Through The Strait Gates

Chapter 39: Fork in the road

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Regarding Dou Xun's sudden and abnormal behavior, Xu Xilin inexplicably remembered a bunch of strange rumors: a classmate who had a cat once said that their cat woke up every morning with a wicked look on her face, and stepped on her chest to look at it. Did she die.

Another guy on the school basketball team who loved to tell horror stories told him that a man raised a giant python, and for a while the snake would crawl over and lie beside the owner every day when he was lying down to sleep. The owner was pretty at first. , I later learned that the snake came to lie down every day to measure the master's size and judge whether he could eat him in one bite.

An ominous premonition jumped up in Xu Xilin's heart: "Why?"

Dou Xun lowered his head and sniffed between his neck. It is said that this kind of "ear and temple grinding" can promote the exchange of hormones between people. Xu Xilin was excited for a moment, thinking that Dou Xun had invented a new way of making trouble, and immediately put his elbows on the bed, planning to turn over to deal with it.

Dou Xun: "..."

The rhythm is wrong!

He paused for a moment, frowned, and quickly went through his complicated notes in his mind, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, and then remembered - to turn off the lights, it is said that lights can easily cause people to wake up and become nervous.

Dou Xun went back and turned off the light.

All of a sudden it was black and blazing, Dou Xun's back was tense, his palms were sweating a little, just like doing a big exam, he was meticulous and didn't jump for half a step. He secretly pinched his fingers, making sure that his hand was not shaking, and then gently placed it on the neckline of Xu Xilin's pajamas.

Even if Xu Xilin was sleepy at first, he would realize what he was trying to do. He was confused, and stretched out his hand to hold Dou Xun: "Bean stuffing."

Dou Xun touched the tools for committing crimes that had been in his trouser pocket for several days, made sure that he had read the manual completely, and recited "Be resolute" three times in his heart, then leaned over and kissed Xu Xilin's face.

Xu Xilin dodged slightly and frowned.

He also thought about these things when he was fourteen or fifteen years old. At that time, he was in the third year of junior high school. There were several boys in the class who secretly circulated that kind of pirated pornographic CDs, which cost three or five yuan a piece. , half of the class has been copied.

But after those days, it was much better, and there were too many things to distract him.

He did have some thoughts about Dou Xun a while ago, and instinctively wanted to lean over to hug and hug. Intimacy was one aspect, and the reason for wanting to see Dou Xun's frying hair was more fun.

But after the initial stimulus from the instability of the relationship passed, Dou Xun gradually became less funny, and Xu Xilin's impulse was correspondingly less.

The ambiguous intimacy between two people is a very comfortable way to get along. It is safe, stable, and also brings a lot of enjoyment. Xu Xilin knows what the next step is in his heart, but he is determined to maintain the status quo. , he faintly resisted.

Dou Xun was too impatient.

Xu Xilin couldn't tell where his resistance came from. He couldn't even tell whether the resistance was because he didn't want to go further, or he felt that the pace was too fast and something was wrong.

He has limited experience after all.

Dou Xun's patience was even more limited. He didn't wrestle with Xu Xilin, the road was blocked, and he immediately turned around.

Dou Xun pressed Xu Xilin's other hand sideways, and involuntarily used the other hand to get into Xu Xilin's clothes. The darkness magnifies people's senses infinitely. When he touched Xu Xilin's rib, Xu Xilin suddenly wriggled silently, his abdominal muscles tightened, and Dou Xun attached his warm palm there, facing Xu Xilin. ear said, "I like you."

Dou Xun never put good words on his lips. When he said this sentence, his tongue was a little knotted, his tone was like reciting a text, and there was an indescribable rigidity.

Without waiting for Xu Xilin to react, Dou Xun was dissatisfied at first, and he said it again on his own. Like a parrot downstairs, Dou Xun repeated this line four or five times, and it was smoother after saying it twice. , when it comes to the third time, "lines" are not "lines".

Dou Xun's sluggish feelings rushed to the boiling point slowly, and suddenly became violent without warning.

He no longer had to repeat those dogmatic notes in his mind. Everything seemed to have become his instinct. Dou Xun felt an empty hunger in his heart, and he really wanted to bite Xu Xilin with his teeth.

While trying to restrain himself, he couldn't help but stick to Xu Xilin's body. No matter how tight it was, he felt dissatisfied and was always a little short.

After saying the same thing for several times, Dou Xun's mouth betrayed the brain's command first, changed the script on his own, and blurted out in Xu Xilin's ear: "I love you, I will love you all my life."

Dogs can only live to their teens.

Grey parrots have a lifespan of fifty or sixty years.

Parents can't be with you forever.

"I will love you all my life."

This sentence seems to have two lightning bolts passing through Xu Xilin's eardrums, the earth-shattering one is "a lifetime", and the small aftershock is "love", which swept through Xu Xilin together, making it difficult for his only remaining reason to be heard. The young man's body was no longer restrained, and Xu Xilin's hand on Dou Xun suddenly loosened.

Dou Xun had been coveting for a long time, and without hesitation, he immediately pulled and tugged his shirt off. When practicing the theory he had prepared for a long time, he followed his instinct and bit on the side of Xu Xilin's neck, feeling the carotid artery. Violent vibration, suddenly flushed with excitement.

The result... Theory is of course always correct and organized, and reality is always in a hurry.

Xu Xilin was unprepared, and Dou Xun was a stupefied young man who had the courage to try and often failed.

So the next day, Dou Xun, who was "failed in the experimental class", walked around Xu Xilin all day without fighting back and scolding. Take care of him.

When I went to give a lecture in the afternoon, Xu Xilin stood there for three full hours, really too lazy to speak, so he paid for a set of exercises for the first year of senior high school and let the bear students play and cheat at will. Military training practice standing military posture in advance.

Dou Xun took enough advantage, and went back to his house to be honest for two days. After that, he perfectly displayed his spirit of getting stronger and stronger. On the third day, while grandma was asleep, he sneaked in. Xu Xilin was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he stayed by the side obediently, not even daring to touch the dim bedside lamp while reading.

Later, Xu Xilin couldn't stand it any longer, so he opened his mouth and said to him a sentence from the past few days: "Be careful with your eyes."

Dou Xun gave a calm "um" on the surface, covered his face with a book, and the corners of his mouth kept turning upwards.

He thought that he had been forgiven, and he quickly made progress. After a while, he began to move his feet... Then he was pushed over by the unbearable Xu Xilin and beat his ass.

Dou Xun ran away angrily. This fragile psychological quality made him unable to succeed again in the summer vacation. He remembered that he was going crazy.

But in general, although there are constant frictions between Xu Xilin and Dou Xun, and they are either literary or martial, they are still relatively harmonious—this is mainly reflected in the fact that although the two often bicker and quarrel, they never fight coldly. Five minutes later, they reconciled automatically, and Grandma Xu was not surprised.

The "summer vacation class" has a beginning and an end. Xu Xilin took a total of 4,500, and the extra 300 was a parent who thanked him for curing his baby's shaking legs and stuffed him with a red envelope.

Xu Xilin raised 500 and got it into the card of the "Homecoming Project", then took out 2,000 and 1,000 for their new part-time auntie, and asked her to come and cook three meals a day for her grandmother. There is also a coin purse of 1,000 yuan in the entrance, which is used as pocket money for his filial piety to his grandmother. For living expenses, he uses "home money". It is not an extra expense that he has made at his own discretion, and he does not need to take care of it.

With the remaining money, Xu Xilin bought a new set of protective gear for Dou Xun, and then kept some for himself, planning to do something else.

When it came to the start of the school report, Xu Xilin had no expectations for college life. He took a piece of paper and sat in the living room.

They all say, "When my parents are here, I won't travel far." When Xu Jin was there, Xu Xilin never wanted to go anywhere. When he was in junior high school, he participated in a summer camp and had to go abroad for more than a month. Auntie Du was so worried that she burst into tears and unpacked her luggage. , After unpacking it, he nibbled at potato chips beside him without heart, and laughed at Aunt Du as a housewife who had never seen the world.

Well now, the feng shui took turns, and it was replaced by his own luggage that he could not take care of, and began to worry endlessly.

I've never heard of "broken heart" and "broken heart". After all, in addition to "sad" that can make people "broken", there is only "broken heart".

Xu Xilin stared blankly at the blank paper, while Dou Xun stared at him.

This summer, Dou Xun lived like a dream. Although he wanted to be dissatisfied, he was also a little reluctant to think about it. The thought of going back to study was as painful as if he wanted to punish him. He was deeply dissatisfied with Xu Xilin's inability to go to the same school with him , the dissatisfaction now has specific content, and it has become more and more substantial resentment.

Dou Xun's whole body felt a low air pressure, and he didn't hear Xu Xilin's words to him.

Xu Xilin rounded up the scribbled notes into a ball and smashed Dou Xun on the forehead: "What about you, is it reliable?"

The grey parrot babbled and learned on the shelf: "Reliable or not!"

After being trained by people, Dou Xun was speechless.

"I can't come back to the military training," Xu Xilin said with a frown, "Oh, I should have enrolled in a school with a lot of girls. I heard that their general military training is relatively loose-maybe you have to help me make two more trips. I really can't worry about the old lady at home alone."

"Okay." Dou Xun wouldn't say "don't worry" or something nice but useless. After he agreed, he listed the rules and commitments in a realistic way, "I'll definitely be there on weekends, and try to be there every day, but I can't. Try to come back the next day."

Xu Xilin nodded silently. With Dou Xun around, he could relax a little, and couldn't help but raised his hand and touched the grey parrot's head.

Grey parrots are used to staying in their house, they are starting to recognize their family members, and gradually they can accept the fact that there are stinky men here, and they have learned to live together peacefully with contempt. This bird is actively learning to talk recently, and part of it is heard from everywhere. , part of it was taught by Grandma Xu, and it is a South-North accent.

The old man is lonely, and it happens that the parrot is a chatter. Sometimes the two of them can chat all afternoon.

The grey parrot rubbed on Xu Xilin's hand reservedly, spread its wings and flew back to its own shelf, raised its head high, and declared that it was just benevolence with bird language and gestures.

Xu Xilin pinched his brows and said, "It's so annoying—then you can make do with it for a month, and when I can go out of school, let's work shifts and take turns to go home and take a look, okay?"

When Dou Xun heard it, what kind of bad idea, didn't those two people have to be staggered all the time

He immediately refused: "No."

Then Dou Xun, who had just learned to talk a little bit, said with a high-sounding voice: "I have adjusted my classes to around noon. Except for Thursday morning, there is one session, and I can come back at other times. It's a big deal on Thursday morning. Yes, it's alright."

After Xu Xilin listened to it, he rarely understood Dou Xun's careful attention. He was moved and underestimated the enemy for a while, which really made Dou Xun's words fooled - thinking that he was willing to run like this for Grandma Xu.

Xu Xilin thought, in fact, Dou Xian'er lived with their family for less than a semester, and then the Xu family had accidents one after another. Instead of saying that Dou Xun was taken care of by the Xu family, it would be better to say that he has been helping silently. Dou Xun treats them It is really benevolent and righteous, and there is nothing to choose from, so I will rush to this. His stinky clothes and dog temper are all small points.

Xu Xilin even thought that even if something happened to their relationship in the future, they would still be good brothers with broken bones and tendons.

"I'll think of ways to do these things slowly, so I can't waste your time too much." Xu Xilin said, "It's really not possible, you can consider renting a house near the school, pick up your grandma, and usually run less, and we'll go home after the holiday."

He said, fell back on the sofa, thought about it a lot, and finally said: "I will be fine when I graduate. After graduation, I will have income, free time, and she can spend money to be happy... I used to talk to me. My mother said that I will study all the way to fifty-nine, and I will retire after one year of class. Now... I really wish I would graduate tomorrow."

Dou Xun dreamed of being tired of being with him day and night. He remembered one thing and said casually, "Me too, our class counselor always advises me to start preparing for GRE as soon as possible, so I don't want to go abroad."

In the basic subjects of good schools, there are few people who have graduated directly from the undergraduate degree - usually they can't find any particularly ideal jobs, unless they are dissatisfied with the major and want to change careers and family conditions are not allowed, otherwise most people start from the day they enter the school. There are numbers, knowing that they will pursue higher education in the future. Everyone wants to go to the top. Master’s and doctoral degrees should definitely be better than undergraduate schools, or at least comparable. The general focus will be on the famous schools, and the famous schools will yearn for a wider choice in the world.

With Dou Xun's grades and foreign language proficiency, it is very natural to go abroad to study for a master's and doctoral degree.

His speaker was unintentional, while Xu Xilin's listener was intentional, stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why don't you go abroad?"

Dou Xun glanced at Xu Xilin with the expression "you know why you asked": "you don't come with me."

In less than a month of military training, I can worry about losing two hairs, and it is impossible to stay abroad for several years.

Xu Xilin: "..."

Xu Xilin wanted to tell Dou Xun that "the rest are all adjustments, the future is not a joke", but when he saw Dou Xun's natural face, he knew that it was nothing to say.

Dou Xun is too smart, and he never suffered any setbacks in the process of studying. Over time, he has a kind of arrogance in him - "I can do whatever I want, I can do whatever I want, and I don't have to plan around like you mortals."

Xu Xilin said tentatively, "I'll be back in a few years. I guess you can still apply for a scholarship to take advantage of foreign devils. If you don't go, you won't go for nothing."

Don't say "a few years", Dou Xun didn't even think about "a few days", he categorically rejected: "I don't."

The grey parrot coaxed: "I'm no no no!"

Besides, he was in a hurry again, Xu Xilin didn't mention this matter verbally, but a hidden worry arose in his heart.

This guy Dou Xun was born in ancient times, maybe he has the aptitude to be an arrogant and arrogant king who wants to do whatever he wants.

Many things are too much, Xu Xilin thought: "Should it be cold?"