Not that EASY to acquire ✔️

Novelty

These melodies motivate me to continue writing the stories. I can't listen to anything else while working on the book, otherwise, I get distracted. （￣ー￣；

The weekend after the revolting evening Xiao Zhan had with his brother of endless drinking, despite the fact that Zhan was a light-weight, went pretty much decent. Sister Yanli spent it at her friend's place, Wang Zhuo Cheng didn't bother to tell him about his whereabouts and Zhan did what he usually used to do: paperwork and different articles for one's better education. Even though he was a professor, his main goal is to get his doctor's degree. Studying was his seclusion. From everything and everyone around him. It's a tedious activity, however, Zhan enjoyed it to the fullest.

It was past midnight and Xiao Zhan had to sleep since he had to go back to work tomorrow and deal with Wang Yibo all over again. The routine they both had with one another was strenuous.

Xiao Zhan cupped the handle of his glasses that were comfortably laying on his nose bridge, removed them, and placed them on the cabinet close by. He shifted his body down on the old mattress, pulled the blanket up, and rolled on his right side. Even if he hated Wang Yibo's guts, lately the only image his mind formed just before he drifted to sleep was the face the latter had when Xiao Zhan stomped his foot and ran away. Why could he see a face which resembled deep sorrow and sadness?

Morning came and the daily routine of its presence started for Xiao Zhan. The only difference that filled the house was that the other two siblings were still missing from home which made Xiao Zhan slightly worry, however, Yanli did inform of being absent till Tuesday.

"Cheng, you prick...where did you run off to," He thought out loud before walking out of the house, closing the door behind him with a click, his duties as a professor starting.

Xiao Zhan reached the university's grounds a bit later than he usually did, now students flocking everywhere, hurrying to their appointed buildings. He walked through the main doors of the premises he spent the last week at, the hallway leading to the entryway of the same classroom. The classroom of his sanity's offender.

He pushed the door forward to step inside the classroom where students were already seated in their rightful places. He gave a wide bunny smile to the students before glancing at the other side of the room, the spot next to the window which belongs to none other than Wang Yibo and his two friends. Surprisingly, Wang Yibo's face was plastered with a warm smile hiding a glimpse of sadness behind the facade while his eyes reflected regret. It was unusual for Xiao Zhan to see Yibo smiling like that, the only emotions he showed before was cockiness and playfulness. Xiao Zhan didn't want to dwell too much on the latter's facial expression, so he strolled to his stand table to begin the lecture.

The lecture ended right on time with Xiao Zhan thanking the attending students for their hard work and a reminder to submit the homework on his desk they had to do during the weekend. Everyone complied and soon after the desk was filled with papers and binders. Xiao Zhan was astounded to see Wang Yibo, who never submitted his paperwork, to actually go down the stairs with a paper in his grip and place it on the other ones.

"I'm surprised Mr.Yibo. You actually decided to submit it this time, I am proud. " Xiao Zhan stated, giving him a fake smile since he still felt uncomfortable after what happened the last time they talked.

"Mmm...I had to stay up all night to finish this," a husky but sweet voice parted through Yibo's lips.

"Keep up the good work!" said Xiao Zhan as he stood up to grab the papers to put them inside his backpack safely. As he was about to walk out of the room, he managed to trip on his own foot his body tumbling to the floor. If not for the pair of strong arms that wrapped around his waist, he would have probably broken a tooth or two. When Wang Yibo noticed Zhan tripping, he unconsciously leaped forward to catch him just before he crashed on the floor.