Chapter 168 – 1992-2020
The advanced math class in the afternoon ends at half past four. After class, Xu RenDong’s head felt as big as a bucket.
Whilst he was studying, he had no choice but to take advanced math and he worked hard to get a passable grade. At this time, he had to go through the hellish advanced math test again and he wanted to die.
What’s more, there is not only advanced math at the end of the term but also various rote-learn subjects. Moreover, he hasn’t started writing his thesis yet and he has to find time to search for information, decide on a topic and he has to do a PPT for his defense after writing the thesis. How can there be time to do all of this?
Xu RenDong wished he could turn one minute into two minutes. After class, he hurried to the library, only thinking about studying and completely forgot what Lian Qiao told him before class.
It was already half past five in the evening when Lian Qiao found him.
At that time, Xu RenDong was looking for information behind the last row of bookshelves. It was dinner time and there was no one in the library. RenDong was immersed in the books, unaware of the person who was gradually approaching him.
It wasn’t until the man snatched his book away that RenDong was startled and looked up in a daze.
“I’ve been looking for you for a long time.” Lian Qiao pouted, aggrieved, like a puppy abandoned by its owner.
Only then did RenDong remember that he had neglected him again and quickly apologized.
“I don’t want your apology, I’m angry.” Lian Qiao turned around angrily, pretending to leave.
RenDong’s heart twitched and he hurriedly grabbed him: “Hey, don’t go.”
Lian Qiao refused to listen and wanted to break free from him. RenDong had no choice but to hug him from behind, begging for mercy in a soft voice: “I was wrong. What can I do so you will forgive me?”
Lian Qiao lowered his head and suddenly smiled.
“I want you to remember me.” He said, “I want you to think of me all the time.”
RenDong was taken aback. How is this possible?
Although Lian Qiao said this in a coquettish tone among lovers, RenDong always believed that if he promised, he must do it, otherwise it would be better not to agree.
So he hesitated and said cautiously: “Can I change it? I can’t think about you all the time. There are always other things to distract me. Like now, I have to prepare for exams and papers…”
Lian Qiao didn’t speak.
RenDong was afraid that he would make him angry again but he didn’t know what to do. He could only kiss the back of his neck flatteringly and whispered: “I don’t know how to talk, I’m sorry. Don’t be angry with me, okay?”
Lian Qiao smiled softly again, and then turned around.
RenDong thought that his anger had calmed down but when he looked up, he saw him smiling and said playfully, “Not okay.”
“—Unless you make it up to me. And give me a lot of compensation.”
…
Coming out of the library , RenDong has been unable to stand still.
He was about to be driven crazy by Lian Qiao.
Lian Qiao was simply not human, actually behind the bookshelf…
Although it was dinner time and there was almost no one in the library, there were still sounds!
RenDong had to cover his mouth, almost biting his lip. The beast didn’t let him go and bit his earlobe and said: “Call out.” Otherwise, I will take away the row of books in front of you.
To be honest, Lian Qao probably didn’t need to do it. Xu RenDong almost turned the bookshelf over just by lying on it.
While RenDong was worried that the bookshelves would fall down like dominoes and he was also afraid that the students passing by would hear the abnormality over here. His nerves were tense all the time and, coupled with the man’s vicious teasing, RenDong soon collapsed physically and mentally, crying in dismay.
It’s really crying.
He has been played to the brim and the books on the bookshelves are stained. He felt that it was very bad to do something like this but there was nothing he could do. No matter how much he begged, Lian Qiao didn’t listen to him and just kept moving. The inexplicable grievance made him whimper and cry, but the tears were kissed away in the next second.
A voice so gentle as to drown people rang in his ears.
“Stop crying, I won’t mess with you, okay?”
The more he was comforted by such tenderness, the more RenDong wanted to cry. His long-standing psychological defense collapsed at this moment, his heart was too soft to be touched and tears trembled as soon as he touched it.
However, Lian Qiao quickly changed his tone again, lowered his voice and said hoarsely: “If you cry again, I can’t help but do you…”
RenDong didn’t dare to cry anymore.
After finally ending the torment, Lian Qiao supported him and staggered towards the dormitory. Faced with the strange gazes of passers-by, RenDong lowered his head all the way, urging him to hurry up.
When they got to the door of the dormitory, they found that the door was locked.
At eleven o’clock, the access control had already passed and the door was of course locked. Not only can you not get in but will also be recorded down as having not returned home at night.
RenDong looked desperately at the reception room. It was pitch black, the auntie in charge must have gone to sleep.
“I’ll help you wake her up.” Lian Qiao opened his mouth to shout but RenDong slapped him to cover his mouth.
“Stop making trouble!” RenDong was ashamed and annoyed, so angry that he wanted to strangle him to death, “Forget it, I won’t go back to the dormitory. I… I’ll go back to the classroom for self-study.”
“No.” Lian Qiao’s eyes darkened, grabbed his hand and narrowed his eyes, “What are you doing in the study room like this? Are you not afraid of being seen by some messy people?”
RenDong suppressed his anger: “Isn’t the reason I look like this because of you?!”
Xu RenDong, who was getting angry, didn’t know how flattering his words were. Lian Qiao couldn’t help laughing and said helplessly and dotingly: “Why are you so cute?”
RenDong: “???” You’re so cute, I really want to kill you!
“It’s my fault, so I’ll make it up to you, okay?” Lian Qiao smiled and leaned over, rubbing his cheek lightly like a puppy, “What do you want me to do?”
Xu RenDong: “…” I want to stop moving, really.
Lian Qiao flirted with him for a while and found that RenDong was still angry. Knowing that he had played too much this time, he pursed his mouth again, aggrieved and said: “I’m sorry…don’t be angry.”
RenDong sighed and said in a long-suffering tone: “Then what do you think I should do now?”
Lian Qiao: “Go to the hotel?”
RenDong: “…” Can’t help showing the shocked eyes of “you young people have really good physical strength”.
Lian Qiao coughed: “I didn’t mean it like that. You have to take a bath or you’ll get sick.”
RenDong: “…” Although what he said made sense, he always felt that he was an ignorant boy being tricked.
Lian Qiao looked at his suspicious eyes, felt aggrieved again and said pitifully: “Believe me. I promise I won’t touch you tonight, okay?”
RenDong asked suspiciously: “Really?”
Lian Qiao hesitated. After a while, he asked cautiously: “Is it okay to just hug you to sleep? I won’t do anything else, just…just hug you.”
When he said this, his eyes were wet, like a little puppy soaked in rain. RenDong hated seeing him like this the most and his heart softened all of a sudden.
“…Okay.” RenDong secretly hated himself for not living up to expectations, so he put up his airs, poked Lian Qiao’s cheek solemnly and said, “You must keep your promise.”
“Okay!” Lian Qiao smiled instantly.
The next second, Lian Qiao, picked up RenDong in a princess hug and ran to the hotel.
You!” RenDong turned pale with fright and hugged his neck in fright, “You agreed to just hug and do nothing else!”
Lian Qiao: “Princess hugs are also hugs! Hehehehehe…”
RenDong: ” ……” Impressed. You young people really know how to play.
What else could he do? He could only bury his head on Lian Qiao’s chest and cover his face to prevent passers-by from recognizing him.
Fortunately, it was indeed late at night and they hardly met anyone on the way to the hotel. Despite this, RenDong was still blushing and, when the light in the hotel lobby shone on his face, he was so nervous that he burrowed into Lian Qiao’s arms, wishing he could curl up into a watermelon bug.
Lian Qiao knew that he was thin-faced, so he had already taken off his coat and put it on him, covering his face. Therefore, through Lian Qiao’s coat, RenDong heard the Monk’s shocked voice from the lobby.
“You, what things did you steal back?”
Xu RenDong who was stolen back: “…”
Lian Qiao said helplessly, “Are you stupid? You don’t understand this? Can’t you just pretend you didn’t see anything?”
Monk: “…”
Lian Qiao was about to go upstairs with RenDong in his arms when he suddenly turned around and said, “By the way, what are you doing sitting here in the middle of the night?”
The monk said, “The poor monk is chanting sutras for Little Apple’s passing.”
Hearing Little Apple’s name, Xu RenDong suddenly felt very uncomfortable. He lightly grabbed the shirt of Lian Qiao’s chest. Lian Qiao sighed softly and said to the monk: “Then you go ahead, I’m going up.”
When he came to the room on the second floor, Lian Qiao kicked the door. Hearing the click of the door being locked, RenDong finally felt relieved and finally took his head out of his coat.
“The relationship between Monk and Little Apple is so good,” he said.
“Yeah.” Lian Qiao walked to the bed and bent down to put him down. Seeing his melancholy expression, he rubbed his hair and said with a smile, “Don’t think about it, go take a shower and go to bed early. You still have class at eight o’clock tomorrow.”
Looking at the time, RenDong saw that it was half past eleven and couldn’t help getting angry again.
“I didn’t study well today.” He was so angry that he wanted to grab Lian Qiao’s arm and take a bite. “I can’t do this again in the future! I really won’t be able to graduate!”
“Then I will accompany you to study all night tomorrow, okay? Sleep well today.” Lian Qiao smiled at him in a good temper and leaned over to kiss his face, “You have to rest, you can’t stay up all night every day. You will be exhausted.”
RenDong said: “It’s okay, it’s just a few days. Just get it over with.”
Lian Qiao looked into his eyes: “You are like this every time, you are too cruel to yourself and you don’t seem to treat yourself as a human being. Promise me, don’t be so demanding of yourself, okay?”
RenDong felt that what he said was inexplicable. It was just studying all night, don’t all college students cram like this at the end of the semester? Can this be called ‘demanding of yourself’?
But seeing his serious eyes with a trace of worry, RenDong’s heart softened again and he was not willing to refute him.
“Okay, I promise you.” RenDong nodded obediently.
Lian Qiao smiled and lowered his head to kiss him again. This kiss was very sweet, so sweet that it almost made people sink.
RenDong was dazed by his kiss and thought, a little perplexed: Why does he like to kiss me so much these two days?
With the help of Lian Qiao, RenDong took a warm bath and cleaned his body completely. Lian Qiao really kept his word and never did anything out of the ordinary. The two lay on the bed, Lian Qiao hugged him from behind, put his head on the back of his neck and said good night to him.
This posture has a taste of piety and dependence. RenDong only felt the warmth and firmness of the embrace behind him, like a docile and tame big cat.
Lian Qiao wrapped his arms around his chest and interlocked his fingers. RenDong grabbed his hand and placed it on his heart and suddenly felt that even if he gouged out his heart, he would still be willing.
The next day. RenDong woke up in the faint morning light.
The back of his neck was a little cold and he reached out to touch it. It turned out to be wet.
… Lian Qiao drooling in sleep? ! He didn’t have this habit before!
RenDong turned around amusedly, only to find that the side beside him was already empty. When he reached out and touched it, the bed was also cold. Lian Qiao has been up for some time.
RenDong was confused and was about to get up to look for him, when he suddenly noticed that a large area of the pillow beside him was soaked.
…Is the amount of saliva so big? Is there something wrong with him?
The scene of Lian Qiao drooling greedily while hugging him to sleep emerged in Xu RenDong’s mind and he couldn’t help feeling a chill. He sighed and thought to himself: This person is as immature as a three-year-old child, what else can I do? Of course I can only help him clean up the mess! He took off the pillowcase and planned to wash it.
However, the pillowcase didn’t smell as bad as he had imagined.
He was a little surprised, and took the pillowcase to the tip of his nose and sniffed it. Indeed…no smell.
…Is it because Lian Qiao is in good health and has good eating habits so the liquid has no taste?
No, obviously yesterday…
Xu RenDong suddenly thought of those stained books on the bookshelf. He couldn’t help feeling ashamed, blushed and didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
