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"what?!"

As soon as he pushed open the kitchen door, Ruan Chen heard Feng Peixin's excited reply.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Chen asked curiously.

"Umm..." Jackson faltered.

Feng Peixin answered for him, "Umm...he, he wants to make candy apples for you to eat."

Ruan Chen understood, and asked his boyfriend, "Do you want to do this?"

Jackson nodded.

Ruan Chen: "You don't want to do this, trust me. I've failed twice."

"Yes," Feng Peixin chimed in, "Candy apples don't seem to be easy to make."

The expression on Jackson's face was tense, and he said, "But, but you want to eat, don't you?"

"It's okay." Ruan Chen put down his schoolbag, "We'll just go buy the ready ones then."

Feng Peixin looked at the noodles that were almost cooked in the pot at home, and explained: "He came back early in the morning and just happened to meet him in the kitchen."

"I know." Ruan Chen said, "He has been sending me messages since he got on the train, which made my phone vibrate when I was in class, and the teacher looked at me several times."

"I understand 'teacher'." Jackson said excitedly and pulled Ruan Chen to sit on his lap.

"You two are really..." Feng Pei felt helpless, "You spread dog food every day."

"I understand 'dog food'!" Jackson kissed Ruan Chen, "How is today?"

"The lecture in the morning was very interesting, and I understood some ways of thinking of foreigners."

"What do you mean?" Jackson asked.

"This morning's class was about flexible working. The teacher asked us to write about advantages of flexible working, including homeworking. We had students give examples of reduction of absence. However, in our opinion—I discussed this with another Chinese classmate, we felt that since we are all at home Work, of course, this absence is basically not considered, because you don’t need to clock in when you work at home, of course, this aspect will not be considered. My classmate said, you basically don’t have the idea of ​​​​"behind the lines", umm. ..It is a thing that exists, and we basically know its characteristics, because we think it is a characteristic that everyone knows, so we don’t bring it up as a point...so it’s the most basic thing for you to think about All say it, even though we all know it. Reminds me of the fruit cut game - even though I don't think there's a connection there, it's just, I don't remember if it's classic or what, but you start the game and you're all Didn't touch the screen, but still gives you a reward at the end. Because you didn't touch the bomb/bomb, if I remember correctly, there is this reward - of course I didn't touch the bomb/bomb, because I just opened the screen Watching the fruit come up and then go down, even if I didn’t do anything, there is still a reward, like a hidden condition. And this reductionofabsence is a hidden condition, even if we all know what we did, there will still be something extra, but So reasonable."

"Wow, you are really an expert." Jackson hugged Ruan Chen, "So..." Jackson hesitated to speak, "If I make apple candy..."

"I'll eat whatever you make." Ruan Chen turned around and kissed him.

Jackson's eyes sparkled.

Ruan Chen felt that something was wrong, "Why do I feel that you are particularly excited today?"

Jackson smiled and shook his head: "Absolutely not!"

Ruan Chen quickly asked Feng Peixin in Chinese: "Are you guys hiding something from me?"

Feng Peixin broke out in a cold sweat, she pretended to be calm: "Of course not, what can he and I hide from you? That's your male ticket. We don't know that well."

"Really?" He glanced back at Jackson, his eyes narrowed.

Jackson smiled innocently.

He and Jackson have been together for almost a year. During this period, the parents of both sides know the relationship between the two children through video, and often ask that Jackson must be called when Ruan Chen and his parents are video, and Ruan Chen is brought when Jackson is with his parents. , In the end, it soon became the parents of both parties videoing on the mobile phone, and the two of them watched helplessly as they chatted.

After dinner, Jackson followed Ruan Chen back to the room, "Sleep here with you tonight."

"It's only noon now." Ruan Chen said helplessly, "And it's the end of the semester, you go back, I need to write a thesis."

"I can't write while you're here."

"But we haven't seen each other for a week." Jackson pulled him to sit on his lap, and gently kissed Ruan Chen's neck.

"After all, it's readingweek. You haven't been back for so long. It's good to spend time with your parents this week."

"But I miss you very much."

"We video every day." Ruan Chen kissed Jackson's forehead, "You know we can't do any serious things when we're together."

"But I've…" Jackson didn't finish.

Ruan Chen lowered his head and sighed, "I knew it."

"You obviously reacted too." Jackson chuckled.

"That's why I told you to go back."

"Comeon, we all know we can't control it." Jackson's hand has moved to Ruan Chen's waistband, "We'll just use our hands. Then I'll go back."

Ruan Chen buried himself in Jackson's shoulder and nodded.

It was already an hour after the two of them finished making each other.

Jackson reluctantly kissed Ruan Chen, then picked up Ruan Chen's mobile phone and iPad, "I took these back to my room, come to me when you finish writing. Concentrate on writing."

"it is good."

Jackson returned to the room with Ruan Chen's cell phone, opened his boyfriend's cell phone with touch ID openly, then calculated the time difference in China, and made a video call to Ruan Chen.

Ruan Chen was a little confused when he received the video call. He saw that the name belonged to his younger brother, but the person in the video was his younger brother's boyfriend.

"Hi, Chen." Jackson greeted, "Are you going to sleep?"

"No." Ruan Chen waved his hand, "What's wrong? Where's Calvin?"

"Calvin is writing a thesis. In order to prevent him from being disturbed, I brought all his entertainment equipment." Jackson was a little nervous, after all, the other party was his brother-in-law.

"I'm calling to ask for your opinion."

"What? What's the matter?" Cheng Tiantian also came over, "Hi, Jackson."

"Hi, Tian." Jackson laughed, "Ineedyourhelp."

Ruan Chen and Cheng Tiantian looked at each other.

Of course, writing a dissertation is not that easy.

Ruan Chen couldn't stand it after writing halfway.

He jumped out of the room and knocked on Jackson's door.

The moment Jackson opened the door, Ruan Chen pounced on him: "I'm going to die, in pain, pain, pain, the paper I wrote is like shit."

"Hi, Calvin." A voice came from Jackson's cell phone, and Jackson's parents were on the screen.

"Oh..." Ruan Chen immediately got off Jackson with some embarrassment, "I didn't know you were in the video."

"It's okay, we're discussing..." Jackson's mother, Joanne, nudged Jackson's father, Pete, and took up the conversation, "We are discussing what to eat tonight, Pete wants to eat sweet and sour pork ribs, I said Jackson is not here, I can't do it It's as delicious as his."

"Oh..." Ruan Chen glanced at Jackson, "You make sweet and sour pork ribs for Joanne and Pete to eat."

"After all, I am your student, you teach very well." Jackson looked at Ruan Chen.

"Okay, Okay." Joanne looked at them with a smile, "If you want to show your affection, at least remember to hang up the video."

"Okay, see you mom, see you dad. Love you."

"Seeyou." Ruan Chen waved towards the video.

"See you, sons." Joanne hung up the phone.

"...What?" Ruan Chen was a little confused.

"What..." Jackson was also a little confused.

"Joanne said 'sons'...she hadn't said that before."

Jackson breathed a sigh of relief, he thought Ruan Chen had discovered something.

"It's normal," Jackson explained, "very normal."

"Okay..." Ruan Chen spread out on Jackson, "I don't want to write a paper."

"But your deadline is approaching."

"I know." Ruan Chen sighed, "I'm here to seek comfort."

Jackson hugged Ruan Chen, "You seem to come here to comfort me."

"why?"

"Because my little boyfriend is soft and fluffy, like a gift from heaven to me."

Ruan Chen's face instantly heated up.

"It's so flirtatious..." Ruan Chen spoke Chinese while covering his face.

Ruan Chen finally uploaded his assignments before the deadline.

After the last upload he slumped on a chair with Jackson sitting next to him.

"finished?"

"That's right!" Ruan Chen jumped up excitedly, "Tomorrow is Saturday! Let's go play!"

"No, baby." Jackson's Mandarin became more and more decent, but the next sentence switched back to English, "I have important things to do tomorrow night."

"Ah, is it your homework again..."

Jackson didn't speak, and stroked Ruan Chen's hair, "Let's have dinner together tomorrow night."

"Then what do you want to eat?" Ruan Chen looked at him.

"I'll do it tomorrow." Jackson smiled, "You have nothing to do tomorrow, right?"

"Yes! Then do I need help!"

"Tomorrow's meal is considered a reward for finishing your thesis. You just need to rest well."

"Then can I order food!"

"As long as I can."

"Then shall we go grocery shopping together?"

"No need," Jackson rubbed Ruan Chen's fingers. He must be very tired after typing every day during this period, "You can wait to eat tomorrow."

Ruan Chen didn't see Jackson during the day on Saturday, and he called and said he was busy.

They obviously fell asleep together last night, but when they woke up, they were gone.

"What are you busy with..." Ruan Chen seemed to have a claw scratching in his heart, "Could it be that he did something bad behind my back..." While eating the lunch that Jackson left for him, Mumbling in the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" He Wenping opened the door and came in, putting everything on the dining table.

"It's just that I didn't see Jackson when I woke up. Did you see him?"

"No!" He Wenping was very confident, "I guess he went out."

"I guess so. I don't even answer the phone. I don't know what I'm busy with."

"Don't worry," He Wenping patted him on the shoulder, "No matter what you do, it won't be bad for you."

"I can see it." He Wenping said with emotion, "The nasty wording is that as long as you are there, his eyes will always follow you."

"Even talking to us sometimes." He Wenping added, "You don't even know the way Jackson looks at you, you just feel that it's natural and follow you, you know! It feels like a madman. Speak well. How about looking into each other’s eyes when you’re there? It doesn’t exist when you’re around.”

Ruan Chen was stunned: "I... haven't found out."

"Because he didn't let you find out. Every time you turned around, he quickly pretended to be talking and laughing with us."

"It's okay for him to let me know." Ruan Chen rubbed his cheeks.

"It's really nothing. Umm, do you know what Jackson said about you being shy when you meet his eyes?"

"Eh! I don't know!"

"From the perspective of others...I think Jackson is actually shy, so he doesn't look at you very much. Every time he turns his head and pretends to talk to us calmly, his face will turn red easily. It's just that the light in the kitchen is yellowish and his face calms down easily, so it's harder to spot."

"I didn't know about this!" Ruan Chen was shocked, does his boyfriend still have such a cute side?How many times has he missed this year!

"Well, now you know." He Wenping breathed out, so that he would be more balanced in his heart.After all, he helped Jackson to hide from Ruan Chen, of course he had to reveal something to Ruan Chen in return, this is his brother.

After dinner, Ruan Chen lay on the bed waiting for news from Jackson, but it was already seven o'clock in the evening when he woke up.

Winter in the UK gets dark very early, and the sky gradually gets dark around four or five o'clock. When there is no light, it is natural to sleep deeply.

Ruan Chen jumped out of bed, went out of the room and knocked on Jackson's door, but no one was there.I didn't see the lights inside through the cat's eyes.

Where did Jackson go?

Ruan Chen was a little angry.

He took a deep breath, planning to make a casual meal by himself and forget about it.

Ruan Chen pushed open the kitchen door, and it was pitch black inside. He turned on the switch on the wall casually.

When the lights came on, he was stunned.

Jackson got down on one knee, holding a box in his hand.

On the dining table behind are sugar apples standing up one by one.

"Calvin."

"Will you marry me"

Ruan Chen was still in a daze, opening his mouth and not knowing what to say.

Jackson asked again.

"Calvin, will you marry me"

Ruan Chen finally came back to his senses and answered in a low voice.

"Yes."

He looked at Jackson, who was still kneeling on the ground, and repeated, "Yes!"

There was a sudden burst of cheers in the dormitory, which frightened Ruan Chen.

Jackson stood up and hugged him excitedly and kissed him.

There were chaotic footsteps in the corridor.

His parents, brother and sister-in-law, as well as Jackson's parents and his roommates all showed up.

Ruan Chen's mother was the first to hug Ruan Chen, "God, you are finally getting married."

His father hugged him, "Son, congratulations."

Ruan Chen patted him on the shoulder, "You don't even know how much Jackson has done for you."

Cheng Tiantian: "He really loves you so much."

Joanne and Pete hugged him respectively.

"I hope you will take good care of and understand each other in your lifetime."

"Live well."

His roommates all looked aggrieved: "We held back for a month for this day! You don't know how many failed sugar apples we tried!"

Jackson contacted Ruan Chen's parents and brother-in-law a month ago, asking them to appear on this day as much as possible; If you agree, there is only one condition, may you be safe and happy.

Jackson's parents agreed without any hesitation. The video call that was interrupted by Ruan Chen was when Joanne was thinking about how many layers of wedding cake to order, and Pete almost let her slip.

And when he saw Jackson and Feng Peixin talking in the kitchen, Jackson was talking about learning how to make candy apples and making a table full of them, proposing to Ruan Chen.

In order for Ruan Chen to eat candy apples, Jackson tried many times, but he encountered the same failure as Ruan Chen. Either the sugar was mushy, or the sugar could not harden at all, and finally turned into shredded apples.

This month, Ruan Chen was busy writing his final paper, so he hardly had time to pay attention to the movement in the kitchen, which indirectly prevented Jackson from revealing his thoughts in advance.

In order to surprise Ruan Chen, Jackson took everyone back on this day and let them stay in the room, while he stayed in the kitchen to prepare.When he heard Ruan Chen knock on the door of his room, he broke out in a cold sweat. He was afraid that his family members would forget to lock the door and turn off the lights, and Ruan Chen would find out early that there would be no surprises.

Fortunately, everything is going smoothly.

Jackson put an engagement ring on him and kissed the ring finger.

Ruan Chen, who was not blushing at first, suddenly became hot because of this.

Ruan Chen put the ring on Jackson shyly, and kissed the finger wearing the ring in a dignified manner.

As a result, both of their faces turned red.

Ruan Chen reached out to hug Jackson: "Thank you. Yousurprised me. I love that."

Jackson kissed him and said seriously in very standard Mandarin: "I love you."

Ruan Chen felt that he was about to cry.

"I love you, too."

Jackson hugged Ruan Chen tightly.

"Okay..." a voice sounded at the right time, "Can we eat?"

"Mom..." Jackson let go of Ruan Chen and looked back at his mother.

"What's wrong?! I'm hungry!" Joanne picked up her fork.

"Too good at ruining the atmosphere." Jackson pulled Ruan Chen to sit down.

"It's been a long time." Joanne picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs made by Jackson on the plate, "There is still a long time, enough for you to brew your own atmosphere."

"Okay, you are the queen." Jackson spread his hands.

"I'm the queen, aren't you a prince? It's a good idea."

"Can we eat?" Pete helplessly interrupted the conversation between mother and son.

Everyone at the table laughed.

Jackson took the opportunity to lean into Ruan Chen's ear and said, "Although I am not a prince, I already have one."

Amidst the uninterrupted chatter of everyone, Ruan Chen's face was still blushing while pretending to be calm.

【FIN】