Ch78.1 - Summer Vacation (2/2)
Yu Hao:【It’s summer vacation, who are you?】
Stranded sent an emoticon and said:【Going to sleep, my Mum might confiscate my phone. I’ll talk to you tomorrow, good night.】
Yu Hao was utterly baffled. From the tone of the messages, it seemed like someone he knew. He put down his phone and looked at Zhou Sheng again. Zhou Sheng hadn’t moved. He was unsettled as he fell asleep.
For the next few days, Zhou Sheng always went to sleep wearing the Golden Crow Wheel and got up everyday without saying a word. Yu Hao sensed that something was a little off.
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One morning, Zhou Sheng was brushing his teeth wearily. Yu Hao didn’t dream at all during the night, which meant that Zhou Sheng didn’t go to find him. Yu Hao observed Zhou Sheng, “Were you okay last night?”
“Un.” Zhou Sheng said, “In a few days, wanna go to the amusement park? Summer vacation’s almost over.”
“Okay.” Yu Hao said, “What are you doing in your dream?”
Zhou Sheng didn’t answer. He looked at the phone in Yu Hao’s hand and asked, “Who are you talking to?”
“A kid.” Yu Hao said, “I don’t know how he added me.”
“A kid?” Zhou Sheng laughed, “How young?”
“Third year of senior high.” Yu Hao said.
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Zhou Sheng didn’t know if he should cry or laugh, “How did you guys hook up?”
That guy named “Stranded” added Yu Hao and would talk to him every day. He was 19 years old, just finished his second year, and was now in his third year. He took a gap year before, so he was actually older than Yu Hao by a few months. Yu Hao had always thought it seemed strange and kept asking him how he managed to find his WeChat number. The other party just said that his friend was the one who introduced him.
Yu Hao suspected that this kid may have an older brother or sister in the same college, or they could even be in the same cohort as him. The senior high student named “Stranded” went to cram school during summer vacation. He asked Yu Hao if he could tutor him in English and offered to pay him. Yu Hao looked at the questions — they were indeed college entrance examination questions, so he would explain them to the other party on WeChat once in awhile. He thought that the kid shouldn’t be deceiving him ba? It didn’t seem like it. It would be too much effort to write entire English compositions just to fool Yu Hao.
“When are you gonna meet up for a date?” Zhou Sheng had a mocking smile on his face.
Yu Hao, “No dates, I’m not interested in high schoolers.”
Zhou Sheng, “How would you know if you haven’t seen him? Go ba.”
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Yu Hao, “……”
“Zhou Sheng?” Yu Hao saw on Zhou Sheng’s locked phone screen that there was a WeChat message from “Jingya”.
“Un?” Zhou Sheng was waxing his hair in front of the mirror and asked Yu Hao, “Do you prefer my hair longer or shorter?”
But Yu Hao’s thoughts weren’t on Zhou Sheng’s hair at all, “You can call me anytime there’s a problem, okay? I feel like something’s been off about you these days.”
“Nothing’s off——” Zhou Sheng said, “I’m doing very well, so hey, which hairstyle looks good?”
Yu Hao said, “The hairstyle I first saw you in was nice, the colour looked good too.”
“I’ll dye it again for you then?”
“Don’t.” Yu Hao said, “I prefer black hair. Are you going out today? Zhou Sheng, I think we need to talk.”
“In a few days ba.” Zhou Sheng said, “I’m busy today, don’t wait for me to eat dinner. The jeans Kaikai bought for you looked pretty good, lend me that pair?”
“I bought it myself .” Yu Hao said, “The original price was 2,400.”
Yu Hao found the jeans and passed it to Zhou Sheng. It seemed more stylish on Zhou Sheng compared to Yu Hao, and gave him a street-like and trendy impression. “How is it?”
“You’re practically born to be a clothes hanger.” Yu Hao said helplessly, “The jeans are yours from now on, who are you meeting today?”
Zhou Sheng laughed, then took his jacket and went out. It was a rainy day today. Yu Hao stood on the balcony and looked at the road that was wet from the rain.
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Zhou Sheng pulled up his hood and appeared lonely as he walked along the road outside the dormitory.
Yu Hao attached the last of his manuscripts to an email and sent it. He recalled the sea of clouds and dense fog in Zhou Sheng’s dream, then got up to open Zhou Sheng’s drawer —— Zhou Sheng had taken the Golden Crow Wheel with him.
What the hell is that guy doing? Yu Hao thought.
He had finished all his work before the end of summer vacation. Fu Liqun and Cen Shan uploaded a lot of pictures they took in Hokkaido to their group chat. Yu Hao’s train of thought was temporarily distracted as he scrolled through the photos in the group and was struck violently by their affectionate displays. He thought, it must be nice to be dating, I really wanna go to Hokkaido with Zhou Sheng too, and just do nothing all day but be lovey-dovey with each other.
Stranded:【Huu, I’m finally done with cram school, and my own school’s about to reopen. Are you free today? Do you want to eat together?】
Yu Hao:【It’s raining, I don’t want to go out.】
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Stranded:【Come out and have a chat with me ba, I’m on the verge of committing suicide.】
Yu Hao:【Don’t joke about something like that.】
Stranded sent a few ‘hahaha’s:【I’ll go to your college to look for you?】
Yu Hao:【You don’t know where I am.】
Stranded:【Of course I do, I even know that you major in Psychology.】
Yu Hao, “……”