SEBLS Chapter 22

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“You don’t have to apologize anymore. I’m really not angry now.” Qin Qiyue explained.

His tone was so firm that Zhuang Wu began to believe him. After hesitating for a while, Zhuang Wu handed the information he had sorted out in a notebook to Qin Qiyue.

“Gege, I organized the contents of your original notebook in a new notebook.” Zhuang Wu lowered his head and whispered, “Take a look and see if you need it. If not, I’ll take it back.”

If it was damaged, then it was damaged. Qin Qiyue never expected that Zhuang Wu would make another copy of it.

Qin Qiyue asked, “Didn’t you say you couldn’t see the content clearly? How did you reorganize it? And why did you look at my content?”

“I didn’t read it all. I just took a general look and understood what you wrote in it…” Zhuang Wu was afraid that Qin Qiyue would be angry again. “It’s not completely unreadable. Some words can still be seen if you get closer.”

Qin Qiyue actually didn’t like others reading his things without permission, but for some reason, when he agreed to let Zhuang Wu repair the notebook yesterday, he guessed that Zhuang Wu would most likely read it if he could see it. However, even though he had this idea, he still handed the notebook to Zhuang Wu with confidence.

Now that he knew Zhuang Wu had really read the content, he didn’t seem repulsed. He was just surprised that Zhuang Wu said what he said after reading it.

Qin Qiyue opened the notebook that Zhuang Wu handed to him, took a look at it, and then paused.

The things recorded on it were even more detailed than what he had recorded himself. Qin Qiyue could see that this was not what Zhuang Wu had written based on the original content, but a completely new set of content that he had written from scratch.

After flipping through a few pages, Qin Qiyue raised his head and curled his lips towards Zhuang Wu. “Thank you, I need this.”

Zhuang Wu felt relieved. “That’s good. I’ll give you that then. I’ll go back first. Goodbye, Gege.”

“Mn.”

After saying goodbye, Zhuang Wu walked towards the door. He went to bed late and got up early, so he was in urgent need of sleep.

On the way back, Zhuang Wu yawned from time to time, only wanting to sleep.

While Zhuang Wu was walking normally, he stepped on a plastic bag. He didn’t expect that a plastic bag could trip him and he fell right into the puddle next to it.

After standing up, his whole body was covered in water mixed with some mud, looking dirty. Zhuang Wu smiled self-deprecatingly. It was retribution, he got Qin Qiyue’s notebook wet yesterday, and today he fell into a puddle causing his clothes to get wet.

When he arrived at his home, Zhuang Wu wanted to open the door, but when he touched his pocket, his face suddenly turned grim.

He was in a hurry to give the thing to Qin Qiyue and forgot to take the key when he came out and closed the door tightly. Most importantly, he only wanted to deliver the thing and come back immediately afterwards so he didn’t take his mobile phone. So now, he couldn’t call Wen Jia.

What should I do? Just stand here and wait for Wen Jia to come back?

Not long after Zhuang Wu left, Qin Qiyue suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to return Zhuang Wu’s schoolbag.

After picking up the schoolbag, Qin Qiyue rushed to Zhuang Wu’s house, only to see Zhuang Wu squatting at the door, wet and dirty, staring at the sky in a daze.

While Zhuang Wu was waiting for Wen Jia to come back at the door, an umbrella appeared above his head. He subconsciously looked up and saw Qin Qiyue standing beside him holding an umbrella for him.

“Why don’t you go in?” Qin Qiyue was looking down at him.

“I forgot my keys and my phone when I came out.” Zhuang Wu explained, “I can only wait here for my mother to come back. She was called away by the company for urgent matters.”

After saying this, Zhuang Wu seemed to realize that he didn’t look very presentable right now. He did not want Qin Qiyue to see his current appearance clearly, so he tried to cover himself with his arms.

Qin Qiyue’s tone softened. “Are you stupid? You usually like to show off your presence in front of me so why didn’t you come to me?”

“I just made you angry yesterday. I’m afraid you’ll be annoyed if I go to you again, so I wanted to wait.” Zhuang Wu looked a little embarrassed at the moment.

“Get up, go to my house and wait there.” Qin Qiyue responded, “Since your mother has something urgent to deal with, she won’t be back for a while. There’s no point in you waiting here.”

After hearing what Qin Qiyue said, Zhuang Wu stood up obediently, his nose suddenly sour. “Gege, why are you so nice…”

Qin Qiyue held an umbrella while Zhuang Wu walked beside him. Because his clothes were dirty and wet, Zhuang Wu was cold all over.

Qin Qiyue noticed that Zhuang Wu was shivering, so he asked Zhuang Wu to take off his coat. Zhuang Wu did as he was told without knowing why. Then, Qin Qiyue took off his outer clothes and put them on Zhuang Wu while preventing it from falling off. He then helped Zhuang Wu zip up the jacket.

“Won’t you be cold if you take off your coat?” Zhuang Wu felt a little embarrassed. “Don’t mind me.”

Seeing Zhuang Wu like this, Qin Qiyue felt an indescribable emotion. He said casually, “I remember the last time you were cold, you hugged me to keep warm. Why are you just sitting there doing nothing this time?”

Zhuang Wu didn’t expect Qin Qiyue to say this. He said in a wronged tone, “I’m too dirty right now, if I hug you like that, won’t I make you dirty too?”

“So, put on the jacket and don’t worry about whether I’m cold or not.” The corners of Qin Qiyue’s mouth rose up, feeling a little distressed for some reason. “It’s okay for me to be cold for a while, but if you don’t put on more clothes, you’ll get a fever again.”

“Then, thank you, Gege…”

After taking Zhuang Wu home, Qin Qiyue explained the whole story to Lin Mengyu. Lin Mengyu was originally cooking dinner, but when she saw them, she hurriedly asked Zhuang Wu to take a shower first to avoid catching a cold, and then she went to call Wen Jia.

While Zhuang Wu was taking a shower, Qin Qiyue made a cup of cold medicine to help Zhuang Wu get rid of the cold and then went to the closet to find some clean clothes.

Zhuang Wu’s clothes were dirty, so he could only wear his for the time being.

Zhuang Wu, who was still taking a shower, was startled by the knock on the door, “Who?”

“It’s me.” Qin Qiyue’s voice came from outside the door. “I’m sending you a set of clothes. My mom threw yours into the washing machine.”

Hearing Qin Qiyue’s voice, Zhuang Wu walked carefully to the door, opened a crack and brought the clothes in.

“Thank you, Gege.”

After taking a shower, Zhuang Wu came out of the bathroom wearing the clothes Qin Qiyue found for him. Qin Qiyue was much taller than him, so the clothes were a bit loose on him.

Zhuang Wu sat on the sofa, slightly at a loss. What should he do now? So embarrassing.

The next second, a gust of hot air blew up his hair. Zhuang Wu turned his head and could not help but close his eyes because of the high-powered hot air. After opening his eyes, he saw that it was Qin Qiyue who was blowing his hair with a hair dryer.

Shit, Qin Qiyue actually took the initiative to help him blow-dry his hair. Zhuang Wu was totally surprised. But before he could feel touched for a few more seconds, Qin Qiyue placed the hair dryer in his hands.

“It’s set, just dry it yourself.” Qin Qiyue didn’t say anything more.

“……”

He thought the other was going to help him blow dry his hair. Zhuang Wu’s lips twitched, but he still picked up the hair dryer and started blowing his hair.

Soon, Qin Qiyue came over again, this time bringing a cup of prepared cold medicine. Because Zhuang Wu was still blow-drying his hair, Qin Qiyue put the cup on the coffee table in front of him.

“Drink the medicine after you blow dry your hair, otherwise you’ll catch a cold easily.” Qin Qiyue warned.

“Okay.” Zhuang Wu pursed his lips, feeling a little excited, “Gege, why are you suddenly caring about me so much?”

Qin Qiyue immediately retorted, “I’m doing this for my mom. Stop talking nonsense and blow dry your hair quickly. The medicine will get cold soon.”

“Oh……”

Zhuang Wu agreed verbally, but actually still didn’t believe what Qin Qiyue said. Lin Mengyu was still in the kitchen, so how could she tell him what to do?

After the meal was ready, Lin Mengyu brought the food out and asked Zhuang Wu and Qin Qiyue to sit down first. Then she went to the other room and shouted, “Hubby, don’t sleep anymore, get up and eat.”

After everyone sat down, Lin Mengyu said to Zhuang Wu, “Xiao Zhuang, I just called your mother to explain the situation. She said that there’s a lot of work at the company and there’s a flood outside. She may not be able to come back today so she asked me to take care of you. You can stay at our house tonight in Qiyue’s room. His bed is big enough for the two of you.”

Qin Qiyue’s father also expressed his concern after knowing that Zhuang Wu would be staying here tonight. “Xiao Zhuang can sleep inside and Qiyue outside to prevent Qiyue from moving in his sleep and knocking Xiao Zhuang to the ground.”

“……”

“Dad…” Qin Qiyue frowned. “I don’t move in my sleep.”

Zhuang Wu couldn’t help laughing. He secretly pulled Qin Qiyue’s hand from under the table. Qin Qiyue turned his head to look at him and happened to see Zhuang Wu smiling at him.

He blushed, looked away, and continued eating.

After finishing his meal and clearing away the dishes, Zhuang Wu returned to the room and fell asleep on the bed. He was very sleepy and wanted to go back to bed quickly. After wasting so much time, he could finally have a good sleep.

After staying in the living room for a while, Qin Qiyue returned to his room, only to see Zhuang Wu asleep without leaving any room for him.

He walked to Zhuang Wu’s side. He could only gently pick Zhuang Wu a little for fear of waking him up and put him in the inner side.

After tidying the beddings up, Qin Qiyue changed into pajamas and lay down to sleep. Perhaps it was because he had never slept in the same room with someone else, and that someone even happened to be Zhuang Wu who claimed to like him, Qin Qiyue couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.

It was already very late when he finally felt sleepy. He turned over and prepared to continue sleeping but was suddenly kicked off the bed by a force from behind.

His body hit the ground violently and Qin Qiyue gasped in pain. He stood up to check and saw Zhuang Wu sleeping without a care for other people’s lives.

So, it was Zhuang Wu who kicked him off the bed?

“Damn…” Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but spit out a curse. He turned on the light and tried to wake Zhuang Wu up. “Zhuang Wu, get up.”

After shouting for a long time, Zhuang Wu finally opened his eyes, not understanding what had happened. “Gege, what’s wrong?”

“From now on, you sleep outside and I sleep inside.” Qin Qiyue leaned against the wall with a tired look on her face.

Zhuang Wu was a little confused. “Why?”