Chapter 38
Chapter 38
The silent and quaint town was shrouded in continuous rain, and a few lanterns hung in front of the quaint homestay, softening the bright lights.
The two went up and down, one stood on the wooden ladder, and the other stopped in the heavy rain. They seemed to forget everything around them when they looked at each other, only the reflection of each other in the bottom of their eyes.
At this time, Mu Xinyu came out from the other end of the corridor and found the thin figure at the door, and couldn't help but wonder: "Xiaobai, what are you doing standing at the door?"
Jiang Yubai suddenly came back to his senses, only then did he notice that Lu Jinyan had been drenched in the rain, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and called, "Come up quickly to shelter from the rain."
Lu Jinyan stepped forward, stepped up the wooden ladder step by step, and approached his sweetheart step by step.
Trek through mountains and rivers, just to meet the person on the apex of my heart.
"Xiaobai, is this your friend?" Mu Xinyu also walked to the door, looking at the tall and drenched boy, he vaguely felt that this person looked familiar.
Lu Jinyan raised his hand to push his bangs back completely, and greeted politely: "Hi, I'm Lu Jinyan."
"I'll just say it!" Mu Xinyu slapped his thigh, "I just said it feels like I've met you somewhere, so it's you!"
"Your clothes are all wet." Jiang Yubai didn't bother to listen to their greetings, and frowned delicately, "It's raining so hard, why don't you take an umbrella?"
"I came in a hurry, I couldn't find a place that sells umbrellas, and I'm not—" Lu Jinyan stared at him with burning eyes, "Want to see you sooner?"
When the voice fell to the ground, Jiang Yubai's heart skipped a beat, as if a hand was holding his heart, and he could even feel every beat clearly.
This feeling was too strange, he avoided his eyes a little at a loss: "First... go in and change your clothes first."
"Okay." Lu Jinyan responded, turned around and wrung out the water soaked in the clothes, "Wring it out a little bit, so as not to drip water all the way later."
Jiang Yubai and Mu Xinyu's room was on the second floor, and the three walked into the room one after another.
As soon as Lu Jinyan entered the door, he scanned around calmly and confirmed Xiaobai's bed almost at a glance.
"Is it convenient to use the bathroom?" He put down his backpack, "I want to take a shower first."
"Your bag is all wet." Jiang Yubai walked over and touched the backpack, "I'm afraid the clothes inside are also wet."
Lu Jinyan smiled: "It's okay, my bag is waterproof."
Jiang Yubai was skeptical, and watched him unzip the backpack and take out dry clothes from it, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "Then go take a shower."
The weather is not cold, but after such a long time of rain, it is easy to catch a cold.
"Okay." Lu Jinyan walked into the bathroom with a change of clothes, and soon there was the sound of dripping water.
"Xiaobai, why did the school grass suddenly come here?" Mu Xinyu held back his curiosity, "Is he here to look for you? Does he not want to go to class?"
Jiang Yubai replied in a low voice: "I just saw him too, and I haven't had time to ask him yet."
"Oh!" Mu Xinyu had no choice but to swallow his full stomach for the time being, lay down on his bed and started playing with his mobile phone.
"Xiaobai!" After a while, Lu Jinyan called from the bathroom.
Jiang Yubai got up and walked to the bathroom door, and asked through the frosted glass door, "What's wrong?"
Lu Jinyan replied: "I forgot to bring a towel, can I borrow yours?"
Jiang Yubai frowned slightly, but did not immediately agree.
He has always kept personal items like towels separate from others, and he has never lent them to others.
"You can just use the towel to wipe your hair, not your body." As if guessing his concerns, another deep and pleasant voice came from inside.
"Okay, wait a minute." Jiang Yubai walked to the balcony, took off the towel for wiping his hair, and knocked on the door before walking back to the bathroom.
The frosted glass door was opened, and a gust of hot air rushed in, and then stretched out a wet arm: "Thank you, Xiaobai."
Jiang Yubai couldn't help looking at his wrist, and found that the cake and kitten he had painted before leaving were still there, and he couldn't help being surprised: "You didn't wash off the pattern?"
"Of course not." Lu Jinyan turned his arms over and showed him his wrists facing up, "I've been taking a bath in plastic wrap these days, and I agreed to stay with me for ten days."
Now, however, now that he had met their owners, the companionship could come to an end for now.
"Plastic wrap..." Jiang Yubai imagined that scene, laughed unconsciously, and put the towel in his hand, "If you like it, I will draw it for you next time."
"Okay." Lu Jinyan withdrew his arm, pressed his forehead against the glass door, and said in an unclear tone, "Next time I draw, I have to change the place."
After 2 minutes, he wiped his hair and walked out of the bathroom.
Jiang Yubai stood up: "Have you eaten tonight?"
"Is it past your meal time?" Lu Jinyan walked up to him, "It's okay, I'll just eat a bucket of instant noodles."
"How can you get enough instant noodles?" Jiang Yubai thought for a while, "You brush your hair, and I'll ask the proprietress of the hotel to make you something to eat."
"Alright." Lu Jinyan wiped his hair vigorously and put down the towel, "Let's go together."
Mu Xinyu stayed in the room, and the two went out to look for food.
Most of the students who had dinner went back to their rooms, but there were still two or three students sitting in the lobby chatting, and whispering when they saw them approaching.
Jiang Yubai didn't pay attention to their gazes, and went straight to the proprietress: "Hello, is it convenient to prepare another dinner?"
The proprietress was watching the drama, she raised her face when she heard this, and replied enthusiastically: "No problem, handsome boy! Just tell me what you want to eat!"
"It's not me, it's him." Jiang Yubai pointed to the person behind him.
"Hi, lady boss, I'm not picky about food." Lu Jinyan showed his signature smile and said politely.
He had just taken a shower, his hair was half dry, his bangs were pulled back, and a few strands of hair were casually scattered on his full forehead, making him look handsome and suave.
The proprietress is over [-] years old, and she likes fresh meat the most in her life. She is very tolerant of good-looking customers. When she saw Lu Jinyan, her eyes lit up: "Handsome guy, why haven't I seen you in the past few days?"
Lu Jinyan replied, "I just came today."
"He is my friend and a student of University A, but he is not a classmate who sketched together." Jiang Yubai continued to explain.
"So that's it!" The proprietress put down her iPad and walked out of the front desk neatly, "Wait, handsome guy, my sister is here to show you something!"
"Let's go to the restaurant first." Jiang Yubai turned around and walked towards the restaurant.
After sitting down facing each other, Lu Jinyan picked up the tea cups that were upside down on the tray, and poured a cup of tea for the two of them.
Jiang Yubai took the teacup and finally had a chance to ask, "Why did you come here suddenly?"
"The video you sent me is so beautiful, I can't resist beauty—the temptation of beautiful scenery." Lu Jinyan looked at him with a smile on his face, "It feels good to have a casual trip."
In fact, this idea came to Lu Jinyan's mind since he was tossing and turning on Jiang Yubai's bed last night.
I want to see him, touch him, stay by his side, and feel the gift of nature with him.
When longing accumulates to an unbearable weight, the only way to vent is to meet each other.
Jiang Yubai held the teacup: "How did you get here?"
"Take the high-speed train first, and then transfer to the bus." Lu Jinyan replied lightly, "It was supposed to arrive in the evening, but the bus didn't drive into the scenic spot, and it happened to be raining heavily, so it took so long."
"What about your school's curriculum?" Jiang Yubai was silent for a while, then continued to ask.
"Ask for leave, sick leave." Lu Jinyan raised his hand and plucked his bangs, the smile on his lips gradually widened, "It's the first time I've asked for sick leave to play."
Jiang Yubai lifted his eyelashes and glanced at him, the corners of his lips curved slightly: "Then you have to keep a low profile, what if the teacher finds out?"
Lu Jinyan said nonsense seriously: "If the teacher finds out, I will say that my disease is a rare and intractable disease, and only the little gods of Xianyun Mountain can cure it."
Jiang Yubai was amused: "How can there be a little fairy in Xianyun Mountain?"
"Why not?" Lu Jinyan stared straight at him, with a vague look in his dark eyes, he didn't say anything clearly, and seemed to have said everything.
Jiang Yubai panicked when he saw him, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"
"Dinner is here!" Lu Jinyan was about to reply when the proprietress came over with a plate.
"Thank you lady boss." He got up and took the plate and put it on the table.
"Homemade stewed noodles, real ingredients." The proprietress stood aside with a smile, "Handsome guy, do you want to try it?"
Lu Jinyan picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the noodles with the chopsticks, and praised sincerely: "Smooth and chewy, thick but not greasy, the proprietress is good at cooking."
"Oh! The handsome guy is not only good-looking, but also sweet-mouthed, so cute!" The proprietress smiled blindly, and suddenly gossiped, "Handsome guy, is your girlfriend living here?"
Hearing this, Lu Jinyan raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes fell on Jiang Yubai's face: "Why does the lady boss think so?"
"Otherwise, you have come all the way to Fairy Mountain by yourself, what are you planning?" The proprietress analyzed rationally, "It's not a holiday now, the handsome guy and the others are here to sketch, why don't you come and see the scenery?"
"Unfortunately, the proprietress really guessed wrong this time." Lu Jinyan withdrew his eyes and said with a half-smile, "I don't have a girlfriend."
However, what the proprietress said was not completely wrong.
His future boyfriend is sitting across from him now.
After eating a bowl of steaming braised noodles, Lu Jinyan completely warmed up.
Back in the room, Mu Xinyu sat up from the bed and asked concerned: "Have you found anything to eat?"
Jiang Yubai responded, "I've eaten."
Lu Jinyan naturally picked up the towel on the back of the chair, went to the balcony to dry it, and started a casual conversation: "Xiaobai, where did you go to sketch today?"
"I didn't climb the mountain today, so I just sketched in the ancient town." Jiang Yubai replied, "It rained heavily later, so we went back to the hotel first."
"Fortunately, Professor Pei had the foresight to arrange for us to sketch in the town." Mu Xinyu said casually, "If we were on the mountain today, the heavy rain might not be able to fall!"
Lu Jinyan glanced at him, and asked softly, "Xiaobai, can you show me the paintings you have drawn these days?"
"Yes." Jiang Yubai nodded, and took the rolled-up drawing from the table, "Come and see."
Lu Jinyan immediately walked over and stood beside him.
As the canvas unfolds, the ancient town under the afterglow of the setting sun slowly comes into view.
"This is the first day I came to the B&B. I sat on the balcony and drew it." Jiang Yubai stretched out his index finger, pointing to the wooden chair on the balcony, "Just sit there."
"Xiaobai is really amazing!" Mu Xinyu approached again, "Everyone was very fresh on the first day, and they didn't have the heart to draw at all. Only Xiaobai drew this picture of the sunset."
Lu Jinyan frowned, and a sharp and dissatisfied light shot out of his eyes.
This person is too familiar, no matter whether it is physical contact without borders, or being inserted between the two of them like this now.
But he didn't speak directly, but leaned on Xiao Bai intentionally or unintentionally, letting his shoulder touch the thin shoulder.
In this way, the gap between the two becomes very small.
Mu Xinyu also seemed to realize something, raised his hand to touch the back of his head, and retreated to his bed without saying a word.
But Jiang Yubai didn't notice the undercurrent between them, and slowly unfolded the second canvas, continuing to introduce what he had painted in the past few days.
"This place is so familiar. It's the perspective in the video you sent me, right?" Lu Jinyan recognized the scenery in the painting, with a hint of excitement in his tone.
"Yes." Jiang Yubai gave an affirmative answer, "I was sitting on the stone steps of the viewing platform two days ago, looking down."
"That viewing platform is too high, it looks very dangerous." Lu Jinyan looked sideways at him, "Xiaobai is so courageous."
"There's no danger, I just sit there and don't move." Jiang Yubai replied lightly, "No one will push me down."
"Don't talk nonsense." Lu Jinyan leaned over and said in his ear, "But now that I'm here, no matter how high you go, I will protect you."
Jiang Yubai paused slightly with his fingers pressing on the canvas, and replied softly: "Yes."
The two continued to look at the painting, exchanging a few words from time to time.
Mu Xinyu sat on the bed and listened to their conversation, the more he listened, the more he felt that their conversation was not right.
From the first time he met tonight, he felt that Lu Jinyan looked at Xiaobai in an indescribably strange way.
Besides, I came all the way from A University, or during the normal class, is the scenery of Xianyun Mountain really so attractive?
"Xiaobai, it's getting late." After thinking about it, Mu Xinyu said abruptly, "Your friend must be very tired from the journey today, shouldn't it be time for him to rest?"
Lu Jinyan's back stiffened, and he turned his head and swept towards him.
Mu Xinyu was shocked by this glance, but he still held on and did not move.
Jiang Yubai looked at the time: "It's getting late, let's find the proprietress and get another room."
Lu Jinyan withdrew his gaze and said softly, "I'll just go by myself, Xiaobai, can you wipe the water off my backpack?"
Jiang Yubai had no doubt about him, and replied, "Then you go."
As soon as Lu Jinyan left, Mu Xinyu jumped off the bed: "Xiaobai, you said you are roommates, right?"
"Yeah." Jiang Yubai nodded, "What's wrong?"
"No, I just think..." Mu Xinyu couldn't organize his words for a while, "It's a bit strange that he came here from such a long distance."
Jiang Yubai's expression was calm: "It's nothing surprising, I came here when I wanted to."
Mu Xinyu wanted to say something more, but the door of the room was pushed open with a creak, and Lu Jinyan walked in.
"So fast?" He looked at him in surprise.
"The proprietress said that there are no vacant rooms." Lu Jinyan frowned slightly, "It seems that I can only find other homestays."
"At this point, the B&B should not be closed." Mu Xinyu suggested, "Then go find a B&B to live in."
Lu Jinyan looked at the heavy rain outside the balcony, and said in a slightly worried tone, "It's raining a bit outside, I don't know if it's easy to find a place to stay."
Jiang Yubai also looked out the window, and at the same time heard the crackling of raindrops on the window sill, he said hesitantly: "How about..."
"Otherwise, I'll just make do with you all night?" Lu Jinyan answered, "I can sleep on the floor, and the weather isn't cold now."
Jiang Yubai frowned: "How can I do that?"
"Ask the proprietress for more quilts, it's not a big problem." Lu Jinyan smiled, "It's better than going out in the rain."
In a few words, Jiang Yubai was almost convinced.
Lu Jinyan looked at Mu Xinyu again, and asked politely and kindly: "Student, do you mind if I make a bed in the room?"
Mu Xinyu: "I don't mind..."
After solving the accommodation problem, the expression on Lu Jinyan's face became visibly relaxed and happy.
While the idlers were waiting to take a shower, he took out a round object from the innermost pouch in his backpack and handed it to Jiang Yubai.
"What is this?" Jiang Yubai subconsciously reached out to pick it up.
"I wanted to bring you a small cake, but the journey is far away, and I'm afraid it will be crushed." Lu Jinyan replied in a low voice, "This is the moon lollipop. I thought you would like it as soon as I saw it."
Jiang Yubai couldn't help raising his hand, carefully looking at the lollipop in his hand.
There is a moon in the lollipop, and a cute little white rabbit is lying on the moon. The dotted stars reflect brilliant light under the light, which is really a bit like a starry sky and a moonlit night.
Lu Jinyan stared at the beautiful and glowing eyebrows, and unconsciously made his voice softer: "Do you like it?"
"I like it." Jiang Yubai turned his gaze to him, with bits and pieces of light scattered in the bottom of his eyes, "Very beautiful."
"You are more beautiful." Lu Jinyan couldn't help but reply.
Jiang Yubai was startled: "What?"
Lu Jinyan replied clearly: "The stars of the universe are all in your eyes."
The stars in the universe are not as beautiful as you in my eyes.
Jiang Yubai reacted, and the tips of his ears were suddenly stained with crimson. He didn't know what to say for a while, and finally he could only reply in a low voice: "Thank you..."
After not seeing each other for a few days, he faintly noticed that Lu Jinyan seemed to have changed a little.
But exactly what changed, he couldn't say.
As everyone knows, his shy face and earnest thanks made Lu Jinyan so cute that his heart trembled.
How can you be so good?
He was so good that he wished he could imprison him in his arms and bully him ruthlessly...
"I'll lay the floor first." Realizing that his brain had produced some inappropriate imaginations, Lu Jinyan quickly shifted his attention.
Jiang Yubai carefully put the moon lollipop on the table: "I'll help you."
The proprietress was very righteous, and the cotton quilt she brought was fluffy and thick, and the two of them took the lead and unfolded it on the floor, and then spread out the sheets.
Jiang Yubai half-kneeled on the floor, leaned over to smooth out the folds on the bed sheet, picked up the pillow towel and put it on the cotton pillow.
Lu Jinyan stood behind him, his eyes fell on the part of his neck that was exposed because he lowered his head.
Slender and slender, fragile and graceful, it looks whiter and more radiant under the light, making people want to take a bite and feel its softness and fragrance between the lips and teeth.
The Adam's apple rolled up and down unconsciously, and Lu Jinyan looked away in a little embarrassment.
It's too bad, as soon as he sees Xiao Bai now, there will be a steady stream of yellow waste in his mind.
No, even during those few days when he couldn't see him, he couldn't control himself...
"It's ready." Jiang Yubai supported the edge of the bed and got up, "It's been a day of driving, so go to bed early."
"Okay." Lu Jinyan responded, his voice sounded imperceptibly hoarse.
After turning off the lights, Jiang Yubai lay on the bed, sleepiness was protracted but did not come.
Maybe it's because there's someone lying under the bed, or maybe it's because I'm not tired today.
Soon, there was a sound of snoring in the room, and Mu Xinyu seemed to be fast asleep.
Jiang Yubai gently turned over and adjusted to a side-lying position.
"Can't sleep?" A low voice came from under the edge of the bed.
"Hmm." Jiang Yubai replied angrily, "Why didn't you fall asleep?"
Lu Jinyan didn't answer his question, but asked, "Xiaobai, has he... been looking for you these days?"
Jiang Yubai blinked his eyelashes: "No."
"Then you..." Lu Jinyan lay on his side facing the edge of the bed, with one hand resting behind his head, an undulating curve appeared in his sight, "Did you break up?"
This time, Jiang Yubai was silent for several seconds before replying: "It should be soon."
Lu Jinyan propped up his upper body in a hurry: "Xiaobai, if... I mean, if he begs you to give him another chance, will you give it?"
Jiang Yubai was a little uncertain for a moment, what did he mean by this.
Does Lu Jinyan want him to break up, or not?
"I'm not very clear now." After thinking twice, Jiang Yubai gave an ambiguous answer, "Let's talk about it after I go back."
Lu Jinyan propped himself on the floor with one hand, his face hidden in the darkness was uncertain, and he even wanted to do a hundred push-ups on the spot to calm down.
After taking a deep breath, he slowly lay back on the floor, and suddenly began to cough: "Ahem..."
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yubai turned over and rolled around on the edge of the bed, sticking out a small head, with a worried tone, "You don't have a cold, do you?"
"Probably not, cough cough..." Lu Jinyan covered his mouth, the sound of coughing still leaking from between his fingers.
Mu Xinyu turned over on the other bed, as if he was about to wake up.
Jiang Yubai frowned, and after hesitating again and again made up his mind, he asked in a low voice, "Are you going to come up to sleep?"
Lu Jinyan was ecstatic in his heart, he covered his mouth hard so as not to turn his coughing into laughter, and thoughtfully replied: "You don't like coughing...do you sleep in the same bed with someone else?"
"This bed is quite big, it's just..." In the darkness, Jiang Yubai's ears turned red again, and his voice was so soft that it was about to drift away, "Do you mind?"
Although Lu Jinyan was no longer homophobic, I'm afraid he would still feel uncomfortable letting a straight man of steel sleep in the same bed with gays.
"Of course I don't mind!" Lu Jinyan straightened up, sat up his upper body, and stared at the hazy outline in the moonlight outside the window, "Then I came up to sleep?"
"En." Jiang Yubai rolled over to the other side, thought for a while and added, "Don't worry, I sleep well, and I won't do anything to you."
Lu Jinyan tightened his grip on the pillow, his fingers sank into the soft cotton, and the way he looked at him changed instantly.
"Come up." Jiang Yubai couldn't help urging softly when he found that the other party hadn't moved.
In the darkness, there was a clear swallowing sound, and Lu Jinyan responded, "Okay."
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