Chapter 15: The Cannon Fodder Roommate of the Unlimited Flow Male Lead (Part 15-1)
Jiang University organized many activities every year. There were many kinds of activities, and the students’ participation was high. The costume party was not particularly special among them.
At eight o’clock in the evening, Yu Lin stood by the full-length mirror, looking at the outfit in front of him in a daze.
It wasn’t that it wasn’t good-looking, it was just… a little strange.
His black hair was tousled a bit, fluffily resting on his eyelids. Shiny shell decorations were stuck on his cheeks and at the corners of his eyes. Below was a white and blue shirt and trousers, like… a merman who had walked onto the shore.
Yu Lin blinked, and the person in the mirror with transparent ear fins and shell decorations on his hair and cheeks blinked back.
Yu Lin pressed his lips together and looked down at the simple but exquisite clothes on his body. Just as he was feeling a little strange, the door of the cloakroom opened with a click, and Su Huai, dressed in a black pirate costume, pushed the door open and came out.
He had worn a similar outfit to accompany Yu Lin, but his identity was different. His shoulders were broad, and his waist was cinched very narrow by a leather belt. A shell was stuck on his face by Yu Lin. His features were sharp, and his eyes were as dark as a cold pond.
“…” Yu Lin looked at him, slightly at a loss for words.
—Because he couldn’t imagine that the extra skills of the Main God game could be used like this.
At that time, sitting in the living room, when he had expressed his doubts about the costumes, Xu Zeze had casually said, “Costumes are very simple. A lot of times when we enter an instance, we have to disguise ourselves. We have more than enough props in the warehouse.”
Yu Lin hadn’t realized his true meaning at the time, but later, when he was taken to the room by Su Huai, held and sat on the desk, and had shells stuck on his face one by one, he had a slight sense of reality.
“…” Yu Lin pressed his lips together, recalling the scene at that time, his cheeks burning, not knowing what to say.
Perhaps it was the change in their relationship. When Su Huai had bent down and stuck transparent shells on his cheeks one by one, he had felt a little itchy, so he couldn’t help but retreat, and at the same time, he had grabbed Su Huai’s fingers.
Yu Lin was stunned for a moment, looked up at Su Huai, and then they had started to kiss.
They had kissed very deeply. Su Huai had held him, and they could feel the heat and heartbeat of each other’s skin through the fabric.
They had kissed for a long time. Yu Lin was almost out of breath. After it was over, his lips were numb. He looked at the shiny shell in his palm, hesitated for a moment, and stuck it on Su Huai’s cheek. Su Huai had lowered his head and hadn’t dodged.
“…”
But that was the scene just now. Now, under the bright white light of the room, his vision became clear, and it was a little embarrassing to look again.
Looking at the shell that didn’t quite match Su Huai’s overall style, Yu Lin looked away, pressed his lips together without speaking, his ears turning slightly red.
Su Huai looked at him, a smile creeping into his eyes. He walked over, reached out and took Yu Lin’s fingers, and asked in a low voice, “Are you all ready?”
Yu Lin pressed his lips together, trying hard to ignore the small cut on his lips. “I’m ready.”
As they were talking, a clamor suddenly came from outside. Xu Zeze, carrying a gun, knocked on the door with a bang. “…Bro, Lin Lin, are you guys ready?”
Opening the door, Xu Zeze stood there in a ghillie suit. He shook his head coolly, then looked up and froze. “Bro, what’s with your mouth—” Then he was completely stunned. “Damn—you guys? You guys—”
“What’s wrong? What are you shouting about?” Luo Yang walked over, his hands in his pockets, in a handsome suit.
Behind him, Tan Ming frowned speechlessly. The two of them were very close. At first glance, the only difference was the color of their ties.
Xu Zeze turned to look at him, instantly forgetting about his brother’s mouth, his face a picture of devastation.
He grabbed the tassel on Lin Bo’s ghillie suit next to him and complained frantically, “Baby Lin, what’s wrong with these people? Costumes, how can you tell who they are in costumes!”
Lin Bo: “…”
Lin Bo was pulled by him, his face full of sympathy. “Bro, don’t ask about couples. You won’t want to hear it if you do.”
Xu Zeze: “…”
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Xu Zeze grabbed Lin Bo and decisively parted ways with the four people who weren’t wearing ghillie suits at the school gate.
Luo Yang and Tan Ming looked over, nodded to Su Huai and Yu Lin, and turned to walk in another direction.
The school gate was bustling with people and colorful lights. Under the bright lights, people in all kinds of different costumes were walking around, and some were even taking pictures with cameras.
Yu Lin and Su Huai’s outfits did not look out of place, but because of their superior looks, they were easily noticed.
“Classmate.” A girl in a long blue dress walked over, her eyes lighting up, and said with a smile, “Can I take a picture for you? The kind that comes out quickly.”
She held a camera and pointed to a small stall behind her. Under a green bush was a wooden table with a rack on it, with photos of scenery clipped to it.
She said with a smile, “It’ll be quick. It’s okay if you don’t want to. I just want to record the beautiful scenery I see.”
Su Huai turned to look at Yu Lin. Yu Lin blinked and nodded lightly.
The two of them followed her and sat in the summer night breeze, posing according to the girl’s instructions.
Yu Lin sat by the green bush, his ear fins transparent, his gaze dazed. Su Huai bent down and placed his hand on his cheek.
His gaze was gentle, like a pirate who had found the only treasure of his life on the shore.
Because it was a costume party, the campus was full of colorful lights and very lively tonight. Even the trees were hung with lights of different colors.
The merman in a clean white shirt sat under the streetlight. The pink and blue lights fell on his eyelids, so beautiful that for a moment, it was hard to tell if it was real or an illusion.
The girl’s expression was excited. She tried to calm down, took the photo over, thought for a moment, and said, “I wish you… a romantic time and a long-lasting love.”
Only then did Yu Lin know that there was a behavior called “shipping a CP.”
Ever since Su Huai had fought in the business school teaching building at noon because of a boy’s foul mouth, the hottest CP at Jiang University had been freshly baked.
In one afternoon, the post about the business school beauty and the computer science department bigshot had been commented on several thousand times on the forum.
The girl said with a smile, “It’s mainly because everyone can’t stand it. They’re all scolding him… don’t mind that trash’s words.”
Even though they were strangers, the girl still gave the most sincere comfort. As she spoke, the light danced in her bright eyes. Yu Lin looked at her and said softly, “Thank you.”
For a moment, he liked this world a little more.
“Hey, Lin Lin.” After getting the photo, Yu Lin raised his finger and gently poked Su Huai’s face on it. Someone called his name from the side.
As if his fingertip still carried a residual warmth, Yu Lin quickly withdrew his hand and looked up.
A boy in a blue Calabash Brother costume walked over.
Yu Lin tilted his head and recognized him as the tall, thin boy he had seen at the KTV on the first day he had arrived. His name was Li Yang, and from what he remembered, he was a member of the student council.
The boy looked at Yu Lin, then at Su Huai standing behind him, a little surprised, but more suspicious. He said, “You kid.”
He paused, suddenly walked over, nervously pulled Su Huai to the side, and questioned him, “No way, bro, didn’t you say you don’t like boys?”
Su Huai glanced at the arm that was being held, paused, didn’t break free, and looked at him placidly. “I hadn’t met him before. I didn’t know.”
“Oh, oh.” Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief, let go of him, glanced at Yu Lin on the side, and muttered in a small voice, “I knew it… then you guys talk.”
He had a big blue gourd on his head and turned to leave with a smile.
On the side, the girl who had handed over the photo seemed to have heard something. She tried to calmly brush her bangs, concealing her “I’m shipping it” expression.
She held her camera and returned to her stall. The originally bustling school gate seemed to have suddenly quieted down.
There was only one photo. Yu Lin held it in his hand. He looked down at it, hesitated for a moment, and turned to hand it to Su Huai, whose eyes seemed to be glued to it.
Su Huai glanced at it, reached out, but instead stuffed the photo into his pocket.
He raised his hand and ruffled Yu Lin’s soft black hair, and said calmly, “We’ll have many more in the future.”
Yu Lin thought for a moment and nodded lightly. “En.”
The school gate was already very bustling and fun, but it was even more lively inside the school.
As soon as they entered, the roads leading to the various buildings were already lined with stalls. The stall owners, dressed in small animal costumes, sat in front of their stalls, either whispering to each other, enthusiastically soliciting customers, or listening with great interest to the songs from afar.