After The Honest Person Was Discovered For Simultaneously Pursuing Three People - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Want to Touch It?

The young man sits below the stage, very quietly from beginning to end. His posture is upright, and there is no hint of fear on his face, only curiosity. His thick, long eyelashes blink, and he seems very interested in the horned toad in Lu En’s hand.

“Want to touch it?” Lu En walks up to him and asks with a smile.

Tao Ning is stunned. “Can… I?”

“You can.” Lu En, afraid that the horned toad will jump away, holds its head. Everyone watches as a horned toad with two big, round black eyes is brought in front of Tao Ning. The person sitting next to him instantly jumps back three meters.

A slender finger touches it. A “gurgle gurgle” sound comes from the horned toad’s air sac. Tao Ning’s face is full of wonder. Although the touch is very rough, it is a very novel experience.

After the exhibition is over, the biology lecture is almost at an end. Tao Ning originally wants to wake up Lu Jue and leave with him, but Lu En is one step faster. He smiles and wakes up Lu Jue, and then, with lightning speed, puts the horned toad under his nose. The toad’s bubbling snout is only 0.01 millimeters away from Lu Jue’s nose.

So, the entire venue is left with only Lu Jue’s pig-like screams…

“See you next time.”

“Mhm, goodbye.”

Tao Ning nods at Lu En. The latter smiles and waves at him.

When they go out, it’s already dusk. There are a few people scattered at the door. Tao Ning sees Xu Jun standing in the distance. He is standing in the sunset, holding a pen and a notebook in his hand, talking to someone with his head down. His shadow is stretched very long. Some people passing by greet him, and Xu Jun replies to all of them.

Tao Ning walks over. “Want to eat together?”

Before Xu Jun can speak, the person next to him refuses directly. “Our president is a busy man. He’s been standing here for a long time. There are still many things to do at the venues here. You…”

Xu Jun gives him a faint look. The man’s hair suddenly stands on end. His voice gets smaller and smaller until he finally shuts up.

Not until the two of them leave, one after the other, does the man recover from his self-doubt. He looks at their seemingly not intimate distance and murmurs, “Didn’t he say he would leave after all the venues were over…?”

Tao Ning is a little confused about what Xu Jun is thinking. If he wants to walk side by side with Xu Jun, Xu Jun will walk very fast and end up leaving him behind. If he just follows behind him, Xu Jun will slow down. Tao Ning can only silently look at his handsome and tall back.

But if Tao Ning stops, the Xu Jun in front will also stop.

Tao Ning: “…”

Tao Ning follows him back to the dorm. They still don’t say anything. The only sound is the rustling of their pens as they do practice problems at the same time. Tomorrow is the midterm exam. Tao Ning is a little nervous, because this is his first exam at Occident, and it’s very important. It’s related to his sponsorship contract.

Staring at the ceiling with his eyes open, Tao Ning can’t fall asleep.

“Xu Jun… are you asleep?”

There is no response next to him. Tao Ning turns over and looks at the dark bed in front of him. He continues, “Xu Jun?”

After a long time, a faint “Mhm” comes from the front.

“I can’t sleep.”

“…Nervous?”

Tao Ning jumps up from the bed. “Yes.” Remembering his crush mission, he says naturally, “You’re so amazing, Xu Jun. You can even guess that.”

In the darkness, Xu Jun closes his eyes. The corners of his mouth curl slightly. “Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow.”

“But I’m afraid of failing.” The young man’s tone suddenly becomes low. After a moment of silence, a very light sound comes from the bed not far away. “You won’t… I believe in you.”

When Tao Ning gets up, he receives a text message from Zhao Jingqun. It’s full of words telling him to do well on the exam, not to be nervous, and that he has prepared many rewards and so on. Tao Ning replies with a “Got it.”

He even gets a call from Song Yucong. The sound of boiling water comes from the kitchen. Xu Jun has been in there preparing breakfast very early.

“Country bumpkin, when are you coming back?” The voice on the other end of the phone is very dissatisfied. “You and that violent cousin of yours aren’t even related. You should stay away from him in the future. Xu Jun isn’t a good person either. He’s arrogant and hypocritical. Only a fool like you would cling to him…”

Without waiting for Tao Ning to speak, Song Yucong snorts again. “I bought a few game consoles I don’t need anymore. I’ll give them to you after your exam today.”

Tao Ning is already used to Song Yucong’s awkward way of showing affection. He glances at the kitchen. Xu Jun’s back is to him, and he can’t see what he’s doing. He “Oh”s. “Thank you. I’ll do my best.”

Song Yucong snorts coldly and hangs up the phone quickly.

Coincidentally, just after Tao Ning finishes contacting the two of them, Xu Jun brings two bowls of congee over with an expressionless face, along with two cups of hot soy milk. In front of him, there is an extra fried dough stick and two eggs. In some places, eating a fried dough stick and two eggs before an exam symbolizes a smooth exam or getting a perfect score.

Tao Ning says, “I don’t think I can finish all of it.”

Xu Jun says faintly, “It’s up to you.”

With that, he quickly finishes his congee and leaves with an expressionless face.

Tao Ning sighs. Their relationship just got better last night, and today he seems to be angry again.

Because Tao Ning is a transfer student and doesn’t have a past academic record, and Occident’s exam rooms are arranged by grade ranking, Tao Ning is assigned to the last exam room. In the same room as him are a few other transfer students who don’t have a record, but more are students who are just there to pass the time and don’t care about the exam at all.

They are laughing and making a lot of noise in the exam room. The proctor can’t do anything about these rich kids. He just pretends not to see them. Only when a supervisor comes to patrol does he raise his voice a few times to stop them.

When Tao Ning walks in with his backpack, the exam room is silent for a moment, and then an uproar erupts.

“Isn’t that the ‘Landlord’ from the forum, ha ha ha ha? Where are his three peasants?”

“But don’t you guys say it, his skin is really fair. What skincare products does he use?”

“I remember he’s a transfer student, right? Maybe we won’t see him next month.”

“What if he gets first place in the grade?”

“He gets first place? Who are you trying to make laugh? If he gets first place, I’ll jump from here.”

“Holy cow, Xu Jun is here… This is going to be a good show.”

Xu Jun at the door is as expressionless as ever. He doesn’t look at where Tao Ning is sitting. Instead, he takes his backpack and sits down in an empty seat.

“Why is Xu Jun here to take the exam? Isn’t he supposed to be in the first exam room?”

“Tsk tsk tsk, the number one in the grade actually came to our low-achiever exam room. He’s really humbling himself.”

“Idiot, that’s ‘pomp and circumstance.’ You should go home.”

…

Tao Ning wants to ask Xu Jun why he is here, but Xu Jun is sitting in front of him and to his left, about four or five meters away. And the exam bell rings, so he gives up.

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