Chapter 63: Roommate 23
The protagonist gong and protagonist shou had inexplicably swapped their memory points—glasses and pupil color.
Gu Xiu was completely bewildered and also felt inexplicably awkward. In the end, he chose to get closer to the humanoid 007.
However, the looks of the two had improved a lot after their makeover, especially Chen Beichuan. Although the tea-colored glasses were roguishly handsome and cool, Gu Xiu always felt that this person might be more suited to small-framed gold or silver-rimmed glasses, which might give him a gentle scum vibe.
Chen Beichuan naturally noticed Ji Ning’s contact lenses at the first moment. Anyone without Gu Xiu’s brain could have guessed that this was a careful dress-up for Gu Xiu. But only the person involved couldn’t see it, being so dense. To this day, he still considered himself a straight man.
Only then did he notice the strange young man beside Gu Xiu and was stunned for a moment.
Chen Nanyuan then got out of the back seat and greeted with a smile, “I’m just joining in the fun. You guys shouldn’t mind, right?”
Chen Nanyuan had another important mission on this trip.
Chen Beichuan had been single for 22 years by his own ability, and he and his sister also disliked each other. Of course, he didn’t have the kindness to take his sister camping. The problem was that this was not a date between Chen Beichuan and Gu Xiu alone. Ji Ning was the initiator. The purpose of Chen Nanyuan’s coming was to get Ji Ning out of the way and create a private space for the two of them.
For this, she had the rare opportunity to sit in her brother’s cool car and had received envious gazes from men and women all the way.
Now, her target… why was there a huge new third wheel besides Ji Ning?
“Hey?” Chen Nanyuan directly voiced her confusion, staring at the strange young man beside Gu Xiu. She always felt that she saw a familiar shadow on this face, but she couldn’t remember it for a moment, so she asked, “…Who are you?”
She had gone home with Chen Beichuan yesterday and had entrusted the parrot to a friend to take care of. She had taken a few beautiful clothes from home and had specially dressed up before going out, a completely different image from her usual untidy self in a hoodie and ponytail. Her hair was permed into beautiful large curls, and her sweet face was lightly powdered, radiant.
“Little brother, who are you? Gu Xiu’s relative, friend?” She took another step forward and continued to ask 007.
007 was unusually quiet. Gu Xiu glanced over and saw that his face was so red it was about to smoke. The expensive human skin that he had used for less than a day was about to melt on the spot.
Chen Nanyuan blinked and got closer and closer. “You’re not sick, are you? Your face is so red.”
007 opened its mouth and then got stuck like a robot. “I, I, I, I…”
“…” Gu Xiu helplessly stood between the two and pointed at 007’s face. “Don’t you think he looks…”
Chen Nanyuan’s smile was brilliant, and she cut in, “A bit like my brother!”
Chen Beichuan’s face instantly darkened.
So this is the real owner of his substitute?
Gu Xiu was embarrassed for a moment and finished his sentence, “…like me. He’s my distant cousin.”
So it was a relative, but… Chen Beichuan raised half an eyebrow, his thought-provoking gaze sliding from 007 to Gu Xiu’s face, with a half-smile. “Why does your cousin also look like me?”
Gu Xiu: “…” Isn’t that right? After all, he stole the data of you, the son of heaven.
But he couldn’t say that. Thanks to 007’s mischief, Gu Xiu was speechless and could only let this misunderstanding ferment, watching his annoying roommate be smug.
Chen Beichuan was in a good mood, and the bit of unhappiness caused by Ji Ning was swept away. He greeted the few of them to get in the car and very impolitely pointed out Gu Xiu, “You sit in the front.”
Seeing that Gu Xiu was about to get angry again, he skillfully and smoothly stroked him. “I bought a big bag of snacks and put them in the passenger seat.”
Gu Xiu quickly got in the car.
Behind him, Chen Beichuan curled his lips in pleasure, closed the door for him, and then went to the other side to get in the car.
To prevent his hard-won human skin from melting, 007 didn’t even dare to make eye contact with Chen Nanyuan. He volunteered to sit in the single seat in the middle row with Ji Ning. Chen Nanyuan was happy to be free and lay down in the last row by herself, scrolling through the forum and shipping CPs for a while. When she was tired, she would take a nap.
Two hours later, the steady Land Rover left the noisy city, wound up the mountain, and arrived at the high and wide summit of West Mountain.
The cold wind in West Mountain in January was biting, but there were red leaves and white snow, which was beautiful. The ancient temple was quiet, a rare tranquility in the bustling city.
When they arrived at the campsite, they first set up the tent. Chen Beichuan took out all sorts of outdoor tools that he had prepared in advance from the trunk, looked left and right, locked on to his target, and unceremoniously hooked Gu Xiu over with his chin. “You come and help me.”
Gu Xiu walked over first, and then asked in dissatisfaction, “Why me again?”
Chen Beichuan moved all the luggage down in one go. Seeing that the other three had gone to set up the barbecue equipment, he said in a voice that only Gu Xiu could hear, “Chen Nanyuan is not strong, and your cousin is young and not very strong either.”
Gu Xiu: “…?” I really didn’t see that you were such a gentleman.
Gu Xiu pursed his lips, squinted his eyes at him, and was very suspicious.
“As for Ji Ning, he’s gay,” Chen Beichuan’s stereotype was a matter of course, and his fallacies were endless. “You’re the only straight man here. You should do some physical labor, right?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Xiu immediately perked up. Being lazy is not a man, not a straight man.
This was too scary. It hit Gu Xiu right where it hurt.
Chen Beichuan saw him clumsily supporting the tent frame. The cold metal poles were not listening to him at all, and his soft hair was a mess. Chen Beichuan watched with a smile for a while, and after being glared at fiercely, he cleared his throat and pretended that nothing had happened.
“Chen Beichuan, how can you be so lazy? Are you…”
Gu Xiu’s words got stuck.
Chen Beichuan was the protagonist gong of this world, so of course he was also gay.
So he was the only one left who needed to do physical labor to prove himself?
Damn it, there’s no justice!
007 had turned into a human and was playing the role of a delicate flower next to Chen Nanyuan. There was not even anythingto take his snarky complaints.
Gu Xiu was in a daze. The hard metal pole slipped from his hand again. Not only did it not insert into the corresponding eyelet, but it almost bounced into his face.
Fortunately, a hand reached out from behind him in time, firmly holding the metal pole that was yearning for freedom, and steadily inserted it into the corresponding eyelet.
Chen Beichuan lowered his eyes and quietly and carefully connected the metal poles section by section. In his every move, there was none of the usual frivolity and glibness, but a kind of intellectual charm that Gu Xiu had never seen before. The black-framed sunglasses did not look dull at all, but rather added to his charm.
“Hey.”
Gu Xiu was called back to his senses and habitually glared over.
“You pull this side,” Chen Beichuan brought over the thick canvas of the tent and directed Gu Xiu to cover the built frame together.
The two of them worked together and built a huge tent from scratch, fixing the corners, tightening the windproof ropes, and then hammering in the ground nails… Gu Xiu quickly mastered this new skill and continued to build the next tent with relish.
Chen Beichuan had prepared five tents according to the number of people, which was quite superfluous. Only Chen Nanyuan knew in her heart that this person was clearly trying to prevent Gu Xiu from refusing to sleep with him, so he had seemingly fairly separated Gu Xiu from everyone else, so that no one could have a private meeting.
What was unexpected was the uninvited 007. There were plenty of sleeping bags, but 007’s tent tonight became a problem.
007 followed the host closely and said considerately, “It’s fine. The tent is quite big. I can just sleep with Jiu… Gu Xiu.”
Ji Ning immediately showed a dejected expression.
Chen Beichuan, on the other hand, said bluntly, “It’s a single tent. We can’t sleep in it. It’s too crowded. You can sleep in my tent, and I’ll sleep in the car.”
After assigning the tents and settling the luggage, they could start preparing dinner.
Chen Beichuan went to set up the grill and light the charcoal. He looked particularly experienced in camping. He did everything cleanly and with ease, like a powerful magnetic pole, with an irresistible attraction.
Fortunately, those fans of the campus prince from school didn’t come, Gu Xiu thought.
Chen Nanyuan, who often verbally disliked her brother, was also very supportive. She took a few pictures of him, preparing to use them as illustrations for her fanfiction, and didn’t forget to promote him to Gu Xiu beside her. “Don’t be fooled by how skilled my brother is. He never participated in our family’s camping trips before. He just learned how to set up a tent and assemble a grill last night. He’s smart and learns everything quickly.”
“Hey,” Chen Nanyuan thought for a moment and then indirectly inquired about Gu Xiu’s past. “You’ve probably never been camping with anyone before, right? I saw you almost get hit in the face by a metal pole just now.”
Who wasn’t learning on the spot? But the results were completely different. Gu Xiu closed his eyes. “…Don’t ask.”
Chen Nanyuan stopped asking. Who knew if Chen Beichuan was eavesdropping not far away. She let out a laugh at just the right moment.
Gu Xiu quickly got angry, gritted his teeth, and complained in his heart, you stinking dog! What’s so proud about having a protagonist’s halo? If I stripped you of your halo, you wouldn’t even be able to be a cannon fodder gong!
Seeing this, Chen Nanyuan estimated that her promotion was not very effective and decisively gave up. She had specially dressed up today. It was more important to take some beautiful pictures of herself.
“By the way, that…” Seeing Gu Xiu go to get some snacks, Chen Nanyuan found the idle 007, smiled, and said to him sweetly, “Qiqi, can you help me take a picture?”
Qiqi…
Qi, Qiqi?
007’s body temperature soared, and his already not-so-good data-brain burned into a chaotic magma.
“Huh? Qiqi?”
“Mmm, isn’t your nickname Qiqi?” Chen Nanyuan’s smile became even more brilliant. “Then Lingling? Can you help me take a picture?”
007: “…”
Gu Xiu looked at his useless and unable to resist the beauty of a silly system and looked up at the sky speechlessly. “…”
The winter sky at the top of the mountain was as clear as if it had been washed, high and cold. A few bare branches were growing wildly on all four sides, and there was also a tall figure that had suddenly broken in.
It was already dark, but Chen Beichuan was still wearing those pretentious tea-colored glasses. He skillfully called out to him, “Gu Xiu, come and grill what you want to eat yourself.”
Although he said that.
Gu Xiu had been through the apocalypse and ancient worlds. Grilling meat in the wild was a piece of cake for him. It was just a little rough. He would turn the charcoal fire to the maximum, the main thing being to cook the food at the fastest speed. It didn’t matter if it was burnt. He would put the meat on the rack and not care about it, just waiting to sprinkle some salt on it after it was cooked. It was quite a makeshift meal.
Chen Beichuan went against him again, took down the meat he had grilled, put it on a tray, and placed it on his own side. He even said to him quite gentlemanly, “It’s all burnt, and you didn’t even brush on any oil or sauce. It’s not good like this.”
Gu Xiu was speechless. “…Then what do you mean by stealing my grilled meat?”
Chen Beichuan didn’t say much and showed him how to grill delicious meat with his actions.
He didn’t forget to say with a hidden meaning, “You’re really not a picky eater.”
But Gu Xiu didn’t take it to heart. His eyes were fixed on the food in Chen Beichuan’s hands. He saw him first adjust the overly strong charcoal fire, then neatly place the meat skewers, chicken wings, fresh shrimp, scallops, and various vegetables on the grill, grilling them over a low fire, flipping them from time to time to ensure even heating.
Then he carefully brushed oil on the vegetables and the unmarinated meat, in small amounts and multiple times. After a while, he would add the sauce, and finally the cumin, grilling out a charming aroma of spices.
Until the grease dripped down, igniting a bright flame, and making a “sizzling” sound.
“It’s done.”
He looked up and caught a drooling little bird.
Chen Beichuan couldn’t help but smile.
When he was grilling meat, in his peripheral vision, Gu Xiu had tried several times to take the dry and burnt meat he had grilled, and several times he had been tempted by the aroma from his side and had put down his skewer. In the end, he hadn’t eaten a single bite and was circling around the grill, waiting eagerly.
When he heard his voice, he even pretended to be reserved and put his hands behind his back, only his throat was constantly swallowing.
Gu Xiu didn’t move, and the other three looked at each other’s colors. Out of different identities and thoughts, the final effect was the same. No one dared to be the one to eat the crab.
Chen Beichuan found a metal tray, half meat and half vegetables, neatly arranged, and considerately brought it to Gu Xiu. “Let it cool a little before you eat. Be careful not to burn yourself.”
Gu Xiu still wanted to put on an act, but the sound of 007 swallowing saliva was already ringing in his ears. He no longer hesitated and took the tray to benefit the system. “It’s a bit much. I’ll share with Lin Lingqi.”
Chen Beichuan had grilled a whole rack of food, and it was easily divided among the few of them. He didn’t care. He ate two bites of Gu Xiu’s grilled meat to fill his stomach, didn’t even frown, and continued to grill the next round of food.
The protagonist’s halo should be used in this kind of place, to benefit others.
Gu Xiu thought as he ate. His stomach was satisfied, and his annoying roommate also became a little more pleasing to the eye.
“Jiu—let go! Let go of that shrimp!” 007 suddenly screamed.
Gu Xiu’s eyes were angry. “You’re even fighting with me for a shrimp! I’ve never even had a shrimp!”
“I’ve never had a shrimp either…” Seeing Gu Xiu’s drooling and protective look, 007 said anxiously, “Uh, that’s not the problem…!”
But he didn’t know how to remind the amnesiac Gu Xiu. His overheated data-brain had not fully recovered yet.
Hearing this, Chen Beichuan’s brow furrowed. He snatched the seafood skewer from Gu Xiu’s hand without a word and asked him, “You’ve never had a shrimp before? Have you had other seafood? Have you ever had an allergy test as a child? Many people are allergic to seafood.”
Gu Xiu was stunned by this series of questions.
At this moment, in 007’s eyes, Chen Beichuan was like a shining great hero. He looked at him with gratitude and admiration and echoed, “Mm-hmm! That’s right!”
Gu Xiu: “…” This system that betrays its master.
“Chen Beichuan, give it back!”
Chen Beichuan didn’t know why he was so uneasy. His expression was so serious that it was intimidating, and he refused sternly, “No.”
Gu Xiu rushed up. “How do I know if I don’t eat a few bites! Give it to me!”
“No,” Chen Beichuan made a smooth turn and mercilessly threw the luxurious seafood skewer into the trash can.
“Ah!!!” 007’s heart was cut like a knife. Couldn’t he have thrown it in his mouth?
“Eat something else. I’ll grill it for you,” Chen Beichuan had no time for others. His voice softened, and he subdued the jumping Gu Xiu.
“I don’t want to eat anymore,” Gu Xiu turned and walked away, saying sullenly, “I want to drink coke.”
“I brought it, I brought it!” Chen Nanyuan volunteered and went to look for the treasure trove in the trunk, but returned with regret. “Hey… sorry, I didn’t buy coke. But I have milk tea, Sprite, Wanglaoji, and Minute Maid. Do you want any of these?”
“No.”
Gu Xiu just wanted to divert his attention. He didn’t expect that even the drinks would not go his way. All sorts of drinks were available, but there was no the most common coke.
As expected, this plot has nothing to do with him. It’s a major breakthrough in the relationship between the protagonist gong and shou. He, a scum gong, had forced his way in, and nothing was going smoothly.
After finishing the rest of the barbecue, Gu Xiu rubbed his satisfied stomach, but his face was annoyed. “I’m not feeling well. I’m going to rest first.”
Ji Ning came over with concern and asked, “Gu Xiu, are you okay?”
“Mmm, I’m a little uncomfortable. I’ll be fine after a little rest,” Gu Xiu said vaguely. Before resting, he also took the opportunity to push the plot. “There’s a very famous lawn for stargazing nearby. You guys can go and see it together. I’ll rest first.”
Gu Xiu was clearly the center of this small group.
If he didn’t go, the other few naturally didn’t want to go either, except for the system 007. It was just not known if he was thinking about the task of matchmaking the protagonist gong and shou, or if he simply wanted to play himself.
007 was the first to raise its hand without any tact. “I want to… go…”
His gaze swept over the few people, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Gu Xiu said again, “You guys can go. It’s a rare opportunity.”
Chen Beichuan coldly withdrew his eyes, put his hands in his pockets, and was the first to walk out. “Fine. Let’s go. Let’s go and see.”
Ji Ning stood by Gu Xiu’s side without moving, and Chen Beichuan even called him out specifically.
Chen Nanyuan, on the other hand, actively came over to pull him. “Let’s go, let’s go, Ji Ning～ Then, Gu Xiu, you should rest well. We’ll be back soon. Call us anytime if you need anything.”
After crossing a gentle slope, they came to a large lawn with a wide view.
In the winter night in the mountains, all was quiet. The night sky was cold and distant, with cold stars twinkling. The dark blue moonlight spread on the open lawn, stretching to the endless distance.
Chen Nanyuan led the way to find a suitable spot for viewing. 007 wanted to follow her but didn’t dare to get too close. He was so awkward that he was almost walking with his hands and feet in sync, his clumsy appearance looking more and more like Gu Xiu.
Chen Beichuan stood on a high place with his hands in his pockets for a while, looked at 007, and then stared at Ji Ning, always on guard against his strange movements.
Before long, Ji Ning indeed made a move, pretending to be innocent. “It’s a little cold. I’m going back to get a piece of clothing.”
007 thought of the plot and suddenly became clever. He quickly stopped him. “I’ll go and get it for you! Which one do you want?”
Ji Ning was not good at pushing and pulling with people. Since 007 insisted, he couldn’t refuse this kindness.
007 jogged back to the campsite. Chen Beichuan thought for a moment and took out a lighter from his windbreaker pocket. “I’m going to have a smoke. You guys can play first.”
Chen Nanyuan’s eyes widened in surprise. “Brother, you smoke too?”
Chen Beichuan successfully got away.
This time, Ji Ning really couldn’t leave. It wasn’t good to leave a girl like Chen Nanyuan here. And Chen Nanyuan had a heavy responsibility and couldn’t let him go.
Out of the two’s sight, Chen Beichuan flicked his wrist and put the lighter for lighting the charcoal back in his pocket.
Not far away, 007 took out a piece of clothing from the tent and thoughtfully took the blanket that Chen Nanyuan had left on the camp chair. Carrying a large and small bag, he clumsily moved towards the lawn.
Chen Beichuan took a detour and went back to the campsite. He looked at Gu Xiu’s quiet tent with the light on, hesitated for a while, and did not go forward. Instead, he took out a mountain bike and a safety helmet from the trunk.
…
Half an hour later, Chen Beichuan returned, travel-worn. He took off his helmet, with a head of slightly messy hair, and went straight to Gu Xiu’s tent.
Gu Xiu was lying in his sleeping bag playing on his phone. He didn’t expect this person to barge in without a greeting and was stunned for a moment.
Chen Beichuan was not polite at all. He took off his shoes and walked to his sleeping bag, leaned over, and propped himself up, trapping him between himself and the sleeping bag.
Gu Xiu, who was lying in the sleeping bag, was like a tightly wrapped chrysalis. The only head that could come out was also blocked by a human wall.
“What are you doing!?” Gu Xiu put down his phone and glared over. “You’re blocking my light!”
“You’re not reading a book. What light do you need?” Chen Beichuan first bickered, and then he got straight to the point and asked, “Why are you angry?”
What a goal-oriented guy who doesn’t know how to be subtle at all… Gu Xiu was silent for a moment, and he didn’t beat around the bush with him either. He said bluntly, “Isn’t it because of you!”
Chen Beichuan was logical and quick to react. He said in one breath, “Seafood? I’m afraid you’re allergic. When we get back, you can do an allergy test. If there’s no problem, I’ll treat you. You can eat as much as you want.”
“…” Gu Xiu was silent for a moment and began to be unreasonable. “Showing off your wealth like this is even more annoying.”
Chen Beichuan: “Oh, simple. I’ll tell you my bank card password when we get back.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
Chen Beichuan stared at him intently and asked relentlessly, “Then, are you angry that I went to see the stars with them?”
An unexpected question, Gu Xiu was stunned.
Chen Beichuan suddenly hooked his hand and rubbed his cheek, pushing his luck.
Gu Xiu irritably slapped that hand away. “Don’t pet me like your parrot.”
“Correction, it’s Chen Nanyuan’s parrot,” a faint smile appeared in Chen Beichuan’s eyes. “Are you still angry because I’m raising a parrot? What’s wrong with you? You’re even jealous of a parrot.”
Gu Xiu was dizzy from his fallacies. He followed his words and argued, but little did he know that he had fallen into the logic trap of a top student. “…Who would be jealous of a parrot?”
Chen Beichuan said without thinking, “You.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
“Gu Xiu, do you know that you’re like a little bird?” In the dead of night, the usually cold and aloof campus prince became exceptionally talkative. He even brought up old scores and chattered, “You stole my clothes and put a pile of my clothes on your bed. You say, doesn’t that look like a little bird building a nest?”
“If you’re not a little bird, then you’re a little pervert, stealing my clothes and covering yourself with my scent.”
Gu Xiu: “…???”
How is it that denying it is not right, and not denying it is also not right?
He was completely dumbfounded, in a dilemma. Option one was to be jealous of a parrot, and option two was to admit that he was a pervert.
Ridiculous!
Seeing his daze, Chen Beichuan’s lips curled up in pleasure, and his eyes also lit up with a hint of starlight, looking not as sarcastic and annoying as usual.
The next second, he stretched out his hand again and scraped Gu Xiu’s Adam’s apple and the light brown mole next to it.
Gu Xiu woke up as if from a dream, quickly covered his neck, and warned with his eyes, “…Hey!”
Chen Beichuan did not push his luck any further. He moved back and sat on the cushion, taking out a chubby 1L bottle of coke from the sports backpack beside him.
“Coke,” Chen Beichuan handed the coke to Gu Xiu, as if he were just saying a small matter of bringing a meal for his roommate on the way. “I rode my bike to the convenience store at the foot of the mountain to buy it.”
But it was almost midnight now. The mountains were dark, and the altitude was over five hundred meters.
No wonder Chen Beichuan was riding a bike on a winter night, blowing the biting mountain wind all the way, and had also sweated a lot, his body damp and cold.
The breath he exhaled was exceptionally hot, blowing on Gu Xiu’s exposed skin, making it numb.
Gu Xiu was stunned for a long while.
He blinked a few times, and his gaze slowly moved to the bottle of coke. Chen Beichuan had been in a hurry, and the coke bottle was bulging, he didn’t know how much carbon dioxide had accumulated. Opening the bottle cap would surely be attacked by foam.
He knew it. Chen Beichuan couldn’t be that kind. He had run to buy coke to sneak attack him!
“I’m not drinking it now,” Gu Xiu warily put the coke aside. “If I drink it, I’ll have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.”
“It’s fine,” Chen Beichuan’s breath was hot, but his voice was cold and magnetic. “You can call me. I’ll go with you.”
Gu Xiu: “…?”
What a malicious guy. He just wants me to be sprayed with coke and be embarrassed, right?
But there was something strange.
For example, the slightly warm surface of the coke, the slightly stuffy and enclosed tent, and the way Chen Beichuan looked at him.
Gu Xiu dragged the chrysalis sleeping bag and wriggled a few times, slowly sitting up, and unobtrusively pulled away from Chen Beichuan.
Chen Beichuan, on the other hand, was calm and composed, and pushed back his messy bangs. He was tall, so he could only move on his knees in the narrow tent. He pressed closer to Gu Xiu again. “If you’re not drinking the coke, then give it to me. I’m thirsty.”
Oh, he wants the coke.
Gu Xiu let out a sigh of relief and returned the coke he was holding.
The night outside the tent was dark, and a small light bulb was hanging on the top of the tent. The wattage was not low, but the light source was only in one place, which deepened the shadows on their faces, hiding all the indescribable emotions.
Perhaps it was because the single tent was overcrowded with two people. Gu Xiu felt a little stuffy for a moment. He unzipped the sleeping bag, wanting to come out for some fresh air.
“Gu Xiu…”
A sudden sound.
A crisp and soft young voice, it was Ji Ning’s voice.
The two of them looked at each other and confirmed that it was not a hallucination just now.
“Gu Xiu, are you asleep?”
Ji Ning’s voice was a little closer.
In another two seconds, Ji Ning’s enlarged, stretched, and tilted black projection clearly appeared on the smooth canvas wall.
Chen Beichuan had just unzipped the tent door and had gone straight for Gu Xiu. Now, the zipper was still half-hanging there. Ji Ning only needed to push it a little to see the two people inside.
Gu Xiu was inexplicably enveloped by a huge sense of guilt, with a strange association of being caught cheating. A clear panic flashed in his eyes.
Chen Beichuan reacted quickly and moved quickly. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand, pressed him down, and made a “shh” gesture.
To be fair, Ji Ning was a good kid.
Because he had been in a state of self-abasement for a long time, he was used to pleasing and accommodating others. Because he liked Gu Xiu, he had given Gu Xiu gifts one after another, but he didn’t expect this person to be so slow-witted that he couldn’t be won over with warm water.
Chen Beichuan did not like Ji Ning, that was true, but such a rival in love was also reassuring.
As the saying goes, the one who cares about face will never be able to compete with the one who doesn’t.
Ji Ning was still asking if Gu Xiu was asleep, wanting to get permission before entering the tent. Little did he know that at this moment, Gu Xiu was lying by Chen Beichuan’s side, half of his body sinking into his embrace, his soft lips pressed against his palm.
Chen Beichuan’s gray eyes were as if they were filled with the thick fog of a winter night, staring at Gu Xiu. Even though they were so close, it was hard to see the hidden emotions.
Gu Xiu’s mouth and nose were covered, so he could only open his distinct black and white eyes and look at his annoying roommate.
The distance was so close, and a hand was like a wire connecting them. Through the eardrums and the touching skin, the pounding of their hearts was as loud as thunder, rising and falling, unable to be separated, like quantum entanglement.
