A CERTAIN SOMEONE ( THE ON1Y ONE )

Chapter 046 - Sick Leave

It Was Funny When He Thought About It; He Appeared to Be…...Missing Jiang Tian a Little.

Gao Tianyang’s brilliant suggestion went unused; he shook his head and muttered under his breath as he went to return the wheelchair. Jiang Tian carried Sheng Wang up the slope.
This was one of the quietest corners in school; there were two rows of lush and verdant trees by the sides of the path, the vines of flowers would often reach out from the shrubs, hanging in various lengths along the road.

Sheng Wang still felt a little uneasy. Jiang Tian didn’t even need to look back to already know that his expression must be hilarious.
“Why didn’t you want to be carried?” he asked.
Sheng Wang slightly shifted. “Embarrassing.”
Jiang Tian didn’t quite get the logic: it’s not embarrassing to fall down in front of the whole school, but it’s too much to get carried on the back after breaking his leg? But, these are the words he ought to keep to himself; if he said anything, the peacock on his back will immediately end himself by taking a swan dive off the slope.

He actually did understand that his words were a little too blunt sometimes, but he couldn’t be bothered to change. Sometimes, it was to tease someone on purpose, but more often than not he simply did not care.

The person on his back moved again. He added to his explanation, “Either way, it’s out of a man’s competitive spirits.”
“Since when do you have so much manly competitive spirit.” Jiang Tian deadpanned.
“Isn’t this quite normal? Don’t you have it too?”
“No.”
Jiang Tian’s reply was as resolute as iron. It didn’t matter if he had it or not, in any case there was no way he was agreeing.

Just as expected, Sheng Wang was choked to the point that he didn’t speak for a long while. He then tightened his hug, saying, “Your neck is now in my hands, can you think before you speak?”
Jiang Tian was stuck to the point that he had to look up. He calmly expounded, “Your entire person is in my hands.”

Maybe it was the way his Adam’s apple moved as he spoke, thus causing the other’s person’s wrist to feel a slight discomfort. He could feel Sheng Wang quieting for a few seconds, and his arm released a little. Not only that, his entire upper body straightened up, as though he was trying to minimise contact.
Jiang Tian’s brows quickly lightly furrowed, so brief that not even he himself noticed it.

“Tired?” Sheng Wang asked.
“Wouldn’t be if you quit moving around,” Jiang Tian said.
“Ok,” Sheng Wang sheepishly replied.

The wind blew around the corner of the winding path, the spray of flowers sticking out from the side lightly swayed along. Jiang Tian’s head moved aside, avoiding it. For some mysterious reason, he suddenly spoke, asking, “Are you tired?”
“Me?” Sheng Wang didn’t realise what was going on. He asked, befuddled, “Why would I be tired?”Jiang Tian slightly tilted his head, and swept a glance at him from the corner of his eyes. “The way you’re holding your neck so stiffly, aren’t you tired?”
Sheng Wang had no words. Jiang Tian turned around again, his gaze meeting straight ahead. His pace was leisurely, his footsteps landed on the patches of light and shadows casted by the tree branches and vines.

Yet another while later, the boy on his back gradually relaxed. His chin rested on the crook of his shoulders, like a sloth hanging from the tree.
Jiang Tian’s gaze lightly swept to his right, and kept it back again.

He suddenly recalled the days of childhood where he would go through the alleyways of Beyond Parasol Trees; “Leader” would descend from above without a single warning, and roll in front of his feet. Its slender and pointy tail was soft and furry as it danced across his ankles.

The feeling at this moment was particularly ineffable.
He only felt that time had slowed down, leisurely marching along, and the road ahead was both long and easy.