Chapter 17 Chapter 17 What are you doing?

Chen Luan has never bathed anyone in his life.

But looking at Jiang Xun leaning weakly against the head of the bed, he really didn't look like he could take care of himself. Besides, there were two men, so what was the big deal? The base used to be a public bathhouse, so who hadn't met anyone else openly?

So he lifted Jiang Xun's waist without any psychological burden, carefully avoiding his injured leg and picked him up. As he walked towards the bathroom, he asked, "Where's Jiang Ling?"

"Probably at the horse ranch."

"Going horse racing in the middle of the night?" Chen Luan was silent for a moment: "...that's quite an idea."

Jiang Xun put his arm around Chen Luan's shoulders, and his furry hair rubbed against Chen Luan's chin.

At this distance, he could smell the clean and refreshing scent of grapefruit shower gel on Chen Luan's body, mixed with moist water vapor.

"You changed your shower gel."

"Hmm?" Chen Luan lowered his head and sniffed himself. "You have a pretty good nose. You can even smell this? Yes, I changed it. The previous bottle ran out, so I bought a new fruity set. Doesn't it smell good?"

"……Um."

Jiang Xun lowered his eyes to hide the somewhat unclear look in his eyes.

In the past, Chen Luan would never buy daily necessities with fancy flavors. He always used the basic ones from the supermarket. For the past six years, the flavor had always been the same and had never changed.

The bathroom is not small and has an oval bathtub.

Chen Luan dragged a stool in, placed Jiang Xun on it, and turned on the water while saying, "Do you want to take off your clothes by yourself? Or do you want me to help you?"

"The ground is a bit slippery, I'm afraid of falling." Jiang Xun said.

"Then wait for me, I'll put the water in first."

"good."

In Chen Luan's opinion, it's just taking care of children, what's the big deal?

So he half-knelt down in front of Jiang Xun very naturally and reached out to unbutton Jiang Xun's shirt.

He couldn't see the darkness in the eyes of the boy in front of him who was looking at him with his eyes downcast as he lowered his head and rubbed his knuckles on the fabric of his shirt.

The belt buckle popped open with a snap.

Jiang Xun held Chen Luan's shoulders to support his upper body, with half of his weight almost falling on Chen Luan.

The taste of grapefruit filled his arms, and he had the illusion that... he was embracing the young man in front of him.

The outer pants were quickly taken off. Chen Luan looked at the black shorts on the boy and hesitated for a moment.

I always feel that this seems a bit...over the line.

Fortunately, Jiang Xun didn't make things difficult for him.

"Help me up, I can do it myself."

"Then stand still and be careful."

Afterwards, Chen Luan wrapped a waterproof film around Jiang Xun's thighs, lowered his eyes without looking around, carried Jiang Xun into the water, and then felt the water temperature.

"Okay. Then wash it yourself? Call me when you're done."

The delicate and handsome boy leaned against the misty water vapor, his face slightly red from the heat, like a piece of cold jade soaked in a mountain spring.

Chen Luan saw Jiang Xun nodded: "Okay. Thank you, brother."

Unbelievably well-behaved.

He couldn't help but touch Jiang Xun's hair: "Then I'll wait for you outside."

"Um."

Jiang Xun and Jiang Ling lived in the same room.

The room was very large, but Chen Luan could tell at a glance which half belonged to Jiang Ling and which half belonged to Jiang Xun.

The half that belongs to Jiang Xun exudes rigor and neatness everywhere. The books on the bookshelf are neatly arranged according to color and size. Books and notebooks are spread out on the table. The handwriting on them is neat and elegant, but a closer look reveals some cold and hard edge.

Through the translucent wardrobe door, you can see the clothes neatly hung inside, most of which are in cool colors.

There is also a piano in the corner.

On Jiang Ling's side, there weren't many books on the bookshelf, but a lot of miscellaneous little things:

Daggers, knives, mecha models, anime figures...

On the table was a half-assembled model of an aerospace battleship, a pair of crimson headphones, and a game console.

The bed was also messy, with many stuffed dolls and pillows scattered all over the place.

There is also a holographic game cabin next to it.

The two brothers have distinct personalities.

Chen Luan looked at the pile of various plush pillows and raised an eyebrow.

Do you like to sleep with a stuffed animal?

I didn't realize Jiang Ling had this habit.

The sound of water in the bathroom soon stopped, and Jiang Xun's voice, moist with water vapor, could be vaguely heard: "Brother, I'm fine."

"Here I come."

Chen Luan pushed open the door, and the mist in the bathroom obstructed his vision.

The floor was slippery, so he could only walk in slowly.

Jiang Xun watched Chen Luan walk through the humid mist, slowly came to him and stretched out his hand to him.

So he also raised his hand and grabbed Chen Luan.

His hands were moist and warm, and when he held Chen Luan's slightly cold wrist, it felt like he was holding a piece of soft jade.

Beneath the fingertips was Chen Luan's beating pulse.

Again and again.

And his heart seemed to be beating again and again.

A bathtub full of water is very slippery and difficult to exert force.

Chen Luan could only bend down as much as possible to rescue Jiang Xun's body, but the accident still happened.

Jiang Xun, who was afraid to use any strength due to an injured leg, couldn't find a suitable support point. He slipped while holding Chen Luan's shoulders.

All I heard was a "crash".

Chen Luan was dragged uncontrollably into the bathtub, and with a splash, his upper body fell into the water.

He only had time to reach out and protect the back of Jiang Xun's head. In the chaos, he seemed to hear Jiang Xun choking on water.

"Hey, Jiang Xun, are you okay?"

Chen Luan didn't care that his upper body was completely soaked, and hurriedly climbed up by holding Jiang Xun's shoulders.

"Ahem, I'm... I'm fine." Jiang Xun coughed on Chen Luan's shoulder, "I'm sorry, brother... Ahem, I..."

"Why are you apologizing? You didn't mean to do that." Chen Luan patted Jiang Xun's back to calm him down: "As long as you didn't fall, that's all."

The thin, soaked pajamas clung to Chen Luan's skin, outlining his beautiful muscle lines.

Jiang Xun was almost held in Chen Luan's arms, their skin touching through the wet cloth.

The mole on the side of his neck was right under Jiang Xun's eyes.

If he just leaned over a little, he could...

"Bang--"

The bathroom door was suddenly pushed open with great force.

"Jiang Xun, are you done washing? Hurry up, I——"

The sound stopped abruptly.

Jiang Ling looked at the scene in the bathroom and her eyes flashed.

The air fell into an eerie silence.

In the steamy and humid bathroom, the young man, whose upper body was almost soaked, half-knelt on the edge of the bathtub, while the boy hugged his shoulders and lay in his arms, with his chin resting on the young man's neck.

It looks very...

close.

"What are you guys doing?"

Jiang Ling said.

"Hey, the crazy boy is back on horseback in the middle of the night?" Chen Luan turned his head and reached out to smooth his wet hair, revealing his delicate and sharp eyebrows. "Just right, come and help me, your brother fell."

"What's the matter? I just went to the stables to check on Zhuiyun and Xianyue and gave them some snacks. Who would go crazy and race horses in the middle of the night?"

Jiang Ling gave Chen Luan a look that said, "Do you have any cat biscuits?" Then he leaned over to his brother's face suspiciously and asked, "Did you fall?"

Jiang Xun lay on Chen Luan's shoulder and raised his eyes, and the two brothers looked at each other.

Jiang Ling twitched the corner of his mouth.

Fell flat on his back.

No one knew his brother better than he did.

If he hadn't done it on purpose, he'd be eating shit while standing upside down.

Without exposing Jiang Xun, Jiang Ling helped pull his brother out of the water and put on a bath towel.

Chen Luan's clothes were soaked, so seeing that Jiang Xun had someone to help him, he left early and went back.

On this side, Jiang Xun easily jumped out of the bathroom on one leg, took out clean clothes from the closet, changed into them, and lay comfortably in the quilt.

Jiang Ling was changing clothes and preparing to take a shower. He watched his brother's smooth and easy movements and gritted his teeth, calling his brother's name: "Jiang Xun."

"You say." Jiang Xun leaned against the soft back of the bed, lazily raised his eyelids and looked at him, his expression relaxed, even a little comfortable.

"You know what I'm going to say." Jiang Ling threw the clothes he took off into the clothes basket, looking very dissatisfied.

"You gave me the chance, Jiang Ling." Jiang Xun narrowed his eyes and looked up at his brother: "If you hadn't left, Chen Luan wouldn't have come to help."

“…” Jiang Ling was silent.

Then he picked up his change of clothes, walked into the bathroom, and slammed the door.

The next morning, the school announced a three-day holiday.

The news was reporting on the events of yesterday evening.

"...a total of seven people were killed and nine were injured...The Qiwei City Task Force will soon hold a press conference...Apologies...and sincere condolences..."

On the screen, many bouquets of flowers were placed at the gate of Yuqing Middle School in the drizzle, and many citizens came to mourn with umbrellas.

"Such a big accident, the task force is really going to be hit hard." Jiang Ling had breakfast, sat on the sofa with headphones on, playing games, and took the time to take a look at the TV.

"The documents are already in place. The rumored new department is true, but the military is still debating its designation." Jiang Xun pulled up a document from the holographic screen and turned the screen towards Jiang Ling: "Once the new department is officially established, the task force will only be responsible for maintaining daily public order and will no longer be responsible for wasteland disease incidents."

"? Where are you from?" Jiang Ling sat up straight, took off his headphones, grabbed the tablet and looked at it carefully.

"Grandpa gave it to me." Jiang Xun yawned while hugging the blanket, secretly sighing that rainy days were perfect for sleeping. "Grandpa even asked if we were free to go home because he missed us. Oh, and he doesn't know I'm injured yet."

"Then find an excuse not to go and wait until you recover. That way they won't worry again."

"Um."

Outside, a cool drizzle was falling, and the half-open window let in a breeze with a fresh scent of moist earth.

Chen Luan overslept.

He hurriedly got dressed and washed up. When he came downstairs, he saw his two younger brothers curled up on the sofa, each with a small blanket, their heads huddled together, meowing and whispering.

He sighed that it was nice to have a holiday, as he also wanted one. Chen Luan grabbed two slices of toast from the table and put them in his mouth. He also took an orange and put it in his arms. He hurriedly said, "I'm going to work! You two take care of yourselves."

Then he ran out the door.

"If you really can't catch up, just skip class." Jiang Ling shouted gloatingly.

"But I'm a teacher!"

"Ask the driver to take you there. It's faster than public transportation." Jiang Xun said.

Chen Luan didn't look back, but waved from a distance to indicate that he understood.

The two brothers looked at each other and laughed together.

But at this moment, the sudden ringing of the phone broke the leisurely and peaceful atmosphere.

Jiang Xun clicked on the screen and the caller ID showed it was Jiang Yongting.

It's a video call.

Jiang Xun pinched the edge of the tablet and looked at Jiang Ling: "Answer it?"

Jiang Ling leaned back on the sofa, picked up the game console, crossed her legs, and pouted, "Answer it. I guess he knows about the attack on the school."

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