HSS CH27

Chapter 27: So What Do We Do?

Lin Miao stood there stunned for a moment before realizing what was being implied, and his face flushed red. “You’re a pervert!”

Huo Yuchuan: “Is it being a pervert just to ask when you don’t understand?”

Lin Miao didn’t believe it for a second. “You did it on purpose!”

Huo Yuchuan: “Then don’t expose me.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Aren’t you at all embarrassed?!

Lin Miao was so angry that he turned off his phone, not wanting to talk to him. But as soon as he quieted down, his mind was filled again with the words Huo Yuchuan had said, pressing him against the desk and speaking so close to him, word for word.

He said, “Lin Miao, no one sleeps with their brother while holding them.”

“I said, I’ve never kissed anyone else, and it’s all true.”

“The one I like isn’t someone else…… It’s always been you, and only you.”

Lin Miao’s ears burned, and his heart started pounding again, uncontrollably. It felt like as soon as he thought about Huo Yuchuan liking him, his whole body felt off-kilter.

Annoyed and disgusted with his own heartbeat, he cursed it—why was it beating so fast?!

That night, he slept very restlessly. At one point, he dreamed that Huo Yuchuan was pressing him down again, saying he liked him. Then his heart really did jump out, bright red, which scared him awake with a start.

He realized it was still the middle of the night and had no choice but to try to sleep again.

Then he dreamed that Huo Yuchuan said, “Like hell I do, I was just lying to you.”

Lin Miao was so angry that he kicked the foot of the bed, shaking it so much that Jiang Leming, who was sleeping in the next bed, shrank his neck, thinking it was an earthquake.

The next day, after a sleepless night, Lin Miao went to class in a daze. After class, he didn’t feel like eating and asked He Yu to bring him some food, while he went back to the dormitory to sleep.

As he walked to the dormitory building, he saw Huo Yuchuan, wearing the same light-colored hoodie and tracksuit as before, standing with his arms folded against a tree. Upon hearing the noise, he turned his head and looked at Lin Miao calmly.

Lin Miao’s steps paused for a moment, and a few seconds later, he walked straight towards the dormitory as if he hadn’t seen him.

Huo Yuchuan followed him.

But as they passed the security booth, Lin Miao suddenly said to the gatekeeper, “Uncle, someone’s intruding into the dormitory!”

Huo Yuchuan: “……”

The uncle’s eyes sharpened, sticking his head out to scrutinize Huo Yuchuan, “Which grade are you in?”

Before Huo Yuchuan could speak, Lin Miao interjected, “He’s not from our school. He’s a big scammer!”

The uncle was especially vigilant about scammers, “No selling or promoting allowed!”

Huo Yuchuan: “……I’m not.”

But the uncle, having seen too many, mercilessly pushed him out, “Move along, try selling somewhere else. Students don’t have money; every cent goes to the cafeteria.”

Lin Miao watched as he was pushed out by the uncle, snorted, and ran upstairs, suddenly not feeling sleepy anymore.

But on the third day, Huo Yuchuan came again.

This time, he was dressed in a suit, his hair combed perfectly, and he looked expensive from head to toe. When he got out of the car at the school gate with Little Zheng, it caused a small commotion.

At that moment, Lin Miao had just come out of the convenience store and saw Huo Yuchuan walking out of the crowd with a steady gait, followed by Little Zheng, as if some overbearing president’s BGM was about to play.

Lin Miao “tsk”ed—showy! Spending money like water!

He waited until the crowd thinned a bit, then chased after him and asked, “Why are you here again?”

Huo Yuchuan, hands in his pockets, “Can’t I come?”

Lin Miao was still angry, “I won’t forgive you. Just leave.”

Huo Yuchuan said slowly, “That depends on whether your principal agrees.”

“Principal?” Lin Miao was puzzled, “What does our principal have to do with this?”

Huo Yuchuan: “I’m here to make a donation.”

Just then, they heard someone shout, “Ah, Mr. Huo is here!”

Lin Miao turned his head and saw their principal walking over quickly, beaming with joy, and grasping Huo Yuchuan’s raised hand, “Welcome, welcome, please come in……”

Lin Miao watched in a daze as Huo Yuchuan was treated like a rare treasure by their principal and led away.

Half an hour later, the counselor contacted Lin Miao, asking him to go to the principal’s office.

Lin Miao’s eyes darkened; he had a bad feeling about this.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked in, the principal clapped him on the shoulder and said, “Ah, Lin, so you and Mr. Huo are old classmates. What a coincidence!” He then turned to Huo Yuchuan and said, “Mr. Huo is truly talented and promising!”

He complimented everyone in the room, then asked Lin Miao to show Huo Yuchuan around the campus and enjoy the scenery.

“Ah?” Lin Miao didn’t want to go and tried to make excuses, “I…… I haven’t hung out my clothes in the dormitory yet!”

The principal frowned, “Clothes are not as important as Mr. Huo. If not, I’ll have Xiao Sun hang them out for you.”

Xiao Sun was Lin Miao’s counselor.

Lin Miao immediately fell silent—though he really wanted to say, let the clothes rot in the washing machine.

Little Zheng stayed in the principal’s office to discuss the donation, while Huo Yuchuan followed Lin Miao downstairs and walked leisurely along the artificial lake with willows drooping low.

Lin Miao counted the steps under his feet but couldn’t help asking, “How much are you donating?”

Huo Yuchuan didn’t answer but asked, “When are you going home?”

Lin Miao stopped walking. He looked up at Huo Yuchuan and said stubbornly, “I’m not going back!”

Huo Yuchuan: “Then I’ll donate your money too.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Damn it, how could he forget that his bank card was still with Huo Yuchuan!

“Give me back my bank card!”

Huo Yuchuan: “I didn’t bring it.”

Lin Miao urged, “Then go back and get it quickly!”

Huo Yuchuan calmly said, “Will you come back with me then?”

“No,” Lin Miao frowned and said, “I said, I want to……”

He wanted to say “cut ties,” but afraid that Huo Yuchuan would pretend not to understand and say something inappropriate again, he changed his words to: “I don’t want to be friends with you anymore!”

“So what do we do?” Huo Yuchuan looked down at him, “Be a couple?”

Lin Miao: “……”