Extra 12: If YanYan Had Pain Receptors and Wasn’t Switched at Birth (5)
Over the next month, An Qingyan asked Gu Fei out a few more times, but there was little progress. They hadn’t even held hands. This won’t do, he thought. The progress is too slow. This time, we not only have to hold hands, but we also have to kiss!
Lying on his bed, An Qingyan looked at his phone, cleared his throat, and sent Gu Fei a voice message: “Gu Fei ge, our department is hosting a gala this Friday, and I’ll be performing on stage. Do you want to come and watch?”
The young man’s voice was gentle and soft, like a spring breeze brushing against the face. The man tapped on the message and listened to it several times, then replied with a voice message of his own: “Okay.”
“Oh yeah! He agreed! He agreed!!”
Lu Yuqi, who was playing games, turned his head to look. His best friend was currently hugging his blanket and rolling around on the bed like a mentally challenged child. He looked away in disgust.
Two days later, on Friday.
The Music Department’s gala officially began at 7 PM. An Qingyan’s program was a piano solo, scheduled early in the lineup as the third performance.
Waiting backstage, he felt a rare nervousness. It wasn’t stage fright or fear of making a mistake—he had been learning piano since he was six, so this kind of scene was no big deal to him. It was simply because Gu Fei was in the audience.
On stage, two hosts dressed in formal attire were reciting their lines with enthusiasm: “Next, let’s welcome An Qingyan from Class 1612 to bring us a piano solo—‘A Little Story’!!”
As soon as the words fell, thunderous applause and enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience. Some were even shouting An Qingyan’s name. The An Campus Hunk was very famous throughout Nan University, with numerous fangirls.
The stage lights were bright. A young man in a black suit walked onto the stage at an unhurried pace. The expensive, fine fabric accentuated his tall and upright figure. With light makeup on his fair face, he looked even more exquisite and handsome, seemingly radiating light under the bright illumination.
From below the stage, audience members shouted loudly:
“An Qingyan, I love you!!”
“Ah! YanYan!!”
A smile involuntarily surfaced on the young man’s face. His gaze swept across the audience, searching for his target. The next second, he met the man’s deep and gentle eyes. Gu Fei was sitting in the middle of the third row, very close to the stage.
The smile on the young man’s face gradually deepened. He turned and sat down in front of the black grand piano. His slender, well-proportioned hands rested on the black and white keys. The stage lights suddenly dimmed, and the crisp, soothing sound of the piano rang out in the hall.
The venue fell silent.
Gu Fei watched the person on stage intently.
On the dim stage, a single beam of light shone on the young man, making him look like the quiet and gentle moon in the night sky.
The lines of his profile were soft, his eyes slightly lowered, his expression focused and serious. His fair, slender fingers danced nimbly across the black and white keys, beautiful, flowing music pouring from his fingertips.
He was so confident, composed, elegant, and noble, like a little prince, captivating everyone’s attention.
From beginning to end, Gu Fei’s gaze remained fixed on the figure on stage, unable to look away. It wasn’t until the performance ended that ripples appeared in his deep, calm eyes, hiding a complex mix of emotions.
After An Qingyan left the stage, Gu Fei also left the audience with a bouquet of flowers. Just as he walked out the auditorium doors, his phone lit up. The person saved as “YanYan” had sent a voice message.
He tapped on the message, and the young man’s clear, cheerful voice came through: “Gu Fei ge, how was my performance just now?”
A smile flitted across the man’s lips. He dialed a voice call directly, and the other party picked up quickly. He said gently, “You performed very well just now. I liked it very much.”
An Qingyan: “Really?”
The man’s deep, magnetic voice held a hint of a smile. “Really. Are you backstage now?”
An Qingyan: “Yes. You’re not in the audience anymore? I want to go find you!”
Gu Fei: “I’m at the auditorium entrance.”
After hanging up, An Qingyan quickly came out from backstage, jogging all the way to the auditorium entrance. From a distance, he saw the tall, long-legged man standing under a warm yellow streetlight, holding a bouquet of flowers and looking in his direction.
A joyful smile bloomed on the young man’s beautiful face. He strode over to him, his peach-blossom eyes curving into crescents in the night, and called out happily, “Gu Fei ge.”
“Mm.” Gu Fei responded, looking at the person in front of him up close. The young man had taken off his suit jacket, wearing a shirt and vest on top, which outlined his waistline even more slenderly, looking like it could be held in one hand.
Gu Fei shifted his gaze and handed the beautifully wrapped bouquet to An Qingyan. “You played the piano very well.”
“Thank you.” An Qingyan lowered his head and gently fiddled with the flower petals, a smile revealing itself in his eyes and brows. Gu Fei actually gave him flowers. Even though they weren’t roses, it was worth him being happy for a long time.
“It’s still early. How about I take you for a stroll around the school?” The moon was dark, the wind was high, and no one was around. Then he could take the opportunity to engage in some physical contact like holding hands.
“Okay.”
There was no one around as the two walked side by side on the campus path. The streetlights beside them elongated their shadows, one tall and one short. The shoulders in the shadows drew closer and closer, as if merging into one.
Under the hazy moonlight, An Qingyan was quietly inching closer to the man. Holding the flowers in his left hand, his right hand, hanging naturally by his side, moved tentatively. His fingertips lightly brushed against the man’s hand, then immediately retracted.
No, don’t be a coward!
He carefully approached again. Just as he was about to touch the fingers, a warm heat suddenly came from his palm. It was Gu Fei—Gu Fei had taken the initiative to hold his hand!
Gu Fei actually initiated holding his hand!
If this isn’t love, then what is!
An Qingyan felt his heart racing wildly. Joy almost overwhelmed his mind, making him want to jump onto Gu Fei right then and there, cup his face, and kiss him fiercely a few times.
But the reality was… he reservedly held the man’s hand back, gripping it tightly. The smile on his small face couldn’t be hidden no matter what; he was so happy he felt like exploding!
At that moment, the man’s gentle, magnetic voice sounded in his ear: “The moonlight is beautiful tonight.”
He turned to look at Gu Fei, only to find that the man’s cold, handsome brows held a relaxed and pleasant emotion. He didn’t look so stern anymore, and even his usually cold gaze was much gentler.
An Qingyan gazed at the handsome, mature man before him. His peach-blossom eyes seemed to be dotted with stars. His voice was soft and clear as he said word by word: “The wind is also very gentle.”
It was very quiet around them, with no one else present. The chirping of insects came from the grass, and the gentle night breeze brushed past their faces. It could be said that the timing, place, and people were all perfect.
Not kissing would be a waste of this beautiful atmosphere!
Kiss him, kiss him, kiss him!
A little person was screaming frantically in An Qingyan’s mind. He took a deep breath, slowly stood on his tiptoes, and in the next second was about to kiss the man’s lips…
“Meow~”
“…”
The young man silently lowered his tiptoed feet.
The man beside him faintly curled his lips.
A little chubby orange tabby cat ran out from the grass, meowing at them. An Qingyan had fed this orange cat before, as had many other students. Its name was Pangpang (Chubby), true to its name.
“Its name is Pangpang. Let me go see it.” An Qingyan forced a smile, squatted in front of the orange cat, and reached out to pat its fat head. Pangpang, oh Pangpang, why did you have to ruin my good thing at the critical moment!
Pangpang: “Meow meow!”
“I didn’t bring any food.” Hmph, I won’t bring you dried fish anymore!
An Qingyan patted Pangpang’s head again in retaliation.
As a result…
“Ah! Why did you scratch me!” An Qingyan cried out in pain. There was a scratch mark on the back of his right hand from the little chubby orange cat, while the culprit was still meowing, cute and innocent.
Gu Fei immediately stepped forward, squatting down on one knee beside the young man. Without a word, he took his hand and examined it with concern. There was a three-centimeter-long scratch on the fair back of his hand. It wasn’t serious, but the skin was broken, and a bit of blood was visible.
An Qingyan glared fiercely at the little chubby orange cat. “You little rascal, I treat you so well and you still scratch me. No more dried fish for you in the future. I’ll give them all to Xiao Hei and Zhuang Zhuang!”
Xiao Hei and Zhuang Zhuang were two other stray cats at the school.
Pangpang looked aggrieved and innocent: “Meow~”
A helpless smile flashed in Gu Fei’s eyes. “I’ll take you to get a rabies vaccine.”
Hearing this, the young man’s handsome face immediately fell. He looked at the man pitifully with clear eyes. “It’s just a scratch, I shouldn’t need a shot, right?”
The man shook his head. “Just in case.”
An Qingyan: “Little Pangpang is so cute, how could it carry a virus?”
Gu Fei: “You look so well-behaved, but didn’t you still play tricks with your second brother to scare your big brother?”
An Qingyan: “…” He actually couldn’t refute that.
Is this matter never going to pass?!
At a time like this, he should play pitiful to gain sympathy. He was best at this. When he was naughty as a child, he could always get away with it with his parents by acting spoiled and pitiful.
He looked at Gu Fei pitifully and said in an exceptionally helpless voice: “But I’m afraid of pain…”
A rabies vaccine requires four or five shots!
Seeing him like this, Gu Fei couldn’t help but find it funny. “So big and still afraid of pain?”
He remembered that when An Qingyan was just a little baby, he was very afraid of pain. He would always fall when walking, and cry as soon as he fell, shedding tears as if they were free. But a lollipop could coax him out of it.
Just like coaxing the little baby from back then, Gu Fei raised his hand and rubbed An Qingyan’s head, coaxing softly: “Be good. After you get the vaccine, I’ll reward you with candy.”
An Qingyan was stunned, and his heart started pounding fast again. Gu Fei was so gentle right now…
The tips of his ears turned red. “I don’t want candy.”
Gu Fei: “Mm? Then what does YanYan want?”
“Let me think, I want…” The young man dragged out the last syllable, as if keeping him in suspense. Then he quickly leaned in, planted a smack of a kiss on the man’s thin lips, and smiled with a look of having succeeded. “I want this!”
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