Chu Mian's arms were a little numb, he turned his face to the wide road and said in a low voice, "Come down, I'm going to let go."
Yu Ran nodded in agreement, his legs stretched straight and naturally slipped off Chu Mian's body, almost squatting on the ground. He immediately stood up straight again, put on his coat slowly, the sleeves couldn't get in, so Chu Mian had no choice but to help him.
The two were still very close, Chu Mian wanted to take a step back, but he found that the scarf was caught by Yu Ran.
Yu Ran clumsily unbuttoned Chu Mian's scarf, then picked up half of it, and wrapped it round and round around his neck.
Now he was not cold anymore, and he still gave Chu Mian a satisfied look.
Their necks were tied by the scarf, and no one could take two steps away. Chu Mian didn't want to face him face to face, so she could only keep looking away, trying to keep an expression as nonchalant as possible.
Yu Ran put his arms around Chu Mian's shoulders and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home."
"No need." Chu Mian quietly held Yu Ran by the back of the collar, allowing more distance between the two of them. After hesitating, he said, "Let me take you home, it's not safe for you to go like this now."
He gently held Yu Ran's arm, walked to the side of the road to take a taxi.
Sitting on the rental car, Yu Ran could still tell his home address accurately, but with some lengthy prefixes: "301, Building 12, Yuejin Community, Queming Road, Jiangdong District, Ronggang City, China, Solar System Global Village."
The driver let out a "huh" immediately after hearing this: "Where did you come from, young man?"
Yu Ran tilted his body and leaned on Chu Mian's shoulder, thinking: "I came from my mother's belly..."
After finishing speaking, he raised his face and asked Chu Mian, "Do you want to drink milk?"
Chu Mian looked at him suspiciously, then Yu Ran unzipped his coat, and reached in to fiddle with it. Chu Mian felt something was wrong, pressed Yu Ran's wrist, and warned him in a low voice, "Don't take off your clothes."
Yu Ran ignored it, stretched out his arm, holding a bottle of AD calcium milk in his hand, and said, "I bought it for you at noon, but I forgot to give it to you after the exam."
He stuffed it into Chu Mian's palm, "Come on, add calcium, let you grow taller quickly."
After a while, Yu Ran fumbled in his pocket again, found a pack of Skittles and put it on Chu Mian's lap, "I ate both the green and orange ones, and now they are all the colors you like."
Chu Mian was a little surprised and put away the sugar.
Along the way, Yu Ran rummaged through all his pockets, and as long as he found candy, he would give it to Chu Mian, and while returning it, he said, "Eating candy can make you stupid, let me cast a magic on you to become stupid."
Chu Mian looked at him quietly all the time, and didn't refute anything.
Arriving at the neighborhood where Yu Ran lived, Chu Mian checked out and dragged him out of the car and walked in, stopped under the building, and asked, "Can you go up by yourself?"
Yu Ran nodded, "Then where are you going?"
"I'm going back to my house."
Looking up at the residential building, Yu Ran suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Yu Jin!"
The bright windows on the third floor were quickly pulled open, and the boy in pajamas looked down, "You're back!"
Yu Ran raised his arms high above his head, "Pull me up quickly!"
Yu Jin didn't understand the meaning of his brother's action, but he still put on his shoes and obediently went downstairs. Seeing a boy in front of him, Yu Jin took the initiative to say hello and asked, "Are you my brother's classmate?"
Chu Mian nodded, nudged Yu Ran on the back, and told Yu Jin, "Your brother went out with us and drank some wine, take him back to wash his face."
Just as Yu Jin was about to agree, his gaze was fixed on the scarves the two of them were wearing together in front of them.
Chu Mian noticed the change in his expression, and then remembered that he forgot to pick the half of Yu Ran. But when he turned his head and saw that half of Yu Ran's face was buried in the black wool to keep warm, Chu Mian simply said to Yu Jin, "Let's help him up."
"No need." Yu Ran said, and strode forward directly.
Chu Mian's neck was pulled by the scarf, and she hurriedly followed him.
Li Guirong is not at home tonight, only Yu Jin is waiting for his brother to come back. The three of them entered the bedroom, and without thinking, Yu Ran approached the bed and sat down.
Chu Mian briefly glanced around. The room was not big, and it had to accommodate two boys to sleep together. The things were piled up messily, and the walls were covered with animation character posters, making it a bit crowded.
He stretched his hands towards Yu Ran's neck, trying to take off his own half of the scarf, but Yu Ran stared at his movements, suddenly clutched the scarf tightly, and lay down on his back. Chu Mian didn't want to be strangled, so she could only kneel on the bed.
Yu Jin was leaning over to spread the quilt beside him, when he turned his face and saw that his brother was about to be overwhelmed by the boy, he hurriedly covered his eyes, his lips trembling: "Hey, hey, hey, it's not suitable for children!"
Chu Mian's cheeks were hot, he didn't look into Yu Ran's eyes, but he knew that Yu Ran was looking directly at him, so the movements of his hands became more cramped. After finally taking off Yu Ran's scarf, his hand was held by the other party again.
Yu Ran's voice patiently slowed down: "Chu Mian, you have to be careful on the road and protect yourself."
Chu Mian gave a perfunctory "hmm", and just wanted to leave quickly.
But Yu Ran didn't let him go, and went to grab the black scarf again, saying, "Chu Mian, Chinese New Year is almost here, and the chicken will be slaughtered on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so don't be killed by mistake!"
Chu Mian tried to meet Yu Ran's gaze, but within two seconds he hastily averted his gaze.
He quickly took off the scarf around his neck and put it on Yu Ran's chest, and then he regained his freedom.
"I'm going back, you should go to bed early." Chu Mian said a polite farewell in a low voice, and hurried away from Yu Ran who was on the bed. Before leaving, he glanced at Yu Jin, and found that the boy was huddled beside the bed, watching them through the gap between his fingers.
"Goodbye, brother!" Yu Jin waved his hand, "Come and play when you have time!"
Although this was the first time seeing Yu Jin, Chu Mian felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Then he remembered that he had already known this boy through Yu Ran's composition before. Different from Yu Ran's fictional image, the younger brother is not only very polite, but also has a lot of hair.
Chu Mian chuckled at him, "Goodbye."
As soon as Chu Mian left, Yu Jin crawled to his brother's side and shook him worriedly, "Brother, are you okay? Have you been drugged?"
Yu Ran was irritated by his dangling, and shook off his hand and said: "Go away and stay."
The tone was not as gentle as when he spoke to his classmates just now, Yu Jin snorted coldly, and took the opportunity to kick his brother a few times.
Yu Ran held Chu Mian's scarf in his arms, and soon unconsciously covered it over his face, smelling the faint fragrance. It smelled the same as Chu Mian's neck, but it was not as warm as Chu Mian's.
Yu Ran sat up unconsciously, and carefully folded the scarf to prevent it from being wrinkled.
After a while, he asked Yu Jin, "Where's Chu Mian?"
"I left early."
Yu Ran's brain processed the information of this sentence slowly, and his mood was depressed for a few minutes, but soon, he was attracted by other things.
He stared at the bulge between his legs and murmured suspiciously, "What's the dick thing in there?"
After speaking, he picked it up curiously.
Before Yu Jin could stop him, he heard Yu Ran's heart-piercing howl.
"Brother!" Yu Jin empathized, grinning and supporting Yu Ran, seeing a layer of cold sweat seep out of his forehead soon.
"Fuck." Yu Ran woke up in an instant, and quickly lowered his head to confirm, "I was scared to death, but I'm still here..."
"I was scared to death too! You almost became my sister!"
Yu Ran felt his throat was dry as if it had been burned, so he went out and poured himself a large glass of water. When he went back to the room, he casually said "I haven't done my homework yet", but Yu Jin told me that it was winter vacation.
Yu Ran happily lay down to rest, and after only a few seconds of happiness, he suddenly remembered that there was going to be a scary parent meeting next. It is conservatively estimated that he can only take the test this time in the bottom three of the class.
In order to have a stable and good year for himself, Yu Ran actively shared the housework for Li Guirong in the next few days, and even pretended to read a book under her nose, hoping that his mother would come back after the parent-teacher meeting and scold him not to be too harsh.
Surprisingly, the report card came back better than expected, Chinese and mathematics improved a bit, and geography even helped him pull the average score to pass.
Thanks to Chu Mian for highlighting the key points of the notes before the exam... Yu Ran is very clear about the reason for his improvement in grades. He couldn't wait to call Chu Mian, wanting to share the good news.
Called twice and no one answered, but Chu Mian sent a text message: "Wait a minute."
"Okay~"
After receiving the reply, Chu Mian on the other end of the phone immediately hid the phone under the pillow behind her back, then sat upright and continued to listen to her mother on the other side of the sofa.
"Although the score has increased, the ranking has dropped from seventh to twelfth in the district. Chu Mian, have your physical problems become more serious recently?" Ye Zhihan raised her head and stared at the boy with those deep blue eyes.
Chu Mian said: "It's okay, I just made a mistake in writing the question myself, and I won't make another mistake next time."
Ye Zhihan nodded with a smile, and put the report card aside, "If you are not satisfied with any aspect of the school, feel free to mention it to the teacher. Your own health is the most important thing. Don't be too shy, understand?"
"The school is very good." Chu Mian didn't look at her, "The teachers and classmates are also very kind to me."
"Then I'm relieved." Ye Zhihan smiled.
The mother and son then had nothing to talk about, the living room was silent for a moment, Ye Zhihan handed the bag to his assistant, and said condescendingly: "Chu Mian, pack your bags tonight, and leave on time at ten o'clock tomorrow."
Only then did Chu Mian look directly at her face, "Aunt has already vacated the guest room for you."
"Yeah." Ye Zhihan kept smiling, "But the hotel service is better."
Chu Mian watched her and her assistant go out. From the beginning to the end, her mother was as elegant as ever, even in front of his son, she did not slacken at all, and she was too expensive to get close to.
He got used to it, didn't react much, turned around and picked up his phone to call Yu Ran back.
Yu Ran excitedly told him that his final grades had improved, that he answered all the important points in his notes correctly, and that he was spared his mother's beating and scolding. Chu Mian couldn't help but feel lucky for him.
"By the way, your scarf is still with me. Someday we will go out to play and give it to you."
"Just put it aside, I'm going to grandma's house tomorrow, and I won't be back until after the Chinese New Year."
"is it far?"
"Well, in Shanghai." Chu Mian said.
His mother is of Chinese-Swiss mixed race, and his father is from the north, so every winter vacation he has to follow him back and forth.
Yu Ran is holding the phone, with the scarf under his palm. He stroked the wool pattern on it, and said again: "Chu Mian, there is something I forgot to mention, you were really handsome singing in the KTV that day."
Suddenly being praised, Chu Mian just smiled lightly: "You seem to have said that the other day."
Although it is said that he has plastic surgery.
Yu Ran recalled the scene at that time, and his chest gradually seemed to be poured with warm water, "Really, I was stunned at the time! Even the sidelight is you."
The corners of Chu Mian's lips were curled up, but when she heard "You are all in the bladder", she immediately turned cold, and said, "It's okay, I'm going to hang up, I have to pack my luggage."
"Hmm. Wait a minute, what's the name of the song?"
"'U Make Me Wanna'," Chu Mian told him, "by the Blue Band."
Yu Ran imitated Chu Mian's pronunciation and repeated it, and then tried to translate into Chinese: "You made me bend?"
Chu Mian only sneered at first, but soon the corners of her mouth became a little stiff. He understood that Yu Ran was just talking nonsense, but after thinking about the meaning, his heart suddenly dropped half a cent, and the roots of his ears gradually became hot.
He realized some kind of bad omen, he forgot to say "bye", and hung up Yu Ran's phone first.