SEBLS Chapter 29

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Zhuang Wu was a little confused by what Qin Qiyue said. What did he mean he liked both Qin Qiyue and Ji Zhixian?

“What did you mean, Gege?” Zhuang Wu whispered, “When did I ever say that I like Ji Zhixian? I only like you…”

“You really don’t like him?” Qin Qiyue’s tone remained indifferent.

Zhuang Wu nodded repeatedly without a doubt. “It’s absolutely true, I like Gege, no one is better than Gege!”

After hearing these words, Qin Qiyue’s irritability dissipated a little, but his expression remained unchanged.

Seeing Qin Qiyue turn his face away and ignore him, Zhuang Wu stopped saying anything. The lunchtime nap bell was about to ring as well, so he should sleep first and then deal with anything he has to do later.

Thereafter, Zhuang Wu lay on the table and stared at Qin Qiyue’s profile while he was doing homework until he fell asleep. The lunch break bell rang soon after.

Not long after he fell asleep, a cold wind blew in from the window. Zhuang Wu couldn’t help but hug his arms tightly in an attempt to warm himself, but it didn’t work.

Qin Qiyue caught a glimpse of his cold appearance. He stared at him for a while and thought how the other could still sleep even though he was very cold.

Nevertheless, Qin Qiyue still stood up and walked out of his seat, closing the window facing them. The sound of the window closing was heard in the quiet classroom, causing some students to frown in dissatisfaction.

Back in the seat, Zhuang Wu still looked cold.

The next second, Qin Qiyue took off his winter school uniform and put it on Zhuang Wu.

The coat that had been worn by someone warm. When it was put on Zhuang Wu, he immediately didn’t feel cold anymore. He changed his position and went back to sleep.

He was about to continue doing the questions, but when Zhuang Wu turned his face to the other side, Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but look at the back of Zhuang Wu’s head.

Zhuang Wu’s hair was thick but not frizzy. Seeing Zhuang Wu sleeping soundly with his head buried in his arms, Qin Qiyue couldn’t help but reach out and gently rub Zhuang Wu’s soft hair.

Although the force was very light, Zhuang Wu still felt it and opened his eyes.

Before Qin Qiyue could react, Zhuang Wu turned his head.Qin Qiyue’s hand remained in mid-air because he didn’t have time to retract it.

Seeing this scene and feeling the extra piece of clothing on his body, Zhuang Wu instantly understood what was happening. He curled the corners of his lips, and in order not to wake up the people around him, he spoke almost in a whisper, “Gege, did you feel sorry for me?”

Qin Qiyue automatically took his hand back. “Youwere obviously cold, your body was shaking. If you’re not cold now, you can give me back my clothes.”

Of course it was still cold, but seeing the thin clothes Qin Qiyue was wearing, Zhuang Wu lowered his eyelashes and said, “Gege, you must be cold too…”

“It’s not cold,” Qin Qiyue answered without hesitation.

Zhuang Wu chuckled softly. “You’re lying. It’s obviously cold.”

After saying that, Zhuang Wu moved his chair closer to Qin Qiyue until their chairs were almost touching each other.

Afterwards, Zhuang Wu took off the coat that Qin Qiyue put on on him, returned it to Qin Qiyue, and immediately hugged Qin Qiyue’s right arm.

“I won’t feel cold if I hold Gege while sleeping.” Zhuang Wu’s head fell back on the table.

“……”

“I still have to do homework. How can I do it if you hold my right arm?” Qin Qiyue was a little speechless but didn’t struggle to break free and just stood there motionless.

Hearing Qin Qiyue say he wanted to do his homework, Zhuang Wu felt embarrassed to hold Qin Qiyue’s arm and subconsciously wanted to let go.

But the next second, Qin Qiyue’s words stopped him. “Forget it, I won’t do it this lunch time, let’s go to sleep.”

Zhuang Wu was stunned and almost couldn’t control his voice. “I knew Gege wouldn’t ignore me!”

His lips were then covered by a warm palm. Zhuang Wu looked up at Qin Qiyue, not understanding what he meant.

“Be quiet, everyone is asleep,” Qin Qiyue reminded.

“Oh……”

After answering, both of them tacitly stopped talking and Zhuang Wu quickly fell asleep hugging Qin Qiyue’s arm.

Qin Qiyue also lay down, it’s just that he usually does homework during lunch break and doesn’t sleep much so even if he was told to sleep now, he wouldn’t fall asleep in such a short while. He also couldn’t do his homework because his arm was held by someone. Left with nothing to do, he could only keep his eyes on Zhuang Wu.

After watching for a while, Qin Qiyue suddenly realized that he had always thought that Zhuang Wu was a pervert because he always stared at him, and now that he was staring at Zhuang Wu like this… wouldn’t that mean he’s also become a pervert who stares at people like crazy?

After coming to his senses, Qin Qiyue closed his eyes and stopped looking at Zhuang Wu. He finally fell asleep after a long while.

He didn’t expect that he would dream during such a short lunch break.

Moreover, the protagonist in the dream was actually Zhuang Wu.

In the dream, he and Zhuang Wu were walking hand in hand along the alley they usually took home. The moonlight made Zhuang Wu’s face look cold and pale.

Zhuang Wu said to him with a smile, “Gege, every time I see you, I want to turn into moonlight and stay by your side forever.”

Qin Qiyue just stared at Zhuang Wu, his heart beating fast, but before he could reply, Zhuang Wu’s expression changed. His smile became weird, and his face gradually became hideous and distorted. “Why won’t you answer me, Gege? Don’t you like me?”

There’s something wrong with this scene… Qin Qiyue was startled. The next second, Zhuang Wu laughed and stepped forward to grab his neck. “Since you don’t like me, there’s no point in living…”

Qin Qiyue woke up with a start, looked at Zhuang Wu who was sleeping face to face with him, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

How can a dream be both so outrageous and realistic?

At least the part where Zhuang Wu forced himself to like him seems kinda true.

His arm which was half-held and half-pillowed by Zhuang Wu was a little numb but Qin Qiyue didn’t want to take it back. He just looked at Zhuang Wu as if he didn’t feel anything, with a seriousness in his eyes that he himself didn’t even notice.

After lunch, Zhuang Wu finally woke up. He let go of Qin Qiyue’s arm and lazily said, “Thank you, Gege. I didn’t feel cold anymore while I slept. You’re more useful than clothes.”

Qin Qiyue’s face turned red. He just voiced a “hmm” and didn’t respond further.

Before Zhuang Wu could tease him again, Hu Jianlong entered the classroom. “Math class representative, please collect the papers assigned this morning and bring them to the office.”

Zhuang Wu’s heart sank. It was over. He didn’t write it.

Didn’t you say we would check the answers during the evening self-study class? Why are you collecting it now??

Qin Qiyue, who was next to him, seemed to have guessed that he hadn’t done it yet, so he pulled out his work from under a book and handed it to Zhuang Wu.

“Copy quickly,” Qin Qiyue urged.

Zhuang Wu didn’t have time to be moved. He grabbed the paper and started copying. Fortunately, there were not many difficult questions on the paper, so he managed to finish before the class representative received his.

Just as he was about to return the paper to Qin Qiyue, Qin Qiyue said, “Circle any question you don’t know.”

Zhuang Wu didn’t understand why but he did it anyway. He glanced at the questions and circled a few of them.

Qin Qiyue just took note of the question numbers and said nothing more.

After the class representative had collected their papers, Qin Qiyue spread out a notebook in the middle of their desk. On that page were written the questions Zhuang Wu had circled just now, but they had been shortened a lot by Qin Qiyue.

Now Zhuang Wu finally understood what Qin Qiyue meant. He looked at Qin Qiyue eagerly. “Gege, you’re so good to me…”

“……”

“…Look at the question.” Qin Qiyue didn’t give him a chance to talk nonsense.

Qin Qiyue was afraid that he would just copy the answers but still be unable to do them, so he asked the other to circle the questions he didn’t know how to do. That way he could explain them to him later on.

Qin Qiyue is so nice, no wonder I like him, Zhuang Wu thought.

After all the questions were finished, the class started and Qin Qiyue took back the notebook.

Perhaps it was because he had gotten used to sitting at the same table as Qin Qiyue, but during class, Zhuang Wu was no longer easily distracted by Qin Qiyue and was able to concentrate on the class better.

On the other hand, Qin Qiyue was the opposite. The longer he sat at the same table with Zhuang Wu, the more easily he was attracted to Zhuang Wu and couldn’t help but look at Zhuang Wu, even having trouble concentrating sometimes.

Feeling Qin Qiyue’s gaze, Zhuang Wu looked back at him. Because the English teacher had very good ears, Zhuang Wu could only use his eyes to ask Qin Qiyue: What’s wrong?

Qin Qiyue then looked away without responding, so Zhuang Wu could only continue listening to the class.

However, Zhuang Wu’s mouth corners were raised. Qin Qiyue seemed to be paying more and more attention to him and caring about him more and more.

Maybe, he’ll be willing to accept him soon…

After school in the evening, neither of them was on duty, so they walked together as usual.

In the past, Zhuang Wu would always start talking first, but this time it was Qin Qiyue who spoke before him, “My mom asked me to tell you that it’s her birthday this week. You and I will go to her after school to attend her… birthday party. My mom and Aunt will be waiting in a private room.”

“Is Auntie’s birthday this week? What day is it?” Zhuang Wu asked.

Qin Qiyue answered, “Friday.”

“Friday, what a coincidence!” Zhuang Wu was delighted, “Then we won’t be so rushed.”

“It’s not a coincidence.” Qin Qiyue answered truthfully, “Her birthday was on Thursday, but considering that we’ll in school and it would be evening when we get back, she postponed the date by one day.”

“……”

Auntie… really wants us to celebrate her birthday together. Zhuang Wu raised his head. “Got it, Gege.”

He thought the topic was going to end here, but Qin Qiyue spoke again, “I’m curious, Zhuang Wu, why do you like to call me Gege so much?”

Zhuang Wu thought about it for a while. “Because you’re a few months older than me. What’s wrong? You don’t like being called Gege?”

According to Qin Qiyue’s personality, he would definitely say that he didn’t like it after being asked this question, but this time Qin Qiyue said, “It’s fine.”

Zhuang Wu was surprised and then took advantage of the situation to pursue and attack. “I call you Gege, so won’t you call me by a special name, too? Gege always calls me by my full name, which makes me very depressed.”

“What would you like me to call you?” Qin Qiyue had a calm expression.

“For example…” Zhuang Wu smiled evilly, “you can call me honey, baby, or…”

Qin Qiyue interrupted him as he was about to speak more, “We don’t have any affection or love for each other. You’re already a teenager and you’re no longer fit to be a baby.”

“……”

No, how come this person gives him hope one moment and kicks him back to square one the next?!