CH 44

When the two people entered the dorm, Wen Renxu, who was wiping his hair, was surprised, “Didn’t you two ride the car? How can you be wet like this??”

“The flower pot just fell downstairs. We went to pick it up.” Ye Zhou shook the umbrella in the bathroom and hung it on the hook, taking off his wet jacket. In fact, he also didn’t get soak too much by the rain: the wetness didn’t spread to his long-sleeved undershirt. On the contrary, Shang Jin had gotten soaked in the rain all the way since the end of class. He originally wanted to take out a dry towel and throw it on Shang Jin’s head. In the end, he saw Shang Jin’s hands were full of mud and said, “Why don’t you go shower first.”

“Let me settle this first,” said Shang Jin, putting a broken clay pot on the table full of books.

“Wait!!” Ye Zhou walked over in two or three steps, moved all the book on the table to his desk and put a draft paper in an empty place. “Put it here.”

Because it was a strawberry seedling, Ye Zhou had bought a small flowerpot with a ten-centimeter diameter. Now that the flowerpot was broken and the bottom had already been thrown into the trash can, it could only rely on the relatively large flower pot side fragment to hold a palm-sized lump of dirt. In this kind of weather, it also wasn’t good to go outside to buy a pot. Shang Jin placed as much soil in his hands as possible on the table. Many of the roots of the strawberry seedling were broken and only half of the largest leaf still remained.

Shang Jin had carefully dug out the strawberry seedling from the soil, and the main root wasn’t damaged.

His body was a bit cold, so he put the seedling to one side and said, “Forget it, take a shower and then fix it again.”

Ye Zhou lifted his sleeves and said, “I’ll help you fix it.”

“No need. You go eat first.” Shang Jin looked at the clock on the table and said, “It’s almost been an hour since the end of class.”

“Then I’ll help bring your meal.”

“Okay.” Shang Jin went to the window and used the rainwater to flush the dirt across the protective fence net. He then walked to the sink and wash his hands, taking his clothes to the bathroom.

When Ye Zhou brought back the meal, Shang Jin had also just showered.

After a simple meal, Shang Jin took out a piece of cardboard and simply made a carton and put a layer of soil into it. Then, he transplanted the seedling. Putting it next to Ye Zhou’s flowerpot, they were completely two different styles.

Ye Zhou lamented, “It was clearly bright and beautiful in the morning. After only a few hours, it changed beyond recognition.”

“Isn’t it only changing appearances? As long as it can bear strawberries, there’s no difference with before.” Shang Jin pushed the two seedlings in again, “This is good.”

This torrential rain came quickly and also went fast.

The next morning, the blue sky was like it was washed clean and bright. The sun once again hung in the sky. With yesterday’s experience, no matter what was said, Ye Zhou didn’t dare to put the two potted plants next to the fence.

A leaf stretch out from the window, as if calling for the sunshine outside. Ye Zhou closed the window specifically to allow them to sunbathe through the window and comforted, “It’s better to get less sun than to lose your life.”

This time, the weather kept bright and sunny. The consecutive days of rain finally announced its end. It was a good sign for the upcoming May Day holiday.

During the three-day holiday, unless their home was close to school, ordinary students would choose to stay at school. However, it seemed a bit wasteful to stay at school for the three-day holiday. At this time, some students would take a three days, two nights tour to places not too far away while they were on holiday. For example, Liu Yutian and Wen Renxu of 405.

Liu Yutian carried his luggage bag and said, “You can rest assured this holiday season! We will come back on the third night.”

Wen Renxu echoed, “I say, both of you can also take advantage of the holiday to tour around. Taking a trip is a quick way to promote your feelings.”

Ye Zhou smiled without smiling, “I have long wanted to ask: you and Liu Yutian work together everyday, and even have to go on vacation to promote your feelings. Compared to me and Shang Jin, you two are lovers, right?”

“Really is gay eyes see everyone as gay!” Liu Yutian said, glancing at Wen Renxu in dissatisfaction, “You think I want to go with him? Isn’t this wanting to go on a trip but not having a younger sister to accompany me?”

“What’s wrong with me? I’m the one suffering losses!” Wen Renxu snorted, “If I’m by myself outside, out of ten times, there’s also one time I’d get hit on. Going together with you, there’s not even that one time.”

Ye Zhou curiously said, “You’ve also been hit on? What kind of person was the other?”

Liu Yutian disdainfully said, “Isn’t it just asking for directions? Still counting it as hitting on.”

Ye Zhou choked, thinking that he was a little foolish for interrupting.

Wen Renxu gave him a supercilious look and said, “When I’m with you, people wouldn’t even dare to ask for directions.”

“It wouldn’t be that bad, right?” Ye Zhou put his chin on the chair’s back and said, “I think our Tian’er looks very manly.”

“Exactly.” Liu Yutian scratched the back of his head and said, “Our Zhou has good taste.”

Shang Jin looked askance at them and said, “Being stout isn’t called manly.”

Liu Yutian inexplicably felt a coldness behind him and smiled flatteringly. “It’s still like Shang Jin that’s manly, both outstanding and handsome. Every time there’s an activity, as long as I’m in a group with Shang Jin, I have a distinctive sense of security.”

Wen Renxu agreed, “I feel deeply the same. No matter whether it’s a group assignment or a survey report, as long as I’m grouped with Shang Jin, there’s completely no need to worry about the course credit.”

Ye Zhou was unconvinced. “You also don’t need to worry in a group with me.”

Liu Yutian looked at the time and said, “We can’t talk anymore. There’s no time.”

“You two should take good care of the room.” Wen Renxu said with a low smile, with particular emphasis on the two words ‘good care’.

Ye Zhou urged, “Get out!”

Shang Jin came down from bed and took the lead to observe the rise of the strawberry seedlings. He determined that everything was good before standing in front of the wash basin to wash up.

The dormitory was quiet and Ye Zhou leaned back in his chair, intending to read a person’s biography that he hadn’t finished reading last night.

Shang Jin finished washing his face and flicked his not-yet-dried hands next to Ye Zhou’s head.

The water splashed on Ye Zhou’s face, provoking Ye Zhou to glare at him.

“Go out?”

Ye Zhou noted the page number in the lower right corner and, closing the book, asked, “Go where?”

“Summer came, look at clothes.”

Ye Zhou thought for a moment and he seemed to not have any new summer clothes. “Let’s go.”

The shopping malls were bustling on May Day, and the businesses were broadcasting their promotions. Boys buy clothes quickly, especially when faced with two racks of clothes.

Shang Jin had no special requirements for clothes, as long as it was comfortable to wear and was pleasing to the eye. Ye Zhou had a similar point of view to him.

The two people casually entered a store. Most of the clothes in this store were simple in style, and the price was also affordable. Many people were holding clothes up to their body and gesturing.

Ye Zhou strolled around and picked up clothes that many people were trying out. He said, “This one is good. No wonder so many people fancy it.”

Shang Jin glanced up and said, “Go try it.”

Ye Zhou found his size and went into the fitting room.

A minute later, the surrounding people who were trying the same style all locked their eyes on him.

Ye Zhou stood in front of the mirror and straightened out the clothes. A man who had just taken the same clothes silently dismissed the idea of trying on the clothes.

It really was too scary to wear the same outfit as this kind of person…

After all, if they fearlessly wore the same outfit as someone, the one who’s ugly is the one who’s embarrassed.

Wearing the same clothes and standing in front of the same dressing mirror, the tragic contrast was completely the same as the gap between a model wearing it and the buyer wearing it Moreover, the model also brought their own beautifying feature, while the buyer was like being exposed to a high-definition camera.

Afterwards, as long as Shang Jin or Ye Zhou tried on the clothes, the people who originally wanted to buy the clothes were very self-aware and avoided it.

The store clerk both loved and hated them, both wanting to let them be models to show off the clothes, yet also having heartache when they saw the customers who’d originally been interested in the clothes put it down one after the other.

After strolling around for less than an hour, the two men finished purchasing the clothes.

“Wait, my phone’s ringing.” Shang Jin took out his cell phone and Qin Fei’s number was displayed on it. He hesitated for a moment and picked it up.

He didn’t expect that after connecting, he’d hear Shang Youyou’s voice. Shang Youyou was full of grievances as she complained that he hadn’t returned home for too long.

“Then I’ll go back tonight.” Shang Jin hung up and said apologetically, “You’ll be alone in the dorm tonight.”

“So what, I’m such a big man.” Ye Zhou completely didn’t take it seriously. “Just help me tell Youyou that I liked the rabbit she sent very much.”

Passing through the video game city, Ye Zhou saw a row of crane machines and said, “Let’s play for a while?”

Shang Jin followed his line of sight and said, “If you want a stuffed animal, you can just directly buy one. Why do you want…”

“You don’t understand this.” Ye Zhou pulled up his sleeves and walked to the counter to exchange for game coins. He took out fifty yuan and exchanged it for tens of game coins. After weighing the game coins in his hands, Ye Zhou said, “The doll that’s grabbed and the doll that’s bought are very different.”

Ye Zhou strolled in front of the crane machines and stopped in front of one. “How about this pink kitten? Grab this and take it back to Youyou as a gift.”

Shang Jin inserted two game coins and controlled the loose claw to move above one of the kittens. After being certain, he pressed the confirm.

The claw in the crane machine always loosen up in the moment it catches, and this was no exception. After traveling in the air for a second, the pink kitten fell back to its original place.

“Tch…”

“Heheh.” Ye Zhou handed him two game coins and said, “Go on.”

After the tragedy was repeated again three consecutive times, without Ye Zhou saying, Shang Jin directly reached out his hand in front of Ye Zhou.

Shang Jin tried twice again. When taking the game coins, he planned in advance.

This time when the claw went down, it shook a bit, but just after the claw caught, the kitten’s limb got stuck on the clip. When the clip rose, it didn’t shake off the doll. It moved with the hanging doll for a short distance, and after this short distance, it let the doll successfully fall out.

With bright eyes, Shang Jin shook the doll that’d just come to his hand.

“Not bad. I’ll try too.” Ye Zhou was happy to compete with Shang Jin in any way.

Fifteen minutes later, the game coins were used up and Ye Zhou and Shang Jin each held four dolls.

Ye Zhou put all the dolls in Shang Jin’s bag and said, “I hope your family’s little princess will like them.”

“She’ll like them. Her one rabbit was exchanged for so many, she’s made a lot of profit.”

The two men carried their things and hailed a taxi at the station. Shang Jin sat in the car first. He pressed down the window and took a doll from the bag and said, “For you.”

It was the pink kitten that Shang Jin had caught first.

“This is too girly…” Ye Zhou reluctantly took it in his hand and protested, “Give me another one.”

Shang Jin laughed, “The protest is invalid.” While Ye Zhou was in a daze, he told the driver to set off.

Looking at the dust of the car, Ye Zhou clenched his kitten doll and angrily said, “Too treacherous, actually using the beautiful man strategy!”