Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Are you in love?
The twins, who were originally planning to stay for one night, ended up staying for three consecutive nights due to their unstable susceptible period.
However, Chen Luan went back to school to work the next day.
The good thing is that Chen Luan can eat hot meals every day after get off work, and this small room that he is just renting temporarily actually has a bit of the warm feeling of home.
——The premise is to ignore the twins who are eager to fight every day because of fighting over the bed.
Chen Luan even suggested that they stop fighting and instead he would sleep on the sofa while the two of them slept on the bed. However, the two men stared at him with strange eyes for a long time.
Then Jiang Xun and Jiang Ling's eyes met and separated immediately, both of them showing an expression of extreme disgust as if they had eaten a fly.
The result was that dinner that night was stir-fried bitter melon and cold cilantro, which Chen Luan didn't like, plus a plate of stir-fried beans with green peppercorns and a pot of mung bean soup.
Chen Luan looked at the table that had turned green, and his face turned green and bitter. He never mentioned sleeping on the sofa again.
As the weekend approached, the twins' susceptible period finally slowly passed.
Chen Luan finally had time to go house hunting.
After looking around for two days and adding a large number of real estate agents to his address book, Chen Luan finally decided on a small two-bedroom apartment on the 17th floor.
The previous owner moved to Mingcuizhou due to job transfer, and this new house, which he had lived in for less than a year, was listed as a second-hand house at a discount.
Chen Luan borrowed money from the bank and bought the house.
Chen Luan, the new house slave, dragged his suitcase into the empty house and felt the novelty of owning his own house for the first time in his life.
When he was in the underground base, he always lived in a dormitory allocated by the collective. The property certificate was something written in the textbook that Chen Luan had never seen before.
Now he has it too.
The previous owner moved out very cleanly, leaving no furniture behind. He even removed the stove in the kitchen and the water heater in the bathroom, and even stripped off the floor and walls.
Chen Luan looked at the large living room with only a new mattress he had just bought, and touched his wallet which had suddenly deflated. He suddenly felt like he was trying to survive in the wilderness of the city.
Now that things have come to this, let’s go to sleep.
Other things will be added later.
As long as it can shelter from wind and rain, it's fine.
Chen Luan, exhausted from harassing the agent for two days and running around several neighborhoods, decided to give up.
Chen Luan had just dozed off on the mattress for a while and was still half asleep when he was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone.
It was Jiang Xun who had just left with him after signing the contract in the afternoon.
"Brother, you stay home."
Jiang Xun's light voice came from the other end of the phone.
Chen Luan rolled over on the mattress, watching the gradually dimming light outside. He closed his eyes and mumbled a lazily, "Yeah... I'm here."
A chuckle came from the phone.
"Did you just wake up?"
"Yeah. What's up?"
Chen Luan didn't even bother to open his eyelids. His bones felt limp and he didn't want to move. He just covered his face with the phone and said lazily with a slightly hoarse voice: "You say."
"It's not something particularly important."
"I wanted to ask you if you have any preference on furniture style?"
Chen Luan, who hadn't regained consciousness yet, thought slowly:
"No. As long as it works."
He didn't have any requirements in this regard and originally planned to buy anything that was useful.
It would be best if they were a complete set, but he was too lazy to choose.
"Why are you asking this?" Chen Luan asked.
Another clear voice came from the other side of the phone:
"No requirements, right?"
"Don't go out within three hours, wait at home."
"Hang up."
Before Chen Luan could say anything, a busy tone rang on the phone.
Chen Luan:?
What are these two little devils doing?
Never mind, I’m so sleepy, I’ll sleep a little longer.
He soon found out.
Two hours later, there was a sudden knock on the door in the empty house.
Chen Luan, who was so drowsy that he didn't know what was going on in the world, got up, yawned, and staggered to open the door.
"Brother, happy housewarming."
"We brought you a present."
Two young men stood at the door, one on the left and one on the right, and Jiang Xun was holding a cake in his hand.
Behind it is——
Chen Luan narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he was still asleep.
Or maybe the bitter melon was poisoning and caused hallucinations.
"Hey, wake up. You're not dreaming."
Someone in front of me snapped his fingers crisply.
Jiang Ling squeezed in, held Chen Luan's shoulders with both hands and turned towards the corridor outside.
The originally empty corridor was now crowded with people...
Installation team? ?
Various furniture and home appliances of all sizes were carried by workers in uniform and entered one after another under the command of Jiang Xun. They began to work in an orderly manner as if they had planned in advance.
Chen Luan stood at the door, still dazed.
"Housewarming gift, do you like it?"
Jiang Ling lay on Chen Luan's shoulder, his warm breath falling on his cheek, like a large dog seeking credit.
If there was a tail behind him, Chen Luan had no doubt that the tail would shake.
Chen Luan looked at the furniture, which was of a quality not inferior to that in Jiang's house. His chest felt warm and swollen, as if a fluffy cloud was stuffed in it, or as if a pot of hot tea was simmering on a warm fire, with the steam puffing against the lid of the pot.
He rubbed Jiang Ling's head, his beautiful glass-gray eyes curved upward into crescents. "Where did you get the money? Did you sell Director Jiang secondhand on Xianyu?"
"The old man is not worth so much. Don't praise him too much." Jiang Ling took Chen Luan in his arms and walked out.
Jiang Xun followed behind with the cake in his hand: "I have booked a restaurant, let's go eat first. When I come back after dinner, the house should be cleaned up."
Chen Luan was squeezed in between two people, one on each side. He looked back at the furniture that looked very valuable, thought for a moment and asked:
"How much did it cost?"
"What? You don't want to transfer money to us, do you?"
Jiang Ling narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Luan.
Chen Luan laughed: "You are still young, how can I really want your——"
"elder brother."
The words were interrupted by Jiang Xun's light voice before he could finish speaking.
The boy looked at Chen Luan seriously with clear eyes, his gaze gentle but firm: "Aren't we a family?"
A family.
?
"I……"
Chen Luan's eyes fluctuated, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat.
Some seed sprouted into tender green in the ventricle beneath the ribs, and the fine, dense sourness flowed out along with the blood pumped by the heart.
A sun covered in frosting melted in my chest.
"I thought—"
Chen Luan's Adam's apple rolled slowly and his voice became slightly hoarse.
"Why?"
Jiang Ling curled her lips and looked at Chen Luan's eyes, which were slowly becoming misty, and said with a smile, "Just that household registration transfer registration form? Do you think I would recognize something like that?"
Over the years, no one has been able to be like Chen Luan, meticulously preparing gifts for their birthdays, taking them to various places to relax, picking them up from school with warm clothes and sweet milk tea, and often showing up with little surprises in daily life...
Chen Luan was doing for them everything that only a family that truly loves each other would do.
What Jiang Yongting couldn't give, was given by Chen Luan.
Before this, Jiang Xun and Jiang Ling's home was each other, but after this, Chen Luan joined.
So even if they didn't develop any other special feelings for Chen Luan, he would still be their family.
It was so in the past and it will be so in the future.
Where my brother is, that is home.
"Besides, if we are really kicked out by the old man in the future, won't you take us in?"
Jiang Ling came over with a smile: "Isn't that right, brother?"
The crystal bubble of warmth that had just risen up was burst by Jiang Ling's deliberate-sounding "brother".
Chen Luan pinched Jiang Ling's cheek and pulled it: "How can you be sure that I will take you in?"
He pushed away the face that was too close, raised the corner of his lips and said, "You can sleep here if you want, but you have to pay me."
"? What's the reward?"
"Call me brother and I'll let you sleep."
Jiang Ling: “…”
Jiang Xun: “…”
Chen Luan, completely unaware of the ambiguity in his words, glanced doubtfully at his two younger brothers who had suddenly fallen silent: "?"
"That's what you said."
Jiang Ling folded his arms and looked down at Chen Luan, his voice filled with an irrepressible smile: "Don't regret it."
Regardless of whether Chen Luan meant that or not, he took it as what he meant.
Jiang Xun on the side looked at his twin brother who was overjoyed, then looked at Chen Luan who was confused and had no idea what Jiang Ling, who almost never called him brother, was so happy about, and closed his eyes.
sigh.
Stupid brother.
The three of them had dinner at the restaurant they had booked in advance, and then cut the small but exquisite cake together.
Although it was not Chen Luan's birthday, Jiang Xun still prepared candles and asked Chen Luan to make a wish.
"Can I make a wish with this?"
Chen Luan looked at the warm light flickering on the candle and hesitated.
"You can make a wish at any time."
Jiang Xun laughed.
Those eyes, always as calm as a cold spring, curved upwards, unexpectedly carrying the gentle warmth of a spring breeze and rain.
He stood up, walked behind Chen Luan, and raised his hand to cover Chen Luan's eyes.
The young man's eyelashes fluttered gently in his palm, and Jiang Xun felt like he was holding a butterfly in his palm.
He unconsciously slowed down his breathing for fear of disturbing the butterfly, but in the next moment he could hear his own heartbeat getting louder and louder.
Bending down to Chen Luan's ear, Jiang Xun whispered softly, "As long as the wish is made when you feel happy, it will count."
A warm palm also fell on the other shoulder.
In the darkness, Chen Luan heard Jiang Ling's voice:
"Hurry up, the time limit is five seconds."
"If you hesitate any longer, the candle will burn out."
After saying this, he immediately began to count in a deliberately drawn-out tone:
"five--"
"Four--"
"three--"
Chen Luan felt the warmth of the two hands falling on his shoulders and gently closed his eyes.
If possible, he would like to be a little greedy.
He curled the corners of his lips.
hope……
I can be a family with my brothers and stay together forever.
Not one can be left behind.
"two--"
"one--"
"Are you done yet? Blow out the candles."
"It's really going to burn out."
With a soft "puff" sound, a wisp of smoke slowly rose from the still warm candle wick.
Chen Luan opened his eyes, stretched out his finger to pick up some cream from the cake, and touched the tips of the twins' noses when they were caught off guard.
He looked at the two identical faces showing the same look of surprise, narrowed his beautiful eyes that shone like stars and smiled:
"Sharing some of my happiness with you?"
On the way home, Chen Luan walked in front. The comfortable evening breeze lifted the ends of Chen Luan's hair and stroked the eyebrows of the people who came later.
Jiang Xun and Jiang Ling fell slightly behind, and the street lights above their heads cast a hazy yellow light.
The shadows of the three people intertwined, giving the illusion that they were closely dependent on each other.
Jiang Ling lowered his eyes and just as he quietly hooked Chen Luan's wrist with his shadow's fingers, he saw Chen Luan's shadow suddenly move forward a little.
He looked up and saw Chen Luan standing under a bright light, with the leaves behind him rippling in the wind.
The young man stood at the source of the waves, his lips curved as he turned back, his voice filled with a swaggering smile: "Let the competition begin! Whoever gets home the slowest gets to sleep on the couch tonight!"
After saying that, he ran quickly forward.
The feet reacted before the brain.
The two brothers quickly chased after him. Jiang Ling even wanted to trip Jiang Xun's foot, but Jiang Xun, who had expected this, tripped him instead and stumbled.
"Can I sleep in the master bedroom with you as soon as I get home?"
"Huh? It depends on my mood—"
The chirping of cicadas in midsummer gradually changed from clear to hoarse as if they were tired. In addition to the ripe summer heat, the evening breeze also began to be mixed with a cool and damp smell.
It was a rare sunny day after several rains. After finishing a day's work, Chen Luan packed up his things early and prepared to leave school.
The twins of the Jiang family are about to finish their college entrance examination today.
Chen Luan’s new office is not big, but it is much better than before.
After all, as a teaching assistant, you don’t have your own office and need to share one with several other teaching assistants.
As the final exams approached, Chen Luan became busy again. The files and various assessment forms on the table piled up into a small mountain.
He will officially start teaching next semester. It is said that he will start with the freshmen, so he is still doing the teaching assistant work for this semester.
New messages kept popping up in the group chat of the Mecha Control Department, and many students were @Huo Lin and the teaching assistants.
[Sister Lin, Caicai, Lao Lao]
【Lao Xie, Cai Cai, Lao Lao】
Uncle Wang, vegetables, laolao.
【……】
[Assistant Chen, the dish—never mind, I never pick this up, haha (bitter)]
【Brother Luan, please let me go】
【Brother Chaos, please give me some lessons】
Chen Luan came back with a glass of ice water, picked up his phone and saw a long queue @.
After slowly drinking half of the ice water, Chen randomly moved his fingers:
[Chen Qie can't do it: 1]
[Uh ...
[Chen Qie can't do it: I'm not free today, I'll do it another day.]
[Why? Why? Today isn't a special day. Are you rushing to go on a date, Old Chen? I saw you ordered flowers and left them in the office!]
[What? Hey, is Luan Ge in love?]
[Who the hell is so lucky? ]
[Chen Qie can't do it? Don't guess blindly.]
[Chen Qie can't do this: pick up the child.]
[??? What? The child's already been born? Doesn't that mean I have no chance at all?]
[The story spread, and Assistant Professor Chen's child is now in elementary school.]
[Pass it on, Assistant Teacher Chen is now in elementary school.]
【Pass it on, Assistant Professor Chen gave birth.】
【……】
I guess I'm hallucinating because I was so exhausted from studying for the finals this week and doing extra training.
The pen in his hand spun around nimbly between his fingers for a few times. Chen Luan leaned lazily in his chair, raised his eyebrows, and replied with a curled lip corner:
[Chen Qie can't do it: Yes, I gave birth. I'll have a new training program for you guys next week. ^_^]
Some students didn't notice Chen Luan's message and were still spamming their screens:
[Hahahahahaha what the hell hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
【. 】
【have eaten】
Closing the group chat and ignoring the abstract college students' final-term frenzy, Chen Luan packed up his things, took the two bouquets of flowers that had been ordered on the desk and prepared to leave school.
Calculating the time, we should be able to make it in time if we drive there now.
"Assistant Chen."
Someone stood at the door and knocked.
Chen Luan looked up and saw that the alpha student wearing a student uniform at the door was nearly 1.9 meters tall. Under his slightly messy black hair were a pair of dark eyes. His eyebrows slanted up to his temples, but the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, diluting the sharpness of his entire face.
"Qin Yang?" Chen Luan looked at the tall student at the door. "What's going on?"
He remembered Qin Yang, who was about to graduate next year. He was usually quiet and always sat alone in the corner in silence during breaks.
But his training results are outstanding.
The reason why Chen Luan remembered him was because this kid was reckless in training. Not only did he often try difficult operations beyond his level, and received several warnings and even demerits, but he also continued to increase the workload on Chen Luan's already lethal training tasks. He was sent to the infirmary several times after being exhausted from training and getting off the plane.
Summary: A little lunatic.
The little madman Qin Yang was standing by the door at this time, his eyes fixed on the bouquet in Chen Luan's arms.
There were two bouquets of sunflowers, mixed with eucalyptus leaves and some blue star flowers and small balls.
"Assistant Chen, are you in a relationship?"
Chen Luan looked at Qin Yang's silent yet serious eyes, and wondered how those abstract people in the group could lead an honest child astray.
"Don't listen to their nonsense. It's not true. Who would bring two identical bouquets of flowers to a date?"
Chen Luan came out holding two bouquets of flowers, closed the office door, and flipped through an assessment form in his hand. "Your score on the last mock exam was very good. You should have no problem passing it with a high score. Will you still attend the pre-exam training next week?"
In order to make up for the students with shortcomings, Chen Luan specially asked Huo Lin to open a targeted training course. The course was under Huo Lin's name, but it was actually taught by Chen Luan. The course was open for selection at irregular intervals, and Qin Yang attended every class since the first one.
However, starting from next semester, Chen Luan can legitimately teach classes under his own name.
"join."
Qin Yang followed behind Chen Luan, his eyes fixed on Chen Luan.
Chen Luan rarely wore the military uniform issued by the school. For the convenience of training, he always wore the black and gray camouflage combat uniform.
It was just that there was a meeting at noon today that required the attendance of all faculty and staff, and the media wanted to come and take pictures, so Chen Luan dug out the uniform that was covered in dust and had been pressed in the cabinet.
The white military uniform looks sharp and neat on Chen Luan.
His shirt was buttoned neatly, and a royal blue tie clip was fastened to his black tie. A golden tassel extended from the sharp peaked lapel to the epaulettes. The middle of his straight uniform was tied with a black belt, outlining a narrow waist. Two leather belts on his thighs were tied with leggings and gun holsters, and his straight long legs were shod with a pair of shiny military boots.
The shadow cast by the wide-brimmed hat partially covered his eyebrows and eyes, and even the eyes that usually always had a lazy smile looked cold.
The cold and sharp feeling was clearly incompatible with the two bouquets of bright flowers in his arms, but in his hands they were surprisingly harmonious.
The light coming in from the corridor window fell on his metallic epaulettes and on the sunflowers that seemed to be still covered with dew and were held in his hands wearing black leather half-gloves, as if embracing a ball of warm fire.
"Assistant Chen, I want to join the Pioneer Fleet."
Qin Yang's slightly deep voice echoed in the corridor: "I want to continue training."
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