Chu Lingjun slept poorly that night. His forehead was covered in sweat, though not from discomfort. At the first light of dawn, he suddenly sat up. For several long seconds, he did not move, even holding his breath. Then Chu Lingjun slowly threw back the covers. No one knew what he had seen, but in the end, he rushed into the bathroom with a complicated expression.
In that dream, amid flickering light and shadow, he had pinned someone beneath him. At last, that person turned around, revealing familiar features.
Yu Ning...
Cold water poured over his head and dragged his reason back. Chu Lingjun kept taking deep breaths. It was rare to see him lose control like this.
Yu Ning liked him. Chu Lingjun knew that.
His awareness of it had developed gradually and deepened constantly. During this time, the love in Yu Ning's eyes whenever he looked at him had grown stronger by the day, even though Yu Ning had never said anything.
The fluttering feelings from his student days surged up again. Chu Lingjun suddenly found himself losing control once more. He remembered running desperately down the long streets of Taizhu Town with his report card in hand. His youthful feelings had been so overwhelming that he ran until he was drenched in sweat, only to stop at Yu Ning's doorstep and hear the landlord say that Yu Ning had moved away long ago.
Though it was the height of summer, Chu Lingjun felt cold all over.
Neither he nor Yu Ning had ever confessed their feelings. In this small town, homosexuality was still considered a "disease" that invited criticism and gossip. Chu Lingjun had been afraid in his youth as well, but when he left this place, did that mean... those fleeting glances that met in midair,