Xie Jiaran kept his word and asked for leave twenty minutes early for the afternoon practice session and rushed to the court.
Don’t forget to go to the supermarket and buy a bottle of iced soda water first.
Perhaps due to insufficient publicity for the finals, the number of onlookers was much less than yesterday, but such a large crowd was still too much for Xie Jiaran to handle.
The game is in full swing.
With a few minutes left before halftime, he stood on the periphery, one step away from the crowd, thinking seriously about how to get to the front row and deliver the water without having physical contact with anyone.
A crisp whistle sounded throughout the field, and the referee raised his hand and made a pause gesture, and the first half ended.
The Political Science and Law major made another three-pointer in the last second, widening the gap between the two teams.
"That's what I told you. If our Brother Liang had a little more strength, those guys in the Chinese Department would have to bow their heads and call him daddy. They would even have to play an extra game to decide the winner. They really spoiled them."
Xiao Chi raised his elbow with great effort and placed it on Liang Sunian's shoulder. The height difference of more than ten centimeters made his movements look awkward and funny.
“Wow~”
A sturdy boy who was at least 1.9 meters tall came over with a ball in his arms, pointed at Xiao Chile and said, "I said I saw you last time I went to Mount Emei, but you refused to admit it."
Xiao Chi was full of questions: "When did I go to Mount Emei?"
Boy: "You were just like now, you were too short-handed and too short-legged, but you insisted on being close to a tourist."
Xiao Chi: “???”
Boy: "Just for the half-eaten banana in someone's hand."
Xiao Chi: "You are the one with short arms and legs."
Xiao Chi: “…”
Xiao Chi: "Fuck you, you're the monkey! Liu Maomao, are you looking for a fight? Don't think I won't beat you up just because you're wearing a sissy pink outfit today!!!"
Liu Maomao grinned: "I'm not short, you can jump up and hit my knees. Also, let me correct you, this is not sissy pink, this is called girly pink, the most popular color this year."
"Dance your sister! Fan your mother!"
Xiao Chi is 175cm tall, the shortest among them. This topic is his weak spot, and he explodes when it is mentioned: "Today I will let you see what a forehead dunk is!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Maomao decisively retreated tactically, and Xiao Chi started to chase after him.
The two of them were shouting all over the court, and six years together was still too much.
"Two fools."
Chen Wenyao came over with two bottles of water and handed the unopened bottle to Liang Sunian: "Tomorrow is the weekend, let's go out for a big dinner tonight to celebrate?"
He, Xiao Chi and Liu Maomao were all Liang Sunian's roommates before. They only had two group hobbies, basketball and dormitory gatherings.
Liang Sunian took the water and raised his lips: "What family, brother? Let's celebrate with a big meal on the weekend. Can we keep it simple?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, if all the rich second-generations in the world thought like you, the world would be peaceful."
Chen Wenyao also laughed, but his eyes turned and he saw something and suddenly froze.
"Hey, Lao Liang." He patted Liang Sunian's arm with the back of his hand and raised his chin towards his back: "My eyesight is not very good without my glasses. Look, is that your new roommate over there?"
Liang Sunian turned around and saw Xie Jiaran standing behind the crowd.
He frowned slightly, looked at the bustling crowd in front of him, then looked at the water in his hands. He was in a dilemma, with obvious confusion on his face.
It's inexplicably cute.
Liang Sunian was touched by the cuteness and couldn't help but chuckle: "Yeah, you're not mistaken, it's him."
Chen Wenyao was surprised: "Isn't he famous for not liking this kind of noisy occasion? What is he doing here at this time?"
"If I'm not mistaken, they're probably here to bring you warmth."
Liang Su Nian stuffed the water back to Chen Wenyao: "I can't drink this, I'll give it back to you, I'll go over there."
"ah?"
Xie Jiaran, who was caught in a dilemma, suddenly heard a muffled noise:
"Ah, he's coming this way!"
"Oh my God, it's in this direction, help, my heart is beating so fast!"
"What would I say if he talked to me?!"
"Hahaha what are you thinking about?"
“… …It’s not impossible!”
Xie Jiaran looked up and saw Liang Sunian, who had already reached the edge of the field, being stopped by a girl with long curly hair.
Her slender figure looked particularly petite next to Liang Sunian. When she looked up at him, even the back of her head exuded a sense of shyness.
It was unknown what the girl said to Liang Sunian. Xie Jiaran only saw her eyes sparkling and she handed a bottle of mineral water to Liang Sunian with both hands.
"... ..."
Xie Jiaran was silent for a while, then silently withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.
As a result, she had just taken a few steps when the boy caught up with her with brisk footsteps.
His palms were empty, and when he looked up again, Liang Sunian was standing beside him, smiling at him with raised eyebrows.
"Didn't you promise to bring me some water?"
Liang Sunian shook the soda he had just grabbed with his own skill. It had just been taken out of the refrigerator and there was still a layer of cold water on the surface. "Why are you running away halfway through?"
"Hasn't someone already sent it to you?"
Xie Jiaran stated the facts objectively, but as he finished speaking, he heard a few muffled exclamations coming from not far away.
It was those girls from before. They had been staring at the two of them since they saw them standing together. Now, they had no idea what subtext Xie Jiaran's words had aroused in them, but at this moment, their eyes were as bright as stars.
When he was discovered, he immediately gave an apologetic smile, turned around and walked away quickly with his arm around his.
"It's different. You can't just take water from a girl."
Liang Sunian unscrewed the bottle cap and drank half of it. His eyes were always on Xie Jiaran. Seeing that his eyes were scattered and he didn't know what he was thinking, he asked him, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Xie Jiaran shook his head: "No."
He had been there for some time, his skin was so white that it almost glowed under the sunlight, and a thin layer of sweat seeped out of the tip of his nose, which he had not had time to wipe off.
Liang Sunian glanced over, then looked back at the court, screwed the cap on the bottle and asked Xie Jiaran, "They won the game and want to celebrate. Do you want to go out for dinner with us tonight? I'll treat you to a big meal."
"Thank you, but no thanks."
Xie Jiaran shook his head. He was not used to eating with strangers.
The answer was expected, Liang Su Nian smiled and didn't care.
When the wind blew, Xie Jiaran's soft hair swayed, and Liang Sunian felt a little itchy when he saw it.
Unfortunately, my hands were still dirty after playing, so I had to give up with regret.
"Don't you have classes this afternoon?"
"Yeah." He only has classes in the morning today.
"Then go back to the dormitory."
Liang Sunian bent his fingers and used the back of his clean fingers to casually smooth down a small strand of his hair, then quickly retracted it with a bright smile: "Don't stay outside in the sun for too long."
Back on the field, there were two minutes left to start the second half.
After Xiao Chi and Maomao finished their fight, Yin Qi came over and said, "Brother Liang, you are so awesome. When did you become so close to our school beauty? Someone like that would come all the way to watch you play basketball."
Liang Sunian corrected casually: "I'm not here to watch the game, I just came over to give you a bottle of water."
"Just a bottle of water?" Xiao Chi pointed at his hand and said in an exaggerated tone: "You call this a bottle of water?"
Liang Sunian glanced at him: "What else?"
"This is called grace! Granted! Okay?" Xiao Chi eagerly reached out his hand: "Let me drink a sip too, so that I can also enjoy the holy light of the school beauty."
Liang Sunian slapped his hand away: "My roommate has mysophobia, drink your own."
Xiao Chi opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "What does your roommate's mysophobia have to do with me drinking your water?"
The referee blew the whistle and the second half was about to begin.
"Things follow their owners. Of course, this bottle of water has mysophobia."
Liang Sunian put the remaining half bottle of water aside, patted Xiao Chi on the shoulder, turned around and entered the venue: "Let's go, the sooner we finish the fight, the sooner we can call it a day."
"Tsk, how come Brother Liang, who is always the most generous, has also started to protect his food."
Xiao Chi pursed his lips and complained a few words, then ran to catch up: "Don't rush, I want to play as a forward in this game!"
"Yueyue, what are you daydreaming about?"
The girl called Yueyue was the one who had just stopped Liang Sunian at the side of the court but still failed to deliver water to him.
"He took someone else's water." She looked towards the court and said in a muffled voice, "He never took water when someone offered it to him before."
"It's different from what a friend gave me."
Her friend laughed at her: "Besides, are you confused? Even if she is the school beauty, Xie Jiaran is still a boy, right?"
Having said that, Yueyue was not comforted.
She bit her lower lip and murmured softly, "But doesn't Xie Jiaran... have a serious mysophobia?"
When Xie Jiaran returned to the dormitory, Li Tang was squatting on a stool, eating watermelon and watching videos.
Hearing the noise, he turned around to see who it was, and hurriedly took out two tissues to wipe the small puddle of watermelon juice on the table, then greeted cheerfully: "Hey, get out of class is over so early?"
Xie Jiaran hummed lightly and returned to his seat to put his things away.
He turned on the computer and stared at the desktop, forgetting what he wanted to do. He sat quietly for a while and suddenly turned around: "Litang, can I ask you something?"
"!!!"
Li Tang almost couldn't hold the spoon properly.
The two had been roommates for more than two years, and Xie Jiaran had never taken the initiative to talk to him. Today was the first time.
He immediately put the watermelon down, turned around, sat up straight with a serious look, and made a "please" gesture: "Of course, no problem at all, just ask."
Xie Jiaran considered his words carefully: "Is Liang Sunian very popular in school?"
Li Tang, who had intended to keep his mouth shut, slowly understood this sentence in his mind. After a while, he uttered a single syllable: "Ah?"
Xie Jiaran is indeed not good at actively communicating with others.
He thought he hadn't expressed himself clearly, but after thinking about it a second time, he felt that his question was indeed strange. He frowned and wanted to forget it, but then he saw Li Tang suddenly open his eyes wide and said in a slightly excited tone: "Do you still need to question this question? Brother Liang is the school hunk. If the school hunk is not popular, who else can be popular?"
Xie Jiaran repeated in a puzzled tone: "He is the school hunk?"
Li Tang nodded his head like pounding garlic: "Yes, don't you know?"
Xie Jiaran shook his head blankly.
No, he has absolutely no idea.
"You don't know about this exciting thing?"
Li Tang couldn't believe it. He immediately took out his phone and opened the forum. He held it in front of Xie Jiaran and pointed at the first two posts with the suffix "hot": "Look, this is it."
He randomly clicked on one and swiped: "Last semester, there was a voting post, one for the school beauty and one for the school hunk. You and Brother Liang each took the top spot, and you completely crushed your enemies—"
Li Tang stopped talking halfway when he suddenly thought of something.
He twisted his neck stiffly and looked at Xie Jiaran: "Um, you don't visit forums, do you?"
"Yeah." Xie Jiaran nodded and opened the forum on his phone: "I haven't visited it."
"... ..."
Li Tang swallowed his saliva and paused for a moment, "So you don't know that you are the campus beauty of Tsinghua University..."