ICY Chapter 11

Chapter 11

After the New Year’s visits, Su Zhao Li and Jiang Shi plunged back into the sea of learning.

Since last time, Su Zhao Li could clearly feel Jiang Shi’s clinginess intensifying. Jiang Shi was already very attached to him before, but now it was even more so. Every time they did homework, they would sit close together. Su Zhao Li thought that if the chair wasn’t big enough, Jiang Shi would probably squeeze onto the same chair with him.

The two of them now had a tacit understanding. Jiang Shi might not have thought about that hurdle yet, but Su Zhao Li was now very confident. To be honest, if he could have children, he should be considering their future children’s names now.

Oh my, how embarrassing. Su Zhao Li would always be ashamed of himself whenever he thought of this.

Today at noon, Jiang Shi was eating at Su Zhao Li’s house. It was hot pot, something Su Zhao Li had been craving for days.

Meatballs, shrimp paste, sliced beef, tripe, romaine lettuce… Su Zhao Li shook his head happily. If you ignored the mouth ulcer that had just grown in his mouth, the consecutive days of heavy meat and oily food, plus sugary drinks, plus no vegetables, plus no exercise had caused Su Zhao Li to develop a mouth ulcer. But he wouldn’t say it, not before finishing this hot pot.

Brave A Li, I won’t say anything no matter how much it hurts.

“What does A Li want to eat?”

“Beef balls, and sliced beef too.”

“So delicious, so delicious.”

“What else does A Li want to eat? Do you want some vegetables?”

“No, I want to eat…” Before he could finish his sentence, Su Zhao Li suddenly covered his mouth. He had bitten himself, adding injury to injury, plus the chili in his mouth. A bloody taste filled his mouth, and he was dying of pain.

“A Li, what’s wrong, A Li? Did you bite yourself? Go rinse your mouth.”

“Auntie, you eat first, I’ll take A Li to rinse his mouth.”

“Wuwuwu, it hurts so much.” Hiding his mouth ulcer and still eating hot pot, and then biting himself until he bled, Su Zhao Li didn’t dare to cry no matter how much it hurt.

Su Zhao Li held his eyes wide open, not daring to let tears fall. That would be too embarrassing.

“A Li, don’t bite, open your mouth and let me see. Is it bleeding?”

Su Zhao Li nodded painfully.

“Come, rinse your mouth, slowly, it might hurt a bit.”

“Open your mouth, ah—”

“What a big wound, A Li, why didn’t you say you had a mouth ulcer? Doesn’t it hurt to eat hot pot?”

“Wuwuwu, it hurts, but I wouldn’t be able to eat it if I said so.”

Under Jiang Shi’s gentle offensive, Su Zhao Li couldn’t hold it in anymore.

“It hurts so much,” Su Zhao Li now spoke in a sticky, mumbled way because of the pain.

“Why are you acting like a child? Don’t cry, let’s take some medicine first, okay?”

“Mmm hmm.”

After taking the medicine with warm water, the whole family knew about Su Zhao Li’s situation. The family was simply amused and exasperated by Su Zhao Li.

“A Li, you could have just said something, and we could have eaten it next time. Are you still in pain,?”

“But I wanted to eat it today.”

“Consequences, these are the consequences. Look, you can’t even speak clearly now.”

“How are you talking to A Li?” Mother Chu patted Chu Nan Du’s head.

“Mom, you guys are just too indulgent with him. He won’t learn a lesson if you don’t properly lecture him.”

“~”

“Okay, okay, will teach your brother a lesson. Xiao Shi is cooking porridge for you, we’ll eat hot pot again after it’s done.”

“A Shi, what kind of porridge are you making?”

“Vegetable porridge. You must eat more vegetables this time.”

“Okay.” Knowing that he was in pain, Su Zhao Li was now particularly obedient.

“You sit , the porridge will be ready soon. From now on, you have to take a picture with me before every meal, I want to see if you’re eating healthily.”

“Okay.”

“Does it hurt?”

As soon as Jiang Shi asked this question, Su Zhao Li immediately transformed into his well-behaved appearance, his mouth turned downwards, and he said in a aggrieved manner, “Super painful.”

“After we go back to school, I’ll still bring you breakfast. The food at school is too oily and spicy. You must learn a lesson this time.”

“Okay.” Su Zhao Li’s eyes brightened.

Su Zhao Li leaned against Jiang Shi in a sticky, mumbled way, “A Shi, you’re so good to me.”

The porridge was ready, and the hot pot outside was still going on. To prevent Su Zhao Li from being unable to resist the sight of the hot pot, and feeling envious and aggrieved eating alone, Jiang Shi stayed and ate with Su Zhao Li.

“A Shi, thank you, I’ll treat you to hot pot when I get better.”

“Okay, then I’ll wait. Our A Li must get well soon.”

…

“Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!!!” Chu Nan Du’s sighs grew louder with each one.

“What are you doing?”

“School’s starting soon, sigh!”

“What’s there to be unhappy about? You even got the opportunity to study a week early. You’ve never had that before, and you’ll never have it again.”

“Sigh! I can’t talk to a study maniac like you. Sigh!”

Senior Year starts a week earlier than the other grades.

Su Zhao Li originally thought he would get better in a day or two, so that he could treat Jiang Shi to hot pot before the end of the winter vacation, leaving a beautiful end to the winter vacation. But who would have thought that it had been three days and Su Zhao Li still hadn’t recovered. Even though he took his medicine on time every day, and every meal was supervised by someone, Su Zhao Li wanted to say that although he hadn’t recovered yet, it didn’t hurt anymore, but Jiang Shi would check his mouth every day and then resolutely refuse.

Su Zhao Li was unhappy, but the opening exam comforted him.

He had been working hard throughout the entire winter vacation, and the opening exam was the time to test the results.

During the vacation, he had practiced all kinds of question types, big and small. Although the liberal arts questions were likely to be more tricky, his foundation was really solid.

Although the students complained a lot at the beginning of school, they were also happy to meet and chat with their friends.

Therefore, under the blessing of the opening exam, there was not a single trace of pressure among the students. Two weeks had passed, and who could still have the same intelligence and ability as before the vacation? The ready-made excuse, although it had been used to death, was still easy to use.

The chattering sounds in the class recalled Su Zhao Li’s expectations for school. At least the classmates in the class were very cute.

“A Li, it’s time to collect homework, the Chinese paper and the Politics paper. Can you help me collect the Chinese one? I’ll take the more difficult Politics.”

“Okay.”

…

“How is it? Did you collect a lot of Chinese papers?”

“Eight papers, very few people turned in everything. Only me, so Class Monitor, why didn’t you write anything? Go give it to the teacher later, I can’t bear the teacher’s anger.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, every time school starts, the class representative isn’t the one who pushes me to the front? I’m used to it.”

“How’s Politics?”

“Why don’t you take a look? It’s not even a third as thick as the Chinese one. I won’t be back for a while.”

“A Li.” Jiang Shi called out to Su Zhao Li at the door.

Su Zhao Li immediately smiled, “My friend is looking for me, you should hurry up and catch up on your homework.”

The Class Monitor was speechless, and couldn’t stop laughing as he looked at the two of them.

“Why are you here?”

“My mom made snow pear paste this morning, she just finished it and asked me to bring it to you, it’s good for reducing internal heat. Remember to eat it.”

“Okay, help me thank Auntie.”

“Then I’ll go back first, remember to eat it.”

“Okay.”

“Yo, so happy, what good stuff is it?”

“Jiang Shi’s mom made snow pear paste for me, it’s good for reducing internal heat. Do you want to try some?”

“What! Can I try it? I’m so envious every time Jiang Shi brings you food. Today I can finally eat some too.”

“Don’t be so glib, try it quickly.”

“Mmm, delicious.”

“Speaking of which, A Li, you and Jiang Shi are really good friends. His mom even specially made snow pear paste for you.”

“Yeah, his whole family is very nice.”

“Then have you ever thought about marrying into the family?” Class Monitor Wei Wen Ke whispered in Su Zhao Li’s ear.

“Cough cough,” Su Zhao Li didn’t expect her to say something like that, and choked until his face turned red.

“You saw it?”

“You admitted it! A Li, I didn’t expect it, it’s so obvious that anyone can see it, but I always thought I was just imagining things. I didn’t expect such a big piece of gossip to be right in front of me, and I’m only eating it now.”

“How far along are you two? I’m a pure love enthusiast.”

“We haven’t progressed very far, we just have a pretty good relationship.” Su Zhao Li said embarrassedly.

“Oh, I get it, a good relationship, huh? Have you hugged?”

“Hugged.”

“Have you kissed?”

“Kissed.”

“Kissed!!! A Li, you’re something, calling that just a ‘good relationship’?”

“Quiet down, quiet down, it was just a kiss on the cheek.”

“Oh oh oh, hugged and kissed but not in a confirmed relationship, it must be Jiang Shi’s problem, he doesn’t seem like he understands relationships.”

“Master, please teach me.”

“Have you read Korean comics?”

“I haven’t, why?

“You haven’t read them? Never mind, do you want to take your relationship a step further, do you want Jiang Shi to understand his own feelings?”

“Yes!”

“I’ll go home at noon and send you my treasures. Since he’s a beginner, I’ll send some pure love comics that are a bit lighter. You can read them too, there’s nothing R-rated or anything like that.”

“But wouldn’t that be too deliberate?”

“I get it, I get it, you don’t want him to know that you like him first, right? Let’s do this, I’ll change the name of the folder to ‘A Gift for You’, and if he replies to you, it means he’s already opened it. At this time, you send a sentence ‘Sorry, I sent it to the wrong person’.”

“What if he never opens it?”

“Then he’s not paying attention to you, you can’t have this person.”

“What if he opens it but doesn’t send a message?”

“Then when you meet him at school, ask him in a casual way ‘Did you see what I sent you?’, and then don’t say anything else, wait for his answer. If he didn’t see it, then forget it. If he did see it, then add ‘I accidentally sent it to the wrong person, I couldn’t recall it when I realized it’.”

“What a set of combos, I’m enlightened.”

“People must learn to be grateful, will you tell me more about it?”

“No.”

“Sigh, then will you explain some questions to me? Any subject is fine, even though the opening exam isn’t stressful, who doesn’t want a good grade?”

“I thought you’d ask me to help you catch up on homework.”

“Our handwriting is too different, never mind.”

“Okay, I’ll explain the questions to you.”

·

The opening exam was tomorrow, and the homeroom teacher of Jiang Shi’s class was still doing the pre-exam mobilization again and again.

Ten minutes had passed, and Su Zhao Li couldn’t sit still and walked to the door of Class Five again.

Jiang Shi turned his head and saw Su Zhao Li, who was walking back and forth suspiciously in front of his class door. Su Zhao Li also saw him and gave him an aggrieved and bored expression.

Jiang Shi turned his head back and smiled softly, it was really cute.

Taking advantage of his homeroom teacher turning around to write on the blackboard, Jiang Shi suddenly dashed out amidst the shocked gazes of the students behind him, grabbing Su Zhao Li, who hadn’t even reacted yet, and running.

Actually, they didn’t run anywhere, they just moved away from the corridor where their classrooms were located.

“Why did you come out? Your homeroom teacher will beat you up.”

“I can’t leave A Li alone, right? And at least he can’t see me and can’t beat me right now. There’s an exam tomorrow, he’ll forget in two days.”

“Hehe,” Su Zhao Li was so happy that he leaned against Jiang Shi. It was different from last time.

In the end, Jiang Shi, of course, did not escape. Their homeroom teacher sat in the classroom waiting for Jiang Shi to come back to get his schoolbag, staring intently at Jiang Shi’s seat, so that Chu Nan Du was powerless to help, and a scolding was of course unavoidable. The rest would have to be compensated for by the exam results.