"Are you dating at a young age?"

"You two are just being unreasonable. What so bad about him?" he asked as he glanced back at Qie Xieling whose face was illuminated by the street lights outside.

"He is annoying and the teachers like him," said Qie Xieling. He didn't want to be anywhere near someone the teachers liked because that meant he would be caught easily when he was up to no good.

"How about you? What is your reason for disliking him?" said Wen Qinxi asking his husband why he was so resistant to this friendship.

"He is too much of a goodie too shoes," he said with a light chuckle but in truth, it was because that kid looked at Qie Xieling the same way he used to look at Wen Qinxi in high school.

The only difference was that Luo Muchen hadn't realised what it was he was feeling yet. He was still too young to understand that he had a crush on Qie Xieling. And like a pig fattened up for slaughter, his son would be unknowingly wooed by that sly fox. It was his duty as a father to protect his son so he decided to nip that in the bud.

"Actually, I heard he is going to some fancy-schmancy school abroad so woohoo," said Qie Xieling and Qie Ranzhe joined in with his own,

"Woohoo."

The two of them made that sound several times before Wen Qinxi yelled, "Are you two wolves?! Wolves sleep outside."

The two of them laughed and Wen Qinxi couldn't help but chuckle. At least Qie Xieling would stop tormenting that little boy.

Qie Xieling woohooed to his elementary class but the moment he laid his eyes on Luo Muchen standing at the back door of the classroom Qie Xieling almost had a heart attack.

"Shit," he swore despite his dad having told him to stop using that word. He turned his feet back about to run out when he bumped into Bo Ailun who was walking in behind him.

"What's wrong?" asked Bo Ailun and Qie Xieling replied,

"Muchen."

Like bloody Mary when her name was summoned thrice, Luo Muchen appeared behind him and asked,

"En."

Qie Xieling, "..."

With a stiff smile, Qie Xieling turned around while pulling the straps of his backpack. "Weren't you going abroad or something like that?" asked Bo Ailun his hand resting on Qie Xieling's shoulder and his big head (Luo Muchen's words not mine) leaning close to Qie Xieling's.

Luo Muchen glanced at Bo Ailun's hand resting on Qie Xieling's shoulder with an inexplicable heaviness in his heart. He put his hands in his pockets to restrain himself.

"Where are you going to sit?" Luo Muchen asked and Qie Xieling suddenly had a bad premonition. If Luo Muchen becomes his deskmate then he would be fucked (my words not Lin Lin's).

"What's it to you?" asked Qie Xieling while placing his hand over Bo Ailun's shoulder and continuing, "we are tied to the hip so we will be sitting together, right?"

Bo Ailun was all about the brotherhood but he also wanted to sit next to Pinky because she brought a lot of snacks in pre-k. This is why he didn't respond fast enough.

Qie Xieling, "..."

"Right?" he asked again and Bo Ailun laughed nervously while saying,

"Yes yes sure. We will sit together."

Satisfied Qie Xieling pulled Bo Ailun away and walked past Luo Muchen. Qie Xieling had a sneaky suspicion that Luo Muchen was out to get him to settle old accounts thus he couldn't sit still and wait for the enemy to strike.

With his chair, half tipped he noticed Bi Yu standing with her parents outside the class door and his lips quirked into a sly smile.

Who knew the problem would be this easy to solve? He tapped Bo Ailun on the shoulder and whispered something. As soon as Bi Yu's parents left they walked over to her and he said, "Bi Yu welcome welcome to our new class."

Bi Yu rolled her eyes and said, "What? Are you the class butler now?"

Bo Ailun found it funny thus he laughed out loud earning him a glare from Qie Xieling. "Ahem... sorry sorry. Sister Yu, we have a perfect seat for you."

Qie Xieling checked and found that Luo Muchen had left the classroom. "Come let me show you. You will thank me later," he said and led her inside.

"But this is the back of the class. I want to sit in front," she said and Qie Xieling whispered,

"Mu Mu," with a wink.

Bi Yu instantly understood and smiled at Qie Xieling for once. He had to admit her smile was so infectious. He suddenly felt a breeze near his ear and a soft, "En."

Qie Xieling jolted holding his ear while yelling, "Are you a ghost? Fu...."

"Qie Xieling isn't it?...  Watch your language," said the class teacher after walking in on Qie Xieling on the verge of swearing.

"Uh ma'am I was about to say fudge," he said nervously while Bo Ailun pulled him back to his seat.

As he sat down he glanced at Luo Muchen who was staring at him with a dark expression. Thinking he had messed up Luo Muchen's plans for revenge he made a heart gesture with his arms with a sly smile.

"Qie Xieling!" yelled the teacher as Luo Muchen looked away. In a place Qie Xieling couldn't see Luo Muchen was smiling slightly. He couldn't be Qie Xieling's desk mate as planned but that big heart made him feel much better.

When Luo Muchen got home he found his mother waiting for him all teary-eyed and he instantly knew what the problem was. "You broke up with your current boyfriend didn't you?" he said and Miss Luo nodded her head while pouting her lips.

Luo Muchen sighed before saying, "Let me at least change out of my school shoes first."

As soon as he put on his slippers Miss Luo wailed like her heart was really broken. 

"Why are you even crying when you are the one who dumped him?" asked Luo Muchen and he wasn't wrong. She was obviously the one who always ended it and for the weirdest reasons like he chews loud or he smokes too much.

Luo Muchen could only accompany her while she sang break-up songs and binged on some stupid romantic series while eating chocolate.

"He said he wanted me to meet his mother. Do I look like the type that wants to get married? He knew what he signed up for," she said while putting her feet up on the couch but Luo Muchen wasn't listening.

Instead of comforting her, he asked absentmindedly, "How do I get someone to like me?"

Miss Luo, "..."

"Luo Muchen are you dating at a very young age!!" she bellowed.

Luo Muchen, "..."