SEBLS Chapter 4

Qin Qiyue then stood up, holding the bowl of unfinished shrimps, and said, “I’m full. I’ll put the dishes in the kitchen.”

As a result, before he could leave his seat, his hand suddenly slipped towards Zhuang Wu in an unnatural way, and all the shrimps and oil in the bowl spilled onto Zhuang Wu’s head.

Everyone at the table, including Zhuang Wu, was stunned. He had washed his hair yesterday specifically for this meeting with Qin Qiyue!

“Tsk…” Qin Qiyue pretended that he was careless and apologized quickly. Both his expression and tone seemed to show that he really knew he was wrong. “I’m sorry, Zhuang Wu-Didi¹Didi means younger brother, the counterpart of Gege (older brother). It’s probably a retort for ZW calling him Gege, so I also used the pinyin., I didn’t mean it. Who told you to just sit next to me?”

Zhuang Wu muttered softly, “You did it on purpose!”

Qin Qiyue was indeed worthy of being a top actor in the future. He was such a good actor.

But of course he couldn’t expose him in public, so Zhuang Wu had no choice but to play along with him. “It’s okay Qiyue-Gege, be careful next time.”

“Qiyue, how can you be so reckless!” Qin Qiyue’s father reprimanded.

“How about I wipe it for you?” Qin Qiyue smiled, ignoring his father’s words. He picked up the napkin on the table and started wiping Zhuang Wu’s hair.

The result was that the more he rubbed, the larger the area the oil spread.

“Done.” Qin Qiyue took back his hand, left his seat, put the dishes in the kitchen, and said his farewell to the parents, “Then I’ll go back first.”

Seeing that Qin Qiyue was about to slip away from under his nose, Zhuang Wu put down his chopsticks. “I’m full too. I’m going to ask Qiyue-Gege a few questions.”

“You’re full already?” Zhuang Wu’s mother was confused. “You’ll be full when you’ve eaten more of…”

Zhuang Wu followed behind Qin Qiyue. “Gege, were you shy when I held your hand? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

Qin Qiyue ignored him and continued walking forward. He took out the key to open the door and went in. Zhuang Wu wanted to follow him in, but Qin Qiyue was about to close the door. He quickly tried to grab the door handle with his hand, but was caught by the door.

“Oh shit, that hurts!” Zhuang Wu shouted.

Hearing Zhuang Wu’s shout, Qin Qiyue opened the door again, took Zhuang Wu’s hand and asked, “Are you okay?”

“It hurts…” Zhuang Wu took a breath of cold air. “Look, my finger seems swollen.”

Zhuang Wu’s hand was like this because of him. If his parents knew about this, they would scold him again. Qin Qiyue had no choice but to let Zhuang Wu come inside his house while he went to get the medicine.

“Gege, wait,” Zhuang Wu called out to him.

“What? I’m not running away. I’m going to get you some medicine.” Qin Qiyue felt somewhat angry inside.

Zhuang Wu grinned, then spread his hands to show Qin Qiyue. “I was kidding. My hand isn’t swollen.”

“……”

Qin Qiyue lost his patience after Zhuang Wu teased him. He gritted his teeth and asked, “What on earth are you up to?”

“I like you. Can’t I stay with you for a while longer?” Zhuang Wu tugged at the corner of his clothes. “Don’t resist me so much…”

“Zhuang Wu, although I still don’t quite believe you like me, I have to make it clear to you today that I don’t like men. No matter how much you try, it’s useless.” Qin Qiyue’s eyes were slightly cold.

Zhuang Wu retorted, “You do like men, and in the future you will like me!”

Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but frown. Zhuang Wu was simply unreasonable. Why was his attitude suddenly so different from before? Was he here specially to disgust him?

Seeing Qin Qiyue not saying anything, Zhuang Wu said pitifully, “Gege, I know it may be difficult for you to accept it for a while, but I’m serious. No matter what, I will keep pestering you until you agree.”

“It’s not that I have trouble accepting it all of a sudden.” Qin Qiyue took a deep breath and turned away, “But that no matter how much time passes, I still won’t accept it.”

Zhuang Wu lowered his head and comforted himself in his heart. It doesn’t matter. The future Qin Qiyue will like him, and the present Qin Qiyue will also like him. As long as he doesn’t give up, it’ll be fine.

Qin Qiyue was already quite impatient. If he continued with this topic, the other person would probably get angry. Zhuang Wu had no choice but to change the subject, “You’re the one who put oil on my hair. You have to help me clean it up.”

“You provoked me first, why should I help you clean it up? Just clean it up yourself.” Qin Qiyue refused in a blunt tone.

Everything needs to be done slowly. You can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry. He can’t expect Qin Qiyue to like him right away. Zhuang Wu didn’t force Qin Qiyue to help him clean up, so he had to go back and wash his hair himself.

The next day, Zhuang Wu got up early.

In high school, he would never get up until the last second, but now, in order to meet Qin Qiyue, he had to get up early.

With a sleepy face, Zhuang Wu stood at the door of Qin Qiyue’s house waiting for Qin Qiyue to go out. Because he got up too late before and had never encountered Qin Qiyue before, he had no idea of the exact time when Qin Qiyue would go out even until now.

After waiting for a long time, Zhuang Wu almost fell asleep while standing. Could it be that Qin Qiyue had already left?

Just when Zhuang Wu thought that Qin Qiyue might have left and was about to give up waiting, the door opened and Qin Qiyue walked out.

As soon as he came out of the house and saw Zhuang Wu, the sleepiness on Qin Qiyue’s face disappeared instantly. Because he had just gotten up, his voice was a little weak, “What are you standing here for?”

Zhuang Wu first looked at his watch. It was 5:32. It should be the time when Qin Qiyue usually went out. He got up too early today, so he waited for a long time.

“Waiting for you. I want to go to school with Gege.” Zhuang Wu cheered himself up and smiled at Qin Qiyue. “Let’s go.”

Qin Qiyue didn’t want to be in a bad mood with Zhuang Wu so early in the morning. Who knew what Zhuang Wu would say or do shamelessly on the way.

“I don’t want to go to school with you. You take the main road and I take the other road.”

Qin Qiyue withdrew his gaze and walked forward.

Zhuang Wu lowered his eyes to hide the disappointment in his eyes. He said nothing and just followed Qin Qiyue closely.

He was already in a bad mood having to get up early, and having Zhuang Wu follow him made his mood a little fiery early in the morning. However, he was too lazy to say anything. As long as Zhuang Wu didn’t provoke him, he would endure it.

Zhuang Wu really didn’t provoke him. Zhuang Wu got up earlier than him and his mind was not yet clear. It was really impossible for him to provoke him like he did yesterday. The two of them were silent all the way.

The school required students to gather in the sports field at 5:50 in the morning for morning exercises, and then return to the classroom for morning self-study. When they arrived at school, almost everyone was standing in line.

The height difference between Zhuang Wu and Qin Qiyue was not particularly large, but they still couldn’t stand next to each other. Zhuang Wu stood in front of Qin Qiyue with several people between them.

It would have been fine if he wasn’t in the same row with Qin Qiyue, but the key point was that next to Zhuang Wu was Xu Zhong, whom he had a conflict with last week. The two of them were standing next to each other.

He originally thought that what happened last time would be the end of it, but Xu Zhong didn’t think so. He turned his head and looked at him with contempt.

“…..”

Zhuang Wu rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Although he graduated seven years ago, as a member of the entertainment industry, Zhuang Wu still didn’t skip any fitness activities. Running laps in school wasn’t too tiring for him, and he didn’t even breathe hard after the run.

After the lap, everyone dispersed and walked towards the classroom. Zhuang Wu ran to Qin Qiyue’s side immediately. “Gege, are you tired?”

Qin Qiyue didn’t say anything, but his slightly irregular breathing was enough to prove that he was tired.

Zhuang Wu curled his lips slightly. “It seems that you’re a little weak, let me support you.”

After these words came out, Qin Qiyue glared at him, and his breathing gradually calmed down, “Don’t make trouble for no reason.”

“?”

Did he hurt Qin Qi Yue’s pride by questioning him while not looking tired at all? It seemed to be of no use, so he decided not to do it again next time.

He should create an image of being weak to stimulate Qin Qiyue’s desire to protect him.

It was not that Qin Qiyue has poor physical fitness, but it was really tiring to run so many laps around the sports field without eating breakfast in the morning. Compared with other students who didn’t want to move at all after, Qin Qiyue was already doing very well.

After returning to the classroom, Zhuang Wu was about to continue chatting with Qin Qiyue, but then he realized that he and Qin Qiyue were not sitting together!

Damn it, it’s fine if they aren’t lined up together for exercise, but their seats are not together either. How can he and Qin Qiyue talk to each other like this?

Seven years ago, when he and Qin Qiyue were sworn enemies, he wanted to stay as far away from Qin Qiyue as possible, but now his thoughts were completely the opposite of before. He didn’t want to be so far away from Qin Qiyue.

Although they live very close to each other, it didn’t seem to be of any use. They both live in their own homes, living close to each other but not living together…

Getting up too early in the morning made it extremely painful to attend morning self-study. Zhuang Wu’s head would drop from time to time like he was about to fall headfirst, but he was afraid of being caught, so he didn’t dare to close his eyes.

He lifted his sleepy face with his hands and looked in Qin Qiyue’s direction. Qin Qiyue was sitting in his seat, his attention focused on the textbook. He didn’t notice Zhuang Wu looking at him at all. Although he didn’t sleep well either, Qin Qiyue looked much more energetic than Zhuang Wu.

Maybe Qin Qiyue was more serious about studying. Looking at Qin Qiyue made Zhuang Wu seem less sleepy, so he picked up a book to start reading.

After morning self-study, everyone went to the cafeteria to eat, but Zhuang Wu ran towards Qin Qiyue as soon as he left his seat.

Qin Qiyue put away the textbook, glanced at Zhuang Wu indifferently, and said, “What?”

“Gonna have breakfast with Gege.” Zhuang Wu answered without hesitation until someone looked at him and he remembered that not everyone in the classroom had left yet. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Zhuang Wu has been acting really strangely these past few days. His attitude was so different from before that Qin Qiyue still hasn’t been able to adapt to it.

“I can’t eat with you around.” Qin Qiyue’s face was cold.

This sentence itself meant a rejection, but when it came to Zhuang Wu, it took on a different meaning. “I know that Gege is too concerned about my gaze. You only paying attention to me when we’re together and really have no appetite for food. But we have to adapt to it, we’ll be like this in the future after all.”

 “….”

Zhuang Wu just had this ability to always leave him speechless.

It was just a meal together, nothing serious. He didn’t think anything of it when someone came to the cafeteria with him before, but… he had to admit that what Zhuang Wu said just now was not completely wrong.

After Zhuang Wu’s last love letter confession, the atmosphere and conversation between the two had become subtle and strange. It would be very awkward for him to eat with Zhuang Wu now. Even if he didn’t like Zhuang Wu, how could he eat without care when he knew that Zhuang Wu had those feelings for him…

The last time he had a meal with Zhuang Wu, so many family members were there and he was still not very comfortable, let alone this time when it would just be him and Zhuang Wu together.

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  Didi means younger brother, the counterpart of Gege (older brother). It’s probably a retort for ZW calling him Gege, so I also used the pinyin.