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Chapter 49

Haixiu felt guilty after replying to the text. He put away his phone and concentrated on summarizing his lesson. The supplementary class ended at 6 pm, and the teacher watched over the students until 5 o’clock for self-study. At five o’clock, the teacher told everyone to diligently read the book, then left. They are all excellent students who wouldn’t slack just because the teacher left. The classroom was quiet, and only the rustling sound of pens scribbling on paper could be heard.

A little while after five o’clock, Feng Fei, who had walked enough, came back. He carried a shopping bag in his hand and came in from the back door of the classroom, walking quietly over to Haixiu, sitting down and asking in a low voice,

“Where’s the teacher?”

Haixiu whispered back,

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“The teacher went home first.”

Feng Fei looked around, puzzled.

“Then why aren’t you guys leaving yet? It’s already dark outside”.

Haixiu shook his head.

“The class hasn’t even ended yet. How could we leave? The class ends at six”.

Feng Fei was amazed by the group’s stunning self-discipline. Haixiu looked at the things Feng Fei was holding, and quietly asked, “What did you buy?”

“Two shirts”. Feng Fei opened up a shopping bag for Haixiu to take a look. “They shop had both our sizes”.

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Haixiu felt heartwarmed and looked over. Feng Fei smiled and said “When we get home we can try it on. If it doesn’t fit i’ll go exchange it for a different one, but there shouldn’t be any problems… Here, have this”.

Feng Fei took out a small box from the pocket of his coat, and handed it to Haixiu. Haixiu’s eyes lit up immediately, exclaiming,

“Takoyaki!”

Feng Fei smiled.

“There’s a small restaurant next to the movie theater. I saw it when I went to buy the ticket. I remembered that you liked to eat takoyaki, so I changed my route back just to buy it for you. It’s still hot”.

Feng Fei opened the food box, and took out a fork, handing it to Haixiu. “Are you hungry?”

Haixiu looked at the takoyaki and repeatedly nodded his head. He’d been studying all afternoon, and had already been starving for a long time. Of course, Haixiu wasn’t the only one who was hungry. Everyone there had eaten their previous meal before twelve, and were in a hurry, so few people were full. After a high-intensity review session in the afternoon, everyone was already starving. Unfortunately, even though Feng Fei and Haixiu sat at the back of the classroom, the minute the food box opened, the scent of takoyaki spread about the classroom. THe boy who was sitting closest to Haixiu didn’t even need to turn his head to know what they were eating. He grit his teeth and tried to pretend he didn’t smell it, but his heart was crying, as he still had to keep studying with his empty stomach.

Haixiu first stabbed one and gave it to Feng Fei, but Feng Fei shook his head. Haixiu tried to persuade him again.

“Have you eaten it before? It’s delicious.

“I think it’s okay, I don’t really like eating it”. Feng Fei urged, “Hurry and eat it before it cools down”.

Haixiu stuffed a takoyaki in his mouth, and vaguely said,

“There are six takoyaki in total. If you don’t eat any, I can still eat five”.

Feng Fei smiled and nodded.

“En. Oh, when I went to buy this, I told the clerk I wanted it to-go, and he asked me if I was buying it for my girlfriend”.

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Haixiu swallowed the takoyaki in his mouth, and cautiously asked,

“What did you say?”

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Haixiu’s head flamed red, and he silently stuffed another takoyaki into his mouth, thinking that the mustard sauce on the takoyaki was really sweet. Feng Fei looked at Haixiu with a smile, saying

“If you want to smile, just smile”.

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Haixiu turned his head, grinned towards the wall for a while, then turned his head and pretended to be calm, whispering,

“Don’t make trouble.. The students in front will hear you”.

Feng Fei smiled and didn’t say anything, lowering his head to continue playing on his phone. Haixiu was actually more worried about the smell of takoyaki in the classroom instead of the small movements of the two of them.

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The moment the clock struck six, the starved classmates stopped restraining themselves and picked up their schoolbags with a ‘shua shua’ sound, rushing out of the school as quickly as they could. Haixiu slowly packed up and looked at the time, asking, “Where is the place we’re going? Should we head over there now?”

“Wushan grilled fish”. Feng Fei put away his phone and looked at the textbooks that were messily spread about on the table, saying, “Don’t pack it up anymore, you’ll have to come here again tomorrow, so just leave it here”.

Haixiu wondered,

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“Leave it here?”

“Well…to keep you from having to always pack up and unpack”. Feng Fei’s eyes flickered. “You don’t need to take the backpack either, just leave it here as well. Didn’t you say the school already rented out this classroom? Nobody else will be able to get in anyways”.

Feng Fei was rarely this casual, and Haixiu felt like something was wrong, saying,

“But there’s no lock here. What if someone comes to study here at night? There will also be people here to clean the classroom, it’ll be better to bring it back with me. It’s not that heavy anyways. I’ll leave the books here, but if the notes I took on them are lost then it will be such a hassle when I study later on”.

Feng Fei didn’t refute, and vaguely agreed, saying,

“There’s only a couple of books, just put them together and put them into my backpack”. After saying this, Feng Fei didn’t wait for Haixiu to refute, putting both his and Haixiu’s books into his backpack. Not only this, he also took and folded Haixiu’s mostly empty backpack, putting it into his own backpack. After tidying up everything, he put his backpack onto his back, and picked up the shopping bag as well. He looked at the frozen Haixiu and told him, “Let’s go.”

“O-Oh”.

Haixiu was still slightly confused, and muddle-headedly followed Feng Fei out of the classroom. The place they were supposed to meet up wasn’t all that far from the classroom, they just needed to walk two streets down to get there. It was just that the traffic was so heavy that it took almost half an hour to get there.

The grilled fish shop was on the twelfth floor, and after they entered the elevator, Feng Fei used the reflective walls of the elevator to check his hair, and handed his backpack to Haixiu.

“I need to fix my hair. Can you help me hold this for a while?”

Haixiu took Feng Fei’s backpack, and stared blankly at Feng Fei messing up his previously good hair, then tidying it back up again. After fixing his hair, Feng Fei started to fix his clothes, avoiding Haixiu’s sight. There was no one else in the elevator, so the atmosphere inexplicably became a bit weird. Haixiu subconsciously spoke,

“Good…You look really good”.

Feng Fei was also a bit embarrassed, saying

“O-oh, really”

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Haixiu looked at the reflective walls of the elevator, wanting to laugh but holding himself back.

“Feng Fei… you’re afraid they’ll find out you’re taking supplementary lessons, so… hiding one of our backpacks and letting me carry it inside, to let them think it’s only me taking supplementary lessons, right?”

Feng Fei was stunned.

Feng Fei felt extremely embarrassed for the first time in a long time, glancing at Haixiu. Haixiu couldn’t help but burst out laughing and immediately lowered his head, trying to close his mouth, but there were still some sounds that managed to come out.

Feng Fei shut his eyes, then grabbed the backpack back and grit his teeth.

“That’s not it!”

Haixiu immediately promised.

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“I still remember the words you told me at noon. The matter of you taking supplementary lessons was absolutely not to be told to your team”.

Feng Fei gave a sideways glance to Haixiu, saying

“It was already shameful enough….”

Haixiu covered his mouth, laughing silently for a while, and took the backpack from Feng Fei as the elevator door opened, blinking at Feng Fei.

“Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me”.

Feng Fei harrumphed, pulling him towards the room the captain had reserved. Because of the heavy traffic, the two of them were the last to arrive. Feng Fei apologized and drank a glass as punishment, bumped his fist with the captain, and started to chat while eating.

Except for He Hao who mindlessly asked where Haixiu had just been, there was nobody else who asked about what him and Feng Fei were doing during the day. Haixiu subconsciously laughed thinking about it, and listened to what everyone else was talking about, quietly eating his food on the side.

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The captain’s girlfriend also came, and the captain doted on her heavily. From time to time he would put food into her bowl, lowering his head to whisper to her quietly, letting the other girls who were there look at them enviously.

Feng Fei put a piece of deboned grilled fish into Haixiu’s bowl, and asked in a low voice.

“Your boyfriend is better than him, right?”

Haixiu nodded with a smile, making Feng Fei harrumph again, starting to toast with others and drink wine.

After eating and talking for about two hours, everyone wanted to go find another place to go hang out more. The captain pulled Feng Fei’s hand and wouldn’t let go, but Feng Fei shook his head and said,

“We can’t go, Haixiu still has classes tomorrow, so we have to go home early”.

The captain had drank a little more than he should, trying hard to properly look at Haixiu, then looked at Feng Fei, saying,

“He can go back, so you come with us”

Feng Fei laughed.

“Without me he won’t be able to get home. The keys are with me”.

“Then you… give the keys to him”. The captain was muddle-headed, and wanted to persuade Haixiu to come play with then. He Hao couldn’t look at this scene any longer, and directly bear-hugged the captain and dragged him away. Feng Fei threw a kiss at He Hao then pulled Haixiu to leave. Feng Fei was not a heavy drinker, and drank two more glasses than he should’ve today, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable. The color of his face was a little off, and Haixiu was worried that Feng Fei would get motion sickness, so he stopped their taxi before they started to go up the hill to their house. Feng Fei frowned.

“I’m fine. It’s the middle of the night, and it’s so cold outside too. Why are we getting off the taxi?”

“Just now I ate a bit too much. I want to take a walk to digest the food. We’re wearing lots of clothes, so it won’t be too cold”. Haixiu gave Feng Fei a scarf and handed the money to the taxi driver. “Let’s get off the taxi, okay?”

Feng Fei got out of the car after Haixiu. There wasn’t anyone else on the road, and he felt a lot better after taking a deep breath. He knew that Haixiu had only wanted to get out of the car because he was afraid Feng Fei would feel uncomfortable.

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“Do you feel sick?” Haixiu looked nervously at Femg Fei. “My mom told me that you can’t drink too fast, because it’s bad for your health… the amount of alcohol your liver can break down every minute is limited, so if you drink too fast you’ll hurt your liver…”

Feng Fei smiled at Haixiu.

“Is that how it is?”

“Mn. You should drink less alcohol”.

Feng Fei nodded.

“I’ll listen to you then”.

The mountain was very quiet at night, without any wind, only the creaking sound of feet stepping on snow. Feng Fei suddenly smiled. “Do you still remember? It’s the day of___

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Haixiu nodded.

“What’s wrong?”

“On that day, the snow was falling extremely heavily, and the wind was strong as well. The snow on the ground was almost up to my ankles. On that day I also went up this mountain one step at a time”. Femg Fei wet his dry lips, saying, “On that day, guess what I was thinking”.

Haixiu’s nose was cold, so the tip was slightly pink. He thought about how Femg Fei had been covered in snow from head to toe that day and felt bittersweet, shaking his head.

“Wha-what were you thinking about?”

“I was having a bad day. The plane had been late, and the snow was heavy. The taxi driver stopped at the bottom on the mountain and refused to drive me any further”. Feng Fei couldn’t help but laugh, scolding the driver a couple sentences before continuing. “When I was going up that snow covered mountain I thought, if I could see you before the New Years, then it would mean that the heavens accepted our fate together”. And on that day, Feng Fei really did manage to see Haixiu before midnight.

Femg Fei raised his eyebrows at Haixiu. His handsome side profile left Haixiu unable to move his eyes away.