Chapter 64 – In your Pocket

Jian Songyi didn’t even think about it as he immediately thought it was Bai Huai. 

He immediately bounced up from his bed. Jian Songyi didn’t even have the time to put in his coat as he only stepped on his slippers. He ran barefoot all the way downstairs.

But as soon as he had taken a step on the ground floor, Jian Songyi was stunned. It was a massive loss as he reflected on the scenario he was in. How could Bai Huai come here at this hour?

The monthly exams won’t be finished until five o’clock. Now at nine o’clock, it would take him five or six hours to go from Nanwai to the Nancheng Airport and then fly all the way to Beicheng Airport only to drive to Beicheng University. Not to mention the fact that estimated time is an assumption that there is no delay.

But Jian Songyi highly doubts that. Lumps of snow have scattered around the city, causing traffic jams and delays. If Bai Huai were really to come and appear right now, then it only meant he left Nancheng way early in the morning.

Another thing to think about is why Bai Huai would come here.

Jian Songyi will be finishing his business in Beicheng the day after tomorrow. Can’t Bai Huai wait for him in Nancheng? How can he suddenly come looking for him? Just to see Jian Songyi two days earlier?

He is not that stupid.

Jian Songyi really misses Bai Huai. 

Since when did he start relying on Bai Huai that much?

Jian Songyi doesn’t exactly remember. 

He can just let out a deep sigh as he went to the door and exclaimed lightly, “Uncle Bai”

It was not Bai Huai but Bai Han.

Bai Han nodded, and an assistant from behind him handed Jian Songyi a large bag.

“Bai Huai asked me to give this to you before. I happened to be passing by today, so I came to have a look.”

“I apologize for troubling you with this Uncle Bai.”

It is timely that the competition ends the day after tomorrow, and this will only be sent today.

Jian Songyi stood thinly dressed at the door of the dormitory. As the wind blows the icy frost breeze, the cold instantly spreads to his spine, enough to give him goosebumps.

While Bai Han wears a crisp suit and a heavy overcoat. The Alpha looks tall and mighty beside him, who is only wearing a loose sweater.

However, although Jian Songyi was almost frozen to death, he stood there without any evidence of frostbite and shivering. He straightened his back without showing any timidity.

He has been hostile to Bai Han since childhood. It’s as if Jian Songyi is on a mission to fight his uncle. He thinks that as long as he fights off Bai Han, Bai Han will not be able to bully Bai Huai.

The two men faced each other in this way, silently confronting each other on the snowy winter night in Beicheng.

After a while, Bai Han whispered, “After Zhimian left, Bai Huai has given in to me twice. One is to transfer to Beicheng, and the other is to stay at Nancheng.”

Jian Songyi was silent.

He knew that Bai Han must’ve seen it, but Jian Songyi did not deny it, nor did he avoid it. He simply met Bai Han’s gaze straight on.

Bai Han looked at the stubborn and proud Omega boy in front of him. He analyzed him for a while before saying softly, “Don’t be nervous. I am not here to object to your relationship. I came to see you today just to say that I may timely stop Bai Huai from wasting too much time and energy on such a pointless thing. “

“What do you mean by meaningless things?”

“Things that cannot create value are meaningless.”

“I am sorry. I think it is valuable that Bai Huai and I like each other.”

Jian Songyi faced his uncle calmly without a hint of arrogance. “You are an elder, and it is clearly not convenient for me to say a lot and try to lecture you. But I still want to say that the value of mutual love between Bai Huai and me may far exceed the value you bring him as his father. So I hope you understand what really is meaningful to Bai Huai.” 

Bai Han squinted as he looked at Jian Songyi as he tried to pressure him with his superiority. But Jian Songyi only looked back at him faintly as if he was not afraid at all.

Bai Han suddenly smiled softly: “In the end, you’re both only so young. Alright, I’ll go back now.”

With that, he turned around and left.

It seems that what Jian Songyi insisted on is only a joke in his eyes. He thinks it is childish and fragile and that he better not say anything else. 

Jian Songyi was neither angry nor irritated, but he said so faintly, “Is it pointless to airlift a bunch of Platycodon grandiflorum flowers in winter to put them in front of the grave of your late lover?”

It was quiet, and only the soft sound of falling snow was imminent. 

The tall and indifferent figure was unmoved and went straight to his car and left.

Nonetheless, Jian Songyi felt that if he really was unmoved, then how could a piece of heat rise slowly in the air like a sigh from the bottom of his heart.

Bai Han’s attitude is really elusive.

But it doesn’t matter. If he and Bai Huai want to be together, then no one can stop them.

Jian Songyi looked down at the bag and flipped through all the things inside of it. He stumbled into the receipt and saw that it was dated 12.18.

So it should be that Bai Huai called Bai Han the next day to ask him to send this to Jian Songyi. Still, people like Bai Han probably didn’t pay attention to such a pointless thing and put it off until today since he happened to pass by.

But there is no way, after all, apart from Bai Han, to easily find out where Jian Songyi is situated and enter the closed training camp without hindrance.

It’s just that Jane Songyi really didn’t expect that Bai Huai would go to Bai Han for such a trifle. After all, it couldn’t be clearer how bad the relationship between father and son is.

Jian Songyi’s heart feels so warm and sour at the same time. 

Bai Huai has done so much enough to make Jian Songyi feel a little unworthy.

When he was next to Bai Huai, he got used to his kindness. Only when he left did Jian Songyi realize how rare it is for people to be that good to someone. 

Another cold wind blew towards him. Jian Songyi could not help but shiver this time. He held the bag Bai Huai sent to him tightly before walking back to the dormitory.

 As soon as he entered the door, the flathead brother came over to him with a shocked look on his face: “What is your relationship with Bai Huai? How come his father sent you something?’

Jian Songyi raised his father towards him: “Do you know his father?”

“Are you kidding me? Anyone in Beicheng knows and is at least familiar with his father! He is simply a male god!”

“Oh, he’s alright.” Jian Songyi commented as he opened his bag lazily.

Brother Pingtou was really into gossiping as he pressed the bag. “Don’t make the mistake of trying to distract me. You must tell me the truth. What is your relationship with Bai Huai?”

Jian Songyi almost blurted out his relationship with Bai Huai, but he suddenly thought that the flathead brother must think that he was an Alpha. If he knew he was in the same room with an Omega for so long, he might suddenly die.

So he changed his angling: “I’ve known him since I was a child. Now, he is my deskmate.”

“Oh. wait a minute… Deskmate?!”

“Mhmm.”

“Aren’t you a Science student?”

“Yes.”

“Wait… This information is a little too big for me. You should let me process it first.” Brother Pingtou said as he rubbed the top of his head. “So Bai Huai sent off liberal arts on Beicheng University to attend Nancheng and study science?”

“Yes.”

“Can he keep up?”

“He is the first rank of the whole year level.”

“…Excuse me, but what is he looking for?”

Jian Songyi also wants to know. He has begun to question whether he was worth it of Bai Huai. He always feels like Bai Huai likes him so much. 

“He doesn’t want anything. As long as he wants something, he doesn’t care about anything else.”

Jian Songyi drank the medicine for the cold before saying faintly, “So don’t ask anymore.”

“Oh, okay.” Brother Pingtou felt that Jane was obviously in a low mood and consciously stopped talking.

Jian SOngyi only felt that when he was downstairs just now, the coldness made his head hurt. He felt cold and dizzy, so he didn’t want to move and went straight to bed. 

He hates winter, Beicheng, and its coldness.

On top of that, Jian Songyi misses Bai Huai. Without Bai Huai, it was impossible for him to survive this climate. He could only stay alone in the northern winter.

But he asked for it; he was hypocritical and relied on Bai Huai’s love and hypocrisy.

Jian Songyi kept thinking of Bai Huai until he fell asleep vaguely.

His mouth was dry when he woke up in the middle of the night. Jian Songyi needed a glass of water. But as soon as he got out of bed, he fell head first.

The noise was so loud that when Jian Songyi rolled down from the bed, Brother Pingtou quickly approached and checked up on him. When he had confirmed Jian Songyi’s state, he ran to the hostel without saying a word.

This is bad. Jian Songyi is really in bad condition.

He was sent to the hospital to take in his temperature. 39.8-degree Celsius. 

Jian Songyi is clever and whatnot, but he is currently burning and his lips feel like twinkling all the time. He was calling someone in his sleep, but his voice was too hoarse, and his pronunciation was too vague to understand. After the flathead had listened to him for a long time, he was already out of it.

“What? Jian Songyi, will you speak louder? What brother? What? Bad brother? Why are you swearing when you have a fever? Ah. No, no. I’ll go.” 

After patting his head, Brother Pingtou had realized what is it he was trying to say. So, he quickly made his way to the counselor who had just arrived. The questions were thrown back and forth until he finally agreed to get Bai Huai’s phone number and make a call.

He called and said, “Hello, Bai Huai, this is Zhu Gong. Who am I? It doesn’t matter who I am. What matters is that Jian Songyi sleeps next to me now. Oh, don’t be angry! That’s not what I meant! He has a fever. He’s lying here, calling your name all the time. Why don’t you talk to him on the phone? “

……….

When Jian Songyi woke up, it was already noon the next day.

It was only the counselor who was seated next to his bed. Brother Pingtou should have rushed back to class. 

Jian Songyi was still very grateful to the flathead brother and felt that he had to treat him to a good meal.

But he is still left a little disappointed. He dreamt about Bai Huai last night, and it seems to be very true. Only to wake up that his happiness was just nothing but a dream.

Jian Songyi felt his head aching so he had to pinch his eyebrows a little. He suddenly felt cold and wet. When he raised his hand in front of him, he found that his frostbite had been carefully smeared with an ointment.

He looked at the counselor with a confused look, who had just said coldly, “I’ve asked you for a day off, but now the fever has gone down. Go back to the dormitory in the afternoon to review and prepare for tomorrow’s competition.”

“Oh.”

Jian Songyi is not that delicate, but he feels as if something is wrong.

It seems to him that there’s some warm and bitter taste on his lips. It’s as if he had eaten lipstick.

When he went to his room that night, he looked at himself and strongly felt that something was indeed different. He just couldn’t pinpoint it.

Every time he wanted to ask, he would feel a little bit too uncomfortable. However, the competition will be held tomorrow, so he didn’t have time for this. He needs to focus and not be preoccupied by something else. 

At the day of the exam, Jian Songyi thought that he had to win the first prize. Since he had worked so hard for so long, he shouldn’t be distracted at a critical moment. 

He doesn’t know if it’s psychological, but Jian Songyi felt that his hands don’t seem that stiff anymore. When he took the exam, he wrote the answers to the questions much more smoothly.

The problem was more difficult than he had ever seen before, but he felt happier that he was able to finish it.

After handing his paper out, he took a deep breath and walked out of the classroom, only to find that it was snowing again. He looked up and saw how heavy the snow was falling from the gray sky. He grew up in the South and rarely saw such heavy snowing. Because of this, he always had a certain expectation of snowing.

Only to find out that heavy snowing isn’t that romantic after all.

 Jian Songyi bowed his head and tucked his hands in his pockets as he walked quickly to the dormitory.

But suddenly, someone grabbed him by the shoulder abruptly. Jian Songyi had to gasp for air when he saw that it was Pingtou. “I finally caught up with you. Why are you walking so fast?”

“Why are you following me?”

“I finally finished the exam. I can’t hold it any longer. I have to ask you. Tell me, what is going on between you and Bai Huai.”

“I already told you.” Jian Songyi replied before pulling his arm away from him. He then started walking slowly towards the dormitory again.

Brother Pingtou was more than crazy right now for Jian Songyi to be able to shake him off that easily: “No! That’s wrong! Absolutely unacceptable! I refuse to see that you have a purely Alpha-to-Alpha relationship! Would ordinary friends travel thousands of miles just to see you two days earlier?”

Jian Songyi stopped in his tracks just so he could look over at Brother Pingtou. “What do you mean?”

“Oh, yes.” The flathead suddenly reacted, “I haven’t told you what happened before last night since you’ve gotten yourself a fever. It was Bai Huai who took care of you all night, but he was afraid that you would be distracted from the competition. That’s why he told me not to tell you. Now, I dare to say since we already finished the exam.”

“Did you call?” Jian Songyi asked him.

“No. You were always calling for him when you had a fever. I thought it was the same as when my girlfriend always looked for me whenever she is not feeling well. I would coax her all the time and then she would behave and feel better. I wanted Bai Huai to coax you with a few words, so I called him. But when I called, he was already in Beicheng. He arrived at the hospital ten minutes after asking me for my address.”

As a matter of fact, Bai Huai came as soon as he finished his exam.

Like a fool, he took the flight just to see him two days earlier. He went into so much trouble just for that.

Jian Songyi let out a shaky breath as he went to the dormitory building quickly. She wanted to find a counselor to get to her cell phone and ask where Bai Huai was now.

Meanwhile, the flathead followed him while babbling all the way: “You don’t know, but when Bai Huai arrived yesterday, it was snowing so hard that his head was covered in snow. His hair was frozen, and his face was completely paralyzed. As soon as he saw you, his eyes reddened too.”

Jian Songyi could only imagine it for a moment as his heart ached.

“Forget it. Do you even have any idea how he took care of you?” the flathead continued to speak. “You have a fever, and your mouth is so dry that you can’t open your mouth to even drink water. Thus, Bai Huai used a cotton swab to dip it in and mear it on your lips for you. I’ve never seen someone have such good patience. He moistened your lips with two glasses of water.”

“Not to mention the fact that you were very annoying that night. You kept on shouting, and if anyone refused to answer you, you frowned and lost your temper. That’s also the main reason why Bai Huai didn’t get any sleep at all. He has been there answering and replying to your nonsense. I already woke up and slept back and he was still there to watch you. He really is good-tempered.”

“Plus, haven’t you realized that you don’t have any frostbite in your hands anymore? He found a small basin and put some warm water in it. He would soak your hand on it back and forth. He’d rub it and then apply the ointment for you. He even changes the hot water bag. He went to all that trouble. I see that he is also a big young man. How can he take care of people so well? “

“After caring for you all night, he didn’t sleep a wink. And when I was about to leave that morning, he asked me not to tell you he was here before you finished the exam for fear that you would be distracted.”

“And now you’re telling me that you’re just childhood friends? Do you think you are lying to a ghost?”

“So what on earth is your relationship? He treats you so well from the bottom of his heart.”

……….

Jian Songyi never said a word. He can only listen to his story silently. Based on the flathead’s description, he imagined the picture bit by bit. It’s like a blunt knife ever so slowly piercing through his heart, causing havoc and pain in his heart. The soreness from his heart and the tip of his nose are worsening, and he can feel his legs moving faster and faster. He wanted to fly to Bai Huai as soon as possible.

How could BaiHuai be so good?

He can’t be that good, can he?

Bai Huai was so good that he felt so bad. Jian Songyi felt that he is unworthy of all of it. He was worried that Bai Huai, as the flathead said, that after Bai Huai doesn’t get a response, he would then run away from him. 

Jian Songyi was so afraid that he felt like he was about to go crazy.

When he thought of it, he walked faster and faster, so fast that Pingtou could hardly keep up with him.

He followed painstakingly. Brother Pingtou gasped desperately for a long time. When he then recovered, he shouted, “Slow down. I just remembered. He said he was waiting for you at the school gate today and asked you to find him after the exam. He’s probably still waiting, ah. What are you doing? Don’t run so fast! You might fall!”

Jian Songyi was furious. 

Why didn’t this man say the most important thing earlier? On such a cold day, with so much snow, what would he do when Bai Huai freezes? He ran a few steps and then stopped to ask, “Which school gate?”

There are four gates at Beicheng University.

“I didn’t ask. “

It was enough to make Jian Songyi more frustrated. He ran to the nearest gate without saying a word.

East Gate

No.

North Gate

No.

West Gate 

No.

It’s the winter in the snowy north. Every step that he takes while running, the cold wind rattles against him enough to tear his face like blades sweeping across every inch of his skin and bones.

His face hurts. His chest hurts. His heart hurts. 

And then there’s also the corner of his eyes, which are flushed by the cold air. 

But nonetheless, Jian Songyi didn’t stop even just for a moment. He had never run so fast. Not even compared to the 3000-meter race he participated in.

When he saw that the west gate was empty, he did not hesitate at all and immediately ran to the south gate.

After the east gate, the north gate, and the west gate, there is only the south gate.

Although he has taken many detours, it doesn’t matter because he knows that Bai Huai must be waiting for him at the end of the rest of the road.

They always meet.

Jian Songyi ran for a long time until he could finally see the road ahead. Although it’s still that far, he saw Bai Huai through the snow and wind.

Bai Huai was wearing a black coat as he stood there quietly with his hands in his pocket. His head was slightly lowered as he stood there looking indifferent.

Bai Huai was just standing there. For some reason, Jian Songyi suddenly felt calm, the corner of his eyes becoming sore and stingy.

His Bai Huai came. From the North to the South. And now, from the South to the North. He went around through the stormy night just to come.

He must have had a hard time along the way.

Jian Songyi adjusts his breathing pattern as he walks toward Bai Huai step by step, unswervingly.

Bai Huai seemed to notice his presence when he looked up and saw Jian Songyi. Bai Huai immediately smiled and took his hand out of his pocket to gently open his arms towards him.

So without thinking about it, Jian Songyi changed his stance from walking to running. Regardless of the people coming and going at the school gate, he ran all the way to the crowd and snow. He ran into Bai Huai’s arms and hugged him.

Bai Huai closed his arms and wrapped them around Jian Songyi with a soft chuckle: “Why are you running? I am not going anywhere.”

Jian Songyi gasped for air and did not speak. But he looked at Bai Huai with his eyes glowing red.

Bai Huai helped him brush off the snow beads on the ends of his hair and rubbed his face: “Look at you running. Your face has been frozen. Is frostbite on your hands not enough for you? How come you can’t take care of yourself that as soon as you leave you get yourself sick?  Are you a fool?”

“I am not a fool.”

“You’re not a fool? I know you’re a little fool, so I came as soon as I finished my exam. I didn’t even have time to prepare a Christmas present for you. I thought I’d pick you up this Christmas and give you a table… “

Without waiting for Bai Huai to express his love, Jian Songyi looked up and kissed him.

Four cold lips bring warmth to the two people’s whole bodies.

The snow fell quietly, and passers-by looked sideways one after another.

Jian Songyi has always been a very thinned-skinned person, but he has nothing to be ashamed of.

He just wanted to kiss Bai Huai, and he couldn’t wait a moment longer.

After a long kiss, he finally loosened his lips. Jian Songyi blushed lightly and whispered, “It doesn’t matter. I’ve prepared a Christmas present this time.”

Bai Huai gently printed a kiss on his forehead: “Where is the gift?”

Jian Songyi flushed and put his hands on Bai Huai’s pocket.

“It’s in your pocket.”

……….

Translator’s Note: 

Assssssghhhh. Is it now safe to say that they’re official? Is the courting done? 

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