Ch69 - Sealed for Safekeeping (1/2)
By 1am that morning, the entire college had fallen into a deep slumber.
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“The words you said to Lin Xun,” Under the moonlight, Zhou Sheng propped Yu Hao up to climb over the wall so that they could get back to their dormitory, “Have you been thinking about them for awhile now?”
“No.” Yu Hao replied, “I don’t know why I suddenly said all that. So naggy, I felt like Xuanzang……”
Zhou Sheng, “It was really well said.”
Yu Hao, “Ai he must think that I’m just a brat ba.”
Zhou Sheng laughed. Yu Hao continued, “Don’t laugh, I’m going to fall!”
It wasn’t easy for Yu Hao to climb up, yet Zhou Sheng said, “He died at the hands of two brats — Lin Xun will remember that for the rest of his life.”
“It’s good if he remembers.” Yu Hao said, “It’ll be best if he gets life imprisonment.”
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“It’s finally over.” Zhou Sheng was both mentally and physically worn out.
“It’s over.” Yu Hao said, “I didn’t expect reality to be even more difficult to deal with than dreams.”
The two of them passed through the corridor. Zhou Sheng draped his arm around Yu Hao’s shoulder, “The moon is really round today.”
Yu Hao, “It’s the 15th.”
They stood in the corridor and looked at the lone moon in the sky. Its light looked both sacred and pure; under its illumination, the darkness and evil in the world seemed to vanish into nothingness, to reveal a tranquil and grand dreamscape.
“It’s not unusual for the sun to appear in the day, but it’s really rare for the moon to appear at night.” Zhou Sheng said, “So even at night, we feel no fear.”
“That’s wrong.” Yu Hao said, “The sun comes first, day follows after.”
The door to their dormitory rang softly. Zhou Sheng used his phone to illuminate their surroundings and entered quietly. Yu Hao saw a laptop on Fu Liqun’s table. There was a cup of water and a torn pack of instant noodle condiment beside it.
We’ve committed a sin……Yu Hao couldn’t bear to imagine how Fu Liqun must have longed for the food that he was supposed to bring from 8pm, and how he passed the time by watching some American TV series and endured with cold water and a packet of instant noodle condiment from yesterday; all the way until 12am, with no one replying to his messages, so he could only go to bed in despair.
When Zhou Sheng saw Fu Liqun’s table, he too was speechless for a moment. He looked at the bed and both of them heard Fu Liqun’s stomach grumble with a “gu——”.
“You guys are finally back?” Fu Liqun said in a hopeless voice that sounded as if he had nothing left to live for in this world, from where he lay in bed.
Zhou Sheng quickly turned on the light, “I forgot to buy the instant noodles, I’ll definitely buy it tomorrow. Yu Hao brought dinner back for you. Come down and eat it ba.”
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“There’s Japanese fried rice and sushi! And there’s two portions of fried rice!” Yu Hao said, “Gege, I’m sorry, we won’t leave you alone in the dorm again!”
It was not until the latter half of the night that Yu Hao began to finally feel excited and agitated. They had actually defeated Lin Xun! Afterwards, it got harder for him to fall asleep, until Chen Yekai sent a message:【He’s been arrested.】
Huang Ting:【Things finally took a turn for the better, we found the light at the end of the tunnel. Please accept my bended knees, both of you.】
Chen Yekai:【Make haste the preparations for a silk banner, arrange for it to be sent on an auspicious day.】
Huang Ting:【Aye!】
Yu Hao found it even harder to fall asleep now. For a moment, he didn’t know how to reply to them and just sent them a bunch of “hahahahaha”s, then tossed and turned restlessly. He heard Zhou Sheng get off the bed. Yu Hao peeked out from his bed and saw him go out onto the balcony. Zhou Sheng sat on the floor with his legs slightly parted, looking tired and indolent as he smoked.
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Yu Hao also got out of bed and followed him out onto the balcony. Both of them looked at each other. Zhou Sheng shifted slightly to the side to make space for Yu Hao to sit beside him. They sat there quietly as they watched the starry sky. Neither of them spoke, yet their hearts were connected on this quiet moonlit night. This silence…was better than a million words.
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Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao. He took out his cigarette and handed it to him, as if signaling ‘take a puff?’
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Zhou Sheng hugged him and patted his back. Not long after, he released him, got up, and went to the bathroom to pee. Yu Hao gazed up at the moon. He leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and dozed off. In this moment, he felt that life was really wonderful, just like the full moon in the sky.
The sun shone brightly for the next few days, and Yu Hao expected that hardly anyone would know about Lin Xun. But unexpectedly, the news had spread like wildfire throughout the college overnight. The local news directly exposed it, so it couldn’t be kept under wraps at all. Lin Xun was detained on suspicion of murder. Fortunately, the college had prepared for this eventuality a long time ago, so they issued a campus-wide announcement the next day: Lin Xun was dismissed. Then the college turned into an ostrich and refused to respond to any queries.
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“Daring, aren’t they.” Zhou Sheng said, “Do they think everything will be fine so long as they fire him?”
“As long as it’s not a scandal in the office.” Fu Liqun said, “It won’t turn into some kind of sensational news. You read so little that it can’t even match up to the number of Chicken Soup stories Mimeng wrote.”
In the canteen, Yu Hao put down his lunch and said, “Chen Laoshi’s back!”
“Oh.” Zhou Sheng didn’t care at all and answered, “Why is he back again?”
Fu Liqun, “To teach.”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
The college leaders held a two-day meeting. Liang Jinmin and Chen Yekai had returned, and at this time, Dean Ning undertook a flawless countermeasure to remedy the situation —— she apologised to Liang Jinmin and urged her to continue teaching there.
Liang Jinmin stated that the leaders in the college had nothing to apologise for as they had been unaware. One didn’t need to think that deeply to know that if Lin Xun had really been successful in his attempt to murder his wife, Ning Yu wouldn’t have hired him regardless of how brazen she was. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if this matter were to spread in the academic circles.
“Okay, I’ll stay then.” Liang Jinmin said, “After I teach for a few more years, I plan to retire. Ying city is close to my home too, so it’ll be convenient for me to visit my mother. Nicky wants to stay too.”
Thus, the college succeeded in distancing themselves from this situation, limiting the conflict between Lin Xun and Liang Jinmin to just the scope of their marital relationship. But everyone knew clearly in their hearts — teachers in the college were so frequently in contact with one another that it was impossible for them to have not noticed the traces of Lin Xun’s assault on Liang Jinmin. Everyone just tacitly remained silent about it.
Chen Yekai resigned as a form teacher and hoped to be an academic advisor in the school who teaches elective courses.
“If the Dean cares about Lin Laoshi’s previous accusations,” Chen Yekai said, “Then I won’t teach Psychology Class 1. After teaching for awhile, I’ll take the doctorate exam. I’ll plan and arrange everything by myself.”
Dean Ning magnanimously kicked the ball back to Chen Yekai’s court, “It’s okay. You can start from next semester onwards, decide for yourself ba.”
What about principles? When Yu Hao heard the inside story, he thought, weren’t you concerned about teacher-student relationships before? In the face of an even bigger scandal, homosexuality and teacher-student relationships can all be swept aside? The winds certainly veered quickly. Liang Jinmin still stayed in her original house as she prepared to testify in court. Chen Yekai moved back to his teacher’s dormitory.
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The news of Chen Yekai’s return spread all over the cohort, and the ones who were most elated about it were naturally his enthusiastic female fans. Everyone began speculating that there was a power struggle between Liang Jinmin and Lin Xun, and since she eventually won, Chen Yekai naturally followed along. There were even people who came up with all sorts of dog blood drama plots.
Only Yu Hao was still very worried about this.
“When will his memory be erased?” Yu Hao asked Zhou Sheng in private.
Zhou Sheng was warming up next to the field as he answered, “I’ll let him decide for himself when he’s ready.”
Yu Hao thought about it for awhile but didn’t say anything else. Zhou Sheng continued, “I even thought before that after erasing this portion of his memories, I’ll either seal the Golden Crow Wheel or throw it away.”
“Ah?” Yu Hao didn’t expect Zhou Sheng to have such an idea. If he did that, they would no longer have a way to construct their dreams anymore.
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“It was just a thought.” Zhou Sheng turned sideways and, pressed down on his leg and continued, “I haven’t thought it through yet.”
“Was that what you wanted to discuss with me?” Yu Hao asked.
“No.” Zhou Sheng said, “I’m going to run, bye!” As he spoke, he ran onto the track.
The next day, Zhou Sheng tossed the Golden Crow Wheel into a drawer in their dormitory and locked it.
Yu Hao finally couldn’t hold it back anymore and asked, “Why?”
“There’s no ‘why’.” Zhou Sheng answered, “Isn’t it good to live a simple life as we should have been?”
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