Qin Fang opened his eyes when the day was already bright. Sunlight shone through the window, making the entire room bright and warm. He was wrapped haphazardly in a quilt, making him feel a bit hot.

The familiar decor and furnishings from his memory came into view. Waking up in this environment actually felt like a dream.

Closing his eyes and opening them again, all the memories from yesterday came flooding back. Qin Fang looked back and saw Xing Yan lying on his side playing with his phone, covered with a coat. Seeing that he was awake, Xing Yan glanced over, "You're up?"

"Yeah." Qin Fang thought of yesterday - the crazy ride during the day and the conversations in the courtyard at night, remembering every detail. So now looking at Xing Yan, he felt a bit awkward and unclear.

Xing Yan didn't seem to have as much going on internally as him. Glancing at the quilt wrapped around Qin Fang, he said, "You're really good at hogging it."

"Huh?" Qin Fang didn't quite understand.

"I woke up freezing in the middle of the night," Xing Yan tugged at Qin Fang's coat on him, "Thanks for wearing a coat, it saved my life."

Qin Fang looked at Xing Yan, then at himself, and suddenly laughed. He laughed for a while before speaking, "Sorry about that, you should have woken me up."

Xing Yan sighed and sat up, the coat sliding off him. He picked it up and put it on the bedside, "In the summer when we went out together, you slept quite tamely."

"Of course," Qin Fang was still laughing, "It was so hot then, even if you gave me a quilt I couldn't use it. Besides, I drank last night."

"I know you drank," Xing Yan pinched the bridge of his nose, "You emphasized it how many times since last night."

Qin Fang laughed again, laughing so much this morning that he decided today would definitely be a happy day. He unwrapped the quilt that was wound around him twice and also sat up, "I should have found a quilt for you too."

Last night when they came back from the courtyard, they barely washed up before going straight to bed, lifting the cloth covering the bed and sleeping in their clothes. When they went out biking together in the summer, they often shared a bed and quilt, so Qin Fang found a winter quilt for them to make do with.

It was fine when they went to sleep, one at each end, the quilt spread out flat covering both of them. They both had good sleeping postures, lying properly.

But an hour later, one of them had all the quilt pulled off him and woke up freezing. The other one had the quilt all wrapped around himself, feeling hot and kicking it off, then pulling it back when cold, kicking and pulling over and over.

Xing Yan was wearing a thick hoodie. He didn't even have a coat, so in the end with no other choice, he put the hood on and used Qin Fang's coat as a blanket.

Qin Fang was still laughing even while washing up. Xing Yan folded the quilt and put it in a vacuum bag, covering the bed with the cloth again. By the time Qin Fang finished washing, he had already tidied up.

There were plenty of toiletries Qin Fang had brought over last winter break in case he occasionally stayed over. Xing Yan rinsed his hair with cold water. Qin Fang asked him, "Will you catch a cold?"

"No," Xing Yan said while drying his hair, "It's not that bad."

When they left, everything in the small building returned to its original state, as if no one had come back.

They had come by bike, but Xing Yan didn't plan to ride it back. Qin Fang said, "Take it back as transportation. I'm not forcing it on you, but don't just leave it here to gather dust either."

Xing Yan shook his head, "Where would I put it? Just wait for it to get stolen?"

Qin Fang frowned and sighed.

It really wasn't convenient to take it back. Putting it under the dorm building was too eye-catching, not to mention tempting for thieves. Even with anti-theft tracking, once dismantled it would be useless. If it really got stolen, maybe it could be found, but it would be troublesome enough.

So the bike was put into the small building and the door was locked, with the anti-theft linked to Qin Fang's phone, which was considered settled. Before leaving, Qin Fang said, "We need to cherish the time before it snows. Once it snows, it can't go on the road anymore."

"Yeah." After Qin Fang locked the front door, Xing Yan looked back again, at the overgrown courtyard, the small building, and the steps by the door where they had put two chairs last night.

Beautiful.

Qin Fang and Xing Yan ate breakfast together outside before returning to school. There was still class in the afternoon.

Before class, Qin Fang felt something was off. It was a class for his major with his classmates whom he usually got along well with, but today they were exceptionally enthusiastic towards him. Qin Fang felt their expressions were strange and asked, "What's going on? The way you're looking at me is making me nervous."

"It's nothing," the guy talking to him covered his face and laughed unconvincingly, "Nothing's up."

Qin Fang raised an eyebrow and asked the girl sitting in front of him, "What's the situation?"

The girl couldn't contain herself, looking at him with starry eyes, "You're famous now, didn't you know?"

Qin Fang looked puzzled, "Famous for what?"

The girl burst out laughing and pointed to Qin Fang's phone on the desk, telling him, "Check out the forums? Or our school's Weibo page? You're really famous now."

The teacher came in and the girl turned back around. Qin Fang looked down at his phone. He didn't often check the forums and couldn't even figure out the interface now, so he went straight to Weibo.

He followed the school's official account and they had @-ed him before when he performed at the school anniversary in freshman year. As soon as Qin Fang opened Weibo, he was a bit stunned - hundreds of unread messages.

- Checking in for sightseeing.  

- Wishing you and the guy a hundred years of happiness together!  

- [starry eyes] [starry eyes] Ahh you two are so cool, go for it!  

- Although it's a bit inappropriate to say this, I still hope you keep a low profile. Aren't there a few cases of the school getting involved in targeting same-sex relationships? Don't let it affect your graduation, ahhh my heart is shattered.

Reading a few comments left Qin Fang even more confused. After looking through the comments and @s for a while, he finally understood what happened. After reading, besides not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he couldn't muster any other reaction.

Yesterday when he was dropping off the bike under Xing Yan's dorm building, many people filmed it, but Qin Fang thought they were filming the bike and didn't pay attention.

It turned out someone posted it on WeChat Moments. At first it really was just about the bike, but the video captured everything, including the two of them. Especially with the caliber of these two people, their looks, plus that motorcycle, it was a bit sensational.

Later someone posted the video on Weibo and @-ed the school's official account. The school account smugly reposted it.

That video was shot from an incredible angle. It started by just filming the car while Qin Fang stood next to it, then after Xing Yan got off, it began filming the people.

The two of them stood facing each other, smiling and talking. In the end, they rode off together on the motorcycle, with arms around the waist. With the volume turned up, you could even hear a bit of their conversation. Piecing together the few snippets of what they said drove the young girls crazy.

At first, the video was forwarded on a small scale, mostly by people at the school, and acquaintances tagged Qin Fang, laughing that he had become famous.

Later, this video was picked up by marketing accounts looking for hot topics, and it quickly went viral.

/@: Look at this, sisters. The handsome, rich, and romantic ones have all turned gay. All that's left for us is [lemon] [lemon]

This Weibo post became popular very quickly. While Qin Fang was on the road feeling the wind and sky, he had no idea he was being completely exposed on Weibo. There are no secrets on the internet. This video was originally filmed in the school dorm, and Xing Yan's school, name, and major were all revealed.

Later, sharp-eyed fans on Han Xiaogong's side recognized the two of them and became even more excited.

- Ahhhh it's Yan-ge! The motorcycle-riding Yan-ge ahhhhh! They really are a couple!

The fans under Han Xiaogong's Weibo were all excitedly going "ahhhh". Han Xiaogong watched the excitement without minding the trouble, and also forwarded that Weibo post, saying: You two are so romantic.

He added fuel to the fire. Many people went to his Weibo to look for sugar and old photos. Who would have thought that one day, Han Xiaogong would actually gain some fans thanks to their popularity.

Qin Fang spent a whole class period looking at Weibo, feeling dazed and confused, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He forwarded the Weibo to Xing Yan, who replied: What is this

Qin Fang: Just look...

After five minutes, Xing Yan replied with a period.

Qin Fang: .

Xing Yan: .

Qin Fang: We've gone viral.

Xing Yan: .

Looking at the string of periods from Xing Yan, Qin Fang could guess his current expression. For some reason, he just wanted to laugh, as if his funny bone had been poked.

Qin Fang: Hahaha.

Xing Yan: .

That's it, Yan-ge wasn't talking. Yan-ge had collapsed. Qin Fang couldn't stop laughing. After laughing, he asked Xing Yan: Do you think the school will call us in for a talk hahaha, give us some psychological counseling.

Xing Yan: It's fine

Qin Fang: Let's make our debut.

Xing Yan: .

Xing Yan usually sent short messages without punctuation, but he really had never sent just a single period like now. Qin Fang was actually about the same after just reading it, not knowing what to say.

But at the end of the day, he really didn't care about these things. After the speechlessness passed, all that was left was finding the situation hilarious.

Being forced out of the closet without knowing the situation was too surreal.

Hua Tong's messages arrived fashionably late. He had also just heard about it. Qin Fang guessed it was him when his phone started vibrating like crazy.

- Fang, don't you have something to say to me?

- Damn I'm a bit dumbfounded right now.

Qin Fang replied: Dumbfounded my ass.

Hua Tong asked: Wait, let me ask, are you two for real?

Qin Fang: You're not allowed to ask.

Hua Tong: Fuck, is it true or not? You two really...

Qin Fang said: No.

Qin Fang really didn't want to talk about this matter between the two of them. He was most reluctant to bring up matters of the heart, and their situation was also special.

If it was just normally pursuing a girl, it wouldn't matter whether he talked about it or not, but talking about their previous matters would be disrespectful to Xing Yan. So Qin Fang definitely couldn't tell people about these things, even Hua Tong.

Matters of the heart, regardless of the outcome, should be respected if they are sincere.

Although Qin Fang said no, Hua Tong kept sending messages non-stop, rambling on. That video indeed looked too much like a young couple. Hua Tong had probably received quite a shock. His mood was basically that his best buddy had suddenly come out of the closet without him knowing.

Later, Qin Fang couldn't take it anymore and blocked him, otherwise his phone would keep vibrating endlessly and he wouldn't be able to hear the lecture.

At the time, Qin Fang treated this matter as just some excitement, laughing about it for one class period before moving on. He even seriously listened to the rest of the lectures afterwards. His two roommates probably didn't see it. When Qin Fang returned, they were very calm, looking no different from usual, not even mentioning it.

Qin Fang didn't take this matter to heart. Originally, netizens were just watching the excitement. After watching, it would be over. Who would still remember? He even joked about it himself. With his straight man brain, this matter was indeed just that simple.

Qin Fang was quite surprised to receive a call from his dad. They usually didn't talk on the phone.

Jian Mingtao told him to come home for a bit on the call. Qin Fang had originally planned to go back this week to see Jian Muyang anyway, so he readily agreed.

Qin Fang didn't ask why he was being told to go back. He would naturally find out when he went back.

As a result, in the evening, Jian Muyang sent him a WeChat message: Bro, Dad seems to be angry at you. How about you don't come back this week?

Qin Fang: Angry at me?

Jian Muyang: Yes, seems to be because of some video.

Qin Fang raised his eyebrows. After a while, he said to him: It's fine, don't worry.