Chapter 28
From the time they started the mission until today, the two of them have shared many impulsive kisses.
Later, there were even deep kisses that made the back of the tongue hurt.
Even though they had kissed countless times before, this time even the oblivious Han Shuo noticed that Meng Yuxiu's kiss was very light and subtle, just four warm lips touching without any extra movements.
But Han Shuo inexplicably felt that the kiss was full of deep affection, as if every breath was intertwined and tender.
Han Shuo leaned back slightly, pulling away from Meng Yuxiu's kiss.
He stared at Meng Yuxiu's face for a moment, scrutinizing him, and as he saw the other man with his eyes lowered, an unbelievable thought suddenly popped into his mind.
If it were half a month ago, even if Meng Yuxiu were to grab him and French kiss him now, he wouldn't have such thoughts, but now it's different.
They'd both skipped the first mission a long time ago, and they hadn't kissed in ages. This sudden kiss made Han Shuo think things through.
Seriously? Is this for real?
"You..." Han Shuo wasn't as awkward as Meng Yuxiu; he was good at keeping things to himself and said whatever came to mind. So he asked suspiciously and directly, "You like me?"
Meng Yuxiu held the teacup without saying a word, his eyes still lowered.
Han Shuo was genuinely surprised when he saw her secretly purse her lips, looking like a girl whose secret thoughts had been exposed.
A few seconds later, Meng Yuxiu slowly nodded.
In fact, Meng Yuxiu's nod was very small; if Han Shuo hadn't been watching closely, he would have easily missed it. However, this small nod exploded in Han Shuo's head like firecrackers.
As the explosion occurred, a flood of memories rushed into his mind, and he suddenly understood everything. If Meng Yuxiu hadn't been there, he would have clenched his fists and roared to the sky.
This had nothing to do with being confessed to; it was purely the excitement of him discovering some huge secret by accident.
Holy crap! No wonder he rejected Jiang Xiaowen's love letter! No wonder he didn't even do the first mission and still kissed me! No wonder he asked Gao Ze to play basketball, and that kid was so angry his face turned black!
So, after all this time, this kid actually likes him?!
Unexpectedly, after only a slight display of his charm, the boy fell for him.
Hey, hey, hey, you turned gay yourself. I didn't kidnap a seventeen-year-old minor.
If Meng Yuxiu could penetrate Han Shuo's brain, he would surely see Han Shuo standing with his hands on his hips and chin raised, looking smug as if he had finally gotten his revenge after years of being a sycophant.
Unfortunately, Meng Yuxiu could only stare at Han Shuo's absent-minded face under the dim light. Han Shuo, lost in thought, remained silent.
"Am I now considered a homosexual?"
Upon hearing Meng Yuxiu's words, Han Shuo raised his eyes.
Besides being shy, Meng Yuxiu also seemed to have some worries.
Indeed, it's hard for any straight man to accept being attracted to the same sex. Especially since Meng Yuxiu is so young; for him, having been captivated by a man before even having loved a woman must be devastating.
"Have you...have you ever liked any other men besides me?"
Meng Yuxiu shook his head.
Han Shuo sighed inwardly.
Sigh, you can't entirely blame him; it's all because of his own damned charm! Plus, Meng Yuxiu is naive and inexperienced.
After thinking for a couple of seconds, he said earnestly, "Uh... there's nothing wrong with becoming gay. After all, male homosexuality is quite normal in this world. You've just adapted to local customs."
Meng Yuxiu breathed a slight sigh of relief, then suddenly asked a few seconds later, "And what about you?..."
"Huh?" Han Shuo was taken aback.
To be honest, apart from doing missions, Han Shuo had never thought about anything else related to emotions, or rather, he couldn't even imagine it.
Which straight man would be so bored as to think about his relationship with another man? Even when dating a woman, probably very few men would think about these romantic feelings.
However, upon hearing Meng Yuxiu's question, he snapped out of his jumbled thoughts and actually took that brief moment to seriously consider Meng Yuxiu's question.
His gaze lingered on Meng Yuxiu's face, taking in the youthful awkwardness and anticipation in his eyes as he experienced the first stirrings of love. For a moment, the sweet words that Han Shuo should have instinctively uttered stuck in his throat.
He could usually talk nonsense without thinking, but now, when he met Meng Yuxiu's focused eyes, he felt uneasy if he didn't think before he started rambling.
So he thought deeply about his feelings for Meng Yuxiu. Dislike was definitely out of the question; even if it just flashed through his mind, Han Shuo immediately dismissed it.
But to say he likes her? Perhaps it's because he's been coaxing Meng Yuxiu for so long that even he feels it's become a habit, and the concept is actually a bit vague.
Finally, Han Shuo concluded that since he could kiss Meng Yuxiu, French kiss him, and accept sleeping with Meng Yuxiu, it was probably fair to say that he liked him.
Most importantly, Han Shuo thought that since this kid liked him, wouldn't it be easier for him to ask to sleep with him in the future? Maybe when the feelings were strong enough, he would even obediently come to him.
So, logically and emotionally, he would only say he doesn't like it if he'd been kicked in the head by a donkey.
Thinking of this, Han Shuo nodded decisively to Meng Yuxiu and said, "I like it!"
Meng Yuxiu's dark eyes lit up instantly, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. Han Shuo witnessed this subtle change in his expression, and surprisingly, he also felt a subtle pleasure because of it.
He had originally planned to add more embellishments to the word "like," but after he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had nothing else to say. He simply tightened his arms around Meng Yuxiu.
Perhaps it was because Meng Yuxiu had a high body temperature, but even on such a cold night, Han Shuo felt a warm, comforting sensation. He also noticed that Meng Yuxiu's attitude towards him was rapidly changing after he had confessed his feelings.
For example, the two of them stood huddled together in the corridor for a long time. When they were so cold that they couldn't stand it anymore, Han Shuo told him to go back to the dormitory to sleep. However, Meng Yuxiu still kept his eyes down, holding onto his arm and refusing to let go. He even pretended to casually rub his skin with his fingers.
For example, Han Shuo had already taken off his shoes and gotten into bed when he heard the dormitory door quietly open. Then Meng Yuxiu climbed into bed and moved to his pillow.
Is this the kind of heart-fluttering feeling that young people experience during their blossoming youth? Every little gesture exudes sweetness and tenderness?
Seeing Meng Yuxiu standing silently to the side, Han Shuo chuckled and lowered his voice to ask, "What are you doing? Don't want to leave? Want to sleep with me tonight?"
Meng Yuxiu chuckled softly in the darkness, then leaned down and said, "Don't forget one thing."
"What's up?"
Meng Yuxiu said somewhat awkwardly, "Remember to invite me to play basketball together next time."
Finally, he emphasized again, "Call me first."
Han Shuo chuckled and slapped his arm. "I know! I'll call you tomorrow, and you'll be the first one I call. Okay, go back to sleep now."
Meng Yuxiu then climbed down the ladder, satisfied, and closed the dormitory door.
Meng Yuxiu hadn't been in such a good mood in a long time. His life had been in chaos recently because of Han Shuo's unreasonable behavior, but he never expected that confessing his feelings for Han Shuo would make him so happy.
The previous period was a math exam, and after class, as the math class representative, he went around collecting the students' papers one by one.
When he got to Gao Ze's desk, he waited a little longer because Gao Ze was still working on the last problem.
"Meng Yuxiu," Gao Ze said, taking a break while working on his problems, "Wait for me a moment, I'll be done soon."
Meng Yuxiu nodded, glanced at Gao Ze's densely filled draft notebook, and suddenly said, "I've been too busy lately."
Gao Ze was engrossed in writing when he heard Meng Yuxiu speak, and he subconsciously raised his voice.
"Han Shuo kept asking me to play ball, but I didn't go."
Gao Ze listened and looked up at him.
Meng Yuxiu seemed to be telling him something very mundane, or perhaps he was talking to himself, and then he continued, "He's unhappy. He argued with me yesterday, so I'm going to play ball with him today."
Gao Ze: "..."
Just then, Han Shuo arrived. He was holding a basketball and leaning against the door frame of the back door of the classroom, raising an eyebrow at Meng Yuxiu with a roguish smile on his face.
Meng Yuxiu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, his eyes revealing an undisguised smugness.
"I'm going to play ball," Meng Yuxiu said, snatching Gao Ze's test paper away.
"Hey hey hey! I still have one question left to finish!!"
The sun was shining brightly as usual, and a group of male students were playing basketball on the small court. Han Shuo counted the number of people; it was just enough for Class 1 and Class 7 to have a match.
To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen Meng Yuxiu play basketball. He had always thought Meng Yuxiu was a good boy who only buried himself in his studies, but he never expected that his basketball skills were just as good as his.
Perhaps it was Meng Yuxiu's reserved yet shy confession last night that made Han Shuo particularly pleased, since Meng Yuxiu was the first person in the world with such discerning eyes to be captivated by his charm.
So he watched Meng Yuxiu dribbling the ball on the court and was very satisfied.
Even though he wasn't as boisterous as the others, he just played ball quietly.
But when he ran, his agile figure and youthful energy as he sweated profusely, even the rise and fall of his chest with his breath, were enough for Han Shuo to think that he was the most eye-catching presence on the playground.
It has to be said that after the confession, the relationship between the two seemed to become even closer. Even a small glance could reveal a hint of sweetness in the other person's eyes, making Han Shuo feel sweet inside as well.
When Meng Yuxiu rushed over to shoot, Han Shuo spread his arms to block from left to right and from right to left.
In fact, with Meng Yuxiu's skills, he could have easily made the shot, but he saw Han Shuo looking at him like a monkey, saying, "Hey~ come on!"
"Wow, that strong?"
"Hey, not bad."
Meng Yuxiu couldn't help but want to laugh.
So, the two of them stood there on the basketball court, neither shooting nor blocking, dragging their feet for ages, leaving everyone around them dumbfounded.
Gao Ze couldn't help but twitch his eye and shouted from the side, "Hey, what are you two doing? Can't you just have some fun flirting?! How can you do this like this..."
Han Shuo really enjoys his current relationship with Meng Yuxiu! Because Meng Yuxiu no longer gets angry or throws tantrums at him easily, and even waits for him obediently at the stairwell after school.
However, when he wanted to take it a step further and mentioned doing a second task, Meng Yuxiu refused. Although he no longer had a cold face, he still stubbornly disagreed.
One evening after self-study, Han Shuo couldn't help but call Meng Yuxiu to the ginkgo tree on the playground and ask, "Didn't you say you liked me? Can't you even fulfill this small request?"
Meng Yuxiu frowned and said, "These are two different things."
"How can they be two different things?" Han Shuo coaxed her like a scumbag trying to woo a young girl. "You kiss me every night after self-study, but don't I let you kiss me every day too? You kissed my lips raw yesterday, and I didn't say anything. So why won't you let me do the second task? That's not fair to me, is it?"
Seeing that Meng Yuxiu remained silent, Han Shuo continued, "In our time, it was normal for couples to kiss and sleep together, wasn't it?"
Meng Yuxiu still frowned. "You said you like me too, but is it just for the mission?"
"..." Damn! Here we go again. Every time this topic comes up, this phrase inevitably appears.
"How could that be?" Han Shuo was a little tired, but seeing Meng Yuxiu frowning and remaining silent, he couldn't help but soften.
So he reached out and touched Meng Yuxiu's face, coaxing him gently, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this for now. Anyway, your birthday is in a while, so take your time to think about it."
After receiving Meng Yuxiu's confession, Han Shuo told Pan Xiaodong the next day not to buy him any more yarn balls, asking why he was wasting the money.
But now it seems we still have to stick to the original plan and administer a strong dose of medicine on Meng Yuxiu's birthday.
Meng Yuxiu refused this and that, but Han Shuo was so cold that he wanted to go back to the dormitory, so he hugged him again and kissed him for a few minutes before he would give up.
Han Shuo was quite annoyed. He had been happily thinking he could take whatever he wanted, but now Meng Yuxiu was the one taking what he wanted from him.
After the kiss, Han Shuo rubbed his swollen and painful lips as he walked towards his dormitory, when Meng Yuxiu called out to him.
"Han Shuo, do you still have those scraps of paper?"
Han Shuo was taken aback. "I am here, but what do you want?"
Meng Yuxiu: "I want to take it back and put it together to see if there are any other discoveries."
Han Shuo laughed. It seemed this kid hadn't given up yet. But it didn't matter. He didn't believe Meng Yuxiu could piece together anything from those tattered scraps of paper chewed up by rats.
"Okay, but I have to tell you something." Han Shuo walked over and patted Meng Yuxiu on the shoulder, grinning, "If you don't find anything else after you finish piecing it together, or if you can't figure it out, you'll have to seriously consider doing a second mission with me."
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