Ch 37

Lou Cheng saw his slightly longer hair. It is estimated that he hadn’t taken care of it during this time, but it was soft and not as hard as other boys’ hair. The dark blond hair was mixed in with the brown and black, and the thick eyelashes were curled up long and softly.

He couldn’t help but gently stroke Ding Xuerun’s hair, thinking that this child must have lacked nutrition as a child, otherwise, how could some of his hair turn yellow.

Lou Cheng felt a twinge of pain and pressed his hand into his hair, to push Ding Xuerun’s head into his arms.

Ding Xuerun, who was sleeping at the time, suddenly moved, as if someone had turned over in his sleep. Initially, the two were on their side. Lou Cheng was pressed down when Ding Xuerun suddenly moved like this.

He was completely lying on Lou Cheng’s body, his head on the side of his neck, his face pressed against his skin, and his breath sprayed on his jaw, a very intimate embrace.

Lou Cheng was completely taken aback. He straightened his neck and stared at the ceiling, his body still in the ambiguous posture with one hand around Ding Xuerun’s waist and the other on the back of his head.

He wanted to sleep for a while, but he couldn’t fall asleep. He didn’t let him go or continue to hold him.

Wouldn’t it be ambiguous if he abruptly withdrew his hand in case Ding Xuerun woke up?

Lou Cheng remained in that position for a long time. He inhaled the fresh scent of Ding Xuerun’s body. He had never used any of the hotel’s facilities. He washed his hands with it a while ago. The shower gel smelled like green apples, and Ding Xuerun still had the freshness of the apple aroma at this moment. Lou Cheng took a deep breath, and his body softened gradually.

He touched Ding Xuerun’s head, thinking that he was so thin and light. He feels like hugging a big baby, so comfortable.

He tentatively lowered and tilted his head slightly, and his lips touched Ding Xuerun’s ears.

Even though it was only a light touch, Lou Cheng felt his lips and heart tingle. He’d never felt anything like this before. He was secretly excited, but he couldn’t say anything because he didn’t want to wake Ding Xuerun. He discovered that he couldn’t stop himself.

He was aware that he seemed to be kissing Ding Xuerun’s ear, and he was aware that it was strange for him to do so, but he didn’t stop, and even secretly touched his cheek. He feels a kind of fear of doing something bad.

Lou Cheng couldn’t resist the temptation, and Ding Xuerun was not a patient person. His ears were extremely sensitive and itchy. Furthermore, his heartbeat was so fast that he felt he couldn’t hold on any longer, so he moved around, pretending to have just woke up, and made a waking-up sound.

He seemed to have just realized that the two of them were in this position. He was lying on top of Lou Cheng. He makes a confused look and called out in surprise:”… Lou Cheng?”

Lou Cheng was flustered, so he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He chewed and said, “Mmm… Pig ears, it’s delicious…”

Ding Xuerun was helpless in his heart, but he didn’t make it obvious, and it didn’t show on his face. He then stood up from him with his arms.

Hearing the sound of him entering the bathroom to wash, Lou Cheng secretly opened one eye to glance at him.

Ding Xuerun did not close the bathroom door and was rinsing his mouth. Lou Cheng saw that he had finished rinsing and turned to the toilet.

Lou Cheng sat up quickly and strode towards the bathroom without a slipper as he was unable to find one.

He’d just gotten out of bed and wasn’t concerned with his appearance. While squeezing the poor little toothpaste in the hotel, he glanced at Ding Xuerun who was using the toilet.

“What are you looking at?” Ding Xuerun saw him snooping around.

“…I didn’t see anything.” Lou Cheng’s averted his eyes. He saw that Ding Xuerun didn’t look very curved – he didn’t bend himself.

“Hey, I just dreamed that someone was chewing on my ears,” Ding Xuerun laughed. “It’s so itchy that I woke up,” he said, touching his ears.

Lou Cheng choked and almost swallowed the toothpaste.

He coughed desperately in the sink. “Be careful, are you okay?” Ding Xuerun rushed over and rubbed his back.

Lou Cheng waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

On May 1st, International Labour Day, they only had a day off and half a day off on the second, so they had to go to school at night for self-study.

Lou Cheng went to practice the 250cc racing car because he had a race coming up soon. Ding Xuerun went to class after returning to the dormitory to clean up.

Ding Xuerun became a celebrity and many of his classmates came to congratulate him for winning the championship: “You have won honor for our country!”

After the self-study in the evening, Old Dou called him out alone and asked him to read the speech for tomorrow, and said: “Write your speech well.”

He praised: “You are now a role model for all high school students, no, it should be said that you are a role model for all high school students in the country! You see, even Lou Cheng, who didn’t learn well, was inspired by you and began to study diligently.”

Ding Xuerun said a few words of modesty and said earnestly: “Lou Cheng is very smart, he can learn well.”

Old Dou was apprehensive about Lou Cheng’s intelligence, but he knew that if he worked hard, he would be better than before. He changed the subject, saying: “Are you getting any more calls from the university? What are your thoughts?”

The two of them had a long talk about which university to choose outside the classroom corridor.

Ding Xuerun returned to the classroom and after sitting down, he took a look at the phone in the drawer. As expected, there was a message from Lou Cheng.

“The class will be over soon, will you come out for supper?” Lou Cheng asked. He used to be too embarrassed to interrupt Ding Xuerun’s study, but now that Ding Xuerun has been chosen by a prestigious school, it doesn’t matter.

And Lou Cheng wants to see him.

“Okay,” Ding Xuerun replied.

Lou Cheng: “Then I’ll be waiting for you at the school gate.” 

The bell rang shortly after class, and the students began to pack their things. At the same time, Huang Danlu, the English class representative, walked to Ding Xuerun. “Classmate Ding, do you leave this year or go to university next year?” she asked, sitting in the vacant position at Ding Xuerun’s front desk.

“Next year.” He had already made plans.

“Then which one are you going to attend?”

“I haven’t given it much thought yet.” The law schools at the two universities in Qingbei are so well-known that it is difficult to choose between them. Ding Zhaowen advised him to study at Tsinghua University, whereas Old Dou said that the National People’s Congress Law School is better.

“You must be going to Beijing, right?”

Ding Xuerun replied: “Yeah.”

Huang Danlu looked around and lowered her voice: “By the way, do you know Pan Jingshan?”

“No.”

“You really don’t know her? She’s quite famous, she’s is the most beautiful girl in Class 5 next to us.”

Ding Xuerun shook his head.

Huang Danlu said with an understanding face: “You must have spent a lot of time studying, and it’s understandable that you dislike listening to gossip, but you must have seen her. She is very beautiful.”

Ding Xuerun smiled, only hearing her pause for a moment, and then said, “Well, Pan Jingshan wants to ask you if you saw what she gave you.”

“What is it?”

“It’s…” Huang Danlu didn’t know how to say, “… letter, a letter.”

Ding Xuerun subconsciously looked at the drawer.

Seeing that he was looking, Huang Danlu said quickly, “She said she gave it to your deskmate.”

“Oh?” Ding Xuerun paused, then suddenly smiled, “I see.”

“You go back and have a look. See if you can give some word back to her.” She looked at Ding Xuerun and found that this mathematics genius really looks very attractive, with red lips and white teeth, just like the beautiful boy type that came out of the comics. She said again: “That’s the one, have you seen her?  She is looking at you at the back door.”

Ding Xuerun looked around and noticed a petite girl hiding in the back door, neatly dressed in school uniform and carrying a school bag.

Ding Xuerun stood up.

He walked towards the back door. The girl couldn’t find a place to hide, so she stood outside the door, blushing, watching him come out.

When Ding Xuerun walked to her, he paused for a moment: “Are you going to go home?”

Pan Jingshan realized that he was talking to her, and said: “Um…mm-hmm.” 

“Let’s go together.”

Huang Danlu was taken aback by his energetic demeanor and patted her thigh, “My God, high achiever is high achiever!”

But the situation was not what she thought. Ding Xuerun’s attitude is very gentle, saying that he is currently in high school and doesn’t have that kind of thought for the time being, but they can be friends.

Pan Jingshan was very disappointed. Ding Xuerun said, “You study hard. For other things, you will meet someone better when you go to university.” 

The two walked to the school gate. At this time, Ding Xuerun had actually seen Lou Cheng.

But he pretended not to see him and asked Pan Jingshan: “Would you like to eat bamboo tube rice? I’ll treat you.”

Bamboo tube rice is a food stall at the entrance of the school.

Lou Cheng saw Ding Xuerun and a girl come out. He thought it was a girl in their class. He didn’t think too much about it. After a serious look, it turned out that it was the one who wrote the love letter to Ding Xuerun!

God damn it! Ding Xuerun got mixed up with others so quickly! He’s still keeping that love letter hidden!

Lou Huan’s rage reached a boiling point when he saw Ding Xuerun invite that class beauty to a bamboo tube meal. A kind of sour and angry emotion eroded his reason. He agreed to meet him for a supper. Why would you invite other people to eat bamboo tube meals?

He strode angrily towards Ding Xuerun. He and the class beauty simply said their goodbyes and parted ways. When he stood up, Lou Cheng grabbed his shoulders and yelled, “Ding Xuerun!”

“Lou Cheng, keep your voice down…” Ding Xuerun suddenly saw his eyes and was stunned, “Why are you crying?”

“I didn’t!” Afraid of losing face Lou Cheng grabbed him and walked quickly towards his own community. He asked Ding Xuerun with a gloomy face, “What’s the matter with that woman? You asked her to eat bamboo rice? Do you like her?”

“No, just a classmate.” Although Ding Xuerun had the idea to stimulate him, he did not expect that Lou Cheng would be stimulated like this.

“If you don’t like her, why are you inviting her to eat bamboo rice?” Lou Cheng felt as if he was running out of breath. He drew him into the community, stared at him with red eyes, and asked, “Did you truly didn’t like her?”

There are not many people in the community. They are standing next to the bamboo forest on the right side of the door. The street lamp was two meters away and it’s very dark. The mottled shadows of the two people blend in with the bamboo leaves.

“I just invited her because I happened to run into her. I’m not even sure what her name was. Why do I like her?” Ding Xuerun explained, handing him a plastic food bag, and said, “Don’t be angry. Here, I bought one for you.”

Lou Cheng saw that he really bought two of them, and one of them was bought for himself. His complexion had improved slightly, but he was still angry. Taking advantage of his height, Lou Cheng lowered his head slightly to look down at him and said in a deep voice: “Don’t think you can coax me by buying me food! We haven’t made up  yet!”

Ding Xuerun raised his head and looked at his angry eyes: “How can we make up? Do you want me to buy you pig ears?”

The author has something to say: 

Chengcheng: The baby is angry! The baby can’t be coaxed!

Runrun: Do you want me to kiss you to make up?