Chapter 22

It was ten o'clock in the evening, two hours before Ji Ying turned into a dog for the eighth time.

After washing up, the two of them lay side by side on the bed, their hands placed neatly on their abdomens, their expressions as peaceful as if they were waiting to be buried.

The room was so quiet that we could hear each other's heartbeats and the occasional chirping of insects outside the window.

Just as this peaceful atmosphere was about to drag the two of them into sleep—

Knock knock knock.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

A few seconds later, the door opened a crack, revealing Roy's smiling face.

He was shaking a bottle of red wine in his hand, his eyes sparkling: "It's a long night, no mood to sleep? Want some?"

The two of them were alarmed and said in unison: "No thanks, we are taking care of our health."

Roy was puzzled: "Health preservation?"

Tang An lied without changing his expression: "Well, I go to bed at ten and get up at six. The King of Hell praised me for my good health."

Roy shrugged regretfully and left with the bottle of wine.

After seeing Roy off, the two returned to bed. Before the back of their heads touched the pillow, there was another knock on the door.

This time they prepared themselves mentally, and in the end Tang An won the game of rock-paper-scissors. Chi Yingcai reluctantly got out of bed to open the door.

The door suddenly opened, and this time the person standing there was He Chenzhou with a frown on his face.

He met Chi Ying, who had a look of "I'm so unsatisfied I want to kill someone" on his face, and was stunned for a moment: "...Is Roy here with you?"

"No." Chi Ying slammed the door.

He Chenzhou's apologetic voice came from outside the door: "...Sorry for disturbing you."

Chi Ying scratched his butt irritably, and climbed back into bed cursing, just pulling the quilt up to cover his chest.

There was another knock on the door.

Chi Ying looked at Tang An, his meaning clear.

Tang An was also annoyed. He got out of bed with a lot of anger and opened the door angrily.

Outside the door, there was Grandpa He Haitian, wrapped in a small blanket and holding a steaming enamel cup.

The old man was in high spirits and greeted with a smile: "Hey, you're still awake, Tang kid?"

Tang An: “…”

Look at what you said, is this human language???

"Chi boy, you're not working overtime tonight... right?" He Haitian asked, stretching his neck and scanning the room with his eyes like a searchlight.

Tang An simply stepped aside and raised his voice deliberately: "Grandpa! No overtime tonight! We are just getting ready to go to sleep!" He emphasized the last two words.

Before he finished speaking, Chi Ying on the bed understood immediately, and in an instant, a pair of smooth, tight-toned long legs stretched out from under the quilt. Then he turned over, and the thin quilt slipped off, revealing a large area of ​​smooth and beautiful back muscles, which glowed with an ambiguous luster under the dim light.

This kind of sleep is different from that kind of sleep, adults all understand.

He Haitian's face flushed, and he awkwardly gulped down a mouthful of hot tea. Before leaving, he did not forget to give a serious and earnest warning: "Ahem... young man, you must learn to be moderate..."

“…”

After finally sending away this stalking god, Tang An collapsed back on the bed exhausted.

"Is this old man targeting me?" Chi Ying, who had just sacrificed her looks, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, still feeling scared.

Tang An closed his eyes tiredly: "He must have seen you transform into a dog last night. This place is full of ghosts, so it's not surprising that he knows a little bit about it."

Chi Ying sighed, "You see it, so what? Are you going to burn me like a monster?"

Tang An said nothing.

Chi Ying was a little nervous: "Hey! Speak up! We live in a society ruled by law! Murder and arson are against the law!"

Tang An said coldly, "But your transformation into a dog is not protected by the Criminal Law."

Chi Ying stiffened his neck and said, "That's because you're not of the right social class! I know some secrets that you don't know!"

Tang An raised his eyebrows: "For example?"

Ji Young: "UFOs really exist!"

Tang An: "Oh?"

Ji Ying: "...There really are dragons in the world!!"

Tang An: "Hmm?"

Chi Ying: "I...I saw a female ghost in red when I was a child!"

Tang An finally couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.

Chi Ying's fur instantly exploded, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He used all four limbs to pounce on Tang An and strangle him: "I knew it... Do you think I'm mentally ill and childish?!!"

The hot breath of anger and shame sprayed on Tang An's ear, and he kept dodging it because of the itch: "No, I'm not laughing at you! I just... remembered what you said before..."

Chi Ying's alarm bells rang: "What did I say?!"

Tang An cleared his throat and imitated Chi Ying's cool and domineering tone back then: "Afraid? What's there to be afraid of? If you want to watch, just watch. If you're scared, come to brother's arms~"

Chi Ying: “…”

Tang An continued, "'Only children believe in UFOs and aliens. You're not interested in that, are you?'"

Chi Ying: “…………”

Tang An: "'Dragon? You believe in this kind of folklore? It's so fake!'"

Chi Ying: “………………”

Tang An: "It's not over yet, before..."

Chi Ying quickly covered her mouth: "Enough, enough, I actually said these words? You are not making it up, right? "

Tang An blinked and said in a muffled voice, "You said that when we first got together. Anyway, now I think you're quite good at pretending."

Chi Ying: “……………………”

Just when Chi Ying was racking his brains to save face.

The door was knocked again!

He was just feeling very upset and rolled up his sleeves to get out of bed, but a voice so gentle and charming that made both of their hair stand on end came from outside the door.

"Sorry to bother you, I left the clothes for tomorrow's memorial day at the door."

Chi Ying paused.

Tang An also grabbed his sleeve.

The two looked at each other.

It was Xiaoyu's voice.

Xiaoyu's gentle voice was filled with laughter, as if it penetrated the door: "I heard someone walking. Is he awake? If he is awake, can you let me in and talk for a few minutes?"

The two of them simultaneously thought of Xiaoyu’s shocking statement, and their eyes were filled with “No——”!!!

There was no response for a long time.

Xiaoyu seemed to have guessed something and smiled gently.

The laughter was so terrifying at night that Chi Ying immediately jumped onto the bed and hugged Tang An, who was also sweating, tightly, like two quails keeping each other warm in a storm.

Chi Ying thought.

Being gay isn't the worst thing anymore!

What’s scary is the kind of person who falls in love with a homosexual couple at the same time and wants to join them, and is also a pervert who is neither male nor female! ! ! !

What is this ingredient???

Young Master Chi, who received domestic education since childhood and relied on his own ability to get into a 985 university step by step without any special treatment and is even rarely seen in the capital, raised this question.

Tang An thought the same thing.

Even though he is gay, he never thought of doing something so extravagant!!

Two people are just right, three people would be too crowded for him to even talk about love or friendship!!!

What kind of avant-garde thinking is this?

A young man who was a bit of a mess when he was little but had a kind personality and would help old ladies cross the road and old men carry things, and who had always believed in the traditional Chinese "three good" philosophy of "one couple for one life" also raised questions.

Xiaoyu stopped talking.

But the two were terrified.

Chi Ying's mind suddenly twitched, and his mouth was faster than his brain. He lowered his voice and whispered urgently in Tang An's ear: "How about we make love?"

Tang An was so shocked by his shocking proposal that he lost his voice for a moment and shouted, "What are you doing?"

Chi Ying quickly covered his mouth, glanced nervously at the door, then lowered her voice and quickly explained, "Isn't that pervert just trying to steal our relationship because we're on the verge of breaking up? As long as we act like we're in love and we're passionate, and let him know there's no room for maneuver, won't he give up?"

Tang An pulled his hand away and sneered, "No fly would bite an egg without cracks. There were problems in our relationship to begin with, and they weren't wrong."

Chi Ying frowned: "Now is not the time to bring up the past and quarrel."

Tang An continued to sneer: "It's better to quarrel than to be with you."

Chi Ying also became angry: "You have to argue with me now, right?!"

Tang An was about to retort.

Outside the door, Xiaoyu's faint voice drifted in again: "Are you guys arguing?"

“…”

Tang An instantly lay flat on his back, desperate: "Okay, okay, do it, do it! Let your big groan block my ears! Hurry up!"

He looked ready to die.

Chi Ying was choked by his crude yet accurate description. While pulling down his pants, he said in disgust: "Can you please not be so disgusting when you talk?"

Tang Ansheng closed his eyes helplessly: "It's hard to change one's nature. You only realize this now?"

Chi Ying lowered his head and mumbled incoherently: "Pu...bu...fei...hua..."

Tang An took a deep breath and held down his nodding head: "...pay attention."

After a while, the deliberately suppressed yet ambiguous sounds of breathing and water splashing rang out in the room, appearing particularly clear in the silent night.

Xiaoyu stood quietly outside the door for a while, but did not wait for a reply. Instead, she waited for this embarrassing movement.

He blinked his beautiful peach blossom eyes and regretfully withdrew his hand that was about to push the door.

“Why can’t there be one more of me…”

Xiaoyu muttered softly, with a look of deep confusion and unwillingness, and her figure finally disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Time passes quietly in the deliberately created beauty and tense countdown.

Although Tang An was addicted to the whirlpool of lust, his mind was extremely clear.

When the phone screen showed eleven fifty, he accurately pressed the pause button and pushed Chi Ying away, giving him time to catch his breath.

Chi Yingzheng was enjoying the taste and was unwilling to stop.

He grabbed Tang An's ankle and tried to drag him back, vowing to use up the remaining half box of children's burp bags.

"That's enough." Tang An kicked him in the face.

Chi Ying grabbed the rebellious foot and spat twice: "Fuck! Tang An! Your foot hit my mouth!!"

Tang An was speechless: "...I washed it three times, and it's cleaner than your face."

Besides, weren’t you quite talkative before?!

Although he himself really despises this behavior.

Chi Ying wiped his mouth with a look of disgust: "Even washing it clean is not allowed! This behavior is too much!"

Tang An raised his two feet expressionlessly, pinched Chi Ying's cheeks on the left and right, and then began to rub them like dumplings.

Chi Ying's first reaction was.

Luckily I was lazy and didn’t apply that super expensive face cream tonight, otherwise I would have rubbed myself into mud!

He rushed forward in anger.

"Tang An, don't go too far!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Ying started scratching the man's armpits, waist, neck, and thighs with his hands.

After a while, Tang An's face turned red and his eyes were filled with tears.

Before he could even laugh, there was a thud, and with a howl, the smooth and hot skin turned into furry dog ​​paws.

Tang An was panting, looking confused.

Chi Ying, who was showing his fangs and claws just now, disappeared.

In the bed, there was only a blue-eyed Husky with a confused look in its eyes and its paws still in the scratching posture.

A man and a dog, staring at each other.

The air was dead silent.

My mood is like a roller coaster.

Tang An pulled up the quilt to cover his head, his voice muffled.

“…asleep.”

Before Chi Ying could fully recover from the shock of being transformed into a dog, he keenly caught the sound of suppressed sobs coming from under the quilt.

He moved his ears, hesitated for a moment, and then let go of the little grievance of "being kicked in the face". He moved over and gently nudged Tang An's hand under the quilt with his wet nose.

"Woo...Woof?"

【What’s wrong with you? 】

The person under the quilt didn't respond, but the sobbing seemed a little more obvious.

Chi Ying arched his back again, his voice softening: "Woof..."

Stop crying...

“Woof woof…”

【I was wrong…】

However, his nonsense did not stop the crying, but seemed to turn on a switch.

The person hiding under the quilt cried even harder when he heard his clumsy comfort.

The suppressed sobs turned into intermittent whimpers.

Tang An suddenly pulled down the quilt, and her red eyes and tear-stained face were unexpectedly exposed to Chi Ying.

He pursed his trembling lips, and tears rolled down his pillow like beads that had broken off the string, leaving dark marks.

"Chiying...what should I do..."

"I don't want you to die..."

When he thought that Chi Ying, who was sometimes annoying but sometimes made him feel soft-hearted, might be trapped in this furry body forever, or even disappear silently one day, Tang An's heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by an ice-cold hand, and the pain made him breathless.

This was the first time he felt it so clearly and deeply—

He absolutely cannot lose Ji Ying.

Absolutely not.