Chapter 54
Xi Siyan was the one who finally cleaned up the express packaging papers on the table in the living room. He also changed the bags of all the trash cans in the house and took them downstairs.
Seeing him come up again, Chen Mo said, "Every time I think you have a serious mysophobia, you always surprise me. When I think you don't have a mysophobia at all, the way you clean up like you have obsessive compulsive disorder makes me feel like I'm living in a garbage dump."
"I'm used to it." Xi Siyan explained his behavior.
Chen Mo's slippered foot bumped Xi Siyan's calf: "You have this problem of choosing the time and the person, right?"
Xi Siyan looked down at his feet and dodged: "Stop it."
"Tsk, you're pretending to be reserved now." Chen Mo touched his still numb lower lip and couldn't help but complain: "You are so skilled, it seems you are a good student on weekdays."
Xi Siyan raised his lips and smiled.
Ever since he received the admission notice, Chen Mo had hardly ever seen him in school uniform again.
His private clothes are not brandable, the colors are simple, but the quality is very good. On weekdays, he just puts on a cap, and he still stands out in the crowd.
"Are you going back today?" Chen Mo asked him.
Xi Siyan sat down next to him, covered Chen Mo's exposed knees with a blanket, and said, "Well, go back." He also reminded, "Don't be too greedy for coolness when the air conditioner is on."
Chen Mo's attention was focused on that reply.
She turned her head to look at him and said faintly, "You come and go so freely. Now when I think about this house you bought, I feel like I'm waiting here every day for you to come."
"What metaphor?" Xi Siyan said, "Something has happened at home recently."
Chen Mo said seriously: "What's wrong?"
"It's not a big problem." Seeing that he was still looking at him, Xi Siyan explained: "Although the Xi family seems to have produced many talents in various fields in recent years, the core business has actually always been managed by my grandfather. His heart is not good this year, so the overseas business has been handed over to my second uncle, and my father is temporarily taking over the domestic business. However, he and my mother have been running our own business abroad for these years, so he is not very familiar with the internal affairs. My grandfather asked me to learn how to get started."
Chen Mo didn't know much about the Xi family.
But he knew that Xi Siyan grew up with his grandparents. The fact that he was able to make the Xi family so successful in such a short period of time should be due not only to his own abilities but also to the influence of his grandparents since childhood.
Chen Mo: "Is your grandfather in good health?"
"Well, the condition is under control for the time being."
In his previous life, Chen Mo had vaguely heard that the real reason why Xi Siyan returned to China was because his grandfather's health could not hold up. At that time, Chen Mo did not pay too much attention to it. About a month later, the news of his death came out. Everyone in the Yang family went to the memorial service, except Chen Mo, who had just been sent on a business trip by Yang Zhi.
He felt quite puzzled at the time.
Because the itinerary of the business trip was originally booked by Yang Zhi's own people, and Yang Zhi didn't seem to be such a generous person to give up such a lucrative job.
As a result, when he came back from the business trip and heard other people chatting in the company, he vaguely learned that Yang Shule's internship at the company under Xi Siyan was decided after the memorial service.
At that time, Yang Shule had a high status in the Yang family, and many people in the company were looking forward to seeing which of the three sons of the Yang family would be better in the company at the same time.
Those words seem to still ring in my ears.
"The good show is ruined. I said that Master Shule is obviously still a child at heart and cannot be compared with the other two."
"He went to Huading, a place where many fresh graduates are trying their best to get in."
"It's a relationship, but there's nothing I can do about it."
"The young master of Huading is in power now. He grew up with our young master Yang, so naturally they have a special relationship. Compared to the second young master, if he really wants to join the company, I'm afraid he will be eaten up without leaving anything."
"The eldest master will always protect him. In terms of closeness, the eldest master has always been closer to this brother who has no blood relationship with him."
"But our young master doesn't need it. Now that he's married into Huading, are you still worried that he won't have a future?"
Those laughters sounded particularly harsh to Chen Mo at that time.
Chen Mo started to get involved in the family company very early, but Yang Qi'an asked him to work at the grassroots level for three years right after he came in. It was not because Yang Qi'an valued him, but because at that time, obvious rifts had already begun to appear between him and the Yang family.
He climbed up with great difficulty.
The ambition is obvious.
The Yang Group has many problems common to family businesses, and the factional struggles are very fierce. Although Chen Mo has spent a lot of time building up his own power in the company, it cannot cover up the fact that he has made countless enemies.
When he suddenly heard these words, he had already put Xi Siyan in opposition in his mind. This was also the reason why Chen Mo did not want to give him a good face at the final celebration party of that project.
Now I am away from that environment.
The person who had only ever been mentioned in other people's mouths or met from afar was now sitting next to me.
The feeling is very subtle.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xi Siyan asked him.
Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Nothing, I just sometimes feel that my luck is not too bad."
If you fail once, you can start over again.
The wrong path can be rewritten.
And, some people, in a way and relationship he had never imagined, left a deep mark on him when he was seventeen years old, making the barren and desolate youth in his memory become more colorful.
Xi Siyan didn't know what the look in Chen Mo's eyes meant.
It was just that when he heard that his luck was not too bad, he felt like being pricked by a needle in his heart and frowned.
Various emotions are intertwined, and it feels mixed.
"I have time next week. Is there any place you want to go?" Xi Siyan grabbed his hand, pinched his joints and asked casually. Then he said, "Just take it as the first step of the test?"
Chen Mo looked over and said slowly: "Haven't we already practiced the first step?"
Xi Siyan was stunned and laughed: "That doesn't count."
"Then what counts?" Chen Mo had to dig deep at this time.
Xi Siyan thought for two seconds and answered seriously: "You are curious about all the feelings between men. I want to start with the simplest one, just as a date, just the two of us."
Chen Mo was a little moved by what he said.
But where to go became a problem.
They were not in a rush to make a decision.
In the next few days, Xi Siyan would come over occasionally and stay in the room next to Chen Mo at night.
They would simply cook a bowl of noodles in the kitchen.
When Chen Mo had nothing to do after looking up information, he would drag Xi Siyan to the basketball court downstairs to play a game with others. Every time he was very restrained, and Xi Siyan would not let him do too much strenuous exercise.
In the afternoon, they might sit opposite each other on the carpet in front of the sofa. Chen Mo had endless summer test papers to write, while Xi Siyan sat cross-legged and typed on his notebook.
Chen Mo took a glance occasionally, and there were things he understood and some he didn't.
But he chose not to ask anything, after all, this was not something a high school student should understand. Instead, it was Xi Siyan who was not used to his behavior of slacking off while writing the test paper, and urged Chen Mo to think back to the days when he was guided by him in the first semester of his second year of high school.
In the evening they would watch a movie together on the sofa.
Then they washed up and went to their rooms to sleep.
Except for that kiss that day.
Their relationship is more like that of roommates who have not yet moved out of the dormitory, continuing many of the trajectories and habits they had in school.
But there are obvious differences.
Chen Mo could clearly sense the presence of another person in this inch of space. He got up, brushed his teeth, took a shower, or changed into a new set of clothes in the afternoon. Habits are terrible things. Unconsciously, Chen Mo had become accustomed to his private space being quietly and completely occupied by another person, and he accepted it well.
On the last day of July, the heaviest rainstorm of the summer occurred.
The rain was heavy and several leaves of the succulent plants that Chen Mo bought from the old man downstairs one afternoon were knocked off on the balcony.
When he rushed out of the balcony and moved in, half of his body was soaked.
While standing by the glass door wringing out the water, Jiang Xu initiated a group call on the social software.
Chen Mo originally wanted to hang up, but accidentally clicked the connect button.
When he went in, there were already four or five avatars lit up.
Jiang Xu was the first to shout in the voice call: "Brothers, after tonight I will pass the tribulation and ascend to heaven! Bless me!"
Someone asked, "What's that noise over there?"
Jiang Xu: "Damn it! I live on the top floor! There's a water leak! The water is almost up to my calves, and the family downstairs is arguing with my mom at the door."
Sure enough, I could hear exaggerated cursing in the background.
There was also a crackling sound of something falling.
“Indeed, it rains heavily tonight!”
"I'm still catching up on my English test paper. This weather is perfect for sleeping. Damn it! When will I be able to graduate and be free?"
The discussion in the group was very lively.
Lao Gou was saying, "I'm at my grandmother's house in the countryside. Have you ever experienced this? In a place without air conditioning or fans, it's raining heavily, and the feeling of lying on a cool mat is like returning to my childhood."
"I'm a street kid who grew up in the city. Thank you."
"Are mosquitoes in the countryside particularly poisonous? One bite will leave a big bruise."
"Old Gou, if I see you again next semester, will I be lucky enough to meet an African guy?"
"roll."
When the communication was busy, Chen Mo noticed a towel covering his head.
He stopped patting the clothes and turned back suddenly: "Are you done washing?"
"Yeah." Xi Siyan's hair was still wet, and there was a light gray towel around his neck, but his face looked terrible. He wiped Chen Mo's hair with his hands and frowned: "In just a short while, you took a bath with me?"
"This isn't Yuta..."
Chen Mo's voice was interrupted by a "fuck" from the phone.
Jiang Xu: "Excuse me, did I hear it wrong? Chen Mo, you and the squad leader are taking a shower together, huh? Are you guys so open-minded?"
Bai Cheng: "I testify that you heard it right, I heard it too."
There was a lot of booing.
Lao Gou: "What's the big deal? Didn't you guys bathe in the same ditch with other kids when you were little? Besides, everyone in the bathhouse out there is naked." He concluded: "What a fuss."
Lao Gou is indeed our brother.
At the critical moment, his first reaction was to clarify for Chen Mo, even though he himself had seen a lot of gossip in various posts on the forum, and even though he knew that his brother was a gay, he was determined not to let any rumors get to Chen Mo.
After Lao Gou said this, the others gave up teasing him.
At this time, Xi Siyan said, "We didn't wash together."
Everyone in the group said "oh" and nodded rapidly, indicating that they understood.
Next, Xi Siyan said, "But, we should be able to take a bath together."
Chen Mo opened his eyes wide and looked at him: "..."
The group suddenly became as quiet as a chicken.
Maybe ten seconds.
Someone whispered, "Excuse me, is this what I understood?"
“Awesome.”
"As expected of you."
"As expected of you."
"As expected of you."
…
Xi Siyan hung up the phone for Chen Mo and ignored the crazy pop-up message notifications from Lao Gou.
Then he wiped Chen Mo's hair and asked, "Are you scared?"
"So?" Chen Mo quickly got rid of his surprise and let his head be rubbed. He took back his phone and sent a message to Lao Gou, saying, "I didn't expect you to not care about being known."
Xi Siyan stopped what he was doing and said calmly: "I hope the whole world knows."
"That's fine." Chen Mo nodded, "I approve."
Saying that he wanted to let the whole world know, Xi Siyan picked up his phone and sent a voice message in the group while telling Chen Mo to take a shower first.
"Don't go out and say anything. Your brother Mo still has to go to school." After getting everyone's assurance, Xi Siyan smiled in Chen Mo's sight and said, "Whatever, wait until you graduate from high school?"
"You talk as if you've just graduated." Chen Mo complained with a smile in his eyes.
Lao Gou is still bombarding the phone.
"!!!"
"!!!! Answer me! Chen Mo, you traitor!"
"You told me in person that Xi Siyan doesn't like men, right? You two actually got together behind my back???"
Silence is not golden, it’s your uncle: “Don’t make it sound like I’m having an affair.”
Silence is not golden, it’s your uncle: “Also, we didn’t do it, we are both very pure.”
Lao Gou: "...Day."
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