Chapter 152 Who in their right mind would take a shower with their clothes on...?
"You lost," Shen Yun said softly.
His breathing was steady, and his tone was normal, showing no sign that he had just finished a competition.
White light shone down from above, and Yu Qingzhou squinted, seeing the boy's face shrouded in shadow.
In a daze, I mistakenly identified that face as another face.
In that moment of distraction, Yu Qingzhou's movement to prop herself up faltered, and she shifted her center of gravity, falling straight backward.
Shen Yun, who had reached out to pull the person away, was caught off guard and fell in the direction the person had fallen.
With a muffled thud.
Yu Qingzhou's head did not hit the ground directly as expected, but instead bumped into something soft. He could vaguely smell a strange scent mixed with dust and a faint, cool fragrance.
When he regained full consciousness, he realized that he was being held tightly beneath someone.
The person holding Yu Qingzhou was naturally Shen Yun.
Not only that, Shen Yun's palm was also placed on the back of Yu Qingzhou's neck, one of his arms reached out from below to wrap around the boy's shoulders and head in a semi-encircling manner, while the other arm supported the floor mat, sharing the weight that might have directly pressed down on the other person.
Perhaps it was the gentle impact, but Yu Qingzhou's head still spun for a moment.
Especially when I opened my eyes and saw that handsome young face.
His dark hair fell across his brows and eyes, adding a touch of softness and youthfulness to his slightly aloof face. If it weren't for their close proximity, one might easily mistake his face for a woman's.
If it were a woman...
"Senior, why aren't you getting up? Are you planning to sleep on the floor here all night?"
A slightly teasing, low voice sounded nearby, its warm breath landing squarely in my ear.
Having spent time together, Yu Qingzhou knew very well that Shen Yun wasn't the type to joke around, not to mention the unnatural hoarseness in her voice at that moment.
—It can only be painful.
Yu Qingzhou almost immediately came to her senses and stood up to make the other person pull their hand back.
"How are you? Are you hurt?" Yu Qingzhou asked, feeling somewhat apologetic.
If I hadn't suddenly lost focus, I wouldn't have let Shen Yun fall like that for nothing. What's more, she even reached out to help me in that short time.
"It's alright." As she spoke, Shen Yun had already returned to her concise way of speaking.
He walked toward the locker room, his steps normal, as if he were unaffected, while rotating his reddened wrist.
Yu Qingzhou lagged slightly behind Shen Yun.
He felt that Shen Yun looked somewhat unhappy at that moment.
Considering that the other person was usually quiet and reserved, and didn't show their emotions easily, I thought I should go up and apologize.
However, when she fell just now, Yu Qingzhou twisted her left ankle and couldn't put any weight on it for a moment. If she forced herself to speed up, she might fall and injure herself again.
But if he were to specifically call out to Shen Yun for this, it would seem like he was deliberately trying to gain sympathy.
So Yu Qingzhou could only maintain her current pace, and when she finally managed to get to the door of the changing room, she heard the sound of running water coming from the shower room.
I didn't expect to take a shower so soon today.
It's understandable, though, as Shen Yun has always had a slight obsession with cleanliness, especially since she got some extra dust on her today because of her.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingzhou looked down at herself, but couldn't tell whether she was dirty or not.
I sweated a bit, and my skin felt sticky and uncomfortable.
It's the same amount of exercise...
Suddenly, the face of Shen Yun that Yu Qingzhou had seen up close earlier appeared before her eyes. It was clean and there was no sign of sweat. Was it just a difference in constitution?
So that means—
Yu Qingzhou couldn't help but look at the shower stall where the sound of water was still constantly coming from.
Today, Chen Yun's shower seemed to take longer than usual.
Yu Qingzhou walked over with some unease and called out to Chen Yun through the door.
No one answered.
Yu Qingzhou thought that perhaps the sound of the water was too loud and the people inside hadn't heard her, so she raised her voice and called out twice more, but still no one answered.
Now, Yu Qingzhou was really anxious. She started knocking on the door while asking about the situation inside.
The shower doors are all locked from the inside.
It requires specialized lock-picking tools to break it open from the outside.
After knocking a few times and seeing no response, Yu Qingzhou made a quick decision to go out and find someone to help.
"Chen Yun, wait for me, I'll find a locksmith—"
Before the word "person" could even be uttered, the door, which had remained unanswered, suddenly opened.
Before Yu Qingzhou could react to what was happening, she had already been pulled into the shower room.
The cold water poured down from above drenched Yu Qingzhou thoroughly.
At the same time, the sound of a lock clicking shut came from behind.
Yu Qingzhou was startled and wanted to turn around to look, but the spray of water made it impossible for her to open her eyes.
With their vision obstructed and their hearing overwhelmed by the deafening sound of water, they were unable to see clearly.
Yu Qingzhou suddenly felt deaf and blind, completely lost and at a loss.
He didn't know what Shen Yun wanted to do by pulling him in, nor did he feel that their relationship had become so good that they could rub each other's backs.
I'm just glad I changed my shoes before coming in, but I didn't have time to change my clothes.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to put my dirty clothes back on.
"Deep Rhyme?"
"Um."
Yu Qingzhou turned her head toward the direction from which the sound came while reaching out to the wall for support.
After finally standing still, Yu Qingzhou wiped the water off her face and was about to open her eyes.
Then it paused again.
—Because he suddenly remembered that Shen Yun should still be naked.
Logically speaking, since we are all men, we are all pretty much the same if we are all naked, so there is nothing to worry about.
The problem is, only one of them is naked...
Although Yu Qingzhou was soaked to the bone, she was still dressed neatly, so in the end, Shen Yun was the one who should feel embarrassed.
Shen Yun seemed completely oblivious—he wouldn't have faced this awkward situation if the other party hadn't dragged him into it.
Suddenly the sound of water stopped.
Suddenly, a deep, resonant voice rang out in the silent space.
"What are you doing with your eyes closed?" sounds like a genuine expression of confusion.
"I was afraid you'd feel awkward," Yu Qingzhou said honestly.
He didn't stand on ceremony with the other party this time, mainly because Shen Yun's sudden invitation to come in was truly inexplicable.
Then something even more inexplicable happened.
Yu Qingzhou was surprised to hear Shen Yun laugh.
—This guy actually… laughed?!
Shen Yun not only chuckled, but also retorted, "Afraid I'll feel awkward?"
What else?
Yu Qingzhou couldn't help but frown. If Shen Yun weren't the type to play pranks, he would have suspected that she was deliberately playing a trick on him.
However, the other party has been acting quite strangely since just now.
Yu Qingzhou didn't understand. If she remembered correctly, it was indeed herself, not Shen Yun, who almost hit the back of her head just now.
Thinking about how the other person had cushioned his fall earlier.
Yu Qingzhou tried to soften her tone as much as possible: "Why did you suddenly pull me in?"
Shen Yun's answer was quite reasonable: "If we don't bring the senior in, are we supposed to wait for him to call the locksmith?"
Finally, he added, "I don't have a fetish for being watched while showering."
Hearing the other party speak so matter-of-factly, Yu Qingzhou couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Then you could have just said so from inside."
He called him so many times from outside, but if Shen Yun had even responded, Yu Qingzhou would never have thought of the desperate measure of breaking down the door from the outside.
"It's too late."
Shen Yun said in a calm tone, "The sound of the water was too loud. I only noticed the commotion outside when I heard you say you were going to find someone to unlock the door... so I had no choice but to ask you to come in and get soaked in the rain with me."
He paused for a moment, then seemed to laugh: "But, senior was going to take a shower anyway, wasn't he? Now you can wash your clothes at the same time."
Yu Qingzhou had no idea where the other person's untimely sense of humor came from.
Because she twisted her ankle, Yu Qingzhou had originally planned to go back to her dormitory, but after Shen Yun did this, she had no choice but to take a shower.
Yu Qingzhou sighed inwardly, then tilted her head toward the direction from which Chen Yun's voice came: "Put your clothes on properly, and then help me with my things."
As he spoke, he took off his bracelet and fumbled around, trying to hand it over.
I hesitated for a moment and stopped halfway.
Because Yu Qingzhou couldn't determine the distance to the other person by sound.
Even the most spacious shower room is still just a small space, and he didn't want to touch the other person's body under these circumstances.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yun on the other side indeed made a move.
Instead of reaching out for the key, he grabbed Yu Qingzhou's wrist from the side and pulled her towards him.
Shen Yun's palms were warm.
Unlike Yu Qingzhou, who was first doused with cold water and then stood in the same spot for so long in wet clothes, her whole body was already chilled to the bone.
I hadn't realized that my attention was focused elsewhere.
The warmth of Shen Yun's hand sent a chill through him.
At the same time, the back of his hand touched a warm, damp spot, but with the feel of fabric.
Yu Qingzhou was startled and involuntarily opened her eyes.
Then he saw Shen Yun, who was also dressed neatly, across from him. His own hand was pressed against the outside of Shen Yun's collar.
Yu Qingzhou was completely dumbfounded.
So, Chen Yun was always dressed?
It was only then that he belatedly realized that in the rush of being pulled in by the other party, he was so surprised that he hadn't noticed whether Shen Yun was wearing any clothes or not.
After all, who in their right mind takes a shower with their clothes on?
Yu Qingzhou was about to ask something when she sneezed.
It seems like he caught a cold.
At this moment, Shen Yun turned on the shower again, but this time hot water came out.
Then, Shen Yun opened the door and went out, still wearing her wet clothes.
"Wait for me," he said, holding a somewhat familiar-looking bracelet in his hand.
Yu Qingzhou looked down and, sure enough, found his hand empty. He hadn't even noticed when it had been taken.
However, he's too lazy to think about it now.
—Because he was so cold.
Although the hot water dispelled some of the chill, the cold that seeped into his flesh was like tiny insects, burrowing and gnawing at every bone in his body.
it hurts……
It feels so familiar... as if it really happened.
The body is trapped in the damp mud, slowly decaying and decomposing, being crawled and gnawed by all sorts of insects, yet there is nothing it can do.
We could only watch helplessly as it all happened.
Listening to those rustling sounds that sent chills down my spine.
Suddenly one day, tender green shoots emerged from deep within the skeleton.
The young shoot grew rapidly in the wind, sending out long branches that looked like tentacles.
Then, the insects disappeared.
The world suddenly fell silent.
But at the same time, he could sense another, more subtle and hidden change happening without him even realizing it.
The bone crevices that had been hollowed out by insects were carefully filled back in.
The cool tentacles, like intimate whispers, gradually enveloped his consciousness.
Until darkness completely descends...
—When and in what month and year did that happen?
Suddenly, a muffled knocking came from the door.
Yu Qingzhou was suddenly jolted awake from her bizarre reverie.
The lights overhead, which weren't particularly bright, seemed strangely glaring at that moment.
He really looked like someone who had just opened their eyes from the darkness, raising his hand to shield his eyes.
Once she fully regained consciousness, Yu Qingzhou realized that she had squatted down against the wall of the shower room without even realizing it.
The warm water was still washing over his body.
It's definitely not that cold anymore.
Yu Qingzhou stood up, leaning against the wall, and placed her hand on the door lock.
For some reason, for a fleeting moment, his mind went blank, and he was even unsure who was outside the door...
Or perhaps, there really is someone outside the door...?
Yu Qingzhou was lost in thought when, in the next moment, the door lock popped open.
There was indeed no one behind the door that I pushed open.
There was only a hand reaching out from the side, carrying what Yu Qingzhou needed.
"Thank you." Yu Qingzhou paused for a moment before taking the bag and bracelet from Chen Yun's hand.
"You're welcome."
Shen Yun said, leaning against the shower stall next door.
The moment Yu Qingzhou closed the door, he heard the boy's low voice.
"I'm sorry about what happened before. I shouldn't have..."
The rest of the words were drowned out by the rushing water and isolated by the cool air.
Yu Qingzhou then remembered that the sleeve of Shen Yun's outstretched hand, hanging above the red mark on her wrist, was still clearly wet.
Shen Yun brought him clothes, but he was still wearing the wet clothes he had been wearing before.
I don't know what they were thinking...
Perhaps because he had been in the same place for too long, Yu Qingzhou suddenly felt a little short of breath. Coupled with the strange fragments that had suddenly surfaced in his mind, he did not linger in the shower room any longer.
She rushed out without even drying her hair.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yun had already changed her clothes and was waiting for her outside.
"Why is it still dripping?" Shen Yun walked over and frowned when she saw Yu Qingzhou's wet hair.
Even though he was the younger one, the way he looked at Yu Qingzhou was like looking at a child who didn't know how to take care of himself.
Before Yu Qingzhou could say anything, Shen Yun took a dry towel and walked to Yu Qingzhou's side, reaching out to wipe the boy's face.
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