[132]

When Domineering Guy returned to dormitory, he found Coquettish Guy reading books alone. He could not help fondling Coquettish Guy. However, based on previous experience, Straight Guy would always show up unexpectedly like the third wheel. So before he went all the way, he asked, “Where is Little Zhou?”

Coquettish Guy replied, “He went out to do group work.”

Domineering Guy: “Do you mean the task he is in charge of the slideshow?”

Coquettish Guy was surprised and asked, “How do you know that? I think he needs to modify his slides…hmm.”

Before Coquettish Guy could finish his sentence, Domineering Guy flung him down and kissed him eagerly. He said, “Honey, don’t worry. Little Zhou won’t be back soon.”

[133]

In fact, Straight Guy was a little nervous because he hadn’t hung out with girls since high school, when he got hurt by love. The girl from the course was quite beautiful and willing to spend time with him alone. Although they went out merely to modify the slides, Straight Guy realized that some male passengers shot him admiring looks when he was sitting with a pretty girl. Therefore, he was quite excited secretly.

But little did he expect he would see the upperclassman here. When the upperclassman saw him and asked why he was here, he interposed the girl who was going to respond. Well, he was finally aware that the slideshow he made was not eye-pleasing. He always wanted to play the role of an excellent student in front of the upperclassman, so never would he allow the truth from the girl ruin his hard-won image.

For the Glasses-guy, the expression and behavior of Straight Guy were so suspicious that anyone could tell he was trying to hide something. Then the Straight Guy continued, but only to make it stealthier, “Nothing important. We are discussing course issues. I never expect you are also here, upperclassman.”

The Glasses-guy smiled, “Is that so? What a coincidence.”

[134]

The Glasses-guy walked away to meet his colleague, and it’s quite convenient for him to observe Straight Guy and the girl from his table. It seemed very harmonious to see a beautiful young girl sitting together with a vigorous lad turning from a boy to a man.

The Glasses-guy lowered his head and smiled. He then asked the waiter to serve two cups of juice for them. Both Straight Guy and the girl were surprised and they looked back. The Glasses-guy just smiled in his gentleman manner, waved towards them and continued to discuss with his colleague.

Straight Guy drunk the juice with melancholy because seldom had he hung out with a girl alone, he was well aware that the girl was just here for modifying his slides. However, it never occurred to him that he should order a drink for her. The upperclassman was so considerate that the girl must admire him very much now.

Straight Guy was very upset for his EQ when it came to girls.

[135]

The Glasses-guy finished his work quickly and efficiently. After seeing his colleague off, he walked to them and asked in a concerned manner, “Do you have any problem in your course? You guys have discussed for such a long time, what’s the matter?”

The girl had such a sensitive gaydar that she glanced at both of them and said before Straight Guy could respond, “It’s the slides we are modifying, such a time-consuming task, but we have to do presentation tomorrow.”

The Glasses-guy looked at the screen and said, “Quite a few pages. Is it for Professor Zhou’s Appreciation Course?”

The girl kept nodding, “Yes! Yes! He is quite strict.”

The Glasses-guy pushed up his glasses and said, “I have taken this course before and know a fair bit of Professor Zhou’s requirements. Maybe I can share some experience with you. ”

Straight Guy was a little upset when he saw the admiration and expectation on the girl’s face. The girl was excited, “It’s so nice of you! By the way, it’s Zhou Yang’s job to modify the slides. Can I leave for Society activity now?”

Straight Guy was even more upset. As expected, he was unable to make a girl stay with him. He felt chances were the first love with the girl in charge of art-related activities in high school would also be the final love.

[136]

Without the girl, it’s quite gay for two men sitting together in an exquisite cafe.

The little Straight Guy now had to show the upperclassman his weirdly ugly slides. After seeing upperclassman’s work, he gradually knew why his PPT was accused of ill-made.

Straight Guy failed to search proper compliments in his mind to praise the several pages modified by upperclassman. Finally he sighed with emotion and murmured in a low voice,” If the girl were here, she would definitely speak highly of this presentation as tasteful as a guy’s work.”

The Glasses-guy lifted his eyebrows and self-mocked silently that it sure was.

[137]

Since there were a lot of pages to be modified, the Glasses-guy suggested editing them somewhere else. He said, “Why not go to your dormitory? I happen to have something to discuss with Zhou Ming.” Straight Guy couldn’t agree more.

On the other side, Domineering Guy was a little nervous. When he finally found a proper time slot to get busy with his lover without Straight Guy’s presence, he got a phone call from his father. When he finished the call, he realized Coquettish Guy presumed reading before the desk, decently dressed. Domineering Guy looked pitiful and said pathetically, “Little Chen…”

“Yes?”

“Well, we…” Domineering Guy knelt down in front of Coquettish Guy and began to imply the unfinished business. Coquettish Guy had no choice but to comfort him by petting his head and said, “Come on. Zhou will be back any minute.”

“It’s impossible! He can’t be back even this year considering his ill-made slides! Hmm.”

The door opened before he could finish his sentence. Seeing the boss, Straight Guy looked like a boy who suffered injustice. Behind the Straight Guy stood the Glasses-guy, carrying a laptop bag. [138]

For the two outside the room, the inside scene was also very surprising: Domineering Guy was kneeling down in front of Coquettish Guy’s legs, and the latter was slightly bending over. What’s more, they were looking at each other with love rippling in their eyes. On recovering from his broken heart, Straight Guy had to overcome the awkwardness and embarrassment for interrupting their intimate moment again. As an upperclassman, the Glasses-guy was good at dealing with various awkward situations. He spoke decently, “Zhou Ming, are you available now? I’d like to discuss with you about the follow-up project. Or you guys need some privacy now?” His jocose attitude comforted others. Domineering Guy stood up and said, “Come on in! Please don’t make fun of me. Let’s talk about the project first.”

The Glass-Guy turned the laptop on in an unhurried manner, “Excuse me, I’m afraid we have to attend to your matter later. I have to modify Zhou’s slides in the first place.”

“Leave it to me.” Coquettish Guy said, “You can start your discussion now.”

[139]

When the upperclassman walked through the project issue, Coquettish Guy had almost accomplished the modification of Straight Guy’s slides. When Glasses-guy was ready to leave, Straight Guy waved at him in a good mood since he finally solved a big problem. Glasses-guy smiled and said, “Good luck on presentation tomorrow.”

Not until Glasses-guy went out for a while did Straight Guy find Glasses-guy’s student card in his bag. He wondered why it was here, because the upperclassman’s card had no access to this dormitory building, so his card shouldn’t have been taken out from the beginning. But now the most important thing was to send the card back to the upperclassman.

Fortunately, the upperclassman didn’t walk quickly, so it was easy to catch up. Straight Guy panted and handed him the card.

Before leaving, Glasses-guy seemed to think of something out of the blue. Half-jokingly, he said, “Little Zhou, do you realize that Zhou Ming’s neck become thicker recently?” Straight Guy had no idea what he meant, “Huh?”

The Glasses-guy said with a smile: “Because he has been repressing himself.”

Straight Guy understood his hint now. He recalled his interruption of all sorts of scenes, and a guilty feeling towards Zhou Ming seized him. The Glasses-guy patted him and said, “Man can’t be repressed.” Then he took the card and walked away.

[140]

The little Straight Guy was no high school student any more, so he understood well, even the unspeakable. After being reminded by the upperclassman, he was ashamed to find out what a third wheel he had been.

When he entered bathroom that evening, he saw the boss was leaning towards Little Chen. Straight Guy then decided to stay here for a while and left them some private space. When he was done he turned to his phone to kill time, and he accidentally opened a spoof video. Although he hurriedly shut it off, the earthshaking moan had already exploded out. Sitting on the toilet for a while, Straight Guy was so bored that it came to a point when he even started to recite English vocabularies.

He didn’t open the door until he felt quite boring and stuffy in the bathroom. He found the boss and Little Chen were looking at him with a meaningful look that “What a young man you are to hold this long. But we are worried that when you are old, you have to deal with kidney issues if you keep it this way.” Domineering Guy came over to pat him, “Little Zhou, your frequency is not very reasonable. Don’t pile them up, buddy. I’ll buy two boiled eggs for you tomorrow morning to supplement energy.”

Straight Guy, “……”