Chapter 07 Chapter 7

[The Calculator: Xibao, when are you and Gu Chi going to live together?]

Xibai was in class when he heard his phone vibrate and scanned the message from Zhuang Suan.

...

What do you mean by living together! It's obvious that he and Gu Chi are living together.

Zhuang Suan is more proactive than the two parties involved.

[White: Friday afternoon, Gu Chi and I don't have classes, so we just happened to go to the administration building to hand in our forms] [White:

The administration teacher is on holiday on the weekend, so he will move to the dormitory after the information is entered into the school system on Monday]

[The Calculator: Can't we just move on the weekend]

[White: Didn't they say that it will take some time for the information to be entered into the school system? ]

[The Calculator: The system entry is for the finance department to make a refund. As long as the two of you are willing to pay for two single rooms, you can just let him move in and leave the other one empty. The school won’t check the dormitories.]

Xibai exited the small window and tried to click on Gu Chi’s avatar.

[The Calculator: Move out early to avoid any weird things.]

[The Calculator: Take the weekend to build up your relationship [funny]]

Xibai thought so too. When the application form was due on Friday, he and Gu Chi exchanged their class schedules. Both of them had full schedules, and it was difficult for them to find the same free time on weekdays.

So Xibai clicked on Gu Chi’s small window and typed.

“This Saturday…”

[Gu: My classmate said that you don’t have to wait for the entry before moving to the dormitory.]

Xibai’s typing hand paused.

Looking at Gu Chi's message, he didn't know why his ears felt hot.

From the matter of submitting the application two days ago, to the matter of moving to the dormitory now... Well, maybe Gu Chi is a person who does things in a hurry.

After all, he is a sports player, so he is more energetic. When Zhuang Shu was fortune-telling, he also said that Gu Chi was a little sun or something.

Xi Bai comforted himself in his heart, so when the message was sent, the content became:

[White: Is it convenient for you to move on Saturday? ]

[Gu: How about we move on Friday afternoon after submitting the application?]

[Gu: I don't have much stuff]

[Gu: We can have dinner together after moving, if you don't have an appointment? ]

Xi Bai was holding the phone, and now he could no longer hear what the teacher said on the podium.

As if his fingers had their own thoughts, he long-pressed and selected every message from Gu Chi, and quoted and replied.

[White: OK, then Friday]

[White: I'll help you move some]

[White: I don't have an appointment, let's find a restaurant you like this time]

Putting the phone upside down on the table, Xibai took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

He touched his slightly hot face with the back of his hand to cool it off, and moved his eyes to the blackboard at the front of the lecture hall, trying to catch up with the teacher's rhythm again.

This class was about appreciating ancient literature. The old professor with short gray hair was wearing reading glasses and lecturing on the content of short stories in ancient books.

After listening carefully to what the teacher said, Xibai was speechless.

"… Like Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen, Yan Ruyu and Lang Yuzhu, they are all classic human-ghost romances in Liaozhai. The earliest human-ghost romance can be traced back to the chapter "Talking about Life" in Lieyi Zhuan written by Cao Pi…"

The "human-ghost romance" that suddenly appeared in the classroom made Xibai, who had just focused, fall into the deep pool of memories again.

Being targeted by the ghost king and being liked by the ghost king… This was defined as a "romantic" plot in the brain cells of the ancients, but for Xibai, the person involved, it was just a thrill.

I hope that Gu Chi's arrival can really let him get rid of these strange entanglements as Zhuang Shu said.

Xibai's thoughts ran farther and farther.

From the human-ghost romance to the Ghost King, from the Ghost King to Gu Chi, and then to the words Gu Chi just said.

If Zhuang Suan saw it, he would probably laugh at himself with an exaggerated expression.

"Oh~ It's really a little sun dog~ So clingy~"

Xi Bai could imagine that tone.

The phone vibrated at this moment, and when Xi Bai reacted, the upside-down screen had been brought in front of him.

What came towards him was an emoticon pack of a plush big dog.

[Gu: That's settled, see you on Friday]

[Gu: There are still two days]

[Gu: I'm looking forward to it]

[Gu: [Smiling big dog]]

Looking at the plush big dog that looked like a snowball, sticking out its tongue and showing a cute smile that was so cute that it was emitting pink bubbles, while shaking its ears hard.

Xibai put down his phone and buried his head in his arms for a few times. In the residual light, he saw the dust floating up and down in the circular halo reflected by the glass windows of the classroom.

It was like the rising and falling of stars, matching the beat of his heart.

The sunlight in the classroom was very warm, and the teacher was still teaching in a gentle voice, but at this moment he just wanted to stay a little longer.

The soft hair on his head swayed gently, and the half of his face that was exposed was reflected pink by the sunlight coming in from the window. Xibai didn't know that at this moment, in his slightly blurred eyes, there was an emotion called shyness flowing.

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On Friday noon, Gu Chi once again politely rejected Xu Xiao and others' invitation to dinner, and went straight to the dormitory from the classroom after class.

Looking at the hurriedly leaving figure, a team member touched Xu Xiao beside him.

"Hey Xiao, do you think Brother Chi has any happy events? It seems that he is in a good mood today."

Xu Xiao shrugged, "Who knows."

Isn't Gu Chi always alone and mysterious?

"I'm going to eat." Xu Xiao greeted.

On the other side, Gu Chi returned to the dormitory downstairs.

When he entered the door, he happened to meet a man and a woman registering in the dormitory office.

Beicheng University does not have mixed dormitories. Only girls can enter the boys' dormitory, but they need to have a legitimate reason and register their campus cards at the dormitory management office.

Generally speaking, there is only one situation in which girls go to the boys' dormitory: to move things together.

"Thank you, Auntie. We'll go up first."

The two thanked the dormitory manager and went upstairs arm in arm.

Gu Chi was a little slower than them. He looked at the backs of the two.

When they arrived at the floor of his dormitory, Gu Chi finally confirmed that the boy lived on the same floor as him. He would occasionally run into him when he went downstairs for his eight-hour class in the morning.

The boy entered the dormitory, took out a few packed boxes and put them in the corridor, then turned around and went into the dormitory and took out a handbag.

"Baby, just help me with this."

The girl reached out to take the handbag and looked at the heavy plastic box in her boyfriend's hand.

"Really don't I need to help you move the boxes?"

The boy hummed, put down the box in his hand, took out a few books and put them into the bag.

"Then baby, help me carry two more books."

"This box is heavy, I can do it."

The boy said, "Thank you for your hard work, baby."

"It's not hard." The girl lifted the bag a little higher on her shoulder and smiled, "Moving is supposed to be shared."

The boy kissed the girl's forehead with emotion, "Thank you, baby."

Gu Chi watched the whole process and grabbed the key to unlock the dormitory door.

After entering the door, he stuck his head out again to look at the corridor with pink bubbles and the backs of the two people who had already walked down the stairs from the corner, thinking.

Is this the happiness of mankind?

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Xibai had classes in the first two periods of the afternoon. When he came out of the teaching building, he sent a message to Gu Chi.

[White: I've done it]

[White: The administrative building will be closed at 5 o'clock. Let's go and hand in the forms first, and then go to your dormitory to move things together? ]

[Gu: OK]

The two agreed to meet at the door of the administrative building. Xibai arrived early and went to the printing room on the first floor to print two application forms, fill them out, and sign his name. When

Gu Chi arrived, Xibai

had just finished. "Sorry, I kept you waiting."

Xibai shook his head, and the two went upstairs to the General Affairs Office together.

"Xibai from the College of Arts, Gu Chi from the College of Physical Education, right?" The general affairs teacher confirmed the personal information of both parties and swiped their campus cards.

After returning the campus card, the general affairs teacher said, "Okay, from today on, you are roommates. Gu's dormitory will be recycled and emptied next Wednesday. You can leave the unnecessary items in the dormitory directly, and there will be special cleaning staff to clean it up."

After thanking him, Xibai and Gu Chi walked out of the office together.

The whole process was faster than they thought. When the two went downstairs, the teaching building was still half an hour away from the end of the class.

When Xibai handed Gu Chi's campus card back, he glanced at the photo on it.

I have to say, the photo is quite handsome, and it seems to have been taken relatively early. He looks quite young, with a bit of a fierce aura.

Xibai suddenly realized what Zhuang Suan meant when he said that Gu Chi treated him differently.

If he had met Gu Chi with the expression in the photo at the gym that day, Xi Bai would probably not have spoken to him.

"Let's go directly to your dormitory?" Xi Bai asked, "Have you packed your things?"

Gu Chi nodded.

The two went downstairs together, and when they reached the door of the building, Gu Chi suddenly spoke: "Today is Friday?"

Xi Bai nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Gu Chi shook his head.

When they walked downstairs to the dormitory, Gu Chi suddenly stuffed a key into Xi Bai's hand.

"You go up first, I've packed all the things, you take a rest first, just wait for me for a while."

Without waiting for Xi Bai to react, Gu Chi turned around and left, and his figure soon disappeared at the end of the road.

Xi Bai went upstairs first with a mist on his head.

The moment he pushed open the door, he saw a particularly clean and tidy dormitory, and his last worry about the two people's living habits was completely relieved.

The dormitory was neat and tidy, the windows were bright and clean, and even the chairs were placed neatly in front of the desk.

There was a box on the ground, which contained several small packaging boxes, which were Gu Chi's daily necessities, clothes and textbooks. They were neatly placed together, and it was even pleasing to the eye.

Xi Bai looked around and found that there seemed to be nothing else except this box.

If it was just this box, Gu Chi should not need his help, right?

[White: Where do you put the things you need me to take? Xibai

sent a WeChat message, but he didn't know what Gu Chi was busy with. This time, he didn't reply immediately.

Does that mean he won't reply so soon?

For some reason, Xibai walked a little further into the room.

Although it was a single room, two beds were provided as standard when the dormitory was renovated. Xibai looked around for a while and could barely distinguish some signs of use from the furniture on the right.

He took two steps forward, stretched out his hand, and opened the closet next to the desk.

A faint cold pine fragrance lingering in the closet mixed into Xibai's nostrils as Xibai expected.

At this moment, the dormitory door was pushed open, and the sound of the lock spring was like a thunder, echoing in the narrow space.

"You're back..."

Xibai quickly closed the dormitory door and walked out a few steps with a guilty conscience.

"I only saw this box, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he smelled a familiar aroma of food.

Xibai subconsciously reached out to take the things that Gu Chi handed over, and looked down.

It was his favorite roasted cold noodles from the restaurant that only opened on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Xibai suddenly remembered what Gu Chi said when he invited him to eat roasted cold noodles last time.

But that was just a casual remark.

"I have to eat a portion of grilled cold noodles every Friday, otherwise the next time I want to eat it, it will be five days later."

When Xibai raised his head, Gu Chi had already picked up the box on the ground easily.

"Just take that one."

Gu Chi said, and Xibai was a beat late to realize that the other party was replying to the sentence he sent on WeChat.

"The box is heavy, I can do it."

Gu Chi said again.

Xibai blinked and asked subconsciously: "Then I... just take the grilled cold noodles?"

"Yeah."

Gu Chi walked out with the box, slightly tilting his head back.

"It's hard... for you."

Taking a portion of grilled cold noodles, and still complaining about hard work.

Xibai's mind hasn't even turned around yet, and he heard Gu Chi pause.

"Thank you too... for coming to accompany me."

Xi Bai did not notice the strange pause in Gu Chi's words.

Because he felt that his ears seemed to be getting hot uncontrollably again.