Chapter 51 (2/2)

Before the guy left he wondered if he had heard wrong Zhao-ge said 'scary,' right? Or did he just not understand the word cute?

After another two ot up and opened the door for He Zhao

He Zhao hadn't slept all night After Xie Yu had gone back last night, he had deleted his 'Aaaaaaa'it he wasn't sure what to replace with it, so he typed another string of 'Aaaaaaaaaa' and hit send

Then he had lain wide awake until two or three am

All he could think was: Xie Yu was his now His little friend

The h the door, he fell onto the bed Xie Yu leaned against the door and watched, unsure rong with him He had his own bed, so why didn't he sleep in it Did he have to coht?”

”Slept at three a back to sleep?”

Xie Yu said, ”You took the bed How can I sleep?”

”Boyfriend” He Zhao scooched inwards to make space ”Come on”

Xie Yu bent to pick up the alarain

Over the interco early is a very good habit For exa air It's during this time you will understand just hoonderful life is”

Xie Yu had hesitated before opening the door He had just confirmed this relationshi+p and had not yet had time to let it sink in In this brand-new relationshi+p, this person, this idiot—fro had changed, but, at the sa had

He wasn't sure how other people dated Zhou Dalei's 'this is an example of what not to do' relationshi+p didn't count

He had iht be strange or aard But when He Zhao had appeared he had stopped thinking

He Zhao, as the sort to be late every day for 10,000 years, was actually on ti Sen praised and encouraged He Zhao to work hard and keep doing well, then lectured Wan Da ”What happened? How come you're late today?”

Wan Da had drunk toowhen he woke up in the , but he'd never adht be called in So he frantically recalled how He Zhao bullshi+tted every ti ”It's like this, teach This ain”

He Zhao: ”……”

Xie Yu: ”……”

Everyone as at the birthday party yesterday and was in the know: ”……”

And Shen Jie of class 8, asn't even here: ”……”

”His, that, sootten whatno one could reastro…”

He Zhao piped up froastritis”

Wan Da kept nodding ”Yes, yes, yes That”

Tang Sen had a lot of faith in his students and Wan Da was usually a fairly good student He had no track record of being late, and Shen Jie… his illness had indeed flared up several ti Sen said, ”Well done If you see classmates who need help, you should help if you can But come to think of it, that student from Class 8 really needs to take better care of himself How did he land in the doctor's office twice in three days…”

Wan Da was breaking out in a cold sweat, and sat down, shell-shocked

Liu Cunhao and the others buried their faces in their elbows and howled silently with laughter

The class dishing, getting progressively louder ”Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Shen Jie of Class 8! Impressive, Wan Da You're very ihter ”What were you thinking?”

Wan Da said, ”I was thinking of Zhao-ge I wanted to do as he did”

He Zhao couldn't hold back his laughter either ”You can't Goddaood you could say you helped an old granny cross the road Thankfully Old Tang is silly If it were Mad Dog, your dad ht be on the way here to beat you”

Wan Da scratched his head ”So scary? Surely it's fine”

”Good, my ass,” Xie Yu said ”Shen Jie is already on the way here to beat you”

Wan Da: ”……”

Liu Cunhao and the others hoith laughter again

”Right, do you knohat you and gy smiled as she reet drunk It was really so, he didn't re that had happened the day prior He had asked his suitemates, but they had only shaken their heads Of course, he didn't know that when he wasn't fully conscious his former prediction that Class 3 would 'take care of He Zhao and Xie Yu on their own' had coht, surely”

Xie Yu didn't want to say anything

He Zhao didn't want to go into too much detail, either, and said, ”You're too confident”

Between classes, Shen Jie really did coood for you! Do you know that I just met your teacher on the way back from the bathrooht I contracted a ter it”

When Shen Jie was done yelling, he glanced in his Zhao-ge's direction out of habit He found that his Zhao-ge and the e about so It was a casual and ordinary scene, but he felt so and discovered asn't quite right… where were his Zhao-ge's hands wandering?!

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Translation notes:

[1] This phrase describes high school relationshi+ps, and carries a connotation of the relationshi+p being an 'early' one since both parties are adolescents

[2] Refers to the end of chapter 19