Chapter 36 He Belongs to Me
Although Ji Mian's birthday was simple, it was full of care.
Accompanied by Lin Minzhi and Fu Chenyu, he blew out the candles, closed his eyes and made a wish.
While making a wish, he narrowed his eyes and secretly looked at the two people in front of him.
It is no exaggeration to say that apart from Lin Minzhi, Fu Chenyu is the person who has accompanied him the longest in his life and the most important person in his heart.
To him, Li Jue was like a paper man living in a book. Although Ji Mian was suppressed by the plot of the book and was a little afraid of him, he didn't care whether he was dead or alive.
But Fu Chenyu is different. After more than ten years of companionship and growth, they have long become the only ones in each other's lives, and no one can replace them.
If Li Jue's life really develops as in the original novel and he has a battle with Fu Chenyu in the end, Ji Mian will stand on Fu Chenyu's side even at the cost of his life.
——The premise is that the boss has not done anything illegal or bad!
Ji Mian prayed silently, thinking that with him around, Fu Chenyu would definitely become a good person.
They will both take the civil service exam together! They will become servants of the people and serve the people!
Fu Chenyu cut the birthday cake for him and asked him what wish he made.
Lin Minzhi smiled and said, "I can't tell you. If I tell you, the wish won't come true."
Ji Mian wanted to say something, but held it back.
Lin Minzhi asked the hotel to cook a bowl of longevity noodles for him. Halfway through his birthday celebration, he received a call from the company and hurried back.
Ji Mian whispered to Fu Chenyu, "Do you want to know what wish I made?"
Fu Chenyu raised his eyelids: "I don't want to think about it now."
This didn't dampen Ji Mian's desire to share at all. Ji Mian swallowed the cake and looked at him seriously: "I think we can be good friends for life."
Unfortunately, the wish didn’t come true once it was spoken out.
Fu Chenyu lowered his eyelashes and thought, who wants to be your best friend for life.
There is an even greater desire in his heart.
Ji Mian finished a piece of cake and wanted to eat more, but Fu Chenyu didn't let him.
He has a sensitive stomach and feels uncomfortable at night after eating too much.
When returning to school, Lin Minzhi took the time to send him a WeChat message: Baby, are you in a bad mood today?
No one knows a child better than his mother. Ji Mian had tried his best to behave normally, but Lin Minzhi was the first to notice that his mood was not right.
In the afternoon, Ji Mian met Gong Lijue, the protagonist of "Stranger Tenderness", and his mood became better.
-No, Mom, I'm fine.
-Baby, no matter what happens, mom will always love you the most and protect you forever!
-I know.
-I love my mother the most too.
After Ji Mian replied to the message, her nose felt sore and she lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
You're sixteen years old and still crying. It's so embarrassing.
"Fu Chenyu..." Ji Mian called him in a muffled voice.
"Yeah." Fu Chenyu didn't ask him why he was crying. He leaned closer to Ji Mian.
Ji Mian hugged his arm, a habit he suddenly developed in the afternoon to find a sense of security.
He pressed his whole body against Fu Chenyu and sniffed: "Cold..."
Fu Chenyu didn't expose him. He couldn't guess why Ji Mian was in a bad mood today, but he liked Ji Mian's clingy look.
"I'll give you my school uniform jacket." Fu Chenyu unzipped it with his free hand.
Ji Mian huddled up with him, trying to keep warm like a small animal: "No need. Just let me squeeze in, and I'll hold you so you won't be cold."
Lin Minzhi and Fu Chenyu have now become two pieces of driftwood for him in this world.
When he felt scared and helpless, he subconsciously looked for the two people.
When they arrived at the gate of Zhennan Middle School, Ji Mian looked around. Fu Chenyu looked at him without saying a word.
Ji Mian didn't see Li Jue and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, although Li Jue is a mad dog, he is not yet to the point of being a pervert, so he is waiting for him here late at night.
When they came back, the evening study session had already ended, and they went straight to the boys' dormitory.
When the classes were divided at the beginning of the semester, their dormitories were finally assigned to the same dormitory. Only the aunt was patrolling the corridor. When she saw that they came back late, she remembered their names and the reason.
When I came back, my roommate was still awake. There were four of us in the dormitory, and two of us were huddled together watching a horror movie.
The atmosphere was very tense. When Ji Mian and Fu Chenyu came in, they were so scared that they almost screamed.
"Fuck! Why is there no noise when he walks? It's so scary!" One of them patted his chest.
Ji Mian saw that the computer they secretly brought to school contained the ghost girl's shattered limbs, and they all climbed downstairs with their own ideas.
"I'm so scared, so scared..." Another one was watching even more intently and invited them: "There's no exam tomorrow, why don't you watch it together?"
Ji Mian thought about it and didn’t refuse. He couldn’t sleep if he went up there anyway.
Moreover, he has always been a good student and has never done anything so bold and against school rules and regulations under the nose of the dormitory aunt.
Fu Chenyu always went along with him on small matters, so he brought two stools and sat with Ji Mian to watch.
The movie playing was "The Grudge".
The other two roommates covered their mouths and screamed in fear. Seeing Ji Mian's motionless expression, they were shocked: "Ji Mian, you are so brave!"
Ji Mian laughed and complained: "Have some awareness as a member of the group, please, and don't believe these monsters."
Of course, to be precise... he felt that Li Jue was much more terrifying than Kayako. After their meeting that afternoon, even if Kayako crawled out of her computer right now, he would remain as still as a mountain.
After watching the first part, the roommate didn’t dare to continue watching. The two of them went to wash up together, and then quickly got into bed and shivered.
Ji Mian was the third one to finish washing up, then he climbed onto the bed and hid in the quilt.
By the time, the lights in the boys' dormitory had been forcibly turned off.
He pricked up his ears, listening to the noises coming from the bathroom. The sound of water disappeared, and the uniform iron bed in Zhennan made a creaking sound.
Ji Mian had lived with Fu Chenyu for two months. He knew it was Fu Chenyu who went to bed by the noise. They were both on the upper bunk, on opposite sides, head to head.
The toothpaste Fu Chenyu used had the same taste as his, a minty flavor with a hint of coolness, swirling around his nose.
It was still cold in April, so it wasn't very hot. It was even colder at night. Ji Mian covered himself with a quilt and secretly listened to Fu Chenyu's movements.
The quilt on the bed next to him was lifted up and then fell down, causing a gust of wind.
Fu Chenyu had a pleasant cool fragrance on his body. When he was sleeping, even the quilt was stained with his scent. Ji Mian liked it very much and sniffed it like a little pervert.
After a while, there was no movement on Fu Chenyu's bed.
Ji Mian lay awake in the darkness, his eyes wide open. He reached through the nonexistent railing between the two beds and touched Fu Chenyu's hair.
Then he traced his hair, touched his ears, and then his face. Fu Chenyu said calmly, "Don't be impatient."
Ji Mian lied and whispered, "Fu Chenyu, I'm scared."
Fu Chenyu's body froze for a moment, and Ji Mian begged him: "Can you let me hold your hand while sleeping?"
Fu Chenyu was silent, and Ji Mian scratched the pillow softly with his fingers.
"Weren't you very brave just now?"
"I didn't turn off the lights just now. If I had turned them off, I would have been scared."
What Ji Mian was afraid of was not horror movies, but Li Jue. He was afraid that his appearance would lead to destruction of the fate he had changed.
No one is not afraid. "Tenderness on a Stranger's Road" is a novel with a predetermined ending, and the fate of everyone has been written.
He didn't know whether what he was doing now was in vain, at least the moment he saw Li Jue, his heart trembled.
Fear, pressure, despair, anxiety, negative emotions came over him like a tidal wave.
But he didn't know how to tell Fu Chenyu everything he knew.
Do I have to tell Fu Chenyu that the world you live in is fake and you are just a character in a book?
Or should you tell him that the reason you have such a tragic experience is just because you are the miserable second male lead; everything you have experienced is just to give you a reason to become a villain in the future and become the assisting role in the love story between the protagonist and the bottom?
How could he say it out loud? After Fu Chenyu had gone through so much suffering, how could he bear to say it out loud?
Ji Mian's hand was caught by Fu Chenyu. His hand was icy cold. He muttered, "Why are you so cold?"
He took the initiative to hold Fu Chenyu's hand, pulled it in front of his eyes, and placed it on his chest. His heart was beating steadily. He handed his most vulnerable part to the villain who would be feared in the future.
Others are afraid of him, but he is not.
"To warm you up." Ji Mian closed his eyes and held Fu Chenyu's hand. He felt very safe.
"Go to sleep quickly." Fu Chenyu was a little irritated. Fortunately, Ji Mian couldn't see his face. This made his ears hot.
Although I know that the boy doesn't mean that, he has a bad mind and always has wild thoughts.
Ji Mian was worried for a few days, following Fu Chenyu around like a little tail every day, and even going to the toilet together. It was not until he found that Li Jue was not blocking him at the school gate that he stopped being so clingy.
He thought with a bit of luck that maybe Li Jue was just in a spur of the moment mood. He was so cold at that time, maybe the other party would find it boring?
In the original novel, Li Jue is a wild and arrogant man. One should feel extremely humiliated if he rejects you once.
What he didn't know was that the simplest reason why Li Jue didn't come to stop him was that Tongwai's courses were too tight and he couldn't leave.
A new school rule was recently introduced. You must get a pass to go out, otherwise you are not allowed to leave the school. Except for weekends when you can leave to go home, it is like being in prison at other times.
In order to enforce the school rules, the number of patrolling teachers was doubled. Li Jue didn't even have a chance to climb over the wall and was caught several times. His parents were notified and he was punished.
Li's father, who was far away in Jianjing, gave Li Jue an ultimatum: if he was punished again, he would have to go back to Jianjing.
Li Jue knew that his father was in trouble and always kept his word, so he could only resist looking for Ji Mian during this period.
But every time he thought about Fu Chenyu and Ji Mian being in the same school, maybe even in the same class, he would vomit blood.
Fortunately, opportunities always come to those who are prepared. After the monthly exam in May, all high schools in Tongcheng welcomed the first extracurricular practice of this semester.
The school had spontaneously organized students to choose one of three locations for extracurricular training: a botanical garden, a museum, or a science and technology city. The assignment was a 1,500-word reflection. Tongcheng and Zhennan both chose the science and technology city this year, which excited Li Jue. He immediately went to inquire about the hotel where the Zhennan students were staying.
Tongcheng’s extracurricular practice is one of the compulsory credits in the first year of high school, totaling three points, and every student must participate.
Living off campus for a day and a night is no different from a spring outing for students amidst their boring studies.
The experimental class started to be assigned to hotels early in the morning, with two people sharing a room and registering independently.
Ji Mian must be living in the same room with Fu Chenyu. On the day of their extracurricular practice, they even shared seats on the bus.
The gym representative envied them from behind: "You two have such a great relationship...you do everything together."
Ji Mian was a little proud and couldn't help showing off: "Because Fu Chenyu and I grew up together."
The Sports Committee member said, "It's not easy. If one of you is a girl, then you'll definitely be childhood sweethearts."
Ji Mian smiled and bumped Fu Chenyu's arm: "Ms. Fu?"
Fu Chenyu closed his eyes and grabbed his arm: "Don't play."
When we arrived at the hotel, it was already noon. The class teacher announced that we should leave and pack our luggage and have lunch, and gather in the hotel lobby at two o'clock.
Ji Mian sat on the suitcase and played, letting Fu Chenyu drag the suitcase to take him sliding. When he entered the door, he found that there were many people wearing Tongwai school uniforms in the hall. The smile on Ji Mian's face froze and his heart sank.
Tongwai actually stayed in the same hotel as their school.
...I won’t be so unlucky as to run into Li Jue, right?
Ji Mian instantly lost all desire to play. He jumped down, pushed Fu Chenyu's back, and walked towards the room.
All the way up the stairs, he was silent, worried, and praying not to meet Li Jue.
Unfortunately, God did not hear his prayers. While having lunch in the restaurant at noon, Ji Mian met Li Jue again.
Li Jue brought the dinner tray, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Classmate Zhang, nice to see you again."
Ji Mian hummed, and turned to leave. Li Jue stopped him, "Hey, don't go. Why do I hear people calling you Ji Mian, Cuishan classmate?"
Ji Mian was still embarrassed by the lie. His ears turned red for a moment: "You're blocking my way. We're not very familiar with each other. Move aside."
"We can get to know each other better if we talk a few more words." Li Jue spoke like he was coaxing a lover, which made Ji Mian very uncomfortable: "I really want to be friends with you. Give me a chance."
Ji Mian hurried forward, trying to get rid of him.
He wanted to beat Li Jue up, but he had many concerns.
In the original novel, Li Jue's father has great power in Jianjing. After all, he is the protagonist, and his family configuration is in a position that ordinary people cannot afford to offend.
After he beat Li Jue, he also had to consider whether it would cause trouble for Lin Minzhi.
And even if he wants to beat him, he must have a legitimate reason. Li Jue is now really acting as if he wants to be friends with him, and he hasn't done anything to take advantage of him. Ji Mian has no excuse to beat him!
He was annoyed in his heart. If he had known that he would meet Li Jue when he came to buy food alone, he would have stuck to Fu Chenyu even if he died.
Ji Mian walked faster and faster, put the plate on the table, and squeezed in next to Fu Chenyu to sit.
Li Jue slowed down his pace, faded his smile, and looked at Fu Chenyu nonchalantly and condescendingly.
Fu Chenyu also looked at him coldly, his beautiful eyes a gloomy black. He said, "Get lost."
Ji Mian poked the potato with a fork, not looking at anyone.
But in my heart, I was praising Fu Chenyu: Great job, big boss! So powerful and domineering! Let's make him get out of here!
Li Jue thought it was quite funny. He stood there for a while, pretending not to hear the noise, put his plate on the table next to him, and sat down to eat.
Every time he took a bite, he would look at Ji Mian, slowly and leisurely, as if he was eating with him. Ji Mian was so uncomfortable while eating that he wanted to throw the food into Li Jue's face.
After dinner, Ji Mian stood up: "I'm going to buy a bottle of water, what do you want to drink?"
Fu Chenyu supported his chin: "Same as you."
Ji Mian nodded and walked towards the vending machine.
Only Fu Chenyu and Li Jue were left between the two tables.
The coming and going of people around them did not affect the surging hostility between them at all.
Li Jue spoke first, his smile not so friendly: "Let's chat. Don't be nervous, I'm not here to fight you, nor am I here to cause trouble for Ji Mian."
Fu Chenyu looked at him casually, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Li Jue was horrified by his gaze and thought of Fu Chenyu in his previous life, feeling nauseous.
However, Fu Chenyu is still young, and his personality doesn’t seem to be as evil as it will be when he grows up.
At least his unhappiness would be written on his face, instead of always having that disgusting, hypocritical, so-called gentle smile on his face.
Li Jue took a deep breath and spoke in what he thought was a very polite manner: "Ji Mian is your friend, right? I can tell you straight up, I like him very much and want to pursue him, like a boyfriend and girlfriend."
Fu Chenyu said: "Are you gay?"
Disgust flashed across Li Jue's eyes: "No. I just like Ji Mian, that's all."
He coughed dryly. "You have a good relationship with him? Ji Mian doesn't have a partner, right? I'm serious about pursuing him. The personal grudge we had over playing basketball is another matter. Now, could you please be a little considerate and stop following Ji Mian around every day? Give him some private space."
Li Jue thought that Fu Chenyu wasn't reborn, so logically they were strangers now. His current hostility towards him was probably only due to their feud on the basketball court. Otherwise, there was no reason—it couldn't be because of Ji Mian, right?
Fu Chenyu was very calm and said, "Do you think you can catch up with her?"
Li Jue restrained his smile, raised his eyebrows, and said impatiently: "What do you mean?"
Fu Chenyu put down his chopsticks and propped up his chin: "It's nothing. I told you not to dream, he belongs to me."
Li Jue stood there in a daze, not understanding what Fu Chenyu meant.
The next second, he was unexpectedly punched in the face. Li Jue fell to the ground unprepared, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
Fu Chenyu said condescendingly: "Are you awake now?"
Li Jue licked the corner of his mouth and tasted blood. His eyes instantly burst into bloodshot. He punched Fu Chenyu back like a mad dog: "I'll fuck your mother!"
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