Studying Is Such A Damn Thing - Chapter 3

It was night, the shadows of the trees swayed gently, and the darkness felt vast and deep.

The streetlights cast a faint yellow glow over You Cheche’s face, coating him in a soft light. He looked at Qi Yuan, who was walking home beside him, his eyes sparkling. Hidden within that gaze was a secret crush, a private, youthful love that even You Cheche himself hadn’t fully realized yet, something difficult to voice, a tender and immature affection.

It was green and naive.

“Cheche is back, and Xiao Yuan is here too!” “Hello, Auntie.” “Ai, come in and sit down. Have some fruit first, dinner is almost ready.”

“Thank you, Auntie.” “It’s no trouble at all.” You Cheche watched the interaction between his own mother and Qi Yuan, completely bewildered.

“Wait, bro, is this your house? You just walk right in? Isn’t your house next door… mmph!”

“Just eat your apple. My parents are away on a business trip and no one is home. Surely you wouldn’t have the heart to let me stay all alone in a cold, lonely house? Besides, since we were kids, haven’t I come to your house every time my parents traveled?”

You Cheche pulled the apple out of his mouth, took a bite, and said indistinctly, “That was before we secondary-gendered. Don’t you know there’s a difference between Alphas and Betas?”

“What a coincidence, I really didn’t know. I’ve only heard that there’s a difference between Alphas and Omegas,” Qi Yuan teased.

“Then where are you sleeping tonight? My house doesn’t have an extra room for you.” “What’s the big deal? Your room is fine, isn’t it?” You Cheche looked shocked. “Then where do I sleep?”

“You can sleep wherever you want. Since there’s a ‘difference’ between Alphas and Betas, you better not sleep on the bed.” “Do you have no shame?” Qi Yuan replied indifferently, “Do I have any?” You Cheche was left speechless.

After dinner, another round of chaotic energy erupted in the bedroom.

“Do you know how to do this problem?”

“I don’t!”

“Then what do we do?”

“Forget it, let’s just copy Shen Yiyi’s tomorrow.”

“Hey! Don’t touch my manga!”

“What kind of stuff are you reading all day…”

“Mind your own business!”

“Did you finish the holiday homework?” “No.”

“Shit, then why aren’t you asking around? The teacher is collecting it tomorrow!”

“Holy crap, we’re dead. Do you think Song Chaolian is asleep?”

“Who cares? If we don’t finish copying it by tomorrow, we’re all screwed… Hey, Papa Song, send me the answers to the holiday homework… Uh… Yiyi… could you send me the homework answers?”

And so, two other unfortunate souls were summoned by their friends in the middle of the night to take photos of their holiday homework answers.

Late into the night, when Qi Yuan pushed the bedroom door open again, he saw You Cheche’s figure already asleep on the bed. He sighed, looked at the dark shape on the mattress, picked up his own quilt, spread it on the floor, and quietly lay down. Staring at the ceiling, he eventually drifted off.

Not long after Qi Yuan fell asleep, You Cheche woke up. Seeing the boy lying pitifully on the floor, he let out a couple of snickers. However, his conscience began to feel the sting of guilt. He got out of bed and used every ounce of his strength to drag Qi Yuan up onto the mattress.

After lying back down and staring at the boy’s sleeping profile, his face began to burn for some reason. He quickly turned his body away, pulled the blanket over his head to bury himself, and closed his eyes, pretending nothing had happened.

All night, You Cheche dreamed that something was entangling him. When he woke up in the morning, he found an arm pressed down on him, he was being held tightly in someone’s embrace. You Cheche broke out in a cold sweat.

“Holy shit, you pervert, let go of me!”

Qi Yuan was also startled. Without even opening his eyes, he sat straight up. “Where’s the pervert? You Cheche, who are you trying to scare to death with all this shouting first thing in the morning?”

“Qi Yuan, you’re a pervert! You actually have to cuddle someone to sleep at night! Look closely, I’m You Cheche, not one of your little boyfriends from outside!”

“I know you’re You Cheche. So what? Can I go back to sleep? I’m still tired!”

“Sleep my ass! It’s six-thirty! If you keep sleeping, we’ll be late!”

“Shit, why didn’t you say so earlier!”

The two of them scrambled in a frantic rush, eventually arriving at the “beautiful” land of the school campus.

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