Shu Ning walked into the classroom and said hello to his classmates. Then, he put his school bag into his desk. As he was stuffing his bag into his desk, he felt something wasn’t quite right.

He took out his school bag, reached into the table, and pulled out several beautifully packaged cardboard boxes, as well as three delicate love letters. 

When he saw this familiar sight, Shu Ning was slightly startled. He suddenly recalled what had happened with Wei Mingzheng back in middle school.

At that time, Wie Mingzheng would always throw away any love letters he recieved, but Shu Ning would meet up with the girl and return the letter because he was worried about hurting her feelings.

Later, this ended up causing him some trouble.

Shu Ning held a love letter in his hands, and the corners of his mouth twitched into a smile. 

Reality proved that he had been doing too much. He was just looking for trouble. The way the villain handled it had been right all along.

In front of his surprised classmates, Shu Ning tore up the love letter. He checked the contents of the box to see if it contained anything valuable. When he saw that it was just chocolate and biscuits, he threw them into the trash can along with the love letters.

“Wow. That’s way too ruthless.”

The eyes of his classmates changed when they saw what he did. There was shock, criticism, support, and confusion.

There were also two girls in the classroom who were secretly watching him. They saw him throw away the love letters without even reading them, and their faces turned pale.

Shu Ning didn’t give any explanations. He sat back down at his seat and took out his textbook to review his homework.

His side profile was clear and beautiful under the shining light. The curvature of his nose bridge was perfect. He had a face that led people’s heartbeats to speed up.

Whenever someone approached him, he would look up and reveal a sunny smile. His smile would squeeze out a small dimple in his cheek. The others almost couldn’t believe that he was the same boy who just ruthlessly threw away all those love letters. 

Shu Ning didn’t care what others thought of him.

In middle school, he had already decided that he didn’t like girls. He should’ve known by then that there was something different about his sexuality. However, he didn’t know why, maybe it was some subconscious fear, but he kept rejecting the idea that he might be interested in boys.

However, that vague feeling slowly developed over time.

That nagging feeling continued to deepen until, finally, he was able to confirm what that vague feeling was. 

He didn’t like other boys because the person he liked had always been by his side.

The answer was so simple.

Wei Mingzheng had a bright future. Plus, he had always regarded Shu Ning as a younger brother. He didn’t want to make things difficult for Wei Mingzheng, so he had to leave sooner or later.

Eventually, the two of them would become parallel lines, never to intersect. 

Shu Ning threw this tiny worry of his to the back of his mind. He worked hard to fit into his new school life. Even if he was a transmigrator, even if he was smart, he still felt a little pressure from the high school coursework.

After all, he wasn’t some crazy genius like the little villain.

Speaking of which, he used to rely on Wei Mingzheng’s help a lot when it came to mathematics and physics. Now, he had no choice but to work through it himself…

“Hey, Shu Ning. What are you dazing off for?” His seatmate called out to him. 

Shu Ning came back to his senses. “Ah? What did you just say?”

“I was asking if you wanted to go karaoke tonight?”

“Tonight?”

“Yeah, it’s a Friday. We’re all planning on having some fun. Are you busy today?” 

Shu Ning thought for a moment. Then, he shook his head. “No.”

“Then you should go.”

“Who else is going to be there?”

“There’s going to be several students from our class, as well as students from other classes. The more the merrier after all!” 

Just yesterday, Shu Ning had just gone out to play with Wang Shenshen and the others. He felt that it was about time for him to get to know his other classmates, so he said, “Okay.”

The seatmate breathed a sigh of relief. He hid his phone away from Shu Ning and sent out a message: [Shu Ning agreed.]

[Really? That’s great!]

[Yuanyuan, good luck!] 

That afternoon, his seatmate, Zhang Yu, stopped by Shu Ning and reminded him, “Shu Ning, we’re going to go karaoke tonight. Don’t forget.”

Shu Ning smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I remember.”

Once they packed up all their stuff, the two of them walked out of the classroom. Zhang Yu called out to two more familiar faces, and they all walked towards the school gates together.

“Wait a moment,” Zhang Yu said. 

Shu Ning and the others told him that they didn’t mind. After a while, two girls walked up to them. They enthusiastically greeted Zhang Yu.

Shu Ning felt that the two girls looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember who they were.

“Shu Ning.” One of the girls was more stylish than the other. She said to Shu Ning, “Long time no see.”

Shu Ning couldn’t remember who she was. He felt a little awkward and replied vaguely, “Long time no see.” 

“I’m Chen Yuanyuan. I’m from the same middle school as you.” The stylish girl said with a smile.

“I’m Zhou Lan.” The other girl with short hair also introduced herself.

Shu Ning instantly remembered who they were. “The two girls from Class 3?”

“Yes! It looks like Little Sun still remembers us!” The two girls laughed. 

Shu Ning was embarrassed. “Of course I remember. How could I not?”

Whenever he played basketball, Chen Yuanyuan and Zhou Lan would often watch from beside the basketball court. In the beginning, they would bring mineral water with them. Once the game was over, they would give Shu Ning water. However, they were intercepted by the villain each and every time.

Later, Chen Yuanyuan stopped delivering water and just watched.

Eventually, Shu Ning’s studies increased, so he stopped playing basketball as much as he used to. Chen Yuanyuan stopped showing up. After graduating from middle school, Shu Ning left for Beijing and never saw Chen Yuanyuan again. 

“You clearly don’t remember!”

“Yeah!”

Shu Ning raised his hands and surrendered. “Sorry, I’m sorry. It’s true that I didn’t remember you at first, but didn’t I still remember you guys in the end? I’ll pay the bill today as an apology, okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” The boys immediately started cheering. There was nothing they wanted more. 

It was about time for dinner, so Shu Ning brought all of them to a soup restaurant where they ate spicy braised fish. Then, Chen Yuanyuan brought them to a karaoke place near the high school. They then rented a room.

Shu Ning asked for a couple bottles of beer, a fruit platter, and some snacks.

“No, no, no! We can’t eat that much.”

Chen Yuanyuan felt a little bad and wanted to refuse. Shu Ning had paid for their meal, and now Shu Ning was paying for their karaoke. She felt sorry. 

“I said I’d pay. Don’t worry about it,” Shu Ning said.

“That’s right! Since someone’s paying, we have to take advantage of it!”

The other three boys giggled and laughed.

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Zhang Yu and the others pulled out their phones and started sending WeChat messages. “Hurry up! There’s someone paying the bill! This is a rare opportunity!” 

After sending this to everyone they knew, several people showed up.

Shu Ning called for an attendant and ordered another fruit platter and some more beer.

Chen Yuanyuan was even more embarrassed now. Her face turned red, and she said, “Shu Ning, why don’t we split the bill?”

It was fine if it was just the dinner, but he was paying for the karaoke as well. It wasn’t cheap. If there were more people, it would cost a lot of money. 

Shu Ning was stunned for a moment. Then, he smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll pay.”

After seeing how the students of Sai Yao spent their money, a couple thousand dollars was really nothing.

“Yuanyuan, what are you afraid of? We all know how rich Shu Ning and Wang Shenshen are!” Zhou Lan leaned against Chen Yuanyuan and smiled. “This is like nothing to him!”

Back in middle school, Shu Ning and Wei Mingzheng became the ideal boyfriends for countless girls because they were both rich and handsome. There was a lot of debate about which one of them was the most handsome boy in school. 

The reason for this debate was because Wei Mingzheng was being raised by the Shu family. Therefore, he wasn’t actually wealthy. Shu Ning was the one who was both rich and handsome.

Later on, most of the students still couldn’t look past Wei Mingzheng’s beautiful face. They decided to ignore everything else and finally chose Wei Mingzheng, who was “relying on others”, as the most handsome boy in school.

Who would’ve guessed that, in their third year of middle school, Wei Mingzheng ended up flying straight into the sky. He suddenly became the eldest young master of the Wei family.

All of those events were still vivid in his mind, like they happened yesterday. 

Why did he think of him again?

Shu Ning shook his head, trying to shake off these thoughts.

Maybe it was because he and Wei Mingzheng had never been separated, but he wasn’t used to being apart all of a sudden. Shu Ning often kept reminiscing about the past, thinking about a certain someone.

“Don’t worry. I’ll cover everything tonight,” Shu Ning announced. He wanted to mix in with the crowd and get rid of those thoughts in his head. 

“Woohoo!”

The crowd cheered and turned up the speakers. Zhang Yu sang the first song. His voice sounded like a dying pig, forcing several boys to drag him away from the microphone.

One after another, several other students showed up in their karaoke room. Some of them were from the same class while some were from other classes. The karaoke room was very lively. It was so loud that they had to shout at each other. Otherwise, they couldn’t be heard at all.

Shu Ning was playing along with them. He was dragged over to sing a song. 

The song that was picked was a love song.

Originally, he was going to make Zhang Yu sing it with him. He didn’t expect Zhang Yu to run away and shout, “Yuanyuan, come and sing!”

Amid the jeering of the crowd, Chen Yuanyuan blushed. She picked up the microphone and sang the duet with Shu Ning.

Shu Ning didn’t feel particularly embarrassed at first, but, as the song progressed, Chen Yuanyuan’s eyes kept looking over at him. Her eyes were as sweet and sickly as the lyrics. Her gaze looked as if she had something to say. Shu Ning suddenly felt a headache coming on. 

No way…

He quickly turned his eyes away, and his voice ran way off-tune. He looked at the sky, at the ground, at anything that wasn’t Chen Yuanyuan.

He absolutely wasn’t going to play along.

After finishing the song, he quickly dropped the microphone and sat in the corner. The others were cheering, saying that they sang well, making vague and ambiguous jokes. 

Surprisingly, Chen Yuanyuan wasn’t angry. Her face was flushed.

Shu Ning felt that this was even worse. He pretended that he had a phone call and slipped out of the room.

Shu Ning breathed a sigh of relief after shutting the door on the deafening music behind him.

He had originally planned to stay in the hallway for a while. However, the door behind him suddenly opened, so he hurriedly took his cell phone and walked towards the bathroom not far away. 

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that it was actually Chen Yuanyuan who had walked out of the room. She was also walking towards the bathroom.

Shu Ning felt helpless. He had no choice but to head into the men’s bathroom with his cell phone in hand.

Chen Yuanyuan’s actions…

After being approached and confessed to by sp many girls, Shu Ning gradually became more sensitive towards their feelings. 

Shu Ning rubbed at his eyebrows, wondering what to do next.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

Shu Ning quickly looked down at it and was slightly startled.

Mingzheng. 

Two guys walked into the bathroom. They curiously glanced at Shu Ning, who was standing in the middle of the bathroom.

Shu Ning picked up the phone. “Hello?”

“Where are you?”

As more and more people entered the bathroom, Shu Ning eventually had to leave. He found that Chen Yuanyuan was actually still waiting in the hallway next to the bathroom. 

Shu Ning picked up his spirits. “I’m out.”

The voice on the other side of the phone paused for a moment. “It’s past nine o’clock. Why are you still out?”

“I’m hanging out with a few of my classmates. We’re singing karaoke.”

“Is it Wang Shenshen and the others?” 

“No, they’re new classmates of mine.”

“Are they guys or girls? How many?”

Shu Ning laughed. “There’s about a dozen people, both guys and girls. Are you satisfied?”

There was a moment of silence. “Where?” 

Shu Ning asked, “What? If I tell you the address, are you going to come?”

“Mn.”

“What do you mean, ‘mn’?” Shu Ning asked with a smile. Then, his face suddenly stiffened, and his eyes slightly widened. “You’re back?!”

“Am I not allowed to come back?” 

Shu Ning stood there in shock. He was unable to recover for a long time. “W-when did you come back?”

He didn’t even know just how happy his voice sounded.

“Just now.”

Shu Ning felt as if his bloodstream was picking up speed. “Why didn’t you tell me? I’ll pick you up! Why didn’t you tell me?” 

“I wanted to surprise you.” He said, “However, it seems I’ve disturbed you?”

“No, no, no.” Shu Ning quickly denied.

Chen Yuanyuan walked up to him and kept silent.

When met with Chen Yuanyuan’s gaze, Shu Ning tried to calm himself down. “I’m at the Meihaodi KTV near No. 1 High School, Room 1208.” 

“It doesn’t seem too far away. Wait for me.” The other side hung up the phone.

Shu Ning held onto his phone. He was unable to calm down for a long time.

Mingzheng was actually here!

Oh my god! 

He didn’t know why he was so excited.

They had only been apart for half a month.

“Who were you on the phone with just now? You seem super excited!” Chen Yuanyuan asked with blinking eyes.

Shu Ning replied, “It’s Mingzheng.” 

After a pause, he explained, “Yin Mingzheng. He’s changed his name to Wei Mingzheng.”

Chen Yuanyuan let out an “oh”. She didn’t seem very surprised. “So it was him. Your relationship with him has always been super good.”

“Yes.”

“You guys were inseparable.” 

“Right.”

Seeing how excited he was, Chen Yuanyuan decided to go with the flow and talk about Wei Mingzheng. Shu Ning didn’t notice. He happily chatted with her for a long time in the hallway.

Shu Ning couldn’t help himself and ended up telling her a lot about Wei Mingzheng.

After a while, his head finally cooled down. Shu Ning realized that they had been talking about Wei Mingzheng for a while now, so he awkwardly stopped the conversation. “How about we head back?” 

Chen Yuanyuan hummed softly.

The two walked towards the karaoke room. Just as they were about to reach the karaoke room, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly turned her head and said, “Shu Ning.”

Shu Ning stopped.

Chen Yuanyuan blushed. She took a deep breath and said, “Can you be my boyfriend?” 

Shu Ning: “…”

Shu Ning’s expression became awkward.

Chen Yuanyuan waited for a while, but, before he could respond, her eyes dimmed. Then, she smiled again and let out a sigh. “As I expected, you can’t!”

Shu Ning apologized, “I’m sorry…” 

“Don’t say sorry.” Chen Yuanyuan patted his shoulder with a smile. “I already prepared myself to be rejected. I knew that my chances were low. I’ve liked you ever since we were in middle school. However, I was too afraid of being rejected, so I never confessed. Later on, you suddenly left for Beijing, and I regretted it a lot. I regretted not being able to express my feelings back then.”

“If I was able to tell you about my feelings, I’d be able to put an end to my middle school crush, even if I got rejected. I didn’t expect you to actually come back to Chuzhou, and you even ended up transferring into No. 1 High School! I was so happy!”

“So, I decided to confess!”

Chen Yuanyuan’s voice was firm. 

Shu Ning looked at Chen Yuanyuan’s candid gaze. He didn’t know what to say.

However, Chen Yuanyuan seemed to have lifted a weight off her shoulders. “Okay, I finally managed to say it. I feel much better now. I’m not surprised at all about being rejected. To be honest, there probably isn’t a single girl in the world who can get in between you and Wei Mingzheng.”

Shu Ning suddenly became nervous for some reason. “Why?”

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, “Don’t you know? Back in middle school, Wei Mingzheng warned others not to fall in love with you. He said that you needed to focus on your studies.” 

Shu Ning was taken aback. “He did that?”

Chen Yuanyuan nodded. “If someone asked him to send you a love letter, he would immediately tear it up. Oh, I heard that, if there was a love letter in your desk, he would tear it up each and every time.”

Shu Ning: “…”

“I heard that your mother was the one who told him to do it.” 

Shu Ning: “…”

Chen Yuanyuan asked curiously, “I heard that your mother is very strict. She’s super against you dating. Is that true?”

Shu Ning opened his mouth. When he met Chen Yuanyuan’s eyes, he finally nodded. “Yes.”

“Wow, your mom is really strict!” Chen Yuanyuan said, “Wei Mingzheng had also watched you super closely. You guys were always stuck with each other. It was hard for people to spend time with you alone.” 

“Uh? Really?”

“Of course!” Chen Yuanyuan said, “Don’t you know that some people were saying that the two of you are like that?”

“Like that?” Shu Ning wondered aloud.

Chen Yuanyuan stared at his face for a moment. Then, she nodded. “It looks like you really don’t know.” 

Then, she smirked. “People thought you two were in a relationship. There were people in our school who would collect pictures of you two. Oh, there was also fanart. Girls like to ship boys with other boys. Of course, they do all of this in private.”

After hearing Chen Yuanyuan’s words, Shu Ning suddenly remembered the girls from the school dance. They had been saying strange things and looking at him with strange eyes.

It suddenly dawned on him!

“It’s not like that!” He instinctively denied. “We weren’t in a relationship!” 

Chen Yuanyuan gave a noncommittal shrug. “It doesn’t really matter. Either way, it’s not like you belong to me. If I’m honest, I’d rather you be with Wei Mingzheng. I can’t help but feel jealous whenever I think of you being with another girl. Mn, it’s like that for now at least.”

Shu Ning didn’t know what to say. After thinking for a while, he solemnly said, “Actually, you’ve misunderstood. I don’t have a girlfriend because I listen to everything my mom says. If my mother doesn’t allow me to date, then I don’t date. Everything’s up to my mom. I am a total mama’s boy, and I know it.”

Chen Yuanyuan was taken aback. “Really?”

Shu Ning nodded cautiously. “Really. So, I’m really not as good as you think I am.” 

“If you’re a mama’s boy, it’ll probably be hard to find a girlfriend in the future.” Chen Yuanyuan frowned.

“Hey, I just listen to my mom.” Shu Ning waved his hand. “I do everything she says. I still need to rely on my mom for food and shelter, and I don’t have any dreams or anything. In the future, I just want to stay at home and be a slacker. My family can take care of me. Who else would I listen to if not her? Besides, I think being a mama’s boy is pretty nice.”

Chen Yuanyuan seemed to want to say something. Her lips twitched for a moment. However, in the end, she decided not to comment on other people’s family affairs. She only said, “So long as you’re happy.”

“Shu Ning.” 

The two of them turned their heads. A tall and slender figure stood not far away from them. His face looked like it belonged on a magazine. He was wearing a black casual clothes. His temperament was both indolent and noble. He looked like he was ready for a runway show.

The attendant that brought him here was blushing. Her eyes were full of stars.

Shu Ning couldn’t be more familiar with that kind of infatuated expression.

Chen Yuanyuan’s jaw dropped. After stammering for a long time, she finally spit out, “Yin… Wei Mingzheng?!” 

Shu Ning was overjoyed. He quickly walked over. “Mingzheng!”

Wei Mingzheng rushed up and hugged him.

Shu Ning hiccuped. He was just walking over to greet him. He didn’t plan on hugging him.

After all, they only spent fourteen days apart… 

“Mingzheng…”

Wei Mingzheng hugged him. He put his chin on Shu Ning’s shoulder and held him for a solid five seconds before letting go.

“Let’s go,” Wei Mingzheng said flatly. Then, he took his hand and dragged him towards the karaoke room.

Chen Yuanyuan subconsciously stepped aside. 

Shu Ning quickly introduced them to each other. “This is Chen Yuanyuan, our classmate from middle school. You’ve met her before.”

Wei Mingzheng nodded at Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan was flattered and replied, “Hello.”

Wei Mingzheng took Shu Ning into the karaoke room. 

The lighting in the room was dim and ambiguous. Several students by the door noticed that a fresh face had entered the room. “Who is it?”

“Oh my god! Shu Ning, who is this handsome guy?!”

“There’s another handsome guy again? Where? Where?”

The people who were sitting on the sofa quickly ran over to see. Zhang Yu turned the lights on with a snap. 

When they finally saw who it was, they all sucked in a deep breath.

Some of them recognized Wei Mingzheng, and some of them didn’t. However, Wei Mingzheng’s style and his striking appearance made those who didn’t know him unable to look away.

Zhang Yu quickly turned off the music. There wasn’t any sound in the room except for the sharp sound of the microphone.

“Wei Mingzheng? Oh my god! It’s Wei Mingzheng!” Zhou Lan shouted as she held onto the microphone. 

This one exclamation revealed his identity. Everyone was both shocked and surprised.

“So he’s the legendary Wei Mingzheng?”

“Wei Mingzheng! In the flesh!”

“I saw the real Wei Mingzheng!” 

Some of them secretly started taking pictures.

Shu Ning poked Wei Mingzheng’s waist. He teased him, “Your reputation precedes you, Young Master Wei.”

Wei Mingzheng turned his head and gave him a look. He said to the crowd, “You guys can keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t worry about me.”

“Young Master Wei, why don’t you sing a song? This way!” Zhang Yu made a gesture of invitation. 

Zhou Lan quickly handed the microphone to Wei Mingzheng.

Wei Mingzheng shook his head. “You guys go ahead. I can’t sing.”

Shu Ning piped up as well, “You guys can sing. Mingzheng doesn’t really know how to sing.”

Whenever they did karaoke in the past, the little villains usually sat in a corner and watched the rest of them howl away. He refused to sing. Shu Ning didn’t really know the reason for it either. 

If they pressed Wei Mingzheng to sing, he would wear an ugly expression on his face.

Shu Ning could tell that he really didn’t like it, so he never tried to force him again.

The atmosphere of the karaoke room gradually started to liven up again. Shu Ning played around with them for a while. When he saw the little villain sitting in the corner like a log, he transferred ¥5,000 to Zhang Yu and told him to settle the bill with it later. Then, he left with the villain.

Once they left the karaoke place, the night wind hit them, and the noise faded away. 

His head became a lot more clear.

Shu Ning wrapped his clothes tightly around him and asked, “Why did you suddenly come back?”

“If I want to come back, then I’ll naturally come back.” Wei Mingzheng stuffed one hand in his pocket and used the other hand to call for a taxi. After calling for a taxi, he turned towards Shu Ning and said, “If nothing else comes up, I’ll be visiting every weekend from now on.”

Shu Ning was taken aback. “…Every weekend?” 

Wei Mingzheng stared at him with a piercing gaze. “Am I not welcome?”

“No, no, no.” Shu Ning was incredibly happy, but he also hesitated. “Won’t it be troublesome for you?”

“It’s only a two-and-a-half-hour flight. What’s so troublesome about it?” Wei Mingzheng said lightly.

The taxi arrived. The two of them got in the car and returned to the villa together. 

While they were in the car, Shu Ning suddenly realized something. “Today’s a Friday. You arrived at 9:00, so that means your flight was at 6:30. If you got to the airport half an hour early, you would’ve gotten there at 6:00. Even if there isn’t any traffic, it still takes an hour to drive from Sai Yao to the airport! Did you not attend class this afternoon?”

Wei Mingzheng crossed his arms. “You’re wrong. I gave the school a heads up in advance. As long as I arrived ten minutes before my flight, it would all work out. I just needed to leave at the right time.”

“Aunt Su won’t be happy if you keep skipping class,” Shu Ning said hesitantly.

Wei Mingzheng crossed his arms and scoffed, “It’s just high school. What even is there to learn? As long as I take first in the exams like I did in middle school, both Mom and Aunt Cai will be more than happy with me.” 

Shu Ning couldn’t help but laugh. After all, he was right.

“However, didn’t you say you were going to come back every weekend? Are you going to skip classes every week? That isn’t very good.”

Wei Mingzheng glanced at him. “If you don’t want me to skip class, I’ll schedule a later flight in the future.”

“You can’t do that!” Shu Ning said. “If you travel late at night, your body won’t be able to take it.” 

“I can take it!”

“There’s no need for you to come back every weekend.”

Wei Mingzheng stopped crossing his arms and stared at Shu Ning. “It turns out you just don’t want me to come back.”

Shu Ning couldn’t even explain himself. “No! I really do want you to come back!” 

Wei Mingzheng reached out to squish Shu Ning’s face. He mischievously pinched his lips to look like a duck’s beak. “You mean, evil little bastard. You don’t want me to come home.”

Shu Ning grabbed his arm, trying to stop him from squishing his face. “No, I just think it’s not worth the effort! The timing’s way too tight!”

An idea suddenly flashed into his head. He suddenly asked, “How will you have time to eat dinner with such a short amount of time?”

“I’ll just eat an in-flight meal.” 

“You’re going to eat that shit?”

“I can also eat bread and biscuits.”

Shu Ning suddenly felt a sour emotion welling up in his heart. “Mingzheng, there’s no need.”

Wei Mingzheng let go of his face. He rubbed his head and said softly, “I think there is.”