Long grass warbler flying

Chapter 38 Spring Comes

As Chu Lan said, long-term separation and different places may become a difficult test of feelings, but if you give up so easily, it means that you are not serious enough.

Both Ji Xiao and Chu Lan are long-term lovers.I can’t see face-to-face videos, send WeChat secretly in class, and occasionally make long-distance calls. Everyday trivial matters are explained in detail, ranging from ten to twenty minutes to more than half an hour. No one bothered either.

This year the school started early, and Ji Xiao had just passed his 19th birthday when he arrived at school.He was born at the end of February, and he didn't tell anyone. Everyone in the dormitory had only known each other for a semester, and they were all boys, so they didn't know each other well enough to remember this.

Ji Xiao didn't feel that his birthday was so different. He hadn't celebrated grandly for a long time, so he greeted each other with Chu Lan after getting up early, and went to class as usual.

The atmosphere of the teacher's classroom was relaxed that day, during recess, Ji Xiao suddenly received an unfamiliar local number.He pushed away Zhang Yifan who was pestering him to take notes, and stood up to answer, "Hello, how are you?"

"Hey, hello, this is Ji Xiao... sir?"

It is rare to be called that, Ji Xiao said in a daze: "...Ah, yes, who are you?"

The man said: "I have a package for you, please tell me which building is in C University, I will send it to you now."

All couriers in University C have a special delivery point, so they won't be delivered downstairs.Ji Xiao thought he was scammed by a phone call, so he said in a deep voice, "No need, what are you giving? I don't remember buying anything, why don't you send and receive more."

The man seemed anxious, and said, "This can't be placed in the transceiver station, it will be broken. Hey, I'm really not a liar, Mr. Ji, which building are you in? I'll take it to you right away and sign for it."

Ji Xiao: "Okay, then send the trouble to the Three Teachings, I'll go down and get it."

After he hung up the phone, Zhang Yifan asked curiously, "Who, you are not usually so polite, teacher? Parent?"

Ji Xiao said helplessly: "It's a courier, but I don't seem to have bought anything, and I don't have any courier, so I have to sign for it in person...don't worry, I'll find out later."

He quickly received a second call, so Ji Xiao greeted the teacher and went downstairs to get it.The more he went down, the more strange premonition he had in his heart, that he jumped off the last few steps.Ji Xiao saw the courier waiting outside the teaching building riding a small e-donkey at a glance, but it was not the sign of any "What Tong" company, and he became even more puzzled.

Ji Xiao trotted over: "Hello, I am Ji Xiao."

The courier looked like he had finally waited for you, and turned around and took out a light pink and purple box from the huge bag: "Here you are, happy birthday."

Ji Xiao signed for it bewilderedly, and it wasn't until the courier left on his bicycle in a hurry, carrying the huge box, that he realized that this might be the legendary birthday cake.

Carrying a huge object into the classroom, Ji Xiao actually felt a little ashamed, because the whole classroom realized what it meant within three seconds, and burst into bursts of "Happy Birthday".

Ji Xiao thanked him again and again, and hurried back to his seat with the cake box in hand.

A certain northeastern elder brother had a gossip, and hurried over: "Who, who gave it to you, miss you so much, girlfriend?"

Ji Xiao couldn't deny his "girlfriend", so he could only save the country vaguely: "Well, my partner gave it... and didn't tell me, it was delivered so early, I was so scared to death."

Zhang Yifan tutted, "How romantic is this!"

Ji Xiao thought about it carefully, took out his phone and quietly took a picture of the name of the cake shop, and sent it to Chu Lan.The other party may have been waiting, and replied in seconds: "Is it delicious, if it's not delicious, I'll beat Fan Fan up, what bad idea did you come up with?"

Ji Xiao: "I haven't eaten yet, baby, I'm still in class."

Chu Lan neither denied nor clung to the three words "baby" that he blurted out: "Then you can eat later. The weather is not afraid of bad weather, and you can continue to eat tomorrow."

Ji Xiao held back his laughter very hard, Zhang Yifan poked his head out curiously, peeked at their chat records aboveboard, and occasionally uttered exclamations like "Oh my god" in a typical Northeast dialect.

Ji Xiao turned his head and imitated Zhang Yifan's tone and said, "What are you looking at?"

Zhang Yifan: "Your girlfriend...not only has a nice name, but also is quite real."

He heard it and went to see it. At the beginning, he added Chu Lan’s WeChat account, but he didn’t change the note. He only put a sign on the top of the chat box to show his selfishness. Chu Lan’s name was quite neutral, so that Zhang Yifan saw it. This is very boring: "Chu Lan" is followed by two little peach hearts.

It's nothing to give a special note to a lover, but there is a trace of crookedness in the seriousness, only Ji Xiao, who doesn't seem to care much about romance, makes it especially exciting.

Ji Xiao's face suddenly turned red, and Zhang Yifan said carelessly, "It's okay, brother understands you, Xiao Bie is better than that, it's hard work in a different place, it's okay to look at Xiao Taoxin and be happy."

Ji Xiao: "...you should say a few words less."

He pretended to have a headache, and looked like "I don't know what to do with him", but he couldn't help cheering in his heart, and even secretly played with the ribbon on the cake box during class time.

After the big class ended, Ji Xiao was surrounded by several roommates and pushed back to the dormitory.The people headed by Zhang Yifan have been coveting this cake for a long time, after asking Ji Xiao's consent, they couldn't wait for a minute, and helped Ji Xiao take it apart on their own initiative.The cake is covered with a plastic shell, the cake inside is not too big, beautifully made and simple in shape.

When he picked it up and put it on the desk, a card fell down lightly.

Ji Xiao ignored their booing and wanted to light candles and sing birthday song, bent down to pick up the hard card.The cake shop usually comes with a blessing card, but it is printed out in standard fonts. Although it looks cold, the friendship is still there.

He turned over, saw the handwriting on it, and felt suddenly speechless.

I have seen this handwriting countless times, the geography syllabus I copied in high school, the small notes passed in class, and the blackboard that occasionally appeared on the blackboard behind the classroom.I don't use pens often after college, even though the cards are just printed out, but the handwriting is the same as it was back then, with sharp strokes, horizontal and vertical.

"Ji Xiao, happy birthday. I will accompany you on your third birthday. Let me give you a cake first.——Chu Lan"

He looked at the card repeatedly, the hard corners resting on his palm.Zhang Yifan was the first to realize that Ji Xiao was wrong, so he leaned over, saw the familiar name, laughed dumbfounded, patted Ji Xiao on the back, and said to the others: "It's his high school classmate, his current partner, the cake he gave you. Hey, old man Xiao, don't move, let your Brother Xiao come first no matter what!"

Ji Xiao regained his senses after being yelled at by him, put the card in his pocket, and divided the cake first according to his roommate's wish.

He only took a small piece of himself, and then took a photo with the card and sent it to Moments.Ji Xiao bit the plastic spoon, and finally willingly admitted that he wanted to show off a little bit.

Five minutes later, Zhai Xinen said angrily, "Save some cake for me!" Fan Fan sent out three rows of smiling emojis indifferently, Jiang Xinghe was speechless and could only shout from the air: "Brother Xiao Didn’t you mention your birthday in advance? Do you still want what I gave you? Otherwise, I’ll send you the hard drive?”

Only Chu Lan sent a heartfelt love.

Zhou Yang: "What's going on? Ah Lan is suddenly so nasty?"

The loving person ignored Zhou Yang at all, and directly tapped Ji Xiao's video.He glanced at the roommate who was sharing the cake, climbed onto the bed with his phone in his hand, and turned on the camera.

Chu Lan probably used a computer with a much brighter and clearer camera. There seemed to be a figure behind him. Ji Xiao asked suspiciously, "Is your roommate still there?"

Chu Lan looked back, greeted Li Chengqi again, and said, "Yes, the senior is working on a paper. Have you eaten the cake?"

Ji Xiao nodded and adjusted the angle: "It's delicious, don't go to Fan Fan. By the way, why did you suddenly think of the video today? Didn't you always call before?"

Chu Lan was not ashamed to say anything, and she didn't draft her love words: "I miss you."

Ji Xiao showed a rather uncomfortable expression, he had his earphones plugged in, but his roommates were all down there, although he was secretly happy, his face didn't know how to react, and he was a little distorted for a while.Chu Lan's words made him unable to let go of his hands and feet, so he could only say, "It's only been a while, just over a week, and it's still early before the summer vacation."

Chu Lan's chair moved back, and he seemed to be looking at it carefully, and after a while, he raised his opinion to Ji Xiao: "The hair is cut too short."

Hearing this, Ji Xiao touched the top of his head, and belatedly realized that it seemed a bit short.When Chu Lan returned to school, he told him that short hair used to look good. Ji Xiao didn’t pay attention to his image after the winter vacation. He let his hair grow so fast that it would cover his eyes in a blink of an eye. , Before going back to school, I found a barber shop to deal with it.

Recalling this incident, I said two words to the hair stylist at the time: "Cut it short." Ji Xiao told Chu Lan truthfully, but the other party covered his face, unable to tell whether he was laughing or choking speechlessly.

Ji Xiao doesn’t look very gay. Zhai Xinen crossed the country many times. He has good clothes and is not a catastrophe for straight men’s aesthetics. In addition, the hardware conditions are good, and he usually doesn’t make troubles. As a result, if his hairstyle changes, it will be a tragedy immediately. .

Chu Lan took off her hand, and mercilessly gave a one-word evaluation to Ji Xiao: "Ugly."

After saying this word, he suddenly smiled again.Chu Lan laughed more and more, and Ji Xiao could tell that the corners of his mouth were only moving as a courtesy, and the corners of his eyes drooped more, indicating that he was in a good mood, but like now, with a little bit of teeth showing, even the shadow of the eyelashes could be clearly seen, and the corners of the eyelids The extremely rare Lying Silkworm finally showed itself——

Chu Lan was really happy.It may be because of something that makes me laugh, or it may be because I feel happy from the bottom of my heart.

With this short hair style that Chu Lan later dubbed "reform-through-labor prisoner", Ji Xiao inexplicably understands the stubbornness of Zhou Youwang's Fenghuo opera princes who only smiled for beauties.

Spring comes and goes, as short as a beautiful dream.In the scorching summer, Ji Xiao's short hair finally grew to the length Chu Lan likes. He cut the sides a little shorter and stroked it back with hairspray, looking energetic and handsome.

He is also looking for a place to rent.For Ji Xiao, his monthly living expenses are only enough for basic expenses, and he can earn some by using work-study programs and working on weekends. Ji Xiao doesn't spend much money, and basically saves the extra money. This semester, he also has a considerable sum of money savings.

Qiu Zhijun had a long talk with him when he was on a business trip in Shanghai. The general idea was that Qiu Yu was going to school abroad now, and the expenses were very high.Of course Ji Xiao sent off his stepfather with a pleasant face, feeling a bit of vicious pleasure in his heart.

That was Qiu Zhijun's own daughter, and he was the pillar of the family.Qiu Yu has a withdrawn and weird personality. When she was a child, she couldn't tell that she was just introverted. When she grew up, she realized it was too late, so she could only continue to support her education.As far as Ji Xiao knew, the school she went to was the low-ranking Pheasant University, and Qiu Zhijun would probably have to arrange for her return to work in the future. In contrast, Qiu Yu made Qiu Zhijun and his wife physically and mentally exhausted, while Ji Xiao lived a comfortable life by himself.

He never asked his family for money other than living expenses and tuition fees, and he never caused trouble.When Qiu Zhijun realized that sexual orientation could not be the criterion for judging a person, he wanted to pay his father's love again, but how could his cold heart return to the way it was before?

When Ji Xiao mentioned this to Chu Lan, the other party remotely gave him a hug.

"But there is still a good thing." Ji Xiao lowered his head to write and calculate, and chatted with Chu Lan through the video, "Guess what? When I was looking at the house yesterday, I found that there was a condo in our school. I called it on that phone. It's someone I know."

Chu Lan's eyes narrowed due to sleepiness in the dead of night and opened: "Who?"

Ji Xiao said with a smile: "Wang Jingyuan, that house belongs to her mother, what's more coincidental - her mother is a teacher in our college, I may have her class next semester."

Chu Lan: "Ah? What?"

Ji Xiao covered her face: "However, she occasionally lives in that house now, such as when there are times when morning classes are too late. That is to say, if I rent their house, sometimes it will be embarrassing, you... Do you mind? ?”

Chu Lan in the video showed a puzzled expression: "Didn't she know that you only like boys? What do I care?"

Ji Xiao: "When did she know?"

Chu Lan: "I came back after looking for you last time, and she asked Han Ai if we were a couple."

Ji Xiao: ...

Thinking back carefully, all the encounters with Wang Jingyuan before were just a meal, are all the girls now so sharp-eyed! ?

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