Chapter 41.2: Come here, let me touch.

It was already noon when Lin Yujing opened her eyes again, and the classroom was completely quiet. She began to feel hot. She raised her hand to remove the coat covering her body, sat up, and turned her head.

Shen Juan was sitting by her side reading a book. After Lin Yujing accepted his role as a genius student she found that Shen Juan did indeed study, it’s just that even when he read a book his expression and posture were so casual and nonchalant that Lin Yujing had previously misunderstood him.

Seeing her sitting up out of the corner of his eye, Shen Juan turned his head toward her. “Awake?”

He put down the book and stretched out his hand as if it was a very natural thing to do, wanting to touch her forehead.

Lin Yujing had sweated a little bit. The clothes under her body felt somewhat sticky at the moment, and her forehead was a bit sweaty as well. She unconsciously turned to the side to avoid his hand.

Shen Juan’s fingertips passed in front of her face and stopped next to her ear, pausing there for a moment. “Come here, let me touch.”

In the empty classroom his voice sounded deep, and maybe even a little tender.

“…”

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Mbkp oyp vbl nypl lhld vbswtb pbl jdlo vbyv Fbld Kwyd’p osaep olal prsjld bsdlpvzu.

Fbl nzlyale bla vbasyv yde lmrzykdle, “R polyvle y zsv…”

Fbld Kwyd aykple yd lulcaso. “Fs?”

Nkd Zwfkdt’p hsknl oyp bsyapl. Tla psal vbasyv oyp cwadkdt, yde pbl eked’v oydv vs vyzj vss xwnb. “R’x ekavu.”

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Nkd Zwfkdt oyp nywtbv sqq twyae, yde bla cseu qlzv olyj ytykd. Gzz yv sdnl bl nywtbv bla yde rwzzle bla nzspl vs bkx, bla blye qyzzkdt pswdezu kdvs bkp yaxp.

Mbl vkr sq bla dspl bkv bkp ycesxkdyz xwpnzlp, yde pbl nswze qllz vbyv vblu olal qkax yde pwrrzl.

She froze, hurriedly raising her hand and supporting her upper body on his leg. She raised her head, unconsciously looking up.

Shen Juan lowered his eyes and looked at her.

She abruptly looked up, and the distance between the two of them suddenly narrowed. Lin Yujing was so startled that her hands went soft and she fell back into his arms.

Her face was pressed against the boy’s strong, warm body, feeling the low tremors in his chest. He laughed out loud. “Why do you throw yourself into my arms when you’re sick?”

He leaned back as he spoke, pulled back a little, and touched her forehead. “It’s down.”

Lin Yujing was embarrassed to death, her ears were hot, and she felt as though the fever that just dropped was rising again. She lowered her head, not wanting to speak.

Shen Juan looked down, his voice ringing above her head, “Haven’t you hugged enough?”

“…”

Lin Yujing straightened up, leaning against the edge of the desk and looking at him.

The girl was very different when she was sick. She looked a little listless and her voice was hoarse and soft. “Shen Juan, don’t take advantage of others. Seeing that I can’t beat you when I’m sick, you bully me now. “

Shen Juan was stunned.

He lowered his head and smiled. He leaned forward again, and his voice lazily ambled. “You’re really in a daze from fever, Lin Yujing. Is this how the phrase ‘taking advantage of others’ is used?”

“Why can’t I use it like this?” Lin Yujing took the water cup from the corner of the table and unscrewed it. The water in it was warm. She took a couple of sips and her throat felt a little better. “Classmate Shen, look at the idiom dictionary more often. There are many more proper uses, don’t always keep such prescriptive garbage in your mind.”

“Fine,” Shen Juan leaned back against the wall again, fished out a small bag of medicine from the underside of his desk, and put it in front of her. “Go eat a meal, then go back to the dormitory and sleep. I’ll help you take a leave in the afternoon.”

Lin Yujing looked down at the small translucent plastic bag; inside were several small rectangular boxes of medicine.

She raised her head and said, “Shen Juan.”

Shen Juan lightly replied, “Mm?”

Lin Yujing looked at him. “Do you…”

Like me.

When the question was halfway out, countless lines from romantic idol dramas flashed through Lin Yujing’s mind. 

— The girl cries and asks loudly, “Why are you so kind to me!! Why do you have to be so kind to me!!”

— The boy replies excitedly, “Why do I treat you so well, don’t you have any f*cking idea!! How can you even ask me this!!”

— The girl whimpers and cries, “Don’t be so nice to me, don’t you know that I’ll fall in love with you if you do this! Why are you doing this…”

— The boy yells hysterically, “Isn’t that why I treat you so f*cking well! You still ask me why! Because I love you! Because I’m f*cking in love with you, damnit!!”

Lin Yujing: “…”

Lin Yujing folded her arms and shuddered, nauseous at the drama in her head.

She looked at Shen Juan and cleared her throat. “Do you want me to give you a chance in this monthly exam, and let you take first place in the grade again?”

Shen Juan: “…”

Lin Yujing was really uncomfortable, so she asked Liu Fujiang for a leave of absence in the afternoon.

Shen Juan went to the cafeteria to buy some porridge for her. Lin Yujing took it back to the dormitory and forced herself to eat it. After taking anti-fever and cold medicine, she fell onto her bed and slept in the dark. When she woke up again  night had already fallen, and her cotton pajamas were completely drenched in sweat.

Lin Yujing lay in her bed, still a little dizzy, and raised her hand to touch her forehead. It felt cool. Her fever had subsided.

She sat up and then took a shower in the bathroom, washing off the sweat and fatigue. She came out and changed into a set of clean clothes, then sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed.

She’d only had half a serving of porridge at noon, and by now she was starting to feel a little hungry. Lin Yujing opened the cabinet, took out a pack of biscuits, and ate them slowly in a daze.

Edited By: ceres