Chapter 14 (1/2)

Chapter 14

When Han Dong walked out from the examination room, he saw Ji Qinyang leaning against the wall with his headphones one. They looked at each other, then the boy smiled and removed his headphones.

“Hello,” Han Dong nodded.

“Hi,” Ji Qinyang looked behind him. “Where’s Xie Meng?”

“He went to help the teacher collect the papers.”

Ji Qinyang pointed inside. “Can I go in?”

Han Dong smiled, “Go in, he should be waiting for you too.”

Xie Meng helped the invigilator bind the papers. As he was about to finish, he could not help glancing a few times outside. The invigilator saw him and could not resist asking, “Is there someone waiting for you?”

Xie Meng was a little embarrassed, “Mn…”

The invigilator joked, “Is it your girlfriend?”

Xie Meng was a little embarrassed, but he did not deny it. He quickly bound up the last few papers and stood up, saying his farewells.

“Go on, go on,” The invigilator laughed and waved. “Don’t let your girlfriend wait too long.”

Sitting in the corridor, Ji Qinyang watched Xie Meng coming from a distance. He closed his eyes and remained motionless, and as expected, Xie Meng’s footsteps became lighter as he drew closer.

Xie Meng had thought that Ji Qinyang fell asleep. He crouched down, leaning over to remove the headphones from the boy’s head.

Ji Qinyang suddenly threw his arms around Xie Meng’s neck and dragged him into his embrace.

Xie Meng, “…”

Ji Qinyang opened his eyes and looked down at him, “What did you want to do?”

“…” Xie Meng tried his best not to let his entire body rest on Ji Qinyang. “You weren’t asleep?”

“I had wanted to sleep,” Ji Qinyang said lazily.

Xie Meng’s expression looked as though he did not really believe him.

Ji Qinyang used one hand and stroked Xie Meng’s hair, then pressed the back of his hand against his face.

Xie Meng, “?”

Ji Qinyang smiled, “I want to kiss you.”

Xie Meng, “…”

Ji Qinyang leaned into him. “Can I?”

Xie Meng’s face was suspiciously red. He averted his eyes, and his tone was stiff, “… Why do you have to ask?”

The boy’s lips tasted a little of soda, somewhat sweet, and very clean. Ji Qinyang kissed him for a while and started to feel dissatisfied. Pinching Xie Meng’s cheek, he wiggled it slightly and coaxed him, “Open your mouth.”

“…” Xie Meng opened his mouth and his tongue immediately got caught.

They kissed for a long time, until they had no choice but to separate.

Ji Qinyang was still holding onto Xie Meng tightly.

Xie Meng pushed at him, “Let’s get up.”

Ji Qinyang hung his headphones around his neck. “Want to go to my place?”

“Next time, “ Xie Meng smiled. “There’s a temple festival tonight on Nanhao Street, Zhang Ganggang and the others are going.”

Ji Qinyang, “…”

Xie Meng only felt a weight on his shoulder as Ji Qinyang buried his face in his neck.

“…” Xie Meng could neither laugh nor cry, “What are you whining about?”

“I’m not whining.” Ji Qinyang murmured, “I’m charging myself up.”

“?” Xie Meng did not understand.

Ji Qinyang, “I need to charge myself full of the bliss in being with you alone, so that I can then share you with others.”

Xie Meng burst out laughing. “… I suddenly that it’s a little wasteful for you to be writing songs.”

Ji Qinyang, “?

Xie Meng turned his face and kissed him on the forehead. “What you say sounds even nice than what you sing.”

This temple festival was the busiest one in Suzhou every year. There were shops selling a dazzling array of items, and many children were riding on the adults’ shoulders. Looking out at it, it was a huge crowd of people.

Zhuo Xiaoyuan too lifted Zhuo Jinjin up. The little girl had her hair tied up in braids, and in her hand was a pinwheel.

Xie Meng and Ji Qinyang arrived late. They had to squeeze through the crowd for quite some time before they met up with Zhang Ganggang and the others.

“How was your exam?” There were too much noise around them, and Qi Fei had to shout, “What ranking would you get?”

Zhang Ganggang bought cotton candy that was bigger than his face. Afraid of bumping into people, he could only raise it up high. “How can you ask about the results right after an examination?”

Qi Fei scorned, “Only curve-fodders1The opposite of curve-wreckers. People who are bad at school.2 like you have this sort of thoughts.”

Ji Qinyang returned with drinks that he bought, and everyone had a cup.

“When would the results come out?” Zhuo Xiaoyuan sucked on the bobas in the drink as he asked.

Xie Meng thought about it, “Probably next month.”

Zhuo Xiaoyuan, “You and Han Dong would most likely take the first two spots. His pressure is no less than yours.”

Ji Qinyang poked a straw into his milk tea, drinking a mouthful from it. He then exchanged it with the one in Xie Meng’s hand that had yet to be unsealed.

Xie Meng, “…”

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was noticing, Ji Qinyang mouthed at him, “Indirect kissing.”

Zhang Ganggang had finished his. He looked at Xie Meng who was holding onto his milk tea without touching it for some time, then asked, “Are you not drinking it? If you’re not, give it to me.” He then reached out for it.