CH 41

Zhong Yiming couldn’t believe this was something a high school student would do. What made him even more devastated was that he actually felt like urinating after hearing Qin Zhongyue’s words.

Zhong Yiming, “…..”He said firmly, “No, I still don’t need to.”Qin Zhongyue then set his eyes on Zhong Yiming’s trousers and crotch, scaring Zhong Yiming into grabbing his waistband, fearing that he would suddenly use force and strip him.Qin Zhongyue however didn’t sink that low. He just looked away regretfully, “Forget it, you can just wait for me outside.”As if he was granted amnesty, Zhong Yiming turned around and hurriedly left the bathroom.A while later, Qin Zhongyue finally came out.Qin Zhongyue approached him and whispered into his ear, “How big are you?”Zhong Yiming, “….”Seeing that he wasn’t speaking, Qin Zhongyue revealed a look of understanding. He sympathetically patted his shoulder and continued to whisper, “It’s okay, you’re only seventeen. Don’t be upset. It’ll still get bigger. I have experience.”Zhong Yiming, “…..”When Xie Zhongxing saw Qin Zhongyue return, he checked the stopwatch and saw that two minutes had passed, “Why did you take so long?”Qin Zhongyue was silent for a moment before whispering into Xie Zhongxing’s ear, “I’m bigger than him!”Xie Zhongxing, “…….”He couldn’t help but ask, “That’s why you dragged Zhong Yiming with you to the bathroom?”Qin Zhongyue puffed up his chest, “Why else?”Xie Zhongxing, “…...You must be very idle. There are only nineteen days until the exams, yet you’re thinking about that?”Qin Zhongyue answered seriously, “This is a matter of a man's dignity!”

Xie Zhongxing was quiet for a moment, “Since you’re so idle, you can do one more practice paper each day.”Qin Zhongyue, “……..”Why did he always have so many different reasons to make him do more papers?In the evening, while Xie Zhongxing was washing up, Qin Zhongyue received a call. When he checked his phone, he saw that it was from Li Jun.After sitting in the chair in thought for a few seconds, he got up and knocked on the bathroom door.The sound of water stopped and Xie Zhongxing’s voice travelled through the glass door, “What is it?”Qin Zhongyue reported to him, “My childhood friend called. Can I answer it?”Xie Zhongxing was silent for a moment before he answered, “Go ahead. You can chat while I’m washing up.”Qin Zhongyue happily agreed to it.Xie Zhongxing once again turned on the shower and let hot water fall onto him.The soundproofing in Qin Zhongyue’s house was very good. He couldn’t hear what Qin Zhongyue was saying to his friend but he was for some reason a little concerned.There was some unexplained irritation.Qin Zhongyue sat on the chair and spun a pen in his hand while he said to Li Jun, “What? Li Na’s birthday? I haven’t forgotten but I don’t have time.”Li Jun said, “Us brothers haven’t seen you for a few months now. We can use this birthday party as a chance to catch up. Are you really going to decline the invitation?”Qin Zhongyue was a little troubled, “I’m really busy right now. I don’t have time to go.”Li Jun, “What are you so busy with that you can’t spare some time for this? My younger sister is always saying that she wants to see you. You can’t deny her this opportunity are you?”Qin Zhongyue said, “I’m busy with the college entrance exams. There are only nineteen days until the exams. I’m working on practice papers everyday.”Li Jun fell silent. A while later, he said, “Is this a joke?”Qin Zhongyue was a little proud, “What do you mean is it a joke? I’m studying very hard. Do you know how much I got in my last exam?”

Li Jun, “How much?”Qin Zhongyue reported confidently, “I got 601 points! Can you believe it?”Li Jun, “…..”He asked incredulously, “Are you serious? Don’t lie to me.”Qin Zhongyue said, “Of course it’s true.”In the end, he couldn’t resist his desire to show off. He whispered, “Perhaps I can even get into Tsinghua or Peking University.”Li Jun, “…...Are you drunk?”Qin Zhongyue could sense his distrust. He wasn’t too happy, “I’m not drunk. Forget it. Once I get in, you’ll realise that I’m telling the truth.”Li Jun could tell that he wasn’t happy, “Did you transfer to City A because you felt that we were affecting your studies?”Qin Zhongyue, “That’s not it. But if I were with you guys, I would definitely only be thinking about playing, not working on exam papers.”Li Jun was a little down, “Then you really aren’t coming to Li Na’s birthday party?”Qin Zhongyue said, “…..Don’t you have birthdays every year? Forget about it this year, I’ll celebrate it with her properly next year for her eighteenth birthday. Sounds good?”Li Jun said, “Okay. Since you’re already saying that, it can’t be helped.”Qin Zhongyue could hear Xie Zhongxing opening the door. He said hurriedly, “Let’s talk about it after the exams. Don’t call me during this time. I’m hanging up now.”Without waiting for Li Jun’s reply, Qin Zhongyue ended the call. He turned to Xie Zhongxing, asking to be praised, “I hung up. Aren’t I good with time?”As Xie Zhongxing dried his hair, he asked him, “Which childhood friend was it?”Qin Zhongyue replied honestly, “Li Jun. I told you about him before. The one who had lots of girlfriends.”

He then got up and took out a soundless hair dryer, “Hurry and sit here. I’ll dry it for you.”Xie Zhongxing had now grown accustomed to Qin Zhongyue’s attentiveness. He walked over to the chair and sat down.Although Qin Zhongyue had been studying hard everyday, he had also taken up the role of serving Xie Zhongxing. Part of it was because he wanted to slack off a little. Ten minutes used to dry Xie Zhongxing’s hair was equivalent to ten minutes of slacking off. This was something that made him very happy.Xie Zhongxing didn’t think much of it. He just felt that he had been too tense doing practice papers all day and sitting here and chatting allowed him to relax a little.He could feel Qin Zhongyue’s warm fingers gently brushing across his scalp. The warm wind brushing across his cheeks felt very comfortable.He casually asked, “What did Li Jun want?”Qin Zhongyue didn’t hide anything, “He asked if I was going to his younger sister’s birthday party but I declined because it’s almost the college entrance exams. They can go and do their thing but I don’t have time for it.”He leaned closer to Xie Zhongxing’s ear, “I did well, didn’t I?”Xie Zhongxing lowered his eyes and smiled, “You did well.”Qin Zhongyue didn’t even wait for Xie Zhongxing to ask about it. He spilled everything himself, “Li Na holds a birthday party every year and would always invite a lot of people over. I like it when it’s lively but that little girl is too clingy.”“Li Jun even joked that I should take her as my wife. Seriously, if I really do marry her, I probably will end up in a mental asylum in just a few years.”Xie Zhongxing interrupted him, “Then does that Li Na like you?”Qin Zhongyue said, “I don’t know. Who knows what she thinks. A little girl's thoughts are always changing. It’s hard to tell.”Xie Zhongxing felt that it sounded quite funny hearing him say ‘little girl’ this and ‘little girl’ that. He was clearly not that different in age.Qin Zhongyue continued, “I’m quite good at reading people. I could tell from a young age that Li Na’s temper isn’t good and that she would sooner or later face the wrath of society. Later, that really turned out to be true.”Xie Zhongxing noticed the loophole in his words, “What happened later?”Qin Zhongyue who was just about to talk about it suddenly realised his mistake. He hurriedly tried to correct it, “It’s just like that. With her being so stubborn and spoilt, she often becomes a topic people joke about”He was quite slow in noticing the love and affection of others. He wasn’t too clear on whether Li Na liked him.In his previous life, when he returned from studying abroad, Li Na was like her older brother and had many boyfriends but she continued to pester him, wanting to be his girlfriend. Qin Zhongyue however felt that there were other intentions behind it and because he also wasn’t too fond of Li Na’s personality, he kept his distance.

Not long afterwards, Qin Xiangqian came out of nowhere and pushed him to Xie Zhongxing.….Wait a minute. Li Na seemed to have previously gone and found Xie Zhongxing. By the time he found out, Xie Zhongxing had already dealt with it by himself.Li Na stopped pestering him after that and she instead found someone from a similar family background to marry, but because of her character, she became a joke among the people in the upper class. Even if he didn’t know much about the specific details, he had heard some rumours.Qin Zhongyue was deep in his thoughts. Xie Zhongxing called out to him, returning him back to his senses. He touched Xie Zhongxing’s soft, black hair and asked diligently, “How is it? Is this temperature okay? It’s not too hot?”Xie Zhongxing, “…..It’s fine.”Qin Zhongyue then bent down and carefully dried the back of his head, “The condition of your hair is so good. Even if you pull all-nighters, you won’t start to lose hair hahaha.”He then said, “You should know, my dad would often lose hair from pulling all-nighters, eventually getting bald spots. It’s quite scary.”Xie Zhongxing, “….Bald?”Qin Zhongyue continued to laugh heartlessly, “Yeah hahahaha. If the healthcare centre didn’t save him, he probably would have turned into a handsome man with a shiny bald spot in the middle of his head by now hahaha.”Xie Zhongxing, “…..I remember balding is hereditary. If your father gets bald, won’t you also….?”“…….” Qin Zhongyue’s laugh slowly came to a stop.The room was deadly silent.Xie Zhongxing could tell that he wasn’t carefully drying his hair like before. When he looked back, he saw that the other party was nervously typing on his phone with one hand.Xie Zhongxing stood up and walked over. He saw on the screen an open browser------Can balding be inherited?Xie Zhongxing, “…….”Qin Zhongyue was soon done with his research. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xie Zhongxing, “It has a lot to do with personal habits. I don’t pull all-nighters often and I’m also very careful with what I eat so I definitely won't’ become bald!”Having reached this point, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been hanging out in bars until early in the morning, drinking, smoking etc…..Fuck…...Did Xie Zhongxing stop him from doing all that in his last life because he wanted to prevent him from losing hair?