Lin Feiran was so shaken by these words that his soul nearly flew away. “What?”
Gu Kaifeng ignored Lin Feiran’s question and smiled faintly, stating seriously, “I like you. Let’s be together, okay?”
His voice was soft and magnetic with each and every word clearly articulated, and each and every one was like a grenade that instantly exploded on Lin Feiran.
“Wait, wait—” What he originally thought to be the least probable guess suddenly turned out to be the truth. Lin Feiran was dumbfounded and wanted to refute, but Gu Kaifeng clasped his face in his hands, leaned his head forward, and firmly planted a kiss on Lin Feiran’s lips.
Lin Feiran had not yet finished saying “wait” and his lips were slightly parted. This presented the perfect opportunity to Gu Kaifeng and the soft, moist tip of his tongue gently and clumsily probed the inside of Lin Feiran’s mouth. As soon as it touched Lin Feiran’s tongue, it amateurishly and bashfully retreated. However, this bashfulness did not last for even one second before it was dispelled by a more intense and scorching emotion.
The feeling of intertwining your lips and tongue with the person you like is wonderful. Gu Kaifeng felt as though he was bewitched. There was a thunderous roar of blood rushing past his eardrums, and for several seconds he felt like he was losing his hearing.
The whole world seemed like it was enclosed inside a very small eggshell, leaving only him and the shy, struggling teen beneath him. Except, there was very little strength put into that struggle, like how a butterfly held in one’s hand would weakly flutter its wings a few times before becoming motionless.
“Mmm…” Lin Feiran’s eyes widened in bewilderment. The shock he was experiencing at this very moment was no less than when he first saw ghosts. For this reason, for a moment he actually did not know what to do. He wanted to break away, but his arms were securely pinned. He wanted to push out the tip of Gu Kaifeng’s tongue with his own, but it ended up working against him; it seemed instead as if he were being indulgent.
In the end, even Lin Feiran did not know whether or not he was being indulgent.
Pressed beneath Gu Kaifeng, his body was rapidly heating up and his four limbs softened, unable to exert any strength. His entire body felt as light as a feather. In his daze, Lin Feiran even had the illusion that should Gu Kaifeng let him go, he would float to the ceiling like a balloon.
Gu Kaifeng thought that Lin Feiran’s wide-eyed expression when they kissed seemed very adorable, and his eyes curved with his smile. He reached out to cover Lin Feiran’s eyes with his hand, and deepened their kiss.
It wasn’t until they were both gasping for breath that Gu Kaifeng reluctantly ended this first kiss that was perfect enough to be the subject of his reminiscence for one hundred years.
“RanRan?” Gu Kaifeng reached out his hand and waved it in front of Lin Feiran and said softly, “Wake up.”
The corners of Lin Feiran’s eyes were damp. He pursed his lips, which were somewhat red and swollen from being kissed. His expression was sluggish for a few seconds and he only now spoke the words he could not get out in time earlier: “I, I don’t have that kind of interest in you. You… What are you doing?”
“Do not have that kind of interest?” This time it was Gu Kaifeng’s turn to see ghosts. “Say that again?”
“Gu Kaifeng, you&#k2026; are gay?” Lin Feiran swallowed his saliva as he asked nervously.
Gu Kaifeng was dumbfounded.
Both of them stared at each other for a moment with stupefied expressions on their faces.
After a time, Gu Kaifeng managed to put away his flabbergasted expression and he arched his eyebrows and said, “I am, aren’t you?”
Lin Feiran shook his head like a drum-shaped rattle, his heart beating violently.
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds. The situation suddenly became embarrassing; the first kiss had instantly turned into an awkward kiss.
Gu Kaifeng took a deep breath and, clenching his teeth, asked, “Then what are you trying to do by teasing me every day?”
“I…” Lin Feiran had only finished saying the word “I” before the subsequent string of words pertaining to Yin-Yang eyes and Yang energy became stuck in his throat. Not a single word could come out.
Seeing that Lin Feiran was not speaking, Gu Kaifeng’s face sank and he forced himself to ask, “Do you think it’s fun to tease me?”
“No!” Lin Feiran hastily and loudly denied, “Definitely not!”
Gu Kaifeng observed Lin Feiran, who appeared eager to plead his innocence, and felt his expression was not faked. He also believed Lin Feiran was not that kind of person. This small thing is usually so adorably foolish; toying with someone’s feelings is something beyond his capabilities. Thus, Gu Kaifeng’s expression gradually returned to one more mild. With mixed feelings of love and hate, he pinched Lin Feiran’s chin and swayed it to and fro, asking, “Then why won’t you own up to it after teasing me this much? Heartless little thing.”
Lin Feiran said guiltily, “I was not purposely trying to tease you. I didn’t know you’re gay. Two straight men being this way is normal, right…”
As he was speaking, he recalled the things he had done. The more he thought about it, the more unreasonable he found himself to be. Consequently, the volume of his voice grew fainter as he spoke. Towards the end, he was practically communicating by telepathy.
Gu Kaifeng was angry enough to grind his teeth. “Two straight men being this way is normal? Want to try saying that again?”
Lin Feiran summoned up the courage to be defiant. “Two straight men…”
Even with straight men, it seemed to be very abnormal! Lin Feiran felt as if the heavens had just poured a bucket of cold water over him, leaving him in utter disappointment.
Gu Kaifeng said resentfully, “If you dare to repeat it, I will kiss you to death.”
Lin Feiran immediately shut his mouth.
Gu Kaifeng got straight to the point, “Even if you felt this was normal, why aren’t you like this with other male students?”
Lin Feiran had no way to answer this question, so he could only let his head droop listlessly and remain silent.
His appearance highly resembled a soft and deflated sticky cake!
Seeing him like this, Gu Kaifeng forcefully restrained his anger and softened his tone a bit. “Was it that I was too rough just now and scared you?”
Lin Feiran thought about it, then shook his head.
He actually was more than a little frightened, but this was not the reason he rejected Gu Kaifeng.
Gu Kaifeng eagerly tried to guess again, “Is it because you were a straight man before so even though you like me, your heart still feels uneasy?”
Lin Feiran was distressed enough for tears to form. “I don’t like you…”
“Don’t cry.” Once Gu Kaifeng saw Lin Feiran’s crying appearance, he itched to ruthlessly push him down and ravage him thoroughly. He used his thumb to wipe the corners of Lin Feiran’s eyes. In a soft and patient voice, he mentioned the one possibility that remained after all the other possibilities were eliminated. “What you want is for us to progress slowly and have me court you, right? If so, then just admit it. This older brother has never courted anyone before, so this is the chance to experience it.”
Lin Feiran once again denied, “How could that be?”
“Then you tell me why you have been teasing me for half a month.” Gu Kaifeng gnashed his teeth and said, “If you cannot give me a reasonable explanation within one minute, then I will go with this one.”
Lin Feiran thought for a while, but his mind was blank. Without any other option, he withered and shrank his neck, timidly apologizing and begging for mercy. “I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry. I didn’t realize you would think this way. It’s entirely my fault. From now on, I will keep my distance from you, okay…”
Gu Kaifeng looked at Lin Feiran’s appearance that was as pitiful as a little rabbit’s. On the inside, he wanted to laugh a little, but on the outside, he looked completely callous as he bowed his head and clutched his watch. “Not okay. There are still ten seconds left. 10, 9, 8…”
Lin Feiran tugged on Gu Kaifeng’s arm and worded carefully, “I have been having nightmares every day lately and was particularly frightened. That’s why I have been bothering you. I feel as though our school is haunted. Honestly, the dormitory, the classrooms — the entire place is eerie…”
Gu Kaifeng gave a frigid smile. “Are you trying to deceive an idiot?”
Lin Feiran desired to weep, but failed to shed a tear: “……”
This was actually the closest to the truth!
“Time is up.” Gu Kaifeng asked, “What is the reasonable explanation?”
Unable to give an explanation, this Lin Feiran brand of little sticky cake wore a vacant expression as he collapsed in a corner, a limp heap that could not be made to stand.
Gu Kaifeng drawled, “Then that means you—”
Lin Feiran gave his dying struggle. The usually arrogant and narcissistic Young Master Lin wept blood as he self-deprecatingly said, “I remembered now. Actually, my brain is extremely abnormal.”
Gu Kaifeng disregarded this absurd explanation of mental retardation and, emphasizing each word, continued to speak, “—You don't mean what you say. You're playing hard to get.”
Lin Feiran was silent for a moment. Then, gritting his teeth, he recklessly and resolutely went ahead and said, “I admit it! I was actually just toying with you. Beat me to vent your anger!”
“Oh?” Gu Kaifeng kept his gaze fixed on Lin Feiran.
The blush on Lin Feiran’s cheeks, caused by Gu Kaifeng’s kiss, had not yet faded. His eyelashes were damp and his expressive face — which could not hide his inner thoughts — was revealing the expression of someone who was ready to die a martyr. Agitation caused his chest to beat like a drum, and the corners of his mouth were pulled into an aggrieved frown. This kind of look clearly indicated that his ruthless words were spoken in a fit of anger.
Lin Feiran raised his eyes and met Gu Kaifeng’s gaze for an instant, then grit his teeth and shut his eyes, giving off the image of someone ready to take a beating. Tilting his head to the side to expose half of his face to Gu Kaifeng, he prepared himself to receive a punch.
Gu Kaifeng had harbored such doubts earlier, but these suspicions vanished once he saw Lin Feiran’s appearance.
“I don’t want to beat you.” Gu Kaifeng did not believe Lin Feiran’s words, but he played along and said, “I just want to f**k you once to vent my anger.”
Lin Feiran trembled in alarm and his eyes flew open.
The corners of Gu Kaifeng’s lips curved up, revealing a ruffian-like smile. “Lin Feiran, I have been teased like a dog by you. Ask yourself this, have your actions towards me been normal? Therefore, no matter what, you have to be responsible for me. Are you still a man if you run away after you’ve finished teasing me?”
Lin Feiran, who had never thought there would actually be a day where he found himself responsible for a man who was ten centimeters taller than himself: “……”
End of ch23!