Chapter 46 – If you like

46th -【If you like】

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Chu Yu had a nightmare the night before, so when he got in the car heading down the mountain, he was sleepy and constantly dozing off.

He stubbornly held up his consciousness and insisted on fully telling Lu Shi about the dream he had last night.

“I dreamt that I was back inside that cave unable to get out, and Class Rep wasn’t there. Then ‘tss’, there was a blast of black fog which came out of nowhere and countless ghosts popped out! Can you imagine, Lu Shi? They just started partying in the cave like no one else was present! Dancing and raving ghosts aren’t pleasant to the eyes at all! There were also drummers and a DJ– a DJ with a broken neck and snapped off hands¹断: Not sure if it was severed, or just broken. I’ll just leave it to your imagination.. The scene was too spicy!”

“So it’s not that you aren’t sleepy, but rather you don’t dare sleep?”

Chu Yu wasn’t angry with Lu Shi seeing through him and instead hummed as he nodded. “I guess it’s like a sequela. I don’t know if Rep also has it. I can ask him when we arrive at school.”

“What sequela?”

Chu Yu summarized, “The number one sequela is from the ghost stories; I’ll truly never participate in any ghost story assembly ever again! The second is from nyctophobia, and the third is from my hallucinations in the cave. I’d always felt that someone had come to rescue me, but when I awoke, I’d find out that it was false. Now I’m kind of—”

Chu Yu himself didn’t know how to describe it. “Kind of, kind of always feeling as if I’m dreaming right now, that the dream about still being trapped in a cave at night is the real one. I’m probably a bit confused between reality and dreams.”

He dispiritedly leaned his head against the car window, his voice becoming quieter. “My brother got me in touch with a psychiatrist, but I don’t want to see them. Don’t they say that psychiatrists are very good at hypnosis? What if I accidentally reveal my little secret? I guess the doctor will think that I’m a lunatic and delusional.”

When his blood-sucking problem first appeared, Chu Yu himself went through psychology books where there really were several psychological explanations for his blood-sucking behavior.

“Then don’t go.”

Lu Shi stretched out his hand, seized Chu Yu’s neck into his embrace, and pressed the person onto his shoulder. “Sleep.”

“Won’t sleep, definitely won’t sleep. What would I do if I slept and dreamed of ugly ghosts partying in the cave?”

“No, you won’t dream about it.”

It was unknown if it was the effect of Lu Shi’s psychological remark, but when Chu Yu woke up from his sleep, he realized that he really didn’t dream of anything.

When the car stopped at the door of the dormitory, Chu Yu, who hopped out on one foot, was immediately surrounded in a circle.

Dream-Ge slapped Chu Yu on the shoulder. “You’re finally back. When you’re not in school, there’s always this feeling of lack of scenery!”

Chu Yu laughed. “Dream-Ge, where did you go for a crash course on the 180 kinds of rainbow fart routines?”

Dream-Ge touched the back of his head. “I’ve always known how to do it okay!” He coughed lightly twice. “But, am I a little better at rainbow farts now? I’ve always felt that I can’t express myself well when chatting with others and girls. Online suggestions say to practice more in daily life.”

Chu Yu, who felt that there was indeed progress, was concerned about Dream-Ge’s love life. “You haven’t caught her yet?”

“How could it be so fast? She told me to study hard and not be distracted, which I’ve been doing, but I still miss her. Emotional matters are really beyond my control.”

Zhang Yueshan didn’t bother listening to Dream-Ge’s ‘entangled thoughts of a young boy’, and brought his bandaged hand closer for Chu Yu to see. “Does it look like a ninja’s? Handsome, right?”

Chu Yu stared at Zhang Yueshan’s hand, then at his own foot. He felt that Zhang Yueshan’s was indeed many times nicer than his own, so angry!

Going upstairs, Chu Yu was flanked by Dream-Ge and Li Hua on both sides, giving his feet no chances of touching the ground at all. When they arrived at his dorm room, Chu Yu flipped over a bunch of snacks and the group of boys made a racket. They only evacuated the place when it got dark.

In the evening, Zhu Zhifei also came running to knock on his door. When he saw Chu Yu, his eyes immediately turned red.

Chu Yu pointed to his foot. “Except for this sprained foot, I have no other injuries. My body’s fine.”

Zhu Zhifei sniffed and couldn’t help laughing. “I haven’t even asked yet, why did you rush to answer?”

“I answered based on experience though?” Chu Yu smiled with his eyes bent. He pretended to sigh, “Ai, virtue has its rewards, I might be too kindhearted, God can’t bear to accept me.”

Zhu Zhifei smiled and said, “I have to add, fortune favors fools!”

Chu Yu threw the conveniently drawn tissue in his hand and scolded with a smile, “How can a sick patient have a visitor like you?”

“I’m not the one who started it.”

Zhu Zhifei threw the tissue back and looked around as he walked inside. “Where’s Lu-Ge?”

“Your Lu-Ge went to eat and is helping me pack takeout along the way.”

“Alright then, I’ll return first. I was so busy with cram school all day long that I haven’t finished my homework yet.” Zhu Zhifei was convinced that Chu Yu was okay, so with relief, he carefully closed the door before leaving.

Everyone had left and Chu Yu was alone in the dorm room.

He dazedly sat on the carpet for a while, propped himself to stand up, then hopped on one foot and turned on all the lights. When the whole dormitory was well-lit, he thought about it, and searched for a flashlight that had never been used from a miscellaneous box and stuffed it into his school bag.

After carrying the backpack and putting it aside, only then did Chu Yu sit down again, casually finding a comic book to read.

Later in the night, he responded to well wishes from all parties in the class group, called Chu Xi and Chu Xuan to give a report on his situation, then listened to Aunt Lan’s chatter on call for half an hour. Chu Yu looked at the time and realized that it was almost 12 pm. He laid on the bed and prepared to sleep.

But shortly after closing his eyes, he sat up again, brought his bag over, and placed it beside his pillow.

After falling asleep in a trance, Chu Yu suddenly felt that the bed was violently shaking. There was still soil and rocks relentlessly falling down from the ceiling.

He opened his eyes with a snap, subconsciously jumped out of bed, and soon came to his senses— no, not real, it was an illusion.

Under the bright light, Chu Yu leaned against the white wall and gulped.

While examining his surroundings, Chu Yu was still short of breath and his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, he couldn’t calm down.

After fishing out his phone, Chu Yu subconsciously called Lu Shi with traces of fear in his voice that he hadn’t noticed himself.

“Lu Shi, c-can you come over?”

Within two minutes, the lock sounded with movement as Lu Shi opened the door with a key and entered.

Chu Yu was stuck standing against the wall, staring at him without moving an inch.

Lu Shi didn’t ask why the lights were on in the middle of the night, why he put his school bag beside the pillow, nor did he ask why he was standing barefoot by the wall instead of lying on his bed.

He merely walked over and lay down on Chu Yu’s bed. “Come, sleep.”

The moment he saw Lu Shi, his heartbeat gradually stabilized. Chu Yu composed himself, jumped over on one foot, and lay down on the bed again.

Chu Yu tried to find something to say. “Were you sleeping just now?”

“No, I just took a shower and was doing a problem.”

“Problem? Which subject?”

“Physics.”

“Oh.” Chu Yu’s question and answer finished so he asked once more, “Was the problem difficult?”

“Not difficult.”

Chu Yu still wanted to ask, but Lu Shi raised his hand to cover his eyes. “Time to sleep.”

“Okay.”

Chu Yu stumbled as he whispered, “Your hand… can you not move it away?”

“En.”

Hearing Lu Shi’s agreement, Chu Yu was anxious again. “Do you think I’m very bothersome today?”

He was a little afraid that Lu Shi would find him annoying.

“No.”

At this time, a phone’s vibration was heard.

Chu Yu propped up half of his body with his hand, and stretched out his head to look for it. “The phone’s on the desk, it should be yours. Should I get it for you?”

“Lie down.”

Lu Shi got up, stepped on the carpet barefoot, and grabbed the phone. However, he never pressed the answer button.

Chu Yu clutched the quilt. Seeing Lu Shi’s tense profile lines become tenser, he couldn’t help but say, “If you don’t want to pick up the call, then just don’t? Or how about I help you answer and say you’re not here?”

“No need.”

Lu Shi pressed ‘answer’ and placed the receiver near his ear.

They were close and the room was very quiet, so Chu Yu could vaguely hear a man talking. His voice’s tone wasn’t very good, as if he was accusing Lu Shi of not answering the phone two days ago.

Lu Shi wore loose black sweatpants and a gray T-shirt. He was indolent, with his left hand in his pocket and his eyes down, his expression void of any hints of fluctuation.

“Are you listening?”

Only then did Lu Shi speak. “Listening.”

There was silence over the receiver for a while before it changed to a woman’s voice.

Seeing Chu Yu’s pricked ear with the word curiosity nearly written on his face, Lu Shi simply put it on speaker.

“Lu Shi, don’t make trouble for your father. Because you didn’t answer the phone these past two days, he was very worried about you.”

As soon as Chu Yu heard the voice, he knew that it was Lu Shi’s weird talking mother!

He hugged the quilt while thinking that their logic was very strange. Where had Lu Shi made trouble with his dad earlier?

Fang Weiyun continued, “Last time you promised your father that you would definitely return for your grandpa’s birthday banquet. Your dad just wanted to ask when you will get home.”

Lu Shi’s tone was cold. “I’ll be there directly at the venue of the birthday banquet.”

Lu Shaochu’s words were full of anger. “Are we asking for your life by telling you to come home? Arrive directly at the venue? You might as well not return at all!”

Lu Shi’s tone was devoid of waves. “Really?”

It was obvious that he was just waiting for Lu Shaochu to agree, then he wouldn’t come back at all.

“Lu Shi!”

The angry and anxious Lu Shaochu was persuaded by Fang Weiyun with a few words before he barely suppressed his temper. “Come to the event early. You’re the only grandson. The guests will all be there, and if you aren’t, how would that look?”

“I know.”

“Who do you think you’re talking to with that tone? You—”

“Shaochu, don’t be fierce with the child. Let me speak.” Fang Weiyun grabbed the phone and exhorted him with a gentle voice, “Lu Shi ah, don’t argue with your dad. You’re alone outside and mother can’t take care of you. You have to take good care of yourself, you know? The weather’s cold so wear more clothes. Don’t be like mother, ill in bed and unable to get up. If you’re sick, mother will feel so distressed, alright?”

Chu Yu felt this aunt had started saying strange things again, trying hard to give Lu Shi eye drops²Secretly making mischief while reporting about a certain person’s situation, or to tell wrongs and speak bad things about others..

He was a bit worried that Lu Shi would get angry or sad, but when he carefully observed his expression, he found that the corner of Lu Shi’s lips carried a ghost of a smile, and his eyes were entirely mockingly cold. His tone was indifferent. “Are you done?”

Fang Weiyun was startled. “Lu Shi, why are you talking to your mother like this? Are you in a bad mood? Have you been wronged outside?”

Chu Yu listened and watched from the side. He had the feeling that Lu Shi was passively watching a play with cold eyes.

Before Lu Shaochu could speak, Lu Shi opened his mouth and said, “I’m going to sleep.” After speaking, he directly hung up the phone.

Throwing away the phone, Lu Shi asked Chu Yu, “Was it interesting?”

Chu Yu nodded. “It’s very interesting. Your mother and her way of talking… is still weird.”

Lu Shi lay down again, pulled the quilt, and satisfied Chu Yu’s curiosity. “She’s not my mother.”

As expected.

Chu Yu nodded. “Yeah, it did sound like that.”

Realizing that Lu Shi didn’t want to talk anymore, Chu Yu didn’t ask much. He quietly visualized a big drama in his head. He felt distressed for Lu Shi, who’d been squeezed out by his stepmother both implicitly and explicitly, and ultimately had to run away from home and become pitifully self-reliant.

“What are you thinking?”

Chu Yu confessed, “Thinking about your affairs.”

Lu Shi raised his hand to cover Chu Yu’s eyes. “Don’t think about it, go to sleep.”

Chu Yu obediently closed his eyes.

Chu Yu was awakened.

He felt fingertips touching his lips, which were somewhat itchy. The other party slowly slid along his lip line and finally stopped below his cupid’s bow, moved down an inch, and then the fingertips directly entered into his mouth.

Then they pried open his teeth with a very light force that allowed no sign of refusal.

Chu Yu was surprised but didn’t dare open his eyes.

He could feel Lu Shi’s fingertips touching his tongue, as if teasing it, pressing it up and down. Soon, it wasn’t satisfied with simply teasing anymore and pressed the soft and slippery inner wall of his mouth.

Chu Yu recalled the phone call Lu Shi had answered before going to bed and guessed in his heart that the current Lu Shi’s emotions were probably a little abnormal.

He tried relaxing as much as possible. He didn’t struggle, but rather loosely held Lu Shi’s finger in his mouth, letting him do what he wanted.

Until Lu Shi pinched his earlobe with the fingers of his other hand and huskily said beside his ear, “Since you’re awake, just bite down, then tell me if you like the taste of my blood.”

The author has something to say: Here’s a heart-shaped raindrop that hit the glass as my love for you~

Xena: I’m really sorry for updating late two times in a row. I can’t promise I wouldn’t do it again, but I’ll try not to. I’m also considering transferring to a non-fixed schedule at least until I finish A filthy rich hamster in the apocalypse. Sorry again! Thank you for your patience!

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  断: Not sure if it was severed, or just broken. I’ll just leave it to your imagination.
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  Secretly making mischief while reporting about a certain person’s situation, or to tell wrongs and speak bad things about others.