Part 3
The three-day New Year’s holiday passed in the blink of an eye, and Cui Yeyi, Fan Hongyi, and Shen Bei didn’t come to visit him again. The heavy academic pressure made them unable to take the time.
Only Bian Rui came to visit Bai Sinian every noon, taking a day off.
A week later, Bai Sinian was discharged from the hospital with a white bandage around his waist. During this period, he needed to rest more, avoid strenuous exercise, and avoid spicy foods, etc.
Bai Sinian insisted on going to school, and in the end, his mother couldn’t persuade him otherwise. After explaining the situation to the school, she brought him to school with his injury. He could skip many school activities, reduce the frequency of exercise, and just focus on studying.
This was simply too good for him. He could quietly do more practice exams.
On a weekend afternoon, Bai Sinian’s parents sent him to the school dormitory and then left.
Bai Sinian sat at his own desk, feeling like something was different about the dormitory.
Just as he was puzzled, a tall figure suddenly appeared in the dormitory doorway, almost blocking all the light. He walked in against the light, and Bai Sinian gradually saw his face – it was Bian Rui!
“What are you doing here?” Bai Sinian was very surprised, Bian Rui usually only came back at night.
Bian Rui: “This is my dormitory, why can’t I come?”
“Ah, I must have gone to the wrong one, I’ll leave first…” Bai Sinian was just about to get up when Bian Rui pushed him back down.
Bian Rui’s lips curved slightly upward, “This is also your dormitory, you didn’t go to the wrong one.”
“Huh?” Bai Sinian didn’t react for a moment.
“I applied to the school to switch dormitories, and your original roommate didn’t agree at first, but after hearing he’d be roommates with the top student in the Chinese Language grade, he immediately agreed to move out.” Bian Rui said as he started to put away some of his changed clothes, taking them to the washing machine on the balcony.
Bai Sinian returned to his desk, “This guy, he’s just a little weak in Chinese, and he already abandoned me like that.”
Bai Sinian thought that Bian Rui must have moved in to make it more convenient to take care of him during this period. Bian Rui was truly a great person.
This great person Bian Rui was currently holding one of Bai Sinian’s old jackets, planning to put it in the washing machine as well, but Bai Sinian snatched it back quickly, “This, I, let’s not wash it for now.”
“What? Are you disgusted that it’ll get dirty together?” Bian Rui looked at him, seeming to be avoiding something.
Bai Sinian didn’t dare say that there were a few freshly washed photos of Bian Rui in that jacket. If he discovered it, he might think Bai Sinian had a crush on him.
Bai Sinian stammered, “No, no, no, I’m going to wear it on Monday, I just like to wear this one on Mondays.”
Bian Rui glanced at him, not understanding this strange habit of his, but he respected it, so he pressed the washing machine power button and started washing his own clothes first.
Bai Sinian was in a state of surprise and fear. While Bian Rui was on the balcony, Bai Sinian quickly went through his mind to see if he had left anything unsavory, like secretly stashing photos of the two of them.
Fortunately, Bai Sinian was usually very careful, most of his idol-related things were kept at home, and there were only a few photos in the dormitory, no other items. He heaved a sigh of relief.
The dormitory was quite small, with an upper bed and a desk below, and a narrow aisle in the middle. Bai Sinian had been sitting at the desk studying, feeling Bian Rui walking back and forth behind him, each time passing by with a scent of laundry detergent.
Bian Rui used a lavender-scented laundry detergent, and his clothes emitted a faint fragrance.
Bai Sinian was so attracted by this scent that he couldn’t focus on his studies at all. He simply closed his eyes and silently recited a heart-calming mantra.
Oh my god, if he has to see Bian Rui every day from now on, how is he going to concentrate on his studies! His little idol-worshiping thoughts will definitely be discovered, right!
He was completely unable to remain calm!
In the evening when they had dinner with the “Brilliant Star” members, the news of Bai Sinian and Bian Rui being roommates spread quickly. After dinner, the others came specially to visit the dormitory.
Bai Sinian really didn’t know what was so interesting to visit!Â
The already narrow dormitory, with five nearly 1.8-meter-tall men squeezed inside, he was really fed up.
“How wonderful! From now on, you just have to open your eyes and you can see each other, it’s so romantic.” Fan Hongyi said casually.
Cui Yeyi heard it attentively, he was really envious. He leaned against the bed railing and sighed, “That’s great, why don’t we all live together? It must be really fun!”
Bian Rui unhesitatingly rejected the idea, “I don’t want to live with too many people.”
“And the school won’t allow us to rent a house on our own either. Minors can’t be separated from their guardians’ management.” Bian Rui added.
Cui Yeyi pouted his lips, “Tsk, spouting one rule after another.”
Bai Sinian didn’t want the two of them to always have some minor conflicts, so he said, “Let’s talk about it when we’re of age. Maybe we’ll need to live together for performances or the band’s needs.”
Cui Yeyi counted on his fingers, “I’ll be of age in a little over a year.”
“Me too.” Fan Hongyi said.
“Me too.” Shen Bei followed suit.
Bai Sinian: …
“Of course! We all will!” Bai Sinian was speechless.
After they left and returned to their respective dormitories, Bai Sinian planned to take a shower and rest.
He took a change of clothes and went into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and soon the bathroom was shrouded in a hazy mist. Droplets of water hung on the mirror, and the warm yellow light filtered through the steam, casting a soft light and shadow.
His abdominal wound had not yet fully healed, and every movement would pull on the wound, causing a slight pain.
Since the wound couldn’t get wet, Bai Sinian could only wipe the upper body. He stayed in the bathroom for more than half an hour, until he heard Bian Rui’s knock on the door, “Are you okay? Do you need help?”
“I’m fine, I’ll be done soon.” Bai Sinian responded to Bian Rui between breaths.
Then he dried his body with a dry towel and slowly got dressed. The moment he opened the door, he finally breathed in a big gulp of cool air, feeling as if he had just come out of a steam room.
His skin was slightly flushed from the steam, with a light blush on his cheeks. That slightly damp feeling made his skin look even more refined, like a polished jade, smooth and moist.
Bian Rui stared at him for a few seconds before coming back to his senses, “Let me know if you need any help.”
“Hehe, okay, thanks.” Bai Sinian grinned at him, revealing a row of neat, white teeth, his eyes shining like stars. Bian Rui couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth as well.
Bai Sinian was about to climb into bed to sleep. Due to the movement just now, his wound had been hurting for nearly half an hour. As he stretched out his arms to grip the bed ladder, the wound hurt him, and he couldn’t help but hiss.
Bian Rui stood behind him, “Shall I carry you up?”
“Ah, no need, no need.”
Bai Sinian gritted his teeth and clung to the bed ladder with all his strength. As he lifted his foot to take the first step, he felt Bian Rui’s hands supporting his hips from behind.
“I’ll push you up.” Bian Rui’s voice was very cold.
But his palms were so warm!!
Bai Sinian’s mind went blank, and he just knew that he climbed onto the bed in a second, without any effort.
“Thank you.” Bai Sinian remembered to turn and thank Bian Rui.
After climbing onto the bed, his heart was racing, his cheeks flushed red, and he was afraid Bian Rui would notice, so he quickly turned on his side to lie down. He didn’t expect to be able to apply the secret skill Bian Rui taught him last time to climb up, but he was a bit embarrassed that Bian Rui kept supporting his hips.
But thinking that this was his idol, Bai Sinian hid under the blanket and shyly smiled.
Bian Rui saw Bai Sinian turn over and lie down, so he didn’t disturb him anymore. He quietly watched Bai Sinian’s back, savoring the moment just now.
It was just a subconscious impulse to help him climb onto the bed, but he unexpectedly experienced that supple hand feel again. His expression complex, he retracted his gaze and went to the bathroom to wash up quietly.
The time for the final exams passed quickly, and before they knew it, the long-awaited winter vacation had arrived.
The second-year students didn’t need to return to school early, and Bai Sinian would not see them for more than 20 days, a bit reluctant to part.
Shen Bei went abroad to reunite with his mother and stepfather, Fan Hongyi was forced by the university professor parents to take extra classes, and Cui Yeyi was the only one constantly chattering in the group chat, never stopping.
Bai Sinian occasionally chatted a few sentences, really curious about what Bian Rui was doing.
After just a few days of vacation, Bai Sinian was already bored to death. His parents went to work, and he finished his winter vacation homework in three days at home, leaving the rest of the time to endlessly browse videos.
Until one day, Cui Yeyi posted a video in the group.
This video had been on the hot search for a day and a night. It recorded a male college student abusing a stray cat in his dormitory.
The young man stripped the poor little stray cat alive, the blood-soaked, and then cut it into pieces and threw it into a pot to cook, while filming and introducing, “I’m helping the stray cats escape their suffering. Now they don’t have to suffer outside anymore.”
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