SEBLS Chapter 19

He thought Zhuang Wu was so happy because he brought an umbrella. But indeed, he should have known that Zhuang Wu’s thinking process was different from others.

They came to the bench on the porch and sat down, waiting together for the rain to stop. However, the rain did not stop even after a long time.

After all, it wasn’t summer. It was still quite cold when it was raining so heavily like this. Meanwhile, Zhuang Wu who was really cold was being a little scheming.

Zhuang Wu folded his arms and moved closer to Qin Qiyue little by little, trying to close the distance between them. Qin Qiyue felt Zhuang Wu getting closer and closer but did not move away.

After a while, Zhuang Wu’s tiny voice uttered, “Gege, I’m a little cold, can I lean on you to keep warm?”

Qin Qiyue glanced at him and was silent for a while before replying, “…Okay.”

After obtaining consent, Zhuang Wu contentedly put his arm close to Qin Qiyue and rested his head on Qin Qiyue’s shoulder. At this time, most of the students in the school had left, so no one noticed them.

Thus, Zhuang Wu who unscrupulously moved closer to Qin Qiyue and still felt it was not enough, shamelessly said, “Gege, I’m still cold.”

“……”

The next second, Qin Qiyue draped his school uniform jacket over Zhuang Wu’s shoulders.

His body felt warm, but Zhuang Wu didn’t want this outcome. He wanted to…

“Gege’s clothes smell so good.” Zhuang Wu sniffed the corner of Qin Qiyue’s school uniform. “It smells like Gege.”

Qin Qiyue blushed and frowned. “Zhuang Wu, can you stop being such a pervert?”

Zhuang Wu shook his head. “That’s not it… Gege, I don’t want to wear your clothes.”

After saying that, Zhuang Wu handed the school uniform back to Qin Qiyue.

After receiving the school uniform, Qin Qiyue was a little confused. “Then you saying you were cold…”

Before he could finish his words, Qin Qiyue felt something tighten around his waist. When he came to his senses, Zhuang Wu was already hugging him.

“This is the warmest way.” Zhuang Wu leaned his head in Qin Qiyue’s arms. “I love hugging Gege the most…”

Qin Qiyue was silent for a long time. It was unknown if he was dumbfounded. Only half a minute later did he speak, “Let go.”

Zhuang Wu curled his lips and refused. “I don’t want to. Can Gege bear to see me suffer from the cold? I know Gege can’t bear it. Gege will feel sorry for me.”

What the hell was asking and answering yourself?

Finally, Qin Qiyue sighed, took out a workbook and a pen from his schoolbag and spread them out. “Look.”

Zhuang Wu didn’t understand, but he still looked at the question Qin Qiyue pointed to. After looking at it for a while, he realized that this was the question that he asked Qin Qiyue this morning which Qin Qiyue refused to explain to him.

“Gege, this question…” Zhuang Wu wanted to say that he had already asked Ji Zhixian about this question, but—in the rain, alone, discussing a question—this scene really gave people the feeling of a top student boyfriend explaining the question to his underachiever boyfriend, so Zhuang Wu shut up.

But Qin Qiyue had already guessed what Zhuang Wu wanted to say, and he said calmly, “The process Ji Zhixian told you is too complicated. It will take a lot of time to apply it to the formal exam.”

Zhuang Wu was stunned and asked quickly, “Gege, how do you know what Ji Zhixian told me? Were you listening the whole time?”

“No.” Qin Qiyue subconsciously denied it, but he couldn’t find an excuse to explain that he neither listened nor knew how Ji Zhixian explained the problem to Zhuang Wu, so he could only change the subject. “Are you listening or not? If not, I’ll put it away.”

“I will, Gege, please tell me!” Zhuang Wu was afraid that Qin Qiyue would not tell him.

Because Zhuang Wu was leaning on Qin Qiyue’s arm, Qin Qiyue could only put the exercise book lower when explaining the questions so Zhuang Wu would be able to see it.

After Qin Qiyue’s explanation, Zhuang Wu finally realized that the problem-solving steps Ji Zhixian told him were indeed quite complicated. If he followed Qin Qiyue’s method, the result would be simpler and less likely to make mistakes.

No wonder Qin Qiyue always got first place in the exams while Ji Zhixian was in the top ten but has never been first.

After finishing this question, Qin Qiyue asked in a low voice, “Besides this question, is there anything else you don’t know?”

At this moment, Zhuang Wu just wanted to stay with Qin Qiyue. Besides, he had already understood what he didn’t know.

So Zhuang Wu said, “I just want to hug Gege right now, keep warm in his arms, and wait for the rain to stop. I don’t want to listen to solutions anymore.”

Qin Qiyue silently put his exercise book and pen into his schoolbag. After putting them away, he looked up and watched the rain that was getting heavier.

After a while, he wanted to say something to Zhuang Wu, but his voice was so soft that only he could hear it. “Ji Zhixian’s method of solving problems is not suitable for you. If you still have questions in the future… you can just ask me.”

Zhuang Wu didn’t hear what was said, he only knew that Qin Qiyue was talking, so he could only say, “I didn’t hear what you said, your voice was too soft.”

“I said,” Qin Qiyue repeated patiently, “Qin Qiyue’s method of solving problems is not suitable for you. If you have any questions in the future, you can just ask me.”

“I see. No one else is suitable for me. Only Gege is suitable for me.” Zhuang Wu teased shamelessly.

“……”

Although what Zhuang Wu said was very frivolous, the corners of Qin Qiyue’s lips still curled imperceptibly. He lowered his head and wanted to look at Zhuang Wu. As a result, Zhuang Wu also happened to raise his face to look at him at this time, causing their eyes to meet.

Zhuang Wu smiled. “So Gege is looking at me.”

Qin Qiyue, who was exposed, still tried to make excuses, “I didn’t look at you.”

“You didn’t?” Zhuang Wu teased, “What are you blushing for if you didn’t look at me? You’re not blushing at the concrete, are you?”

Qin Qiyue had nothing to say.

“Why don’t you admit it, Gege?” Zhuang Wu held Qin Qiyue tighter. “It’s okay. I admit that I looked up because I like my Gege and wanted to look at him.”

“I know,” Qin Qiyue blurted out.

“?”

After saying this, Qin Qiyue realized that he had said the wrong thing again, so he simply pretended that he had lost his memory and had never said that.

But Zhuang Wu was never willing to let things go. “What does Gege know? Did Gege look up because you know that I like you?”

Qin Qiyue pretended not to hear him.

“It seems I don’t need to explain.” Zhuang Wu playfyully said, “After all, Gege understands me. You know everything about me.”

“…….”

The air was silent for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the first person to break the silence was Qin Qiyue.

“I’m curious, you said you like me but what do you like about me?” Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but ask, “Stop saying you like everything. I want to hear you say it carefully.”

What did he like about Qin Qiyue? Zhuang Wu fell into thought. He had not lied to Qin Qiyue before. He really liked every little thing about him. After all, if one liked someone, they should like everything about them.

But, before he fell in love with Qin Qiyue, what aspect of Qin Qiyue attracted him?

“Gege is very outstanding, very hardworking, serious about his work, and very responsible in everything,” Zhuang Wu said firmly. “But I like Gege not for any reason alone. I am just inexplicably attracted to you and can’t help wanting to get closer to you. What I said last time was also true. I wasn’t trying to tease you, because after falling in love with you, I can’t help but like everything about you.”

Qin Qiyue was speechless for a while after getting the answer, and then said to Zhuang Wu, “What would you do if I never fall in love with you?”

“That’s impossible.” Zhuang Wu rejected it almost instantly.

“Why?” Qin Qiyue was puzzled, “Do you still know what will happen to me in the future?”

He knew what would happen to Qin Qiyue in the future, but he remembered that the last time he told Qin Qiyue he came from the future, Qin Qiyue looked unwilling to believe it. If he said it again now, the result would be the same.

Zhuang Wu had no choice but to come up with another excuse. “I don’t know what you will be like in the future, but I’m sure that you will like me. I have confidence in Gege.”

It would be better to say that he has confidence in himself.

Qin Qiyue smiled softly. “So, you’re saying that if I don’t like you in the end, it’s because I’m incapable?”

This is a good suggestion, Zhuang Wu accepted it. “Yeah, if you don’t like me in the end, it means you’re incapable, so for your own sake, Gege, you have to work hard to like me!”

“…….”

If he had said something like this in the past, Qin Qiyue would have scolded him, but today was quite a rare instance. Qin Qiyue didn’t scold him, which made Zhuang Wu a little surprised.

Suddenly, sound of footsteps was heard and both of them paused. Could there still be students who hadn’t left at this time?

The next second, a mature and authoritative voice came, “Who’s sitting over there?”

The way they were hugging each other was so ambiguous that Hu Jianlong thought they were a young couple. He was already annoyed from correcting those messy homeworks and now he was even angrier. He was about to go over and grab them, but Zhuang Wu and Qin Qiyue stood up at the same time.

Hu Jianlong was stunned. He asked stutteringly, “You… you two what were you doing hugging each other just now?”

Zhuang Wu explained, “I felt a little cold, so I hugged Qin Qiyue to keep warm.”

Why aren’t you saying Gege now? Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but glance at Zhuang Wu’s shaggy hair.

Hu Jianlong didn’t quite believe what Zhuang Wu said until he saw Qin Qiyue nod. Only then did he feel relieved.

“Why haven’t you left yet at this hour?” Hu Jianlong asked again.

“Taking shelter from the rain.” The two spoke almost at the same time.

Hu Jianlong understood and handed an umbrella to the two of them. “I drove here. My car is not far ahead. You can use this umbrella. I remember you live in the same residential complex?”

“Yes, Teacher.” Zhuang Wu nodded.

“Okay, then you can share an umbrella. Both of you should hurry back. The rain will probably continue to fall tonight. If you don’t get going now, there will be too much water on the ground to walk on later.”

After saying goodbye to Hu Jianlong, Zhuang Wu and Qin Qiyue held the umbrellas and walked home.

Because Qin Qiyue was taller, he held the umbrella.

In order to avoid being wet by the rain, they stood very close to each other, causing their shoulders to touch each other from time to time when they walked.

“Gege, whether it was when we were taking shelter from the rain in the school hallways or now that we’re walking on the road together under the same umbrella, I am very happy.” Zhuang Wu looked at the sky. Although the sky was gray and the surroundings were pitch black, his mood was completely opposite to the weather. “Because I really like spending time alone with Gege.”

Whenever, wherever.