Can you please stop hating

After an unknown amount of time, Jin Zhuoxiao came back.

He also brought a plate of strawberries, a can of beer and a can of Fanta.

"Are you enjoying it?" Jin Zhuoxiao put the things on the table, sat down and asked.

He was very close to Yu Xi. Yu Xi could feel the lingering moisture and the fresh smell of shower gel on his body. Even the cedar scent was diluted a lot.

Yu Xi came back to her senses and hummed softly.

"I haven't watched cartoons in years," Jin Zhuoxiao opened the Fanta with one hand and handed it to Yu Xi, "It's all thanks to you today."

Yu Xi took it and said, "If you don't like it, you can watch something else."

Jin Zhuoxiao noticed that Yu Xi's voice was a little strange. He moved closer and found that her face was wet. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you crying?"

Yu Xi was stunned, she raised her hand and touched her face, it was really wet. She had been distracted just now and didn't even realize that she was crying.

Jin Zhuoxiao paused the video, turned on the light, sat back, looked at her and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"..." Yu Xi pursed her lips and avoided her gaze, "Nothing."

Jin Zhuoxiao took a tissue from the table, turned her face and wiped it, saying, "If you are bullied, I can avenge you. If you have any troubles, you can also complain to me. Once you leave this door, I will pretend that I don't know anything, so don't hold it in."

Yu Xi didn't want to cry at first, but after hearing Jin Zhuoxiao's comfort, her eyes and nose suddenly felt very sore.

Once the emotions collapsed, it was like a flood bursting through a dam, and there was no way to control it. Perhaps because there were only two of them here, Yu Xi burst into tears without any hesitation.

Soon her eyes and nose began to turn red, adding a bit of sadness to her pale face, like white porcelain that would break at the slightest touch, causing heartache.

Jin Zhuoxiao looked at Yu Xi quietly, without saying a word except handing her the paper, and let her vent her emotions.

He was not a patient person, and he didn't like listening to others cry, but now he didn't feel annoyed at all. He even thought that Yu Xi was very beautiful when she cried.

Yu Xi cried for a long time, and then slowly calmed down. Seeing Jin Zhuoxiao staring at her, she wiped her face with a paper and asked embarrassedly, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Look at you, you're beautiful."

Jin Zhuoxiao's tone was calm and natural, and there was no hint of teasing or joking in his voice.

"...?"

Yu Xi didn't expect Jin Zhuoxiao to praise her so directly. She said with a strange expression, "Your aesthetic is quite abstract. My face is all red from crying, and you actually said I'm beautiful."

"Oh," Jin Zhuoxiao chuckled and said lazily, "I find it strange too, but it may be because you are naturally beautiful."

Jin Zhuoxiao has always been a talkative person, and when he suddenly spoke in human language, Yu Xi was a little uncomfortable with it. She wanted to say something but hesitated for a long time and didn't know how to respond.

Seeing that she was fine, Jin Zhuoxiao asked, "Aren't you going to tell me why you're crying?"

“……”Yu Xi generally doesn’t want to tell others about her private affairs. Apart from Chen Wen, she has never confided in anyone.

But now she is really willing to be honest with Jin Zhuoxiao, maybe because she is really holding it in, or maybe because Jin Zhuoxiao comforted her and made her let down her guard.

However, Yu Xi didn't want to delve into the reasons. She just wanted to find someone to talk to. This matter had been weighing on her mind for too long, making her feel a little suffocated.

Yu Xi lowered her eyes and said, "My brother died because of me. It rained heavily on the day of the car accident. I have a very deep impression of it. As a result, every time it rains, I will think of bad memories, so I hate rainy days."

Jin Zhuoxiao listened silently and then asked, "So you cried just now because you missed your brother?"

Yu Xi nodded, looked up at SpongeBob SquarePants who was frozen on the big screen, and said absentmindedly: "This is the cartoon I used to love watching. Whenever I was unhappy, my brother would watch it with me."

When Yu Xi said this, her voice began to tremble a little, and she pursed her lips to prevent tears from falling again.

Yu Li left too suddenly, leaving very little for Yu Xi. She could only hold on to these trivial memories, and when she felt wronged, she imagined that Yu Li was still there.

"I'll take you to see something." Jin Zhuoxiao suddenly spoke.

Yu Xi looked at him: "What is it?"

Jin Zhuoxiao: "You'll know once you see it."

*

Yu Xi and Jin Zhuoxiao went to another room on the second floor. When she turned on the light, she realized that this was Jin Zhuoxiao's bedroom. She immediately asked defensively, "Why did you bring me to your bedroom?"

Jin Zhuoxiao: "I didn't invite you to sleep with me."

Yu Xi: “…”

Jin Zhuoxiao walked into the room, pointed at a shiny object and said, "Come and see."

Yu Xi was a little curious, so she walked over to take a look and found that it was actually a round jellyfish tank with three small blue jellyfish in it.

The head is like a mushroom cap, with many tentacles and white spots on the cap. When it swims, the cap retracts and expands, which is very cute.

Yu Xi leaned over to take a closer look and asked curiously, "Did you raise this?"

Jin Zhuoxiao: “Yeah.”

Yu Xi: "What kind of jellyfish is this? It's blue, so beautiful."

"Papua jellyfish have other colors besides blue. They look better when the light is dimmed."

Jin Zhuoxiao said this as he turned off the bedroom ceiling light and only turned on the two wall lamps beside the bed.

The room suddenly became much darker, and the blue light in the jellyfish tank lit up. The presence of the jellyfish instantly became stronger, like elves from anime, particularly dreamy.

"Why did you think of raising jellyfish? Don't normal people raise cats and dogs?"

Yu Xi's eyes lit up and it seemed like she really liked it.

Jin Zhuoxiao sat down on the bed and said, "I'm allergic to pet hair, so I can't keep many things. But when I went to the aquarium, I saw some beautiful jellyfish, so I kept one when I got back."

"No wonder," Yu Xi stood up and said, "It's good to raise jellyfish. Not only are they very ornamental, but they should also be easier to raise than other pets."

Jin Zhuoxiao snorted, his words filled with resentment: "That's not necessarily true. This ancestor is very difficult to support, even more difficult than a laboratory petri dish."

Yu Xi was surprised: "Really? How difficult is it to raise?"

Jin Zhuoxiao: "It has very high requirements for water quality. You have to mix purified water with special salt for jellyfish, and you have to control the temperature, change the water frequently, and clean the filter cotton and stones in the tank. If you don't pay attention, it will croak."

"So troublesome?"

Yu Xi originally thought that this thing was as easy to raise as fish, and was thinking about buying a few to raise in the dormitory. But after listening to what Jin Zhuoxiao said, she immediately gave up the idea and decided not to cause trouble for herself.

"Well," Jin Zhuoxiao said, "If you don't take care of everything, you can't keep the jellyfish alive. When I first started raising them, I changed the jellyfish every two days on average."

Jin Zhuoxiao's journey of raising jellyfish is a sad history. Every step he took required the death of a batch of jellyfish through trial and error. It can be said that one general's success was achieved at the expense of many jellyfish, and everyone behind him was exhausted.

Jin Zhuoxiao was extremely worried at the time, but Zhang Yichi was even more servile, telling him not to worry, saying that as long as the jellyfish could be replaced quickly, he wouldn't be depressed during the window period, which was simply adding fuel to the fire.

However, Jin Zhuoxiao likes challenges. The more difficult the task, the more motivated he becomes. Now he is an expert in raising jellyfish.

"You're pretty good then," Yu Xi inadvertently glanced at the record player on the table next to her, and there were a lot of records on the bookshelf behind her, so she asked curiously, "Can I listen to this?"