After The Beautiful Woman Moves Into The Jock's Dorm Room - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: “Pin Him Down! Pin Him Down!…”

Lu Xiao, having gotten what he wanted, gave a silly grin and closely followed behind Shen Qingyu.

The hotel was near the ancient city. Drawing the curtains revealed a street where the evening lights were just coming on.

Shen Qingyu stood by the window, looking at the bustling street below, feeling a sense of longing in his heart.

The room had floor-to-ceiling windows and was very spacious. The daylight must be excellent, Shen Qingyu thought.

“How is it? The room is not bad, right?” Lu Xiao sounded pleased. “It even has a projector. If you want to watch a movie, I can watch it with you.”

Shen Qingyu was about to say, “Who comes out to travel and watches movies at night? We should definitely go out and eat!” But on second thought, knowing Lu Xiao’s weakness, he deliberately teased: “Okay, how about we watch a horror movie?”

Lu Xiao choked. “No horror movies.”

Shen Qingyu let out a soft laugh.

Lu Xiao felt mocked. For the sake of his male dignity, he forced himself to say, “If you absolutely must watch one, it’s fine as long as you are not scared.”

“Really?”

“Of course, really!”

Shen Qingyu quietly looked down at his clenched fists, then stretched out a finger to touch one. As expected, Lu Xiao was so startled he practically sprang away.

Lu Xiao: “…”

Shen Qingyu: “Why are you reacting so strongly?”

“Why did you suddenly touch me?”

Shen Qingyu paused, then lowered his gaze and said, “Then I won’t touch you anymore.”

He squatted down to open his suitcase and take out his toiletries, his back looking a little forlorn.

Lu Xiao immediately panicked and quickly explained: “That’s not what I meant…”

Shen Qingyu ignored him. Lu Xiao continued: “I… I was just… startled… Don’t be mad.”

Shen Qingyu found it hard to suppress his laughter. He patted his face where Lu Xiao couldn’t see to calm himself down.

He said calmly: “I’m not mad.”

“Then let’s go downstairs and walk around. It’s still early.” Lu Xiao saw him taking out his toiletries and thought he no longer wanted to go out with him.

Shen Qingyu slowly turned around, looked up at him, and seeing his lack of reaction, he actively extended his hand. Lu Xiao immediately grasped his hand, holding it very tightly.

Shen Qingyu: “…”

“Pull me up. My legs are a bit numb from squatting.”

Lu Xiao laughed awkwardly twice and easily pulled him up. He had thought Shen Qingyu wanted to hold hands, but he only wanted him to pull him up.

…

Not far from the hotel was a snack street. It was quite commercialized, but it was novel for out-of-town tourists like Shen Qingyu and Lu Xiao.

Shen Qingyu knew his own appetite and that he couldn’t eat much, so he was hesitant about what to buy.

Lu Xiao noticed his indecision and offered to buy whatever Shen Qingyu wanted, and he would eat whatever Shen Qingyu couldn’t finish.

As soon as he said that, Shen Qingyu felt a sudden sense of security. Before long, his hands were filled with various snacks.

Lu Xiao voluntarily took most of the items, freeing up one of Shen Qingyu’s hands.

When Shen Qingyu came across something delicious, he would proactively bring it to Lu Xiao’s mouth for him to try.

Lu Xiao hadn’t enjoyed this kind of treatment from Shen Qingyu before and was momentarily stunned. Shen Qingyu misunderstood this as him being disgusted by the bite marks and was about to pull back to offer him an unbitten spot, but Lu Xiao pressed his hand down. Lu Xiao bit into the spot where Shen Qingyu had just eaten, using Shen Qingyu’s hand as a guide.

“It’s quite tasty,” Lu Xiao said.

Shen Qingyu then realized how ambiguous their action was. He quickly stuffed the item into Lu Xiao’s hand and said, “If it’s good, eat more.”

Lu Xiao: “?”

“You’re not eating it anymore?”

Shen Qingyu avoided eye contact. “No, you eat it.”

As he spoke, a light blush spread across his ears. Lu Xiao curved his lips, thinking, He must be shy!

Perhaps it was the crowd on the snack street, or perhaps the recent intimate interaction with Lu Xiao, but Shen Qingyu was covered in a thin layer of sweat.

They walked around the snack street once. By the time Shen Qingyu’s feet were starting to hurt, they returned to the hotel.

In the narrow elevator, Shen Qingyu leaned to one side. Lu Xiao suddenly moved closer, reaching out his hand. From Shen Qingyu’s perspective, it looked exactly like Lu Xiao was about to “wall-slam” him!

Shen Qingyu’s body went rigid. His mind instantly became a chaotic mess. He didn’t know how to react—should he avoid it or push him away?

But Lu Xiao merely swiped the room card gently against the elevator panel and pressed their floor number.

He turned back, noticing the sweat on Shen Qingyu’s forehead, and asked worriedly, “Why are you sweating so much?”

Shen Qingyu swallowed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and whispered, “Maybe it’s just stuffy in here.”

Lu Xiao freed a hand and fanned it toward his face. “It is hot. I can’t believe it’s almost late August and still this hot.”

A faint, cool breeze wafted towards him. Shen Qingyu quietly lifted his eyes to steal a glance at Lu Xiao. He noticed a thin layer of sweat on Lu Xiao’s forehead as well. The sexy veins on his neck pulsed with the movement of his arm. If it were a less self-controlled young gay man, he surely wouldn’t be able to resist.

Fortunately, I have self-control, Shen Qingyu thought.

Lu Xiao was completely unaware of what he was thinking. He was fanning Shen Qingyu, causing himself to break out in a sweat. He couldn’t help it. They were so close, and Shen Qingyu smelled so good. The air he fanned carried a faint fragrance.

It was a pleasant, comfortable scent. It didn’t seem to be perfume, but purely a scent emanating from Shen Qingyu’s skin. It could also be the scent of detergent. In any case, Lu Xiao was mesmerized by the smell, and two battling figures popped into his mind.

The dark figure said wickedly: “Pin him down! Pin him down! Kiss him! Kiss him!”

The white figure said rationally: “No! He hasn’t agreed to be with you yet. Doing that will only make him despise you more!”

The two figures were fighting so loudly that Lu Xiao’s head was about to explode. His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. He lowered his head slightly to peek at Shen Qingyu, only to find Shen Qingyu was already looking at him.

Their eyes met, and the arguing voices in his mind instantly vanished. Lu Xiao could only see Shen Qingyu’s unbelievably beautiful face. He couldn’t resist and lowered his head a few more inches.

Lu Xiao’s face slowly approached his, only a breath away from kissing again.

The elevator doors suddenly opened.

Shen Qingyu’s reason flooded back completely. He bit his lip and dodged Lu Xiao’s advance.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t disappointed, but Lu Xiao actually felt a sense of relief at that moment. Thank goodness the door opened. Thank goodness Shen Qingyu dodged. Thank goodness they didn’t kiss.

Otherwise, this trip might have ended right then and there.

Lu Xiao thought with a pounding heart.

“Hurry up,” Shen Qingyu said, standing in front of the room door. “I’m waiting for you to open the door.”

Lu Xiao was momentarily stunned. He caught up in two strides, swiped the card, pushed the door, inserted the card, and turned on the lights in one swift motion.

Shen Qingyu went into the bathroom first to shower and change into his pajamas. Lu Xiao listened to the sound of running water outside, restless with anticipation.

He first posted his location on his Moments, with a picture of the clock tower lit up in the distance after drawing the curtains. If he hadn’t been trying not to be too obvious, he would have loved to post it directly in their dorm group chat to show off.

Lu Xiao had quite a few good friends. Seeing him, who had been struggling with heartache just two days ago, suddenly traveling to another city, they all started chatting in the comment section.

Chen Qiming was one of them.

【Chen Qiming: Yo, Bro Xiao, did you get over your heartbreak?】

Lu Xiao replied: I was never heartbroken in the first place [cigarette emoji]

【Chen Qiming: Who are you with? Your girlfriend?】

Lu Xiao replied: Something like that

But as soon as he sent it, he realized a problem—Shen Qingyu also had Chen Qiming’s contact information. If Shen Qingyu saw it, he would probably be shy again.

So, Lu Xiao regretfully deleted the reply.

Chen Qiming’s reply showed that the comment had disappeared before he could send it. He immediately went to Lu Xiao’s private chat. No matter how much he harassed him, Lu Xiao wouldn’t reply. He even began to wonder if he had been seeing things earlier. With Lu Xiao’s personality… if he had a girlfriend, he would definitely show off ostentatiously, right?

There was only one possibility.

He hadn’t successfully won him over yet.

Thinking this, Chen Qiming felt much better. As one of Lu Xiao’s brothers, he could totally accept Lu Xiao living a better life than him, but he absolutely could not accept him finding a pretty and charming girlfriend first!

When Shen Qingyu came out, his hair was already dry. The extra duvet he requested from the front desk was already laid out on the bed. He slowly crawled under the covers.

“You go wash up,” Shen Qingyu whispered.

“Okay.”

When Lu Xiao went into the bathroom, he didn’t bring in a huge pile of things like Shen Qingyu did. He also washed very quickly. He was out just as Shen Qingyu finished browsing his Moments once.

The large bed dipped. Lu Xiao lay on the bed with his upper body bare, enjoying the air conditioning, and casually draped his open arm over Shen Qingyu’s stomach.

Shen Qingyu glanced at his bulging abs, wanting to scold him, but what finally slipped out was a soft, gentle complaint: “Can you put some clothes on?”

“I am wearing clothes,” Lu Xiao nudged his chin, indicating his lower body.

“I meant put on a shirt,” Shen Qingyu glared at him. “The air conditioner is on. Don’t catch a cold.”

“I have a great physique, alright?”

Your physique has nothing to do with me. I just can’t stand you walking around naked in front of me! Shen Qingyu complained internally.

“Anyway, put a shirt on. Hurry up.”

Shen Qingyu issued the command, and Lu Xiao could only grab a T-shirt and pull it over his head before flopping back down.

“What are you doing?” Lu Xiao closed his eyes, enjoying the soft bed. On such a hot day, blasting the air conditioner in a hotel felt truly amazing.

Shen Qingyu stammered: “I’m chatting with Yang Yu.”

He was lying. He was indeed chatting, but not with Yang Yu.

It was Song Yu.

Song Yu had invited him over for dinner, saying he had learned a new dish and could teach him, but Shen Qingyu had made up an excuse to refuse.

He felt a bit guilty, especially when he saw Lu Xiao’s photo. He was extremely glad he hadn’t told anyone he was traveling, and especially not that it was with Lu Xiao!