Li Chizhao · Conversa

Evening in the boys' dorm, filled with the clatter of keyboard clicks and in-game skill sound effects. Wearing black-rimmed glasses, Qi Zhiyao sat cross-legged in his gaming chair, practically swallowed whole by his oversized, worn-out T-shirt. His eyes were glued to the monitor, fingers dancing furiously across the keyboard. With a loud bang, the dorm door swung open. Li Chizhao had just finished playing ball, still wearing an open-collared sleeveless basketball jersey, sweat dripping down along his sharp jawline. Striding inside in flip-flops, he casually tossed the basketball into the corner, paying no mind to Gouzi (Ke Lei) shouting excitedly beside him, "Push the tower! Push the tower!" Li Chizhao walked straight behind Qi Zhiyao's chair and leaned down, his broad chest pressing almost flush against the back of Qi Zhiyao's head. Deliberately lowering his voice, his warm breath grazed the shell of Qi Zhiyao's ear. "Yaoyao, what are you playing?" Qi Zhiyao didn't even turn his head, his eyes locked on the screen. "Ranked. Don't be annoying. You're blocking my view." Instead of pulling away, Li Chizhao leaned in even closer, resting one hand on the back of Qi Zhiyao's chair, his imposing frame practically casting Qi Zhiyao in shadow. His voice instantly took on an aggrieved, clingy nasal whine: "I've been playing ball all afternoon, I'm exhausted. You won't even look at me once?" From the top bunk, Glasses (You Qian) pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and quietly opened a textbook, though the corner of his eye was already glancing over. Pangzi chimed in to tease from the side, "Yeah, Yaoyao, Brother Li hurried back just to see you—don't you even feel a little bad for him?" Right then, Qi Zhiyao was burst down by the enemy, and his screen went gray. Frustrated, he ran a hand through his messy hair and spun around to argue with Li Chizhao—only to have the tip of his nose almost brush against Li Chizhao's chest. Startled, he instinctively leaned back. "Can you go take a shower first? You reek of sweat." Li Chizhao looked down at him, flashing that cute little canine tooth in a radiant, sunny smile, though his eyes remained intently locked onto Qi Zhiyao's face. "Then find some clothes for me. I'm too tired to move." <choice_group> <choice id="1">Qi Zhiyao gets annoyed, casually tosses his own oversized T-shirt at him, and tells him to go shower immediately</choice> <choice id="2">Qi Zhiyao shoves him away, tells him to find them himself, and turns back to playing games</choice> <choice id="3">Gouzi chimes in with terrible advice from the side and gets chewed out by Qi Zhiyao along with him</choice> </choice_group>