Incineration

On the way home, Li Ziyang opened the chat box many times and finally received a message from Jiang Li before dark. It was a very short sentence saying that he had not seen his message and would make an appointment for dinner next week.

He simply replied with "OK".

The shaking bus irritated his stomach. He almost vomited but forced himself to hold it back. Leaning his head against the glass window, he began to recall what happened this week.

They had normal classes and harmonious relationships with their classmates. The only difference was that he got closer to the person he liked.

Whenever he thought of Jiang Li, he would recall his soaring figure on the training ground. In fact, he had already used facial recognition to sneak into Gongda before.

At that time, Li Ziyan asked him to help deliver some clothes. Although he had a bad relationship with his younger brother, he was his brother after all, so he would still help with this.

Unfortunately, Li Ziyin had training on the day he delivered the clothes, and he was blocked at the gate of the public university and couldn't get in. Unexpectedly, this similar face was identified by the machine as another person, and he sneaked in. Dragging his suitcase, he saw the dazzling Jiang Li on the training ground.

The figure was extremely fast, and the flying hair and neat movements when jumping over the obstacle were deeply engraved in his mind. Jiang Li was so fast that he left the others far behind, and he picked this person out from a pile of military training uniforms.

"We've arrived at Xunfang Station. Passengers getting off please take your belongings and exit through the rear door."

Li Ziyang grabbed his schoolbag and got off the bus. It was already dark, with no moonlight in the sky. Dense dark clouds covered most of the sky.

The pedestrians were walking faster and faster, and he could feel the raindrops on his face. He was so annoyed by the weather in Qu'an. It was sunny one second and pouring rain the next second. The temperature difference was particularly large.

In a few minutes, Li Ziyang was half wet. The cool rain replaced the firewood and made him irritable. When he pushed the door open, he almost bumped into Li Ziyin. Both of them were stunned. They saw Li Ziyin holding an umbrella, and when he saw him come back, he put it back as if nothing had happened.

Li Ziyang was changing his shoes at the door and asked calmly, "Why don't you turn on the lights?"

Li Ziyu sat back on the sofa and didn't answer him.

Li Ziyang didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked straight into the room. Just as he was about to close the door, it was blocked.

"What do you want to do?" He frowned and spoke in a bad tone.

He didn't like communicating with Li Ziyu because he would feel irritated unconsciously when he saw Li Ziyu.

He waited for a while, but Li Ziyu still didn't say anything. He simply ignored him and tried to close the door with all his strength with both hands, but his strength was no match for his brother who was doing fitness training. After trying his best, the door still didn't close.

"What on earth are you going to do?"

Li Ziyang frowned even deeper, and his eyes were full of disgust and impatience when he looked at him.

Li Ziyu pushed open the door and stepped into his room. The room was pitch black. His eyes were like a cheetah in the dark night, aiming at its prey and never missing it even a fraction.

Li Ziyang was frightened by his eyes and stepped back repeatedly until his back hit the wall, then he heard the other party speak gloomily.

"Do you like Jiang Li?"

This guy was too imposing. Li Ziyang didn't dare to look him in the eye for too long. He looked away and said with a guilty conscience, "What's it to you?"

Li Ziyin suddenly pinched his chin, forcing him to look at him, and changed the subject the next second, "You are still in contact with Fu Cun."

Li Ziyang's pupils shrank, and he was a little shocked. "How did you know?"

"You're spying on me?!" Li Ziyang was furious. He pushed him away and pointed at the door, "Get out!"

Li Ziyin's face was gloomy. He pulled the man into his arms and whispered in his ear, "I know everything you do."

Li Ziyang couldn't break free from him and was so scared that he got goosebumps all over his body.

"What's wrong with you?"

It was obvious that he had run out of momentum.

Li Ziyan suddenly let go of him, turned on the light in the room, and then sat on his bed calmly, as if he was not the one who had just said those gloomy and terrifying words.

"Let's talk about it. Why do you like Jiang Li?"

Li Ziyang saw that he had returned to normal and put down his schoolbag. "No reason."

"Let me ask this another way. When did you start liking Jiang Li?"

Seeing that he was really curious, Li Ziyang kindly told him.

"I saw him at the training ground the day I delivered the things."

He spoke calmly, as if it was nothing worth remembering, but to Li Ziyan it was like the sky falling and the earth splitting.

He will always remember his selfishness that day.

That was their first formal assessment. They had originally intended for Li Ziyang, who delivered the clothes, to see it, but Jiang Li, who was not particularly outstanding in training, was exceptionally powerful during the assessment, leaving them far behind.

Not only did she prevent Li Ziyang from seeing him, but she also caused Li Ziyang to fall in love with Jiang Li!

"I think he's a nice guy, and Fu Cun doesn't get along with him, so I'm even more interested in him." Li Ziyang took off his half-wet sweater, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Li Ziyan knew that Li Ziyang liked men, and even caught him kissing Fu Cun.

"Why, are you suddenly interested in your brother's love history?" Li Ziyang completely let down his guard, revealing his frivolous nature, and teased.

Li Ziyin raised his eyes and said sarcastically, "If Jiang Li knew you were this kind of person, he probably wouldn't like you."

"What kind of person?" Li Ziyang frowned briefly. "He won't know. I can pretend to be what kind of person he likes until he likes me."

Li Ziyan was unhappy with his brief dissatisfaction because it meant that Li Ziyang might really fall in love with Jiang Li, which was not a good thing for him.

"Are you sure you can keep pretending? He's not stupid, at least not stupider than Fu Cun."

Li Ziyang was annoyed by his words and simply kicked him out. "It has nothing to do with you. Just don't make trouble."

Li Ziyin was pushed to the door by him. He turned around and grabbed Li Ziyang's wrist, saying seriously, "Don't be so stupid as to send yourself out!"

Li Ziyang blushed upon hearing this and stammered, "What do you mean by giving it away? I'm not giving you a gift, why do you care so much? Go away!"

The door slammed shut, and the room finally fell silent. After a while, the sound of the pattering rain made him sleepy, and Li Ziyang fell headfirst onto the bed.

On the other side, heavy rain was also hitting the glass windows, but people were chatting enthusiastically in the house.

An orange desk lamp illuminated Jiang Li's face as he propped up his head to speak.

Every Friday when he comes back from school, he has an extremely strong desire to share, as if he wants to describe the pattern of every tile in the school.

"The scent you smelled last time was from my new friend Li Ziyang. He always wears perfume, which causes people to misunderstand me every time I go back home." As he said this, he pulled at his clothes and smelled them, as if to confirm whether the perfume smell had been washed off.

Chen An put one hand behind his head and asked, "Don't you find him annoying?"

Jiang Li paused and said, "He said he wanted to be friends with me, it wasn't me who took the initiative."

In the first week, Chen An asked him if he had made any friends, and Jiang Li flatly said no. In the second week, he didn't ask, and Jiang Li took the initiative to tell him that he had made friends, so he wasn't so aloof and didn't need any care. After all, he was still a kid who had just become an adult.

"I think he's quite interesting. Oh, and he has a brother who looks exactly like him. He lives in the same dormitory as me, and his name is Li Ziyin. But they have completely different personalities. Li Ziyin always has a gloomy face, and even if I don't provoke him, he never treats me well."

Jiang Li's hand, which was holding his head, shook shakily, his elbow aching from holding it, so he lay down, resting his chin on the back of his hand and continued, "But it seems that the relationship between the two brothers is not very good. When Li Ziyang came to see me, he never spoke to Li Ziyin. Even if Li Ziyin had been staring at him for a long time, he didn't turn back. It's very strange."

Two identical faces often appear in front of him, but he can still recognize who is who at a glance. The features of the Li brothers are very distinct. He wondered inappropriately whether he and Jiang Li were the same, looking similar but with completely different personalities. Then... would he be exposed if he met Jiang Li's former classmates?

Once the box of thoughts is opened, it is difficult to close it. Jiang Li moved closer to him and asked inexplicably: "If one day you find out that I am not myself, what will you do?"

Chen An glanced sideways, and Jiang Li blinked, revealing the tension in his eyes.

After a moment, Chen An calmly told him, "This assumption is not valid."

Jiang Li asked, "Why?"

Chen An suddenly grabbed his hand and held it in front of him. "This is you, so you can't be anything but you."

"Right now, everything I can touch, feel, and see is you, so this question is invalid."

His warmth passed from his palm to his wrist, penetrated into his skin, and then into his blood vessels, all the way to his heart, burning a hole in it.

The vibration interrupted the wireless spread of temperature. Jiang Li watched him answer the phone, and the person on the other end spoke anxiously.

"Boss, something happened in Yuyin Lane!"