Chapter 53 Chapter 53

From being trapped in the corner by Gu Chi's arms, to sitting on the table with each other's hands supporting his waist, and finally climbing onto the bed together somehow.

By the end, Xi Bai had already collapsed on the bed without any strength.

This time was different from every time before. Xi Bai's initiative today seemed to have ignited something in Gu Chi's heart.

At the end, he hugged Xi Bai, his hot breath hitting her neck in waves, almost biting her soft ears that were dyed a beautiful red, and whispered.

"I'll help you too."

At this moment, the aftertaste was still there, Xi Bai's head was pale and sunken into the pillow, looking at the ceiling, and it seemed that all the scenes just now were in front of him.

He glanced at his side quietly, and then retracted his gaze.

Obviously, they didn't start at the same time.

Why is it so fast for me!

The inexplicable desire to compare made him a little ashamed. Xibai wanted to turn over, but his shoulders were held down.

"I'll wipe it for you." Gu Chi reached out and took a few tissues, "Don't let it flow onto the bed."

Xibai: ...

He was so ashamed that he had been lying there all the time, only able to breathe, and naturally gave up all the initiative.

So the warmth on his abdomen was not only Xibai's own, but also Gu Chi's.

He felt the flow.

Xibai thought silently: Gu Chi... is a monster in every sense.

Through the tissue, his palm wiped off as much dirt as possible with gentle force, and his fingers occasionally rubbed against the skin accidentally, causing waves of shudders.

Xi Bai cast his gaze uncontrollably several times, but when he saw Gu Chi's serious expression, he lay back silently.

How on earth did this guy manage to look so natural?

From just now until now, Gu Chi's ears have been very red, but Xi Bai has never seen any unnatural or awkward expression on the other's face.

It was as if it was natural for the two of them to do this.

Of course Xi Bai was willing to be close to Gu Chi. To be honest, Gu Chi was also very considerate to him just now.

But he and Gu Chi were strictly speaking just roommates.

Although Xi Bai knew that they were secretly in love with each other because he could read minds, there was actually no "status" between the two of them.

So, there were more important things at the moment.

Gu Chi rolled up the wet tissue and took out two clean ones to wrap up the dirty tissue.

Just when he was about to throw the things into the trash basket under the bed, he saw Xi Bai beside him sitting up before him.

The only light source was still the dim desk lamp. Gu Chi looked at Xi Bai's back. She was very thin.

Just when she was in his arms, Gu Chi felt that Xi Bai was too thin. Her waist was so thin that he could cover it with one hand.

Not to mention her wrists. Xi Bai was crying uncontrollably. When she tried to grab Gu Chi's hand to push him away, Gu Chi easily grabbed both wrists with one hand.

The protruding joints on her wrists were beautiful and distinct, but they were so thin that it made people feel distressed.

I must feed the person fatter in the future, Gu Chi thought to himself.

Just as he was distracted, he heard Xi Bai calling him.

Gu Chi sat up and wanted to get closer to the person, but somehow, when he stretched out his hand, Xi Bai dodged.

Eh?

Gu Chi's eyes widened a little, with a bit of helplessness and confusion. Under normal circumstances, Xi Bai would definitely be soft-hearted.

But it happened that the room was not bright at the moment, and he could not see the pair of puppy eyes that were too lethal to him.

In order to avoid being soft-hearted, Xibai had already prepared himself and had his back to Gu Chi from the beginning.

"Gu Chi."

Xibai's voice was very calm, so calm that it was even a little cold.

Gu Chi's half-extended hand seemed to be frozen. It was almost touching the thin shoulder, but it didn't fall.

His Adam's apple rolled, and he wanted to say something, but finally fell silent.

Xi Bai paused for a moment, then continued to speak, saying the words he had already prepared and even rehearsed many times in his mind.

"What do you think our relationship is?"

Relationship?

Gu Chi was stunned by the question, but the answer came faster than his brain.

He answered subconsciously: "...roommates?"

...

...

Xi Bai pulled his quilt aside, moved to the foot of the bed, and stepped on the bed ladder to get out of bed.

"Xibai!"

Gu Chi hurried to persuade him to stay. Even if he was slow and blunt, he knew that he must have said the wrong thing just now.

Xibai did pause.

But Gu Chi didn't even dare to touch him.

"I hope you understand one thing." There was a hint of obvious anger in Xibai's voice. Gu Chi,

who read this emotion, even had his pupils shrink into a line in an instant.

"I'm not the kind of boy who helps each other with roommates." Xibai still had his back to him.

Therefore, the voice seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and it didn't sound so sharp.

But every word that landed was full of force, hitting Gu Chi's heart.

Taking a deep breath, Xibai said the last sentence: "This kind of thing is too ambiguous for me."

After that, Xibai got out of bed holding the quilt.

As he stepped on the ground, he thought of another sentence, so he stopped and added: "I'm going back to my bed. Before you figure out the answer to the question, I think we both need to calm down."

Back to the bed he hadn't used for half a year, Xi Bai lay on his back.

The dormitory was too quiet for a while.

"...My pillow."

Xi Bai covered his face and spoke with shame.

Soon, there was a sound of the bed ladder being stepped on.

Xibai tilted his ears to listen, feeling a little nervous, and even didn't dare to get up to see.

But in the end, what he imagined didn't happen. Gu Chi didn't climb onto the bed, nor did he speak.

He just silently put the pillow next to Xibai's hand, and then returned to his bed in silence.

Like a large dog that was abandoned and was sad, but still very well-behaved, and dared not and didn't want to disturb again.

Xibai admitted that he softened his heart.

He even wanted to pull Gu Chi directly and let him carry him back to the bed over there.

But reason told Xibai that he absolutely couldn't do that.

This night, Xibai felt for the first time that the school's heating was not enough.

Either Gu Chi's body temperature was too hot, and he had already gotten used to it without realizing it.

And for the first time, Gu Chi felt that the bed Xi Bai picked for him was actually so wide. It

was empty, just like the heart in his chest.

They could hear each other tossing and turning on the bed, but no one spoke until dawn.

It was noon when Gu Chi woke up.

He subconsciously reached out to hug his side, but he reached out to nothing the first time.

He opened his sleepy eyes and finally came to his senses, remembering what happened last night.

Xi Bai had already left, and he was the only one left in the dormitory.

It was empty and quiet, making people feel lonely.

Although he had lived alone in the boundless netherworld for thousands and tens of thousands of years, at this moment, Gu Chi began to hate this overly quiet feeling more than ever before.

He got up from bed with a gloomy face, washed, changed his clothes and went out.

The sky was overcast, without the sun, and it was dark.

Without people on the campus, it became particularly deserted. Taking advantage of the lack of sunlight, various evil spirits dared to sneak their heads out in broad daylight and wandered in the shadows of buildings and trees.

But soon the gossip spread like crazy, and the evil spirits and monsters who wanted to get out of the way retreated again.

A few brave ones hid behind the tree trunks beside the school road and poked their heads out to take a look.

Gu Chi walked on the campus road with an expressionless face, exuding an aura that could make ghosts tremble.

He didn't want to pay attention to them, but those gossiping creatures kept chirping like cicadas in summer, thinking that if they lowered their voices, they wouldn't be heard, and if they hid, they wouldn't be seen.

So Gu Chi warned them irritably.

"Be quiet."

In an instant, the entire North City University was as quiet as a dead place.

Gu Chi: ...

annoying.

Gu Chi didn't want to waste any more time with those creatures who were scared like chickens by his words, and continued to move forward.

After thinking it over, he decided to go to the cafeteria to see

if he could run into anyone .

The only windows in the cafeteria that were still open were Xiaowancai and Malatang.

There were not many students eating, they were sitting scattered around, and there were not many people in sight.

But there was quite a lot of movement.

Gu Chi followed the sound, and in an area that other students had left to avoid, he saw an acquaintance.

"Brother Chi!"

Xu Xiao put the bottle of wine in his hand on the table, and the bottom of the bottle hit the table with a bang.

He shouted at Gu Chi at the top of his voice, his eyes were red, a big man of 1.9 meters tall, but now he was crying.

To be fair, among those classmates who were not very close friends, Xu Xiao should be regarded as one of the more familiar ones in Gu Chi's social circle.

In fact, it was mainly because Xu Xiao was a calm and familiar person that he could talk to Gu Chi for a long time.

But this big man who is usually very rough cried like this today, as if he was extremely sad.

Gu Chi, who was in a bad mood, also sat down.

"Brother Chi!" Xu Xiao was very moved when he saw Gu Chi sitting opposite him, "Are you here to comfort me!"

Gu Chi:...

"Brother Chi! I knew you were not as cold as you look!!!"

Without waiting for Gu Chi to answer, Xu Xiao continued the conversation himself.

He took a bottle of wine from the box beside him, pushed it against the table and pried open the bottle cap.

"Come on, let's drink together!"

Gu Chi glanced at the bottle mouth with foam, thought

for a while, and reached out his hand. The two sides touched each other lightly, and Gu Chi took a sip.

Xu Xiao drank half a bottle himself and pushed the empty bottle to the pile of wine bottles on the side. A rough count showed that he had already drunk more than half a dozen bottles by himself.

What happened?

Gu Chi thought to himself and went to see Xu Xiao.

As expected, Xu Xiao started to complain without him asking.

"Brother Chi, you know, I have it so hard!" Gu Chi

took a sip of wine and looked at him, and saw Xu Xiao slap his hand on the table.

"It's New Year's Day, and I'd rather be treated like a □□! Damn!!!"

Gu Chi's movements paused obviously.

At a table not far from the two of them, there was a sound of a boy coughing crazily after being choked.

Xu Xiao looked at him with a bad face, and the boy quickly picked up the plate in front of him and left without looking back.

Gu Chi put down the bottle in his hand and looked at Xu Xiao, who looked sad.

It seemed that this guy had encountered the same emotional problems as him?

Gu Chi didn't know who Xu Xiao's "that one" was, and Xu Xiao didn't seem willing to say it clearly.

The latter just held the bottle of wine, leaned on the table, rubbed his eyes with his sleeves, and said something vaguely.

"It's like that, why..."

"You were so...happy last night, why are you suddenly treating me like this?"

"Oh...I feel so wronged..."

"Don't you even give me a chance!"

Gu Chi guessed the general situation after hearing his reaction.

Could it be that Xu Xiao also has a "mutual helper" like himself?

Thinking of Xi Bai's indifference last night, Gu Chi rarely put himself in other people's shoes and realized the "sour" feeling in human emotions.

He silently took another sip of wine and said, "Well, I understand how you feel."

"...Brother Chi?" Xu Xiao was startled for a moment, and then his face was moved.

Gu Chi actually comforted him!

He said that Gu Chi was not the cold person those people said!

So, two people with completely different situations began to sit in the cafeteria and talk at cross purposes.

-Xu

Xiao: "That was my first time!"

Gu Chi: "Things often change in an instant."

He and Xi Bai have helped each other several times.

Didn't Xi Bai suddenly become unhappy last night?

-Xu

Xiao: "I asked him if he liked me, and he said he liked me. I thought he liked me!"

Xu Xiao: "I really hate it. I really hate myself for not being able to see through his heart! I hate him even more for not being able to read my heart!!!"

Gu Chi sighed: "Seeing through is not necessarily a good thing."

He even had his heart read by Xi Bai the first time he fell asleep, exposing his lie, and ended up running away in panic.

-Xu

Xiao: "I asked him what the relationship was this morning."

Gu Chi: ...

Xu Xiao pounded the table: "He didn't even give me a name!"

Gu Chi: ...!

Xu Xiao had already started crying, while Gu Chi was inspired by his words and grasped some "key points" that he had never noticed.

So... Xi Bai was hinting to him that there needed to be a status between the two of them?

It seemed like that was the case!

The more Gu Chi thought about it, the more he felt that this was the correct answer, as if his brain had been enlightened.

He was too happy about his intimacy and "mutual help" with Xi Bai. As a ghost, and a ghost who had been single for thousands of years and had never been moved, for him, as long as he could be with Xi Bai, he would be happy.

But what he forgot to consider was that the cognitive concepts of humans and ghosts are different - Xie Bian had hinted to him about this a long time ago.

Xu Xiao wiped away his tears and raised the bottle of wine in his hand.

"Come on, Brother Chi, let's finish this bottle!" He was so drunk that he could hardly sit up straight, but he still reached out to put his hand on Gu Chi's shoulder, "Let's drink a glass for our lost love!"

Gu Chi put the bottle down before he finished speaking, leaving Xu Xiao alone and lying on the table.

He raised his head blankly, only to see Gu Chi's back and a sentence floating in the wind.

"I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

He was going to welcome happiness, and Xu Xiao could only deal with the loss of love alone.

Gu Chi thought very disloyal.

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When Xi Bai returned to the dormitory, he saw only an empty room.

He simply tidied up and changed into pajamas.

When he heard the sound of the door opening behind him, Xi Bai paused, and then climbed onto his bed with an indifferent expression, as if he had heard nothing.

He lay down and covered himself with the quilt, but in fact he had pricked up his ears from the very beginning, listening to the movement coming from below.

The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and Gu Chi walked to the bed.

The rustling of fabric was the sound of taking off a coat, and Gu Chi should have hung his clothes on the back of the chair as usual.

Then there was the sound of stepping on the bed ladder, and the slight shaking of the bed frame...

...Hmm?

Not right.

Xibai turned his back to the outside, his eyes fixed on the snow-white wall in front of him.

He blinked: Why did he feel the bed shaking?

When he came to his senses again, the sound was already behind him, and the bed board also felt moving because of the heavy object falling.

Xibai's eyes suddenly widened.

Before he could react, an arm with a familiar warmth and the scent of pine wrapped around him from behind, hugged him tightly.

"You..."

Xibai subconsciously wanted to get up, but was hugged.

He grabbed Gu Chi's wrist and pried it apart, trying to struggle, but he couldn't help but start to worry.

Could it be that he was stimulated too much and went crazy!

"Xibai..."

The call with a strong sense of grievance made Xibai instinctively release the strength in his hands and also took a reassurance pill.

Fortunately, fortunately, judging from Gu Chi's tone, he should not be crazy.

Gu Chi didn't know that Xibai regarded his enthusiasm and initiative as a precursor to madness.

He was also very nervous now.

Feeling Xibai's resistance gradually calming down, he swallowed nervously.

"Xibai." Gu Chi spoke, every word was full of seriousness, and said, "I figured it out." Figured it

out?

Xibai blinked lightly.

"I..."

Gu Chi closed his eyes, afraid of scaring him away, and hugged Xibai tightly with his arms.

"I like you!"

Gu Chi waited for a long time with a heart full of panic and expectation, but he didn't hear a response.

Xibai...why doesn't he speak?

He looked carefully.

Xi Bai's face flushed, and he used his fingers to pry his arm. But his strength was too weak, like an ant trying to shake a tree, and he was too nervous just now, so he didn't even notice the slight force on his arm.

Judging from his face, Xi Bai was about to...

"Strangled to death..." Xi Bai rushed to the man who was still stunned behind him and squeezed out a sentence.

"...Oh!!"

Gu Chi hurriedly let go of the man in panic.