Chapter 126 Extra
If Line-If Nothing Happened (V)
The faster and faster heartbeat made Chen Qizhao feel indescribable. He lowered his head and caught a glimpse of Shen Yuhuai packing up the medicine bottles and cotton swabs on the chair next to him. He placed the dirty cotton swabs and gauze separately, and put the other medicines back into the original plastic bags. When he looked up, Shen Yuhuai took those things to ask the police officer, and finally threw them away in the trash can at the door.
"Brother, what are you doing?" A voice suddenly came from the side.
Chen Qizhao came back to his senses in an instant. His over-beating heart made his limbs numb for a moment. "Nothing. Are you done?"
"It's over. Cheng Rong told us to go back first. He will find someone to handle the rest." Yan Kailin said, "Let's go back to school first, otherwise we will miss the curfew. Isn't tomorrow Monday?"
He was halfway through his speech when he saw Shen Yuhuai walking in from outside, and he became even more nervous: “Brother Huai.”
It took some time to take turns recording the statements. Several people who were present were called over, and by the time they finished, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Cheng Rong asked them to go first. Neither Chen Qizhao nor Yan Kailin drove. In the end, Shen Yuhuai sent them back on the way back to the research institute.
They didn't talk much along the way. Chen Qizhao and Yan Kailin sat in the back seat of the car, and Yan Kailin talked one sentence after another about the group of people who had just caused trouble. Chen Qizhao didn't hear a word, he was sitting right behind the co-pilot seat, from his angle he could see most of Shen Yuhuai's profile.
You can also see the other person's narrow and long eye tails from different angles.
Chen Qizhao's eyes were unfocused. He looked at Shen Yuhuai, then glanced away to look at the steering wheel, noticing the other person's hand holding the steering wheel.
The palms were broad and the fingers were long... The street lamps and shops outside cast colorful lights, which refracted into the dark carriage, making the hands look cold, white and long.
The scenery outside the window passed by quickly, but Chen Qizhao found that his eyes seemed to be glued to Shen Yuhuai and he couldn't move them away.
"Those guys are repeat offenders. Cheng Rong said they will have a hard time." Yan Kailin looked at Chen Qizhao and waved his hand in front of him: "Brother, are you listening?"
Suddenly, the person in the driver's seat tilted his head slightly, and when the light from outside the window came in, he glanced to the side and rear.
Chen Qizhao's eyes met his, but he quickly looked away the next second. Then he was nervous about being caught while peeking, and his chest seemed to beat faster.
The light is red.
Shen Yuhuai placed his fingers on the steering wheel and lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the dark color in his eyes.
"Then what? What did Cheng Rong say?" Chen Qizhao looked away.
Yan Kailin continued, "Of course it's counted directly. That person also beat up Kaizi, and you also hung up the photo. Can this matter be counted?"
When Chen Qizhao heard about the hanging photo, he couldn't help but asked, "Where is my hanging photo?"
Yan Kailin glanced at the iodine on Chen Qizhao's face and immediately changed his words: "It was Kaizi who got into trouble."
Chen Qizhao pursed his lips slightly and said, "It was just rubbed by the chair."
Yan Kailin nodded.
After Chen Qizhao finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yuhuai.
The other party didn’t say anything, nor did he look over here. The light turned green, and Shen Yuhuai continued to drive.
Chen Qizhao slightly adjusted his sitting position, watching Shen Yuhuai skillfully steering the wheel… and then moved up to the rearview mirror to see the other person’s eyes.
The car arrived at the school quickly and drove directly to the downstairs of the dormitory.
After Yan Kailin got off the car, he noticed that Shen Yuhuai followed him down. When he thought of what happened tonight and the other party's silence along the way, his heart was lifted again.
"We didn't cause any trouble. We'll all be back to school soon." Yan Kailin looked at Shen Yuhuai's face and said cautiously, "Can you not tell my brother?"
Shen Yuhuai responded briefly, which was considered as an agreement.
Yan Kailin's heart finally settled down, "That's great, we'll go back now."
Shen Yuhuai's gaze paused on Yan Kailin's face for a moment, and then looked at Chen Qizhao.
He had just stared at Shen Yuhuai for a long time, and now that his eyes met, Chen Qizhao looked away uncomfortably, his gaze focused on Shen Yuhuai's right shoulder.
Yan Kailin was about to leave, but when he saw the other two still standing there, he called out to Chen Qizhao, "Brother?"
Chen Qizhao thanked Shen Yuhuai, then turned around and followed Yan Kailin into the dormitory building. Halfway through, he was stopped by the dormitory manager and had a few words with her.
Shen Yuhuai stood by the car, watching him being stopped by the dormitory manager, and then he quickened his pace and ran into the dormitory building, and the smile in his eyes disappeared. The boy's figure went further and further inside and finally disappeared at the corner of the dormitory building.
After a while, Shen Yuhuai got into the car and raised his hand to adjust the rearview mirror inside the car.
The mirror reflected the scene in the back seat. At this moment, there was no one in the back seat, but Shen Yuhuai seemed to be able to see the figure who had just sat in the back and leaned forward slightly, as well as the other person's evasive gaze.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Yan Kailin entered the dormitory and saw Chen Qizhao standing in the corridor. "Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"You wash first." Chen Qizhao waited for a while before seeing the headlights of the car light up again and then drove away. He paused for a moment, the night wind blowing on his face, causing a subtle stinging sensation in the abrasions.
He thought of what had just happened in the police station, and then thought of the look in Shen Yuhuai's eyes when he got out of the car.
It was clearly just a normal eye contact, and he was looking at people when he spoke before, but why was it so awkward... He didn't dare to look at Shen Yuhuai's face.
After all, a lot of things happened today. When Chen Qizhao came out of the shower, Yan Kailin was still telling his roommate about what happened when he drank. Chen Qizhao climbed up to the upper bunk, sat cross-legged, and listened to the discussions of several people next to him. When he opened his phone, he habitually clicked on the chat box with Shen Yuhuai.
After thinking for a while, he did not send a message to Shen Yuhuai.
After Yan Kailin finished bragging to his roommate, he suddenly noticed that there was no response from Chen Qizhao, so he shouted.
The other roommates said, "Maybe he fell asleep. So many things happened today."
Yan Kailin was actually a little tired. He glanced at the bedside and noticed that Chen Qizhao's phone was lit up, but he was not playing with his phone. He must have been resting.
The dormitory became quiet and Chen Qizhao fell asleep in a daze.
As his body became tired, he also felt an inexplicable haziness. The images in his mind kept changing. Sometimes it was Shen Yuhuai standing outside the car, and after a while it was Shen Yuhuai driving the car... He walked forward a few steps, and the other person's face got closer and closer. In the end, he took a cotton swab to treat his wound.
When certain images were superimposed on each other and finally frozen, Chen Qizhao could not help but be attracted by the other person's eyes. As if bewitched, he walked into the dark eyes little by little. He noticed his own restlessness, and also noticed that the distance between them exceeded the distance for applying medicine. Shen Yuhuai's face was so close that their breath seemed to spray on each other's faces.
Chen Qizhao's heartbeat was getting faster and faster. He looked into the other person's eyes, and finally moved his heart down a little bit, stopping at the other person's lips.
Opening and closing, as if urging something.
…
It was late at night and the sound of Yan Kailin snoring could be heard.
Chen Qizhao sat up in shock. The scene in the dormitory gradually came into focus. He lifted the quilt and cursed under his breath.
The sticky feeling on his body seemed to be stuck on his back. The air conditioning in the room did not blow away the heat on Chen Qizhao's body. He exhaled heavily, got off the bed quietly, and went into the bathroom.
After taking a shower, he stood in front of the sink and washed his face with water.
His mind hadn't calmed down yet... He blinked and couldn't help cursing again.
When he returned to the bed, he sat there for a while.
When he picked up his phone, he saw that Shen Yuhuai had sent him a message after he fell asleep, saying that he had arrived at the institute and forgot to say it.
Chen Qizhao held the phone in his hand, his mind a little confused.
It is said that it is easy to forget things after waking up from a dream, but what happened in the dream just now was like a slide show played in a loop. It didn’t stop after playing it once, so it kept repeating itself several times.
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Several days passed in a flash.
At the Ninth Research Institute, Shen Yuhuai and Liu Sui finished their experiment and were planning to go to S University to help their supervisor.
"What's wrong with you lately? Why are you always looking at your phone?" Liu Sui changed his clothes and took a backpack.
Shen Yuhuai came back to his senses and turned off VX.
The last time he chatted with Chen Qizhao was three days ago. He asked Chen Qizhao to have lunch together, but Chen Qizhao refused him on the grounds that he had an appointment with his roommate. It seemed that after what happened in the bar that day, Chen Qizhao was avoiding him and was not so keen on sending him messages.
He sent a message to Chen Qizhao in the morning, but Chen Qizhao hasn't replied yet.
Liu Sui took the food and said, "Let's just eat at S University for lunch. Should we invite Qi Zhao along?"
“He didn’t reply to me.” Shen Yuhuai casually took a coat and said, “Let’s go first.”
After driving for a while, the two arrived at S University.
Shen Yuhuai and Liu Sui went to the office building to get something. They arrived early because the tutor had gone to a meeting. The weather has not been as hot as in previous summers and has begun to cool down. The two walked a few steps out of the office building and saw a lot of people at the basketball court not far away.
"I think I saw news the other day that there's a freshman basketball game going on soon." Liu Sui has joined many S University students and is well-informed about school activities. "But isn't it next week? Let's go and see what's going on."
Liu Sui really likes to join in the fun, and he said as he walked: "Basketball game, if I hadn't lost to your class in the finals, I wouldn't have known you, hahaha."
As he spoke, he walked to the fence and stopped. When he looked down, he suddenly said, "Hey, isn't that Qi Zhao?"
Shen Yuhuai was originally looking at his phone, but when he heard the words, he looked up and saw the boys running around the field at a glance.
"Qizhao plays well." Liu Sui watched and said, "It seems that this is not a freshman match, so no one is keeping score."
"Physical education class." Shen Yuhuai lowered his eyes slightly, "They have physical education class today."
Liu Sui: "How do you know?"
Shen Yuhuai said nothing.
The boy quickly moved through the crowd with the ball, and after passing the crowd, he made a three-step layup, which caused warm cheers from the audience. It seemed that the boys in the same class were divided into two teams playing, and the physical education teacher was blowing the whistle and standing by as a temporary referee.
The matter of physical education class was also mentioned by Chen Qizhao.
When the two of them were chatting, he might not reply to Chen Qizhao immediately, but Chen Qizhao would reply quickly most of the time. Good students also played with their mobile phones in class and replied to his messages halfway through the class, but there was one time when the interval was very long. Chen Qizhao later told him that it was during a physical education class.
Shen Yuhuai wrote down this time.
A game ended with the coach's long whistle. Several boys came out of the basketball court with their arms around each other and sat on the steps nearby to rest. They were sweating profusely and their shirts were soaked. Chen Qizhao was standing to rest, standing by and watching several classmates who had collapsed from exhaustion. The others' clothes were soaked with sweat, but he was fine and did not sweat that much.
"How come you have such good physical strength?"
"Don't compete with Qi Zhao in physical strength. Forget that he was boxing with the instructor during military training."
“I can take on five people at once, hahaha.”
Several people were talking, and they all looked up at the fair-skinned Chen Qizhao. The scratch on his face had almost healed, but the news of the fight had already spread among the boys.
Chen Qizhao smiled and talked to his classmates for a few words while he finished drinking the bottle of mineral water.
"I'm going to buy some water, do you want some?" Chen Qizhao asked.
Several people raised their hands, and someone else asked, "Didn't that girl in the class just bring you water?"
"No." Chen Qizhao bent down and took out his cell phone from his backpack. Before he raised his head, a bottle of cold mineral water brushed past his ears and hung beside him.
In addition to mineral water, there are also hands holding water.
Chen Qizhao saw a familiar watch, he was startled, and when he turned his head, he saw Shen Yuhuai standing next to him. Shen Yuhuai was gentle and refined, with a calm aura about him, unlike the group of people who were sweating profusely after playing ball. Chen Qizhao's expression paused, and his mind wandered to other things.
He hasn’t replied to my message this morning, mainly because I haven’t figured out how to reply.
When he thought of some unspeakable dreams, he felt particularly awkward when replying to the message. He thought of seven or eight sentences, but the last one was not used, so he deleted them all.
"Come on, drink some water."
Liu Suigang went to buy water with Shen Yuhuai. He carried a bag and distributed the water to other people, and took a bottle to the physical education teacher next to him on the way. The physical education teacher seemed to know Liu Sui. After taking the water, he stood up and started talking to Liu Sui.
Shen Yuhuai asked, "Would you like some water?"
Chen Qizhao paused and took the water, "Thank you, Brother Huai."
He didn't hesitate to unscrew the bottle cap and drank half of it.
Shen Yuhuai stood nearby, his eyes fixed on the boy's action of drinking water. Two beads of sweat hung on his upright neck, which were very obvious on his fair skin. His skin color was different from usual, with a hint of red, a pinkish hue.
He lowered his eyes and noticed the changes in Chen Qizhao's throat. His Adam's apple slid and the sound of drinking water lingered in his ears.
Shen Yuhuai pursed his lips slightly and swallowed unconsciously.
He suddenly found that he was a little thirsty.
Chen Qizhao gulped down the water, and the thirst in his throat was relieved when the water washed through it. He glanced to the side and noticed Shen Yuhuai's gaze.
The other person's gaze seemed to be on his face, but also seemed to be somewhere else.
There were two steps between them, yet it seemed not that far.
Chen Qizhao was a little distracted. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly thought of a face in his dream and couldn't swallow a sip of water.
At this time, Chen Qizhao suddenly coughed and choked.
Shen Yuhuai came back to his senses and handed him a tissue, “Are you okay?”
Chen Qizhao choked and blushed a little, and when he took the tissue, he accidentally grabbed Shen Yuhuai's hand.
The other person's hands were icy cold, and felt like they were colder than mineral water. He pulled it back quickly, and the tissue didn't hold firmly and fell to the ground.
Chen Qizhao looked at the tissue on the ground.
Shen Yuhuai looked at Chen Qizhao, as if he had an illusion. He felt that Chen Qizhao's face seemed to be a little redder than before. He drew another one and said, "Here."
Chen Qizhao took the tissue and drank the remaining half bottle of mineral water in one gulp.
But even after drinking it, he still felt his throat was dry, and a bottle of mineral water was completely useless.
Shen Yuhuai took a bottle from the bag beside him, just unscrewed it and took a sip, when he suddenly noticed the sight next to him. He paused for a moment, "Still drinking?"
Still drinking?
Chen Qizhao subconsciously looked at the bottle in Shen Yuhuai's hand, he raised his eyes slightly, and his gaze fell on the other's lips.
The face was clearer than the one in the dream. After the hazy feeling of illusion was gone, what remained was the strong sun near noon and the gradually rising temperature. The big trees beside the playground provided dense shade, the dazzling sunlight fell down, the shadows of the trees were mottled, and the sound of students talking was at a distance.
Certain details become clearer and clearer bit by bit.
Shen Yuhuai's eyes, nose... and his lips.
The lips are not dark in color and are thin, and they seem to be pursed when she is not talking. They are a bit similar, yet a bit different.
Chen Qizhao didn't look away, nor did he care about the bottle of water in Shen Yuhuai's hand.
He suddenly realized that this mouth was different from the one in his dream.
...seems to be easier to kiss.
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