As soon as Gu Jiqing opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Cibai propping himself up.
The muscles in his arms have been stretched to the extreme, and the muscles around the shoulder blades also tense up. His teeth were tightly clenched, his ears and neck were so red as if they were bleeding, and his expression was also one of indescribable shame.
So he quickly realized that, for some reason, the other party might not be able to stand up on their own, so he asked with great sincerity and kindness.
However, his current appearance, the tone of his speech, the current atmosphere between him and Zhou Cibai, as well as Zhou Cibai’s uncontrollable anomaly when falling into Zhou Cibai’s ears, made his kind inquiry have a completely different meaning.
Can this kind of thing be helped?!
Zhou Cibai’s mind instantly and uncontrollably became filled with the entire picture of Gu Jiqing “helping” him, and his blood suddenly became more instigated.
So much so that Gu Jiqing was also hesitant to move for a moment.
In his conception, males were creatures that could be turned on by mere physical friction, so he doesn’t feel that there’s anything wrong.
But this is a bit too exciting.
However, if a straight man with homophobia was forced to physically rub against a gay person, it is indeed an insult to the other party.
He opened his mouth and said, “Why don’t you take off your bathrobe first…”
“No need! Gu Jiqing, I’ve already said, I’m straight!”
Without waiting for Gu Jiqing to finish speaking, Zhou Cibai then angrily tore off the belt of the bathrobe that was being pressed by Gu Jiqing, quickly got up, rushed into the bathroom, and “slammed” the door.
Then, with a click, it was locked again.
Gu Jiqing: “……”
He suddenly felt like some kind of fierce beast.
It seems that he had indeed caused trouble for the other party.
Although Zhou Cibai didn’t directly indicate it because of his own self-training, Gu Jiqing could easily see the other party’s rejection of him.
After putting the broken bathrobe on the bedside table, he got out of bed and curled up on the sofa that was wrapped up in a blanket.
There seemed to be nothing in his mind that was worth troubling and dwelling upon. Everything was like a math problem, where he could quickly deduce the answer and provide a solution, so even if the sofa wasn’t as comfortable, he also quickly fell asleep.
Zhou Cibai, who was in the bathroom, wasn’t having such a good time.
He turned the showerhead’s water flow to the maximum, adjusted the water temperature to the lowest that the human body could accept, and propped himself up against the wall. Even if the cool water poured down from his head, it could not extinguish the dryness in his body.
Because as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with the scene from earlier and Gu Jiqing’s sentence, “Do you need help?” These thoughts made his whole body boil.
Zhou Cibai looked at his own reflection on the bathroom glass, his ears flushed, he gritted his teeth, and he lowered his head.
He is not someone with strong desires at all, and he is not interested in dating. The hormonal excesses of young boys are also pretty much released by the huge amount of exercise they usually do, so even the frequency of him solving it is very low.
Recently, he has been repeatedly feeling restless.
Just like when he hits puberty at the age of fourteen or fifteen.
He remembered that the first time he had that kind of consciousness was because he accidentally bumped into the goddess’s exposed shoulders and back while changing clothes. Zhou Cibai’s ears turned even redder.
So it’s actually because Gu Jiqing’s tear mole and eyes are so much like his goddess’s, that’s why he developed an empathy effect that made him react so violently.
Otherwise, he obviously liked his goddess, and once he did, he liked her for so many years. How could he suddenly have a reaction towards a man?
That’s right, it’s probably because of this.
It’s because he likes his goddess, definitely not because of Gu Jiqing himself.
Zhou Cibai seemed to have finally convinced himself, then, bracing himself against the wall, he closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, and put his hand down.
The darkness is full of those charming eyes full of helpless desire, as well as that small red mole that made people unable to ignore.
It wasn’t until much later that the knuckles braced against the wall suddenly curled up hard, the veins on the back of his hands rippling with force.
It was only then that Zhou Cibai squeezed out a low “F*ck” like he was giving up on himself.
.
When Gu Jiqing woke up the next morning, he found himself waking up on Zhou Cibai’s bed.
And it was right in the center of the bed, wrapped in all the blankets and padded with pillows. The sleep was very comfortable.
There was no trace of Zhou Cibai in the entire room.
It wasn’t until after washing up that Zhou Cibai knocked on the door outside and said, “Have you gotten up yet?”
“I’m up.”
Gu Jiqing put on his coat.
Zhou Cibai pushed the door open and handed him the down jacket with a stern face. “After today’s snow, the temperature will be cooled down, the coat won’t keep you warm, this one is a little smaller, and you should be able to wear it.” He said.
It’s still a bit big, and the collar almost buried Gu Jiqing’s face, but it’s really much warmer.
After Gu Jiqing changed his clothes, Zhou Cibai put an insulation bucket in his hand: “My sister-in-law specially packed seafood wontons and boiled chicken soup for you, saying that it would nourish your body. You eat this in the car.”
After speaking, he picked up the car key from the table and turned around to go downstairs.
Gu Jiqing, who was left, was wrapped in a large, thick, and long down jacket, revealing only a little bit of his fingertips. He struggled to hold the large and heavy insulation bucket and stood in place, lost in thought.
So, is Zhou Cibai planning to avoid suspicion or not? Is he happy or unhappy? And where did Zhou Cibai sleep last night? Why does he look like he hasn’t slept well?
But Gu Jiqing didn’t ask in the end.
He thought that it may be more appropriate to bury the memories of last night directly on the spot for a straight man with homophobia.
So Zhou Cibai found that after waking up this morning, Gu Jiqing’s entire person had suddenly turned a lot colder.
He neither asked him where he slept last night nor cared about whether he slept well or not last night. On the entire trip to the volunteer event location, except for burying his head to eat the small wontons, he did not utter any noises.
It was he himself who snatched up this bucket of small wontons before the greedy cat, Zhou Xiao Yue woke up.
Zhou Cibai’s face lit up.
Gu Jiqing thought that he was still unhappy because of what happened last night. While slowly eating the small wontons, he decided to try his best not to disturb Zhou Cibai any more.
The two of them didn’t say anything all the way, and the car TV was playing Zhou Xiao Yue’s mindlessness and unhappiness that he hadn’t finished watching yesterday.
When they arrived at the volunteer activity location, they realized that they’d come a bit late.
“But it’s okay, after all, it just snowed heavily. Your house is far away, it’s normal to arrive late, and there are also several people who just took leave.”
The new member of the volunteer association in charge of this activity is a cheerful and beautiful girl named Lin Qian. After signing them in, she looked up, looking at them seriously. “So are the two seniors living together?”
As the words fell, before Gu Jiqing could answer, Zhou Cibai quickly blurted out two words: “We’re not!”
Lin Qian was taken aback by his overly agitated attitude.
Did she ask a very offensive question just now?
But the two of them came in the same car, and this senior was clearly wearing that senior’s clothes. Aren’t the two of them living together?
Zhou Cibai saw that her face was full of confusion and knew that she must have misunderstood his relationship with Gu Jiqing. He quickly explained with red ears, “I only have an ordinary roommate relationship with him.”
“Ah? I’m asking about this; otherwise, what?”
Lin Qian blinked in confusion.
Zhou Cibai: “……”
Right; otherwise, what?
Aren’t roommates just living together?
Damn it.
After realizing that he had completely deviated, Zhou Cibai lowered his head and cursed himself for having a dirty mind. Then he began to reflect on whether Gu Jiqing had recently caused his entire thinking pattern to deviate.
But Gu Jiqing just felt that Zhou Cibai’s reaction was a bit strange.
Maybe he’s a bit sensitive towards same-sex topics ba.
Looking at Zhou Cibai’s red ears as he fell into the kind of rambling thoughts that only he himself knew about, Gu Jiqing has seen it all before and feels that there’s nothing strange. He withdrew his gaze and looked at Lin Qian, asking in a warm voice, “We are indeed in the same dormitory. Is there anything wrong?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Lin Qian instinctively sensed that the atmosphere between the two people was not right and very wisely did not continue to ask anymore questions. She just said, “Our volunteer activity this time is mainly focused on helping the dogs at the rescue station to wash up, trim their nails, and so on. They are basically divided into groups, so since you guys are roommates, how about you guys be in the same group? I don’t want to bother to ask anyone else.”
“Okay, no problem.”
Zhou Cibai did not object, and Gu Jiqing naturally had no objections.
Lin Qian continued to explain, “But the dogs have been evenly distributed. Among the remaining ones, there is a large Chinese pastoral dog, the kind of big wolf dog that was born and raised locally. It looks a bit scary, and the other volunteers are a little scared. If you guys don’t mind.…..”
“It’s okay, I don’t mind.” Gu Jiqing saw Lin Qian’s troubled expression and took the initiative to say, “I really like large dogs.”
His intention was to tell Lin Qian that it was okay.
Zhou Cibai, who was still daydreaming next to him, suddenly regained his senses.
Gu Jiqing likes large dogs?!
Didn’t he say he didn’t like the large dog types of guys before?
Why is he suddenly liking them now?!
Before he could realize that “large dog type boys” and “large dogs” were actually two completely different species, Gu Jiqing spoke up again: “Although these dogs look big and fierce, in fact they are all particularly humane and loyal. They will take their owners’ safety seriously, so as long as we use the right method, they will become very cute.”
He spoke very seriously, with an unknowingly gentle tone, as if he were thinking of someone when he said these words.
Zhou Cibai instantly remembered Gu Jiqing’s gratitude for protecting him yesterday.
Gu Jiqing also said that he is a large dog type of man.
Gu Jiqing also said he’s cute.
So, Gu Jiqing shouldn’t really have any thoughts about him, right?!
Thinking of what happened last night, Zhou Cibai did not realize that he no longer had the disgust and rejection he had when he first had this idea.
It’s just that this is the first time he felt a few degrees below zero on the northern side. Surprisingly, his ears immediately heated up, and his heartbeat inexplicably sped up, thumping so hard he couldn’t even think.
As Gu Jiqing turned around, he saw Zhou Cibai’s expression and couldn’t help but ask, “Did your ears get frostbitten?”
“Ah? Oh, no.” Zhou Cibai hurriedly backhanded the down jacket’s hat on his head, covering his red ears and guilty eyes, and only revealing the lips that had been unconsciously pursed into a straight line.
Gu Jiqing was completely used to his behavior, so he just continued, “En, it’s good if you’re okay. Then send me that form for your volunteer activities, and I’ll send it along to Lin Qian so she can help fill out the Volunteer Association comments.”
“Okay.”
Zhou Cibai suppressed his heartbeat and forced himself to send the electronic version of the report to Gu Jiqing. He tells himself that without actual evidence, he must not think too much.
Then, in the next second, with a ding-dong sound, Gu Jiqing took his phone out.
Followed by a large [A cute Zhou Cibai sent you a message] just appeared on the other person’s cell phone screen.
A.
Cute.
Zhou Cibai.
“……”
F*ck.
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Doggy: Did you see it!!! My wife likes me!!! The evidence is conclusive!!!
Wife blinks: Meow?
