Chapter 16
"I really want to get to know classmates from other colleges..."
"I really want to have a sweet campus romance..."
Xie Ning just returned to the dormitory and heard Gu Nian and Chen Xi wailing with their heads in their arms.
They were arm in arm, looking very sad, like two brothers who were miserable together.
When she heard the door open and saw the outstanding looks of Xie Ning and Pei Zhi, she felt even more sad. Gu Nian complained: "Damn, even that groundhog, Old Liu, is in love! I am really confused inside."
Chen Xi was originally quite sad, but suddenly she laughed: "Are you really illiterate? Go away."
Pei Zhi was not interested in this kind of love topic at all, and neither was Xie Ning.
Pei Zhi pulled the chair back, then held Xie Ning, who was wearing his coat, on his lap. The space between the table and his body was just filled by Xie Ning.
He touched Xie Ning's face with the back of his hand, which was still a little cold. He held her for a while longer, then opened the mineral water bottle with his other hand and fed Xie Ning water in small sips.
At first, Xie Ning was still a little uncomfortable, but after many times, he got used to this kind of meticulous care from a friend.
The computer screen illuminated his face, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and after drinking a few sips of water, he turned his head away and said softly: "I don't want to drink anymore."
[Good boy. ]
[My wife is so cute, super. 】
"Oh, by the way, Brother Pei, this is the mineral water we got from the coach. Hehehe, I'll give you a few bottles." Chen Xi put a few bottles of mineral water on the desks of Xie Ning and Pei Zhi, "Has the coach made a fortune recently? He's willing to buy us such expensive water!"
After Chen Xi gave the water, he continued to play with Gu Nian.
Pei Zhi was tidying up the desk.
Xie Ning suddenly realized that Pei Zhi was really childish sometimes.
Pei Zhi always put their things next to each other, and then took the things given by other roommates away, and even used tissues to separate them.
Only their things can be next to each other, and they are closest to each other, like a silent expression of possessiveness.
Pei Zhi took off Xie Ning's shoes and socks, dragged the sole of her foot with his palm, and carefully checked her ankle.
The wound has almost healed, with only a faint mark. Xie Ning asked: "Can you walk now?"
Pei Zhi rubbed the surrounding skin with his thumb and asked: "Do you feel it?"
"Yes." Xie Ning's foot retracted, "It's itchy."
Pei Zhi seemed to find it very interesting to answer seriously, and raised the corner of his lips: "Are you so afraid of itching?"
"You can walk now, but you can't do some strenuous exercise yet."
The skin contact made Xie Ning feel very comfortable, and he didn't want to move again. He leaned lazily on Pei Zhi and said "hmm" softly.
"Brother Pei, are you going to the social gathering this weekend? Several colleges have formed a group, and they are going to a hot spring." Chen Xi looked at the group message, "Is this hot spring villa so high-end? There is also a private cinema, massage and bathing... and the room looks nice too."
Pei Zhi never goes to such social gatherings, because there are too many people, and he is annoyed. He hugged Xie Ning, and asked for some reason, "Are you going?"
Xie Ning raised her eyelids: "Me?"
Gu Nian said, "Why don't you come too? If you come, Brother Pei will definitely come, and then the four of us will go together, so we can take care of each other. And this is a private hot spring, it is very private, you don't have to worry about taking a bath with everyone. I looked at the list of registered people, and there are also classmates from your major..."
Xie Ning didn't like to participate in such social activities, especially when there were too many people. But he suddenly remembered that in the "List of 100 Things to Do with Friends" he saved, there seemed to be hot springs, movies, and scrubbing baths with friends.
This is also a part of normal socializing.
And if it's a private hot spring... it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Xie Ning agreed.
...
After Xie Ning's foot healed, he didn't let Pei Zhi continue to send him off.
Adhering to the principle of reciprocity, he went to the gymnasium to pick up Pei Zhi.
The road from the studio on campus to the dormitory happened to pass by the gymnasium. At first, Xie Ning would wait at the door, and later, everyone here was familiar with him, and they urged him to come in and wait.
His enthusiasm was hard to resist.
So when Pei Zhi was training, there was always a young man with a cold face sitting in the seat next to him. Sometimes he lowered his head to draw, sometimes he closed his eyes to rest, and sometimes he would look at how Pei Zhi trained.
As soon as the coach released him, Pei Zhi couldn't wait to walk towards Xie Ning. Xie Ning stood up and handed Pei Zhi a bottle of mineral water.
Pei Zhi took it directly, unscrewed the bottle cap, tilted his head back and took a sip, and suddenly found something wrong.
He saw an unopened bottle of water in Xie Ning's hand.
Realizing that he took the wrong water, Pei Zhi apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't drink your water."
Pei Zhi was always sweating after finishing training, and he would avoid touching Xie Ning. It was normal for his hands to take the wrong bottle too quickly.
After the exercise, his muscles were in a state of tension and congestion, with veins popping out, and a sense of explosion and power coming from him, while emitting a strong scent of male hormones.
Xie Ning: "It's okay."
Pei Zhi wiped the sweat off his body. In fact, he should take a shower, but he wanted to stay with Xie Ning for a while.
Xie Ning looked at the empty basketball court. Pei Zhi asked: "Do you want to play?"
Xie Ning said: "I can't play basketball, and I haven't played for a long time."
"Long time?" Pei Zhi raised his eyebrows, "Did you play often before?"
Xie Ning didn't look like she would like basketball.
Xie Ning said calmly, "I played it in elementary school." With
a pair of long legs naturally spread apart, Pei Zhi bent down, resting his elbows on his thighs, holding his chin with his palms, and turned his head to look at Xie Ning: "Why don't you play now?"
Xie Ning: "Long-term exercise and sweating can easily make me breathless."
Pei Zhi: "Is that so... Then why did you play it in elementary school?"
"Someone taught me at that time, but I had no talent for sports and was too stupid to learn it." Xie Ning said.
"It's not that you are stupid." Pei Zhi said, "It's that the person who taught you didn't pay enough attention."
"Do you want to play?" Pei Zhi suddenly approached, and the heat from his body made Xie Ning startled. Pei Zhi said, "I'll teach you."
Pei Zhi demonstrated to Xie Ning several times. His jumping ability is amazing and his lower limb strength is very stable. His palms are big and he can hold the basketball in one hand.
He specially found a new ball for Xie Ning and wiped it with disinfectant wipes many times. However, Xie Ning really has no athletic talent and poor sense of balance. Not to mention shooting into the basket, even normal dribbling is difficult for her.
Xie Ning wanted to give up, but Pei Zhi said: "It's the ball. This ball is new and it's not easy to use." There
were fewer and fewer people in the stadium, and finally only the two of them were left. The basketball kept hitting the ground with a "bang" sound, and Xie Ning's panting never stopped.
Pei Zhi supported Xie Ning and used his body to lend Xie Ning strength. They were all sweating. Xie Ning felt a little uncomfortable, frowning slightly, as if he was a little disgusted.
But more of it was frustration.
"It's the wrong posture, not your problem."
Xie Ning found it a little funny.
In Pei Zhi's eyes, he seemed really perfect. There was nothing he couldn't do. Even if he couldn't do it, it was someone else's problem.
An arm passed through his side, and Pei Zhi's palm wrapped around the back of Xie Ning's hand to help him adjust his ball holding posture.
"Bend your elbows slightly, don't move your head, and lower your center of gravity."
"Use the strength of your arms to throw the basketball, not your fingers or wrists..."
Pei Zhi stood behind Xie Ning, and the heat from all directions enveloped him. Because the distance was too close, he felt like he was hugged.
He tilted his head slightly and saw Pei Zhi looking intently at the basket in front of him.
His arm was lifted up, and the basketball was thrown out, forming a perfect parabola in the air, and finally fell into the net.
Pei Zhi was still behind Xie Ning, and after making sure that the shot was made, he bent his back and encircled Xie Ning in his territory like a huge beast. He looked at Xie Ning's face: "It's amazing, you can even make the shot from such a long distance."
Xie Ning said helplessly: "You shot it while holding my hand."
Pei Zhi: "Really? I just adjusted the angle for you. To be precise, you made the shot."
Maybe it was a problem with the light, Pei Zhi's eyebrows did not look as unkind as usual, but instead added a bit of softness and tolerance.
The sound of the basketball hitting the ground spread in the empty basketball court. The floor was continuously knocked, and the sound was like a suspended heartbeat.
Suddenly, Xie Ning smiled.
Xie Ning rarely smiled. He always looked indifferent, as if nothing could cause his emotions to change.
In fact, it was true. He took everything lightly. As long as he didn't care, there would be no emotional fluctuations.
And at this moment, he suddenly smiled. A faint smile floated on his cold face, as if the bright moonlight was coated with a layer of beautiful and dreamy colors.
Pei Zhi's pupils slowly enlarged, and his eyes followed Xie Ning's face closely.
It was a pity that this smile was like a flash in the pan and disappeared very quickly.
Xie Ning said: "I used to naively think that when I grow up, I will be very tall, and the seemingly unreachable basket will become easy for me. I found out after I grew up that it was not the case at all."
Xie Ning was in poor health when he was young, and he had to take medicine almost every day. His family never let him participate in sports activities, which seemed very dangerous to them.
Sometimes he would envy some sports stars.
But when he really grew up, he found that these sports were just so-so. He didn't have much interest in them, and he couldn't do them well. He hated sweating and the feeling of being sticky.
What he liked was not sports, but a healthy body and the power to freely control his body.
The wind outside the gymnasium fluttered Xie Ning's clothes. Under the body fluttering in the wind, there was a thin and elegant figure, with a red face and neck.
He was indeed not good at sports.
Pei Zhi said, "You are also very tall now."
Xie Ning looked up at the top of Pei Zhi's head and smiled very faintly. He made a joke appropriately: "It seems that you are not convincing when you say this."
Xie Ning is not short among boys, but Pei Zhi is still almost a head taller than him. Whenever he was held in Pei Zhi's arms, his limbs would be compared to be more slender.
Pei Zhi's big hand clasped Xie Ning's waist and lifted him up easily.
Xie Ning was slightly stunned by the sudden jump. Pei Zhi's shoulders were broad, and he could actually sit on them. He was afraid of losing balance or falling, so he subconsciously stretched out his arms and hugged Pei Zhi's neck, and Pei Zhi's palms also held his waist tightly.
The contact of the hot body temperature was like a rain that extinguished the boiling bubbles, giving him an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
Xie Ning looked at Pei Zhi in confusion.
In the center of the open-air gymnasium, under the starry night sky, they looked at each other, with the moonlight and each other's faces reflected in their eyes.
"Xie Ning." Pei Zhi said, "Now, you are taller than me."
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