Ch 31

Lou Cheng was so shocked that he almost stopped breathing.

He even forgot to move. His whole person was dumbfounded and numb, only a heartbeat was extremely fierce as if it was about to burst out of his throat.

However, this feeling happened so fast. Ding Xuerun most likely went insane after drinking, hugged, and kissed him like a dragonfly that lands and then parted ways.

Lou Cheng opened his eyes slightly and touched his lips with his fingers, puzzled, not knowing what had happened.

After a while, he finally reacted and stood up quickly.

Lou Cheng blushed as he looked down at the culprit, but the other party was dreaming with half-closed his eyes, and his entire body was full of alcohol smell.

He kept staring at Ding Xuerun, but he didn’t move and appeared to be completely drunk. After a while, Lou Cheng could hear his even breathing.

Lou Cheng was a little irritated, and the blush spread from his cheeks to his neck: “…what the heck! Do you think you can do whatever you want if you drunk… Hey, hello? Ding Xuerun, are you asleep?” He stretched out his hand and pushed him. Ding Xuerun didn’t react but his rosy lips moved as if he had something to say.

He leaned in to hear what he was saying, but he couldn’t hear anything. Instead, because he couldn’t stand firm, he suddenly pressed on Ding Xuerun. The alcohol scent swept over Lou Cheng as he fell on Ding Xuerun bossom. Lou Cheng jumped to his feet and gritted his teeth as he climbed up on the ground: “Ding Xuerun, Rascal! He actually plays with other people’s hearts, given how well-behaved he is!” He even kissed and hugged him.

There was no light in the room, Lou Cheng couldn’t find the slippers and didn’t want to look for them. He bolted upstairs, as if he had been struck by a lightning bolt.

After a while, he returned, bringing a quilt for Ding Xuerun and angrily covering him.

As for Ding Xuerun’s shoes, Lou Cheng didn’t take care of them, and the sofa became stained with dirt. Even if it was a new one he would never touch other people’s shoes, let alone help people take off their shoes and socks.

Lou Cheng was not worried that Ding Xuerun can’t sleep well. His leather sofa is wide and soft, and the carpet on the floor is so soft and warm that it won’t hurt if he accidentally flips it over.

After Lou Cheng went upstairs for the second time. About half an hour later Ding Xuerun opened his eyes. He lifted the quilt on his body, sat up, and walked steadly into the bathroom  to wash.

He turned on the light, and his white face was stained with water drops in the mirror. His eyes couldn’t be clearer, and there was no trace of drunkenness.

The next day Lou Cheng got up and went downstairs. He saw Ding Xuerun sleeping on the sofa sideways, sleeping soundly, with his shoes in shoes exposed.

When Lou Cheng thought about what he did last night, he was still angry and his face blushed again. He has always disliked “kissing” because of his psychological cleanliness. However, just last night! His first kiss was taken away by Ding Xuerun!

Even if it was only for a split second, the touch was too intense. That image will now appear in front of Lou Cheng as soon as he closes his eyes. The room’s lights are turned on, and the pale boy’s red cheeks, the look of a drunkness, remain. Even Ding Xuerun’s smell of alcohol, which was strange to him, seemed to linger in his nose.

Lou Cheng took a deep breath and walked to the sofa angrily. He looked down at Ding Xuerun’s palm holding the quiet sleeping face of the corner of the bed, stretched out his leg, and kicked on the sofa.

As soon as the sofa shook, Ding Xuerun was awakened but did not open his eyes, just turned over: “Don’t make trouble…”

He has always planned everything, and every day is planned meticulusly. How ever this is a rare one, he planned to get up late for the weekend.

Lou Cheng laughed angrily, and poked his finger on the quilt twice: “Who caused the trouble? Obviously you! It’s you…” He was a little aggrieved.

Half of Ding Xuerun’s face was hidden in the quilt, and he slapped Lou Cheng hands in the air drowsily: “Lou Cheng, let me sleep a little longer…”

Lou Cheng was stunned and said, “…oh.” He had never seen this side of Ding Xuerun, because he knew that Ding Xuerun was a person who would never stay in bed and was very restrained and self-disciplined. He couldn’t get angry, so he could only follow Ding Xuerun’s wish and walk away lightly…

He poured a cup of hot water to drink and opened the delivery app on his phone.

When the breakfast was delivered, Lou Cheng hesitated and shouted: “Would you like to have breakfast?””

“…Huh?” After a while, Ding Xuerun opened his eyes and sat up on the sofa, with a little disheveled hair turned up.

Lou Cheng shook the coffee cup in his hand: “Breakfast.”

“Okay.” Ding Xuerun rubbed his eyes.

He sat next to Lou Cheng after leaving the bathroom, with water drops on his face and his hair a little wet from washing his face.

Lou Cheng ordered something for him. He casually scooped the tofu pudding with a spoon, pretending to talk casually: “You were drunk yesterday.”

Ding Xuerun shook his head, “Really? I don’t remember.”

Lou Cheng glanced at him suspiciously: “…It’s usually like this when you get drunk.”

Ding Xuerun didn’t wear glasses in the morning, his skin was white, and the redness on his face had faded, but the scent of alcohol lingered on his clothes

Lou Cheng turned his head and saw him smiling, his lips red and his teeth white. His heartb had skipped a beat.

“I don’t often get drunk, maybe I drank too much yesterday.” Ding Xuerun took a sip of coffee and turned to look at Lou Cheng. “I didn’t do anything, right?”

Lou Cheng was so flustered as soon as he met his gaze and quickly looked away: “You don’t remember what you did?”

“Don’t remember, what did I do?” His lips closed as he spoke, and his expression was unclear.

The scene of being forcibly kissed was repeatedly performed in Lou Cheng’s mind, and his heart was so irritated that he was on the verge of going insane. Why Ding Xuerun doesn’t remember anything! Why was he the only one who remembers everyhting so clearly? And it keep replaying in his mind like a movie?

He sighed sorrowfully and scratched his hair with endless resentment: “Nothing…”

Ding Xuerun did not attend class the following morning. He gathered at the school gate with his classmates who had been chosen for the provincial team. Lou Cheng ran out in the middle of class and stood in the distance watching for a long time.

He intended to give Ding Xuerun a high-five or something to encourage him, but he stood still for a long time without moving. He watched Ding Xuerun get on the school car.

A group of four set off to the airport. There are a total of 18 students in their provincial team, three of which are in Liu Zhong high school.

Hunan has a lot of top students, and the competition is fierce. Hunan students made up a quarter of the 200 people in the winter camp.

Ding Xuerun had participated in the Hua Luogeng Gold Cup before, and after winning the first prize, he rarely participated in the competition later.

The use of mobile phones was prohibited once inside the camp. Ding Xuerun and several students from the same school slept in the same room after registering that day and listening to a lecture.

The winter camp schedule is very tight. There are several training sessions. After viewing the exam room on Wednesday, the exam will start on Thursday.

Test theory on the first day and experiment on the second day.

Obviously, the exam time is not long, but everyone who finished the exam seemed to have fought a long and exhausting battle. Back in the room, the other two classmates called Ding Xuerun to discuss the problem together and went to bed early after the discussion.

He slept very quickly, but Lou Cheng on the other side couldn’t fall asleep.

And as time passes, as the number of days Ding Xuerun is gone grows longer, he becomes more and more sleep deprived. Every day he dreams, he dreams of Ding Xuerun kissing him.

He hasn’t eaten enough food lately, and the entire person is depressed.

When eating out of school at noon, Lou Cheng picked up a piece of stewed soft pigskin and was about to eat it. When he put it to his mouth, he stared at the soft pigskin for a few seconds, holding it in a ghostly manner. Pigskin, clinging to his lips.

Lou Cheng closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes were hanging down, and his face was thoughtful as if he was thinking about something.

“…Brother Cheng? You’ve been single for a long time, you don’t even let go of a piece of pigskin?”

Lou Cheng looked up and saw Piggy’s mouth full of oil. He was particularly disgusted and subconsciously thought of Ding Xuerun’s lips, diamond-shaped, so beautiful…

Piggy held his chopsticks hand and shook in front of his eyes: “Brother Cheng?”

Lou Cheng chewed the pigskin in anguish: “I really want to find someone to kiss…”

T/N: Hua Luogeng Gold Cup is a math competition