Generally speaking, people will only add the remark A in the front for very important people to manually set them on top.
And an ordinary roommate can never be considered a very important person.
Moreover, in addition to this A, there is even a ‘cute’ after that as well.
So the moment Zhou Cibai saw the note, his heart skipped a beat, his palm clenched into a fist, and even his breathing was in instantaneous difficulty.
However, Gu Jiqing remained calm as if nothing had happened, calmly continuing to receive, download, backup, and forward files in front of him, as if he didn’t feel anything wrong with this somewhat ambiguous remark.
So much so that Zhou Cibai had to doubt whether he had thought too much, so he could only swallow the words that had already reached his lips.
Gu Jiqing didn’t notice his colorful and tumultuous inner performance throughout the entire process. After filling out the form, he looked up at him and asked, “Can you bathe a large dog?”
Zhou Cibai, who had been hesitant to speak several times, endured and said, “Yes.”
“En, let’s get started then.”
Gu Jiqing’s answer was neither cold nor indifferent, just calm and gentle. After speaking, his attention shifted entirely to the stray dog at the rescue station.
Zhou Cibai suddenly felt that Gu Jiqing seemed to have no thoughts about him.
But the situation at hand didn’t give him much time to think it over.
He didn’t know which wicked administrator named that big black wolf dog Xiao Bai. It started barking and showing its teeth through the cage as soon as it saw them, as if it would bite whoever touched it.
Zhou Cibai has experience taming fierce dogs. Just as he was about to ask the administrator for tools, Gu Jiqing took some food, squatted down, looked at the wolf dog, and then gently called out, “Xiao Bai.”
Xiao Bai stood still, its front legs digging into the ground, its head propped forward proudly, grinning ferociously, and its eyes full of vigilance, as if such a big, proud dog like it could never be tamed by the human in front of it.
Then, five minutes later, it was lying on its back and rubbing gently at Gu Jiqing’s feet while allowing Gu Jiqing to put a pink pet cone on it.
When Zhou Cibai stuffed a cotton swab into its ear, it had already let out a scream in an attempt to escape.
As a result, Gu Jiqing gently touched its earbud, and it immediately let out a low growl, obediently lying down again. It even got so comfortable that it squinted its eyes into a line when Gu Jiqing was combing and scrubbing its fur.
Zhou Cibai, who witnessed the entire process of Gu Jiqing training the dog, “……”
For some reason, he felt an inexplicable familiarity with this scene.
And what kind of fierce dog is this? It’s clearly a Yangou1颜狗 (internet slang) someone who treats good-looking people especially well..
Gu Jiqing hasn’t done anything yet, and it has already obediently laid down.
Is there any moral integrity left?
Zhou Cibai didn’t know whether he was sulking at the dog or someone else. Anyway, when he gave Xiao Bai a bath, he scrubbed its stomach too hard, which made Xiao Bai whine with its tail wagging, and foam splashed on both of them.
Zhou Cibai suffered the most from the disaster because he voluntarily applied to wash the wolf dog’s buttocks and soles. He immediately slapped him twice in retaliation, and the dog directly turned its head towards him. The dog shook itself up like a spinning wheel, causing Zhou Cibai’s entire face to suffer, and then rubbed back.
One person, one dog, you come and I go, neither party is modest enough to give in to the other, looking at each other, and both glaring viciously at each other, no one is letting go of anyone.
Gu Jiqing, who was inexplicably implicated in foam, thought that if it weren’t for the fact that Zhou Cibai still had a little bit of idol baggage2Internet slang, the burden of having to maintain one’s image., he might have directly had a screaming match with Xiao Bai.
But it’s also normal.
Are they both doggy?
After Gu Jiqing calmly indulged the two large dogs in their childish playfulness for ten minutes, he finally said to Zhou Cibai, “Go and bring a basin of clean water.”
“Oh, okay.” While playing around, Zhou Cibai took the opportunity to scrub the big wolf dog’s buttocks and hind legs. Suddenly, he realized that his previous behavior was not prudent at all, so he quickly restrained his expression and stood up coldly with a stern face.
As a result, Xiao Bai was having a good time. Seeing him get up and leave, it thought that its opponent was running away from the battlefield. Hastily, it stomped on its hind legs and took off with a catapult to catch up.
Coincidentally, it stepped on the edge of the basin, and the weight of the dozens of pounds pressed the large basin directly in Zhou Cibai’s direction.
Seeing that a basin of water and foam were about to pour on Zhou Cibai’s back, Gu Jiqing quickly reached out and pressed the edge of the basin to his side.
However, Xiao Bai has been completely ejected, and the basin edge suddenly empties. The large basin was directly flipped, and water and foam poured all over Gu Jiqing’s body.
The down jacket on his body suddenly seemed to be filled with lead, and his forehead was also soaked in water droplets. Even if it was considered half indoors and it couldn’t be considered extremely cold, his entire face immediately turned pale.
The two big dogs in front turned around when they heard the commotion. After seeing what had happened, they immediately ran towards Gu Jiqing together.
The culprit, Xiao Bai, anxiously spun and whined.
Zhou Cibai didn’t say a word. Before Gu Jiqing could refuse, he forcefully took off his wet coat and quickly took off his own thick coat, wrapping him up tightly in front of himself.
Gu Jiqing was taken by him and stumbled, his forehead almost hitting Zhou Cibai’s chin.
He felt that Zhou Cibai’s reaction was a bit too extreme. Just as he was about to say that it was okay, his eyes suddenly went black, and the down jacket’s hood directly covered his head. Then, through the fabric, he felt restrained yet powerful hands rubbing him.
Immediately after, a quick and calm low voice sounded from above: “I’ll take Gu Jiqing back first. The missed volunteer hours will be made up next time. Xiao Bai has also almost finished bathing. You can help dry it. If there’s anything else, please contact me directly.”
Lin Qian, who rushed over as soon as she saw the basin about to overturn, had originally wanted to say something.
But as she saw Zhou Cibai hold Gu Jiqing’s waist with one hand and his head with the other, wrapping him tightly around himself while he himself was only wearing a dark gray hoodie, she paused and chose to shut up. She obediently handed the pink thermos in her hand and said, “Okay, no problem. Remember to drink plenty of hot water to avoid catching a cold.”
As soon as the words fell, Gu Jiqing, who was tightly wrapped in clothes, sneezed softly.
Zhou Cibai quickly took a cup of water with one hand and, with a strong posture similar to that of the kidnappers holding hostages, put Gu Jiqing in the car. He turned on the air conditioner, raised the seat cushion temperature to the maximum, and even turned on the dehumidifier.
Although Gu Jiqing was thin, but he was still a big man who had studied Taekwondo for a few days. He wasn’t so delicate, so he took the hood off and whispered, “You don’t have to rush, just a little soaked. It’s okay.”
“Still okay? Do you know that Beijing is different from your southern regions? Getting soaked outdoors during the winter, later…”
Zhou Cibai frowned, and before he could finish saying the four words “definitely catching a cold,” his phone rang.
Looking down, it was a message from Lin Qian.
[Volunteer Association Lin Qian]: That…Senior Zhou, I agonized over it and thought I should tell you that when Xiao Bai stepped on the basin just now, the water was actually going to splash onto you. However, Senior Gu pressed the basin in his own direction to prevent it from splashing onto you, so……
[Volunteer Association Lin Qian]: Anyway, that’s all I can say. You should understand everything else
Zhou Cibai did not pay attention to the last sentence.
Because his heart was already heavy when he saw the first message.
So originally, the water was supposed to be splashed on him, and Gu Jiqing chose to wet himself in order to prevent him from getting wet?
What is this concept of being drenched in cold water?
And it was also Gu Jiqing, a thin southerner as well.
Why did Gu Jiqing do this?
The moment the answers were piled up in his chest and were about to be revealed, Zhou Cibai tightly gripped his phone, unable to tell how he felt in his heart.
There is guilt, self-blame, and a kind of emotional breakdown that he cannot discern. The clogging in his chest cannot be expressed. It is dull and uncomfortable, but unexpectedly grief-filled and soft.
Next to him, Gu Jiqing was looking at Zhou Cibai, who was originally trying to say something with a fierce face, staring at his phone, and was dazed, with a million other mixed emotions in his eyes. He asked inexplicably, “Later what?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Zhou Cibai quickly regained consciousness and put away his phone, answering with a hint of guilt. “Just remember to take your medicine and a good shower and sleep later, don’t catch a cold or have a fever.”
There was a hint of tenderness in Zhou Cibai’s voice that he himself had not even noticed.
Gu Jiqing only noticed the reddened ears again and thought to himself, He must have been frozen this time.
However, winter in the north is indeed cold. Gu Jiqing tightened the jacket around his body, pressed it against his lips, and coughed a few times. Then the low-key Range Rover drove even faster through the streets of Beijing after the first melting of snow.
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It usually takes about forty to fifty minutes to travel, but Zhou Cibai only took half an hour this time, and it’s rare that he didn’t park his car outside the school to keep a low profile. And instead, he drove directly to the downstairs of the dormitory.
Lu Ping, who was originally playing games happily, saw the two of them coming back and was so scared that he quickly took off his earphones. “F*ck! Lao Si! Didn’t you go to volunteer activities? Why did you just come back like this?! Gu Gu, are you okay?”
“I’m okay, it’s just a small situation. I’ll just take a shower, and it will be fine.” Gu Jiqing remained calm as usual, he picked up his clothes and went into the bathroom.
Chen Ji looked at his down jacket and then at Zhou Cibai, who was only wearing a hoodie. He let out a meaningful “tsk” and said, “Lao Si, no matter how young you are, you can’t do this. You’re not wearing a jacket in -10 degree weather?”
Zhou Cibai dug out the medicine that Gu Jiqing had bought for him before and whispered, “Can’t let Gu Jiqing freeze.”
“Not bad, Lao Si. You’ve finally learned to love and cherish a young maiden3Idiom: to have a tender heart for the fair sex, be fond of women, have compassion for womanhood.!” Lu Ping, who was beside him, felt particularly pleased that the relationship between Zhou Cibai and Gu Jiqing had finally made further improvements.
Zhou Cibai immediately refuted, “Don’t talk nonsense.”
“How can this be nonsense?” Chen Ji didn’t mind the commotion. “When those gays were chasing you before, as soon as they touched your clothes, you’d throw them away, and now you’re actually taking the initiative to lend them to Gu Jiqing? You shouldn’t have been taken down by him already, right?”
“Take what down?” Zhou Cibai frowned and opened the wardrobe. “I’ve said that Gu Jiqing doesn’t have any thoughts about me, are you guys done?”
He spoke as if he were extremely certain and extremely impatient.
However, in a place where no one knows, his heart beats faster.
Because in that moment, he remembered all the things that had happened in the past few days.
If Gu Jiqing said he wanted to bend him in the beginning was a misunderstanding, and the bending guide was just a coincidence. Gu Jiqing said he doesn’t like the large dogs type of guy, he was willing to believe his words.
But later on, how should that gentle, firm, and direct gaze in Gu Jiqing’s eyes when he thanked him be explained?
How should those sudden comments today about liking large dogs be explained?
Also, how should that ambiguous remark and the fact that he would rather catch a cold himself and help him block the drain today be explained?
The more Zhou Cibai looked at it, the more he felt restless in his heart. The more he felt restless, the faster his heart beat.
So much so that when Chen Ji, who was next to him, sighed and said, “Well, that’s a shame.” He almost reacted too aggressively and turned back. “Why is it a shame now?”
Chen Ji’s expression on his face was, “Do you still need to ask?” He said, “Gu Jiqing, who is good-looking, has a good temper, loves cleanliness, is willing to clean up, and can even do mathematical modeling and bake cookies, is not interested in you. Isn’t it a loss for our entire dormitory?”
Lu Ping immediately nodded, “I also agree.”
Zhou Cibai: “……”
How did Gu Jiqing bewitched them?
“And I think if Gu Gu is looking for a boyfriend, he needs someone like you.” Lu Ping narrowed his eyes, looking as if he had seen through the truth. “There’s a very subtle chemistry between the two of you.”
There is also a chemistry reaction.
Zhou Cibai felt that Lu Ping was just talking nonsense. He quickly turned around, took out a jacket, and slammed the cabinet door. “If I remember correctly, your chemistry score in the college entrance examination is the lowest in our entire dormitory.”
“Damn it! Zhou Cibai! You should not insult people like that! No wonder Gu Gu doesn’t like you!”
As soon as Lu Ping finished shouting in embarrassment and anger, the bathroom door opened.
Gu Jiqing wiped his hair and walked out, casually asking, “Who do I not like?”
Lu Ping: “……”
Chen Ji: “……”
Zhou Cibai: “……”
Under Gu Jiqing’s puzzled gaze and Zhou Cibai’s deadly gaze, Lu Ping quickly changed the topic. “That…Gu Gu, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to take some medicine? Do you want to sleep for a while after taking the medicine?”
Gu Jiqing has never been one to make things difficult for others, and he doesn’t break it down to them either. He just nodded and whispered, “It’s okay, but I’m a bit dizzy. I plan to take some cold medicine and then take a nap.”
“Okay, okay, okay, then take it and sleep quickly. Chen Ji and I will go next door to play games, so as not to disturb you.” After saying that, Lu Ping grabbed the laptop and quickly ran away with Chen Ji.
Zhou Cibai, who was full of emptiness, was left behind: “……”
F*ck.
How did he end up with these kinds of two roommates?
And once there were only two people left in the room, those unspoken thoughts suddenly became particularly ambiguous.
Zhou Cibai didn’t dare to look at Gu Jiqing at all. He quickly lowered his head and handed over the medicine. “Well, take some of them and go to sleep. I am not going out today. If you feel unwell, just call me.”
“En, okay, thank you.”
Although Gu Jiqing doesn’t like to trouble others, his health hasn’t been good from childhood to adulthood. When he catches a cold, he will have a fever, and he often burns in a daze, unable to distinguish time, place, and person, just like how he often falls into nightmares while sleeping at night.
It’s not that he hasn’t seen a doctor before, but the doctor said it’s because of a psychological problem, not serious, and he mainly just needs to adjust it slowly on his own.
But after so many years, he hasn’t been able to adjust.
So if there is someone to accompany him in the dormitory, it would be even better. At least he can feel much more at ease.
Probably because the cold medicine has a sleepy effect in it, Gu Jiqing quickly fell asleep in a daze.
In his dream, he felt like he was still bathing Xiao Bai with Zhou Cibai. Just as he was washing him, Xiao Bai turned into a small, dirty Samoyed, and Zhou Cibai had also become a little boy who had not yet shed his baby fat.
The little boy’s eyes were very bright, and his eyelashes were very long. When bathing the little Samoyed, he would purse his lips and order the little Samoyed not to move around.
He thought the little boy was cute and wanted to ask his name, but because the little boy’s teacher arrived, he had to just rush off.
Gu Jiqing only vaguely heard a syllable of “zhou.”
He didn’t know his first or last name, and he never saw that little boy again at school.
Only the little Samoyed, which was kept at the Gu family by his elder brother at his request, named Zhou Zhou was left. It has also become his only companion in the Gu family later as well.
Gu Jiqing was dreaming, he became increasingly drowsier, and his body became colder. He felt like he had returned to the most severe period of the Nanwu flu in the third year of junior high school.
He and his older brother got sick and had a fever together.
Everyone in the family is anxious.
He was feeling very unwell at the time and wanted his mother to accompany him, but he knew that his mother must be taking care of his big brother, and everyone must be taking care of him as well.
So he can only hold Zhou Zhou tightly, feel the faithful and reassuring company of the big furry dog, and absorb the only warmth that belongs to him.
Zhou Zhou has always been obedient, but today he was always rubbing around, making his face itch.
Gu Jiqing felt too tired and didn’t have any energy to stop him, so he could only shout hoarsely. “Zhou Zhou.”
Zhou Cibai, who was standing by the bed, testing his forehead’s temperature with his palm, instantly paused.
Is Gu Jiqing calling his name?
But shouldn’t we all call the names of the people we trust and are closest to at times like this?
How could he be……
F*ck!
Thinking of the thank-you speech Gu Jiqing said to him last night, Zhou Cibai’s heart immediately quickened and, hastily, he intended to withdraw his hand.
However, Gu Jiqing grabbed his fingers.
Gu Jiqing, who has always been calm and gentle as if he will never have emotional ups and downs, surprisingly muttered in a rare way with a child and puppy-like tone, “Don’t move.”
Zhou Cibai instantly didn’t dare to move.
He could only let his right hand be embraced by Gu Jiqing and then watch the other person affectionately rub against his palm with his cheek, feeling the hot and smooth skin like feathers brushing against his palm. He clutches his left hand tightly, desperately telling himself that calling him by name does not necessarily mean that Gu Jiqing really likes him.
Perhaps having a nightmare.
Perhaps he might be dreaming about things during the day as well.
And perhaps he just has a vague idea of asking him for help.
Yes, it must be like this.
Zhou Cibai pretended to persuade himself, tried to restrain his emotions, forcefully calmed his chaotic heartbeat down, maintained an extremely rational expression, and prepared to calmly withdraw his hand and ask Gu Jiqing to wake up to take medicine.
However, when the hand was about to move, Gu Jiqing then opened his mouth again in a muffled, low voice: “Zhou Zhou, please don’t move, Zhi Zhi likes you, Zhi Zhi only has you, let me hold you, okay?”
The original cold and lazy voice, because of the low, raspy voice, was wrapped in a soft and aggrieved attempt to hide it but ultimately failed.
And the sentence with grievances and helplessness, “I only like you, I only have you4GJQ refers to himself as Zhi Zhi, but it became a different meaning when ZCB heard it because he doesn’t know that GJQ is called Zhi Zhi. Therefore, it became “I only like you, I only have you” in ZCB’s ears.,” seemed like a huge meteorite falling from the sky, hitting Zhou Cibai’s heart heavily without any warning.
So much so that a corner deep in his heart that was already on the verge of collapse collapsed completely, even with all his rational and thinking cells falling apart, leaving only six words that filled his mind with a roar.
Gu Jiqing, like him.
