Chapter 27 Who are you going to sleep with?
While Xu Zhiyang was fiddling with the water heater, he saw Zhu Ci walk in from the corner of his eye. He didn't even look at him and said, "Want to take a shower? Wait a minute."
"You wash first." Zhu Ci closed the bathroom door with his backhand and took off his shirt.
Xu Zhiyang was stunned, and when she looked over she found that Zhu Ci had a wound on his lower back!
"When did you get hurt?"
"I was scratched by the door when I jumped out of the van. It's a minor injury." Zhu Ci opened the healed wound, took a bottle of iodine and was about to pour it directly.
Xu Zhiyang tutted, walked over irritably, snatched the iodine from Zhu and slammed it on the sink, "You don't need this. Why didn't you tell me you were injured earlier?!"
Feeling Xu Zhiyang's slightly cool palm touching the wound, Zhu Ci looked up at the boy standing behind him in the mirror.
His tone was calm and emotionless, "I didn't think you wanted to treat me."
"What do you think? You always think what you think." Xu Zhiyang urged his energy to heal the wound. "Do you have the ability to read my mind? Do you know what I'm thinking? Am I as petty as you think?"
"You are in a bad mood and don't want to talk to me." Zhu Ci interrupted his mumbling.
"If anything upsets you, just tell me. We are teammates and we need to support each other as we make our way to the capital."
The palm-sized wound on the lower back healed quickly and gradually, and after a minute, there was no scar left on the skin.
Xu Zhiyang's abilities are improving day by day.
Xu Zhiyang withdrew her hand, looked over Zhu Ci's shoulder, and met his gaze in the mirror. "No, you're overthinking it. You said we're teammates, so that's it."
More than just teammates, they were sworn enemies in the previous life.
Xu Zhiyang thought to herself, as expected, Zhuci is just as annoying in this life as in the last.
Zhu Ci frowned and turned around. He was taller than Xu Zhiyang, so he could only lower his deep eyes and look at him calmly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Zhiyang subconsciously wiped his face, "Why are you looking at me?"
Zhu Ci suddenly said without thinking: "Do you hate me hugging you?"
Xu Zhiyang: “Ah?”
Zhu Ci suddenly realized something as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up, "It's my fault. I forgot that boys of your age are more competitive and want to save face." As he said that, Zhu Ci rubbed the top of Xu Zhiyang's head.
"I'll save your face in the future, don't be angry."
“…”
In fact, what Zhu Ci said was right. Xu Zhiyang didn't like excessive touching, and Zhu Ci's actions could easily be misunderstood.
Xu Zhiyang gritted his teeth secretly and forced a smile, "Thank you so much."
"It's okay." Zhu Ci also smiled and pinched the boy's cheek again, "It's very soft. You take a shower, I'm going out."
Xu Zhiyang stood there dumbfounded until Zhu Ci closed the door and left.
Xu Zhiyang muttered to himself in a low voice.
"Is this how teammates get along..."
It is still a bit cold to take a cold shower on a summer night. Xu Zhiyang sneezed several times in a row after the shower. Although it is the hottest day of the year, the temperature has been dropping and it feels a bit like early autumn at night.
Coming out of the living room, Xu Zhiyang sniffed the aroma of food in the air, took two quick steps, and saw a pot of fried luncheon meat with chili peppers in the middle of the table.
"That's amazing, Li Xiaoyin."
Li Huiyin smiled and said, "Of course not. The only thing left at Xiaoyu's house that's still good is the chili peppers. We'll just have to make do with them. After all, it's the first hot meal we've had since the apocalypse."
The rice cooked in a casserole was also served on the table. Qin Shiyu filled each person with a bowl of rice. After the apocalypse, no one cared about hygiene, so the four people shared the same dish.
After dinner, Li Huiyin collapsed on the sofa and patted her belly: "This is the first time I've had a full meal since the end of the world."
Xu Zhiyang said slowly, "You ate the amount of food for three people by yourself, and you're not afraid of getting a stomachache."
"No!" Li Huiyin yawned. "I digest quickly. Once I use up my energy, I'll be hungry soon. This little bit of food won't last long."
Xu Zhiyang smiled helplessly, feeling a little cold, and urged: "Take a shower early, the temperature has dropped, don't catch a cold."
“OK!”
Several people took turns taking a shower. Zhu Ci moved the coffee table away and put the sofas together. The sofas in Qin Shiyu's house were very large, and if they were put together, they could be used as a bed.
Xu Zhiyang went upstairs and brought down a few quilts, looking at tonight's "bed" with satisfaction.
"Are you worried that it's unsafe to sleep in separate rooms?" Xu Zhiyang asked.
Zhu Ci nodded, "Well, the second floor is not as safe as the first floor. If something happens at night, there are two places on the first floor where you can escape."
"Yeah, sleeping together means we can look after each other. In movies, people who sleep alone in a room usually die quickly."
Zhu Ci had the habit of a soldier and folded the four quilts into tofu blocks. After he was done, he looked at Xu Zhiyang and asked, "So, will you sleep with me tonight, or with the other two?"
Qin Shiyu heard these words as soon as he came out of the bathroom, and looked at Li Huiyin who was standing at the kitchen door.
Isn't this development a bit fast?
Li Huiyin was dumbfounded. She didn't understand why her best friend skipped the dating step and wanted to sleep with someone else just because she poured out a glass of water?
As for herself, Xu Zhiyang was also stunned for two seconds, and then asked directly, "No, don't you feel that there is any ambiguity in your words?"
Zhuci was puzzled: "What?"
Seeing Zhu Ci's upright face, Xu Zhiyang knew that he had misunderstood, so he smiled hypocritically, "No, I mean it's okay with anyone."
Zhu Ci realized it belatedly and suddenly smiled, "What are you thinking at such a young age? We are both men, so what are we afraid of?"
"That's right, men can't get pregnant if they sleep together." Li Huiyin walked over carelessly, "But my best friend should stay close to me. He likes to kick people at night, it's not safe."
Qin Shiyu said that he could sleep anywhere and had no intention of intervening in the inappropriate topics between adults.
"You have your own sofa, and the three of us will sit next to each other." Xu Zhiyang flicked her head and said, "Girls, pay attention to your image."
Li Huiyin groaned, shook off the quilt and lay down inside. "We're just friends. You treat me as a brother and I treat you as a sister. We each have our own way. We're good sisters!"
“…”
"Alright, go to sleep."
Li Huiyin always listened to Xu Zhiyang and slept alone on another sofa, but there was only the armrest of the sofa between them, and the two sofas were still next to each other.
On Xu Zhiyang's side, there was a double sofa combined with a four-seater sofa. Qin Shiyu, who was small enough, could fit perfectly inside, next to Xu Zhiyang. Next to Xu Zhiyang was Zhu Ci.
"Oh, it's so soft! This sofa is quite wide, I probably won't be able to roll down tonight." Li Huiyin directly covered her head with the quilt.
The summer nights after the apocalypse are as cold as the temperature of early autumn, but it is just right to cover yourself with a quilt, and it also adds a little sense of security.
It was just a pity for Xu Zhiyang. Zhu Ci was behind him and Qin Shiyu was in front of him. Because he didn't want to touch Zhu Ci, Xu Zhiyang almost slept on the edge.
The sofa where Qin Shiyu slept was relatively short, so he couldn't squeeze over there. He could only tense his body to maintain his balance and not fall down.
Zhu Ci didn't notice it at first, but after a while he turned over and felt that the middle position was too spacious and could accommodate another Qin Shiyu.
"Xu Zhiyang..." Zhu Ci called out in a low voice.
"Hmm?" Xu Zhiyang responded in a muffled voice.
"Turn around."
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