He Bai put the plate he had just picked up on the table, tilted his head back, “What?”
Di Qiuhe held down the back of his head to prevent him from fidgeting, rubbed his ear gently and whispered, “I’m happy, Pup … why are you so kind to me?”
“… You fool.” He Bai’s eyes softened and he embraced Qiuhe and rubbed him on the back, “Is this kind to you? You are so easy to satisfy. Please eat more if you are in the mood. You are thinner than last time. Have you been over working for the movie? You are back so early, did you rush again?”
Di Qiuhe smiled and did not answer, rubbing puppy’s back, replied, “You are thinner … Pup, there is a thing I’ve meant to tell you, that I want to tell you in person.”
Hugging was always relaxing and comfortable. He Bai relaxed and leaned against him. He was not in a hurry to urge him to eat, smiled and asked, “What is it? Did you do something bad without my knowledge?”
“Well, a big bad thing.” Di Qiuhe noticed his relaxation and the smile deepened in his eyes. He suddenly withdrew his hand and took something out of his pocket and quickly put it on his neck, then hugged him again, waved gently and said earnestly, “I adore you, Pup, please be with me.”
Something was on his neck now, the skin inside the collar now was feeling a necklace with the warmth of the other party. He Bai wanted to look down at what was hanging on the chain, but he was hugged tightly again. Just as he was preparing to protest, this gentle and tempting remark came from his ear.
He was stunned and his heart beat uncontrollably faster.
It was the first time in two of his life that he heard the confession from the person he liked.
After they made clear their minds, they contacted each other by phone for so long, had said but no specific “I adore you”. He thought that the other was the same as him and didn’t care about these things, however, he didn’t realize that he waited until they met in person.
The precious thoughts, suddenly … he was so touched.
The one in arms was stiff and there was only silence. Di Qiuhe, filled with joy and gentleness at first, gradually became uneasy. He slightly let go of the person in his arms, took half a step back, but did not dare to look at him in the eye. His hands were on puppy’s shoulders, with his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, asking in a shaking voice, “XiaoBai, you … don’t you? Am I not good enough?”
He Bai came back to himself, having examined his expression and the platinum ring hanging on the necklace, squinted at him with a big smile. He threw himself at him, rubbed his hair and laughed, “Childish Di, if you dare to cheat on me, I’ll chop you!”
His hair, which had just grown not for long, was messed up. He Bai’s response stupefied him for a moment. Then he hugged He Bai hard and buried his face between his shoulder and neck, his voice was a bit hoarse. “No … You’re everything.”
He Bai raised his hand to pinch his ear. “Childish Di, are those tears of joy?”
“No.” Di Qiuhe shook his head, held down the back of his head to prevent him from seeing him, and turned his head sideways to kiss the tip of his hair. “Don’t move, hug me like this for a while, just for a little while.”
He Bai stood still, smiled and let go of his hand, hugged and patted him with a gentle smile, “You Childish Di~ … sure, for as long as you want.”
The meal was finally finished at half past nine in the evening, Niu Junjie called to ask him why he hadn’t returned, if there was any problem with his work. He Bai took a look at Di Qiuhe, who pretended to be calm, but in fact was staring at his cell phone with threatening eyes. He pressed down his smile and answered, “I won’t go back tonight.”
“What?! You are staying out all night?”
Di Qiuhe, who was secretly listening with his ears up, immediately looked over, his eyes glaring.
He Bai put his hand over the receiver, smiled and squinted at him, then turned to the phone, over which Niu was making repeated inquiries, and he replied simply, “Qiuhe is back.”
Niu Junjie shut up at once, and then grinned after a few seconds, said knowingly, “I know, I know. Enjoy your night. The teacher won’t know. It’s okay. LaoDa had answered for you in class. If it’s necessary, he can answer for you tomorrow morning. It’s not an important class anyway, it doesn’t matter.”
“Go easy on the the pornography in your mind. I’m going to take Qiuhe to see the house.” He Bai criticized, hung up the phone after a simple explanation, and looked at Di Qiuhe who leaned in unconsciously.
Di Qiuhe immediately straightened up, pulled the scarf around his neck, and asked deliberately, “It’s late. The dormitory must have been closed. Let’s … check in at a hotel?”
In which world the dorm closed at 9: 30?
“We are not going to the hotel.” He Bai pretended to not know what he was planning, smiled and shook his head, raised his hand and pointed in a direction, “Let’s go this way.”
The tiny hope that had just risen in Di Qiuhe’s heart disappeared, he looked in the direction and was stunned. “Supermarket?”
Bedsheet, quilts, toothbrushes, towels, shampoo, bath lotion … all sorts of necessities were piled up in shopping carts pushed by Di Qiuhe. He looked puzzled then, when He Bai threw another box of underpants in, his ears turned red, and he asked, “Why do you buy these stuff, Pup, are you going camping?”
He Bai shook his head, looked him up and down, then took another pack of underwear and threw it in.
Di Qiuhe glanced at the two packs of underwear with the same style but different sizes, the flush spread from ear to neck. Fortunately, he was not seen behind the scarf. He had doubts in his mind, but because of shyness, he didn’t keep asking. His head was full of pink bubbles like “couple’s daily” and “matching underwear”, his eyes were dubious and bright, like a hungry fox who saw fat chickens.
The supermarket closed at 10: 30. He Bai bought all the articles for daily use that were lacking in the villa promptly. Then he called a taxi and shoved Di Qiuhe and the supermarket shopping bag into the back seat while sitting on the passenger seat himself.
“We are heading to this place, please.” He Bai showed the address of the villa recorded in the mobile phone to the driver, then took out a bag of peanuts from the shopping bag on his leg and put it into the hands of Di Qiuhe in the back seat together with a plastic bag, “I want to eat peanuts. Peel them. Don’t talk to me until you finish.”
