Chapter 3

I shoved a popsicle into his hand, but Qin Yu didn’t take it, and with a smack, it fell to the ground.

He continued walking forward, and I picked up the popsicle and quickly ran up to him, shoving it into his hand again.

It fell to the ground once more.

I got annoyed; this brat.

I caught up to him in a few strides, tugging at his collar. Qin Yu finally lost his composure, clutching his collar and stepping back two paces, looking at me in surprise.

I chuckled and handed him the popsicle.

He took it.

We walked side by side, but Qin Yu held the popsicle without eating it.

So I leaned in quietly and whispered to him.

“Don’t be shy, I won’t tell anyone your chest is pink…”

Qin Yu broke the popsicle, shoved it into his mouth, and quickened his pace.

You see, when people are embarrassed, they always pretend to be busy.

Drink water when there’s water, suck on a popsicle when there’s a popsicle.

I watched Qin Yu slowly licking the popsicle and chuckled.

“Qin Yu, did you know popsicles can cool you down, just stick it in a cow’s butt when it’s not hot…”

Qin Yu stopped eating, put down the popsicle, his mouth reddened by the cold, and looked at me quietly.

It seemed he really had no way to deal with me.

I felt a bit awkward, realizing this topic was indeed a bit gross.

I was about to change the subject when Qin Yu spoke his second sentence of the day.

“Pig.”

I was stunned, then overjoyed.

“Right! It’s a pig’s butt, I got it wrong!”

“Qin Yu!! We have so much in common, you actually watch these low-fat videos too!”

I thought the autistic boy Qin Yu didn’t go online, but it turns out he’s a surfing expert.

I cheered, truly feeling like I’d found a kindred spirit.

Getting out of the luxury car, I waved goodbye to the campus belle enthusiastically, turned my head, and nearly got scared to death.

Yang Chen stood at the staircase, his gaze cold.

“Does your mom know? You’re getting so close to a sick boy.”

I handed over an extra popsicle I’d bought, Yang Chen’s expression relaxed a bit, reaching out to take it, but he didn’t stop lecturing me.

“Someone like Qin Yu clearly has mental illness, do you think everyone has a temper as good as mine, being annoyed by you since childhood until my brain’s about to fall out…”

I forcefully crushed the melted popsicle and splashed it towards his face.

He yelled in surprise, stepped back two paces, and the sound-controlled lights on the stairs lit up.

Yang Chen’s face dripped with the sweet syrup of the popsicle, glaring at me.

“Are you crazy?!”

I pulled out a tissue to wipe my fingers, walking past him.

“Calling others sick, I think you’re the sickest one.”

Yang Chen turned his head, but I’d already turned and climbed up the second flight of stairs.

The next day during break, I suggested adding Qin Yu on WeChat, and he rarely responded to me.

“No.”

I picked up my phone to take a picture of him, he frowned and waved it away.

I reached out to grab the phone in his pants pocket, Qin Yu looked terrified as if I was about to grab him below, instantly stepping back two paces.

As we were causing a commotion, Yang Chen knocked on my desk.

“Zhou Ruo, I won’t hold last night’s incident against you, my mom made sweet and sour spare ribs tonight, let’s go together after school.”

I stopped tormenting Qin Yu, glancing sideways at Yang Chen.

Is he sick?

Didn’t he understand what I said yesterday?

I couldn’t be bothered with him, turned my head and saw Qin Yu had already stood up and left the classroom.

I took a deep breath and turned to chase after him.

Qin Yu stood at the classroom door, like a fool, standing stiffly.

I guessed he was trying to avoid me, but didn’t know where to go, his CPU burned out.

I found it amusing, reached out and poked him.

“Hey, really not adding?”

He didn’t speak, standing stiffly until the class bell rang.

“Hey, the teacher’s here.”

I tugged at his sleeve, but Qin Yu remained motionless.

“What are you two standing here for?”

The music teacher frowned, I looked at the wooden Qin Yu, then at the music teacher.

“Teacher, Qin Yu… has a stomachache.”