Bite Your Fingertips (BL) (Complete)

Chapter 16 - Only Me

Wei Guanglei didn't think as deeply since he always had a very good impression of Chu Yu, and now he'd even been brought here by Lu Shi himself. He kicked a blue plastic stool over and beckoned him. "Long time no see, is that stool next to Lu-Ge fine with you?"

Chu Yu was still in the middle of a daze, but after hearing Wei Guanglei's question, he nodded at once. "Yes, it's fine. I can sit anywhere, thank you."

"Don't thank me, it's no big deal and just calling me Shitou is fine." Wei Guanglei took out a bowl and chopsticks and placed them in front of Chu Yu.

Zhu Zhifei slowly came out of his reverie and spoke to Chu Yu, "It's really fate. Your mouth has chanced upon splendid food today, this hot pot has an extraordinary history!"

Chu Yu was very cooperative. "What's its history?"

"For a week, our Chef Shitou pretended to pass by the old hot pot restaurant on the corner every day and stole their recipes. He bought the hot pot base ingredients, preparing them himself, and also personally boiled the soup base. Observe the uneven thickness of the sliced potato and this lotus root that our chef himself cut!"

Wei Guanglei kicked Zhu Zhifei's foot and scolded with a smile, "Get outta here! Where the fuck is it uneven? Open your eyes and look closely, they're obviously very even!"

As someone who had never cooked himself, Chu Yu sincerely complimented, "That's so awesome!"

Wei Guanglei was a little embarrassed by the praise. He swept his crew cut hair and opened the fire. "Alright alright, quit yakking. Come on, let's hurry and eat so we can taste it."

With that said, he put the meat and vegetables into the pot.

The bottom of the pot bubbled, subsequently producing steam which had a hot and numbing spicy fragrance to it.

Chu Yu took a sip of the soy milk to relieve the spiciness, and stealthily watched Lu Shi through the steam.

Lu Shi had finished drinking a can of cold beer. He grabbed another can from Wei Guanglei's hand, bent his knuckles, and pulled open the tab with a 'pop', causing thin white vapor to appear.

His chin was slightly raised and his eyelashes drooped as the liquor freely flowed past his lips and teeth. When he gulped, his Adam's apple would roll- it was kinda nice.

Chu Yu always felt that the Lu Shi in school and the Lu Shi on Qingchuan Road greatly differed.

In school, Lu Shi seemed to conceal all of his edges and sharpness in a shell labeled 'Frosty Study God'.

He was unlike Zhang Yueshan and Li Hua who sat in front of him. There were always people looking for them in between classes to discuss and exchange top student ideas.

But no one ever went to Lu Shi to ask about a problem.

Occasionally, Zhang Yueshan and the others would quarrel over the solution of a problem, and if they couldn't come to a consensus, they would show Lu Shi the problem and let him judge who was right and wrong.

Or if many top students were stumped with a question and no one could solve it, Zhang Yueshan would be their representative to ask Lu Shi for his solution to the problem.

Spectator Chu Yu reckoned it was probably because Lu Shi gave people a sense of alienation.

Either way, no one dared to approach him.

Meanwhile, Qingchuan Road's Lu Shi had sharp, icy thorns with raised points and would beat people at every turn, as if he had no thoughts of hiding the hostility that overflowed from his bones.