Banshuharu

Reason tells Pingqiu that he should answer the call at this time, he can answer anything, at least not be silent.But when he opened and closed his mouth, he could only make short breathing sounds.Even when Xu Xiuyuan slid the hand that was originally on his upper arm to his waist, Ping Qiu's body trembled, subconsciously straightening his back, trying to avoid Xu Xiuyuan's touch.

This was originally a small gesture of stress without any meaning, but it seemed that Xu Xiuyuan misunderstood that Ping Qiu was resisting his contact and was deeply shocked.Because he quickly let go of Pingqiu, lowered his head and took a half step back, the wet hair on his forehead drooped, blocking his eyes.He didn't speak, and Ping Qiu also missed the opportunity to speak because of momentary hesitation.

After a long while, Xu Xiuyuan sighed deeply, sucked his nose lightly, and laughed at himself in a low voice: "I'm really sick, what nonsense are you talking about." After speaking, he took another half step back, and Pingqiu completely distanced himself.

Losing his cover in front of him, Pingqiu was suddenly exposed to the dazzling light, and couldn't help shivering.Xu Xiuyuan had already turned around and walked to the living room, picked up the pack of tissues, swiped out a few, and wiped roughly between his cheeks and hair.He turned his back to Ping Qiu, even though he knew that Ping Qiu's eyes were always focused on his back, he still didn't turn his head.

There was a hard lump in Pingqiu's throat, as if there were tens of thousands of fists pushing it back and forth, it was so hot that it smoked and caught fire.But no matter how fierce the sluggish thoughts are beating in his head and showing on his face, Pingqiu still wants to keep his calm at least.

It was raining heavily outside the door, but inside the house was quiet.Pingqiu looked at Xu Xiuyuan's back, looked at his twitching shoulders from time to time, felt sore in his heart, and said after a long time: "Let's go home first, okay?"

Lock the school doors and windows, and take a taxi to go home.Ping Qiu took the back seat first, followed by Xu Xiuyuan.But as soon as he stepped into the car door with one foot, he glanced at Pingqiu and said, "I'll sit in the front."

Pingqiu was in a daze, and before he had time to persuade him not to leave, he saw him close the car door, walk around the rear of the car in the rain, and sit in the passenger seat.Pingqiu was full of thoughts, and saw that Xu Xiuyuan was coughing, so he patted the back of the driver and asked, "Master, can you turn off the air conditioner?"

"Ah, are you cold?" the driver said, "That's ok, I'll turn it up."

"Thank you." Ping Qiu thanked, then took a few tissues from his backpack and handed them to Xu Xiuyuan in the front seat.But Xu Xiuyuan avoided, turned a blind eye to Pingqiu's flattery, leaned against the window, and looked at the rain scene outside the window as if nothing had happened.

The driver is a chatterbox, talking to himself, either complaining about the temperature drop tonight, or saying that he was sleepy driving at night, and after taking the order, wait, and almost turned around and went home.He sang a one-man show for a while, but no one paid any attention to him. Then he looked at the two passengers, the passenger in the co-pilot looked out the window, and the passenger in the back followed him, and turned his head to look forward from time to time, but the co-pilot just ignored him and remained calm. His face and temper are also quite strange, and he sits motionless.

Thinking about it, he guessed it was a fight between the two brothers.Thinking that people are always persuaded to make peace and not to persuade people to do things, he asked enthusiastically: "Brothers, right?"

"No." Xu Xiuyuan rushed to answer, but there was no further text after the words.

"Is that a friend?" asked the master.

"Not really," Xu Xiuyuan snorted shortly, with a strange expression on his face, "Where am I worthy?"

Pingqiu saw him in his eyes and heard it in his ears, as if someone had stabbed him in the heart with a sharp knife, his tongue ached from the pain: "We are friends...Master, you can just drive us to the gate of the community. "

"It's raining heavily, do you have umbrellas?"

"Yes." Ping Qiu glanced at the folding umbrella he was holding in his hand, and then remembered Xu Xiuyuan's appearance in the rain to deliver the umbrella, his heart softened suddenly, he really didn't know what to do with Xu Xiuyuan.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the community, and the master gave a small ticket by dialing the meter.Pingqiu was busy chasing after Xu Xiuyuan who had already got out of the car in the rain, clutching the small ticket in his hand indiscriminately, he stepped on two puddles with his umbrella in his hand, and it was only with great strength that he could hold Xu Xiuyuan under the umbrella.

The folding umbrella is not too big, covering Xu Xiuyuan, most of Pingqiu's body is exposed outside the umbrella.He begged: "If there is something to do, let's talk about it when we get home. It's raining so hard. If you don't hold an umbrella, you will definitely catch a cold when you get home in the rain. Take your umbrella, hold it!"

Xu Xiuyuan flicked his hand: "I gave you an umbrella for you to use, and it's up to you whether you can hold it or not."

"Xiuyuan! Calm down, okay? We have something to talk about. Why are you doing this?"

"What's the matter with me? Don't you think I'm annoying? I'll save you worry, so don't worry about me. "

"Stop making trouble!" Seeing that he was about to leave, Pingqiu hugged him around the waist in desperation, holding the umbrella with difficulty in one hand, "Are you going to lose your temper? I've already said it. Go home, are you two steps away?"

"Poor!" Xu Xiuyuan turned around quickly, making Yu Runguo's eyes even clearer, "I am two steps short every time. Two steps short of knowing you before my brother, and two steps short of discovering that I like you. I think after the college entrance examination I just came to you, but it was still two steps away—why do I always miss my turn? Every time it was two steps away. I forgot, without my brother, you can have other people. These two The addition of two steps is a natural moat."

Suddenly a strong wind hit, Pingqiu didn't hold the umbrella firmly with one hand, the umbrella was flipped back, leaving a pair of umbrella ribs struggling to support it.And Ping Qiu was also shivering from the rain.He hesitated to speak, facing Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, it seemed that no matter how righteously he defended, he became pale and cold at this moment.

What else can I say?Ping Qiu tried hard to search for all the words that he could use as comfort in his mind, three or two strings of raindrops mixed with sweat fell down his cheeks.But before he could think of a reason, suddenly, there was another splash of rain, which made Pingqiu unable to open his eyes, and the strong wind made his steps shake.

But immediately after, Ping Qiu felt that Xu Xiuyuan took away the handle of the umbrella he held in his hand, put the umbrella away directly, and at the same time put his arms around his shoulders, and then put his palms on his forehead.With such a posture, Xu Xiuyuan almost held Pingqiu in his arms, and then trotted forward holding him without saying a word.

Ping Qiu couldn't help wiping the raindrops off his face, his upper and lower eyelashes were glued together, but he could hear Xu Xiuyuan's heartbeat, which was louder than the sound of the summer rainstorm falling, bang bang, bang bang, in his ears side.

Running all the way home in the rain, the voice-activated lights in the corridor went out again, and the steps of the stairs were dripping with rain. Ping Qiu walked in front, without thinking much at all, and habitually took Xu Xiuyuan's hand to guide him.As soon as the two hands were clasped together, Pingqiu immediately turned his head to look at Xu Xiuyuan as if he had just woken up from a dream, as if he had been hit by a cluster of electric currents.

However, it was dark and the building was dark, so he couldn't see Xu Xiuyuan's face clearly, he could only feel the hand in his palm clenched back vigorously after a brief struggle.One hand was not enough for peace of mind, so Xu Xiuyuan added another hand to hold Pingqiu's wrist, as if he was very dependent on him.

Pingqiu took him with one hand, and walked up the guardrail with the other hand. When he entered the house and turned on the light, Xu Xiuyuan let go, changed his shoes and undressed without saying a word, and then walked barefoot to the bathroom.

Taking out his slippers, Ping Qiu put them on the bathroom door, knocked on the door and said: "Put on your shoes, I'll leave them at the door."

Then he put the folding umbrella on the balcony to unfold to dry, and took back a small square towel hanging on the balcony by the way.Turning around, Xu Xiuyuan was actually standing in the middle of the living room, but he didn't change his wet clothes, and the hem and trousers were clinging to his skin.He focused his eyes, only staring at Pingqiu.

Pingqiu felt so stressed that he almost forgot how to walk under his gaze, and almost had the same hands and feet.

"Go take a bath," Ping Qiu gently pushed his waist, "Don't catch a cold."

"You're home, finish your sentence." Xu Xiuyuan was unmoved.

"Your body is important. You take a shower first, change your wet clothes, and talk about the rest later. I won't run away."

"Really?"

"Well, I promise."

"Tell me the truth?"

"truth."

"I only listen to what I want to hear. If it's not what I want, you might as well not say a word."

"...Why are you so overbearing?"

"You promised me."

Pingqiu: "How can I promise you this kind of words? Since you only want to hear an answer, why do you still ask me. I said that you are not willing to accept it. Isn't it very meaningless for us to do this?"

Xu Xiuyuan looked down at him slightly: "Because I think you never know what you want. This kind of question is too difficult for you. If you can't figure it out, even if you want to break your head, you still have to lie to deceive you." Yourself. Then you might as well not say it, let me say it."

"You're talking nonsense again." Ping Qiu was sullen.

"I haven't even said it yet, how do you know I'm talking nonsense?"

"Because you are always talking nonsense. Yes, I am not as smart as you, I am not as good at speaking as you, and I am not as clear as you, but this does not mean that what you say is right," Pingqiu emphasized, "I have my own opinions , Regarding my affairs, I should make my own decisions, you should not interfere with me, confuse me, let alone kidnap me with your logic, this is cheating."

"Interference? Confusion? Kidnapping? Cheating?" Xu Xiuyuan seemed to be questioning Pingqiu's words. After thinking for a second, he laughed again, "You admit it, you just favor me, and even like me—Pingqiu, you like me." I."

Immediately, Ping Qiu was stunned, or was shocked by his unreasonable words, stretched out his hand and pushed him violently, blushing in shame and indignantly said: "You are like this again!"

"You said it yourself."

"I didn't say that, it was you who over-interpreted." Ping Qiu said coldly.

Xu Xiuyuan's smile gradually sank: "I just said that you like me, but I didn't say that you love. Are you so sensitive? Is it a shame to like someone? I don't understand. Are you ashamed that you like me, or are you ashamed? Are you ashamed of liking men now?"

"……I do not have."

"You have," Xu Xiuyuan insisted, "If you refuse to answer me, then I will tell you. You are cowardly and incompetent, and you will only run away when things happen. Maybe you feel safe here, so you are determined not to contact your former classmates and friends. Even here you have found a partner who is suitable for further development. You like him and use him, but you can’t love him, so you can only let him down. Even if you choose to separate from him in the end, besides that you are not suitable, there are actually other One reason—that's me."

Ping Qiu felt extremely absurd: "What does it have to do with you?"

"Even if you just treated me as a foreign friend or relative at the beginning, you accept me and tolerate me, which means that you don't reject me at all. Then you promised to have a relationship with me and agree to every request of mine. Is this a brother who can Did you do it? Is it what you should do? What’s even more frightening is that last night, you couldn’t say you forgot, even if you forgot, I still remember clearly,” Xu Xiuyuan approached Pingqiu, and said loudly and firmly, "It was you who took the initiative, Pingqiu, don't forget, everything was initiated by you."

Pingqiu was forced to question until his head was covered with sweat, and his throat was astringent and sore.

"You don't like me, why do you hug me? You don't like me, why do you kiss me? You don't like me, why do you want to have sex with me?!" Xu Xiuyuan asked sharply.Suddenly his eyes softened, as if he had been unplugged, his tone slipped, sounding innocent and pitiful: "Would you do such an intimate thing with someone you don't like? If you tell me, you will, Alright, I swear I won't pester you again. I won't be so mean as to pester someone who doesn't like me at all. "

After a few words, the ball returned to Pingqiu's feet again.His chest heaved violently, as if he was extremely thirsty and could not stop swallowing.He didn't dare to look more into Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, there was a swamp dug there, deep and terrifying, he would fall into it.But now he seems to be stuck in one leg, so he is struggling: "It's what you asked for, not what I thought."

"...Yes, I asked for it, and you never thought about it," Xu Xiuyuan let go of his hand with a disappointed face, and said in a dejected tone, "I see, I understand what you mean. I will leave tomorrow, and I will disturb you these few days I'm sorry, I've caused you so much trouble, I'm sorry."

"Don't be like this." Ping Qiu's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly went to grab Xu Xiuyuan's arm, but Xu Xiuyuan dodged it in vain.

"You made it clear that you don't like me. I was just being self-indulgent before. I thought I had a chance, but in fact I don't even have the right to be jealous. Now that you have made it clear, do I still have the cheek to continue to be disgusting here? Do you?" Xu Xiuyuan smiled, "I also have pride and shame."

"Xiuyuan," Pingqiu's lips trembled, his nose turned sore, "Don't do this."

"But it's raining tonight, I'm sorry, I can't leave for the time being, I hope you will show mercy and take me in for another night. If you mind very much and feel uncomfortable staying under the same roof with me, I sleep in the living room, or go out now It’s okay to stay in a hotel.”

"Don't do this, don't do this."

"I know that my coming this time has caused you a lot of trouble, and even indirectly caused you to break up with Lu Yang. I'm just a bastard, am I? I'm still so self-righteous, I always feel that I just need to stay by your side for a few more days, you Maybe you will find that I have grown up, and I am completely different from when I was a child, then you can see me as 'Xu Xiuyuan', not your younger brother, or 'Xu Ruiyang brother'."

"You've always been Xu Xiuyuan, how I see you treating you has nothing to do with anyone else."

"Thank you, if you say that, it can be regarded as fulfilling my wish," Xu Xiuyuan said in a low voice, "Actually, I know that you hated me very much at first, and I came to you without saying hello. I should listen to you, but in the end I always force you and threaten you, you must be thinking in your heart, 'Is this person sick?', you don't understand anything, just pointing there, you must hate me to death."

"I didn't," Ping Qiu choked up, "Don't make random guesses, I really don't hate you."

"But I hate it. Why should I like you? You are Pingqiu, my brother's ex-boyfriend, my favorite brother when I was young. I don't know what you have become now, whether you have new friends, who you recognize as your younger brother. So I am very scared, and I don't know what attitude I should use to face you after seeing you. I am worried that if I It's still as useless as before, just hiding behind and peeking, I will never have the chance to tell you that I like you in my life, I have no choice but to be tough, even if you think I'm sick... "

"Believe it or not, I really don't hate you at all," Ping Qiu sniffed, "No matter what you said or did to me before, I can understand it, I know you are not like that Man, you didn't mean it, so I didn't blame you at all. As for today, I just haven't figured it out-I didn't think you would like me at all, how could you like me?"

"I like it, I like it very much."

"...Can you leave some time for me to think about it?" Ping Qiu begged, speaking sincerely, "I need time to think through everything, so that I can answer you, right?"

Xu Xiuyuan looked at him for a long time, and he replied, "Okay, I promise you."

"Then don't leave, don't go out to live, or live here, okay?"

"Yes," Xu Xiuyuan nodded.

"Don't go back on your word." Ping Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, "If you go back on it, it's over."

With Pingqiu's guarantee, Xu Xiuyuan's state was obviously much more relaxed, with a smile on his face, he asked Pingqiu to hand him a change of shorts while he was still in the hot bath.Stuffing clothes into the gap of the bathroom door, Xu Xiuyuan's wet hand accidentally held the wrist, Pingqiu retracted his arm, touched the water stains on his hand, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

After Pingqiu took a shower, he didn't return to the bedroom in a hurry, but leaned against the sink with heavy thoughts, feeling a little distressed about the agreement he promised to be honest with Xu Xiuyuan in the next few days.He lowered his head, saw his ten toes curled up and then relaxed, and his feet turned outwards twice. He suddenly realized that he had quit this small movement, and stopped immediately.

Facing the mirror and slapping his face, Ping Qiu mustered up his courage before opening the door slightly.Fortunately, it was pitch black under the bedroom door, probably because Xu Xiuyuan turned off the headlights.

Entering the room quietly, with the faint light and shadow, Pingqiu vaguely discerned that Xu Xiuyuan was not sleeping on the floor, but was lying on the side of the bed.He stood at the end of the bed for a while, but still didn't see Xu Xiuyuan move, guessing that he fell asleep after waiting, and couldn't help feeling lucky that he had found nothing.

Carefully climbing onto the bed, Ping Qiu sat down, gently tucked the corner of the quilt for Xu Xiuyuan, leaned over to take a look at him, Xu Xiuyuan closed his eyes tightly, breathing evenly.

At last, he felt relieved, Ping Qiuhe was laid down, and he was lucky enough to escape for one night.He really couldn't stand Xu Xiuyuan's pressing step by step, and urgently needed time and space to think about how to deal with it.

Thinking about his thoughts, Pingqiu lay on his side, put his hands together next to his ears, while imagining the night outside the blackout curtain, he gradually felt sleepy.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiuyuan suddenly turned over from behind, leaned forward, groped forward with all four limbs, and finally hugged Pingqiu tightly with a posture of absolute control, crossing his hands on his chest to death.

Pingqiu was taken aback, and wanted to release Xu Xiuyuan's control, but sent himself into his arms instead——Xu Xiuyuan hugged him even tighter, buried his whole face in the crook of his neck, with his chest pressed against his back Back, Pingqiu still hears his breathing.

It is no exaggeration to say that Pingqiu's hairs all stand on end in an instant, and he even thinks that Xu Xiuyuan is pretending to be asleep, doing it on purpose.But when he struggled hard, the feet buried under the quilt also began to swing, Xu Xiuyuan groaned, it seemed that he was extremely uncomfortable, and the arms clasped on Pingqiu's chest tightened even more.

Ping Qiu couldn't let go of his movements, even if he asked Xu Xiuyuan in a low voice if he was asleep, or called him to wake up, Xu Xiuyuan only responded vaguely, but he didn't relax his body at all.

Just like that, Pingqiu couldn't struggle, so he could only fall asleep in a posture completely surrounded by Xu Xiuyuan.After squinting for an unknown amount of time, I woke up again in the middle of the night.As if holding a stove in his arms, Pingqiu felt hot all over, half dreaming and half awake thinking he was in a sauna, and even shouted "I want to go out".

But as soon as the lucid dream shattered, he opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling with one arm across his neck. He moved up and found that it was Xu Xiuyuan who was terribly hot.

Ping Qiu woke up completely, this time easily broke free from Xu Xiuyuan's hands, touched his forehead, his body temperature was unusually high.

Xu Xiuyuan lost everything in his arms, and his two arms were still hugging in the air habitually. After a while, he slowly retracted, and then folded his right arm and pressed it to his forehead, trying to cover the light that followed.He yelled vaguely: "Don't turn on the lights... I don't go to school..."

Not listening to his sleep, Ping Qiu reached into the quilt and touched Xu Xiuyuan's upper body, and found that it was too hot. He immediately turned over and got out of bed, took out the thermometer from the storage basket in the living room, and took a test on Xu Xiuyuan. 38 degrees five.

"Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan, wake up," Pingqiu pushed him, "Can you hear me? You have a fever. I'll take you to the hospital now, and we'll get some water."

Xu Xiuyuan was dazed with fever and didn't respond.But when Pingqiu wanted to help him up, he opened one eye, frowned, pushed Pingqiu away with his shoulders, groped for the quilt to cover himself tightly again, no matter how Pingqiu persuaded him, he just said "" I dont go".

"But you have a fever. It's over 38 degrees. You must be feeling very uncomfortable now." Pingqiu grabbed the corner of the quilt to prevent Xu Xiuyuan from getting involved again. "Let's go to the hospital now and get some water. If it's quick, it will be tomorrow morning." I can go home now. Be obedient and get up quickly, we will go to the hospital."

"No!" Xu Xiuyuan said impatiently.

"Don't make fun of your body, listen to me once, okay?"

"I won't go! I have to go to class, so I can't ask for leave..." Xu Xiuyuan said nonsense, "I can pass the exam this time, if I don't ask for leave, I can't pass the exam... I have to take the exam, get full marks, better than my brother... Teacher Let you sign, full marks... I want to take classes..."

He slurred his speech, Ping Qiu heard it vaguely, but his heart softened.

Fortunately, there was always antipyretics at home, so Pingqiu fed Xu Xiuyuan, coaxed him to drink half a glass of water, then turned Xu Xiuyuan over with difficulty, and put a sweat-absorbing towel on his back for him.Then, he turned off the air conditioner, covered Xu Xiuyuan with quilts and blankets, and used almost all the quilts and blankets that could be covered. He even took out the winter coat from the closet, covering Xu Xiuyuan with only his head exposed.

Xu Xiuyuan was too hot and kept struggling. Pingqiu picked up the blanket that had been pushed to the floor by him for the third time, climbed onto the bed and hugged him, not allowing him to move any more, and because he was wrapped in a pile of blankets, And in the clothes, I also sweated a lot.

Finally Xu Xiuyuan was quiet, the room was sultry and hot, Pingqiu was as hot as if he had just been in the water, so he took advantage of the time to hide in the living room and opened the balcony doors and windows to ventilate and dissipate heat.He pulled his collar and fanned it slowly, and yawned sleepily. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a foreign object on the coffee table in the living room. He bent down and saw that it was a pure black flash drive.

Just looking at the style, it looked very strange, not like Pingqiu's own, so he thought it might be Xu Xiuyuan's, and accidentally left it on the table.But in the next second, Pingqiu's spirit lifted, and he suddenly remembered who owned this flash drive—it was Lu Yang.

I didn't know where it was for such a small object before, and Ping Qiu was not sure how Xu Xiuyuan dug it out.But he remembered what was hidden in this flash drive, so he couldn't help trembling and found a computer.

The moment I saw the file name, my vague guess was confirmed.Ping Qiu stared blankly at the titles of those videos. They were from December last year, January this year, March, and May. The most recent video was on May [-]rd.At that time, Lu Yang was on a business trip for a week, and he came to Pingqiu as soon as he returned to the city, and he insisted on recording the whole process.Pingqiu covered his face and yelled no, he couldn't dodge it by dodging left and right, Lu Yang clamped his chin and kissed him, the kiss made his mouth unable to close, and his tongue was sucked out of his mouth.In the middle, Lu Yang was still outside the camera and asked Ping Qiu to look here more, but Ping Qiu kept hiding with a smile, and Lu Yang moved the camera down to shoot Ping Qiu's feet, legs, chest, nipples, and even between the legs.When he took the details, Ping Qiu didn't notice at all, because Lu Yang was covering his eyes.He moaned softly, waving his hands to hug, while Lu Yang put the camera next to the bed after taking pictures one by one, then pressed Pingqiu, and kissed his body heavily.

Shooting some intimate videos between couples is not a big deal in itself, but there are too many indecent news in the past. Although Pingqiu tries hard to cooperate with Lu Yang, he is still worried that if they are not careful, they will become the laughing stock of the public after dinner.Lu Yang understands his concerns, so every time after shooting a video, he will remove the memory card in front of Ping Qiu, and Ping Qiu will dispose of it, occasionally staying overnight, and the two can watch previous videos together.

Later, these private videos were downloaded into this flash drive. For a while, they couldn't find them everywhere. Ping Qiu was worried that he had lost them somewhere, but Xu Xiuyuan found them first.Not surprisingly, he had already seen what was inside.

In this way, Xu Xiuyuan's loss of control today may be solved.Pingqiu was stunned for a long while, then groaned and hugged his head, his shame almost ripped off his skin, his head was full of deafening alarm bells.He urgently deleted all the videos in the flash drive with one click, even emptied the computer's recycle bin, and then hid the flash drive in a storage box at the bottom. past.

At this time there was a noise from the bedroom, Ping Qiu hurried to look, put the dropped bedding and blanket back on the bed, and patted Xu Xiuyuan's chest to comfort him.Xu Xiuyuan frowned tightly, breathing hot and heavy.

For the next few hours, Ping Qiu cycled continuously between twisting the towel and scrubbing Xu Xiuyuan's body, taking his body temperature from time to time, because the intervals were too short, and he was also worried that Xu Xiuyuan's cooling speed was too slow.

Fortunately, Xu Xiuyuan is physically strong, and the fever came and went quickly.When it was daylight, Pingqiu poured a basin of cold water back into the room, then took Xu Xiuyuan's temperature, it was already 37 degrees.

Gao Xuan's heart finally fell back to its original position, Pingqiu stayed up all night, exhausted, helped Xu Xiuyuan remove the quilt on his body, and then fell asleep beside the bed, holding the corner of the blanket with his hand.

Two hours later, the alarm clock for work suddenly rang, and Pingqiu woke up profusely with sweat, leaving a pile of bedding and blankets on the bed, and Xu Xiuyuan was nowhere to be found.He came out of the bedroom and saw that Xu Xiuyuan was sitting at the dining table drinking water, with the fever-reducing patch still stuck to his forehead.

Seeing Pingqiu, Xu Xiuyuan said good morning, his voice was still a little hoarse, he cleared his throat uncomfortably, and smiled embarrassedly: "Did I have a fever last night? I was in a daze myself."

"Have you had a fever? How do you feel? Is there any other discomfort?" Ping Qiu stepped forward in two or three steps, testing his forehead with the back of his hand.Then he remembered that there was a thermometer, and he hurried back to his room to get it, feeling a little flustered in a hurry.After making sure that his body temperature returned to normal, he finally felt relieved: "Fortunately, the fever is gone now. Do you feel better, and is there any discomfort? If there is any discomfort, we will go to the hospital now."

"It's much better," Xu Xiuyuan said, "Thank you."

Now it's Pingqiu's turn to be uncomfortable: "Why are you so polite."

"Do you want me to be polite?" Xu Xiuyuan pointed.

Pingqiu's ears were hot, and he ran away quickly under the pretext of taking a bath.

According to the usual schedule, every Wednesday, Pingqiu is usually off duty.However, a female colleague had to transfer a half-day shift due to family affairs, and most of the other colleagues couldn't make it.

Xu Xiuyuan seemed to be making breakfast, occasionally asking Pingqiu if he wanted this and that.Pingqiu agreed, while quickly changing his clothes.

But when choosing clothes, he was inexplicably hesitant: a white t-shirt that he just wore the day before yesterday, and if he wears it again today, will Xu Xiuyuan think that he only has two or three pieces of clothes to change and think he is too shabby?The closet is full of light-colored T-shirts and dark-colored trousers. I didn't notice it before, but now that I think about it, isn't he wearing a single and boring clothes before? If someone with ordinary observation skills is to comment, I'm afraid they will think that Pingqiu is just At the end of summer, I never changed my clothes.

Thinking about it, Ping Qiu rummaged through the pile of clothes, trying to find a slightly different short t-shirt, which would not be too bright or too deliberate.

But after thousands of choices, in the end he just picked out a light blue one and put it on, but Pingqiu himself was not used to it.He looked in the mirror again and again, looked in front of him, turned around, and looked behind him, just as he mustered up the courage to open the door, his courage suddenly leaked out again.

Only then did he realize: Why choose clothes?Why should I worry about being sized up by Xu Xiuyuan?Why would you care about being sized up by him?

All of a sudden, an answer that was ready to come out thumped under his chest, Pingqiu gradually felt his face flushed, and his throat tightened - the battle had just started, and he actually had the idea of ​​raising the white flag.

After changing shifts in the afternoon, Pingqiu received a message from Xu Xiuyuan, and his words were filled with suppressed joy. It probably said that the school had called to inform him that the admission result was a certainty. Please rest assured and just wait for the admission notice.Pingqiu said "Congratulations" to him, and meaningfully gave him a red envelope with "eight", Xu Xiuyuan quickly received it, and said: Let's go out to eat tonight.

Pingqiu was happy for him, and was willing to cooperate with him, but on the way home, he remembered that this month's expenses were a bit beyond normal, and Xu Xiuyuan may have just escaped from the control of his parents, so he spends money lavishly, as he does, he goes out to eat every two days The habit of going to college is probably also a shocking amount of living expenses.

According to the address that Xu Xiuyuan sent, the restaurant he chose was in the city center. Ping Qiu secretly checked the per capita consumption of this restaurant, and the price of nearly four digits made him feel a little bit drummed—I don’t know if Xu Xiuyuan was so happy that he lost his head , or the savings in his pocket overflowed his pocket, and he actually booked in a high-consumption western restaurant.

What Xu Xiuyuan meant was to ask Pingqiu to come over after work after work, and see you at the store.Pingqiu didn't know if this was a date, but he changed his clothes at home before going out. In order to prevent sweating due to the crowded subway, he directly took a taxi, and his heart beat like a drum on the way to the appointment.

After getting out of the car, he saw Xu Xiuyuan from afar, and Pingqiu watched him walking towards him, as if at a loss, he stroked his hair unconsciously.

Xu Xiuyuan stood in front of him, glanced at him from head to toe, and said with a smile: "Very handsome."

Saying it was a compliment, to Ping Qiu it was more like a joke.He somewhat regretted that he went home and changed a set of clothes on purpose, the shirt he didn't wear often, the trousers that were ironed straight, and even the hairstyle that he had carefully groomed. , like a clown in formal attire, this made Ping Qiu inexplicably embarrassed.

But Xu Xiuyuan didn't seem to notice his abnormality, but took Pingqiu and went straight to the direction of the restaurant.He held Ping Qiu's hand that was trying to escape from his palm several times, his gaze was always forward, and his tone seemed casual: "You came for me, I didn't say you can leave, so you can't escape."

"I didn't escape," Pingqiu defended himself, even though he was a little guilty, "I didn't come here for you, I came to congratulate you."

"Well, whatever you say." When they were about to enter the restaurant, there was a young couple walking in front of them. The woman was holding the man's arm, and the two leaned closely, and walked into the restaurant following the guidance of the waiter.

This scene seemed familiar, Ping Qiu was slightly taken aback, and looked at Xu Xiuyuan.The two couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled.Xu Xiuyuan let go of Pingqiu, and turned to bend his elbow. This time Pingqiu did not refuse, and put his hand into his arm without hesitation, and the two walked into the restaurant side by side.

Xu Xiuyuan reserved a seat in the restaurant in advance, in the back corner of the hall.Pingqiu's seat was facing the main entrance, and as soon as he sat down, he habitually looked around the corner of the restaurant.Feeling a little strange suddenly, his eyes searched around, and finally met a pair of familiar eyes at the dining table just one corner away.

Lu Yang's face sank like water, as if he had seen through Ping Qiu at a glance.