Xie Jiaran leaned in Liang Sunian's arms in a daze.
He didn't react to what happened, he just felt that the howling was particularly familiar, until the other party called out his name miserably, he suddenly came to his senses.
He hurriedly pulled Liang Sunian's arm and said, "Wait, let go first, this is my friend!"
Liang Sunian loosened his grip a little, but didn't let go completely. He tilted his head to ask Xie Jiaran to confirm, "Is he really your friend?"
Xie Jiaran nodded affirmatively: "Yes, he is really my classmate. The drawing board you just used in the studio is his."
Lin Shan followed up with a howl: "My male god, let go first, let's talk it out, don't be impulsive."
Liang Sunian finally let go of his hand with relief, his brows relaxed, and he put on an apologetic expression: "Hey, sorry, classmate, are you okay?"
"Oh, it's okay."
Lin Shan rubbed his wrist with a grin, "Fortunately, I have thick skin and can handle it, but my dear, you are too cautious, aren't you? You subdued me in one move without even touching me."
Liang Su Nian smiled casually: "There's nothing I can do. Accidents happen more often in the dead of night. It's better to be alert."
Lin Shan thought of something, blinked and asked tentatively: "Perverted stalker on campus?"
Xie Jiaran: “?”
Liang Sunian raised his eyebrows, and Lin Shan understood, and said in a long voice: "So you know about male god too."
Liang Sunian nodded: "I heard some rumors some time ago."
The two of them were talking in a riddle, and Xie Jiaran was confused: "What are you talking about?"
"He's a hooligan who sneaked into our school." Lin Shan explained to him, "I don't know where he hides during the day, but he runs around everywhere at night. He even blocked students several times in the past few days."
Seeing Xie Jiaran's slightly startled expression, Lin Shan thought he was frightened, and quickly comforted him: "I just heard about this today, but don't worry, the pervert has been caught and taken to the police station."
"Caught today?" Liang Sunian asked.
“Yes.” Lin Shan said, “It was hidden in the garbage dump next to the Ximen Old Bookstore this morning. It was so filthy when it was dug out.”
He tutted in disdain and brought the topic back to the beginning: "By the way, I also want to ask, why are you still hanging out outside so late?"
"Take a walk." Liang Sunian calmly came up with his versatile excuse.
Lin Shan: “Just you two?”
Liang Sunian was about to answer when Xie Jiaran interrupted him and asked instead of answering Lin Shan's question: "What about you? Why haven't you returned to the dormitory at this time?"
Lin Shan said, "Me? I'm taking a walk too. I ate too much at dinner, so I need to digest it."
Xie Jiaran: "Did you come to me for something?"
Lin Shan thought he was a sensible person. He looked between the two of them and understood. He grinned and said, "No, nothing. I was just passing by and wanted to say hello to you."
She pretended to look down at the time and said, "Hey, it's past ten o'clock. I have to go get my boyfriend's coat. I'm leaving now. You guys can go slowly. There's no rush. The dormitory still has a while before closing."
As he spoke, he walked briskly past them and soon disappeared.
Liang Su Nian noticed the word "boyfriend". As a straight man, he found it strange and new, so he looked at it a few more times out of curiosity.
Suddenly, the hem of her clothes was pulled, and she turned to look at Xie Jiaran: "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Is it because you know there's a pervert in the school that you come to pick me up every night?" Xie Jiaran's voice was so clear and faint that it could be mostly dissipated by the night wind.
"Hmm... half and half." Liang Sunian avoided the main point and said with a smile: "Don't I still need to take a walk?"
If he believed this, then Xie Jiaran would really be a fool.
After a moment of silence, I asked him, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"The school doesn't allow it to be spread." The night breeze was cool on his face, and Liang Sunian squinted his eyes in comfort: "Besides, it's not a good thing. What if it scares you?"
"You don't have to worry about whether I'm scared or not..."
His voice was very low, almost talking to himself. Liang Sunian could not hear clearly, so he asked him: "Are you really scared?"
"No." Xie Jiaran paused, and said in a serious and emphasizing tone with a childish persistence: "I'm not that timid."
"Oh, that's amazing."
Liang Sunian praised him with a crooked eye: "I can't do it, I was just scared. You see, I have to rely on you to give me courage when I go home at night these few days, otherwise I really don't dare to go alone."
His whole speech was in the tone of coaxing a spoiled child, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't hear it.
Xie Jiaran had never been coaxed by anyone, let alone been coaxed like a child like this.
I felt quite awkward and didn't know how to respond to him, so I just kept silent.
After a while, I tried to change the subject, but the next question came out without thinking: "Will you take a walk after that?"
"... ..."
"... ... ... "
Xie Jiaran felt as if his brain might have been damaged by the night wind.
Otherwise, how could he ask a question in such a situation with such obvious subtext that it was almost obvious enough to be put out in the open
He frowned in annoyance, his brain working rapidly, trying to think of words to explain. After a brief moment of surprise, Liang Sunian silently raised the corners of his lips.
She opened her arms again and hooked them around his shoulders like a brother, tilting her head against his: "Let's go, why not? Old people say that if you walk a hundred steps after a meal, you can live to ninety-nine. I also want to live to be a hundred."
He raised his hand and the back of his fingertips gently touched his earlobe, which felt a little itchy.
Xie Jiaran couldn't help but shrink his shoulders, but inadvertently got closer to Liang Sunian.
The corners of his mouth seemed to be trying to move, but he pursed his lips and silently suppressed it: "I have also heard some old people say that you can't walk too much or too long on the road at night, otherwise the yin energy in your body will become heavier, and it will be easy to see unclean things."
As soon as he finished speaking, an uncontrollable low laugh floated into his ears.
Liang Sunian really couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Xiao Teacher Xie, do you know how inappropriate it is for you to say something like this?"
Xie Jiaran didn't believe these things, he just said them when he thought of them. When he wanted to explain, his earlobe was pinched twice by someone's fingertips.
When he raised his head, Liang Sunian tilted his head to look at him, his eyes and eyebrows were filled with lazy joy, which was blurred by the dim street lanterns, so beautiful that it was impossible to take your eyes off.
"Which old man did you hear that from?" he asked.
Xie Jiaran could only say, "When I went to a small supermarket to buy something before, I heard the owner chatting with an old lady."
"Tsk, this is good." Liang Sunian thought: "When I get old, I will also tell lies everywhere, and specifically deceive those good-looking and simple-minded male college students."
"... ..."
"You are a typical example."
Xie Jiaran lowered his eyes, pouted his lips and puffed out his cheeks.
"It's stupid, you believe this."
Liang Su Nian was so happy that he pinched his shoulder and said, "Xie Jiaran, please restrain yourself a little. You are too cute."
The words of explanation rolled over on the tip of his tongue for a few times, but were swallowed back silently by the slap.
Xie Jiaran lowered his head, looking at the two people's parallel toes, and the corners of his mouth finally curled up in an inconspicuous arc.
never mind.
Your Shanshan: Jiaran Jiaran, how far has your relationship with your idol developed
Your Shanshan: Last time you told me that you were just friends, I forgot to ask you whether it was a one-way friend or a two-way friend. Damn it!
Your Shanshan: Or is our friendship already deep? /色/色
As soon as Xie Jiaran arrived at the elective class classroom, he turned on his phone and was bombarded with messages from Lin Shan.
After reading it, I sighed helplessly and took advantage of the time when the teacher handed out the after-class test papers to reply:
x.: You misunderstood, he and I are really just ordinary friends.
Your Shanshan: wow~ Are you just ordinary friends who can walk alone on the street together in the middle of the night? I think you two should be sworn brothers!
x. ： ... ...
Your Shanshan: Just tell me whether what I said is right or not!
Xie Jiaran took the test paper from the classmate in the front row and thanked him politely.
x. ：Yeah, yes.
x. : Just treat us as sworn brothers. I’m in class, so let’s not talk for now.
Putting the phone back into the drawer, Xie Jiaran opened the textbook and read it for a while, then he remembered the question that had troubled him all night last night.
He has troubled Liang Sunian so much, what should he give as a thank you gift
Lin Shan was chewing an apple and walking towards the dormitory. He couldn't help but smile when he saw this reply.
He put the phone into his trouser pocket and took only two steps when his shoulder was tapped. Turning around, he saw Su Xiaoyue standing behind him, gracefully in a white cotton dress.
"Class monitor?" Lin Shan swallowed the apple in his mouth and asked her, "What's the matter?"
Su Xiaoyue used her thumb and index finger to indicate a short distance, and said with a smile: "I have a small favor to ask you for help."
Lin Shan: "What help? Squad Leader, just tell me. I will definitely help if I can."
"Of course." Su Xiaoyue said, "I have a friend, a girl from the Chinese Department, who is pretty and has a good personality. She wants Xie Jiaran's contact information. I think you and Xie Jiaran are the ones who get along best in class. Can you help ask for her?"
Lin Shan raised his voice and said, "Is there a girl who wants Jiaran's contact information?"
Su Xiaoyue nodded: "Yes."
"This is a bit difficult." Lin Shan touched his chin and muttered softly: "Jia Ran already has a 'sworn brother'."
Su Xiaoyue: "Hmm? What did you say, brother?"
"Nothing, nothing." Lin Shan waved his hands: "I'm just talking to myself, don't pay attention to me."
Su Xiaoyue said, "What about the contact information..."
"I'll ask for you later." Lin Shan said, "But there's no guarantee that you can get it."
"It's okay. It's okay if you can't get it. I'm glad you're willing to help. Thank you."
"Oh, a trifle!"
Xie Jiaran chose to take Advanced Mathematics-Oriented Formal Logic, not for any other reason but because this elective course carries a high credit value and can be used to cover two subjects, thus saving a lot of time.
This was his initial thought.
It turns out that some subjects may seem to take a short time, but the invisible time you actually need to spend on them can be so long that you doubt your life.
Xie Jiaran has spent almost an hour on the small test paper in front of him.
I took 10 multiple choice questions and got 6 of them wrong.
If he continues like this, he will really be just one step away from failing the exam.
Ultimately, it's because there's too much water in your brain.
Who can be blamed if a liberal arts student insists on choosing science electives
Liang Sunian returned to the dormitory, pushed the door open and saw Xie Jiaran there. He raised the corner of his mouth and was about to greet him.
I soon realized that the person was concentrating on doing the test paper, so I didn't disturb him. I considerately shut up, closed the door, went in, picked up clean clothes, and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower.
Xie Jiaran bit the tip of his pen and frowned, struggling with a fill-in-the-blank question that required logical thinking, and he didn't notice that the door behind him, which had just been closed, was once again opened a little.
Until a baby meow came into my ears.
Xie Jiaran looked back blankly, following the sound, his sight slid from the crack in the door to the ground, and then behind himself.
A little kitten was resting its two front paws on the legs of his stool, tilting its furry little head back and meowing at him in a sticky voice.