Difficult to heal

Chapter 42 Boyfriend

Lu Shu lay on the bed, awake without any sleepiness.

He kept tossing and turning, the phone turned on and off, and the time passed by every minute.

It's past two in the morning.

More than an hour has passed since the involuntary and impulsive kiss just now.

After the end, the other party asked him to rest early, and then left the room on his own.

Lu Shu is not very clear and uncertain whether this is the "beginning" for himself and Xiu Qinjiang.

In other words, he is still the same as before, he is still the "brother" of Xiu Qinjiang.

Lu Shu covered his head with a quilt.

Three seconds later, he opened it and got out of bed.

He didn't knock on the door, he turned the doorknob without authorization, and entered Xiu Qinjiang's room lightly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, a warm-colored wall lamp suddenly lit up in the room.

Xiu Qinjiang didn't sleep at all, sitting on the head of the bed, looking at the person by the door in surprise.

Lu Shu touched his nose in embarrassment: "...you didn't sleep?"

"Can't sleep." Chu Qinjiang got up, came over and closed the door, "I thought you were asleep."

"I thought so too." Lu Shu said.

Knowing that the other party couldn't sleep as well, and the reason was obvious, he suddenly became more confident.

Walking to the desk, Lu Shu was about to speak when the cold wind outside the window made his whole body tremble, and goose bumps popped up on his arms quickly.

He gritted his teeth and hissed: "You didn't close the window?"

Wearing only a very thin pajamas, Lu Shu immediately closed the window tightly, and when he turned around, he saw that Xiu Qinjiang was wearing even less than him, and frowned.

"What are you looking for to cool off in the middle of the night?" He turned on the air conditioner, took a thick coat from the cabinet and threw it into Xuan Qinjiang's arms, "Put it on, hurry up."

Xiu Qinjiang put on his coat, showing a bit ashamed expression: "I was... a little hot before, so I didn't notice it."

Lu Su's original unhappy mood disappeared instantly when he said this.

Leaning back against the table, he said with great interest, "Come here."

Xiu Qinjiang met his eyes and took a step forward.

"Give me your hand." Lu Shu spread out his palms, motioning for Xu Qinjiang to put them up.

Xiu Qinjiang shook it directly, squeezed his fingers into the gap between Lu Shu's fingers, overlapped his palms, and interlocked his fingers.

Lu Shu was slightly taken aback.

He planned to try the temperature of Xu Qinjiang's hand, and tease him by the way, but he didn't expect the other party to be more decisive than him.

"Do you know what this means?" Lu Shu raised the clasped hands of the two.

"Holding hands." Xuan Qinjiang said.

"Representative!" Lu Shu put in a little effort, "I didn't ask you what to do, so be more serious about examining the questions."

"What else can it mean, falling in love." Xiu Qinjiang leaned against the table with him, and turned his head, "Otherwise, do you want to go back on your word?"

The corner of Lu Shu's mouth couldn't hold back, but he suppressed it again, pretending to be serious: "Who's going back on his word?"

After a while, Lu Shu confirmed again: "So we are together?"

"Yeah." Chu Qinjiang nodded slowly, and asked again, "Do you want to be with me?"

"Nonsense." Lu Shu said indifferently, "I don't want to kiss you?"

"Before today, I had never kissed." Xiu Qinjiang said.

Lu Shu said, "Me neither."

"Then this is our first kiss?"

Xiu Qinjiang seemed to be discussing a math problem, and his tone was full of interest and inquiry.

"Yes, it's not just the first kiss." Lu Shu suddenly felt his face heat up, and patted his forehead calmly, "Your first love is gone."

Chu Qinjiang turned on his watch and glanced at the date.

"December 12," he said, "we're in this together."

Lu Shu didn't say anything, just stared at the number quietly.

December 12, the day after his birthday.

He fell in love with Xiu Qinjiang.

The two hands are held together, gradually forming the same temperature, and it is easy not to tell which touch is my own, and I can't feel the night outside the window is getting darker.

Xiu Qinjiang finally asked, "What did you come to my room for?"

Only then did Lu Shu think about his business, let go of his hand and turned around, and brought the globe on the table in front of him.

"Do you remember the last time I asked you to find L?" Lu Shu asked while adjusting the base.

"Remember," Xiu Qinjiang said a little discouraged, "I still haven't found it."

"Normal, I thought before..." Lu Shu stopped for a moment, lowered his head and smiled, and continued, "I didn't have a chance to tell you, and I guess you may never find it."

Chu Qinjiang asked, "Where is it?"

Lu suddenly turned the knob, and the magnifying glass moved to the northeastern part of Australia, and then adjusted one by one.

Xiu Qinjiang bent over and leaned over.

"There is a private country here, which is so small that it cannot be seen on the map," Lu said slowly, "It's called the Coral Sea Islands, and I put L in it."

Xiu Qinjiang stared at it for a long time before finding the L that Lu Shu mentioned.

Even under a three-fold magnification, the letter is still incredibly small, and it can only be vaguely seen to be an L shape.

He was a little helpless: "Aren't you going to let me find it?"

"Almost," Lu Shu said, "but I'll tell you now."

Xiu Qinjiang's gaze flicked across his face, he straightened up, and took out an extremely slender pen from the bookcase.

He aimed at the magnifying glass, and carefully added a C next to the L.

Lu Shu was next to Xiuqinjiang, and whispered in his ear: "Do you know where the Coral Sea Islands are, and you can add them?"

"Whether I know or not, it doesn't affect me to add it." Xiu Qinjiang supported the table with both hands, and moved his eyes to him, "And, how do you know that I don't know?"

The two of them seemed to be talking about tongue twisters, Lu Shu thought it was funny, and laughed out loud while looking away.

Xiu Qinjiang put down his pen, looked at him quietly for a while, and said, "I want to kiss you again."

Lu Shu's heart skipped a beat, and before he could get close enough, there was a sound from the door lock of the living room.

The two of them froze abruptly, separated by a certain distance by surprise, with a kind of panic that did not react.

After a while, they looked at each other, and Xiu Qinjiang said, "Auntie and uncle... are back."

"I'm going out," Lu Shu suppressed his unsteady heart, and left the table, "You can rest."

"Yan," Xiu Qinjiang called to stop him, hesitant to speak.

In the end, he just said, "Good night."

Lu sprinted to the door, stopped twisting the door, turned around suddenly, and walked over with big strides.

Grabbing his collar and pulling it forward, kissed him on the lips.

"Good night," he said.

Xiu Qinjiang pursed his lips and licked them furtively, both of them had smiles in their eyes.

"Sleep well." Xiu Qinjiang stroked the corner of his mouth with his thumb.

Lu Shu responded and walked out of the room.

"Yanyan?" Shen Han asked in surprise, "You haven't slept yet? How did you come out of brother's room?"

Lu Su felt a little guilty, and said without changing his face: "I went in to get something, and he came back."

Shen Han was even more surprised: "Brother is back? When did you come back?"

"Just tonight." Lu Shu said concisely.

Lu Mingheng said, "Go and rest, it's late."

"Well, go now."

Shen Han walked in the direction of Xu Qinjiang's room, Lu Shu glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and returned to his room.

Lying on the bed again, perhaps for the sake of calming down, he quickly fell asleep.

—

Since the beginning of winter, Yining has never had a good weather. The whole day has been misty and rainy, and the sky is gray, but this morning it unexpectedly cleared up.

Lu Shu walked out of the garage on his bicycle, and Xiu Qinjiang stood downstairs in the community waiting for him as usual.

When there was still a short distance away, Lu suddenly stopped, stepped on the ground with one leg, and squeezed the bell gently, and the bell made a series of crisp sounds.

Xiu Qinjiang walked over, stepped into the back seat, and asked with a smile, "What are you doing looking at me?"

"It's nothing." Lu Shu turned his head, and the bicycle drove out, "take a look at your boyfriend."

"How do you feel?" Xu Qinjiang asked.

The wind blew Lu Shu's voice over: "Super handsome——"

"What a coincidence," Xiu Qinjiang put one arm around his waist, "My boyfriend is also very handsome."

No. [-] Middle School is always so lively outside the gate, shops selling breakfast, private cars for sending children, students running around, busy and noisy familiar people everywhere.

Today is a little different from the past. A huge banner was hung at the door—warm congratulations to our school’s student, Qin Qinjiang, for winning the gold medal in the Mathematical Olympiad.

Xiu Qinjiang just came back, and the news was not so fast. The school probably made it out overnight.

Lu Shu glanced at the banner and whistled: "Xu Qinjiang is awesome."

Xiu Qinjiang tapped the back of his head and said with a smile, "Come on less."

Pan Mian kept his original intentions squatting on the side of the road to eat breakfast, holding a bowl of beef noodles in his arms, and he was extraordinarily energetic.

Lu Shu rode fast, but was still caught by his eyes, jumped up and shouted: "Brother Lu! Jiang Jiang!"

Xiu Qinjiang took out a bag of milk and threw it over, Pan Mian quickly caught it, winked and blew a kiss.

The school is not equipped with winter uniforms. Everyone wears spring uniforms in thick coats. When they enter the classroom, they are full of colorful lights.

During the period when Xiu Qinjiang went abroad to compete, Lao Hong changed seats again, and he and Lu Shu returned to a large group of double seats.

But Pan Mian and Feng Changyu were in a more miserable situation. They were taken directly to the VIP seats on both sides of the podium, and they were under the teacher's nose the whole time, and it was very difficult to survive.

When Lu Shu entered the classroom, Tang Xingchen was already sitting in the first row, not playing with his mobile phone, but actually immersed himself in writing questions.

Xiu Qinjiang and Lu Shu exchanged glances: What stimulated him?

The latter shrugged inexplicably.

Ever since Lao Hong threw him in the first row—right in front of Lu Shu, Tang Xingchen woke up overnight as if struck by lightning, and began to attend lectures for the first time ever.

Lu Shu became his number one harassment target, and he could ask questions seventeen or eight times a day.

As soon as the person came in, Tang Xingchen immediately threw the problem on the two of their desks: "Hurry up and save me, what kind of problem is this? I haven't solved it all night."

Xiu Qinjiang picked it up and glanced at it, wondering, "A middle school volume is attached?"

"It was given by Cheng," Tang Xingchen urged, "You two look at the last big question, it's so fucking difficult."

"Have you solved everything before?" Lu Shu was quite fresh, "I've done this set before, and it's quite difficult."

Tang Xingchen said boldly: "It's a small thing."

After a brief browsing, Xiu Qinjiang reported slowly: "Three major questions were wrong, four multiple-choice questions were wrong, and only one fill-in-the-blank question was correct."

Tang Xingchen: "..."

Lu Shu smiled: "Small meaning?"

"Fuck!" He pulled back the test paper and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Take your time," Xiu Qinjiang helped him regain his self-esteem, "You are right in solving the problem, but there are some problems with the calculation and formula conversion. It will be better if you practice more."

Tang Xingchen was touched again: "Jiang'er, I'm the first one to take you flying."

Xiu Qinjiang nodded with a smile: "Okay."

At the beginning of the morning reading, Pan Mian ran in with smoke and fragrance, and took off his padded clothes indiscriminately: "I'm dying of heat, eating a powder can make three catties of sweat."

Old Hong glared at him: "It's too embarrassing to shout about being late, but hurry up and endorse!"

Pan Mian shrugged his shoulders, nestled into his seat like an ostrich, took out his Chinese documents and started to talk.

While Lao Hong was walking to the back row, he furtively snarled at Qin Jiang: "Jiang'er, homework!"

Xiu Qinjiang, who was reciting English words, looked up, unable to help and said, "I just came back, so I didn't write."

Pan Mian's face collapsed, and he could only ask Lu Shu for help pitifully.

"For the last time," Lu Shu said flatly, "I will write it myself in the future."

Pan Mian nodded sharply.

Lu Shu threw the homework over.

"Help me stretch my back." Xiu Qinjiang covered the English book.

Lu Shu picked one at random and said, "swap."

"exchange."

"recover."

"Heal, recover."

"commend."

"Praise, recommend."

.........

At first, one question and one answer, the atmosphere was quite serious, until Lu Shu said: "fallinlove."

Xuan Qinjiang blurted out, "Love each other."

Immediately afterwards, he was stunned, only to see Lu Shu's expression was calm, but a narrow smile appeared in his eyes.

Obviously intentional.

Chu Qinjiang couldn't help laughing, turned his face away, and finished the Chinese meaning in a low voice: "Falling in love."

Lu Shu braced his temples, looked at him sideways, and said with his lips: "fallinlovewithyou."

Xiu Qinjiang stretched out his hand, lowered his eyes, and caught the other's fingers under the desk. Only the two of them could hear his voice: "I love you."

There was a sound of reading in the teaching building.

The warm sun slowly rose outside, dispelling some of the cold.

The winter at the end of the year comes as scheduled, and human beings instinctively keep warm to avoid the cold. Compared with other seasons, it seems that only in winter can we be more confident and get close to the people we like.

The new year is coming.