Sang Zi stood there in a daze. He never expected that the person at the door would be He Yu.
"Um?"
Sang Zi quickly came back to his senses: "Um... Teacher He, you're looking for Brother Shixi... He just moved to Brother Jingzhou's room, which is right next door."
He Yu pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and the expression behind the lenses was unclear: "Okay, thank you."
Sang Zi shook his head repeatedly: "You're welcome, it's my duty."
Watching He Yu walk away, Sang Zi closed the door, locked it, and then threw himself on the soft big bed.
This time he wouldn't get up no matter who called him!
After lying down for a minute, Sang Zi suddenly sat up again.
That's not right!
Jiang Yan and Liang Yulan asked where Brother Shi Xi had gone. He must have wanted to snatch her away from Brother Jingzhou!
Why did I sell out Brother Jingzhou?
After sitting on the bed and thinking for two seconds, Sang Zi happily decided to give up.
Anyway, the person has been found, there is no point in thinking about it now.
Then... let Brother Jingzhou fend for himself!
Sang Zi lay back down again, deciding to let himself go and not think about it anymore.
But what is Teacher He going to do?
===
At this time, Bai Jingzhou's dormitory was in a mess.
A few minutes ago, Luo Shixi had just arrived here, put down his suitcase, and was still visiting Bai Jingzhou and their dormitory when Jiang Yan came over.
He stood at the door of Bai Jingzhou's room with his arms folded, but did not come in: "Do you want to live here?"
"Ah?" Luo Shixi turned around and looked at him. "That's fine. Brother Jingzhou has a vacant seat here."
Jiang Yan pursed her lips: "I have a vacant seat over there, too."
Luo Shixi squatted down to pack his suitcase: "Ah? What a coincidence, who left your dormitory?"
"Xie Qingwen," Jiang Yan didn't come to answer his question. He took two steps forward and stood in front of Luo Shixi. "You live in my dormitory. Do you want to come?"
Luo Shixi looked up at him, hesitant: "But I'm about to start packing."
Jiang Yan: "Come with me, I'll help you clean up."
As he said this, he asked Luo Shixi to stand up first, and then he fastened Luo Shixi's suitcase with a "snap", with quick and decisive movements.
When he was about to lift it up, his hand was held down.
Bai Jingzhou held down Jiang Yan's hand holding the suitcase, and the smile on his face faded a little: "Xiaoxi has settled down here. She is tired enough tonight, so don't move anymore."
The air was heavy for a moment.
Luo Shixi was unaware of this, and even felt that what Bai Jingzhou said made sense. It didn't matter where you lived. He nodded in agreement, "Yes, why don't we do this for now?"
Jiang Yan glanced at Bai Jingzhou and sneered.
He took Bai Jingzhou's hand away with his other hand and gestured to the tightly locked suitcase in his hand: "Is this what you call settling in?"
"Ah..." Luo Shixi turned his head away awkwardly. He was just too lazy to move.
Seeing that he didn't look at him, Jiang Yan's lazy eyes lost for a moment. He pursed his lips and asked Luo Shixi: "Don't you want to live with me?"
"It's not like that!" Luo Shixi was a little anxious. He didn't understand why Jiang Yan thought of this place.
"Jiang Yan, don't think too much. Xiaoxi is just too tired today and doesn't want to go through any more trouble. Right, Xiaoxi?" Bai Jingzhou put his hand on Luo Shixi's shoulder, stood behind him and looked at Jiang Yan.
Their eyes met, and sparks flew.
Liang Yulan saw this scene when he came in.
He walked over slowly and stood on Jiang Yan's left side: "So, is Xiaoxi willing to come to our dormitory?"
When Jiang Yan heard him say "we", he couldn't help but glance at him.
The two looked at each other, then turned their heads away in disgust.
A passing trainee noticed the movement here and curiously leaned over to look. But he was immediately scared away by Jiang Yan's cold eyes.
Liang Yulan looked at Bai Jingzhou who was standing behind Luo Shixi with his hand on his shoulder, and thought he had miscalculated.
He was just thinking about watching Jiang Yan and preventing him from getting close to Xiaoxi, but he didn't expect there was another person here.
Bai Jingzhou felt Liang Yulan's gaze on his hand, which was so cold that it seemed to freeze him. Thinking of this, Bai Jingzhou's slender eyebrows curved and he put his other hand on Luo Shixi's shoulder.
Seen from the front, Bai Jingzhou, who was a size bigger than Luo Shixi, looked like he was hugging the other.
Sure enough, Liang Yulan’s eyes became even colder.
Bai Jingzhou has a keen eye and is currently observing the other person's micro-expressions.
Xiaoxi, the brother he had known before joining the program, seemed to be too possessive of him. He frowned and thought.
Luo Shixi noticed Bai Jingzhou's actions and looked back at him in confusion.
When Bai Jingzhou saw Luo Shixi's eyes which were black and white and filled with confusion, his heart beat faster. His fingers unconsciously clenched Luo Shixi's thin shoulders, making him lean closer to his chest.
"What's the matter?" Luo Shixi asked, looking at Bai Jingzhou in confusion.
At this moment, he was half-circled by Bai Jingzhou and could smell the faint scent of perfume on the other person, and a hint of citrus fragrance mixed with the quiet and deep scent of sea water.
It was the perfume he had lent her on the first public stage.
I have to say that this perfume by Bai Jingzhou is very suitable for him.
After realizing what he had done, Bai Jingzhou did not let go of Luo Shixi. Instead, he leaned over with a smile, closed the distance between them, and whispered in his ear: "I'll tell you a secret, Xiaoxi. I have a drawer of snacks."
Luo Shixi opened his eyes wide and looked at Bai Jingzhou in disbelief: "They didn't confiscate it...!"
"Shh——" Bai Jingzhou put his hand on his red lips, interrupting Luo Shixi's words.
Luo Shixi covered his mouth, remembering that there was a camera in the dormitory. Although his mouth was covered, he kept hinting at Bai Jingzhou with his eyes.
Tell me quickly, is this true?!
Bai Jingzhou found it funny and nodded, confirming Luo Shixi's guess.
However, the snack cabinet was locked by Sang Zi, and the key was still in the boy's hand. He had not returned it to him since he joined the program group, so he had to come back tomorrow when he had time. Bai Jingzhou thought, it was not that he wanted to eat it, but mainly Xiaoxi wanted to eat it.
Liang Yulan looked at the interaction between the two and his eyes darkened.
He walked over, around the luggage on the ground, and went straight to Luo Shixi, then slowly put his hand on Bai Jingzhou's hand and forcefully pushed the other's hand away.
Bai Jingzhou took it down with the force of Liang Yulan. When he saw Liang Yulan patting Luo Shixi's shoulder as if sweeping away the dirt on it, the smile disappeared from his face for the first time.
Liang Yulan looked down at Luo Shixi and asked him in a low voice: "Xiaoxi... don't you want to share a dormitory with me?"
Luo Shixi looked at Liang Yulan's face that was so close to him. His thin lips that always had a distant smile were pursed, and his eyebrows were cold and narrow. Upon closer inspection, he actually felt a little fragile. It was like a starry sky that no one paid attention to. Because no one cared, even the starlight was dim.
Liang Yulan has been feeling depressed since the first day she joined the program crew and met Luo Shixi.
He didn't understand why Luo Shixi always avoided him, and was unwilling to be close to him like before, calling him "brother" with a sweet smile, and would comfort him when his finger was cut even if it didn't hurt.
Luo Shixi was a little at a loss. He noticed that Liang Yulan's expression was not right: "Brother, you...what's wrong with you..."
Liang Yulan took a few steps back and put some distance between them: "Xiaoxi, you must be very tired. I'll help you pack your things."
Luo Shixi opened his mouth: "I..."
He made a sound, but didn't know what he was going to say.
Luo Shixi carefully observed Liang Yulan's expressions and found that they were no different from before.
Could it be that I was overthinking just now?
After Jiang Yan watched Liang Yulan go up, he thought that since there were two people in one dormitory, there was no difference between Liang Yulan going up and himself.
Who would have thought that the other party would compromise after just a few words.
What the hell is this? Is it still okay?
Jiang Yan's brows were tightly knitted.
He looked at Bai Jingzhou. Bai Jingzhou thought that he also wanted Luo Shixi to move out, so his body subconsciously tensed up and he took a defensive posture.
But he never expected to hear Jiang Yan ask him: "How many empty beds are there in this room?"
Bai Jingzhou was stunned: "...two."
"I'll move in." Jiang Yan said readily.
"……?"
Move in?
Everyone looked at Jiang Yan.
"Why are you looking at me?" Jiang Yan had a clear understanding of himself. He was not good at speaking, and sometimes the words he said made people want to slap him to death. It would be better for him to just drag Luo Shixi away, but he probably couldn't even think about convincing the other party.
Even Liang and Lan were persuaded, what else could I expect?
The three people's attitudes were in a stalemate. Luo Shixi looked at one and then at that, not understanding what was so fussy about just moving to a dormitory.
"What are you doing?"
He Yu's smiling voice came.
Everyone looked towards the door.
Liang Yulan was the first to react: "Teacher Congratulations."
Everyone greeted.
Luo Shixi answered his question: "We are discussing how to divide the dormitories."
He Yu smiled and nodded, then walked into the dormitory. He usually didn't go into the boys' dormitory, so no one knew what he wanted to do at this time.
"Is the score settled then?"
There was a moment of silence in the air.
Luo Shixi glanced at the three people beside him.
They were all his good friends, took good care of him, and wanted to live in the same dormitory with him. So, no matter which one he chose, it would make the others sad.
Luo Shixi said: "We...well, we plan to find an empty four-person dormitory and move in together."
This should be the best solution.
He is such an ordinary little genius!
Luo Shixi boasted calmly.
An empty four-person dormitory?
The three of them looked at each other, then looked away at the same time.
Luo Shixi was probably the only one who thought this was a solution. After all, none of the three of them wanted to see any of the other party. Even Jiang Yan, who had just compromised and planned to move in, didn't want to.
Male animals have a strong sense of territory.
But I have to say, this is the best solution.
Bai Jingzhou hesitated: "But there are no completely empty dormitories now, right?"
Jiang Yan: "Wait until they finish moving and see, I think it will be there by then."
He Yu looked at Luo Shixi's sleepy appearance and felt that there was no need to waste time on this.
He turned around and went out, saying to the people in the dormitory: "Follow me, I'm opening a new dormitory."
They were currently in the middle of the corridor, and there were many dormitories further inside, but they were all locked. He Yu clearly intended to let them live there.
Several people looked at each other.
Are there any new dormitories opening?
The group followed He Yu and walked to the second to last room.
"Is this room okay?" He took the key and opened the door.
This dormitory faces south and has excellent lighting. It is not only equipped with the same standards as Class A, but also has additional appliances such as a washing machine, microwave oven, etc.
Luo Shixi was not picky about where to live and nodded in agreement: "I think it's great, thank you, Mr. He!"
Seeing Luo Shixi opening the window to look at the night view outside with a happy face, He Yu smiled and said, "My room is next to it. You can come to me if you have any questions."
Liang Yulan stopped packing his things.
Is He Yu's room next to it?
Luo Shixi was surprised: "Teacher He, so you live here."
"Yes, I usually live in the next room unless I have any notice." He Yu nodded.
Having said that, people of He Yu's status rarely have their schedules concentrated together, and his schedule is always flexible. After accepting this variety show, he did not schedule any other schedules.
In other words, he sleeps here every day.
He Yu lowered his head and sent a message, then said to them: "Finish your work early and have a rest early, I'm leaving first."
"Okay, Mr. He, good night." Luo Shixi waved to him.
He Yu waved goodbye to them and went into his room. Just like he said, it was really next door.
He sent a message and received a reply soon.
[He Yu: Turn on the machine in the dormitory next to mine. Luo Shixi and the others have moved in.]
【Director:? 】
He Yu held the phone in one hand, put a piece of bread into the bread machine with the other hand, and typed slowly with one hand. Unexpectedly, halfway through the typing, the director called, forcing He Yu to answer the phone first.
"Hello?"
A lazy and hoarse voice reached the director's ears through the receiver.
The director said, "You gave them the key to next door?"
"Yeah." He Yu listened to the fuss on the other side, reached out and unscrewed the lid of the coffee beans, pondered for a long time, and finally gave up drinking coffee so late, planning to make himself a cup of tea.
"Yeah? Don't you hate it most when someone makes noise next to you and disturbs your sleep? Have you changed your personality?" The director continued to ask, "Is it because of Luo Shixi?"
He learned from He Yu that the other party wanted to sign Luo Shixi, so they took extra care of him. But he didn't expect that He Yu would take care of him to this extent.
He Yu didn't say anything.
He was looking for the tea can that his agent had forced upon him, but after searching for a long time he found nothing. Finally he poured himself a glass of boiled water, leaned against the kitchen cabinet, drank the water while watching his bread maker working.
"What did you say?"
The director didn't care whether He Yu listened or not. He was getting more and more frightened the more he thought about it. When Luo Shixi got into trouble, He Yu helped him calm down; when he had a fever, He Yu went to see him; when he didn't learn the dance, He Yu helped him re-arrange it to make it simple and eye-catching.
Think of it this way...
The director asked He Yu in a deep voice: "I'm going to ask you a question, answer it seriously."
He Yu took a sip of water to moisten his throat: "What's the problem? Just ask."
Director: "What is your relationship with Luo Shixi?"
He Yu raised his eyebrows. Why do you ask that?
The director continued to ask: "Tell me the truth, is Luo Shixi your brother?"
Otherwise, how could He Yu take care of a stranger like this? The more the director thought about it, the more certain he was of his guess.
He Yu suddenly heard the word "brother", quickly put down the cup, covered his mouth and coughed twice, and the water came out: "Why do you think so?"
Director: "Then maybe he's your relative? Cousin or cousin?"
He Yu was speechless for a long while before he said, "I only have one cousin, thank you."
The director was shocked: "He's really not your relative!"
“…”
"No," He Yu said decisively, "Is there anything else?"
"...That's it. I'm just surprised. I didn't expect you to be such a good person," the director said, taking a sip of wolfberry and red date tea from his thermos cup. "I'll remember what you said. Hang up now. I'm going to sleep."
He Yu hung up the phone, not wanting to continue talking for even a second.
The bread in the toaster had already been baked and was emitting the aroma of wheat. He had wanted to have a midnight snack, but now he had no appetite.
He Yu held a cup of water and looked at the night view outside the window. The large LED screen on the high-rise building opposite was playing a perfume advertisement, which he shot three months ago. It seemed that it was time for it to be launched on the market.
He took out his cell phone and took a look at his Weibo. Sure enough, his assistant had already posted the advertisement for him.
Browsing the push notifications on the homepage, the official Weibo account of "Idol Produce" is still working hard today. It released some clips of the first public performance, whetting the appetite of netizens, and finally said "See you next weekend night."
He was thinking about the director's words in his mind, and he couldn't help but follow the official Weibo to find Luo Shixi's Weibo. He found that the other party had a lot more Weibo posts. In addition to business posts, there were photos he took when he went out a few days ago.
I don't know if the photo was taken by Jiang Yan or Bai Jingzhou. Luo Shixi was sitting at the door of an open-air coffee shop, looking into the distance with his chin in his hand. The sunlight cast a golden glow on his eyelashes, his straight nose, rosy lips, and smiling eyes, all of which reflected his youth, liveliness, and brightness.
He Yu looked at it and gave him a thumbs up.
He wanted to click to follow, but he remembered that Luo Shixi’s phone was not with him at the moment. If he clicked to follow and the other party did not follow back in time, he would probably be scolded and become a hot topic.
Why is he so concerned about Luo Shixi?
The perfume advertisement finished playing once and then started repeating again.
He Yu thought, he didn’t know either.
If you have to come up with one, two, three reasons to pay attention to someone, life would be too boring.
===
Luo Shixi, Jiang Yan, Liang Yulan and Bai Jingzhou finally settled down in this brand new dormitory.
When choosing a bed, they let Luo Shixi choose first.
Luo Shixi chose the lower bunk next to the window, Jiang Yan occupied his upper bunk, Liang Yulan slept on the bed opposite him, and Bai Jingzhou was diagonally opposite him.
When packing, they all helped Luo Shixi, so he was the first to finish packing. He sat on the bed and rested for a while, then went to help Jiang Yan.
"You have so few things." Luo Shixi stood beside Jiang Yan and watched him pack. "Do you want my help?"
"No need, I'm almost done, you can go play over there." Jiang Yan felt a little regretful when he asked this. He should have cleaned up more slowly.
Bai Jingzhou called Luo Shixi from the other side: "Xiaoxi, I need help, come quickly."
Luo Shixi quickly responded: "Coming, coming!"
Jiang Yan closed the empty suitcase with a snap, his face expressionless.
Damn it, if I had known earlier, he would have packed up slower and could have made use of the ready-made little slave more.
It’s a good deal for Bai Jingzhou.
Luo Shixi watched Bai Jingzhou go out to get things. He was the one with the most stuff in the whole dormitory. Luo Shixi brought only basic daily necessities such as facial cleanser, toothbrush, and toothpaste, but Bai Jingzhou was different. He brought three bottles of facial cream, including morning cream, night cream, and a special moisturizer.
"Wow, Brother Jingzhou, you are so exquisite." Luo Shixi exclaimed.
No wonder it’s so hard to find even a pore on Bai Jingzhou’s face.
Bai Jingzhou smiled and handed the three glass jars to Luo Shixi: "Xiaoxi, help me put them on the bathroom, okay?"
"Okay." Luo Shixi was happy to help.
He walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door: "Brother, are you done with your shower?"
Liang Yulan's unclear voice came from the bathroom: "Almost there, right away."
There was a pause inside, and Liang Yulan's voice sounded again: "Why don't you come in first?"
He was afraid that Luo Shixi would be anxiously waiting outside.
Luo Shixi thought that they were all men, and he and Liang Yulan grew up together, so there was no need to be so shy. There was nothing on their bodies that they hadn't seen with each other. They even lay naked together when they were young.
"Then I'll go in." Luo Shixi said, pushed open the door and walked in.
The heat rushed out, instantly dispersing the coolness brought by the air conditioner.
Luo Shixi started sweating after standing for a while.
Liang Yulan was tying the belt of her bathrobe. Some parts of her body were not wiped dry. The thin white bathrobe was soaked with water and stuck to her body, revealing a hint of flesh color. Liang Yulan worked out regularly, so she naturally had a good figure, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and a perfect head-to-body ratio.
The ends of his hair were still wet and water was dripping down.
Luo Shixi tiptoed and placed the three glass jars on the washstand. Seeing this, he said to Liang Yulan, "At least dry your hair."
"Yeah." Liang Yulan responded. His cold voice was a little hoarse, probably because he was in the bathroom. "Whose is that?"
"It's from Brother Jingzhou. He asked me to put it in the bathroom." Luo Shixi took out his towel from the side and asked Liang Yulan to squat down. "I'll wipe your hair."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yulan bowed slightly to facilitate Luo Shixi's movements.
The light from the bathroom shone down, illuminating the place, but there was too much fog, making everything blurry.
Luo Shixi took the towel and wiped Liang and Lan's hair carefully from the roots to the ends with gentle movements.
The two were speechless for a moment.
The bathroom was too hot, and the exhaust fan wasn't on. Luo Shixi couldn't stand the heat after staying there for a while, and the back of his white vest was soaked. Sweat flowed down his temples, and Luo Shixi raised his elbow to wipe it.
Liang Yulan looked at the blurry figures of the two in the mirror, and had the illusion that he had returned to high school. He was three years older than Luo Shixi, and their families were old friends. He watched Luo Shixi grow from a little kid to what he is now.
He looked at Luo Shixi's distressed look when he lost a tooth, the look on his face as he hugged his mother Luo and cried when he was in kindergarten, and the look on his face as he wore the blue and white school uniform and smiled innocently.
Then I watched him and I become two parallel lines today.
When Liang Yulan felt the hand that was wiping his hair stopped, he couldn't help but reach out and grab Luo Shixi's wrist.
Luo Shixi raised his head and looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Xi..." Liang Yulan's Adam's apple rolled and he called Luo Shixi's name.
I don’t know if it’s because the steam in the bathroom is too thick, which made Luo Shixi suddenly feel that Liang Yulan was a little fragile at this moment, and there was moisture in their eyes.
"My hair isn't dry yet." He shook his wrist that was grabbed and said to Liang Yulan.
"No more," Liang Yulan turned around and looked at him, her thin lips parted a few times, and finally asked, "Xiao Xi... can you stop distancing yourself from me?"
He asked in a very soft voice, almost with a hint of cautious pleading.
One almost doubts whether this is still the Liang Yulan who can speak eloquently at international medical conferences, or who can calmly perform piano solos in top concert halls.
Liang Yulan's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and he lowered his eyes to look at the boy who was a head shorter than him.
Luo Shixi looked at Liang Yulan, his expression flustered for a moment.
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