Give Me A Hug

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 : Distance

The first place award in Province University Art Exhibition is once again received by Xie Jia Ran.

Xie Jiaran didn't show any expression.

The entire class watched in envy and worship as he accepted the trophy. As soon as the bell rang to signal the end of class, he packed his things quickly and hurried out of the studio.

The distance from the art building to the dormitory is nearly ten minutes. Xie Jiaran hastened his pace, trying his best to take shortcuts.

His eyebrows were lightly furrowed due to the constant discomfort in his body, and the corners of his mouth were pressed straight.

The skin of his whole body was tingling beneath the surface, not severe; nevertheless, it made him very uncomfortable.

He gripped his wrist forcefully, his neatly trimmed nails sank into the skin of his wrist to smoother the sudden itching with pain.

There was a sudden, overwhelming desire to be touched.

Xie Jiaran crossed the bridge and strolled along the path behind the library. As he went down the small avenue, he saw several boys playing around in jerseys.

The noisy clamor of cicadas seemed particularly loud under the scorching heat, or perhaps it was due to his current poor condition; the giggles and laughter made him extremely irritable.

His brows furrowed deeper.

Despite his best efforts to move aside, he was still bumped into by one of the boys who was making too much noise.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Are you alright?"

The boy hastily stood up and apologized politely. His hot breathe after exercising hit Xie Jiaran's cold white skin and the rejection was far greater than the momentary satisfaction of that moment of skin-to-skin touch.

"It's nothing."

Xie Jiaran took half a step back. Seeing that the boy still wanted to explain, he earnestly emphasized, "I'm fine."
Then he directly bypassed him and left in a quick pace.

"It's over, it's over, you disgusted the school flower." Seeing the person walk away, the boy next to him said jokingly: "School flower Xie's mysophobia is so bad. After being touched by you, he'll probably wash off a layer of skin when he gets back home."

The term 'School flower Xie Jiaran' started from a group of contemporary "model" students who had nothing to do and organized a voting event to choose the school beauties after finishing their final exams.

Who knows who made the mistake at that time and uploaded Xie Jiaran's picture in the school flower's forum. As a result, he ranked highly and beat the second place by more than a thousand votes and was named the school flower.

When some of the students who did not participate in the voting later heard of it, their first instinct was that everyone's maliciously joking. But after taking a look at the forum, they immediately abandoned this absurd speculation.

One has to admit, he is indeed prettier than the girl in the second place.

Fortunately, everyone has a sense of propriety when it comes to stirring up trouble and making noise. Knowing that Xie Jiaran has a cold temperament and is not easy to joke around with, the name 'school flower' is only used to occasionally make some good natured jokes behind his back and never mentioned in public.

"How can that be? I just took a shower this morning." The boy who had bumped into Xie Jiaran picked up his collar and sniffed in self doubt. It shouldn't stink that much, right?