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Xiao Mingyang washed very gently.

After tossing and turning too late at night, Li Xiangze's throat was sore that he couldn't speak and his body was weak.

He carefully turned on the faucet, but before he could do so, the toilet door opened and Li Xiangze staggered in with his eyes not fully open.

Li Xiangze put his head on his shoulder and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you leaving?"

"Well, that's almost done," Xiao Mingyang said, holding the toothbrush in his mouth. "You should sleep a little longer."

Li Xiangze slowly opened his eyes: "I'll take you there."

Xiao Mingyang smiled, turned on the faucet, and spit out the foam in his mouth: "No need."

"Use it." Li Xiangze bit his neck in a daze.

It feels itchy, like a puppy grinding its teeth.

He put the toothbrush back in the cup, wiped his mouth, and kissed his wife on the cheek: "Go back and sleep for a while."

Li Xiangze opened his eyes and looked at him: "Not sleepy."

"You have dark circles under your eyes." Xiao Mingyang smiled.

Li Xiangze raised his eyebrows and looked in the mirror: "No."

Xiao Mingyang hugged his waist: "Then sleep a little longer, otherwise you will be tired in the afternoon and sleepy in class. What should you do?"

"Drink coffee." Li Xiangze stared at Xiao Mingyang through the mirror.

Xiao Mingyang couldn't do anything about him, so he kissed the little mole at the corner of his mouth: "Then go change your clothes first, Uncle Shi will be at the school gate in 20 minutes."

When we arrived at the school gate, the bus hadn't arrived yet.

It was too cold, so the security guard asked them to go inside and wait.

The security guard poured each of them a cup of tea, and they sat together around the little sun.

"Why do you have so many Band-Aids on your necks?" the security guard asked as he sat down.

Why else?

Last night was so intense that I forgot I had to meet someone the next day.

Of course you can't answer that way.

Xiao Mingyang showed his signature smile and said, "The glass was broken. I accidentally scratched myself."

"Glass! Have you been to the hospital? It would be terrible if there were any small debris left inside!" said the security guard.

"I'm planning to go see it. Aren't we waiting for the car from home?" Xiao Mingyang said with a smile.

Li Xiangze turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows, smiled, said nothing, and reached out to pinch the back of his neck.

The car is coming.

Dad sent him a message to come out.

Before leaving, the security guard poured them another cup of hot water and asked them to warm their hands.

Xiao Mingyang touched his nose, feeling embarrassed, but he couldn't tell the truth.

The car is parked on the side of the road.

Xiao Mingyang saw his father sitting in the driver's seat and his mother sitting in the passenger seat at a glance.

The passenger seat was on the side of the road and my mother rolled down the window.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Mingyang was surprised.

Mom smiled and said, "It's my son's first time participating in such a big competition, so of course I have to give him a gift."

Li Xiangze greeted politely.

"How could this be the first time! When I was a kid..." Xiao Mingyang said.

"That was when we were little," the mother reached out and squeezed Xiao Mingyang's hand, then waved, "Get in the car, it's too cold outside."

"Okay!" Xiao Mingyang pulled his wife into the car.

Dad glanced in the rearview mirror and asked, "Xiao Ze, why don't you take a break?"

"Not sleepy." Li Xiangze said.

"You two stayed up quite late last night." Mom looked at them meaningfully.

Xiao Mingyang touched his nose: "Mom! Isn't it embarrassing for you to ask?!"

"Why not ask?" Mom raised an eyebrow. "You're all my sons, and I'm your mother. I have to tell you this. Don't think you can indulge yourself just because you're young! It's bad for your health!"

Xiao Mingyang wanted to burrow into the ground. He looked at Li Xiangze, his face flushed just like his.

My mother grew up abroad and is very open-minded in this regard. She asked my father to give her sex education in elementary school. She even thought that her father was too subtle and was afraid that she would not understand, so she did it herself.

Xiao Mingyang scratched his head: "I see! We haven't seen each other for a long time!"

Li Xiangze blushed: "Yeah."

"Oh, Xiaoze is shy," my mother laughed. "Godmother knows you are soft-hearted and Yangyang is a clingy person, but you still have to learn to say no. If you feel uncomfortable, you must say no!"

"Okay." Li Xiangze lowered his head.

"Mom—why did you call me a pervert?" Xiao Mingyang scratched his head.

*

Xiao Mingyang and Qiu Xun agreed to meet at the airport gate.

He didn't have much luggage, just a schoolbag.

When I got off the bus, the bus for the competition class arrived.

"Send a message when you arrive." Dad instructed.

"OK!"

His mother straightened his collar and said, "Try your best!"

"okok!"

Li Xiangze pinched the back of his neck: "Don't be nervous, I'll pick you up when you come back."

Xiao Mingyang gave him a big hug: "Okay, video chat tonight?"

Li Xiangze rubbed his head: "Okay, but not too late."

"Okay, remember to think of me." Xiao Mingyang patted him.

"Um."

Xiao Mingyang left.

Li Xiangze looked at his back, and soon, Xiao Mingyang turned around.

He waved in that direction.

Li Xiangze also waved at him.

Xiao Mingyang waved as he walked until he disappeared.

Li Xiangze was still looking in that direction, without moving.

Until Yan Qi patted him and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

Li Xiangze came back to his senses: "No."

"Let's go, godmother will take you to eat delicious food." Mom held him.

The store is very close to the school, near Yanqi Studio.

The shop was hidden in a small alley. It was shabby but crowded. When they went there, there were no seats left.

They were standing at the door. It was winter, but the boss was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. When he saw them, he immediately came over and said, "It's been a while since I last saw you. Where's Yangyang?"

Yan Qi smiled and said, "He lived on campus for the past two semesters."

"No wonder," the boss smiled, "Same old as always?"

"Hmm," Yan Qi nudged Li Xiangze, "What's Xiaoze eating?"

Li Xiangze watched the people coming and going in silence, seemingly returning to that detached state. She paused, then came to her senses: "Anything's fine."

"Same as us?" Xiao Zhe asked.

"Okay." Li Xiangze said absentmindedly.

"By the way," Yan Qi called to the boss, "he doesn't want cilantro and green onions in his bowl."

Li Xiangze was stunned and looked at Yan Qi.

Yan Qi smiled and said, "Your brother has told your godfather and me about your dietary restrictions before."

Li Xiangze's eyes softened: "Well, thank you."

There was a seat available, and Yan Qi pulled them to sit down.

"Yangyang has been eating here since elementary school," Yanqi smiled, "If you have time, please bring me a bowl of beef noodles."

This road runs from Yanqi Studio to Xiao Mingyang School. If you buy beef noodles and have them delivered there, you are walking back.

But Xiao Mingyang is indeed such a person.

"He used to go to school on foot and go out with us every day. Your Uncle Shi would drop us off at my studio and he would go to school. If I wasn't busy and he had plenty of time, we'd come here to have a bowl of beef noodles together. We'd also come here to eat when your godfather was free," Yan Qi said, looking at the street. "But after he started high school, he rarely walked this distance anymore. They had early morning self-study classes in high school, and only your godfather could get up, not me."

Li Xiangze followed her gaze and seemed to see a little boy in the primary school uniform of their school, skipping and jumping to buy breakfast. The boss was busy running around, and he followed him, his eyes full of curiosity, his mouth non-stop but not annoying, and he made the boss laugh from time to time.

If you are older, you can sit near the operating table and chat with the boss.

The noodles are coming.

Xiao Zhe skillfully gave all his meat to Yan Qi.

Li Xiangze was stunned again.

Previously, when he and Xiao Mingyang had beef noodles for breakfast at school, he seemed to like giving the meat to Xiao Mingyang, saying, "Meat is too greasy in the morning. I can't get used to it."

He smiled and lowered his head to eat noodles.

*

It is indeed difficult to not get enough rest.

Xiao Mingyang was used to reporting his itinerary to him. Generally speaking, he would concentrate on reading it at noon, or take a break during class without affecting his listening.

I am so sleepy today. It is already a good thing that I don’t get distracted in class, let alone being absent-minded and having no energy.

During lunch break, Bai Tao took him to eat. He returned to the dormitory and fell asleep again before reading the two messages.

After taking a shower and lying on the bed at night, after a few minutes of video call, my consciousness started to blur again.

He didn't hear what Xiao Mingyang said next.

The next morning, he heard Xiao Mingyang's voice in his dream, and the scene of Xiao Mingyang suddenly appearing that night popped up in his mind. He woke up suddenly, and the scene in front of him did not match the scene in his mind.

But then again, he went to compete.

"Baby, baby, wake up!" a voice came from the phone.

Li Xiangze picked up the phone, and Xiao Mingyang's big face appeared on the screen. The phone showed that it would shut down in thirty seconds.

? !

He just hung up on the video call all night?!

He quickly plugged it in and adjusted the camera. Xiao Mingyang on the screen was grinning. Li Xiangze was helpless: "Why don't you hang up the phone?"

"My baby is so adorable, I can't bear to let him go." Xiao Mingyang looked at him with eyes that could drown people.

Even after being together for so long, Li Xiangze still wasn't used to it. He looked away: "Don't you have to get up so early?"

"Yeah," Xiao Mingyang moved his phone closer, "but I want to wake you up... I don't think I've ever recorded a wake-up call for you!"

Li Xiangze smiled. Indeed, they had been apart for so long that they had never thought about such things.

"Just talk and I'll record it." Li Xiangze took his phone and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Xiao Mingyang cleared his throat and lowered his voice: "Baby, baby, wake up! The sun is shining on your butt!"

It was too tight, Li Xiangze couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Mingyang snorted, "Do you understand what a subwoofer is?"

Li Xiangze suppressed his laughter and said, "All I know is, it's a male clamp."

Xiao Mingyang attacked with a clamp: "Where did you clamp? Where did you clamp? Where did you clamp?!"

Li Xiangze held the toothbrush in his mouth and couldn't stop laughing.

Xiao Mingyang curled his lips: "I don't care, I'll use it even if I have to pinch you!"

Li Xiangze spat out the foam: "Okay."

Xiao Mingyang was very excited: "Mine, mine, mine!"

Li Xiangze finished his talk and asked, "Has the recording started yet?"

"Okay! Come on!"

"Little lamb, get up."

Xiao Mingyang waited for a few seconds: "That's it?"

Li Xiangze raised his eyebrows: "Or?"

Xiao Mingyang curled his lips: "It's too short, I can't get up!"

"Repeat it a few more times?" Li Xiangze suggested.

"Grow a little longer, baby~"

Li Xiangze sighed.

He found that as long as Xiao Mingyang acted coquettishly, he had no resistance.

This time was no exception: "Okay, you record it."

"Alright! Action!"

"Little sheep, little sheep, little sheep, get up, get up, get up!" After a few seconds, "Is it okay?"

"Perfect! I've got it all installed!"

childish.

Li Xiangze gave a helpless smile and said, "I'm almost leaving. You should study hard on your exam."

"Okay," Xiao Mingyang leaned in front of the camera, "Remember to eat breakfast!"

"Yeah," Li Xiangze looked at him, "Honey, top ten, keep going."

The phone call ended, leaving Xiao Mingyang alone and disheveled in the wind.

Baby! Just now! Actually! Called! Him! Husband!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

First time ahhhhhhhhhhh!

He now wished he could fly back immediately and die in bed with his wife.