Fan Yuan fell asleep again, but Gu Yang kept moving around in the quilt and couldn't fall asleep.
The more awake he was, the faster he recalled the vague memories of his transformation into a mermaid.
When he remembered all the details, Gu Yang began to be thankful that Fan Yuan was already asleep, otherwise he really didn't know how to face him.
He quietly leaned out from under the quilt, supported himself with his arms, and lay down beside Fan Yuan to look at him carefully.
Early in the morning, Fan Yuan opened his eyes and met Gu Yang's panda eyes.
Gu Yang smiled happily at Fan Yuan: "Fan Yuan, good morning."
Fan Yuan raised his hand and rubbed the dark circles under Gu Yang's eyes.
"You didn't sleep?"
Gu Yang half closed his eyes due to being rubbed by Fan Yuan, and shook his head without resisting.
The exam time is fixed, so even if Gu Yang doesn’t sleep, he has to go to the competition.
The two of them got up together. Gu Yang obviously didn't get enough rest and his movements were slow.
Fan Yuan saw it but said nothing.
The two people were in different examination rooms. When they parted, Gu Yang patted Fan Yuan on the shoulder.
"It's just a few hours. You can sleep after the test."
Fan Yuan glanced at him sideways with a somewhat cold look in his eyes. Gu Yang shrank his neck knowing that he was in the wrong.
As the exam was about to begin, there was a knock on the door of Gu Yang's examination room.
Fan Yuan came in with a cup of steaming coffee and a bag of chocolate and placed them on Gu Yang's desk. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and it was obvious that he had rushed out to buy them.
Gu Yang held the hot coffee in his hands, looking dazed.
Fan Yuan raised his hand and tapped Gu Yang's forehead: "Do well in the exam."
The invigilator came over to chase everyone away, but before Gu Yang could say anything, Fan Yuan had already left.
The exam started and Gu Yang was a little distracted while holding his coffee.
He looked at the coffee in his hand and the chocolate on the table. Before he even ate them, he felt the sweetness spreading from his mouth to his heart little by little.
The invigilator saw that Gu Yang was not eating or drinking and was just staring at the things he was drinking. He thought there was something cheating in the coffee and chocolate, so he came over and confiscated the coffee and chocolate.
Gu Yang wanted to resist, but was warned by the invigilator and had no choice but to start the exam obediently.
The aftereffects of staying up late began to show up in the second half of the exam. Gu Yang's eyelids were fighting each other and he was almost forcing himself to finish the test. During this time, he looked sadly at the confiscated coffee and chocolate on the podium several times.
Because Gu Yang's eyes were too aggrieved, the invigilator also looked at him several times with his coffee cup in hand, looking suspicious.
Gu Yang felt sleepy. After finishing his exam, he fell asleep on the table with the pen in his hand. He didn’t even hear the bell that marked the end of the exam, and the invigilator still took away his paper.
After the exam, Fan Yuan came to find Gu Yang, only to see the empty exam room with only Gu Yang sleeping on the table.
He walked up to Gu Yang, reached out and lifted the short hair on Gu Yang's forehead, and then pushed him.
Gu Yang sat up in a daze, looked up and saw Fan Yuan. Before he regained consciousness, he subconsciously gave Fan Yuan a cute smile and stretched out his arms for Fan Yuan to hug him.
Fan Yuan held Gu Yang's hands and pulled him up.
"How did you do on the test?"
Gu Yang half-closed his eyes, obviously still sleepy, and his voice was unclear.
"good… "
He leaned his head on Fan Yuan's shoulder, hooked his arm around Fan Yuan's and walked out. Halfway through, he suddenly turned around, ran to the podium and took the confiscated coffee and chocolate in his hands.
Fan Yuan asked: "Why are you there?"
Gu Yang took a big sip of the already cold coffee and breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
"The invigilator thought I was going to use it to cheat."
Without Gu Yang's detailed explanation, Fan Yuan could guess that Gu Yang must have been holding the coffee and was reluctant to drink it, and played with it for too long, which aroused the suspicion of the invigilator.
Fan Yuan reached out and snatched the cold coffee from Gu Yang's hand and threw it into the trash can next to him.
It was too late for Gu Yang to stop him, feeling a little aggrieved: "What are you doing? I haven't finished drinking yet."
Fan Yuan half squatted in front of Gu Yang: "It's cold now. I'll buy you some later. Come up and I'll carry you back."
Gu Yang rubbed his eyes, immediately forgot about the thrown away coffee, and lay on Fan Yuan's back.
He buried his face in Fan Yuan's neck, closed his eyes, and soon became drowsy again as he swayed.
Even though he was extremely sleepy, he still wanted to talk to Fan Yuan.
"Fan Yuan?"
"Um."
"Fan Yuan..."
"I am here."
"Fan Yuan, hug me..."
Fan Yuan paused, turned his head slightly, and saw Gu Yang sleeping soundly on his shoulder.
He carefully hooked Gu Yang's arm, helped him to his front, and carried him to the hotel.
"Okay, I'll hug you."
Gu Yang fell into a deep sleep on the way back, and when he opened his eyes again it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
He was awakened by hunger. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was sleeping in a very ungraceful state with his limbs wrapped around Fan Yuan, while Fan Yuan was leaning against the head of the bed playing with his mobile phone.
Gu Yang sat up feeling a little embarrassed, but before he could say anything, his stomach started growling.
Fan Yuan opened the food delivery app and handed the phone to him.
"Let's order takeout. It's too late to go out."
Gu Yang took the phone and subconsciously flipped through the dishes that Fan Yuan liked. He sat up and leaned towards Fan Yuan again.
He thought Fan Yuan wasn't paying attention, and just as he was about to lean over, Fan Yuan reached out and pushed him away.
"Stop making trouble when you wake up."
Gu Yang's little trick was exposed, and he could only sit up straight, but his legs were still touching Fan Yuan's, and his feet were swinging around.
Gu Yang was washing up when the takeaway arrived. Fan Yuan took the takeaway and saw a big note on the takeaway order:
No peanuts!
He reached out, tore off the takeout order, and stuffed it into his pocket.
Gu Yang washed up and came out to eat with Fan Yuan. He was not eating honestly and kept pushing towards Fan Yuan, making Fan Yuan unable to move his right hand.
Fan Yuan pushed Gu Yang twice, but Gu Yang dodged and immediately came up to him again.
Fan Yuan simply put down his chopsticks, pinched Gu Yang's waist with both hands, lifted him up and put him on his lap.
Gu Yang exclaimed, not daring to move his chopsticks.
Fan Yuan pushed the food box and started teasing him instead.
"Aren't you going to squeeze me?"
Gu Yang sat on Fan Yuan's lap and moved away uncomfortably.
"No..."
Fan Yuan held Gu Yang's wrist holding the chopsticks again, guided him to pick up a piece of food with chopsticks, and leaned over to bring it to his mouth.
"Push me, I won't move, feed me."
Gu Yang watched Fan Yuan take a bite of the food with his chopsticks, and a blush immediately spread from his ears to his cheeks.
Fan Yuan signaled him with his eyes: "What's wrong? Don't you want to squeeze in again?"
Gu Yang immediately picked up some food for Fan Yuan: "Eat quickly!"
After a disastrous meal, he secretly checked his favorability rating, but was a little disappointed that it didn't increase.
They will take the return flight tomorrow, and before going to bed, the two of them take turns taking a shower.
The bathroom of the small hotel was transparent. Gu Yang only remembered this when he was about to take a shower. The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became.
Fan Yuan showered first. Gu Yang kept his back to the bathroom the whole time, thinking he was being very gentlemanly. It was not until Fan Yuan came out, steaming hot, that he began to feel a little regretful.
I should have taken a look earlier. It won’t hurt to take a look.
When it was Gu Yang's turn to take a shower, his whole body was hot.
Fan Yuan brought him a small stool and asked him to sit on it first, because Gu Yang would definitely turn into a mermaid when taking a bath.
Gu Yang nervously entered the bathroom, closed the door, and kept looking back while taking off his clothes.
Fan Yuan had his back to him the whole time, and seemed to have no intention of turning around to look at him.
Gu Yang didn't know whether he was more relieved or disappointed. He forgot to sit on the small stool and turned on the hot shower directly.
After being in the shower for less than two minutes, his legs became limp like a fish tail and he fell to the ground. His head hit the bathroom glass, making a loud noise.
Gu Yang sat on the ground with a dizzy head, and the small stool was knocked to the side by the tail.
He rubbed his head to ease the pain, then he heard Fan Yuan's voice, followed by a pair of hands passing through his armpits and picking him up.
"Didn't I tell you to sit down before washing?"
Gu Yang looked up stupidly and saw Fan Yuan coming in with his clothes on. The shirt he had just changed was soaked by the hot water above his head and stuck to his body.
Fan Yuan picked up the small stool and sat on it while holding Gu Yang.
He didn't go out again. He reached out and picked up the shower gel and was about to apply it on Gu Yang.
Gu Yang was startled and immediately raised his hand to block it.
"I, I, I can do it myself!"
Fan Yuan frowned slightly and looked at him seriously, "Are you sure?"
When Gu Yang saw Fan Yuan's expression, he immediately became intimidated. He shrank his shoulders and put his hands on Fan Yuan's arms. His fingertips turned red and curled up unconsciously.
"uncertain… "
Fan Yuan squeezed a large amount of shower gel into his hands and rubbed it into foam. He raised his hand and pushed the shower head aside and began to apply the foam on Gu Yang's body.
Gu Yang's whole body was pink, and the tip of his tail was curled up and down, moving around close to Fan Yuan's slippered feet.
His lips were tightly pursed, his eyes were slightly closed, and his eyelashes were trembling slightly, as if he was being tortured.
When Fan Yuan saw this, he chuckled and his movements became even lighter, as if a feather was brushing past.
"What are you afraid of?"
Gu Yang immediately opened his eyes and slapped Fan Yuan's feet hard with his tail.
"I'm not afraid!"
Then there was another cry of pain, his back slightly arched, his tail lifted up vigorously, and a few small pearls fell out.
"My tail hurts..."
Fan Yuan bent down to look at Gu Yang's tail and found some blood seeping from the edge of the tail. A piece of scale shining with blue light fell off. It should be that Gu Yang hit the corner of the bathroom when he fell just now and it was rubbed off.
Gu Yang took the scale with blood on the edge in a daze. He forgot the pain and just felt curious.
This was the first time that his scales had fallen off in all the days that he had been able to transform into a mermaid.
He put the scales under the shower to rinse off the blood, then looked at them in the light. The scales were very beautiful and shone brightly.
He turned around and handed the scale in his hand to Fan Yuan.
Fan Yuan was a little stunned when he saw Gu Yang's pious look.
Gu Yang wagged his tail happily, then squinted his eyes because of the pain, but he did not forget to smile at Fan Yuan.
He held the scales in his palm forward and motioned for Fan Yuan to see.
"Fan Yuan, look, it's so beautiful. This is for you."
Fan Yuan looked at the small, crystal clear scale for a long time before picking it up and putting it in his pocket.
Gu Yang was just feeling happy when he saw Fan Yuan suddenly bury his head in his shoulder. Before he could ask what was wrong, Fan Yuan bit his shoulder hard.
Gu Yang cried out in pain and reached out to pat Fan Yuan's arm. His whole body was now covered in shower gel, which was slippery and didn't hurt when he patted him.
"It hurts! Why did you bite me?"
Fan Yuan raised his head and smiled happily. It was the first time that Gu Yang saw such a simple and happy smile on Fan Yuan's face.
After he bit Gu Yang's shoulder, he touched the red teeth marks with his fingertips.
"You are allowed to bite me, but I am not allowed to bite back?"
Gu Yang thought for a while before remembering that he seemed to have bitten Fan Yuan's shoulder.
Before he could come to his senses, Fan Yuan grabbed his arm, brought it to his lips, opened his mouth and bit it.
Gu Yang screamed, Fan Yuan hugged him tightly and didn't look up for a long time.
Even though he was bitten and hurt, Gu Yang's hand unconsciously grabbed the corner of Fan Yuan's clothes, with no intention of letting go.
Fan Yuan looked up after a long time and began to help Gu Yang take a bath seriously, with the smile on his lips never fading.
"It's even."