Chapter 40

     Ling Xiao guessed the origin of the bread in his hand. He felt a little dumbfounded. He had no doubt that Ying Feng had bought the banana bread because he had once said that he liked banana flavor, but that was only when compared to the strawberry flavor. It did not, at all, mean he liked to eat energy bread. 

     Forget it. He arrogantly grabbed it and pulled the package open. It’s rare for Ying Feng to actually remember this sentence. What else could he expect from him? Not to mention, the level of hunger he was in right now, he could even eat durian flavor.

     Before Ling Xiao had time to completely tear open the package, the door handle of the medical room turned a bit. He immediately threw the half-opened bread next to him, turned his head and proudly looked in the opposite direction.

   When Ying Feng came in, upon seeing this scene, he paused for a while, but still walked over as if nothing had happened and handed the contents in his hand to Ling Xiao.

    Ling Xiao glanced at it hurriedly, then quickly turned around, madly scorning Ying Feng in his heart. When buying bread, you will always buy that same brand of bread. Even when buying water, it is the same type you drank during the last training. It is not surprising that you will want to find your previous life lover when looking for a partner.

    Ying Feng held it for a long time and did not see him take it, so he put the water next to the bread. Yao Tai also came in at this time. When she saw the bread and drinks beside him, and the anger that had been suppressed rose again.

     “Ling Xiao is still developing, can’t you buy him something nutritious?”

     “I bought it according to his taste,” Yingfeng explained calmly.

     “Who likes to eat this kind of emergency food?” Yao Tai couldn’t tell whether he was being deliberate or stupid. “Even the supermarket sells hot drinks, no matter how bad it is, there are dairy products. Who gives a person, who has fainted and just woken up, a cold drink?”

     She strode forward to throw away what Ying Feng had brought. Ling Xiao quickly eyed the bread and swiftly grabbed it over. Yao Tai was taken aback by his actions. She looked at Ying Feng and then at the unnatural expression of Ling Xiao. She guessed that he might have been so hungry, that he’ll eat anything.

    “I went to give your instructor a notice. If he sees you two coming to class, he will drive you back out. The college asks you to take a vacation, a mandatory vacation not an elective one. Don’t think that you are in very good condition and can do everything.”

     She glared unceremoniously at Ying Feng, “And you, if you continue to ignore him and not help out tonight, I will force you guys to isolate on the grounds that you can’t fulfill your obligations as a Qizhu, regardless of whether Ling Xiao has developed to the point where isolation is needed.  “

   Ling Xiao naively thought that he had survived the chaos period, and knew nothing about the upcoming mental backlash, so he didn’t understand what Yao Tai means, “I don’t need him to care about me,” but then he soon recalled the Lan Sheng he saw back then in the detention room, “I also don’t want to be isolated.”

     Yao Tai struggled for a long time, but finally took out a bottle of medicine from the medicine cabinet and reluctantly gave it to Ling Xiao. Every time the principal came to her, this is the exact medicine he took away.

    “I must explain in advance that this medicine can temporarily relieve mental stress and help you overcome sleep difficulties, but its sequelae are very serious and it is easily addictive. I advise you not to take it if possible,” she was silent for a moment, “But if you really feel uncomfortable…you decide for yourself.”

     Ling Xiao confusedly received the bottle and missed seeing Ying Feng’s brow furrowing.

     “Finally, I want to remind you two that the time limit for the end of your stay at school is actually determined by me. Ling Xiao, you have been officially listed as a key observation object of the CDC, and you will come and report to me every week from now on. You have to come together with Ying Feng. I won’t allow you to proceed onto higher education until your psychological assessment has returned to a safe level.”

     She then snatched away the drink bottle, “Just forget the bread, cold drinks are also not allowed.”

     When Ling Xiao left the door, Yao Tai grabbed the half-step out Ying Feng back, and whispered in his ear.

    “Ling Xiao told me that you have someone you want to find.”

    His expression changed slightly.

    “But let me tell you, even if you can find him, he will not look at the current you.”

    Ying Feng’s body heavily shook.

    Yao Tai pushed him out, “Go, get out.”

    Ling Xiao had walked out for a while. Ying Feng caught up from behind, and silently handed over a card.

    He raised his eyes suspiciously, not understanding what the other party wanted to do.

    “You go back first,” Ying Feng said but then unnaturally added, “You can also use it to swipe.”

    Ling Xiao knew that he couldn’t get in the room without his card, and it was even more impossible to go to class. And if he goes to the rooftop, who knows, maybe this rascal will go mad again. Hence, he unceremoniously accepted it .

   After Ying Feng left, Ling Xiao walked to the cafeteria. He hadn’t been here in a long time, making the environment seem a bit unfamiliar to him.

    Although it was not a mealtime, there was an interface to provide food throughout the day. Ling Xiao took out Ying Feng’s card and swiped it on the machine. The amount of money that jumped out immediately made him uncomfortable.

    He calculated it silently in his heart. Tomorrow is the day when living expenses are distributed. There is still so much money on the card, yet he hasn’t spent it all, so uncomfortable…

    The staff in the cafeteria saw that this person had swiped his card and was not ordering food, and thought he was conflicted with what he was eating, but how could he have guessed that Ling Xiao was currently in an intense fight between heaven and man inwardly at this time.

    “Seeing that you are already an adult, how about a nutrition package? It is most suitable to eat during your development.”

    “Is it expensive?”

    The staff was taken aback. The richer they are, the stingier they get, “Not expensive, it’s not expensive at all. It’s a good deal.”

    “I don’t want the cheap one, give me the most expensive one.”

   Staff member:”……”

   Ling Xiao was enjoying his luxurious meal in the cafeteria, while Ying Feng was handling the card for him in the logistics.

    “It’s been quite a few days since you guys became Adults. Finally thought of applying for a card,” the logistics staff laughed and teased him, “Young people should pay attention to temperance.”

    Ying Feng entered the information on the interface without saying a word. Not only did the person on the other side not fall silent because he didn’t get a response, but instead he held his chin and recalled the beautiful past.

    “I think when I just became an Adult, I was about the same as you guys. I don’t know how to control it at all. Haven’t you heard of a rumor? After the Adult ceremony, the Qizhu will gain a part of the Qizi’s soul and at the same time a part of his soul will go into Qizi’s. Hence, the souls of the two people are incomplete, and only through the most intimate connection will it make them feel at ease.”

    “Although, now, I think this sentence is a bit naive when I think about it now, but when I first heard it at that time, I felt that there was nothing more romantic than this. Let me tell you, after we did that together, my Qizi’s mental rating was very healthy and developed. We…”

    Ying Feng pressed submit and unceremoniously interrupted his endless speech, “I finished.”

   “…Oh,” the logistics staff unenthusiasm was greatly cut short. He then gave him a card blankly, “Alright, now you can give it to your Qizi. From now onward, both of you guy’s living expenses will be added into this card.The amount between the main card and the secondary card is interoperable.”

    “Thank you,” he took the card, turned and left, leaving the logistics staff alone with his long sigh.

    “Aye, why don’t young people nowadays listen to the experience of their seniors?”

    Applying for the card took a while. When Ying Feng returned, Ling Xiao was already in the dormitory. He was holding a black box in his hand. When Ying Feng came back, he nervously wanted to hide it.

    Ying Feng saw this and became alarmed. Ever since he knows that Ling Xiao was in private contact with Shen He, he was worried that Ling Xiao would be deceived by the other party’s rhetoric. Considering his current behavior, Shen He might not necessarily take him away. There is another possibility that he might secretly give Ling Xiao experimental drugs.

    “What’s in the box?” He asked immediately.

    Ling Xiao’s eyes flickered. With Ying Feng understanding of him, if it were not for a great guilty conscience, he would never show such an expression, “It has nothing to do with you.”

    Ying Feng felt increasingly suspicious and took a step forward, “Let me see.”

    “No!” Ling Xiao immediately hugged the box tightly.

    The previous sentence Ying Feng said was spoken in a normal tone, and the second time came with a strong forcefulness, “Let me see.”

    Although Ling Xiao didn’t want to, his hands were out of his control. Amidst coercion and struggle, he handed over the box in his hand extremely slowly. Because he tried to struggle with a lot of force, his hands were constantly shaking.

    Seeing that the box was getting closer and closer to Ying Feng, Ling Xiao, anxiously raised his tone and repeatedly shouted, “No!”

    Ying Feng’s hand had already touched the lid of the box, but just then, a very low voice quickly sounded, “Please, don’t look.”

    Ying Feng’s movements stopped. When he looked at the person in front of him, his face had an expression he had never seen before. It was not an unwillingness or begging for mercy look, but an unwavering peace. Although he said the same line like the shadow in the illusion, it was also like two different people compared to the latter’s crying and begging him not to pass look.

    Ling Xiao’s eyes were fixedly staring toward his lower left. It looks like it contains no emotions, but also seemingly looks like it contains endless emotions. Ying Feng seems to see an eggshell wrapped in reinforced concrete. When the steel bars are broken, the concrete also collapses. In the end, only a fragile eggshell remains. With a single poke, it will bring despair.

   Ying Feng slowly retracted his hand, and Ling Xiao let out a long breath. He quickly held the box tightly in his arms, for fear that he would revoke his decision.

    The person in front of him moved suddenly, scaring Ling Xiao into a jump, but this time he took out a card.

    “This is for you.”

    Ling Xiao guessed what the card probably was. His three days of hunger made him know that even people with backbone would still have to eat. Thinking that living expenses would be distributed soon and he would be able to pay his money back for the meal, he extended one hand to take it and used his mouth to point toward the other table.

    Tune out, Ying Feng’s card was thrown onto that table by Ling Xiao. Taking advantage of the time when the opponent turned around to take his card call, Ling Xiao quickly put the box away as possible. When Ying Feng turned around, the box on his hands was gone. 

    Ying Feng didn’t ask him where he hid the box this time. The two people who were forced to take vacation stayed in the dormitory silently, the atmosphere absolutely terrible.

    Ling Xiao recalled amidst his boredom. In fact, he and Ying Feng had not spoken too much in the past ten years, and would only occasionally interact with each other. However, that was also only due to his provocation, while Ying Feng would just ignore him. Even if the relationship between the two people eased briefly after Ping Zong left, most of their interactions were only during appointed practices together. The real exchanges were actually very few in numbers.

    In his heart, he is currently planning out his future. As long as he can go to school smoothly— though it is probably impossible to go to a different school from Ying Feng— he can still choose a different department, so the time meeting each other will also be reduced. Then after graduation, they can be completely separated. Since the principal can survive by himself, he can also do so.

    Time ticked away bit by bit. As night fell, Ling Xiao’s heart gradually became uneasy. Clearly the period of disorder had passed, why did he still feel this abnormal feeling?

   Ying Feng has been observing his reaction secretly. For the first time these days, did he devote all his attention to the other party. He always thought that with Ling Xiao’s strong personality, he would be disdainful and unwilling to accept his help. However, it was only until today, had he truly seen the very nature of the disorder period.

    Ordinarily, being watched by Ying Feng like this would definitely cause Ling Xiao to resist and struggle. However, at this time, he was unable to take into account of other’s gaze. The strong mental backlash started making his forcibly locked vision to lose focus. No matter what Ying Feng does, it all looks blurry in his eyes.

    In the unbearable pain, he finally caught something that could save him. The medicine bottle Yao Tai gave him was placed on the bedside. He struggled to reach out, grabbed and grabbed, but still did not grab onto what he’s looking for. He didn’t reach his target until the third time, when he firmly held in his hand.

    Yao Tai’s advice had long become a cloud of smoke. Ling Xiao unscrewed the bottle cap with difficulty. Regardless of how many pills were poured out, regardless of how many flew out, however many were left on his hand, he would desperately shove it all into his mouth. 

    A powerful force clasped his wrist, and stiffly pulled his fingers, one by one, open and forcefully snatched the medicine out of the palm of his hand. Ling Xiao raised his head bitterly and looked at Ying Feng with his eyes filled with anger.

    An arm was brought to his mouth, and without hesitation, Ling Xiao bit it. This bite was not only out of the instinct to resist pain, but it also contained a deep hatred for Ying Feng, exhausting almost all his strength. Yet Ying Feng had never once frowned.

    Ling Xiao used even more strength, until his teeth were deeply carved into Ying Feng’s skin. Blood flowed into his mouth through the wound, and the sweet smell awakened a part of his rationality.

    Ling Xiao, who was gradually regaining his clarity, finally found the problem. He couldn’t even punch him before, yet now he was able to bite so hard?  When he finally realized something was not right, it was too late.

    The cold was completely dissipated, and the fear was gone. Instead, a heat swept through his entire body, like a burning ember. He was unable to resist.

    Ying Feng felt the other party’s bite slackened, and was surprised that Ling Xiao, whose face was flushed red, grabbed his collar. The unguarded him, was dragged downward like this. Their noses intimately touch each other’s.

    “You…” Looking at the face that appeared in front of him at close range, Ying Feng, who does not know what happened, for the first time showed a loss expression. Ling Xiao’s reaction was far from his expectations. He had thought that Ling Xiao would reject him, resist him with fear, or lose his temper, but never such a reaction.

    Ling Xiao grasped Ying Feng’s collar tightly and pulled him, who was already really close, down again. His turbulent breathing hit Ying Feng’s ears, so close that Ying Feng even smelled blood between his lips and teeth.

  Ling Xiao, who was in confusion, rubbed his body uncontrollably on the other party. A concretize thought was immediately and profoundly transmitted from the Qizi to Qizhu. Ying Feng felt it, that was Ling Xiao’s desire.

    Thinking that this development was completely unreasonable, Ying Feng stretched out his arms and forcibly lengthened his distance from Ling Xiao. However, after such an action, he was surprised to find that a certain part of his body was also quietly changing. 

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Edited by TXY

t/n: in the raws that second to last paragraph literally translate into “Ying Feng felt it, that was Ling Xiao’s*” yea just a star but we all know what it means

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