ASSHKHME Chapter 7

Chapter 7: A Weirdo

A slight pain came from his cheek.

Xie Yu finally realized that Chen Zhuo was messing with him. Mixed with anger, he inexplicably wanted to laugh. Leaning against the bed frame, he said in a ruffianly way, “Chen Zhuo-er, you’re really asking for it. Didn’t get beaten as a kid, huh? Want your Brother Yu to give you a complete childhood?”

Overusing the “er” suffix, as if they were very close, he’s the one who’s asking for it.

Chen Zhuo straightened his loosened front and shrugged, provocatively saying, “Yeah, never been beaten. My parents died early, no one to beat me. What? Are you jealous?”

Hearing this, Xie Yu’s eyes flickered for a moment. He stepped forward, getting closer to Chen Zhuo, bringing with him a fresh scent of soapberry, “Can’t you speak without barbs?”

Chen Zhuo frowned. Before he could open his mouth, Xie Yu suddenly ruffled his hair vigorously.

Then, in a few quick movements, he got into bed. The bed frame creaked. Xie Yu leisurely said, “Sleep, sleep. We still have to continue sunbathing this afternoon.”

Chen Zhuo stood below, scratching his head, feeling completely confused. What was Xie Yu doing? Showing him sympathy?

So inexplicable.

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Military training continued intensely for a week.

The school benevolently gave them an afternoon off on the weekend for free activities, but they had to strictly abide by the dormitory management system and not return late or stay out overnight.

After continuous exposure to the sun, everyone was more or less tanned.

Zhao Jiashu got a tan line from his glasses.

Li Ang, who wasn’t fair-skinned to begin with, looked like he’d rolled around in a coal pile before coming out, grinning foolishly at the phone screen, showing his big white teeth.

The sunlight also added a bit of mature male resoluteness to Xie Yu.

Only Chen Zhuo had rosy cheeks from the sun every day, but his complexion didn’t seem to be much different from the first day of school, probably because of the excessive spraying of sunscreen.

Xie Yu thought Chen Zhuo was a bit strange, strangely delicate.

He had to take a shower and change into pajamas before getting into bed for the midday nap. Even when he was dripping with sweat after training, he still smelled good.

The shampoo, conditioner, and body wash on the bathroom shelf that they could use freely, as well as the bottles and jars, were all his, as were the men’s skincare products on the table…

Most importantly, Chen Zhuo never saved up his socks to wash together, and he would urge Xie Yu to take his off with a look of disgust and wash them immediately.

Although these were all good qualities, they made him stand out like a crane among chickens in their savage-like male dormitory.

Li Ang awkwardly poked Chen Zhuo’s shoulder, “Zhuo-er, can I have some of your face cream? I feel like my little face isn’t tender anymore.”

Chen Zhuo was teaming up with someone to play Snake, not even looking up, “No need to ask, take it yourself, put it back in place when you’re done.”

Xie Yu looked at Chen Zhuo, then at Li Ang, and asked, puzzled, “Has your face ever been tender?”

Zhao Jiashu, who was lying on the bed, laughed loudly, “Brother Yu, you don’t know, Li Zi has fallen in love at first sight with the class flower, so he has to take care of himself!”

Xie Yu grabbed the bed rail and did pull-ups, laughing, “Class flower? Wearing camouflage every day, sunbathing like a fool who can’t open his eyes, how can you tell if it’s a flower or a weed?”

Li Ang didn’t know what he poured into his palm, slapping it on his face, enjoying himself, “Don’t question my goddess!”

“Hey! I say! Let’s not lie around in the dormitory.”

Zhao Jiashu flipped over from the bed and showed them his phone, “I just saw a short video saying that a new buffet barbecue restaurant has opened in Jinsheng Shopping Plaza, and you can get a 20% discount with a student ID! It’s been a week since school started and we haven’t been out yet, want to go?”

Twenty minutes later, the four of them left the school gate together.

Dark clouds covered the sun. After the hot sun caressed this group of resentful freshmen for a week, it gave them a cloudy day on their day off.

University City was a distance away from Jinsheng Plaza. Xie Yu ordered a car on his phone. The four of them stood in the waiting area.

Usually, wearing camouflage uniforms and camouflage hats didn’t make them stand out, but now Chen Zhuo and Xie Yu were both wearing private clothes, each more handsome than the other.

Two handsome guys standing together always attracted attention, inevitably attracting glances from others.

Chen Zhuo was dressed neatly and cleanly, ignoring these gazes, looking down at his phone.

Although Xie Yu had low material desires and didn’t pursue luxury goods, his living conditions since childhood were evident. He could recognize that Chen Zhuo’s clothing brand was niche but not cheap.

But thinking about it, with a cousin like Xu Qingyou with such wealth, even if his parents died early, the inheritance left behind would be considerable.

The online car-hailing service arrived quickly. Zhao Jiashu, who got carsick, sat in the passenger seat. The three of them sat in the back seat.

Guys with an average height of over 1.8 meters had to squeeze together in the back row, their legs had to be close together.

Before Xie Yu came of age, he had a driver. After he came of age, he got his driver’s license and drove himself. He had never been in such a crowded car. To make matters worse, he was sitting in the middle, feeling very uncomfortable.

The Li Ang on the left nudged his leg and whispered, “Brother Yu, move over a bit, my balls are stuck, let me adjust my position.”

“You’re so troublesome.” Xie Yu moved an inch towards Chen Zhuo, only to be met with a glare. Chen Zhuo glared at him, “Why are you squeezing me?”

Xie Yu retorted, dissatisfied, “Li Ang’s balls are stuck!”

The sound wasn’t loud or soft, enough for everyone to hear in the narrow car, and the driver happened to be a middle-aged woman, who chuckled.

Li Ang’s face instantly turned red.

Chen Zhuo turned his head to look out the car window. Xie Yu’s shoulder was touching his, his arm was touching his, and even his legs were almost together.

Xie Yu saw the reflection of the curve of Chen Zhuo’s mouth in the glass, and also smelled the familiar citrus scent.

The air conditioner in the car was blowing cold air. Xie Yu inexplicably felt a little dry.

Half an hour later, they arrived at Jinsheng Shopping Plaza. It was too early to eat dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon. Xie Yu treated them and took them to the video game city on the sixth floor.

There were a lot of people on the weekend, a black mass of people, noisy and chaotic, mostly young people or parents taking their kids out.

Each game coin cost 80 cents. Xie Yu directly went to the bar and scanned the code to buy 2,000 coins and divided them among them, one plate for each to play their own games.

Chen Zhuo played VR motorcycle and shooting games for a while. When he wandered over to play fishing games, he heard two children excitedly say that there was a charitable person giving out free game coins at the corner sofa in the lounge area. Curiosity drove him to follow them over.

The charitable person had a lollipop in his mouth, dangling his legs casually, a long line of children in front of him, spreading out their little hands with anticipation, “Uncle, you’re so handsome!”

Xie Yu paused in his action of pinching game coins in the plastic basket, “Uncle?”

The little girl understood and said sweetly in a childish voice, “Brother, you’re so handsome! Brother, you’re the most handsome! Brother, you’re the most handsome in the world!”

“Sensible! Very good!”

Xie Yu didn’t count, directly grabbed a handful of game coins and put them in the little girl’s plastic basket, waving his hand grandly, “Go play!”

The smart little flowers of the motherland all surrounded him, learning to praise before they had even fully learned to recognize the words.

“Brother, you’re so handsome, brother, you’re the most handsome” sounded one after another in the video game city.

Chen Zhuo looked with a complex expression at Xie Yu, who was surrounded by children and used game coins to induce people to praise him for being handsome.

He sighed, “… What a weirdo, really a big weirdo.”