OVTTGTBE Chapter 11

Chance

Chance

The couple’s pajamas were Bai Yao’s idea because it was his first relationship, and he wanted to see what it felt like to wear matching pajamas with someone.

Bai Yao chose the one with the Jerry pattern himself because he thought the color looked warmer.

Bai Yao liked to wear this Jerry pajama set in the dorm because it was fluffy and felt comfortable to the touch.

But he never expected that Liu Yucheng would also wear the matching Tom pajamas in the dorm.

He had thought that Liu Yucheng, being introverted, usually wore plain, boring pajamas in front of others; only when he went out with him for the night would he bravely change into this ridiculously cute couple’s pajamas.

“Brothers, listen to me…”

Bai Yao was so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into a crack in the wall, but he had to bite the bullet and salvage his position in his brothers’ hearts, “It’s not what you think, I, I’m not, this 1 and 0, it’s not what you know from the internet… it, it actually represents the shape of the belly button…”

Zhang Yifang and Li Jinyang stood aside, listening to his nonsense with smiles on their faces.

“It’s okay.”

Liu Yucheng gently shook the hand holding his and said weakly, “Even if Bai Yao doesn’t admit it, I won’t blame him; I just don’t know who he wants to be 1 with after we break up.”

Bai Yao: “……………”

Damn it, you should just keep quiet in the future.

“Pfft—hahahahaha!!”

“Hahaha…shh, someone’s sleeping, but it’s so hard to hold it in hahaha!”

Bai Yao looked at the two people who were laughing like crazy with a deadpan face and said, “Can you guys stop laughing? I’ll buy you both fried chicken later, but don’t tell anyone about this.”

Whether they were broken up or not, Bai Yao found it hard to admit that he would “be a 0” for love. At first, it was to show off in front of his roommates; later, he felt that Liu Yucheng didn’t love him.

In order to get Bai Yao’s box of high-end milk, Li Jinyang trembled as he tried to hold back his laughter, “Okay, we’ll stop teasing, see if he really has a fever or not?”

“He’s very flirty.”

Bai Yao glanced at Liu Yucheng with a blank expression, “He needs to get a shot, and it has to be the most painful butt shot to be effective. Can you get up?”

It was true that Liu Yucheng was very hot, and his lips were a little pale. Bai Yao estimated that he might have a fever of over 38 degrees. If he left it alone, what if he damaged his vocal cords? That fantasy audio novel wasn’t finished yet.

Liu Yucheng propped himself up and sat up, stared at Bai Yao for a few seconds, and asked, “Have you had one before?”

“What’s it to you? Why are you talking so much nonsense today? Get out of bed right now!”

Bai Yao ordered.

Liu Yucheng immediately became obedient: “…Okay.”

Noticing that Li Jinyang seemed about to laugh again, Bai Yao turned his head and glared at him.

With three pairs of eyes staring, Liu Yucheng was too embarrassed to change his clothes, so he simply wrapped a black down jacket over his pajamas, changed his shoes, and went out with them.

Before they had taken a few steps, Bai Yao began to feel that walking was difficult.

Why was he going with them? Not to mention supporting Liu Yucheng, he himself needed someone to support him.

So, Bai Yao waved his hand and said to them, “You two can just take him, right? I’ll go back to the dorm first. Remember to bring me back some dinner when you come back, a few baskets of steamed dumplings, thanks.”

Liu Yucheng, who was walking in front of him, stopped, “I don’t need help, you guys should help him.”

Zhang Yifang and Li Jinyang were only walking on either side of him, but when they heard this, they immediately understood what he meant, “Oh oh, steamed dumplings with vinegar…I see. Brother Yao, sorry! We really didn’t mean to!”

Bai Yao could swear to the heavens that he definitely didn’t mean that, and he quickly explained, “No, he’s going to get a shot, why would I, an injured person, go? My leg is not convenient… let me go back.”

“Li Jinyang, don’t pull me!”

“I really don’t want to go, it’s freezing outside!”

Seeing that they were about to leave the dorm building, Bai Yao began to struggle.

Li Jinyang said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Zhang Yifang went back to get a coat and will catch up in a while. Besides, he’s your ex-boyfriend, not our ex-boyfriend. A butt shot is all about seeing his butt, it’s not appropriate for us to go alone with him, you should come along, so you don’t get jealous in the dorm and look so haggard.”

Bai Yao: “…………”

What do you mean jealous? When had he ever been jealous of Liu Yucheng?

It seemed that his image as the dorm leader, which he had tried to maintain for a semester, was completely beyond saving.

Liu Yucheng walked in front, Zhang Yifang and Li Jinyang supported Bai Yao, who was limping behind, and the four of them went to the hospital near the school together.

As a result, after registering, the doctor said that an IV drip would be enough, and the butt shot that Bai Yao was expecting didn’t happen.

Li Jinyang and Zhang Yifang slipped away, pretentiously saying that they were going to scout the nearby restaurants to see if there was any food suitable for a sick person; they would come back to pick them up after he finished his IV drip.

Bai Yao had already seen that Zhang Yifang had booked a small KTV room on the APP, and these two were going to sing in the nearby business district.

It had been a while since he had sung, and he wanted to go too!

But Liu Yucheng at this time was holding his IV drip bag and walking over, looking at Bai Yao pitifully and saying softly, “You go with them, I’ll be fine alone.”

“It’s none of your business where I go.”

Bai Yao responded irritably, pushing the IV stand to the metal chair with an unwilling expression and sitting down, “I’m tired of standing, you two go first, I’ll rest for two minutes and then go find you.”

“Okay!” Zhang Yifang said with a smile, “We’ll wait for you, you must come. Tao Lin has already returned to the dorm, he’ll come to find us later.”

“…Just go already.”

After the two clowns left, the row of metal chairs in the corner was occupied by him and Liu Yucheng, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely silent.

The hospital was very warm, with an indoor temperature of over 20 degrees. Bai Yao also took off his coat, took out a mask from his pocket and put it on, and leaned back on the chair with his eyes closed to rest.

After what happened last night, Bai Yao didn’t sleep well either, waking up countless times throughout the night. Every time he woke up, his hand would uncontrollably pick up the phone beside his pillow, unlock it, and click into Wechat to see if Honey Peach Milk had sent any more messages.

Although he hadn’t replied to any of the previous messages.

“Cold.”

Liu Yucheng suddenly said.

Bai Yao didn’t open his eyes, fumbled and moved his coat over to Liu Yucheng, and continued to rest with his arms crossed.

Liu Yucheng didn’t move and continued, “Hands are cold.”

“You’re getting an IV drip, just bear with it. If it really doesn’t work, put your hands in your pockets.”

Liu Yucheng looked at him sideways, “Pockets are also cold.”

Bai Yao was a little impatient, turned his head and asked him, “Then what do you want, do you want to put your hands in my clothes? To warm them up?”

Liu Yucheng silently pulled Bai Yao’s arm, removed his arm-crossing action, grabbed his hand, and quickly hid it under the covered clothes.

Bai Yao: “…”

Sneaky, this doesn’t count as holding hands in public.

It doesn’t even count as making up.

The two of them sat quietly like this, Bai Yao watching the IV drip drop by drop, not knowing what to do for a while.

Was he going to let him hold his hand like this all the time? He had softened his heart just now and didn’t refuse immediately; now if he pulled his hand back… the atmosphere would be even more awkward.

“Why do you have to be like this?”

Bai Yao couldn’t help but ask him, “Before we broke up, how many times did I want to hold your hand, but you kept dodging.”

Liu Yucheng half-opened his eyes, didn’t answer, and didn’t let go.

Just when Bai Yao thought that he didn’t plan to answer at all and was about to say, “Forget I asked,” Liu Yucheng slowly opened his mouth: “I don’t dare to.”

“Huh?” Bai Yao was confused, “Dare not what?”

“Many people like you.” Liu Yucheng said silently, “Both men and women.”

The probability of Bai Yao’s name appearing on the confession wall was actually very high. However, besides Liu Yucheng himself, the only people who knew that he could accept being with a man were probably Bai Yao’s three roommates.

“I know that, it’s normal.”

Bai Yao was completely nonchalant, “I can’t help it, I have a good-looking face, and I’m very generous to others, so I’ve been popular since I was a child.”

Especially popular with the neighborhood aunties.

“…”

Liu Yucheng said in a low voice, “But I’m very unpopular. If you’re found to be with someone like me… it’s not good for you.”

“When we went out to rent a room, why didn’t you say that?” Bai Yao said disappointedly, “I always thought you were afraid of me.”

“Yeah, a little bit too.” Liu Yucheng said truthfully.

Bai Yao suddenly felt that Liu Yucheng seemed more inferior than he had imagined. Actually, it wasn’t that people didn’t want to get close to Liu Yucheng, there were also many girls in school who secretly liked him, but he was too withdrawn and unwilling to interact with everyone.

In fact, his roommate Yan Hao was quite concerned about him, and when he found out that he was sick, he even knew to ask for help.

“Have you encountered something in the past…?”

What had he encountered that would make his personality like this?

After all, judging from the way the two of them interacted online, he felt that his initial guess about Liu Yucheng’s “two personalities” was correct. Maybe the Honey Peach Milk/CV Yuan Shuang online was his most authentic self.

But a person’s personality wouldn’t change suddenly, it was mostly because something had happened to him in the past.

Bai Yao was halfway through his question when Liu Yucheng’s head suddenly tilted and rested on his shoulder. He turned his face slightly and found that Liu Yucheng was breathing steadily and seemed to have fallen asleep.

It was the first time someone had fallen asleep on his “broad, manly shoulders,” and Bai Yao’s sense of responsibility exploded, and he sat there stiffly, not daring to move.

After about twenty minutes, Bai Yao really couldn’t sit still anymore and wanted to take out his phone to play with it; but the phone was in his left pants pocket, and his left hand was being held by Liu Yucheng, so he couldn’t pull it back.

He had no choice but to slowly raise his right arm and awkwardly reach to the left, finally managing to pull out his phone.

There were many new messages in the Dorm 319 group chat, Bai Yao didn’t bother to look at them, just silently clicked into the blacklist and quietly pulled Honey Peach Milk out of the blacklist.

He also replied to Honey Peach Milk:

[We don’t know each other very well, so can you not progress so quickly? Of course, if you just want to find someone to flirt with, then I advise you to find someone else, I don’t have that hobby.]

The next second, Liu Yucheng’s phone “wooed” twice again. But he was sleeping soundly and didn’t notice.

Bai Yao had already found the answer to what he was curious about last night, and he was too lazy to look at Liu Yucheng’s phone again. He guessed in his heart that since last night, Liu Yucheng’s Wechat had been logged into Honey Peach Milk’s account… he might have been waiting for his reply.

Counting the 3 hours of blank voice messages after he fell asleep the night before, Liu Yucheng probably hadn’t slept much for two nights in a row.