CH 109

The clubhouse was located next to a high-end residential area, with lawns, lakes, and gardens in it. It was a rare quiet, elegant and convenient residential area in the center of Yan City.

Since it was convenient, it would naturally lack a supermarket. The supermarket here was only open to the residents of the residential area and the members of the clubhouse. It was noon at this time, which was when there was less traffic in the supermarket. When Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue walked in pucjing a shopping cart, they almost suspected that it was only the two of them in the whole supermarket.

“That was your residence card just now.” Jiang Chen took a box of potatoes, put them in the shopping cart, and said casually when he straightened up.

Shi Fengyue was holding a box of strawberries and looking at it, and casually hummed softly, which could be regarded as an answer. Jiang Chen turned his head to look at him, and even though he had been beside him from the time they went out until now, he still couldn’t help turning his head away and letting out a muffled laugh.

Shi Fengyue was wearing a large and clumsy looking black down jacket that reached down to his calves, but he had a long neck, a small face, broad shoulders and long legs. Even wearing such clumsy looking clothes on he still didn’t look bloated. Even if the down jacket was zipped up to the top, it still exposed the soft neckline of the white turtleneck sweater inside and a fair neck, followed by a sharp jawline and the perfect profile of his face. The owner of this face was staring at the strawberries with no expression, the hand that was not holding the box of strawberries would from time to time, pull at the high collar of the sweater, trying to cover his neck which was exposed to the air.

“Is it that cold?” Jiang Chen had long since discovered that Shi Fengyue was particularly afraid of the cold, but he had seen many people who were afraid of the cold, and this was the first time he had seen someone like Shi Fengyue, “Aren’t you wearing three sweaters underneath?”

Yes, Jiang Chen watched Shi Fengyue put on three sweaters under this down jacket that seemed to be able to withstand the wind and cold of minus ten degrees with his own eyes. But even so, despite the distance from the door to the supermarket being only one kilometer, for the entire walk, Shi Fengyue kept pinching on to his collar and did not let go, trying to prevent even a trace of cold wind from slipping down his neck.

Shi Fengyue squinted at him, and put the strawberries into the shopping cart. As soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, he shrank his neck and shivered.

“Is it so cold?” Shi Fengyue repeated what Jiang Chen said just now, and the hand that easily clasped the nape of his neck squeezed a little harder, pressing closer to his skin. The distinct wrist bones and slender fingers were as white as ice jade.

Jiang Chen was suddenly attacked by feezing hands. He was surprised but also a little dazed. He leaned forward, trying to avoid his hand: “Why is your hand so cold?”

Shi Fengyue’s hand followed him like a shadow, sticking to his neck the whole time. He lazily pursed his lips and said, “It’s much warmer now.”

“Take it away.” Jiang Chen grabbed the cart handle with one hand, and leaned forward even more. Shi Fengyue’s hands were really icy, not just the skin, but from the inside out, it seemed that even the bones were carved from ice, like cold jade that radiated coolness, cold to the bone.

The two were pushing a shopping cart together, and they were facing each other when they were talking. At this time, Jiang Chen tilted his upper body to avoid Shi Fengyue’s hand, the loose neckline of the down jacket slid to one side, revealing his thin and fair collarbone.

“You don’t have any clothes on inside?” Shi Fengyue lowered his eyes, raised his eyebrows lightly, and his tone seemed surprised.

Jiang Chen dodged, reprimanded him to take his hand away, and at the same time replied: “How is that possible.”

The touch under his palm was delicate and smooth, and the warmth radiated from the palm to the fingertips to his limbs. Shi Fengyue also felt that it would be too much if he continued to tease Jiang Chen, but he couldn’t pull away from the warmth no matter what. When Jiang Chen dodged again, he subconsciously chased after him, and accidentally became forceful, causing the both of them to freeze for a moment.

Shi Fengyue’s Adam’s apple rolled up and down, and the fingers attached to Jiang Chen’s neck unconsciously curled with his breathing. His cold fingertips ran across the raised spine, and a shudder traveled straight up the spine. Jiang Chen couldn’t help but huff softly. He raised his head, his eyes filled with astonishment.

With one raising and the other lowering their heads, the two stared at each other in a daze for a few seconds before they separated abruptly.

The movement was too big, and the shopping cart was pushed aside, slammed into the supermarket shelf, causing several packages of packaged food to fall to the ground, and then rolled out from the space between Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue.

One was rubbing his fingertips subtly, the other was covering his neck with a dazed expression, and no one cared about the shopping cart that had rolled away.

Shi Fengyue hid the look in his eyes, put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket, and turned his head sideways. His Adam’s apple rolled again, and he said in a slightly hoarse voice, “So you’re wearing two sweaters.”

He clearly knew it was just an accident, but when he heard Shi Fengyue’s casual and nonchalant joking tone, somehow, he felt a surge of annoyance, which made him turn his head suddenly, to open his mouth to reprimand and pursue his behavior just now. But when the words came to his lips, his eyes landed on Shi Fengyue’s flushed ears, and he swallowed them down again.

Shi Fengyue put one hand in his pocket, and stared into the distance casually. If one ignored his blushing ears, his side face looked really calm and breezy. Jiang Chen’s eyes flickered slightly, his furrowed brows relaxing a little bit. The light in his eyes flickered several times, and finally he lowered his eyes, his tone a bit absentminded: “Not everyone is as afraid of the cold as you are.”

“Oh?” Shi Fengyue looked back, but only saw Jiang Chen walking past him, “Let’s continue shopping.”

After walking a few steps, Jiang Chen paused, and a young man walked out around the corner. He was pushing a shopping cart, and his eyes were searching the surroundings, as if he was looking for something.

When his gaze swept over, the young man paused, and his eyes widened slightly, as if hesitating in disbelief, but his tone was pure surprise: “Jiang Chen?”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, took a few steps forward, and stood still one meter away from the boy: “You Jiuyu, why are you here?”

You Jiuyu did not expect that after such a long time, he would meet Jiang Chen in his own community. He seemed to be taller than last time, but his voice was as clear and gentle as ever. He suppressed his accelerated heartbeat and pursed his lips in a smile: “My family lives here, how about you?”

Jiang Chen didn’t notice the light in the other’s eyes, his eyes fell on the shopping cart he was pushing, and he said casually: “Accompanying someone out to buy groceries, the shopping cart you are pushing is the one we just accidentally…..pushed forward.”

“I just saw it roll out, and I was looking for its owner.” You Jiuyu hurriedly returned the shopping cart to Jiang Chen, and the two walked closer because of this. His hands shifted backwards a little and he said in a small voice: “Recently I wrote a song myself…..”

“Who is this?”

Shi Fengyue approached, put one hand casually on the push rod of the shopping cart, glanced lightly at You Jiuyu, and lowered his eyes to ask Jiang Chen.

“You Jiuyu.” Jiang Chen thought for a while, and said, “You should have seen him at He Qianyang’s birthday party last time. He played a piece of violin music.”

“Really?” Shi Fengyue casually looked over, glanced at You Jiuyu lightly, then looked away again, saying with a lazy tone: “I don’t have any impression.”

Jiang Chen was pushing the shopping cart, and when Shi Fengyue came over, he also put one hand on the shopping cart, standing behind him with his arm almost pressing against Shi Fengyue’s chest, not even two centimeters away. When he spoke just now, Shi Fengyue changed his stance and leaned his body forward, seeming to be a distance away from Jiang Chen, but in fact he seemed to breathe right next to his ear when he spoke.

And this standing posture, in You Jiuyu’s eyes, was like Shi Fengyue holding Jiang Chen in his arms.

“Young master Shi.” You Jiuyu greeted a little shyly, and looked at Jiang Chen again, his voice was still soft, a little hopeful: “Jiang Chen, if you have time, can you listen to it for me, the song I wrote.”

Jiang Chen was a little surprised: “You wrote a song yourself?”

You Jiuyu nodded slightly, smiling shyly, but couldn’t help looking at Jiang Chen expectantly.

“I…..” Jiang Chen didn’t have the heart to refuse.

“If you have the time, then make up for all the meals you owed me before.” Shi Fengyue took a bag of cereal from the shelf next to Jiang Chen, threw it into the shopping cart without looking at it, and said in a calm tone.

Jiang Chen swallowed the agreement that was on his tongue, and smiled apologetically: “Sorry, I have a lot of things to do recently, and I don’t really have much time.”

“It’s okay.” You Jiuyu immediately expressed his understanding. Not only was he not unhappy at all, on the contrary he seemed a little more ashamed because he opened his mouth to trouble others. His face flushed and even beads of sweat appeared: “You are in your third year of high school, and you must be very busy, I shouldn’t have mentioned this matter without thinking.”

“Although I will be busy during this time, I should have more time to relax after a while.” Jiang Chen had a good impression of You Jiuyu, and thinking of his experience, he also felt a little sympathetic at the other’s timidnes, “Just give me your number, and when I’m free, let’s make another appointment.”

You Jiuyu’s eyes lit up instantly, “Really?”

Jiang Chen smiled: “Of course.”

You Jiuyu recited his phone number, and Jiang Chen went to take out his phone but touched an empty trouser pocket. He paused, and then remembered that when he was in the suite of the clubhouse just now, after he answered a call from the research institute, he casually placed the phone on the table.

“Sorry, I forgot to bring my phone.” Jiang Chen withdrew his hand, and neatly repeated the phone number that You Jiuyu recited just now, and said, “But I have already remembered your number, and I will save it on my phone when I go back.”

You Jiuyu nodded, took out his mobile phone, hesitated for a bit, and then whispered: “Can I have your number?”

Jiang Chen recited his number, and then said with a smile, “We still have something to do, so we’ll leave first.”

“Okay.” You Jiuyu turned sideways to get out of the way, curved his eyes in a smile, and said in a relaxed and joyful tone, “See you later.”

Jiang Chen nodded and smiled, “See you later.”

When they walked out of You Jiuyu’s sight, it seemed that there were only the two of them left in the supermarket again. Jiang Chen was pushing the shopping cart, but for some reason his attention was focused on the sound of their footsteps. Shi Fengyue’s footsteps were not only very neat, but even the distance of the steps and the lifting of his legs were exactly the same.

“139678XXXXX, 267XXXX…..” Shi Fengyue said suddenly, and recited a series of eleven-digit and seven-digit numbers. After reciting, he paused, looked down at Jiang Chen, and said, “Have you memorized it?”

Jiang Chen was able to memorize thousands of irregular combinations of numbers and letters at one time, so Shi Fengyue’s list of numbers which did not even reach a hundred could not trouble him at all. He repeated the numbers back to Shi Fengyue.

“Okay.” Shi Fengyue slightly raised the corners of his mouth, pushed the shopping cart forward, and said leisurely: “These are the numbers of my personal mobile phone, work mobile phone, spare mobile phone, and the home phones at the houses I usually live in. Remember to save them all on your phone later.”