Boyfriend Always Thinks I’m a Little Pitiful Chapter 51

On the way back, the group got hungry again and found a hot pot restaurant that was said to be really good. Jiang Chenyu and Zhang Ruochuan went to get the queue number, while Xie Ci and Fu Yicheng stood by the roadside discussing the malicious violations reported against the Sports School.

It took half an hour before they gradually got seats. There were so many people that they had to split into several tables. Jiang Chenyu and the others assumed Xie Ci and Gu Yufeng would sit together, but unexpectedly, Xie Ci went to sit with Fu Yicheng and some others from Second High School.

Fang Size looked back at Gu Yufeng, who was sitting across from him, and asked in a low voice, "What's up with Lao Xie? Is he in a bad mood?"

Gu Yufeng, however, was in a good mood and smiled, asking back, "Is he? Isn't he always like this?"

"He didn't say a word on the way. He usually talks less, but not like this." Fang Size probed, "Did you guys have a fight?"

Gu Yufeng thought to himself that Fang Size was indeed an old comrade, able to notice even the slightest mood change. "Maybe it's because I got hurt by the Sports School, and he's still a bit upset about it?"

Fang Size thought that made sense. After all, Lao Xie and Lao Gu had already upgraded to the level of desk mates who would kiss.

Over there, Xie Ci noticed Gu Yufeng looking over, smiled smugly without any self-reflection, and silently looked away, pretending not to see. Attacking a minor and still having the nerve to smile.

After ordering the food, everyone went to make their own dipping sauce. Gu Yufeng rarely had hot pot, and usually, the dipping sauce was prepared for him. Faced with dozens of ingredients, he was at a loss.

Xie Ci noticed Gu Yufeng standing like a candle at the sauce station and got up to go over. Gu Yufeng was about to randomly mix something when he saw Xie Ci coming over, still with that sour face, and acted indifferent, as if they were back to the state when they first met after rebirth.

"Do you have to be so mad?" Gu Yufeng leaned closer, pretending to add sauce with a spoon, speaking casually, "It was just a peck, I didn't even stick my tongue in."

He had just finished speaking when he received a warning look from Xie Ci. Xie Ci took the small sauce dish from Gu Yufeng's hand, placed the prepared sauce in his hand, made another one for himself, and turned to leave.

Gu Yufeng looked at his sauce dish, then at the annoyed Xie Ci, pondering, "Was this guy always so uptight?"

Hadn't he already realized his identity? What's the big deal about a kiss? Even from Xie Ci's perspective, thinking he kissed a seventeen-year-old minor, given his past behavior, wasn't this normal? He used to have so many people around him, did Xie Ci ever care?

As more people came to the sauce station, Gu Yufeng, feeling in the way, prepared to return to his seat. Turning around, he met Fu Yicheng's ghostly expression, thought for a moment, and asked with a smile, "What did you hear?"

"Nothing!" Fu Yicheng was startled by Gu Yufeng's smile, quickly shaking his head, "I didn't hear anything!"

"That's good." Gu Yufeng nodded, satisfied, and walked away. In a good mood, with a good appetite, and the sauce matching his taste, Gu Yufeng ate happily.

At the same table, Jiang Chenyu looked at Gu Yufeng's sauce dish and curiously asked, "Lao Gu, what did you add? It looks delicious."

Gu Yufeng: "I don't know, Lao Xie made it for me."

Fang Size: "..."

Here comes the dog food.

Jiang Chenyu didn't catch the implication at all and turned to find Xie Ci, "I'll have Lao Xie make one for me too."

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Ruochuan went to get some drinks for everyone, "I heard these are the specialty drinks here, you can't buy them outside."

Gu Yufeng took one, opened it, and took a sip, immediately feeling something was off. He turned the bottle around, understanding what it meant to be too happy too soon. The third-to-last ingredient on the list was peanuts. With such a low peanut content, just one sip shouldn't be a problem.

After everyone was full and satisfied, they returned to the hotel, and it was almost ten o'clock. Xie Ci and Fu Yicheng finished their conversation and headed to their room. Thinking about sharing a bed with Gu Yufeng at night gave Xie Ci a headache.

From a distance, he saw Gu Yufeng waiting at the door and was reminded of being kissed at the square. Not knowing that Gu Yufeng was also reborn, he just wanted to keep his distance from this person. Since they couldn't avoid meeting, being friends wasn't bad. After knowing Gu Yufeng was reborn, he didn't want this person to fancy anyone else, even if that "anyone else" was his younger self.

Being dumped inexplicably in the past life left him still clueless about why Gu Yufeng came back to him.

"Hurry up, my foot hurts." Gu Yufeng urged.

Xie Ci steadied himself and went to open the door.

"Should I shower first?" Gu Yufeng asked.

Xie Ci: "Yeah."

Watching Gu Yufeng enter the bathroom, Xie Ci took out the external medicine prescribed by the doctor and placed it in a conspicuous spot. After Gu Yufeng finished showering, Xie Ci instructed him to use the medicine himself and went into the bathroom.

When he came out, the medicine was still there, untouched, and the person was already lying in bed, facing the balcony with his back to him, seemingly asleep.

So well-behaved. Xie Ci was a bit surprised, thinking that with such a good opportunity at night, this guy would definitely cause trouble. Xie Ci wavered between "waking him up to apply the medicine but getting harassed" and "letting him sleep but not applying the medicine," finally deciding to wait until this guy was asleep to quietly apply the medicine.

He took his phone and sat on the chair by the window, group messages popping up non-stop, a bunch of high school students excitedly visiting each other to play games. Xie Ci opened the message interface, and a row of new messages came in.

Lei Qiliang: [Today's game was won beautifully! Do you have no weaknesses? There's progress on that piece of land in the old town, when are you free to come out for tea?]

Gu Yongnian: [Xiao Xie, please keep an eye on Xiao Feng, have fun.]

Xie Qian: [Are you going directly from the Hot Spring Town to school tomorrow? If you left anything at home, I'll bring it to you in the morning.]

After replying to each one, Xie Ci opened the last message from an unfamiliar number.

[I'm Xie Hongguang, I apologize for startling you the other day. I heard you won the basketball league championship, and I'd like to host a celebration banquet for you, and also apologize in person. Someone will pick you up after school on Monday, will you give Grandpa this chance?]

Xie Ci glanced at it and edited a reply.

[My dad's painting will be auctioned at Shengde Auction House on the 2nd of next month, won't you support it?]

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the person on the bed move, curling up into a ball. This guy never slept curled up, so Xie Ci put down his phone and went over to check.

The person on the bed was wrapped tightly in the quilt, half his face buried in the pillow, frowning, not sleeping well, his hand constantly scratching his neck.

"Lao Gu?" Xie Ci pulled down the corner of the quilt a bit, seeing that Gu Yufeng's neck was already scratched red, the disheveled bathrobe collar revealing one side of his collarbone, covered in small red rashes, spreading to his chest.

Xie Ci lifted the quilt, pulled open Gu Yufeng's bathrobe, and found more on his body.

"Stop it."

Half-asleep, Gu Yufeng tried to pull the quilt corner, but Xie Ci pressed his shoulder, flipping him over onto the bed.

Xie Ci grabbed his back collar and pulled it down, finding small red rashes on his back too.

"Xie Ci!" Having his clothes pulled off, Gu Yufeng was fully awake, angrily turning his head to glare, "What are you doing?"

"You're having an allergic reaction, don't you feel it?"

Xie Ci said sternly, "Usually you're so flirty, but when you're really sick, you don't say a word. Who spoiled you with this bad habit?"

Hiding in the dorm when he had a fever, hiding in the lounge when his leg was injured, and now hiding his allergy, as if the people around him weren't worth his trust.

"I'm used to it."

Gu Yufeng looked down, "I'll be fine after a nap."

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Xie Ci was a bit annoyed, "What did you eat tonight?"

Gu Yufeng scratched the small red rashes on his body, casually saying, "I drank a sip of peanut milk, it's not fatal."

"You're going to scratch it raw." Xie Ci grabbed his hand to stop him from scratching, "I'll go find some medicine for you."

Gu Yufeng wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but Xie Ci had already gotten up and left the room.

Xie Ci first knocked on Fang Size's room door to get some rash ointment. Upon hearing that Gu Yufeng was having an allergic reaction, Fang Size handed him the ointment, "Take this back first, I'll ask the front desk if they have any oral medication, if not, I'll go buy some on the street."

"Thanks." Xie Ci returned to his room, thinking that Fang Size would come over, and since the people around were all from their group, he didn't close the door.

While applying the ointment for Gu Yufeng, Xie Ci belatedly realized. Gu Yufeng had been sick several times, with no family by his side. The first time he had acclimatization issues, it was Robertson's little assistant who took him to the hospital. This time, Gu Yongnian clearly knew Gu Yufeng might have been injured, arranged for a doctor, but still went to handle other matters.

Gu Yufeng's "used to it" might mean he's used to handling everything on his own. Gu Yongnian and Caitlin might not be uncaring parents, but they just don't have the time.

"In the future, if you feel unwell, tell me first."

Xie Ci instructed in a low voice, receiving a nonchalant response from Gu Yufeng.

Lying there while having the ointment applied was torture for Gu Yufeng. The small red rashes were itchy, and being touched by Xie Ci made them itchier, and he wasn't allowed to scratch.

Seeing Xie Ci focused on dealing with the rashes on his neck, Gu Yufeng sneakily reached to scratch his stomach, but before he could feel any relief, his hand was pulled away.

"I told you not to scratch, didn't listen?" Xie Ci applied a bit more ointment, rubbing it on the red rashes on his chest.

"Easy for you to say, you wouldn't be able to resist either." Gu Yufeng's tone wasn't very good.

Xie Ci: "Then think about something else to distract yourself."

As soon as he said that, he heard Gu Yufeng's suppressed yet seductive moan, causing Xie Ci to pause slightly, looking up at him expressionlessly, "What are you yelling for?"

"Didn't you say to do something else to distract myself?" Gu Yufeng looked at Xie Ci's changing expression with a good mood, deliberately changing his tone to hum, "Hurry up."

Xie Ci: "..."

Who is this distracting?

Thinking about the door being open, Xie Ci felt a chill down his spine. If this guy kept making noise, it might attract others over, so he sped up the ointment application.

"Turn over, let me do your back."

Gu Yufeng propped himself up on his hands, turning to the side, pulling the robe off his shoulder, exposing his smooth neck and the delicate skin of his back. His long legs brushed lightly against the blanket, asking in a deliberately low, slightly hoarse voice, "Is this okay?"

Xie Ci's gaze swept from his jawline to the curve of his shoulder and neck, from his straight back to the curve of his entire body, his eyelid twitching, grabbing his nape and pressing him back onto the bed.

"Behave yourself."

Gu Yufeng noticed Xie Ci's gaze darkening, but before he could feel smug, he was pressed down, his back being roughly rubbed by someone's fingers, "Gentle!"

"If you cooperate, you'll suffer less." Xie Ci only cared about speed, not anything else.

The whole back was itchy and numb, and he wasn't allowed to scratch. Gu Yufeng could only grip the blanket and endure it. When it reached his waist, he couldn't help but let out a whimper.

"I told you not to make noise." Xie Ci casually slapped his butt.

"Damn." Gu Yufeng couldn't take it anymore, turning to grab the ointment from Xie Ci's hand and throwing it away, pinning him to the bed and reaching for his waist, "Let's see if touching you here makes you make noise."

"Stop it."

Xie Ci pinned his wrist to the side, sitting up.

Gu Yufeng moved his hand, but it was held tightly, looking up at Xie Ci, "Are you taking revenge? Just because I kissed you, is it that serious?"

Xie Ci laughed in exasperation, "So you know that action would upset me, and you still did it?"

"Then what about you?"

Gu Yufeng sat up, looking directly into Xie Ci's eyes, "If you're going to reject me, reject me completely. Why are you so tense around me?"

Xie Ci retorted, "Can't we just maintain a normal classmate friendship? Does it have to be so ambiguous?"

"Impossible."

Gu Yufeng looked at him, enunciating each word, "You and I can never just be friends."

After a brief eye contact, Xie Ci seriously asked, "What do you see in me?"

This was also his long-standing question. In the past life, he inexplicably succeeded, and then was inexplicably dumped. What did he rely on to stand out from the crowd around Gu Yufeng and become the only one who could register for marriage with this person?

Gu Yufeng thought for a moment, "Big pecs and a perky butt."

Xie Ci: "…………"

Xie Ci got up with a cold face and was about to leave.

Gu Yufeng hooked his shoulder, pulling him back, "You asked me to say it, why are you mad?"

In the midst of their tussle, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and the next moment Jiang Chenyu burst in, holding a Monopoly board, excitedly shouting at them, "Lao Xie, come play Monopoly!"

In the room, Gu Yufeng was half-lying on the bed, one hand on Xie Ci's nape, his bathrobe hanging messily on his arm. Xie Ci was sitting on the edge of the bed, one hand on Gu Yufeng's shoulder, about to push him away.

Hearing the voice, they both looked over.

Both sides were stunned.

For a moment, there was silence.

Jiang Chenyu looked at the messy bed and the inexplicable red marks on Gu Yufeng's neck, scratching his face in confusion, "Were you guys—wrestling?"

By the time Fang Size came over to stop him, it was too late. He glanced at the chaotic scene and seriously handed over the medicine, "If it's not serious, take one."

Xie Ci took it and got up to pour water.

Fang Size saw Jiang Chenyu's shattered expression and explained, "Lao Gu had an allergic reaction, Lao Xie was helping him apply ointment."

Jiang Chenyu suddenly understood, "I see!"

At least his worldview was preserved.

Soon Zhang Ruochuan and the others came over, gathering in the small living room at the foot of the bed to play Monopoly.

After taking the medicine, Gu Yufeng, under Xie Ci's supervision, applied the medicine to his foot, feeling a bit sleepy. After playing a couple of rounds, he went to sleep first.

When he woke up, it was almost two o'clock. Wanting to go to the bathroom, he found three people still playing in the small living room, and Xie Ci was lying next to him, less than an arm's length away, already asleep.

The finals during the day were physically exhausting for everyone, especially since Xie Ci was both the forward and the captain, being heavily guarded by those scumbags from the Sports School. Though he didn't say it, he must have been exhausted.

Jiang Chenyu was lying crookedly at the foot of the bed, one leg hanging out, his upper body pressing on Xie Ci's leg through the blanket, snoring.

Gu Yufeng was about to lift the blanket to get up when he suddenly saw Xie Ci move, thinking he had woken him up, only to hear him suddenly mumbling something.

"Xiao Fang..."

Xiao Fang?!

Gu Yufeng squinted slightly, bending down to get closer.

Xie Ci: "So heavy..."

"..."

Gu Yufeng looked at Xie Ci, waiting for a while, but the sleep talk ended there.

So heavy?

With his physique, Xie Ci never complained about him being too heavy. Could Xiao Fang be a big guy over two hundred pounds?