Chapter 35: You’re Shameless

The voice descended into the heart like a feather.

But in an instant, it dispersed into a shimmering light.

Jian Mingzhou slightly widened his eyes, and his heart went thumping.

Unconsciously, he made a move, but then his arm was wrapped around—
Xie Jing gently held him in his arms, signaling him to shush.

The confession scene was still a few steps away, but they were hiding behind the office desk. If they were discovered, it would be awkward for everyone involved.

Jian Mingzhou’s back was pressed against Xie Jing.

The falling breath was light, but their heartbeats were racing. His heartbeat sped up along with theirs.

No, this is too—

Jian Mingzhou pursed his lips and looked outside. The partially opened curtain revealed a tidy bed behind it, and the leaves outside the window rustled in the sunlight. They were trapped in a small corner of the medical room.

This scene is forbidden yet filled with pure love.

A few steps away, the confession became more exciting.

Jian Mingzhou, leaning against Xie Jing, suddenly heard a voice behind him that only the two of them could hear.

“Uncle, my heart is beating so fast.”

His mind went blank for a moment, feeling the heat rising. What?

Xie Jing asked softly, “Is it because you’re nervous?”

Jian Mingzhou nodded. “Yes.”

Then came a chuckle in his ear, asking, “Are you nervous too?”

Boom! Jian Mingzhou’s mind exploded: Xie Jing…! Was it because of his naivety, or was he deliberately teasing him?

While he was pondering, he felt a slight weight on his shoulder.

Xie Jing, as if tired of sitting, rested his chin on Jian Mingzhou’s shoulder.

A warm breath brushed past, and Jian Mingzhou’s heart thumped!

He kicked the table corner with his foot. Bang!

“Forget it! Teacher, you don’t understand anything.”

A sudden shout from nearby covered the sound. The student who shouted cried and ran out. The medical room finally quieted down.

The confession scene with the horse was over.

Jian Mingzhou didn’t know if he had breathed a sigh of relief or taken a deep breath.

Now, how were they supposed to come out? Should they wait for Duan Tingfang to leave before going out?

In his contemplation, a deep murmur suddenly floated in the air.

“I am truly deeply sinful…”

He, “…”

So edgy! So awkward!!

Feeling even more unable to reveal themselves, were they going to squat in here forever?

There was a movement behind him, and then he was lifted up.

Jian Mingzhou turned his head in shock, only to see Xie Jing lifting him up as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Facing Duan Tingfang, he said, “Is it over? I’ll check the sprain.”

Duan Tingfang: …

Jian Mingzhou: …

Xie Jing, completely ignoring the life and death of the school doctor!

He couldn’t help but slide away from the person beside him, unable to face this scene directly. With one hand on the window frame, he calmly looked out at the shady blue sky. It didn’t matter as long as he couldn’t see.

Suddenly, there was movement under his eyelids.

“?” Jian Mingzhou looked down.

He saw Zhou Xuyang and He Yi crouching below the window.

Both were entangled in an odd posture. Zhou Xuyang covered He Yi’s mouth, and in a very similar scene, they locked eyes with him… No, six eyes are locked with each other.

The three of them, “…”

Jian Mingzhou’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Their peculiar expressions finally attracted the attention of the two in the room. Xie Jing turned his head, and Duan Tingfang followed over, pushing the window with a loud bang.

Five people met at a corner.

In this bizarre scene, no one spoke.

After a while, Xie Jing spoke, “What are you all doing?”

Zhou Xuyang let go of He Yi. He Yi took a deep breath! Zhou Xuyang stood up and said, “Just passing by.”

“Seeing you suddenly pulling Brother Mingzhou down, we were curious and came over to take a look.”

Jian Mingzhou raised his eyes in amazement: they were eavesdropping on the wall, but the people below the wall were eavesdropping on them…

“A great mantis catches the cicada, with the oriole behind as the plot unfolds!

The one to conclude this drama is Duan Tingfang.

He closed the window expressionlessly! Then she swiftly pulled the curtain with a whoosh, covering the two faces outside.

Afterward, turning to Xie Jing, he said, “Checking your feet, huh? Sit down.”

Xie Jing blinked, looking at Jian Mingzhou. “Uncle, help me…”

The heat from earlier seemed to return.

Jian Mingzhou pressed down his emotions and was about to reach out when Duan Tingfang coldly chuckled.

“So agile, no need for assistance, right?”

Xie Jing, “…”

Jian Mingzhou, “…”

–

In the end, Xie Jing still sat down.

Duan Tingfang reached out and pinched twice. “Not bad. If you hadn’t said anything, I wouldn’t have known you sprained it.”

“?” Jian Mingzhou looked at Xie Jing.

Didn’t he look fragile just now?

After a silent two seconds, Xie Jing pursed his lips, unchanged, “Teacher, please be serious. After all, the sin cannot be deeper… um.”

He groaned and frowned.

Duan Tingfang withdrew his strength and said, “Hmph. Speaking of which, I want to ask, with such a big… how did you two adult men fit in?”

He glanced. “Playing Tetris?”

Jian Mingzhou looked over.

Duan Tingfang is also completely indifferent to others’ lives!

Xie Jing suddenly laughed, lowering his eyes without speaking.

Jian Mingzhou tried to keep the conversation normal, “Including the two outside the window, it should be Candy Crush.”

Next to him, “…”

Xie Jing’s sprain was not serious, and they came out of the infirmary.

The coolness of the corridor hit them.

Jian Mingzhou realized his face was warm.

He raised his hand to touch it lightly. After leaving the infirmary, the atmosphere seemed to finally return to normal.

It was all because the place was too classic, as if staying inside would easily lead to wild thoughts. So much so that, for a few moments, he seemed to enter an extraordinary state…

“Uncle, your face is so red.”

Jian Mingzhou returned to his senses, seeing Xie Jing looking at him.

His heart skipped a beat. Before he could decide how to respond, he heard someone laugh and say, “Did you get sunburned by the window? Do you need me to buy you a bottle of ice water?”

Jian Mingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and looked again.

“Your sprain; don’t you need to rest?”

“…” Xie Jing stayed silent, considerately saying, “I twisted it a little.”

Jian Mingzhou was stunned for a moment and said softly, “Xiao Jing, it’s not necessary.”

In a few steps, they exited the corridor, and sunlight poured in.

Jian Mingzhou’s eyes were dazzled.

The previous sense of trance finally disappeared, giving a feeling of returning to reality.

He cleared his thoughts and said, “In the future, let’s try to stay away from the infirmary.”

“What’s wrong?” Xie Jing asked.

Jian Mingzhou said firmly, “There must be some kind of barrier set up by Duan Tingfang inside.”

Once you enter, you’ll encounter manga-style clichés.

Xie Jing’s mouth opened and closed.

Thinking about that “barrier,” that “nurse chief,” he spoke after a while, “Uncle, I’m occasionally curious. How do you perceive this world?”

“…”

–

Jian Mingzhou returned home after having lunch at school.

After returning, he still cared about Xie Jing’s sprain, unsure if the afternoon training would be okay.

As it turned out, Jian Mingzhou had worried too much.

Not only was Xie Jing fine, but he also energetically went to the bookstore.

He carried a backpack full of manga books and presented them to Jian Mingzhou. “Uncle, these are not in your forbidden area. Take a look and see if you like any.”

Jian Mingzhou scanned them and then realized,

“How do you know they are not in the forbidden area?”

“I’ve read them all; of course, I know.”

He turned his head sharply! He almost twisted his neck.

Read them all. When did he read them? Those taboos, the 18X ones too…

Jian Mingzhou’s breathing fluctuated for a moment, then seemingly calmly turned back. “Oh.”

The manga was spread out on a table.

He casually picked and chose, while Xie Jing silently watched. After flipping through a few, he heard Xie Jing ask,

“Uncle, do you like this type?”

“…No, I’m just checking the art style and character designs first.”

A hand reached over and flipped through.

“What character designs?” Xie Jing flipped a few out. “Of these types, which one do you like?”

Jian Mingzhou looked restrained and aloof, handsome and dark, cheerful and loyal, dog-like seme…

He pointed, “This one, and this one.”

Mature and handsome appearance, good physique, just appealing, with a kind of cute contrast.

Xie Jing looked down. “Hmm.”

After Jian Mingzhou finished speaking, he belatedly realized: Why was he only asking about semes? It seemed like he only liked semes…

He gathered his thoughts, “I also like this uke.”

Xie Jing looked at the “gentle and restrained doctor uke,”

“Oh, I like that too.”

“…”

Jian Mingzhou felt that this conversation completely didn’t make up for anything! He choked for a while and said, “Hmm.”

Then he collected the manga and borrowed them.

…

The next day, he had something to do and had to go to the company.

When Jian Mingzhou left, Xie Jing hadn’t left yet, apparently changing clothes in the bedroom.

He greeted him and left first.

When he arrived at the company, it was still early, and Xiaofu brought a box of chocolate muffins as breakfast for the office.

Jian Mingzhou took it and took a few bites.

Turning his head, he saw a storm brewing in the depths of Xia Ye’s eyes, suddenly realizing: Now even chocolate has become a forbidden topic! “

He couldn’t resist curiosity and approached, “By the way, what did Editor He reply to you in the end?”

Xia Ye paused for a moment, suddenly realizing, “I forgot to check.” He said, then looked at him with a sinister gaze.

“After all, that day, my mind was filled with thoughts of you.”

“…”

Jian Mingzhou said, “Don’t say such sickening words.”

Xiaolu, passing by, turned in surprise and said, “So cheesy!”

Seeing that Xia Ye was about to enter hunting mode again, Qian Qian quickly interrupted, changing the topic to “Oh! Aren’t we planning a team-building event this weekend? We’re going to Qingyan Hot Springs Village!”

Jian Mingzhou just remembered it.

Last week was too busy, and he almost forgot.

“I remember it’s with another publishing house.”

Xia Ye pushed his glasses and smiled. “Early River Publishing House. Teacher Xiaoling will also come. Looking forward to it, right?”

Jian Mingzhou: “Oh!!!!”

He was suddenly excited.

But when he thought of that dazzling To-signature, his mood suddenly became complicated again…

After a moment, he compromised, “Half is looking forward to it.”

Xia Ye, “?”

…

Today, as part of the company’s routine welfare, fruit baskets were distributed.

In the afternoon, when Xia Ye was leaving, he stopped Jian Mingzhou and said, “I’ll give you a ride back later and take the flower and plant photography album from your house. The author asked me to borrow it.”

Jian Mingzhou, who was too lazy to carry the fruit basket, said, “Sure.”

It didn’t take long to drive back home.

At the apartment building, Xia Ye parked the car.

The two went upstairs together, and suddenly Xia Ye asked, “At this time, has that one of yours come back?”

Jian Mingzhou, immune to his quantity words, said, “Today I got off work late. Xiao Jing should be back by now.”

Xia Ye just nodded.

They arrived at the door.

Jian Mingzhou, carrying the fruit basket, fumbled for the keys in his bag, looking very awkward.

Xia Ye knocked on the door, knock knock.

After a moment, there was a sound behind the door. Then the door opened with a click. “Uncle?”

Jian Mingzhou looked up and was suddenly stunned.

Xie Jing was standing at the door, looking down, wearing the black T-shirt brought back from He Yi’s house. Because it was slightly small, it had never been worn by anyone else, only him twice.

Now worn on him, it was quite close-fitting.

The usual casual temperament was gone, and he appeared broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, tall, and handsome.

Matched with the deep black, it was breathtaking.

During the eye contact, Jian Mingzhou’s breath stopped. Just as he felt a slight palpitation, he suddenly heard a voice beside him:

“Hmm? Why are you wearing Mingzhou’s clothes?”

Xia Ye pushed his glasses and smiled in a playful manner. “Hello…”

Damn it! Jian Mingzhou grabbed an apple from the fruit basket and stuffed it into Xia Ye’s mouth! Blocking the rest of the words. Then, in the midst of a pounding heart, he turned calmly to Xie Jing,

“…Editor-in-chief is saying hello to you, so say hello back.”