Chapter 62: Hug Thinking back now, I was such a mess back then...
"You've scolded me like this a lot before, so this reaction is quite normal." Jiang Ci said, tightening his grip on Yu Xiang's hand. Then he suddenly leaned closer, his long eyelashes lightly sweeping across Yu Xiang's face. "How about this?"
Yu Xiang now felt like an active volcano, ready to erupt at any moment: "Why are you suddenly so close? Are you sick???"
After hearing this, Jiang Ci quickly distanced himself from him and released his hand: "Now you know."
Yu Xiang continued to collapse: "What do I know? What should I know?"
"You treat the other person as a friend, but one day he or she suddenly says that he or she wants to date you, and you will react like you did just now." Jiang Ci turned his face away, looked straight ahead, and said lightly.
Yu Xiang was stunned.
Is that so?
Then if one day in the future, he made up his mind to confess his feelings to Jiang Ci, would he also...
Yu Xiang bit his lip and lowered his head to look at the floor tiles under his feet.
It was at this moment that the street lights on both sides went out without warning, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness.
Yu Xiang was startled, and without thinking, he frantically grabbed Jiang Ci's strong forearm and clung to it like a lifeline: "Is the streetlight broken?!"
"It shouldn't be. It's just that the municipal government turns off some unnecessary lights at fixed times in order to save energy." Jiang Ci comforted him gently.
"But this is a sidewalk, how can we turn off the lights?" Yu Xiang looked back at the way they came, only to feel gusts of cold wind, and the trees on the side of the road were still swaying in the wind, just like a horrible scene in a horror movie.
"No one would be walking around in the middle of the night like us, right?" Jiang Ci let Yu Xiang hold his arm tightly. "It's okay, we'll be home soon."
Yu Xiang's mind was filled with images from horror movies he'd seen before. He closed his eyes in fear, "Really? How far is it?"
"soon."
Jiang Ci did not lie. Three minutes later, they were standing on the street where their home was, less than a hundred meters away.
The street lights would stay on all night. Under the warm yellow light, Yu Xiang's fear was almost dispelled. He silently let go of Jiang Ci's hand: "I——"
"You are still so afraid of walking at night." Before Yu Xiang could finish his words, Jiang Ci spoke first.
"I'm just afraid of the dark night road just now. It was totally fine for me to walk home alone in the alley before." Yu Xiang defended himself with his neck stiff.
"Yeah." Jiang Ci nodded. "It would be more convincing if you hadn't walked at double speed the whole time."
"What do you mean? How did you know—" Yu Xiang said halfway before suddenly realizing, "You really were following me?!"
"I answered this question a long time ago. I wasn't stalking you, we just happened to be going the same way." Jiang Ci explained calmly.
Yu Xiang was suddenly silent: "..."
"Let's not talk about this for now." Jiang Ci suddenly stopped and glanced at the empty street.
There were no pedestrians or vehicles around, only swaying tree shadows and the subtle chirping of insects.
Yu Xiang saw him stop and also stopped, looking at him with a puzzled look: "?"
Jiang Ci turned his gaze towards him and asked seriously, "Did you really only buy two bottles of Coke? Nothing else?"
Before Yu Xiang could reply, Jiang Ci continued, "Can I get a gift for myself?"
Yu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then followed his words and asked, "What do you want?"
In fact, of course he didn't just prepare two bottles of Coke - they were bought on the spur of the moment, but he had other plans.
But now that Jiang Ci said this, he wanted to know what gift Jiang Ci would want.
Maybe I gave him an expensive gift on his birthday before, and I want him to give me something of equal value to make up for it?
But to his surprise, Jiang Ci did not do so: "Just give me a hug."
This answer was so shocking that Yu Xiang was stunned for a long time before he slowly said "Huh?"
"Very difficult?"
"No... I'm just a little surprised. Why do you suddenly want a hug?" Are you crazy?
Or...
"Are you trying to turn me into the girl you like?!" Yu Xiang said in horror.
This is absolutely not allowed! He doesn't want to be a substitute!
"How can you have such a rich imagination?" Jiang Ci shook his head helplessly. "I don't mean to imagine you as someone else. I just feel a little tired recently and want a comforting hug. Is that not okay?"
"Hug me and I won't feel tired anymore."
"Who told you that?"
"My mom said, come here quickly and let me hold you for a while, and then you can help me chase Da Huang."
"...Da Huang ran too fast, one stroke was not enough."
"How many times will it take?"
"Try holding it for ten minutes first."
Long-forgotten memories surfaced in his mind, and Yu Xiang realized that another memory boomerang had hit him right between the eyebrows.
That happened when they were very young. It seemed that he enslaved Jiang Ci to help him chase a dog named Dahuang. Jiang Ci made the excuse that he was tired and couldn't chase it anymore, so he suggested that holding the dog would relieve his fatigue.
Thinking about it now, I was such a jerk back then.
"Then give me a hug." Yu Xiang only hoped that Jiang Ci would not take this opportunity to bring up the past. After taking a deep breath, she opened her arms to him and closed her eyes unconsciously because of nervousness.
The next second, he was gently hugged by Jiang Ci. Through the thin clothes, he could feel the other's strong heartbeat and slightly cool body temperature.
"How long is yours?" Jiang Ci should have rested his chin on Yu Xiang's shoulder, the soft hair on his head rubbing against his cheek, he could even smell the refreshing scent of the shampoo that Jiang Ci often used.
Yu Xiang couldn't help but think inappropriately: How does this person manage to look so cool in this weather, without any smell of sweat.
"You're the birthday boy, so let me go when you're no longer tired." Yu Xiang wanted to return the favor by giving Jiang Ci the "ten minutes" he had tricked him with, but he was afraid that this was another trap for him, so he changed his words on a whim.
"good."
To be honest, Yu Xiang actually enjoyed this hug. Jiang Ci's shoulders were slightly broader than his, and nestling in his arms made him feel safe and content—and most importantly, he smelled really good.
Yu Xiang is a type that is sensitive to smells, so he hates secondhand smoke the most, and will actively keep a distance from people with body odor when he meets them.
But he really likes the smell of Jiang Ci. Maybe it's because he has mysophobia and doesn't allow himself to have any strange smell.
He didn't know how long the hug lasted, but when Jiang Ci let go of his hand, he was still reluctant to leave.
He was still thinking about it even after everyone went home.
Or rather, they all did.
"Xiao Ci, you're back?" Luo Fang came down from the second floor after hearing the sound of the door opening downstairs and said softly, "You said you might be back late this afternoon, but I didn't expect you to be so late."
"Something unexpected happened, so it took a little while." Jiang Ci changed into slippers at the entrance. "Aren't you going to bed yet?"
"I'm waiting for you to come back. I can sleep peacefully when you get home." Luo Fang said, yawning sleepily. "You officially become an adult today. You have your own considerations on many things. Mom trusts you, so I won't ask too many questions."
Jiang Ci walked to the stairs with his long legs, raised his head and met Luo Fang's eyes as she stood on the landing at the corner of the stairs: "Thank you, Mom."
"Well, go take a shower and go to bed early."
"Um."
Jiang Ci and Luo Fang went upstairs together and returned to their respective rooms. After locking the door, they picked up the mobile phones on the bed and habitually browsed the messages.
As soon as I unlocked the screen, Yu Xiang’s message popped up.
Yu Xiang: When do you take a shower?
Jiang Ci raised his eyebrows slightly and replied with a question mark.
Yu Xiang: Why not do it now? I’ve calculated for you, and now is the best time to take a bath.
This was obviously nonsense, so Jiang Ci replied unmoved: Do you know that your statement is like telling me that you are going to do something bad while I am taking a shower?
Yu Xiang: What are you talking about?
Jiang Ci: ? Isn’t it?
Yu Xiang: Yes, yes, actually I wanted to peek at you taking a bath. Are you satisfied?
Jiang Ci: Quite satisfied.
Yu Xiang: ???
He could probably imagine Yu Xiang's gnashing teeth and frustrated expression in front of the screen at this moment, and he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and continued typing.
Jiang Ci: I was just teasing you, go wash now.
Yu Xiang replied with an OK.
Jiang Ci said he would wash it now, but he still hesitated for a while - Yu Xiang was acting abnormally, so he knew there must be something wrong, and he wanted to see what this guy was up to this time.
But after waiting for a few minutes and seeing no movement, he got up and prepared to put on his pajamas and take a shower.
But just as he picked up a short-sleeved shirt, he heard a dull thud of something heavy falling to the ground from the balcony.
He was just feeling strange and wanted to go over to take a look when he heard another sound.
This time, there was a clanging and rolling sound. Jiang Ci quickly quickened his pace and opened the curtains.
Then he looked at Yu Xiang, who was holding a cardboard box and about to throw it across the balcony, through the glass door. "..."
He opened the balcony door and glanced down at the floor again.
There were two cardboard boxes similar to express boxes lying quietly on the ground. They looked very similar to the one Yu Xiang was holding in his hand. Presumably, the muffled sound he just heard came from these two boxes.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Ci looked up blankly and looked straight at Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang still held the box in his hand, his beautiful eyes widening in shock. "Aren't you taking a shower?"
"So what are you doing?"
"So you're not taking a shower???" Yu Xiang asked again persistently.
The two of them stared at each other in silence for half a minute, and finally Yu Xiang's hands became sore from holding them up.
"Next." Yu Xiang threw the box in his hand directly towards Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci raised his hand to catch it, weighed it, and felt that there must be a lot of things stuffed inside: "What's in the box?"
"Your birthday present." Yu Xiang turned away awkwardly. "I wanted to put it in a gift box, but large gift boxes are too expensive. I happen to have a lot of express boxes at home, and I think this size is suitable..."
Jiang Ci could guess most of what Yu Xiang said next without him having to say anything.
It should be that although Yu Xiang had the genius idea of using the express box as a gift box, he was too embarrassed to give such a simply wrapped gift to him in front of him, so he thought of "airdropping" it to him while he was taking a shower.
It should have been a perfect plan, and from the fact that everything was calm during the few minutes he waited inside, it could be seen that Yu Xiang even had anti-detection awareness and deliberately waited a while longer before taking action.
But I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. It happened just when Jiang Ci was taking his pajamas and preparing to go into the bathroom.
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