Chapter 40
Proofreader: Akimi
Zhen Yuanbai was very well-behaved. Speaking of well-behaved, he also acted very well-behaved.
When Shi Bufan saw him, he thought of the five-star red flag. When he thought of the red scarf, he thought of a blazing heart.
But now, he had lied to him. From the start, he had been lying. He didn’t like him, so he refused to hand in his homework. However, he was afraid, so he didn’t dare to reject him.
Shi Bufan was extremely sullen and wanted badly to throw Zhen Yuanbai into the stinky gutter, but he adored Zhen Yuanbai too much. Even if he was lying to him, he wasn’t willing to expose his lies anytime soon.
Zhen Yuanbai refused to smoke because he felt as if Shi Bufan was purposefully bullying him. This piece of knowledge made Zhen Yuanbai upset. He avoided the cigarette and pinched his nose, saying, “I won’t smoke. If you wanna go, then go. I’m not going to look after you anymore.”
He made his way out from under Shi Bufan’s arms, but the latter caught him back. Shi Bufan hugged Zhen Yuanbai from behind and tilted his head to look at his expression, knitting his eyebrows and saying, “Why are you crying again?”
He was the one who wanted to make him cry. But once he saw someone crying, he was unhappy. Zhen Yuanbai patted Shi Bufan’s arms firmly, but the latter didn’t let go. “Why are you so bad?!”
Shi Bufan glanced at the place Zhen Yuanbai patted and he suddenly felt better, saying, “If you want to look after me, you have to agree to my condition. Is it that bad?”
“Well, I’m not looking after you anymore. Why are you still blocking me?”
Shi Bufan choked and he extinguished the cigarette butt, saying, “I’ll stop smoking, ok?”
Zhen Yuanbai took advantage of the situation and said, “Whether you smoke or not has nothing to do with me!”
“I’m your boyfriend, so why does it have nothing to do with you?”
“You were the one who said it has nothing to do with me.” This time, Zhen Yuanbai refused to let go and said, “You’re the one who wanted to break up with me, so let’s just break up.”
Shi Bufan’s face darkened and then he pushed his little classmate on the wall, saying fiercely, “Try saying another word?”
Zhen Yuanbai’s courage vanished right then and said, “You…why are you being so rude?…”
Shi Bufan recalled what happened before and after he lost his memory, slightly letting go of Zhen Yuanbai as he asked, “Did I hurt you?”
Zhen Yuanbai said nothing, but he was just a bit frightened. Right now, Shi Bufan made him remember how fierce he was before he lost his memory and Zhen Yuanbai felt as if he would hit him in the next second.
Shi Bufan stared at Zhen Yuanbai’s shy face and his adam’s apple bobbed. Shi Bufan suddenly moved over and kissed Zhen Yuanbai again, but the latter immediately moved back. Shi Bufan said, annoyed, “Can I not kiss you? Why are you avoiding me?”
After he finished asking this, Shi Bufan kissed Zhen Yuanbai. He cupped Zhen Yuanbai’s head and kissed him harshly. Shi Bufan seemed as if he was taking a drug and he finally let go of Zhen Yuanbai when he was satisfied, just in time to see his little classmate’s red face. He couldn’t help but curl his lips up, saying, “Ok, I’m not angry at you anymore. Let’s just keep this in the past.”
After all, Zhen Yuanbai was the one at fault. He wiped his lips without saying anything and this made Shi Bufan’s eyelids twitch. Shi Bufan suddenly walked over and kissed Zhen Yuanbai again, saying, “Why are you wiping your lips? Stop wiping it.”
After kissing, Zhen Yuanbai felt as if something was left on his lips. He raised his hands, but Shi Bufan caught it and Zhen Yuanbai said angrily, “Is there something wrong with you?”
“Right, I got a sickness where I must leave something on you.” After Shi Bufan was done talking, he kissed Zhen Yuanbai’s face again. He reached over and hugged him, saying, “Don’t wipe it. If you wipe it, I’ll kiss you again.”
“…” Stupid.
Zhen Yuanbai said unhappily, “Since you’re not angry anymore, can we return to the hospital to get check up results?”
Shi Bufan was unwilling to return, so he said, “I want to find a place to sleep.”
“You can sleep in the hospital.”
“No.” Shi Bufan was willful and caught Zhen Yuanbai’s hands, saying, “Let’s go check into a hotel room.”
“But I didn’t bring my ID. Did you?” Seeing that he shook his head, Zhen Yuanbai probed and suggested, “If you really don’t want to return to the hospital, we can still go to school. You can sleep in the dormitory.”
“Look at me. Do you think I can walk that far?” Shi Bufan made his decision and said, “Let’s go to a KTV and reserve a room, so we can sleep there.”
This was the first time Zhen Yuanbai heard they could do something like that. The two reserved a huge room and there was a sofa bed leaning against the wall. Shi Bufan threw his school uniform to the side and directly laid on it.
Zhen Yuanbai closed the door and this isolated them from the noises outside. Then, he sat down at the furthest place from Shi Bufan. The lights in the room were almost all closed and there were only some faint blue lights. He raised his head and looked all around. He had often come to places like this for family gatherings before, but this was the first time they came directly to a KTV to sleep instead of singing. He glanced at the screen when he suddenly heard Shi Bufan calling for him, saying, “Come here.”
Every time, it felt as if Shi Bufan was calling for a puppy. Although Zhen Yuanbai was unhappy, he walked over and said, “What’s the matter?”
“Sit here.”
Zhen Yuanbai sat down by the spot Shi Bufan had patted and the latter immediately moved to the side and then placed his head on Zhen Yuanbai’s lap. He closed his eyes and said, “Sit still. If I can’t see you when I wake up…”
“Then you’ll kiss me in all sorts of public places.” Zhen Yuanbai interrupted and said, “I know.”
Shi Bufan widened his eyes and stared, raising his eyebrows as he said, “Who said that I’m going to kiss you?”
“…”
Shi Bufan glanced at the bangs in front of Zhen Yuanbai’s forehead and threatened, “If you dare to run, I’ll straighten your curly hair.”
Zhen Yuanbai reached over and covered Shi Bufan’s eyes, saying angrily, “So annoying.”
No wonder he was Annoying Shi. He enjoyed threatening people. He covered Shi Bufan’s eyes and thought in his heart: rest, go rest. After a while, he heard even breathing from under his hands and Zhen Yuanbai subconsciously moved his palm away and glanced down.
He slept so quickly. His head must really hurt. Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t have been so rude to him today and given him an attitude…
Zhen Yuanbai thought about it and his heart softened again. He tried his best to bring Shi Bufan’s school uniform over and gently placed it over him.
It was uncomfortable when someone was leaning against his legs, so Zhen Yuanbai carefully moved Shi Bufan’s head and then his legs. He couldn’t help but close his eyes as well.
Shi Bufan was kicked awake.
He suddenly opened his eyes to see one of Zhen Yuanbai’s legs and his snow-white socks were on top of his shoulders. Shi Bufan subconsciously sat up and in the next second, that leg kicked at his arm. Shi Bufan grabbed Zhen Yuanbai’s leg and seeing his twitched position, Shi Bufan placed a hand over his forehead.
Does Zhen Yuanbai sleep that strangely outside?
Shi Bufan leaned against the wall and napped for a while, feeling strengthless.
The sofa bed was slightly wider from the place he was leaning against. It was a leather sofa bed and the other sofa was very narrow. This made Zhen Yuanbai’s sleeping pose very twisted and strange. Although half of his head was facing downwards and he had slightly widened his mouth, this pose didn’t stop Zhen Yuanbai from falling into a deep sleep.
One could tell that Zhen Yuanbai had no worries.
Shi Bufan sighed and climbed over to hug Zhen Yuanbai, but the latter instinctively reached over and pushed him away. This boy doesn’t even know to hold back his strength while asleep. He’d hit anyone who was in his way. Shi Bufan avoided his push and reached over to hug Zhen Yuanbai completely, making him rest in his arms.
Maybe because this was a comfortable position, Zhen Yuanbai stopped moving around.
While hugging him in his arms, Shi Bufan placed a hand over his forehead. He glanced from Zhen Yuanbai’s handsome face to down his snow-white neck, but he subconsciously shifted his gaze. Moments later, he slowly turned around again.
Who would’ve thought that by losing his memory, he ended up dating Zhen Yuanbai due to an unexpected turn of events? If he knew beforehand…if he knew he could’ve done that, he would’ve purposefully gotten in a car accident already.
Although he was very angry that he was deceived, after thinking carefully, this was all due to his one-sided love. Zhen Yuanbai was just cooperating. They already held hands and kissed each other. They even swore an oath…actually, he didn’t suffer any losses either. It’s just that he was embarrassed.
As it turned out, if he liked someone, even if he lost his memory, he would still like them.
Zhen Yuanbai woke up in a daze and noticed that he was lying in Shi Bufan’s arms. He rubbed his eyes and said confusingly, “You’re awake.”
“You kicked me awake.” Shi Bufan arranged his collar and said, “School is probably over at this time. I’ll bring you back home now.”
“How’s your head?”
“It hurts a lot.” Shi Bufan said, “Do you have painkillers?”
“No.” Zhen Yuanbai sat straight and thought about it before kissing Shi Bufan in a daze. “Does it work like this?”
After a while, Shi Bufan finally said, “It works.”
Zhen Yuanbai got down from the sofa and put on his shoes. While rubbing his eyes, he picked up Shi Bufan’s school uniform and delivered it to him, saying, “Today, your parents are going to celebrate your birthday. I heard that your grandparents will come too. Be good and go back to accompany them.”
Shi Bufan who was about to stand up suddenly sat back down. Zhen Yuanbai paused before going over to tug on Shi Bufan, helping him wear his school uniform as if Shi Bufan was an Emperor. “I don’t know what happened to you and your parents…after all, you don’t remember anyway, but I think they’re pretty good to you…”
He really didn’t understand what made Shi Bufan hate his parents so much even when he lost his memory. Ling Xuan and Shi Xian didn’t seem like people who would abuse Shi Bufan. They had good manners, so Zhen Yuanbai couldn’t understand what heinous crimes the parents could’ve done to Shi Bufan.
Shi Bufan leaned against the sofa, half dead. Meanwhile, Zhen Yuanbai tugged Shi Bufan’s other hand into his sleeves and said, “Go back, ok?”
He promised Mother Shi to help coax Shi Bufan and there might be a huge surprise during tonight’s birthday banquet. Therefore, he didn’t want Shi Bufan to miss that.
Shi Bufan closed his eyes and although he refused to cooperate with Zhen Yuanbai, the latter still tugged his sleeves for him without complaint. “Shi Bu…”
Shi Bufan pulled Zhen Yuanbai into his arms and the latter’s head bumped on his chest.
During this stupid birthday, a lot of things had happened and Shi Bufan seemed to be very annoyed. “Hug me for a while and I’ll consider it.”
Zhen Yuanbai allowed Shi Bufan to hug him and the light in the room was too dim. He started to yawn again. The moment his head drooped down, Shi Bufan pinched Zhen Yuanbai’s face. “Shouldn’t you be comforting me? Can you do your job?”
“I don’t know what your parents had done to you, so how am I supposed to comfort you?”
“Then you should at least be able to see through something from my attitude. I don’t like them.”
“But you already forgot everything. There’s no reason for you to not like them.”
Shi Bufan had enough and said, “They must’ve done something very bad to me. Maybe…they abused me, mentally. Maybe it’s domestic violence. My father seems abnormal, no? Maybe he burned me with a cigarette butt. Or maybe he kicked me into the swimming pool when I was young and I almost drowned or maybe he tried burying me alive…”
He didn’t continue to talk because Zhen Yuanbai’s gaze made it seem like he was caring for a retard.
Zhen Yuanbai said softly, “You…stop muttering nonsense. Just go home and celebrate your birthday and talk to your parents. After all, you don’t remember anything. What you’re feeling could be wrong.”
“You said there might be a lot of people today, right?” Shi Bufan suddenly thought of something and said, “Maybe I really should go back and take a look.”
Zhen Yuanbai was about to nod when Shi Bufan gazed faintly and said, “Maybe I might recover my memory if I see all these people at once.”
T/N: Making up yesterday’s update~