we don't live together

Three or four days after the incident, Su Chengye would occasionally receive text messages from Zuo Xuanyi teasing him.

"I should have prevented Zuo Xuanyi from exchanging cell phone numbers with you. It was really a miscalculation." Chen Jinghuan shook his head while kneading the dough, diverted his eyes and peeked at Su Chengye who was standing next to him and answering the text message.

"Why is it a miscalculation?"

"He knows that I often don't reply to his text messages. It's useless to harass me." Chen Jinghuan concentrated on kneading the dough evenly, and said, "Now that he knows that harassing you can occupy my time and annoy me, he must be very happy."

"Then I won't call back." After Su Chengye finished speaking, he put his phone back into his back pocket, watching his boyfriend knead the dough intently.

Originally, it was agreed to make steamed buns today, and Su Chengye volunteered to take charge of the relatively easy task of kneading the dough, but just as he weighed the flour and was about to pour water, he received a call from Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng immediately said, "Brother Su, it's time for you to return the favor. My brother and the others invited friends to play a friendly game, but the outfielder had diarrhea and was sent to the emergency room. I can't play baseball, can you?"

Su Chengye hadn't replied "Not very good", Zhang Cheng went on to say "If I don't know how to fight, I have to pay back the favor, because I really don't know how to fight, and I have never let my brother down since I was a child! He opened his mouth and I must find it." Help! See you at our school's baseball field at one o'clock in the afternoon!"

In the end, Su Chengye could only find baseball rules on the Internet, and after printing them out, he hugged his feet.

Chen Jinghuan also didn't know much about baseball, knowing that he couldn't help, he patted Su Chengye on the shoulder to persuade him to give up learning steamed buns, and eat noodles with a knife today.

But Su Chengye said that he has been looking forward to it for several days, and his mind is full of Xiaolongbao, Xiaolongbao.

Chen Jinghuan couldn't bear to be disappointed by the other party, so he finally chopped the meat to make stuffing according to the original plan, kneaded the dough and put it in a steamer.

"What time do you plan to leave?"

"It's 12:30, there is no prize for being early."

"Maybe they need to discuss strategies and so on. Wouldn't it be better to go early?" Chen Jinghuan washed his hands and dragged Su Chengye, who was unwilling to go out, to the living room.

"Aren't you going to make steamed buns?"

"The dough needs to wake up." Chen Jinghuan took the lead to sit down on the sofa, and Su Chengye happily squeezed beside him, "Speaking of which, what kind of favor do you owe Zhang Cheng?"

Su Chengye hesitated for a while, and under his urging, he confessed everything, including the content of Zhang Cheng's collapsed text message that Su Chengye only saw after they returned home──Su Chengye was in a hurry to leave, and completely forgot to tell Zhang Cheng what the experimental class was going to be , Zhang Cheng was immersed in the shock of his classmates going out on a date, and he didn't remember it.

It is said that Zhang Cheng, who screamed "I forgot to ask!" when he stepped into the classroom that day, was named the number one idiot in the Department of Chemistry by the juniors who laughed madly and did not tell Zhang Cheng the correct progress, and collapsed for two days before accepting it with a mournful face fact.

Chen Jinghuan laughed and was moved. He never thought that Su Chengye would not only leave everything behind and rush to the company for him, but he was afraid that he would be unhappy if he came here temporarily with a heart full of sincerity.

Such a good person is actually with me.

Chen Jinghuan tilted his head and leaned on Su Chengye's shoulder, enjoying the intimacy that was hard-won.

"Do you think Zhang Cheng will hate me if I keep missing calls and let the opponent end the game early in the seventh game?" Su Chengye asked a question after finishing speaking, clearly showing that he only wanted to get bored with his boyfriend during the holiday.

"Yes." Chen Jinghuan thought for a while, and then said, "But maybe they are so bad at fighting that they can't end the game early."

Su Chengye raised his head and screamed, wanting to cry without tears.

They chatted for a while, Chen Jinghuan got up and continued to process the dough, and Su Chengye began to memorize the rules seriously. For a while, the only sound in the not-so-small room was the sound of turning paper and club faces.

Chen Jinghuan rolled the cut dough into a round dough that was thick in the middle and thin around the periphery, and dug out the meat stuffing with a spoon, and folded the dough into a small steamed bun.

"Actually, it's a bit like making dumplings?" Su Chengye asked suddenly.

"Have you ever made dumplings?"

"I peeked at you making dumplings," Su Chengye licked his lips in embarrassment, "You look super sexy when you cook."

"What else have you peeked at, do you want to recruit them all?"

Chen Jinghuan was actually just talking casually, but Su Chengye thought about it seriously and dug up an old story.

"The final exam in my sophomore year, I still remember it was Monday, and I took three subjects that day. There was no exam the next day, so I stayed up in the living room and stayed up late watching the original language version of the album that was just released."

Chen Jinghuan squeezed the steamed bun and thought about it, and found that he didn't remember this incident at all.

"You also stayed up late that day as usual. At about twelve o'clock, you suddenly went to the kitchen to cook supper. In the middle of the night, you started peeling potatoes and cutting carrots. I was so curious about what you were doing, so I peeked for a long time, and waited until you finished cooking Curry, I just found out that the show is over."

Chen Jinghuan nodded, and put the pinched Xiaolongbao into the steamer, leaving some space between each one.

"I was planning to watch the album from the beginning, but you brought curry and rice to the dining room to eat quietly. The curry is very fragrant. I don't know what the album is showing. I'm just watching you eating supper."

Chen Jinghuan made another small steamed bun, secretly confirming in his heart that he really did not remember this incident.

"In the end, after you finished eating and washing the dishes, you passed by the living room and told me that there were still rice and curry in the refrigerator. If you want to eat, just heat it up. After that, we slowly became familiar. That's right, you remember Did I bring back plum heart chicken rolls and mung bean soup made by my mother on the first day of my sophomore year? After I ate with you, you made a plum heart chicken roll in a few days, which is better than my mother’s eat!"

Hearing this, Chen Jinghuan deeply felt that the other party had seriously strayed from the topic, but he didn't want to interrupt this one-sided narrative.

At that time, he was trying his best to draw pictures day and night in order to get better grades. He couldn't remember when his roommate who was unfamiliar with him suddenly started eating with him.

Su Chengye would make him laugh, he would do something unexpectedly stupid but not annoying, he would always oversleep and run around the room looking for clothes and socks.

When the two were not yet familiar, Su Chengye would quietly tiptoe looking for the lost property, and when they got acquainted, he would come to him and pretend to be pitiful.

Chen Jinghuan washed his hands silently, covered the two cages of steamed buns with the lid of the steamer, turned around and said, "The dough needs to be rested for the second time, this time it will be longer."

Su Chengye nodded, indicating that he remembered.

Chen Jinghuan sighed, and found helplessly that the other party didn't understand his hint at all. "You said I was very sexy when I was cooking."

"Yeah. I've dreamed about it a few times... an apron or something..."

Chen Jinghuan smiled encouragingly, and said again, "It took a long time for the dough to wake up, why don't you do something to pass the time?"

Su Chengye was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized after a few seconds.He put his arms around Chen Jinghuan's waist, happily threw away the baseball rules, and concentrated on enforcing the unspoken rules of cohabitation.

■

After eating a whole basket of xiao long bao and half a pot of hot and sour soup, Su Chengye reluctantly set out to go to school to repay the debt of favor.

After Chen Jinghuan cleaned up the table and washed the dishes, he took out two lemons and pork tenderloin from the refrigerator, cleaned and sliced ​​the lemons, removed the seeds, put them in a sealed box and poured honey on them, and the pork tenderloin was placed on the De-ice aside.

Then there was a series of cleaning, when he was done, Chen Jinghuan took out his mobile phone and found that Su Chengye had sent him a text message.Su Chengye swears that he will definitely go back to have dinner, and when I go home, I will drop by to buy shrimps and make fried rice with shrimps and eggs!

Chen Jinghuan smiled and replied, "Okay, see you later."

He went back to the kitchen and took out the honey lemon slices that had been soaked in the refrigerator yesterday at noon.Standing in front of the cooking table, Chen Jinghuan thought that this was originally intended for Su Chengye to serve with fried pork cutlets for dinner, but since Su Chengye said to make dinner, let the other party do it.

He boiled the water, found a [-] liter kettle, put a whole box of lemon slices in it and mixed it with warm water.

Then put the inner muscle slices on the chopping board and beat them to cut off the tendons.Dip in egg wash, low-gluten flour, repeat twice and sprinkle with bread flour.

Frying in a pan, at a high temperature of 170 degrees, Chen Jinghuan thought: Actually, I don't really want to teach Su Chengye this, what if I get burned.

When the surface of the meat slices is golden brown, remove the oil and cut into pieces.Then shred the cabbage and onion, spread it on the bottom of the airtight box, and put the pork chops on it.

Finally, he took out the lemon slices that had been soaked in warm water for a while, and Chen Jinghuan took his mobile phone, wallet, thermal bag and the whole pot of honey lemonade, and walked to the university where Su Chengye was studying.

During the period, Su Chengye replied to the text message and said, "The game is in the second half of the fifth inning. It is now [-]-[-], and we win. The opponent's attack is so bad that it is incomprehensible. But I am a little hungry, and I really want to go home immediately."

Chen Jinghuan laughed and quickened his pace.

When Chen Jinghuan arrived at the baseball field, a group of people were standing by the field shouting "Home run! Home run!", and he saw Su Chengye standing next to the third base bag at a glance.

Chen Jinghuan sat down at a random place, looked around, and found that there was a small blackboard next to the court that said nine innings, and the score was one to one.

Amidst the shouts of the crowd, a crisp percussion sound exploded on the court along with the cheers. Chen Jinghuan watched his boyfriend run back to home plate, and then was hugged tightly by a group of teammates and ruffles his hair.

After the runners on second base also returned to home plate, Su Chengye was let go and walked to the sidelines while coughing.

"Chengye, Su Chengye!"

Su Chengye who was called by his name looked around, and when he found out that it was Chen Jinghuan who called his name, he immediately ran towards his boyfriend at a trot.

"How did you come?"

"I want to say that the weather is nice, let's have a picnic." Chen Jinghuan shook the thermal bag in his hand, "But considering the possibility that you might not want to come out at school,"

Su Chengye took the thermos bag, opened it and asked in a low voice, "Tonkatsu? Oh my god, is it tonkatsu?"

"Yes, do you want to eat here?" Chen Jinghuan looked at the way the other party took out the sealed box and was about to open it, and quickly asked: "Is Zhang Cheng also there?" Isn't it strange for classmates to see their roommates bring lunch boxes to watch the football game? ah?

"Yes, he's here." Su Chengye immediately put the sealed box back into the thermal bag, and looked back nervously, "Let's go to the side to eat, otherwise Zhang Cheng will definitely rush over to share my fried pork chops, and maybe I'll have to eat them too." Get a piece for his brother!"

Chen Jinghuan was stunned for a moment, he did not expect to receive such an answer, so he could only be dragged by Su Chengye to the side asphalt road, while walking, he heard someone shouting from behind, "Su Chengye! Aren't you staying?"

Su Chengye didn't turn his head back, he raised his hand and waved to indicate that he left first.

"...You want to leave first because you don't want to distinguish Zhang Cheng's tonkatsu?"

Hearing this, Su Chengye turned to look at her boyfriend, "Did you prepare for him? I thought it was only mine..."

"I can only prepare for you," Chen Jinghuan originally thought that the other party didn't want to come out at school, but he turned around and left because of this reason, he said with a smile: "However, generally speaking, it should be for the sake of not coming out." Didn’t you leave to protect the tonkatsu?”

Su Chengye pulled Chen Jinghuan forward and said as he walked, "Oh, I told Zhang Cheng that we are dating, he knows."

"Did he...didn't say anything?"

"He didn't have much reaction when he found out, but he said it after two days," Su Chengye paused, as if hesitating whether to say, "Fuck you, why does your roommate know how to cook, mop the floor and do laundry, and become you Boyfriend, your life is too good! I curse you that you will never win the scroll award again!"

Chen Jinghuan complained in his heart, is this a curse?Moreover, it is normal for Su Chengye to stay up late, reading books, albums and periodicals can be his reason for staying up late, and he still wins the scroll award every time.

"So he doesn't think it's okay to be gay?"

"He only cares that I don't share his love bento, but I won't share with him." Su Chengye nodded and said, "My parents know about my relationship with you, I told my sister After that, she turned around and told my mother."

"Then, what do they say? Uh, after all, you haven't graduated yet. If they think it's bad... I can understand it, and you're of the same sex..." Chen Jinghuan licked his lips, he didn't expect to discuss it at this time He started talking about this topic, but he could only bite the bullet and continue talking.

"Oh, my dad said that fortunately I confessed my sexuality. He has been very worried that his genius son will confess that he is a serial murderer one day. My mother asked if I should go back to the second year of junior high school or the first year of junior high school... the first day or the second year of junior high school. Is it okay to go back?"

Looking at her boyfriend, Chen Jinghuan suddenly understood why Su Chengye often had different ideas from ordinary people.

"However, my family is so open-minded about this matter, I still have to thank my sister, she will advocate homosexuality and heterosexuality at home, just like some people like red beans and others like mung beans... Ah, my laboratory is right in front, you have to go and see see?"

"...Your topic jumps a little too fast." Chen Jinghuan took a deep breath and nodded.

The two went to the laboratory together. After Su Chengye briefly introduced some untouchable equipment, he pulled Chen Jinghuan to sit down in his seat.

"Why did you think of coming here?" Su Chengye opened the sealed box and asked happily.

"I want to say that you only ate a little for lunch, and you should be hungry after exercising." Chen Jinghuan handed the chopsticks to the other party, "I received a text message from you on the way saying that I was hungry."

"The one who knows me is Jing Huan."

Su Chengye picked up the tonkatsu, took a bite and said, can I have it again tomorrow? It's really delicious.

"Sure," Chen Jinghuan said with a smile, "For the sake of your handsome run from third base back to home plate just now."

"Did you see that?" Su Chengye said, pointing at the bottom of his trousers, and shook his head, "Hahaha, I was almost assassinated on second base. Look, my pants are dirty. I slid on second base, otherwise I would have Play extensions!"

"Yeah, I saw you on third base twice."

"Twice?" Su Chengye raised his head and thought for a while, "It should only be once, right? The first point was someone else's return."

Chen Jinghuan sighed, wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to laugh, "I'm talking about the time in the kitchen at noon."

Su Chengye bit the pork chop and blushed instantly upon hearing this.And Chen Jinghuan, who told dirty jokes, looked at the smirk of the other party, and laughed after several times trying to hold back his lips but failed.

"Then," Su Chengye swallowed the pork chop in a panic, rubbed his face, and then asked, "Since you hit third base twice, you should be able to go home twice?"

Chen Jinghuan smiled and nodded, raised his head and kissed the corner of Su Chengye's mouth, so Zhang Cheng broke down and slammed on the door the next second he pushed open the laboratory door and shouted, "Su Chengye, why are you leaving first? We're going to have a celebration banquet." Wronged in front of his younger brother, "You see, this is my daily life when I am blinded."

Su Chengye looked at his classmates, besides silently hiding the tonkatsu on the table, he also held the hand of the person in front of him tightly.

Chen Jinghuan shook his hand back, and smiled at Su Chengye.