MNL Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Anticipation, I will still fall in love with you.

Chapter 61: Anticipation, I will still fall in love with you.

One night, Lu Haichuan suddenly received a WeChat notification: “I have accepted your friend request. We can start chatting now.”

He was just about to put down his phone and go to sleep, but he suddenly sat up, his face filled with disbelief. He had added Shen Yan several times, but there had been no response, as if a stone had sunk into the sea. He never expected that the other party would finally agree on his last try.

He spent several minutes editing the message, and because he didn’t want to seem too excited, Lu Haichuan ultimately just sent the sentence: “Hello.”

However, Lu Haichuan didn’t expect that Shen Yan had only accidentally accepted the request because his hand was wet from just taking a shower.

Shen Yan not only had a pitifully small number of contacts on his phone, but also very few friends. He also rarely chatted with people, preferring to call when something was needed.

At this moment, the person standing in front of the desk, drying his hair, couldn’t help but stare at the account at the top of WeChat, the account that had never sent a message again. The profile picture was a fallen yellow leaf, the color tone dim, appearing desolate and pitiful.

Shen Yan still stopped drying his hair, hesitatingly picked up his phone, but slowly, the hand in the air began to tremble, unable to open the chat box. This contained traces of Zhong Yiqiu’s existence, the few memories they had left behind. Shen Yan admitted his cowardice at this moment. He was afraid to see all of this, even though his heart desperately longed to relive those beautiful moments.

This was also the reason for his conditioned rejection of Lu Haichuan.

“What’s wrong?” A familiar voice suddenly came from beside him. Shen Yan closed his phone in a bit of a panic, continuing to dry his hair as if to cover up, and replied, “Nothing.”

“I’ve been watching you standing here staring at your phone for five minutes without moving. You didn’t even know when I came in,” Xu Jing narrowed his eyes and said, “Tell the truth.”

Shen Yan deliberately shifted the focus, saying, “Am I that good-looking?”

Xu Jing sized Shen Yan up and down for a while, gave a very honest “Mm,” and then very persistently brought the topic back, “Speak.”

Shen Yan smiled helplessly and said, “I accidentally accepted a friend request just now.”

“Who?”

“Lu Haichuan.”

Hearing this name, Xu Jing instantly frowned, his tone revealing displeasure. “How did he get your contact information?”

“I don’t know.” Shen Yan asked somewhat strangely, “Do you dislike him a lot?”

“I can’t say, I just didn’t get a good first impression.”

Shen Yan’s tone was cool, “You didn’t have a good first impression of me either.”

More than that, Xu Jing thought to himself, he almost didn’t want to go to school at all back then.

But in reality, he couldn’t remember when his attitude towards Shen Yan started to change, perhaps from when he started to find Shen Yan somewhat pleasing to the eye. But now that he thought about it, who would find Shen Yan’s face displeasing? He just hadn’t been willing to admit that this person was good-looking back then.

“I thought you were a murderer at first.”

Xu Jing’s sudden voice came over. Shen Yan was drinking water, and after hearing this, he slowly put down his glass and walked towards Xu Jing without saying a word.

The atmosphere became somewhat strange.

The suddenly changing Shen Yan seemed to exude a cold aura, and his bare upper body, with its firm muscles, revealed a wildness with great pressure.

Looking at the gradually approaching person, Xu Jing looked somewhat puzzled. “What’s wrong?”

Shen Yan remained silent, walked in front of Xu Jing, suddenly grabbed his waist, and the slender teenager was easily pushed onto the sofa. Shen Yan’s muscles tensed, and his two arms trapped Xu Jing tightly in the middle. A cold and pleasant aura rushed towards him, and the water droplets from his hair slid down, landing right on his lips.

Xu Jing’s heartbeat also suddenly quickened at this moment.

“What if I really am?” Xu Jing heard Shen Yan lower his voice, his eyes carrying a hint of eeriness. He said, “What would you do?”

Xu Jing thought for a moment and asked, “Would you kill me?”

“…”

Xu Jing always seemed to be able to say some very strange things in certain situations. Shen Yan found it somewhat amusing, but still replied seriously, “No, I think I would still fall in love with you.”

A subtle and humid atmosphere filled the air. The smile in Shen Yan’s eyes deepened, and his breath approached Xu Jing’s ear, whispering, “Xu Jing, your eyes are so straightforward.”

Unlike Xu Jing, who was usually accustomed to hiding his true thoughts, Shen Yan could clearly see the affection and desire revealed in Xu Jing’s eyes at this moment.

Xu Jing said nothing, raised his head, and kissed him.

Tongues rubbed and intertwined, making a sweet and wet sound. This kiss was gentle and passionate. Shen Yan raised one hand to Xu Jing’s waist, and the latter felt as if he was instantly bound into a strong embrace.

“Shen Yan.”

“Mm.”

“I like you very much.”

Xu Jing’s voice was soft, and Shen Yan’s heart collapsed when he heard it. He couldn’t help but kiss him again. In a daze, Shen Yan suddenly understood one thing.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this strong desire that he could smell a trace of life in the dark world.

Therefore, in the face of sincerity, desire and love are equally great.

Lu Haichuan, who had waited all night without receiving a reply, was somewhat disappointed, but then he thought, at least Shen Yan had accepted his friend request, and there would always be a chance to contact him in the future.

Coincidentally, he saw Shen Yan in the cafeteria the next day.

So, on a whim, he walked directly over and sat down in front of Shen Yan. Shen Yan and Xu Jing were talking, and when they heard the movement, they both turned their heads at the same time. Lu Haichuan felt uncomfortable under the two cold gazes, and only then did he realize how abrupt his behavior had just been, but he had to bite the bullet and say hello, asking, “Shen Yan, do you want to play ball together during activity class this afternoon?”

Shen Yan simply said, “I have something to do.”

“Okay, then we’ll play together when you’re free next time.”

Xu Jing ate his meal expressionlessly, thinking in his heart how this person still hadn’t left.

Obviously, neither of them wanted to pay attention to him, but Lu Haichuan had a strong mental fortitude. After calming down, he didn’t think it was a big deal. At this time, Cha Fei’ang had just finished getting his meal and saw the several acquaintances sitting here, so he quickly ran over.

“Yo, Chunxue, what a coincidence.”

Cha Fei’ang was a typical case of not remembering being hit, and also not holding grudges. Although he had cursed and greeted Lu Haichuan’s ancestors for eighteen generations at the time, he could close his eyes and forget all of this the next day. When they met again, he could still greet him with a smile. This was also why he had many friends and a notoriously good reputation.

“It is quite a coincidence, Edward.” Lu Haichuan only restrained his temperament in front of Shen Yan. When facing others, he still had that annoying look, especially when interacting with people like Cha Fei’ang, he could display his carefree attitude to the fullest.

“What Edward, I am a handsome guy.” Cha Fei’ang took two bites of his rice and boasted with a proud look, “Let me tell you, a senior from the second year of high school confessed to me a few days ago, right behind our teaching building in that flower bed, even prepared roses. It’s a pity that I have a girlfriend, I am a devoted man.”

In fact, Cha Fei’ang’s appearance wasn’t bad. His features were tough and he was tall, but his hairstyle was a bit unconventional, and he usually took the comedic route, so it wasn’t easy to associate his first impression with handsome guys.

“Stop talking.” Lu Haichuan suddenly put down his chopsticks.

“What?”

“I feel a little nauseous.”

“Huh? No way, buddy, you—” Before Cha Fei’ang could finish his sentence, he saw Lu Haichuan’s strange expression, his face showing difficulty. After a few seconds, he suddenly got up and rushed to the cafeteria’s restroom like a gust of wind.

The three people on the scene: “…”

Cha Fei’ang looked at Xu Jing and Shen Yan, his face shocked, “Damn, did he really go to throw up??”

Xu Jing and Shen Yan looked at each other, and for a moment they didn’t know what to say.

“Just because I said what I just said?”

Lu Haichuan was gone, and Xu Jing’s expression was obviously much better. He was also a little more kind to the meritorious Cha Fei’ang, and for the first time, he answered his boring question, “Obviously, yes.”

“Damn, this is too outrageous, but what I said is the truth, did this kid eat something bad.” Cha Fei’ang looked at Lu Haichuan’s plate of food, and then looked at his own, and instantly couldn’t help but curse.

It was actually exactly the same.

Okay, maybe he really showed off.

“Don’t give my contact information to others in the future.”

Hearing Shen Yan’s voice, Cha Fei’ang felt that the surrounding temperature had dropped several degrees. He raised one eye and cautiously looked at Shen Yan’s face, and found that the other party’s complexion was normal and didn’t intend to flip the table and beat people, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied, “No problem, no problem.”

Cha Fei’ang was guilty, and left before finishing his meal. Xu Jing seemed to remember something and said to Shen Yan, “How do I remember that when school first started, he asked you if you wanted to give other people your contact information, and you were quite happy to.”

“Did I?” Shen Yan thought about it in his mind, and said, “I did it to deliberately annoy you.”

“…”

Xu Jing wanted to beat someone.

Just as Shen Yan said, it wasn’t easy to improve in English. Even for Xu Jing, who only had a smart brain but not much foundation, it was still very difficult to learn English well in a short amount of time. He was able to get that score in the last comprehensive competition, 70% of it was because Shen Yan’s predictions were accurate, but in reality, Xu Jing’s English level hadn’t improved much.

Everyone thought that Xu Jing suddenly had an epiphany and wanted to compete for first place in the grade, but in reality, he didn’t want to compete for first place in the grade, he wanted to get on the first place.

Shen Yan knew Xu Jing’s temper best. It was useless to force this person to do things he didn’t like. If he could throw out a tempting olive branch and let Xu Jing voluntarily climb up, the effect would definitely be completely different. After all, there was a big difference between passive learning and active learning.

At first, when he knew that Xu Jing had this idea, Shen Yan didn’t take it seriously at all, thinking that Xu Jing was just joking. At the same time, he also thought that if Xu Jing could really work hard because of this, it wouldn’t matter even if he sacrificed a little.

However, on the night the results came out, he found that the person behind him was really seriously looking for a position to stab him. Even the calm Shen Yan finally couldn’t laugh at this moment.