I Like Your Pheromones - Chap 54
His words rubbed against his ears, causing his exposed skin to warm up.
It was like a little hook, piercing Lu Xingci’s heart.
He quietly looked at Duan Jiayan through half-lidded eyes.
After the latter was done talking, he seemed to have realised just audacious he was and revealed a shy look in his eyes. It also carried little hints of frivolity.
They stared at each other like this for a few seconds. Duan Jiayan was the first to give in.
This sort of volatile atmosphere tests one psychological fortitude. Lu Xingci’s lashes drooped and cast a shadow below his eyes.
He knew Lu Xingci would not just let things go just like that, but he was not sure what the other wanted to do. A sense of danger gripped Duan Jiayan and he guiltily backed up a little.
His action of trying to escape seemed to have triggered the person in front of him and he was pressed onto the sofa.
Duan Jiayan instinctively wanted to struggle after being pressed down without warning but the more he struggled, the harder he was pressed.
Lu Xingci held him down with his sides and Duan Jiayan’s eyes widened.
At this moment, Shen Chilie and Chen Yue were still singing together:
“Sweet words, lies and laughter……” Chen Yue motioned to Shen Chilie with his head as he sang, telling him to pick up from where he left off. “Boss Shen, please.”
“Kiss me till the night turns cold— F*ck! What is this?!” Shen Chilie’s voice suddenly changed in pitch.
Lu Xingci seemed to also have realised that they were still in public. He swiftly pulled off his jacket and used it to cover both Duan Jiayan and him.
No one could see what Duan Jiayan and him were doing beneath the jacket.
Song Yi was in a daze from what happened, “The scale of class monitor’s actions, isn’t it a little extreme?”
Zhou Xingchen was also frozen, “Damn?!”
However, he soon found it quite exciting to engage in such acts with your partner, “Let me learn a little from this.”
Chen Yue’s reaction was a lot more self-aware compared to the others in the room. He took a brief look before proceeding to move on to his next song, “Let them have their fun, we’ll sing our own songs.”
By the time Lu Xingci got up, Duan Jiayan’s amber-coloured eyes were narrowed and his eyes were half-lidded. His playful appearance from earlier had been wiped clean.
What was even more unbelievable was just how fast his heart was beating, he also could not resist swallowing.
He was very nervous.
Lu Xingci’s thumb swiped across his swollen lips, reminding him that he had failed to keep his promise, “You still bit me just now.”
“……” Duan Jiayan was still recovering from what happened when he heard this accusation and raised his head in disbelief. “Don’t you think you’re being especially unreasonable right now?”
Lu Xingci massaged his lips one last time before keeping his hand away, “No, I don’t think so.”
He said it incredibly naturally.
Compared to him, Duan Jiayan looked more like an innocent young man who has never fallen in love.
Duan Jiayan really did not want to lose against him so badly and so quickly thought of something before squeezing out a fake smile, “I’m so sorry ge ge, I hurt you.”
“It’s alright,” Lu Xingci gently patted his head. “Ge ge isn’t angry with you.”
“……”
After entering the new year, what most students cared about most was the final exam they will take before the holidays.
The heater was on in the classroom and due to the difference in temperature, there was a layer of fog on the classroom windows.
Song Yi turned around and saw Duan Jiayan still solving problems beside him. He had been doing this for the whole of their morning self-study period.
Since the new year, most students had started preparing for their upcoming exams. Only, Song Yi never thought that Duan Jiayan would be one of them.
Once the bell rang, Duan Jiayan threw his pen down.
He took out a lollipop from below his table and quickly removed the wrapper, his actions looked very rough.
“Say,” Duan Jiayan said expressionlessly as he aggressively chewed on the lollipop. “Why are the answers always different from what I calculated?”
Song Yi listened to the sound of Duan Jiayan crunching down on his lollipop and could fully experience Duan Jiayan’s current mood.
“To learn is to be on a constant journey of learning from one’s mistakes,” Song Yi consoled him. “Now that you’ve found your mistakes, you won’t make the same mistakes in the exam hall then.”
“During the exam, I’ll find new problems,” Duan Jiayan sighed. “Do stuff like mistakes do through cell division?”
Song Yi paused when he heard Duan Jiayan talk about cell division.
“Xiao Duan,” Song Yi could not resist asking. “Are you really intending to become a good student?”
“I already promised my mom,” Duan Jiayan bit on his lollipop and mumbled. “I can’t possibly lie to my parent.”
After Zhou Xingchen heard this, who was sitting in front, turned around.
After the college entrance examination, the person sitting in front of Duan Jiayan changed from the academic committee member to Zhou Xingchen. Zhou Xingchen had heard the conversation between Song Yi and him and his drowsiness went away. He turned around and looked at Duan Jiayan, “Then will you still play next time?”
Duan Jiayan considered for a moment and nodded, “I will become a person that balances both his studies and entertainment well.”
“Hahahahahaha!” Zhou Xingchen burst out laughing. “Say that one more time, you want to become a what?”
Song Yi chimed in, laughing as he pulled out his phone, “No, I need to share this joy with Shen Chilie.”
Duan Jiayan gave a stern ‘en’ but Song Yi did not mind his response.
After a few seconds, Song Yi laughed maniacally as he pushed his phone to Duan Jiayan. He saw Song Yi’s message followed by Shen Chilie’s string of ‘hahahahaha’s.
It was followed by the next four words, ‘My son’s a natural-born genius.’
Duan Jiayan suddenly had the urge to murder Shen Chilie.
They were busy chatting when Lu Xingci entered the classroom carrying a stack of English worksheets.
They were so rowdy and Lu Xingci could see Duan Jiayan gritting his teeth as he smiled. He placed the stack of worksheets on his table and rubbed the light brown head of hair.
“What are you talking about?” He asked Duan Jiayan. “You’re about to jump out of your seat.”
“They are disrupting my studies,” Duan Jiayan looked at him and immediately ratted on the others. “They even made fun of my dreams of becoming a school genius that knows how to play. My dreams came from you, so them mocking me means they are also mocking you.”
Lu Xingci turned to look at Zhou Xingchen and Song Yi.
They both saw Duan Jiayan distorting facts in front of Lu Xingci and for a moment could not discern what Lu Xingci was thinking, so they could only keep their mouth shut.
Duan Jiayan was still adding oil to the fire, “Shen Chilie can forget about trying to become my dad after today. Say, should I go to class four and end him?”
“Alright,” Lu Xingci rubbed his head and gave him half of the worksheet on his table. “Help me distribute this.”
Duan Jiayan naturally took the stack of worksheets and stood up from his seat.
Seeing Duan Jiayan conscientiously handing out the worksheets, Zhou Xingchen commented in disbelief, “He really left just like that? Wasn’t he out for blood just now?”
After getting over his surprise, Song Yi chuckled, “Xiao Duan really is quite adorable in front of the class monitor.”
Duan Jiayan handed out the worksheets one by one.
Seeing him hand out the worksheets, a few boys he was close to in class started to tease him.
“Duan-ge is handing out our assignments?”
“Duan-ge, how can you lower yourself and be handing out assignments?”
“Why don’t you take a look and see who is the other person handing out assignments?”
“I say, the class monitor is quite awesome, he can even tame our Duan-ge,” the boy laughed as he spoke. “I’ve been classmates with Duan-ge for over a year and this is the first time I’m seeing him personally hand out worksheets. I need to commit this memory to heart.”
Someone even accepted his worksheets with both hands, “Thank you Duan-ge, thank you Duan-ge.”
Duan Jiayan initially could not be bothered to answer them but after that action, he also could not resist laughing along with them.
They also teased Duan Jiayan about his relationship with Lu Xingci, which he did not deny.
