Chapter 68: Confessing and being confessed to. Just “accidentally” lose a few more games…
After finally making it to the end, Yu Xiang stood up and told Zhang Miao and the others to go back first, then hurried to an inconspicuous corner at the entrance of the auditorium.
Jiang Ci was still inside taking photos with the performers. He probably wouldn't come out so soon, so he still had time to adjust his messy mood.
Although he had rehearsed it several times in his mind, Yu Xiang's heart was still beating very fast and his palms were sweating.
"Um, I... I'm happy..."
The word "Huan" seemed to burn his lips, and he couldn't say it. Yu Xiang squatted down in frustration and sighed heavily, "No... I can't say it at all. It's too embarrassing."
After all, should I just send a message?
But would Jiang Ci think that this was a prank he played after losing a game of truth or dare?
Oh right! Truth or Dare!
Yu Xiang suddenly realized something and stood up again.
If he gets rejected, he'll say that he lost the dare, and then pretend nothing happened and they can still be friends?
Is it possible? But it seems there is no better way.
Or just be tough and bang her against the wall as soon as Jiang Ci comes... By the way, can the surveillance camera capture it here?
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Ci's usual calm voice suddenly emerged, startling Yu Xiang, who was concentrating on his thoughts, so much so that he almost took off on the spot: "Why are you walking so quietly?!"
Because of his guilty conscience, he was obviously lacking in confidence when he said this.
"You weren't paying attention." Jiang Ci said calmly, then asked, "What are you doing hiding here?"
"Yeah, how did you find this place..." Yu Xiang answered hastily, but then realized something was wrong and quickly corrected himself. "I wasn't hiding. I... I just thought there were too many people at the door."
Jiang Ci said "Oh" thoughtfully, not knowing whether he believed it or not.
"that--"
"us--"
They both started talking at the same time and stopped talking at the same time.
"You speak first." Jiang Ci said.
Yu Xiang was still hesitant, and seeing this, he immediately declined: "You go first."
"Then I'll go first." Jiang Ci didn't quite understand, but he still did as he was told. "I wanted to ask if you wanted to go to the party."
"Ah? What party?" Yu Xiang was confused.
"Didn't you check the class group?"
"No... I'll check it now." Yu Xiang said as he took out his mobile phone, opened the class group chat and checked the messages in a familiar way.
To put it simply, Lu Ziyang and his team organized a party, invited Lei Wanquan and several teachers to go at noon, went to KTV in the afternoon, and in the evening only the classmates had dinner together at another place and had some drinks, and the expenses were split AA.
According to the results after Yu Xiang climbed the stairs, there are quite a lot of people who want to go.
"Should I go or not..." Yu Xiang fell into a brief contemplation.
From what Jiang Ci said, it was nothing more than "I'll go if you go," but since the party lasted from noon to night, wouldn't that mean he wouldn't have a chance to carry out his plan? Or maybe he could wait until the evening was over and take advantage of the darkness and strong wind...
Oh right! Drink!
What's the saying? Alcohol makes cowards brave!
That’s it!
Jiang Ci quietly watched Yu Xiang's expression, which was sometimes serious and sometimes hilarious. A rare look of confusion appeared on his face: "?"
When Yu Xiang raised his eyebrows for the third time, he finally couldn't help but ask, "...What are you grinning at?"
Yu Xiang belatedly realized that his emotions were exposed on his face, so he turned his face away guiltily and explained, "I just remembered something funny, haha."
His smile was extremely forced, and any normal person could notice that something was wrong, so Yu Xiang knew that the best way to ease the awkwardness was to change the subject.
So he turned his face away again, pretending to be nonchalant and meeting Jiang Ci's gaze: "I'll go, what about you?"
As expected, Jiang Ci replied, "Then I'll go with you."
The two quickly reached a consensus and then went to the school gate together to meet up with the rest of the class.
Time passed quickly. After having lunch with the teachers at noon, some people left first, and the rest went to sing karaoke as planned, and then went to the reserved restaurant for dinner.
Those who stayed were generally more relaxed, and after a few drinks they started chatting about gossip.
"What?! You two are together?! When did it happen?"
"He confessed his love to me after the college entrance examination."
"Damn you guys are really good. You held it in until now."
"Hey, Lu Ziyang, didn't you say you were going to confess your love to your goddess after the exam? Why haven't you done anything?"
Lu Ziyang shuddered at first when he was named, then came to his senses and replied in a dumbfounded manner: "What goddess? I don't have a goddess."
Xu Tianhao laughed and exposed him: "Don't believe him, he was just rejected, hahahaha——"
Lu Ziyang: "You can't stop eating even if there's food - if you don't want to eat the chicken leg, give it to me!"
Xu Tianhao hurriedly protected the chicken drumstick in his bowl that he hadn't had time to eat yet: "Don't even think about it!"
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
Yu Xiang listened with great interest and took a sip of the wine glass.
In the second half, when everyone had almost finished eating, Wang Sitian suggested playing games.
The rules are simple: if you lose, you have to drink a drink as a penalty - if you can't drink alcohol, you have to drink three glasses of milk as a penalty.
This was exactly what Yu Xiang wanted - as long as he "accidentally" lost a few more games, he could naturally "get drunk".
In fact, he was not clear about his alcohol tolerance, but he firmly believed that "alcohol makes cowards brave", and even forgot to think about whether he was a good drinker.
But it turned out that he didn't need to worry about this problem: he did drink quite a bit by the end, but apart from feeling very bloated, he had no other reaction and his consciousness was still very clear, which made him wonder for a moment whether the wine he had just drunk was fake.
"Sanshui, are you okay? Let Lao Fang take you home." Wang Ming and Fang Chengyu supported the staggering Zhang Miao, one on each side. "I didn't see how much you drank. How come your alcohol tolerance is so low?"
Zhang Miao had long lost track of what heaven and earth were. He said with a big mouth, "I'm not drunk. Let me go. I, I can walk on my own!"
"That's right, drunk people always say they are not drunk."
Yu Xiang: “…” It seems to be real wine.
He was a little worried about Zhang Miao's condition. Just when he was about to ask Fang Chengyu to take a taxi to take Zhang Miao back, he had just taken half a step when someone grabbed his hand.
Yu Xiang turned around reflexively and happened to meet Jiang Ci's calm eyes.
He blinked blankly, his eyes asking what was wrong with him.
Although Jiang Ci had just lost the game and drank quite a bit, no one present, including Yu Xiang, thought he was drunk, as he looked no different before and after drinking.
"Where are you going?" Jiang Ci stared at Yu Xiang in silence for a long time before finally uttering these words.
"I'll go see Sanshui. He seems to have drunk too much." Although Yu Xiang was a little confused about this, he still answered the question cooperatively.
"Yeah." Jiang Ci finally let go of her hand, "I'll wait for you here."
Yu Xiang didn't think much about it for the time being and went to check on Zhang Miao's condition first.
When he finished explaining things to Fang Chengyu and came back, he found that Jiang Ci really didn't move from the spot, and his eyes were always on him.
"Yu Xiang, you are going back with Jiang Ci, right?" Lu Ziyang was the last one to come out. When he saw Yu and the other two standing at the door, he stepped forward and greeted them.
"Yes." Yu Xiang didn't have time to think about what was wrong with Jiang Ci, and replied to Lu Ziyang first.
"Be careful on the road, and let me know in the group when you get there."
"Okay, be careful on the road too."
“It’s packaged.”
After saying goodbye to Lu Ziyang, Yu Xiang looked back at Jiang Ci: "How are we going to get back? Should we get a taxi?"
"walk."
Yu Xiang almost thought he had misheard and asked again in disbelief, "Can you say that again?"
Jiang Ci said again: "Walk."
"Walking will make me tired to death. It will take at least an hour." Yu Xiang muttered, silently took out his mobile phone to book a car, but as soon as he took it out, Jiang Ci beside him snatched it away.
Jiang Ci stuffed Yu Xiang's phone into his pocket and held it tightly, his tone becoming firmer: "If I say walk, then walk."
At this point, Yu Xiang finally realized something was wrong: "...Are you drunk?"
Jiang Ci nodded: "Yeah."
"A drunk person will always say they're not drunk." Wang Ming's words just now surfaced in Yu Xiang's mind. Combined with Jiang Ci's still calm expression and his face without a blush, he hesitated a little: "Stop it, this is not funny at all."
"The night view by the river is very nice, don't you want to go and see it?" Jiang Ci said lightly.
This felt a lot more normal, and Yu Xiang finally felt relieved: "...Then let's walk. We can take a taxi when we get tired."
"good."
After reaching an agreement, they set off.
The place where they had dinner happened to be right by the river, just a few steps away from the trail.
Neither of them said a word on the way home, and they just quietly started their journey home.
Yu Xiang walked absentmindedly while thinking in his mind the feasibility of pretending to be drunk now - it was not a bad idea, as some people got drunk later after the alcohol took effect.
He had already started to plan, but Jiang Ci suddenly stopped and looked at him silently.
Yu Xiang asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with you?"
"I'm a little tired. Sit down and rest for a while."
Yu Xiang: “???”
Don't you listen to what you are saying?!
He complained of being tired after only walking a few dozen meters. Is this still the Jiang Ci who won first place in the men's 1500m race and was second only to the athlete?
Jiang Ci selectively ignored Yu Xiang's shocked expression and pointed at the bench beside him: "Would you like to sit down?"
Yu Xiang didn't know what Jiang Ci was up to, so he agreed half-heartedly: "Then come sit down?"
After getting the consent, Jiang Ci naturally took Yu Xiang's hand and led him to the bench.
Yu Xiang, whose hand was held, was stunned for a moment. His mind was blank as he was pulled to sit down, and he didn't forget to look around to see if there were any passers-by.
Fortunately, it was already quite late, and no one except them would be strolling leisurely here.
"Do you still remember my birthday last year?" Jiang Ci suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Yu Xiang was startled, then realized, "I remember, it was also by the river."
He still remembered that he bought two bottles of Coke, and raised his glass to the bright moon like a middle school student with a second-year syndrome, as if he had drunk fake wine.
Thinking about it this way, I was even more drunk that time than this time.
"Actually, I had been wanting to do something that day, but I didn't manage to do it." Jiang Ci turned his head halfway, the warm yellow light shining on half of his face. "It's not that I didn't want to, but I couldn't."
Yu Xiang's Adam's apple rolled, and his heartbeat unconsciously quickened: "...What?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings fell into darkness without warning - just like last year, the time had come and the street lights went out.
But before he could react, a warm breeze carrying Jiang Ci's scent swept over, followed by a soft touch on his lips.
At this moment, all the tension and fear were thrown out of his mind, and his mind could only realize one thing:
Jiang Ci was kissing him.
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