Chapter 36 (2/2)
Xie Yu's arm went around He Zhao's waist and went for the door handle; he had just twisted it open when He Zhao pushed hiain
The two forces opposed each other, and although the range of e, when Xie Yu stepped back he accidentally kicked the trash can and the whole thing overturned and crashed onto the ground
He Zhao orried he'd fall and reached out to catch him
Xie Yu's balance had been fine, but now that He Zhao had pulled him, he fell backwards ”…fuck”
The student on duty probably hadn't looked at his horoscope for the day or he'd definitely have found the words, 'you'll have bad luck in the bathroom'
The door of the last stall slowly opened and he saw, very clearly, Xie Yu slumped on the toilet seat and He Zhao bent at the waist with one hand on his neck
Their positions were really quite suggestive
”I, I… didn't see anything…” The student on duty walked backwards out the door ”I really didn't see anything”
Xie Yu
He Zhao straightened ”Hey, friend”
The student on duty was probably shell-shocked because he even said as he retreated, ”Don't kill et past the front door; news of a gay affair spreads a thousand miles²
At the end of the first period, Wan Da ca in the toilet thishis ho today?”
Wan Da said, ”I'mfollow Tang Sen out and lowered his guard then joined in the great conversation ”News spreads so fast?”
”My eleood friend of the next door's class chair's cousin” Wan Da finished reporting his grapevine's points of contact, then asked, ”But back to the topic Zhao-ge, you really stripped Yu-ge of his clothes?”
Xie Yu put the cap of his pen back on and finally looked up He stared intently at Wan Da ”What?”
Wan Da couldn't tell if Xie Yu's expression was a little upset or very upset After thinking on it a little, he concluded that he wasn't in that er ”I don't knohat the initial version of the story was, but by the tiot to ht in the toilet and your clothes were in disarray… anyway, it was very exciting”
Rumors… one person spread it to ten, who spread it to a hundred, and could create chaos out of nothing
Wan Da asked, ”Is it true? Come, come closer and say it quietly I promise I won't say a word”
Xie Yuwith this
He Zhao, on the other hand, secretively leaned closer ”Do you want to know?”
Wan Da: ”Yes”
”Actually, that isn't all we did,” He Zhao said ”We did things that are even …”
Wan Da narrowed his eyes craftily, now attentive ”Oh?”
Taking advantage of Wan Da's moment of weakness, He Zhao calmly rolled up a student newspaper by his hand and knocked Wan Da's head with it ”You—even—dare—spread ruet to your head?” ⁴
Wan Da see tearfully at Xie Yu, and written across his face was: Your deskthe around like this he didn't feel the need to quibble further
”How can you,” Xie Yu began, and Wan Da nodded furiously, barely restraining hi, 'From today on, you're lish textbook and continued, ”…how can you use newspaper? It's so light You playing around?”
He Zhao laughed out loud
Wan Da looked at the thick English book, turned, and ran He felt very aggrieved: You've changed, Yu-ge, you've changed…
Midday break
Luo Wenqiang, hoping for the stars and the 's official autu Sen's office, returned to class, and yelled enthusiastically, ”Class!”
Wan Da and Liu Cunhao stood in front of hi They talked slowly and actually did quite a good i, you ns up to showcase our class spirit”
Luo Wenqiang had been interrupted and now he stood on the stage aardly ”Why are the two of you like this? Trying to put me out of a job?”
The classroom was noisy
Xie Yu lay on his desk, shut his eyes, and rested He had been staring at his phone all ht his desk warht ear; it closed over his ear and shut out the sound of Luo Wenqiang and the others talking
—It was He Zhao's hand
Then he heard He Zhao shush the Be quiet”
Actually, Xie Yu wasn't the only one lying down Several girls in the row in front were also sleeping and thought it noisy but didn't want to say anything
Xie Yuhis eyes, but he kept the same posture and didn't move
He hadn't been sleepy at all, but now that he had closed his eyes… he really ended up falling asleep
Translation notes:
[1] revive the dying tree: bring [the conversation] back to life
[2] A play on an idioet past the front door; bad news spreads a thousandthat people are ood things that happen to you
[3] 'itching for a beating' is a phrase up of the tords ' expression He Zhao uses is 'you dare bite ue'