Chapter 21 Chapter 21 He seems to be a little bit weird
Nguyen Chao returned home safely without attracting anyone's attention.
Mom was watching TV in the living room, and the plot seemed to be reaching a critical moment, so she didn't even notice he came back.
He walked up the stairs quietly, trying not to make any noise.
But Gu Xingyan's trousers were too long for him. He accidentally stepped on the hem of his trousers and staggered. Fortunately, he grabbed the handrail of the stairs in time and did not fall down.
But he made too much noise.
“Chao Chao…?”
Downstairs, my mother was calling out in worry.
"It's me, Mom."
Ruan Chao poked his head out from above, his eyes sparkling, and he forced the corners of his lips to reveal a smile.
Probably every mother knows her child.
Seeing him evasive, I knew he was hiding something from me.
Mother Ruan narrowed her eyes.
"Why didn't you say hello to mom when you came back?"
“…I forgot.”
"Did you have fun at the birthday party?"
"Very happy."
“Is there a lot of people here? Did you make any new friends?”
Ruan Chao thought for a moment and replied, "I got to know some people, but I didn't make any new friends."
Ruan's mother said without hesitation: "There must be something wrong with those people. Chao Chao is so cute, how could anyone not want to be friends with you."
…
Every time Nguyen's mother asked a question, Nguyen Chao answered it obediently.
In order to talk to his mother more conveniently, he unknowingly leaned his entire upper body out of the stairs.
Seeing the unfamiliar shirt on him that was obviously one size too big, Ruan's mother's expression suddenly changed for a moment.
I don't know what she was thinking about, her expression switched between suspicion and surprise.
The shirt that Nguyen Chao was wearing was obviously a boy's style, several sizes larger than his, and the sleeves were much longer, requiring him to roll up a few buttons to reveal his wrists.
Ruan's mother knew her child well and knew that he would not have the tendency to roll up his sleeves so neatly. It was obvious that someone else had done it for him.
She looked at Ruan Chao with some confusion.
Just when she wanted to ask whose shirt he was wearing, she discovered another fact that shocked her.
She clearly remembered that Ruan Chao was wearing a pair of light blue jeans before he left.
But now it has turned into a pair of dark-colored casual pants.
It was just an ordinary class reunion, why did they change everything including their clothes and pants? !
And when Chao Chao came back, he consciously hid from her, not wanting her to see him...
A bad guess emerged in Ruan's mother's mind.
This guess made her dizzy for a moment, and she felt like the sky was falling.
But she also knew that she couldn't react too strongly or show opposition at this time, otherwise it would easily trigger the child's rebellious psychology.
She calmed her fluctuating emotions, tried to maintain a calm tone, and asked tentatively.
"Chao Chao, whose clothes are you wearing?"
Hearing his mother's question, Ruan Chaoxia subconsciously retracted his head.
Then, a gentle voice with a hint of hesitation came from downstairs.
"Mom is not such an unenlightened parent. If you have... someone you like, you can tell me, whether it's a girl or..." The following words seemed a little hard for Ruan's mother to understand, but she still said it stutteringly, "Any boy or girl, you can bring him back and let Mom see him."
What boy and girl?
What... someone you like?
Why are things getting more and more outrageous?
Ruan Chao was stunned for a moment before realizing that his mother had misunderstood him.
His face turned red and he explained hurriedly.
"No, it's not what you think..."
"I accidentally got my clothes dirty at the party, so I borrowed clothes from a classmate."
"You put your classmate's clothes back on, but what about him? Did he go back naked?"
"No," said Ruan Chao, "His house is nearby, I went there to change it."
Ruan's mother's eyes went dark: "You, you went home with him?"
Ruan Chao: "Of course I have to go home with him. I can't let him take off his clothes and give them to me... that would not be borrowing, but robbery."
Mother Ruan: “…”
"We are really just borrowing clothes." Ruan Chao's eyes were sincere and there was no falsehood. "Mom, you have to believe me."
Mother Ruan collapsed on the sofa, looking at him with half-closed eyes.
That look and gaze that seemed to see through everything.
It seems to be saying, don't bother making up lies to deceive me, I understand everything.
Ruan Chao: “…”
Why does it seem like the more I explain it, the less clear it becomes?
He thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he knew where to start.
"The person who lent me the clothes was Gu Xingyan, the one you talked to on the phone a while ago. You even invited him to your home... Do you still remember him?"
Ruan's mother sat up straight: "...Is it him?"
Ruan Chao nodded: "Yes, he is very nice. Last time we played too late, he took me home."
"This time, he saw that my clothes were dirty and offered to lend me his own clothes..."
Ruan Chao said some good things about Gu Xingyan, describing him as a gentle, kind and helpful classmate, in order to dispel Ruan's mother's doubts.
"So that's how it is..." Mother Ruan seemed to have really alleviated her doubts, "Then he is really a good boy, Chaochao, you should thank him very much."
"I will." Ruan Chao said, "Then mom, I will go upstairs first?"
Ruan's mother responded, "Well, go ahead."
Seeing the figure of the young man disappear at the stairs, not long after, the sound of a door closing was heard from the room on the second floor. Ruan's mother could no longer maintain her composure. She immediately grabbed the phone beside her, found the contact pinned on WeChat, and sent a bunch of exclamations to the contact.
“!!!!”
"What's wrong?"
"It seems our child is in love!"
…
While Nguyen Chao and his mother were explaining why they were wearing other people's clothes, Gu Xingyan had already fallen asleep on the bed.
Perhaps because of the fatigue from the past few days, he went to bed unusually early today.
I also had a vague dream.
Someone was following him, calling his name in a gentle voice.
The moment he turned around, the person threw himself into his arms again, rubbing against his chest like a restless cat, then stretched out his soft arms and hugged his neck.
…
The strange agitation made the blood in my body boil.
The boiling blood seemed to burn away reason as well.
He couldn't help but hug the other person back and pressed him under him...
Then, things got out of control.
There was a hoarse voice and heavy breathing in my ears...
He kissed her inch by inch, from her soft lips to her slender neck, and then he kissed a small bright red mole.
Gu Xingyan suddenly woke up, his breathing began to speed up and become disordered.
He was a little at a loss for a moment, and his fluctuating emotions seemed to be still affected by the dream...making his fingers tremble slightly.
Gu Xingyan rarely dreams, let alone dreams like this.
He sat up.
Feeling the dampness of sweat beneath my body, and...
He grabbed the edge of the sheet and pulled it out.
As if to destroy the evidence, he rolled it into a ball and threw it to the ground.
He pushed his slightly wet bangs upwards, revealing his smooth forehead.
The color of his eyes darkened a little.
It's like the endless sea level under the dark night.
It seems calm, but it is actually surging with unknown waves.
…
Ruan Chao discovered that Gu Xingyan was acting strange recently.
It seems like he is... hiding from me?
But he was as obedient as ever. I helped him with his homework, bought snacks for him from the grocery store, helped him with his "unfinished" lunch, and watched over the teacher when he fell asleep in class...
There is nothing wrong with the behavior.
But Ruan Chao's intuition still told him that there must be something wrong with Gu Xingyan.
He stared at the boy in front of him intently.
I want to find out why he feels strange from his micro-expressions.
Gu Xingyan also seemed to notice his gaze.
He turned his head and glanced.
Then he quickly looked away.
Then he pressed against Nguyen Chao's face and turned his head away.
"Don't look at me, look at the blackboard."
Ruan Chao: “…” You said it as if I really wanted to see you.
What's so good about a cold face?
Ruan Chao turned his head away angrily and decided not to look at Gu Xingyan or make eye contact with him for the whole day.
This class is a mathematics class.
The teacher is talking about the test papers left over from the last class.
Nguyen Chao had done the same type of questions on the test paper eight hundred times in his previous world. He was so familiar with them that he could figure out the answers with just one glance.
Because he was too bored, he took out a pencil from his pencil case and started drawing little people on the blank spaces on the paper.
The little man has legs that are 1.8 meters long and an expression of arrogance and pride. He steps on another little man, stands with his hands on his hips, and looks very proud.
The little man who was stepped on was much weaker, with thin arms and legs, and looked very pitiful. He knelt on the ground, put his hands together, and made an apologetic gesture.
There is a circle-like narration next to it.
It's the apology villain who is speaking.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Nguyen Chao finished an amazing painting and was just about to take out his phone to record it.
The black pencil drew a long mark next to it.
Ruan Chao stretched out his right hand and said without raising his head, "Eraser."
A few seconds later, a piece of eraser was placed in his palm.
Ruan Chao instinctively retracted his hand, but accidentally touched Gu Xingyan's fingers that had not yet left.
This was supposed to be a small episode that couldn't be any smaller.
It was just a physical contact that couldn't be more ordinary.
Gu Xingyan, however, reacted extremely strongly and pulled his hand back.
Because the movement was too intense, he accidentally hit the chair behind him, making a loud noise.
Ruan Chao was stunned for a moment.
Forget the decision you just made.
He raised his head and looked at Gu Xingyan.
The boy missed his gaze.
His expression was somewhat gloomy.
His dark eyes were slightly lowered, revealing a gloomy mood.
A big question mark appeared on the Nguyen Dynasty’s forehead.
Just when I was about to ask him what he was doing, I saw Gu Xingyan grab the book and stand behind without looking back.
Ruan Chao: “……?”
Did I offend you? What are you angry about?
He didn't see Gu Xingyan's body, which was trembling slightly as if he was suppressing something.
Nor did she notice the boy's dark and sticky look after he turned his head.