TURNS OUT I'M CRAZY (bl)

TOIC Chapter 15

The school holidays soon ended.

During that period, Chen Qianqing spent most of his time on recovering and reading books. By the time school started again, he could already walk without his crutches.

School starts for Chen Qianqing on the 3rd of September, and it had been more than ten days since Lu Zhengfei’s birthday ended. In those dozen days, Lu Zhengfei had not been speaking much to him; it could be seen that he had very much been hurt, even the task of sending him to school had been passed over to someone else.

Chen Qianqing would just pretend that he did not see the sullen look on Lu Zhengfei’s face, not like Lu Zhengfei would do anything to him anyway, it did not matter to him if they were going to be in this deadlock.

Zhu Mao thought that Chen Qianqing would be staying at home like the last semester, but he never would have thought that Chen Qianqing would move back to the dorms. Clearly, he was planning to live on campus all throughout this semester.

It was inconvenient for Chen Qianqing to move his things, so Lu Zhengfei sent some people to help him move his things into his dorm before leaving.

Zhu Mao was just changing his bed sheets when he saw Chen Qianqing. He was surprised:”Qianqing, you’re not staying at home this semester?”

Chen Qianqing responded with a hum. He had not stayed in the dorms before but he knew that there would still be things about dormitory life that would not be very convenient. But compared to staying with Lu Zhengfei everyday, he would rather endure the extra trouble. Not to mention, Lu Zhengfei himself had also agreed for him to do this, so why would he say no?

It felt to Zhu Mao like Chen Qianqing had changed completely as a person ever since he broke his leg. He smiled less, and in general, he seemed colder, it was almost to the point where Zhu Mao did not even dare to talk to him sometimes.

Chen Qianqing could detect the gap between him and Zhu Mao, but he did not plan to change it. Dealing with Lu Zhengfei was tiring enough for him, if he still had to put on an act in front of someone who did not matter to him, Chen Qianqing feared that he might one day go mad for real.

The weather in September was still very hot. After Chen Qianqing was done changing his bed sheets, he left with Zhu Mao to grab dinner.

Although Lu Zhengfei allowed Chen Qianqing to stay in the dorms, he had still sent people to follow him. After all, he still did not trust Chen Qianqing enough to let him run around freely.

Chen Qianqing and Zhu Mao had casually found a little shop to have their meal in. As they talked, they entered the store.

Usually, each dorm would be occupied by four people. However, Chen Qianqing’s room was special. Chen Qianqing and another Lu Siyou did not stay in the dorms, while Liu Jingyang had already dropped out of school. That was why the second half of their last semester had been occupied only by a single Zhu Mao.

Chen Qianqing was not at all familiar with any of the classmates in their class, so besides Zhu Mao, there was practically nobody he knew. Since he broke his leg last semester, he did not participate in any of the class activities either, further lowering his chances of getting to know any of his classmates.

Chen Qianqing ordered a bowl of noodles, and Zhu Mao a plate of fried rice. As the two ate, they started to chat.

Zhu Mao asked: “Qianqing, the class president said we will be organizing a mountain climbing activity after everyone’s back from National Day, are you going?”

Chen Qianqing did not have much appetite, but he still attempted to get some food in: “I’m not sure, we’ll have to see then.”

Zhu Mao continued: “Then, will you be going home on National Day? If not, could you help me take care of my hamster……?”