Strong Offense and Defense

Back in the dormitory, Nie Chuan carefully folded Reese's quilt, put it in the closet, and then began to pack his things.

Obviously, the vacation that I was looking forward to, sleeping until I woke up naturally, felt empty for no reason.

He dragged his suitcase and boarded the bus back to the city.The sun was shining on his face, and it was warm. Nie Chuan propped his chin in a daze. He was obviously not asleep, but he almost sat and stood.

When rushing out of the car, Nie Chuan yelled in his heart that it was so dangerous.If Reese found out, he would definitely be ridiculed!

After finally returning home, Nie Chuan ran into Serene downstairs.

"Hey, Alan, long time no see." Celine smiled and waved to Nie Chuan graciously.

The first time he saw her, the image of her kissing Reese popped up in Nie Chuan's mind, and his mood seemed to be hooked, and he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Yeah! Haha! Let me help you carry the suitcase up."

Even if he and Celine had no chance before, Nie Chuan still has this kind of gentlemanly demeanor.

"Thank you!"

Celine followed Nie Chuan and delivered the suitcase to the door of the house.

When Nie Chuan turned to leave, Celine suddenly asked, "Are you dating Lily?"

"Why do you ask this suddenly? I just had dinner with Lily once."

"It's probably because Lily is very picky about her boyfriend. Someone saw her driving downstairs to your dormitory to have dinner with you, so I asked." Celine smiled.

Of course, Nie Chuan would no longer think that Celine was jealous as before. When he smiled and was about to leave, Celine stopped him again.

"Hey Ellen, do you know what Reese said to me when he gave me flowers for my birthday?"

Nie Chuan stopped in his tracks.To be honest, he has always been curious about this question.

"Oh? What did he say?"

"He said that the person he likes is you. He hopes that I will not make you have unnecessary expectations of me."

To Nie Chuan, these words were like a huge submarine earthquake, and the tsunami it caused was enough to destroy the world.

"You said... What did you say?" Nie Chuan asked.

Does he think he heard it wrong?

"Although I have been watching Rees silently, one thing is very clear to me, what he wants will never be given to anyone.

Even if it will be broken, he must break it with his own hands.If you're willing to stay with Lily to escape Reese or to hide your relationship with him, please don't.Lily is also my friend. "Celin's expression is very authentic.

Nie Chuan's brain froze.

Seeing Nie Chuan's half-open mouth, completely dumbfounded, Serene frowned.

"What? Are you and Reese not together? He has always had a high quality of life, and he pays attention to privacy. He actually moved to live with you in a double bedroom. Aren't you together?"

Celine's expression seemed to say: This message is already obvious.

"You...you say it again?" Nie Chuan pinched his thigh hard. The pain made him sure that he was in reality!

The more Serene looked at Nie Chuan's appearance, the less it looked like she was pretending. She suddenly realized something, laughed, and pointed at Nie Chuan and said, "Hahaha! Ai Lun, you are so funny! I will tease you, and you will believe it." How did you live to be so old?"

Nie Chuan woke up suddenly, blushing from face to neck: "Hey—Celine! This joke is really not funny at all! Why do you say such things!"

"Because I'm jealous of you." The smile on Celine's face stopped, and she said a little seriously, "I like Reese so much, I have been watching him since middle school. But he never looked at me more, maybe even My name is forgotten now. But you can easily occupy all his time. Used to play basketball together, now we live together. You have seen all the Reece I didn’t know. You didn’t find Reece Is it spending more time and energy on you than everyone else?"

"I know, of course I know."

Whenever I realize this, I always want to do something for Rees.

But Reece's life is so perfect, Nie Chuan feels that there is nothing he can "add to the cake", except for one thing - becoming an excellent point guard, helping the team enter the league finals, and making Reece's dream of winning the league come true .

"So I often comfort myself that he doesn't like me not because I'm bad, but because he doesn't like girls. In the whole school, the person who talks to him the most and spends the most time with him is you. He must like you very much. "

Nie Chuan's heart trembled again.

He must like you very much.

He must like you very much.

like you very much……

Reese's hug, the temperature of his lips, the softness of the tip of his tongue and even the strength of his kiss...even though he is not by her side at the moment, it is still so clear.

"I'm sorry to say so much nonsense to you. But my rational thought is that I envy you, because you can stand on the basketball court and fight side by side with Reece. You know when to pass the ball to him, and you know when to pass the ball to him. Wherever you run, you know how to create scoring opportunities for the whole team. I envy you because you are in Reese's field. Have a nice holiday."

Celine waved her hand lightly, and Nie Chuan nodded.

He turned blankly and went downstairs.

Celine's sentence "You are in Reese's domain" is like a spell, lingering in my mind for a long time, unable to dissipate.

Reese's world is not open to everyone, and there are very few people who can stand outside the city walls and peep through the cracks.

He suddenly wanted to see Reese, and he missed the smell of Reese's aftershave in the air, the way he raised his eyebrows, and all the embarrassing jokes he made. Nie Chuan also missed it a little.

Maybe only I have seen Reese like that.

"Hey, Xiao Chuan? Why don't you go upstairs?"

His mother's voice came from above his head, and when Nie Chuan looked up, he suddenly realized why he went back downstairs again?It's really soul wandering.

That night, Nie Chuan returned to his room after eating a large bowl of bone soup noodles.

The phone kept vibrating, and it was a call from wool, but Nie Chuan was in a daze and didn't intend to answer.

The woolen text messages also came one after another: A Chuan!Go online!Don't come save me again!I'm going to die!

Nie Chuan hurriedly went online, and found that it was almost impossible to save Maoyan at his own level.

Nie Chuan suddenly realized that his account in the game was related to Reese's account, so he immediately went online to check.

The system shows that the latest login time of Reese's account was the last time he played games with Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan was immediately disappointed.

Maoxian still kept sending system messages, and Nie Chuan conveniently transferred the most powerful equipment in the Reese to Maoxian.

Yarn: Fuck!Fuck!Fuck!Achuan, you are so rich!

Nie Chuan: I don't want to play games today, you can play by yourself.

I don't know what Maoxian said online, but Nie Chuan turned a blind eye, took out his phone, thought for a long time, and finally sent a text message to Rees: Has the urgent matter at home been resolved?

Then Nie Chuan started staring at the phone.

1 minutes passed.

2 minutes passed.

……

10 minutes passed with no response.

Nie Chuan really wanted to call Reese, but he was worried that Reese was dealing with family affairs and would not have time to talk to him, so he reluctantly threw the phone aside.

He did thirty push-ups, took a look at the phone, and Reese didn't reply.

He padded the book again and did calf raises for 10 minutes, but there was still no text message on the phone.

As soon as she stopped, Celine's words began to replay in her mind.

He kept wondering: what did Reese say to Celine that day?

What Reese told Nie Chuan at the time was that he told Celine that he had someone he liked.

But what Celine said was: Reese likes Nie Chuan.

The more Nie Chuan thought about it, the more he collapsed, and he grabbed his hair vigorously.

Do you want him to have a good time this holiday?

Although I know that Celine is really a little envious of becoming Reese's roommate, so I deliberately made a joke, as if there is a popular saying on the domestic Internet that two very close friends are jokingly called "good friends", but Nie Chuan just knows Can't help but think: What if it is true?

If it's not true, why can Reese kiss him without a mind?Even...you can stick your tongue in?

Although according to Reese, not sticking out his tongue is not considered a kiss at all... But the problem is that if this kind of kiss is used to tease him, Reese's cost is too high, right?

The whole night, Nie Chuan sat on the head of the bed stupidly, without any sleepiness.

It wasn't until one o'clock in the middle of the night that his phone finally vibrated: I will take care of things at home, sleep well, and brush your teeth.

Nie Chuan looked at the text message and let out a breath.

Did Reese see his text messages so late?It seems that things in his family are really troublesome!

Nie Chuan: Don't worry, I will brush my teeth well!I hope the things in your family can be resolved as soon as possible. I miss the time of playing basketball with you very much.

Less than ten seconds after sending it, Reese's text message came back: I miss you too.It's so late, go to bed early, don't stay up late playing games.

That "I miss you, too" had a explosive effect.

Nie Chuan stared blankly for more than ten seconds, and almost smashed the phone screen with his head.

Why answer "I miss you too"!You "also" what!Obviously what I said was that I wanted to play basketball with you, not you!

Your answer is ambiguous, do you understand?Fortunately, you are still a top student!

Do you know that someone just made fun of me and you!You will make me cranky and sleep even harder!

Now, the words that kept echoing in Nie Chuan's mind changed from Celine's "He likes you" to Reese's "I miss you too".

Even if he didn't hear Reese say it with his own ears, Nie Chuan could still imagine the tone of Reese's words.

That kind of voice was slightly cold, without too many ups and downs, but could stretch Nie Chuan's nerves for a long time.

sleep!forget about it!

Nie Chuan pulled off the quilt and fell asleep.

At this time, in a certain hospital, Reese was leaning against the wall outside the ward, flipping through the photos on his phone.

The dark-haired boy in the photo is looking at the street sign very seriously.

Reese's fingers slid across his face, and he closed his eyes and kissed him.

At this time, Reese's sister Vivian came over with coffee.She bumped Reese's shoulder and smiled helplessly: "I seem to have seen your little secret."

"I never had a secret with you before."

"Can't you show me the first person you fell in love with?"

"How can you be sure that he is the first person I fell in love with?"

"I'm your older sister. At least I know you much better than my father who was lying on the hospital bed, although he was not seriously injured, but caused a lot of trouble in the city. Since you were young, you have been interested in many things. Sketch , piano, programming, but usually you don't like it very quickly. To be honest, you will like basketball so much, which is completely beyond my expectations. I always feel that such a group sport is not suitable for you. But you really like it, because Once you stand on the basketball court, your expression is very focused. You like the expression of one thing, I know very well. Just now your expression seriously scared me a little. He is from the East, right?"

"Ah."

"Oriental people are usually very traditional, and it is difficult for them to accept your feelings."

"That's why I've endured until now and haven't made a move." Reese laughed at himself.

"Didn't make a shot?" Vivian smiled. "Usually if you make a quick shot, it means you don't care that much. The more patient you are, the more you must get it."

Rees lowered his eyes and said softly, "Yes... I must get it."

"That's what scares me the most. You're always so sure of what you want, but you can't control what other people think."

"So I'm waiting."

"What are you waiting for?" Vivienne asked.

"Wait until he finds out he has to. So he better realize it soon before I lose my patience. Otherwise, I'll hurt him."

"If you know you're going to hurt him and you're going to hurt yourself, then that's the time to let it go."

"I can't, I can't do it." Reese turned his face away, no longer willing to discuss this issue with Vivienne.

Except for the first day of the holiday, when Nie Chuan slept through the night due to insomnia, he resumed his routine from the second day on.

Get up at seven o'clock in the morning, go out for morning exercises after eating breakfast.

Occasionally, he would meet Mark and the others on the community basketball court, and Nie Chuan would compete with them a few times.Although it was a little unpleasant because of the battle for the venue before, Nie Chuan also discovered that Mark is a loyal guy, and the two who came and went have become acquainted.Nie Chuan would unreservedly teach Mark some of the extraordinary skills he has mastered, and Mark also said that if Nie Chuan has a car in the future, he can go to the workshop where he works for maintenance.

Every night, Nie Chuan would still send Reese a text message, telling him what exercises he had done, and whoever he had played against. Basically, Nie Chuan would win.

Reese's reply was quick. Although it was very short, Nie Chuan felt a sense of satisfaction that he was cared about by the other party.

And so the first week of vacation passed.

Nie Chuan, Zhou Bin and Mao Xian had dinner together. The three of them were eating hot pot. Mao Xian kept complaining that Nie Chuan hadn't played games online recently.

"A Chuan, have you quit your internet addiction?"

"I never had an Internet addiction."

Nie Chuan chatted with Maoyan and the others casually, and looked down at the text messages from time to time.

Zhou Bin propped his chin and asked amusedly, "A Chuan, who are you texting?"

Maoxian also noticed it, and echoed: "Yes! Who are you texting with, kid? They don't listen to me at all!"

"And Reese." Nie Chuan replied subconsciously.

"With Reese?" Wool curled his lips and said disdainfully, "Are you mistaken? Isn't Reese your roommate? Can you text and text with him for hours? I thought you finally found the blonde Where's the big ass girl!"

"We're discussing 'Starburst Tactics'." Nie Chuan replied.

"Is it a tactic in basketball? You can call and talk about it. You can't understand until when you send a text message?" Zhou Bin replied with a smile, no one could understand the deep meaning in his eyes.

"Reese said it's not convenient for him to make a phone call." Nie Chuan replied, then picked up his chopsticks and stirred in the pot, picking up all the fat beef rolls that had just been threaded off.

"Hey! Can you stop being so greedy, boy!" Mao Xian was indignant, and ordered another plate of fat beef rolls.

Zhou Bin propped his chin and said jokingly, "You text like you're in a relationship."

Nie Chuan replied without even thinking about it: "Then the way I text you, it looks like I'm in love with you!"

Zhou Bin shook his head: "No, there are only three situations in which you will reply to my text messages in seconds. At other times, we generally don't send text messages."

"Huh? Which three situations?"

"The first one is to borrow money. I usually treat this kind of text message as if I didn't see it. Only a fool like wool will worry about whether I should lend it to you."

Nie Chuan looked at Zhou Bin speechlessly. Fortunately, he borrowed money to call Rees last time.

"The second way is to cry for comfort when you fail to confess. I think I can buy a repeater, record every time I comfort you, and release it when you fall in love."

"Go to hell." Nie Chuan wanted to beat Zhou Bin up.

"The third way is to pass the answer in the exam."

Zhou Bin shook his three fingers, and the wool beside him laughed from ear to ear.

After finishing the hot pot, the three of them sat lazily and swiped their phones.

Wool suddenly yelled: "Hey——Nie Chuan, is your roommate Reese's surname Reddington?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Is he a very good lawyer in New York?"

"Yeah..." Nie Chuan suddenly realized something, and took the woolen phone over.

It was a news a week ago. An explosion occurred in the mansion of James Reddington, a well-known lawyer known as the "Jaws" in the New York legal circle. James Reddington was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital.The explosion is suspected to be a retaliatory act, and the case is still under investigation.

"That... your roommate's father won't be a braid..."

Before Mao Xian finished speaking, Zhou Bin held his mouth shut.

"What? You're texting Reese these days, didn't he tell you?"

"No." Nie Chuan shook his head, frowning tightly.

No wonder the end-of-semester exam week just ended, and Reese flew back to New York in a hurry without even saying goodbye. It turned out that something big happened to his family!

Nie Chuan had an urge to call Reese immediately, why did he hide it from him, why did he tell him it was an "urgent matter" instead of a "big matter"?

Could it be that the fact that I was lying on the bed in the dormitory and told Reese that he was my most important friend was just my own unilateral feeling?

"A Chuan, Reese didn't tell you about this, maybe he just didn't want you to worry about it. Besides, he is an independent person, and he should have a strong self-esteem. He doesn't want to get sympathy from others." Zhou Bin saw that Nie Chuan was very upset, afraid that he would do something impulsive.

Nie Chuan understood what Zhou Bin said, but when he received another text message from Reese on his mobile phone, Nie Chuan suddenly didn't know how to reply to him.

No wonder Reese just texted himself. As Zhou Bin said, if it was about basketball tactics, it could be clearer on the phone, but Reese kept texting himself because he was still in the hospital. It's not convenient.

For the first time, Nie Chuan felt extremely depressed.

"Okay, okay, if there is really something about a big man like Reese's father, the news must have been flying all over the sky, and it won't stay a week ago." Zhou Bin comforted.

"Uh-huh."

Originally, they made an appointment to go to the Internet cafe to play games for a while, but Zhou Bin saw that Nie Chuan was completely out of mood, so today's meeting of the three of them came to an end.

When Nie Chuan returned to his room, he realized that Reese was all he could think about.

what is he doing nowIs he worried about his father?His family's villa was blown up, so where will his father live after he is discharged from the hospital?

In case Reese's father is blown into a vegetable or something, will Reese stop school to take care of his father, and then he won't be able to see him until he graduates?

Nie Chuan found sadly that when he lived with Reese, he didn't seem to think about anything.Whether it's waking up early and exercising, or my most troublesome high math, or even eating bad food and collapsing on the bed with diarrhea, as long as Reese is around, none of this is a problem.But when he couldn't see Reese, Nie Chuan found that he suddenly became very crazy.

Nie Chuan picked up his phone and sent several text messages, such as "I saw news about your father on the Internet, why didn't you tell me, is your father okay?"

It was obvious that Rees didn't want him to know, if he asked that question, how would he answer it?

Nie Chuan deleted the message.

Ah...ah...so sad!What on earth could he do for Reese?

At this time, Nie Chuan received a text message from Lily: Hey, Allen, "The Hunger Games" will be released tomorrow, do you want to watch it together?

Nie Chuan sighed, and replied: I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood.

By the time Nie Chuan reacted, the text message had already been sent.

oops!Nie Chuan, what are you doing!Such a reply is very self-righteous and will hurt the other party!

But Lily didn't seem to be angry, and the next text message came soon: What's wrong?What is bothering you?

Nie Chuan replied quickly: It was a big accident at a friend's house. I was worried about how to help him, but there seemed to be nothing I could do.

Lily: So it is like this, many times we have no way to do anything for our important people, but there is one thing we can do, and that is to be with them.

Nie Chuan was stunned. Yes, Reese had been practicing with him before. Why couldn't he be with Reese?

Even if you can't do anything, buy Reese a coffee sandwich or something, you can do it yourself!

After Nie Chuan sent a text message to thank Lili for her reminder, he immediately searched for a suitable plane ticket online.

He wanted to see Reese very much, especially wanted to see him right away, and then he booked a flight at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning, which was the cheapest flight he could book except for the early morning.Then he checked the weather in New York, and it seemed to be raining, and he started packing his things.Chuck in the team is a law student and has always regarded Reese's father as his idol. Nie Chuan asked Reese's address from him, although this address may not be useful.

Thinking of seeing Rees tomorrow, Nie Chuan didn't fall asleep all night, and he didn't close his eyes until he got on the plane.

When he arrived in New York, he took the subway and then took a taxi before arriving near Reddington's home.

This is an area for the wealthy, with luxury cars everywhere and high-end villas everywhere.But it was very easy to find the Rees family's villa, because you could see a ruined building that had been blown beyond recognition, surrounded by a yellow cordon, and two police cars were parked nearby, and some police officers were still investigating.There were still reporters wandering around the scene, as if hoping that the police officers could reveal some information.

The more he walked in, the more chilling Nie Chuan became.There seemed to be a smell of explosion and burning in the air.

The scene that I have only seen in the movie is right in front of me at this moment.

Fortunately...Reese was in school when the explosion happened, otherwise, Nie Chuan would never have imagined the consequences.

I wonder what Reese's father looks like now?Is Reese haggard?

Nie Chuan's eyes were a little sore.

What are you guys trying to do with face?These things should have been said to friends!Or is it that I'm not even a friend to you?

Nie Chuan took out his mobile phone and sent a text message: I went to your house to look for you, but I couldn't find you.

Reese, who was pushing his father in a wheelchair into the hotel elevator, took out his phone and glanced at it, then froze.

In the wheelchair, James, whose neck was cast and unable to move, said helplessly: "Reese, you can send me into the room in a few seconds, can you wait and play with your phone?"

Reese didn't answer him, but immediately dialed the other party's phone.

Nie Chuan never expected that Reese's call would come so soon, and Nie Chuan almost dropped his phone in fright.

Reese wouldn't be angry that he came uninvited, would he?

"Where did you say you were?" Reese's voice was really low.

He is angry!

"I'm... I'm in front of your villa..."

"Stay away from there, what if it explodes again!"

"Ah... oh oh!" Nie Chuan quickly backed away, until he got under a big tree.

How could it explode!If it still explodes, how dare the police go in and investigate!

"I retreated under a big tree, about 30 meters away from your house."

"I'm going to find you now!"

Reese's phone hung up.

He sent James into the elevator and pressed down hard on the floor. Even if he didn't look back, James could still feel that his son was impatient at the moment.

"Hey-hey-young man, take it easy! Nothing in this world is more important than life and death! Look at your father and me, it's still nice to almost go to God."

"Then you can continue to enjoy yourself alone." Reese pushed James into the room, leaving only this sentence before striding away.

"Hey, brat, how could you leave your father in a wheelchair in the room like this!"

Vivian walked in helplessly dragging James' suitcase.

"You injured your cervical spine, not your leg. I have no idea what the purpose of your wheelchair is."

"Did you see how impatient he was?"

"I see." Vivian nodded.

"When did Reese become like that?"

"Because he's young. Let me stay with you. Do you want to do something that old people like to do?"

"What old people like to do, I'm still young!" James protested very seriously.

At this time, Nie Chuan was sitting under the tree, not in the mood to open and eat the chocolates he took out of his backpack.

He felt that Rees would be angry when he saw him. He had to take care of his father, so how could he spare any energy to take care of him.

"Am I redundant again?" Nie Chuan said to himself while looking at the chocolate, "...But I really want to see you... If you don't want to see me, then let me see you, Make sure you're okay and I'll go back."

Twenty minutes later, a taxi stopped in front of Reese's house. Reese closed the car door with a "touch" and strode towards Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan sat stupidly, watching Reese almost running towards him. It felt like a high-speed flying comet cut through all the dust in the universe and hit him.

"Reese..."