Jiang Chong raised his forehead and said helplessly, "Why do you think I'm homophobic?"
"After I said that night, I felt that you were a little scared." Xi Qin said.
Jiang Zhong thought, did I get scared? I was obviously pleasantly surprised!
"Hmm..." Jiang Zhong hesitated, "Sexual orientation is something that cannot be controlled. I respect every sexual orientation."
"That's good," Xi Qin smiled relievedly, "I was thinking, if you mind, I don't plan to go back to the dormitory in the future."
Having said that, Jiang Zhong suddenly thought of a question, if Deng Letian or Xiao Yuan minded that there were two gays in the dormitory, should he also move out
"Actually..." Jiang Zhong poured himself a glass of wine to strengthen his courage, took a deep breath and said slowly, "Actually, I also..."
"The next song is for today's birthday star—" Suddenly only Deng Letian's voice from the microphone remained in the private room, "Jiang Zhong!"
"Yo—" The rest of the people all looked at Jiang Zhong and booed.
At the same time, Deng Letian's song title appeared on the big screen, and a very familiar prelude came from the speaker. Deng Letian raised his eyebrows at Jiang Zhong with a cheerful look.
Jiang Zhong: "..."
I tm thank you!
The emotions that were finally brewing were disturbed by Deng Letian, and everyone in the private room was still paying attention to his actions, Jiang Zhong was embarrassed to say what he hadn't finished.
Jiang Zhong raised the glass of wine that had just been poured, Yao Yao clinked glasses with Deng Letian, and drank it all in one go.
Win a round of applause.
In the middle of the night, a group of people stopped. If the school dormitory had no access control time, Jiang Zhong suspected that they would still be able to sing for a few more hours.
Later, Jiang Zhong was tricked into drinking several glasses of wine, his head was a little swollen, and he woke up when he got out of the KTV and was blown by the cold wind.
Xi Qin followed him and supported him, coaxing: "You can't drink so much, don't drink indiscriminately when you go out."
"I'm fine." Jiang Zhong squinted his eyes and looked around, "Is this place close to where you live?"
"Yes." Xi Qin said, "Turn left within 500 meters."
"Ah, you have to turn right when you go back to school." Jiang Zhong said distressedly, "Then you go back, see you another day, don't hide from me anymore, I don't mind if you like boys or girls."
Xi Qin glanced at him and said, "But I want to live in the dormitory today."
"Really?" Jiang Zhong's eyes lit up, "Then let's go back together."
Xi Qin was amused by his appearance: "Well, let's go."
"Speaking of it," Jiang Zhong's footsteps were a little vain, and his voice was slightly nasal, "It's been so long, and we haven't been to where you live."
"I'll take you there next time." Xi Qin said.
Jiang Zhong was actually a little drunk. He rarely drank alcohol, and at most he only drank one or two glasses.
I can still stay awake in the cold wind blowing outside, but when I return to the warm dormitory, my head seems to be stuck with glue, and I don’t want to move at all when I sit on the chair.
Deng Letian drank more than him, and he had to be pulled by Xiao Yuan the whole way back to avoid falling into the lotus lake. At this time, he had already climbed into bed and was sound asleep.
Xiao Yuan felt better, he forced himself to wash himself up with sleepiness before going to bed.
Seeing Jiang Zhong sitting motionless on the chair for a long time, Xi Qin took the kettle out to fetch hot water, came back and twisted the towel and handed it to Jiang Zhong, and said softly, "Wash your face and go to bed."
Jiang Zhong turned his head and looked at him blankly.
"Then I'll wash it for you?" Xi Qin asked.
Xi Qin was about to cover Jiang Zhong's face with a towel when Jiang Zhong suddenly raised his hand and grabbed his wrist.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Jiang Zhong still didn't speak, Xi Qin said again: "After playing outside all day, it's best to wash it, don't move, I'll help you."
Jiang Zhong pulled Xi Qin's hand hard, swallowed: "Xi Qin, actually I..."
"Happy birthday to Jiang Zhong—" Deng Letian, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly yelled something in his sleep like a convulsion, then turned over and fell asleep again.
Jiang Zhong: "..."
Xi Qin: "..."
Jiang Zhong was startled awake now, grabbed the towel from Xi Qin's hand, and said guiltily, "I'll do it myself."
Deng Letian interrupted twice in a row when he summoned up the courage to come out, Jiang Zhong was really embarrassed to say it again.
He even wondered if this was arranged by fate. Deng Letian was so coincidentally stuck at the point where he was about to come out. Does it mean that the time is not ripe yet
Hey, let's choose an auspicious day next time.
The next day, all the members of the 412 dormitory slept until the sun was high before waking up.
Deng Letian rubbed his head and saw Xi Qin sitting on the chair when he got up, he was surprised: "Huh? Xi Qin, you are back, why are you here so early? It feels like you haven't returned to the dormitory for a long time."
It seems that he was completely broken last night.
In fact, Xi Qin didn't go back to the dormitory for too long this time, and sometimes he didn't come back for nearly a month during the first semester of his freshman year.
It's just that the relationship between him and Jiang Zhong is getting better and better this semester, and he spends more and more time in the dormitory. I'm used to seeing him in the dormitory for two or three days every week. It seems quite long.
"Yes, I've been a little busy recently." Xi Qin said politely.
"Busy about the live broadcast?" Deng Letian said excitedly, "You can do it, there are so many fans."
Xi Qin was a little surprised, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Jiang Zhong.
It is rare for Jiang Zhong to see Xi Qin showing a shocked expression, but he finds it very novel.
Before Deng Letian finished speaking, his tone changed: "But you are not righteous enough, you have been hiding it from us for so long, at least you are a roommate."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhong couldn't help but speak up for Xi Qin: "It can't be blamed on Xi Qin, we didn't ask about it before, he can't come back one day and say, 'Let me tell you, I'm an anchor and I have a lot of fans.'"
Jiang Zhong imitated Xi Qin's tone with a sullen face, which sounded very...begging for a fight.
"Pfft." Xi Qin was the first to laugh.
Deng Letian was originally joking, so he kept laughing.
Xi Qin cleared his throat after laughing, and returned to his cold and abstinent image in seconds: "I invite you to dinner tonight, as a celebration that I have many fans."
"Don't," Xiao Yuan said immediately, "Let's do it another day, the meal that Jiang Zhong invited last night is still sticking to his throat."
"Okay, then next Saturday." Xi Qin said.
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After Xi Qin came back this time, he spent more time in the dormitory every week. He only took three or four days a week to return to the rented house for live broadcasting, and spent the rest of the time going in and out with Jiang Zhong.
Later, he fixed the time of the live broadcast on weekends during the day, and returned to the dormitory after the live broadcast.
Every time Jiang Zhong sees him going back and forth, he feels tired and flustered. Now the weather is getting colder and colder. When Jiang Zhong has no classes, he just wants to stay in the dormitory, read books and play games.
On a Saturday night, when Xi Qin came back from outside and asked Jiang Zhong to go downstairs to have dinner with him, Jiang Zhong couldn't help asking him: "Can't you just live outside on weekends? Although your place is not far from the school, But it still takes a long time to walk to the dormitory, it’s so cold at night, be careful to catch a cold.”
"Fortunately, I'm not cold." Xi Qin said while picking up the coriander in Jiang Zhong's bowl, "Also, there is a problem with the heating in the house I rented. It's up and down. It's warmer in the bedroom."
"Well, it's more comfortable to come back and sleep." Jiang nodded emphatically.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Zhong's cell phone on the dining table lit up with a new message notification.
Xi Qin and Jiang Zhong sat face to face, and accidentally glanced at Jiang Zhong's mobile phone interface, only to see that the person who sent the message was Xu Shanshan, Jiang Zhong took the phone away and sent back the message.
Jiang Zhong replied to Xu Shanshan's message while eating, and his mobile phone kept beeping.
Every time it rang, Xi Qin felt even more sour.
When he finished eating and saw that Jiang Zhong hadn't finished chatting, Xi Qin took out a tissue to wipe the corners of his mouth, and pretended to ask casually, "Who are you chatting with for so long? The meal is getting cold."
Jiang Zhong swallowed the food in his mouth, and replied casually, "Xu Shanshan."
"Doesn't Xu Shanshan have a boyfriend?" Xi Qin asked knowingly.
"Yeah." Jiang Zhong took a look at Xi Qin and explained, "We are just talking about her boyfriend. She wants to buy a gift for her boyfriend and ask me what boys like."
"Oh." Xi Qin's heart stopped being sour, and then he felt weird again, "Why are you still on such a good relationship with her?"
Good enough to help Xu Shanshan's boyfriend choose a gift together.
"I practiced dancing in the same dance studio when I was a child. We have known each other for many years. Is it normal to have a good relationship?"
"No, I mean... didn't she like you in high school?"
Jiang Zhong looked at Xi Qin with wide eyes: "How do you know?"
Xi Qin confessed: "I accidentally heard her confess her love to you when I was in high school."
Jiang Zhong burst out laughing: "I know, that's why you always mistook her for my girlfriend?"
Xi Qin smiled awkwardly.
Jiang Chong seemed to have suddenly remembered something, put down his phone and looked at Xi Qin seriously: "Then didn't you hear how I rejected her later?"
"No," Xi Qin said, "I overheard it by accident. After she said she liked you, I left."
"That's a pity..." Jiang Zhong regretted.
If Xi Qin had continued to listen, he would have discovered that Jiang Zhong had already come out of the closet at that time.
Xi Qin: "Huh?"
Jiang Zhong: "...it's okay."
Jiang Zhong bowed his head and went back to Xu Shanshan's news.
Xi Qin found that Jiang Zhong didn't answer his question at all and didn't understand his question, so he changed his words: "If I were her, I liked you at first, but you rejected me, and I would never be able to talk to you calmly. Let's talk about the person I like now."
Jiang Zhong was startled when he heard Xi Qin say "I originally liked you".
After carefully distinguishing the content of the entire conversation, I realized what Xi Qin wanted to express. After understanding, the first thing I did was to look around to see if Deng Letian was there.
Xi Qin followed Jiang Zhong to look left and right suspiciously, and was about to ask him what he was looking for, when Jiang Zhong said with an inscrutable expression:
"Maybe Xu Shanshan later learned that I'm not suitable to be her boyfriend, but more suitable to be her 'best friend'."