No, he doesn’t want to see Gu Jiqing’s waist. How does that make him gay with ulterior motives?
Zhou Cibai, who finally reacted, quickly withdrew his gaze, his ears red, and he explained quickly but not confidently, “No, I was just worried about the bump on your waist…”
“En, I know.” Before he could finish speaking, Gu Jiqing nodded lightly with an expression of “What’s else?”.
Zhou Cibai, who realized he had thought too much again, “…”
F*ck.
I must have been infected by Lu Ping.
Otherwise, what are those things I’ve been thinking of all day long?
As Gu Jiqing watched Zhou Cibai’s neck suddenly turn red again, he thought he was simply worried about his waist injury and felt embarrassed to speak up. He said softly, “Don’t worry, I have already applied medicine, there’s no problem.”
“Ah? Oh, en, no problem is good.”
Zhou Cibai answered sullenly, then didn’t know what to say anymore.
He felt uncomfortable all over and wanted to find something to divert his attention and resolve his embarrassment. Thus, he picked up an elastic bandage and prepared to wrap it again on his own.
As a result, he doesn’t know why, even though he wrapped it the way the team doctor taught him, but it just wouldn’t fit, and the edges kept wrinkling.
Ten minutes later, there was still no improvement.
Zhou Cibai impatiently pulled it off.
Upon hearing the commotion, Gu Jiqing lifted his head again and saw Zhou Cibai throwing the bandage aside in a fit of anger. He casually asked, “Do you need any help?”
Just as Zhou Cibai was about to say “no need,” Gu Jiqing spoke lightly again: “If the elastic bandage is not properly tied, it will exacerbate ankle swelling.”
“……”
So half an hour ago, Zhou Cibai, who swore that even if he was crippled, he would not trouble Gu Jiqing, obediently flexed his leg.
He rolled up his pants and exposed his entire calf in front of Gu Jiqing. His Achilles tendon was long and strong, his muscles were smooth and tight, and his skin color was also a healthy light wheat color.
Gu Jiqing had studied painting before and appreciated the beauty of lines. He simply commented from an aesthetic perspective, “Your calves are very beautiful.”
He just habitually gives praise.
Zhou Cibai immediately tightened his entire leg muscles.
Gu Jiqing did not notice any change in him, he just wrapped his fingertips with bandages and carefully wrapped them around his ankles.
The bandage, which could not be fixed properly, immediately became obedience in Gu Jiqing’s hand. When the cool and delicate touch of his fingertips brushed against his skin, there was an extra gentle and itchy sensation.
It’s a lot more comfortable than when the team doctor’s wrapping it up.
But Gu Jiqing lowered his head, his eyelashes naturally drooped, and his red mole was shrouded in the shadow, revealing a strange and heart-stirring tenderness.
It made Zhou Cibai’s heart race for a moment.
When Zhou Cibai realized this, he immediately shifted his gaze away.
How could his heart possibly race for a guy?
It’s definitely because Gu Jiqing and his goddess are too similar.
In the winter, when he used to study painting in Nanwu, every time he finished fighting, the goddess also bandaged him in this way.
At that time, he was just a transfer student who had just transferred to Nanwu. He hasn’t begun to grow taller, nor has he shed his baby fat. He was a chubby little boy and a newcomer from the countryside. He was often isolated, ridiculed, bullied, and didn’t have the same treatment as the so-called campus god he has now.
Only the gentle and beautiful girl will tell him seriously, “Your eyes are very beautiful, and you will definitely be a very beautiful little boy in the future. So don’t be sad, grow up well, as long as you become strong enough, no one will be able to bully you again.”
So even though he then quickly transferred back to Beijing, he was unable to learn the girl’s real name and contact information, but he never forgot that feeling of heart thumping when he first fell in love, and he even did not fall in love with any other girl.
That’s why he lost his composure the first time he saw Gu Jiqing.
His heart race just now is definitely due to the empathy effect.
Zhou Cibai is very certain.
However, Gu Jiqing’s meticulous care for him is truly tangible.
Moreover, Gu Jiqing has never really done anything excessive. The reason he had such a big reaction was simply because he had a preconceived bias because he heard Gu Jiqing’s words about wanting to bend him at that time.
But Gu Jiqing has also said that there was a misunderstanding.
The subsequent actions were also justified. After agreeing to maintain distance, Gu Jiqing also avoided suspicion and was injured because of him.
Thinking of this, Zhou Cibai felt a bit guilty.
He felt that his biased words and actions before were not gentlemanly at all.
So he looked at the neatly wrapped bandage around his ankle, pursed his lips, and whispered, “Sorry.”
It was an unexpected conversation.
Gu Jiqing raised his eyes in confusion.
Zhou Cibai seemed to be uncomfortable, he turned his head to look away and quickly said, “It was my own mental reasons before, so my words and actions were a bit extreme and not very polite. It’s not your problem, so don’t take it to heart.”
After saying that, he completely tightened his lips, staring straight at the empty wall, with the twisted feeling of “don’t answer me, let this pass and get over it quickly” written all over his body.
Gu Jiqing looked at him quietly for three seconds, then lowered his head and smiled. “Zhou Cibai, has anyone ever said that you are so cute?”
Of course not.
Who would say a 1.9 meter-tall man is cute?
After finally calming down, Zhou Cibai suddenly felt a sense of shame and anger after being teased.
But as soon as he turned around, he saw Gu Jiqing smile faintly, tying a beautiful knot on the bandage, and his shame and indignation hardened back up.
“Try to see if there’s anywhere that is uncomfortable.” Gu Jiqing looked up at him.
Zhou Cibai: “……Nothing.”
“Then I’ll continue writing my essay.”
Gu Jiqing turned around without any lingering attachment.
Zhou Cibai paused slightly, expressionlessly putting the small biscuit into the drawer and locking it, then he also took a book to read.
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On the winter weekends, the campus of Tsinghua University is cold and lively, while the interior is warm and peaceful.
There was no sound of Lu Ping’s gibbering and playing games, nor was there the sweet sound of Chen Ji and his girlfriend talking on the phone.
Surprisingly, it is a rare pleasure.
Zhou Cibai rarely finished reading a whole novel in one breath. When he closed the pages, he felt a slight itch in his throat and coughed softly against it.
In fact, he had coughed more than twice throughout the entire afternoon.
Gu Jiqing closed his laptop and turned his head to look out the window. The sky was completely dark, and the clouds were extremely low, indicating that it was about to snow.
He picked up his cell phone and saw that it was eight o’clock at night.
As for the more than twenty missed calls displayed on the screen, he didn’t pay any attention to them, and they were directly deleted.
Then he put away his phone and slowly put on his jacket, asking, “Is it okay to have sweet and sour pork ribs for dinner? I love sweet and sour ones.”
Sweet and sour pork ribs—why is it still sweet and sour little pork ribs?
Zhou Cibai still remembered what Gu Jiqing said about his cuteness, so he tried to be as serious as possible and tensed his face, handing over his meal card and saying, “Swipe mine.”
His scumbag face, coupled with such expressions and actions, as well as such lines, gives off a hint of being cold and arrogant like character in the novel.
It’s just a shame that even bothering someone to help with a meal would make him feel embarrassed and awkward.
Gu Jiqing smiled imperceptibly, then took the meal card, brought the insulated bucket, and walked out the door.
The early winter nights in Beijing, especially those about to snow, are even colder than the nine cold winters in the southern fog.
As Gu Jiqing was walking back while carrying dinner, he stopped by and bought something, and then a call from an unfamiliar number came again.
Gu Jiqing didn’t need to guess who it was. He was about to lower his head and press it, but the other person hung up the phone first.
Next came the sound of “Ah Ji” coming from ahead.
Gu Jiqing raised his head,
He Changzhi was standing at the end of the small path in front of Building 1 of the dormitory building, looking at him with red eyes, unsure if it was frozen or for some other reasons.
Gu Jiqing put away his phone and walked slowly towards He Changzhi.
He Changzhi’s eyes lit up instantly, eager to reach out and grab him.
However, Gu Jiqing stopped an arm away from him and said, “If there’s anything, just say it ba. I still have to bring food for my roommate. It’s not good if it gets cold.”
He Changzhi’s hand stiffened in mid-air.
Seeing him silent, Gu Jiqing didn’t say much, he just stepped forward and prepared to walk past him.
However, He Changzhi grabbed his wrist and pulled it back forcefully, bringing him to himself. “Ah Ji, because of you, I’ve broken up with my ex and even come out of the closet. Now I’m still rushing back from home overnight, but you don’t even want to take a second look at me.” He said.
He Changzhi’s questioning voice carried a humble tone, as if Gu Jiqing had really done something outrageous.
However, Gu Jiqing only felt a slight pain in his wrist from being grabbed, but he couldn’t break free. He could only look at the other person and said, “He Changzhi, I suggested you break up with Jian Ling because you’re not a straight man and you shouldn’t delay the girl. It doesn’t mean I’m responsible for it.”
“But before you appeared, no one knew I was gay! My friends, my parents, and Jian Ling, everyone thought I was a normal person. If it weren’t for you, I could have acted like this for a lifetime!” He Changzhi’s emotions had already spiraled out of control.
Gu Jiqing looked at his expression but remained calm, as if he were reading an outdated joke.
He Changzhi finally couldn’t bear it anymore, his voice choked up, and he said, “Ah Ji, have you really never liked me? Is all your kindness towards me fake?”
It may not be true, but it does not mean anything more.
“I treat you well because you were good to me as a roommate before, and I don’t like to owe others favors.” Gu Jiqing explained calmly and seriously, without any mockery or playfulness.
But it seemed more like a joke to He Changzhi: “So if anyone treats you well, would you treat them well too?”
His eyes were filled with disbelief.
It’s as if this good deed is something special.
Gu Jiqing couldn’t quite understand.
After a brief pause, he said seriously, “To be precise, if anyone is not good to me, I will also be good to them.”
Since he was brought into the Gu family by his gentle and beautiful mother when he was five years old and was told that he must be a child that the Gu family can accept and like, this behavior has gradually become a habit and instinct that does not require thinking.
It’s just being kind to people, without the need for emotional attachment.
That’s why it’s so easy to get people to accept and like him.
Gu Jiqing didn’t quite understand how someone could take it seriously.
He felt that he had spoken clearly enough, and it was extremely cold at night, so he didn’t want to linger any longer. His tone returned to his usual lazy and gentle tone: “So if possible, I hope everyone can still preserve some of their last dignity as adults. I also need to bring food for my roommate, it won’t taste good when it’s cold.”
He spoke calmly and appropriately.
Then prepare to leave.
However, He Changzhi found it increasingly difficult to control his emotions.
Why is Gu Jiqing the one who provokes people, the one who says he can leave, and the one who doesn’t care about anything?
He finally couldn’t help but tug back at Ji Qing and forcefully press him against the wall, saying, “Gu Jiqing, I used to be your roommate, and you would also bring me food. Where am I not good enough? Why do you just say goodbye, and then it’s goodbye?”
He is actually a member of the college basketball team. He is tall and powerful, even through his thick down jacket, he can clearly hear the sound of Gu Jiqing’s bones hitting the wall.
Gu Jiqing frowned.
He Changzhi felt a pain in his heart and was about to apologize.
The next second, he was grabbed by someone on his right shoulder and he was pulled back forcefully.
The tall and big boy was immediately pulled and stumbled.
Immediately after, someone stood between him and Gu Jiqing and said, “Just say what you have to say. Don’t get physical.”
The voice was deep and cold, pressed with displeasure.
He Changzhi was already full of anger and was about to flip out, but when he looked up, he saw Zhou Cibai and was slightly stunned. He could only suppress his anger and was forced to ease his expression: “Zhou Cibai, this is the problem between me and Gu Jiqing, it has nothing to do with you.”
Zhou Cibai completely blocked Gu Jiqing behind him, with a cold and strong tone: “He’s my roommate now, and he’s related to me.”
“Aren’t you homophobic? What do you care about our business?”
He Changzhi directly attacked Zhou Cibai’s most sensitive spot.
Zhou Cibai just said expressionlessly, “I don’t discriminate against sexual orientation, I just hate gays who constantly pester and cause trouble for others.”
A gay stalker who doesn’t know his place.
He Changzhi clenched his fists.
If it were a different person, he would have taken action already.
But he had played basketball with Zhou Cibai and knew that this person was essentially an untamed wild wolf. If he really started, he would go crazy to the point of being terrifying. Moreover, his chauvinism was severe, and his desire for protection was so strong that he would never be able to get his way with him.
So the tightly clenched fist could only be released in the end.
He calmed his emotions, looked at Gu Jiqing, and said with a gentle tone, “Ah Ji, I’m sorry. Did I hurt you just now? It’s all my problem, I’m too anxious. But in Zhou Cibai’s situation, it’s definitely not convenient for you to live in the same dormitory as him. It’s better to move back first. I understand your lifestyle habits, at least I can take care of you, and I promise to keep a distance and make sure not to cross the line.”
Between the words, there is always a hint of understanding and familiarity.
It’s like announcing their once intimate relationship to Zhou Cibai.
However, Gu Jiqing simply and calmly said, “No need, I live quite well in my new dormitory. By the way, it’s better to apologize to Jian Ling than to me. You don’t owe me anything, you owe her.”
After speaking, he turned around again.
He was not stopped again this time.
Because Zhou Cibai stopped He Changzhi who was about to catch up with him.
Zhou Cibai reached out and pressed his hand against He Changzhi’s shoulder, vigorously flipped back, lifted his chin, and pointed behind him, saying, “If you’re not afraid of making a big scene, it doesn’t matter to me.”
He Changzhi turned around and quickly saw several cameras, his face immediately darkening.
After a brief hesitation, he turned around and left.
Indeed, such hypocritical egoists cannot challenge the true bottom line of their interests for the sake of others.
Zhou Cibai didn’t even bother to talk to him too much. With a cold expression, he turned around and followed Gu Jiqing.
He walked a bit slowly, and Gu Jiqing waited for him at the corner. After he slowly approached, he whispered, “Not hurt anymore?”
How could it not hurt?
But when he saw He Changzhi on the balcony just now, he had a bad premonition in his heart. He didn’t think much for a moment and rushed down with the handrail in his slippers.
Just now, for the sake of momentum, he even landed on his right foot.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a piercing pain.
However, he couldn’t tell Gu Jiqing about this matter. He just suppressed the pain and said with a stern expression, “It’s fine. I’m coming down to pick up a delivery.”
Zhou Cibai is not a person who can lie.
Because when he lies, he will unconsciously purse his lips.
Gu Jiqing didn’t intend to expose him either, he just curled up his lips and said, “En, it turned out you were on the way, but thank you for helping me just now.”
“I’m not trying to help you.” he smiled, and Zhou Cibai’s face instantly became even tighter. “I just don’t like people who are unfaithful and irresponsible with their relationships, and I can’t stand others bullying people based on their physical strength.”
Others say such things may appear pretentious.
But when Zhou Cibai spoke it out, it seemed so appropriate.
No wonder he had been so repulsed by him so much before, it was also because he had heard the rumors and felt that he was the one who was irresponsible with his feelings.
Even so, seeing him being “bullied,” he couldn’t help but come to help him when he himself was injured, just because he couldn’t bear to see the “weak” being bullied.
Where did this morality model come from?
In Gu Jiqing’s mind, a picture of the small Zhou Cibai wearing a small red flower, standing on the podium with a serious and small face to receive praise, popped up, and a smile rippled in the bottom of his eyes.
Zhou Cibai’s already tense face instantly stunk even more.
How can this person still smile?
How dare you smile when his peach blossom debt has been chased down to the dormitory building already?
Zhou Cibai felt that he couldn’t communicate well with Gu Jiqing, so he turned around and prepared to leave. As soon as he took a step, he remembered something and turned around to take the heavy pink insulation bucket from Gu Jiqing’s hand.
“Put your hands in your pockets, don’t turn around and get frostbitten. Shen Zhao would come to me to settle the accounts.”
After speaking, he tried to leave quickly without looking back.
The tone and expression are incredibly cool.
As a result, after just taking two steps, his ankle hurt, and he stumbled lightly, causing him to collapse throughout.
Gu Jiqing finally couldn’t help but chuckle out loud.
Zhou Cibai finally couldn’t bear it anymore and turned around in embarrassment and anger: “Gu Jiqing, can you…”
Not be so frivolous.
He hasn’t finished speaking.
He was stunned on the spot.
Because he didn’t know since when Gu Jiqing was holding a small plastic bag and handed it to him, saying, “I didn’t mock you, I just thought you were cute, and there’s also the medicine I bought for you.”
A small plastic bag contains cough medicine and rainbow candy.
The person carrying the bag was standing under the streetlamp with their nose and eyes turning red from the cold, and their speech was shrouded in white air. The slightly smiling pupils were soaked in bright and clear light, reflecting only two small white faces without any unnecessary distractions.
It has nothing to do with those frivolous teasing.
So the originally fierce words came to Zhou Cibai’s lips, and after taking the medicine, his ears turned red, and he said, “Can you stop saying I’m cute all the time?”
