PBMM CH58 [Arc4]

My Heart-Digging Lover

At a somewhat old table, the two sat facing each other. He Qing ate his meal quietly, the burning gaze from across the table making him slightly uncomfortable. The young man shifted his body and asked with a bit of embarrassment, “Why are you looking at me?”

“I’m looking at Teacher, naturally because Teacher is good-looking!” Asked like this, Ye Fei didn’t feel ashamed at all; instead, he smiled and pulled his stool closer to the gentle man.

His age was clearly not enough to be called a man; at most, he could only be called a youth—yet whether it was his height or his physique, he surpassed He Qing. Even his appearance, aside from a slight trace of rebelliousness, showed not the slightest bit of childishness. Right now, simply sitting beside He Qing brought him an immense amount of pressure.

The gentle-natured teacher stiffly shifted to the side, his eyelashes fluttering nervously. “Thank you for bringing me food, Ye Fei. You should go back to class now.”

Ye Fei propped his face on his hand, his gaze fixed intently on He Qing. With a smile on his lips and a tone full of flirtation, he said, “Teacher, I don’t know if you’ve noticed…”

Even knowing he wouldn’t say anything good, the gentle man still had his curiosity piqued. But thinking of how their past conversations always ended up veering in a strange direction, he forcefully held back from asking.

He didn’t ask, but that didn’t mean the person in front of him wouldn’t speak. Ye Fei raised an eyebrow and drew out his words, “Teacher, your eyes are big and beautiful, and even your eyelashes are the perfect length. They look especially like our school’s Big Flower, the cat you always feed.”

“Every time I see you feeding that cat, I really want to turn into that cat. Lying under your hand and having my belly rubbed must be incredibly comfortable!”

How could a gentle teacher, who had been pitifully single for almost thirty years, withstand such provocative words? Almost immediately, his fair face flushed beet red, and he was too angry to speak.

“If you have nothing to do, hurry up and go to class. Stop thinking about nonsensical things every day!” Angry as he was, He Qing ultimately didn’t lose his temper.

“I do have something to do!” Ye Fei flashed him a smile. Righteously, he pulled a crumpled ball of paper from his pocket, smoothed it out into a wrinkled piece of paper, and handed it to the man in front of him with a triumphant look in his eyes.

“Here, my report card.” With a handsome face and a wicked smile, his gaze fell upon the bewilderedly looking man, full of absolute certainty.

“Didn’t Teacher say last time that as long as I got first place in the grade, you would agree to be with me?”

Under the gentle man’s highly suspicious gaze, he curled the corners of his mouth and nudged the wrinkled report card on the table forward. “Grades were posted today, I’m first in the grade.”

How could this be possible?

He Qing looked at him in disbelief, then hesitantly picked up the report card, only to discover in disbelief that the first place was indeed Ye Fei.

Wasn’t he at the bottom of the class just last time?

Meeting the gentle man’s highly suspicious gaze, the triumphant smile on Ye Fei’s face never dropped. He said smugly, “I told you a long time ago. The reason I scored poorly before was because I didn’t want to try.”

Tapping the exam paper with his finger, he said playfully, “Accept your loss. Teacher is now my person!”

“What do you mean, become your person? When did I ever say that if you got first place, I would…” The gentle man’s face burned hotly. He tried hard to suppress his shyness. “…be with you!”

“Is Teacher trying to back out?” Ye Fei wasn’t at all surprised that he would deny it. Looking perfectly at ease under He Qing’s shocked gaze, he pulled out a voice recorder.

The man’s gentle, slightly nervous voice came out. “Your current priority is still studying, and your grades are still at the bottom. Stop constantly thinking about these nonsensical things.”

“Then if my grades go up, will Teacher agree to be with me?”

After a few seconds of silence, He Qing said somewhat hesitantly, “Once you get first place, then we can talk about this.”

— Beep.

Ye Fei pressed the button, his handsome face full of smugness. “How about it, Teacher? Do you still want to back out now?”

Hearing his own voice with his own ears, He Qing’s face flushed explosively red, no longer able to be controlled. His eyes were full of羞憤(shame and indignation) protest. “This recording of yours was clearly recorded under that, that kind of situation! I just said it casually, and I also didn’t say that as long as you got first place, I would…”

— Bang!

Ye Fei pulled back his stool and walked toward him under the man’s nervous gaze.

“Ye Fei, what are you doing? You…”

Yanked abruptly into the embrace of the youth—who, despite being younger, was far taller and stronger than him—and tightly locked in by two hard arms, the familiar scene made He Qing panic.

“What exactly do you want to do!”

“Didn’t Teacher say the recording was made under this kind of situation?” The youth, despite being younger, held the absolute upper hand, his eyes full of amusement. “Then let’s review it.”

“Teacher, I want to be with you. If you don’t agree, I’m going to kiss you.”

The exact same lines. Only this time, the panicked gentle man had no excuse like last time. With the hot breath drawing closer and closer, his heart was filled with both panic and shyness.

“I agree! I agree!”

A regretful chuckle sounded by his ear, and Ye Fei let him go. “I was thinking, if Teacher didn’t agree, I would just kiss Teacher until you did.”

Smugness danced in his eyes. “Clearly Teacher likes me too, yet you insist on forcing me to push you before you express your stance. You really say one thing but mean another.”

Flustered and embarrassed by his words, the gentle man’s face flushed completely red. He hesitated for a moment, then looked up with shy, moist eyes at the handsome youth who was a full head taller than him. “Ye Fei, do you truly want to be with me?”

“Of course.” The youth nodded in admission without hesitation. “From the very first day Teacher came to this school, I fell for you. I dream every day about waking up in the same bed with Teacher!”

His explicit confession caused the temperature on his face, which had finally gone down a bit, to shoot right back up again. He Qing hesitated and said, “But I’ve only been working here for three months.”

“Exactly!” Ye Fei said righteously. “So I’ve been chasing Teacher for three months. Hasn’t Teacher felt it?”

He grabbed the man’s hand, placing it against his chest and holding it there so he couldn’t pull away. “Look, the moment I see Teacher, my heart just goes thump thump thump non-stop.”

If it stopped, wouldn’t you be dead?

Amused and exasperated by his excuse, the gentle man tried to withdraw his hand. “Alright, stop messing around.”

But Ye Fei held the man’s hand tightly, refusing to let go. He looked down at the hand pressed against his chest. On the fair, slender fingers were healthy, pink nails that were almost translucent. Lust flashed through his eyes, and his grip tightened a bit. “I remember Teacher’s resume said you used to teach piano. Such beautiful hands must look beautiful playing the piano. Why did you stop teaching?”

He suddenly noticed the hand he was holding stiffen. Ye Fei looked up in confusion, only to see the man in front of him losing his previous flush, his face actually turning somewhat pale. “Teacher?”

He Qing forcefully pulled his hand back. “Ye Fei, you are still young, your feelings have no direction, and your feelings for me are just because…”

“Is Teacher going to say again that our age difference is too big so it’s inappropriate?” The youth cut him off, his rebellious, handsome face full of anger. “It’s not like I wanted to be younger than Teacher!”

The gentle man’s words were cut off. He froze, looking at the resolute youth, and sighed slightly. “Alright, if you still feel this way after you graduate and leave this school, I will agree to it.”

“Why does it have to be after graduation? We can be together right now.”

A trace of sorrow flashed through the gentle man’s eyes, quickly hidden behind his glasses. “In any case, I won’t agree until you graduate. If you’re still dissatisfied, then leave.”

Having pestered the man for three months, he clearly knew that pushing further wouldn’t yield a good answer. Ye Fei shrugged. “Fine, graduation it is. But during this time, I am Teacher’s reserve boyfriend. I’ll be keeping an eye on Teacher, not letting you hook up with anyone!”

“After all, Teacher, with how good-looking you are, you’re still very popular at school.”

He stared dazedly at the man’s face. “Teacher, could you take off your glasses and let me see?”

He Qing frowned. “Why?”

Ye Fei grinned. “Just curious. Teacher looks so good with glasses, if you take them off, you must look even better.”

“Will you mesmerize me?”

“What nonsense are you saying!” He Qing knew he shouldn’t be bewitched by these sweet words, but three months of relentless pursuit made it inevitable for him to develop a favorable impression of this much younger youth.

He was too lonely. For so many years, there hadn’t been a single person who would speak to him so much. Now, Ye Fei suddenly appeared. Although he always shooed him away, deep down in the bottom of He Qing’s heart, he still hoped that everything he said was true, hoped he truly liked him.

The gentle man pursed his lips and ultimately took off his glasses. “I don’t even know where you saw the resemblance between me and Big Flower. We clearly don’t look alike at all.” Big Flower doesn’t wear glasses.

Due to his nearsightedness, there was a moment of blurriness when he took off his glasses. He blinked, only to see Ye Fei’s face filled with a dazed expression. Before he could ask clearly, he was suddenly pulled into a full embrace, the youth’s joyful and satisfied voice sounding by his ear.

“It’s similar, it’s truly too similar.”

“You really look so much like him…”

Held in the warm embrace, the hand the young man had intended to use to push away loosened, a trace of embarrassment appearing on his face.

Does he really look that much like it? No wonder he always wants to pet Big Flower the moment he sees it.

Ye Fei’s arms tightly locked around the young man, the certainty in his eyes growing heavier and heavier. He said softly, “Teacher, I will graduate early and be with you forever.”

The flush on the young man’s face hadn’t faded at all. He paused, then finally said, “Then you have to study hard.”

[Ding! Ye Fei favorability: 70. Please keep up the good work.]