Ch67 - The second day Li Cheng promised to send breakfast, growl

After school, Xiao Yiheng was surrounded by his classmates.

“God Xiao, you don’t really plan on seeing Li Cheng alone, do you?”

“I think we should tell the teacher about this!”

“Do you still have that threat letter?” 

“Or shall we go with you?”

Xiao Yiheng rejected wave after wave of “zealous” classmates and firmly stated that he could solve this matter alone.

In the end, under the worried gaze of his classmates, he set foot on the road to the school garden alone. He was obviously going to meet his boyfriend, but now it looked like he was going alone into enemy lines.

Xiao Yiheng waited under a tree in the small garden, holding the oily love letter (for the time being, let’s call it a love letter, okay?) in his hand. He carefully unfolded it, and stared at the red heart “stabbed” by the weapon at the place with the signature.

…Li Cheng must have been very serious when he drew this heart since he had penetrated the paper. That’s right, the paper was scratched by the tip of the pen.

Xiao Yiheng imagined Li Cheng lying on the table, writing a love letter carefully, and was amused by the scene in his fantasy.

When Li Cheng hurried to the small garden, he happened to see his boyfriend chuckling at the note in his hand.

He was proud and shy. He jumped out from behind the tree with a “swish”, and asked in a dragging voice, “Weellll? When you received Xiaoye’s love bento, were you pleasantly surprised? Seeing an outstanding omega like me bring you breakfast, your classmates must be very envious of you, right?” 

“…Do you want me to tell you the truth?” Xiao Yiheng put away the oily love letter, “My classmates think you are going to poison and murder me. They thought your purpose of writing this letter was to invite me to a duel in the small garden.”

Li Cheng: “……???”

Xiao Yiheng explained the ins and outs before Li Cheng understood. It turned out that it was because of his “notoriety” and because he had a black face while delivering the breakfast, he had been misunderstood by those top students.

“Their brains have such an awesome supplementing ability,” Li Cheng muttered. “They must definitely score full marks in Chinese reading comprehension questions, right?” 

Xiao Yiheng broke into laughter. He knew it was the first time Li Cheng was cursing people by beating around the bush.

Li Cheng was so angry that his hair exploded. Xiao Yiheng couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to pinch his mouth, turning him into a flat-billed duck.

Then he leaned over and kissed the little golden duck on the mouth.

“Why did you suddenly think of sending me breakfast?” Xiao Yiheng asked. 

Li Cheng broke free of his clutches and explained, “I am going to leave soon, aren’t I? I want to let them know that you are Laozi’s person before leaving! So even if I leave, those flowers and grasses will hide from you and stay far away.”

It turned out that the little animal wanted to mark his territory.

“But isn’t delivering breakfast a little out of line with Li-ge’s ‘personal style’?” Xiao Yiheng teased him, “I thought you would use more ‘overbearing’ methods. For example, you take someone to occupy the school’s radio station and announce that we are in love during the P.E. period to the whole school…”

“How could I do that? If I give you breakfast, I will only let our classmates know about our relationship. But if I beat gongs and drums and make it widely known, it will definitely catch the teacher’s attention!” Li Cheng didn’t even think about it and blurted out, “I’m a poor student. Climbing over the wall, skipping class, and having puppy love are all a matter of course. But you are the best student in the whole year. If you let the teachers know that you’re in love with me, a sports student who is ‘all brawn no brains’, you will definitely be taken to the dean’s office. You will be surrounded by ten teachers as they fire away at you. They will press your head and make you write a self-reflection essay.” 

Li Cheng scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: “I can’t let you get punished for the sake of my own satisfaction.”

“…” Xiao Yiheng was stunned and felt as if his heart had been gently grasped by an invisible hand, making it sour and swollen.

The school rules prohibited puppy love, but no matter how they forbid it, they were incapable of separating the ignorant feelings of adolescent boys and girls. Whenever the head of discipline caught the first signs of puppy love, the students were criticized lightly, and their parents would even be asked to punish them.

Huacheng No. 1 High school’s campus atmosphere was very strict with Li Cheng being the only exception who escaped from the school rules. He laughed and swore arrogantly, but for the sake of Xiao Yiheng, he was willing to be well-behaved and lay low. In this way, Xiao Yiheng could continue to be the golden top student in the teacher’s eyes. 

“Who said that top students can’t fall in love with poor students?” Xiao Yiheng whispered, “Besides, the label of poor student has nothing to do with the future world champion. And who said you were ‘all brawn no brains’?”

Li Cheng blushed and pretended to say indifferently: “…It’s not a specific person who said it. In fact, they are right. I am very poor in studies.”

“Everyone is skilled at something. Why should we ask a sports champion to get good grades?” Xiao Yiheng used himself as an example. He had good grades, but he couldn’t swim at all. What was so ridiculous about this?

In fact, Li Cheng also understood this truth. Those who said that he was ‘all brawn no brains’ were essentially those who were jealous, which was neither good nor bad. Throw them in the swimming pool and they would absolutely sink to the bottom. He wouldn’t care even if the whole swimming pool was soured by them. 

However, for the same reason, it was one thing to figure it out by yourself, but another thing to be coaxed by your boyfriend.

Li Cheng was coaxed into happiness, and his little tail raised arrogantly again.

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about the teachers,” Li Cheng waved his hand and looked at the boyfriend in front of him expectantly. “Did you like today’s breakfast? I got up early and went to the second cafeteria to line up to buy it!”

“…” Unexpectedly, the topic turned back. Xiao Yiheng recalled the oily plastic bag filled with the fried dough stick, the steamed stuffed buns, and tea eggs. He controlled the expression on his face and replied with a smile, “It was delicious. I liked it very much.” 

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“Just like it!” Li Cheng frowned and announced loudly, “Don’t worry, from today until the day before I leave, your breakfast will be delivered by Li-ge!”

Li Cheng had already prepared a meal plan in his heart. Today was steamed buns and fried dough sticks, tomorrow would be pancakes with millet porridge, and the day after tomorrow was a luxurious version of hand grasp cakes with eggs, sausages, and chicken chops. The day after that, he could go out over the wall and buy the meat buns at the alley and add a spicy soup… 

These delicacies had been “personally certified” by Li Cheng, and they were absolutely authentic.

He couldn’t wait to give Xiao Yiheng all the things he liked to taste!

Xiao Yiheng who was indebted to the sacred grace: “…”

Sorry students of class 3-1. Let him eat alone. Feel free to smell it, alright? 

…

In the evening, Li Cheng, who had finished two hours of training in the swimming pool, took a shower and wandered back to the dormitory.

He was still sending text messages to Xiao Yiheng along the way, reminding him not to eat breakfast tomorrow, let alone leave the class during the morning self-study period. He would go to class 3-1 on time to send the love bento. As for what it would be – maintain confidentiality, maintain fragrance.

Xiao Yiheng responded with a short “good”. 

Li Cheng put away the phone and pushed open the dormitory door while humming a song.

Unexpectedly, the dormitory was completely dark. At the same time, a small shiny screen appeared in the dark, and three pairs of eyes were gleaming under the reflection of the screen.

Li Cheng was startled: “Fuck!”

The three pairs of eyes were also startled: “Fuck!” 

Li Cheng hurriedly pressed the switch on the wall. The overhead light flashed twice, illuminating the whole dorm room.

He saw his three roommates squeezed around a table. Xiao Pang was holding a bright LCD screen in his hands, which looked a little bigger than a mobile phone. The other two roommates were almost lying on Xiao Pang’s shoulders. The three of them looked flustered. It was clear at first glance that they were doing something sneaky.

Li Cheng squinted his eyes and asked suspiciously: “What are you guys doing? Furtive without turning on the lights—Fuck, you three are not peeking at porn movies, right?”

With that, Li Cheng’s eyes lit up with a wretched smile. He picked up his stool and sat beside them: “Which movie? Which country? What gender? Let me see it!” 

“Bah, bah, bah! It’s not a porn movie!” Xiao Pang pushed his head away, “Li Cheng, can you stop thinking about things that are not suitable for children?”

“Don’t hide it, I see it all!” Li Cheng stretched out his hand and gestured, “You are hiding a screen of this size in your arms, if you are not peeking at a porn movie, what are you doing?”

Xiao Pang could only show it to him.

……It was actually a video game. 

The screen was larger than the screen of the largest Apple mobile phone, with two handles on the left and right, one red and one blue. On the screen, there was a 3D villain carrying a fishing rod running around the mountains. Three weird civet cats flashed past in the corner of the screen.

“…So you didn’t turn on the lights just to play games secretly?”

“Shhh!” A roommate hurriedly said, ”Keep your voice down. If the dormitory manager knows about it, it will be confiscated.”

Li Cheng’s three roommates were not in the same class as him. They ranked in the top 30% of the grade. They usually studied for a while on returning to the dormitory after the evening self-study session. He didn’t expect the three of them to be uncharacteristically playing video games together. 

Li Cheng asked incredulously: “What kind of game are you so fascinated by?”

Xiao Pang proudly raised the game console in his hand: “You haven’t heard of this yet? It’s the current fashion—Hunk Picking Up Branches!”

“……???”

What did a hunk picking up branches have anything to do with fashion? 

After listening to Xiao Pang’s explanation, Li Cheng understood the routine of the game.

Players control game characters to pick up branches—use branches to make various tools—use these tools to fish, cut trees, dig fossils—sell for money—buy beautiful clothes, decorate houses, build larger islands, invite small animals to live with themselves……

Li Cheng roasted them: “This game sounds so boring.”

“This is really not something you would say,” Xiao Pang said curiously, “Whenever a new game was released before, you cared more about it than anyone else. Your mobile never left your hands. Sometimes you would go to Internet cafes to play games…Why haven’t I seen you play lately?” 

Li Cheng thought, why didn’t he play games recently?

—What nonsense! Were games as interesting as a boyfriend?

Li Cheng took his pajamas and went for a wash. When he returned, he saw Xiao Pang sighing at the game console.

Li Cheng asked him what happened. 

Xiao Pang said, “Well, I still have a paper to finish, but this time-limited mission in the game is about to expire. If I can’t collect enough synthetic materials, I can’t buy new clothes for my hunk ah.”

Li Cheng: ” …… ” He reached out impatiently, “Just this little bullshit? Forget it, give me the console. I’ll play for you, you do your homework honestly.”

Xiao Pang was overjoyed and quickly handed the game console to Li Cheng, teaching him the basic operation.

Don’t look at Li Cheng’s lack of focus on learning. He learned to play the game quickly without any help, and then played around after a while. 

The hunk picked up branches, the hunk made tools, the hunk fished, the hunk made money, the hunk got new clothes, the hunk played with small animals ……

“Hey,” Li Cheng muttered, “This hunk is really quite good to toy with.”

While his roommates were struggling to answer the myriad of questions, he climbed into bed and started playing the game.

When the roommates were about to turn off the lights and go wash, he turned over in bed and continued to play the game. 

When the other roommates turned off the lights and went to bed, he climbed out of bed and got the power bank, and continued playing the game.

When the other roommates had fallen into a dream, he sat on the upper bunk with a quilt and was still playing the game…

The more Li Cheng played, the more energetic he became; the more energetic, the more he played.

He played and played… till it was daylight. 

Li Cheng yawned and finally ran out of the last trace of electricity in the power bank. The hunk in the game was also dressed in brand new clothes and lived in an exquisite mansion.

Cool!

Li Cheng happily turned off the phone, tucked the game console under the pillow, lifted the quilt over his head, and cocooned himself into the dark quilt.

Let’s get a good night’s sleep. 

Before going to bed, a little thought flashed through his mind.

Like …… he had forgotten something …… Zzzzz …… call …… call …… call ……

……

Xiao Yiheng refused the “nutritious breakfast” prepared by his mother and went into the class with an empty stomach. 

Seeing him coming, the classmates immediately asked about what happened after school yesterday, worrying about him being bullied by the school tyrant.

“It was a misunderstanding.” Xiao Yiheng explained calmly, “Li Cheng gave me breakfast out of pure goodwill. He didn’t ask me to fight.”

But the students still didn’t believe it.

Xiao Yiheng said unhurriedly: “I have already agreed with him that he will come to deliver breakfast this morning. You will know the truth at that time.” 

When he said this, everyone’s curiosity rose to the highest level.

What was the relationship between Li-ge, who was the school tyrant, and Xiao Yiheng, the male god on campus? Were they enemies? Or was it the attraction between AO?

The morning self-study bell rang and everyone returned to their seats, but their attention was focused on the door of the class. Everyone was distracted and had no time to pay attention to the textbooks in their hands. Some of them even put away their textbooks.

On the contrary, Xiao Yiheng was very calm. 

He had already thought that when Li Cheng came over in a while, he would deliberately show off his “love” in front of his classmates in order to announce their love affair. Although it was impossible to say that they were in love, the body language was enough to make the students understand.

As for touching his hair, pulling at his little hands, or not saying a word and just showing it with affectionate eyes? …That would be decided on the spot.

As time passed, everyone’s expectations were getting higher and higher. They were eagerly awaiting the other actor in this big drama to appear on stage.

As a result, they waited and waited, and ended up waiting until the bell rang after the morning self-study, but they did not see Li Cheng’s figure there. 

Xiao Yiheng: “…” He calmly explained to his classmates, “Li Cheng may have been delayed by something.”

This ‘delay’ delayed him for one class…Two classes…

At the same table, Liu Ke couldn’t bear it and secretly stuffed a piece of beef jerky at Xiao Yiheng: “Lao Xiao, do you want to eat something to pad your stomach first? I think I heard your stomach growl just now.”

Xiao Yiheng firmly pushed the piece of beef jerky back: “You got it wrong. It’s not my growling stomach, it’s my burning anger.” 

Liu Ke: “…”

Li Cheng had missed the appointment without giving prior notice, and Xiao Yiheng experienced a triple mentality change.

The first level was doting, thinking “How can this little bastard be late for this kind of thing?”

The second level was anger, thinking “If he misses the appointment without saying it in advance, you must punish him well.” 

The third layer evolved into worry, because no matter how Xiao Yiheng texted or called Li Cheng, he didn’t get back.

Xiao Yiheng was worried about Li Cheng having an accident, so he hurried to the sophomore building during the break, and directly headed to class 2-13.

The campus male god unexpectedly appeared in the last class of the sophomores, alarming a lot of people.

Xiao Yiheng ignored those gazes. He picked out Huang Yelun from the crowd watching the show, and asked straightforwardly: “Where is your Li-ge?” 

“Huh?” Huang Yelun said stupidly, “Li-ge, Li-ge didn’t come to class today ah.”

Xiao Yiheng frowned, “He didn’t come to class and didn’t get in touch. You just waited around doing nothing?”

“What should I do…” Huang Yelun didn’t understand what was there to worry about. “…Li-ge always skips class.”

Xiao Yiheng looked at him coldly. 

Huang Yelun was agitated and immediately surrendered: “I, I, that, I will ask his roommates! His roommates must know!!”

Huang Yelun rushed away madly.

A few minutes later, Huang Yelun walked back with a tangled expression on his face.

His expression was twisted and his eyes were dodgy. His expression was so magnificent, it exuded ‘I feel guilty’ from head to toe. 

Xiao Yiheng’s heart gave a sudden thump.

“What’s the matter? Where is Li Cheng?”

“I, I asked…” Huang Yelun whispered, “I just asked his roommate. Li-ge slept too late yesterday and he’s sleeping at the dormitory today. His roommate didn’t call him, he said Li-ge will probably sleep until noon.”

Xiao Yiheng’s heart didn’t calm down. If Li Cheng simply didn’t come to class just to make up for his sleep, why did Huang Yelun look like this? 

Xiao Yiheng’s tone remained the same, but somehow it sounded sharp, like a meat-cutting knife: “You didn’t say everything, did you? Why did Li Cheng sleep late yesterday?”

“This…” Huang Yelun stammered, “If I tell you the truth, and the boss knows that I betrayed him, I won’t see tomorrow’s breakfast ah!”

“Don’t worry, if you don’t tell the truth, you won’t even be able to see today’s lunch.”

Huang Yelun trembled and finally decided to commit treachery and betray his big brother. 

“Sister-in-law, don’t be angry—I heard from his roommate that Li-ge stayed up late to play a Hunk game, so he didn’t get up today.”

Xiao Yiheng: “…”

Was sister-in-law angry?

Not. At. All. Sister-in-law just wanted to peel off big brother’s skin. 

…

It was almost noon when Li Cheng woke up.

Because he stayed up late playing video games at night, he even dreamed of picking up branches, fishing, and selling stuff for money. He sat up blankly and yawned, his eyes wandering in the air, still in a half-dream and half-awake state.

Suddenly, he shuddered, and he was instantly awake. 

—Fuck, he forgot to give Xiao Yiheng breakfast today!!!!!!

He rolled out of bed and turned on his phone, and in an instant, countless messages and countless missed calls swarmed in.

Li Cheng: “…”

He scrambled to unlock the phone, and three messages jumped into his sight. 

From [Roommate Little Fatty]—Thank you Li Cheng for staying up late yesterday and helping me play the game all night! I saw you sleeping soundly, so I didn’t wake you up. By the way, I heard you mumbling about “breakfast”, “eat breakfast”, “buy pancakes” in your sleep, so I bought you a pancake and put it on the table. Remember to eat it after you wake up~

From [Prodigal Froggy of the Pool]—I’m sorry, big brother!!!!!! I didn’t want to betray you, but when sister-in-law asked me, I dared not hide anything!!!!

From [Pursue Unremittingly]—Hunk game? ChengCheng, can’t I satisfy you? [Smile]

Ch67 - The second day Li Cheng promised to send breakfast, growl

After school, Xiao Yiheng was surrounded by his classmates.

“God Xiao, you don’t really plan on seeing Li Cheng alone, do you?”

“I think we should tell the teacher about this!”

“Do you still have that threat letter?” 

“Or shall we go with you?”

Xiao Yiheng rejected wave after wave of “zealous” classmates and firmly stated that he could solve this matter alone.

In the end, under the worried gaze of his classmates, he set foot on the road to the school garden alone. He was obviously going to meet his boyfriend, but now it looked like he was going alone into enemy lines.

Xiao Yiheng waited under a tree in the small garden, holding the oily love letter (for the time being, let’s call it a love letter, okay?) in his hand. He carefully unfolded it, and stared at the red heart “stabbed” by the weapon at the place with the signature.

…Li Cheng must have been very serious when he drew this heart since he had penetrated the paper. That’s right, the paper was scratched by the tip of the pen.

Xiao Yiheng imagined Li Cheng lying on the table, writing a love letter carefully, and was amused by the scene in his fantasy.

When Li Cheng hurried to the small garden, he happened to see his boyfriend chuckling at the note in his hand.

He was proud and shy. He jumped out from behind the tree with a “swish”, and asked in a dragging voice, “Weellll? When you received Xiaoye’s love bento, were you pleasantly surprised? Seeing an outstanding omega like me bring you breakfast, your classmates must be very envious of you, right?” 

“…Do you want me to tell you the truth?” Xiao Yiheng put away the oily love letter, “My classmates think you are going to poison and murder me. They thought your purpose of writing this letter was to invite me to a duel in the small garden.”

Li Cheng: “……???”

Xiao Yiheng explained the ins and outs before Li Cheng understood. It turned out that it was because of his “notoriety” and because he had a black face while delivering the breakfast, he had been misunderstood by those top students.

“Their brains have such an awesome supplementing ability,” Li Cheng muttered. “They must definitely score full marks in Chinese reading comprehension questions, right?” 

Xiao Yiheng broke into laughter. He knew it was the first time Li Cheng was cursing people by beating around the bush.

Li Cheng was so angry that his hair exploded. Xiao Yiheng couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to pinch his mouth, turning him into a flat-billed duck.

Then he leaned over and kissed the little golden duck on the mouth.

“Why did you suddenly think of sending me breakfast?” Xiao Yiheng asked. 

Li Cheng broke free of his clutches and explained, “I am going to leave soon, aren’t I? I want to let them know that you are Laozi’s person before leaving! So even if I leave, those flowers and grasses will hide from you and stay far away.”

It turned out that the little animal wanted to mark his territory.

“But isn’t delivering breakfast a little out of line with Li-ge’s ‘personal style’?” Xiao Yiheng teased him, “I thought you would use more ‘overbearing’ methods. For example, you take someone to occupy the school’s radio station and announce that we are in love during the P.E. period to the whole school…”

“How could I do that? If I give you breakfast, I will only let our classmates know about our relationship. But if I beat gongs and drums and make it widely known, it will definitely catch the teacher’s attention!” Li Cheng didn’t even think about it and blurted out, “I’m a poor student. Climbing over the wall, skipping class, and having puppy love are all a matter of course. But you are the best student in the whole year. If you let the teachers know that you’re in love with me, a sports student who is ‘all brawn no brains’, you will definitely be taken to the dean’s office. You will be surrounded by ten teachers as they fire away at you. They will press your head and make you write a self-reflection essay.” 

Li Cheng scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: “I can’t let you get punished for the sake of my own satisfaction.”

“…” Xiao Yiheng was stunned and felt as if his heart had been gently grasped by an invisible hand, making it sour and swollen.

The school rules prohibited puppy love, but no matter how they forbid it, they were incapable of separating the ignorant feelings of adolescent boys and girls. Whenever the head of discipline caught the first signs of puppy love, the students were criticized lightly, and their parents would even be asked to punish them.

Huacheng No. 1 High school’s campus atmosphere was very strict with Li Cheng being the only exception who escaped from the school rules. He laughed and swore arrogantly, but for the sake of Xiao Yiheng, he was willing to be well-behaved and lay low. In this way, Xiao Yiheng could continue to be the golden top student in the teacher’s eyes. 

“Who said that top students can’t fall in love with poor students?” Xiao Yiheng whispered, “Besides, the label of poor student has nothing to do with the future world champion. And who said you were ‘all brawn no brains’?”

Li Cheng blushed and pretended to say indifferently: “…It’s not a specific person who said it. In fact, they are right. I am very poor in studies.”

“Everyone is skilled at something. Why should we ask a sports champion to get good grades?” Xiao Yiheng used himself as an example. He had good grades, but he couldn’t swim at all. What was so ridiculous about this?

In fact, Li Cheng also understood this truth. Those who said that he was ‘all brawn no brains’ were essentially those who were jealous, which was neither good nor bad. Throw them in the swimming pool and they would absolutely sink to the bottom. He wouldn’t care even if the whole swimming pool was soured by them. 

However, for the same reason, it was one thing to figure it out by yourself, but another thing to be coaxed by your boyfriend.

Li Cheng was coaxed into happiness, and his little tail raised arrogantly again.

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about the teachers,” Li Cheng waved his hand and looked at the boyfriend in front of him expectantly. “Did you like today’s breakfast? I got up early and went to the second cafeteria to line up to buy it!”

“…” Unexpectedly, the topic turned back. Xiao Yiheng recalled the oily plastic bag filled with the fried dough stick, the steamed stuffed buns, and tea eggs. He controlled the expression on his face and replied with a smile, “It was delicious. I liked it very much.” 

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

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Qtfc tf jaf la, atf rafjwfv yecr jcv oglaafgr kfgf jigfjvs mbiv, yea tf ralii lcrlrafv bc fjalcu la mifjc – joafg jii, la kjr Ol Jtfcu’r gfujgvr.

“Just like it!” Li Cheng frowned and announced loudly, “Don’t worry, from today until the day before I leave, your breakfast will be delivered by Li-ge!”

Li Cheng had already prepared a meal plan in his heart. Today was steamed buns and fried dough sticks, tomorrow would be pancakes with millet porridge, and the day after tomorrow was a luxurious version of hand grasp cakes with eggs, sausages, and chicken chops. The day after that, he could go out over the wall and buy the meat buns at the alley and add a spicy soup… 

These delicacies had been “personally certified” by Li Cheng, and they were absolutely authentic.

He couldn’t wait to give Xiao Yiheng all the things he liked to taste!

Xiao Yiheng who was indebted to the sacred grace: “…”

Sorry students of class 3-1. Let him eat alone. Feel free to smell it, alright? 

…

In the evening, Li Cheng, who had finished two hours of training in the swimming pool, took a shower and wandered back to the dormitory.

He was still sending text messages to Xiao Yiheng along the way, reminding him not to eat breakfast tomorrow, let alone leave the class during the morning self-study period. He would go to class 3-1 on time to send the love bento. As for what it would be – maintain confidentiality, maintain fragrance.

Xiao Yiheng responded with a short “good”. 

Li Cheng put away the phone and pushed open the dormitory door while humming a song.

Unexpectedly, the dormitory was completely dark. At the same time, a small shiny screen appeared in the dark, and three pairs of eyes were gleaming under the reflection of the screen.

Li Cheng was startled: “Fuck!”

The three pairs of eyes were also startled: “Fuck!” 

Li Cheng hurriedly pressed the switch on the wall. The overhead light flashed twice, illuminating the whole dorm room.

He saw his three roommates squeezed around a table. Xiao Pang was holding a bright LCD screen in his hands, which looked a little bigger than a mobile phone. The other two roommates were almost lying on Xiao Pang’s shoulders. The three of them looked flustered. It was clear at first glance that they were doing something sneaky.

Li Cheng squinted his eyes and asked suspiciously: “What are you guys doing? Furtive without turning on the lights—Fuck, you three are not peeking at porn movies, right?”

With that, Li Cheng’s eyes lit up with a wretched smile. He picked up his stool and sat beside them: “Which movie? Which country? What gender? Let me see it!” 

“Bah, bah, bah! It’s not a porn movie!” Xiao Pang pushed his head away, “Li Cheng, can you stop thinking about things that are not suitable for children?”

“Don’t hide it, I see it all!” Li Cheng stretched out his hand and gestured, “You are hiding a screen of this size in your arms, if you are not peeking at a porn movie, what are you doing?”

Xiao Pang could only show it to him.

……It was actually a video game. 

The screen was larger than the screen of the largest Apple mobile phone, with two handles on the left and right, one red and one blue. On the screen, there was a 3D villain carrying a fishing rod running around the mountains. Three weird civet cats flashed past in the corner of the screen.

“…So you didn’t turn on the lights just to play games secretly?”

“Shhh!” A roommate hurriedly said, ”Keep your voice down. If the dormitory manager knows about it, it will be confiscated.”

Li Cheng’s three roommates were not in the same class as him. They ranked in the top 30% of the grade. They usually studied for a while on returning to the dormitory after the evening self-study session. He didn’t expect the three of them to be uncharacteristically playing video games together. 

Li Cheng asked incredulously: “What kind of game are you so fascinated by?”

Xiao Pang proudly raised the game console in his hand: “You haven’t heard of this yet? It’s the current fashion—Hunk Picking Up Branches!”

“……???”

What did a hunk picking up branches have anything to do with fashion? 

After listening to Xiao Pang’s explanation, Li Cheng understood the routine of the game.

Players control game characters to pick up branches—use branches to make various tools—use these tools to fish, cut trees, dig fossils—sell for money—buy beautiful clothes, decorate houses, build larger islands, invite small animals to live with themselves……

Li Cheng roasted them: “This game sounds so boring.”

“This is really not something you would say,” Xiao Pang said curiously, “Whenever a new game was released before, you cared more about it than anyone else. Your mobile never left your hands. Sometimes you would go to Internet cafes to play games…Why haven’t I seen you play lately?” 

Li Cheng thought, why didn’t he play games recently?

—What nonsense! Were games as interesting as a boyfriend?

Li Cheng took his pajamas and went for a wash. When he returned, he saw Xiao Pang sighing at the game console.

Li Cheng asked him what happened. 

Xiao Pang said, “Well, I still have a paper to finish, but this time-limited mission in the game is about to expire. If I can’t collect enough synthetic materials, I can’t buy new clothes for my hunk ah.”

Li Cheng: ” …… ” He reached out impatiently, “Just this little bullshit? Forget it, give me the console. I’ll play for you, you do your homework honestly.”

Xiao Pang was overjoyed and quickly handed the game console to Li Cheng, teaching him the basic operation.

Don’t look at Li Cheng’s lack of focus on learning. He learned to play the game quickly without any help, and then played around after a while. 

The hunk picked up branches, the hunk made tools, the hunk fished, the hunk made money, the hunk got new clothes, the hunk played with small animals ……

“Hey,” Li Cheng muttered, “This hunk is really quite good to toy with.”

While his roommates were struggling to answer the myriad of questions, he climbed into bed and started playing the game.

When the roommates were about to turn off the lights and go wash, he turned over in bed and continued to play the game. 

When the other roommates turned off the lights and went to bed, he climbed out of bed and got the power bank, and continued playing the game.

When the other roommates had fallen into a dream, he sat on the upper bunk with a quilt and was still playing the game…

The more Li Cheng played, the more energetic he became; the more energetic, the more he played.

He played and played… till it was daylight. 

Li Cheng yawned and finally ran out of the last trace of electricity in the power bank. The hunk in the game was also dressed in brand new clothes and lived in an exquisite mansion.

Cool!

Li Cheng happily turned off the phone, tucked the game console under the pillow, lifted the quilt over his head, and cocooned himself into the dark quilt.

Let’s get a good night’s sleep. 

Before going to bed, a little thought flashed through his mind.

Like …… he had forgotten something …… Zzzzz …… call …… call …… call ……

……

Xiao Yiheng refused the “nutritious breakfast” prepared by his mother and went into the class with an empty stomach. 

Seeing him coming, the classmates immediately asked about what happened after school yesterday, worrying about him being bullied by the school tyrant.

“It was a misunderstanding.” Xiao Yiheng explained calmly, “Li Cheng gave me breakfast out of pure goodwill. He didn’t ask me to fight.”

But the students still didn’t believe it.

Xiao Yiheng said unhurriedly: “I have already agreed with him that he will come to deliver breakfast this morning. You will know the truth at that time.” 

When he said this, everyone’s curiosity rose to the highest level.

What was the relationship between Li-ge, who was the school tyrant, and Xiao Yiheng, the male god on campus? Were they enemies? Or was it the attraction between AO?

The morning self-study bell rang and everyone returned to their seats, but their attention was focused on the door of the class. Everyone was distracted and had no time to pay attention to the textbooks in their hands. Some of them even put away their textbooks.

On the contrary, Xiao Yiheng was very calm. 

He had already thought that when Li Cheng came over in a while, he would deliberately show off his “love” in front of his classmates in order to announce their love affair. Although it was impossible to say that they were in love, the body language was enough to make the students understand.

As for touching his hair, pulling at his little hands, or not saying a word and just showing it with affectionate eyes? …That would be decided on the spot.

As time passed, everyone’s expectations were getting higher and higher. They were eagerly awaiting the other actor in this big drama to appear on stage.

As a result, they waited and waited, and ended up waiting until the bell rang after the morning self-study, but they did not see Li Cheng’s figure there. 

Xiao Yiheng: “…” He calmly explained to his classmates, “Li Cheng may have been delayed by something.”

This ‘delay’ delayed him for one class…Two classes…

At the same table, Liu Ke couldn’t bear it and secretly stuffed a piece of beef jerky at Xiao Yiheng: “Lao Xiao, do you want to eat something to pad your stomach first? I think I heard your stomach growl just now.”

Xiao Yiheng firmly pushed the piece of beef jerky back: “You got it wrong. It’s not my growling stomach, it’s my burning anger.” 

Liu Ke: “…”

Li Cheng had missed the appointment without giving prior notice, and Xiao Yiheng experienced a triple mentality change.

The first level was doting, thinking “How can this little bastard be late for this kind of thing?”

The second level was anger, thinking “If he misses the appointment without saying it in advance, you must punish him well.” 

The third layer evolved into worry, because no matter how Xiao Yiheng texted or called Li Cheng, he didn’t get back.

Xiao Yiheng was worried about Li Cheng having an accident, so he hurried to the sophomore building during the break, and directly headed to class 2-13.

The campus male god unexpectedly appeared in the last class of the sophomores, alarming a lot of people.

Xiao Yiheng ignored those gazes. He picked out Huang Yelun from the crowd watching the show, and asked straightforwardly: “Where is your Li-ge?” 

“Huh?” Huang Yelun said stupidly, “Li-ge, Li-ge didn’t come to class today ah.”

Xiao Yiheng frowned, “He didn’t come to class and didn’t get in touch. You just waited around doing nothing?”

“What should I do…” Huang Yelun didn’t understand what was there to worry about. “…Li-ge always skips class.”

Xiao Yiheng looked at him coldly. 

Huang Yelun was agitated and immediately surrendered: “I, I, that, I will ask his roommates! His roommates must know!!”

Huang Yelun rushed away madly.

A few minutes later, Huang Yelun walked back with a tangled expression on his face.

His expression was twisted and his eyes were dodgy. His expression was so magnificent, it exuded ‘I feel guilty’ from head to toe. 

Xiao Yiheng’s heart gave a sudden thump.

“What’s the matter? Where is Li Cheng?”

“I, I asked…” Huang Yelun whispered, “I just asked his roommate. Li-ge slept too late yesterday and he’s sleeping at the dormitory today. His roommate didn’t call him, he said Li-ge will probably sleep until noon.”

Xiao Yiheng’s heart didn’t calm down. If Li Cheng simply didn’t come to class just to make up for his sleep, why did Huang Yelun look like this? 

Xiao Yiheng’s tone remained the same, but somehow it sounded sharp, like a meat-cutting knife: “You didn’t say everything, did you? Why did Li Cheng sleep late yesterday?”

“This…” Huang Yelun stammered, “If I tell you the truth, and the boss knows that I betrayed him, I won’t see tomorrow’s breakfast ah!”

“Don’t worry, if you don’t tell the truth, you won’t even be able to see today’s lunch.”

Huang Yelun trembled and finally decided to commit treachery and betray his big brother. 

“Sister-in-law, don’t be angry—I heard from his roommate that Li-ge stayed up late to play a Hunk game, so he didn’t get up today.”

Xiao Yiheng: “…”

Was sister-in-law angry?

Not. At. All. Sister-in-law just wanted to peel off big brother’s skin. 

…

It was almost noon when Li Cheng woke up.

Because he stayed up late playing video games at night, he even dreamed of picking up branches, fishing, and selling stuff for money. He sat up blankly and yawned, his eyes wandering in the air, still in a half-dream and half-awake state.

Suddenly, he shuddered, and he was instantly awake. 

—Fuck, he forgot to give Xiao Yiheng breakfast today!!!!!!

He rolled out of bed and turned on his phone, and in an instant, countless messages and countless missed calls swarmed in.

Li Cheng: “…”

He scrambled to unlock the phone, and three messages jumped into his sight. 

From [Roommate Little Fatty]—Thank you Li Cheng for staying up late yesterday and helping me play the game all night! I saw you sleeping soundly, so I didn’t wake you up. By the way, I heard you mumbling about “breakfast”, “eat breakfast”, “buy pancakes” in your sleep, so I bought you a pancake and put it on the table. Remember to eat it after you wake up~

From [Prodigal Froggy of the Pool]—I’m sorry, big brother!!!!!! I didn’t want to betray you, but when sister-in-law asked me, I dared not hide anything!!!!

From [Pursue Unremittingly]—Hunk game? ChengCheng, can’t I satisfy you? [Smile]