When Shi Yi received the message, he had just walked down to the company entrance.
It gets dark early in winter, and the crescent moon has already emerged. He stopped outside, breathing out clouds of misty breath.
A date? He pursed his lips. They had never dated before their divorce. Was Lu Yunye playing tricks again?
Even though he thought this way, he couldn’t help but faintly look forward to it. Will it be like on TV where two people go to a restaurant, eat western food and drink red wine, watch a movie and go shopping? Shi Yi stared at his toes, thinking that he really didn’t know anything – even the ideas he came up with were so old-fashioned .
Just as he was in a daze, a series of crisp bells suddenly sounded in his ears. He turned his head and saw Lu Yunye riding on a bicycle. He smiled and waved to him, “Get on.”
Shi Yi was slightly stunned: “Why are you…”
“Take you on a date,” Lu Yunye stopped steadily in front of him.
After all, they are at the main entrance of Feiyi. Now that Feiyi and Yunye Media belong to the same group, if any employee sees them, news that the boss is goofing off will immediately flood the internal channels.
Shi Yi had no choice but to jump on the bike, and hug the firm waist in front. “Let’s go.”
Lu Yunye’s bicycle riding is very steady. Even when going uphill, the speed remained constant, and he could talk without straining. “Has any alpha ever drove you like this?”
Shi Yi thought for a while, but couldn’t recall anyone as thick-skinned as him. “No.”
“Really?” Lu Yunye raised his voice. “Then, I’m Mr. Shi’s first love.”
“Whatever you want to say.” Shi Yi chatted with him easily. The faint night breeze was particularly comfortable at calming his overheated mind.
“First love should be discussed on campus.”
The bicycle screeched to a stop – Shi Yi looked up and found that it was his primary school.
He only attended elementary school here for the first few years. After he was injured, Shu Wen transferred him to another school. They rented a house along the street, and even changed schools multiple times during their years of hiding. He almost forgot about this place.
In retrospect, this was the place where he first made his first good friend.
“Did you study here too?” Shi Yi asked.
“En,” Lu Yunye locked the bike, and said vaguely, “I was here all the way through high school, maybe a grade or two older than you.”[mfn]it should be a K-12 elevator school[/mfn]
At this time, the elementary school is already on winter vacation, and the junior high and high schoolers are doing self-study. This is considered a relatively good private school in the city, and the management is relatively strict.
Dinner time is already one of the few leisure moments. The heavy daytime classes have just ended and evening self-study has not yet started. Everyone is eating and chatting. The classroom is lively, full of youths with an infinitely bright future.
There are quite a few food stalls outside the school gate, and some students will sneak out to buy some. Tempted, Lu Yunye asked Shi Yi to wait where he was, and went to buy a bag of fried chestnuts.
The chestnuts were plump and huge, and the exposed flesh was yellow and steaming. Shi Yi stretched out his hand to grab one, and it was so hot that he gasped.
As a child he yearned to be picked up by his parents at the school gate like other children, buy some favorite snacks along the way, and talk about anecdotes that happened in class while walking home slowly.
But Dad has always been in poor health and rarely went out. When the driver uncle came to pick them up, he sometimes left him behind from time to time.
His two elder brothers fought all the time, and no one cared what he did or what he thought. Sometimes his schoolbag and stationery would be robbed by the other students, so he was often unhappy when going home.
“Why are you in such a hurry, this bag is yours,” Lu Yunye pinched his fingertips, and blew on them. “I’ll help you.”
Shi Yi’s skin is thin and tender, but his hands are thick with calluses. The heat is nothing. Squeezing one lightly, he put it on a paper towel, and handed it over. “Eat slowly.”
They walked slowly along the outer wall of the campus, and snacked along the way. Grilled skewers, pancakes, and simmered foods… There was no western food with red wine that Shi Yi imagined, but it made up for his regrets over the years.
Holding a big bag and a small bag in his hand, Lu Yunye watched Shi Yi stop again in front of a stinky tofu stall. Lu Yunye frowned slightly – the surrounding smell was really irritating. “Do you want to try this?”
Before he finished speaking, Shi Yi had already ordered two servings. He also added minced green onion, ginger, and garlic, and topped with sauce, the smell was even stronger.
Lu Yunye was speechless. He always thought that Shi Yi had a light taste, and didn’t expect him to be interested in this kind of weird snack. He watched the latter fork a piece and deliver it to his mouth with great interest.
“I heard that it smells stinky and tastes good, you try first.”
This is asking him to test for poison? Lu Yunye could only open his mouth and accept it, feeling the thing bursting with unappealing flavor.
“How is it?” Shi Yi looked at him expectantly.
“It’s delicious.” Lu Yunye said duplicitously.
So Shi Yi also stuffed one into his mouth. It was delicious, but it was too spicy. After taking a few mouthfuls, his eyes burst into tears, and he grabbed the milk tea in Lu Yunye’s hand.
After eating and drinking enough, they arrived from the campus gates to the playground.
Lu Yunye threw away all the trash, “Do you want to go in and have a look?”
Shi Yi’s eyes lit up, and he hesitated again: “But we are neither students nor teachers…”
Lu Yunye had donated several buildings before, and basically knew the principal. He could easily gain entrance with a greeting, but he didn’t intend to do that. Instead he said to omega, “Let’s climb over the wall.”
“How is it possible… Hey!”
Before his sentence finished, Lu Yunye had easily jumped onto the fence, grabbed the iron railing and flipped over, “Come here, I’ll catch you.”
Shi Yi bit his lip, heart pounding nervously. He followed suit and climbed up the fence, stepping over the railing carefully with one leg.
On the other side is a wooded area. A light flashed by revealing a security guard passing by, waiting to catch gluttonous students eager to sneak out and buy takeout.
“Hurry up, someone is here.” Lu Yunye urged in a low voice.
Shi Yi was so anxious that he was about to cry. The wall was more than one meter high, and he was still wearing a suit and trousers. If someone found him hanging here, they would be reported to the whole school as perverts and lose all face.
Do or die. He gritted his teeth, and jumped down. The ground was dark and he couldn’t see clearly, but unexpectedly he fell into a hug.
Lu Yunye hugged him, and spun him around to relieve the fall. The two squatted down in the shadow of the woods. Shi Yi wanted to cry, unable to believe that he did such a crazy thing. “It’s all your fault…”
“Hush…” Lu Yunye covered his mouth, “Those in puppy love will be arrested.”
Even though it has been many years since he graduated, he found himself inevitably drawn into the campus atmosphere. Shi Yi subconsciously held his breath, his ears filled with the sound of their heartbeats, watching the light of the flashlight gradually fade away.
“Let’s go,” he excitedly tugged on the cuffs of the person next to him, and turned his head, only to find Lu Yunye watching him with a smile in his eyes. His face turned red immediately.
“Lu Yunye, your movements are so skilled, have you jumped over many walls before?” Shi Yi stood up from his hiding place, pretending to be calm, and wanted to make up for his embarrassment.
“How can I go there if I don’t climb over the wall…” Lu Yunye stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, swallowed the words “looking for you”, and changed his words, “…to go out to play.”
“You must have been naughty when you were young,” Shi Yi concluded, feeling that he was more reliable.
“Let’s go.” Lu Yunye pulled him up, and the two of them walked back to the main road through the trees. Evening self-study had already started, and the school grounds were quiet.
The evening grew foggy, and the moon disappeared at some point. After they walked around the playground hand in hand, Lu Yunye pointed to the rostrum on the left. “Do you know where it is?”
“Huh?” Shi Yi didn’t react.
“The left side of the rostrum is a blind spot. It happens to block people, so it is the safest place.” Lu Yunye supported his shoulders, and whispered in Shi Yi’s ear, “Student Shi Yi, can I kiss you? “
Lu Yunye’s kisses have always been straightforward and forceful. Shi Yi was taken aback, and in the blink of an eye, the other party had already moved closer.
The distance was too close. Lu Yunye’s high nose and deep eyes were already extremely aggressive, but at this moment he felt even more oppressive, and his ears were filled with the sound of deep breathing.
Shi Yi turned his head away, and pressed his fingers tightly against the wall. “Then what should I do if I say no?”
“Then I’ll kiss you until you say yes.”
“You are being unreasonable… Ugh!” The rest of his words were blocked.
Shi Yi is very well-behaved tonight, not refusing, and the tip of his tongue curled back in response. Lu Yunye couldn’t get enough of it, he grabbed the back of Shi Yi’s neck, and was about to deepen the kiss, when he suddenly heard an angry voice coming from behind – “Who’s there?!”
After many years, the holy land of love from back then became a key monitoring area. The director of academic affairs patrols it himself, which is how he found them there.
Lu Yunye subconsciously clenched Shi Yi’s hand, before he had time to calm down, “Let’s go!”
“Ah…” Shi Yi exclaimed subconsciously as they rushed out. Wind whistled in his ears, and the light of the flashlight behind him shone, white and dazzling.
After all, the director was getting old, he hesitated after a few steps and stopped, “Why do I feel that that person looks a bit like President Lu…”
The two ran to the back of the teaching building, and finally stopped. Shi Yi put his hands on his knees and panted, but his cheeks flushed with excitement, “This is what you said… the safest.”
“At that time, it was…” Lu Yunye was also confused. What made him even more uncomfortable was that he wasn’t able to deepen the kiss. His omega’s ignorant and innocent eyes were terribly seductive.
“It seems that you are getting old, Uncle Lu.” Shi Yi straightened up, intentionally retaliating, and deliberately emphasized the later words.
“I’m old?” Lu Yunye’s eyes sharpened.
Shi Yi backed away immediately, turned around to run, but was hugged around the waist.
He suddenly panicked, “This is the teaching building…”
“I built the teaching building.”
Lu Yunye couldn’t help trap the thumping rabbit in his arms. But before he could do anything, the piercing ring of bells echoed throughout the campus.
“Ding dong!” Evening self-study is over.
The originally quiet teaching building boiled in an instant. Cheerful footsteps echoed out the corridors, and in just a few minutes, the surrounding area was full of students in blue and white.
No matter how angry Lu Yunye was, he could only suppress it temporarily, letting a certain little rabbit escape and swagger into the sea of students.
“Class is over, Uncle Lu, do you want to go home together?” Shi Yi folded his hands behind his back, his eyes gleaming with cunning.
“Yes, of course.” Lu Yunye gritted his teeth, stepped forward to embrace him, and the two of them walked out of the gate with the students.
There was a cold sting, and when Shi Yi looked up, he saw pieces of snow falling from the night sky, like spirits dancing at night under the light of street lamps.
Suddenly, as if God sent a gift when no one noticed, the first snow this winter quietly arrived.
Shi Yi raised his head, feeling the coldness melting on his face. The snow was like a certain person around him.
Overwhelming, yet gentle and silent.
Seeing him in a daze, Lu Yunye reached out to help him sweep the snow flakes off his forehead, but his wrist was grabbed.
Shi Yi’s hands were cold, and his fingertips trembled slightly: “Lu Yunye, will you watch every first snow with me from now on?”
After finishing speaking, he seemed to have come to his senses, and let go of the other party in shock, feeling his words were too flowery.
And that hand chased after him and grabbed him firmly: “Of course.”
I think I have cavities from translating these chapters
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