In his panic, Fang Wei even felt as if his ears were hallucinating.
It was as if, the moment Qiqiancao walked in later, music would start playing all around them:
For the pain endured in stubborn love, for the wounds endured in stubborn hatred… when love and hate blur together, is this how it ends…
Was he Hong Shixian or something?
The best outcome Fang Wei could imagine was that Qiqiancao would immediately start shooting it out with Zhuge Yu, riddle Zhuge Yu with bullets, then stand there covered in blood, smiling at him as if nothing had happened.
Magical girls were terrifying.
No matter what happened, he knew one thing for sure.
He absolutely could not stay here.
He remembered that this classroom was at the very end of the Practice Building.
It was shared by the performance class and the dance class, and right beside it was the restroom.
Fang Wei casually made up an excuse about having something urgent to do.
Ignoring the teacher trying to stop him, he slipped out of the classroom at high speed and used the moment when the motion sensor lights went dark to slide into the restroom.
But before he could even relax after leaning against the wall, those girls seemed determined to chase him down.
They walked through the classroom and headed straight toward the restroom.
Inside his mind he screamed like a prairie dog.
His adrenaline surged to an unprecedented level.
His body made a decision faster than his brain and he rushed straight into one of the stalls.
Fang Wei felt as if he were playing a horror game right now.
Fortunately, he was very good at hide and seek.
Holding onto the stall partition, he finally breathed a little easier.
Although leaving Zhuge Yu alone in the classroom was not ideal, Zhuge Yu and Qiqiancao actually had a good relationship.
As long as he did not show himself, Qiqiancao would not suspect anything.
Alright.
Next he just needed to stay hidden here until…
Hm?
When he turned around, he saw a small and equally panicked figure gasping for breath.
It turned out Zhuge Yu had been following him the whole time, even all the way into the restroom.
Fang Wei nearly fainted.
“Why did you follow me!”
“I… I do not know. I saw you run out, so…”
Everyone knows that people lose their brains when they panic.
Fang Wei could not really blame Zhuge Yu.
Only now did he realize that, in the heat of the moment, he had rushed straight into the girls’ restroom.
The voices outside were getting closer.
Fang Wei quickly pulled Zhuge Yu into the stall and locked the partition.
“Shh. Do not talk…”
He made a gesture for silence, but the stall was so small that his hand could barely move.
In a space that could barely hold one and a half people, he and Zhuge Yu were squeezed together.
Zhuge Yu pressed both hands against his chest, her whole body almost leaning into his arms.
Hearing footsteps entering the restroom, Fang Wei and Zhuge Yu held their breath in silent agreement.
They stared into each other’s eyes.
Now that their distance had completely crossed the boundary of personal space, they could even clearly sense the scent coming from each other’s bodies.
Outside the door came the voices of Qiqiancao and two other female students.
They were discussing why the Student Council was still inspecting classrooms at night.
Qiqiancao replied that she still needed to deliver New Year’s Eve Gala promotional posters to Class three later, and that the Literature Club had written a notice board announcement for the New Year that needed the class representative of Class three to check it.
She talked about how there were many things to handle at school, but her tone remained cheerful.
Just from her distinctive voice alone, anyone could tell she was a bright and sunny girl.
Another girl complained that she should never have joined the Student Council just for academic credits.
Their president was an idiot who acted arrogant despite never having entered society.
This girl stopped right in front of Fang Wei’s stall.
Apparently she needed to use the restroom while the others waited outside.
She grabbed the stall handle.
The door rattled.
“Someone is in here? I always like this stall the most. It is cleaner than the others.”
“Wenwen, hurry up. It is freezing outside. After we finish checking, we are going next door to enjoy their air conditioning.”
“Serves you right for trying to look pretty and not wearing pants.”
Inside the stall, Fang Wei and Zhuge Yu both stared wide eyed in shock.
Zhuge Yu pressed herself even tighter into Fang Wei’s arms, instinctively seeking somewhere safer.
The restroom in the Practice Building was rarely used.
There was no unpleasant smell here, not even disinfectant.
All they could smell was the warm scent coming from each other.
Even though it was winter, the cramped space made both of them feel overheated.
Fang Wei tried to keep his attention on what was happening outside, but his mind was now filled entirely with the girl pressed against him.
It was not as if Fang Wei had never had physical contact with Zhuge Yu before.
He had carried her on his back before, and the two of them often leaned against each other in silence.
But this was the first time Zhuge Yu had buried herself against his chest like this.
Zhuge Yu was small, only about one point five meters tall.
Compared with him, she was like a fluffy little kitten.
That kitten was now pressed against him so closely that they could even feel each other’s heartbeats.
They exchanged warmth and breath, staring into each other’s eyes for a long time.
Then an absurd thought suddenly appeared in Fang Wei’s mind.
From this close, he still could not see any powder on General Little Yu’s face.
She must put a lot of effort into her makeup in private.
Every detail seemed carefully done.
Even her earrings looked nice.
Honestly… it kind of struck a chord with him.
Especially those glossy, moist lips that looked like soft jelly.
What flavor did lip gloss taste like?
The moment this terrifying thought appeared, he hurriedly shook it away.
If he actually kissed her, not only would he become a confirmed scumbag, but the alliance between Cpl.
Big Wei and Gen.
Little Yu would be completely ruined.
He forced himself to look away.
Fortunately, the girl who had grabbed the stall handle had already chosen another stall.
Within a few seconds she finished and left with the other girls.
Hearing the footsteps fade away, Fang Wei finally spoke in a whisper.
“They are gone.”
“Mmm…”
Zhuge Yu answered softly.
The threat of being discovered had disappeared.
They should have felt relieved, but for some reason both Fang Wei and Zhuge Yu still felt their hearts stuck in their throats.
Neither of them spoke again.
They maintained the same position as before.
Even when Fang Wei tried to avoid her gaze again, he was drawn back by Zhuge Yu’s dark, abyss like eyes.
He knew Zhuge Yu was introverted and not good at talking to people.
When he stayed with her, most of the time they chatted randomly for a few sentences and then fell into silence.
But honestly, both of them liked that atmosphere where neither wanted to break the quiet.
It was the same now.
Fang Wei’s breathing grew faster.
In the past he was always the one to break the awkwardness with something playful.
But this time, Zhuge Yu spoke first.
She gently rose onto her tiptoes.
Her originally small frame stretched upward.
Because she was unstable, she had to press her hands against Fang Wei’s chest.
Afraid she might fall, Fang Wei instinctively held her waist.
Her waist was soft and slender.
The subtle sensation made his heart itch.
What made him even more nervous was that, after Zhuge Yu stood on her tiptoes, her face gradually drew closer to his.
She suddenly whispered, “Is this… normal?”
“Huh? Uh… I guess so. We are friends, right…”
“Friends pressing together like this is normal?”
Even though neither of them had said it directly before, there was no doubt that they had already stepped into the territory called friendship.
Fang Wei nodded.
Zhuge Yu’s red lips moved slightly.
Her voice was as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, mixed with complicated emotions.
“Then… friends hugging each other is normal too, right?”
“Yeah. Us boys do that all the time.”
Zhuge Yu did not let it go.
Her tiptoes trembled slightly as her arms completely wrapped around Fang Wei’s neck.
If before they were exchanging warmth, now they were exchanging breath.
Their noses touched.
Fang Wei was only a hair’s breadth away from finding out what lip gloss tasted like.
“Then… is it normal for friends to kiss too?”
Those imaginative words struck straight into Fang Wei’s heart.
His mind went blank.
One part of him wanted to say yes, while the other screamed at him to let go immediately.
He could tell a hundred lies to anyone.
But when faced with Zhuge Yu’s eyes, which seemed deep enough to swallow everything into darkness, he still shook his head.
“No matter how you think about it… that is not normal.”
“Mmm…”
After hearing this, Zhuge Yu slowly released the arms around his neck.
With trembling hands she unlocked the stall door and stepped out of the ambiguous atmosphere.
Fang Wei was still immersed in indescribable emotions and prepared to follow her out.
But the next moment, Zhuge Yu suddenly turned around and crashed straight into his arms.
He felt his waist tightly hugged, something soft pressing against his chest.
Under Fang Wei’s surprised gaze, Zhuge Yu pushed him away again.
The girl took several breaths, her eyes avoiding his.
“Cpl. Big Wei, you should go find Xiaocao.”
Zhuge Yu reminded him.
When she lifted her head again, her gaze became stubborn once more, just like the first time Fang Wei had seen her hunting a monster.
“Forget what happened today. We agreed that neither of us will betray Xiaocao, okay?”
Without waiting for his reply, she ran away.
She stumbled and bumped into the wall but quickly disappeared from sight.
Fang Wei stood there in a daze, holding his chest.
It took him a long time before he could recover.