Chapter 46

It was hard to describe this sleep. In the first two to three hours, An Ning found that he couldn’t sleep at all. He was lying on the sofa, tossing and turning. The bear on his back was following along with him, the chest flipping and rolling over. He couldn’t get rid of the bear, just like how he couldn’t get rid of the owner of this bear from his mind.

But later…later it was probably because it was too warm, and the sofa was really much more comfortable than the hard bed in the dormitory. He should be having difficulties sleeping on an unfamiliar sofa, but there seemed to be a strange sense of security. Not only did he fall asleep, but he also slept well.

He was awakened by Qin Weihang at 6:30 in the morning.

He rose up with a tremble. There was a sensation of being patted remaining on his shoulders, but he was not sure whether Qin Weihang had patted him, because when he opened his eyes, Qin Weihang’s back had already walked into the bathroom.

An Ning quickly got dressed, folded the light and warm quilt, and placed it on the sofa along with the bear that stayed with him all night.

Qin Weihang brushed his teeth and walked out of the bathroom, just in time to see An Ning princess carrying the oversized bear and putting it on the sofa.

When An Ning turned around, Qin Weihang had already turned around and returned to the bathroom.

An Ning walked over to the outside of the bathroom. Qin Weihang was leaning down and taking a sip of water to rinse his mouth. This made An Ning slow to react. That water outlet—he later also has to put his mouth up against it…

Qin Weihang wiped the water on his face, hung the towel, and walked out. An Ning thought he would walk straight out of the bathroom, but Qin Weihang stopped at the door of the bathroom, asking him: “Did you sleep well last night?”

An Ning nodded, “Very well.”

Qin Weihang was a little surprised: “You didn’t feel uncomfortable sleeping on an unfamiliar couch?”

An Ning smiled and said, “At first I was, but then I slept very well later.”

“If you feel sleepy, we can stop for today.” Qin Weihang said.

“No need,” An Ning waved his hand quickly, “We agreed that I will practice lead climbing today!”

Qin Weihang nodded, stepped aside, and motioned to him: “You can use it.”

An Ning braced himself and walked into the bathroom. At the door, Qin Weihang’s shoulder brushed against his and he went out. Everything seemed very natural. Only An Ning knew that his own naturalness was different from Qin Weihang’s casual naturalness—his own naturalness was all faked.

He finished washing in a trance. When he came out, he found that Qin Weihang had changed his clothes for the trip. He bowed his head to adjust his hood and walked out of the bedroom. He raised his eyes and asked him, “It’s a bit cold today. Would you like me to lend you my clothes?

An Ning said “No need” in a chic manner, but then sneezed honestly.

So at this moment, he was standing in the elevator wearing Qin Weihang’s OFF-WHITE black baseball jacket. As soon as the elevator door closed, An Ning saw himself standing behind Qin Weihang, making a decent jacket become oversized when he wore it. He looked down at the clothes on his body. He still remembered how Qin Weihang looked when he wore it. Alas, if he didn’t compare, he wouldn’t have known. But once he compared, it shocked him. The shoulder line collapsed so much…

The elevator went down, and it was very quiet inside. An Ning coughed and asked: “Do you like bears?”

“Huh?” Qin Weihang regained his senses, “I don’t like it. That belonged to the landlord. She had too many furry dolls to take with her, so she left one for me.”

“Did she leave it for you, or did you pick it yourself?” Trying to engage in a conversation, An Ning who thought he was being smart, asked this.

After a long time, Qin Weihang choked out a sentence: “… I picked it arbitrarily.” After speaking, he lowered his head somewhat uncomfortably, raised his hand to scratch the end of his eyebrow, and looked as if those beautiful ink-like sharp eyebrows were bothering him.

An Ning watched from the mirror as Qin Weihang lightly scratched his eyebrows with his right ring finger. This action made Qin Weihang’s face half blocked by the wide right hand, which made him feel that Qin Weihang was shy or something, but even the action of covering his shyness was cool.

This person, in fact, has that kind of coolness of a child. He liked bears but doesn’t want to admit it… An Ning thought with a smile.

He could imagine the landlord showing off a lot of their furry dolls and asking Qin Weihang which one he wanted. He pictured Qin Weihang picking up the bear from Toy Story with a cool expression.

After getting familiar with top roping, lead climbing was easier for An Ning to master. The only thing he had to overcome was the fear of falling. Today, however, went very smoothly. Although there were still two battles when clipping the rope, the whole journey unexpectedly went smoothly. He didn’t crash even once.

Lead climbing felt more exciting than top roping. Although there was also a safety rope, it was only when lead climbing that he felt that he was relying on his own strength to fight gravity.

After 9 a.m, Boss Yu Ran and Tang Zi also came. An Ning liked Tang Zi very much. He had always been a little cautious towards girls before, but Tang Zi was an exception. She was the kind that had a passionate and easy-going personality. Upon meeting for the first time, she will become very close with you, but it was not that sketchy and deliberate way of approaching you. There were some people in this world that have that kind of approachability. Only talking for an hour, and you will feel like she was a friend you have known for a long time and would tell everything to her.

During break time, Tang Zi dragged him and chatted with him. Qin Weihang sat on the opposite bench and drank water in silence.

Tang Zi called out to Qin Weihang: “Hey, are you not going to come over and join us? We are talking about you!”

Qin Weihang bent down and put the water on the ground, ignoring her.

“You recluse!*” Tang Zi curled his lips, turned to An Ning, and asked, “I heard that you are a top student!”

[*TN: The mtl translated this as autistic, but that seems pretty rude. I tried looking it up, it seems like it means someone who shuts themselves from the world.]

An Ning did not expect that Qin Weihang would talk about him to others and was flattered: “Not really…”

“Don’t be modest. Even that closed-off kid said that you are a top student and that you are different from other top students…”

An Ning couldn’t restrain himself from asking, “What did Qin Weihang say?”

Tang Zi smiled: “I didn’t say it was Qin Weihang,” she glanced in Qin Weihang’s direction again, blinked and asked, “Don’t you also think he’s reclusive?”

An Ning also looked over. Qin Weihang was looking at his phone with his back hunched over, his head was drooping down. An Ning couldn’t see his expression. He originally didn’t think that Qin Weihang and closed-off could match, but today seemed a bit so.

Tang Zi complained about Qin Weihang and showed no mercy: “Don’t think he is so cool, he is actually an innocent virgin…”

An Ning almost spitted out a mouthful of water, and Tang Zi thoughtfully helped him rub his back and said, “Surprised, right? He didn’t dare look below my waist when he fastened my harness…”

Qin Weihang suddenly stood up, bent over to pick up the sports water bottle on the ground, and walked over here. He then ignored Tang Zi and An Ning’s eyes and sat down beside them. The bouldering mat made a low rustling sound under him. Qin Weihang said: “Continue talking.”

Tang Zi: “Your hearing is that good?”

Qin Weihang stared at her, looked at her waist for a moment, then said: “I looked at it. You should lose weight.”

Tang Zi smiled and leaned back directly on the mat. She turned sideways to look at Qin Weihang, who was sitting on the ground with his long legs bent. “Qin Weihang, you’re so childish.”

Qin Weihang folded his hands on his knees and looked down at her with a cold smile.

Even An Ning thought that Qin Weihang seemed to have been suddenly triggered by a ‘childish’ mode today, and it couldn’t be turned off.

Maybe because today was Christmas, so An Ning felt that the atmosphere was full of joy. In the afternoon, he went to Qian Fei’s house to give Yuan Xiaoye supplementary lessons. Qin Weihang was also with him. He was going to Lantian County to drive his teacher to rehabilitation.

They said goodbye outside the gate of Qian Fei’s villa. Qin Weihang glanced at the familiar little villa and said, “See you tonight.”

An Ning smiled and nodded. Yes, they will also meet again tonight. As someone who has a crush on him, it was truly a blessing.

When ringing the doorbell, he kept turning his head to look in the direction Qin Weihang was leaving from. It was akin to seeing him off at a station and reluctant to look away. It may be a bit exaggerated, but he had never seen him off, nor had he been seen off. Such a scene will inevitably make his heart grow fonder.

When giving Yuan Xiaoye a supplementary lesson, he gave a CD to Yuan Xiaoye. It was a compilation of Christmas-themed English songs. Yuan Xiaoye pursed his lips and received it, then stuck it in the CD rack. An Ning pushed his glasses and said solemnly: “You have to listen to it. It’s very nice to listen to.”

Yuan Xiaoye dragged his voice and said, “Got it~~”

Yuan Xiaoye lowered his head to do the questions. An Ning would occasionally become lost in thought. He knew that he shouldn’t do this, but he just couldn’t control it. Yuan Xiaoye looked at him like a little adult and calmly said: “Little Frog, you’re in love, aren’t you?”

An Ning’s face was flushed, and he was speechless for a long time. He could only pat the paper on the desk: “Do the questions seriously.”

Yuan Xiaoye turned the pen in his hand and impassively held his cheek while sighing: “Oh, you are already a university student, so it’s normal to fall in love. Unlike me, who can only have inner turmoil.”

An Ning thought, was it so obvious? Was it because Yuan Xiaoye was exceptionally gifted, or was he really obvious?

But I just have a crush, not in love.

Thinking of this, there was a bit of sourness in his heart.

It was the kind of sourness of an unripe lemon.