MNL Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Blackout, You’re Feeling Sorry For Me.

“What time is it now?”

The street was pitch black, Shen Yan used his phone to light the way, and replied, “Two forty.”

“Want to go sit at the flower field?”

As soon as Xu Jing said it, he felt it was absurd himself. Instead of going home to sleep late at night, he wanted to go see flowers, and he had class the next day.

“Forget it, let’s go home.”

“Let’s go.” Shen Yan immediately took Xu Jing’s hand, not giving him a chance to hesitate, and walked towards that hidden path.

Shen Yan held on tightly, Xu Jing’s attention couldn’t help but shift. It was a palm as wide as his own, but firmly enveloping his. This warm feeling spread to the bottom of his heart. It was a little strange, but it inexplicably put him at ease.

This garden was now being managed by Jiang Pei’s grandfather. Although the old man was old, he was meticulous. Not only did he take good care of the flowers, but he also kept everything in order.

“Why did you suddenly want to come here?” Shen Yan looked around, only to realize that if Xu Jing hadn’t mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten how long it had been since he last came.

“I don’t know.” Xu Jing said, “Maybe I just wanted to be with you a little longer.”

Shen Yan turned to look at Xu Jing, his eyes a little surprised.

“What?”

“Nothing, I just didn’t expect you to say that.”

“Then how should I say it?”

Shen Yan snorted softly and began to imitate, “I don’t know, mind your own business.”

“…”

Would he really say that? After thinking about it, Xu Jing realized that Shen Yan’s imitation was quite accurate. He seemed like he really would say that.

“Ask you something.”

“Yeah.”

“If we break up, will you hate me?”

Shen Yan didn’t hesitate at all, “No.”

“Why? Not even if it’s because of my problems?”

“There are many uncertain factors in this world. Everyone has their own difficulties. If one day you really want to leave me, I only hope you can tell me sooner rather than later, and don’t make things difficult for yourself.”

Xu Jing felt a little sad when he heard this, and asked again, “Then if I leave you, will you live well?”

As if he had heard a joke, Shen Yan couldn’t help but laugh, patted the back of Xu Jing’s head, and said, “What exactly do you want to ask?”

Xu Jing couldn’t wait to know the answer, his expression very serious, “Mind your own business, answer truthfully!”

“Want to hear the truth or a lie?”

“Nonsense!”

“No.”

Xu Jing immediately cursed in a low voice, “What do you mean ‘no’? You have to live well, even if we’re not together anymore, you have to live well!”

“Then what about you?” Shen Yan asked.

“Me? I definitely will.” Xu Jing answered quickly, so quickly that he almost hadn’t even thought about the question before blurting it out.

Shen Yan smiled gently, “That’s good then.”

“…”

Xu Jing squatted down and calmed down for a while, when he spoke again, his tone was lighter, “I just hope we’re both okay.”

He really couldn’t imagine what he would do if that day really came, and what could be more despairing than death.

“Promise me, Shen Yan.” Xu Jing looked up at the person beside him, a certain uneasy emotion hidden in his dark eyes.

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, then squatted down as well, looking at Xu Jing and saying word by word, “Okay, I promise you.”

Xu Jing said again, “I promise you too.”

“Huh?”

“No matter what happens, I will never leave you.”

Shen Yan was silent for a while, not knowing what he was thinking, when he spoke again, he didn’t answer this sentence, but laughed and said, “What’s wrong with you tonight? You’re so talkative.”

Xu Jing’s expression was still heavy, and he said, “You don’t understand.”

Shen Yan chuckled softly, “Okay, I don’t understand.”

Xu Jing looked at Shen Yan, saw him smiling gently and openly, his face not revealing the slightest trace of past misfortunes. Even earlier, he remembered the first time he saw Shen Yan, such a cold and hard person, would actually think irrationally in the middle of the night.

“Classmate, you’re so cute.”

Receiving the other person’s puzzled gaze, Shen Yan explained in a tone close to showing off, “Because in my eyes, your thoughts and emotions are written all over your face.”

Xu Jing said dubiously, “Then tell me, what am I thinking right now?”

Shen Yan’s voice was almost certain, “You’re feeling sorry for me.”

Xu Jing raised his eyebrows, “How can you tell?”

Shen Yan bent down, looked into Xu Jing’s eyes, and said in a low voice, “With my heart.”

“…”

No wonder this person could read minds.

Xu Jing smiled and acquiesced.

A cool breeze blew, Shen Yan looked at Xu Jing’s thin coat, and said, “Let’s go.”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s sleep together tonight.”

Hearing this sentence, Xu Jing almost wanted to roll his eyes, and asked, “Do I have the right to say no?”

Which time he wanted to go back to his own house to sleep, which time wasn’t he pinned down on the bed in 602 by the other person and couldn’t move.

“It’s good that you know.”

“You’re a rogue.”

“It’s good that you know.”

Xu Jing looked at Shen Yan with a contemptuous expression, Shen Yan glanced back lightly, the two looked at each other for a while, and couldn’t help but laugh again.

The next day.

The two, who had stayed up almost all night, slept through almost the entire day in class. Shen Yan slept as if there was no one else around, Xu Jing only listened a little in English class, and the rest of the time, he didn’t even lift his head. Since Shen Yan was woken up from his nap during class and coldly flipped the table, the boys would always check if Shen Yan was sleeping before making noise, and even Cha Fei’ang, with his loud voice, deliberately lowered his voice today.

Evening self-study was Zhou Yan’s class. The two of them finished a math final practice paper in forty minutes. For subjects like math, physics, and chemistry, Shen Yan and Xu Jing basically didn’t need the teacher to explain. They wrote at about the same speed, and they could correct their mistakes by comparing answers.

Zheng Tong and Cha Fei’ang, who were sitting in front, were quite frustrated at first. Every time they just finished half a test paper, two sets of correct answers would be passed from behind. Comparing people really made people angry. But after being frustrated for a long time, they felt that it was a good thing, at least there was a guarantee before handing in their homework.

The eight sets of English papers in Xu Jing’s hands were all bought by Shen Yan, who also stipulated that he had to do at least three papers and memorize forty words every day. At first, Xu Jing couldn’t do it at all, often writing until three or four in the morning. If Xu Jing didn’t sleep, Shen Yan naturally couldn’t sleep either. The two of them would be in the bedroom, one burying himself in study, the other quietly accompanying him. Two people, one lamp, the night was deep and the dew was heavy, and it felt like they were dependent on each other.

With the Comprehensive Competition approaching, Xu Jing didn’t dare to slack off. Whenever he had free time, he would take out his English test papers and start doing practice questions or memorizing words. He was now memorizing words much faster than before. After more than half of the class, Xu Jing knocked on his English book, and Shen Yan turned his head with a slightly puzzled look.

Xu Jing pointed to the words again, his expression a little dissatisfied.

Shen Yan understood instantly.

He was waiting for him to praise him.

“Very good.”

Shen Yan said these two words silently.

Xu Jing, who had been praised, gave a very aloof “hm” sound. And just as he closed his English book, he heard a “bang” sound, and the whole classroom suddenly went dark, and a confused voice sounded all around.

“What the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know, why did it suddenly go dark?”

Xu Jing hadn’t even reacted to what had happened yet, and the hand on his thigh had already been held tightly.

“Everyone don’t panic, I’ll go out and see!” Cha Fei’ang hurriedly ran out of the classroom. A few seconds later, he ran back, shouting, “Don’t worry, it’s just a blackout.”

The whole class was sighing and complaining because of the difficult math test paper, and the blackout was undoubtedly the best time to relax.

Some people borrowed test papers, some chatted, and Wen Yi tried to maintain order several times without success. Later, she let it go. At this moment, only Xu Jing in the whole class was about to collapse.

The sudden darkness made it impossible for him to adapt. Xu Jing wanted to stand up, but his legs felt weak and his head was buzzing. He couldn’t hear the noisy voices around him. Reflexive fear surged like a tide, wave after wave, about to drown him.

Shen Yan was a little at a loss. He could only hold Xu Jing’s hand tightly and said, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Xu Jing’s breathing was rapid, his whole body was shaking. Shen Yan didn’t care about anything else, and hugged him tightly, repeatedly saying in his ear, “Don’t be afraid, close your eyes, Xu Jing, don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Shen Yan kept his voice very low. Cha Fei’ang and Zheng Tong were chatting excitedly, and didn’t notice the movement behind them at all. After closing his eyes, Xu Jing kept pinching his arm hard, trying to divert his attention through pain. Besides the pain, Xu Jing also felt a hand gently patting his back, like coaxing a child. Slowly, that feeling of fear subsided a lot.

Five minutes later, the school finally had power.

However, at the moment the lights came on, the people in Class Four were dumbfounded.

Because Zhou Yan was standing at the door.

More precisely, he had been standing at the door five minutes ago. Their strict and eccentric math teacher had been standing at the door listening to the whole class chatting for five minutes.

The class was silent again, and everyone’s face was written with a big question mark, and those who had just been complaining about Zhou Yan, at this time, couldn’t wait to bury their heads in the table.

However, Zhou Yan only said one sentence, “If you’ve rested enough, continue writing.” Then he left with that expressionless face.

The whole class: “…”

He just left like that?

He didn’t even scold them?

He really was a strange little old man.

Xu Jing’s face was pale, and he was frozen, sitting there motionless. His fear of darkness had become a conditioned reflex. When he went to the hospital before, the doctor said that he could only adapt slowly, but he really couldn’t adapt. As long as he was in darkness, the feeling of fear would rush to his head, and he didn’t even have a chance to adjust.

Shen Yan’s arm was faintly painful. He looked at the bruised scratch and put down his rolled-up sleeves and twisted open the water bottle and handed it over.

Xu Jing took two sips and calmed down for a long time before recovering.

“Thank you.” Xu Jing’s voice was hoarse.

If Shen Yan hadn’t been there to soothe his emotions, he really didn’t know what he would have done just now.

Shen Yan didn’t say anything, just pointed to the water bottle, telling him to drink more water, and Xu Jing obediently did as he was told.