give me a hug

Xie Jiaran raised her head to accept his fiery kiss with her chin locked, her mind was in a mess, and she could still hear the sound of footsteps getting closer in the corridor behind her.

"Why did you close the door? Is someone in the classroom?"

Xie Jiaran was so nervous that he couldn't help but made a swallowing movement, but unintentionally, the other party paused for a moment, and then went deeper.

In fact, he had learned from the hotel in Huashan last time that Liang Suinian, who usually pampered him in every possible way, was surprisingly not gentle when it came to kissing.

He is greedy, eager, and even a little reckless and rude.

These perceptions become clearer without the bewilderment of alcohol.

Xie Jiaran was so dazed by the kiss that she couldn't help wondering whether the person with skin hunger was herself or him several times.

As footsteps approached, Liang Suinian raised his hand and pressed the switch, and the classroom was suddenly plunged into darkness.

The line of sight is blocked, the sensitivity of the sense of touch rises sharply, and the intertwined breathing ignites the surrounding air until it becomes hot and hot.

dong dong dong-

The door behind was knocked lightly a few times.

"Student, classmate? Why didn't anyone come out after the lights were turned off..."

"Is anyone in there?"

"Tripped? It's not raining either."

"Is anyone here, squeak?"

Xie Jiaran was nervous.

He never imagined that such a day would happen to him, just across the door, someone was urging him outside, and he was pressed inside by his boyfriend and kissed out of breath.

Did they lock the door?

Maybe not……

What if someone outside pushes the door?How do they explain it?

No, it seems that I can't push it away.

If you regret it, you should let him go back to the dormitory.

As if aware of his inattention, Liang Suinian took the tip of his tongue and bit it lightly, then let go of his chin and turned to clasp the back of his head, kissing him more deeply.

Someone really has the potential to be a hungry wolf and is insatiable.

"Could it be playing hide and seek at night again? You group of childish ghosts."

The knocking on the door stopped, and the people outside muttered a few words in a low voice, and then said, "Pack up and leave on time at 10:30, I will lock the door when I come back later", turned and left.

As the footsteps went away, Xie Jiaran was finally given a chance to breathe.

He didn't have the strength to push him anymore, so he could only let Liang Su Nian kiss him intimately at the corner of his lips, gasping for breath and unable to speak, he held his cheek and raised his head again.

When their eyes met, Liang Suinian was stunned for a moment, then laughed silently.

His fingertips brushed the moist crimson corners of his eyes, and raised his tone: "Well, it's worse than last time. I just cried and didn't faint."

"..."

Xie Jiaran angrily gnawed at his chin, which had no deterrent effect, but instead made the other party laugh outright.

"You and greedy are really good friends, right? Why do you like to gnaw people's chins so much?"

"Stop laughing."

Xie Jiaran thought of the fear and fear just now, and hit him with his forehead angrily: "You still kiss him even though you know someone is coming!"

"Why can't you kiss when someone comes?"

Liang Suinian said: "Kissing is a matter between the two of us. As long as I think about it, as long as you agree, let alone someone coming, even if the zombies are besieging the city downstairs, I can't interrupt my kissing you."

"..."

Xie Jiaran couldn't say no to him, and his face was burning hot by his righteous and unreasonable reasoning. She pursed her lips and snorted, and turned her face away: "Let's go."

Liang Suinian: "Let's go now, don't you want the reward?"

Xie Jiaran was at a loss: "What reward?"

Liang Suinian said nonsense in a serious manner: "Of course he didn't get fainted by a kiss tonight, it's great and very strong, so I decided to reward him with a kiss."

"???"

Xie Jiaran was shocked by his hooligan speech.

Before he could open his eyes wide and open his mouth, he was once again blocked by someone who was familiar with the road.

Xie Jiaran gritted her teeth and tried to resist, but the opponent pinched her waist and let go easily.

Inexplicably a little annoyed, he pinched his waist in retaliation, but only laughter could be heard from the corner of someone's mouth.

The rogue.

The two lingered in the studio until the last moment before leaving.

When they got back to the dormitory, they got good news, Li Tang wanted to invite them to have dinner together tomorrow night.

"Brother Meng!! I'm out of order!!!"

Li Tang smiled from ear to ear, wishing to show off to the whole world: "I confessed my love to Xiaotu before I came back, and she agreed!"

"I, a cute mother-women solo ghost, finally have a girlfriend!"

Liang Suinian sincerely gave him a thumbs up: "Awesome."

Shen Xuehao looked up and said, "He was having fun all night. Just now when my mother called me, he was giggling next to me. My mother asked me why I wanted to take care of the hen in the dormitory."

"The big things in life don't let me have a good time."

Li Tang made a cut, his eyes were excited and he wanted to say something, when he saw Xie Jia, his voice changed suddenly: "Eh? You are not kind, you don't call us for barbecue!"

"?"

Xie Jiaran was puzzled: "We didn't eat barbecue."

"That's hot pot, right!"

Li Tang said loudly: "The evidence is convincing, Jia Ran, your mouth is red and swollen, don't try to deny it, be frank and lenient!"

Xie Jiaran: "..."

With a red neck, he pursed his lips speechlessly, and turned to the perpetrator with condemning eyes.

Solve the bad things you do by yourself!

Liang Suinian smiled, and stood in front of him conscientiously: "What nonsense, we didn't eat hot pot or barbecue, we just came back from the studio."

Li Tang's desire to explore the truth never dies: "So you guys ate spicy noodles in the studio?"

"...I'm going to take a shower first."

Xie Jiaran took his clothes and turned to go to the bathroom, and quickly fled from the death scene.

"I didn't eat anything, maybe I was accidentally bitten by a mosquito."

Liang Suinian also returned to his seat and sat down, picked up the cup and drank slowly.

"Really, there are still mosquitoes in this day." Li Tang couldn't help sighing: "The mosquitoes that can live to this season are really unusual, and they are really poisonous."

Shen Xuehao chimed in: "That's right, it's not only poisonous, it's also sexual. It doesn't bite people's mouths."

There was a soft sound when the water glass was put back on the table.

A certain "poisonous and perverted" mosquito bent its eyes, and listened without guilt, quite cheerfully.

Li Tang was so excited that he had to drag them to discuss where to have dinner tomorrow night after the lights were turned off for a long time.

"What do you want to eat?"

He poked his head out of the bed and counted them one by one with his fingers: "Hot pot, barbecue, Thai food? Or Korean food and Japanese food?"

Shen Xuehao: "I can do anything, as long as I have something to eat, don't be picky."

Liang Suinian and Xie Jiaran said the same.

"Don't be casual, it's hard for me to know."

Li Tang thought about it in distress, and while sending a message to Xiaotu, he passed a message: "Xiaotu said that she knows that there are several delicious restaurants nearby, including grilled fish, hot pot, and barbecue. You can send us the link to choose... ..."

Xie Jiaran was lying on the pillow and listening to it while brewing sleepiness, the phone placed next to the pillow suddenly vibrated.

Xie Jiaran clicked his eyes, and then looked at the direction of the shop diagonally. The light was too dark to see people clearly, but he could see a hand holding a mobile phone and shaking it at him.

Turn your eyes back and turn on your phone:

Su past years: [Of course, according to the rules of the world, if you leave the order, you have to treat guests. Should we also invite dinner? 】

Su Past Years: [Li Tang is so on the road, it seems that I am dumb???]

Xie Jiaran looked at his aggrieved facial expressions, inexplicably wanted to laugh:

X. : [It should, but would it be inappropriate to ask now? 】

Su Niannian: [Yes, then I will look back at the almanac and pick a good day~]

X. :【good. 】

X. : [kitten rubs face jpg.]

In the past years: [hee/circle/circle]

Su Niannian: [By the way, there is one more thing, your elective class tomorrow afternoon is also in the Zhixing Building, right? 】

X. :【right. 】

Su past years: [Coincidentally, so is your boyfriend, let's go together? 】

X. :【But I have to go to the studio to participate in the competition in the afternoon. 】

Su past years: [It's not a big problem, I'll accompany you, we hand in the painting and then go to class. 】

……

The two chatted so wholeheartedly that Li Tang didn't even know what kind of mental journey he went through to decide on the barbecue restaurant.

Shen Xuehao fell asleep early, and as soon as the dormitory became quiet, he could hear his shallow snoring.

"I'm going, it's too unjust, why are you all asleep?"

Li Tang complained a few words in a low voice, Xie Jiaran was about to say no, when Li Tang said to himself: "Forget it, I'll tell you guys tomorrow, I'll sleep and I'll chat with my girlfriend for a while, hehe .”

"..."

Well, it seems that there is no need for him to squeak.

Looking at the time, it was almost 01:30.

He was planning to say goodnight to Liang Suinian before going to bed, when the other party sent a message first:

Su Past Years: [Should I go to sleep?It's all 01:30. 】

X. : [Well, do you still have class tomorrow morning? 】

Su Past Years: [There is a section, but I have one more thing before going to bed. 】

X. :【What's up? 】

Su past years: [I accidentally saw a small love ceremony on the forum today. I heard that complimenting your partner every night before going to bed is very good for helping you sleep. 】

Xie Jiaran thought it was a trick of her boyfriend to ask for compliments in disguise, and thought about whether to be satisfied, and then said to the convenience:

Su Niannian: [Ahem, then I'll start. 】

Su past years: 【My boyfriend's mouth is so soft, so kissable (*^▽^*)】

X. : [……]

X. :【………】

X. :【I'm so sleepy, I'm asleep. 】

Ruthlessly replied to the last sentence, without waiting for a response from the other end of the phone, he turned off the phone and stuffed it under the pillow.

He turned over to face the wall, and pulled the quilt until it covered most of his face and a pair of hot ears.

It's so annoying.

Why did you find a rogue as your boyfriend?

Is it really because the gangster is good-looking?

Liang Suinian was the only one who had class the next morning.

The roommates were all asleep, so he woke up very lightly, and there was almost no sound when washing.

But when he came in from the balcony to pick up the book and was about to leave, he still found that a certain child had already woken up, his head was tilted on the edge of the bed, and he was staring at him sleepily with his eyes open.

Liang Suinian walked over to touch his face, and asked in a low voice, "Did it wake you up?"

Xie Jiaran shook his head lazily.

Liang Suinian laughed.

He approached and quickly kissed his eyes: "Hey, I'm going to class, it's still early, sleep a little longer."

Xie Jiaran let out a "hmm" from his nose, which was soft, like a cat humming.

Liang Suinian's ears went numb.

He patted the little cat's head again, it was the first time he went out of the dormitory so reluctantly.

My boyfriend likes it so much, what should I do if I want to keep it with me at all times?

The answer is cold salad, the student dog obediently go to class.

After 09:30 in the morning, Li Tang and Shen Xuehao also got up to catch up with class.

Xie Jiaran only had one elective class today, which was the one in Zhixing Building with Liang Suinian in the afternoon.

He stayed in the dormitory alone for most of the day. After drawing a practice, he originally wanted to play games to waste time. Only when he went online did he find that Liang Suinian was not around. A section quickly dies.

After turning off the game and going offline, I simply practiced another quick sketch, and by the way, I chatted with Liang Suinian in messages.

It's just that Liang Suinian's professional class is not easy to be distracted, and the news is slow to reply. Xie Jiaran can't help but check the chat box for new messages, and the quick sketches have also become slow sketches.

Sure enough, things like the period of passionate love have the magic power to make people lose their minds.

In the third and fourth classes in the afternoon, at half past three, Xie Jiaran stretched, and finally took the painting out of the house.

Liang Suinian was waiting for him downstairs.

The two went to the studio. There was no one in the classroom at this point. Xie Jiaran planned to put the paint that he brought along into the small plastic storage bucket, only to find that he had leaked it during cleaning last night, and the paint was still stained on the inner wall, which had already been wiped off. solidified.

"Tsk, blame me, I was too anxious to notice last night."

Liang Suinian took the initiative to claim the mistake, took the bucket and stood up: "I'll wash it, you can hand in the painting, I'll find you in a while."

"it is good."

Xie Jiaran took the painting and went to the office alone. The door was open and there was no one inside.

The teacher has already said in the group that they are meeting in the lecture hall right now, just let them put the paintings on the table, and he will go back after the meeting is over.

Xie Jiaran put the painting on the side of the desk, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the office.

He also wondered why Liang Suinian came so soon, but when he looked back, it turned out that it was not Liang Suinian, but Sun Han who came to hand in the painting like him.

The other party raised his chin and didn't even look at him. He walked straight to put the painting on the table, but when he saw the painting already on the table, he stopped abruptly.

Turning his head in disbelief: "This is your painting?!"

Xie Jiaran was about to nod, when he glanced at the work in his hand that hadn't been put down, he also froze.

Why did Sun Han draw the boy on the basketball court?

But the surprise didn't last long. After all, collisions with inspiration are not uncommon in artistic creation. What's more, their paintings have the same central theme, and they can't find anything in common in other places.

"Yeah." He nodded and said, "It's mine."

Sun Han's expression is not uncomplicated: "Why do you also draw this?"

Xie Jiaran felt that he asked this question inexplicably.

No matter what the painting is, he always has to draw a theme, not to mention that he doesn't really want to tell him the mental journey of creating this painting.

He didn't even tell Liang Suinian.

He didn't answer, Sun Han frowned, thought of something quickly, and asked unwillingly: "When did you finish this painting? This month, or last month?"

Xie Jiaran: "At the end of last month."

Sun Han asked eagerly, "Have you shown it to others? Has the monitor seen it?"

Xie Jiaran nodded again and said that he had seen it, but was confused by his inexplicable series of questions: "Is there any problem?"

Sun Han was dumbfounded.

He looked at Xie Jiaran with complicated eyes for a while, then simply lowered his head and took his painting and compared the two paintings side by side, his face turned red and turned white, which was very ugly.

Xie Jiaran was thinking about going to class later, so he couldn't delay too much, seeing that Sun Han didn't seem to want to talk to him anymore, he turned and left the office.

It's just that he was stopped by Sun Han who was chasing him out not far from the corridor.

Xie Jiaran stopped and turned around, but saw that he brought out his paintings, so he kindly reminded: "The teacher said that it is fine to put the paintings on the desk, and there is no need to wait for him to come back."

"Who said I have to wait for the teacher, I won't pay it!"

Sun Han's face was stinky, and he didn't know who he was venting his anger on.

The two paintings of the same theme are put together to make a difference, and I have to admit that the work that is considered satisfactory in his opinion is still far behind Xie Jiaran's.

"Xie Jiaran, this time it was an accident."

He said in a cold tone: "I can't beat you this time, I admit it, but we have more chances to compete, and it's not sure who will win next time!"

Xie Jiaran felt that Sun Han was weird today.

Although he didn't go anywhere normally, today was especially weird. He couldn't understand what he said, so he could only say "oh" after listening to it, indicating that he heard it.

"Any thing else?"

He asked Sun Han, "I still have classes later, so I can't delay."

"..."

With the feeling of accumulating energy and hitting the cotton with a punch, Sun Han held his breath and had nowhere to vent, his face turned blue.

"Don't you ask me why I drew this?"

"?"

Isn't it just an ordinary inspiration?

After being asked such a ulterior motive by him, Xie Jiaran couldn't help having a new guess, and asked uncertainly, "You also have a husband who loves to play basketball?"

Sun Han: "..."

Xie Jiaran: "..."

After the words fell, the two of them froze at the same time.

The former was greatly shocked, and his expression even showed a trace of stupid dullness.

And the latter is a title that he blurted out in astonishment.

It was Lin Shan who said "my husband, my husband" in his ears every day, which led him astray.

He frowned somewhat annoyedly, and a warmth suddenly fell on his head. The boy's clear and gentle voice was obviously smiling: "Did you hand in the painting?"

"..."

Xie Jiaran nodded uncomfortably.

Although he wasn't sure if he heard it, it didn't prevent his eyes from twinkling and his earlobes flushed.

"Then shall we go back to class?"

"……it is good."

Liang Suinian turned around and took a few steps with the people calmly, when he suddenly thought of something, he stopped and turned around to call Sun Han: "Hey, that classmate—"

"Got it! I won't tell anyone about you!"

Sun Han turned his head almost angrily, not knowing who to vent his anger on.

Liang Suinian expressed his innocence: "I didn't mean that."

He pointed to the direction of the stairs on Sun Han's side: "I just want to tell you that the way down the stairs over there is closed."

Sun Han: "..."

Liang Suinian: "Didn't you see it when you came up?"

Sun Han: "..."

Sun Han strode away from them with an inexplicable anger.

Xie Jiaran looked at his back, the back of his neck was suddenly pinched, and he rubbed twice: "Hey, Ranbao, there are only two of us left now."

Xie Jiaran's eyes flashed with doubt: "?"

"Actually, it was far away just now, and I didn't hear it clearly."

Liang Suinian turned his face sideways, and discussed with him very politely: "Can you call again?"

Xie Jiaran: "..."

It's over, the steaming Ranbao kid is really getting ready.

In the 305 dormitory, it is rare to have collective classes in the afternoon.

As soon as the school bell rang, Li Tang immediately went to the dormitory group to swipe his screen.

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [Hurry up, don't procrastinate!Let's meet at the gate of Ximen School! 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [By the way, I forgot to tell you that we invite you and Xiaotu's roommates separately, so tonight there are only people in our dormitory and Xiaotu, a girl, don't look forward to it if you are single Hahaha. 】

The hero in the school: [I can't figure out why you have to leave, how much money do you have? 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [Xiaotu's roommate is afraid of strangers, he will feel uncomfortable eating with boys he doesn't know. 】

The hero in the school: [So you didn't tell them who your roommates are? 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [Ah?why tell? 】

A hero in school: […]

The hero in the school: [In our dormitory, there are two golden bachelors here, what do you think? 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [I'll go!Yes!Why didn't I think of it!If you tell them that Brother Liang and Jia Ran are both there, they might be rewarded! 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [But I have all reserved seats, it is a small booth, and it can only seat six people, what should I do? 】

The hero in learning: [What can I do, give up the treatment. 】

The hero in the school: [I hope that when you get to know each other better, you won't be hammered to death by Miss Xiaotu's roommate. 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow, Can I do it again next time? 】

The hero in the school: [I think it's feasible. 】

Su Past Years: [No need. 】

The hero of the school: [ Huh? 】

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: [Huh?Why, Brother Liang? 】

Su past years: [The school girl said that they are all shy and embarrassed to have dinner with strange girls. 】

A hero in school: […]

The cute ghost Li Xiaotang: […]

Liang Suinian looked at the two strings of joyful ellipses in the box, smiled casually, put away his phone and went downstairs to find his shy schoolgirl boyfriend.

The five met smoothly at the school gate.

When Miss Xiaotu saw Xie Jiaran and Liang Suinian appearing together, she really showed a surprised expression as expected.

Immediately after saying hello, he turned to ask his boyfriend for verification: "Li Tang, are they really your roommates?"

Li Tang and You Rongyan: "Yes, awesome, right?"

Girl Xiaotu touched her forehead and sighed: "It seems that I have to hide tonight's itinerary properly, otherwise I'm afraid that my roommates will regret it."

"Hahahaha"

Litang Ding is not far from the school, and it takes less than 10 minutes to get there by taxi.

By then the store was already full.

The waiter received them to the reserved booth, and after confirming the order, they quickly began to serve dishes and dipping sauces one by one.

"Please don't put green onions and ginger in the two small portions of dry pot rabbit meat."

"OK, just a second."

The waiter took the list and left, Li Tang couldn't help but ask: "Brother Liang, don't you have no taboos, when did you stop eating onion and ginger?"

"not me."

Liang Suinian conveniently put the prepared dipping dish in front of Xie Jiaran, and exchanged the unmixed one: "Of course I won't eat it."

Probably because the impression that he always pampers and protects Xie Jiaran has been deeply ingrained in his mind, Li Tang and Shen Xuehao didn't feel anything wrong at all, it was quite natural.

Only the girl Xiaotu who was sitting next to Li Tang's eyes lit up when she heard Liang Suinian address Xie Jiaran.

Liang Suinian is almost like an old father who brings the family's baby lump out for dinner.

The lettuce was twisted off the stem and only the leaves were left. Before roasting, I asked him what he wanted to eat. After the meat was roasted, he had to help put it in the dishes, and even the cup had to be kept half full of a drink.

The movement is natural and smooth, as if it has been done many times, forming a subconscious habit engraved in the bones.

So thoughtful that not only Xiaotu's face was flushed, even Shen Xuehao couldn't help knocking on the table and said, "Oh, excuse me, am I eating with a couple or two?"

He threw several pieces of pork belly on the baking tray with complicated emotions, but he couldn't figure it out: "It's so weird, why do I feel like I'm the only single dog at the table?"

"Pfft-"

It was Xiaotu who couldn't help laughing.

Li Tang didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement: "That is to say, those who didn't know would think that you two are here to fall in love."

As he spoke, he glanced at the outstanding barbecue meat in Xie Jiaran's plate, bit his cheek: "It's more caring than me who has a girlfriend, so is there any way for people to survive?"

"It's ok."

Xiaotu waved his hands quickly when they looked over, and said with a smile: "Brotherhood is deeper than the sea, I understand it."

Li Tang received his girlfriend's considerate understanding, grimaced, and put several pieces of roast beef into the human bowl.

Miss Xiaotu has a good personality, cheerful and talkative, and she never made the atmosphere awkward when meeting her for the first time. She would occasionally make a harmless little joke, and the meal was happy and harmonious.

Almost finished eating, Xie Jiaran offered to help everyone get some fruit, Liang Sunian also got up and followed like an idiot.

After saying hello to Li Tang, Xiaotu went to the bathroom. When he came out, he saw several customers coming from one direction with ice cream. After asking, he found out that there was also a self-service ice cream dessert, and he happily went to get two. indivual.

He turned around and was about to go back, when his eyes froze after unintentionally sweeping somewhere.

In front of the fruit self-collection freezer not far away, two lean, tall and good-looking boys were standing there picking fruits.

The person who is slightly higher is holding several dishes in the small plate.

He bowed his head and said something to the people around him, picked a piece of cantaloupe with a toothpick and handed it over, but when the other person opened his mouth to bite, he quickly lowered his head and kissed him on the cheek lightly.

The treachery succeeded.

He didn't get angry when someone slapped his face and pushed him away. He opened his mouth and ate the piece of fruit, grinning extraordinarily happily.

"..."

woc...

Xiaotu took a deep breath, quickly turned around and covered his face, screaming silently from the bottom of his heart.

Garbled brother, do not deceive me!

After eating, several people went out and waited for a taxi on the side of the road.

When getting into the car, Shen Xuehao considered both sides: "I'd better take the same car with Brother Liang and the others, instead of being crowded between you little lovers to be light bulbs."

Xiaotu stood next to the other car, and said with a bright smile, "It's okay, it's the same anyway."

It's a pity that Shen Xuehao didn't hear the meaning in his words, he waved his hand and got into the passenger car behind.

"I thought our dormitory would be a group of bachelors until we graduated from college. I didn't expect Li Tang to run ahead of all of us."

Shen Xuehao looked at the red tail lights in front of him, leaned back in his chair and sighed: "It's over, there will be one less comrade in arms going to the canyon battlefield in the future, and one more loving stinky fart."

Speaking of this, he thought of something, and turned his head: "Hey, let's unite the front, we must persist in the days to come, no matter how envious you are, you can't show that you know, or Li Gou will go to heaven. "

"Of course I and Ranran are fine."

Liang Suinian took the hand of his boyfriend's naughty scratch into his palm, squeezed it in from between his fingers, and interlocked his fingers, which is the standard way of holding a young couple that he preached.

"Just stick to it yourself."

The car passed through an area with bright street lights, and the lights sprinkled from inside the car one by one, and it kept retreating rapidly.

Xie Jiaran turned her head, and saw her own reflection in Liang Sunian's flickering vision, soaked in a lazy and gentle light.

How to do.

He bent his mouth and thought silently, suddenly felt that Shen Xuehao was a little pitiful.