novelhk Chapter 143 The Timid 18-Year-Old
Chapter 143 The Timid 18-Year-Old
Jiang Lin's return brought color back to the world of the 18-year-old.
Ji Xingyi realized that her dependence on Jiang Lin had reached an incurable level.
Jiang Lin: "Are you very familiar with Teacher Shen?"
Linlin's voice was so pleasant. The boy rested his chin on his hand on the desk and looked at Jiang Lin. It took him a few seconds to come to his senses before he replied, "It's alright."
However, the good days didn't last long before another change occurred.
When Ji Xingyi couldn't find Jiang Lin during his lunch break, he grabbed Zhao Cheng and questioned him about Jiang Lin's whereabouts.
"I got dragged to the woods by the school beauty! You know what I mean!" Zhao Cheng winked at the boy.
The boy felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave and rushed frantically toward the grove of trees that Zhao Cheng had mentioned.
Yunlu's affection was passionate and flamboyant. After learning that Ji Xingyi had thrown away her love letter, she simply went to Jiang Lin to confess her feelings in person.
The boy stopped and looked at the two people in the shade of the tree, sweat dripping down his hair.
The midday sun was so bright it hurt and brought tears to my eyes.
Ji Xingyi dared not listen any longer, and did not know where she should go. Her back turned as she turned away, her figure weak and pained.
I really want to find a place and just let it all rot away.
As we walked, we arrived at the warehouse again.
Shen Wangshu turned her head and saw the boy's figure, her eyes showing surprise, followed by joy.
"Koichi, did you come to see me?"
The boy's head started to ache again, but his heart ached even more. He walked towards Shen Wangshu with wooden steps: "Could you teach me that method again?"
That day, Ji Xingyi returned home unusually late. Upon entering, he found Jiang Lin sitting on the sofa, having waited for him for an unknown amount of time.
"Does Xingyi not welcome me?" Jiang Lin smiled slightly.
"No!" the boy shook his head frantically.
Jiang Lin walked over, took the boy's hand, and led him to the dining table: "Why are you back so late? The food is cold."
The housekeeper quickly told the nanny to serve the dishes, and breathed a sigh of relief. With Jiang Lin here, their young master could finally have a proper meal!
Seeing that the boy hadn't touched his chopsticks, Jiang Lin gently asked, "Don't you like it?"
"No." The boy quickly took a sip of soup, but the thick broth made him feel nauseous, and he couldn't help but spit it out.
"Can't you eat?" Jiang Lin frowned and reached out to touch the boy's arm. "Why are you so thin?"
He was only abroad for two months, how did he get so thin?
The boy lowered his head in disappointment: "Is it not good-looking?"
Jiang Lin's eyes sparkled; 18-year-old Ji Xingyi was unbelievably beautiful.
"He looks good, but he's too thin." Jiang Lin asked the butler to get a bowl of millet porridge and personally fed it to the boy.
Seeing that the boy was somewhat resistant, Jiang Lin immediately said, "If you finish it all, I can give you a reward."
What will the reward be?
What do you want?
The boy's eyes lit up: "Then can you... refuse Yun Lu?"
The light in his eyes dimmed instantly. He couldn't bring himself to say it. What right did he have to make Jiang Lin reject Yun Lu?
What if Jiang Lin also likes Yun Lu?
What right does he have to make decisions for Jiang Lin?
"Well..." the boy looked at Jiang Lin cautiously, "Can I stay at my house tonight? Can I sleep in my room?"
“Of course.” Jiang Lin nodded. This wasn’t the first time. They used to sleep together often, but they separated for a while after puberty.
Jiang Lin fed the boy a spoonful of millet porridge: "As long as you listen to me, eat more. You're too thin."
After dinner, Jiang Lin went to take a shower first, while Ji Xingyi stared blankly at the two glasses of milk that the housekeeper brought into the room.
After hesitating for a moment, the boy took out sleeping pills from the drawer, crushed them into powder with a cup on the table, and poured them into the milk.
After Jiang Lin came out, Ji Xingyi immediately handed her the milk. He watched as Jiang Lin drank the milk laced with sleeping pills in one gulp before letting out a sigh of relief and turning to go to the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, he indeed saw Jiang Lin lying on the bed, already fast asleep.
The boy walked to the bedside, knelt on the ground, and looked at Jiang Lin's sleeping face.
After an unknown amount of time, the boy carefully moved to sleep beside Jiang Lin, turned off the light, and slowly reached out to pull the sleeping Jiang Lin into his arms.
He didn't intend to do anything, he just wanted to hug Jiang Lin.
I couldn't help but hug him tighter and tighter.
"Linlin".
"If I liked you, would you feel disgusted?"
If I like you, will you not want me?
A timid person only dares to confess in the dark.
A coward doesn't even have the courage to face failure.
The next day was the weekend, and Jiang Lin had to leave. Ji Xing stayed in his room, not wanting to go out. That is, until Zhao Cheng sent him a message.
Inside is a screenshot of Yunlu's WeChat Moments, showing a man and a woman making a heart shape with their hands.
In their innocent youth, people often like to flaunt their love to the world.
Zhao Cheng asked Ji Xingyi with great interest: "Is Jiang Lin and Yun Lu together? Is that Jiang Lin in the photo?"
The boy's face drained of color the moment he saw those words.
So you went out to meet Yunlu?
The boy's heart broke again.
"Ding." Just then, another message popped up. Ji Xingyi was about to smash his phone when he realized it was from Shen Wangshu.
Ji Xingyi thought for a moment and sent a message: 【Teacher Shen, I feel terrible】
I feel terribly uncomfortable.
They replied immediately.
[Koichi, come here, I'll teach you a new way to de-stress.]
Ji Xing glanced at her chat history with Jiang Lin, paused for a moment, then switched back to Shen Wangshu's screen: [Okay, where is it?]
After Ji Xingyi had the driver take him to the location coordinates sent by Shen Wangshu, he told the driver to leave. Less than two minutes later, Shen Wangshu patted him on the shoulder. Shen Wangshu smiled gently and led the boy to the pre-arranged hotel.
Ji Xingyi looked puzzled: "Why did we come to the hotel?"
Shen Wangshu opened the tote bag she had been holding, revealing a game console label: "I'll take you to play games!"
Shen Wangshu adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and gave a meaningful smile: "This is an adult game, you've definitely never played it before! Don't worry, it will definitely make you very happy."
The boy nodded. Since he had nowhere else to go, he followed Shen Wangshu into the hotel room.
It was extremely hot, so after turning on the air conditioning, Shen Wangshu went out and bought two cups of milk tea.
The boy didn't want to drink it at first, but then he suddenly remembered what Jiang Lin had said to him last night.
He's too thin; Jiang Lin doesn't like him.
Looking at the milk tea in his hand, Ji Xing heard the girls in his class say that milk tea is the easiest way to gain weight, so the boy endured his nausea and took a sip.
Shen Wangshu set up the game console and handed the controller to Ji Xingyi. Ji Xingyi glanced at the screen; the games on the disc were just familiar titles, nothing new. He was disappointed by Shen Wangshu's claim that they were adult games for stress relief.
"I think I'll go back." The boy felt bored and stood up to go home, but his legs suddenly gave way and he collapsed onto the bed.