SB- chapter 31

Xiao Zhan was confused for half a second before his face slowly turned red and his eyes brightened. Although he pursed his lips, his expression had already exposed his feelings.

“If you want to laugh, then laugh. What is that expression?”

Xiao Zhan finally burst into laughter. He clutched his stomach and rolled on the bed, making Wang Yibo curl his lips.

He climbed on the bed and held Xiao Zhan in his arms, but the latter was still laughing hard.

He pushed Wang Yibo and said, “Lion cubs don’t have slender legs like you.”

Wang Yibo said, “Have you heard of the polar lion? The ones with huge bodies and extremely slender legs.”

It felt like someone had turned on the laughing button on Xiao Zhan. Tears fell down his face from laughter as he stayed in Wang Yibo’s arms.

His face rubbed against Wang Yibo’s fluffy onesie. Because he ran out of energy, his voice was extremely soft, making Wang Yibo feel numb.

“You, haha….Why did you wear the blue one?”

“So I can make you happy. Why else?”

It felt like someone turned off Xiao Zhan’s laughing button and he looked up at Wang Yibo while the latter’s eyes smiled.

Xiao Zhan seemed to be sucked into this moment, frozen. It felt like Wang Yibo was scared of scaring him, so he carefully moved closer.

His breath was on Xiao Zhan’s and the latter finally rolled over all of a sudden, coming to the realization of what was about to happen.

He even rolled off with the blankets.

“…”

Choosing between kissing Xiao Zhan and sleeping, Wang Yibo decided to lay down, using his arms as a cushion. His exposed legs made him look like he was wearing knickers.

The clothes were supposed to be loose but because it wasn’t Wang Yibo’s size, it was quite tight on him. The blueish lion cub on the youth’s slender body made him look a little funny, despite how handsome he was.

Lion Wang turned around and poked the little turtle’s head. “Share the blanket.”

The little turtle kicked him and loosened his grip.

Lion Wang tugged the blankets firmly and pulled the blanket over.

The little turtled was exposed immediately and he turned around to fight for the blanket. The curly hair became messy and it stuck to his face, making Wang Yibo want to kiss him.

The latter suddenly loosened his grip and Xiao Zhan grabbed it back.

Xiao Zhan rolled himself and half of the blanket away, saying, “Can’t you just take out another blanket?”

“You’re just sleeping here for the night. Do I really need to?” Wang Yibo found his voice and moved closer saying, “Just deal with this for the night.”

At this time, they heard knocking outside the door and then Mother Wang’s voice rang.

“Will it be a bit too tight for the two of you guys to sleep on the same bed? I ordered people to clean out the room next door, so Zhanzhan can sleep there.”

Wang Yibo knitted his eyebrows while Xiao Zhan happily got up, tossing the blanket at Wang Yibo.

He opened the door in a delightful manner.

Wang Yibo hugged the blanket while making eye contact with his mother.

Carmen Lee subconsciously laughed, seeing her son’s cold and unsatisfied expression.

She withdrew her gaze and looked at Xiao Zhan.

The latter was just thanking her and she wondered how it was possible to raise such an obedient son. She tossed her own son to the back of her mind and brought Xiao Zhan to the guest room.

The guest room was plain and Xiao Zhan politely saw Mother Wang off before immediately pouncing on the bed and rolling.

What accomplice? Mother Wang is an angel!

***

The next morning, the two of them squeezed into the same bathroom. The mirror reflected two young and tender faces brushing their teeth.

Wang Yibo was quickly done and wiped his mouth after rinsing, asking, “How did you sleep last night?”

“Very good.” Xiao Zhan said this and then emphasized, “I love sleeping by myself.”

Wang Yibo was bumped to the other side and he looked at Xiao Zhan resentfully like an abandoned wife.

Xiao Zhan switched on the sink and began to wash his face.

Wang Yibo leaned against the side and said, “Today’s weather is pretty good. Let’s go jogging after you’re done washing your face.”

“No.” Xiao Zhan washed his face and said, “I’m not running.”

“If someone hits you next time, you can run quicker.”

After Xiao Zhan washed his face, he stared at Wang Yibo unhappily. “Who would hit me?”

“How would I know?” Wang Yibo pushed him to the side and washed his face. “If you can run quicker, you can run over and call for my help. If you can’t run quickly, you will get a beating before you can even come for me. Think about this.”

Xiao Zhan pursed his lips and went out to change his clothes, before coming back.

“I don’t want to get sweaty. Can we just walk?”

Wang Yibo snorted and wiped his face clean before moving closer to Xiao Zhan. He kissed him while Xiao Zhan dodged it, catching him back.

“How about we make a deal?”

“What, what deal?”

“When I can’t resist my feelings for you like 100 times, can you allow your feelings to become unrestrained for once?”

Xiao Zhan’s face turned red and had no choice but to say, “Hm…ok” because he was captured by Wang Yibo and unable to escape.

Wang Yibo hugged him and said, “Your turn.”

“???”

“In less than a minute from before, I couldn’t help but fall in love with you 100 times.”

“…”

Wang Yibo looked to the side and said, “Give me a reaction.”

Xiao Zhan made eye contact with him for 3 seconds and suddenly fisted his hands, softly pushing his face to the side. He said timidly, “I couldn’t help but want to…hit you.”

“…” Fine.

At least he couldn’t help but feel a certain way towards himself. Wang Yibo snorted and suddenly looked fierce, shaking his head and biting Xiao Zhan.

The garden in the Wang family was beautiful.

Xiao Zhan placed his hands behind his back, following Wang Yibo like an old man.

Meanwhile, the latter lazily asked, “Oh right, how is your adrenaline for running?”

Xiao Zhan couldn’t help but think of something.

He disliked attending P.E. class, because he would be in a crowd of people and exposing how inflexible he was. Regarding sports, he had no talent or the right to flex.

Even more, because he was shy, he was scared of any activities or sweating besides learning. Whenever it was P.E., the teacher didn’t force him to do anything much. At most, he had to run around and this made Xiao Zhan happy.

It was the first P.E. class since Wang Yibo had transferred into the elite class and the second time Wang Yibo caused trouble for him after the love letter incident.

When the teacher was announcing a sprint competition, Wang Yibo glanced at Xiao Zhan and said, “I want to race against him.”

Everyone knew that Xiao Zhan performed ordinary in P.E.

So when Xiao Zhan was suddenly picked on, his face turned bright red and became extremely nervous.

The teacher believed that Wang Yibo was bullying Xiao Zhan as well, knitting his eyebrows and scolding, “Not Xiao Zhan. You can pair up with someone else.”

“I only want him.” Wang Yibo said, “I want to test Chongqing High School’s elite student’s level.”

The teacher couldn’t win him, so they turned around to look at Xiao Zhan. They said in a gentle tone, “Do you want to race with him? If not, you can reject him.”

Xiao Zhan didn’t know how to reject someone. Under Wang Yibo’s fierce gaze, he nodded.

He was thinking that since Wang Yibo wanted to show off, he’d let him. Once Wang Yibo becomes at ease, he probably won’t cause trouble for him anymore.

The two stood on the starting line and when they passed each other, Wang Yibo said, “If you can’t beat me, wait for me after school.”

Xiao Zhan felt goosebumps rising.

Before they started to race, he already imagined the scene of the other party bringing people to block his way off.

If he can’t win, he will get a beating.

This knowledge made Xiao Zhan feel his survival instincts kicking in.

Wang Yibo acted like he was going to win for sure. His fingers touched the ground and he glanced at Xiao Zhan from the corner of his eyes while the latter pursed his lips. His body was rigid and his clean face was reflected under the light.

The gym teacher said, “On your mark…”

People surrounding them immediately cheered for Xiao Zhan and someone even yelled “Wang Yibo, let Xiao Zhan win!”

Wang Yibo made no comment.

The gym teacher placed the whistle in their mouth and the two people on the line both got ready.

“!” The sound of the whistle rang and Wang Yibo suddenly jumped up. Before he could run, the person next to him ran off like a rocket.

There seemed to be a spring attached to Xiao Zhan’s legs and Wang Yibo stood stunned at his original spot.

All his words seemed to be trapped in his throat. He watched as Xiao Zhan rushed 100 meters out and even the gym teacher forgot to press on the stopwatch.

Until Xiao Zhan stood to the other side and looked over, the gym teacher pressed the stopwatch.

By then, it was already 10.37 seconds when he realized, making him holler, “Damn!”

Xiao Zhan looked back at them and then looked down. At least 2 seconds.

That meant that Xiao Zhan might’ve surpassed the world records.

The whole field was quiet and the gym teacher came over to call for him, “Come here, run again.”

Once Xiao Zhan confirmed that Wang Yibo hadn’t chased after him, he sat down and panted, feeling dizzy.

After that, the teacher ran again and it only took 16 seconds. It made him sigh and say to others, “The world record!! It was beaten right in front of my eyes! He must’ve broken the record!”

But Xiao Zhan just felt lucky. He didn’t care about his score since he felt extremely blessed that he wouldn’t need to wait for Wang Yibo’s beating after school.

But, only he remembered this.

“It’s ok.” Xiao Zhan breathed in the fresh air and casually answered.

The time went back to the gym class and Xiao Zhan was laying on the field, feeling dizzy. He was confused and people chatted about as they ran past him.

He didn’t know anything that was happening out of his line of vision.

Like when Zhou Yixuan ran over to ask Wang Yibo, extremely shocked, “Was that fake? Was he flying before?”

Seungyoun also yelled, “He actually won against you!!”

Wang Yibo’s face darkened, but chuckled strangely before turning around to leave.

While passing by the garbage bin, he threw something in.

When Seungyoun and Zhou Yixuan followed Wang Yibo, Li Wenhan grabbed the item that Wang Yibo threw in the garbage out.

Li Wenhan soothed the crumbled paper and it revealed XYZ Theater.

Time of show: 7:40pm.

The youth’s gaze became shocked and he slowly smiled, ripping the paper to pieces and throwing it back into the garbage.

He turned around to look at the other youth who was lying on the field, smiling.

While they were still young, they kept a lot of secrets from one another or hid it silently; rarely anyone knew.

He turned around and followed Wang Yibo’s footsteps, calling out, “Brother Wang, why don’t we watch a movie tonight?”

“Watch what?’

5 minutes before class was over, Xiao Zhan raised his hand to say that he had a stomach ache. He placed his backpack over his shoulder and slipped out of school.

Up until Xiao Zhan left the school, he could still feel a fierce and intense gaze burning, like a shadow following him.

****

On the same autumn day, Xiao Zhan suddenly bumped Wang Yibo with his shoulder, making the latter raise his eyebrows.

“What?”

“Nothing.” Xiao Zhan moved back and Wang Yibo continued to walk in front.

Xiao Zhan suddenly bumped him again, then smiled while Wang Yibo was confused.

Wang Yibo looked at him and said, “See the tree in front? Let’s see who gets there first.”

“What happens?”

Wang Yibo thought about it for a while before something flickered in his mind. He slowly said, “If you can’t beat me, you have to watch a movie with me?”

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Author: Anyone getting the feeling that Wang Yibo might be remembering snippets of his memory?