The living room was silent for a moment. Everyone except Han Shuo was stunned, not knowing how to react. Even Li Ziyan stood there in a daze, unable to react for a long time.
Slowly, a red mark appeared on Li Ziyan's face. He wanted to put his hand on his lips, but was too shy to move. With tears in his eyes, he glanced at Han Shuo, and his fingers curled up unconsciously.
"Don't continue?"
"Oh...yes, yes, keep going." Li Hao said to keep going, but his eyes were looking at Han Shuo and Li Ziyan with deep meaning and a rather unnatural smile. The others were in the same state as well. They glanced at each other and continued playing the game.
But the whole atmosphere changed. The looks in other people's eyes became indescribable, and the relationship between Li Ziyan and Han Shuo became inexplicably ambiguous.
Because of this incident, they didn't play the game for long. They cut the cake in a hurry, gave Li Hao a gift, and then went home.
Only Han Shuo stayed and cleaned the kitchen with Li Ziyan. Li Hao also wanted to suggest staying, but was rejected by Han Shuo. He didn't say anything more. He looked at the two people who had a tacit understanding with a meaningful look, and left with Lin Yang and the others.
"Head of the dormitory, you should go back first. I can clean up by myself." Li Ziyan wiped the sweat from his head and stretched out his hand to stop Han Shuo, but the other party glanced at him lightly, took the cup from his hand, and pushed him back to the room with irresistible force.
"Dorm leader?"
"Sit down, I'll do it."
"Headmaster, how could I let you..."
Han Shuo didn't say anything else, but his hands didn't stop moving. Li Ziyan's apron had been taken off. He stopped talking and sat down on the sofa with the force, holding the water cup in both hands, watching Han Shuo's busy back.
They ate from takeout packaging, with the plates covered in plastic bags, so there weren't many dirty dishes. Han Shuo had finished cleaning up in about twenty minutes.
"Head of the dorm, come and have some water." Li Ziyan's face was still blushing, with a faint pink hue that made it particularly attractive. He glanced at Han Shuo, met his gaze, and then quickly looked away. "I'm so sorry, you come to my place as a guest and have to do housework."
"It's my duty." Han Shuo took the water handed to him by Li Ziyan and sat next to him.
Neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere was not awkward, and neither of them mentioned the kiss that was not really a kiss.
As the sky outside gradually darkened, the two of them sat side by side on the sofa, saying nothing and doing nothing. After a long while, Han Shuo lost his patience and glanced at the person beside him. He spoke in a deep voice, "You said you have someone you like. Is that true?"
"It's true."
"Who is that person?"
Han Shuo turned his head and faced Li Ziyan. It was the first time that neither of them avoided each other's gaze, and an ambiguous atmosphere heated up in the entire space.
Even the breath they exhaled was filled with a sense of emotional anxiety. Han Shuo placed his hands on both sides of his body, nervously grasping the fabric of the sofa. Perhaps he himself did not know what kind of answer he was expecting.
Li Ziyan chuckled softly, his brows curved, and he looked up at Han Shuo, "I thought you already knew."
After saying that, he stood up and wanted to leave. Han Shuo raised his hand and held his wrist. There was a tingling sensation where their skin touched, but Han Shuo did not let go.
He seemed to be relieved, with the corners of his mouth raised, but his heart was beating abnormally fast, as if it would jump out in the next second.
Li Ziyan moved his wrist without using much force, but the other person's hand tightened.
Suddenly, Han Shuo's cell phone rang, breaking the somewhat ambiguous and overly romantic atmosphere between the two.
"..." Han Shuo looked at Li Ziyan deeply. It was not Li Ziyan's illusion. He saw regret and a little dissatisfaction in Han Shuo's eyes.
Silently, he picked up the phone with his other hand and answered, "Hello, Mom."
"Son, Mommy has to be on duty tonight, and Daddy went on a mission this morning. Can you come back after you finish eating outside?"
Han Shuo opened his mouth, and suddenly a thought came to him, "Okay, don't worry."
"If you don't have enough money, tell mom and remember to eat something good."
"Okay, bye, Mom."
"well."
Han Shuo's phone didn't actually leak much sound, but he deliberately moved the microphone a little further away from his ear. With Li Ziyan standing next to him, it was hard for him not to hear.
The phone was hung up and put aside. Han Shuo raised his head, his expression still calm, but Li Ziyan inexplicably felt that his eyes were full of innocence.
"My mom is on duty tonight, and my dad is on a business trip, so there's no one at home."
His tone was flat, and no emotion could be heard. Li Ziyan had actually heard that Han Shuo's father was a company executive and his mother was a chief physician in a hospital. They often worked overtime and were on business trips. Logically, Han Shuo should have been accustomed to this kind of thing, but he looked like a poor little thing that no one wanted.
If what happened in the afternoon hadn't happened, or if Li Ziyan hadn't traveled through time, perhaps he would have really believed it.
"...Then, will you stay at my house tonight?"
"Trouble."
He agreed without any hesitation and was very ready. Li Ziyan smiled in his heart, but a shy blush appeared on his face at the right time. He held Han Shuo's hand instead, motioning him to let go.
The two of them walked into the bedroom, one in front and one behind. Li Ziyan found a loose-fitting pair of pajamas from the closet and handed it to Han Shuo. "Head of the dorm, my clothes are a bit small. You can make do with this for now."
"It doesn't matter."
"The water in the bathroom is hot, and there are disposable toothbrushes in the drawer. As for towels...if the dormitory leader doesn't mind, you can use mine." After Li Ziyan finished speaking, he went into the bathroom first. When he came out, Han Shuo was sitting on the bed, looking a little restrained.
"Head of the dormitory, I'm done washing, you can go now."
Han Shuo was silent for a while, then nodded, his Adam's apple moving unconsciously. Without saying anything, he took his clothes and went into the bathroom.
The warm water washed over Han Shuo's body, and the scene he just saw appeared involuntarily in front of his eyes. Li Ziyan was wearing a loose shirt, revealing his collarbone that turned pink due to the steam.
And now, the whole bathroom is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers and tea, which is the scent of Li Ziyan.
After lowering the water temperature a bit, Han Shuo used the cold water to calm his impulse that came from nowhere.
Taking a deep breath, Han Shuo looked at the bath towel draped beside him with a dark look in his eyes, but he finally put it on his body.
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