The young man in a white T-shirt was holding a dog, leaning next to the young man in black with a smile on his face. The happiness on his face could be seen clearly through the glass door.
The usually indifferent young man lowered his head slightly at this moment, his eyebrows and eyes revealed outside the mask were quiet, and he looked like he was listening patiently.
Yu Ci stopped walking.
"Welcome."
The sales lady opened the glass door for him with a sweet smile: "Sir, what do you need?"
"No, I'm here to look for someone, thank you."
Yu Ci curled his lips, his sharp eyebrows looked extremely beautiful in the sunlight.
The movement at the door also attracted the attention of the two people standing in front of the shelves.
Shi Jin turned his head and saw the man in front of the glass door curling his lips lazily and raising the coffee in his hand towards him.
The sunlight behind him poured into the glass door. He was facing away from the light, so the expression on his face was not clear, but the laziness around him almost became real.
Hmm...
It seems like a peacock spreading its tail.
Without realizing it, Shi Jin curled his lips.
He walked towards the door.
"Have you finished choosing?" Looking at the figure of the young man in black walking towards him step by step, Yu Ci's mood strangely improved.
But the black-clothed young man's pace was too slow. Yu Ci tried to hold back, but couldn't help it, so he simply took two steps forward to greet him: "Brother Shi, you walk so slowly."
Shi Jin ignored his address, glanced at the neatly arranged items at the front desk, and nodded: "Please ask the salesgirl to help me choose."
The sales lady standing at the front desk looked over here with a smile: "Yes, the basic supplies are all provided. If you need anything extra, you can tell me."
Yu Ci glanced over the neatly arranged items at the front desk and added a few missing items.
The sales lady smiled and went to the warehouse at the back to pick up the goods.
Shi Jin shifted his gaze from the table to Yu Ci, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Have you ever had a cat?"
Yu Ci raised his eyebrows and did not answer directly, but chuckled: "Isn't this very simple?"
"That......"
"Ahem..." Yu Ci interrupted Shi Jin's question with a light cough. He reached out and touched the tip of his nose, then raised the coffee in his hand in front of him: "Americano or latte, which one do you want?"
He just checked when he was buying coffee just now. If he allowed Shi Jin to continue asking, he would be exposed.
It seems I need to make up for it when I go back.
At least he couldn't expose himself in front of his roommates.
He was thinking about all sorts of things here, and Shi Jin was also in a dilemma.
He pursed his lips and his eyes wandered over the two cups of coffee.
Yu Ci saw his hesitation and raised his eyebrows: "You don't like any of them?"
When Shi Jin lowered her eyelids, long and slender wrinkles meandered across her eyes like willow branches, just like the coloring on the finest jade porcelain.
He responded, "...Yeah."
Yu Ci chuckled, and under Shi Jin's stunned gaze, he took out another cup from the bag like a magic trick.
He blinked at Shi Jin, his beautiful peach blossom eyes full of smiles: "It seems that my guess is right."
The cup filled with milky white liquid was stuffed into the palm of the hand, followed by the man's smiling voice: "Here, I guessed that you don't like bitter drinks, so I bought you milk."
——
"Hello, this is your receipt, please take it."
The sales lady handed the receipt to Shi Jin with a smile and asked, "You have a lot of stuff. We have someone here who can take it to the car for you. Do you need it?"
"Okay." Yu Ci responded. He glanced at the things on the table and reached out to take the things from Shi Jin's hand: "Don't go down yet. I'll put something down and come up. I'll have dinner later and then go back."
Shi Jin didn't let go: "I'll go down."
Facing Yu Ci's doubtful gaze, Shi Jin used a little force to take the things in his hand back and explained: "My umbrella is still in the car, I'll go get it."
When we came, we drove directly to the underground parking lot. At that time, we just wanted to buy something and go back, so Shi Jin didn't take an umbrella when he got out of the car.
If you want to eat now, it’s better to take it.
Yu Ci frowned: "Why don't I help you get it?"
Shi Jin quietly stretched out his right hand towards him, his amber eyes hidden under his thin eyelids, revealing a hint of tenderness.
Looks really good.
Yu Ci thought.
He stretched out his hand.
The hot fingertips touched the slightly cool palm, and the car keys, which were slightly warmed by the palm's temperature, fell into the jade-like palm.
Yu Ci raised his eyes and his gaze met those amber eyes.
The long black eyelashes drooped obediently, like the slightly trembling wings of a butterfly.
Then the peach blossom eyes smiled: "Go ahead."
——
Yu Ci stood where he was, watching Shi Jin's back disappear into the elevator.
A figure stopped beside me.
The boy's clear voice sounded in my ears, well-behaved and polite.
"Uncle, what is your relationship with Brother Shi?"
Yu Ci withdrew his gaze from the elevator entrance and turned to look at the young man beside him.
The boy was wearing a simple white T-shirt. He had fair skin and chubby cheeks. When he saw him looking at him, he smiled obediently, revealing the dimples on his cheeks.
His pupils are larger than those of normal people and are pure black. At the moment, he is staring at people, which is inevitably a bit creepy.
only……
Uncle?
Yu Ci pulled the corner of his mouth, his expression half smiling.
Seeing that Yu Ci ignored him, Cheng Ke blinked, widened the curve of his mouth, and the dimples on his cheeks became deeper.
The boy repeated the question again, as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal: "Uncle, why don't you answer me? What is your relationship with Brother Shi?"
Yu Ci chuckled.
He withdrew his gaze from the boy and picked out a few words with some ambiguity: "Uncle?"
He rolled these words back and forth on the tip of his tongue for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Little brother, are you an adult?"
Cheng Ke tilted his head and looked at him: "Any questions?"
Yu Ci glanced at the innocent-looking boy with a half-smile on his face: "No, it's just that I'm old and can't stand little sprouts like you who haven't even grown all your hair yet."
"Also, if you want to know anything, just ask your eldest brother directly."
The man raised his lips, his sharp eyebrows and eyes were sharp in the sunlight: "I am not a pushover. If you want to get information from me, you are wrong, little brother."
Uncle?
Oh.
He doesn't have any so-called gentlemanly manners of respecting the elderly and loving the young.
They are all thousand-year-old foxes, who are they playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio with here?
Cheng Ke's arms tightened around the puppy. He blinked twice, looking confused: "Uncle, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Yu Ci chuckled and looked away nonchalantly, obviously not intending to continue the conversation.
"bite--"
The elevator door opened.
Yu Ci stood where he was, watching the young man running towards the person in front of the elevator in small steps like a fledgling that had found its home. The corner of his white T-shirt passed before his eyes like a halo.
He clicked his tongue and didn't move.
Shi Jin didn't let him wait too long.
After all, he and Cheng Ke were not familiar with each other.
Avoiding the boy's intimate arm extended to him, Shi Jin drooped his eyelids and said in his usual cold tone: "Mr. Cheng Ke, I'm leaving."
The corners of the young man's smiling mouth suddenly fell, he pursed his lips, and said in an aggrieved tone: "Brother Shi, but I haven't said a few words to you yet..."
Shi Jin raised his eyes, his gaze indifferently swept across the boy's face, and interrupted him coldly: "Goodbye."
The young man in black walked past with a cold aura, and the expression on Cheng Ke's face disappeared.
He lowered his head, and the overly long bangs on his forehead obscured his expression.
The sales lady next to him saw him standing there and walked up to him and asked, "Hello, sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
The young man lowered his head and said something in a low voice.
The sales lady didn't hear clearly, so she took two steps forward and said, "Sir? Excuse me, could you please speak louder?"
The boy tilted his head, his dark eyes moving slowly: "I say..."
He raised his head, with a strange expression on his soft and tender face: "Brother Shi is mine."
The sales lady was startled by his expression and took two steps back with a pale face.
The boy ignored her reaction. He stroked the white puppy in his arms and repeated in a very soft voice: "Brother Shi is mine."
"I'll give you the key back."
The indifferent voice of the young man in black came from not far behind him. The boy's ears twitched slightly, and then as if a switch was turned on, he controlled his body and turned around.
The young man in black stood where he was and handed the key to the man in front of him.
When Cheng Ke saw the close distance between the two people behind him, his pupils shrank suddenly.
The sharp nails exerted force according to the owner's emotions, and the little white dog quietly in his arms whimpered in pain and began to struggle.
Shi Jin had just returned the car keys to Yu Ci when he heard a noise coming from behind him.
He turned his head, but only saw the boy holding the puppy smiling at him brightly.
Seeing him looking at him, the young man raised his hand and said in a sweet tone: "Brother Shi, see you next time."
Shi Jin lowered his eyelids and turned his head away.
Yu Ci raised his eyebrows and said casually: "Where did you pick up such a little brother?"
He is still a black-hearted person.
As they were talking, the two of them had already walked out the door.
The warm sunshine shines down from the sky, covering the entire earth.
Shi Jin held up a black umbrella and said calmly, "My former neighbor."
He didn't mean to say more, so he just mentioned it lightly.
Yu Ci obviously didn't want to ask more questions. His eyes were drawn to Shi Jin when he was holding the umbrella: "Did you change the umbrella?"
He remembered that his roommate's previous umbrella was pure black, but now...
On the black umbrella, a pink fox stood with its hands on its hips, smiling happily. Even the bow on its head looked...silly.
No matter how you look at it, this doesn't match the temperament of his roommate.
Or...he just likes such girly things?
When talking about the umbrella, Shi Jin's mood visibly dropped.
His eyelids drooped, and his long eyelashes fell under his eyes. Although the expression on his face was clearly hidden by the mask, Yu Ci could strangely see a hint of grievance on his face.
Shi Jin hummed softly, "The previous one was lost."
This one was bought a long time ago, and he brought it here when he moved.
Fortunately, I brought it here.
Looking at the bright sunshine outside the umbrella, I can seem to feel the orange-yellow warmth through the umbrella.
It seems to be very hot.
Do you want to... support him together?
Shi Jin looked at Yu Ci hesitantly.
The man noticed his gaze and looked over with his dark eyes.
The combination of bold eyebrows and sunshine is like a lazy big cat, orange-flavored soda, a richly colored oil painting, and...
The sharp eyebrows raised slightly: "Why, are you attracted by my beauty?"
Shi Jin looked away and continued his disconnected imagination with an expressionless face.
——It’s a mouth that deserves to be slapped.
Yu Ci curled his lips lazily.
No wonder the protagonists in comics all like cold beauties. If it were him, he would like them too.
What a pity...
Yu Ci touched his chin and narrowed his peach blossom eyes lazily.
He stared at Shi Jin's cold white face for a long while, and suddenly said, "Hey, roommate, given our friendship, how about I become your brother-in-law?"