Xie Huai felt very uncomfortable when he heard Jiang Xu say that he had liked him since the first grade of junior high school.
First grade of junior high school... Four years, Jiang Xu has liked him for four whole years.
What if he didn't like Jiang Xu? Xie Huai didn't dare to think about this possibility.
Jiang Xu also knew that this love might not be reciprocated, but he was still so nice to him and still liked him.
No wonder Jiang Xu clearly remembered the wish he made in the first grade of the new year, which he almost forgot. He also remembered that he liked to drink lemon tea and that he liked to eat that kind of dolphin gummy candy.
It turns out that Jiang Xu likes him, and everything is traceable.
But it was precisely this that made Xie Huai feel uncomfortable. He would rather Jiang Xu had liked him not long ago.
Xie Huai lowered his head, bit his lips tightly, and his shoulders trembled slightly.
Jiang Xu stretched out his hands and held Xie Huai's face, only to find that Xie Huai's eyes were red and tears were falling down his cheeks.
Jiang Xu's heart suddenly tightened. He wiped away Xie Huai's tears with his thumb and whispered, "Why are you crying?"
Xie Huai gritted his teeth, shook his head and said nothing.
Seeing Xie Huai like this, Jiang Xu felt very distressed. He lowered his head slightly and placed a kiss on Xie Huai's right eye.
"Huai Huai, don't cry." Jiang Xu hugged Xie Huai and supported his back again and again.
After a long time, Xie Huai finally recovered.
"Don't call me Huaihuai." Xie Huai said suddenly.
Her voice still had a hint of hoarseness from crying.
"What should I call you then?" Jiang Xu asked.
Xie Huai closed his eyes and leaned on Jiang Xu's shoulder, saying lazily: "As long as you're not called Huai Huai, anything else is fine."
Finally, he added: "Huaihuai is our son."
Jiang Xu suddenly smiled, kissed Xie Huai's earlobe, and shouted, "Baby."
Then he saw a layer of red suddenly appear on Xie Huai's earlobe.
"Jiang Xu, what will you do if I don't like you?" Xie Huai couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when he thought of this possibility, and he didn't care about being embarrassed and angry because of Jiang Xu's call of "baby".
He felt sorry for Jiang Xu.
When Jiang Xu heard this, he knew why Xie Huai had been crying just now.
It turns out that I feel sorry for him.
"Xie Huai, don't think about this possibility," Jiang Xu asked Xie Huai to look up at him, "You like me, don't you, so don't think about it, okay?"
Xie Huai thought to himself, that’s right, why should he think about these things, he likes Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu likes him, that’s enough.
He looked at Jiang Xu and smiled: "Okay."
Xie Huai was silent for a while, then said, "Jiang Xu, what did you say this morning that you want to tell me tonight?"
In fact, Xie Huai had already guessed it by now, but he wanted to hear Jiang Xu tell him in person, and didn't want to wait until the evening, but now.
I don't know when little Huaihuai came over, and lay down at Jiang Xu's feet, with his ears perked up as if he also wanted to listen to what Jiang Xu said.
The afterglow disappeared into the horizon. Jiang Xu's eyes darkened. He twitched the corners of his lips and said, "I don't want the certificate. Can you give me yourself, please?"
The last trace of discomfort in Xie Huai's heart disappeared instantly.
He didn't hesitate and blurted out, "Okay."
Maybe because he was too excited, Xie Huai's left leg went weak when he stood up and he almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Jiang Xu supported him in time.
"It hurts again?" Jiang Xu said as he was about to squat down to check.
Xie Huai held Jiang Xu and said, "No, maybe I sat for too long and my legs are weak."
After saying this, Xie Huai frowned, feeling something was not right.
He had to go for a check-up tomorrow anyway, so Xie Huai didn't bother with it anymore.
Jiang Xu cooked dinner again in the evening. Before dinner, Xie Huai's mother called Xie Huai and asked him if he had taken vitamins.
Xie Huai thought about it and realized that he hadn't eaten it for a few weeks.
He told the truth to Ms. Zhao Li, and Ms. Zhao Li told him to take another pill when he had time.
When she hung up the phone, Ms. Zhao Li suddenly asked Xie Huai: "Huai Huai, tell your mother, are you with Xiao Jiang now?"
Xie Huai almost said "Oh my god!" He was shocked. Ms. Zhao Li must be a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. She hadn't seen him for a week, and yet she could guess this
Xie Huai's silence made Ms. Zhao Li more certain of her own thoughts. His family had no opinion on homosexuality and was very open-minded about it. Not only because they had received higher education, but also because they had come into contact with many such people in the course of cooperation and communication in the business world, so their family's thinking was not feudal.
Zhao Li said earnestly, "Huaihuai, you and Xiaojiang are still growing up. I hope you can handle this relationship well. And if I remember correctly, Xiaojiang's grades should be good."
Xie Huai leaned on the balcony railing, looked back at the original place, and nodded in response: "Yes, first in the grade."
Zhao Li was silent for a while, then said, "So, I hope you won't affect Xiao Jiang's studies."
Xie Huai's face fell instantly. He had even prepared a speech in his mind before Ms. Zhao Li opened her mouth. He was ready to tell his mother that he would never separate from Jiang Xu no matter what. However, he was stunned by Ms. Zhao Li's words.
"I'm affecting his studies?!" Xie Huai felt very unbelievable, "Mom, how can you say that to me?"
"What grade are you in now?" Ms. Zhao Li asked calmly.
Xie Huai thought carefully for a few seconds and replied to Ms. Zhao Li: "Two hundred and fifty."
Ms. Zhao Li asked back: "So there is something wrong with what I said?"
Xie Huai felt aggrieved but he didn’t say: “… No.”
Ms. Zhao Li finally smiled: "Okay, Mommy won't joke with you anymore. As long as you are happy, Mommy and Daddy won't object."
Xie Huai couldn't help but wonder, what about Jiang Xu's parents
"Oh, by the way, Huaihuai, I just turned on the hands-free mode. We are meeting with old friends tonight. After chatting for a while, I found out that they are Xiaojiang's parents."
Xie Huai raised his head suddenly: "... What? Did they hear what I just said?"
"They said that classmate Xiao Jiang has liked you for a long time."
Xie Huai was stunned.
I hadn't come to my senses yet when I was having dinner.
Seeing that Xie Huai was in a bad mood, Jiang Xu poured him a glass of warm water and placed it in front of him, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xie Huai's nose felt sore, and after a while, he said, "My mother knows about the two of us."
Jiang Xu paused after putting down his chopsticks, and half a second later he put them back down as if nothing had happened: "Did I scold you?"
Xie Huai looked at Jiang Xu and shook his head: "No, she doesn't object."
He thought of what Ms. Zhao Li had just said to him, and then continued, "My mom and my dad had a dinner with Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang. My mom learned from Aunt Jiang that you have liked me for a long time."
Jiang Xu instantly knew who the "Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang" that Xie Huai mentioned were. He didn't expect that his parents actually knew Xie Huai's parents.
He lowered his head and smiled: "Well, I've liked you for a long time, don't you know that?"
Xie Huai asked: "Will we separate in the future?"
He didn't want to be separated from Jiang Xu.
Jiang Xu didn't hesitate. He looked at Xie Huai and said, "No, I promise you, we will never separate."
"I promise you, too, that we won't separate."
Xie Huai thought that he and Jiang Xu would definitely continue to have a good relationship.
Although they are still very young, isn't seventeen or eighteen the age when one should not look back? He believes in Jiang Xu and Jiang Xu believes in him. For Xie Huai, full of enthusiasm is enough.
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In the early morning, a ray of sunlight came into the house from the window, and the bedroom was bright. Xie Huai forgot when he fell asleep last night. He only remembered that he was halfway through watching a movie when he felt sleepy and fell asleep soon after.
He was going to the hospital for a check-up today, so Xie Huai changed his pajamas into some casual clothes, a black hooded sweatshirt, and a pair of loose sweatpants.
When he opened the bedroom door and walked out, Jiang Xu had already prepared breakfast.
Xie Huai didn't think that what happened yesterday was a big deal, but when he saw Jiang Xu now, he felt a little embarrassed.
This may be the slight awkwardness between young lovers who have just gotten together.
Xie Huai discovered that Jiang Xu adapted faster than him.
After breakfast, the two took a taxi to the hospital, an orthopedic hospital. They had made an appointment with a specialist in advance, so they didn't queue up and went straight to the fourth floor.
After a series of examinations, the doctor asked Xie Huai to come and get the examination report the day after tomorrow.
After Xie Huai and Jiang Xu left, the doctor looked at the film that had just been taken on the screen and frowned slightly.
The streets outside were filled with national flags, fluttering in the wind.
As Xie Huai walked, he was thinking about how to spend the next seven days.
"Xie Huai." Jiang Xu called him.
Xie Huai came back to his senses and responded: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xu took Xie Huai's hand and whispered, "Do you want to hold hands?"
"Aren't you holding them all?" Xie Huai raised his hand and motioned for Jiang Xu to look at him. "You want to kill first and ask for permission later, right, Jiang Xuxu?"
Jiang Xu put his fingers into Xie Huai's fingers, forming a gesture of interlocking fingers, and said seriously: "This is holding hands."
"Then where are we going?" Xie Huai smiled, holding hands with Jiang Xu and continued walking slowly.
"Want to go to the amusement park?"
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(End of this chapter)