When Jiang Lin came out of the shower, he found that the dream catcher was hung on the door frame of the master bedroom again. Ji Minglun was standing in front of the desk. When he saw him come in, he let him in and put a bracelet in his palm.
Jiang Lin looked at the bracelet and heard Ji Minglun say, "The lock broke some time ago. I sent it for repair. Can you tell?"
After carefully examining him for a moment, Jiang Lin said, "I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't mentioned it."
With his right hand on the edge of the table, Ji Minglun turned sideways and raised his left hand towards him: "I had been wearing it all the time, but it happened to break a week before you returned home. Otherwise, you would have seen me wearing it when you suddenly came to my house that morning."
Jiang Lin untied the bracelet, fastened it around Minglun's wrist from both sides, and said with a smile: "If you were wearing it at that time, maybe I would have told you then."
"What?" Ji Minglun asked him with his eyes lowered.
Jiang Lin felt embarrassed by being stared at, and turned his head to the side. His ears, which had turned red after taking a hot bath, were faintly visible among his hair. Ji Minglun stared at his profile, and his delicate skin was smooth and soft, which made people unable to help but move closer and kiss him on the cheek.
Jiang Lin gasped slightly and turned around somewhat at a loss. Then the light in front of his eyes was blocked. Ji Minglun's breath enveloped him. The back of his head was held by the man's palm, and he felt the touch of another pair of lips on his lips.
Jiang Lin closed his eyes, his heartbeat became faster and faster with Ji Minglun's invasion. Gradually, he became unsteady and needed to grab Ji Minglun's arms for strength.
Considering that his fever had not completely subsided, Ji Minglun only quenched his thirst a little before letting him go. He went to the bathroom to get a hair dryer to blow his hair. After drying his hair, he let him lie down first. When he came out of the shower, he found that he had sat up again, holding his phone and replying to messages.
After turning off the lights in the dormitory, Ji Minglun asked, "Who are you talking to so late?"
Jiang Lin held the phone with both hands and answered with a serious look: "Deng Feng."
Sitting down next to him, Ji Minglun propped up his pillow and looked at the phone screen after listening: "What did you say?"
"He asked me if I was still going to the store."
"How did you reject him before?"
When Jiang Lin mentioned the last time Deng Feng confessed to him, he just felt depressed. He didn't know how Deng Feng fell in love with him and even bought him the bracelet he wanted to give to Ji Minglun.
"I was so surprised when he came to me and told me about it. I didn't think too much about it at the time. Later, when I calmed down, I called him and explained everything to him."
"Did you tell him that the person he liked was me?"
"No," Jiang Lin shook his head, and leaned back as Ji Minglun supported his shoulders. Seeing Ji Minglun pull the quilt to his chest, he raised his arm to let Ji Minglun tuck the quilt in. "I don't think it's the right time yet, so I didn't say it."
Turning on the electronic thermometer on the bedside table, Ji Minglun pulled up the collar of his T-shirt and asked Jiang Lin to hold it under his armpit. He checked the time and then said, "Does he believe that you have someone you like?"
"I think he believed it. He didn't say anything else afterwards and he hasn't contacted me in the past few days."
After thinking for a moment, Ji Minglun said, "In fact, when I first arrived in Xi'an, I noticed that something was wrong with Deng Feng. Later, I asked him in person, but he denied it."
"You asked him? What did he say?"
"He said I was overthinking it." Ji Minglun leaned on the pillow and raised his hands and clasped them behind his head. "I guess he didn't want others to know so he kept it a secret."
Jiang Lin had not been with Deng Feng for a long time, so he had limited knowledge of Deng Feng. He asked, "Didn't Deng Feng know what happened in the swimming pool?"
Jiang Lin didn't see Deng Feng when he went there that day. Later, when he went to Deng Feng to clarify things, he didn't hear Deng Feng mention the swimming pool.
Ji Minglun said, "She probably doesn't know. I said some harsh words to Deng Yi that day, and she probably couldn't get over it, so she didn't mention it to Deng Feng."
Jiang Lin unlocked his phone screen and looked at the message from Deng Feng. Before he could figure out how to refuse, he heard Ji Minglun say, "Don't go to the store. You can't do anything with your hands anymore."
Jiang Lin's fingers were still red and swollen. He was not fit to work in the store anymore. He also couldn't face Deng Feng. It would be even more embarrassing if he ran into Deng Yi. He nodded and typed: [Sorry, I can't work in the store anymore]
After sending the message, Jiang Lin put his phone on silent mode and placed it on the bedside table. Then Ji Minglun reached out his hand, put it under his collar, and took out the thermometer to check.
"37.6," Ji Minglun frowned, "You've had a low-grade fever all day. Take another pill before going to bed. If you still have a low-grade fever tomorrow, I'll go to the hospital with you."
Jiang Lin didn't feel uncomfortable, but nodded obediently. He took the antipyretic medicine and lay down. Ji Minglun turned off the desk lamp, and the quilt made a rubbing noise behind him. Then he felt Ji Minglun's body pressing against him, lifting his head to rest on his arm, and the other arm was wrapped around his stomach.
Just as he fell into darkness and couldn't see anything clearly, the body temperature of the person next to him was warm and real. Jiang Lin relaxed his body and let himself fall into Ji Minglun's arms. After a while, he felt Ji Minglun's lips pressed against the corner of his eyes and did not move. He couldn't help laughing and opened his eyes to look at the person next to him.
The room had blackout curtains drawn, and he could only vaguely see Ji Minglun staring at him. The darkness concealed his shyness, but magnified his vulnerability and desire. He could not help it, so he turned over to face Ji Minglun and reached out to hug the man's waist.
The sound of the air conditioner was very slight, even less obvious than the sound of each other's breathing. It was unclear who took the initiative first, and the four lips were entangled together again. Ji Minglun held Jiang Lin's wrist, and the back of her hand was touched by Jiang Lin's fingers. He then released his wrist and entwined his fingers with Jiang Lin's. He kissed Jiang Lin until he ran out of breath and couldn't hide his presence somewhere, so he stopped.
With his forehead against Jiang Lin's, Ji Minglun panted and said, "You still have a fever."
Jiang Lin couldn't answer a single word, his face was so hot that it looked like smoking.
Just now, he took the initiative to approach Ji Minglun, but he didn't actually want to do that. He just wanted to hug Ji Minglun tighter and make this comfortable and private time last longer. But Ji Minglun misunderstood his meaning and thought he wanted to -
Before he could recover, Ji Minglun said, "You forgot to wash your **, what should you do tomorrow?"
"I'll be going home tomorrow." Jiang Lin started speaking, and found that his voice had become much hoarse. He cleared his throat, pushed Ji Minglun aside, and turned over to face the wall.
Ji Minglun came up from behind again, and the hand on his lower abdomen moved. He thought Ji Minglun was going to reach down, and he immediately became nervous. However, Ji Minglun just curled his fingers, and after a while he said: "If the fever goes down tomorrow, go out for a walk."
"Where are you going?"
"Go buy you two dozen new ones. You'll be changing them frequently later on, and too few won't be enough."
Pretending not to understand Ji Minglun's words, Jiang Lin hid his red face in the pillow and said nothing.
Thinking of his shy look now, Ji Minglun said happily, "Good night."
After a moment, Jiang Lin replied hoarsely, "Good night."
Although he had a date the next day, when he got up in the morning, Ji Minglun received a call from Shen Ran, asking him to help out.
The school basketball team had a practice match this afternoon. Ji Minglun has not been in good shape recently, so he took half a month off. The main player is Shen Ran, but this guy said that he accidentally slipped in the bathroom and twisted his waist last night. He still couldn't get up in the morning. He was afraid of being scolded by the coach, so he asked him for help.
When Ji Minglun called back, Jiang Lin had also woken up. She was hugging the quilt, with half of her face buried in the pillow, looking at him.
Being stared at by Jiang Lin with sleepy eyes, Ji Minglun couldn't think of what to say next. The person on the other end of the phone didn't wait for his answer, thinking that he disagreed, so he had to continue to beg him aggrievedly. However, he moved the phone away, sat down, leaned over, and kissed Jiang Lin on the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Lin smiled, raised his left hand to push him away, and he took the opportunity to bend down again and kissed her on the lips this time.
Covering her mouth to prevent him from kissing her again, Jiang Lin pretended to get up and whispered, "I'm going to brush my teeth."
Jiang Lin slipped down from the end of the bed. Ji Minglun stretched out his hand to grab him but missed. Seeing that Jiang Lin was walking out without even putting on his shoes, he picked up the slippers at his feet and followed him. He waited until Jiang Lin put on his shoes before he could think about answering the person on the other end of the phone.
"Okay," Ji Minglun agreed, "Tell the coach that I'll be there on time this afternoon."
"Thank you, senior!" Shen Ran breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone without saying any more nonsense. Jiang Lin squeezed out the toothpaste, looked at Ji Minglun in the big mirror and said, "Do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
"Yeah," Ji Minglun put his phone back into his trouser pocket and hugged his waist, "Shen Ran asked me to help him play a practice match. He twisted his waist and couldn't play because he was afraid of being scolded by the coach."
Jiang Lin nodded, and after he finished brushing his teeth, he said, "Shen Ran is a nice guy, and he took good care of me before. If you can help him, please do your best."
"Then we can only postpone our date to next time," Ji Minglun looked at Jiang Lin, "Aren't you disappointed?"
After twisting the towel to wash his face, Jiang Lin's eyes peeked out from between his fingers and he smiled, "I can go to the basketball hall with you and watch you play."
After making Jiang Lin stand up straight, Ji Minglun lowered his head and gave him a hot, moist kiss with the scent of lemon mint.
After lunch, the two went to the school gymnasium together. Although it was a practice match, there were more girls who came to cheer than the last time Ji Minglun was the main player. There were also several boxes of cheering drinks placed in the corner next to the venue, but Shen Ran's name was written on each box with a marker.
Looking at the pile of boxes, Ji Minglun thought that Shen Ran was feeling guilty, but he also felt that something was wrong. So many drinks would cost a lot of money, and Shen Ran's family was not wealthy, so he would not spend so much money for no reason.
A first-year student happened to pass by, and Ji Minglun stopped him and asked what was going on with the pile of boxes.
The junior student first covered his mouth and smiled, then pointed to the left stand. After Ji Minglun looked over, he said, "Senior, did you see that? Zhao Jiyu is here. He bought these for Senior Shen Ran."
The author has something to say: Are you in the head
Yesterday's chapter was updated in the morning but was locked in the evening. I don't know what caused it. I have applied for unlocking but it will take at least Tuesday for CP to process it. If you haven't read it, please be patient and wait. I'm really sorry...
In addition, this article will not have any secondary CP plots that will take up the main character's time, so you can rest assured.
I wish you all a happy new year. May all the misfortunes be left in 2022, and everything will be fine in 2023.