Chapter 78 (1/2)

WARNING: NSFW

The matter thus ended just like that. Shi Yan didn’t ask for the details of the follow-up. In any case, he was sure that He Nuo didn’t get bullied, and had ensured that he wouldn’t have to suffer anymore grievances in the future.

That night, He Nuo had just left school when he saw Shi Yan and his younger brothers. Shi Yan had come over to pick him up when He Nuo’s younger brothers saw him, so they walked up to greet him. A lot of students knew who Shi Yan was, and he was still pursued by countless eyes filled with worship and adoration. The fact that they could intimately call Shi Yan “Yan Ge” and talk with him a bit made them feel very proud; also, Shi Yan had begun to come into contact more often with He Nuo’s family, so he wasn’t as arrogant and unreasonable towards them anymore.

Shi Yan asked his younger brothers to go home and tell their parents that He Nuo would only return a little later. They went to their usual nest: Shi Yan’s father’s office. When they met yesterday, He Nuo was drowning in pain, though he had been suppressing it. Right now, he felt at ease and cheerful, and he was in high spirits as he talked. It was only when the grumbling sound of someone’s stomach could be heard that Shi Yan remembered that He Nuo hadn’t eaten dinner.

“Why didn’t you say anything when you’re hungry? We could’ve bought something to eat on our way here.” Shi Yan blamed He Nuo.

He Nuo was hungry the moment his classes ended, but after he saw Shi Yan, how could he still concern himself with whether or not he was hungry? Besides, he still wanted to save those few yuan of his allowance — there wasn’t any purpose for this, he just didn’t bear to spend his money on snacks. When he had first gone back to school, he had eaten the snacks that Shi Yan brought him to fill his stomach during afternoon activities. After he finished Shi Yan’s snacks, he would just endure his hunger until he went back home for dinner.

Shi Yan picked up the keys on the table, “Let’s go home ba.”

He Nuo looked at the clock on the wall — it wasn’t even 8:30 pm yet. He didn’t want to part with Shi Yan this early. Although it would be a Sunday tomorrow, Shi Yan should be spending time with his family before he went back to his college in the afternoon. When He Nuo thought about how he wouldn’t be able to see Shi Yan tomorrow, he said with much reluctance when they reached the office door, “I’m not that hungry.”

The hand that Shi Yan used to open the door paused, “Are you afraid that I’ll leave tomorrow?”

He Nuo nodded.

“Then tell me that you missed me and I won’t leave tomorrow.” Shi Yan and the rest didn’t plan to return to college on Sunday anyway, skipping classes meant nothing to them, so they had planned to return on Monday.

He Nuo’s mouth opened and closed a few times in silence, then he suddenly had an epiphany, “You’re not going back?! You’ve already played truant for two days, the teacher in charge of truancy won’t care?”

Shi Yan lifted his chin up in disdain, “Who doesn’t skip classes in uni? You’ll understand next time.”

“Is that the case in university?” He Nuo really doesn’t understand why they seemed so idle in college. What he imagined was that college should be busier than high school, because the content they have to learn is much more complicated than what they learn in high school.

“Don’t care so much about that, just tell me first whether you missed me or not.” Shi Yan was being his overbearing self again.

He Nuo has always lived in a simple environment, and Shi Yan was the only foreign invader in his space, so how could he not yearn for him when he slept alone at night? It’s just that he didn’t understand that this was love sickness that had arisen due to the pain of separation; he was just instinctively unwilling to answer him. He was pulled into Shi Yan’s embrace, “You didn’t say it yesterday, and you still don’t want to tell me today?”

He didn’t hear He Nuo’s voice in reply. Shi Yan was slightly disappointed, after he released him he said in a miserable voice, “If you didn’t miss me then so be it ba, I’ll go back to college tomorrow.”

“Missed you.”

Shi Yan’s heart stopped. He tightened his arms around him, “What did you say?”