Secretly Liking Him - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Gu Xun felt that he was quite worthless for getting this excited over such a small matter.

But even if he was worthless, he was just incredibly happy!!!

The physical discomfort seemed to become less noticeable because of that gentle pinch from Shen Yanzhi just now.

Gu Xun suddenly really wanted to hold his hand, but he didn’t dare to just go and hold it flagrantly like that.

In the end, he thought of a way, which was to wait until Shen Yanzhi fell asleep, and then secretly hold it for a bit…

Thus, Gu Xun, who was originally very sleepy, stubbornly held out and refused to fall asleep, just waiting quietly.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Gu Xun felt that Shen Yanzhi should be asleep, so he called out in a small voice: “A-Yan? Are you asleep?”

He waited for a while, but didn’t hear Shen Yanzhi answer.

Gu Xun’s courage grew larger. He stretched his hand over, groped around slightly, and touched Shen Yanzhi’s hand.

In the darkness, Gu Xun couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and then gently, held that familiar hand that carried a slight coolness.

His heart full of anxiety and joy was all condensed within this gentle hold.

Gu Xun let out a soft sigh, reluctant to let go just like this, wishing that time could just stop at this moment.

He thought, I’ll just hold it for a little while longer like this, just a little while, and I’ll let go in a bit.

As a result, from stalling and stalling like this, he couldn’t hold out against it himself and fell asleep.

What he didn’t know was that Shen Yanzhi beside him actually hadn’t fallen asleep at all.

Just now, Shen Yanzhi wondered why Gu Xun wasn’t sleeping, thinking if he couldn’t sleep because he was uncomfortable. Just as he was planning to ask Gu Xun, Gu Xun called out to him in a small voice like a thief.

Subconsciously, Shen Yanzhi didn’t reply, only waiting to see Gu Xun’s next move.

And then, Gu Xun’s hand held onto his.

Shen Yanzhi could clearly feel Gu Xun’s nervousness; the hand holding his hand was shaking a little, and the palm also carried a bit of sweat, damp and clammy. Being held by such a hand actually didn’t feel very comfortable.

But he could also clearly feel exactly how happy Gu Xun was.

That kind of happiness seemed capable of being transmitted along with the limb—silent, secret, yet incomparably joyful, like a minute electric current conducting through their interlocked hands.

Listening to Gu Xun’s gradual evening breath, Shen Yanzhi knew he had already fallen asleep, and also knew he could pull his hand back now.

But Shen Yanzhi didn’t move.

He felt that he couldn’t bear to—even though Gu Xun was already asleep, he couldn’t bear to ruin Gu Xun’s tiny bit of hidden joy.

Therefore, in the end, Shen Yanzhi didn’t move either, only closing his eyes quietly.

…

Gu Xun’s sleep had always been very good, and he slept exceptionally well this day, feeling a sense of complete ease all over when he woke up.

During breakfast, Shen Lan asked him how his cold was. Gu Xun felt it out himself, and it seemed that except for his throat still being a bit uncomfortable, nothing was wrong anymore.

Gu Xun instantly became very happy: “I’m cured!”

Shen Lan quickly exhorted: “You still have to take the medicine, otherwise it won’t cure thoroughly, you know? Xiao Shen, help me watch him a bit; don’t let him run or fool around these next two days.”

Shen Yanzhi nodded: “Mm, I will.”

Gu Xun mysteriously felt quite pleased by this; being managed by the person he liked and whatnot, hehehe…

Shen Yanzhi just watched Gu Xun smile foolishly for no apparent reason while drinking his porridge, not even realizing he hadn’t managed to get the porridge into his mouth.

After Shen Lan finished speaking with Shen Yanzhi, she also noticed her son was just smiling foolishly over there, stuffing things into his mouth when there was nothing at all in his spoon.

Shen Lan: “…”

He didn’t even run a fever, could his brain still be broken?

Shen Yanzhi said in a small voice to Gu Xun: “Eat properly.”

Gu Xun: “Oh.”

Across from them, Shen Lan let out a sigh, thinking in her heart that if this foolish son of hers could have half of a half of Shen Yanzhi’s brain and sensibility, she would burn incense to fulfill her vows to the gods.

…

After finishing breakfast, because Gu Xun wasn’t completely recovered yet, Dad Gu drove them to school, bringing Wang Xiaosong along with them as well.

Coming this way, the time they arrived at school was a good deal earlier than usual.

And then, they saw a strange girl walking out from their classroom, bumping right into the three of them.

Gu Xun almost crashed onto that girl. Just as he was about to apologize, he saw a foreign face, and the apology that was at the tip of his tongue turned into a sentence: “Who are you?!”

He truly was startled; first thing in the morning, an unrecognized girl coming out of the classroom, wasn’t that frightening!

That girl clearly hadn’t expected to run into anyone, and the expression on her face was also very startled. Once she saw clearly that Shen Yanzhi was also among the three of them, she instantly looked as if her tail had been stepped on, and without uttering a single word, turned her head and ran.

Watching her run off in a puff of smoke, Gu Xun couldn’t help but marvel that this sister’s leg power was really good; she might be able to win a prize if she entered the sports meet later.

Over there, Wang Xiaosong had already cried out: “Hey! Look you guys!”

Gu Xun then looked along the direction of his finger. Yoho, wasn’t that his and A-Yan’s seats? Good fellow, a bumper harvest again.

Then Gu Xun had an epiphany; turns out that girl came to deliver things.

He couldn’t help but glance at the direction the girl ran off to, knowing that it should be the direction of the sophomore teaching building.

Gu Xun made a “tsk-tsk” sound twice in his mouth, marveling: “A-Yan truly takes thousands of young girls by storm…”

There was a bit of unhidable sourness in his tone. Shen Yanzhi looked at him and didn’t speak.

Wang Xiaosong thought he was expressing envy, jealousy, and hate, and immediately laughed: “Then who told A-Yan to be our Yi-High male god? Gu Xun, if you are envious, jealous, and hateful, then work hard toward this direction too!”

Gu Xun glanced at him, thinking in his heart that I am working hard toward this direction, but his goal of hard work wasn’t to take thousands of young girls by storm…

Gu Xun’s young boy’s worries couldn’t be spoken to anyone, so in the end, he could only snort twice and entered the classroom a step ahead.

There were many things on the desk. Gu Xun directly stuffed his schoolbag into the desk drawer, and then began to size up those things on the desk.

Chocolates and candies were standard equipment; girls seemed to quite like giving these.

The tail of the fat cat in Gu Xun’s heart twitched, tilting his neck somewhat pridefully, thinking in his heart: A-Yan doesn’t even like eating candy!

However, Gu Xun himself was actually a bit craving. It seemed that as soon as he was uncomfortable, he easily wanted to eat something. Looking at those candies and stuff now, he unexpectedly couldn’t move his eyes away a bit.

Only, these were all sent by hidden love rivals; even if Gu Xun beat himself to death, he couldn’t eat them.

Then he looked again—at some bread, potato chips, and some odd imported snacks.

Gu Xun thought in his heart that if it developed according to this momentum, the average weight of their Class One students would definitely rise.

Then involuntarily, his gaze drifted back to those colorful candies.

Seeing Gu Xun looking at them with great relish, Shen Yanzhi took a mint candy from inside and gave it to him: “Want to eat it?”

Gu Xun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, behaving with great backbone: “No!”

Then he added: “If I want to eat, I’ll buy it myself, I won’t take advantage of young girls.”

Shen Yanzhi heard that his words carried a bit of sourness again, so he smiled slightly, and then began to tidy the things up, placing them on the podium.

This had almost become a scene in their Class One—being able to go to the podium to claim snacks every morning upon entering the classroom was simply a pleasant surprise.

Gu Xun usually also helped to transport things, but he felt he was relatively fragile today and didn’t want to move around.

Shen Yanzhi then finished doing these all by himself.

Gu Xun lay prone on the desk watching him go back and forth a few times, and then Shen Yanzhi said: “I’m going out for a bit.”

Gu Xun gave an absentminded “oh,” and only then remembered to ask what Shen Yanzhi was going to do, but the other person had long legs and had walked far away in a few steps.

Gu Xun’s throat hurt, so he didn’t strain his voice to shout, and could only wait for him to return before talking.

Shen Yanzhi came back quite quickly, holding something in his hand. Gu Xun glanced over and found it was a small box.

Seeing him approach, Gu Xun asked: “What did you get?”

Shen Yanzhi placed it directly on his desk: “Candy.”

Only then did Gu Xun see clearly that it was a tin of mint milk candies. He had eaten them before; they weren’t very sweet, but they tasted very refreshing to eat.

Gu Xun blinked his eyes and asked a somewhat silly question: “Bought for me?”

Shen Yanzhi sat down in his own seat, returning an: “Mm.”

Gu Xun felt that his heart was much sweeter than this candy—not just sweet, but so sweet he wanted to roll around.

Gu Xun giggled: “I didn’t actually want to eat it particularly, but since you bought it, then I definitely must eat it!”

Over there, Wang Xiaosong had long heard the two of them speaking, feeling a bit baffled. Leaving this whole podium of food uneaten, yet absolutely insisting on going out to buy—what kind of ailment was this?

Gu Xun didn’t know what Wang Xiaosong was thinking, but even if he did, it definitely wouldn’t be kept in his heart.

Sweetly and dearly unwrapping a candy, he prepared to stuff it into his mouth. For a moment, he wished he could stuff the whole tin into his mouth and eat it, yet for a moment felt reluctant, thinking whether he should save it to eat slowly.

Seeing him holding a piece of candy indecisively, Shen Yanzhi asked: “What’s wrong? You don’t like it?”

Gu Xun quickly shook his head, wishing he could shake his head right off: “No!”

Shen Yanzhi reached out a hand to press his head: “Don’t shake, be careful of dizziness.”

Gu Xun then obediently stopped, feeling that it was indeed a bit dizzying.

Gu Xun said in a small voice: “Uh, I quite like it…”

Shen Yanzhi withdrew his hand, looking at him in puzzlement, and signaled with his gaze at the candy in his hand, meaning if you like it, why aren’t you eating it.

Gu Xun was embarrassed to say he was reluctant to part with it, so he could only stuff it into his mouth. After eating it, he repeated somewhat indistinctly: “I like it.”

A cool, sweet flavor with a hint of milky fragrance spread across the tip of his tongue; Gu Xun’s eyes narrowed.

He really liked it so much…

Seeing him eating happily, Shen Yanzhi pursed his lips, revealing a bit of a smile.

Wang Xiaosong originally wanted to look for something to eat on the podium, but seeing Gu Xun eating that happily, he huddled over and asked: “Is it really that delicious? Give me one.”

Gu Xun immediately protected his food and hid the candy tin: “No! There are so many on the podium! Go get it yourself if you want to eat!”

Wang Xiaosong: “…”

So, why is it that there are so many on the podium, yet you guys still have to buy it separately to eat?

Shen Yanzhi said calmly: “His throat is uncomfortable, I specially bought it for him.”

Wang Xiaosong felt this explanation was also acceptable, so he shifted his target back onto the podium again.

Gu Xun clutched the candy tin, the fat cat in his heart having long rolled upside down and inside out, both sweet and lightheaded.

Ah-ah-ah-ah! Specially bought for him and whatnot! So happy!

Gu Xun felt this cold didn’t come at a loss. He felt that with his physical fitness, coming down with it a few more times would be no problem—as long as A-Yan still bought him candy to eat!

While Gu Xun was indulging in his own wild flights of fancy, quite a few people arrived in the classroom one after another.

The things piled on the podium naturally attracted a lot of attention, and fragmented discussions began to sound.

All said that lately there seemed to be more again and the like, and someone laughed saying Shen Yanzhi’s popularity had risen again.

Hearing this, Gu Xun was truly proud, yet couldn’t help but feel sour.

There were so many people who liked A-Yan, and he was only one of them…

Gu Xun’s face pressed against the desk, looking at Shen Yanzhi, his hand involuntarily touching that tin of mint candies placed inside the desk drawer.

But fortunately, even if they weren’t lovers, A-Yan was also very good to him.

Looking at the expression on Gu Xun’s face, Shen Yanzhi felt he was just like a small animal, appearing as if begging for a rub, begging to be smoothed down.

Shen Yanzhi couldn’t help but think that it was probably because of being sick, which was why he exceptionally couldn’t hide his emotions.

Although Gu Xun didn’t seem capable of hiding anything originally…

Shen Yanzhi involuntarily smiled a bit and asked him: “Does your throat still hurt?”

Gu Xun rubbed his face against the table: “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Shen Yanzhi said: “It’s good that it doesn’t hurt.”

Back and forth, it all seemed like inconsequential nonsense, but Gu Xun was just very satisfied with this kind of nonsense exchange, because that was A-Yan caring about him!

…

Just as Gu Xun was feeling wonderful, someone noticed his unusual state of lying prone on the desk, so they came forward to inquire.

After learning that Gu Xun had caught a cold, the little partners in class came over one after another to express condolences, and then expressed that after Gu Xun caught a cold, the class truly was much quieter.

Gu Xun: “…”

Are they feeling regretful, or are they feeling happy?

Anyway, no matter what the little partners thought, Gu Xun still recovered in less than two days.

Whether others were regretful or not, Gu Xun didn’t know; anyway, he himself was a bit regretful.

The feeling of being taken care of by A-Yan was top-notch; he really wanted to experience it for a few more days…

But helplessly, having grown this big, Gu Xun had never faked an illness. Faking it stubbornly—one, he was afraid it wouldn’t look like it, and two, he was afraid his mom would get anxious—so he could only suffer the pain and recover nimbly.

But recovering like this wasn’t without benefits; at least the sports meet didn’t need to change people to go up.

Before, Gu Xun was a bit worried during the sports meet that in case he couldn’t recover, wouldn’t he be unable to run the relay together with A-Yan? Now it was properly no problem.

The few in their class participating in the relay race took advantage of PE class to practice a bit, and it felt extremely good.

Gu Xun was relatively inflated: “I feel like taking first place is no problem!”

Never in a million years did he expect that the buddy next to him was even more inflated than him: “I feel like we can break the record.”

Everyone including Gu Xun turned their heads to look at him, and Gu Xun voiced the doubt for them: “This is a bit exaggerated, right?”

Although he also didn’t know exactly what the record was, anything that could be called a record shouldn’t be something that was broken so easily.

As a result, that buddy asked: “Have you not looked at the record posted over there?”

So a group of people squeezed toward the PE teacher’s office, taking a good look at what their school’s various sports records were.

Gu Xun rubbed his chin: “It seems possible ah…”

Shen Yanzhi looked at it and said: “Mm, it’s possible.”

Gu Xun’s eyes were sparkling, because below the record, there were student names recorded!

Gu Xun was high-spirited with fighting will: “We must absolutely break this record!”

And then print his name together with A-Yan’s!