still couldn’t help but ask, “And then?”

“We joined the same filming crew and gradually got to know each other. I also came to know that you were afraid of the dark.”

Zhuang Wu recalled, “Then, we fell in love with each other, and you were the one who confessed first. As soon as we got together, I went back to my senior year of high school.”

Qin Qiyue asked another, “Why did you come back after we got together?”

At this point, Zhuang Wu lowered his eyes, and his tone began to sound aggrieved. “It’s related to you. You didn’t do anything wrong, but it’s also your fault.”

“What do you mean I didn’t do anything wrong but it’s also my fault?” Qin Qiyue was puzzled and for a moment he even forgot about his fear of the dark.

“Aiya, it doesn’t matter, you just need to know that your future self likes me.” Zhuang Wu didn’t want to mention it so he changed the subject.

Qin Qiyue spoke, “What if the present me doesn’t like you?”

“The present you’re talking about is this moment, so tomorrow is also the future. From tomorrow’s perspective, every day after that is the future.” Zhuang Wu was very determined. “So, you will like me in the future.”

Qin Qiyue didn’t reply, but in this pitch dark situation where no one could see each other, he smiled for some reason, as if his fear of the dark no longer existed.

At the same time, Xu Zhong saw others playing games together and felt a little itchy. He took out his phone from the drawer and wanted to go over, but was caught by his new deskmate Huai Nanzhi. “What do you want to do, peasant?”

Xu Zhong pushed away his hand that was on his shoulder and cursed, “Fuck, don’t touch me.”

“I want to play games with them.” Huai Nanzhi ignored Xu Zhong’s impatience. “Can you fight? You look weak and frail. Aren’t you going to die right at the start?”

“What’s it got to do with you!” Ever since he was a child, Xu Zhong has only found fault with others and no one has ever found fault with him. “I’ll kill you if you bother me.”