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Less than half a minute after Mu Zhanxi put down his phone, there was movement in the corridor.

The child opened the door, closed it again, and then there was the sound of slippers stepping across the floor, coming this way.

In fact, the sound insulation of the room is very good, and people in the room cannot detect the movement next door.But it's not that there is no sound at all, those sounds will become very soft, like only small animals rustling at the door.

So Mu Zhanxi knew that Meng Yinan stopped by his door for a few seconds before taking a shower.

At this moment, the door was knocked twice and opened slightly. Meng Yinan turned his body towards the door frame, holding a book in his arms, and tilted his head to look in: "Brother, are you looking for me?"

No one came in.

Mu Zhanxi let out a "hmm".

Meng Yinan stood there and waited for a while, seeing that he had no further words, asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Yes," Mu Zhanxi paused, "Aren't you coming in?"

"Well, let's go in." Meng Yinan smiled a little, as if he was happy, and walked in while answering. After walking two steps, he turned around and closed the door before standing in front of the table.

He put down the book in his arms, held it in both hands, looked very good, and asked Mu Zhanxi what he was going to do with his eyes.

Mu Zhanxi said, "Sit down."

Meng Yinan roughly glanced around the room, then his eyes fell back on Mu Zhanxi.

Mu Zhanxi's room is very tidy, just like what I saw at the door before, there are not many items on the surface, everything is stored in the cabinet, and all you can see are books, desk lamps, cups, A pen, and a school bag at the foot of the table.

Even, it was too clean and looked deserted.

And there was no second chair in the room, Meng Yinan didn't know where he was going to sit, if he insisted on talking, there was only the bed left.

He planned to ask Mu Zhanxi what's the matter, so he didn't sit on the bed. After all, he would go back later, and he didn't want to disturb Mu Zhanxi's study.

Then he saw Mu Zhanxi pointing to the bed, and said, "Sit here."

Meng Yinan: "..."

The layout of the room is very simple, the table is half embedded in the cabinet, next to the bed, Meng Yinan can borrow a small part of the table to read while sitting by the bed.

The light distance of the desk lamp is adjusted enough, and he won't feel dark when he sits far away.

But that's not the problem, the problem is...

"Brother, didn't you say something was wrong?"

Meng Yinan sat obediently by the bed. The book was originally in his arms, but after being hugged for a while, he slowly put it on the table.His arm accidentally touched the quilt beside him. The quilt was very soft, and the smell of Mu Zhanxi lingered on the tip of his nose.

Mu Zhanxi was writing a collection of questions. He heard Meng Yinan's question and responded casually. He didn't reach out to touch the cup next to him until the question at hand was almost finished.

As if testing the temperature, he put the cup in front of Meng Yinan after a while: "Here."

It was the cup that Mu Zhanxi carried upstairs before, a cup of warm honey water.

Meng Yinan froze for a moment: "Is it for me?"

"Well," Mu Zhanxi put down his pen and sat sideways facing Meng Yinan, "It was a little hot just now, but it's better now."

Meng Yinan held the wall of the cup, and the temperature was transmitted to his palm. He looked up at Mu Zhanxi, and felt that something was wrong: "When you came up just now, why didn't you say it was for me."

After he said it, Meng Yinan would take it with him when he returned to his room, and he didn't have to wait a few minutes before calling him over.

After all, Mu Zhanxi was very organized and never asked people to make extra trips, so this was basically intentional, not to mention asking Meng Yinan to take the letter.

The more Meng Yinan thought about it, the more strange he became, and pursed the corners of his lips: "Brother, are you..."

He stopped halfway through his speech, looking a little incomprehensible.

"Well," Mu Zhanxi helped him finish the rest of the sentence, "I want you to come over."

Meng Yinan hesitantly hummed: "Drink honey water?"

His words finally managed to make Mu Zhanxi laugh. Mu Zhanxi reached out and rubbed his head, and said helplessly, "Meng Yinan, is it so difficult for you to come here?"

Meng Yinan blinked, not understanding why he was asked to come here.

Mu Zhanxi withdrew his hand, moved back to his chair and picked up his pen, as if he didn't want to talk to Meng Yinan anymore, and was about to write a question.But within a few seconds, he turned his head helplessly and said as if to explain: "You can be more casual at home. For example, if you want to do your homework, you can come over if you want to come together."

In fact, if you are a little more careful, you will find that Meng Yinan has a strong sense of territory.

This sense of territory is not limited to enclosing territory, but also includes the need for more relaxed social distance.

Probably due to traveling to many places, living in no fixed place, and lacking a sense of integration, Meng Yinan clearly distinguishes "self" from "others".

When he first came to Mu's house, Mu's house was someone else's house, and he was an outsider. After getting acquainted with him, his room was his territory, and he couldn't move freely in places other than his room, and he was always restrained.

In the restaurant, he would only sit in a fixed seat, and he would wait not far or near wherever Mu Zhanxi was.

When he arrives in a new class, he doesn't take the initiative to make friends, and likes to be alone. Even if he meets new people with Mu Zhanxi, he always stands behind Mu Zhanxi and won't interact with anyone first.

To be more specific, there is actually a sense of distance between him and Mu Zhanxi.

Mu Zhanxi didn't notice it at first, because the time they spent together was really short, not counting the earliest period of time when they had no intersection, it was only a month at most.

However, if you look at the various things that have happened recently, you can see the clues.

For example, the kid was sick because he went to a disco, and he didn't know how he got home because his gland was injured, but he never mentioned it in front of Mu Zhanxi, he didn't look like a kid who would do such a thing.

For another example, he looked obedient and sensible to his elder brother Mu Zhanxi, but he was able to fight with his classmates when he turned his head.

In addition, there is also the relationship between Meng Yinan and Meng Du, which is unhealthy and estranged.

All of these can be interpreted as: Meng Yinan has a unique side in front of him. Perhaps to Meng Yinan, Mu Zhanxi is different from others.

But in fact, this also shows that Mu Zhanxi doesn't really understand this obedient child.

Mu Zhanxi lowered his eyes and thought, it's obviously not such a good little thing, but he keeps pretending to be good in front of him.

It is gratifying for a stray puppy to obediently follow the house, and the obedient appearance of not biting people will always be regarded as a sign of closeness, but what Mu Zhanxi wants is not an obedient follower.

Vivid things should show their bright and lively side, and no one would not expect a person's truest appearance.

If he was destined to establish a good relationship with Meng Yinan, then he hoped to see more than that.

At least for now it's not enough.

So Mu Zhanxi said, "Meng Yinan, don't be too polite to me."

Meng Yinan was stunned, and wanted to say no, but Mu Zhanxi said, "Just now, I thought you would follow."

What he was talking about was that when he first went upstairs, he thought that Meng Yinan would follow him in after he entered the house, but this idiot just stood there blankly, shutting the door and really shutting himself out.

Mu Zhanxi was helpless and found it very interesting, so he had to send a message to call him back.

Meng Yinan was stunned for a moment, and soon understood what was going on. He said with some annoyance, "But, you are about to take an exam, won't I bother you?"

"will not."

"And you didn't go upstairs today, I thought it was over."

Mu Zhanxi glanced at him: "What's over?"

"Tuition," Meng Yinan pointed to Mu Zhanxi's workbook, "You can do my papers, but I can't do yours." He whispered, "I can't teach you to study, sitting next to you can't do it." Is it annoying?"

In fact, Meng Yinan himself knew that if Mu Zhanxi thought he was annoying, he would have already bothered him when he was sick in the morning.

So he will get the answer of "not annoying" as expected.

Moreover, after a minute or two, when Meng Yinan slowly developed a thought of "he asked me to come, does he also want me to accompany him", Mu Zhanxi held the pen and said casually: "It's already got used to."