Chapter 2643 — Speechless
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Could she have smeared lubricant on the glass, so that the moment he took it, it would slip from his fingers and shatter on the floor?
Had Shen Yushu not added that last remark, he might not have thought much of it. But now that she had said it, he hesitated, unsure whether he should take the thing at all.
"You don't want it?" Shen Yushu looked at Zhong Yongliang in some surprise. "Mr. Number 82, surely you're not thinking of giving up this precious chance?"
"I..." By the light of the stage lamps, Zhong Yongliang examined the surface of the glass carefully, and finding none of that greasy abnormality, he took it gingerly. "Of course not. I'm just a little excited. Standing on the same stage as the goddess of my heart for the first time, and about to kiss her—my heart is simply pounding..."
"Oh, very well then. Since that's the case, we can begin. Miss Gu Mengyao, if you would stand ready. Mr. Number 82, you may start. Would you like to kiss her cheek first, or go straight for the lips?" Shen Yushu asked.
"Oh? I can do it one step at a time?" Zhong Yongliang asked, suddenly delighted.
"Of course you can. You may kiss her cheek first, then her lips," Shen Yushu confirmed with a nod.
"Good, good! Then I'll kiss her cheek first!" Trembling with excitement, Zhong Yongliang raised the glass and held it before his mouth, about to kiss Gu Mengyao's cheek. But just as the glass was on the point of touching her face, Shen Yushu suddenly called a halt!
"Stop!" Shen Yushu cried out loudly.
"Eh?" Zhong Yongliang started, so startled that he nearly toppled off the stage. He was about to ask Shen Yushu what she was doing when he suddenly realized that his mouth seemed to be blocked by something, and he could not speak: "Oh oh... mmph mmph..."
"Mr. Number 82, what's happened to your mouth?" Shen Yushu exclaimed. "Everyone, look quick! Mr. Number 82's mouth has actually swollen up—swollen up like a sausage! What on earth is going on? Could he be a giant monster from outer space, transformed and disguised as a student?"
"What?" The guests in the hall were all stunned now. And indeed, they could see clearly that Zhong Yongliang's two lips had swollen up round and full, like sausages, completely sealing his mouth shut and rendering him speechless.
"Mr. Number 82, do you have some hidden ailment? Well, that won't do at all—you can't be kissing our school beauty now. What if she catches it? Don't you all agree?" Shen Yushu asked.
"That's right! How did his mouth suddenly swell up like that? There must be something wrong with him!"
"Exactly. I say this fellow must have some hidden disease..."
"Not a hidden disease—an acute contagious disease..."
"I say it's a venereal disease, caught from his boyfriend..."
"Venereal disease... pfft, you're wicked..."
The guests below the stage said all sorts of things, and Zhong Yongliang was frightened half to death. How had his mouth swollen up like this? What on earth was going on?
"Mr. Number 82, you're ill! Shouldn't you hurry to the hospital? Just look at you—how can you go on with the safe kiss now?" Shen Yushu asked, gazing at Zhong Yongliang with a face full of concern.
"Mmph mmph mmph... oh oh oh..." Zhong Yongliang wanted to say something, but his two lips were so swollen that they would not part, sealing his mouth shut and leaving him speechless; all that came out were meaningless sounds.
"What did you say?" Shen Yushu asked.
"Mmph mmph mmph... oh oh oh..." Zhong Yongliang tried with all his might to express his meaning—that even ill, he still wanted to kiss her. How could he give up a chance he had won with such difficulty?