Chapter 5: The magnificent melee at the college celebration 2
Countless letters of challenge were piled up like snowflakes on the large mahogany desk in Xia Arthur's room. I lay limply on it. In Xia Arthur's words, I rolled my eyes like a dead fish and occasionally spit out one or two bubbles.
"Ah...what should I do? Just reading these letters of challenge is killing me!"
I waved my hands in despair, and the half-open black door behind me opened after being knocked twice.
The butler came over with an exquisite silver tray with two cups of coffee on it. As soon as I entered the door, I could smell the aroma of coffee.
He put down the cup and looked at my desperate dead fish eyes: "Ms. Zhencheng, are you in any trouble?"
"Ah! Shocking confusion!" I scratched my hair frantically , pointing at the table full of "snowflakes" and said, "These, these, and these, are all challenges to me! Brainstorm, Speed Run, Wilderness Survival Challenge... What are these!"
Mr. Butler calmly put his hands behind his back and said, "The young master will definitely help you, please don't worry too much."
We raised our heads together and looked at Xia Arthur across from us.
He was leaning elegantly and lazily on the sofa, holding a book "Plants vs. Aliens" in his hand and reading it with great interest.
I fell on the desk again with a loud thump. "I don't think he'll care about me! I've been crying for an hour and he didn't even look at me!"
The butler was at his wit's end. He comforted me with a few words and left with a look of regret on his face.
The setting sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, outlining Xia Arthur's eyebrows and eyes incomparably clearly . He took the time to look up at me, his obsidian eyes flashing with a playful light, as if saying "Come on! Come and beg me!"
My anger suddenly rushed to my head. I didn't care about anything and rushed over and snatched the book from Xia Arthur's hand. This time, I finally caught his attention.
"Xia Arthur, are you still a human being? I'm so pitiful, and you still have the mind to read a book!"
Xia Arthur raised his dark eyebrows and reached out to touch my head: "Be good, let me finish reading the last chapter first." As he said that, he leaned over and snatched the book from my hand.
I hid my hand behind my back, turned around and ran.
Humph! I won’t let you see it!
The long-legged Xia Arthur caught up with me in a flash. I turned around abruptly and tried to hide the book in my hand, but suddenly realized that he was very close to me... His tall nose was almost touching the tip of my nose, and my small figure was reflected in his pure black eyes. At such a close distance, I could see every one of his long eyelashes. Xia Arthur's fair skin was as delicate and perfect as fine porcelain.
"So orange!" He stretched out his slender arms and hugged me tightly before I was prepared.
"ah!"
For a moment, we were all stunned.
Suddenly, my mind went blank. Apart from the sound of my own pounding heartbeat, I heard another steady and powerful heartbeat. It was Xia Arthur's heartbeat. Our hearts gradually beat faster and faster, and the two sounds intertwined together, so ambiguous.
I don't know what happened, but neither of us dared to move. I think my face must have been as red as a tomato, and the same was true for Xia Arthur, with a faint blush on his fair face.
Because they were so close, I was so nervous that I dared not breathe. I could only turn my head slightly away embarrassedly: "Xi Ya Arthur, you pressed me..."
He paused for a moment before answering in a low voice: "Who told you not to return the book to me..."
Although he said this, Xia Arthur did not let go of my hand. Instead, he hugged me tighter. The faint fragrance on his body penetrated into my nose, making me feel flustered.
“Squeak—”
At this moment, the door was gently pushed open again.
"Master, Miss Zhencheng..."
The butler poked his head in, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately shut his mouth.
"Ah!" We jumped away quickly as if we had been electrocuted, and each found a place to sit down as far away from each other as possible.
"It's okay! I'm fine! You guys continue!" The butler blinked, put on a mischievous smile, bowed, closed the door and left.
However, he finally raised his head and blinked at Xi Yaser strangely.
After a long time, we didn't say a word, but I didn't have the heart to read the challenge book. And Xia Arthur was the same, holding the book, but didn't turn a page for a long time.
Oh my god! This atmosphere is so awkward!
In order to dispel the strange atmosphere that was gradually brewing in the air, I started to make small talk.
"Um, Xia Arthur, can you fence?" I picked up a gray letter of challenge and whispered.
Xia Arthur was much calmer than me, but his tone was still a little strange when he spoke: "Of course, I will teach you if you ask me to."
"What about swimming? I...I only know how to doggy paddle!"
“I can freestyle.”
I calmed down a little, jumped off the sofa, picked up a few more challenge books, and started reading them.
"Hia Arthur, look! Opera club, I'm good at singing!"
"Nonsense, who can't sing!"
"Bowling, bowling, can you do it, Hiather?"
"You can do it with your eyes closed."
"Xia Arthur..."
"Xia Arthur..."
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At the end, Xi Yaser raised his hand impatiently and waved it at me like he was shooing away a fly: "Go away, go away, stop getting in my way!"
Hahaha! This is the right feeling! The way it was before... it was so awkward!
Even now when I think back on it, my heart still beats like a thump!
Soon, the time came to the day of the college celebration.
A few fat white clouds are floating in the air like cute inflatable pigs. The sky is as blue as the most beautiful sea.
However, my extremely complicated inner world could not be as bright as the weather, because this college celebration was simply a show of embarrassment for me.
The first competition – the Opera Club’s singing challenge.
Before the competition, I was full of confidence, thinking about my loud-voiced mother, who was also a soprano singer in the art troupe. Although I don’t have such a loud voice, I am definitely not tone-deaf. Hehe, I can still perform well in a few specific songs.
What's more touching is that before the game started, I received a lunch box made by Xia Youshu to cheer me up! Could it be that this kid has changed his personality?
"Thank you! Xia Youshu!" I happily opened the lunch box, "Wow! So beautiful!"
This is a carefully prepared battle bento, with a layer of light blue cake at the bottom, a heart-shaped egg lying in the center, and sweet chocolate sauce sprinkled all around.
"I'm sorry, Zhencheng, I only know how to make heart-shaped eggs, please don't mind." Xia Youshu explained with a slightly blushing face.
I took a bite without caring and praised his cooking skills: "Great! You actually remembered that I like chocolate sauce! Really..."
The words "It's delicious" got stuck in my throat... I widened my eyes, unable to swallow or spit it out. The taste of this "chocolate sauce" was so weird!
Xia Youshu was very confused when he saw my reaction, and his face was full of concern: "What's wrong?"
He also took out his chopsticks and tasted a little of the "chocolate sauce", then he immediately snatched the lunch box from my hand and said to me anxiously: "It's really orange, spit it out!"
I blinked, hesitated for a long time, and finally swallowed the extremely salty cake.
Xia Youshu's gentle face became distorted. He grabbed Xia Youtian who was trying to escape and said with gritted teeth: "Xia Youtian! You actually replaced my chocolate sauce with soy sauce?"
Xia Youtian shrank his neck and pretended to be afraid and begged for mercy: "I didn't mean to do that. You asked me to help you! Big brother, please go easy on me!"
Under Youshu's extremely self-blaming gaze and Xia Youtian's sly smile, I went on stage like a martyr, and sang a medley of love songs with my voice half hoarse from choking.
This is over...
But when it came to the final selection, I didn’t expect that my hoarse voice would be well received by everyone. It turned out to be a huge reversal and I actually won!
"I...I actually won?"
When the judges notified me that I had received the award, I found it unbelievable.
What a lucky guy!
