Chapter 78: Two in one

Senior year has officially started and everyone has been thrown into a fast-paced academic life.

Ye Yao studied at his usual pace and did not find senior year very stressful. He was more concerned about Lu Xun's results than his own whenever he had an exam in class.

Lu Xun is very hardworking and his academic performance is steadily improving, the air of laziness that was present when we first met has disappeared.

Sometimes when Ye Yao saw that Lu Xun was working too hard and asked him if he wanted to take a break, Lu Xun would shake his head and refuse.

"That won't do, why rest much while you're alive, when you're bound to sleep long after you die." Lu Xun's expression was deep, "After all, we have to go to the same university, I can't waste my rest ...... Do you understand?"

"I get it, I know what you're trying to say." Ye Yao, knowing Lu Xun's flirtatious nature, took the lead and raised his own glass of water, clinking it against Lu Xun's with his own and smiling, "To our friendship."

Lu Xun :"......"

Lu Xun looks a little strange as he takes a deep look at Ye Yao and follows him as he drains his glass of water.

* The school day continues.

The day after school Ye Yao was called by his teacher to help out in the office, while Lu Xun stayed in the classroom waiting for him.

The deputy class leaders were also in the office helping to sort things out, and they were quick enough to finish what they had expected to take half an hour to do in less than 20 minutes, so they all went back to the classroom from the office.

The deputy class president and Ye Yao were close, and while walking, he chatted with Ye Yao: "Are you and Lu Xun really not planning to fall in love? It's a pity that you don't have a relationship in high school, it's really a different feeling when you go to university than in high school."

The deputy head of the class squeezed his eyes at Ye Yao, "I don't want to talk about the girls in our class, but I know of several girls in other classes who like you and Lu Xun, they are very good looking.

"It's too irresponsible to go ahead with a relationship without even planning to have one." Ye Yao shook his head, "I am not thinking about that for now, as for Lu Xun ......"

I don't think Lu Xun did either, after all, he lived and ate with him every day and hated to eat and shit with him, so he didn't look like he was in love either, and Lu Xun never mentioned any girl to him.

Ye Yao and the deputy head of the class walked quickly to the door of their class. The corridor was quiet after twenty minutes or so of school, as were the individual classrooms, and they heard the sound of talking coming from their own class.

It was not an unusual chat, it was a girl, confessing her love to Lu Xun.

Ye Yao and the deputy head of the class looked at each other and uncharacteristically stopped in their tracks, not to disturb those inside.

Lu Xun was relentless in her rejection, and the girl who confessed seemed to have gathered all her courage to come forward, with a slight catch in her voice after being rejected.

"Can I know what's wrong with me?" The girl asked.

"It's not that you have a problem," Lu Xun didn't treat girl confessions as badly as he treated boy confessions, Ye Yao heard Lu Xun open his mouth, "I'm trying to figure out how to chase my date, there's no way I'll accept anyone else. Do you have anything else, I'm going to read a book if there's nothing else."

Lu Xun's tone is as straightforward as ever, but what comes out is surprising.

Ye Yao's eyes widened slightly in surprise and shock.

Lu Xun has a favourite?

...... Lu Xun spends all day with him, except for a few hours of sleep, and still finds time to chase his sweetheart.

Ye Yao was so shocked that he unconsciously turned his head sideways and glanced into the classroom.

Lu Xun is sitting in his seat and the girl is standing next to him.

"So that's it." The girl rubbed her eyes and plucked up the courage to speak again, "So, then can I ask, Ye Yao does he have someone he likes?"

The expression on Lu Xun's face changes rapidly from expressionless, to frowning and puzzled, to dark and fierce.

Lu Xun laughed coldly and hugged his arms, "He's got one, he's in love with his partner, they're together every day."

Lu Xun looks like he is about to say something else when he meets half of Ye Yao's eyes in the doorway.

Ye Yao :"......"

Lu Xun :"......?!"

Lu Xun was suddenly seen by the person who could least afford to find out when he was doing something bad, and he buried his head and coughed violently.

When the two guys she likes both have a sweetheart, she runs out of the classroom in desperation, passing Ye Yao with a pause in her step, and then she pulls out a 100-metre sprint and swishes away.

Lu Xun's ears and neck turn red from coughing and he looks up at Ye Yao, his body tense.

The atmosphere was a little strange, but it was good to have someone else who couldn't read the atmosphere.

The gossip-loving deputy class president saw that there were no outsiders and immediately scurried in and started to make a scene: "Well, you two are both seeing each other! Brother Lu is still chasing after him. Who is it? Which one of you has won the heart of Brother Lu? Brother Lu needs help, I'm known as the "Hundredth Master of the World", there's nothing I can't find out, let me ask her what she likes."

"You can shut up about it." Lu Xun said through clenched teeth, his eyes still drifting in Ye Yao's direction.

He hadn't expected Ye Yao to come back now, after all, he had said he would be in the office for half an hour at the earliest, so he dared to say so straight away.

How will Ye Yao react when he hears about it?

The wrapped up secret was poked through a corner and the contents flowed out into the eyes of the secret subject.

Lu Xun's drifting eyes were caught by Ye Yao, who gave Lu Xun a relieved look and turned to the deputy squad leader, "Old Yang, didn't you say your family had cooked a big meal for you to go back to, and you're still chattering here?"

"That's right, I'll leave now, I'll talk to you guys next time!" The deputy class monitor hurriedly grabbed his bag and left, leaving Lu Xun and Ye Yao alone in the classroom.

It's a perfectly normal act, but under Lu Xun's 800-metre filter, everything seems to be bubbling with pink.

Ye Yao helped him out, Ye Yao wouldn't let anyone else gossip about him.

Ye Yao is so good to him!

Lu Xun couldn't help but grin and wanted to take Ye Yao's hand and tell her how he felt, but unfortunately the time was not right.

He helped Ye Yao pick up her school bag and carried it happily on his back, "I've packed everything for you, come on, what do you want to eat tonight?"

I didn't expect Ye Yao to shake her head with a serious look on her face, "Go ahead, I'll wait here for my date to pick me up."

The pink bubble bursts instantly and Lu Xun is poured over the head as if by a basin of ice water, breathing heavy, icy air from every pore.

Lu Xun wasn't sure if he had kept his face well enough not to scare Ye Yao, so he reluctantly pulled up the corners of his mouth, "...... you're in love?"

Ye Yao nodded solemnly with her hands in her arms, "Yes, after all, my partner and I spend every day together and are very much in love."

Lu Xun was then released from the icy water in an instant. He breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment and walked out of the classroom by himself. He then returned and knocked on the door before propping himself up with one hand and striking a very handsome pose.

Lu Xun lowered his voice: "Baby, I've come to pick you up after school, I've been waiting for a long time, haven't I?"

"Where did you learn that bubbly sound? Come on, let's go." Ye Yao couldn't hold back her laughter and followed Lu Xun out of the classroom.

They walked down the stairs one after the other, Ye Yao in front of them, and Lu Xun could see Ye Yao's good hair on top of her head as she looked down.

Loving someone, whether it's their hair or their hair xuan, is the cutest thing that exists.

Lu Xun remembered again what Ye Yao had said about waiting for someone to go home with.

Ye Yao was just joking with him, but at that moment, he still felt suffocated beyond restraint.

He wanted to touch Ye Yao's hair, to touch Ye Yao's eyelashes, to touch Ye Yao's lips. There was no part of Ye Yao that he wanted anyone other than him to touch.

He wanted to confess his love to Ye Yao as soon as possible.

There was no telling when the right moment would come, so he might as well take the initiative to make it happen.

When they reached the ground floor, Ye Yao stopped for a moment to look back at Lu Xun, smiled at him and scratched his face.

"It's not good to gossip, but I still want to gossip." Ye Yao said, "Who do you like? Do you need my help?"

Lu Xun looks deep into Ye Yao's eyes as he reaches down to the ground floor. Ye Yao reaches for his bag, but Lu Xun ducks out of the way and puts his arm around Ye Yao's shoulders, as he always does, to stop Ye Yao from thinking about getting his bag.

"I haven't been able to confess my love to him." Lu Xun says.

As they strolled through the campus, Lu Xun was no longer the cool guy beside Ye Yao, his oppressive eyebrows had softened. Without waiting for Ye Yao's reply, Lu Xun continued, "He loves to study, and I've thought about it. I will also help him to keep away any other troubles. Do you think that such a relationship would be rejected by good students?"

It was the first time that Ye Yao had heard Lu Xun say such a thing, so she was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at Lu Xun sideways.

I didn't expect Lu Xun, who is such a strong eyebrow and straight thinking person, to have his heart in his mouth, but he doesn't have the same angry straight man attitude he usually has when facing his admirers.

Ye Yao met Lu Xun's eyes and Lu Xun rubbed the bridge of his nose to hide his nervousness: "What are you looking at?

"I don't know what other people think," Ye Yao replied matter-of-factly, "but I personally feel good about it, it's fine to be in a relationship without studying and it's a memory."

Lu Xun's face quickly became so sunny that if he didn't have wings, Ye Yao would have suspected that Lu Xun could fly up to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun.

Even though Lu Xun didn't say a word, the strong affection for his crush still came through.

Ye Yao couldn't resist and curiously asked again, "Who do you like, can you tell?"

"Why are you so polite when you talk to me, Brother Ye wants to ask me something and I can't stop talking about it?" Lu Xun lowered his voice in Ye Yao's ear and promised mysteriously, "But I need to keep it a secret for now, don't worry, I will be the first one to tell you when it comes to confessing my love, you will definitely be the first one to know who my crush is, and you will also be the first to know whether my confession is successful or not."

Ye Yao cried and laughed, not bothering to remind Lu Xun that there was a logical flaw in that statement, and that the first person to know who Lu Xun liked should have been the girl who received Lu Xun's confession, not him.

"Okay, it's a deal." Ye Yao asked again, "So when are you going to confess?"

Lu Xun was unable to give a definite answer as they walked out of the school, passing the small shop next to the school, when Lu Xun suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Ye Yao follows Lu Xun's line of sight to the glass door of the small shop and sees a piece of paper taped to it.

[The return of the shop's explosive models - enlightened couples paragraph hand-knitted bracelet material, hand-knitted your love into the bracelet, let him for you and heart!

Ye Yao, an atheist, saw this kind of advertisement and the words "false propaganda" immediately popped up in his mind.

How can this be true, who would believe it?

Lu Xun put his arm around Ye Yao's shoulders and with a firm grip, led Ye Yao in a different direction, striding into the small shop.

Ye Yao :"......"

Ye Yao, who had the decency to say nothing, followed Lu Xun to the selection.

The tall, handsome and arrogant boy stood in front of the hand-knitted materials that were out of place in his life, his eyes full of concentration. He didn't seem to think that it was wrong for him, as a boy, to make his own knitting for his sweetheart, nor did he think that it would damage his manly image.

When the shopping was done, Ye Yao and Lu Xun walked home again.

"You just asked me when I'm going to confess, and now I'm thinking about it." Lu Xun said, "I'll confess to him when I've finished braiding the bracelet."

Ye Yao frowned, feeling that it was not right.

If he could, he hoped Lu Xun would not suffer a single failure, even if it was a small one. Now that he hadn't seen Lu Xun have much contact with any girl at all, a direct confession would be too abrupt and unprecedented. Although Lu Xun was nice, he didn't know her well and she wouldn't necessarily accept him.

Ye Yao frowned and suggested, "Why don't we try to get in touch in advance, otherwise it will be more awkward if we are rejected."

To Ye Yao's surprise, Lu Xun was in a good mood and smiled.

"What's the point, he can refuse if he wants to." Lu Xun said.

Ye Yao froze and turned his head to look at Lu Xun, meeting his gaze.

Lu Xun's pupils were dark, perhaps because he was talking about his beloved, and when he looked straight at Ye Yao like this, he looked at him with a fervour that Ye Yao could hardly decipher.

Before Ye Yao could look any further, Lu Xun blinked and returned to his normal self.

Lu Xun's friend ceremoniously put his arm around Ye Yao's shoulder and whispered, "He has the right to reject me countless times, and I don't expect to succeed in one go. If I don't accept this time, I'll prepare for the next confession."

Ye Yao really didn't expect Lu Xun to think that way, and after the shock, he gave Lu Xun a thumbs up.

"Okay, I'm with you no matter what." Ye Yao said.

They are close enough that, seemingly unnoticed, Lu Xun smells the aroma of lemon laundry detergent on Ye Yao's clothes.

Fresh, nice smelling clothes, and teenagers who are more fresh and clean than clothes.

Lu Xun pressed his tongue against the back of his teeth, once again feeling the longing from the depths of his heart with unmistakable clarity.

He doesn't want to remain friends with Ye Yao, he wants ...... more.

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