He's So Sweet After Class

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Translator: Rin    Editor: dedaign    Proofreader: Amber.es

It was midnight. Mo Lingqiu wiped his hair as he walked into the room. Jiang Chenming had already bathed, and was sitting by the bed, looking at his phone.

When he saw Mo Lingqiu come in, he quickly stood up. “Teacher Mo, I’ll help you blow dry your hair.”

Before Mo Lingqiu could react, Jiang Chenming grabbed him and sat him on the chair.

Buzz. The sound of the dryer filled the room. Mo Linqiu became sleepy, his eyes drifting half-shut.

Jiang Chenming became restless as his fingers passed through Mo Lingqiu’s soft hair. His black hair was soft and shiny; it was no wonder that he needed to blow dry his hair, or even apply some wax to it, before going out.

While Jiang Chenming was thinking that, he suddenly remembered that tonight was the first night since they had met each other that they would sleep together without the influence of a heat.

Jiang Chenming, who was always confident, felt a bit nervous. He coughed softly under the sound of the blow dryer before returning his focus to drying Mo Lingqiu’s hair.

Mo Lingqiu abruptly opened his eyes. He stared at the gap under the door; there was a shadow moving side to side before it finally stopped at a standstill in front of the door.

He sighed. Just like usual, his mother wasn’t even trying to cover up the fact that she was ‘eavesdropping’.

Jiang Chenming combed Mo Lingqiu’s hair, which wasn’t too long nor too short, and felt that it was almost dry. He switched off the blow dryer and placed it to the side. Before he could speak, someone knocked on the door.

Mo Lingqiu looked at Jiang Chenming, who had frozen in place. As he walked towards the door to open it, he explained, “It’s my mum.”

Outside the room, Han Ying was carrying a plate of nicely cut fruits in her left hand, fixing her long hair that was hanging down loose. “May I enter?”

“We’re going to sleep.” Mo Lingqiu didn’t give in to his mother.

Han Ying pursed her lips and stuffed the whole plate of fruits into his hand. “Boring.”

Mo Lingqiu was only relieved after he had closed and locked the door and saw the lights in the living room switch off before she returned to her own room.

“Auntie came to give us fruits?” Jiang Chenming came to help him.

“En,” Mo Linqiu said, placing the fruits on the table like he was helping his mother save face. If Jiang Chenming knew that his mother had come to eavesdrop under the pretence of sending them fruits, he wondered how he would have reacted.

“Teacher Mo, take this.” Jiang Chenming poked a toothpick into a pear and handed it to Mo Lingqiu.

The pear was really sweet. Mo Lingqiu unwittingly finished it. The rest was eaten by Jiang Chenming.

The two of them came out of the room one after the other, one going to wash the bowl while the other went to brush his teeth. Mo Lingqiu, who was second to brush his teeth, locked the door from the inside when he returned to his room.

Jiang Chenming was confused by his actions, but he didn’t ask anything.

They faced their backs to each other. No matter what they were thinking, it was already so late that they quickly fell into their dreams.

Jiang Chenming woke up at 5 the next morning. When he had intensive training a few years back, he always woke up early in the morning. Although woke up a bit later those days, he would occasionally get up early, especially when sound could be heard from the living room.