TWSITAOCP Chapter 56

The two food trucks only withdrew from the exhibition simultaneously after lunchtime, as if they had planned it in advance.

Yu Sui stepped down: “I knew it.”

In family businesses like the Yu and Yan families, ownership is held by relatives. The eldest Yan, who was in charge this time, was Yan Ying’s father. The Yan family was all about the arts and culture, and Lao Yan lived a very laid-back life, seemingly marginalized—so much that Yu Sui rarely associated Yan Xiu directly with their trademark.

If only he weren’t certain that Yan Ying definitely wasn’t here right now.

“Know what?” Yan Xiu wasn’t going to admit it.

“Stop pretending.” Yu Sui pointed outside. “Why don’t you ask Gou Yuda and the others if they agree?”

Yan Xiu’s expression relaxed, completely unconcerned about those people he had no recollection of: “Then, you ask.”

Yu Sui: “…”

He couldn’t be bothered to ask, but seeing his deskmate’s stubborn refusal to open his mouth made him itch with desire. He glanced around, then hooked Yan Xiu’s finger.

“I want to kiss you right now,” Yu Sui sighed.

“…” Yan Xiu’s gaze, which had been lowered, swept over Yu Sui’s face, then he clicked his tongue and looked away. “Don’t say what you can’t do.”

Yu Sui subconsciously rubbed his ear and looked away as well: “Oh.”

That day, few people went to the nearby shopping park to eat. Most were outside the exhibition hall watching the excitement.

In the following meals, new companies came with their logos to offer free meals, but unlike the first two, these later sponsoring companies weren’t actually in the food service business.

Finally, the matter subsided because it attracted media attention.

However, the teachers from Shenghuang High School held a last-minute meeting, giving the thirty-odd students a lengthy lecture on moral education.

 

On the last day of the exhibition, the school gave them an extra day to rest and pack, avoiding the peak departure rush.

The students had been in high spirits for the past few days, staying until they were exhausted each day before resting. But being young, they were generally refreshed after a good night’s sleep. A boy from the next class suggested going to a shopping mall near the exhibition center, and others quickly agreed.

This idea coincided with Yu Sui’s. Yu Sui regretfully held up his phone, showing them the two movie tickets he had just booked: “Yan Xiu and I have been wanting to see this movie for a long time.”

Yan Xiu, unfazed, played on his phone, just opening a search engine and typing the movie’s name into a synopsis.

One glance was enough for him to know this wasn’t the type of movie these people would be interested in.

With the holidays approaching, many schools in provinces with early summer breaks had already started their programs, and cinemas were beginning to release some conventional new movies. Yu Sui had chosen the least anticipated one, one that had received almost no promotion.

Sure enough, the group only glanced at it before turning back with bewildered expressions.

Yi Tian, ​​being in the same class as them, felt it wouldn’t be right to isolate them and leave with other classes at a time like this, so she ignored the movie title and hesitated slightly: “Are there any seats available? Can I go with you two?”

“Yeah, I think so too? I remember this movie isn’t very popular, the theaters are always empty,” said a girl from Class 4 who was close to Yi Tian.

But when they checked the ticketing app, they found that the last few rows were coincidentally full, and Yu Sui and Yan Xiu were sitting in the last row. The two girls didn’t want to sit in the front, and had only suggested going with them, so after checking, they exchanged awkward glances.

Yu Sui said quite gently, “No need to force yourself.”

Someone next to them chuckled.

Yu Sui immediately sent to the person next to him on his phone: [Laughing emoji]

Yan Xiu simply snatched his phone away, then found the ticketing app. He selected a bunch of seats in the last few rows that the young master had spent a fortune on and canceled the order.

The two girls, oblivious to the situation, readily accepted the offer and stepped down, still feeling regretful: “Then why don’t you come have dinner with us after the movie?”

But with about ten people from No. 26 High School, they’d have to share at least two tables wherever they went. By the time Yu Sui and Yan Xiu’s movie ended, it was lunchtime, the peak time for restaurants in the mall. With so many of them, it would be incredibly difficult to get a table. So, their suggestion fell through.

Yi Tian was still feeling guilty when she got back to her room.

The girl she was traveling with comforted her: “Aren’t you shipping them? It’d be perfect for some alone time. Why did you have to be a third wheel?”

Yi Tian was quite clear-headed at this point: “If they were really together, I definitely wouldn’t be a third wheel. But even without that, the three of us are still a group, and I’m still the class monitor. How can I isolate them?”

The girl patted her on the back: “No, it’s them isolating us.”

During their student years, time was basically linked by several key points: the start of school, holidays, and exams.

No. 26 High School was already in its final week. They had finished two days of final exams, but the second-year students were kept at school for exam review.

The previous graduating class finished their college entrance exams last month. The place was bustling with activity that day, but unfortunately, it coincided with Yu Sui and his classmates’ departure.

With the senior students leaving, No. 26 High School was nearly empty. Yang Feiwen, unable to bear the loneliness, had been frantically chatting with the three students who weren’t in class anymore in the group chat.

Perhaps because the final exams and pre-exam review were almost finished, the tension was gone. And they weren’t in Yandu either, so the feeling of being on vacation wasn’t as strong.

For Yu Sui, half a semester had passed in a short time with Yan Xiu, almost unreal, making him eager to do something to hold onto this year.

 

The next day, their biological clocks kept them from waking up much later than usual, and they lingered in bed, trying to go back to sleep.

Yu Sui was a bad sleeper, and when he woke up, he had Yan Xiu pushed to the edge of the bed. If he had squeezed in any further, Yan Xiu would have rolled off the bed.

He had no sense of self-awareness whatsoever. Instead of moving aside, he turned sideways and used both hands and feet to hug Yan Xiu, freeing one hand to close his eyes and look for a pillow.

Yan Xiu opened his eyes, pressing down on the hand that was groping around, then reached for another pillow and tucked it under the young master’s head.

“Move over a bit,” Yan Xiu patted him.

Yu Sui, with the pillow, lazily made room.

“Shouldn’t we get up?” he said, but the young master showed no intention of getting up.

“No need, we can stay in bed for another fifty minutes,” Yan Xiu said.

That was quite a long time.

Yu Sui buried himself comfortably under the covers.

They could hear the bustling sounds outside. Yi Tian and the others had agreed to leave around this time. Most hotel guests also chose to get up around this time.

Yu Sui said, “After we go back, we’ll find somewhere to stay for another two months.”

Yan Xiu, influenced by him, became lazy and only said after a while, “Running away from home again?”

“…” Yu Sui slowly opened his eyes, exclaiming, “Ah,” and said, “I’d forgotten if you hadn’t mentioned it. One more time is fine.”

“Not really.”

“Why?”

Yan Xiu, unusually tactful, said, “Your place isn’t messy at all.”

Yan Xiu had the privilege of visiting once. The mountains of cardboard boxes and garbage bags outside the young master’s door, and the interior, though seemingly tidied, still unsatisfactory, left a deep impression.

At that time, Yu Sui didn’t know it was Yan Xiu who had come. Now, with the old story brought up again, his expression fell, and he burrowed into the covers without a sound, as if this could erase that memory.

He pondered for a moment in bed, then suddenly lifted a corner of Yan Xiu’s shirt and lowered his head to bite Yan Xiu’s lower back.

Yan Xiu sat up in bed, grabbed the young master by the collar, and pulled him out of the covers: “…”

Yan Xiu glanced down at the teeth marks and asked in a hoarse voice, “Was I too good to you?”

“A little,” Yu Sui licked his lower teeth thoughtfully, his smile captivating. “Just too gentle.”

“…” Yan Xiu let go of the collar, then grabbed Yu Sui’s shoulders, pressing him back onto the bed.

This caused Yu Sui to glum for a while before leaving.

Summer clothes generally had little fabric to begin with, and he hadn’t brought many clothes. After rummaging for a while, Yu Sui finally pulled out one of Yan Xiu’s hooded, sleeveless vests.

It barely covered the red marks left by the Minister above his collarbone.

The shopping malls in each place weren’t really that different. There were several large malls similar to the one here in Yandu alone, but they weren’t very interesting to shop in.

Yu Sui and Yan Xiu happened to run into Yi Tian and her group coming down the escalator. They were about to explore the city from another location.

Yu Sui pulled up his hoodie, covering a large portion of his neck.

He heard Yan Xiu laugh. Turning, he glared at him. “You’re laughing? Whose fault is this?”

“Your fault,” Yan Xiu said, pulling his hood down. The young master was slightly startled. He heard Yan Xiu say, “It looks even stranger wearing it.”

Yi Tian and the others went down the elevator, while the two went up. As they passed each other, some waved, some winked, but their attitudes were all predictable.

Yu Sui’s tense nerves finally relaxed.

He belatedly realized that Yan Xiu was much more at ease in public than he was. He paused thoughtfully, until Yan Xiu pulled him out of the escalator, causing him to stumble.

The cinema hall was nearly empty. The ticket collectors looked around idly, their eyes lighting up slightly when they saw two good-looking young men walk in. They offered them a pack of tissues.

As they expected, this showing was nearly empty. The film’s opening was predictable and uninspiring.

Yan Xiu patiently watched the beginning, then suddenly heard Yu Sui yawn.

He asked, somewhat amused, “I heard you bought eighteen tickets?”

“Twenty,” Yu Sui rubbed his face, gesturing to him, “plus these two for us.”

Yan Xiu said, “Buying them to sleep in?”

“Weren’t those eighteen returned?” Yu Sui slowly regained his composure, his eyes fixed on the female lead on the screen, flipping her hair for the fifteenth time in five minutes, and whispered, “I didn’t really come here for the movie…”