CH 51.1

Light Up For You (1)

On a night at the end of September, the night breeze drove the dry heat away.

The two continuous sports competition days had just finished and with the October 1st National Day tomorrow, there was no night self-study session that night. The dormitory was also not that strict on those days.

Some of the students who hadn’t gone home were having dinner, some were hanging out in Internet cafes, and some were playing cards behind closed doors. The drama in the boy’s dormitory on the fourth floor also died down quietly.

At this time, the campus sports field was more peaceful than the bustle in the dormitories.

Excitement for the sports competition had subsided, the black tracks quietly lay on the ground, and the dark green turf in the center of the field also revealed a deep ink color.

Ruan Qingmu ran fast as he flew from afar to the camphor tree, holding two bottles of juice in his left hand and a package in his right hand.

An outdoor light post shone on the tree not far from the camphor tree and the wattage was quite strong. But the canopy of this century-old tree was so large that when it shone on the pavilion-like branches, only half of it looked bright green while the rest of the canopy was hidden in darkness.

The tree, half bright-dark and half green jade-ink black, looked dignified and beautiful in the night.

Qin Yuan stood under the tree. The light from the light post shone on his calm face.

Ruan Qingmu bent down, half crouched down, and reached out a hand, pulling Qin Yuan’s foot over and covering it with an ice packet.

Qin Yuan didn’t move, experiencing a familiar coldness on his ankle. “Where did you get this?”

Ruan Qingmu tossed his hair, his delicate eyebrows looking as if they were fine porcelain in the pale light. “I got it from the convenience store’ boss. I gave him money, but he refused to take it.”

In passing, he bought a new towel at the kiosk, but the ice was a bit large and not quite flat when wrapped inside. He squandered his time inside the small convenience store for a while before finally coming here.

Qin Yuan picked up the two bottles on the ground, unscrewed the lids, and handed one to Ruan Qingmu. He suddenly asked, “Why do you always buy this for me?”

Not to mention giving him hawthorn pies a few times before, but this person was bafflingly set on hawthorn juice after he refused the orange juice last time. He had given him this when they were still together in the competition class, and now, he bought him this flavor again.

Ruan Qingmu received the bottle and took a gulp, grinning from the sourness. “Why? Didn’t you like to eat hawthorn?”

Qin Yuan turned his head and calmly looked at him. “I don’t like to eat sweets, never have been. Not even something sweet and sour.”

Ruan Qingmu was stunned. “Is that so?”

But how could that be?

When the two of them wandered aimlessly around the market with their swords in their arms in their previous life, he had once shoved a tanghulu* at him.

*T/N: A sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn on a bamboo skewer.

At first, this person’s face was full of disdain, but he silently ate one after another after reluctantly tasting one, finishing the whole skewer.

He still remembered smilingly looking at him and asking, “Have you never eaten this little street snack before? Is that why you simply stuffed it into your mouth like that?”

He still remembered the solemn appearance of Qin-shaoxia, who had always been aloof and prideful back then. “My father said that sweet and fragrant foods tend to sway the mind and the desire of the mouth and tongue is an even greater enemy of cultivation.”

“What? Your father never allowed you to eat sweets ever since you were little? Then, doesn’t this mean you’ve lived a terribly boring life so far?” He had felt contempt and pity for him at that time. After looking at this Qin-shaoxia as if he was a strange creature for a long time, he pulled him into a pastries shop and forced him to try a bunch of rather famous sweets.

In the end, he found out this person loved to eat sour and sweet flavors.

Haw jelly, tanghulu, and even crunchy fruits with a bit of hawthorn filling; these things were very much to his liking.

Also, he obviously loved to eat fish like in his previous life. Why did it change at this point?

Qin Yuan raised the hawthorn beverage and slowly drank several mouthfuls. Ruan Qingmu was unable to tell whether he liked or loathed it from the expression on his face.

Ruan Qingmu tilted his head and looked at his handsome and calm side profile, unable to take his eyes off him.

Qin Yuan couldn’t help but look at him. “Is there something on my face?”

Ruan Qingmu sighed in his heart.

This person, ah. He was already good-looking and now he was getting more and more handsome. He really wanted to be shameless and praised him a little. What should be done?

Qin Yuan felt uneasy under his gaze and casually asked, “Has Fang Li settled down?”

Ruan Qingmu nodded. “Mm. Bai Jing and the others had already helped him move the bed. Let him live in our dorm room first. It’s impossible for him to live with Li Zhiyong any longer.”

The incident just now had blown out of proportion. Not to mention the boys on the fourth floor, the whole school probably knew about it already.

The teacher on duty was sensible and had agreed on the spot to let Fang Li move out of his former dorm temporarily. He had also taken Liu Jun and several others away to the office to get their statement, promising Qin Yuan that he would immediately call the people in charge of the school tonight to ask for further instructions on how to handle the case.

Qin Yuan turned his head to look at him, slightly hesitating. “Is there any vacant bed in your dorm?”

Ruan Qingmu lightly coughed once. Under the night breeze, the scattered hair in front of his forehead lightly rose, revealing a slight bruise. “No, ah. So, I will sacrifice myself and give him my bed.”

So, I have nowhere to go tonight. So, quickly open your mouth and invite me over to your place!

It was probably because he had drunk too much just now. When the wind blew on his body, it was not only warm but also got a bit hotter and hotter.