Chapter 42: Wipe clean

Ye Yao holds Lu Xun's hand, walking in the amusement park at night.

Lu Xun helped him hold the glowing transparent balloons, which looked very dreamy with the stuffed bears.

Lu Xun was usually a fast walker, but now he was walking slower than a snail.

"The ground is too dark, and there are so many stones to trip over, the design is not humanized." Lu Xun moved step by step, "Walk slowly, don't fall."

The playground ground is flat, where there are no stones. Even though it was nighttime, there was enough light to see your way around.

Next to them is a two-year-old who looks like he's a fast walker, and he runs up to them from behind, then looks back at the conspicuous pair, giggling.

"Brother walks so slow, and Bear walks so slow." The boy said, "He doesn't walk as fast as I do!"

When the child is taken away by his parents, Ye Yao looks at Lu Xun.

"It's really hard to stand on two feet." Ye Yao said to Lu Xun, "After all, all the other bears walk on four feet."

The tortoise-speed Lu Xun, not ashamed of his walking speed, shakes Ye Yao's hand and tries to draw warmth from it through his plush holster.

By walking slower, they could hold each other longer, maybe melt the holster and get Ye Yao's hand?

"Human children nowadays are very powerful, walking independently at such an early age, I am inferior to them." Lu Xun said, "Unlike me, I would not be able to walk independently without Mr. Ye holding me."

Ye Yao didn't say anything, and after a long time they finally walked back to the original spot. Ye Yao let go of Lu Xun's hand, three times in a row, and the paw remained stuck to his hand.

Ye Yao : "...... moderation."

Lu Xun was reluctant to take his hand off and left, the bear who couldn't see the road was now walking super fast and soon disappeared from Ye Yao's sight.

The heat that covered his palm dissipated, and Ye Yao looked at his hand again, sighing softly.

*

Since Ye Yao had to help Wang Xue with tutoring the next day, they didn't go back to school, but went straight to the house outside.

Before Ye Yao entered the house and closed the door, Lu Xun finally returned to Ye Yao the doll bear he'd gotten from the shooting game he'd taken from him earlier.

"You'll see it more often if you can't see me, and allow it to be my substitute for a night for now." Lu Xun frowned reluctantly, "You can leave it on the bedside table."

"This kind of toy will be fine for the living room couch." Ye Yao picks up the doll bear.

Lu Xun's frown tightened, "You think of it as me and bear to leave it on the couch?"

Ye Yao thought about it and nodded, "That's true, we should throw it in the kitchen and put it in charge of guarding the chopper."

Ye Yao said goodbye to Lu Xun, who had a look of hello cruelty on his face, and the door closed behind him as he stood in the living room for a moment holding his furry teddy bear before walking to his bedroom.

The teddy bears were placed on a chair, and Ye Yao went to take a shower and returned, he sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the one teddy bear for half a day, and finally picked it up and put it on the bed.

Ye Yao doesn't like to put things on his bed, his bed only has a comforter and a pillow, extra dolls and pillows were originally not there at all.

Doll bears are placed on such a bed and add a lot of fun to the bed.

Ye Yao followed and lay down on the bed, he lay on his side propping his head up with one hand and looking over at the smiling bear.

The bear's face is very cute, round and furry, and is seven to eight percent similar to the bear Lu Xun was dressed up as, and looking at this bear is like looking at a scaled-down version of Lu Xun today.

"The kitchen is still a little too cold." Ye Yao muttered.

The bear can't speak, he looks at Ye Yao with a smile.

Ye Yao stretched out a finger and easily pushed the bear sitting on the bed down, pressing his index finger into the doll bear's cotton-stuffed, flabby stomach.

"Did it really get bent to be able to accept men, straight man?" Ye Yao asked softly.

The doll bear doesn't respond, and it looks safe and secure as it lies quietly beside Ye Yao.

Ye Yao let the pillow out a little for the doll bear to lay with him, and finally buried his face in the fluff on the back of the doll bear and closed his eyes.

*

At 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, Ye Yao sat down at a table with Wang Xue, who had arrived.

"I heard you did well on your last monthly test? Congratulations." Ye Yao casually chatted with Wang Xue, "The hard work paid off."

Speaking of this, Wang Xue was suddenly excited: "Yes, I did quite well, and I feel like they're all looking at me differently! You don't know, Yao, but my ex-desk had a physics problem that he couldn't write, and he actually came to ask me about it! He came to ask me!" Wang Xue's face turned into a flower, "And I actually made it, and I explained it to him! Oh my goodness, it's like a dream."

The joyful atmosphere was contagious, and Ye Yao smiled as well, turning his book to what he was going to talk about today, "This doesn't feel any worse than winning a fight, does it? Keep up the good work and learn, you'll have more fun in the future."

Ye Yao begins today's tutorial, but as he talks, he realizes that his student is deserting and that the distance between the two of them is getting closer and closer.

Ye Yao sits next to Wang Xue to make it easier for him to explain and write. There was originally a normal social distance between them, but now that Wang Xue's upper body is tilted towards him, the distance between them is getting smaller and smaller.

Wang Xue's eyes are not on the textbook, but instead on his hands, and his wrist, which shows a small section of it.

Ye Yao unmovingly pulled the distance between the two while tapping the desktop with his pen.

"Concentrate on the lesson." Ye Yao said.

"Huh? Oh oh oh, in listening in listening!" Wang Xue's hands were busy picking up the pen and sitting up straight, he thought he was covertly glancing at Ye Yao's face as the pen scribbled on the sketch paper.

Ye Yao continues his lecture, he speaks for about twenty minutes and stops.

Ye Yao said with a grimace, "You're not concentrating, if you don't want to learn today then you can leave now and we'll continue when your mind goes back to studying instead of focusing mainly on me. If you can't solve this problem then replace me as a teacher."

Wang Xue, who not long ago regarded studying as the most painful thing in the world, panicked instead of being happy to hear that she didn't have to study today.

Wang Xue sat upright and squeezed his pen tightly, "I didn't not want to learn ah Yao! I've listened carefully, really carefully, so go on."

Instead of continuing, Ye Yao said bluntly, "I've learned my lesson well before, what's going on today? If you have something to say, just say it."

Wang Xue bit his lip and finally spoke, "Yao brother ...... you are a sophomore this year right?"

Ye Yao was expressionless, "Uh-huh."

"Look at the rate of my progress, I did so well on this test, it's not entirely hopeless for me to double my efforts for the rest of the year to get into this school you're in now, is it?"

Ye Yao: "Uh-huh."

"Then you'll be a senior when I'm a freshman and we'll still be at the same school." Wang Xue twisted a few times on the stool, his ears a little red, "Give me a chance to woo you and be your boyfriend then, huh?"

Wang Xue, after a period of hard work, promising to give Ye Yao a house to eat and drink, and inviting Ye Yao to feel his abs in an effort to recommend himself, and Ye Yao not moving, thinks he understands something.

Such a capable man, money alone would not gain him favor, one needed to walk up to him to have the possibility of something happening with him.

Wang Xue felt that he had said something decent enough, and he nervously waited for Ye Yao's reply before he saw Ye Yao shaking his head.

Wang Xue's mood dropped to the bottom, and he shrugged his eyebrows, "Can't you even give it a chance, Yao?"

"Don't think about all that." Ye Yao said, "I don't like being chased by men, it feels weird."

Wang Xue's mood sank to the bottom of the lake, which was given to him directly from the gender hammer dead!

Wang Xue, who was silently weeping in her mind, remembered something: "I ran into the guy next door when I came here, the one who came back to school with you last time and who you said was a friend."

Ye Yao raises his eyes, "What happened to him?"

"He glares at me!" Speaking of this Wang Xue huffed, "He definitely doesn't have good intentions towards you, you don't like being chased by men, so it's better to minimize your dealings with him."

Wang Xue, who had complained, then saw a smile, a soft smile, on the face of Ye Yao, who was originally expressionless.

"You know he's after you?" Wang Xue was startled and incredulous, "It's okay for him to chase, but not me?"

Is this the legendary double standard?

Ye Yao The smile on his face retracted again, "Well, that's not the attitude of other people chasing me. Are you still studying today? If you don't, class will be dismissed now, and you can go back to adjust your mood and attitude towards learning."

*

We still have to learn, but Wang Xue, who has seen the double standards of adults, is devastated, so today's class will be dismissed earlier than usual, and the evening tutorial will be canceled for the time being.

It wasn't even 5:00 p.m. Ye Yao stood up and moved his muscles, then went back to the bedroom to check on the bear.

Cute bear wrapped in a quilt and sleeping soundly.

I wonder what Lu Xun is doing now?

Ye Yao took his cell phone out and didn't see the message that Lu Xun had asked him to go to dinner with him tonight.

Ye Yao thought about it and went straight out and rang the doorbell across the street.

He didn't have to wait long before the door across the street opened, and Lu Xun, holding a kitchen knife, stood in the doorway.

The moment you open the door, the aroma of food hits your nose and can easily arouse your appetite.

"Classes end so soon today?" Lu Xun frowned, "No way, don't even give me time to prepare for a surprise, is this the legendary Heaven's not for the faint of heart?"

"So I go?" Ye Yao said.

"You're here and you still want to leave?" Lu Xun gave Ye Yao a tug on his wrist and pulled Ye Yao inside before closing the door and locking it behind him.

"I've locked this door, so student Ye can just hang out in this house for now." Lu Xun said, as he thought of something, the corner of his lips picked up a smile, "If you feel tired, it's fine to go and lie on my bed, feel free to do so."

Ye Yao didn't lie down, so Lu Xun took a pot of homemade fruit tea out of the refrigerator and poured Ye Yao a cup.

"I don't pour it for ordinary people." Lu Xun said, "I was going to drink it with you tonight, but since you came first, I'll open it for you first."

"Aren't you going to drink?" Ye Yao asked.

"The chef is very busy." Lu Xun said, "We're having hot pot today, I have to go get the ingredients done. Don't come along to help, or when I ask you how much you can score on today's date, you'll say that today isn't a date, today is about cooking together!"

Lu Xun clearly has a lot of resentment about the incident, so when he returns to the kitchen he pulls all the clear kitchen doors shut and seems to have unlocked them.

Ye Yao sits on the sofa with a refreshing sip of fruit tea and smells the aroma of the hot pot base as it rolls around in the pot.

The fruit tea in his hand was icy cold and just the right amount of sweetness for his liking.

The tomato flavored fondue base is also his favorite.

...... Another person in this room is equally to his liking.

When one leaves one's hometown and one's parents' side, it is difficult to feel the warmth of home again. But with Lu Xun, he can often feel this warmth.

Lu Xun used to say that he wanted to walk with him for the rest of his life, and why wouldn't he?

The sweetness in the cold fruit tea fell down Ye Yao's throat, moisturizing the heartland and allowing the suppressed seeds to break through.

He doesn't want to force Lu Xun, who is still straight, but equally, he doesn't want to miss Lu Xun, who is really bent.

Instead of passive observation, he should take the initiative in order to know Lu Xun's true attitude.

Like touching Lu Xun's lips when he wasn't ready, or something.

It may be a bit abrupt, but it is this sudden intimacy that best reflects the true state of a person's mind.

Hopefully ...... he will see what he wants.

*

Lu Xun successfully finished all the ingredients and sat down at the table with Ye Yao.

Not being in a restaurant where you can sit wherever you want, Lu Xun tried placing his chair next to Ye Yao instead of across from him.

Ye Yao did not object, and Lu Xun quickly sat down next to Ye Yao.

"Eating too far apart has no atmosphere, it's just that you have to be closer to make it easier to clip the food." Lu Xun picked up his chopsticks and gave Ye Yao half a bowl of meat before Ye Yao could open his mouth, so that Ye Yao wouldn't have the heart to kick him out again.

The two of them never pay attention to food and sleep, they are how to have fun, after they started eating for a while Lu Xun suddenly remembered, "Why did the class end so early today, that male high school student doesn't listen?"

"Study attitude is not correct, always inattentive, let him first go back to adjust the attitude of the mind." Ye Yao said.

Lu Xun complimented himself and stepped on Wang Xue: "It's better if I have a good attitude towards my studies, when you used to give me extra lessons, I never lost my concentration. I listen to everything Ms. Ye says, unlike that male high school student who doesn't know what's good for him."

"Your attitude towards learning is much better than his." Ye Yao glanced at Lu Xun.

Lu Xun was so happy to receive the compliment that he couldn't help but have some ill-timed fantasies at the dinner table.

If only they were already together in high school.

Ye Yao tutored him, and when he got a question right, he could kiss Ye Yao. After a night of tutoring, Ye Yao's lips would be red from his kisses, and his eyes would have a ring of red in them, and then he could lick the tears away.

"So spicy."

Lu Xun, who was immersed in his fantasy, heard Ye Yao's voice, he turned his head and then froze.

Ye Yao's sauce was probably too spicy, turning Ye Yao's light-colored lips, the tip of her nose, and the thin skin around her eyes all red.

...... This is very similar to the picture he imagined of Ye Yao being kissed hard by him.

Lu Xun's throat tightened, and the knot in his throat moved as he poured Ye Yao a glass of ice water.

"Have a cold one to slow you down." Lu Xun suppressed his voice and looked at Ye Yao out of the corner of his eye.

He'd like to look at it brightly, but he can't always control his eyes, and he might scare Ye Yao away.

"Lu Xun, turn around." Ye Yao suddenly spoke.

Lu Xun didn't know what Ye Yao was calling him for, he controlled the expression on his face and turned to face Ye Yao.

Then he saw Ye Yao, whose lips and eyes were reddened, so that Ye Yao, whom he now dared not look at more than once, slowly leaned in.

Ye Yao's face was getting closer and closer, and Lu Xun could almost hear his blood boiling.

He was all tensed up just so he wouldn't lose his cool in front of Ye Yao.

Lu Xun still couldn't restrain himself from gulping, and the next second, the knot in his throat that slid from swallowing was gently touched by another pair of hands, applying slight pressure to it.

It was a pair of hands he knew well, both the curvature of his fingertips and the warmth they carried on them made him fond of them.

Lu Xun's head exploded.

"You, here, got the sauce." Ye Yao said.

Lu Xun where can still hear, his heart a million horses racing, Ye Yao wanted to take away the hand, but he was back a hand to hold down.

"Just wipe it off and you're done?" Lu Xun's voice was hoarse, "At least wipe it off carefully."