Chapter 38

    After finishing speaking, Jiang Zhihuo didn't care about Yan Mu's expression or reaction, and locked himself in the toilet after changing his slippers.

    He put his hands on the sink and looked at himself in the mirror.

    The corners of the eyes, cheeks, earlobes, and neck were all flushed red, as if they had just been severely bullied.

    After each kiss, Jiang Zhihuo knew that he always had this look.

    Whether he is used to it or not, Jiang Zhihuo is not sure, the movements he has to repeat several times a day for more than two months have almost become an unavoidable conditioned reflex. At the moment when the fever surged, his first thought was to Pounce on Yan Mu, want to touch him, want to kiss him, want to smell his pheromone.

    ...

    Jiang Zhihuo, wake up!

    Ahhhhh!

    Jiang Zhihuo poured a handful of ice water on his face, and patted his cheek several times vigorously. After all the unnatural redness on his face faded, he took a deep breath, opened the door and walked out.

    Yan Mu didn't react too much because of the incident just now, and was still calm and composed. When Jiang Zhihuo came out, he had already changed his school uniform, and the bag containing the inhibitor was placed beside the bed.

    Now it's time for dinner.

    Jiang Zhihuo forced himself to forget the embarrassing scene just now, pretending to be calm and said: "Is the takeaway ordered?"

    Yan Mu: "Not yet."

    Jiang Zhihuo: "Together?"

    Yan Mu: "Yeah."

    Jiang Zhihuo looks like Like ordering takeout in the past, he sat next to Yan Mu and asked, "Noodles? Rice?"

    Yan Mu replied, "Rice."

    Jiang Zhihuo picked a few restaurants that tasted good: "Barbecue rice? Chicken soup rice? Chicken soup Let's eat, I want soup."

    Yan Mu: "Yes." After

    placing the order, Jiang Zhihuo put the inhibitor in his bag, and said proactively, "You study, I'll go outside."

    Yan Mu stopped him: "I don't intend to study."

    "Oh." Jiang Zhihuo looked at Yan Mu blankly, "So?"

    Yan Mu: "...don't go out."

    Now that Yan Mu said so, Jiang Zhihuo Zhihuo was not polite anymore.

    The bed is definitely more comfortable than the sofa.

    He put on his earphones, clicked on the gunfight game, and started an entertainment game. Not long after, the takeaway was delivered. The two had a silent dinner together, cleaned up the table trash, and washed their hands. Jiang Zhihuo took out a special effect Hold the inhibitor in your hand and keep reminding yourself: test the drug, test the drug, don't rush at people.

    An hour and a half is very short, and it will be here in a while.

    When the feeling of fever swelled up in his body again, Jiang Zhihuo bit off the cover of the special inhibitor, aiming at the gland and piercing it in.

    The medicine was injected, and the back of the neck was numb for a while, but after waiting for a while, the pain of wanton rolling gradually subsided, except for a thin layer of sweat on the back, there was no abnormality.

    Jiang Zhihuo stared at the empty syringe in disbelief.

    Unexpectedly... really useful...

    For a while, neither of them spoke.

    At the scene where he should have felt happy and cheered with his arms folded, Jiang Zhihuo actually just felt lost for no reason, very lost, extremely lost.

    After a long silence, it was Yan Mu who first applauded lightly, opened and closed his palms, and made two extremely perfunctory sounds, then crossed his fingers and thumbs together: "It's useful, congratulations."

    Jiang Zhihuo looked away from the syringe and stared at him blankly , the corner of his mouth curled up a little: "Ah, thank you, congratulations too, you are free, I promised you, I will leave as soon as I get better, and return you to your Bai Yueguang."

    Hearing this, Yan Mu frowned. Frowning, staring at Jiang Zhihuo's eyebrows.

    His pupils were dark, and he couldn't see what he was thinking. After a while, he said "hmm" and asked, "When?"

    "Tomorrow?" Jiang Zhihuo said, "There is a shift scheduled tonight, so I guess it will be late."

    Yan Mu: "..."

    He stopped talking.

    There was an awkward silence in the living room again.

    At 6:55, Yan Mu set off for school for evening self-study, Jiang Zhihuo took his clothes and went to the bar.

    The best time for bar business is from 21:00 to 2:00 in the morning. The nightlife has not started yet, there are no people, and the venue of Nuoda is empty.

    Jiang Zhihuo came to work early, put on his work shirt, trousers and vest, tidied up the bar counter carefully, and wiped the wine glasses turned upside down on the table spotlessly.

    His movements are serious, but his eyes are expressionless, as if he is wandering in the sky.

    Qu Xiao stretched out her hand, snapped her fingers in front of Jiang Zhihuo, and said in a melancholy tone, "Have a glass of Moscow Sunrise."

    Jiang Zhihuo was overwhelmed, and based on vodka and rum, mixed orange juice and lemon juice, and shook well Pour it into a wine glass, let it settle for a while, and wait for several liquids with different solubilities to be layered, and a thin layer of cream is embedded on the top, and red cherries and mint leaves are garnished.

    Facing the cocktail with both appearance and taste, Qu Xiao didn't even look at it, just gulped down the wine glass heavily on the table, and let out a long sigh: "Hey!"

    Jiang Zhihuo maintained his personality, lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "What's wrong?"

    Qu Xiao raised his wine glass, looked up at the cream remaining at the bottom of the glass, and sighed, "I'm broken in love."

    "I was dumped in only three days, three days!!" Qu Xiao held up three fingers.

    He didn't even understand the reason why the girl dumped him, and covered his face in distress: "I don't even know what I did wrong! She asked me to go out with her the night before. I was playing games and didn't see it. When I saw the news, it was already One dragon was blocked and deleted."

    "So what's wrong with me?"

    Jiang Zhihuo: "..."

    After Qu Xiao finished speaking, he handed him the wine glass, and Jiang Zhihuo took it and rinsed it carefully.

    Qu Xiao didn't even think about what kind words the aloof Shin could give him, so she was melancholy for a while, and found that Shin's state was also not right, she poured a cup for ten minutes, and she was still pouring.

    "What's wrong with you?" Qu Xiao asked.

    Jiang Zhihuo continued to concentrate on tidying up the bar, and after a while he said: "I'm going to move."

    Qu Xiao was not in love for the first time, and he adjusted his mentality quickly, and said, "Moving is a happy event, congratulations."

    Jiang Zhihuo was told by this He was taken aback for a moment: "Yeah, it should have been a happy thing, but now I don't feel so happy."

    Qu Xiao took a cup casually, poured warm water for herself, and touched the empty cup.

    The sound of wine glasses clinking was very crisp.

    Just as Qu Xiao was about to speak, Jiang Zhihuo took off his gloves and suddenly said, "Boss, I'll take a leave of absence tonight.

    " Only a straight back is left.

    Qu Xiao: "..."

    He drank two cups of warm water, faced the empty bar, felt that the world was meaningless, and started to frantically send messages to harass/harass Yan Mu.

    Qu Xiao: Yan Shao, Yan Shao, Yan Shao.

    Qu Xiao: I'm broken in love.

    Qu Xiao: The girl deleted me after playing the game, what did I do wrong?

    Yan Mu didn't return.

    It's normal for Yan Shao not to reply at this point in the evening self-study, Qu Xiao didn't care, and continued to sing a one-man show.

    Qu Xiao: I am not the only one who is in a bad mood today.

    Qu Xiao: Shin doesn't look too good either.

    Yan Mu: What happened to him?

    Qu Xiao:?

    Qu Xiao: No way, you don’t get back to me when I’m broken in love, but when you mention Shin, you get back in seconds?

    Yan Mu: What happened to him?

    Qu Xiao: Don't you know?

    Qu Xiao: So you two broke up completely?

    Qu Xiao: Was the confession drunk or was it real?

    Qu Xiao: Young Master Yan, please tell me, but it suffocates me.

    Qu Xiao: Looking at Shin's appearance, I am too embarrassed to ask him directly.

    Yan Mu is still those four words.

    Yan Mu: What happened to him?

    Qu Xiao: ...

    Qu Xiao: I don't know the details. She said she was going to move, and she was unhappy. She just asked for leave and left.

    In Class 3 and 4 of high school, everyone was immersed in the questions. It was as quiet as a pool of water, except for the slight sound of the tip of the pen brushing the surface of the scroll.

    From the back of the classroom came the hurried sound of chairs scraping across the ground.

    Everyone looked back and saw that Yan Mu suddenly stood up from his seat, hurriedly walked out of the classroom without looking back.

    "Xie Qiu, Xie Qiu." People around asked in low voices, "What's wrong with Brother Yan tonight?"

    Xie Qiu was also confused: "I don't know."

    Yan Mu has been very strange tonight, absent-minded, always staring I was in a daze in the same direction, and I took the initiative to ask him, but he didn't say a word.

    Xie Qiu thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Yan looks very much like a broken love."

    Yan Mu walked into the office, casually complained that he was not feeling well, and wanted to ask for leave. , quickly approved the leave note, and told him to pay attention to his health.

    After leaving the school gate, Yan Mu dialed Jiang Zhihuo's phone number and rushed towards his residence.

    Yan Mu: "Where are you?" The

    other side of the receiver was very quiet.

    Jiang Zhihuo said: "At the bar, what's the matter?"

    Yan Mu pierced him: "It's very quiet."

    Jiang Zhihuo said, "I'm in the locker room, of course it's quiet." After the

    last word, the elevator just opened, and Jiang Zhihuo, who said he was in the bar locker room just a second ago, tilted his head with his mobile phone in his hand, and was carrying his suitcase from Go out the door.

    The call was not interrupted, the distance was too close, and there was a slight current sound from the receiver.

    "..."

    "..."

    Jiang Zhihuo smiled awkwardly: "What a coincidence."

    Face to face, the voice came through the receiver again.

    Yan Mu hung up the phone.

    Walked to Jiang Zhihuo, took his suitcase, and said, "I'll see you off."

    Jiang Zhihuo didn't have many things. When he moved here, he only had one suitcase. He usually kept his things in the suitcase, so he had to go directly. Put the lid on, zip it up and go straight away.

    Jiang Yanmu's actions were too strong, and Jiang Zhihuo had no room to refuse at all, so he could only respond dryly: "Okay."

    Probably because he wanted to sneak away and was discovered, and he was very embarrassed along the way. I thought Yan Mu said "" "Send", just delivered to the bus station, unexpectedly boarded the bus with Jiang Zhihuo.

    They sat in the last row, and the bus pulled into the driveway, and the awkwardness between the two of them still did not fade away.

    Jiang Zhihuo leaned against the window, and in the name of looking at the scenery, he didn't have to look at Yan Mu, and he didn't have to talk to him.

    The night scene flashed through the window, and the neon lights couldn't escape the wind, so they were all left behind.

    Jiang Zhihuo lived in an old neighborhood, and it took 40 minutes to get there. The bus stop was built at the entrance of the alley, and the houses on both sides of the road were dilapidated. Swinging in the old streets and alleys.

    Jiang Zhihuo stopped in front of a residential building, took the box, and said, "I'm here, thank you."

    These days, and tonight, thank you all.

    Yan Mu didn't say anything, just said lightly: "Yes."

    Jiang Zhihuo waved his hand.

    Yan Mu nodded and turned around.

    Under the dim light, the shadows are getting longer and longer, one forward, one upward, and the distance is getting farther and farther away.

    Jiang Zhihuo lived in a small single room on the fifth floor. He didn't come back for more than two months. The room was covered with dust. After a simple cleaning and a new set of sheets, Jiang Zhihuo lay down on the bed.

    After Li Muhe went to college, he didn't want to live with Li Hao, so he rented a single room by himself. Jiang Zhihuo was already very adaptable, so he remodeled the house. He used to live alone, the rent was cheap, and he had enough money from part-time jobs to save a little. Now that he came back, he felt that nothing was good. , small and broken, the bed was hard.

    How long did it take, less than two hours? I miss Yan Mu's big bed and Simmons.

    Jiang Zhihuo suppressed the melancholy in his heart, closed his eyes for a long time, and finally fell asleep restlessly.

    When he woke up the next day, there was nothing around him, and Jiang Zhihuo was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xueshen really didn't need to sleep, and he was already up before dawn.

    After being stunned again, Jiang Zhihuo realized that he had gone home and no longer lived with Yan Mu.

    When he realized this, the last bit of drowsiness disappeared immediately.

    It's only half past five in the morning.

    Jiang Zhihuo rested his arms on his pillow, and his mind began to think wildly uncontrollably.

    Why so sad?

    Jiang Zhihuo thought for a long time, but still planned to attribute this sadness to habit.

    Many people say that habits die hard.

    There are also many people who say that twenty-one days can form a habit.

    Living together with Yan Mu for more than two months, I have already gotten used to it.

    Get used to having such a person around you, get used to quarreling at every turn, get used to hurting each other.

    To be honest, he and Yan Mu were indeed too close.

    Although the contact was forced because of the mark, but in the end, I kissed, hugged, and slept in the same bed together.

    There have been rivals in love, quarrels, and mutual dislikes.

    Going around and going back to the original place, each of them returned to their original life trajectories.

    Jiang Zhihuo sighed inwardly, and gently pinched his left shoulder with his right hand.

    On his shoulder, there is a tattoo, which was drawn by himself two years ago.

    The master who gave him the tattoo was very responsible. Seeing that he was not too old, he asked him to think carefully, "I have tattoos that are difficult to wash off. Do I have to get tattoos?"

    Jiang Zhihuo said, "It must." The

    pattern is very It's simple, it's just half a shell, the tattoo artist has adjusted out very beautiful colors, and it's tattooed on the shoulders, it's not big, and it's not conspicuous.

    It is the past that he doesn't want to let go, the person he doesn't want to forget.

    He remembered a day long ago.

    Father Yun and Yunmu cried and handed him over to a middle-aged man whom he had only met once.

    In exchange for another boy his age.

    He didn't know until that day.

    His family, his name, his childhood sweethearts.

    None of it was his.

    In the same way, after going around in a big circle for eight years, before he even had time to say goodbye, he was forced back into his completely unfamiliar life.

    Jiang Zhihuo forced himself to squint for a while, and only got up to take a shower when it was time.

    He was not late today, the bus was very crowded, and there were a lot of primary school students wearing yellow caps at a certain station, chatting with their companions they met on the bus.

    There are also office workers in the car, with suits, leather shoes and briefcases, holding soy milk and steamed buns in their arms, leaning against the window drowsy.

    Jiang Zhihuo opened the window of the car, the morning wind hit his face, blowing along the neckline into his clothes, it was a little cold, Jiang Zhihuo didn't care about these things, and tried his best to adjust his mood.

    The world is always amazing.

    When he was still a rival and rival in love, Jiang Zhihuo felt that he could meet Yan Mu everywhere, a tall, handsome and aloof boy, he was the focus of attention everywhere, he could be seen at a glance, even in the cafeteria to a table.

    Now they circle around, there is no reason to quarrel, but they can't see each other, they are clearly on the same floor, they are clearly in the same physical education class, and there is no sign of Yan Mu anywhere.

    Jiang Zhihuo sat on the basketball hoop, raised his head, gulped down the cold and sweet drink from his throat, feeling comfortable physically and mentally.

    Chang Luo lightly tossed the basketball, the ball hit the floor and landed in Jiang Zhihuo's hands.

    Chang Luo also sat down beside him: "Brother Huo, are you in a bad mood today?"

    Jiang Zhihuo thought he didn't show it, and asked a little surprised, "Is it so obvious?"

    Chang Luo pointed in a direction: "I'm looking I can’t come out, it’s the elementary school girls over there who want me to ask.”

    Jiang Zhihuo looked in the direction Chang Luo pointed, and a few junior high school girls, standing near the basketball court, saw Jiang Zhihuo and looked at him. Come over, a few girls next to him pushed one of them forward, the little girl put her hands behind her back at a loss, and lowered her head shyly.

    Jiang Zhihuo raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

    Then he said to Chang Luo: "Don't do this kind of thing in the future."

    Chang Luo took a sip of his drink and said, "Brother Huo, it seems that you are really in a bad mood."

    Jiang Zhihuo said in a low voice, and suddenly asked: "Ask You have a question."

    Chang Luo: "Tell me."

    Jiang Zhihuo: "Kissed, held hands, slept together on the same bed... can we still be friends?"

    Chang Luo almost spit out his drink: "? ???"

    "What did you say?" Chang Luo's eyes widened, "Brother Huo, who... have you kissed and held hands and slept with?"

    Jiang Zhihuo explained: "It's not sleeping! It's just sleeping in a bed!"

    The news was too sudden, and Chang Luo could no longer maintain a slow tone: "It's okay, who are you doing this with?!"

    "It's not me, it's...a friend of mine." Jiang Zhihuo lowered his eyes , "Forget it."

    He didn't continue this topic anymore, put away his drink and returned to the court. He would not have the brain to think about other things during exercise. The wind brought by the middle is also very comfortable, there is no reason not to let yourself play heartily.

    The opposing team was beaten so mentally that they couldn't even defend against it, let alone get points from Jiang Zhihuo. This unilateral crushing wasn't over until the physical education teacher blew the whistle.

    After the breakup, the boys who played together put Jiang Zhihuo on the shoulder: "Brother Huo, today is too fierce."

    One of them said meanly, "Is it because there are girls watching?

    " The pretty school girl came to see Brother Huo, right?"

    "Maybe she came to see me?" "You got it, you're good at the ball, and you're not handsome. What do you look     at

    ? Sexy big eyes?"

The boy who finished the physical education class was still full of energy. After the exercise, Jiang Zhihuo's entanglement in his heart was also suppressed.

    Walking back to the classroom with the boys, the afternoon sun shone on the skin that had just sweated, and it was a little red. Jiang Zhihuo picked up his collar to wipe off the sweat, chatted with the boys, and when he looked up, he found Yan Mu He and Xie Qiu were walking towards each other from the other side of the playground.

    The moment he saw that face, the entanglement that had been suppressed with great difficulty surged up again.

    So, after kissing, holding hands, and sleeping together on the same bed... can we still be friends?

    Jiang Zhihuo didn't have time to think about it in his heart, the distance was getting closer and closer, Jiang Zhihuo adjusted his expression, showing a boy who thought he was sunny and handsome, and raised his hand to say hello to Yan Mu. Xu Shi was too nervous, worried that he was not acting natural enough, his heart beat faster and hit his chest hard.

    Yan Muyun nodded slightly to him calmly.

    After that, the two rubbed shoulders, and there was no further exchange.

    Jiang Zhihuo: "..."

    Jiang Zhihuo: "..."

    Fuck it, how could Yan Mu be so calm! ! !

    Class 1’s home party is scheduled on Saturday, and Lao Ding’s daytime party is from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The parents of the students are very supportive of this event. Their children are studying with their heads covered all day. It’s time to go out and relax. Parents even provided food for the day together.

    There are many things to play in the party room. A group of people first formed a large circle to chat, and then split into different small groups to play different sports. Jiang Zhihuo led a group of boys and girls to occupy a room and play Werewolf.

    Brother Huo has first-class acting skills, strong reasoning ability, and many routines. As a commoner, he can accurately identify the werewolves, list one, two, three, and four loopholes in his speech, and carry all the way, let alone when he is a god or a werewolf. .

    Brother Huo is too strong, the rhythm of the game is so fast that he is finally driven to be a god. Entrapment.

    The squad leader also played along. During the intermission chatting, the squad leader glanced at the phone, and the smile froze on his face.

    "Banban, what's wrong with you?" Tang Anmiao asked.

    "I..." The squad leader slid down for a while, then raised his head in a daze, "My goddess, I'm married publicly."

    The people around leaned over to look at the squad leader's phone screen.

    The squad leader's goddess is a famous foreign voice actor, most of whom are cast as Yujie, and many of them are heroines who are out of the circle. The voice actors themselves are also good-looking. They debuted as idol singers in the early years, and they still have divine songs. Circulating in the circle, she is regarded as a goddess by many otaku.

    Today, the goddess posted a wedding photo on Twitter. The man is another well-known male voice actor in the circle.

    The comment section below is full of wailing.

    The T-shirt worn by the class monitor is the first role of the goddess. He put down his phone, depressed: "I'm broken in love."

    "It's okay, class monitor! You can read the previous anime again!"

    "Hey , This, this role! I know it too! Childhood goddess holds the grass! Is it the same voice actor!!"

    "Married? My youth is over!"

    "There are thousands of voice actors and goddesses, why only focus on one family?"

    monitor Emphasized: "I'm broken in love!!" The

    squad leader was so uncomfortable, Jiang Zhihuo hooked his shoulders, hooked his hands to a group of people around him, motioned them to come around, and suggested mysteriously:

    "Breakdown is a big deal, why don't we get drunk with the squad leader tonight?"

    Yan Mu came to Xiangyao at 8:30 on Saturday night.

    Qu Xiao and Wen Da were already there, ordering fried chicken and popcorn with cocktails.

    The two were a little surprised that Yan Mu took the initiative to ask them out, wondering what happened to Yan Mu, who would have thought that he would just bury his head in drinking as soon as he came in, without mentioning a word, and questioned for a long time, but he didn't pry out a word.

    Okay, maybe Young Master Yan just needs company.

    In fact, Yan Mu was not unwilling to say it, but just didn't know how to say it.

    Jiang Zhihuo suddenly wanted to move in domineeringly, but also wanted to move out without saying a word, leaving no traces.

    The house was the same as before, with nothing more and nothing less. I lived alone for so long, but I never felt so empty.

    "Young Master Yan." Wen Da approached Yan Mu, trying to get information through chatting, "Is... someone provoked you?"

    Qu Xiao rolled his eyes: "Who dares to provoke Young Master Yan? Do you dare?" He also thought about it For an excuse, "Did you fail the exam this time?"

    Wen Da disdainfully said, "You're asking more nonsense than me, no matter how bad Yan Shao is in the exam, you can score 300 points higher than you, do you believe it?"

    "..." Qu Xiao asked casually, "Then what happened? Is Shin making you unhappy again?"

    Yan Mu's hands froze.

    Wen Da: "Really?"

    Qu Xiao was filled with indignation: "What happened to you, Shin? I said, Yan Shao has the same personality, so he must not be dealt with, and he should be fired as soon as possible. Yao has not had this employee since today!"

    Yan Mu: "He..." The

    music in the bar was too loud to hear clearly, so Wen Da and Qu Xiao couldn't help but move closer.

    Just as he opened his mouth, Yan Mu's cell phone rang, and the words he hadn't said stopped abruptly.

    The screen displayed Jiang Zhihuo's number, but when he picked it up, the voice coming from the handset was constant.

    Chang Luo usually has a gentle personality, and was still a little afraid of Yan Mu's aloof and cold aura, so he asked cautiously: "Yan, Yanshen, Brother Huo is drunk, and I want you to pick me up by name, or... come here for a while ?”