Chapter Ten: Ouroboros

  He turned around and saw the boy's somewhat stunned expression, that silly look seemed a bit comical...

  "What's with the staring? Don't tell me you've gone silly?" I chuckled as I gazed at him.

  "Why... did you save me?" His voice sounded a bit hoarse.

  "There's no why, I just think so." I replied calmly to him.

  Seeing his clothes that had been beaten and were somewhat tattered, I wrapped my scarf around his neck, trying to give him some warmth.

  The boy's pupils suddenly enlarged, and his long eyelashes under his glasses trembled slightly.

  "Come on, I'll take you to get some medicine." Ignoring his shock, I led him towards the infirmary.

  There were young masters resting in the infirmary, and I was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable being looked down upon, so I brought him to my own private infirmary, pressed him onto the sofa, poured him a cup of warm water, and went into the medicine cabinet to look for ointment and bandages.

  "What's your name?" I asked softly with my back to him.

  "Orochen."

  His voice is very low and pleasant to listen to, with a gentle but somewhat melancholic tone, which sounds very comfortable...

  "Ou Luo Chen... is a nice name! I'm Jiang Hui Zhen!" I said, turning around with the medicine box.

  "Uh-huh, I know, you're the queen bee of the school and also the campus belle." He said softly.

  "Hehe, take off your top, I'll help you apply some medicine."

  "Don't bother, my injury isn't serious, I'll be fine after a while." He looked at me with some embarrassment.

  "Don't be shy, just pretend we're at a swimming pool, I won't look!"

  I'm sweating... This kid is still quite shy, isn't it just taking off a shirt and applying some medicine? Hehe, so innocent...

  "I didn't mean it like that! Th...thank you..."

  Hehe, although I said I wouldn't look at his body, but I really didn't mean to take a peek, really didn't...

  (Xin Xin: The more you explain, the weirder it sounds......; Hui Zhen: I'm really not doing it on purpose!; Xin Xin: Oh~ yeah~ ah~ a pure boy's body was actually seen by you~~ ah~~; Hui Zhen: Hey hey, what do you mean?!; Xin Xin: Hehe, nothing, you continue~)

  Seeing his upper body, I was a bit surprised. The seemingly weak boy actually had such a lean figure, with well-defined muscles and flat abs. If it weren't for his appearance, everyone would have thought he was a handsome guy!

  But what surprised me even more was that on that perfect body, there were faint scars. Although they couldn't be seen if you didn't look closely, those scars were definitely not left by minor injuries!

  "You... why won't you... reject me?" Ouluochen asked hesitantly after gazing at me for a moment.

  "Rejection? Why? Did you break school rules or did something immoral? Why should I reject you?"

  Looking at his unconfident appearance, I don't know if it's out of sympathy or what, but it makes me want to comfort him...

  "Because I... am just a commoner..." he said softly with his head hung low.

  "So?" I asked him somewhat gloomily.

  "I am not from the same world as you..."

  A flash of sadness quickly passed through his eyes, but I caught it. I felt a sense of emotion, after all, how much hardship had he experienced? The strong light in those eyes would reveal pain, can't our world really accommodate him?