mature at a young age
The days passed one by one, and Dong You and Chen Qian'an continued to live their lives as usual, as if the kiss on the forehead had never existed.
Each of them wondered if the other hadn't taken the kiss seriously; it wasn't a kiss on the lips, after all. If they'd been younger, it wouldn't have been a big deal. Chen Qi'an always kissed Dong You on the forehead when they were little. It was a forehead kiss for every encouragement and celebration.
In reality, both of them were deeply concerned about death, yet they pretended not to care and secretly watched each other's reactions. However, both of them were excellent actors, and no one noticed that they were both concerned about this innocent kiss.
So, Chen Qi'an passed the retest under these circumstances. When they received the acceptance letter, they had a celebratory dinner at home with just the two of them, without any extra actions, a very innocent pair of "sister and brother couple".
The closer it gets to school starting, the more anxious I become.
However, the one who was anxious was not Chen Qi'an himself who was about to go to school, but the winter tour.
Although Dongyou had encouraged Chen Qi'an to study, and the school was not far from home, Chen Qi'an had deliberately chosen a school in H City. It wasn't as good as Capital University, but at least H University was ranked third in the country.
Since they lived so close, Dongyou couldn't help but worry whether he would get along well with his new classmates. Thinking of what happened when he was an undergraduate and graduate student, she always felt a little scared.
Not to mention that he applied for a dormitory for convenience, but because he applied too late, he only got a double dormitory.
"Can I take you there when school starts?" Dong You said.
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became, as if she had already seen Chen Qian'an hiding in the corner and secretly crying.
Chen Qi'an was packing his things, preparing to take a few things to his dorm. The school wasn't too far from home, but it was still inconvenient at times. Applying for a dorm would sometimes make it easier to rest. Still, he decided to try to go home every day; he didn't want to be away from the winter tour for too long.
"Okay." Chen Qi'an agreed without thinking too much, feeling very happy. He had no idea of the twists and turns in Dong You's heart, the worry and heartache hidden in his ordinary words.
Even if Chen Qi'an doesn't agree, Dong You will try her best to follow him, and if that doesn't work, she will just pester him. She knows that Chen Qi'an has no way to deal with her pestering.
Fortunately, Chen Qi'an usually doesn't refuse his own requests.
After receiving Chen Qian'an's affirmative answer, Dong You happily packed up his things with Chen Qian'an.
In fact, Chen Qi'an only needed to bring some daily necessities, but because Dong You was too excited, he wanted to stuff everything into Chen Qi'an's small suitcase. Chen Qi'an always had to take it out helplessly and explain that he didn't need to bring it.
In this way, the more winter travel helped, the more trouble it caused.
The school mandated a centralized registration day, and upon hearing this, Dong You was once again grateful for his foresight. During this centralized registration day, there was a high probability of running into roommates, and this first encounter was crucial. Given Chen Qi'an's quiet and mild nature, what if he turned out to be a bad person, seeing him as a soft persimmon, and then squeezing him to death?
Chen Qi'an discovered that Dong You attached great importance to this registration. Not only did he dress up... specially...
In short, it was very grand and looked domineering. If Chen Qian'an and Dong You were not familiar with each other, he would not dare to talk to Dong You.
This kind of exaggeration is also reflected in the fact that Dongyou insisted on helping Chen Qian'an with his luggage when getting off the bus.
Chen Qian'an refused to let her take it.
The main thing is that Chen Qian'an only has a small 20-inch suitcase, and if she takes it, she will be left empty-handed, which is so embarrassing.
Furthermore, according to the world's perspective, he was a grown man, a man over 5'8", a man with a healthy body, not weak, and he actually threw everything to Dongyou. Dongyou was not weak, but compared to Chen Qi'an, she was still a little shorter. This made it seem like Chen Qi'an was treating her like a slave.
Dongyou tried to grab it several times, but Chen Qi'an held on to the luggage bar very firmly. Dongyou gave up after trying a few times, but Chen Qi'an still held on tightly, preventing Dongyou from snatching it away when he was not paying attention.
They first put their suitcases in the dormitory. It looked like their roommate hadn't arrived yet, so the only things in the room were Chen Qi'an's. Dong You then followed him around, busying around checking in. She couldn't really help much, but standing nearby, in her outfit, she looked like Chen Qi'an's bodyguard.
This combination directly increased their rate of turning heads. Chen Qian'an really felt the sweat dripping down his back. This feeling of being a star was too strange for Chen Qian'an.
After working for an hour and a half, he was finally able to clean up the dormitory. Chen Qian'an asked Dongyou to wait for him downstairs. After all, it was a boys' dormitory and it was not convenient for Dongyou to go in. Moreover, he had very little luggage and could pack it by himself. He repeatedly promised to come down as soon as possible, at most in half an hour.
Dongyou was unwilling to give up. After all, she still wanted to give Chen Qian'an's roommates the impression that Chen Qian'an was not someone who could be bullied casually, so as to prevent the previous tragedy from happening again.
Chen Qian'an couldn't resist the winter tour, so he had to bite the bullet and verbally agree, thinking that the dormitory manager would stop him later.
As expected, he was stopped by the dormitory manager. Dong You had to retreat to a shady place and wait quietly for Chen Qian'an. He was not in a very good mood.
Chen Qi'an looked at her with amusement, thinking about comforting Dong You. A thought about Dong You's previous action flashed through his mind, and he bent down slightly and gently kissed Dong You's forehead. Without waiting for Dong You's reaction, he quickly said, "I'll be back soon. I won't keep you waiting too long."
After saying this, he walked away with his long legs as if escaping, thinking to himself: She treated me like this last time, she shouldn't be angry, right?
Dong You had never expected Chen Qian'an to do this. His face slowly began to get hot, and the unhappiness in his heart was replaced by shyness. It took him a long time to calm down and his mind slowly came back to normal.
Is Xiao An...taking revenge for what happened last time?
She smiled to herself and thought Chen Qian'an was quite cute.
Dongyou stood there in a daze, stepping on the small stone on the ground back and forth, and only let it go when it was about to be crushed. Dongyou took out his phone and quickly typed a few words: [Is my roommate in the dormitory?]
I waited for a few minutes, but no reply.
I guess he was too busy cleaning up to check his phone.
Dong You stared at the dormitory door intently and immediately called Chen Qi'an. The phone rang for half a minute before it was picked up. "Hello? What's going on?"
Dong You got straight to the point: "Is your roommate here?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"I've thought about it, why don't we treat your roommates to a meal so you can get to know each other and look after each other in the future."
"Ah?" Chen Qi'an smiled again after realizing what was happening. "She sounds like my mom when she talks like that."
Seeing that he still had the mind to talk nonsense, Dong You said unhappily, "Why? Do you think I'm meddling too much?"
"No, no!" Chen Qi'an was startled and said quickly, "Of course you can control me. I'll ask him."
So Dongyou heard Chen Qi'an asking his roommate about it. Soon, Chen Qi'an's voice came again: "He said that eating is fine, and we can just split the bill. He is not used to taking advantage of others."
Dongyou didn't dwell on this and nodded, "Okay, I'll go reserve a seat now."
As she was about to hang up, Chen Qi'an called out to her, "Wait a minute!"
Dong You paused after hanging up the phone, "What's wrong?"
She heard Chen Qi'an's muffled, weak voice coming through the current: "Remember A... don't book a too expensive hotel... don't rip others off..."
Dong You said helplessly: "I know, I'm still very careful, okay? Do you think I'm so careless? You can't even think of this?"
"No, no... You are the most attentive... the most considerate..."
After getting a satisfactory answer, Dong You smiled and said, "Okay, I'll hang up first. I'll wait for you downstairs."
The place Dongyou booked was indeed inexpensive, very affordable, and when we got there we saw a lot of college students. It was also not far from campus, just two subway stops away. Dongyou even said, "It's very close. You can come out to eat when you have time."
Chen Qian'an's roommate is older than Chen Qian'an. After graduating with a master's degree, he worked for two years before taking the doctoral exam. He took the exam twice before he was admitted.
So he is about the same age as Dongyou. He felt a little embarrassed to hear Dongyou talking like that, as he felt like he was being treated like a child. However, Dongyou's clothes seemed very expensive, although they were all very ordinary styles.
Maybe this is how rich people talk, giving off a mature vibe.
After all, he had been working in society for two years. Even though it was the first time we met, he didn't make the situation too awkward. Every aspect of his conversation was very comfortable, and he gradually relaxed after not long of talking.
Dongyou knew his name was Jiyu.
"Huh? Are you siblings?" Ji Yu asked curiously.
After all, Dong You had always taken good care of Chen Qi'an since he first entered the hot pot restaurant: helping him get a pair of disposable chopsticks, helping him mix the dipping sauce...
It feels like I'm taking care of Chen Qian'an like a child.
Moreover, they get along so well with each other that they coordinate their actions perfectly in many things without saying a word or even looking at each other.
Ji Yu is not smart, but he still has this little cleverness: the two of them have a very close relationship and have been together for many years.
They were both relatively young and looked like they had known each other since childhood, so he guessed they were siblings.
But the two of them didn't look alike, and now that they were a little more familiar with each other, he was curious, so he asked.
"Uh..." He was looking at Chen Qi'an, so it was Chen Qi'an who should answer. Dong You just looked at Chen Qi'an quietly, vaguely curious about how he would answer. Then she heard him say, "I guess so... We grew up together."
"Oh!" Ji Yu suddenly realized, "So you two are childhood friends! No wonder you two are so in sync."
Dong You wasn't satisfied with this answer, so he quietly reached under the table, found Chen Qi'an's left hand resting on his thigh, and interlocked his fingers with it. Chen Qi'an noticed, though he didn't show it on his face, but his hand was struggling slightly. Dong You grabbed it firmly, pulled it out, and shook it.
The rings on their ring fingers sparkled under the ambient lights of the hot pot restaurant, almost blinding Ji Yu's eyes.
Under Ji Yu's puzzled and dull gaze, Dong You added: "We are also married."
Ji Yu: “Ah?”
Chen Qi'an smiled helplessly at him and nodded.
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