Chapter 67: Roommate 27
Slept together.
To a dirty-minded person, everything sounds dirty… like 007! Not his host.
Gu Xiu was still in a daze and hadn’t reacted yet. The two girls who were peeking at them became excited. “Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!”
Thinking that it was Chen Nanyuan and her best friend who had come over, Gu Xiu looked in the direction of the sound, but saw two young girls with unfamiliar faces, their cheeks full of collagen, looking like fresh and energetic college students.
Caught in the act of shipping a CP, the two of them were no longer shy and came over generously, asking, “You’re Chen Beichuan and Gu Xiu from A University, right!”
Gu Xiu didn’t understand how he had become like a celebrity. He subconsciously wanted to scratch his hair, but forgot about the headband on his head and almost knocked it off.
Chen Beichuan, with quick eyes and nimble hands, straightened his silver sequined Mickey ears.
The two girls became even more excited. “You’re even more handsome in person than in the photos! We’re from B University. We saw the A University promotional video you filmed before, and we also follow the A University forum bot. We squat for your updates every day!”
Hmm…?
“Can we take a picture together?” the girl’s face was full of expectation. “Wuwuwu, I’ve finally shipped a real one. So cute…”
Chen Beichuan pinched the silver sequined ears he had casually pinched and generously agreed, “Sure.”
An unexpected fan meeting was held. Gu Xiu quickly took off the childish headband. When Chen Beichuan saw him take it off, he also took his off and naturally stretched out a hand. “Give it to me.”
Gu Xiu hadn’t forgotten his main purpose. He hadn’t come to the amusement park to play! Although it was indeed very fun… he wanted to test Chen Beichuan’s bottom line and see the limit of his tolerance for him, to confirm if there was something wrong with him.
Was he… in love with him?
Gu Xiu decisively handed over the headband, and the doll he had bought on a whim was also given to Chen Beichuan. He ordered, “Put them all there.”
Chen Beichuan didn’t have a backpack, so he asked the cashier for a plastic bag, put their spoils in the bag, and carried it all the way, without any complaints.
After leaving the theme store, the other few had been waiting for a long time.
Chen Nanyuan was chattering away on one side, and she had actually managed to tame the noisy 007, who was listening to her quietly with a red face.
Seeing Gu Xiu come over, Chen Nanyuan quickly said, “Gu Xiu! Why didn’t you say your cousin was coming to play today?”
Gu Xiu’s face was calm. “I didn’t know he was coming.”
“Lingling came alone. It’s so boring to play alone,” Chen Nanyuan was considerate and enthusiastic. “Then let’s go together! Let me see, according to the strategy, we’ll queue for this first…”
Even on a weekday morning, the popular amusement park was crowded. Each ride had a queue of at least a dozen minutes, and some had long, winding queues that seemed endless, and the time was hard to estimate.
It was immoral and rude for one person to queue and the whole family to cut in, so everyone obediently queued together. The six-person team had no chance to split up, and there was no way to test Chen Beichuan.
After queuing outside for more than an hour, and seeing that the entrance to the most popular Soaring Over the Horizon was just ahead, Gu Xiu suddenly had an idea. His face turned ugly, and he said, “Hey, I suddenly remembered I’m afraid of heights. You guys can go.”
With that, he immediately slipped away.
Chen Beichuan followed without a word.
Gu Xiu just wanted to see if he would cling to him like a ghost. He took a few steps and looked back, and even though he was prepared, he couldn’t help but show a horrified expression.
Being entangled by Chen Beichuan, and with no other teammates around, Gu Xiu became uncomfortable and said with a bluff, “Why are you following me? Aren’t you going to play? Or are you waiting to cut in line when it’s your turn?”
“I’m not playing,” Chen Beichuan’s tone was flat, and then he showed a faint, ambiguous smile. “You’re afraid of heights?”
“What’s wrong? Can’t I be afraid of heights?” Gu Xiu raised an eyebrow. “Even birds can be afraid of heights. Is that strange?”
Chen Beichuan could always catch his every word. “It is quite strange.”
“…” Gu Xiu was speechless and began to be unreasonable. “So annoying.”
Chen Beichuan had no temper and followed him step by step. “We still have a while here. There’s no need to wait for nothing. Let’s go and play something else.”
Gu Xiu: “Play by yourself!”
“It’s boring to play alone,” Chen Beichuan tried to be soft again. “Going to an amusement park with others has been my biggest dream since I was a child.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
The two of them then went to the next ride. Together, queuing was not boring. Chen Beichuan took out his phone and showed Gu Xiu the photos he had taken before, seriously asking for his opinion.
“Is this one good or this one?”
“Neither is good!”
“Then I’ll post them all.”
“…?”
The several consecutive photos in the mirror looked no different to Gu Xiu. Chen Beichuan chose nine of them, made a nine-square grid, edited it in his Moments, and before sending, he first informed Gu Xiu, “I’m posting a Moments. To piss them off. Is that okay?”
“Mm… your parents?” Gu Xiu guiltily took a step away from him and then nodded. “…Go ahead. I don’t care.”
“Then I’m really posting it?” Chen Beichuan seriously asked for his opinion.
“Post, post, post!” Gu Xiu was so annoyed.
Chen Beichuan smiled and solemnly pressed the send button.
In case Ji Ning couldn’t see it, he had also “kindly” tagged him.
His few Moments were all business-like forwards, congratulations, and thanks, with no sense of a living person, as if it were an artist’s Weibo managed by a team.
At least an artist would post a photo. He was a real dragon that showed its head but not its tail, very mysterious. As the recognized campus prince of A University, all sorts of secretly taken photos were widely circulated, but his own Moments did not have a single photo of himself.
This was the first time he had posted a life photo on his Moments, the first time he had posted a selfie, and also the first time he had posted a photo with someone else.
Two tall and thin boys were standing in front of a full-length mirror. The shelves around them were a dazzling array of cartoon merchandise, sweet and dreamy. The two of them were wearing childish plush headbands, which instantly pulled people back to their innocent and pure childhood.
Chen Beichuan stood on the right, his heart close to the boy beside him. There was a candid moment where Gu Xiu was startled by him, and he had unconsciously closed half of his eye, and his eyebrows were also one high and one low, very comical.
Every photo was slightly different, but what was the same was the faint smile on his lips. In the cold winter, it was as gentle as a spring breeze.
Besides the black and white headbands, the colors of their clothes also matched well. Chen Beichuan’s gray woolen coat was the scarf on Gu Xiu’s neck, and the white sweater he was wearing underneath was Gu Xiu’s white down jacket.
After the nine-square grid photo was posted, a huge number of new message notifications popped up in a row.
“Dad” liked
“Mom” liked
“Director Wang” liked
“Fellow student – XX” liked
“Computer Science Department Grade 23 – XXX” liked
“National Model Competition Team – XXX” liked…
The comment section was also very lively.
Chen Nanyuan, who was queuing on the other side, was clearly bored. She was on the front line of shipping CPs and was the first to leave a comment: 【wow, couple’s outfit, couple’s photo! Hahahaha [/smirk]】
Dad: 【?】
Mom: 【Finally in a relationship? [/grin]】
Mom: 【When are you bringing him home for me and your dad to see?】
Dad replied to Mom: 【??】
There was also a long string of private messages.
Mom: 【Missed call】
Dad: 【Missed call】
Dad: 【What’s going on? When did you become gay? Quick, answer the phone.】
Dad: 【Are there any clearer photos? Let me see what that kid looks like!】
Chen Beichuan looked at his phone with a faint expression and nonchalantly put it back in his pocket.
He looked up and saw Gu Xiu looking down, his brow tightly furrowed as he poked at his phone.
When Chen Beichuan caught him, Gu Xiu clicked his tongue and no longer hid it. He asked in dissatisfaction, “Why can’t I see your Moments?”
Chen Beichuan: “You set me to ‘chat only’.”
“Huh…?”
When Gu Xiu came to this world, he only knew the basic use of a technological product like a phone. All the app operations were learned on the spot. He vaguely remembered that when he had added Chen Beichuan before, there were a few options in the pop-up window. His purpose for adding him was to urge this person to bring an umbrella, so he seemed to have checked “chat only.”
Roommates are not friends. There’s no need to see their Moments!
Gu Xiu also remembered the words he had used to snap back at Chen Beichuan before. To let this person out now would be a slap in his own face.
Seeing his hesitation, Chen Beichuan spoke again, “Quick, let me out.”
“Tch,” Gu Xiu disdainfully took the step down.
Like a caveman living in the old era, or a fairy who had not completed his socialization training, Gu Xiu fumbled for a long time and released Chen Beichuan from the “chat only” list.
Seeing this, Chen Beichuan immediately composed himself, and the corners of his lips, which had been involuntarily raised, were pressed down.
“Chen Beichuan, your Moments are so deserted,” Gu Xiu had few people in his friends list and didn’t really know the rules of this world’s chat software. He said to Chen Beichuan with a pitying face, “It’s rare for you to post a photo, and only Yuanyuan commented. So sad.”
Chen Beichuan squinted his eyes and said with a smile, “Mm, then you can pity me more.”
He even pressed the back of his head and urged, “Quick, give me a like.”
Of course, Gu Xiu didn’t. He opened the comments with a fierce momentum and typed.
AngryWiddleBird replied to Chen Nanyuan: 【It’s not a couple’s outfit!!!】
At the same time, Chen Beichuan was also looking through Gu Xiu’s Moments.
No wonder he had set him to ‘chat only’.
Fortunately, this was a surprise attack. Gu Xiu had a bad memory and was in a hurry to see the photos he had posted. He probably had forgotten all the “criminal evidence” in his Moments that he needed to hide from him.
Gu Xiu’s Moments was a “shopping list”: he would try on Chen Beichuan’s clothes, pants, and shoes in the dormitory, admire himself in the mirror, and take a picture every few days to show off on his Moments.
Chen Beichuan liked all these photos in a row, his hand speed flying.
CBC: 【Good-looking】
CBC: 【I like it】
CBC: 【Whose clothes have such good taste [/sunglasses]】
CBC: 【[/rose][/rose][/smirk][/smirk][/smirk]】
Gu Xiu was dazzled by the continuous new messages. He quickly nudged the culprit beside him with his elbow. “Chen Beichuan! Are you sick!”
“If I’m sick and you’re still wearing my clothes, then you’re infected too.”
“…Chen Beichuan!”
