Su Wenyu saw Zhou Xu blocking the doorway and not going inside, so he couldn’t help but stand on his tiptoes and poke his head around to look in. “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you going in?”
Urged on by Su Wenyu, Zhou Xu finally lifted his foot and entered the dorm, looking like he was kicking himself for his mistake.
As soon as Su Wenyu followed him in, Xia Yehang immediately and enthusiastically came over to greet him, asking how his two days at home had been.
Su Wenyu thought for a moment and said, “Heart-stopping.”
Xia Yehang: “?”
Su Wenyu didn’t elaborate. Instead, he looked at the basketball jersey Xia Yehang was wearing and asked, “Are you going to play ball?”
Xia Yehang, who had originally been planning to go play, immediately shook his head. “New jersey, just trying it on to see if it fits.”
Su Wenyu offered sincere praise: “I think it looks great.”
Xia Yehang was so happy he felt his heart blossom. He immediately opened his shopping app and ordered two more of the same style.
Zhou Xu slammed his suitcase onto the floor with a bang, silently expressing his displeasure.
Su Wenyu thought he was being urged to unpack and, acting sensibly, took his own suitcase, pulled it over next to his wardrobe, opened it, and started putting things away.
The first time, he had needed Zhou Xu’s help to pack. Now, he could do it all by himself. Folded clothes were neatly arranged in the closet, and the ones he needed to wear were hung up at the top.
Zhou Xu watched Su Wenyu’s gradually more practiced movements, his own mood somewhat complicated.
It was because he had initially disliked the fact that Su Wenyu couldn’t do anything, so he had taught him all these things.
But now, Su Wenyu, having learned to do things himself, no longer needed to rely on him. Zhou Xu inexplicably felt like he had become useless, standing off to the side without even a chance to lend a hand.
Xia Yehang, being thick-skinned, didn’t notice the complex emotions in Zhou Xu’s eyes as he looked at Su Wenyu.
But Shen Yi did.
He looked at Zhou Xu, then let his gaze fall on Su Wenyu. He guessed that during these two days they went home, something must have happened between them.
From the current looks of it, this change was somewhat unfavorable to him, because Zhou Xu was starting to care about Su Wenyu.
If Su Wenyu liked Zhou Xu, he feared that even a slight emotional response from Zhou Xu would mean he and Xia Yehang wouldn’t even have a chance to compete, becoming complete losers.
Just as Shen Yi’s fingertips lightly tapped the tabletop while he contemplated how to handle this situation, something beyond his expectations happened.
After Su Wenyu finished unpacking, he received a phone call. The people from the bike shop had delivered the bicycles, but because the security guards stopped them, they had to wait outside the campus for Su Wenyu to come get them.
Xia Yehang overheard Su Wenyu’s conversation and was a bit surprised. “You bought a bike?”
“Yeah.” Su Wenyu nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something. He looked at Xia Yehang and asked, “Can you ride a bike?”
Xia Yehang nodded. “Yeah, I can.”
Su Wenyu secretly glanced over at Zhou Xu. Seeing that the other man seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, his expression already darkening, Su Wenyu immediately inched closer to Xia Yehang and asked in a low voice, “I don’t know how. Can you teach me?”
Xia Yehang felt like a pie had fallen from the sky and hit him on the head. It took him a moment before he excitedly pointed at himself. “Me?”
But Su Wenyu thought he was inconveniencing him, so he quickly and thoughtfully added, “It’s okay if you don’t have time.” Then he turned a pleading gaze toward Shen Yi.
Shen Yi nodded and agreed: “I can.”
Su Wenyu immediately let out a sigh of relief.
He didn’t dare ask Zhou Xu to teach him how to ride a bike anymore. Zhou Xu’s gaze when he looked at him was terrifying; Su Wenyu couldn’t even bring himself to meet his eyes.
Zhou Xu endured it for a moment. Watching Su Wenyu chatting and laughing with the other two, he felt like Su Wenyu was dancing wildly on the very edge of his bottom line.
Was this intentional? Did Su Wenyu want to see if he’d get jealous?
Zhou Xu admitted it: he wasn’t just jealous; he was the entire jar of vinegar itself right now.
The possessiveness of a straight man who had just turned gay for the first time was terrifyingly intense. But unfortunately, Su Wenyu hadn’t given him the title of ‘boyfriend,’ and even claimed that he himself was the straight one, wanting to push Zhou Xu away.
So even if Zhou Xu could pull his heart out right now and wring vinegar from it, he had to restrain his emotions and avoid scaring Su Wenyu off.
After all, if Su Wenyu could choose to live in the dorm because of him, he could also choose not to live in the dorm because of him.
Living on campus meant having two rivals in love around, which seemed very threatening, but at least Su Wenyu was right under his nose. No matter what, the other two couldn’t really do anything to Su Wenyu.
But if Su Wenyu moved out and into the large apartment Shi Pei had prepared, once he closed the door to his room, Zhou Xu wouldn’t even see a shadow of him. That would be even worse than living in the dorms.
Zhou Xu steadied his emotions and said to Su Wenyu, “Has the bike that’s for me arrived too? I’ll go out with you to get it.”
Su Wenyu immediately nodded.
Xia Yehang, using the excuse that he wanted to be the first to see Su Wenyu’s new bike, said he’d go with them to take a look.
Shen Yi also set down what he was holding and got up to follow them out the dorm door.
Having gotten used to the four of them going everywhere together, Su Wenyu, upon leaving the dorm building, instinctively positioned himself on the innermost side of the sidewalk, flanked by the other three.
On this walk from the dorm building to the school gate, Su Wenyu noticed that occasionally, when students passed by and saw him, they no longer looked at him with that gossipy expression. Instead, they glanced at him once and then quickly averted their eyes.
Su Wenyu felt that something else he was unaware of must have happened, but he only tilted his head slightly in puzzlement, having no intention of digging deeper.
He was very clear on his purpose and mission in this world. Su Wenyu didn’t really care about the problems left behind by the original ‘Su Wenyu,’ because that malice had been directed at the original host, not him.
Su Wenyu was very soberly detached from the identity of the original host. This was also why he had never investigated why his classmates disliked him so much and didn’t want to talk to him.
He didn’t care whether the original host’s classmates liked him or not. During class, aside from dozing off, he was struggling to keep his eyes open and study. He had no need to get on good terms with his classmates.
As for Xia Yehang and Shen Yi, it was because they had shown him goodwill from the very beginning. Plus, living in the same dorm room meant their private lives inevitably intersected, so Su Wenyu naturally accepted their kindness.
Furthermore, whether it was Zhou Xu, Xia Yehang, or Shen Yi, they had all only met him after he arrived in this world.
The closeness they showed him had nothing to do with the original host.
That was the real reason Su Wenyu had accepted them fully.
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Once they reached the school gate, Su Wenyu called the delivery person and followed their directions to find a small, colorfully painted truck parked in the campus parking lot.
The delivery person was wearing a hat. Seeing them, he took it off in greeting, then opened the rear door and unloaded the bikes for them to inspect.
“If everything’s fine, just sign here.” The delivery person pulled out a form and handed it to Su Wenyu.
Zhou Xu took both bikes for a test ride. Aside from the seat height needing adjustment, there were no problems, so Su Wenyu signed his name.
Xia Yehang circled around their two bikes and thought the model looked great. He liked it too.
Seeing the delivery person about to leave, Xia Yehang hurriedly stopped him. “Do you have this model in stock at your store?”
The delivery person nodded. “Yes.”
“Can I pay online? If so, I’ll buy one. Can you arrange an urgent delivery? I’d really like it delivered tonight,” Xia Yehang said.
Shen Yi raised his hand slightly. “I want one too.”
The delivery person hadn’t expected two more big orders to pop up just from a delivery. He quickly hopped out of the truck, pulled out his phone, and exchanged contact information with them.
“Tell you what, I’ll head back and take pictures of the in-stock models for you to choose from. There are other colors as well,” the delivery person said enthusiastically.
Xia Yehang and Shen Yi nodded, and the delivery person happily drove off.
Su Wenyu pushed his white bicycle over to Xia Yehang and asked curiously, “You two are buying them too?”
Shen Yi seemed to remember something, his gaze coolly sweeping over Zhou Xu, who was standing not far away. He looked down and asked Su Wenyu, “Would you mind if we bought the same model as you? If so, we can change.”
Su Wenyu quickly shook his head. Of course he didn’t mind.
Shen Yi smiled slightly. “That’s good then.”
Su Wenyu stared at the smile on his lips for a moment and then blurted out without thinking, “You look really nice when you smile. You should smile more often.”
It wasn’t until Shen Yi raised an eyebrow in surprise that Su Wenyu realized what he’d said. He immediately clamped a hand over his mouth.
Shen Yi, however, didn’t mind. Instead, he said very gently, “I think you’re right. I will smile more from now on.”
Xia Yehang, standing off to the side, got goosebumps from the artificially gentle tone Shen Yi had affected. He wanted nothing more than to shove a “ptui!” right in Shen Yi’s face.
Who didn’t know that Shen Yi had the temperament of an iceberg? But here he was, putting on a show of gentleness in front of Su Wenyu.
With acting skills this good, why not just go into show business.
Xia Yehang, positioned behind Su Wenyu, rolled his eyes openly at Shen Yi, not bothering to hide his disgust.
Facing the Su Wenyu in front of him, Shen Yi maintained his gentle demeanor, but the look he sent toward Xia Yehang carried a cold warning.
Su Wenyu was blissfully unaware that these two had already fought a battle with their eyes. He checked the time and said, “Let’s go. While it’s not dinnertime yet, I want to learn how to ride.”
Zhou Xu pushed his own black bicycle, the same model as Su Wenyu’s, and stopped in front of him. Hearing that, he lowered his gaze and stared at him silently for a moment, then said in a low voice, “You won’t let me teach you?”
Su Wenyu refused: “No.”
Who knew if he might take the opportunity to get handsy while teaching? On the car ride back to school earlier, Zhou Xu had held his hand the whole way. There were even some faint red marks on his wrist still.
“Fine.” Zhou Xu let out an angry laugh, but if Su Wenyu didn’t want him to teach, he couldn’t force it.
So after they returned to school, the group found a spacious, empty spot behind the dorm building. Zhou Xu leaned against the wall and quietly watched as Xia Yehang and Shen Yi taught Su Wenyu to ride.
Shen Yi helped Su Wenyu adjust the seat height. Xia Yehang helped Su Wenyu get on.
Tch. Anyone could teach him, but his own brother couldn’t.
Zhou Xu ground his back teeth. He somewhat regretted not making up an excuse to deny his sexual orientation that night, when he’d reacted physically after seeing Su Wenyu’s body.
He should have kept pretending to be straight. That way, to disgust him, Su Wenyu would have kept pretending to be gay, sticking to him and hugging him.
Although Zhou Xu still hadn’t figured out why Su Wenyu had done that—whether he disliked him or liked him—it didn’t matter anymore. The past was past.
What he needed to think about now was how to make Su Wenyu like him.
If Su Wenyu could turn him gay, why couldn’t he be turned gay by Su Wenyu?
Zhou Xu watched Xia Yehang’s hand supporting Su Wenyu’s waist, enduring the urge to chop that hand off. But another wariness arose in his mind.
If Su Wenyu could be turned gay by him, he could be turned gay by others too.
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