AMA Chapter44

Yu Chengsong pushed open the door of the locker room, and the two of them naturally let go of each other’s hands when they walked in.

Yin Gu took off his mask as if nothing had happened, took a bottle of mineral water from the table, and took a sip.

He really is not fond of sweating. It’s already this hot, but only his temples are a bit wet, maybe because it’s stuffy. When he looked over, his eyes were half-covered with mist, full of affection…

Yu Chengsong took off his mask quickly and decisively, turned half of his body to the side, and started to change his clothes.

His movements looked cool, but in fact he didn’t dare to look over there for even a second, for fear that a single glance would cause trouble and send him back to spring.

After putting on the short-sleeved shirt, a bottle of water was handed over.

Yu Chengsong took it and drank half of the bottle. “It should be 50, 100, 400 meters or something like that. The cheerleading team will focus on these major events, which will take almost the entire morning.”

“It’s a little bit tiring.” Yin Gu laughed.

Yu Chengsong looked at him for a while, looked away, threw the mask into his bag, and asked casually, “Well, when did you tell me your birthday was last time?”

“Hmm?” Confusion flashed across Yin Gu’s face. “I don’t remember either. Maybe next week.”

“It’s already Saturday today.” Yu Chengsong looked at him.

“Let me see what day it is today,” Yin Gu took out his phone and took a look. “Next Thursday, May 31st in the solar calendar.”

“You don’t celebrate your lunar birthday?” Yu Chengsong zipped up his pants.

They usually celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar, while the solar calendar is used for household registration.

“I’m used to the solar calendar.” Yin Gu smiled. “It’s easier to remember.”

“I didn’t realize.” Yu Chengsong said, “You also have such rough times.”

“Birthdays are useless. I just eat egg noodles at home and summarize my growth in the past year, and that’s it.” Yin Gu sighed. “I’m not even allowed to go out and play with my classmates. They say that growing up is lonely and needs to be experienced slowly.”

“Their diseases are no less serious than my mother’s.” Yu Chengsong sighed.

Yin Gu laughed for a long time.

“Then just wait, you poor little thing.” Yu Chengsong touched his head, “I’ll give you a surprise for your birthday this year.”

“Really?” Yin Gu looked at him as he raised his eyebrows.

“If I lie to you, I’m a dog.” Yu Chengsong said.

“Alaska hus—” Yin Gu said.

“Hello.” Yu Chengsong interrupted him and stretched out his hand with a serious face, “Little golden retriever.”

“Hello.” Yin Gu said with a serious face while stretching out his hand, and grabbed his palm. “Three Sledding Fools¹Refers to the silly trio, Husky, Alaska, and Samoyed..”

After changing clothes and going out, Jia Manning shouted at them from a distance.

Yu Chengsong thought she was going to say that they should not change their clothes and hold on, but Jia Manning just rushed over and stuffed a bottle of Maidong into each of their hands, saying excitedly, “Great! You two are awesome! You’ve worked so hard! You don’t have to put on your clothes anymore. It’s so hot, you’ll get a heatstroke.”

Yu Chengsong threw her a piece of candy.

The highlight of the morning was that Yu Chengsong and Yin Gu followed the cheerleaders running left and right, rushing from one event to another. In the end, Yu Chengsong couldn’t even hear the shouts from the audience anymore, and his head was buzzing.

When Yin Gu tossed the ball, the crowd leapt up in excitement. When he embraced Yin Gu, several girls at the edge of his sight screamed and nearly fainted, staying upright only because someone caught them in time.

Even so, they still insisted on waving the little yellow flag and shouting.

There’s nothing wrong with doing something with this willpower.

Finally, the morning passed, and the only leisure and entertainment activities left in the afternoon were some chess and aerobics.

Yu Chengsong found a spot in the audience to sit and relax. Yin Gu was participating in a competition—Gobang and chess—which Jia Manning had registered him for.

The cultural committee then came over to call for him.

Yu Chengsong shook his head and pointed at Yin Gu, who was playing chess on a chair, indicating that he would not embarrass himself alone.

The cultural committee expressed her understanding and turned away.

After shouting for the whole morning, the audience was tired. Some left, and those who stayed were lazy and cheered only sporadically—except Yin Gu’s side.

Yu Chengsong didn’t even see how Yin Gu moved, but as soon as the move landed, the audience burst into cheers, as excited as if they were at an international Gobang tournament.

His most sophisticated research on chess was on Gobang and checkers. He knew how to play chess but was not good at it. As for Weiqi²A game played with black and white pieces on a board of 361 crosses., he knew nothing about them.

He watched Yin Gu going back and forth between Gobang and chess and reaching the finals in less than an hour—it was not this fast every year. This time, Yin Gu was in such a hurry for some reason and advanced madly at a speed of five or ten minutes, slaughtering all the masters of the chess and Gobang clubs, and went straight to the finals, where he sat opposite a senior.

The senior who plays chess is quite famous, having won the championship for two and a half years in a row.

Yu Chengsong threw candy balls into his mouth while observing Yin Gu.

The two men shook hands in a friendly manner and started playing. Five minutes, ten minutes… it seemed quite tense—Yin Gu won.

The audience acted as if he had set some world record and shouted things like “Yin Gu, I love you!”, “Ahhhhhh Brother Gu, ahhhhh”, “Look at me, look at me, I like you so much”, “Yin Gu is awesome” …Everyone shouted out.

The oga next to Yu Chengsong was so excited that his pheromones were overflowing that he didn’t even notice, it was the smell of orange. Yu Chengsong had to call to remind him. The Oga tilted his head to look at him, then covered his mouth and suddenly cried, turned around, and hugged his classmate, crying while shouting, “I’m complete.”

“……” Yu Chengsong.

In previous sports competitions, he would just show up and leave and never go deep into the crowd to observe. But now, after seeing it once, he feels that it is necessary to keep a distance.

Yin Gu registered his grades with the teacher and looked around.

Yu Chengsong then raised his arm. Yin Gu glanced and smiled at him.

There’s another howl.

Yu Chengsong couldn’t bear it anymore. If Yin Gu flirted again, he would be deaf. He covered half of his ear and walked towards him. “Are you here to pick me up?” Yin Gu threw something.

“Take this.” Yu Chengsong raised his hand to catch it, and then he spread out his hand to reveal a piece of melted milk candy, squeezing it softly. “I almost went deaf.”

“Really?” Yin Gu walked side by side with him. “I didn’t hear it clearly.”

“Then you are already deaf.” Yu Chengsong tore open the package, the candy stuck to the plastic, it took him a long time to bite it off. “Have you practiced before? I just saw that senior student crying with grief and anger. It was the first time he was beaten in ten minutes.”

“I have practiced a little bit.” Yin Gu laughed, “Qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting—”

“You’re proficient in everything.” Yu Chengsong gave him a thumbs up.

“No.” Yin Gu pushed his thumb back. “I only know how to read and play chess.”

“Oh.” Yu Chengsong took back his hand and couldn’t help but brush away the fingers that Yin Gu had touched. Such small, seemingly insignificant touches can sometimes stir up more fantasies than an embrace, making one’s heart flutter and overflow with tender feelings… he quickly changed the subject, “Your stupid younger brother can play the Qin and paint?”

“No.” Yin Gu couldn’t help laughing for a long time. “He is also a book and chess player. Are you watching the same TV series with Zhou Zheyu?”

“How come you don’t have any sense of drama at all?” Yu Chengsong retorted.

“Then shall I perform a scene now?” Yin Gu hesitated for a moment. “I can give Qin and calligraphy a try if I work hard. I think I have a natural talent.”

“Don’t.” Yu Chengsong raised his hand, “Don’t act so coquettishly in front of everyone.”

“Is it very coquettish?” Yin Gu leaned next to him and repeated in a low voice, “Brother Song is the strongest, Brother Song is the most handsome, our Brother Song is the most powerful!”

Yu Chengsong clapped his hands and said, “Brother Gu is the second strongest, Brother Gu is the second most handsome, and our Brother Gu is the second most powerful!”

“Not domineering at all.” Yin Gu commented.

“Your coquettish voice is already very domineering.” Yu Chengsong said, “I don’t even need to exaggerate it.”

After several Buddhist competitions ended and the radio gymnastics competition was about to begin, Yu Chengsong took Yin Gu away.

Judging from the audience’s reaction in the morning segment, it was enough for them to win the Most Popular Cheerleader Award. They just need to appear occasionally in subsequent competition.

The two of them went to pick up Yu Chengdi first and then went home. Yin Gu helped Yu Chengdi with his homework, while Yu Chengsong cooked in the kitchen.

In the bedroom, Yu Chengdi’s poor Chinese-English and Yin Gu’s standard Oxford accent were heard.

Yu Chengsong leaned halfway out and glanced outside. The bedroom door stood open, revealing Yin Gu’s back, it was very upright and straight.

Maybe it was because of the lenses, but just looking at the back of his head, Yu Chengsong thought he looked quite handsome.

Now he had a little surprise prepared for that handsome back of his head.

With little experience and a little nervousness, he needs to call for help.

A good person: Call me and say that you have something to do and ask me to come over immediately.

Zhe Yu: Why is this?

A good person: The situation is complicated, we’ll discuss it when we meet.

Zhe Yu: Don’t worry.

……

“Gu Gu!” Yu Chengsong hung up the phone and shouted from the kitchen door.

“Hmm?” Yin Gu turned to look at him while holding a pen in his hand. “What’s wrong, Song Song?”

“Zhou Zheyu, that idiot, asked me to come over.” Yu Chengsong took off his apron, “You two can eat. I don’t know when I will be back. I might eat at his house.”

“Got it.” Yin Gu said, “Be careful when riding your bike.”

“Be careful!” Yu Chengdi poked his head out.

Yu Chengsong thought that his acting skills were pretty impressive, and he also guest-starred as a director and screenwriter, juggling multiple roles without being exposed.

When he arrived at Zhou Zheyu’s house, he knocked on the door, and Auntie came to open it. The moment she saw him, her eyes curved into cheerful slits as she greeted him with a smile. “You haven’t come for such a long time. I wonder if you miss Auntie!”

“I missed you so much!” Yu Chengsong came in. “Have our family eaten yet? I’m a little hungry.”

“You’re late. We just finished eating.” Said the auntie as she walked to the kitchen. “Wait for Auntie to heat up the stewed pig’s trotters for you! It’s delicious!”

Yu Chengsong was not polite: “Thank you, Auntie. I’ll go to Zheyu’s room first.”

“Go, go!”

Zhou Zheyu heard the noise and came out to drag him into the room. He stood at the door with his arms folded across his chest, squinting his eyes and looking him up and down for a long time, and suddenly said, “Are you going to do something behind Yin Gu’s back?”

“Is your IQ a spring?” Yu Chengsong couldn’t help laughing. “Sometimes it’s weak, sometimes it’s strong.”

“Bullsh*t!” Zhou Zheyu was unfathomable as he pointed at his chest. “We’ve been together for so many years. I know what you’re going to do with just one look from you.”

“Then I should silence you.” Yu Chengsong sat down, leaning against the head of the bed, and casually took out a bag of chocolate-filled soft candies from the small drawer next to him. He put one in his mouth and said, “It’s Yin Gu’s birthday next Thursday.”

“Are you going to celebrate his birthday?” Zhou Zheyu grabbed one, threw it into his mouth as well, and sat down next to him.

“Otherwise? You gonna celebrate for him?” Yu Chengsong glanced at him, “I’m the only one who has a say here, oh yeah, and Lao Li.”

“You can ask Lao Li to celebrate for him.” Zhou Zheyu urged, “A stack of exercise books is enough for him to do.”

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  Refers to the silly trio, Husky, Alaska, and Samoyed.
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  A game played with black and white pieces on a board of 361 crosses.