Meng Yuxiu’s eyelashes trembled as he stared at Han Shuo’s face getting closer. Actually, Han Shuo’s face wasn’t bad-looking.
At this age, most other boys still had a childish look, but compared to them, Han Shuo’s facial features were already quite defined.
Previously, when Meng Yuxiu occasionally saw Han Shuo sitting on the parallel bars in the playground chatting with classmates, he would lazily rest one long leg on a bar. When he saw female classmates passing by, he would whistle.
Then the girls would cover their mouths, giggling as they ran away. Although at that time, in Meng Yuxiu’s eyes, Han Shuo and those boys were just as noisy as monkeys.
But he had to admit, Han Shuo’s appearance was probably the type that was very popular in middle school. Still carrying a youthful vibe but with a hint of street-smart charm.
As a friend, Meng Yuxiu thought he really appreciated this kind of look. But as a kissing partner, Meng Yuxiu felt goosebumps crawling into his heart, itching no matter how he tried to scratch.
Especially when Han Shuo’s high nose bridge got closer, and his lips pouted like a duck’s beak.
“…” Meng Yuxiu felt like his lips were glued with 520 glue, and he thought that if he even slightly parted his lips, it would feel as uncomfortable as being violated by the approaching Han Shuo.
Seeing Meng Yuxiu’s eye twitching severely, Han Shuo leaned in a bit more, and Meng Yuxiu stiffened his neck to retreat a bit.
Just as Han Shuo was about to lose patience and start ranting, his cheeks were suddenly cupped by a pair of hands, and he heard Meng Yuxiu say, “Wait a minute.”
“What?”
Meng Yuxiu tightly held Han Shuo’s face, afraid that if he let go, Han Shuo’s lips would latch on like a venomous snake. “Wait a minute… we need to plan this out.”
Han Shuo was taken aback and asked, “Plan what?”
“Plan the kissing,” Meng Yuxiu sorted out his chaotic thoughts and said seriously, “The novel suggests we need to kiss 100 times, and the total duration should be 365 hours. 100 times isn’t hard, but the total duration is the challenge.”
Han Shuo agreed. If it were just 100 times, he and Meng Yuxiu could stick their lips together 100 times tonight.
“So how do you want to plan it?”
Meng Yuxiu said, “We need to make good use of our time. We’re students now, and the only time we have is during lunch, dinner, and after evening self-study.”
Han Shuo laughed, “Isn’t that simple? Just don’t study.”
Meng Yuxiu was puzzled and frowned, “What do you mean?”
Han Shuo: “If we don’t study, we’ll have plenty of time to kiss. We can kiss 24 hours a day. Anyway, we have to go back eventually, so what’s the point of studying?”
Meng Yuxiu’s mouth twitched slightly, “Are you stupid? If we don’t study, where are we going to kiss? Your house or my current house? Or on the main road?”
“That’s true.” Han Shuo had forgotten about that. They both had families and identities in this world, and given the current situation, the school was indeed the most convenient place to kiss. “Alright, go on with your plan.”
Meng Yuxiu analyzed, “From the end of evening self-study to the dormitory bell is one hour. We can spend thirty minutes each day to complete the task.”
Han Shuo quickly calculated in his head, “Thirty minutes… 100 kisses, 365 hours, one kiss is… 3.65 hours…”
“Damn!” Han Shuo was on the verge of breaking down, “One kiss takes 3.65 hours? What kind of insane novel task is this! Walking for over three hours would wear out the soles of your feet, kissing for over three hours, wouldn’t your mouth be ruined? And where can we find over three hours a day? I think we’ll have to kiss in the middle of the night!”
Meng Yuxiu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, “We don’t necessarily have to calculate it as 3.65 hours per kiss. We can separate the number of kisses and the duration. For example, we can complete the 100 kisses first and then slowly complete the total duration.”
After hearing Meng Yuxiu’s analysis, Han Shuo suddenly understood. He patted Meng Yuxiu’s shoulder and sincerely praised, “Not bad! No wonder you’re good at studying. This way, we can just slowly count the total duration. But…”
Han Shuo thought about it and felt that half an hour after evening self-study was too short. If they calculated it as half an hour after evening self-study, then at least…
Han Shuo wasn’t good at math. He had a not-so-responsive calculator in his head, and after calculating for a long time, he looked up and asked, “365 divided by 30 minutes, does that mean it will take twelve days to complete the duration?”
“…” Meng Yuxiu’s temples throbbed twice, and he said helplessly, “365 hours, one hour is sixty minutes, a total of 21,900 minutes, divided by 30, we need at least 730 days.”
“Shit!!!!!!!!” Han Shuo almost shouted on the playground, “Seven… over seven hundred days?! Two years of kissing?!!”
How could Han Shuo endure this? If Meng Yuxiu were a pretty girl, he might be willing, but the key is kissing a guy. Kissing for two years, he’s really afraid he’ll want to puke at the sight of a mouth in the future.
“No way!” Han Shuo said decisively, “That’s too long. We need to shorten the time. In the future, we have to squeeze in a few hours during class breaks, lunch and dinner time, and even sleep time, or I really can’t take it.”
Then Han Shuo asked, “Can you stand kissing me for two years? It’s better to cut the Gordian knot quickly.”
Meng Yuxiu thought about it and agreed, so he nodded in agreement.
“What time is it now?”
Meng Yuxiu raised his wrist to check the time on his watch, “There are still thirty-five minutes until the dormitory bell rings.”
Time is money now, and Han Shuo urged him, “Hurry up, we can still kiss for thirty minutes, leaving five minutes to brush our teeth and wash our faces.”
The two of them got ready for the second time, but as soon as Han Shuo leaned in, Meng Yuxiu backed away again.
“Bro, what are you doing?”
Meng Yuxiu frowned and said in a negotiating tone, “How about we brush our teeth first…”
“Why, do I have bad breath?” Han Shuo extended his hand and breathed into his palm, “No bad breath.”
Meng Yuxiu said awkwardly, “Let’s brush anyway, otherwise… I can’t really accept it.”
This made it seem like Han Shuo could accept it, but Han Shuo didn’t want to argue at this critical moment, so he nodded impatiently, “Alright, alright, then you go brush too, or I’ll end up eating your dinner while kissing.”
“…” Meng Yuxiu realized, “Are you disgusting?”
“Even if it’s disgusting, you have to endure it.” Han Shuo was already running towards the dormitory building, shouting as he ran, “Why are you still standing there? Hurry up, I’ll give you three minutes at most!”
Meng Yuxiu also hurried to the dormitory building.
The dormitory building had three floors, with about ten dormitories on each floor. The first floor was for boys. When Han Shuo ran back, he passed by the bathroom. The inner part of the bathroom was the toilet, and the outer part was a row of faucets. At this time, the outer part was crowded with people, with male students brushing their teeth, washing their faces, or wearing shorts and rinsing off, like a battlefield inside.
Han Shuo quickly ran back to the dormitory, grabbed his toothbrush from the rack, squeezed some toothpaste, and rushed to the bathroom with his cup. Others were queuing, but since Han Shuo came to this school, he acted as he pleased, not caring about anyone like a little campus tyrant, so he pushed aside the boy washing his face in front of the faucet.
“I haven’t finished washing yet.”
Han Shuo squeezed himself in, and before his cup even reached the water, his toothbrush was already in his mouth. He brushed while mumbling, “I’m just brushing my teeth, done in seconds.”
While brushing, he caught a glimpse of Meng Yuxiu also coming in with a cup, but Meng Yuxiu was too polite, hesitating whether to queue first. However, he saw Han Shuo with foam flying everywhere, brushing like he was scrubbing the floor, making a “scrub scrub scrub” sound.
Han Shuo widened his eyes and glared over. If his mouth were free, he would probably be cursing at Meng Yuxiu by now.
Even though he didn’t speak, Meng Yuxiu could guess what he wanted to say.
After a moment of hesitation, Meng Yuxiu politely asked a boy to let him fill a cup of water.
Time was tight, and with Han Shuo glaring at him, Meng Yuxiu had to abandon his usual habits. The thin muscles on his right arm tensed as he quickly brushed up and down, left and right.
They finished brushing their teeth in the allotted three minutes, and when they ran back to the ginkgo tree on the playground, both were out of breath.
Han Shuo propped his hands on his knees, catching his breath first.
“Alright, let’s start.”
Meng Yuxiu nodded, stood up straight, and regulated his breathing.
Han Shuo warned him, “This time we’re really starting, no more ‘wait wait wait’ nonsense.”
“Got it.”
“Let’s complete the 100 kisses first, right?”
Meng Yuxiu nodded.
Han Shuo reminded, “Then count for me, let go when we reach the number, okay?”
“Got it.”
Han Shuo took one last look at Meng Yuxiu’s lips, then boldly pressed his own lips against them.
When their lips touched, at the moment of contact, both of their cheeks broke out in goosebumps, as if it spread to their scalps.
The scent of the same gender was so close, the touch was unbelievably soft. After actually kissing a man, Han Shuo felt a sense of fear. Luckily, the key character in the novel wasn’t an old man, because just kissing Meng Yuxiu made him feel like he was covered in fleas. If it were an old man, he might have to kiss and gag at the same time.
At least Meng Yuxiu was quite hygienic.
At least Meng Yuxiu’s expression looked uncomfortable too, which made Han Shuo feel a bit better. If Meng Yuxiu enjoyed it, Han Shuo would feel like he was being violated.
Han Shuo got down to business. He kissed Meng Yuxiu’s lips, pulled away, kissed again, and pulled away again. Meng Yuxiu silently counted in his head.
One, two, three, four… fifteen, sixteen…
If someone passed by at this moment, they would definitely be shocked.
Who kisses without even touching bodies, just sticking four lips together, and the two people kissing pecking like chickens, one after the other? This scene was as bizarre as it could get.
Only Han Shuo and Meng Yuxiu knew they had no feelings, only the determination to achieve their goal.
They didn’t know how many times they kissed, even Meng Yuxiu lost count.
A hundred kisses weren’t easy. Han Shuo felt like his mouth was cramping, so he slightly moved away from Meng Yuxiu.
“How many?”
Meng Yuxiu rubbed his burning lips and said, “Maybe sixty.”
“I can’t do it anymore. How about we change the method, just stick our lips together without moving?”
Meng Yuxiu’s neck was also sore from kissing like this. So he and Han Shuo switched to sticking their lips together to count the duration.
Sticking their lips together was much more comfortable, and Han Shuo could even chat.
He said to Meng Yuxiu, “If I could, I’d want to kiss while eating.”
Meng Yuxiu asked, “How do you kiss while eating?”
“Look.”
Meng Yuxiu followed Han Shuo’s right hand with his eyes, only to see Han Shuo pretending to hold a spoon, then slowly moving it towards the corner of their lips that weren’t touching.
“Just tilt your mouth slightly to the side and open it.”
Meng Yuxiu never expected Han Shuo to demonstrate it to him. He noticed Han Shuo’s lower lip, which was sticking well, suddenly tilt slightly to one side…
“Stuff the food in through this corner.”
Like a patient with cerebral palsy.
“…” Even someone as emotionally detached as Meng Yuxiu couldn’t hold it in. He was so speechless that his expression twisted, finally blurting out, “Are you crazy?”
To avoid too much contact, even when their lips were touching, they tried to speak with minimal movement, both afraid of the other’s saliva splashing into their mouths.
But Meng Yuxiu’s words slipped out uncontrollably, and before he knew it, Han Shuo felt something soft and slippery brush against his lips.
He was stunned.
Meng Yuxiu was also taken aback.
“Shit!!!” Realizing what it was, Han Shuo jumped back as if electrocuted, then frantically wiped his lips while cursing, “Damn! Meng Yuxiu, did you stick your tongue in?!”
Meng Yuxiu’s fair face flushed red in the night, and he denied it with clenched fists, “I didn’t.”
“Bullshit!” The more Han Shuo thought about it, the more disgusted he felt, “It’s disgusting!”
Meng Yuxiu’s chest heaved slightly in anger, and he could only say you’re talking nonsense.
But Han Shuo, right in front of him, went so far as to gag twice, and Meng Yuxiu couldn’t stay calm anymore. He coldly glared at Han Shuo, who was still standing there, and turned to leave.
Seeing him leave, Han Shuo even asked, “What, not kissing anymore? The dormitory bell hasn’t rung yet! Hey, wait?!”
But Meng Yuxiu didn’t want to deal with him anymore and walked straight to the dormitory building.
Han Shuo wiped his lips and complained, “Damn, what kind of person is this? Such a big temper? He stuck his tongue in, and I’m not even mad, yet he has the nerve to get angry?”
Watching that tall figure quickly disappear into the dormitory entrance, Han Shuo shouted loudly, “Hey Meng Yuxiu, when are we doing the task tomorrow?”