Chapter 51

After crossing the island in the middle of the lake, you can faintly hear the sound of music coming from the square in front of the activity center.

The stage was filled with students, all wearing fluorescent bracelets on their wrists. When they waved them to the music, a band of firefly light appeared.

Next to the stage, there were tables lined with signs saying "Registration Desk." Senior students from the Academy of Fine Arts were eagerly calling out, "Don't miss this if you're passing by! The annual campus music competition! Generous prizes! Register on-site!"

As soon as Gu Fang and Lu Si appeared at the edge of the stage, they were enthusiastically pulled by one of the senior students.

Gu Fang immediately gave off a social anxiety tinge. Lu Si gave him a reassuring squeeze and asked the senior, "Can we go on stage without singing?"

The senior was enthusiastically touting the lucrative prizes of the competition, but was stunned when he heard this. "Of course, I can. Junior, are you planning to perform an instrumental piece? Ugh... that's not going to be easy to win."

"It's okay," Lu Si lowered his eyes and took the registration form. "I'm just participating."

Lu Si borrowed an electric guitar from the audience, informed the rest of the accompaniment group of the repertoire, and then took the stage. He tilted his head to glance toward the audience, his eyes narrowed slightly. Gu Fang stood there, his eyes bright, and waved slightly at him.

The audience noticed a tall, handsome junior student had come on stage. Seeing him intently tuning his electric guitar, they couldn't help but jeer, "Junior, which department are you from? You're so handsome! It doesn't make sense that you're not listed on this forum?"

Most of the participants in the campus music competition of the Capital Academy of Fine Arts are freshmen. Besides, everyone has been in the school for so many years and has never seen this handsome guy, so naturally they thought he was also a freshman of the Academy of Fine Arts.

"Junior, junior! Which song are you going to sing? Senior is cheering for you!"

"Junior! Would it be convenient for you to add my contact information later?"

Everyone burst into laughter again, laughing at the one who added the contact information: "You acted so quickly?"

The man said confidently, "You have to seize the opportunity to take advantage of a good-looking guy.

However, the gender ratio in Shoumei is completely unbalanced, with Betas and Omegas making up the vast majority, especially this year's freshmen, with only a few Alphas. It is not difficult to find out the information of this junior.

The young man on the stage leaned over to the microphone, his side-parted hair fluttering down a few times, covering his eyes. His eyes were as dark as ink in the fluorescent light.

He himself was not embarrassed by the joke, but chuckled lightly, his voice low and pleasant:

"Now I need everyone to complete this performance together. I'll play and you can sing, okay? This song is not difficult, I believe everyone has heard it, but it is enough to express my feelings at the moment."

The seniors responded loudly, and were a little curious about what song it was.

Someone patted Gu Fang on the back, and Gu Fang turned around unexpectedly: "Chu Chi?"

Chu Chi had just finished handing out flyers. His hair was damp with sweat, and his face was flushed from panting. "Finally, I found you. Where's your boyfriend? He actually performed on stage?"

He poked his head past Gu Fang and asked in surprise, "He can also play the guitar?"

Gu Fang raised his chin and said conservatively and proudly, "He knows a lot more."

Chu Chi sighed, and couldn't stand his smug look, so he said sarcastically, "It's not like they can do it, but you can..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the performance began. As soon as the prelude sounded, the audience below the stage showed expressions of jaw-dropping surprise.

At first, some people were skeptical about how many songs everyone could have heard.

As a result, when the prelude sounded, everyone felt familiar.

Isn’t this the theme song of the cartoon that was played on almost every channel when I was a kid?

As soon as the prelude started, it triggered everyone's common childhood memories, and the lyrics seemed to be automatically generated and spinning in their minds.

Lu Si kept his eyes down while plucking the strings until he was about to start singing. Then he raised his eyelids and tapped the guitar lightly with his fingers to signal the beat to the audience.

It started with one or two singers with loud voices singing.

"I awaken the sea, I awaken the mountains, I awaken the desert, and everywhere is full of color..."

It gradually became a chorus of the whole audience.

"It takes courage to move forward. Keep flying forward. The most important thing is to be happy and forget about your worries..."

It perfectly illustrates what might be a bit childish for elementary school students, but just right for college students.

Passersby were attracted and joined the chorus family either actively or passively.

Perhaps this is the charm of childhood memories and choruses.

Until the end, everyone was still not satisfied.

Lu Si, who had hidden his achievements and fame, lowered his eyelids slightly, found Gu Fang's position and was about to leave the stage, but was stopped by the host halfway.

"Classmate, congratulations on winning the participation award in this music competition! But the specific ranking will be determined after tonight's performance. Could you please leave your college, major, and name?"

Lu Si paused, facing the host and the audience's heated gazes, and glanced at Gu Fang. Gu Fang smiled and nodded at him from behind the crowd. Lu Si raised his eyebrows lazily and said into the microphone:

"Don't rank me, I'm not a student of this school."

"Then who are you?" The host was extremely surprised, and even had a ridiculous thought: could this kid be from the opposite school and come to cause trouble?

The man who was suspected of being there to cause trouble had one hand tucked into his coat pocket. His leisurely, low-pitched voice carried across the square from the speakers: "I'm the family member of Gu Fang, a student in the Oil Painting Department of the School of Plastic Arts. Thank you."

“!!!”

One stone can cause a thousand ripples.

As for who Gu Fang is, Shoumei is a small place with only a handful of Alpha students among the freshmen, but the name of this junior brother appears in the school forum every now and then, and even occasionally intervenes in the Jingda Forum across the street.

It perfectly illustrates what it means that even though a person is not in the world, the world is still filled with his legend.

But now, an equally tall, cool, and handsome guy suddenly appears, claiming to be the relative of their sweet little school hunk? — Holy shit, he's not even her boyfriend, he's her relative?!

"No, no, no," someone still stubbornly protested, "'Family member' has such a broad meaning. Maybe he's the school idol's brother, a distant cousin, or even a younger uncle...?"

Someone immediately refuted it mercilessly: "With this context and this tone, is this what the family members meant? I'm embarrassed to expose you."

"But...aren't both of these A's?"

"The school hunk is A, so maybe this classmate is B?"

"Ah, he looks like A no matter how you look at him."

"Whether it's an AB relationship or an AA relationship, I'm fine with it! I'm happy with it! See you in the forum fanfiction section, brothers and sisters!"

After Lu Si stepped down from the stage, he was forced to give away his participation prize, a doll. He then walked over to Gu Fang and took his hand. Gu Fang took the soft fur teddy bear doll.

Chu Chi gave a thumbs up and said only: "You two are true warriors."

Who could have guessed that these true warriors now were still testing each other and feeling apprehensive when they just met again in the evening?

Seeing Gu Fang about to go to the school gate, Chu Chi suddenly remembered something and called out, "Gu Fang! Don't forget to check the dormitories tonight!"

Gu Fang was walking so leisurely, but upon hearing this, he stumbled. Fortunately, Lu Si caught him in time. He barely managed to suppress his laughter, leaning close to his ear and whispering, "Forget it, Fang Fang, just consider this as a walk back to the dorm."

Gu Fang's ears turned red, and the porcelain-white skin on his face was also stained with a blush. He nodded incoherently: "Then I'll take you home."

In fact, he hadn't thought about this matter, or rather... he hadn't thought about it at all. Before, just thinking about seeing Lu Si again was enough to make him happy. How could he have thought of suddenly taking this step?

His palms were actually sweating on the way here, and Lu Si might have noticed it.

Because he had never thought about it, Gu Fang did no research on this.

Lu Si was someone he wanted to cherish extremely. If he rashly came to this, Gu Fang was afraid that he would accidentally hurt him.

While Lu Si was looking back at the road ahead, Gu Fang breathed a sigh of relief silently.

Crossing the zebra crossing is the west gate of Jingda University. It's past nine o'clock now. The tree-lined road is dotted with shadows, and young couples are wandering under the streetlights.

They also strolled in the warm yellow light, watching their long shadows walk side by side under their feet.

"What are your plans for tomorrow weekend?" Gu Fang held the little bear in his arms and pretended to bring up the topic casually.

"I've been teaching myself programming lately and have taken on some work with a deadline on the weekend."

Lu Si was studying computer science. Jingda's computer science and technology program was one of the best in the country, but the foundational knowledge he'd learned in his freshman year wasn't enough for Lu Si's current needs. He began self-studying the knowledge for the following years during the summer break.

Even though the work he currently does is incredibly basic, the money he earns from his part-time job is already far higher than what he earned delivering food in Shoumei. He's only persisting in this part-time job out of selfish motives, but now that he's met someone, he'll have to quit.

Perhaps because he is always in and out of the ordinary, like a dragon that is hard to find, there are very few posts about him on the Jingda Forum, and it is almost impossible to find such a person.

"Oh, right," Lu Si remembered something, "I have to go to the hospital to accompany Lu Qi tomorrow."

Gu Fang also knew about this. Lu Qi was preparing for a crucial surgery at the end of next month. He nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Is it okay for me to go with you?"

He wanted to visit Lu Qi, but was a little worried about Xie Qinghe's attitude towards him.

"Of course it's okay. She'll be happy to see you." Lu Si raised his hand and rubbed the top of his head. Suddenly realizing something, he compared their heights and said, "You seem... taller than me?"

Lu Si used two fingers to pinch out a gap of only a few centimeters.

Gu Fang raised the corner of his lips: "My face looks shorter than yours, so you can't notice it, right?"

Lu Si raised his eyebrows: "You said it yourself, I didn't say it."

Gu Fang found it funny, so he pretended to be angry and pinched Brother Lu Si's cheek. Under the pinched cheek, the dazed expression on Lu Si's face was particularly obvious.

His expression was in stark contrast to his usual leisurely and calm demeanor, and even made him look a little cute.

How could it be... so cute?

Gu Fang sighed in his heart. He actually felt at ease to put the word "cute" on Lu Si. He was really hopeless and incompetent.

He rubbed the place he had pinched with his fingertips, glanced around quickly, and saw that there were not many people on the road near the dormitory, so he quickly moved closer, put his lips on the soft skin on Guo Lu Si's face, kissed him, and quickly moved away.

Lu Si lowered his eyes slightly, and unsurprisingly, he saw the innocent Fang Fang, who was blushing and lowering her head shyly.

It is both a good thing and a bad thing for a boyfriend to be too innocent.

They had reached the bottom of the dormitory building. Alpha's dormitory was almost deserted. After all, couples would send their partners to other dormitories, and those without partners were either still studying or had already returned to their dormitories to play games.

Lu Si put his arm around his shoulders and leaned against a Tangdi tree in early autumn, their noses touching, their foreheads pressed against each other, their breaths intertwined.

Gu Fang's face flushed and his heart raced. The faint sweet scent of mint lingered on his nose, and he instinctively wrapped his arms around Lu Si's waist. That waist wasn't thin; one could feel the smooth lines of muscle, and Gu Fang's arms wrapped around it just right, flexible and powerful.

Lu Si glanced at him indifferently and realized that he was like an old rogue who was forcing someone to do something against his will and was a man on top of another.

...Forget it, just be an old rogue. Only old rogues can seduce little cuties.

He believed that if they maintained this posture and did not act a little rogue, they could definitely stand there respectfully until tomorrow morning.

So, the old rogue lowered his head, bit the little cutie's ear and said, "Shouldn't you kiss before you leave, boyfriend?"

Gu Fang could hear the sound of his heartbeat hitting his chest. He pursed his lips nervously. His skin was warm under the streetlight but still porcelain white, which made his lips look even more rosy and made him look very kissable.

Soon, Lu Si felt the hand around his waist tighten, and he was suddenly pulled down by a slightly strong force.

Her lips were sealed immediately, in stark contrast to her innocent appearance. The kiss was as fierce as a rainstorm. Lu Si couldn't resist and let him take what he wanted. It was not until her teeth were opened that the kiss gradually slowed down.

Gu Fang half-closed his deep blue eyes, seeming to particularly enjoy the quiet kiss at this moment.

The autumn wind gently rustled through the leaves of the Chinese yew tree, and the fallen leaves scraped the ground, causing their rapid breathing to slow down. Gu Fang held his face with one hand, and with the other, still holding the little bear, placed it on his waist, kissing it intently and gently.

The lips and tongue melt at an extremely slow pace, lasting for a long time.

Lu Si gradually became dazed, feeling that his whole body was about to melt with this gentle and quiet kiss.

After a long while, time, which had slowed down considerably, finally returned to normal. Gu Fang, as if cleaning up a battlefield, kissed him twice more on the lower lip before withdrawing. Lu Si's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, his scattered gaze slowly gathering.

Gu Fang stroked his neck with his palm, his brows tender, and lowered his head to kiss his Adam's apple before saying, "You should go up."

"Good night, Brother Lu Si."

The author has something to say:

QAQ Sorry for taking such a long leave, I will resume updating as normal later~