Zhou Cibai had never seen such a well-behaved Gu Jiqing before. When he really couldn’t bear it anymore, he just grabbed the pillow tightly, and his knuckles and earlobes turned a beautiful scarlet color.Zhou Cibai had never seen such a well-behaved Gu Jiqing. When he really couldn’t bear it anymore, he just grabbed the pillow tightly, and his knuckles and earlobes turned a beautiful scarlet color.
The kitten’s tail was accidentally stained with liquid and hung stickily at his side, weakly swaying up and down with Zhou Cibai’s movements, like a float with bait hanging on it, almost driving Zhou Cibai crazy.
By the time he finally couldn’t help it and leaned over to bite the fragile white neck in front of him hard, sweat had already soaked his broad and beautiful shoulders and back and then dripped onto Gu Jiqing’s body along the muscle texture.
“Gu Maomao, what bad thoughts are you harboring again?”
Zhou Cibai bit the back of Gu Jiqing’s neck again, his voice low and hoarse, as if he wanted to question him fiercely, but when he said it, it was full of doting and indulgence.
Gu Jiqing lazily turned over, hugged his neck, buried his face in his neck, and whispered, “What bad thoughts can we cats have?”
Every time Gu Jiqing called himself a cat, that lazy and coquettish feeling of nonchalance would make Zhou Cibai feel itchy and want to bite him hard, but he couldn’t bear to do it. So he could only say helplessly in frustration, “You cats are all evil-minded.”
All he does is bully them dogs all day long.
Gu Jiqing chuckled and said, “There is indeed some good news, and there is also… En… a piece of good news that I need to discuss with you to know whether it is good news or not.”
When Gu Jiqing said the second half of the sentence, the look he gave Zhou Cibai became much more serious.
Zhou Cibai’s heart tensed for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, the cell phone next to him suddenly started ringing non-stop.
?
He was about to hang up the phone, but a call came in. He didn’t pay attention, and with a flick of his finger, the call was connected. Su Yuebai’s voice immediately rang in the room: “Ge!!! Cyan must be Jiqing Gege! And did that dog marry the cat today must be you, right? It must be you! It must be you!!!”
Su Yuebai’s voice was so excited that it began to tremble.
Gu Jiqing: “?”
What is ‘did that dog marry the cat today’?
Zhou Cibai: “??”
How did Su Yuebai know about this???
Before they could ask, Su Yuebai on the other end of the phone had already started typing away, “Isn’t that cat and dog comic strip super popular recently? When I saw it before, I thought some parts looked familiar, but I didn’t think much about it. I thought all the bad couples in the world were like this, but!”
An important turning point.
“After the pornographic pictures of A went viral today, someone went to dig up the reposting list of Cyan and found a person who reposted every post. His ID was ‘did that dog marry the cat today’. The time of each post matched the story of the comic strip! And one of the photos was taken at National Tsing Hua University. The most important thing is that the silhouette in that photo is definitely you! Tell the truth now!!!”
“……”
The excited and incoherent conversation was enough to guess what happened.
Gu Jiqing spread out his palm and handed it to Zhou Cibai.
Zhou Cibai realized that his last fake identity had been ruthlessly stripped off, so he had no choice but to hang up Su Yuebai’s call and obediently hand the phone to Gu Jiqing.
Gu Jiqing took it and opened Weibo.
The ID line really says, [Did the dog and cat get married today]
And the homepage of their Weibo is full of [No, but the dog is trying hard]
Sometimes it was a forwarded comic strip by Gu Jiqing, and sometimes it was a small record of their daily trivialities.
For example, June 1, 2022.
@Did the dog and cat get married today: No, but the dog is trying. Today’s cat is the cutest kid in the world.
Picture: Under the fireworks show at Disney, Gu Jiqing, wearing a Mickey Mouse headband, is squatting and smiling while looking at a baby holding a marshmallow. His face cannot be seen clearly, only the smile on his face can be seen.
For example, May 20, 2022.
@Did the dog and cat get married today: No, but the dog is trying. Today, I also encountered a little shadow in the shape of a heart.
Picture: The sunlight casts the shadows of two people walking hand in hand on the tree-lined avenue onto the ground, and the two holding hands form a small heart.
For example, April 1, 2022
@Did the dog and cat get married today: No, but the dog is trying. The cat is a big bad guy today.
Picture: Zhou Zhou, who looks aggrieved, and a pair of jeans with missing buttocks
For example, March 14, 2022
@Did the dog and cat get married today: No, but the dog is trying. The cat knitted a couple scarves by hand. Today, Beijing is warming up, the temperature is 21℃, and the cat and I almost got heat stroke
Picture: Passersby wearing thin spring clothes and two big fools wearing thick scarves in the window reflection
And, for example, on March 5, 2022
@Did the dog and cat get married today: No, but the dog is trying. Because the sun was shining brightly this afternoon, he gave me a kiss when I woke up, and I realized that I really love him.
……
Little by little, one by one, many times they are daily routines that cannot be simpler; for example, Gu Jiqing suddenly finds a very strange-looking little bug, then turns around in surprise and calls Zhou Cibai. He would also say, Today’s little bug is so cute, I like it so much.
Gu Jiqing originally thought that he had felt enough love from Zhou Cibai, but he didn’t expect that Zhou Cibai’s love would be so much, so much so that it filled all the gaps in time, so much so that for the first time, Gu Jiqing had the urge to make an incorrect decision.
The dog has so much love and is so clingy, what will the dog do if he leaves?
Gu Jiqing hooked his arms around Zhou Cibai’s neck and rested his forehead on his shoulder. He felt his eyes were a little sore. When he closed his eyes, his eyelashes gently brushed across Zhou Cibai’s skin, conveying some unpleasant emotions.
Zhou Cibai noticed it and quickly asked in a low voice, “Gu Maomao, are you unhappy? I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have not told you that I knew about your painting, and I shouldn’t have shown my affection so carelessly. Don’t worry, if you mind, I will delete it immediately, and I will definitely not let them mess around… um…”
Before Zhou Cibai finished speaking, Gu Jiqing bit his lips lightly. “Zhou Cibai, are you a big fool? Why should I be unhappy?”
“Because you might get talked about.”
Zhou Cibai pursed his lips.
He wanted to let the whole world know that he liked Gu Jiqing, but he was not sure whether Gu Jiqing would like this or not, so he always used an account with only a dozen fans so that he could express his love openly and without any scruples.
Unexpectedly, liking someone is like having a secret. As long as there are people around, it can’t be hidden at all.
What if Gu Jiqing is unhappy?
Gu Jiqing saw through his thoughts and chuckled, “If I were unhappy, I wouldn’t have drawn the story of cats and dogs. Zhou Cibai, I’ve never been afraid of the whole world knowing that I like you.”
Deciding to accept Zhou Cibai’s love and deciding to love Zhou Cibai were the bravest things he had ever done in his life. Everything else was not that important to him.
So if the dog likes to show off, just let him show off, he will also be happy anyway.
“Besides, you can see that the comments and reposts are all envious and wish us well. We haven’t done anything wrong, so there’s nothing to be afraid of. Besides, the good news I want to tell you today is related to this. I may not have to ask my innocent little creditor to borrow 200,000 yuan for the time being.”
When the words fell, Zhou Cibai raised his eyes.
Gu Jiqing looked at him and said very seriously and gently, “Someone wants me to publish a picture album of cats and dogs and also wants to buy the copyright of the peripheral products. Although the money is probably not much, it should be enough for me to go abroad for an exchange for a year.”
After he finished speaking, he stood up, took the laptop, opened the email, and turned the screen towards Zhou Cibai.
The air fell into a brief silence at that moment.
It wasn’t sure when Zhou Zhou secretly pushed open the door and came in. As if it could sense the atmosphere in the room, it stood there motionless.
After reading the application form and Professor Zhang’s encouragement and instructions to Gu Jiqing, Zhou Cibai lowered his eyelashes.
The evening glow fell on the ends of the brown eyelashes, staining them the color of caramel.
Gu Jiqing was rarely unable to tell Zhou Cibai’s emotions.
But he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He touched Zhou Cibai’s eyes and gently said, “It’s okay. If you don’t want to, we can think about it again. If it really doesn’t work, I won’t go this year. I’ll go in my senior year…”
“Go, why not?” Just when Gu Jiqing almost thought that Zhou Cibai was unwilling, Zhou Cibai hugged Gu Jiqing, kissed him hard on both sides of his face, then looked at him and said very seriously, “My boyfriend is the best in the world. He can draw and do math. Others can’t go even if they want to, so why shouldn’t my boyfriend go? If you are worried that the royalties from the album are not enough, I still have my own little treasury. Anyway, my boyfriend must go.”
His expression and tone were so sincere and confident that Gu Jiqing blinked uncertainly for a moment: “But we have to be apart for a year. Harvard only has exchange program with the Department of Mathematics this year. You want to pursue a double degree, so you must stay in China. Then we…”
“Gu Zhizhi, do you want to go?”
When Zhou Cibai asked this question, Gu Jiqing blinked lightly.
The answer is self-evident.
There is no outstanding person who would not yearn for such a top learning platform in the world, but his Gu Zhizhi is just a gentle little cat, and he was afraid that the big dog would feel aggrieved if he couldn’t see him for a while.
Zhou Cibai hugged Gu Jiqing, who looked a little sad, and whispered, “Stupid cat, don’t you remember what I told you? When you are with me, you only need to do what you want to do. My Gu Zhizhi is the smartest cat in the world and will become the best cat in the world in the future. So don’t give up what you want to do for others, okay?”
His boyfriend once gave up painting and dancing, so he must protect his last dream.
“Gu Jiqing, I belong to you, but you belong to yourself.”
When Zhou Cibai whispered this, the lowness and tenderness in his voice made Gu Jiqing suddenly realize at that moment that Zhou Cibai had already become much more mature in the process of loving him.
He is a clingy dog, but he is also a reliable man.
His little moral role model will always bring him the healthiest love.
So Gu Jiqing nodded and said, “Okay.”
Zhou Cibai kissed him again and said, “Then I’ll go cook. Tell your boyfriend what you want to eat tonight.”
Gu Jiqing closed his eyes and rubbed him: “I want to eat everything.”
“Then I’ll make a little of everything, and you can finish it all, okay?”
“Okay.”
The man in the kitchen was wearing a simple black shirt and had his hair trimmed into a mature and neat style. He didn’t stir the wok too much when cooking, but he would carefully hide the vegetables that Gu Jiqing didn’t like in his favorite dishes.
Gu Jiqing sat at the bar counter outside the kitchen, holding an ice bowl, eating the sweet watermelon sago that Zhou Cibai had made for him, bite by bite. Looking at the scene in the kitchen, he suddenly wondered when his big stupid dog had secretly grown up and what would happen if he no longer acted coquettishly and pitifully with him in the future.
Gu Jiqing lowered his head and stirred the round and plump tapioca pearls in the bowl.
Until the middle of the night, he was sleeping in a daze and dreamed that he was kidnapped by a big dog that kept barking and howling in grievance. Then he was pressed to the ground and licked wildly until he was almost suffocated. When he suddenly woke up, he found that he was held tightly in the dog’s arms.
It was so tight that his cheek was completely pressed against the other’s chest, and the back of his head was covered. He couldn’t see a single light in front of his eyes and was completely wrapped up in Zhou Cibai’s aura.
He was a little breathless and was about to push him away, but just as his fingertips touched Zhou Cibai’s waist, he heard an aggrieved mutter: “Gu Zhizhi, you are a bad cat who abandoned your husband and child. What to do if Zhou Zhou and I miss you at home?”
“What if a blond, blue-eyed, handsome guy chases you?”
“What if someone invites you to a party every day?”
“What if someone bullies you because you look good?”
“Or maybe I don’t want a double degree anymore, and I can just go to an American school and do an exchange program with you for a year.”
“But you will definitely be unhappy.”
“Besides, I won’t be able to start a company and earn money to support you right after graduation, and our wedding house will be delayed by another two years. I want to marry you earlier and become your real family.”
“But Gu Zhizhi, I will really miss you. I will miss you so much, but I also want to marry you ah.”
Zhou Cibai hugged Gu Jiqing tightly, buried his face in Gu Jiqing’s shoulder, smelled his scent, and spoke in an aggrieved tone like a kindergarten kid. He didn’t even notice that Gu Jiqing gently put his arm around his waist.
Gu Jiqing secretly wiped away the moisture from the corners of his eyes on his pajamas, but he also secretly curled his lips.
Fortunately, the big stupid dog is still a big stupid dog, and he still acts stupidly and like a spoiled child and pretends to be pitiful.
As a cat, he had to coax him with some reluctance.
.
Because Zhou Cibai’s small account was exposed, Gu Jiqing’s big account became popular again, even without any human factors.
Neither of them responded nor denied it, and they just let the situation develop naturally. They continued to draw their cute little comics, but more and more fans became obsessed with other people’s love.
Perhaps all gentle stories, once they are tinged with authenticity, will make people more hopeful and more willing to believe that there is real redemption and healing in this world.
Of course, as Xia Qiao said, part of the reason is because of the love of looks and the admiration for the strong.
But no matter what, Gu Jiqing felt that it had nothing to do with him. He was just a person who shared stories. What everyone could get from the stories was their own business.
Therefore, among the increasing number of partners who came to him, he finally chose one whose offer was not the highest but was willing to promise them not to over-market, not to change the story of cats and dogs, and that the final copyright would remain with their new studio.
The founder of the new studio is a young boy surname Jiang, who looks like a beautiful little sun when he smiles. Gu Jiqing believes in his ability to judge people.
The studio was also willing to pay him copyright royalties in advance, which solved a lot of his problems.
On the day when the results of the exchange program came out, Gu Jiqing unsurprisingly won the only exchange spot with Harvard this year.
The group of resentful brothers who watched them show their affection every day were shocked.
[F*ck! Gu Gu! Zhou Cibai, a top-notch affection show-off maniac, actually let you go?! To be honest, I once suspected that with his level of pervertedness, if one day you changed your mind, you would be directly locked up in a small, dark room and do some unspeakable things! I have already thought of how to rescue you! In the end, he was willing to let you go?!]
When Xia Qiao sent this message to the [Annual Aranya Group], Gu Jiqing had just eaten a piece of watermelon that Zhou Cibai had fed him, and he laughed so hard that he almost sprayed the watermelon on Zhou Cibai.
Zhou Cibai looked at the little thing in his arms that was laughing so hard that he was staggering all over the place and was so angry that he reached out to catch him: “You heartless little thing! You’re still laughing!”
Gu Jiqing laughed until he had no strength left. He lay in his arms and said with a smile, “Zhou Dagou, do you think you need to reflect on what you usually do?”
“No reflection.” Zhou Cibai answered confidently, “Because if you change your mind, I will definitely arrest you and lock you up in a small, dark room, doing this and that every day!”
“You won’t.”
“I will.”
“You won’t… Zhou Cibai! Where did you get the handcuffs?”
“I bought it last time after seeing a fan art. Let’s try it, okay?”
“Zhou Cibai!”
Later, Gu Jiqing thought to himself, It must be a summer with the flavors of lemon and honey.
He stuck with Zhou Cibai throughout the summer vacation, slept in together, shared a bucket of ice cream together, laughed at Zhou Zhou, who was forced to shave his long hair, cooked together, traveled together, kissed each other with candy in their mouths, and spent every sunset and dawn in each other’s arms.
Even the air turned into a sticky sweetness, until time passed little by little and the honey spread out in the rain of the summer south fog, flowing out with a slight sourness of lemon.
After the visa was approved, most others chose to transfer from Nanwu to Beijing, but Gu Jiqing chose to transfer from Beijing to Nanwu. Even though he had to stay in San Francisco for one more night, he still stubbornly chose to let Zhou Cibai accompany him to Nanwu.
He took Zhou Cibai to the alley near the old street behind Shiwai, pointed at the low houses, held up an umbrella, and told him about the alley called Zaijiu Lane, the one called Dingxiang Lane, as well as Fangcao Lane and Wutong Lane in the endless rainy season at the end of southern summer.
He talked about the dilapidated roofs built along the rugged slopes of the mountain city and the hardships and bitterness of the poor families that he witnessed when he lived here with his mother when he was very young.
He said that sometimes, for people living here, even an evening without disturbing their children’s studies and a sunny morning are a luxury.
“So, Zhou Cibai, when I first saw your drawings, I thought you must be a very good person, because, just like I told your grandfather, the concept of your drawings is affordable residential buildings. You are using your abilities to create a home for ordinary people. Maybe many people think this is no big deal, but Zhou Cibai, for me, this is a great dream.”
When Zhou Cibai sent Gu Jiqing to the airport gate, Gu Jiqing looked at him in the noisy rain and said these words in a very soft voice.
Zhou Cibai didn’t know why Gu Jiqing suddenly said this, but he couldn’t bear to miss every word Gu Jiqing said to him before they separated, so he still combed Gu Jiqing’s hair and whispered, “En, I will work hard to make this dream come true.”
“But you’re a little dumb.”
Gu Jiqing’s sudden words completely broke the warm and literary atmosphere.
Zhou Cibai’s hands, which were combing his hair, froze in place.
Gu Jiqing couldn’t help laughing out loud.
In fact, Zhou Cibai is definitely not stupid. His grades in the Department of Architecture have always been far ahead, and even his second degree examination results have always been among the best.
But what does Zhou Cibai’s cleverness have to do with Zhou Dagou?
Gu Jiqing smiled and said, “So only a smart cat like me can help you realize your dream.”
“En?”
Zhou Cibai raised his eyelids.
Gu Jiqing stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his eye, then said casually, “I seem to have forgotten to tell you that the main research topic I chose for this exchange study is in the field of architecture. If I can win a prize in the competition, I may succeed in starting a business before you. Who knows? I might be the one to buy the wedding house.”
When Gu Jiqing said this, he looked like a noble, proud and beautiful puppet.
Zhou Cibai felt that his heart was hit hard again and then began to fall endlessly.
He had no way to express the profound feeling of having his dreams incorporated into his lover’s dreams.
He thought it was the most romantic thing in the world.
He was even stunned by this touch.
Gu Jiqing liked his confused look. He lowered his head and smiled, took out a box, put a simple and unique dogtail-shaped plain ring on the left hand of Zhou Cibai’s middle finger, and then put another cattail-shaped plain ring of the same style on the middle finger of his own left hand.
Then he clasped his hands, crossed his fingers, took a photo, sent it to Weibo, tilted his head back, and kissed the corner of Zhou Cibai’s lips, then turned and walked towards security.
Zhou Cibai was left standing there. He heard his cell phone ring twice and picked it up.
Then the first sound rang out.
[@·Cyan·]: @Did the dog and the cat get married today: No, but the cat is trying hard.
Picture: Tightly clasped fingers and perfectly matched rings
Then the second sound rang out.
[Zhou Dagou’s Gu Xiaomao]: Fiancé, remember to pick me up and take me home
Picture: “Long-distance agreement between Gu Maomao and Zhou Dagou,” including but not limited to daily videos, goodnight kisses every day, saying I love you every day, and thinking of you every day
Then the third sound rang out.
Zhou Cibai picked up the phone and heard Gu Jiqing’s lazy voice: “Hello, Zhou Dagou, if you don’t come after me, I will really go through the security check ah.”
At that moment, Zhou Cibai, who was completely stunned by a series of surprises, finally reacted. He raised his head suddenly and saw Gu Jiqing turning back and smiling at him in the crowd.
With slightly curved eyebrows, he looks a little naughty but also very cute and so pretty and good-looking. He has a dazzling presence that can be spotted in the crowd at a glance.
And such an existence is one that can be embraced by him.
He felt that he could no longer control all his reluctance and love. He walked through the crowd, walked towards Gu Jiqing quickly and firmly, then hugged him and held him tightly in his arms.
He didn’t care about how people passing by looked at him, he just wanted to tell Gu Jiqing that he really, really loved him.
“Gu Jiqing, you must always remember that I belong to you, but you belong to yourself. I will wait for you to come back, because we still have a lifetime to go.”
They still have a lifetime to love each other, so they both need to become better versions of themselves.
So Gu Jiqing touched Zhou Cibai’s lips and gave him a long, honey-flavored kiss at the end of that humid summer day.
He thought that loving someone was not such a difficult thing.
It will be sweet.
He will also have hope for the rest of his life.
