Different from the previous quick taste, this bite turned into an uncontrollable sucking.

Although the beast looks ferocious, it tries its best to restrain its strength when biting to avoid actually hurting its prey.

The soft and tender skin was invaded inch by inch by sharp teeth.

Soon, the white back shoulders and butterfly bones turned red.

The beast could not be stopped, but the little white rabbit struggled unconsciously and muttered in his sleep.

“Derek… a dog bit me… there was a dog…”

The confused voice entered Gu Beilu’s ears, like a breath of coolness in the raging fire, cooling down the burning boy.

Rationality returned, and the beast in my heart was finally locked back.

The next morning, Yu Xi woke up in the big bed. He vaguely remembered that he had a dream last night, but he couldn’t remember it clearly. He didn’t know what happened, but he felt like he had a stiff neck last night and his shoulders and neck hurt a little.

“Are you awake? Go wash up.” Gu Beilu was already dressed neatly and was reading a book in the morning.

Yu Xi rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed: “Why did you get up so early, Derek…Did you sleep well?”

He looked over from the bed and saw that Gu Beilu looked good today and was full of energy. He must have slept well.

It turns out that you still need to go to bed early and get up early to be in good spirits.

Gu Beilu hummed, closed the book, stood up and went to get his school uniform.

Yu Xi rubbed the back of his neck as he walked to the bathroom. Gu Beilu saw the faint scar of deep red on the back of his shoulder in the mirror.

He was a little scared, wondering what would have happened if he had lost control last night.

No, I have to think of another way.

*

It has been two weeks since school started. Yu Xi supervises Gu Beilu to go to bed early every day. Under his strict requirements, Gu Beilu’s daily routine seems to have gradually returned to normal.

But he discovered something else.

Gu Beilu has recently taken a liking to chewing gum and mints, saying that they can refresh him.

Besides this, there is something even stranger.

Gu Beilu started to use perfume. Although it was not very strong, you could still smell it if you got close to it. It had the base notes of mint and grass.

Not only Yu Xi discovered it, but others also discovered it.

On Tuesday afternoon, Yu Xi was stopped outside the classroom by a strange girl who asked him for a favor.

“Hello, classmate Yu Xi, my name is Wu Fei. I know you are Gu Beilu’s neighbor. Do you usually go to school together? I would like to ask you for a favor.” The girl has a round baby face and is very cute.

Yu Xi was stunned for a second, then responded in his usual friendly way: “Student Wu Fei, yes, I am his neighbor, what can I do for you?”

“That’s it…” Wu Fei’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she took out a pink letter from her bag. There was a red heart-shaped sticker on the seal of the letter.

Yu Xi immediately understood what this was.

“That’s right. Can you help me pass this to Gu Beilu?” Wu Fei held the envelope in both hands and handed it to him, looking at him expectantly with her big eyes.

Yu Xi scratched his face in embarrassment. It was obviously a love letter. How could he pass on such an important thing?

And, although he was usually willing to help others, he didn’t really want to do this.

He didn’t know why, but he just didn’t want to continue.

Seeing that he didn’t move, Wu Fei hesitated: “Is it… inconvenient?”

Yu Xi said embarrassedly: “I’m sorry, it’s really not easy for me to pass on this kind of thing.”

“Oh… okay…” Wu Fei took back the envelope graciously, “It’s okay, I’ll give it to him in person.”

Without waiting for Yu Xi to say the next word, she turned around and ran downstairs.

Looking at the figure disappearing in the stairwell, Yu Xi stood there in a daze for a long time.

“Yu Xi?” Until Lin Yun’s voice called him back, “What’s wrong with you? Was that Wu Fei just now?”

Yu Xi looked at her in surprise: “Do you know her?”

Lin Yun had a serious expression on her face: “She’s the beauty of Class 5, who doesn’t know her? She’s not looking for you to ask about Gu Beilu, is she?”

Yu Xi was even more surprised: “You know all this?”

“Sure enough!” Lin Yun had an expression that said I knew it. She pulled Yu Xi aside and whispered to him, “She has been asking around about Gu Beilu recently. I don’t know where she got the false news, saying that Gu Beilu likes cute girls. Now she is telling everyone in their class that she wants to pursue Gu Beilu.”

Yu Xi looked at her in disbelief: “How do you know so much?”

“Is this the point, baby?” Lin Yun pinched his cheek anxiously, “The point is that she is going to pursue Gu Beilu, don’t you have any ideas?”

Yu Xi said: “Yes. She just asked me to pass her a love letter, but I refused.”

Lin Yun turned from anxious to relieved: “Well done. But I think Gu Beilu has been a little weird lately.”

“What’s wrong?”

“I passed by him and noticed he was wearing perfume.”

Yu Xi nodded.

Lin Yun continued to solve the case: “You said that a person was fine, why did he suddenly spray perfume?”

Yu Xi didn’t understand either: “I asked him, and he said it was to refresh himself. Maybe they have too much homework in their class.”

“Refreshing?” Lin Yun sneered thoughtfully, “Impossible, who uses perfume to refresh themselves? I see they all use Fengyoujing^[1]Medicated Oil or Fengyou Essence, is a traditional Chinese medicine. Generally speaking, spraying perfume is a way of paying attention to one’s image and charm… just like a peacock spreading its tail.”

“A male peacock spreads his tail? Isn’t that courting a mate?”

Yu Xi blurted out, and after meeting Lin Yun’s meaningful gaze, he suddenly thought of something.

He was a little distracted in class the whole afternoon, and from time to time he thought about the strange changes in Gu Beilu in the past few days.

Chewing gum, spraying perfume, and disappearing for a while after the last class.

Usually, Yu Xi would wait for him in the classroom after school, but starting from last week, Gu Beilu always made him wait for fifteen or twenty minutes longer. He didn’t know what he was doing, and every time he came back, he was chewing gum.

It was the same today, Gu Beilu took a while to come back.

Yu Xi observed carefully and found that the smell of perfume was stronger.

He remembered that Gu Beilu said he wanted to fall in love last time at the fried chicken shop.

Maybe I have really reached the age of falling in love for the first time, he thought.

He knew that many girls liked Gu Beilu, but they had never really thought about whether Gu Beilu would have a relationship in the future, just like he had never thought about having a relationship himself.

When Shen Di first told him about their relationship, he was worried that Shen Di would affect his grades, he was very happy for his friend. But when he thought about Gu Beilu’s love life, it seemed very different…

*

Gu Beilu found that Yu Xi was worried the whole night and was even distracted while doing his homework.

“What are you thinking about, huh?” Gu Beilu tapped his head with a pen.

The fresh scent of perfume filled the air again.

Yu Xi put down the pen and asked him, “Did Wu Fei come to see you today?”

Gu Beilu frowned: “Who?”

Yu Xi: “Didn’t the beauty from Class 5 come to look for you?”

“Why me?”

Gu Beilu suddenly realized that there was a reason why Yu Xi was so silent today. He closed the book and turned his chair towards Yu Xi.

“Xixi, tell me what happened.”

Yu Xi was a little surprised: “Is it true that no one gave you anything today?”

Gu Beilu glanced at the desk and picked up an exercise book: “Just give out this new book.”

The book was picked up and the letter dropped.

The envelope that fell to the ground had a big red heart on its seal.

Gu Beilu paused for a second and understood what Yu Xi was saying.

He picked up the envelope and handed it to Yu Xi: “Is this what you are talking about?”

“Yes, Wu Fei gave it to you.”

“Do you know her?”

“I don’t know her. She’s from Class 5. But she came to me and asked me to pass it on.”

“You refused?”

Yu Xi nodded.

Gu Beilu finally smiled: “Xixi is so good. I will return it to her tomorrow.”

“You… don’t want to read it?” He was almost ready to leave Gu Beilu reading the letter alone.

Gu Beilu threw the envelope on the table: “Why do you want to read it?”

Yu Xi thought for a moment and asked again, “Derek, what have you been doing in the afternoons recently?”

Gu Beilu said, “I went to refresh myself.”

Yu Xi looked at him, and Gu Beilu raised his eyebrows: “You don’t believe it?”

“Why don’t you let me follow you? Do you already have a girlfriend?” Yu Xi asked.

As soon as he asked, Gu Beilu’s eyes darkened.

“Who said that?”

Gu Beilu looked at him, his expression not very happy. What kind of mess was his little ancestor thinking about?

“Then why do you chew gum and spray perfume every day?” Yu Xi analyzed it confidently, and he didn’t even realize that there was a hint of accusation in his tone.

But Gu Beilu understood the meaning and didn’t mind at all.

He wanted to retort, but when the words came to his lips, he saw Yu Xi’s eyes and laughed angrily.

Yu Xi didn’t know what he was laughing at: “We are best friends, why are you hiding this from me?”

Gu Beilu took the schoolbag and took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.

There are also perfumes, chewing gum, mints, and deodorizing sprays, all of which are listed one by one.

“I really went there to refresh myself, I didn’t fall in love.” I left alone to smoke, and the mint perfume was to get rid of the smell.

Yu Xi was dumbfounded.

“I smoke one in the afternoon to stay awake. Sometimes when I can’t sleep at night, I’ll secretly get up and smoke one to help me sleep.” Gu Beilu looked at him, “I didn’t want to make you worry, so I didn’t tell you.”

“No, Derek, have you been secretly smoking during this period of time? Is that why you can sleep? Are you… under a lot of pressure?” Yu Xi looked at him, his eyes full of heartache.

He only knew that Gu Beilu was under great academic pressure, but he didn’t know it was so serious.

Gu Beilu explained: “Maybe I am not used to it, it will be fine after a while.”

He only said half of his words. He might not be used to having erections every night, but it would stop happening after a while.

Yu Xi thought he was just not used to the intensity of high school studies and said worriedly, “But smoking is bad for your health. Why don’t you go see a doctor?”

Gu Beilu said calmly, “I asked the doctor, he said this is a normal phenomenon during puberty and I have to adjust myself. There is no other way.”

Of course, I couldn’t go see a doctor. What would he say? Would he say that he couldn’t sleep every day because he was thinking about his secret crush?

Yu Xi was already putting away the cigarette box and lighter: “You can’t smoke either. If you’re not sleepy, just do more papers tonight. I won’t call you to bed.”

After this ordeal, Gu Beilu didn’t want to do the questions anymore. He grabbed Yu Xi’s arm and pulled him to his side.

“How’s it going? Are you relieved?”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m not in a relationship.”

“Why should I be so assured about this? I just asked you not to hide it from your best friend. And smoking is even more worrying…” Yu Xi explained, lowering his head to play with his perfume.

After one spray, the scent factors of grassy mint collide with each other in the air.

Not sweet or greasy, very green scent.

Some secret thoughts are about to come out.

Gu Beilu’s voice unconsciously became awkward: “If I were to fall in love, you would definitely be the first to know.”