EAY Chapter 43
by VolareWinter Morning
43
Shi Ran didn’t mention anything about that day, it seemed Qi Ye had been overthinking.
Winter arrived silently, making it even harder to get up early. Especially when needing to attend an 8 AM class, it was simply the most terrible torture.
In the entire dormitory, only Meng Nan could get up immediately after the alarm rang. Qi Ye needed to linger for a while before getting up, Shi Ran would linger even longer, while Li Tianyi was the typical one who often skipped class.
This day, Li Tianyi was warned by the teacher that he would fail the course if he didn’t attend the 8 AM classes anymore. Young Master Li returned to the dormitory looking miserable. Although he had never been an outstanding student, he didn’t want to fail a course.
So, Li Tianyi made a bold statement, he would be the first one in the dormitory to wake up tomorrow!
While staying up late playing games that night, Meng Nan warned him, “Be careful you can’t get up tomorrow!”
Li Tianyi glanced at the time, “I can still sleep for six hours, that’s enough!”
Shi Ran said, “I won’t wake you up tomorrow, you sleep heavier than a pig.”
Li Tianyi retorted, “You rely on Qi Ye as your alarm clock, so don’t worry about me. I’ll definitely get up, wait for me to wake you up!”
Qi Ye said calmly, “I bet ten yuan you won’t get up.”
Shi Ran immediately said, “Count me in, I also bet ten yuan he won’t get up!”
Meng Nan: “Add 1.”
“A bunch of weak gamblers, alright, I’ll take your thirty yuan and have a deluxe version of rice noodles in the cafeteria tomorrow!” Li Tianyi said, his eyes never leaving his phone, his fingers tapping quickly on the screen.
No matter how much they disliked getting up early, the next day’s alarm still rang like a death knell. It was particularly cold today. Meng Nan had to do some mental preparation before getting up. He hissed when he turned over and sat up, immediately putting his hand back into the quilt to warm it for a while, and then silently recited “1, 2, 3” in his heart. He did a carp jump to sit up from the bed, then quickly took off his pajamas and changed into the clothes he had neatly folded and placed by the bed.
Getting out of bed, Meng Nan was still shivering. Winter was so annoying, and waking up early in winter was the most annoying! As usual, he first went to the bathroom to take care of his business, but as he walked over, he retreated and stopped by Li Tianyi’s bed. He was dumbfounded looking at the person sitting on the bed.
Li Tianyi was actually still playing games!
“Good heavens, you didn’t sleep all night, did you?” Meng Nan was speechless.
Li Tianyi took off his headset when he saw him. The thick bags under his eyes were very obvious when he frowned, and his eyeballs also had many red veins. He woke up as if from a dream and exclaimed, “Damn, it’s dawn!”
Qi Ye and Shi Ran were awakened by him. Shi Ran turned over and continued to sleep. Qi Ye got up groggily and glanced at Li Tianyi’s bed, “You really got up, I lost.”
Meng Nan said, “He didn’t sleep at all!” After saying that, he remembered his urgent need to go to the bathroom and went there holding his pants.
“You played games all night, that’s amazing.” Qi Ye changed his clothes leisurely, “You should go to sleep quickly, sudden death is more serious than skipping class.”
Li Tianyi didn’t have much energy after staying up all night, and looked at Qi Ye dazedly, “Hearing you talk so early in the morning can poison me to death.”
Shi Ran also heard it, and turned over again, facing outward, yawning and saying, “Don’t go, I’ll mark you as present, I’ll help you this once.”
“One time won’t help, the teacher recognizes me now.” Li Tianyi staggered out of bed after getting dressed, “From today on, I can’t skip a single class, hey, you guys lost the bet, remember to transfer the money to me.”
“Are you really going? You can’t even walk steadily.” Qi Ye advised him, “Take a good rest and go tomorrow.”
“No, a real man must keep his word, I have to today, I must win this bet.” Li Tianyi said fiercely, almost falling to the ground when putting on his shoes, fortunately Meng Nan, who was holding a toothbrush in his mouth, rushed out and caught him.
Meng Nan said helplessly, “A real man shouldn’t bump into the wall when walking.”
Li Tianyi was rarely so determined, and none of them could do anything about it. Shi Ran and Li Tianyi were in the same class, so it became his responsibility to help him to the classroom, but Qi Ye looked at Li Tianyi’s hand on Shi Ran’s shoulder, watching them walk close together, and the more he looked, the more uncomfortable he felt.
So, he gritted his teeth, rushed in front of Li Tianyi, and squatted down, “Hurry up, I’ll carry you.”
Li Tianyi was drowsy, “What did you say?”
“Hurry up!” Qi Ye shouted at him.
Shi Ran wanted to stop him, but Li Tianyi immediately climbed on his back. Then, Qi Ye stood up and carried him, turned his head and said to Shi Ran, “I’m leaving first.” Then he carried Li Tianyi and ran wildly on the campus in the early morning.
Although Li Tianyi was thin, he was still a boy, and his size was there. It wasn’t that Qi Ye couldn’t carry him, but it felt a little difficult to run with him on his back, even more tiring than carrying seven girls in a row back then.
Normally, Qi Ye would have given up, but now he was completely supported by a surge of energy. If he didn’t carry him, Li Tianyi would have to lean on Shi Ran’s shoulder to walk, and he couldn’t stand the thought of it.
Qi Ye and Li Tianyi didn’t have classes in the same building. After putting Li Tianyi down at the building where he had class, Qi Ye almost collapsed from exhaustion.
Li Tianyi still muttered and complained, “Qi Ye, you bounced me to death, luckily I didn’t eat breakfast this morning, otherwise I would have vomited.”
Qi Ye gasped for breath, pointing at him and said, “Can you go upstairs by yourself?”
“Yes.”
“That’s good, don’t ask Shi Ran to help you, hurry up, go up by yourself, hurry!” Qi Ye urged, pushing him, Li Tianyi walked towards the stairs in a daze.
Qi Ye didn’t dare to stay at all, grabbed the canvas bag on his shoulder and ran to the building where he had class.
He entered the classroom just in time, but the teacher had already arrived, and teased him when he saw him panting like this, “Were you racing with someone, why are you so tired?”
Qi Ye controlled his breathing, but the redness on his face didn’t dissipate. It was a cold winter morning, and his forehead was covered with a layer of dense sweat.
Returning to his seat, Qi Ye rummaged in his bag for tissues, regretting that he hadn’t brought any when a pack of handkerchief paper with a bear pattern was handed over from the side. It was a girl with neat bangs, who said shyly, “Here you go.”
“Thank you.” Qi Ye took one and returned the rest to her.
“Is that enough?” the girl asked softly.
“Enough, enough.” Qi Ye wiped his sweat. A window in the classroom wasn’t closed, and the cold wind was blowing, freezing his back. Fortunately, the classmate sitting by the window got up and closed the window.
The girl with neat bangs asked him, “Did you really go for a run this morning?”
“No.” Qi Ye said, “I overslept and ran to the classroom.”
Unexpectedly, the girl said in a small voice, “Liar.”
“What?” Qi Ye didn’t hear clearly.
The girl flipped through her phone page and then pushed the phone in front of Qi Ye, “Look at this.”
Qi Ye was stunned when he looked down. Wasn’t this the scene of him carrying Li Tianyi? How could it have been photographed so quickly!
He pushed the phone back to the girl, who said softly, “Look again, there are many photos.”
“No need.” Qi Ye quickly shook his head, then asked in a low voice, “Where did you see this?”
The girl smiled and was about to answer when the teacher on the platform coughed, hinting, “Students who like to whisper, please bear with it for a while, wait until the teacher finishes explaining this knowledge point before you talk again. If it’s love whispers, wait until after class.”
Qi Ye didn’t feel anything, but the girl next to him blushed all over, lowered her head, and focused all her attention on the book.
It wasn’t until the end of class that the girl told him that she had seen it in his fan group.
“My, what?” Qi Ye found the word very novel.
“There’s more than one, the group I joined is the fourth one.” The girl said embarrassedly, “You’re very popular.”
Qi Ye smiled awkwardly. He still felt a little uncomfortable with the word “popular.”
The phone on the desk lit up. It was a picture Shi Ran sent him. When he opened it, it turned out to be a picture of him carrying Li Tianyi.
There was also a picture of Li Tianyi sleeping soundly on his desk.