When leaving, Li Ying wanted to send Jiang Yu back, but the other party refused. Knowing his character, Li Ying didn’t force it and accompanied him downstairs.

The apartment was in an old community; the street lights in the community were a little far apart, and the environment was slightly dim.

Both of them were walking on the path, and the faint fragrance of flowers was wafting, which was the unique beauty of the spring night.

They walked all the way to the entrance of the community. Jiang Yu saw the 24-hour convenience store opposite the community and touched his belly, saying, “I’m a little hungry.”

Li Ying turned to look at him and said, “What do you want to eat?”

Jiang Yu raised his chin and said, “Let’s go to the convenience store first.”

The two walked into the convenience store, and the aroma of the food rushed over them in an instant. Jiang Yu saw the cooked food on the counter at a glance, and his stomach immediately growled consciously. After he finished ordering, he turned to look at Li Ying and asked, “Do you also want to eat?”

“I’m not hungry.” Li Ying said.

This answer was expected by Jiang Yu, and he didn’t force it. After all, Li Ying didn’t like to eat this kind of fast food.

While waiting for bagging, Jiang Yu asked, “Do you usually cook by yourself?”

“En.” Li Ying said, “Most of the time, I do it myself.”

Jiang Yu smiled, then turned to look at him; probably because of the late night, his smile was a bit lazy.

“Is there anything you can’t do? I feel like you can do everything.” Jiang Yu said. He was now boasting that Li Ying was not stingy; he could praise him by just opening his mouth.

Without waiting for Li Ying to answer, Jiang Yu took the cooked food bag from the cashier and said, “I can’t even cook fried rice with eggs. My mother often scolds me because of this and says that I will definitely not find a girlfriend in the future.”

Jiang Yu took out a bunch of meatballs from the bag and ate them with big mouthfuls; his eyes narrowed slightly while eating, looking very satisfied.

“…I used to live alone occasionally during the winter and summer vacations, and I learned it especially at that time.” Li Ying tilted his head to look at Jiang Yu; his cheeks were bulging from eating, and he looked a little cute.

Li Ying said again: “When you live alone in the future, you will learn it quickly.”

The two walked out of the convenience store. Jiang Yu didn’t answer the words but just raised the meatball in his hand and asked, “Do you want to take a bite? It’s quite delicious.”

Li Ying glanced at his meatball. Jiang Yu handed it to his mouth when he saw it and raised his eyebrows slightly to signal him to take a bite, so Li Ying lowered his head and took one.

“How about it?” Jiang Yu looked at him and said, “Compared with your own cooking, which one is better?”

“Not bad.” Li Ying said, “It’s very delicious.”

After eating the meatballs, he asked, “Do you want to try my cooking?”

Jiang Yu turned his head to look at him when he heard the words.

“If you want to eat…” Li Ying paused at this point, then changed his tone: “Is this Sunday okay? I don’t know if my cooking is considered delicious, but you can try it.”

Jiang Yu bit off the last meatball, and with a slight hesitation on his face, he pretended to be polite: “That’s too much trouble for you.”

“No trouble.” Li Ying said with a smile, “It’s just a matter of single serving and double serving.”

Jiang Yu threw away the bag in his hand and laughed when he heard this.

“All right, then I’ll help you appreciate it when the time comes.”
You’ve got to act like a good boy when you get free stuff.

……

There were not a few days left in this week; time flew, and it was Sunday in a blink of an eye. There was a lot of rain in the spring, and it started to rain again on Sunday morning.

Jiang Meng usually lived at home on weekends, and on Sunday night, she would pack up some food and supplies and bring them back to the dormitory.

Seeing Jiang Meng searching for food in the kitchen, Jiang Yu went to the freezer and took a bottle of drink.

“I’ll also go with you tonight.” Jiang Yu said.

“Where are you going? My dormitory?” Jiang Meng glanced at him and said, “There’s no food for you; you are not welcomed.”

Jiang Yu snorted: “I have an appointment with Li Ying to have dinner tonight.”

As he spoke, he unscrewed the lid and took a few sips, then lazily leaned against the door frame and said intentionally, “He said he would cook for me.”

Hearing his intentionally provocative tone, Jiang Meng turned his head to look at him like a fool and then said, “I didn’t ask you to find him for me, but you two are getting along pretty well.”

“Didn’t I tell you?” Jiang Yu said, “He likes others unilaterally, and that girl in his heart is not interested in him.”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yu felt a little funny; he couldn’t help laughing: “Didn’t you say that people who like him in your university can go around boasting about him, so why does he never forget his high school female classmate? That being said, the charm of your girls is not good enough.”

Hearing this, Jiang Meng smiled coldly. Then she turned around and put her hands on the sink: “I guess he is confused by his handsomeness every day, and there is something wrong with his aesthetics. He doesn’t like beauties like us; he just likes ugly ones. What do you think can be done?”

“…You all aren’t ugly?” Jiang Yu instinctively said something to those girls who only met once and then said, “Don’t be too confident; otherwise, why does Li Ying not like you and instead still like her?”

It was no longer unusual for the two siblings to feel that each other was unattractive. Jiang Meng wondered if it was strange and shrugged her shoulders: “I am not good-looking, but you are ugly.”

As soon as the words came out, the two couldn’t help arguing for a few more words.

After the truce, Jiang Meng pondered for a while and suddenly asked, “Hey, Jiang Yu, do you think Li Ying is attractive?”

“Yes.” said Jiang Yu.

“Then, if you were a girl, would you have liked him?” Jiang Meng asked again.

Jiang Yu thought for a while: “Yes, I’m a boy, and I also think that boys like him belong to the rare top class.”

Jiang Meng took advantage of the situation and asked, “Then you are a boy; would you want to fall in love with this kind of boy?”

Jiang Meng shrugged and said indifferently, “It’s not uncommon to be gay now.”

After a short pause, she looked at Jiang Yu again and said, “Many boys in our school like Li Ying.”

“I’ve seen one, but there are many more?” Jiang Yu was a little surprised.

Then he laughed and said, “But don’t think about it; he is quite straight, especially when rejecting boys.”

“Maybe it’s possible to change someone,” Jiang Meng said, “Who knows?”

Hearing this, Jiang Yu looked at her suspiciously and asked, “Why, is there a boy beside you who likes Li Ying?”

Jiang Meng didn’t speak.

Jiang Yu accepted her acquiescence, so he said, “Then I advise you to quickly persuade him to give up.”

“You think everyone is as straight as you.” Jiang Meng couldn’t help but say.

Jiang Yu snorted: “Forget it then; it’s up to you.”

He walked out of the kitchen.

Glancing at his leaving back, Jiang Meng sighed silently, then took out her mobile phone and looked for her best friend, Li Qianwen.

[Jiang Meng: Hey, I told you a long time ago that Jiang Yu is really straight—the kind of straight that can’t be bent even with steel bars.]

[Li Qianwen: Wasn’t it you who said last time that he was very close to Li Ying?]

[Jiang Meng: Yes, who knows? It’s a trick of straight men.]

[Jiang Meng: What do you think we should do now?]

[Jiang Meng: Originally, Li Ying took the initiative to keep a distance from Jiang Yu, but we messed it up.]

[Li Qianwen: You did it; it has nothing to do with me.]

[Jiang Meng: Fuck you.]

[Li Qianwen: To be honest, I am quite envious of your brother.]

[Li Qianwen: If a male god liked me so much, I would definitely throw myself into his arms in a 360-degree spiral.]

[Jiang Meng: I just told Jiang Yu that there is definitely something wrong with Li Ying’s vision.]

[Jiang Meng: There are several boys in our school who like him.]

[Jiang Meng: I really don’t know what he likes about Jiang Yu.]

[Jiang Meng: There are so many good ones; can’t he choose from them?]

[Li Qianwen:…]

[Li Qianwen: That’s not the case; your brother is pretty good-looking.]

[Li Qianwen: He just looks unreliable, and I feel that he is not suitable for dating.]

[Li Qianwen: I guess he will be a scumbag in the future.]

[Li Qianwen: There is a saying.]

[Li Qianwen: Do you need a reason to like someone? No.]

[Jiang Meng: *sigh*]

[Li Qianwen: Don’t sigh; I thought about it; long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.]

[Li Qianwen: Why don’t you find a chance to stop thinking about the male god early?]

[Jiang Meng: It’s a sin. *sigh*]

[Jiang Meng: But it seems like this is the only way to go.]

……

In the evening, Jiang Yu received a call from Li Wenhao.

The other party asked him to go to the internet cafe they usually go to now, saying that he and Chen Jingjing had a quarrel because of Jiang Yu, and insisted that he cancel Li Ying’s appointment and come now to find them.

It was only recently that Jiang Yu realised that Li Wenhao might be interested in Chen Jingjing. He usually didn’t like to be troublesome, but now he was caught in the relationship between these two people.

They argued back and forth on the phone, and Jiang Yu was so annoyed by him that he simply asked Jiang Meng to give Li Ying a word and left the house in a hurry.

Jiang Meng didn’t understand what he meant, so she followed behind and asked, “What do you mean? Then are you going to go to Li Ying’s house or not?”

Jiang Yu was still on the phone, frowning all the way down the stairs, not caring about listening to her at all.

Jiang Meng: “…”

……

As night fell, on the way back to the apartment, Jiang Meng was thinking all the way about how to tactfully cut off Li Ying’s thoughts.

However, before she could think it over, when she walked slowly to the intersection under the apartment building with an umbrella in hand, she happened to see Li Ying coming out of it.

Holding a black umbrella, the other party happened to be walking towards her and saw her.

Jiang Meng’s heart skipped a beat, feeling nervous like she had a guilty conscience.

Li Ying walked up to her and said, “Jiang Meng, have you seen Jiang Yu?”

He was still holding the phone in his hand and explained: “We have an appointment for dinner tonight; I called him, but no one answered, and now the phone is suddenly turned off.”

The rainwater pattered on the umbrella, making a “pat-pat-pat” sound, and then slid down the curved surface of the umbrella, dripping into the wet ground.

The lights in the community were dim, and the black umbrella blocked most of the light. Jiang Meng looked at Li Ying; the rain curtain of the dark night cast a layer of haze and mystery on him, but it still couldn’t hide his outstanding temperament and appearance.

Perhaps it was the rain that affected her mood, but Jiang Meng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. Obviously, she had only failed in love not long ago, but she was biassed not to let that high and mighty male god fall down into the world.

Perhaps what she once admired was that distinctive temperament, that uncommonness that could only be seen from a distance. He should have been the same as in the past, accepting attention and not giving anyone a response.

Instead of waiting for someone hopeless like now.

“God, what a coincidence!” Jiang Meng sniffed, pretending to smile casually, “It just so happened that Jiang Yu asked me to tell you something. He went on a date with Chen Jingjing, so he won’t have dinner with you today. I’m sorry.”

The rain seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, and the raindrops on the top of the head were falling “tick-tick”.

Li Ying didn’t speak; his expression was hidden under the black umbrella of the rain curtain, making it difficult to see clearly.

“Taking this opportunity, let me tell you something, male god.” Jiang Meng tried hard to maintain a relaxed tone, “That’s right, I used to like you very much, so I specially asked Jiang Yu to approach you and help me find out about you.”

“I’m sorry.” Jiang Meng pretended to smile relaxedly, saying, “I’m giving up, and I’m sorry to let him bother you for so long. My brother is annoying, right? Let me tell you, he has a lot of shortcomings; the longer you get along, the more you discover about them. I’m sick of him…”

As she was talking, Jiang Meng seemed to hear Li Ying’s very light answer. She wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but she was so disappointed that her eyes got wet all of a sudden.

The two were standing in the rain, and there were occasional sounds of passing residents treading water around them.

After a while, Li Ying said, “It’s okay; you go back first; I’ll smoke a cigarette.”

His voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed that he had difficulty speaking.

Jiang Meng opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something but having nothing to say. She took a few steps towards the stairs and then turned her head to take a look. Li Ying was standing under the tree at the intersection of their building.

Not long after, a cluster of flames ignited there and quickly died out. Under the shed of the big tree, only a blurry silhouette could be seen clearly.

……

When the matter of Li Wenhao and Chen Jingjing was settled, the sky was completely dark. Jiang Yu took out his phone to take a look, but the phone was dead.

Fortunately, it was not too late; he thought it was time to have a hot meal at Li Ying’s house, so Jiang Yu said farewell to his two friends and left in a hurry.

The rain was a bit heavy tonight, so Jiang Yu hurried out without an umbrella. After the taxi stopped at the entrance of the community, he could only put on his hat and rush into the rain.

Fortunately, the old residential area itself was not big, Jiang Yu turned into a small road, and it didn’t take long to reach the building where Li Ying and the others were.

There was a tree under that building, and there was a person standing under that tree.

The man did not hold an umbrella, and there were flickering fireworks between his lips, and smoke curled from his lips, spreading out in the dim rain.

In the dark night, the dim street lamps cast a pouring and romantic yellow colour for the rain. And he stood in it, becoming a touch of embellishment in the night.

Although the rain blurred his eyes, Jiang Yu still recognised Li Ying at a glance.

He walked quickly to the tree and saw cigarette butts scattered all over the ground. Li Ying stood in front of him, slightly raising his eyelids. On the rainy night, his eyes were a little less warm than usual. The smoke between the lips was slowly spit out, and the flickering star was just wet by two drops of rain, and it was extinguished.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Yu was a little confused: “What are you doing?”

He frowned quickly, swept the cigarette butts on the ground, and then caught sight of the black umbrella behind him.

After a slight pause, Jiang Yu picked up the umbrella and propped it up.

After cutting off the rain, Jiang Yu wiped the raindrops off his face, and everything in front of him instantly became much clearer, even Li Ying’s face.

“Is it because of that girl again?” Jiang Yu’s temperament had always been Buddhist, let alone being angry with others.

But now, seeing Li Ying like this, he somehow felt a little angry.

“That you went so far as to smoke so many cigarettes.”

Hearing him say a few words with a cold face, Li Ying laughed unexpectedly.

After a slight pause, he coughed lightly and said, “I seem to have a bit of a cold.”

His voice did sound a bit hoarse.

Jiang Yu choked up, and after a short pause, he raised his hand to touch his forehead. He was also exposed to the rain, and the temperature between his palm and his forehead was the same, which could not be measured at all.

“You bow your head a little.” Jiang Yu said.

Li Ying blinked, didn’t understand what he was going to do, but still bent down slightly in cooperation.

Jiang Yu raised his hand to press his neck, tipped his toes, and then pressed his forehead against his forehead.

The distance between the two suddenly narrowed.

Li Ying was short of breath.

In an instant, the rain disappeared from the ears, and only the sound of each other’s breathing was left clearly audible in the night.

The author has something to say:

Don’t be sad; your boyfriend is here to hug you.

{Small theatre}

A mother was passing by with a child, and the child pointed to a pair of people under a big tree and shouted loudly: “Mom, mom, someone is kissing under the tree, shame shame~”


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