“Jiaoyan, this whoever provides milk is your mother1有奶就是娘 (yǒu nǎi jiù shì niáng): T/N: From the idiom, 有奶便是娘 (yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng), lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom); fig. to follow whoever is feeding you; to put one’s loyalties where one’s interests lie; a metaphor for being greedy for profit and forgetting one’s righteousness, taking refuge in whoever offers benefits. character of yours is not good, I’ve told you so many times, why can’t you remember.”
“How in the world did you lose weight? Not speaking up? Then I’ll rub your belly.”
“The meat on the belly has become less and hardened, not as tactile as before.”
After Jiang Xuan went upstairs, Lin Zimao sat on the sofa and rubbed Jiaoyan’s belly, saying things that Jiaoyan didn’t want to hear.
Touching and touching, he began to feel sleepy, the biological clock adjusted by the military training recently, he want to sleep after lunch.
He still smelled of hospital disinfectant, so he let go of Jiaoyan and went back to the room to take a simple shower, when he came out, Jiaoyan was already huddled on the quilt, when he saw Lin Zimao, it raised its eyelids and then continued to close them again.
The small villa in the afternoon is very quiet, there are no footsteps of classmates walking around, no cicadas chirping in the trees behind the dormitory of the military training base, Lin Zimao thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but he fell into a soft dream almost as soon as he lay down.
In the dream, a tall figure approached him.
Lin Zimao was awakened by a knock on the door, when he opened his eyes he was still a little confused about where he was.
At the training base dormitory, he sleeps in the upper bunks, the ceiling is very close to the bed, but here, it’s spacious, with a cozy ceiling color.
He remembered, he returned to Jiang Xuan here at noon.
Jiaoyan heard a knock on the door, climbed up, stomped on his thigh, and rushed out the door, Lin Zimao suddenly woke up.
The door was knocked again, Jiaoyan couldn’t get out, so he pawed at the door with his paws, and then turned around and meowed at Lin Zimao to open the door for him, he forgot to partially open the door for Jiaoyan at noon.
Lin Zimao was afraid that it would urinate indiscriminately, so he got up and opened the door.
Jiang Xuan was standing outside the door, he seemed to have taken a shower and changed into another set of clothes, when he was near him, he could still smell a faint scent of perfume.
Is this going on a date or doing something?
When Lin Zimao speculated, Jiang Xuan said: “I have a meeting at the training base at four o’clock, you have half an hour to clean up.”
Lin Zimao stretched lazily: “Ten minutes is enough.”
It took him a minute to change out of the T-shirt and shorts he wore to sleep and put on the training clothes he wore in the morning, there is also a mixed smell of metal on the mecha and hospital disinfectant on it, the scent on Jiang Xuan’s body is still better.
The remaining nine minutes, he wanted to use it to play with Jiaoyan’s belly.
However, Jiaoyan is no longer the shy little child in an unfamiliar environment, after sitting next to Lin Zimao for two minutes, it couldn’t hold back and ran up the stairs, running up and down like crazy, after running up, it seemed to find that no one was chasing it, so it came down and meowed twice at Jiang Xuan, who was downstairs.
Jiang Xuan heard nothing, saw nothing.
Lin Zimao thought that Jiaoyan had learned to play by himself out of boredom, worthy of celebration.
There are also some senior students on the bus to the training base, the seniors also started school, the senior students of the Combat Department and the Command Department will also go to the training base to attend classes, there are not many people in the bus, Lin Zimao and Jiang Xuan naturally sat down side by side in the last row.
There was no one in the three rows behind, and everyone else in the car was sitting in single seats sporadically, they didn’t pay much attention to Lin Zimao and Jiang Xuan who just got into the bus, this feeling made them feel extremely comfortable.
Fifteen minutes’ journey is neither long nor short.
Now that the setting sun is strong, Jiang Xuan turned to cover part of the light for Lin Zimao who was sitting inside, Lin Zimao turned to ask Jiang Xuan: “You haven’t answered my question this morning.”
Morning question?
In the shadow of Jiang Xuan, Lin Zimao looked straight at him with his beautiful phoenix eyes, his face is too fair, now the little mole at the corner of his eye is more obvious when he look at him closely, his nose is upturned and delicate, his lips are rosy, he has pearly lips that very few people have, is very suitable for kissing.
Jiang Xuan suddenly felt that his throat was a little dry, thinking that he was overthinking a bit, he said: “What question?”
Lin Zimao doesn’t mind saying it again: “After you got on the mecha last year.”
Jiang Xuan turned his head away unnaturally: “Do you have to know?”
Lin Zimao looked at him with a smile, he leaned forward and narrowed the distance between them, and asked softly: “Is it not good?” He wants to foul at this time.
Jiang Xuan hasn’t told anyone, so there’s nothing wrong with it: “I didn’t throw up last year.”
Lin Zimao: “You’re not telling the truth.”
Jiang Xuan said: “I got on the mecha in the morning and took half a day off in the afternoon.”
Lin Zimao: “So this is the reason why you took the Design Department?”
Jiang’s Enterprise was originally a company that produced aircraft, mechas are also within the scope of their research, many models in the military come from Jiang’s Enterprise.
Jiang Xuan nodded: “Um.”
The bus beeped, reminding them that they were almost there, the flying bus turned a corner, Lin Zimao didn’t hold it steady, and fell on Jiang Xuan’s body, Jiang Xuan was afraid that he would fall, so he clasped his hands on his shoulders.
The bus landed on the stop with a clang, the distance between the two of them was only three centimeters, they could hear each other’s breathing clearly, and perhaps the throbbing heartbeat.
Lin Zimao lowered his voice and said: “My father said, let us get married early because you’re not in good health, turns out that you are in poor health.”
Jiang Xuan let go of Lin Zimao, the finger touching Lin Zimao’s shoulder was a little hot, he explained: “I just can’t get on the real mecha, not in poor health.”
The senior student sitting in front had already got off the bus, the two also stood up.
Lin Zimao walked behind Jiang Xuan, thinking about the ‘Warding-off wedding’ Lin Bian said, Lin Zimao couldn’t help laughing in a low voice, Jiang Xuan tilted his head slightly, the setting sun shone on Lin Zimao’s face, when he smiled, his under-eye2臥蠶 (wò cán): (literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm; plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature); lying silkworm; narrow under-eye bags as a babyface feature, viewed as attractive. 
T/N: The first pic is puffiness under the eyes 眼袋 (yǎndài); the second one is lying silkworm 臥蠶 (wò cán); the third is without lying silkworm 無臥蠶 (wú wò cán). become a bit more distinct, unexpectedly gentle.
He thought it was the best laugh he had ever heard, like a breeze in autumn, sweeping over the tip of his heart, tickling, yet very comfortable.
The two got out of the car one after the other, at four o’clock in the afternoon, the temperature on the training ground was still scorching hot, the new students are finally free from training, no one wants to come out to face this boring and terrible sunshine.
Two people came to the intersection, Lin Zimao put his hands in his pockets: “I’m going back to the dorm then.”
Jiang Xuan took a deep look at Lin Zimao and said: “Um.” He knew he was overly worried about Lin Zimao in the morning, when he found the unconscious Lin Zimao, he saw that he was not bleeding or injured, just unconscious, his worried heart fell back to its original place, when the doctors and nurses were not around, he also tried to touch Lin Zimao’s hand, to make sure the temperature on his hand, he’s alive.
But he won’t tell anyone about these things, perhaps it’s just because they have a contract, they only care about it after pressing their fingerprints on the contract.
Lin Zimao still wanted to say something, but heard a call from not far away, familiar and a little annoying.
“Brother Jiang Xuan!”
Cheng Chen, whose face is still quite rosy, called Jiang Xuan.
As soon as Cheng Chen’s voice came out, Lin Zimao put away the smile on the corner of his mouth, turned his head and left quickly, he still remembered the basic rules between him and Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan opened his mouth, in the end, he didn’t call him.
For the first time, Jiang Xian was a little impatient with Cheng Chen’s interruption, but Cheng Chen didn’t seem to notice his faint displeasure, nor did he recognize Lin Zimao, who turned his back and left, the training uniforms are too casual in the training base.
Cheng Chen was waiting for Jiang Xuan here on purpose.
That’s right, today’s school forum is about to explode!
First, the story of the new students’ mecha experience was exposed, the discussion on the forum remains high, fortunately, the school was still open-minded, didn’t ban the students’ hashtags.
But this is not the focus of Cheng Chen’s attention, he is more concerned about another matter.
Other than the mecha accident that people are most concerned about, someone also posted a post related to Jiang Xuan, the popularity of this post is right after the mecha story.
Someone posted that they personally heard Jiang Xuan clarify with a senior in the Design Department: Cheng Chen is not his boyfriend.
【Damn, today I was lucky enough to hear School Grass Jiang personally denying his relationship with someone!】
【The original poster saw it with his own eyes! Heard with his own ears! There are many witnesses at the scene, not rumors!
Today, the senior of the Design Department came to tell School Grass Jiang that his childhood sweetheart fainted after getting off the mecha, School Grass Jiang said that the school has a medical room, the senior joked with the school grass again that he was too cruel to his boyfriend, and then School Grass Jiang directly make the point!
School Grass Jiang’s original words: Don’t talk nonsense, he’s not my boyfriend.
Savor it, you guys savor it slowly3細品，你們細品 (Xì pǐn, nǐmen xì pǐn): T/N: From the catch phrase 你品, 你細品 (nǐ pǐn, nǐ xì pǐn), lit. you savor it, slowly, this saying is used jokingly by Chinese netizens to ask another person to think something over and try to figure out the implied meaning. The saying caught on after a funny short video was liked many times on Douyin, in which a man was trying to persuade his wife to give up spending on luxury bags and instead save money so that they can buy a home. The man used this phrase to be persuasive, and the way he said it was very funny.! Cheng Chen is not his boyfriend, so who is School Grass Jiang’s boyfriend?】
Not only did the original poster say that he saw it with his own eyes, there is also a group of people at the scene below, they ran out one after another to prove that the original poster was not lying, they all heard it.
The people who had been praising their fairy love under Cheng Chen’s post are now all here to question it.
Seeing this post, as soon as Cheng Chen saw the title, he felt a rare panic, he is not Jiang Xuan’s boyfriend, he knows this better than anyone else!
Why did Jiang Xuan deny it? He has a boyfriend? He didn’t believe it!
He thought that the only thing between them was to pierce the layer of paper, Cheng Chen has always stood in front of Jiang Xuan with a gentle, well-behaved and lovely image, he hasn’t confessed his feelings yet, and he can’t ask Jiang Xuan what he means on his social account, he also doesn’t want to ask the senior of the Design Department directly about the situation, that would make him look too cheap.
Really don’t blame him for thinking too much, he has known Jiang Xuan for so many years, no matter who misunderstands the relationship between them, Jiang Xuan has never explained it to anyone, why only this time did he explained it?
He became Jiang Xuan’s neighbor when he was eight years old, so far, they have known each other for ten years, they went to the same elementary school, the same junior high school, and the same high school.
Since junior high school adolescence, Cheng Chen has had a crush on Jiang Xuan, Jiang Xuan’s attitude towards him has always been neither good nor bad, perhaps because his brother and Jiang Xuan are classmates, he has more contact time with Jiang Xuan, preventing many people who deliberately approach Jiang Xuan, he always thought that Jiang Xuan will become his boyfriend sooner or later, and it must be himself.
What does he mean by doing this all of a sudden now?
It was so sudden that he was caught off guard4措手不及 (cuò shǒu bù jí): no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared; to be caught unawares; be taken unprepared/by surprise; be thrown off one’s guard; be caught on the wrong foot; be caught off balance..
Cheng Chen didn’t even have a good lunch at noon, he hurriedly asked about Jiang Xuan’s schedule, after learning from other seniors that he would be back for a meeting, he has been waiting here.
As long as he makes himself a little weak, Jiang Xuan will not refuse his request.
“Brother Jiang Xuan, I have something to tell you.” Cheng Chen tried hard to think of an opening.
“Um, you said.” Jiang Xuan looked at his watch, “I still have fifteen minutes before the meeting, give you five minutes.”
Still as cold as ice and frost5冷若冰霜 (lěng ruò bīng shuāng): as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid; have an icy/a frigid/a chilly manner; metaphor for dealing with people without emotion, as cold as frost; also metaphors that the attitude is strict and inaccessible. as ever.
Cheng Chen felt that he had to do something: “After the military training in the day after tomorrow, you happen to be here too, can you take me home on the way, my parents are away on a business trip.”
Jiang Xuan wasn’t sure about that day’s schedule, so he didn’t directly agree: “You can find your brother, I may not be free.”
Cheng Chen’s heart sank a bit, Jiang Xuan would agree before, isn’t he weak enough now?
He blocked the sun, acting a little dizzy: “My brother said he had to attend a party that night, is it really not possible?”
Jiang Xuan’s eyes didn’t even notice Cheng Chen’s posture of pretending to be weak at all, instead, he thought of Lin Zimao’s lips that almost stuck to him just now.
Jiang Xuan nodded and refused: “Probably not, you can take a taxi back by yourself, I’m also busy recently.”
When Cheng Chen came out, he deliberately put on a cool white foundation, coupled with the fact that he is about to faint, he looks even weaker.
But Jiang Xuan said again: “I still have something, I’ll go first.” Then he walked away without looking back.
Cheng Chen, who was pretending to be very weak, called from behind: “Brother Jiang Xuan…”
It’s so strange, is there someone else beside him?
Impossible, during the military training, whoever he came into contact with were all new students who were tanned, each of them is not as smooth and tender as his maintenance.
Maybe he was thinking too much, Jiang Xuan was just telling the truth6實話實說 (shí huà shí shuō): to speak the truth; to call a spade a spade; to tell it as it is; speak the plain truth; speak frankly..
Or, conversely, Jiang Xuan is implying that he confessed earlier?
Thinking about it this way, Cheng Chen suddenly became full of energy7精神百倍 (jīng shén bǎi bèi): lit. vitality a hundredfold (idiom); refreshed; one’s vigor thoroughly restored..
Yes, that should be it!
Jiang Xuan, who has never taken the initiative, is hinting at him to confess earlier!
In the evening, the academy issued a notice on the training arrangements for the last two days of military training, all mecha events are cancelled, but in order to let the new students have a better mecha operation experience, the academy will open another Mecha Simulation Cabin Competition for them this year, the new students who won the ranking will get a mecha model, the specific registration process and competition rules will be released after the military training.
Three days later, the new students’ military training was finally over, joint performance in the morning, then the new students can leave the military training base in the afternoon.
Mecha maintenance class two didn’t come last this year, which is also gratifying.
Lin Zimao packed his bags and waited for the school bus to take them to their school, at this moment he was eager to return home.
Can play with Jiaoyan when he get home.
This is the first time he went back to Jiang Xuan’s house by himself.
Enter the password and enter the house!
Hearing the familiar meowing of a cat, Lin Zimao stroked it a couple of times, feeling comfortable all over.
He was not in a hurry to take his bag upstairs, he was tired all day and didn’t want to move, so he slumped on the sofa.
When he was about to close his eyes, he looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows and saw a figure getting off the flying car.
At first, he thought it was Jiang Xuan, but later he found that the color of the flying car was wrong, it was the special blue color for flying taxis, Jiang Xuan’s car is low-key black.
Lin Zimao sat up straight, only then did he see the person walking out from inside, dragging a dazzling big red suitcase by his hand.
It’s actually Cheng Chen? What is he doing here?
The author has something to say:
Jiang Xuan: I’m about to be finished again.
HAHAHA!! JX in author notes is practically sweating bullets. 🤣🤣
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