Chapter 43

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name Spark’s singer</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name Spark’s member</details>

<details>Luo Yan – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao (Emperor of Qi) – In-game main character’s name Spark’s drummer</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>Spark’s bassist</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

Edited by Bubbles

… Eh?

Le Han stood still for a full minute before reacting, his face turning red at once.

Wait, did Qi Xun know he was scared of him? Did he know he was afraid of him because of what had happened in the bar that day?

Le Han panicked. “ Ah , no, I don’t. I really don’t mind what happened that day. I just—” He was so anxious that he didn’t know how to explain it, and felt guilty.

Seeing Le Han so panicked, Qi Xun said quickly, “I know, I know. Don’t worry. I know you don’t mind what happened that day.”

Le Han uneasily looked at him.

Qi Xun said warmly, “I know that I was a bit fierce that day and scared you… I hope you stop being afraid of me. After all, that day… cough . I’m not usually like that…”

When he said this, Qi Xun reflected on himself. He wasn’t usually like that, right?

Well… No matter whether it was before or not, he definitely wouldn’t be in the future. At least, he would never be fierce in front of Le Han…

He was so timid that he couldn’t stand being frightened… He couldn’t be fierce in front of him.

With this thought, Qi Xun’s heart became soft, and his expression while looking at Le Han became softer.

Le Han blankly stared at him.

He didn’t know what happened to Qi Xun. He really thought the other was strange. Why would he look at him like this?

This Qi Xun and his first impression of Qi Xun were like two different people.

…Was this what Qi Xun really looked like in private?

Le Han became confused.

Seeing the boy in doubt and looking at him blankly, Qi Xun’s Adam’s apple rolled down, and his heart was itchy.

The boy’s face had a little baby fat, and his skin was very white, but now it was a little red because of the cold wind. It seemed really strange and lovely, but that pair of eyes and the tear mole under his right one looked very attractive. It was as if they wanted to hook his soul.

He didn’t feel like this when he’d met Le Han twice in the past. Now, Qi Xun felt that the person in front of him was special, which made his heart flutter. He really wanted to…

Damn, how could there be such a lovely and beautiful boy in the world!

He took a deep breath and told himself that they hadn’t officially recognized each other, so he couldn’t do too much. Otherwise, he would be stamped with the label of ‘abnormal’ after removing the ‘fierce’ tag.

Qi Xun was thankful that the air outside was cold enough. He took a breath and looked around. His turbulent heart finally calmed down.

He coughed and said, “By the way, I remember that when we first met, wasn’t there a man pestering you? That man… didn’t harass you anymore, did he?”

When Qi Xun suddenly mentioned He Yiming’s matter, Le Han was startled.

Wow, this person still remembered.

He said awkwardly, “Well, no, thank you again for that time.”

Qi Xun thought of the man last time and felt very upset. He should have glared back when the man looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

He advised, “If he comes back to haunt you, you can tell Qiao Rui. If he can’t deal with it… Well, I’ll come over. Don’t let him take advantage of you.”

Although Qi Xun didn’t know the whole story of the incident, it didn’t prevent him from stepping on the man who coveted Le Han. “That kind of man is nothing good. Don’t be soft-hearted.”

Le Han was a little confused by Qi Xun’s instructions. After he recovered, he laughed.

He said with a smile, “I know. I won’t be like this. I can beat him if he really does something to me.”

After all, he beat He Yiming to the ground with one punch last time.

However, Qi Xun’s two or three sentences finally let Le Han relax in front of him.

Le Han said, “I’m really sorry to let you run into this kind of thing in our two meetings.”

“What are you sorry about?” Qi Xun lowered his head and joked softly, “You like others easily. Isn’t there anyone to help you a little?”

Le Han didn’t realize that something was wrong for a while, so he was a little unconvinced when he heard this and retorted in a low voice, “I don’t do this often…”

No?

Qi Xun raised his eyebrows. What about Prince Tang on the Internet?

Le Han felt inexplicably guilty because of Qi Xun’s eyes. He shrunk his neck and emphasized unconvincingly, “Really not!”

Hiss … Qi Xun was tickled by Le Han’s little temper and coaxed, “Okay, really not.”

His tone had a little indulgent and doting taste to it.

Huh?

Le Han’s face turned red. Was he overreacting? Why, why did he think that Qi Xun’s tone was a bit too gentle…

Seeing Le Han blushing and lowering his eyes, he obviously felt something. Qi Xun licked his lips, and his eyes darkened.

He said in a low voice, “Le Han.”

“ Ah? What, what happened?” Le Han still didn’t dare look up.

Qi Xun looked at him and said in a soft voice, “It’s okay to like others easily.”

Le Han was stunned and raised his head.

The man’s handsome face looked gentle under the light.

The man looked at him and whispered, “You are very good and simple. You haven’t done anything wrong. You are just trying to pursue what you want. Maybe your actions can be misunderstood, just like I did when I didn’t know you. I easily came to a conclusion about you… but you didn’t do anything wrong. You don’t need to feel sorry. That time, it was me who was wrong.”

This was the third time that Qi Xun apologized to Le Han.

This was also the most unusual one.

Qi Xun still remembered what Gua Gua had said to him when they were shopping together in Zhou.

The mobile phone was stolen, the chat content was read out on the spot, not to mention the whole school… Well, almost the entire school was talking about him. At that time, how many people had said offensive words to him just because of his manner of seeing one and loving the other?

Although Qi Xun was not as malicious as those people, to Le Han, what was the difference between the degree of maliciousness?

Malice, whether big or small, was still malice.

He was also a person who’d casually attacked Le Han.

Qi Xun liked Gua Gua; he liked Le Han. At this moment, he regretted his cheap mouth and felt distressed for the boy in front of him.

He slowly said, “What is wrong is that I judged you wantonly without knowing you. I hope you can forgive me.”

Le Han held his breath.

After a moment of silence, he said in a husky voice, “Actually… it’s your freedom to hate someone who sees one and loves the other. You really don’t need to apologize to me like this. It’s just that listening to that kind of thing makes me uncomfortable…”

Qi Xun frowned slightly and wanted to say “You being uncomfortable is the most serious consequence for me,” but of course, he didn’t say so. Instead, he said, “I don’t like people who fall easily in love with others because there is the possibility of being half-hearted when having a partner. Of course, if the person I like is so easily attracted to others and has liked many people, I’ll certainly be jealous… But no matter what, you didn’t have to bear the words I said back then. I judged you and misunderstood you, so this is indeed my fault.”

Le Han looked at him in a daze.

Qi Xun sighed. At this moment, he really wanted to hold Le Han in his arms.

He held back and said, “Forgive me, okay?”

There was a bit of coaxing in his tone once more.

Le Han was surprised and lowered his head again. He looked around, nodded in confusion, and didn’t dare to say anything else.

Qi Xun curled his lips and intentionally teased, “Then are you still afraid of me?”

“No, no, no, I’m not afraid!” Le Han stammered.

Qi Xun laughed.

Whether being frightened or teased, this Gua Gua was really—

Before he could continue to tease him, he saw Le Han take a deep breath. As if he had done enough psychological preparation, he raised his head and seriously said, “Well, I have a boyfriend!”

Qi Xun: “Cough, cough, cough!”

Le Han blushed. He didn’t know if he was being amorous, but he felt that Qi Xun’s attitude today was strange. He had to make it clear, so he endured the shame and stumbled to say, “That, I like my boyfriend very much, so I, I just wanted to tell you.”

Qi Xun covered his lips, and he didn’t know what to do for a moment.

He was choked by Le Han’s words.

He looked away, coughed a few times, and said vaguely, “Oh, it’s like this, ah …”

“Yes, that’s right!” Le Han looked at his expression closely.

The corners of Qi Xun’s mouth wanted to rise, but he desperately held them back.

He paused and asked, “How much do you like your boyfriend?”

Le Han blushed. “I… I like him very much!”

Qi Xun: “How much do you like him?”

Le Han was stunned and said, “Very—”

Qi Xun separated his hands and asked, “This much?”

Le Han shook his head, opened his arms, and drew a big circle, “This much!”

Qi Xun: “Oh, that’s all, ah !”

Le Han was stimulated by Qi Xun’s tone and jumped to make a gesture. “This much! I like him a lot!”

……

…

Qiao Rui exited the restaurant after going to the toilet. He didn’t see anyone, so he looked around. In the corner, he saw Le Han jumping and making silly gestures. Qi Xun stood in front of him, covering his lips with one hand, but it could be seen that he was smiling.

Qiao Rui was stunned, and the strange feeling in his heart became even worse.

He neared them suspiciously and asked, “What are you two doing?”

Le Han was gasping for breath, and when Qiao Rui came to break the atmosphere, he became sober. He was teased by Qi Xun!

Le Han glared at Qi Xun fiercely. This man was playing with him!

Qi Xun: “ Pfft !”

Le Han gritted his teeth and wanted to kick Qi Xun’s leg.

Qi Xun couldn’t help rubbing Le Han’s head and said with a smile, “How can you be so cute?”

Qiao Rui was stunned and looked at Qi Xun in amazement.

However, Qi Xun didn’t notice as his eyes were all on Le Han.

Le Han blushed and said, “I told you, I have a boyfriend!”

Qi Xun responded, “I know, I know.”

Anyway, he was the boyfriend, and now he knew how much Gua Gua liked him.

Qi Xun was in a very good mood.

Le Han was angry, so he turned around and walked to Qiao Rui’s side and looked at Qi Xun with hatred. He didn’t want to pay attention to this person.

Qi Xun was thick-skinned and brazenly continued to tease, “Are you going to ignore me?”

Le Han ignored him.

He was so cute even when he lost his temper.

Qi Xun sighed.

Along the way, Le Han stuck to Qiao Rui, while Qi Xun stuck to Le Han and continued to tease him.

Qiao Rui was on the sidelines, trying to intervene but was unable to.

What did he miss…

When they finally arrived at the dormitory, Qiao Rui said helplessly, “Brother Qi, you go back.”

Qi Xun glanced at the time. It was already nine o’clock. Although he was reluctant, there was nothing he could do.

He took another look at Le Han. Along the way, his eyes couldn’t leave the boy at all.

Le Han was still looking at him.

Qi Xun smiled. He looked at Le Han and said, “Then, I’ll go back… Good night.”

Good night, Gua Gua.

Le Han looked a little awkward and said in a low voice, “Good, good night.”

Qi Xun watched them enter the dormitory building. After he could no longer see their figures, he turned around and left.

As they walked upstairs, Qiao Rui asked Le Han, “What’s the matter between you and Brother Qi?”

Le Han was stunned.

Qiao Rui hesitated and said, “Why do I feel that Brother Qi treats you…”

“I also think so… but I told him that I have a boyfriend, and he behaved very normally.” Le Han thought about it and said with a smile, “I’ve only met him three times in total, so it’s impossible.”

Qiao Rui actually felt the same way. He couldn’t imagine Brother Qi falling in love with someone so soon.

But Qi Xun’s behavior was really strange.

At this moment, Le Han called out suddenly.

“What’s the matter?” Qiao Rui glanced over.

Le Han held his phone and said, “Zhan Ge just sent me a message. It should be related to our meeting on October 2nd… Hey, he sent me a QR code.”

Le Han paused, and his eyes widened. “Wait, this is an invitation for your band fan meeting. The address he gave me is also the same as your bar!”

Le Han raised his head and looked at Qiao Rui in surprise. “Zhan Ge turned out to be a fan of your band!”

At the same time, he subconsciously thought that fortunately, the photo didn’t capture Qi Xun’s face; otherwise, Zhan Ge would be excited!

…Then he would be more jealous.

Qiao Rui stood still.

He felt that everything was too ridiculous.

It’s just that Qiao Rui didn’t know which was even more ridiculous — the real identity of Le Han’s online boyfriend, or the fact that Le Han still thought Zhan Ge was a mere fan of Spark…

He was two steps behind Le Han. He calmly and slowly picked up his phone, and then… began to write a message like crazy!

“Brother Qi??? What’s going on with the invitation you sent to Le Han???”

After a few seconds, he received a reply.

The man replied with a single word, “Shhh.”