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The next day, on my way to class, the weather was gloomy with distant thunder, creating a somewhat oppressive atmosphere. I felt as if the gazes of passersby were subtly glancing at me. In a daze, I ran into my roommate at the bottom of the teaching building.
"Are you... not planning to take a day off today?"
"What?" I replied, confused.
"Didn't you see the video...?"
His expression hinted that I seemed to be in trouble. My roommate opened the video and handed his phone to me.
"Aci."
The person in the video was me and Shao Ciyan.
"What do you want?" Shao Ciyan looked at me with a half-smile.
My ears turned slightly red, but I still met his gaze intensely. I spoke softly, "I want... to kiss."
Shao Ciyan smiled playfully.
"Is that so tempting?" he said, pinching my chin.
He neither agreed nor refused, so I took it as a tacit acceptance. My hand unconsciously gripped the hem of the boy's shirt in front of me as I tilted my chin forward. Shao Ciyan maintained his smile, but his eyes gradually turned colder.
It was my first time kissing someone, and my eyelashes couldn't help but tremble nervously. Just before our lips met, Shao Ciyan turned his head away.
"Sorry."
"I'm not used to it."
I stared at the screen without blinking, my hand growing increasingly stiff. Then the scene shifted. The person holding the camera focused on Shao Ciyan.
The person behind the camera is Shao Ciyan's brother. He grinned widely. "What's going on, brother Ci? I wanted to film something interesting, but you dodged!" Shao Ciyan frowned impatiently. "Just thinking about kissing a guy makes me feel sick." The video ended there. My roommate quietly added, "Shao Ciyan posted this video publicly on the school's forum." "Now everyone knows. And a lot of people are commenting, calling you disgusting for being gay..." My mind went blank as I listened without any reaction. I couldn't process the information my roommate was relaying. All I knew was that my long-standing patience seemed to have no effect. That group of people only escalated their behavior. Thunder rumbled again, signaling the start of a heavy rainstorm. I didn't know when it began, but I was left standing alone. Without any buildup, the rain fell rapidly and hit me directly. It was at this moment that Shao Ciyan appeared. His gaze was calm and distant, as if he didn't feel he had done anything wrong at all. I locked eyes with Shao Ciyan through the pouring rain. My emotions broke free in an instant. I rushed up to Shao Ciyan and knocked the umbrella out of his hands. I swung a punch at his face. "Shao Ciyan, how much longer are you going to torment me?" "Did I ask for this?" "Seeing me like this makes you satisfied, right?!" Both of us were drenched from the rain, but I was still the one who looked miserable.
The rain blurred my vision, and the pent-up negative emotions surged out uncontrollably.
“Jian Xi.”
Shao Ciyan ignored my breakdown and spoke coldly.
“I’m helping you atone to Qing Tang.”
With that rain, I completely vented my emotions.
I can hardly remember the specifics anymore.
The last impression I have is that I looked at Shao Ciyan as if he were a stranger.
My tone was serious.
“Shao Ciyan, I really regret liking you.”
“Say that again?”
A wave of hostility rose around Shao Ciyan that even the pouring rain couldn’t conceal.
I was too exhausted to continue entangling with him.
I turned and left in the rain, letting Shao Ciyan seethe behind me.
I demanded the school to intervene and deleted that video on the grounds of invasion of portrait rights and privacy rights.
In one go, I reported Shao Ciyan and his group of friends to the police.
Things calmed down for a while.
It seemed like everything returned to normal.
However, at this time, Shao Ciyan and Jian Qingtang publicly announced their relationship.
I became the subject of gossip and ridicule among everyone.
…
That large class was attended by the whole grade together.
Shao Ciyan pulled Jian Qingtang to sit in the middle.
They were surrounded by Shao Ciyan’s rowdy friends, cheering them on.
It seems that getting into trouble with the law didn’t teach these people any lessons.
This class was mainly for each group to present their topics.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but Jian Qingtang’s topic was: How to view homosexuality?
"Let me ask a question!"
She stood on the podium, her gaze sweeping over the crowd before settling on Shao Ciyan, and with a gentle smile, she asked in a sweet voice.
"Shao, if a gay man openly confessed his love to you, how would you feel?"
Everyone held their breath, and many eyes turned toward me.
Shao Ciyan didn't glance at me, playing along with Jian Qingtang's antics.
His tone was cold, laced with a hint of mockery.
"Disgusting. If it's not needed, it can be cut off."
Jian Qingtang's cheeks flushed slightly as she pouted.
"Shao Ciyan, no joking in class!"
The boy chuckled and obediently apologized before sitting down.
The two were openly flirting in class.
But in the next moment, Jian Qingtang unexpectedly called my name.
"Then may I ask Jian Xi, do you agree with Shao Ciyan's viewpoint?"
It seemed that since the video incident, I had rarely shown any embarrassing emotions.
I stood up calmly and looked directly at her.
"Before I answer you, I would like to ask you something."
"I remember you're left-handed, so your right hand has almost lost its primary function; would you cut it off?"
"If you refuse, doesn't that imply that you deny Shao Ciyan's viewpoint?"
Jian Qingtang probably intended for me to embarrass myself in front of everyone.
Unexpectedly, it was her who couldn't save face now.
"You!" she glared at me, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Perhaps due to her resentment from class, after school when the crowd was bustling, she quietly stood behind me.
As I reached the stairway, she kicked me down while avoiding the cameras.
Jian Qingtang still retained some rationality.
I stumbled down the last flight of stairs. I rolled down publicly but wasn't seriously hurt.
I managed to stand up, albeit limping slightly.
"What happened?!"
The instructor just happened to appear and caught sight of this scene. Jian Qingtang smiled innocently.
" director Zhao, Jian Xi rolled down by herself."
Before I could argue, she continued to explain. "I consider Jian Xi family; I would never frame her."
I let out a cold laugh. The sound was neither loud nor soft, just enough to draw everyone's attention to me.
"Instructor, I was..."
"Jian Xi."
I didn't know when, but Shao Ciyan had walked up beside me, subtly warning me. "If Qing Tang gets hurt because of you again, I will not let you off the hook."
"You know I can make your next two years of college life worse than that of a stray dog."
"What did you say, Jian Xi?" the instructor pressed.
I felt as if a knife was hanging over my head, waiting for the verdict.
"I said I was pushed down by my sister, Jian Qingtang..."
I turned to look at Shao Ciyan: "What, do you want to stand up for your girlfriend?"
"If you have the guts, go ahead and kill me."
With that, I left without looking back.
...
But the outcome of this incident didn't change. Shao Ciyan's father was the largest board member of the school, and he completely suppressed the matter. Meanwhile, due to my leg injury, I struggled awkwardly while climbing the stairs in the teaching building. Then I ran into Shao Ciyan and Jian Qingtang again.
Two people looked down at me, as if I were a jumping clown. Jian Qingtang smiled slightly. "Sorry, Xi Xi. Dad said a few words after he accidentally pushed you down. He’s just venting for you." In the face of my fractured bones, the man who claimed to be my father only scolded Jian Qingtang lightly. Shao Ciyan sneered as he passed by me. "Do you really need me to kill you?" People like them seemed to take pleasure in insulting others.
My leg injury hadn't healed yet, but in this turbulent campus, the confession wall soon became active again. "Wall, I'm a transfer student looking for a classmate named Jian who is majoring in finance. He's very good-looking, but I can't remember much else. May I ask if he's single? Can I pursue him?" The profile picture clearly belonged to a boy. Everyone instinctively thought it was about Jian Qingtang. For those few days, Shao Ciyan's expression was not good at all. He kept asking people to find out which department the transfer student was from.
Until one public class, a tall boy stopped next to my seat. "Classmate, is this seat taken?" I paused for a moment and then shook my head. The boy sat down and chuckled while resting his forehead on his hand. "I finally found you," he said. During the class, the confession wall updated again. "Wall, no need to look anymore; I've already found Jian. He’s sitting right next to me." Soon after, many people frequently glanced our way, including Shao Ciyan. His gloomy gaze fixed on me but was blocked by the boy beside me.
"Classmate, my name is Lu Qingye."
Lu Qingye spoke very directly. He placed the confession wall interface in front of me and bluntly told me that he had fallen for me at first sight.
To be honest, due to a series of recent events, my first reaction was that this boy was just messing with me again. So, I quickly shifted my gaze away from his screen. Polite yet distant, I said, "I'm sorry, but I don't like you."
Lu Qingye turned off his phone and smiled calmly. "Aren't I just trying to figure out how to pursue you?" I looked at him for two seconds, and that familiar nonchalant vibe grew stronger.
For some reason, I asked, "Do you like the same sex?"
Lu Qingye denied it, saying, "Liking you means liking you; it has nothing to do with sexual orientation." His words were almost identical to Shao Ciyan's. I chuckled softly and didn't take his words to heart anymore.
After class, in order to avoid Lu Qingye and the eyes of those who were eager to watch the drama unfold, I endured the pain in my legs, grabbed my book, and quickly left. But Shao Ciyan still caught up with me.
"What did you two talk about in class?" Shao Ciyan's probing gaze scrutinized me.
"Does it concern you?"
"Get lost."
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