Chapter 43 (1/2)

In the morning, he took some fever medicine from the living room at his parents’ side and consumed a few anti-inflammatory tablets before he went to school. During their morning break period, Shi Yan went to look for He Nuo, but left when he didn’t see him. Snow like this usually acc.u.mulates for a few days during winter in the northern parts, so they probably wouldn’t do any morning exercises this week. During their third period’s break, Shi Yan saw He Nuo hurry downstairs from afar, and when he returned he had taken a cup to the water room (the place where they kept cleaning tools like mops and rags) and filled it with water before returning to his cla.s.sroom. What’s that guy doing? Tap water during winter in the northern parts was so cold that if you drank it, your teeth would chatter, so it’s no wonder that Shi Yan wouldn’t think that He Nuo was just drinking water.

During their first period in the afternoon, Shi Yan once again saw the same scene from the morning replay, so the moment his second period ended in the afternoon he went to look for He Nuo. When they met, Shi Yan called him but He Nuo replied, “I need to go to the toilet first, I’ll talk to you when I get back.” before he walked away like he was on the verge of peeing his pants. Shi Yan laughed, then stayed and waited for him. When he returned, He Nuo’s face was flushed red, but what was even weirder was that in this cold weather, he had gone to the toilet and not a s…o…b..ll fight, so why is he sweating again? He grabbed him and asked, “Are you feverish?” And he realised that even his palms were sweating.

“A bit.” He Nuo flashed him a pure smile, “Give me a moment okay.”

He Nuo went to fill his cup with water, then returned and said to Shi Yan, “What’s up?”

“You have a fever and yet you’re running around outside after cla.s.s?!”

“But I went to the toilet?”

“What’s this water for?”

“For drinking bei.”

“You,” Shi Yan still wanted to say something, but cla.s.ses had started, the teacher had already reached the cla.s.sroom door and was urging He Nuo to go in with his gaze. Shi Yan s.n.a.t.c.hed his cup, “No drinking.”

He Nuo just looked on as Shi Yan s.n.a.t.c.hed his water away and walked off without any explanation.

After cla.s.ses ended, Shi Yan poured away the water in the cup and went to the teacher’s office to fill it up with hot water before he went to look for He Nuo, but that guy actually wasn’t around again?! When he came back to a waiting Shi Yan, Shi Yan scolded, “You went to the toilet again?”

“Un.”

“Why the f.u.c.k are you going every period, do you have that much pee and s.h.i.t to spare?” Shi Yan saw that he was sweating and was worried that his sickness would deteriorate if he endured the cold winds.

He Nuo smiled, “You care about the heavens, the earth, and now you’re even caring about how others1…….” He Nuo wanted to say a proverb, and it was a rude proverb too. But he had never used such crude language before, so he faltered in the middle.

“I must care about how you s.h.i.t and fart, so what?” He stuffed the cup that was warming his hands to He Nuo, “Aren’t you afraid that it would freeze you to death? And you still dare to drink cold water, do you think you have a lot of firepower2? (Don’t you know that) You’re so delicate.”

Usually after school ended, Shi Yan would be able to see He Nuo the moment he took his bike out of the bike shed. But today, he had to wait for a few minutes before he saw He Nuo return from the direction of the toilet, and his forehead was still drenched in sweat. Shi Yan was perplexed, “What exactly is wrong with you? Why do you keep going to the toilet?”