90. Faster than you. Really.

Recap

Jin Linkun touched the back of his hand and lowered his voice: “Where do you want to go?”

This question was asked once during the summer camp. At that time, Yu Sheng had not completed the first round of review and did not answer him immediately.

Yu Sheng actually didn’t think about it carefully and took a shrimp cracker from his hand: “I don’t know, why do you ask?”

Jin Linkun thought very far: “If the recruiters from the admissions office comes to the door, I will know who to let in.”

Duan Lei, who had just been busy sending messages to his good friend, thought he was finally liberated: “…”

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There is a big temperature difference in the mountains between day and night, and the temperature drops significantly after it gets dark.

Lao He led the students to clean up their things, and generously took out the cable car tickets that had been treasured for many years.

The street lights had started to turn on at the bottom of the mountain. The cable car went down slowly. The warm yellow light shone comfortably against the deep blue backdrop of the sky. The scenery was as beautiful as an oil painting with rich colours.

The Sports Committee had previously had ambitions to ride the drop tower, but now his legs are shaking after just sitting on the cable car, he clutched the handrails and turned around: “There won’t be a sudden power outage, right? Is the cable strong enough to hold our weight…?”

Everyone has something that they are afraid of. People who dare to climb mountains may not dare to ride on the cablecar. The Sports Committee had dared to stand on the edge of the stone and shout out into the wind on the mountain before, but now the Lifestyle Committee has to coldly drag him to the cable car.

Yu Sheng returned to the queue as usual, carrying a bag of snacks, and took the last ride with Jin Linkun.

The evening wind has become a little cold, blowing against the side of the face, and the mountain fog is getting thicker.

At this time, the lively voices in the mountains quieted down.

Jin Linkun sat on the cable car and was quiet for a while. He put his hand in his pocket and touched the truth or dare card that his class monitor secretly threw to him before going down the mountain.

His child actually made them public in front of his whole class.

Lao He smiled and has no lethality, but he is actually a grandmaster level boss. It is not surprising that he has known.

But the students in Class 7 actually accepted their relationship so smoothly. No one had any reaction because of this incident. The uproar was even worse when they heard that Lao He was a big troublemaker when he was young. 

So much so that he didn’t realise for a while that they had confessed so simply and openly.

Until they started heading down the mountain.

While Yu Sheng was returning the bowls and hot water kettle, the class monitor quietly walked up to him and mustered up his courage: “Kun, Kun-ge.”

Jin Linkun had almost never been called that. It took him a while to realise that he was the one being called.

Their class monitor is inexplicably solemn. He straightened his clothes, turned around and glanced at the school committee and the others for a long time. Finally, he took a deep breath and stuffed a bag of melon seeds, peanuts and beef jerky into his hands: “Keep this.”

A group of classmates who are not good students in the traditional sense, have a strong sense of loyalty, gathered up all the leftover delicious food and served it as an offering. They were coloured red directly from the root of their ears to their necks: “You…treat our Sheng-ge well.”

Lao He sat on the edge and looked at the scenery, glanced sideways, and then turned back with a smile.

Things at home were so messy that the existence of Yu Sheng’s parents could be ignored. Jin Linkun held the bag of snacks, and inexplicably, he had the idea of being taken home by his boyfriend to meet the parents and a lot of family relatives along the way.

Then he heard the class monitor continue to say: “Sheng-ge, Sheng-ge is very good, but occasionally he may beat people up. If you are okay, just let him beat you up…”

Jin Linkun: “…”

Yu Sheng turned his head, raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: “What are you thinking about?”

Jin Linkun said in his heart that it’s no doubt the classmates in your class seem to be the maternal side of your family. The words rolled around his lips but he stopped them in time: “I’m thinking that you have a really good relationship with your classmates.”

His eyes fell on Yu Sheng, he pulled up the zipper of the collar for him, and suppressed his messy thoughts: “Is it cold?”

“It’s not cold.” Yu Sheng shook his head, “They just don’t like studying very much. Everyone is pretty good.”

Learning is only a common selection method, but it can never be used as the only criterion for judgement.

Their distance was a bit close, and the boy’s chin lightly brushed against the back of his hand, leaving a faint warmth.

Jin Linkun is reluctant to move his hand away. He paused for a while, then quietly moved a little closer to Yu Sheng and put his arms around his shoulders: “Rest for a while?”

Yu Sheng leaned back: “Move slowly, I’m not like the sports committee.”

“…” Jin Linkun couldn’t hold back and laughed in his collar for a long time.

Yu Sheng leaned on Jin Linkun’s shoulder, enjoying the cool mountain breeze, and closed his eyes.

Their love is different from ordinary puppy love. They may not be easily accepted by everyone. They are not a relationship that can be explained simply by bringing someone home and saying, “This is my partner.”

He could probably guess what Jin Linkun was thinking, but he really didn’t think there was anything to hide.

Probably because No. 3 High School is not a school with strict academic standards and strict discipline, and Lao He’s way of leading the class is particularly unconventional. The people in Class 7 are very receptive to everything and are extremely loyal.

Or maybe he is convinced that even if these people were really afraid of him, even if they would stand at attention when they saw him or immediately take out an English book from somewhere and read aloud, they will still definitely stand with him under any circumstances.

After having fun for a long time, no matter how energetic these people who pursue freedom and joy were, they started to doze off one by one on the way to the hotel.

There was also a discount for booking a hotel together. Lao He helped the sleepy children get into their rooms one by one and went to bed. Yu Sheng helped a few class committee members whose legs were weak due to various reasons to carry their things up. Jin Linkun originally wanted to follow, but Lao He stopped him: “Wait a minute -“

The affairs of Yu Sheng’s family were not revealed, and Lao He was the only one among them who knew about it.

Lao He looked at him, smiled for a while, and waved his hand to signal him to chase after  Yu Sheng: “It’s fine, go.”

Not a single unnecessary word was said.

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Infected by the familiar atmosphere of Class 7, Jin Linkun always felt that he should do something.

Yu Sheng went upstairs after carrying his classmates’ things up when he saw Jin Linkun sitting on the bed playing with his mobile phone. He went over and took a look: “What are you doing?”

Jin Linkun was a little depressed and handed him the phone: “Why?”

Yu Sheng took it over and took a look.

…This person actually learned from him seriously and sent messages to all his good friends in the summer camp.

Ding Zhengjiao’s reaction was the same as before: Kunshen… has your account been hacked again?

Xia Junhua: You guys want to cause trouble again? So you’re reminding us?

Cen Rui: Kunshen, so you really thought that before, in our eyes, you two were purely in a normal “staying in a dormitory, playing the piano together, sleeping in the same bed, watching movies together, not once, but three times” sort of innocent tutor-tutee relationship?

Kong Jiahe: I know, classmate Jin, go back and look through your TV cabinet. There is a pair of porcelain dolls I gave you before in there.

Liang Yifan: Heh.

Jin Linkun couldn’t figure it out: “What does ‘heh’mean?”

“…”

Yu Sheng’s fist felt a little itchy, and he wanted to laugh inexplicably. In the end, he couldn’t help but smile, “They just want to give you a word to interpret for yourself.”

Jin Linkun was obviously not a person who can understand it on his own. He was depressed for a while and wanted to emphasise the formality of his statements today. Yu Sheng had already taken his cell phone and threw it aside.

“Stop looking at your phone.”

Yu Sheng is wearing a thick coat, the air conditioner in the room kept the room cool, he opened his zipper easily.

With slender fingers, the young man held the zipper and pulled it down, revealing the loose short sleeves underneath. The neckline is a bit low, and a clear outline of the collarbone is highlighted by the neckline.

“What are you looking at?” Yu Sheng put his coat on the chair and waved his hand in front of his eyes, “Come here and do the papers with me.”

Jin Linkun: “…”

He feels that this sentence and this action did not seem to match.

Yu Sheng obviously didn’t think there is anything inappropriate. He took out the sets of papers from his school bag, turned on the lamp next to the table, pulled out the stool and sat down.

An ordinary small hotel has all the necessary facilities and is kept clean, but the space is not too spacious after all. There is not much space left between the desk and the bed, only a wooden square stool can be placed.

The soundproofing is quite good. A group of people were playing fight the landlords downstairs yet  no sound can be heard.

Jin Linkun simply didn’t squeeze in and sat on the bed, holding on to the edge of the table to read the questions with him.

A set of papers was completely turned, the mobile phone lying beside it suddenly rang.

It was probably another text message promoting a course. Jin Linkun does not want to read it, but Yu Sheng had already picked it up: “Take a look, don’t miss it.”

Jin Linkun looked at the screen.

It was actually a message from his parents.

The father and mother, who lived extremely carefree lives, were halfway through their sightseeing trip when they suddenly remembered that their son seems to have his birthday soon, so they bought a temporary ticket and decided to come back to see him.

Jin Linkun was used to his parents’ own way of doing things. He was dumbfounded for a moment, taking over the phone: “It’s okay, I’ll tell them…”

Tell them that he still has to celebrate his birthday with his boyfriend. His parents want to come back to see him, probably just to really take a look at him, and then continue their happy 2-person world together.

There is no need to bother with this matter. His family has always depended on fate to be reunited, and such an intentional trip is actually unnecessary.

He didn’t take it seriously and went to reply to the text message, but Yu Sheng was extra serious, frowned and held his hand: “What are you saying?”

Jin Linkun smiled and teased him half-jokingly: “They don’t need to come back. I’ll celebrate it with you…”

Halfway through his words, he realised that Yu Sheng was not as casual as him about it.

His little friend pressed his hand, obviously not thinking that he should miss this opportunity to spend time with his family. His eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and he was extremely worried.

“…” Jin Linkun briefly used the connection between the two of them to gauge his emotions before touching his hair: “Friend, let me explain, it is not because I was too annoying that my parents left me alone to live at your house…”

Yu Sheng looked at him with obvious doubt in his eyes.

Jin Linkun opened his mouth and suddenly felt that explaining this matter seemed a bit difficult.

In their family, the relationship between his parents is relatively good, so good that they accidentally created him. The Jin family has the same inherited IQ and EQ. Of course, Mr. Jin and Ms. Li may really be annoyed at him, but it is not the kind of annoyance that would result in him being driven out of the house.

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Of course, he is indeed kicked out of the house.

Jin Linkun leaned on Yu Sheng’s shoulder for a while, and he couldn’t help but start to doubt himself: “So maybe the fact is that they are annoyed at me?”

Based on Yu Sheng’s understanding of him, he didn’t think there was anything difficult about this situation. He gave him a serious suggestion: “Go home and stay for two days. Do you need me to cook you a meal? Just say you made it, they should be happy then.”

Jin Linkun felt that Mr. Jin and Ms. Li might not dare to eat the food he cooked. When the words came to his lips, he suddenly swallowed them.

The previously vague idea of “meeting the parents” quietly popped into his thoughts.

…His little friend will undoubtedly not be happy to follow him to meet his parents.

But if he put a candy next to the pit, his child may not be able to help but go over, and then he will hug him, cover him in a blanket, and quickly carry him into the pit.

Jin Linkun coughed and suppressed his somewhat unreasonable thoughts for the time being: “Okay, let’s discuss it then.”

Yu Sheng thought this was a very important matter. He touched his phone and added a scheduled reminder two days before Jin Linkun’s birthday.

The matter was settled like this. The two people put down their mobile phones and returned to the set of papers in their hands.

“I told you before that you can’t use these types of methods in high school. You have to wait until you graduate.”

Yu Sheng said he was doing the test paper, but actually he was helping him with the steps in the process. Looking at the steps on the paper that was so messy that it was almost impossible to find any scoring points, he couldn’t help but cross it twice: “Your teacher didn’t tell you?”

Jin Linkun coughed lightly: “Told me. I’ll remember to change it.”

Because Yu Sheng has stricter requirements than the teacher who marked the papers, he is actually very disciplined when doing the questions, and he also pays attention to protecting the mentality of innocent classmates from being hurt.

If he wasn’t really in a hurry to finish it, he would usually try his best to write down all the steps he remembered.

The questions themselves were not too difficult. Yu Sheng read one set, gave him a run down on the scoring, took the remaining two sets and briefly checked them against the answers.

The stool has no backrest, making it uncomfortable to sit on. Yu Sheng wrote a few questions and felt a familiar warmth coming from behind: “Go take a shower, aren’t you tired?”

“I’m not tired.” Jin Linkun put his arms across his chest and hug him, “Lean against me for a while.”

Yu Sheng turned the pen in his hand twice, and still followed his instructions and leaned back against Jin Linkun’s chest.

Yu Sheng finished the questions a little slower than usual today. He wrote down the detailed steps for him on a piece of paper and his left hand keenly pressed the hand that was hovering on his waist: “What are you doing?”

“…” Jin Linkun originally just wanted to practise the movements first, but with such a force, he pressed directly against the smooth muscles of his boyfriend’s waist and abdomen.

The temperature on Yu Sheng’s body is a little cooler than the palm of his hand. The boy’s muscle lines are not distinct, but they are extremely smooth and beautiful. You can feel the strength even when pressed against his palm.

Especially this gesture that resembles a hug.

Jin Linkun took a breath, adjusted his posture, and moved back: “You write first, I’ll take a shower…”

He stood a little distracted and didn’t notice Yu SHeng’s movements. Yu Sheng grabbed him and pulled him, and then he sat back on the bed.

Yu Sheng put down his pen: “Forget it, I won’t write anymore.”

He originally planned to finish the questions he was supposed to do, and then he would settle down and learn to drive, so he could hit the road.

As a result, he couldn’t finish it at all.

But today on the mountain, when he heard the sports committee’s question for Jin Linkun, that feeling that erupted causing him to impulsively say “good-looking” is still lingering in his chest.

He doesn’t know since when, the thoughts buried deep in his heart have become particularly clear, emerging one after another, and each day is more clearer than the day before.

He wants to bring him back and show this group of people, show Lao He, the class monitor, the sports committee, Duan Lei and others know that this is the person.

This is the person I like.

This person is it. I can’t change it.

“Ge.” Yu Sheng opened his mouth, wanting to say a few words to him, reminding him that he is stuck with him forever.

Yet, he feels like there was no need to say anything.

Jin Linkun was pulled by him to sit on the bed, his landing posture was a bit difficult to control and both of them were awkwardly twisted on the bed, no one moved.

Yu Sheng held his hand, moved his fingers, and weaved it between Jin Linkun’s, trying to hold the hand completely, but was suddenly held with a stronger force.

“Wait a minute.” Yu Sheng raised his arm and pressed it against his chest, “Let’s take a shower first.”

It doesn’t matter that they usually have classes at school. Today, this group of people played wildly outside for such a long time. Even if they didn’t sweat much, they were still blown by the mountain wind all day long.

Yu Sheng teased him, still thinking about whether they should just go wash together to save time, but the person he was pushing was already smiling helplessly, stretching out his arms to hug him and rubbing his head: “What are you thinking about?”

While Yu Sheng was stunned, Jin Linkun had already leaned over.

He didn’t do anything. He hugged Yu Sheng into his arms and pressed his lips against his temples: “I just want to give you a good hug.”

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Yu Sheng almost couldn’t help it. He raised his hand halfway and was about to throw this person who made such a big move, when he met Jin Linkun’s eyes, he paused subconsciously.

The light in those eyes was extremely gentle and serious, there was no intention of joking with him at all.

Jin Linkun took Yu Sheng into his arms, letting him lean against his shoulder, and slowly rubbed the back of his neck with his palms.

He didn’t do anything else. He just wants to hug him for a while.

Until now, he couldn’t prevent this man from touching his head and rubbing his neck. Yu Sheng lay on his shoulder, closed his eyes and rested for a while, then tugged at his clothes: “Ge.”

Jin Linkun lowered his head: “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Yu Sheng said simply, “I just want to remind you that if you rub my neck again, I will fall asleep.”

Jin Linkun: “…”

The tutor, who just wanted to hold someone for a while, took the tutee out of bed and entered the bathroom together.

At least he had some wine to embolden him last time, but this time the two of them are sober. Yu Sheng is actually not particularly able to find the feeling of wanting to navigate with the steering wheel.

Jin Linkun had originally thought about whether his little friend would take action more easily when he is nervous, so he practised small grappling moves seriously for two days, not asking for anything, just to ensure that he would not be thrown too far in various unexpected situations.

It turned out that he is completely wrong.

Yu Sheng is a bit unwilling to move when he is nervous.

Of course, the aura is still there. The young man’s eyebrows, eyes, and lips were tense. Only the light in his eyes seemed to have been glazed by the steam in the bathroom. They were pure and clear, as if they had been washed with clean water.

He didn’t know how to hide. He pressed his back against the tiles and looked at him with his head slightly raised.

There was no trace of him being the person who had pushed him into a corner before and offered to study subject two.

“It’s cool.” Jin Linkun’s chest is aching so bad that his voice softened completely. He put a hand behind Yu Sheng’s back, “It’s okay, there’s not much difference.”

Yu Sheng raised his head: “Not much?”

Jin Linkun opened his mouth, feeling that he didn’t quite believe it either. He cleared his throat, took a bath towel, wrapped him up completely, and wiped his hair.

Taking a shower didn’t alleviate the situation. The hotel bathroom is a little smaller than at home. With two boys squeezed in, it almost reached the peak capacity of the bathroom.

Every time they turn around, they can hit a wall, and wherever they lightly brush against each other, they can stir up a scorching heat.

Yu Sheng was wearing a bath towel and couldn’t help but want to feel Jin Linkun’s heartbeat.

“Faster than you, really.”

Jin Linkun’s breath is also a little unstable, and he guess what he wanted to do next, and wiped away the slight wetness visible on his hair: “No…I don’t think we can call this fast.”

Yu Sheng was wiping his hair with a towel. He couldn’t hold it back and laugh.

The two of them helped each other out for a long time, and finally the water on their bodies was almost dry.

Jin Linkun spread out the bath towel to dry, held Yu Sheng’s wrist, and brought him closer.

He had long heard that it was easy to get injured if you are not careful for the first time, and he has read up a lot of information, and even compiled nearly 1g of papers on it.

But after taking the practical test, the information stored in his mind is no longer the same.

The boy’s body is a little thin, but not weak at all. The smooth and beautiful muscle lines are strong and sturdy.

Jin Linkun pulled the person back and lowered his head and kissed him.

A small, raindrop-like kiss, or tiny pecks would be more appropriate, going down from the corner of the eyebrows to the corners of the eyes, covering the sides of the nose and lips.

The venue changed from the bathroom to the bed at some point. Yu Sheng held Jin Linkun’s wrist, raised his shoulders a little, and rubbed his lips against Jin Linkun’s slightly hot skin: “Ge.”

He doesn’t know why he called him at this time, or maybe he just wanted to call him for nothing.

Jin Linkun seemed to understand better than him. His eyes curved and he lowered his head and kissed his ear: “I’m here.”

It hurts a little, but more of a feeling that he can’t even explain. It is like an electric current crackling through his body, like a scorching hot flame burning all the way up his spine, trickling into his mind.

The way Yu Sheng remembers is different from other people’s. His mind is always clear and filled with emerging images and thoughts that even he himself cannot control. Although it does not affect his life, his mind is always full.

He has long become accustomed to keeping a single thought clear among countless other thoughts, and has long since adapted to the pressure and interference of running at full capacity all year round.

But for a brief moment, there was only pure blankness in his mind.

Toeing the edge of bliss and complete relaxation for the first time, what followed was an uncontrollable uneasiness and confusion. Yu Sheng unconsciously made a sound from his throat and tensed his shoulders uncomfortably.

Familiar strength came from the palm of his hand.

Jin Linkun held his hand and hugged him from his chest and shoulders: “Don’t be afraid.”

Yu Sheng raised his head slightly, his usually cold eyebrows showed a bit of emptiness, and he instinctively met his eyes.

Then he found it.

The gentle light shone down, cutting through the darkness.

Like the starry sky he saw on his birthday

The boy in his arms relaxed again.

Jin Linkun wanted to slow down for a while, kissed him and wanted to stop, but Yu Sheng held his wrist tightly.

The warm breath and gentle heat were mixed together. His little friend’s tiger teeth were a bit sharp, and a light force caused a slight pain.

Jin Linkun tightened his arms and hugged him.

Yu Sheng groaned, buried his face in his arms, and closed his eyes.

He didn’t know if it was pain or some other stimulation, but the white light completely drowned out all the images in his mind, leaving only this person.

The breath and temperature that completely belong to this person are mingled with him in this close space.

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