Preparations for the Spring Campus Gala started one week after the beginning of the college yr and they’d proceed till the official efficiency in mid-March, leaving college students with half a month of observe time.

Nevertheless, the applications for the Spring Campus Gala weren’t set initially. As an alternative, they had been ready by every division and needed to be chosen by the Pupil Council earlier than they had been allowed to carry out on stage. The ultimate choice was determined one week earlier than the occasion. Though the choice course of was a bit merciless, and it was unlucky to see applications eradicated, it was all for the most effective presentation of the gala. 

Mo Lingqiu’s Chinese language Language Division ready a recitation that sounded inspiring and exhilarating. The content material was drafted by the Division’s college students themselves, worded to incorporate themes of positivity and motivation. It was highly regarded among the many pupil council’s members and was chosen with none doubt.

Jiang Chenming’s PE Division despatched two exhibits: one was a mannequin stroll and the opposite was a freestyle rap present. The PE Division college students all had comparatively good our bodies and the present itself was very cool. The garments had been even handmade in a collaboration with the Design Division, displaying off the connection between totally different departments. It was efficiently chosen. Nevertheless, the efficiency of the freestyle rap present was a bit inconsistent and never fairly in keeping with the theme. It was finally eradicated. 

Since Jiang Chenming was the host, he didn’t should face elimination. He had been rehearsing with the three different hosts for half a month, so he had already memorized the script nicely by the day of the gala.

“I didn’t even memorize this a lot for the doorway examination,” Jiang Chenming stated, joking with Mo Lingqiu as he shook the wrinkled script in his palms.

“Good.” With a severe face, Mo Lingqiu lifted his hand and gave him a thumbs up.

Jiang Chenming moved ahead. “Instructor Mo, give me a kiss. I’m occurring stage later.”

Mo Lingqiu pursed his lips and flippantly blushed. The person in entrance of him was carrying a black swimsuit, shiny footwear, and had a good-looking look stuffed with smiles, however he was additionally talking shamelessly, inflicting Mo Lingqiu to not find a way to withstand him.

Mo Lingqiu raised his hand and gently pulled Jiang Chenming’s tie, bringing him nearer. Simply as his lips lined Jiang Chenming’s, he took the lead and held the again of Mo Lingqiu’s head, deepening the kiss.

When Jiang Chenming’s co-hosts pushed the door and got here in, they watched the new scene taking place within the lounge, dumbfounded. 

The opposite male host reacted shortly and shortly pulled the 2 feminine hosts away from the room, closing the door on his approach out. 

Nevertheless, the door closed too shortly with a bang, startling Mo Lingqiu and Jiang Chenming, who had been immersed of their passionate kiss. 

Jiang Chenming half-held the again of Mo Lingqiu’s head, stood up, and seemed on the closed door. He then pulled at his tie earlier than choosing up Mo Lingqiu to position him on the dressing desk and kiss him once more. 

Mo Lingqiu grabbed at his garments. The corners of his eyes had been pink, and his glasses had been taken off and put apart by Jiang Chenming sooner or later.

When the glands at his nape had been lastly wrapped in a heat warmth and bitten with tooth, Mo Lingqiu stifled a grunt, instinctively leaning into Jiang Chenming’s arms to attract in his pheromones. 

The marking lasted for some time. When Jiang Chenming loosened his chunk, the aftermath was nonetheless very sturdy for each of them, particularly for Mo Lingqiu, who sat immobile on the dressing desk for a very long time. 

Jiang Chenming stroked the layers of hair on Mo Lingqiu’s brow. “Are you okay?”

“…En.” Mo Lingqiu replied, voice hoarse. 

“I’ll have to depart in a bit. I saved you a seat within the second row on the suitable, simply so you’ll be able to see me.” Jiang Chenming kissed him once more. 

“Okay.” He jumped down from the dressing desk with Jiang Chenming’s assist and adopted him out of the lounge.

The three different hosts who had entered by mistake had disappeared. They had been in all probability ready to go on stage.

After following Jiang Chenming to the ready space, Mo Lingqiu walked out by way of the door and sat down within the seat Jiang Chenming had reserved for him.

Not lengthy after, the Spring Campus Gala formally started. Because the lights within the viewers seats went out, the stage lit up and the 4 hosts got here up from backstage one after the opposite.

“Pricey lecturers, college students…” With the feminine host’s clear voice, the entire gala proceeded in an orderly method.

The final time Mo Lingqiu had participated in such a gala at College A was throughout his first yr working on the college. It had been the beginning of a brand new semester. All of the lecturers had been invited to the Chinese language Language Division’s welcome celebration for brand spanking new college students.

Nevertheless, it had solely been the division’s welcome celebration, so it was undoubtedly not as large as the present university-level gala. At the moment, the venue had solely been the auditorium of the Chinese language language Division corridor, and there hadn’t been that many seats. The lecturers had sat in three rows, and Mo Linqiu, as a newcomer, had sat within the nook of the third row.

At the moment, Mo Linqiu had watched the celebration fairly significantly, however he had additionally forgotten about it after watching, since there hadn’t been a present that had left a powerful impression on him. Both that or he hadn’t been watching together with his full consideration. 

For at this time’s Spring Gala, he remembered the order of the applications clearly due to Jiang Chenming’s presence. Though he had forgotten among the content material of the exhibits, they nonetheless left a deeper impression than earlier than. It was in all probability due to Jiang Chenming. 

When the gala was coming to an finish, there was an surprising program. Aside from the college’s pupil council organizers and the 4 hosts, everybody was watching the documentary that had began enjoying on the massive display with a dumbfounded look.

It wasn’t sure when the documentary had been made, or perhaps it seemed extra like a video made with a number of contributors that had lastly been edited collectively in a single full combine.

When Mo Lingqiu noticed himself within the documentary, he was as stunned as among the different individuals who appeared on the display. 

Within the documentary had been each lecturers and college students. All of the video clips had been data of trivial elements of life and work.

Mo Lingqiu’s half confirmed him making ready for a lesson at house, carrying extra informal apparel, dressing far more relaxed than he often was at work. Even nonetheless, him carrying glasses and being severe was nonetheless very particular. 

He didn’t even have to consider it—it was clearly Jiang Chenming’s submission.

When the documentary completed, Jiang Chenming and the three different hosts stated some phrases to conclude the video, resulting in the final program of this celebration: the recitation ready by the Chinese language Language Division.

With the tip of the resounding recitation got here the official finish of the entire celebration.

After everybody left, the performers, workers, and college leaders needed to take a bunch picture collectively. Mo Lingqiu merely went backstage to assist Jiang Chenming get his issues earlier than sitting down to attend for him to complete taking the picture.

When Jiang Chenming hurried to the backstage, Mo Lingqiu was watching movies on his telephone.

“Instructor Mo, are you prepared? Let’s go house.”

“It’s over?” Mo Lingqiu stood up with Jiang Chenming’s bag.

“En. Instructor Mo, that video I recorded… You aren’t upset, proper?” Jiang Chenming was really a bit apprehensive. The video confirmed Mo Lingqiu working at house, and he didn’t know if Mo Lingqiu could be upset due to such an invasion of privateness.

“It’s okay.” Aside from feeling stunned when he first noticed the video, he didn’t care that a lot. Furthermore, Jiang Chenming had shot it very nicely, which made many college students really feel that the invisible sense of distance from Mo Linqiu had shortened lots. After all, this stuff had been solely found by Mo Linqiu a while afterwards.

“That’s good. I used to be fearful that you’d be upset if I simply took the video in an apparent approach.” Jiang Chenming scratched his head.

Mo Lingqiu instantly threw out a query, making Jiang Chenming, who was good at talking, dumbfounded. “Then, why didn’t you ask me about it from the start?”

After an extended second, Jiang Chenming grew a bit embarrassed and stated, “As a result of that was probably the most handsome second of you that I’ve ever seen, Instructor Mo.”

Mo Lingqiu was a bit pleased in his coronary heart, however it didn’t present on his face. “Is that so?”

“After all. You look good at each second.” Jiang Chenming took Mo Lingqiu’s hand and walked in direction of the surface of the auditorium.

They had been initially going house to relaxation below the night time sky, however, after they handed by the snack road, they couldn’t resist stopping for a snack.

They parked the automotive in a roadside parking house, walked down the snack road, and eventually determined to have one thing to eat at a barbecue restaurant.

Jiang Chenming knew Mo Lingqiu favored meat, so he ordered a variety of lamb and pork. Mo Lingqiu added rooster wings and a few vegetable dishes. What they ordered collectively summed as much as greater than 300 yuan, and when the boss introduced the dishes to them, the desk was stuffed up. 

“Need one thing to drink? Beer? Fruit wine?” Jiang Chenming glanced on the liquor displayed within the retailer. He by some means felt pity consuming barbecue with out ingesting one thing to go together with it.

“Fruit wine.” Mo Lingqiu pointed to RIO. “I need to drink the peach flavoured one.”

“Okay.” Jiang Chenming smiled and went to the fridge to get two bottles of peach-flavoured RIO.

As they ate and chatted with one another, Jiang Chenming was nonetheless carrying his black swimsuit and sandals. To eat extra comfortably, he later took off his black blazer and rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt. His arm muscle tissues had been highlighted with every motion. Mo Lingqiu’s face wiped out as he checked out them.

“Instructor Mo, have you ever seen Dr. Fan just lately?” Jiang Chenming requested casually.

“No. Why?” Mo Lingqiu hadn’t seen Fan Nian since winter break. With Jiang Chenming’s query, he realized that he hadn’t acquired any messages from Fan Nian for a while, and it appeared that he hadn’t even up to date his Moments.

“Really… I haven’t seen my brother both.” Jiang Chenming touched his nostril. “I heard Uncle Yu say that he’s been working additional time on the firm, however I at all times really feel like one thing isn’t proper.”

“…I’m not too positive.” Mo Lingqiu wasn’t assured. The matter between these two was a bit exterior of his expectations.

“The extra I give it some thought, the extra fearful I get.” Jiang Chenming spun his telephone earlier than lastly calling Jiang Junshen. “I’ll see if he picks up.”

Nobody picked up, however a ringtone sounded off close by.

Jiang Chenming froze, seemed round at their environment, and noticed Jiang Junshen standing not too far-off, holding a field of takoyaki in his hand. He was watching the particular person in entrance of him eat with no expression.

Jiang Chenming gently patted Mo Lingqiu’s hand and stated, “Instructor Mo, look.”

Mo Lingqiu turned his head and noticed Fan Nian with octopus teriyaki in his mouth. He couldn’t swallow it as a result of it was too sizzling.

Jiang Junshen stated one thing to Fan Nian and Fan Nian instantly grew to become shy. He then huffed and completed chewing the octopus takoyaki in his mouth.

“…Are they collectively now?” Mo Lingqiu was uncertain.

“…Most likely?” The telephone name from Jiang Chenming’s telephone hadn’t been accepted but, however Jiang Junshen wasn’t choosing up both. He was about to hold up when his brother surprisingly answered the telephone. 

“Whats up.” Jiang Junshen’s face was chilly.

“Brother, what a coincidence.” Jiang Chenming raised his hand.

Jiang Junshen twisted his head and shortly observed him and Mo Lingqiu.

Fan Nian additionally noticed them, and, after freezing for a second, he threw the octopus takoyaki in his hand, not too positive whether or not he felt ashamed or something. He turned his head and ran. Nevertheless, Jiang Junshen grabbed him together with his fast palms and reflexes and pulled him immediately into his arms.