University A’s last advanced mathematics class in the afternoon was as popular as ever.
Professor Jian was writing on the blackboard with white chalk in his hand, and most of the students sitting below were not thinking about solving the problem.
But today, the female students’ attention was divided into two groups, one group was crazy about Professor Jian, and the other group was frequently looking at the handsome boy from the Finance Department sitting by the window.
Shen Qingzhuo held his chin with one hand, holding a black pen between his jade-like white fingers. His long and curled eyelashes drooped slightly, and his eyes fell on the camphor tree outside the window. But a vague dream from last night emerged in his mind.
In the dream, he seemed to be wearing a red robe, and he was entangled with another man in a black and gold dragon robe on the dragon throne.
With a “buzz”, the mobile phone in his pocket vibrated, pulling Shen Qingzhuo back from his empty state.
He looked up at Professor Jian, who was concentrating, and opened his phone to check the message.
Lao Da: [Lao San, do you remember the drinking party tonight? Don’t run away!]
Shen Qingzhuo turned around and saw Lao Da winking at him.
This scene happened to be seen by Professor Jian, who pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and said, “Student, control yourself.”
This sentence swept too many students, and the classroom burst into laughter.
The bell rang, and Lao Da trotted over from the back row and put his arm around Shen Qingzhuo’s shoulders. “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”
Shen Qingzhuo packed up his books helplessly. At this time, a tall, dark-skinned boy suddenly came over and said, “Student Shen, can I add your WeChat?”
“En?” Shen Qingzhuo was stunned. “What’s the matter?”
The female students who had not yet left the classroom could not help but exclaim. A girl with short hair shouted loudly, “Don’t think of hitting on our Beauty Shen! I was wondering, why is a student from the physical education department taking advanced mathematics? It seems like he has other intentions than studying!”
The dark face of the sports student turned red visibly, and he stammered to explain: “I, I, I didn’t mean that, I just like you, no, no, no!”
Lao Da got anxious when he heard it, rushed forward to block in front of Shen Qingzhuo, and warned him fiercely, “You dare to have some ideas towards Lao San? Have you asked my opinion?”
Shen Qingzhuo: “……”
Due to his superior family background, extremely good looks, and rare gentle personality, Shen Qingzhuo has received love letters like snowflakes filling up his drawer since high school, signed by both men and women.
When he was in college, the frequency of being publicly confessed by people of the same s*x even exceeded that of the opposite s*x.
In the tense and anxious atmosphere, Shen Qingzhuo smiled lightly and apologized politely: “Sorry, I don’t like boys.”
But the next second, he thought of the man whose face he couldn’t see in his dream again.
Why would he, a straight man, dream of such an outrageous plot?
Several male college students walked into the bar and instantly attracted the attention of everyone around them.
Especially Shen Qingzhuo, who was wearing a white shirt and black pants and a low-key luxury watch on his slender and beautiful wrist, with a refined and noble temperament, which was out of tune with the chaos around him.
“Lao San, I didn’t lie to you, did I?” Lao Er looked around excitedly. “This is the bar with the most beauties in City A, enjoy it tonight!”
“Okay.” Shen Qingzhuo agreed, looking around with a little curiosity.
The heir of the Shen Group, the eldest son born with a silver spoon in his mouth, has attended all kinds of celebrity banquets since he was young and has never seen such a feasting occasion.
“Lao San, don’t listen to his nonsense, he just brought you here for a drink.” Lao Da said and pushed Lao Er, “Lao Er, don’t lead Lao San astray!”
Tonight is the birthday of a male classmate, and the bar is the first party. Originally, Shen Qingzhuo didn’t intend to join in the fun but was persuaded by his roommates to come.
Several people walked to the reserved booth and reunited with their classmates.
Young Master Shen was willing to show his favor, and the birthday protagonist was full of smiles, almost personally waiting for Young Master Shen to take a seat.
The atmosphere in the bar was getting more and more lively, and the dance floor was gradually filled with men and women, twisting their bodies to the rhythm of the DJ.
Shen Qingzhuo was a little annoyed by the noise, thinking that he was not used to this kind of occasion, so he found an excuse and wanted to go out for some fresh air.
When he walked through the booth of the bar, he bumped into someone head-on.
“Hiss—” He took a breath, covered his high nose bridge, and took a step back.
“Are you okay?” The clear and pleasant voice sounded like a stream of fresh air in the noisy bar. The other party held his arm intimately to prevent him from falling.
Physiological tears blurred his eyes, and Shen Qingzhuo shook his head, “I’m okay, sorry for bumping into you.”
“It’s me who walk…” The voice stopped abruptly, and the hand holding him suddenly tightened.
Shen Qingzhuo frowned slightly in pain, but fortunately the other party quickly let go of his hand.
He didn’t think much and continued to walk to the door sideways.
And just behind him, a burning and inquiring gaze followed his back closely until it completely disappeared.
On Friday afternoon, Shen Qingzhuo went home for the weekend as usual.
But today, the driver who came to pick him up was late, and he called to apologize cautiously, saying that there were too many pedestrians and vehicles on the road, and asked the young master to wait.
Shen Qingzhuo hung up the phone and planned to walk through the most congested section of the road by himself.
Just as he was passing by a small alley, he heard a lot of noise coming from deep in the alley.
He couldn’t help but look over. It was a narrow alley. Crossing it was another block, and at this moment, a group of bad boys in school uniforms was gathered inside.
There were several high schools near University A, and fights were common. Just as he was about to leave, he found that this was not just a fight, but a group fight.
The boy in the middle was isolated and helpless and was beaten several times by other gangsters in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Shen staggered after being hit by the steel pipe. He wiped the blood from his lips, and his dark eyes gradually became stained with blood.
The leading gangster was still cursing, and he saw the opportunity, kicked the gangster in front of him away, punched another man hard, and snatched the steel pipe.
The gangsters were frightened for a moment, and Xiao Shen panted, his expression unexpectedly excited.
Just as he was about to fight back, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a tall and slender figure from the corner of his eye.
After just two seconds, he decisively let go of the steel pipe and was immediately hit in the face again, falling to the ground.
Before the gangsters could regain their arrogance, a burst of urgent sirens suddenly sounded.
“Brothers, retreat!” With the order, the bad boys immediately scattered like birds and beasts, running towards the exit at the other end of the alley.
Shen Qingzhuo pressed the screen of his mobile phone to turn off the siren sound effect he was searching for.
He looked at the boy lying on the ground in the alley, hesitated for a moment, and walked over to ask, “Are you okay?”
The boy struggled to get up, and the moment he raised his face, it was like a bolt of lightning that struck Shen Qingzhuo.
The boy in front of him was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a three-dimensional outline, delicate features, and still a bit immature. At this moment, there were several bruises on his face, but it did not affect his pleasing appearance.
Shen Qingzhuo stared at this unfamiliar face in a daze, feeling that they had met before somewhere.
“My wrist seems to be broken.” Xiao Shen lowered his dark and thick eyelashes to hide the look in his eyes. “Can you please take me to the hospital?”
The rejection rolled around on the tip of his tongue, and Shen Qingzhuo bent down to help him up: “Come, I’ll help you up first.”
As soon as he stood up, he realized that the boy was half a head taller than him. He looked a little thin, but his shoulders were broad, and his legs were long, and his proportions were excellent.
He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, wondering what the male high school students nowadays eat to grow up.
The two got in a taxi and headed to the nearest hospital.
After taking an X-ray, fortunately, the wrist was only bruised. After treating and bandaging the wound, the clock had already pointed to nine o’clock.
Shen Qingzhuo exhaled lightly and decided to be a good person to the end, “Where do you live? I’ll take you back.”
Xiao Shen was silent for a while. “I can’t go home.”
Shen Qingzhuo was a little curious: “You are still a high school student, right? If you don’t go home at night, won’t your family worry?”
“My dad is an alcoholic, my mom ran away, and my stepmother doesn’t care about me.” The boy lowered his head, his voice getting lower and lower, “My dad only beats me.”
Shen Qingzhuo frowned when he heard this. “Then I’ll take you to get a room.”
Hearing this, Xiao Shen quickly raised his eyes and glanced at him.
“Ah…” Realizing what he said, Shen Qingzhuo smiled and explained, “I don’t have any special preferences, I just want to find a place for you to stay for one night.”
With this smile, the spring snow melted, almost completely overlapping with the face of the person in his dream. Xiao Shen’s heartbeat suddenly became intense, deafening.
“Let’s go.” Shen Qingzhuo waved at him.
When they arrived at the hotel, they found that the boy didn’t bring his ID card.
Shen Qingzhuo looked up at the sky helplessly, remembering that he had an unused apartment in the city, where he would occasionally stay for a night or two, and usually only his childhood friend lived there.
So he took the boy back to the apartment.
When he opened the door and went in, Lin Jinyu was playing games. When he heard the sound, he was about to rush over, but he found that there was a teenager following him. He hurriedly stopped and said, “Ah Zhuo, who is this?”
“It’s a younger brother I know.” Shen Qingzhuo raised his hand and patted the empty back of the boy’s T-shirt, “Go in first.”
“What’s going on?” Lin Jinyu pulled him to the kitchen door and lowered his voice, “Why did you bring a teenager back?”
At the same time, the boy stood awkwardly in the living room, his eyes always circling around Shen Qingzhuo.
After hearing the whole story, Lin Jinyu smacked his lips: “You two are really something, one dares to pick it up, and the other dares to follow.”
Shen Qingzhuo smiled: “What is there to be afraid of? We are all boys, no one will be taken advantage of.”
In fact, he also felt it was magical. It was the first time they met, but he just had an inexplicable sense of familiarity and closeness to the boy.
“That’s not necessarily the case…” Lin Jinyu wanted to say something but Master Shen was too lazy to listen and turned back to the living room.
“Sit anywhere.” Shen Qingzhuo poured a cup of warm water and handed it to the boy. “By the way, I haven’t asked your name yet.”
“Thank you.” Xiao Shen took the cup and sat down in the corner of the sofa in an orderly manner. “My name is Xiao Shen, Xiao for desolate and Shen for cautious.”
Shen Qingzhuo followed his example and introduced himself: “My name is Shen Qingzhuo, the Qing that means green mountains or green waters, and Zhuo means carving jade into a useful object.”
“Shen Qingzhuo…” Xiao Shen silently chanted this name in his heart, holding the water cup in both hands, and asked, “Can I call you Gege?”
Shen Qingzhuo blinked: “What?”
Xiao Shen raised his face and looked at him eagerly, his tone sounding pitiful and anxious. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to get close…”
“Of course, you can.” Shen Qingzhuo reacted and couldn’t help but take a step closer, raising his hand to rub the boy’s stubbled brown hair. “I have always wanted a younger brother.”
The boy rubbed his head against his palm comfortably and enjoyably, like a puppy trying to please its owner, and called out sweetly, “Gege!”
