Chapter 13: Like is with you

Ye Yao is in for a rude awakening.

As a secret admirer, he had certainly fantasized in the dead of night about all the things he would do with Lu Xun.

For example, every night they kissed each other skin to skin and then cuddled up together. Every day he gets a kiss before going to bed and when he wakes up, followed by a loving "I love you".

These are the secrets Ye Yao buried deep in his heart, and he thought that the things in it would never be realized except for embracing each other and sleeping together, but he was caught off guard and heard the words "I love you" here.

The culprit was still patting his back and smoothing his breath, completely unaware of the reason he would choke.

He also knows that Lu Xun is learning from others, but how can Lu Xun say "love you" to him in front of everyone, is this the self-cultivation of a straight man?

"Don't just say such things, okay." Ye Yao slowed down, shoved the water back into Lu Xun's hand, swept a glance at the audience next to him, and lowered his voice, "There are so many people watching, don't say anything."

The tip of Ye Yao's ear was still stealing red, Lu Xun slightly narrowed his eyes to look at that alabaster ear, and then raised his lips and smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you, I won't say it in public in the future."

Ye Yao : "......"

The whistle blew for the game to resume, and Ye Yao had no time to say anything else before heading out onto the field again.

Lu Xun retreats to the sidelines, ignoring the looks of others who are either excited or watching, and drops his eyes in thought.

He has been overly assertive at times before, which probably really put Ye Yao off.

And this time Ye Yao's tone softened.

It worked for Ye Yao. Ye Yao was very good at it.

In that case, the distance Ye Yao wants to push away ...... will be brought closer again by his own hands.

*

This time, Ye Yao and his college won the basketball game.

Ye Yao rode his bike back to the dormitory in a good mood, carrying the injured and weak Lu Xun.

The cool breeze was blowing on his cheeks, and Ye Yao, who had just finished exercising, didn't feel cold, only comfortable.

Lu Xun's arm was wrapped around his waist, but that would have been normal behavior when carrying someone on a bike, and Ye Yao was too calm to think otherwise.

Suddenly, something pressed against his back.

That's Lu Xun's face.

Lu Xun spoke against his back, and when his voice entered Ye Yao's ears again, it was even more muffled than usual, as if he had just woken up from a nap and was speaking in Ye Yao's ear.

Lu Xun had a smile in his voice, "Ye, that last three-pointer of yours was so cool."

Ye Yao's grip on the handlebars tightened, but his voice was still smooth, "Handsome what, that's how everyone votes."

"Nonsense, they don't throw as good as you do. Can't you notice, everyone's looking at you." Lu Xun paused and softly picked up the next sentence, "I've been watching you too."

Ye Yao: "......"

Crap, is he starting to lose control of his expression again, luckily his back is turned to Lu Xun.

No one can remain unperturbed when being praised by their crush like this, Ye Yao wanted to respond but didn't know what to say, and before he could think of anything else, he heard Lu Xun speak up again.

"It's a pity that my leg is injured, otherwise I should have entered the stadium at the end of the match, hugged you around the waist and picked you up so that everyone would envy me. In the future, whoever wants to make friends with me I'll just refuse and ask him, are you as handsome as our Brother Ye? I won't make friends if you don't." Lu Xun said slowly.

Ye Yao couldn't help but laugh, he had to say that Lu Xun's words made him happy. Given that Lu Xun used to say flirty things every day as well, he didn't have any suspicions, "Alright, don't blow it off, too much and it'll be mushy."

Lu Xun saw the corners of Ye Yao's raised mouth and closed his mouth in satisfaction.

Ye Yao likes sweet words, then he will say them to Ye Yao every day, so that Ye Yao will not be fooled by the sweet words of messy people.

*

Back at the dormitory after dinner, Ye Yao had to face a problem.

According to the doctor's instructions, Lu Xun's hands can't touch water, so for bathing, either he doesn't do it or someone else does it for Lu Xun.

This other person, apparently, is the only candidate.

Ye Yao pinched his brow, and in the back of his mind, he was slightly deterred from facing Lu Xun's body again.

Doing the math, it seems like every time he faces Lu Xun's body, he becomes prone to divulging that secret love buried in his heart for one reason or another.

As Ye Yao was pondering, he saw Lu Xun, who was standing in front of the closet, pick up his collar and sniff it, then frowned in slight disgust and turned his head towards him.

"You've been working too hard these past few days, so I won't bother you with anything else. Anyway, it's fine if we don't wash every day in the cold weather, and we won't be sleeping in the same bed for the next few days, so just let me be stinky and uncomfortable all by myself." Lu Xun had a face of forced toughness.

"...... acting a bit too obvious ah." Ye Yao was helpless, "Forget it, get your clothes, I'll take you to the shower."

It should be fine, right? Lu Xun was injured, and he had clearly told Lu Xun before that he didn't like to do that kind of thing, so he didn't believe that Lu Xun could still have some kind of awesome operation waiting for him.

After all, Lu Xun, a straight man, can't do anything to him.

*

Just to be on the safe side, Ye Yao dressed normally and just took off his jacket.

Lu Xun didn't say anything as he adjusted the flow of the shower, trying not to let the water hit Ye Yao.

Lu Xun is like a leopard, a fierce and violent leopard, but in front of Ye Yao it is very docile, stretching its head meekly to let Ye Yao smooth out its fur.

Ye Yao was doing his work when he recalled a movie he had seen with Lu Xun as an afterthought.

During their senior year of high school, after they both turned eighteen, Lu Xun invited him to watch a movie with him to celebrate the fact that they had both become adults.

At that time, he probably had a brain fart and really agreed to Lu Xun even though he was obviously very busy with his studies.

So in the dead of night, they huddled in a bed under the covers and watched movies together on their phones.

It was also Ye Yao's first time watching this type of movie, and he quickly realized that he wasn't interested and deserted, recalling in his mind the exam that had ended that morning.

It was also because of the desertion that had left him with basically no memory of that movie, and he hadn't recalled until this time that it seemed to be about something similar to what they were doing now.

Ye Yao's movements paused for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened.

Back then, the hero's line seemed to be ......

"I didn't used to like it, but it makes it fun to be with you, no matter how tedious and boring."

The exact same words rang in his ears, and Ye Yao slowly raised his eyes to meet Lu Xun's smiling eyes.

In the movie, this line was used by the male lead to express his love for his girlfriend, and now it's being said to him by Lu Xun.

Probably because the space was too small and too hot, Ye Yao felt it was a little difficult to breathe. He averted his eyes, mentally alerting himself not to get carried away, and faintly said, "Remembering it so well, you liked that female lead?"

Lu Xun is a straight man, and there seems to be no other reason why Lu Xun should be so impressed.

"No, what do I like this for." Lu Xun laughs and shakes his head, "I didn't even look at it much, my attention wasn't on it, I just suddenly remembered the line."

"You didn't read much?" That's something Ye Yao didn't expect, "Did you desert, what were you thinking?"

At that time, he thought that the female lead was not even as good-looking as Ye Yao, and the male lead, not to mention Ye Yao, was not as good-looking as Ye Yao by a thousand miles, and one could not take one look at the male lead without getting sick to one's stomach.

And then later he thought he was really sick, why would he want to watch a movie about two strangers, what was so interesting about this stuff?

But he couldn't bring himself to end it, because how could he when Ye Yao was sitting next to him with her legs wrapped around him, when they were under the same blanket, breathing the same air, and Ye Yao's orange-scented body wash scent was hot all over him?

After watching it, the two of them were safe and sound, and Ye Yao took Lu Xun to tutor him in math.

Now looking at Ye Yao's curious eyes, Lu Xun blinked and lied, "It seems like I'm thinking about how to improve my academic performance quickly."

Ye Yao was very pleased, "No wonder your academic performance improved so much in the back."

Lu Xun smiled and suddenly pulled back to the topic, "So are you happy?"

Ye Yao Of course I like it, because I like this one person, so I like everything related to this one person.

He lowered his eyes and avoided answering, "Ask your girlfriend about such things later, not me."

Water clattered out of the shower and dripped onto the tiled floor, and in the midst of this unceasing sound of water, Ye Yao heard Lu Xun's reply.

"But I'm only so happy when I'm across the street from you." Lu Xun said.

The sound of his heartbeat nearly covers the sound of the water inside Ye Yao's ears as he turns to get his things while trying to analyze them as calmly as possible.

Lu Xun, who has no sense of boundaries and is on the best of terms with him, doesn't have a favorite girl yet and can't take what he says seriously right now.

He mustn't lock eyes with Lu Xun at this time, or he might reveal himself.

Skip this topic and talk about something else.

Talk about what?

Ye Yao's brain had a rare short circuit, and he couldn't think of anything new to say, so he followed up on his earlier conversation about the two of them watching a movie together.

"I used to think you were like me, uninterested in a lot of things, able to study right after leisure and recreation, and it wasn't until college that I realized that wasn't the case, and that at least you were interested in pulling me along."

Lu Xun didn't answer, and Ye Yao didn't pursue.

As he was about to finish his work, Ye Yao's head was suddenly lifted up by large hands on the back of his neck.

"What you thought before was right, I am indeed not interested." Lu Xun's voice was lower than usual as he looked at Ye Yao, the depths of his eyes dark, "Is it not obvious enough why you were pulled?"

The sound of rushing water kept on rattling, and Lu Xun, who was half a head taller than Ye Yao, bent down slightly and pressed his thin lips into Ye Yao's ear, so that the sound could be clearly transmitted into Ye Yao's ears.

"All I'm interested in ...... is with you."