Chapter 51: Setting off. He risked everything last night, acted cute, and sold himself out...
"No. I stole it from my mother." Yu Xiang spoke first.
When he was packing his things last night, there were a few things that wouldn't fit into his backpack, and he only had one large suitcase, so using that would be a bit too much trouble and really unnecessary.
However, he soon remembered that Chen Xiaomie had bought a small suitcase, and the small suitcase was quite suitable, so he immediately rushed downstairs and asked Chen Xiaomie, who was curled up on the sofa watching TV series, for the small suitcase.
"No, what if you get bumped into something? Don't you have your own suitcase?" When Ms. Chen Xiaomie heard that Yu Xiang wanted to take her beloved small suitcase to the study tour, she immediately ignored the drama and her first reaction was to refuse.
"My suitcase is too big. Your smaller one is just right. Don't be so stingy, Mom."
"I'm not being stingy, son. Just think about it yourself. How many suitcases have you broken since you were a child?" Chen Xiaomie asked earnestly. "Don't you have a rough idea of how many achievements you have?"
"Those were accidents. I promise I will take good care of him. I'm your biological son. Don't you trust me?" Yu Xiang said while holding Chen Xiaomie's hand and putting on a rather exaggerated pitiful expression.
Chen Xiaomei immediately put on an even more exaggerated expression: "It's because you are my biological son that I don't dare to believe you——"
…
Finally, after Yu Xiang acted cute and tried her best to persuade him, she was able to borrow the box successfully.
His eyes turned to the same suitcase Jiang Ci was carrying, and he couldn't help but ask, "Your mother is willing to lend you her suitcase?"
Jiang Ci, judging by Yu Xiang's words and his current expression, could probably guess how complicated the situation had been. He glanced at him calmly and said, "You might not believe this, but my mother forced this on me."
Yu Xiang: “?”
I had to snatch it from my mother, but your mother just forced it on you?
So what does it matter that he risked his life, acted cute, and sold himself out last night?
Suppressing the imbalance in his heart, Yu Xiang raised his eyes to meet Jiang Ci's and asked a more important question: "Why?"
Jiang Ci: "Because this box is filled with snacks that she asked me to bring you."
"Wait, wait a minute." Yu Xiang pointed at himself uncertainly, "Are you sure this isn't for you?"
"Her exact words were, 'These are for Xiao Xiang, so you have to take them with you,'" Jiang Ci said expressionlessly. "If you don't believe me, you can give her a call to confirm."
"Then that's not necessary. I believe it." Yu Xiang quickly waved his hand to refuse.
"I now truly believe that your two families have a very good relationship." Lu Ziyang said in amazement. He glanced at Yu Xiang meaningfully as he spoke, "What a blessing! You must cherish it."
Yu Xiang: “?” Are you sick?
After Lu Ziyang finished speaking, he walked away muttering to himself, leaving the two of them staring at each other for a while, and finally shook their heads in tacit understanding.
After a few minutes, everyone else arrived one after another, and under the organization of their respective class teachers, they lined up at the flag-raising platform to attend a short meeting.
——In fact, it was just a few school leaders and grade leaders emphasizing some precautions. However, these precautions had already been mentioned by the head teachers of each class in advance, so few people listened carefully, and some even started chatting with their neighbors.
"Hey, do you have your cell phone?"
"You brought it?"
"That's the package."
"Didn't you say you can't bring it?"
"That's what they say, but I asked the seniors from the previous class, and they said they wouldn't check."
"Is it true? What if they find out?"
"No, by then the leaders won't care about us at all. There will be special people to guide us."
“…”
Yu Xiang listened attentively to the conversation next door. After a moment of hesitation, he whispered to Jiang Ci, who was standing behind him, "Do you have your phone with you?"
"Yes. You asked me this question last night."
"Just confirm it again." Yu Xiang said embarrassedly.
He struggled for a long time over whether to bring his cell phone or not - even though he knew the inspection wouldn't be strict.
After all, if he is unlucky enough to be caught, it would be very painful. If his phone is confiscated, he can only get it back after graduation, and his family will not buy him a new phone during this period.
The life of primitive people without mobile phones seems boring just by thinking about it, let alone actually experiencing it.
But when he knew that Jiang Ci would also bring a cell phone, he inexplicably felt much more relieved.
This short meeting did not take them too much time. After it ended, Lei Wanquan asked the class monitor to count the number of people again. After confirming that everyone was there, he took them to the school gate.
The school gate was full of buses at this time, and from a distance it looked like I had accidentally entered the bus station.
Those are cars chartered by the school, one for each class, and there is a class sign with the corresponding number on the front to indicate which class the car belongs to.
Lei Wanquan initially wanted to sit according to the seat number, but soon realized that men and women could not sit together, so he changed his mind and said that two people should sit together at the same table. The order did not matter as long as everyone had a seat.
Yu Xiang and his group were at the end of the line. When it was their turn to get on the bus, there weren't many seats left. There were only a few empty rows in the middle. It didn't matter where they sat, so he simply gave up and turned to ask Jiang Ci behind him, "Do you want to sit by the window or the aisle?"
Jiang Ci asked back, "Where do you want to sit?"
Yu Xiang answered without hesitation: "Of course I want to sit by the window. If you want that too, we can play rock-paper-scissors. Isn't that fair?"
"No need to bother, just sit by the window." Jiang Ci said without much hesitation.
"So straightforward? Then I'll obey your command." Yu Xiang said as he walked forward and randomly picked a row and sat down at the innermost seat.
Jiang Ci followed closely behind and sat in the seat next to him, reaching out to feel for the seat belt.
But he felt around the edge of the seat but couldn't find it. Finally, he looked at it carefully in confusion and strongly suspected that someone had sat on it.
At this time, the suspect was still unconsciously looking up and sharing plums with Zhang Miao in the row in front of him, completely unaware of his gaze.
"Yu Xiang." Jiang Ci had no choice but to call Yu Xiang's name, but the latter misunderstood him and stuffed a plum into his mouth without even turning his head.
A sour taste rushed straight to the forehead and spread from the tip of the tongue.
So sour.
"Don't worry, you won't be left out. It tastes delicious, right?" Yu Xiang turned to him at this time, looking at him with bright eyes.
Looking at the other person's expectant eyes, Jiang Ci suppressed the urge to frown and tried to maintain a calm expression: "Hmm. It tastes very good."
As he finished speaking, he felt that his taste buds seemed to have adapted to the sour taste, and he began to taste a sweetness.
It tastes really good.
But even so, he did not forget his original purpose. He just reached out and gently patted Yu Xiang's hip and said, "Get up. Let me see if the seat belt is fastened by you."
"No way?" Yu Xiang stood up half-believingly, only to find that the seat belt was still under his butt. He felt embarrassed for a moment, "...it really is."
Lei Wanquan, who was the last one to get on the bus, was shouting to remind everyone to fasten their seat belts. Yu Xiang did not dare to delay and quickly grabbed a seat belt and fastened it on himself.
But before she could buckle it, Jiang Ci quickly grabbed her wrist and stopped her: "You're pulling my seatbelt."
Yu Xiang froze and subconsciously looked at Jiang Ci who was holding his hand.
Then, under his blank gaze, Jiang Ci handed him another seat belt: "This one is yours."
Seeing that Yu Xiang was still in a daze, Jiang Ci simply leaned over and helped Yu Xiang fasten his seat belt.
The refreshing breath of the young man swept over Yu Xiang, and his heart beat faster unconsciously. He was stunned for a long while before he remembered to say "thank you".
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Ci stood up and asked in confusion.
"Thinking about you..." Yu Xiang suddenly came to his senses mid-sentence. After realizing what he was saying, his brain worked rapidly and he said, "Thinking about you. Your shampoo smells good. Where did you buy it?"
Jiang Ci was obviously a little surprised to hear this answer, but he still answered cooperatively: "I don't know, it should be bought by my mother. If you like it, you can ask her later."
"What shampoo? Let me smell it too?" Zhang Miao in front of him curiously leaned forward, but was ruthlessly pushed back by Yu Xiang.
"What are you sniffing about? Are your seatbelts fastened? Go back." Yu Xiang, relying on his long arms, pushed the man back. "If the Thunder God sees you later, he'll scold you again."
After hearing this, Zhang Miao reflexively looked back and found that Lei Wanquan was almost reaching their position. He quickly retracted his head and fumbled around for his seat belt.
After tying it, he didn't forget to turn around and say to Yu Xiang: "Brother Yu, you're reliable!"
Yu Xiang turned his face away guiltily: "..." In fact, it was just an accident.
He said and did this subconsciously at the time, and the second half of the sentence was just an excuse.
"It's a long drive, estimated to take three and a half hours to reach the camp. Students who are prone to motion sickness must prepare their own medicine!" Lei Wanquan walked past their seats, checking to see if they were wearing their seatbelts. "The leader of your study tour will be boarding the bus soon. Everyone, please be polite and cooperate actively with the arrangements. Don't tarnish our class's image!"
"Okay—" Several people in the class, led by Xu Tianhao, immediately expressed their support.
"Three and a half hours? So long?" Yu Xiang muttered, and took out the Walkman that Jiang Ci had given him from his pocket - Lei Wanquan was in the car, and it was not good to take out his phone to listen to music blatantly.
He then took out a pair of headphones from his other pocket and put them on, just as he was about to close his eyes and try to fall asleep.
"Can you give me one of your headphones?" Jiang Ci suddenly asked.
Yu Xiang was stunned: "Don't you have one yourself?"
"It's not convenient to take mine out." Jiang Ci gave him a look that said "you know what I mean" and replied indifferently.
Yu Xiang hummed, thought for a moment, then took off one of his earphones and handed it to Jiang Ci: "So, after you gave me your Walkman, you didn't buy a new one?"
"No." Jiang Ci took the earphones and plugged them in. "I'm not used to the new ones."
"Then why did you give me the old one?" Yu Xiang asked in surprise, "Or do you regret it now and want to take it back?"
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