CH 51.2

Light Up For You (2)

For some reason, after all the bad things he had been through tonight, his heart was full of hostility from a few moments ago. The idea of going back to live in 106 again seemed to lift his spirits up a great deal.

The tall youth next to him didn’t respond to his excited mind, indifferently saying, “You’re very nice to Fang Li.”

Ruan Qingmu turned his head and squinted at him. The starlight falling in from in-between the leaves shimmered in his eyes. “Aren’t you very nice to him too?”

Qin Yuan sullenly said, “It’s not the same.”

There was a faint smile at the corners of Ruan Qingmu’s mouth and his pupils gleamed. “I haven’t properly thanked you. Your speech just now was so cool.”

Qin Yuan’s expression turned weirder.

He raised his head and glared at Ruan Qingmu. “If Fang Li wants to thank me, shouldn’t he say it himself? Does he need you to do it on his behalf?”

Ruan Qingmu burst out laughing, feeling extremely great.

He slowly tilted his head and took a sip of the drink, the sour and sweet taste permeating into his heart. “You don’t like it when I’m nice to others?”

Qin Yuan’s slender neck seemed to tense a little. His head was lowered and his handsome profile was hidden in the shadows of a tree so that his expression couldn’t be seen clearly.

Ruan Qingmu moved slightly closer and looked at him curiously before putting away his teasing expression after a long time.

“My treatment of him is a little different.” He slightly sighed. “In the past, Liu Jun and his groups mainly bullied the two of us. I felt scared and hateful at that time, so I didn’t bother to care about what others thought of me.”

Qin Yuan silently listened.

“But I remembered that at that time Fang Li had helped me.” Ruan Qingmu sat alongside him, his voice slightly becoming cold. “He was timid, but his heart was kinder than everyone else’s.”

The previous host of this body had a gloomy temper, but there was a stubborn streak in his heart. Whenever he was bullied, he was like a closed gourd, not giving Liu Jun and his group a reaction and those people were most likely to become more aggressive as a result.

Sometimes when Liu Jun and his group stopped him and wouldn’t let him go, Fang Li, who was helpless, would summon his courage and come to his rescue.

“So, I couldn’t see him being ruined by those trash scums.” Ruan Qingmu indifferently said, “Sometimes, only several sentences were enough to force someone to death.”

Qin Yuan finally softly responded, “Mm, understood.”

Ruan Qingmu looked at him, his peach blossoms eyes brimming with water. “Understood what? Tell me.”

“I understand that you’re nice to him to return the favor.” Qin Yuan softly said, “I also understand that you really trust him.”

Ruan Qingmu nodded. “Yes, I trust him. More than Fu Songhua, that idiot.”

Qin Yuan slightly smiled. “Don’t say it like that. In any case, he’s also in the top ten in the grade.”

Except for being simple-minded, his IQ wasn’t low.

Ruan Qingmu sneered. “It’s no use even if he was the first in the grade. He’s like a big idiot. I reckoned he had offended Fang Li a lot this time.”

Qin Yuan was stunned. “How?”

He didn’t pay too much attention to Fang Li’s side just now and didn’t hear Fu Songhua’s casual remark of “disgusting pervert.” He only saw Fu Songhua pulling up his sleeves to hit people.

Ruan Qingmu sighed. He had heard Fu Songhua’s words and had even seen Fang Li’s face turn deathly pale in that instant.

But what could be done?

He could control Liu Jun bullying others, but could he control Fu Songhua’s unintentional words or what other people think in their minds?

He worriedly said, “It’s nothing. I’m afraid Fang Li will have a hard time in the future.”

It would be fine if he were a confident and maverick person. But Fang Li was simply not that kind of person.

Qin Yuan muttered to himself, “Fang Li, he… what happened? Did you know about this?”

Ruan Qingmu was slightly at a loss. “I also didn’t know.”

Was it a simple transvestism or was he born into the wrong body all along? Nobody knew the truth and it was inconvenient to ask.

After a long time, he clenched his teeth. “Anyway, whoever dares to say bullshit in his face, I will hit them until their faces bloom flowers*.”

*T/N: Face blooming with flowers: colorful (implying that Ruan Qingmu will hit them until they bruise and bleed.)

Qin Yuan’s gaze landed on the bruise on his forehead. “You only knew how to hit and kill but didn’t know how to protect yourself?”

If the Class 9’s boys hadn’t rushed over, could he handle those three scumbags by himself? Even if he did win, could he escape unscathed?

Ruan Qingmu froze, feeling a bit angry. “I will change my bed with Fang Li tonight, sleeping in Li Zhiyong’s dorm room. I want to see if they dare to smother me until I faint.”

Qin Yuan suddenly turned his head. The shock on his face couldn’t be hidden. “What? You’re staying in Li Zhiyong’s dorm?”

Ruan Qingmu clenched his teeth. The bruise on his white face seemed to be angrily threatening. “If not? Where should I sleep tonight?”

Was this person an idiot? Why didn’t he open his mouth and invite him?!

Qin Yuan’s phoenix eyes glowed brightly as he looked at him with his eyes, nodding after a long time. “That’s fine. Suppose you’re smothered with a pillow at night, set up an emergency dial and alert me when you’re in trouble. I will rush up to break down the door and save you.”

Ruan Qingmu looked at him, completely stunned. “With your limp, I will be dead by the time you jump up the stairs!”

He kicked the tree trunk next to him with some annoyance. “Enough. Let’s go back.”

Qin Yuan unhurriedly looked at him and raised his sword brows. “Or else, let’s simulate the situation when someone attacks you in the night so that you can be prepared for anything.”

Before Ruan Qingmu could react, Qin Yuan had already stretched out his arms quickly and cleverly wrapped his arm around Ruan Qingmu from the side, gently strangling him.

His movements were swift and fierce, but his grip on Ruan Qingmu’s slender neck was gentle and restrained.

Ruan Qingmu’s body stiffened and his neck was next to Qin Yuan’s arm. When their skins met, it was as if they had been electrified.

The slight pressure was instant and that sturdy arm had gently moved away by the time he wanted to respond.

Qin Yuan’s tone was nonchalant. “The test is finished and it looks like you’ve failed. People will definitely smother you.”

Ruan Qingmu became furious and suddenly wanted to pounce on him. “Pah! I wasn’t prepared at that time…”

“So, it’s better to sleep at 106 for safety,” Qin Yuan said softly.

Ruan Qingmu closed his mouth abruptly. “…”

The night breeze gradually became a little cooler and the boy’s dormitory was brightly lit with people in the distance.