Ji Minglun stared at his face and asked instead of answering: "Since you didn't come back to find me impulsively, did you consider other obstacles before coming back?"
Jiang Lin hesitated a little: "Are you talking about your parents and my dad?"
"Um."
"I've thought about it," Jiang Lin leaned back in his chair and frowned slightly, "but I'm not sure now."
"Are you not sure you can convince them?" Ji Minglun asked.
Jiang Lin nodded. He had thought about this for a long time after he realized that he liked Ji Minglun and didn't want to give up. After all, if he really had a chance to be with Ji Minglun again, they would have to face the issue of each other's parents.
At that time, he didn't know what Ji Minglun was thinking before he confessed to him, but Ji Minglun was not the type to act without thinking, so he should have considered these things. With this understanding, even though he never figured out how to deal with it later, he had some idea in his mind and was not completely at a loss.
"Actually, I'm not absolutely sure," Ji Minglun smiled, and when Jiang Lin looked at him, he added, "But I don't think this is a problem."
Reaching out and holding Jiang Lin's hand on the table, Ji Minglun stroked his warm fingertips: "We will both graduate next year. It's not like we don't have savings or can't make money. If you want to be honest with them, then we can be honest. If you don't want to be affected by this kind of thing for the time being, then don't say it for now."
"Anyway, we've had a good relationship since we were young. You often stay at my house and I often sleep at your place. They won't think anything wrong."
"If you hadn't been lying in my bed with nothing on this morning, I wouldn't have worried about my mom coming in and seeing you." Although they were talking about serious things, Ji Minglun wanted to be casual to ease the atmosphere. As expected, Jiang Lin pulled his hand back and said, "Don't mention the morning."
"Why don't you mention it?" Ji Minglun pulled the chair under him closer to him, turned him around, clamped his legs with his own, and held his shoulders and said, "You want to deny your debt after sleeping with me?"
I didn't expect Ji Minglun to say it so directly. When being stared at by those evil eyes, Jiang Lin's mind was full of indescribable scenes from last night. He couldn't help but be distracted and retorted: "Who is sleeping with whom?"
Ji Minglun was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Lin reacted immediately after he finished speaking. Before he could put on a stern face and change the subject again, Ji Minglun suddenly moved closer to him, and stopped only when his lips were almost touching his.
Jiang Lin held his breath, and in just a moment, his heartbeat went straight to the depths of his mind.
Ji Minglun's breath brushed his lips. Due to the close distance, he couldn't see Ji Minglun's face clearly. He only heard the man say in an ambiguous tone: "Jiang Lin, so you want to sleep with me?"
Jiang Lin's ears were so hot that they were about to burst. He raised his hand to push Ji Minglun away, but he was grabbed by the wrist first. His palm was pressed against the man's sturdy chest. Through a thin layer of cloth, he remembered the feeling of touching the chest directly last night without any obstruction.
Sweaty, slippery, moderately soft and hard muscles, scorching heat...
What is he thinking about.
Before he could put aside these messy thoughts, Ji Minglun had already kissed him.
The breath he held was interrupted, just like a shaky gate finally being washed away by a flood. Jiang Lin was pressed on the chair, and the kiss made him weak all over. The sore spot on the back of his waist became uncomfortable because of the wrong posture. Soon he couldn't hold on any longer, and hooked his arm around Ji Minglun's neck for support, and said vaguely between his breaths: "Stop, my waist hurts."
Ji Minglun released his lips, and reached behind him to touch his lumbar spine: "Here?"
Jiang Lin rested his forehead on Ji Minglun's shoulder and said, "Well, stop pressing."
"Eat the noodles first," Ji Minglun let go of him and got up to get his phone. "I'll buy some medicine and give you a massage later."
"You want to go downstairs?" Jiang Lin followed him with his eyes. Ji Minglun took his phone and came back. He continued to sit next to him, handed him the chopsticks and said, "I'm not going downstairs. Just place the order and have the rider bring it up."
Jiang Lin took the chopsticks, took his phone and put it aside: "Eat the noodles first and then do it."
Ji Minglun raised the corner of his mouth and leaned closer: "Then feed me."
The man opened his mouth as he finished speaking. Jiang Lin glanced at him, picked up a piece of noodles with the bowl and put it close to his mouth. After he finished it, he continued to feed him the second bite. Then he took the bowl and fed Jiang Lin his turn.
By the time both of their bowls were finally empty, Cheese under the table was already lying on the edge of the table leg, yawning listlessly.
Ji Minglun placed an order for the necessary medicines, cleared the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them. Jiang Lin bent down to hold Cheese, but when he stretched out his hand, he remembered that he was not wearing gloves, so he took them and put them on, then sat on the sofa and watched TV while holding Cheese.
The weather was fine when Ji Minglun got up this morning, but it had turned cloudy when he woke up just now. Now the clouds outside were getting thicker and thicker, and the TV news was reminding people of the time when the typhoon would land and its impact on the coast.
Jiang Lin moved Cheese's head away from his pajamas and said to the people in the kitchen, "I want to go back this afternoon."
"Why are you going back?" Ji Minglun turned around and asked him, "Stay at my place for the next few days."
"I didn't take the computer and other things. I still need them."
Ji Minglun looked at the sky outside and said, "Then we should go early and come back early, and then go to the supermarket to buy some things to stock up."
Jiang Lin got up and went to the balcony. He put his own clothes in and changed into them. Ji Minglun also came in. Seeing that he was already dressed, Ji Minglun came over and hugged his waist, buried his face behind his ear and sniffed, and when he was so itchy that he wanted to laugh, he pinched his chin and kissed him.
Cheese was right at their feet, looking up at them hugging and kissing each other. Not sure if he understood what they were saying or not, but he straightened up and barked at them, then circled around their feet again.
Jiang Lin was awakened by Cheese's cry, and he hid from Ji Minglun and refused to kiss him. Ji Minglun hugged him and sighed, and said to his warm and soft earlobe: "You have to get used to letting it eat dog food, otherwise I will be hungry."
Ignoring Ji Minglun's nonsense, Jiang Lin pulled his arm away from his waist and said, "Let's get out of here."
After the driver brought the medicine up, Ji Minglun rubbed Jiang Lin's waist for a while and then went downstairs together. While in the elevator, Ji Minglun's cell phone rang. He picked up the call and asked directly, "What's the matter?"
The person on the other end of the phone said, "I have a package that needs to be signed for in person and is in the freezer. Are you home now? Can you sign for it for me?"
"Where is the courier?" Ji Minglun asked.
"It's at the express locker at the entrance of the community," Su Yan said, "If it's convenient for you, just go over and tell me my phone number and you can pick it up."
"Okay." Ji Minglun agreed straightforwardly. After hanging up the phone, he turned around and saw that there was something in Jiang Lin's eyes.
Putting the phone back into his trouser pocket, Ji Minglun took Jiang Lin's hand while there was no one in the elevator and said, "It's Su Yan, the neighbor across the street. He went on a business trip to Wuyi Mountain and was not at home. He asked me to pick up the express for him."
That day at the swimming pool of Fantawild Park, Jiang Lin and Su Yan met each other. Although her mind was on Ji Minglun at the time, Jiang Lin still remembered the handsome boy.
Thinking back to when he had just returned, Su Yan had sat in Ji Minglun's passenger seat. Not only did they look intimate, but they also went in and out together. Even though he knew they were not in that kind of relationship, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Ji Minglun approached him and said, "Su Yan has a boyfriend. The house opposite me is owned by his boyfriend Ji Gan. They went on the business trip to Wuyi Mountain together this time."
Jiang Lin stared at the decreasing number on the floor panel: "When did you meet him?"
"A few months ago," Ji Minglun said, "I helped him to chase his boyfriend. You don't know, Su Yan is quite good at chasing people, and his personality is quite proactive."
Jiang Lin glanced at Ji Minglun, and seeing the way he was smiling when he praised others, he couldn't help but pull his hand back and said, "If you admire him so much, why didn't you consider pursuing him when he was single?"
Ji Minglun liked to see Jiang Lin caring about him without realizing it, so he leaned over and coaxed her, "I can't pursue you. I've been secretly in love with you for so many years, how can I accept someone else?"
Holding Jiang Lin's hand again, Ji Minglun pinched his fingertips, and waited until he turned to look at him before saying, "Even in the year since you dumped me, I haven't touched anyone else."
Jiang Lin looked at Ji Minglun, and the emotions in his eyes gradually softened. Just when Ji Minglun felt that he wanted to speak, the elevator door opened with a "ding" sound, and a grandmother who lived on the 5th floor came in.
Jiang Lin withdrew his hand and looked aside awkwardly. His grandmother had poor eyesight and did not see them holding hands. She just smiled and nodded at them.
The two of them stood on one side and waited until they reached the first floor. Jiang Lin wanted to follow Ji Minglun to pick up the package, but Ji Minglun stuffed the car keys into his hand and whispered in his ear, "You haven't finished yet, walk less and wait for me in the car."
Jiang Lin had not recovered from what he had just said until the elevator door closed again. However, his body's reaction was always more honest and sharper than his brain. He covered his red ears, slowly walked to Ji Minglun's car, and sat in the driver's seat.
Ji Minglun took the package as quickly as possible and put it in Su Yan's refrigerator. When he arrived at the basement, he found that Jiang Lin had already started the car. He walked to the driver's door and asked, "Are you driving?"
"Well," Jiang Lin unlocked the passenger door and nodded with his chin, "Come in."
Seeing Jiang Lin's thoughts, Ji Minglun didn't point it out, just smiled and sat in the passenger seat. On the way there, he reminded Jiang Lin to go to the hardware store to buy a fuse, and after returning, he would first replace the fuse in the kitchen, and then help Jiang Lin pack the things he needed.
Looking at the English reference book still spread out on the table, Ji Minglun asked, "When does your school start?"
Jiang Lin was taking out some clothes from the cupboard. Hearing this, he paused and said with his eyelashes down, "About half a month left."
Ji Minglun didn't say anything else. The atmosphere in the room was much more depressing than before. Jiang Lin packed up his clothes and wanted to squat down to get the gun, but someone pulled his arm from behind. Ji Minglun said, "I'll do it."
He watched Ji Minglun open the drawer where he kept his underwear and started to choose. The scene of this man taking off his underwear last night suddenly came back to him. He looked away uncomfortably. After Ji Minglun finished choosing, he came to his senses, put the underwear back, looked up at him and said, "I bought you half a dozen new ones yesterday, don't take these."
He also remembered that he had bought new ones yesterday, so he nodded and watched Ji Minglun close the drawer. He stood up and hugged him: "How are you going to leave then? Are you going to Beijing or Shanghai for a transfer?"
There are no direct flights from Xiamen to Los Angeles. The last time Jiang Lin went there, he went to Shanghai for a transfer. He didn't answer, so Ji Minglun said, "I'll take you there when the time comes."
I thought Ji Minglun was talking about sending him to the transfer place, but I didn't expect Ji Minglun to continue: "By the way, let's go to see your school."
Jiang Lin turned around and said, "You will be too tired. Besides, my school is about to start, and yours will also start soon."
"What's so tiring about this?" Ji Minglun smiled, raised his left hand and gently pinched the tip of his nose. "I can take a two-week leave and accompany you there then."
There are basically no important courses in the second year of graduate school, so it is not difficult for Ji Minglun to ask for leave. Jiang Lin thought about it for a moment and couldn't help but said, "Okay."
He also wanted to spend more time with Ji Minglun and didn't want to face a year of separation right after they started.
Ji Minglun bent down and kissed his lips. This time, without Cheese to disturb him, Jiang Lin was very engaged. Perhaps because the topic of separation was mentioned, he had no intention of stopping and let Ji Minglun tease him. Soon, the two of them stumbled and fell on the bed, both breathing heavily, their eyes filled with a strong possessive desire for each other.
Jiang Lin's place was not ready yet, and there was nothing useful at home. Ji Minglun restrained his impulse and didn't do it to the end. He just hugged him and helped each other. At the end, Jiang Lin leaned weakly on Ji Minglun's shoulder and wanted to sleep again.
He was overly tired last night, and Ji Minglun didn't have the heart to bother him anymore. He wiped him and covered him with the quilt, then held him in his arms and took a nap. He woke him up at almost five o'clock, packed up his things and went back.
On the way, Ji Minglun turned into a supermarket, and the two of them pushed a cart around, buying mostly food, fresh fruits and vegetables, snacks, and Jiang Lin also bought a dozen tropical fruit cocktails.
This wine has a very low alcohol content, and the eczema on his hands has improved a lot, so Ji Minglun didn't stop him. But when Jiang Lin wanted to check out, Ji Minglun remembered that he had run out of shaving cream, so he went back to the men's products area on the second floor.
When they were both in their second growth spurt, Ji Minglun was in charge of Jiang Lin's shaving cream and other products. However, Jiang Lin's body hair was very sparse, so he only used it once every four or five days. Seeing that he took two bottles of the brand he was used to, Jiang Lin wanted to leave, but he was stopped by him before he turned around.
Looking back, Ji Minglun reached over to the next cabinet, pointed at two layers of condoms and said, "This has taro flavor. Do you want some?"
Last night, Ji Minglun only bought the original flavor at the convenience store, and he has been thinking about it. Jiang Lin was caught off guard by this question, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Why do I need this."
Ji Minglun took a step closer to him and handed him the fragrant taro scent he had just taken: "Of course, use it, so that you won't be unable to control yourself and always dirty the sheets. There are not so many clean sheets to change at home."
Ji Minglun had no intention of teasing, he just wanted to tease him, but when he heard the man's frivolous tone, he couldn't keep a straight face. He took the condom and wanted to put it back, but when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a cart coming around the corner a few steps away, and then a man and a woman walked out, and their eyes met his.
Jiang Lin was still holding the box of condoms in his hand, but he seemed to be fixed by a peach wood stake and unable to move. Ji Minglun noticed it and turned around to see the faces of Deng Feng and Deng Yi.