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As the sports meet drew closer, Chen Qiu, holding the registration form, shouted everywhere, "1500! Anyone ready to take on the challenge?"
"Only 1,500 left?" Xiao Mingyang leaned over the table and poked his back.
A few days ago, he and Li Xiangze were busy with emails and did not go to register.
Chen Qiu glanced at the watch in his hand: "It's almost full."
"Shall we sign up together?" Xiao Mingyang turned his head and asked his deskmate.
Li Xiangze raised his eyebrows: "Can you run?"
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Mingyang slammed the table, "Write us down!"
"Okay!" Chen Qiu was busy writing and drawing. When he finished, he turned around and said, "The national flag squad is looking for someone. I see you two are about the same height. Do you want to go?"
"No!" Su Yutong shouted from across the group, "I chose them as the lead dancers."
Xiao Mingyang's pupils dilated and he forgot about the opening ceremony.
He pointed at himself: "Me, the lead dancer?!"
"Yeah, you two are so handsome, it would be a shame if you don't lead the way in front." Su Yutong said.
At last year's opening ceremony, Xiao Mingyang had just recovered from his foot injury and could only hold up the class sign.
"My limbs are not coordinated." Xiao Mingyang wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Good night, Miss. It's not difficult. Just practice more and you'll be fine." Su Yutong turned to Li Xiangze and asked, "How is it?"
Li Xiangze pursed his lips and said, "I'm going to the national flag class."
"I'll go too!" Xiao Mingyang said hurriedly.
Su Yutong narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Qiu: "The national flag class can only take one person from each class."
Chen Qiu didn't hesitate at all: "Yes, yes."
Su Yutong looked at them with a smile: "You two will play rock-paper-scissors."
Xiao Mingyang patted Li Xiangze solemnly, his expression as if he was about to die: "This heroic mission of the national flag squad is now handed over to you."
"Xiao Ming," Su Yutong was amused by his expression, "Why does dancing act like it's going to cost you your life?"
"You don't know this," Xiao Mingyang said with a frown. "When I was little, I learned to walk before I crawled, so my limbs are extremely uncoordinated. Learning dancing and taekwondo is useless. As my mom said, I dance like a stick insect with its limbs just put back on."
The laughter in the class was deafening.
"It's okay, classmate Stick Insect," Su Yutong said, almost laughing with tears in her eyes. "This dance is not difficult. I'll teach you. I guarantee you'll master it."
Xiao Mingyang lay on the table with no hope in his life: "You said so."
Li Xiangze smiled and pinched the back of his neck, whispering, "Why don't you go to the flag class?"
"It's okay." Xiao Mingyang smiled.
The following physical education classes and the free time after dinner were all utilized, and even the weekends were not missed, and time was arranged to go to the gym for rehearsal.
Li Xiangze stayed at school this week and had nothing to do, but he still came along and sat next to them to watch them rehearse.
Xiao Mingyang's mother was right. This guy really didn't have any dancing talent and his movements were quite stiff.
Li Xiangze took a lot of photos secretly.
Everyone else had almost finished practicing, so Su Yutong gave him some special training.
Xiao Mingyang's clothes on the back were soaked, but he didn't stop.
"Our classmate Xiao Ming's perseverance is really valuable." Chen Qiu sat down next to him.
"You think they're all like you?" Hu Tianyao sat down beside Li Xiangze. "How could he get perfect scores in physics and math without that kind of perseverance? You've seen him sit there for a whole day solving a problem."
Li Xiangze stood up and brushed off the dust on his pants.
"Where are you going?" Hu Tianyao asked.
"Buy some water." Li Xiangze said.
Chen Qiu quickly raised his hand: "Please bring a bottle of ice cola and mineral water, I'll pass it to you."
"I'd like a bottle of ice cola!" Hu Tianyao raised his hand.
These days schools all use facial recognition payment, but he has a meal allowance, and one meal allowance voucher is worth 10 yuan.
Three bottles of Coke plus a bottle of mineral water are just enough.
Carrying the bag out of the store, I ran into Bai Tao, who was sweating profusely.
"Brother Ze!" the other party greeted him.
He nodded and said, "Yeah."
I continued walking forward, but after taking just one step, the other person grabbed my sleeve.
He raised an eyebrow.
Bai Tao scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't think too deeply when I went to cause trouble for Liu Jichang, and I got you into trouble."
"Implicate?" Li Xiangze raised his eyebrows.
Bai Tao told him the general situation: "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect his mind to be so dirty."
"It's okay." Li Xiangze nodded to him again, turned and left.
When they returned to the indoor gymnasium, Su Yutong was already sitting aside to rest, while Xiao Mingyang was still working hard, his hair was all wet.
Li Xiangze walked up to him, took out a bottle of ice cola from his bag, and put it on his arm.
Xiao Mingyang jumped three feet high: "Fuck!"
Li Xiangze smiled happily, unscrewed the lid and handed it to him: "Take a rest."
"You scared me to death." Xiao Mingyang curled his lips at him, then tilted his head back and took a few sips of Coke.
Li Xiangze took him to the sidelines, handed the remaining water to Chen Qiu, and found a place away from the air conditioning.
"Wait a moment," Li Xiangze dragged out a mat from the equipment room and dusted it off. "Sit down."
Xiao Mingyang didn't have the energy to speak anymore. He nodded and collapsed onto the mat.
Li Xiangze took out a tissue and wiped his sweat: "Would you like to go back to the dormitory and take a shower later?"
Xiao Mingyang made an OK gesture, then looked at him, smiled, and pursed his lips.
Li Xiangze clicked his tongue and smiled: "Let's talk about it later."
"Everyone! Let's take a break for ten minutes, then we'll do it one last time and then we'll disband!" Su Yutong said holding the microphone.
There was a weak cheer from the whole audience.
The last time, Xiao Mingyang made very obvious progress. His movements became much softer. Although he couldn't be called agile, at least it was obvious that his limbs were not newly installed.
The rehearsal finally ended, and Xiao Mingyang was hanging on Li Xiangze.
"This is more tiring than playing basketball..." he muttered.
Su Yutong came over and said, "Xiao Ming has made great progress today."
Xiao Mingyang forced a smile, his voice very weak: "Teacher Su teaches well..."
"Go back and have a good rest," Su Yutong waved at them, with an irrepressible smile on her face, "Let's go!"
Li Xiangze reached out to wipe Xiao Mingyang's sweat, frowned at his flushed face, and said, "Go back and drink a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water later."
"Ah," Xiao Mingyang rubbed his neck and said aggrievedly, "bitter..."
Li Xiangze looked around and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Drink it and you'll kiss me."
Xiao Mingyang's smile immediately brightened: "Okay."
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Xiao Mingyang only stayed in the dormitory for lunch recently, and took all the clothes back to the closet. Fortunately, they were about the same height, so Li Xiangze found a set of his own clothes for him.
Most of his clothes were bought at the farmers' market near his home, and the quality was not very good. He was the tallest among the short people and could only barely find a set with a higher cotton content for Xiao Mingyang.
Most of Xiao Mingyang's clothes are custom-made. He doesn't care much about these things. He wears whatever his wife gives him. He ignores any itch on his body.
Pushing open the bathroom door, Li Xiangze was hunched over the table, writing a question: "The medicine is on your table."
"OKOK!" Xiao Mingyang scratched the itchy spot, walked over and picked up the Huoxiang Zhengqi water, as if facing a great enemy.
Li Xiangze put down his pen and looked at him.
Xiao Mingyang looked at his wife, then at the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, gritted his teeth, and licked the bottle.
He bared his teeth and looked at Li Xiangze like a wronged puppy: "It's so painful!"
Li Xiangze sighed helplessly, stood up and grabbed the Huoxiang Zhengqi water, tilted his head back and put it in his mouth, pinched the back of the other person's neck and pressed him towards himself, and then crossed over.
Xiao Mingyang frowned and swallowed all the medicine.
This kiss was bittersweet. It was the first time that Li Xiangze was so proactive, and he was a little overwhelmed.
The other person's hand was pinching the back of his neck as usual, pinching hard enough to cover up the original itch.
The other person suddenly stopped moving, gently stroked the skin on the back of his neck with his fingertips, and stopped moving his mouth.
Xiao Mingyang looked at him blankly: "What's wrong?"
"Lower your head." Li Xiangze reached out and pressed his head.
Xiao Mingyang was very obedient and lowered his head.
He didn't know what was going on. He only heard the other person say, "Take off your clothes and pants and put on your school uniform."
"Ah?" Xiao Mingyang looked up at him.
"You're allergic." Li Xiangze pinched his face.
Xiao Mingyang was confused: "Am I that fragile?"
Li Xiangze laughed as he ripped off his clothes: "The fabrics of the clothes you've worn since childhood were all very good. It's normal to have an allergic reaction to wearing something of average quality like this occasionally."
Xiao Mingyang sighed.
He thought his wife's clothes smelled very good and wanted to smell them more.
"Don't scratch if you're itchy," Li Xiangze said, pulling out a school uniform from the closet. "You just drank Huoxiang Zhengqi water, so you can't take allergy medicine. I'll put some Fengyoujing on you to relieve the itch first."
Xiao Mingyang nodded: "Okay."
Li Xiangze's fingers were warm, and he applied the cool ointment to the itchy area. The itch on the skin was relieved, but the itch in his heart became more obvious.
The boarding students had evening self-study classes until 11 o'clock every day, while the day students only had one session. There was very little spare time between the two sessions, and there was not even enough time for a goodnight kiss. It was not their group's duty week this week, so the only time they could be intimate was during lunch break.
"When did your grandfather go abroad?" Li Xiangze interrupted his thoughts.
Xiao Mingyang cleared his throat. "The visa is ready. The flight is tomorrow at noon... Speaking of this, I almost forgot. Grandpa wants to see you. Will you come back to the old house with me today?"
Li Xiangze froze while applying the medicine.
"Let's go," Xiao Mingyang said in a sticky voice, "I miss you so much."
Li Xiangze clicked his tongue and leaned over to bite Xiao Mingyang's lips: "You're possessed by a jerks."
Xiao Mingyang's eyes were disgusted: "Don't you miss me?"
How could I not want to?
Li Xiangze has been dreaming about him these days.
Seeing that he didn't reply, Xiao Mingyang leaned forward and kissed and nibbled him: "Do you want it? Do you want it? Do you want it or not?"
Li Xiangze blushed. "Yes, I want to go back with you."
"Great!" Xiao Mingyang hugged his waist and buried his face in his belly.
Li Xiangze pinched the back of his neck: "If your grandfather leaves tomorrow at noon, will your uncle be back?"
Xiao Mingyang nodded: "But he's leaving soon, on a flight this afternoon."
"When will you be back?"
Xiao Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the exact time." He rubbed his lips again and looked up at Li Xiangze. "I only know that you have to stay at my house for two days."
Li Xiangze was stunned: "The day after tomorrow is Monday."
"Yeah," Xiao Mingyang said cheerfully, "We won't have evening self-study on Monday. Liu Jichang is almost well now."
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