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The BL movie "Like Love" was adapted from this novel.
 
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What should be the next step after having a wonderful time? Enjoy it till the end. Mai Ding has been beneath An Ziyan for an hour. He felt like he was about to faint in a shaking bus for he couldn"t sustain himself anymore. He turned his head around to An Ziyan.
 
"Ah~ Hngh~ hngh~ An Ziyan~ah! C-can you-ha~ah~ just rest for a while?"
 
"No." An Ziyan flat-out rejected him.
 
"Ah~ ha~ I can"t keep up~ ah~ with you anymore."
 
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When he woke up, Mai Ding was lying on An Ziyan"s arm. He moved silently and took out his cellphone to check the time, but his actions woke An Ziyan up. He opened his eyes, frowning. "Why are you moving randomly?" Mai Ding became quite shy after the "strenuous activity". He covered his face with the blanket.
 
"Why are you staring at me like that?"
 
"I"m talking to you. Who can I look at if it"s not you?"
 
Mai Ding always instructed others seriously in daily life, but it"s a different situation when he"s in bed, he was gentle and shy. "It"s already afternoon. I have to go back."
 
Mai Ding struggled to get up but was pulled back by An Ziyan. An Ziyan stretched out his hands to hug him from behind. An Ziyan"s body temperature burned Mai Ding"s back. An Ziyan hugged him tightly.
 
"Just sleep for a while."
 
"But..."
 
"I"ll let you sleep."
 
This time, Mai Ding was silenced and stayed in An Ziyan"s embrace silently. He can clearly feel An Ziyan"s breath behind his ear. He couldn"t remember how long ago it was when he dreamed of this day to come, but now, he really owns this man. It was just like an unrealistic dream. Thinking like this, Mai Ding, with a sweet smile, fell asleep again.
 
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The day of new semester was coming. Mai Ding hasn"t seen An Ziyan for several days since last time. He couldn"t wait to pack up his luggage and go back to the campus.
 
Nevertheless, one can never always come across good deeds fortunately. Something
bad was getting close to Mai Ding gradually.
 
When he reached the school, he saw that Li Ming has arrived before he did, but An Ziyan wasn"t there. An Ziyan was not the positive-type of guy all the time, so Mai Ding didn"t pay much attention to it, not to mention not even making a phone call. He thought that if he calls An Ziyan at any time, anywhere, An Ziyan would consider that Mai Ding places him in a significant position. Actually, his words don"t match his actions.
 
However, An Ziyan was still not around next day, the third day as well. At this moment, Mai Ding got worried. Did he oversleep? But, he couldn"t have stayed asleep for three days? Was he asleep the whole time, to the point where he forgot to eat meals and starved to death? That can"t be. Mai Ding was already anxious for only half a day alone, but he couldn"t think of any reason why An Ziyan didn"t come to school.
 
In the end, he finally decided to call An Ziyan. Just before Mai Ding spoke, An Ziyan"s tired voice came from the other side. "I have been busy recently. I will tell you about it when I come back." With that, An Ziyan hung up.
 
Mai Ding stood there blankly. He thought that An Ziyan must"ve had something important to do, but An Ziyan"s cool att.i.tude still upsetted him. At last, Mai Ding opted to ignore his sadness, now that he knows that An Ziyan is busy now. He thought it"d be better not to disturb him. An Ziyan promised that he would tell Mai Ding when he comes back, so Mai Ding just needed to wait for him.
 
In the afternoon, Li Ming was going downstairs to the dormitory.  "Mai Ding, there"s a pretty girl waiting for you at the gate" said Li Ming to Mai Ding.
 
"A pretty girl?" Mai Ding stood up, thinking that she must"ve been Bai Xiaosi, but, when he went to the first floor, he found a girl he doesn"t know. But she looked familiar.
 
"Were you looking for me?" Mai Ding felt strange.
 
"Yes, but it"s not convenient to talk here. Can we go to a place where there"s fewer people?" The girl was pretty gentle. Actually, she"s not very beautiful, just so-so.
 
Because of her polite invitation, Mai Ding followed her unwillingly to a deserted place.
 
"You can tell me what you want to."
 
"You are Mai Ding, right?" The girl"s expression changed from gentle to cold.
 
"Yes, but do I know you?"
 
"I am Zhu Li, An Ziyan"s cla.s.smate. You don"t know me, but I know you."
 
Zhu Li tilted her head up and down to take a good look at Mai Ding.
 
No wonder Mai Ding found her familiar, she"s in the same cla.s.s as An Ziyan. But why did she come to find him? Before the confused Mai Ding could ask why, Zhu Li spoke first.
 
"I know about you and An Ziyan"
 
Zhu Li was the girl who saw them outside Mai Ding"s house that day. The sudden words surprised Mai Ding. He thought he had hidden it well, but he recovered his composure quickly. As long as his family doesn"t find out, others finding out was not important.
 
"So what?" Mai Ding asks her in return, knowing that she was not kind-hearted.
 
"You really have no shame. Your behavior disgusts me when I see you. I"ve just come here to tell to stay away from An Ziyan."
 
"Who do you think you are?"
 
"Who am I? At least I"m a girl. Look at yourself, you"re just a normal guy. Did you ever do anything for him? I lost weight, from 80 kilograms to my appearance now, for An Ziyan, and all I want is for him to look at me. It was not easy at all, yet you just stole him away from me. Who do you think you are? I have been in love with him since high school and I"ve always been following him ever since. Your actions are not worth mentioning. Zhu Li loves An Ziyan so much that her love has already surpa.s.sed other women"s craziness."
 
"Then, just do steal him back, if you can." Mai Ding didn"t pay much attention to her. An Ziyan never diverted his eyes to Bai Xiaosi, even if she was such a beautiful and kind girl, unlike Zhu Li.
 
"Such an arrogant att.i.tude." Zhu Li smirked wickedly. "You better be mentally prepared. An Ziyan is mine."
 
"Isn"t it too early to say that?" Mai Ding advised.
 
Zhu Li grinned and left afterwards. She just wanted to learn about Mai Ding well so she would know how to deal with him. But it seemed Mai Ding was easy to cope with. Mai Ding watched Zhu Li leave, shrugging, and not taking it to heart.
 
However, Mai Ding didn"t understand one principle: Never look down on a woman,especially when a woman is irritated by jealousy.
 
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To be continued...