Chapter 77 Official Announcement

Not long after the start of the semester, during the most boring transition period, and with the weekend approaching, Ji Tong's message struck like the first thunderclap of March in various Anhui University message groups.

At 9:31, the doors of the fourth-floor dormitories in Building 8, Zone 5 of the boys' dormitory all opened in unison, and a flood rushed towards room 411. Everyone faced each other and exclaimed with only one word: "Fuck!"

"You all saw it?!"

"nonsense!"

"Let me confirm again, is this talking about Brother Lin? Right?! Tongtong's last post on WeChat Moments was from the day he celebrated his belated birthday. Besides the group photo, there was only one portrait of a person in the group photo."

"He's already the 'male lead,' who else could it be but Brother Lin!"

Holy crap!

"Oh my god!"

"Awesome!"

The door to room 411 was banged open.

The moment the door opened, Li Yuan, with hair that looked like it had been bombarded, spoke as if his soul had left his body.

"It's Brother Lin."

"It wasn't something we just started talking about."

"It's been a while."

"The relationship is very stable."

"Anything else you guys want to ask?"

Brothers, we didn't have any, but we wished you well. We shouted "Awesome, damn it!" and went back to our respective groups to report the latest news.

At the same time as the boys' fifth section, the girls' dormitories of Computer Science 1 and 9 also started screaming.

"You mean you found out about A Yuan and Zhou Tian's birthdays the day we had to leave beforehand?"

"Yes."

"Did you find out by catching them kissing?"

"Yes."

"I'll confirm one more time. Go back and get Li Yuan's wallet, and then..."

Tian Zixuan interrupted directly: "Yes, and then in a small alley next to the Rhine River, I saw two handsome guys kissing. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was Tongtong and Brother Lin, and then they confessed."

"This is the eighth time I've repeated it tonight."

"You mean I left half an hour early just to get my nails done before the New Year, and missed two handsome guys kissing in the street, and it just so happened that they were Tongtong and Lin Ge, right?"

"Yes."

After a suffocating silence.

"Hehe, it's just two handsome guys kissing, I'm not really that interested in watching."

"The picture quality must have been pretty bad from that distance, Xuanxuan. To be honest, you guys didn't really see it clearly either, right?"

"It's just kissing, it's not like we've never seen it before. Compared to that, the emotional value of manicures is much higher. During the process, the manicurist kept praising my full nail shape. By the way, do you think Lin Ge and Tong Tong can kiss again?"

"You have no idea how exquisite my manicure was that time. It was red, a New Year's design, with sparkly pearls and fireworks. It was definitely prettier than when Tongtong and Lin kissed."

"By the way, did you record it at the time? No? Oh, never mind, it's okay. Actually, I don't necessarily want to see it. It's just that today is a good day, Crazy Thursday. According to international custom, Tongtong and Lin each owe me 50 yuan, right? I don't want their money. I'll just have them come out and kiss me in front of me. It's more cost-effective."

"Of course, I don't necessarily have to see it. If Tongtong and Lin Ge don't want to, then—where's the knife? Where's my knife?! What am I doing with these hands, doing manicures?! I'm going to chop them off right now!"

Ji Tong was unaware that his post on WeChat Moments had caused an uproar in both dormitories of the Computer Science Department and the student union, as he was busy replying to messages.

[Duan Pei: Congratulations]

JT: Thank you, senior.

[JT: I'll treat you to dinner with Gu Lin next time.]

[Duan Pei, senior student: Then I'll be waiting.]

[Senior Ke Tongguang: Wishing you a long and healthy life, junior.]

JT: Thank you, senior.

[JT: Also, thank you for what happened at the sixth teaching building last time.]

[Ke Tongguang, Senior Student: Is Gu Lin with you right now? If not, you can call him over.]

[Senior Ke Tongguang: Last time at the sixth teaching building, I was thinking of telling you after class, but you only taught one period, so I didn't get a chance.]

[Ke Tongguang: In any case, Ji Tong, I still have to clarify something with you. That time on the playground, the only person I confessed to was you. I mentioned Gu Lin to you only because he was right behind you at the time, and it was just a rivalry to cause him some trouble. It didn't mean I was interested in him.]

[Ke Tongguang, Senior Student: How interesting. It all seems to mean is a fight.]

[Senior Ke Tongguang: Junior, do you understand now?]

JT: I understand.

From the day his uncle brought him back to the dormitory, and the day he learned that Gu Lin liked him, Ji Tong went back and tried to understand many things.

Duan Pei's, Ke Tongguang's.

Intense love is the best teacher, and Gu Lin is the most patient of them all.

He was introduced to learning by Gu Lin, and although he learned it a little late, he still had some talent for learning.

Ji Tong smiled and sent Ke Tongguang a final message.

[JT: I know that, but it's not okay for my senior to pick on my boyfriend, even if he wasn't my boyfriend back then.]

[Ke Tongguang, Director: ………]

[Ke Tongguang, Senior Director: [Offline, bye-bye].jpg]

Ji Tong didn't reply. There was only one person left in the message list: Tu Jing.

The senior student was concise, asking only one question.

[Senior Tu Jing: Did you get it yourself, or were you taken advantage of?]

Ji Tong choked violently.

a long time.

[JT: . ]

[Senior Tu Jing: Got it, she got him.]

[Senior Tu Jing: How long have you been dating?]

[JT: More than two months.]

Tu Jing is different from others in some ways. Ji Tong hesitated for a moment before typing.

[JT: I didn't mean to hide it from you, senior. It was during finals week, and winter break was just around the corner. You were also busy with your graduate school application, so I didn't say much.]

[Senior Tu Jing: I understand.]

[Senior Tu Jing: I knew that day when you went to the sixth teaching building for your psychology class.]

[Senior Tu Jing: I heard from A Yuan that you took a week off and went to Germany?]

JT: Hmm.

[Senior Tu Jing: What happened to Gu Lin?]

Ji Tong was once again surprised by Tu Jing's keen insight.

[JT: Sleep disturbances and mild somatization of anxiety; saw a doctor in Germany.]

Ji Tong didn't mention the will, only this, but that was enough.

Tu Jing took two or three minutes to reply to the message this time.

[Senior Tu Jing: It's not a big problem. Just keep an eye on things.]

JT: Hmm.

[Senior Tu Jing: By the way, is Gu Lin next to you?]

[Senior Tu Jing: Tell him next time you chat with me.]

[JT: Next to me, he's organizing his thesis.]

[JT: Quoting "Just let him know when you chat with me next time", ?]

[Senior Tu Jing: Your boyfriend is annoyed with me, and he also has sleep problems. Tsk tsk, he's so precious. I'm afraid if I talk to you too much, he won't be able to sleep at night.]

[Senior Tu Jing: Okay, that's settled then. The two of them are fine.]

Even after putting down her phone, Ji Tong was still puzzled.

He leaned against the bed, lost in thought for several seconds, before turning his face to look at Gu Lin.

Gu Lin was writing a class paper on financial theory, and he had reached the end of it when he felt a gaze on him and turned around.

Gu Lin was wearing glasses today, silver-rimmed glasses, paired with a black long-sleeved silk pajama set.

Ji Tong admitted that no matter how many times she looks at this face, she will be captivated at certain unexpected moments.

He genuinely liked Gu Lin wearing glasses.

Ji Tong didn't say anything for a moment. Then she saw Gu Linwei lower his head, raise his hand, slowly take off his glasses, casually place them on the computer keyboard, then raise his hand to hold Ji Tong's chin and lean closer.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Ji Tong pushed him away against his shoulder: "Put it back on, who wants to kiss?"

Gu Lin knew that Ji Tong liked seeing him wear glasses, and he was very generous with them, often wearing them after they started dating. But as time went on, things became a little uncontrollable. Ji Tong had developed a conditioned reflex: whenever Gu Lin took off his glasses, it was a signal for a kiss.

Gu Lin didn't say anything after being pushed back. He only glanced at Ji Tong's lower lip in a lukewarm manner, then looked away, put his glasses back on, and leaned back on the pillow to write his thesis.

"Who were you chatting with just now?"

Ji Tong's phone screen was still broken, but he didn't want to go out today or call a delivery service, so he ignored it and just took out the SIM card and put it into Gu Lin's phone.

The two of them shared one, and Ji Tong didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Ji Tong showed Gu Lin the post before she posted it on WeChat Moments, so Gu Lin knew about it and had WeChat logged into his tablet.

“Senior Duan Pei and Senior Ke Tongguang,” Ji Tong said truthfully.

Gu Lin paused for two seconds before typing again.

"What did he say?"

“Just say ‘congratulations’ or something,” Ji Tong said casually. After speaking, she shifted her body so that the two of them had their forearms touching. “And also, Senior Tu Jing.”

Throughout Ji Tong's speech, her gaze remained fixed on Gu Lin's face, and she noticed nothing unusual.

When Gu Lin mentioned Duan Pei and Ke Tongguang, he gave a token response, but when it came to Tu Jing, everything was normal.

Senior Gu Linfan? No, right? Did you misunderstand something?

Thinking this, Ji Tong began, "Senior Tu Jing said—"

Before Ji Tong could finish speaking, Gu Lin slammed his laptop shut.

He took off the glasses he had just put on, turned around, and without any pause, grasped Ji Tong's chin, held his wrist, and kissed him with his eyes down.

Ji Tong: "..."

We're doomed.

The senior student wasn't lying.

He hadn't noticed for so long.

Ji Tong was very quiet this time, not moving his wrist at all. He cooperated with Gu Lin's kisses, and even opened his lips with a hint of flattery when Gu Lin gently bit him. The person who launched the first attack raised an eyebrow in response.

Sensing his attempt to please him, Gu Lin loosened his grip on his wrist and instead touched the back of his neck, making light, intermittent touches.

After the kiss ended, Gu Lin wiped the water from Ji Tong's lips. As he wiped, the color of Ji Tong's lips became more and more obvious. Gu Lin's gaze lowered again, and Ji Tong stopped him in time: "No, no, take a break, I can't breathe."

Gu Lin finally smiled and gently pressed his lips to his.

Once Ji Tong and the others had caught their breath, they opened their chat history with Tu Jing and handed it to Gu Lin.

"This belongs to my senior."

"The list also includes senior students Duan Pei and Ke Tongguang; feel free to look around."

Ji Tong took Gu Lin's computer and glasses, casually placed them on the bedside table, then lifted the blanket and straddled Gu Lin.

Why am I annoyed by my senior?

Ji Tong had clearly forgotten about the boys in his class chatting about their "ideal types" back in their second year of high school, even though he had hastily given the name Tu Jing, and even though he said his reason for choosing Tu Jing was because he liked her eyes—

Those eyes that looked so much like Gu Lin's.

Even so, Gu Lin still didn't want to bring it up.

Gu Lin remained silent, so Ji Tong could only guess: "Could it be because your senior saw you smoking?"

Gu Lin hooked his finger around his: "Mm."

Ji Tong: "..."

Could you be any more perfunctory?

"Tell me, tell me quickly," Ji Tong grabbed the first sleeve of Gu Lin's pajamas, "I was planning to invite my senior to the wedding, but if you don't get along with her, how am I supposed to invite her?"

When Gu Lin heard the word "marriage," he tightened his grip on her finger, looking very happy.

"There's no discord; you can invite whomever you want."

"How can I invite you if you're not happy?"

Gu Lin didn't answer this time, but quietly looked at him for a long time.

"I'm not upset, Tu Jing was just teasing you."

"So you mean...aren't you annoyed by your senior?"

"bother."

"..."

Ji Tong gave in and squeezed his palm: "Can't we talk properly?!"

Gu Lin chuckled and then lifted his face to kiss him again.

for a long time.

"It's annoying because Tu Jing is different from other people."

Ji Tong paused for a moment, vaguely understanding what Gu Lin was jealous of, but didn't know how to express it.

He thought for a while, then leaned forward, resting his head on Gu Lin's shoulder, and whispered, "I do like Senior Tu Jing, but not in that way. Hmm... she's like another 'little uncle'! That's the feeling, do you understand?"

Ji Tong finally found the most suitable and fitting description, and her eyes lit up. Unexpectedly, she heard Gu Lin's extremely calm reply.

"I know."

Ji Tong was speechless for a long time: "You know that, yet you still bother her? Are you bothered by your uncle?"

"Um."

"…………"

Ji Tong pinched his philtrum, unlocked his phone with a blank expression, and opened the voice memo: "Say it again, I'll record it and send it to my uncle."

“No need to send it, your uncle knows,” Gu Lin chuckled. “Do you think he doesn’t find me annoying?”

"He'll be more annoyed with me than I am with him."

"Much more."

Ji Tong was dizzy from listening to a series of tongue-twisting words like "annoying" and "many".

With a spirit of getting to the bottom of things, Ji Tong was determined to find out what Gu Lin was "annoyed" about tonight. So, she grabbed Gu Lin by the collar like a flag and said seriously, "Don't bother my little uncle."

“Tell me right here today what’s bothering you, and I’ll give you a proper treatment. After tonight, you absolutely won’t be bothered anymore.”

Gu Lin raised an eyebrow slightly, asking with a half-smile, "Are you sure?"

Ji Tong: "Of course!"

Gu Lin responded with a low "Mm" in his throat, and then said, "Okay."

The next second, the master bedroom light was switched off with a "snap".

Ji Tong paused for a moment: "Why turn off the lights... um!"

Half an hour later, Ji Tong had only one button left on his shirt, barely fastened. He bit the hem of his pajamas, his hands trembling, and changed the meme that said "My uncle is the best in the world" to "My boyfriend is the best in the world".