Chapter 20

When Yu Fan first entered high school, he smashed a tray of food in someone's face and became famous overnight.

That 4x400m relay was way too cool, and it spread like wildfire through the school.

So on the second day of Sports Day, when he walked into the School Playground with his jacket draped over his head, most of the people there were staring at him.

He didn't even lift his head, just walked expressionlessly to his class's bleachers.

At their School, someone came every two hours during Sports Day to check attendance, so even people without events had to sit in the bleachers.

Today there were awards and photos, so even the seats in the bleachers were arranged by height.

Wang Luan'an saw him and laughed. 'Yu Fan, you a thief or something? Not hot?'

'Sun.' Yu Fan was concise.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the sun, but if his eyes were exposed to light too long, he had trouble sleeping.

There were fewer events today, so more people were in the bleachers, and it was a bit cramped.

As soon as Yu Fan sat down, he caught the faint scent of laundry detergent from the person next to him. Maybe there was mint in it — he felt oddly cooler just smelling it.

He couldn't help glancing sideways.

Chen Jingshen was leaning back against the wall. Because the space was so tight, his long legs were bent and slightly apart in an awkward position, and he was looking down at his Mobile Phone.

Zuo Kuan was squeezed in next to Wang Luan'an, wearing a baseball cap. When he saw Yu Fan arrive, he leaned forward slightly and finally couldn't hold back the question that had been bugging him all night. 'Yu Fan, did you train before? Yesterday you ran like a freaking beast.'

Yu Fan gave a faint 'mm' in acknowledgment.

Starting from his house, he'd run every route in every direction more times than he could count.

He'd been running for over two years. If he got caught, he'd get beaten. Anyone would've trained up that way.

'That explains it... even the PE students in our class got depressed watching you.'

Yu Fan frowned. 'Why are you in our class again? Go back, it's too crowded.'

'Shh, shh, shh.' Zuo Kuan gestured at him. 'My phone got confiscated. I'm just here to look at something with Wang Luan'an. You sleep, we won't bother you.'

One more person or one less, it was still a cramped sleep.

Yu Fan held back his anger, covered his face with his jacket, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes.

Chen Jingshen was looking at his phone messages.

[Mom: Auntie said you went to School today?]

[Mom: Didn't I tell you, since you don't have any sports events, you should ask the teacher for leave and study at home. Going there is just a waste of time.]

Chen Jingshen's eyelids drooped as he was silent for a moment. He opened the keyboard and had just typed two words when a weight suddenly fell on his shoulder.

He froze, looked down, and saw the wrinkled school uniform jacket.

The head wrapped in the school uniform jacket automatically found itself a comfortable spot, and after leaning there for a while, it even rubbed upward a little.

Chen Jingshen stared at this head for a moment, then directly locked his phone screen and tossed it into the bag beside him. He shifted his shoulder down a bit so the person next to him could sleep more comfortably.

Wu Cai was holding the Question Bank and turned around just in time to see this scene.

He'd been working on a problem for ages with no clue, and Zhuang Fangqin was currently participating in the teachers' relay event. After thinking it over, he decided to ask the top student for help.

He saw two boys leaning together. Chen Jingshen's posture was unusually hunched, which actually gave him a more casual vibe, while the other person was practically collapsed against Chen Jingshen, with a school uniform jacket draped over his head—

For a split second, he felt it looked a bit like a scene from an ancient wedding, where the newlyweds sat side by side on the bridal bed.

Wu Cai was still staring blankly when he suddenly met Chen Jingshen's gaze.

The other person glanced at him expressionlessly, then looked at the Question Bank in his hand.

Then he coldly looked away.

'...' Wu Cai hugged his homework and sat back down.

His sixth sense told him the top student did not want to explain problems right now.

...

Yu Fan was woken up by two lewd laughs.

He shifted his head irritably, then felt his body tilt — the sensation of falling made his heart jump—

A hand pressed against his forehead just in time, pushing him back into place.

Yu Fan pulled off his jacket and looked up to meet a sharp jawline, still half-dazed.

Sensing the movement, the owner of that jawline looked down to meet his gaze.

Yu Fan's brain was slow to catch up. He stared at Chen Jingshen's eyelashes for a moment. 'Was that you laughing?'

Chen Jingshen said, 'No.'

Damn, how did this guy's voice have that kind of vibrating feel to it.

Yu Fan frowned. 'Why are you so close to me?'

'Maybe because,' Chen Jingshen said, 'you were leaning on my shoulder?'

'...'

Yu Fan's eyelid twitched, and he finally snapped awake.

Crap.

He grabbed his school uniform jacket and sat up straight abruptly.

He'd yanked the jacket too hard, his hair was a mess, and he looked unusually dazed.

'Why didn't you wake me up?'

'I did.' Chen Jingshen didn't flinch. 'You told me to shut up or you'd hit me.'

'...'

Yu Fan felt that was something he would say.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he leaned back against the wall and rubbed his eyes.

Two more laughs came from beside him. Yu Fan couldn't take it anymore and turned his head. 'What the hell are you laughing at?'

Wang Luan'an was startled. 'Did we wake you?'

'Damn, it's all Wang Luan'an laughing.' Zuo Kuan said, 'We're watching a stream.'

The two of them had been using their jackets to shield their hands, watching for a while.

Yu Fan ignored them. He ran a hand through his hair, his peripheral vision sweeping over the person next to him.

Chen Jingshen had already gone back to his original posture, playing Sudoku on his phone.

Seeing he was awake, Wang Luan'an shoved his phone in front of Yu Fan.

'Yu Fan, this is too funny. I was watching a stream using Zuo Kuan's account earlier, and holy crap, his follow list is all female streamers. I clicked one at random, check out how risqué this is...'

Yu Fan glanced at it and immediately frowned. He was about to tell him to take it away.

Zuo Kuan's face went red as he cursed. 'The hell, you guys don't watch female streamers?'

'Well, I definitely don't watch as many as you.' Wang Luan'an said. 'And Yu Fan even less, he basically doesn't—'

Chen Jingshen suddenly looked up from his Sudoku, expressionless, and glanced over.

Yu Fan froze under that stare. In that instant, he suddenly remembered the big talk he'd thrown out before. His words took a sharp turn:

Yu Fan: 'I do watch.'

Wang Luan'an: '?'

Yu Fan leaned against the wall and emphasized, 'I really like watching.'

Wang Luan'an: '...'

Zuo Kuan was stunned too. 'R-really? Wouldn't have guessed.'

'This streamer's dancing is pretty okay,' Yu Fan said, pulling out his phone. 'What's the name? I'll follow.'

Zuo Kuan: 'Aou, Aouni...'

Yu Fan gave an 'mm', moved his fingers, and searched for that streamer. He thought for a moment, then deliberately sat up straight and angled his phone down a bit.

Then he hit follow.

A popup jumped out without warning—

'[Ding~ Follow successful! Aouni has become your 132nd follow, and your 2nd followed female streamer! Click here to see more female streamers! ^-^→]'

Yu Fan: '... ... ... ... ... ...?'

Huh?

This?

What the hell was this???

Last time he followed, it didn't do that!!!

Yu Fan held his phone, frozen in place.

Zuo Kuan craned his neck over and was also stunned. 'Bro, out of 132 follows, only two are female streamers, you kidding me...'

'And who's the other one?' Wang Luan'an said, his hand twitching as he clicked on Yu Fan's follow list.

The name of the female streamer he'd followed last time at the Internet Café popped up.

'Damn, that's barely a female streamer.' Zuo Kuan said. 'That chick only streams games, no dancing, no singing, and calls her viewers 'bro'. Who the hell watches her seriously?'

Yu Fan: '.'

Wang Luan'an snapped back. 'True. I was gonna say, when have you ever watched female streamers? Last time we were at the Internet Café, the guy at the next computer was watching a female streamer dance, and didn't you just get up and switch computers?'

'I didn't—'

Wang Luan'an remembered something and said to Zuo Kuan, 'And another time, he accidentally entered the wrong stream. The female streamer read his ID and called him 'gege'. Man, my bro just logged off right there.'

'...'

Yu Fan was considering the feasibility of kicking these two off the bleachers when a short laugh came from beside him.

?

What the hell was Chen Jingshen laughing at?

'You—' Yu Fan turned around, furious and embarrassed, a thousand retorts running through his mind. But when he met Chen Jingshen's gaze, he suddenly deflated.

Chen Jingshen's lips were thin, the corners only curved in a faint arc. When he didn't smile, he looked cold. When he smiled... also cold. Like fine snow under a clear sky.

His dark gaze swept over from the corner of his eye, quietly watching him.

Maybe because he'd just woken up, Yu Fan's mouth hung open, and he stumbled for a moment.

Chen Jingshen waited a beat. 'Mm?'

Yu Fan: '...Don't laugh.'

Chen Jingshen replied, 'Okay.'

As soon as he said that, Gao Shi called from below the bleachers for Chen Jingshen to go collect his award for yesterday's 3000m.

After he left, Yu Fan sat there for a while, then silently lay back down.

'Yu Fan, while Fangqin's not here, want to go to the cafeteria and grab something to eat?' Wang Luan'an asked.

'No.'

'You still not awake? You seem kinda down.'

Yu Fan didn't answer him.

Only when Chen Jingshen was out of sight from the bleachers did Yu Fan raise the back of his hand to cover his eyes.

Tch...

He didn't handle that well just now.