TSIBAMS Chapter 129
by VolareExtracurricular 4
One year later.
After finishing the final exams, the school suddenly became much quieter. Ye Xing was eating his last meal in the cafeteria alone before going home. Qi Guang hadn’t finished his exams yet, so he didn’t want to bother him. He was eating while scrolling through his WeChat Moments listlessly.
When he scrolled to Xu Ge’s name, he stopped.
It was rare; Xu Ge had actually posted on WeChat Moments. Ye Xing remembered that the last time Xu Ge posted was on the day the college entrance exams ended last year. Xu Ge had taken over the spotlight and posted a selfie, or rather, a selfie with Bai Shu.
To be more precise, it was a photo of the couple together.
There was no caption, just this sudden photo of the two of them, holding milk tea and snacks, squeezed into the small frame, as if afraid others wouldn’t realize they were on a date.
He wondered what kind of annual masterpiece Xu Ge would post today.
Ye Xing clicked on the picture and unconsciously read aloud, “Admission notice…”
Then, he paused, zoomed in on the picture with his thumb and forefinger, and opened his eyes wide in disbelief, “Holy crap! Bai Shu got into the University of Finance and Economics in S City!”
“You just saw that? Everyone on WeChat Moments posted it this morning,” Shuai Xiaoyun said as she appeared from behind him with a plate in her hand, sitting down across from him.
“Xiaoyun, you’re eating alone too,” Ye Xing looked up at her, as a greeting, then lowered his head to examine Xu Ge’s Moments, “I’m not surprised, I’m delighted. Bai Shu is actually going to college! I admire him so much, he’s been working for several years and then decided to take the college entrance exam and succeeded! That’s amazing!”
Shuai Xiaoyun took a few sips of her cola, “Didn’t you know? Bai Shu used to have excellent grades, and although he didn’t take the college entrance exam before, he’s always been learning, his brain hasn’t stopped working, unlike most people who get into college, their brains get rusty.”
“…”
Ye Xing felt like he’d been shot while lying down.
“Well…” Shuai Xiaoyun laughed, “Both of us are headed to art school, let’s not compare ourselves to academic aces, okay?”
When Ye Xing had filled out his college application, his first choice had been schools in S City, partly to be in the same city as Qi Guang, and also because there were more opportunities in big cities. For someone like him who studied art, the more developed places had a higher acceptance of art.
His grades were nowhere near good enough for Qi Guang’s school, so he ended up applying to the art school that Shuai Xiaoyun was attending, and from then on, he had been relying on his boyfriend’s sister’s connections and his college life was very vibrant.
Shuai Xiaoyun was beautiful and had a good personality, so she was very popular wherever she went. The connections and information she had gathered at school a year in advance made Ye Xing, who didn’t like socializing, feel very comfortable.
She was right, after entering college, they escaped the tense study atmosphere of senior year, and there were so many places to hang out in the big city. They were busy every weekend, and their brains had indeed become rusty.
Ye Xing rubbed his rusty temples and continued to study Bai Shu’s admission notice.
He couldn’t hide his excitement and couldn’t help but exclaim, “That’s great, Bai Shu is coming to S City, now the few of us can hang out together again!”
“That’s right, 1984 is all back together!”
“All together?” Ye Xing frowned, “What about Xu Ge? What do we do about him?”
Shuai Xiaoyun smiled slyly.
Ye Xing looked at her, confused.
“You finished your exam today, right?” Shuai Xiaoyun asked.
“Yeah, I’m going back to the dorm to pack my luggage, then I’ll go back to Seattle Garden to drop off my things, and then go pick up Qi Guang,” Ye Xing said.
Shuai Xiaoyun said thoughtfully, “Since you both finished your exams today, how about we all go watch me sing tonight?”
“Sure, where are you performing today?”
“A bar in the city center, I’ll send you the location later.”
“Wait…” Ye Xing looked at her, “You never invited us to watch you sing before, I feel like you’re holding something back from me.”
“Whether or not I am, you’ll find out later,” Shuai Xiaoyun shrugged.
“Isn’t it obvious? When Xu Ge took Bai Shu to different universities for dates, I could see what he was up to. It was more Xu Ge’s wish than Bai Shu’s for him to go to university,” Qi Guang said, tossing some clothes he often wore into his suitcase, “I wonder if any kind person would help me fold them.”
“Five yuan per piece,” Ye Xing squatted down, took off a hanger, and threw it back.
Qi Guang skillfully caught it, squatted down, and pulled his hand out of his suitcase, “You black-hearted capitalist, I’ll fold them myself, you go play.”
“I can pay with my good looks,” Ye Xing grabbed his collar and quickly kissed him.
Qi Guang suddenly became nervous, “We’re in the dorm.”
“Everyone in your dorm is gone, who’s going to see us?” Ye Xing glanced at him, “Besides, everyone on your floor has left, you’re the slowest packer.”
“I’m not slow, I’m careful…” Qi Guang stopped halfway through, and suddenly straightened up, “I wonder who it was today who claimed they would pick me up but then got lost on my campus, forcing me to rush out to find them while packing.”
Ye Xing was silent.
“Fold my clothes,” Qi Guang said, his tone much more confident now.
“Five yuan per piece,” Ye Xing repeated.
Qi Guang was amused by him, “Didn’t you just kiss me to pay for it?”
“Sir, you may have misjudged your worth, a kiss is only worth one yuan here,” Ye Xing was being shameless, “If I’m on top tonight, I might consider…”
“You’re on top tonight?” Qi Guang stood up, crossed his arms, a slight smile on his lips.
Ye Xing stood up too, his chin raised, “That’s right.”
“I didn’t really care before, but since you brought it up like that…” Qi Guang raised his eyebrows, “Then I definitely can’t let you get your way.”
“Is that so?” Ye Xing stared at him, his gaze moving down.
His chin, his neck, his collarbone, the thin shirt clinging to his abs, damp with sweat…
Qi Guang saw through his intentions and pushed him onto the bed before he could take any action.
“You motherfucker!” Ye Xing struggled, but Qi Guang held him down.
“It’s a competition, why are you getting mad?” Qi Guang blinked mischievously and raised his chin.
“This is the dorm,” Ye Xing reminded him.
“The door’s locked,” Qi Guang reached out to his waist.
Ye Xing grabbed his hand, “Whose bed is this?”
“You made the bed when school started, who else’s could it be?” Qi Guang nudged him with his knee, “Who else did you make a bed for? Tell me honestly.”
“No one, I only made it for you, it’s just that your push was too sudden, and my brain couldn’t catch up,” Ye Xing said.
Qi Guang was pleased with his answer and kissed him on his innocent eyes.
“A kiss on the eyes is only worth 50 cents,” Ye Xing suppressed a laugh, “I’m telling you, it’s not worth it, it’s better if you let me…”
Qi Guang bit his lip before he could finish.
Before they could do anything else, the phone in his pocket vibrated. Qi Guang took a breath, took out his phone and looked at the caller ID, then pressed the answer button.
“Hello, Xu Ge, why are you calling me back so late?”
“I was driving before,” came the voice from the other end of the line.
“I saw your Moments, Bai Shu is going to study in S City? You guys kept this a secret for long enough, how did you manage not to tell us when he was filling out his applications?” Qi Guang said, holding the phone with one hand, and the other hand holding Ye Xing down, signaling him not to move.
“Of course, I was eager to tell you all, but after all, it’s been so long since Bai Shu retook the exam, we weren’t very confident, so we thought it would be better to keep it low-key, afraid of raising your hopes for nothing,” Xu Ge sounded very happy, “Now that Bai Shu is admitted, I finally feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”
“I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders too, we’ll all be in the same city now, it’ll be easier to see each other,” Qi Guang stroked Ye Xing’s face, “When are you going to have the admission banquet? I need to plan my time to go back to Chen Town.”
“Right, you’re right, I almost forgot, the admission banquet!” Xu Ge became excited, “I’ll see where to have it and who to invite!”
Ye Xing took advantage of Qi Guang’s distraction while on the phone, locked him with his leg, and flipped him over.
Qi Guang hissed, and suddenly found himself on the bottom, holding the phone, unable to turn over, he could only glare back.
“What’s wrong?” Xu Ge asked.
“Nothing,” Qi Guang frowned and pulled his elbow out, “A cat scratched me just now.”
“You have a cat?” Xu Ge asked again.
Ye Xing was holding back his laughter and pinched his face, watching him make up lies.
“I don’t know where this stray cat came from, it has a weird temper, it likes to climb on people, but it doesn’t like to be touched, it scratches you if you try to touch it,” Qi Guang said.
“That’s what you get for touching it,” Xu Ge laughed, “If you didn’t try to touch it, it wouldn’t have scratched you.”
“Is that so?” Qi Guang looked at the person on top of him, and helplessly curled his lips, “But it climbed on me, how can I punish it?”
Ye Xing had been wondering whether to say hello to Xu Ge, but now he definitely didn’t dare speak.
A stray cat, huh?
Now he’ll taste the stray cat’s claws.
Ye Xing reached out to pull down his pants, Qi Guang was shocked and reached out to grab his hand.
On the other end of the phone, Xu Ge was still talking, not understanding the situation, “If it can climb on you, isn’t it because you’re letting it? You’re just acting like a victim.”
Qi Guang simply turned on the speaker and threw the phone aside, then grabbed Ye Xing’s neck and pulled him down. Ye Xing lost his balance and almost fell on Qi Guang.
“Xu Ge, Ye Xing is here, he has something to say to you,” Qi Guang said, smiling mischievously at him.
Ye Xing immediately became obedient, “Xu Ge, it’s been a while, please send my regards to Bai Shu.”
“He’s sleeping next to me,” Xu Ge said.
Ye Xing and Qi Guang exchanged a knowing look.
Then Xu Ge added, “We’re still in the car, I didn’t want to disturb him since he’s sleeping.”
Oh.
Sorry, it was us that had the dirty minds.
Ye Xing cleared his throat and asked, “When does Bai Shu’s school start? I’ll go with Qi Guang to take him there, we haven’t been to the University of Finance and Economics yet.”
He stroked Qi Guang’s face as he spoke.
Qi Guang held the back of his hand, not knowing who was caressing whom, “That’s right, you two used dates as an excuse to go everywhere, now it’s your turn to take us to explore a new school.”
“Xu Ge, I’ve been holding back this for so long,” Ye Xing said, “It’s fine if you took Bai Shu to Qi Guang’s university to feel the academic atmosphere, but why did you have to come to my art school later, I was worried the oddly dressed artists in the school would scare him…”
“Come?” Xu Ge was surprisingly good at catching the key words, “You’re at Qi Guang’s school right now?”
Ye Xing paused, then laughed, “Yeah, he’s slow, I’m helping him pack in the dorm.”
“Oh–” Xu Ge drawled meaningfully, “So there are stray cats in the dorm.”
Ye Xing rubbed his nose, suddenly feeling a bit hot in the face.
Qi Guang was laughing uncontrollably.
“Xu Ge, I’ll call you back later, we haven’t finished packing yet, the dorm supervisor is going to kick us out soon,” Qi Guang said, then quickly hung up.
After hanging up, Qi Guang was still laughing, clutching his stomach, “The stray cat’s been exposed.”
“Being scratched by a stray cat is nothing to be proud of,” Ye Xing patted his butt, then stood up, “Get up and work.”
“Then you fold my clothes,” Qi Guang wrapped his arm around his neck and kissed him on the lips, “I’ll owe you the rest.”
Ye Xing was squatting in front of the suitcase, folding clothes while saying confidently, “Anyway, you’re mine tonight.”
At this moment, Qi Guang’s phone vibrated again, this time it was a location sent by Xu Ge.
[Hurry up and pack, we’re waiting for you.]
The location was a bar in the city center.
Qi Guang was shocked, “Xu Ge is in S City?”
“Really?” Ye Xing took his phone and looked at it, “This place looks a bit familiar?”
Then he took out his own phone and opened his conversation with Shuai Xiaoyun.
The bar location she had sent was exactly the same as the one Xu Ge sent!
Ye Xing looked up, “He made a plan with Shuai Xiaoyun long ago!”
“Damn!” Qi Guang laughed, “What are they plotting?!”