Chapter 3: Evened Out "Then what about you pinning me to the tree? ...
"It's probably just a few streetlights that are broken." Jiang Ci determined after just one glance, "The lights in the depths are still on. Shall we go?"
"Let's go." Yu Xiang responded without thinking.
If you have to go around a long way to walk on the road, there is no need.
Although this road is an alley, it is a little wider than ordinary alleys, and there are trees planted on both sides. It is the flowering season now, and the whole road is filled with a faint fragrance.
If you are not in a hurry, taking a walk here can be considered as cultivating your sentiments.
Yu Xiang deliberately did not walk side by side with Jiang Ci. He either walked a little ahead of him or a little behind him.
Now, considering that Jiang Ci was "afraid", he deliberately walked in front of him.
It was originally only one or two steps away, but Jiang Ci was tall and had long legs, and it seemed as if he was about to catch up with him at any time, so he subconsciously kept speeding up his pace.
After walking about a hundred meters, Jiang Ci finally couldn't help asking, "Are you in a hurry to go home?"
"No." Yu Xiang turned halfway around when he heard that. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Ci glanced at him and said, "You're walking too fast."
"You are as slow as a turtle."
"You're so fast that it seems like you're in a hurry to be reborn."
"You!" Yu Xiang was so angry that his teeth itched. He thought he should just go away alone and leave this man in this shabby alley to fend for himself. "If you can't keep up, forget it. Your legs are so long that they look like decorations."
After he finished speaking, he turned back without waiting for Jiang Ci to react, deliberately walking faster.
Jiang Ci said nothing about this, but just silently took a step forward and followed.
Yu Xiang, who was walking in front, forced himself to suppress the urge to look back at Jiang Ci's expression. He looked straight ahead and suddenly saw two figures, one tall and one short, cuddling together at the corner.
The two people were probably a young couple, standing in the shadows where the streetlights couldn't reach. The girl was held tightly in the boy's arms, and he would occasionally bend down to kiss her cheeks and neck.
"Hate it, don't do it here...someone will come soon." The girl tried to push the boy away, but the latter refused.
"No one will come here this late, just kiss for a while--"
Then a passionate kiss began.
Because they were at a corner and there was a telephone pole in front of them, the kissing couple could not notice Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang who were silent for a while, but Yu Xiang could clearly see their every move and even hear the sound of water.
Yu Xiang's eyes were fixed on the scene, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his fair face quickly turned red.
He had seen male and female protagonists kissing in movies and TV dramas before, but watching it through the screen and watching it up close in real life were two completely different experiences, especially when Jiang Ci was also there...
Wait, Jiang Ci?
He was just about to turn around to see if Jiang Ci had caught up with him when a dry and slightly cool hand covered his eyes from behind.
"Don't look at anything inappropriate." Jiang Ci's cold voice sounded behind him.
"It's not like I haven't seen it before." Yu Xiang wanted to take Jiang Ci's hand away dissatisfiedly.
"Your ears are red."
"That's because you got too close and got too hot. Stay away from me."
The two of them were arguing in low voices, forgetting the existence of the couple for a moment, until they heard a dog barking from somewhere.
Yu Xiang was startled by the dog's barking and couldn't control the volume of his voice: "Ah!"
The barking of the dog and the resounding low cry immediately caught the attention of the couple.
"Is there someone?!" the girl said in horror, like a frightened rabbit.
"It should be a dog. It's okay. Let's continue..." the boy comforted her.
Yu Xiang didn't dare to breathe, thinking to himself, yes, yes, he is a dog, and single dogs are also dogs, so don't be suspicious.
"No, what if the dog is not tied up?" The girl was still worried.
"Then I'll go take a look."
Hearing this, Yu Xiang was completely panicked. In a hurry, he quickly stepped back and his back bumped into Jiang Ci who had just caught up with him. He also stepped hard on the other's clean sneakers, leaving a dirty shoe print on it.
Before Jiang Ci could react, Yu Xiang covered his mouth without any explanation and dragged him behind a thicker tree on the side of the road.
The situation was urgent, so Yu Xiang used too much force and almost pushed Jiang Ci against the rough tree trunk.
The latter groaned in pain, and Yu Xiang realized it belatedly. Feeling guilty, he reached out and rubbed Jiang Ci's back.
It would have been fine if he didn't rub him, but after he did, Jiang Ci's whole body became stiff - if he wanted to rub him, he had to reach his hand behind Jiang Ci, and the two of them were close to each other, so it was as if he was hugging him.
"Shh. Don't talk." Yu Xiang didn't think about these things at all. He was praying that he would not be discovered by those two people.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Yu Xiang's heartbeat became faster and faster. Fine beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead, wetting the loose hair on his forehead.
Jiang Ci, who was pinned to the tree by him, cooperated and said nothing. He lowered his eyes and looked at Yu Xiang's face.
"There's no one here, and I didn't see any dog. I guess it's tied up in someone's yard. It's okay, baby." The boy's voice first got closer, then faded away, and finally became blurred.
The place where Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang were hiding was not particularly secluded, but fortunately it was night, and the boy looked at them perfunctorily, just taking a glance and then leaving.
Yu Xiang listened attentively to the noises around him and breathed a sigh of relief when he confirmed that they had gone far away.
At the same time, he met Jiang Ci's gaze, only to see the other party glance down, as if hinting at something.
He was stunned at first, then he lowered his gaze, and then he saw his hand: "..."
Private Marseille.
He forgot to retract the claws that were covering Jiang Ci's mouth.
So he pretended nothing happened and withdrew his hand, and wiped his wet palm on Jiang Ci's clothes as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Ci, who had witnessed his series of deceitful actions, said: "..."
There is no one else like him.
"How long are we going to hide here?" Jiang Ci asked in a low voice.
"No need to hide, come with me." Yu Xiang came up with an idea and grabbed Jiang Ci's wrist, pulling him back the way they came.
Jiang Ci: “?” Why are you going back?
Although he was confused, he didn't ask any more questions.
Yu Xiang pulled him to fifty meters before stopping and turning to walk forward.
"Cough cough!" He deliberately coughed loudly as he walked.
Jiang Ci turned his head and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Actually, I don't understand why we have to hide."
Yu Xiang paused.
Yes, they didn’t do anything wrong, they just happened to pass by.
Then what was he panicking about just now? !
"Avoid embarrassment." Yu Xiang racked his brains to find a suitable excuse for his behavior to convince himself and Jiang Ci, "This way, it's good for you, me, and everyone else, right?"
"I'm not very good."
Yu Xiang pursed his lips and uttered, "You covered my eyes first."
"You covered my mouth later, too, so we're even." Jiang Ci said slowly, "Then what about that time you pinned me to the tree?"
"Uh... I owe you a favor. By the way, is your back okay?" Yu Xiang said as he walked around behind Jiang Ci. With the dim light, he saw that his school uniform was covered with black debris.
It's the bark that was rubbed off.
Fortunately, Jiang Ci didn't have eyes on the back of his head and couldn't see anything behind him, otherwise he probably wouldn't give him a good look - this Jiang guy is a mysophobe and usually likes to be clean. If anyone gets his clothes dirty, he will get angry.
Yu Xiang only thought for 0.1 seconds before raising his hand to gently wipe off the bark stuck on the back of Jiang Ci's school uniform, while still recalling the series of actions he had just taken.
Yeah. If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have stepped hard on Jiang Ci when the chaos first started.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head to glance at Jiang Ci's sneakers, and sure enough, he saw a very obvious shoe print on one of them: "..."
This guy must have taken the wrong medicine today. Even after things have come to this, he still refuses to turn against him.
"Is my back dirty?" Jiang Ci asked without turning his head.
"A little bit." After brushing off the residue, it looked much better at first glance. Yu Xiang withdrew his hand and walked to Jiang Ci's side. "But it's still a little dusty."
"It's okay. I have to take a shower anyway." Jiang Ci stopped walking suddenly and looked down at his shoes silently.
So it's not that they're not going to have a falling out, but they're planning to settle the score later?!
Yu Xiang's solar plexus throbbed, and he blurted out, "Give up! I won't wash your shoes for you."
Jiang Ci: “…” Forget it.
When they reached the place where the young couple had been, they were no longer there - Yu Xiang had coughed loudly on purpose.
The two men were not fools. They were already a little nervous and alert, so they changed places when they heard Yu Xiang's cough.
A few minutes later, they each returned to their own homes.
Yu Xiang opened the door and went in. Yu's mother was watching TV in the living room on the first floor, waiting for him to come home.
"Why are you back so late today?" When she heard him come in, she paused the TV and stood up to ask.
"I realized I forgot to take something halfway through, so I went back to school." Yu Xiang made up an excuse and said, "Mom, I'm going to take a shower first."
"Go quickly, I'll heat up the soup and bring it to you in a bit. Drink it and go to bed early."
"good--"
It was almost eleven o'clock when Yu Xiang finished his shower and soup. Yu's mother collected the dishes and went out. After she had taken two steps, she came back and opened the door to remind him: "Don't play with your phone late at night, set the air conditioner on time, and remember to brush your teeth."
"I'll be there right away." Yu Xiang cooperated and immediately stood up to get the toothbrush cup and brush his teeth at the sink on the balcony.
But just as he opened the glass door to the balcony, he bumped into Jiang Ci across from him: "..."
The house types in this residential area are all the same, but one of their two houses was built upside down during construction, resulting in the balconies on both sides facing each other, and the straight-line distance is no more than 3 meters.
However, both of their parents said they didn't mind, so the matter was not pursued.
The only thing I care about is the aftermath.
Because he is often forced to meet someone every now and then, like now.
Normally he would just pretend he didn't see Jiang Ci and ignore him, but today he owed him several favors in one go, so it seemed a bit inappropriate to continue ignoring him.
So he gritted his teeth and quickly finished washing up, then said "good night" dryly to Jiang Ci who was still washing his face, and then went back to the room and closed the glass door, all in one go, faster than when he was at his most rebellious and handed in his paper early.
He had experienced so many ups and downs that day that he lost interest in even playing with his phone. He checked the alarm clock and turned off the lights to go to sleep.
However, he did not get a good night's sleep.
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I wrote this in a hurry.
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