Long grass warbler flying

Chapter 30 Gifts

In the standard room I booked, any bed is softer and wider than the Chulan dormitory.

Chu Lan continued to scribble and jump on the sofa boredly. He heard the sound of water splashing in the bathroom, and he didn't feel anything at first.Suddenly a strange thought popped up, and then Chu Lan was embarrassed.

He inadvertently revealed that he was living with Ji Xiao tonight, and that Fan Fan exploded fireworks all over the screen in the private chat box, as if lighting a string of small firecrackers: "What! Sleeping together so quickly, you two are too big I won't listen!"

Chu Lan said helplessly, "It's two beds..."

Fan Fan: "It's not about the number of beds, it's about whether the two of you have unreasonable desires! If the two of you insist on sleeping together, how many beds will be redundant, brother!"

Chu Lan wanted to tell her to die, but she remembered that she had kissed Ji Xiao's face on the first day they were together.Although he was tempted at that time, in the end he was the one who bridged the distance between the two of them first.Chu Lan immediately lost the courage to refute, so she could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and let Fan Fan jump up and down by herself.

He stood up and looked around, turned on the TV and called out the evening news, as if such noise could make the silence less embarrassing and avoid magnifying the ambiguity.Chu Lan thought of the matter he had asked Fan Fan before, and felt quite ashamed. He paced back and forth, trying to find someone in his mind who could share these secrets.

Someone who understands him without laughing, and who can give practical advice, seems a little hard to find.

Chu Lan thought of an unsuitable person. Even though he didn't take what he and Ji Xiao had to do sooner or later to heart, the question was still too powerful.

Holding the phone, he swiped the screen a few times, sniffled, and searched for Jiang Xinghe from the address book.

Then Chu Lan discovered that because of his strange hostility towards Jiang Xinghe, he had no contact information of Jiang Xinghe at all, let alone chat in private.Chu Lan thought, let's add it first.

He found Jiang Xinghe's WeChat ID in the group, and he sent a friend request, but before the other party received it, there was a crisp door knock behind him, Chu Lan quickly put away his phone, and turned his head away.

Ji Xiao picked up his clothes and said to him apologetically, "...I left my pajamas at your school."

He was wearing long trousers, but his upper body was bare, with a towel around his neck, his short hair was wet, and water droplets fell from the tips of his hair to his shoulders.Chu Lan stared blankly for a while before saying, "Then you can just change it out—"

"It's all sweat." Ji Xiao simply cut off his post, and sat down on the bed, "I washed it and let it dry on the balcony tomorrow. Do you... want to take a shower?"

Chu Lan said "Oh", and took a step with the same hands and feet, and when he took the pajamas, he glanced at Ji Xiao from the corner of his eye.The young man's body has just grown a lot, but the bones still have a bit of greenness and immaturity, just like a vigorously growing poplar. He stretched nonchalantly, and fell back on the bed, his limbs stretched, his arms stretched out. The muscle lines of the chest and abdomen are graceful, not exaggerated at all.

Even though she doesn't have much desire for the same sex, facing such an impact, Chu Lan still thinks that Ji Xiao's body is pretty.Originally, nothing happened when he obediently went to take a bath, but Chu Lan wanted to say, "You, how did you train your abdominal muscles?"

Ji Xiao was confused at first, but when he realized it, he immediately sat up and looked down, then his face suddenly turned red.His own indifference was confused by Chu Lan's words, and he sat cross-legged on the bed, pulled the sheet to wrap himself up: "I haven't practiced much, just... I used to play basketball, and then I did some basics... Do you want to practice? "

He spoke sincerely and innocently, and Chu Lan was despised miserably. She grabbed her clothes and slammed them on the bathroom door.

Ji Xiao sighed helplessly, finding that he couldn't get used to this atmosphere.From Jiang Xinghe's chats, he heard a lot about the daily life of gay couples, but no matter what kind, it seems that it is not suitable for him and Chu Lan.

They are not very old, but they are already adults, and there are still many shortcomings due to learning to be with each other for the first time.Ji Xiao didn't think about deeper desires for the time being, but Chu Lan's question just now made him think wrongly for no reason, and the dreams he had had come and went again, which made him blush strangely and heartbeat.

Ji Xiao took the phone, and Jiang Xinghe's unread messages were very eye-catching.

"What's the situation?" Jiang Xinghe sent a screenshot, Chu Lan asked to add him as a friend, and then hurriedly played Ji Xiao several question marks, "Did he take the wrong medicine? I don't want to add him as a friend at all, do I? Is there a problem between Chu Lan and you? You went to him because you were beaten out and he planned to scold me to relieve your anger?"

Not to mention why he was beaten out by Chu Lan, why Chu Lan asked him to relieve his anger, as expected, Jiang Xinghe's brain circuit cannot be understood by ordinary people.

Ji Xiao also wondered: "I don't know, I was taking a shower just now, maybe his hands were shaking."

Jiang Xinghe: "...take a bath? Are you two together?"

When Ji Xiao mentions this, he gets flustered: "Yes, he is with me, and he himself said he would treat me well."

This tone and the endless wavy lines successfully disgusted Jiang Xinghe. After a while, Ji Xiao fell on the bed laughing at the anger and goosebumps in the entire emoticon package contributed by the other party on the phone.

Jiang Xinghe finally said: "Take it easy, these straight men can't act too hastily."

Ji Xiao: "Get out, you, your mind is full of scum."

Jiang Xinghe laughed loudly, and said: "This is normal, Chu Lan may be more than you think. By the way, don't ask him on WeChat, or dare not add him, for fear that Chu Lan will be my friend. It's embarrassing. Oh, by the way, Ji Xiao, if you have nothing to do in Hong Kong, please help me buy something, my man's birthday is coming up."

Ji Xiao fully agreed, and when he saw the message from Jiang Xinghe, he jotted it down and prepared to drag Chu Lan to read it.After finishing this series of things, Chu Lan just finished washing and came out yawning.

He was wearing loose pajamas with long sleeves and trousers. He lost his usual cold temperament and became softer all of a sudden.The pajamas were gray pinstripes, which made Chu Lan look a few years younger out of thin air.Wrapped in a quilt, Ji Xiao and him were speechless. After a while, they stared at each other blushingly. Chu Lan licked his lips: "I fell asleep."

Ji Xiao simply reached out and turned off the light.

The darkness gave them a chance to breathe, Ji Xiao said unhurriedly, "Have you added Xinghe WeChat?"

There was the sound of the mattress rubbing against Chu Lan: "I have something to ask him."

"Aren't you two 'not dealing with each other'?" Ji Xiao deliberately retorted with what he said when he was climbing the mountain before, but Chu Lan said, "That's why the relationship can't continue to be stagnant, right?"

Ji Xiao was speechless, he lay quietly for a while, saw that Chu Lan was still playing with his mobile phone over there, and said without expecting, "A Lan, can I go to sleep with you?"

Chu Lan's breathing stopped for half a beat. Instead of expressing his opinion directly, he turned off the light on the phone screen.This kind of attitude made Ji Xiaozheng think there was some drama, Chu Lan said hesitantly: "No, it's not good, you... I'm not used to sleeping with others, and your pajamas are still... It's too fast."

Ji Xiao: "..."

As expected, he still shouldn't have expectations, as Jiang Xinghe said, these straight men can only be subtle, not impatient.

Later, if Chu Lan recalled the first time he spent the night, he would cover his ears and say he forgot.They were roommates when they were classmates, and they lived together when they went hiking and traveling, but this night made Chu Lan feel cramped.

He used to play games like love without any real contact, even kisses were rare, and he got close to each other like a superficial touch.This earth-shaking change happened, Chu Lan couldn't cope with it, and there was no tutorial for him to learn and sell now, so he had to take one step at a time. Fortunately, Ji Xiao has a really good temper.

The next day Chu Lan lived up to everyone's expectations and stayed in bed. Ji Xiao remembered Jiang Xinghe's entrustment to him, and shook Chu Lan: "Let's find a shopping mall today, I want to buy something."

Chu Lan's eyes were half-closed: "I don't need you to buy me something..."

Ji Xiao smiled: "I brought it for someone else. Xinghe's boyfriend is about to celebrate his birthday. He wants to buy a watch, but he can't buy this watch in the mainland. Please let me have a look. You can also help him refer, okay?" "

When he spoke the truth, people couldn't refuse it at all, and Chu Lan was not completely ignorant, so he turned around when he heard the words.Ji Xiao handed him a glass of warm water, and he changed into a shirt, looking smooth and handsome.He hasn't been in college for a long time, but Chu Lan just feels that his temperament has improved a lot, maybe because of Ji Xiao's experience in the club.

It was the first time for them to go shopping. After seeing the watch that Jiang Xinghe gave Ji Xiao, Chu Lan said firmly: "This one is a bit expensive, and its durability is not as good as the other one. I will pick you to take a picture for me later." Him, let him reply quickly."

With a familiar taste, Ji Xiao thought that his softness and cuteness were indeed accidental, and it was normal for Chu Lan, who was so vigorous and uncompromising, who cherished words like gold but was serious at all times.

The serious Chu Lan asked the clerk to take the other two, and reached out to signal Ji Xiao to hand over the phone.

He handled things quickly, found out WeChat and sent photos of the three watches to Jiang Xinghe, but he remained silent when he received a reply.Seeing that Chu Lan's expression was wrong, Ji Xiao couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"Jiang Xinghe said he didn't need to buy it." Chu Lan choked up a bit, "...he said they broke up."

Ji Xiao was stunned for a moment, took the phone, Jiang Xinghe's dialog on the top was vague, his avatar and nickname hadn't been changed, it seemed like he was joking with them: "I won't buy it, we had a heart-to-heart talk last night, and we broke up peacefully today, Lao Tzu You are a single nobleman again, thank you Chu Lan for me, I have a better vision than you."

The Jiang Xinghe he knew was indeed heartless, but he never hesitated to show his affection to those he cared about, so why did this happen all of a sudden?

Ji Xiao was rather aggrieved and a little annoyed.Unexpectedly, he hadn't had an attack yet, and Chu Lan was aggrieved first——Chu Lan heard Jiang Xinghe talk about him at the beginning, and he still remembers that person's expression until now, but when he was suddenly told to break up, and reunited, he walked the tightrope for love in the first place Suo, if Chu Lan was a cat, all the fur on his body would be blown three feet high.

"What does that man mean?" Chu Lan asked the teller to take back his watch. "No matter how bad Jiang Xinghe is, he is sincere to him, right? Tsinghua's loss?"

In order to go to the same school as him, Jiang Xinghe gave up the top universities in the country and stayed in Jincheng, just wanting to stay with him.For Chu Lan, giving up the opportunity to receive a better education is simply a fantasy. It takes courage to make such a decision, but if there is no more worthy reason, all giving up is puzzling.

How long has it been?There was almost no warning, wouldn't Jiang Xinghe's devotion become a joke?

Ji Xiao wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and whispered in his ear, "Okay, keep your voice down."

It was only then that Chu Lan realized that she had made an unexplainable outrage, and she endured it again and again, and rolled her eyes.

Ji Xiao comforted him, but Chu Lan suddenly opened his hand, turned to the teller and said, "The watch I just looked at, please take it out again—Ji Xiao, try it."

Ji Xiao: "Ah? Didn't you say you should buy gifts?"

Chu Lan grabbed his hand involuntarily, and skillfully buckled up the watch. After carefully examining it, she didn't give Ji Xiao any chance to speak, and said to the teller, "Just this one, swipe the card."

The teller has seen such scenes frequently, and responded without any fluctuation: "I'll wrap it up for you."

It happened too quickly, Ji Xiao grabbed Chu Lan: "What are you doing?!" He just glanced at the price, it was enough for him to live for more than a month, and Chu Lan was like buying cabbage.

"Hold it well." Chu Lan said in an unquestionable tone, "It fits well, and... what do you think... I can't tell you, anyway, that's what I think, if you have something as a proof, you will know me I keep you in my heart. One day you think we are not suitable, this thing is also quite practical, unlike jewelry that looks embarrassing."

Ji Xiao: "I didn't mean that, why did you suddenly..."

Chu Lan smiled at him: "You just think that I was stimulated by Jiang Xinghe's incident and lacked a sense of security. Don't laugh at me, Ji Xiao, I won't be like that person."

He stared at Chu Lan quietly, the lights in the shopping mall were too bright, making Ji Xiao's eyes ache.He vainly tried to see other emotions in Chu Lan's eyes, but the other party looked at him for a while, and then turned away immediately. Ji Xiao never expected that he was also insecure, let alone that he seemed to be passively waiting for him all the time. It turned out that Chu Lan really liked him.

Thousands of words were neatly arranged on the tip of his tongue, Ji Xiao held his breath, Chu Lan said that if he wanted to be nice to him, he would really do it.He doesn't speak sweet words, but every word is a promise.

"Then I'll accept it." Ji Xiao said, "But before your birthday, I haven't..."

"Didn't you cook for me?" Chu Lan lowered her head and entered the password, and said, "And I have already left on my birthday. Ah Xiao, don't worry about what I like-oh yes, we can send it together Xinghe is a little thing, I wish him a happy breakup, and there will be better things in the future."

Ji Xiao almost snickered, he thought, before Zhai Xinen said that Chu Lan was not good at love, isn't this boyfriend very powerful?He hasn't changed, he was only covered up by shyness and apprehension.

He has always been the look that Ji Xiao fell in love with at the backstage of the party at first sight.

While Chu Lan was picking up the bag and walking back, Ji Xiao suddenly got on the spur of the moment and ran two steps forward quickly, wrapped his arms around Chu Lan's body, and lifted him up: "You are so kind! My Alan Best in the world!"

Chu Lan was still in shock, and thanked him for this "surprise": "...don't give me a card."

You tickle me, I tickle you all the way, the air in the south is humid, and the sun is still shining without yellowing everywhere in the golden autumn of October.Chu Lan ran for a while, his vest became hot, he rolled up his cuffs, his wrists were empty, Ji Xiao looked at it for a long time, and finally untied one of his bracelets for him.

There are three Buddhist beads squeezed in the middle, because they have been worn and polished for many years, giving off a deep light, Ji Xiao helped Chu Lan put them on: "Grandpa took them in his natal year, and said he went to some temple to ask for safety and to transfer them. ...I have worn it for several years. It is not expensive, but it works, and I have been very lucky since I was a child."

Chu Lan stared at the sunlight for a moment, but couldn't tell the texture of the beads: "How lucky are you?"

"I just passed the cut-off mark of No. [-] Middle School, stepped into the key class in the placement test, and have been roommates with you for so long, and the college entrance examination score is the peak in three years..." Ji Xiao had a small dent in the corner of his eye when he laughed, " And you like me too, do you think I'm lucky?"

"You must be stupid." Chu Lan touched the string of Buddhist beads and just took them off Ji Xiao's body, he always felt inexplicably restrained.

But the restraint reassured him.