The Protagonist Just Wants to Fall in Love [MTL]

Chapter 93 People in the way

Love letter...

　　After the girl left, Li Fengran was the only one left at the corner of the stairs. He held the thin piece of letter between his fingertips. There was a faint citrus scent on the letter, which was fresh, elegant and a little sweet.

　　Do you want to give it?

　　This was not the first time that Li Fengran saw a young girl wanting to hand a love letter to He Yu. He Yu had once told him not to fall in love too early, so he naturally thought that He Yu would not fall in love too early.

　　But now... I'm not sure.

　　Besides, it's an eyesore.

　　They could freely tell him about their girlish feelings, which made him want to crumple up the letter, tear it into pieces, make it disappear without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

　　But he ended up doing nothing.

　　Li Fengran heard footsteps and classmates' voices in the stairwell. He stuffed the love letter into his pocket and turned back to the classroom.

　　Sitting in the back row against the wall, He Yu was writing the test paper due after today's class with his head down. He wanted to save the evening study time to read his newly bought suspense story book.

　　A familiar scent came from beside him, and He Yu tilted his head. Li Fengran was sitting next to him, looking at him with his hands on his chin. He met his gaze, blinked, and curled his lips to reveal a harmless smile.

　　"What for?" He Yu asked.

　　Li Fengran: "When will you finish writing?"

　　"I can't finish writing." He Yu said, "Just tell me what you want to say."

　　"It's okay, I just want to talk to you casually." Li Fengran said.

　　He Yu: "..."

　　Do all little boys' emotions change so quickly?

　　He had just walked back and still looked a little unhappy, but when he came back from the toilet, it was as if nothing had happened.

　　This reminded He Yu of an incident in junior high school. At that time, Li Fengran jokingly took away the love letter someone gave him. He spoke in a heavier tone, and Li Fengran also seemed to have some other emotions. It was the same later. He Yu wanted to talk to him, but he pretended nothing had happened.

　　He Yu turned the pen between his index and middle fingers for a few circles, then tilted his head to look at him, "What did you say?"

　　"Aren't you curious?" Li Fengran said, "It's the love letter I received."

　　"What are you curious about?"

　　"Who wrote it, what was written, and what did I think? All this." Li Fengran asked him tentatively with a smile on his face.

　　"I saw it." He Yu was referring to the scene where the girl handed him a love letter, "and you said you refused."

　　He was silent for two seconds, then asked, "So you were unhappy just now - was it because of this?"

　　If his "lack of curiosity" about Li Fengran can be classified as not caring about him, it makes sense that Li Fengran's sensitive nerves would be unhappy, because most of the time, Li Fengran always likes and needs his attention.

　　He Yu summed this up as a lack of love.

　　Li Fengran has depended on his mother since he was a child, but the relationship between mother and son is not the kind of closely connected and unconditionally trusting relationship. Instead, there is a sense of alienation and distance between them.