Xie Huai was frightened by Jiang Xu's sudden words.
His face was full of disbelief: "Jiang Xu, why are you making such a dirty joke?"
Jiang Xu raised his eyebrows slightly: "I'm just stating the facts."
Xie Huai's ears blushed for a moment, then he turned and left. Jiang Xu wanted to come up and hold Xie Huai's hand, but Xie Huai slapped him away.
"Have you finished your National Day homework?" Jiang Xu asked lightly while standing behind Xie Huai.
Xie Huai paused for a moment, then turned around and gave Jiang Xu a fake smile: "Bullshit."
Jiang Xu lowered his eyes and chuckled: "Really not doing it?"
Xie Huai walked into the bedroom and said without looking back: "No."
They were assigned a lot of homework for this National Day, especially in Chinese. They were required to copy all the ancient poems they had learned five times and translate the original classical Chinese text three times.
Lu Yi complained in the class group he set up privately, saying that there are only seven days of National Day holiday, and it would be better for them to die than to write these.
Won a lot of “+1” and “+10086” in the class.
Adding the homework for other subjects, it probably will take at least five or six days to finish.
It has been two days now.
That being said, Xie Huai started doing his homework in the afternoon. After entering high school, Jiang Xu sat next to him and did his homework with him.
I wrote from one o'clock in the afternoon to dusk. The sun was only half a circle left, and the afterglow illuminated the entire Jiangcheng. Looking from the window from afar, it looked like a boiled salted duck egg.
At night, Jiang Xu and Xie Huai slept together.
The lights were turned off and no one could see anyone else.
After a while, Jiang Xu heard Xie Huai whisper, "Jiang Xu, hug me."
Jiang Xu was stunned for half a second, as if he had not expected Xie Huai to say this suddenly. His Adam's apple moved, and he slowly turned sideways, stretched out his hands and hugged Xie Huai from behind.
Xie Huai just snuggled in Jiang Xu's arms.
Feeling Jiang Xu's body temperature, Xie Huai's eyes gradually turned red, and tears flowed down the corners of his eyes onto the pillow.
He always thought that he and Jiang Xu could be together forever, and it was originally possible, but for him now, everything is impossible.
I was destined to die and to leave Jiang Xu.
Xie Huai held Jiang Xu's hand, it felt so warm.
No matter how uneasy or uncomfortable he felt, as long as Jiang Xu was by his side, Xie Huai could sleep peacefully.
In the next few days, Xie Huai stuck to Jiang Xu every day. He went wherever Jiang Xu went and even slept in Jiang Xu's arms every night.
In fact, it is not necessary for Jiang Xu to hold him while sleeping, but if he doesn’t do this, Xie Huai will not be able to sleep at all.
Xie Huai couldn't help but think, he had said before that Jiang Xu was clingy, but compared to himself, Jiang Xu's level was nothing.
Jiang Xu noticed that something was wrong with Xie Huai from the very beginning.
He knew what kind of personality Xie Huai had. Even after being with him, Xie Huai had never been like this before.
Jiang Xu was not grateful to Huai for sticking to him like this. Instead, he hoped that Xie Huai would stick to him for a while longer. However, he knew that with Xie Huai's personality, it would be absolutely impossible for him to do so.
It seems like I’m afraid that I won’t have the chance to do it again in the future.
As soon as this thought came out, Jiang Xu immediately dismissed it. He frowned slightly, hoping that it was just his illusion.
These days, both of them were doing homework during the day. Xie Huai complained about the homework being more and more while he was doing it, but the pen in his hand never stopped. Sitting in the chair for a long time caused Xie Huai's shoulders and joints to hurt again. He had to run to the bathroom to take an ibuprofen sustained-release capsule every time Jiang Xu went out to get water.
The National Day holiday was almost over, and Xie Huai received a call from Ms. Zhao Li.
Zhao Li's tone was worried and a little anxious: "Huai Huai, how have you been these days?"
Xie Huai rested his hands on the balcony railing, lowered his head and said, "Mom, I'm fine. I took the medicine on time."
"The doctor said that I still need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible," Zhao Li's nose felt sore, and she tried hard not to lose her composure in front of Xie Huai, "Otherwise..."
Xie Huai clenched his fingertips, his throat tightened slightly, and he said, "I know."
"Are you still with Xiao Jiang?" Zhao Li asked.
"Well," Xie Huai loosened his hand, his fingertips turning white from being clenched, "I don't know... how to tell him."
Zhao Li felt very distressed. She took the tissue that Xie Nian handed to her and wiped away her tears.
When she learned from Jiang Xu's mother that Jiang Xu had liked Xie Huai for four years, she was shocked. If he didn't really like him, how could he remember it for four years.
So when she knew her son was with Jiang Xu, she had no objection at all.
But now... Zhao Li felt that she should have stopped it at that time. The current result would be cruel to everyone.
She said to Xie Huai: "Huai Huai, if you are worried that Xiao Jiang will be sad, you should tell him now."
Xie Huai also understood this truth.
If he told it now, Jiang Xu would at least be mentally prepared. If he waited until... until he died and then told Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu would definitely not be able to accept it all at once. He was afraid that Jiang Xu would do something.
Xie Huai felt a tightness in his chest. After a few seconds of silence, he exhaled heavily and replied, "I'll find time to talk to him."
After hanging up the phone and returning to the living room, Xie Huai saw Jiang Xu standing next to the automatic water dispenser, holding a cup with a half lemon pattern on it. There was also a similar cup next to it with another half lemon on it.
It's obviously a couple's cup.
Xie Huai had picked it up when he and Jiang Xu went to the supermarket to buy groceries.
Xie Huai saw it clearly, and he said, "Lemon tea?"
"Yes, with sugar." Jiang Xu handed the cup of lemon tea to Xie Huai. After seeing Xie Huai sit down on the sofa, he made a cup for himself.
He didn't put any sugar in his cup, so it tasted a bit sour and astringent.
Jiang Xu walked over with the cup and sat down. The TV was still playing the anime that Xie Huai hadn't finished watching last time. This anime seemed to be quite long, with more than 200 episodes and it still hadn't been completed.
Finally, his gaze fell on the corner of Xie Huai's lips. Xie Huai had just taken a sip and there were still some stains of lemon tea on them.
After staring at him for a while, Jiang Xu slowly moved towards Xie Huai, leaned in close and kissed the corner of Xie Huai's lips, tasting a hint of sweetness.
Jiang Xu's action caught Xie Huai off guard, but soon, he closed his eyes and responded, slightly opening his lips and teeth, allowing Jiang Xu to take his breath.
The moment their tongues touched, Xie Huai's long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly. Jiang Xu grabbed Xie Huai's hand, passed his fingertips through their fingers, and held Xie Huai's hand tightly, not letting him let go.
Jiang Xu only moved back a little, but Xie Huai raised his head and kissed him back.
Jiang Xu's eyes became as dark as a pool of water, and he hugged Xie Huai and kissed him back even harder.
It took a long time before Jiang Xu let go of Xie Huai.
Xie Huai was able to breathe now, but he still couldn't handle Jiang Xu like this. It was like being strangled by a ferocious beast, almost suffocating.
"So sweet." Jiang Xu said while looking at Xie Huai.
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After the National Day holiday, we have to go to classes for seven consecutive days. Many people say it would be better not to have this holiday.
When Xie Huai and Jiang Xu arrived at the classroom, they saw a bunch of people sleeping on their desks. The bell for morning self-study had already rung, but no one had woken up.
When Lu Yi came to find Xie Huai with dark circles under his eyes, Xie Huai was shocked.
"Fuck," Xie Huai was stunned for a moment, "Where have you been?"
Lu Yi looked hopeless, his eyes half-open, "What else can I do? Of course I'll stay up late to catch up on my homework."
There are two situations when doing homework during the holidays. The first is to write first and then play, and the second is to play first and then write. Lu Yi and these classmates who lie down and sleep are obviously the second situation.
"Not really," Xie Huai turned the pen in his hand, looking at Lu Yi with a hint of sympathy in his eyes, "Is it really that hard to do a homework assignment?"
"Brother Huai, have you finished writing?" Lu Yi asked back.
He just didn't believe that Xie Huai could finish it.
Xie Huai shrugged and said indifferently: "Well, I've finished writing."
Lu Yi: “…”
"It's simply..." Lu Yi couldn't utter a word for a long time. After thousands of words, he finally formed four words, "Inhumane!"
Xie Huai: “?”
After Lu Yi finished speaking, he ran away dejectedly as if he had been bullied. Xie Huai shook his head and sighed. He wanted to say a few more words.
However, he was able to finish his homework thanks to Jiang Xu, as Jiang Xu was the one who explained many of the questions to him.
He turned his head, and his gaze slowly moved downwards from the strands of hair on Jiang Xu's forehead, and finally fell on Jiang Xu's eyes.
Jiang Xu raised his eyes leisurely.
Xie Huai couldn't help but think of that summer vacation, when Jiang Xu was in the same ward with him. The look in his eyes at that time was cold and frightened him. But now...
Every look she gave him was filled with tenderness and gentleness.
Today is Saturday, the class was last Monday.
Yao Wenjing walked in from outside with a textbook as usual. She first took a look around the whole place, and finally looked at those who had been sleeping since morning self-study and had not woken up yet.
Yao Wenjing was famous for her good temper, but at the moment she was a little bit angry.
She slammed the blackboard, and the students who were lying down immediately sat up straight.
Some thought Yao Wenjing had called out "class started" and stood up dazedly and bowed to Yao Wenjing: "Hello, teacher."
The remaining students were afraid that Yao Wenjing would get angry, because they had heard that teachers with good tempers usually look worse when they get angry than teachers with bad tempers, so they all tried hard to hold back their laughter.
"What's good about that!" Yao Wenjing was so angry that she laughed, "Sit up straight, look at you guys every day, you're like this after the holidays, have you forgotten that you're students? What a disgrace!"
"Everyone standing, go out and wash your face to wake up. After washing your face, stand in the corridor."
In the end, Yao Wenjing didn't want to lose her temper with them. She had been teaching them for so long, and the feelings were all there.
"Xie Huai, I heard the class representative say that your composition was well written this time. Can you read it to everyone?" Yao Wenjing spoke slowly.
Xie Huai paused, thinking about it for hundreds of years but couldn't figure out when the Chinese class representative had read his composition.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he turned his head mechanically to his deskmate. Damn, his boyfriend sold him out
The main thing is that this person looks so innocent!
Yao Wenjing was still urging him, so Xie Huai had no choice but to bite the bullet, pick up the composition book, walk up to the podium, and open the first page.
topic…
Xie Huai closed his eyes and then opened them again, gritted his teeth and began to recite the first sentence: "My deskmate... is so handsome, really too handsome."
Yao Wenjing: “?”
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(End of this chapter)