22 Menggui High School (22)

You are cuter than them

After a moment of eye contact, Qin Fu'an was the first to look away, his eyes slightly lowered, as if he was seriously considering the answer to the question.

Why do you always have to protect Xie Yunhuai no matter what you do?

Because we're deskmates?

Or is it... for some other unspeakable reason?

Xie Yunhuai waited patiently, though he wasn't sure what kind of answer he wanted or was expecting.

Just as he was equally unsure why he had left the classroom with Qin Fu'an without any resistance.

Recalling the moment when the monster pounced on him, and Qin Fu'an pushed him away, Xie Yunhuai couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought.

But soon, he caught a glimpse of Qin Fu'an's reply, tinged with a hint of a smile, in the chilly night air.

"Because I saw your soul."

Xie Yunhuai looked back in astonishment.

With a smile in his eyes, Qin Fu'an softly replied to the bewildered young man, "Your soul is very lively, though a little silly, but I like it very much."

Xie Yunhuai: "..."

The blank look on the boy's face quickly turned into a strange look of confusion under Qin Fu'an's gaze.

He frowned and stared at Qin Fu'an. After three seconds, he suddenly asked, "Are you calling me stupid?"

Qin Fu'an was speechless. He leaned back against the cold wall and said with a smile, "So, Little Xie doesn't like to daydream. He just needs more time to think."

Although the direction of the thought process was somewhat off.

But Xie Yunhuai, who is so earnest yet easily fooled, seems more like his silly yet lively and adorable souls.

Xie Yunhuai did not sense any malice in Qin Fu'an's words.

But he still frowned unhappily.

He hated it when people judged him as not smart enough in any way, because it meant he would never be able to complete his classwork and the final college entrance exam at the prestigious high school, and then graduate smoothly.

This was tantamount to telling him that Xie Yunhuai would be trapped in the cycle of the college entrance examination forever, and would never be able to break free in this lifetime.

"...Are you angry?" Qin Fu'an was too sensitive to the emotional changes of the people around him. Almost the instant Xie Yunhuai frowned, he came over.

The next second, a warm hand pressed against the boy's cold forehead without warning, then moved down to completely cover his furrowed brows and eyes filled with displeasure.

Everything was pitch black, but the warmth of the hand on my face was exceptionally clear and comforting.

Following the force of the hand covering him, Xie Yunhuai instinctively jerked his head back, and before he knew it, the back of his head had slammed into the hard wall behind him.

There was no sound of impact, no expected pain. The back of his head was cushioned by Qin Fu'an's other hand. Apart from a slight bump when he hit it, it felt like most of his body was being held in someone's arms.

Xie Yunhuai was blind, but with his sight taken away, his other bodily senses became even more acute.

"...Let me go." He pursed his lips, pressed his body against the wall, and tried his best to avoid Qin Fu'an's excessive approach.

"I'm sorry." Qin Fu'an stared at his pale, tightly pursed lips, his eyes darkening slightly, but his tone became softer than before. He leaned close to Xie Yunhuai's ear and sincerely apologized, "I didn't scold you, I just... wanted to praise you."

Even in complete darkness, Xie Yunhuai could still sense an exceptionally sincere and inexplicably alluring force in Qin Fu'an's gentle tone and soft voice, a force that made him want to believe without a doubt.

He heard Qin Fu'an say, "I want to praise your souls. They are lovely and lively, secretly doing many things in places you can't see. I like them very much."

After he finished speaking, the warm breath beside his ear paused for a moment, but before Xie Yunhuai could relax his tense nerves, he heard an even more sincere, even innocent, statement.

"And I'm nice to you because, in my eyes, as their owner and bearer, you're more lovable than they are."

Xie Yunhuai vaguely heard his own heartbeat erratic.

Qin Fu'an could always easily say many seductive words, and Xie Yunhuai had known this before, but... this was the first time Qin Fu'an had said such enticing words to him.

It turns out that there really are people who can achieve anything they want with just words.

It turns out that there really are people who can break down a person's defenses little by little with just a few words.

Therefore, even though he knew that Qin Fu'an's claim of seeing a soul was unbelievable, Xie Yunhuai still gently closed his eyes under Qin Fu'an's warm palm.

Okay, then... let's just assume he really was praising me.

Xie Yunhuai whispered to himself, and the sharp thorns on his body that had been stirred up by bad emotions became soft and harmless one by one.

Once Qin Fu'an confirmed that the boy whose eyes were covered no longer exuded a cold and aloof aura, and that his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, he slowly let go, and his body, which had been completely covering Xie Yunhuai, moved aside.

As he sat back down, he turned his head slightly and met Xie Yunhuai's complex and unspeakable gaze.

Qin Fu'an gave him a questioning look.

Then Xie Yunhuai turned his head without hesitation, completely avoiding eye contact with him.

"?" Qin Fu'an stared blankly at the back of the boy's head. After a moment, he looked down at the tentacles surrounding him and helplessly reached out to remove the tentacles that were wrapped around his waist and arms one by one.

However, his efforts were in vain; almost the instant he moved away, the tentacles eagerly wrapped around him again.

Not only did she want to be close to him, but she also kept talking to herself.

He said we're cute!!

"Mmm~ We're super cute! 'Cute' is a compliment, so he's cute too!"

"But... I'm so hungry~ Since he likes us so much, can we sneak a bite?"

"Right! We're being kind; we'll only take a small bite, not too much, so he shouldn't be angry, right?"

"What is anger? Is it worse than being hungry? Let me bite first, I want to bite his eyes, green eyes are so pretty~ I love green the most!"

"I want eyes too..."

"I want beautiful green eyes too!"

"Hey, stop arguing! Let's save the best food and pretty dishes for last, so let's eat the other places first!"

"Won't he get angry? What if he bites too hard? You cried in pain when I ate your head."

"What should we do then...?"

"He smells so good, we're so hungry..."

The smile on Qin Fu'an's face gradually faded. He stared at the tentacles that had begun to whisper among themselves about where to bite him, and suddenly regretted the boastful words he had just used to coax the young boy.

Compared to these silly but inherently ferocious tentacles, Xie Yunhuai himself is definitely more lovable.

But words spoken are like water spilled; Qin Fu'an couldn't very well go over and tell Xie Yunhuai now...

etc.

Qin Fu'an seemed to have thought of something, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes. Then he reached out and gently poked the boy's thin shoulder.

Xie Yunhuai: "..."

Where did Qin Fu'an get this nasty habit of poking people from?!

Time and again, he showed absolutely no intention of admitting his mistakes or repenting!

Xie Yunhuai, who was turning around in anger to question Qin Fu'an, heard Qin Fu'an's even more innocent and aggrieved complaint the next second.

"I just praised them, and now they're discussing how to eat me to relieve their hunger."

Qin Fu'an, harboring some mischievous intentions, deliberately leaned closer to the bewildered boy and helplessly complained, "To prevent them from actually eating me, Xie, could you please do something about them?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the tentacles, which had been chattering and discussing excitedly, all froze in a daze, just like the main body.

ah? ?

How... how can you even file a complaint?!

This is completely different from what they expected!

However, this lawsuit, which left both the parties involved and their souls bewildered, was only just beginning.

Qin Fu'an reached into his hand and picked up something invisible, brought it close to Xie Yunhuai's eyes, and whispered, "It said it wants to gouge out my eyes and eat them. They should taste as sweet as the candy you threw away."

Xie Yunhuai: "..."

The person in question must say: "QAQ"

Feeling guilty, it obediently shrank back into Xie Yunhuai's body, deciding not to provoke Qin Fu'an again until the end of the night.

Seeing this, Qin Fu'an pulled the next one off his knee.

"It said it wanted to hire a pig-headed chef to make soup from my left leg, because it had heard you say that bone broth is the most nutritious and delicious thing."

Xie Yunhuai: "..."

His mouth opened and closed again; his expression had changed from suspicion to a shifty, guilty look.

The tentacle that was about to take Qin Fu'an's left leg to stew struggled twice, and after Qin Fu'an let go, it quickly slithered back into Xie Yunhuai's body.

Some of the tentacles, sensing something was amiss, were tentatively and stealthily retracting.

But Qin Fu'an was too wicked and had strong initiative. He seized on the few who had been the most outrageous in their previous nagging and presented their "evidence" one by one. Even though the tentacles that had said those things had already slipped away, he could still take advantage of Xie Yunhuai's inability to see the soul and deliberately "carry" the non-existent tentacles to continue his accusations.

One by one, Xie Yunhuai's initially rising anger was gradually suppressed. In the end, his face turned red, and he held his breath, his eyes darting around as he tried to curl up his thin body, wishing the ground was flat and without any gaps, otherwise he could have performed a burrowing trick for Qin Fu'an on the spot.

The reason is simple: these so-called "words of wisdom" were actually all thoughts that had once appeared in Xie Yunhuai's mind.

Qin Fu'an listed dozens of crimes, none of which were fabricated...

[Author's Note]

Anzai: I not only know how to coax my wife, I also know how to complain to her!

Tentacles: Ugh...

Yunzai: ...So embarrassed and withdrawn that he fled the instance overnight.

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