Chapter 27
Chi Jun's question, "You're not thinking of going to study, are you?" successfully made Xu Qingzhou's heart race.
She knew that Chi Jun's words clearly carried a hint of reluctance, but since the topic had already been brought up, she was really unwilling to give up this opportunity.
Struggling with both sides, just as she was pondering how best to reply, Chi Jun spoke calmly:
"Go ahead."
Xu Qingzhou's eyes lit up, and he immediately threw off the covers, got out of bed, and prepared to get dressed.
She had already thought it through. Her health had only just begun to improve, so she needed to wear more clothes to prevent a relapse if she caught a chill at night. And since she was pretending to go to school to study, she would definitely need to pack her schoolbag and bring it with her.
She can't stay up late studying anymore now that she's back. She should go to bed as early as possible. Anyway, it's Sunday tomorrow, and she still has time to study during the day. In short, taking care of her health is more important right now.
However, just as she was thinking and putting on her school uniform, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Chi Jun closing his book, placing it on the table, and standing up, casually dusting off his sleeves.
Xu Qingzhou paused, then turned to look at him.
Chi Jun also looked at her.
Their eyes met, and Chi Jun raised an eyebrow: "Why are you looking at me?"
For some reason, Xu Qingzhou suddenly had a very ominous premonition.
She paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you going out?"
Chi Jun did not deny it.
"We still have to send you, the patient, to school to study."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
Her movements froze instantly, and she stared longingly at Chi Jun.
Chi Jun also looked at her, blinking his eyes.
Five seconds later, Xu Qingzhou said nothing, turned around and climbed back into bed, covered himself with the blanket, picked up the test paper and pen, sat properly and continued writing the questions.
Chi Jun seemed somewhat surprised, but his gaze remained fixed on her.
"Why are you back in bed again? Weren't you going to study?"
Xu Qingzhou didn't even dare to look at Chi Jun, her eyes fixed on the test paper in her hand, and shook her head.
"Not going?"
Xu Qingzhou nodded.
"Then why are you wearing clothes?"
The pen that was writing and drawing on the exam paper suddenly stopped.
Xu Qingzhou paused for a few seconds, then turned to look at Chi Jun: "I'm cold, I want to wear more clothes."
"oh--"
Chi Junyang responded with a single word: "Then I..." He picked up the book and waved it at Xu Qingzhou with interest: "Continue reading?"
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
For some reason, she felt as if she had fallen into a trap set by Chi Jun.
But who told her to lie first?
They could only suffer in silence, unable to express their bitterness.
Xu Qingzhou sighed, resignedly, and nodded again.
*
After that, Xu Qingzhou behaved himself and never dared to mention going to study again, thinking to himself that he could only go tomorrow to be scolded by the supervisor.
Actually, scolding her is fine, but I'm afraid that she'll just pack her things and get out without saying a word.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhou sighed for the umpteenth time.
After sighing, he patted his head to cheer himself up and focused his attention back on the exam paper.
Let's finish what we can do right now, and deal with tomorrow's problems tomorrow.
The small rented room was quiet, with a lamp hanging silently from the ceiling. Occasionally, a few small insects would fly around it, causing the light in the room to flicker.
Chi Jun remained seated at the small dining table, reading in a relaxed manner.
Xu Qingzhou was also very engrossed in writing the questions.
Around nine o'clock, Chi Jun put down his book, got up, and went to get his shower card and towel.
Seeing this, Xu Qingzhou knew it was time for him to make room.
However, she had only just begun to understand a difficult math problem, and Xu Qingzhou wanted to finish it before getting out of bed to prepare her makeshift bed on the floor.
Unfortunately, I don't know if it's because I have a fever, but my mind isn't very clear or agile.
I wrote down the clear steps, but kept getting stuck because of calculation errors. In the end, a problem that should have taken about ten minutes to solve took twice as long to barely finish.
Xu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and put down her pen just as she saw Chi Jun walk in, drying his hair and carrying toiletries.
The timing was just right.
Xu Qingzhou put away the test papers, lifted the quilt and got out of bed. He first put the things back on the small desk, and then, as if familiar with the routine, carried the cardboard box out from behind the door.
Due to health reasons, she plans to go to bed early tonight to rest and recuperate.
Unexpectedly, as he squatted down and was about to spread out the cardboard, a hand suddenly reached out and pressed down on it.
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
She looked up at Chi Jun, but he didn't look at her. He just tilted his head slightly and gestured with his chin toward the bed behind him.
Go to bed.
Although he still felt a bit feverish and hot, and was sweating slightly, and his bones weren't feeling too comfortable, Xu Qingzhou felt that he was at least half better than he was this morning.
Although the floor mat was laid on the ground and was a bit hard, it didn't feel cold.
Besides, she's been asleep for so long.
Xu Qingzhou: [No need, I feel much better now, I can sleep on the floor.]
She glanced at Chi Jun and then said:
It's convenient for me to sleep on the floor since I get up early and go to bed late. Otherwise, if you sleep on the floor, I might easily step on you when I walk around.
When Xu Qingzhou showed these words to Chi Jun, he still had a smile on his face, as if he had been given a kind gesture.
However, Chi Jun glanced at it and suddenly burst out laughing:
"So I can sleep on the floor instead?"
He laughed, as if he had heard a funny joke.
Xu Qingzhou was completely bewildered by his laughter until Chi Jun finished laughing, looked at her with interest, and asked leisurely:
"Xu Qingzhou, you don't think I'm going to let you sleep in my bed, do you?"
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
Isn't that right?
"I want to look pretty."
Chi Jun's lips curled up, amusement lingering in his dark eyes: "What I mean is, we'll sleep together."
"..."
*
I've reminded myself long ago not to be presumptuous.
But it happened again and again...
Sigh, Xu Qingzhou accepted being ridiculed.
But given the current situation...
Xu Qingzhou glanced at Chi Jun, then at the bed behind him, pursed her lips, and remained motionless.
Seeing that she hadn't responded for a while, Chi Jun raised an eyebrow:
"What's wrong, are you having trouble?"
After saying that, he laughed and said, "Didn't you climb into my bed last night, and I couldn't get rid of you no matter what I did?"
"..."
Xu Qingzhou knew that she must have climbed into bed while she was feverish last night, but she didn't expect that she would be "unable to be driven away". Her face immediately burned and turned red all the way to her ears.
After a long pause, she explained herself, looking aggrieved:
I was sick last night...
"Oh..." Chi Jun nodded in a mocking manner: "So it's okay to climb into someone's bed while sick. Well, you're sick now too, so if you climb into someone's bed again tonight, I can't do anything about it?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingzhou shook his head vigorously, waving his hands frantically as he did so.
Won't!
Absolutely not!
If she could, she would want to tape herself to the ground tonight to prove her innocence.
But Chi Jun gave a perfunctory, fake smile: "I don't believe you."
"..."
Seeing her dejected and at a loss, Chi Jun finally gave up on teasing her. He tossed aside the dry towel, turned around, and got into bed first, explaining as he unfolded the blankets and slipped under the covers:
“I’ve thought about it, and it’s really not good to let you sleep on the floor all the time. It’s getting cold, and if you catch a cold or fever, not only will I not have anything to eat or drink, but I’ll also have to cook for you myself and suffer.”
Xu Qingzhou thought about how Chi Jun had cooked, fed her, and given her medicine all day...
Well, that's a kind of suffering too...
"Hey, Xu Qingzhou."
Chi Jun suddenly called her.
Xu Qingzhou looked up.
Chi Jun remained in the lying position: "Are you worried I might do something to you?"
Xu Qingzhou shook his head.
To be honest, she never worried about that.
Putting aside the fact that Chi Jun intervened before, scratching Zhang Pengfei's face to save the twins from their father's cruelty, if Chi Jun really wanted to do something to her, he would have done it long ago. Why wait until now?
"So... it means you have improper thoughts about me, and you're afraid you won't be able to control yourself in the middle of the night and might do something to me?"
"..."
Xu Qingzhou took a deep breath.
Absolutely not.
When these four characters were written, the force was so strong that it almost pierced through the paper.
Chi Jun twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's neither this nor that, so what are you afraid of?"
"Afraid of gossip?"
Xu Qingzhou remained silent.
Chi Jun snorted through his nose.
"You're being too lenient with what others say."
After saying that, she lay down on her own and pulled the blanket up over herself: "Go to sleep quickly, I'm sleepy."
Xu Qingzhou did not respond.
After hesitating for a moment, she silently turned around and spread the cardboard on the ground again.
To everyone's surprise, even when force was applied, the cardboard did not budge.
She tried harder, but it was no use.
Xu Qingzhou looked up and saw Chi Jun lying on his side on the bed, one hand supporting his head, the index finger of the other hand hovering in mid-air, his lips pursed, pretending to be quite innocent.
"Although I'm really sleepy right now, if you really want to play, I can keep you company for a while."
Xu Qingzhou really wanted to say that he would take care to keep warm and not let you suffer anymore.
Faced with Chi Jun's completely uncompromising expression, she sighed and had no choice but to give up.
*
Sleeping in bed with Chi Jun, or living under the same roof with both of them but not sleeping in the same bed, are clearly two different concepts.
Xu Qingzhou carried his quilt and pillow to the bed and made them up.
Then, I deliberately turned off the lights first, and while the room was still dark and my eyes hadn't adjusted to the light, I quickly took off my clothes and sat on the bed.
Unexpectedly, she lost control of her movements and accidentally touched Chi Jun when she unfolded the blanket and pulled it over herself.
She quickly withdrew her fingers, not even able to distinguish whether it was Chi Jun's arm, the back of his hand, or somewhere else. Almost simultaneously, Chi Jun's voice came from nearby—
"Xu Qingzhou, try to control yourself."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
He just bumped into her without noticing, why is it being described as if she intentionally tried to molest him...?
Xu Qingzhou sighed. If that's the case, why must she sleep in the same bed as him?
It seems his worries about his innocence were nothing more than that.
Xu Qingzhou thought for a moment and silently complained:
—It's not as deep as the worry about going hungry.
However, because of Chi Jun's reminder, she became more cautious about her every move.
To avoid being misunderstood as having ulterior motives towards him, Xu Qingzhou silently shifted his body, along with the blanket, to the left.
After thinking for a while, I moved it again.
Xu Qingzhou lay right next to the bed, barely turning over, and slept stiffly all night.
*
The next day was Sunday, and Xu Qingzhou didn't have to go to school.
She felt that her fever should have subsided and wanted to sleep a little longer, but after a night of stiff sleeping posture, Xu Qingzhou's back was so sore that she couldn't sleep.
She got up, dressed, and immediately went to the hallway outside to do a set of radio calisthenics.
After finishing the exercise, my muscles and bones finally felt a bit more comfortable.
Unexpectedly, when she turned her head, she met Chi Jun's eyes.
The other person sat lazily on the bed with their back against the wall, their hair a mess, yet somehow exuding a sense of meticulously styled disorder. Looking at her, the corners of their mouth turned up.
"You're in good spirits, jumping around first thing in the morning."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
If she hadn't had such a terrible night's sleep, she wouldn't have wanted to start something like this so early in the morning...
However, she didn't say those words aloud; she only asked:
What would you like to eat for breakfast?
Chi Jun lifted his eyelids and glanced at it lazily.
"casual."
Xu Qingzhou simply cooked a bowl of vegetable noodles for each person.
After breakfast, Xu Qingzhou took off the sheets, blankets, and pillowcases that had been soaked by her fever and sweat the day before and washed them. She also took the pillow cores and blankets to the first floor of the courtyard to air them out.
As usual, I steamed a pot of rice and stir-fried two dishes at noon.
Considering he was going to a lecture at school in the afternoon, Xu Qingzhou had originally planned to cook dinner for Chi Jun as well, but when she asked him what he wanted to eat for dinner, Chi Jun casually replied:
"The game starts quite early tonight, so I'll probably go straight to a friend's house for dinner this evening."
Xu Qingzhou nodded and did not ask any further questions.
Similarly, Chi Jun didn't say much about the "evening self-study" she attended.
However, it seems that fate loves to play tricks on people.
At 6 p.m., Xu Qingzhou, who should have been studying at school, and Chi Jun, who should have been playing games at a friend's house, unexpectedly met at the entrance of the mall.
At that time, Xu Qingzhou was carrying a schoolbag, head down and shoulders drooping, with a worried look on his face.
Chi Jun, carrying a case of drinks, was accompanied by a group of his cronies, each also carrying various bottles of liquor and beer. When they saw Xu Qingzhou, they were even more stunned than he was.
After a long pause, Li Rui was the first to react, staring blankly at Xu Qingzhou while giving Chi Jun a hard nudge with his elbow:
"Um... Jun-ge, won't you introduce him to us?"
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