"who!?"
Ye Ying couldn't help but ask, but the other party didn't answer, just silently hugged him from behind. Ye Ying was a little panicked, struggling to kick the person behind him, and the person finally said in a low voice:
"It's me."
Ye Ying paused and called out, "...Brother He?"
He Xizhou hummed, and there was no movement again.
Ye Ying was frightened for no reason and broke out in a cold sweat, her heart still pounding. She wanted to ask him why he was hiding here to scare him, but her mouth opened and closed again.
He was afraid that He Xizhou would still ignore him.
He Xizhou really had no intention of speaking. He just silently hugged Ye Ying from behind, and no one knew what he was thinking.
In the darkness, vision lost its function, and the sense of touch became more and more obvious. This was probably an abandoned house, the lights were broken, the air conditioner was not turned on, and the temperature was extremely hot. Ye Ying felt that the place where he was close to was quickly soaked with sweat, and He Xizhou's breath was all sprinkled behind his ears, getting hotter and hotter.
Ye Ying's heartbeat, which had calmed down after the shock, began to beat fast again. He tried to pry open He Xizhou's arms that were across his chest and abdomen, but the other party suddenly exerted force and held him tighter, causing even his ribs to hurt slightly.
"Brother He," Ye Ying finally couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
His voice seemed to awaken something, and the arm around his waist loosened its strength slightly, but still did not let go of him. He Xizhou moved, then lowered his head, buried his face in the crook of his neck, and took a deep breath.
"...Ye Ying, let's make peace."
Ye Ying's fingers trembled slightly.
"It's my fault." He Xizhou's voice was slightly hoarse, "I shouldn't have bullied you, nor should I have deliberately ignored you. I apologize to you."
"But please stop trying to distance yourself from me, okay? I really can't stand it anymore...Ye Ying."
She ignored him intentionally not because she was tired of him, but just wanted to teach him a lesson, let him also have a taste of being alienated and rejected, so that he would never dare to say such ridiculous words as "Don't be so nice to me" again.
But four days later, He Xizhou didn't know whether Ye Ying regretted it or not, but he himself was regretting it to the point of going crazy.
I couldn’t talk to that person, I couldn’t touch that person, I couldn’t see that person’s smile, I couldn’t smell that person’s scent... He Xizhou suddenly felt as if he had lost a part of his soul. No matter how normal he looked on the outside, he was already incomplete on the inside.
He misses him.
Even though they meet in the dormitory every day, he still misses him like crazy—because he doesn’t just want to see him, he also wants to hug him, touch him, smell him, and feel him…
Thirst made him feel like he was in a raging fire, suffering torture every minute and every second. The longing had penetrated deep into his bones, making every muscle and skin in his body ache with longing.
"Make peace with me, Ye Ying." The person behind him murmured, "Make peace with me, okay?"
Her back was soaked with sweat, and her neck and right shoulder were also hot and uncomfortable. Ye Ying's eyes were sore, and her breathing was a little difficult because of the stuffiness: "Okay. I want to make peace with you, too."
"I'm sorry, He."
He Xizhou was like a anxious and irritable lion who was comforted. He finally relaxed gradually. He rubbed his cheek against Ye Ying's shoulder and neck and took a deep breath of the boy's breath with satisfaction.
Ye Ying felt very hot, and dodged uncomfortably: "Brother He, let me go first."
He Xizhou seemed very reluctant, and hesitated for a while before loosening his arms. Ye Ying slightly distanced herself from him and gently pulled at the wet shirt on her back.
"Then..." Ye Ying asked tentatively, "I'll go out first?"
"etc."
There seemed to be a rustling sound in the darkness, and soon He Xizhou came over, fumbled and stuffed something into his trouser pocket: "I'll return the shell to you."
Ye Ying originally wanted to say no, as it was normal for people from different groups to compete in the game, but she swallowed her words before she started and just hummed softly.
"Don't go too far after you go out. Wait for me in the lobby on the second floor." He Xizhou said with a smile, "I'll be back to see you soon."
After everyone left the room, Ye Ying went to the hall and waited for a while. Then He Xizhou came back about five minutes later, and then stuffed all ten shells into his hands in front of his shocked eyes.
Including the ones he gave him in the room before, Ye Ying now has more than twenty shells on his body!
Seeing that his pockets were full, He Xizhou looked around, tore off a woolen hat from an octopus doll, and stuffed the shells inside it into Ye Ying's pocket.
Ye Ying didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and felt sad. Xiao Xiao said, "Give them all to me?"
"These are not enough," He Xizhou's cold face disappeared completely, and his handsome eyes and eyebrows were full of energy, "Wait for me to grab more for you."
So from then on, Ye Ying thoroughly experienced the feeling of winning without any effort.
He Xizhou was like a street bully, snatching a pair of shells from every one he saw, using the street dance master's superb motor nerves and excellent physical fitness to the extreme. Ye Ying did nothing but follow him silently, and the octopus hat in her hand was already piled with small shells of various colors.
A student from Group 2 was robbed. He desperately tried to protect his only remaining shell. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. He looked at the red shoulder badges on He Xizhou and the blue shoulder badges on Ye Ying. "Wait, you two are not in the same group? Brother He, why are you helping him rob me?"
He Xizhou snatched the shell from him without changing his expression: "I didn't help him."
He had a sad expression on his face: "I was also coerced."
As he spoke, he gave Ye Ying a look, and the latter understood what he meant. She walked over and snatched the shell from He Xizhou's hand and put it into her little octopus hat.
He Xizhou turned to the student and said, "See? I am no match for him. He enslaved me. If I don't obey, I will be beaten."
He then sighed, "I'm so pitiful."
Student: “…”
Do you dare to be more exaggerated in your acting???
So in the end, Ye Ying harvested more than 30 small shells, made a huge contribution to the victory of the three groups, was highly praised by his teammates, and also received a shining golden MVP badge.
The remaining students who were unaware of the situation were all confused. One of the boys asked He Xizhou in confusion, "Brother He, where are our shells? I remember you have a lot of them on you."
In the middle of the game, He Xizhou disappeared for some time without any reason. When he came back, he told him that he had too many shells on him and they were too conspicuous, so he asked him to give them to him to hide. The boy thought that no one would dare to snatch He Xizhou's shells, so he gave him the shells he had snatched without hesitation.
So, what about shells???
He Xizhou pretended not to hear and looked at Ye Ying who was surrounded by the three groups of members, thinking -
Although the note was written with bad intentions, the words were not wrong.
He still looks best when he smiles.
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