Ch 41

Ding Xuerun almost couldn’t bear the temptation and nodded. It was difficult for him to refuse Lou Cheng’s begging tone.

“Lou Cheng, the bed is too small,” he hesitated. A bed less than one meter wide could barely accommodate one person, let alone two.

“But I’m cold.” He shook his head and rubbed Ding Xuerun’s cheek.

“Should I lend you my quilt?” Ding Xuerun was a little itchy and couldn’t help laughing.

“I haven’t come to the dormitory in many days, I have a cleanliness addiction,” Lou Cheng explained, emphasizing, “I don’t sleep on my bed.”

“You don’t mind my bed?” As far as he knows, it is impossible for someone who has a cleanliness addiction to sleep in someone else’s bed, which can only show that Lou Cheng simply loves cleanliness, but everywhere he says that he is a cleanliness addict.

“You smell good,” Lou Cheng said as he lowered his head and sniffed. Lou Cheng knows Ding Xuerun likes to be very clean, so the bed must smell good as well.

Ding Xuerun nodded for a while and found him the pajamas: “Lou Cheng, you go take a bath. You must dry your hair because it is still wet.”

Lou Cheng washed it out. To be honest, it was the first time he had ever fallen in love so passionately that he wanted to be with Ding Xuerun all the time. As soon as Ding Xuerun left, Lou Cheng was at home alone. He quickly missed the warm feeling of being so close and speaking so softly when he was teaching himself.

When he thought about it, he had only been gone for a short time. He was even happier when he saw Ding Xuerun and wanted to talk to him all night.

He came out of the shower and changed his pajamas in front of Ding Xuerun, not ashamed at all. His young body was full of youthful vigor, and his strong muscles represented his exercise capacity far beyond his peers.

When Lou Cheng noticed that Ding Xuerun was still waiting for him, he told him, “You sleep inside, I sleep outside.”

“You sleep inside,” Ding Xuerun shook his head, “Don’t you know I’ll roll when I sleep?” 

“I know, but I’m not going to let you fall. Don’t you know that I practice wrestling?” He thought that he would hold Ding Xuerun tightly and wouldn’t let go, so there’s no way he would fall.

Ding Xuerun couldn’t argue with him any longer, so he climbed up. He clung to the wall and made most of the bed for Lou Cheng. “How come you’ve practiced everything?” he asked.

“Yes, sparring and boxing, I’ve done it.” Lou Cheng climbed up, lifted the quilt, and got in the quilt with some difficulty.

There was still a little bit of warmth remaining in the bed. Lou Cheng was unable to lie down, so he had to lie on his side with his feet reaching the end of the bed.

Lou Cheng suddenly felt that he was pressing on something and made a cracking sound.

He reached out his hand and grab it.

——Ding Xuerun’s glasses.

“I’m sorry, your glasses were crushed.” Lou Cheng was wearing a pair of shorts. He clung to Ding Xuerun’s back, his hand on his leg, eager to embrace him.

“Are the lens broken?”

“The frame is broken.”

Ding Xuerun was unconcerned: “I’ll just tape it together tomorrow. Go to sleep, Lou Cheng.”

Lou Cheng said “Umm” and tentatively stretched out his hand lightly, gently embraced Ding Xuerun, who was sleeping facing the wall. He simply placed a light hand on his waist and said quietly, “If it’s broken, just throw it away. Your glasses are too ugly. I’ll take you to buy the new one tomorrow.”

“It can still be used, and I’m not going to change it.” His voice sounded tired, and he yawned shallowly.

Lou Cheng had a lot of questions, but because Ding Xuerun was sleepy, he couldn’t say anything right now. He unknowingly hugged Ding Xuerun tightly. Ding Xuerun was stiff at first but didn’t say anything, and then gradually softened and leaned on him.

Lou Cheng lowered his head and pressed and suddenly said against the skin on the back of his neck. After a period of drowsiness, he said, “You smell so good.”

Ding Xuerun let out an “Umm”, in a state of falling asleep, and simply ignored him.

Lou Cheng smelled the scent on his body and felt his heart fill up with joy. “Runrun, I like you so much,” he said quietly.

Lou Cheng wasn’t sure if he heard it or not, but the answer was Ding Xuerun’s even and quiet breathing.

His admission notice arrived quickly, and emS called to ask him to come out with his ID card to pick it up. The courier was also curious: “Why is there such an early notice? Isn’t the college entrance exam in June?”

Ding Xuerun said: “Admitted in advance.”

“Little student you are so amazing, Renmin University.” 

The school badge of the National people’s Congress is printed on the express bag.

As soon as the notice arrived, Old Dou’s heart was relaxed. The principal praised him again on the podium, saying: “We must use him as an example.”

On the other hand, Lou Cheng boasted wildly everywhere, as if he was the one who had been admitted to the National People’s Congress, and he was even happier than Ding Xuerun. He boasted about his deskmate in video calls with his parents, saying, “He is so amazing!”

All day, Lou Cheng boasted in this way. While playing, Li Dong couldn’t help but wonder, “Didn’t you say Tsinghua and Peking University asked and wants him to be admitted there, brother Cheng? How did he get in the National People’s Congress?”

“You don’t know that, do you? Neither do I,” Lou Cheng sneered as he spun the ball in the sun. “Don’t you know that the laws of the National People’s Congress are so amazing?”

He was about to leave after playing the ball for a few minutes.

“Brother Cheng, why are you leaving again?” Several people were unhappy.

It was after lunch, and they were usually called Lou Cheng out after class. Lou Cheng was not willing to play basketball anymore. He seemed to be a different person, and he was always studying after class. Lou Cheng didn’t ask them to eat together anymore. Recently, he revolved around his high achiever deskmate and ate lunch at the canteen together.

With the scorching sun, Lou Cheng ran to buy a small watermelon and sweated his way back to the dormitory.  Ding Xuerun had fallen asleep half an hour ago. Lou Cheng had eaten with him, sent him back to the dormitory, and then dashed off to play basketball.

He guessed it was about time Ding Xuerun awoke. He was sweaty and needed to go back to the dormitory to shower before returning to the classroom with Ding Xuerun, who had just gotten up.

When Lou Cheng walks into the dormitory, the first thing he does is take off his shoes and climb into bed. The others are taller than the original bed, and a ladder allows you to look down on the small bed in the dormitory.

He simply wanted to check on Ding Xuerun to see if he was sleeping soundly. Ding Xuerun slept sideways, pressing his face against the pillow. He’d just cut his hair, revealing clear facial features and a bookish demeanor.

Lou Cheng couldn’t help lowering his head, gave a quick kiss on the corner of his mouth, and then rushed into the bathroom to take a shower.

When Lou Cheng heard Ding Xuerun’s alarm go off before he finished washing, he jumped out of the shower, grabbed a towel, and went outside.

Ding Xuerun has gotten out of bed without glasses, but when he sees Lou Cheng, he avoids his gaze and says, “Why don’t you wear any clothes?”

“I just stepped out of the shower. It’s blazingly hot. I no longer wear it.” Lou Cheng walked over carelessly, intending to flaunt his physique in front of him.

He’s never seen Ding Xuerun without clothes, and he’s only ever seen his back, never his front.

Lou Cheng wanted to see it a bit but was embarrassed to say so. When he saw Ding Xuerun wearing a watch, he glanced at it. Ding Xuerun has a bad habit of burning his wrist with a few cigarette butts. Lou Cheng was well aware of it. He has never asked Ding Xuerun about it again since the first discovery.

He saw it at this moment and felt very uneasy. He wanted to ask but couldn’t. He was afraid that there was any hurtful story behind it, so he walked behind him and hugged him.

When he acted like a spoiled child, Ding Xuerun patted him on the back of his hand and said, “Lou Cheng, get dressed and go to the classroom.”

“I’ll hug you once more.” Lou Cheng made up some things in his heart and said to his ear, “Whoever bullies you in the future, I will play with him.”

“Who can bully me?” Ding Xuerun is a patient person who will not be bullied for no reason and will not return the favor.

Lou Cheng disagreed with his facial expression: “You only have a small amount of strength. You see, if I hold you, you won’t be able to move, right? It’s very easy for you to be bullied.” He supervises Ding Xuerun’s four meals a day, but he only gained a few pounds of muscle.

“Don’t be stupid,” Ding Xuerun smiled helplessly, “Dress up quickly, I don’t want to be late.”

Lou Cheng changed into his summer school uniform. The door suddenly knocked at this moment.

Ding Xuerun had already packed and went to open the door when he noticed the academic committee standing outside.

The academic committee hasn’t seen Lou Cheng yet and said, “It’s time for class. Let’s go to the classroom together.”

“You go first,” Ding Xuerun said, and before the academic committee could respond, he heard Lou Cheng shout from the back: “Get out!”

He could not help but slamming the door shut.

“This surname is Chen, why does he come to you again?” Lou Cheng’s face was gloomy.

Ding Xuerun shook his head: “Just came to ask me to go to class together.”

In fact, when Lou Cheng wasn’t at school at noon, Chen Zhibang would accompany him to class every day. Not only that, but he also asked him to go to the study room at night.

Ding Xuerun didn’t care, so he went to the study room with him. However, since returning from the IMO competition, he has gone to prepare a lesson for Lou Cheng and has spent the majority of the night at Lou Cheng’s house. Chen Zhibang did not come to him to go to the study room either, perhaps he thought he no longer needed to self-study.

It’s been almost a month.

Chen Zhibang didn’t know that and he had been observing for more than a week.

Inexplicably, he discovered that the big bad star Lou Cheng had recently gone to live at school at noon and had started studying hard! When he saw Lou Cheng playing basketball on the court today, he assumed Ding Xuerun was alone in the dormitory and dared to come to him.

He had no idea he’d run into Lou Cheng.

Chen Zhibang was afraid that Lou Cheng would shave his hair again, so he didn’t dare to make a sound and walked away.

“Chen Zhibang is ugly, looking for you all day long, he is gay?” Lou Cheng yelled as he whispered Ding Xuerun to the classroom.

“Don’t overthink it, Lou Cheng. He enjoys studying.”

“Do I not enjoy learning?” Lou Cheng added with a smile, “But Runrun, my brother loves you more.”

He entered the classroom with his hand around Ding Xuerun’s neck. The two high school students’ look good and normal. When he saw them, the teacher didn’t give them much thought.

Lou Cheng had to leave the school in the afternoon. He’s been lying about taking the TOEFL class for a year. He rides to the racetrack every afternoon and does not return home until after training in the evening.

But now things are different. He is planning a way to inform Old Dou that he will no longer study abroad and will not take TOEFL classes. In the evening, he will return to school to study. However, Lou Cheng felt that there were too many people in the classroom, and he preferred being alone with Ding Xuerun.

Because Ding Xuerun didn’t listen to the class very much, he asked Lou Cheng to do the questions. When Lou Cheng didn’t know how to do it, Ding Xuerun would show him with pen and paper several times. They were seated at the back, and the students in Class 4 were working too hard in class. No one noticed Lou Cheng writing with his left hand while secretly holding Ding Xuerun’s hand under the table with his right.

Lou Cheng whispered and said, “Runrun, Could you request a leave for evening self-study? Let’s leave together. I’m going to leave in the afternoon. I haven’t raced in a while, but I won’t be going to the track for the time being after today. Let’s study together.”

Ding Xuerun also wants to give him a good make-up lesson, because self-study in the evening is a waste of time. However, after hearing this suggestion, he did not say yes or no.

Lou Cheng left in the afternoon. Two days ago, he made an excuse that the TOEFL teacher had been bitten by a dog and stayed in class for a few nights of self-study.

He hadn’t ridden a motorcycle in a long time, so he missed it.

Ding Xuerun walked up to him quickly and talked to him about the evening study.

Lou Cheng had already waited at the school gate ahead of time. He purchased some late-night snacks and carried them without wearing his school uniform.

Piggy, who happened to be passing by with his friends, caught a glimpse of his elder brother. “Brother Cheng, why are you standing here?” he asks, holding a jar of Vita lemon tea, a summer treat in his hand.

“I’m waiting for someone.” Lou Cheng gazed longingly at the school gate, wondering why, as everyone else had left, Runrun had not appeared.

Piggy subconsciously said, “Who are you waiting for? You’re not waiting for your deskmate, are you?”

Lou Cheng brags about his deskmate all day, eats with him, returns to the dormitory, studies with him, and always says “My deskmate is…” in three words. It also sounds intimate.

The little brothers didn’t dare to say anything else.

“Otherwise, who am I waiting for?” Lou Cheng didn’t even look at him and lowered his head to text Ding Xuerun, asking him where he was.

“Brother Cheng, you’re so clingy to top student Ding. Don’t tell me that you’re dating him?” Piggy laughed.

“Yeah, I’ve turned gay.” Lou Cheng didn’t mean to hide anything.

Piggy has suffered countless times on him. Lou Cheng always acted very realistically, but he would never believe it if he performed the same play twice. He had a shocked expression on his face and perfectly matched Lou Cheng’s performance: “Did you sleep with him? How does it feel?”

Lou Cheng’s hand stopped when he sent a text message.

He only kissed and hugged—the kiss was so innocent.

Lou Cheng couldn’t keep a straight face and claimed that he hadn’t done anything. He brags indifferently: “Of course I am. Who do you think your brother Cheng is? How do I feel…” When he remembered hugging Ding Xuerun, he couldn’t help but smile and say, “Comfortable and fulfilling.”

Piggy nearly spurted a mouth of lemon tea: “Fulfilling???”

“Don’t you get it?” Lou Cheng despised and clutched his heart, said: “Heart, fullness, you understand?”