Chapter 2 - What are you touching? (1/2)
Chapter 2 – What are you touching?
“Random Task: Share an umbrella with Qin Xu. To take the first step in becoming friends, one must help the other and demonstrate their compassion for their fellow classmate.”
The systems monotone voice sounded in his head and Jiang Yang’s first reaction to it was the urge to beat it up. Even if the system didn’t say it, he would still do it because that Qin Xu that guy is currently chatting up Wu Tong and planning to get a ride with her umbrella. No matter how you thought about it, a man and a woman sharing an umbrella while walking in the rain was a romantic scene and very effective for improving positive feelings for the other party. Jiang Yang sneered. How could he let him do as he pleased?
Although it was something that he had intended to do originally, the moment the system said those words, it made it seem as if he was following its instructions. This made Jiang Yang felt a little irked and his expression naturally wasn’t very good. He forcefully pulled Qin Xu over, increasing the distance between him and Wu Tong.
This sudden move of his surprised Wu Tong slightly but soon her expression returned back to her usual soft smile and said: “Jiang Yang.”
Wu Tong’s voice is very unique. Unlike the soft and mellow tone most girls had, she has a naturally husky voice that sounded a little sexy and very comfortable to listen to. It is very memorable and easy to discern.
Jiang Yang smiled back and said vaguely: “With two people sharing an umbrella, it is easy to get wet. It’s okay for us guys to get wet so you should go first.”
Wu Tong looked at them for a moment and gently expressed her gratitude. As she was about to step into the rain while holding her umbrella in one hand, she suddenly turned back and said while smiling, “Your relationship is very good.”
Once finished, she leisurely walked off and didn’t give them the chance to refute. Those words of Wu Tong’s were not said without reason. Those two, in order to prevent the other party from getting too close to Wu Tong, would often try to interrupt and sabotage the other and eventually end up forced together like today. In front of a girl that they have feelings for, they obviously didn’t want to show their bad side. As a result, in Wu Tong’s eyes, they became close brothers with a very deep bond.
Jiang Yang and Qin Xu looked at each other coldly. Humph, good relationship with him? Am I crazy?
Although he cursed internally but since he had already said those words earlier, it was inevitable that they would need to share the umbrella. If Wu Tong suddenly looks back and sees that they are not walking together then it would definitely leave a bad impression.
However a small foldable umbrella could not easily fit two big men underneath. The raindrops quickly slid down the curves of the umbrella and fell from the edges onto their exposed shoulders.
Qin Xu’s right shoulder was damp from the rain so he grabbed the handle and pushed it to his direction in dissatisfaction, “My shoulder is all wet from the rain. There’s so much space on your side.”
Jiang Yang gripped tightly onto the handle unwilling to move or care about him. “Are you blind? What space is there? The umbrella is only this big, if you push it my side then I will also get rained on.”
Qin Xu’s face hardened with displeasure. After all, the other person is the owner of the umbrella. If he couldn’t move the umbrella then he could only move himself. He did his best to squeeze closer to the middle and pressed himself up against Jiang Yang to avoid the rain falling from the edge of the umbrella.
Jiang Yang was disgusted, “Stay away from me. It’s hard to walk.”
Qin Xu tilted his head as he smirked, “Yeah, I think so too. Maybe I should go and find Wu Tong instead. There’s a lot of space next to her.”
Not far ahead of them was Wu Tong’s tall and slim figure as she leisurely walked in the rain.
Jiang Yang gritted his teeth and could only restrain himself as he cursed at the other party eight hundred times internally.
Seeing that he wasn’t retorting, Qin Xu felt that he had got the upper hand this time and felt a little delighted.
The rain outside the umbrella poured heavily but under the umbrella was bright and sunny. Because of the close proximity of the body temperatures, it even felt a little warm.
However, the mood of the two men were not good and their expressions were dark.
Just as Qin Xu squeezed in even more trying to avoid his clothes getting wet from the rain and consequently invading Jiang Yang’s territory, Jiang Yang unhappily raised his chin and pointed it in a particular direction, “Just be content with what you have. Look at the others. “
Looking in that direction he saw two boys running around in the rain. One of them held an umbrella and the other constantly reached out to grab it. Pulling at the arm, tugging their clothes…almost every method was used. They dodged and chased each other around and seemed to be playing quite….happily?
The other students passing by couldn’t help but laugh and look on at the antics of the two idiots.
Qin Xu squinted. “Why do they look a little familiar…”
Jiang Yang heard this and looked closer. He realised that it really was ——Huang Shao. The other party was also another boy from their class.
Under the umbrella, Jiang Yang and Qin Xu suddenly looked at each other tacitly and then proceeded to quickly walk away.
Those two idiots. Pretend that we don’t know them.
As soon as they reached the cafeteria, they unhesitatingly parted ways. As if they were afraid that the others would misunderstand that they had a good relationship, they even deliberately picked two stalls furthest away from each other so that they would not come into contact at any point. This also resulted in both of them missing out on their favourite braised fish.
As they looked at the brightly red coloured fish on other students’ plates and was greeted by the alluring smell, their resentment for the other deepened even further. If it wasn’t for that guy wasting his time on the way here then I wouldn’t have missed out on the fish!
After a rather unpleasant dinner, the students then proceeded to go back to their dormitory to take a shower.
Jiang Yang naturally wouldn’t go and look for Qin Xu so that he would fight with him again for the umbrella. He returned back on his own and couldn’t care less if Qin Xu ends up soaked from the rain on his way back.