Chapter 62: Roommate 22
The colorful university life was coming to an end.
Gu Xiu fought with his roommate every day, participated in the promotional video shoot whenever he could, and worked hard for the final exam week.
After the last exam, he wandered around the campus like a ghost, exhausted, and walked towards the dormitory.
Studying at a famous university in a small world was far more painful than various cultivation schools, and even more inhuman than the supernatural high school he had experienced before.
In this world, his crematorium didn’t need to turn into a pitiful little dog soaked in the rain, but he had to fight to the death with Chen Beichuan. The first thing was to change his previous decadent shut-in image, study hard, and go head-to-head with his top student roommate!
It was the first time Gu Xiu felt that the mission time was so long.
He had finally tasted the bitterness of studying!
Ultimately, the source of his pain was his annoying hardworking roommate. Gu Xiu was unreasonable and had accumulated a belly full of resentment. His desire to fight was unprecedented. He roughly pushed open the dormitory door, just waiting to vent on his roommate.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!!”
But what greeted Gu Xiu was a series of strange chirps.
“Be quiet,” Chen Beichuan looked over and reminded him in a soft voice. “You’re scaring it.”
“…?” Gu Xiu’s anger instantly dissipated, and his face was blank.
Seeing this, Chen Beichuan got up from his chair and took two steps. Gu Xiu blinked and saw the fluffy little thing on his shoulder.
A sharp, hooked beak, small, round, black bean-like eyes, and a bright red, orange, yellow, and green color scheme, flamboyant and eye-catching, unforgettable.
Gu Xiu tilted his head.
The colorful parrot’s two claws were like hooks, gripping the clothes on Chen Beichuan’s shoulder. It also tilted its head, revealing its beautiful, trailing tail feathers.
Gu Xiu was still in a daze. The parrot was already bored and was preening its feathers with its sharp beak, its movements elegant and calm.
It wasn’t until Chen Beichuan bent down with the parrot that Gu Xiu came back to his senses. He saw him place the parrot on his shoulder on the edge of the red clay pot of the peanut plant. “This ugly thing of yours is just right for it to stand on.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
So when Chen Beichuan said he was petting a little bird before, he was really petting a little bird?
He still hadn’t fully reacted and asked in a daze, “What is this? No, I know it’s a parrot. Why is there a parrot? Where did the parrot come from?”
“Chen Nanyuan is raising it. It’s been at home before,” Chen Beichuan said. “My parents are going on a month-long trip abroad, so they sent it to her at school. A parrot doesn’t take up much space and doesn’t smell. I didn’t expect her roommate to refuse to let her keep it in the dorm, saying she’s afraid of sharp-beaked animals, even for money.”
Gu Xiu understood. “So it was sent to you?”
“Mm,” Chen Beichuan said. “We have a two-person room here. It’s not a problem to raise a small thing.”
Who knew that Gu Xiu’s eyes were fixed on the innocent little parrot. He took a sharp breath, his face flushed, and he refused angrily, “No!”
“…You’re afraid of birds too?”
Chen Beichuan was stunned. He had never expected Gu Xiu to react like this. To be honest, he had always felt that Gu Xiu and these little birds were not much different.
He had no choice but to take the parrot back in his hand, soothingly stroking the beautiful feathers on the little bird’s back, and then rubbing the soft feathers on its cheeks with his fingertips.
The more Gu Xiu looked at the parrot’s bright and beautiful colors, the more annoyed he became. He didn’t know where this anger came from, but in short, he refused sternly, “No, I don’t agree. No birds in the dorm.”
“What,” Chen Beichuan said with a laugh. “One mountain cannot accommodate two birds?”
He added, speaking up for the parrot, “It’s very well-behaved. It usually doesn’t make a sound unless it’s scared. And it won’t steal my clothes.”
Gu Xiu was choked for a moment. He knew he was in the wrong, but he still didn’t care, his tone becoming more and more intense. “This dorm has it or me, me or it!”
“Is it that serious?” Chen Beichuan looked at him with a half-smile. “Are you jealous of a little parrot?”
“What jealousy? Pah! What kind of jealousy?” Gu Xiu angrily paced around the dormitory and finally slapped the dormitory pact on the wall twice. “No outsiders in the dormitory. You wrote this yourself.”
Chen Beichuan said, “It’s just a parrot.”
Gu Xiu: “I don’t care!”
Gu Xiu was unreasonable and refused to compromise, but Chen Beichuan was in a good mood and gave in with a good temper. “Fine, I’ll listen to you. But it’s getting late today. I’ll have Chen Nanyuan come and get it tomorrow morning. If she can’t keep it in the dorm, she can rent a place outside.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
There was no need to kick his own sister out of school.
Gu Xiu’s arrogant and domineering aura was instantly extinguished. He inexplicably felt a little guilty towards Chen Nanyuan. The little girl had always been very good to him. He didn’t know what he was fighting with a parrot for. It was their first time meeting today, but they were already at odds.
Gu Xiu couldn’t figure it out and finally attributed it to his dislike of sharp-beaked animals.
In the evening, Gu Xiu was tossing and turning in bed when he suddenly heard Chen Beichuan’s call from below, “Gu Xiu.”
Gu Xiu irritably grabbed the guardrail and poked his head out.
He saw Chen Beichuan holding up a hand, a colorful parrot like he was holding the guardrail, its little chicken claws tightly gripping Chen Beichuan’s fingers.
Gu Xiu’s brow immediately furrowed, so annoyed that he wanted to curse.
Chen Beichuan spoke first, “Chen Nanyuan just sent me a message and said that this guy can talk. She wants it to perform for you before she takes it away.”
Every pore of Gu Xiu’s body was resisting. “I don’t want to hear it! Take it away!”
Chen Beichuan ignored him and teased the little bird on his finger. His long eyelashes cast a shadow, making his eyes look very gentle. “Come on, say hello.”
Then he raised his head, held the parrot high, and looked at Gu Xiu at eye level.
Gu Xiu’s handsome face was wrinkled, and he was staring at the annoying parrot, his large and round black eyes against two small black eyes.
“Daddy!”
Gu Xiu: “…?”
Chen Beichuan gently flicked the parrot’s round little head and corrected, “Wrong.”
The parrot proudly raised its head, and with a clear voice, it called out again, “Mommy!”
What?
Gu Xiu thought he had misheard, and his expression gradually became dazed.
The noisy parrot, with a duck-like voice, was flapping its wings and chattering, “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!”
“…” Gu Xiu roared, “Chen Beichuan!”
Chen Beichuan showed an unconvincing innocent expression, the smile in his eyes unable to be hidden. “I told it to call you brother. Who knows what my parents taught it.”
Gu Xiu angrily threw his pillow down. “Send him away tonight!!”
“Fine,” Chen Beichuan readily agreed and picked up the pillow, placing it on his own chair.
Before leaving, he came back with another surprise attack. “By the way, don’t you still have to promise me one thing?”
Gu Xiu had thought that this matter had long been written off. He didn’t expect this guy Chen Beichuan to remember it until now. His bright black eyes suddenly widened, with the words “You’re really shameless” written on them.
“Last time’s mutual help, we both had a good time, so that doesn’t count,” Chen Beichuan brought up the unbearable night that Gu Xiu had deliberately forgotten with a straight face, and then he stated his request. “My request is, keep your distance from Ji Ning.”
“Ah? That’s too unfortunate,” Gu Xiu was in the middle of a crematorium plot, so of course he would not give up easily. “Last time during the shoot, I just promised Ji Ning one request, to go out and play with him.”
Chen Beichuan’s face instantly darkened, and he laughed in disbelief. “You even promised his request? What did you bet with him?”
“Nothing,” Gu Xiu tried his best to provoke the protagonist gong’s vinegar jar and said nonchalantly, “I rejected his confession last time, and I felt very sorry.”
Chen Beichuan was so angry he laughed out loud. “Gu Xiu.”
Gu Xiu blinked his clear eyes, oblivious to the anger he had provoked.
Chen Beichuan wanted to bite his face again, and even his neck. He calmed down on second thought, had an idea, and immediately changed his request. “Then I’ll go with you.”
That’s great.
Gu Xiu’s abacus was clattering in his heart, but he had to pretend to be reluctant. “Tsk, fine.”
He had just lain down for no more than two seconds when he suddenly poked his head out, his brows furrowed in anger, and he urged fiercely, “Quick, get that broken bird out of here!”
Just after the final exams were over, Ji Ning hurriedly sent an invitation to Gu Xiu, asking him to fulfill his promise to go out and play together.
It wasn’t just a casual stroll or a movie.
Ji Ning had asked him to go camping at West Mountain in the north of the city. It was one of the few natural landscapes in the bustling modern capital. The scenery was different in all four seasons, each with its own merits, and there was an endless stream of tourists. There were especially many people who brought their families to climb the mountain, enjoy the scenery, and have a picnic and camp.
They would set off at noon and climb the mountain just in time to watch the sunset. Then they would set up a tent, arrange all sorts of outdoor cooking utensils, and enjoy an outdoor dinner together. They would spend the night in the tent, and they could even watch the stars and welcome the sunrise together.
As expected, he shouldn’t have agreed to such a thoughtless request in advance!
A few days ago, he was still annoyed that Chen Beichuan would follow him wherever he went, like a piece of dog-skin plaster that he couldn’t get rid of. Now, his mentality had suddenly changed. Fortunately, there was Chen Beichuan. Otherwise, never mind whether his plot would be derailed, he really didn’t know how to deal with the protagonist shou, just the two of them.
【Hey?】 The small silver ball of light checked Ji Ning’s arrangement through his phone, swayed in confusion, and then had a sudden realization. 【Could this be ‘Key Plot Point 8’?】
【Could it be?】 Gu Xiu rolled his eyes. 【You’re asking me?】
【Uh… well, this is a key plot to promote the relationship between the protagonist gong and shou. It originally had nothing to do with you.】 007 said. 【Do you still remember your scum man behavior of scolding homosexuals in front of Ji Ning’s roommate? Later, you rejected his confession, and the protagonist shou was heartbroken. His kind roommate asked him to go camping together, and the protagonist gong, who had heard the news, secretly followed…】
【You called the protagonist gong several times because he didn’t come back all night, but every time it was a busy tone. The protagonist gong had no time to deal with you because he was busy kissing the protagonist shou.】
Gu Xiu: “…”
Suddenly, this silver system seemed even more annoying than that colorful parrot.
Gu Xiu raised an eyebrow, did not agree, and his voice rose a few degrees. 【Impossible!】
Still not satisfied, he added, 【That dog Chen Beichuan doesn’t follow male virtue. And now he wants to get the beauty? It’s not that easy. In his dreams…】
【Why are you so indignant, Jiujiu?】 007 asked naively. 【The sooner the protagonist gong and shou get together, the sooner you can get off work.】
Gu Xiu calmed his chest. 【I’ve been annoyed with Chen Beichuan for a long time!】
007 deliberately dragged out its tone. 【Oh～ is that so~】
It circled around the sulking Gu Xiu, was sent flying and flew back, and then obediently asked the host for instructions, 【Then, Jiujiu, can I wear a human skin for a day and go out to play with you?】
【…】 Gu Xiu was silent for a few seconds, his attention successfully diverted, and he said in disbelief, 【Did I really spend one hundred and fifty thousand points to buy you a human skin??】
007 had been stammering and beating around the bush. In the end, it said that Gu Xiu had been bored in the main god space and had drunk too much, and had emptied his family’s fortune after getting drunk, and had forgotten all about it afterwards.
Gu Xiu remembered the last time he had eaten too many liquor-filled chocolates and had been pulled out of the closet by Chen Beichuan, and the intermittent memories of their confrontation.
He gave up and admitted his bad luck.
He had told Ji Ning in advance that Chen Beichuan would be going camping with them, and the latter naturally had no objection and expressed a warm welcome on the phone.
However, last night, Chen Beichuan had returned to his home in the neighboring province overnight, saying that he had to get his luggage, and he was planning to drive over, which was not a problem, to make it convenient for the few of them to go camping.
After having a brunch alone, Gu Xiu put on his bulging outdoor bag and went out of the dormitory to meet Ji Ning.
In the cold winter, Ji Ning had wrapped himself up like a little zongzi. His palm-sized face was hidden in a thick scarf, revealing a pair of large and round watery eyes, which were particularly eye-catching.
Gu Xiu almost didn’t recognize him. He took two steps out and then walked back.
“…Huh? Ji Ning?”
Ji Ning pushed aside his scarf to reveal his chin and smiled at Gu Xiu.
Today, he was not wearing glasses. His eyes were already quite large when he was wearing glasses, and now they were even larger, blinking, as if they could speak. Upon closer inspection, his eyeballs were a light misty gray, with a faint blue circle around the edge, giving him a beautiful and exquisite mixed-race feel.
Ji Ning was stared at by the person he liked, and he shyly lowered his head, rubbing his scarf and mumbling, “I tried many times, and I finally got the contact lenses in…”
No wonder.
007 promptly added: 【The protagonist shou’s beauty has been sealed by his black-framed glasses for many years. Later, he switched to contact lenses and regained his beauty. His whole person was refreshed, and the protagonist gong was so attracted that he went into a beastly rage! You, this scum gong who didn’t cherish him, can only wring your hands and sigh, full of regret…】
Gu Xiu completely ignored the noisy system, wrinkled his nose, and murmured, “Why is it gray?”
Ji Ning’s eyes flickered. He didn’t answer and brewed it for a while before changing the subject and asking, “Mmm… is it pretty?”
“You look good with framed glasses too,” Gu Xiu had a 100% straight man’s aesthetic and couldn’t tell the good from the bad in these details. He looked at the light-colored cosmetic contact lenses carefully and couldn’t help but frown and worry, “This shouldn’t hurt your eyes, right? Your eyes are a little red.”
Ji Ning was stunned.
He had received countless looks of attention on his way out of the dormitory. There were both men and women who came up to praise and hit on him.
But no one had cared if he would be uncomfortable wearing contact lenses.
Except for Gu Xiu.
“Mmm,” Gu Xiu’s emotional intelligence was exhausted, and he tried to end this awkward chat. “We’re out to play. Comfort is the most important thing.”
The slow-witted straight man was completely unaware of how moved the perennially self-abased Ji Ning was to hear such words.
Ji Ning lowered his eyes to hide the turbulent emotions in his eyes and couldn’t help but say, “You’re really a little different from before…”
These words sounded like a compliment, but Gu Xiu was instantly on guard, for fear that an OOC warning would pop up and his points would be deducted.
Gu Xiu laughed it off and changed the subject. “People change.”
Ji Ning’s gaze was always on him, his fair auricles, his refreshing monolids, his bright black eyes. He didn’t know where he got the courage and impulse, and he blurted out, “I like the current you more.”
Only after he had said it did he remember that his confession had been rejected. He awkwardly tried to remedy it, “It’s a friend-like love. You must not misunderstand…”
Regardless of whether Gu Xiu misunderstood or not, this plot was very wrong.
The useless system was an optimist: 【It’s fine, Jiujiu. You just have to finish the plot. It doesn’t matter what the protagonist shou thinks of you～】
Gu Xiu: “…” He didn’t know what the protagonist shou was thinking, but in his heart, 007’s credit limit had been severely overdrawn.
Ji Ning was still racking his brains to find a topic, for fear that Gu Xiu would be unhappy. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he asked him, “Gu Xiu, didn’t you say that you have a distant relative who wants to go camping with us? Is he here?”
With a few more friends and relatives, Gu Xiu should be more at ease, right? Out of this consideration, he had even tolerated Chen Beichuan. A mere distant relative was naturally nothing to worry about.
“Oh, right,” Gu Xiu suddenly realized and skillfully drew out a wisp of mental energy in his mind to poke the small ball of light in the corner.
He poked at nothing.
The small ball of light eagerly flew out and “whooshed” into the bushes not far away.
Gu Xiu withdrew his gaze without a trace, took out his phone and glanced at it, and said to Ji Ning, “You can wait for me at the main gate. He’s already here. He foolishly went to visit the school by himself and got lost. I’ll go and get him.”
Ji Ning did not suspect him and left first. But A University’s school gate was grand and spacious, and there were all sorts of small stalls outside, which was very lively. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to find Gu Xiu later, so he waited at the security booth.
Gu Xiu sneakily drilled into the bushes and pulled out the system that had transformed into a living person.
Even though he was mentally prepared, when he saw 007’s human form with his own eyes, he was still choked.
This human skin was expensive because it had a shadow and a form, was completely realistic, could touch other humans, and could also enjoy human food. But the 007 that had become a human was of course a three-no black household. Thinking that he would only be out for a day anyway, Gu Xiu had fabricated a distant relative’s identity for him.
007 was usually lazy at work, but he was very attentive when it came to creating a face for himself.
The young man’s appearance was exquisite and dazzling. The clean monolids and the cool white skin that couldn’t be tanned were clearly stolen data from Gu Xiu.
007 said with reason and evidence, “Although I’m just your distant relative, I definitely have to look a bit like you.”
That was one thing.
Gu Xiu stretched out two fingers, poked his eyeballs in the air, and said speechlessly, “May I ask, do your eyes have cataracts or?”
It was a pair of overly familiar smoke-gray eyeballs, not too cold and not too warm, a standard gray, with a light color but not lacking in spirit, which was very rare even among foreigners.
“I think the protagonist gong’s eye color is very beautiful,” 007 mumbled. “I just borrowed a little bit of his data, just a little bit. I’m your system, so of course I look more like you.”
Gu Xiu was choked. “What are you talking about? It’s as if you’re our son.”
007 blinked its clear and stupid eyes, and the six-tenths resemblance to the two of them instantly dropped to three-tenths.
“Huh? That’s not impossible either?”
“…Get lost.”
007’s alias was Lin Lingqi. The name was a bit casual, but the appearance, which combined the advantages of Gu Xiu and Chen Beichuan’s looks, was an eye-catching scenery wherever he went. From a distance, Ji Ning’s eyes were straight.
Then, once again, a strong sense of crisis that was almost devastating arose!
At first glance, he looked like Gu Xiu. Upon closer inspection, he looked more like Chen Beichuan.
“This is… your distant relative?” Ji Ning stared intently, on high alert, and asked hesitantly.
“That’s right,” Gu Xiu was still not quite used to the transformed 007 and introduced the two of them stiffly. “His name is… Lin Lingqi.”
As a result, Ji Ning’s performance was even stiffer.
“Ah… hello,” the simple greeting also showed his embarrassment.
It was getting late. The three of them went outside the school to find Chen Beichuan, who had said he would drive over.
Gu Xiu took out his phone, sent a few messages to his roommate, waited impatiently for two minutes, and then switched to a voice call.
A unique and exclusive phone ringtone came from not far away.
The three of them at the school gate looked over at the same time.
A Land Rover Range Rover, which looked completely unrelated to an ordinary college student, was on the side of the road, handsome and cool. Above the high chassis, the shiny car door was pulled open by a long and slender hand. A long leg stepped out, and a man with mixed-race-like exquisite and handsome features came out.
He was wearing a pair of glasses, large and black-framed, with cool tea-colored lenses. His black hair was combed back, with a few casual strands in front. A neat black windbreaker, black slim-fit pants that wrapped his long legs, and a pair of tough Martin boots, he was like a flamboyant and frivolous young master from a wealthy family.
Gu Xiu looked at the pair of black-framed glasses that were quite familiar but had a significantly higher quality, and then at Ji Ning beside him, who had suddenly switched to gray cosmetic contact lenses. He was as confused as a monk who couldn’t figure it out.
Chen Beichuan was holding his phone, did not answer, and strode forward directly. He pulled down his glasses a little, looked straight at Gu Xiu, and curled half of his lip in a pretentious way. “Hey.”
