The substitute is actually a scum attacking himself

After all, Xie Xingzhou was unable to see Zhao Lin, he was forced to lie on the back of the sofa, facing the air conditioner in the room.

The cool wind was blowing, and his smooth back was shivering slightly from the cold.

Jiang Muye's kiss landed on the back of his neck, and he habitually turned to the right, resting his head on the sofa, exposing the left earlobe, the slightly sensual earlobe was white and round, like a pearl.

It's just that there is still a mole on the pearl, the size of a needle tip, but it looks like a drop of thick ink, and the color is very dark.

In the past, Jiang Muye thought it was a finishing touch and liked it very much, but now the more he looked at it, the more he felt it was a flaw, and he just wanted to close his eyes and not look at it.

He turned Xie Xingzhou over, held down his shoulder blades, and prevented Xie Xingzhou from turning around again.

Xie Xingzhou was not used to it, so he moved his arms in discomfort, and hummed, "Uncomfortable."

Jiang Muye always only cared about his own comfort and seldom thought about Xie Xingzhou, but today he was in a good mood, so he picked Xie Xingzhou up and asked him, "How can I be comfortable?"

Xie Xingzhou turned his head, his eye sockets were already red, and there were pools of water in his eyes, with a pitiful appearance of being bullied.

He put his slender arms around Jiang Muye's neck, and said in a muffled voice, "I want to look at you."

Xie Xingzhou's icy skin touched, Jiang Muye's heart skipped a beat, and he hugged Xie Xingzhou into his arms, forgetting to even kiss him.

They were still awake until two o'clock at night.

The lights in the room were dim yellow, which complemented the warm air, creating an atmosphere of confusion and obsession.

Jiang Mu's ambition was a little messed up, he bullied Xie Xingzhou and asked him, "Xie Xingzhou, what is our relationship now?"

Xie Xingzhou was slightly dazed, and stood up after a while, his voice was unsteady, a little aggrieved, "You promised not to break up, are you going to go back on it?"

After speaking, he pushed Jiang Muye away.

Jiang Muye caught him back again and laughed at him: "Are you angry?"

Xie Xingzhou didn't speak, but raised his hand to trace Jiang Muye's eyebrows and eyes carefully, as if he wanted to see something else through this handsome skin.

Xie Xingzhou always likes to touch his eyes like this at these times, thinking about it, he likes it very much.

Jiang Muye was not shy, grabbed his fingertips and asked him directly, "Like it?"

Jiang Muye's deep and hoarse voice was similar to Duan Jize's when he was emotional. Xie Xingzhou's eyes were so tired that he always read wrong.

He nodded with a smile, hugged Jiang Muye tightly by the waist, and said softly: "I like it, I like it so much..."

This was the first time Xie Xingzhou said he liked him after the incident with Su Ruan. Jiang Muye was extremely satisfied, and he was even more certain that Xie Xingzhou couldn't do without him no matter what.

He hugged Xie Xingzhou, kissed the corners of his mouth and eyebrows carefully, and coaxed him with a smile, "Be obedient if you like it, I won't leave you behind."

"Okay, I'm good." Xie Xingzhou kissed him back.

The person in his arms was pure and unrestrained, Jiang Muye's breath stopped, and he pressed the back of Xie Xingzhou's head, deepening the kiss even more intensely.

In fact, Jiang Muye didn't tell Xie Xingzhou the second half of the sentence - since he decided not to abandon Xie Xingzhou, he will learn to love Xie Xingzhou in the future.

It's not that he loves Xie Xingzhou who is like Su Ruan, but he loves Xie Xingzhou, just Xie Xingzhou.

Early the next morning, both of them got up late.

About to leave for school, the two began to pack the luggage in the room in a hurry.

Xie Xingzhou tidied up the table where the jade had been engraved before. He swept away the jade crumbs on the surface, but he couldn't find the half-engraved jade.

He then asked Jiang Muye, "Where's the jade I put on the table?"

Jiang Muye paused to pack his luggage, and quietly touched the pocket of his trousers.

After Xie Xingzhou left in a fit of anger that day, he found a rope to string up the jade and kept wearing it on his body. He took it off and put it in his pocket when he took a shower last night, without Xie Xingzhou seeing it.

Jiang Muye didn't want to let Xie Xingzhou know that he liked that piece of jade, so he said casually, "You don't want to engrave it anymore? Maybe it was thrown away by the cleaning staff."

"Yeah." Xie Xingzhou's eyes dimmed, he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and asked Jiang Muye, "The one you wore before was also carved by that person himself?"

In this case, the piece he engraved was really nothing, and it was normal for Jiang Muye to throw it away as trash, but it's a pity that Zhao Yu did a good job.

"Don't mention him." Jiang Muye's expression darkened.

How can Su Ruan have this kind of craftsmanship, the jade was bought by Su Ruan with money, and it was Su Ruan's father's money.

Xie Xingzhou stopped talking, bowed his head and continued to pack his luggage.

Jiang Muye's face was moved, and he felt that his tone was a little harsh, but he couldn't bear to speak softly, so he made himself very depressed.

Not long after, everything was packed, Jiang Muye walked in front pushing two suitcases, and Xie Xingzhou walked behind him with a drawing board on his back.

When he was about to go out, Xie Xingzhou had sharp eyes and saw that the piece of jade that Jiang Muye had smashed was placed on the bar at the door.

He reminded Jiang Muye: "You left something behind."

Jiang Muye turned his head and saw the broken jade under Xie Xingzhou's guidance.

With his face still calm, he stared at the piece of jade for a few seconds, then withdrew his gaze, "No more."

After all, he pushed the suitcase and left without looking back.

Xie Xingzhou took a step behind, and waited for Jiang Muye to walk a certain distance before stepping back and picking up the jade.

He touched the crack on the jade with his fingertips, and Su Ruan's delicate appearance flashed in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help smiling mockingly—it's so sad.

……

In the hotel garage, the team members were stuffing luggage into the trunk. They didn’t have much luggage when they came, but they won the assessment competition when they left. The sports center distributed a lot of trophies and supplies, so the luggage more than doubled.

Jiang Muye and Kong Rui were talking in another parking space, Xie Xingzhou was late and did not go to him.

Zhao Lin had a bruised face and put on a hat. When he saw Xie Xingzhou coming, he came over to talk to him.

Zhao Linyan's head drooped, and he pursed his mouth and said, "Xie Xueba, I'm sorry, I was too impulsive yesterday and didn't consider your relationship with the captain."

He could think so much, Guan Cheng taught him all night, let him understand that this matter is not as simple as he thought, even if Jiang Muye hurt Xie Xingzhou, so what, as long as Xie Xingzhou is still willing to stay by Jiang Muye's side, that is He still has feelings for Jiang Muye, and outsiders can't force him to tear him down.

Xie Xingzhou was more concerned about his injuries than whether he was impulsive or not, he just asked him: "Are there any other injuries?"

"No, the captain kept it. We are brothers, so we didn't kill him." Zhao Lin said angrily, "But I fought for real. I don't know how the captain is hurt. He definitely doesn't want to see me now."

"He's fine." Xie Xingzhou said.

What could Jiang Muye do? He was so energetic last night, and he couldn't run out of energy. If the two of them hadn't done it for a long time, he would have half pushed and half agreed. He would have thought that Zhao Lin would just discount Jiang Muye's legs. good.

Zhao Lin was still a little worried, scratched his head and asked, "Xie Xueba, don't you blame me?"

"I know you're doing it for me, so of course I don't blame you." Xie Xingzhou smiled, "I wanted to visit you last night, but it was too late to disturb your rest. Did you sleep well?"

"I..." Zhao Lin stuttered, his face turned red and his eyes dodged, looking at Guan Cheng who was not far away from time to time.

Guan Cheng walked over immediately, put his hands on Zhao Lin's waist, and answered for him: "I slept well, I'm almost ready to pack, get in the car and get ready to go."

Xie Xingzhou's eyes fell on Guan Cheng's hand, and he took it back after a few seconds. Without saying anything, he turned and got into the car.

After Xie Xingzhou left, Zhao Lin pushed Guan Cheng away. Remembering that Guan Chengfei had to take off his pants to wipe the medicine for him last night, he became furious. He cursed in a low voice, "Don't fucking touch me!"

Guan Cheng smiled and said nothing, turned around and got into the driver's seat.

Zhao Lin stood there for a while, thinking about himself, and then got into Guan Cheng's co-pilot.

Not long after, Jiang Muye opened the back seat door and sat next to Xie Xingzhou.

As soon as he sat down, his eyes met Zhao Lin who was on the co-pilot. Zhao Lin hesitated and called him: "Captain."

"En." Jiang Muye responded indifferently, and looked away.

Zhao Lin pursed his lips, turned over to face Guan Cheng in the driver's seat, looked out the window and remained silent.

Seeing the two people getting angry, Xie Xingzhou couldn't help but want to laugh, but just as the corner of his mouth curled up, Jiang Muye pinched his cheek.

He turned his head and said "uh", trying to resist, but he tasted a sour taste on the tip of his tongue - Jiang Muye stuffed a tamarind candy into his mouth.

"Suck it well." Jiang Muye looked at him with a smile, "This time it's sour."

It will be sour in the future.

Xie Xingzhou was stunned, and after a long while, he turned his tongue to lick the candy in his mouth—it was sour on the surface, but there was a hint of sweetness inside, it was indeed the familiar taste of tamarind candy.

After Duan Jize left, it had been a long time since he had tamarind when he was motion sick. Xie Xingzhou's eyes were slightly hot, so he stopped looking at Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye only thought that he was shy, and stuffed one into his mouth, leaned on the seat and closed his eyes to rest.

The convoy drove out of the hotel garage and headed for the expressway entrance from the capital to Luohai City.

Xie Xingzhou leaned against the car window with sugar in his mouth, looking at the ups and downs of the capital buildings outside the window, he couldn't help but feel sad - the tall buildings here are full of flowers, but there is no one left.

The discomfort of motion sickness in his heart was suppressed by the tamarind candy a lot, but it was still a little uncomfortable. He let out a light breath and slowly closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, the convoy had almost entered the high speed.

Vehicles come and go at the entrance of the expressway, rarely stopping, but there is a van parked on the side of the road farther away.

If you look carefully, you can see a tall figure standing beside the car, dressed in black and wearing a hat, you can't see his face clearly.

But that figure was very similar to Duan Jize.

Xie Xingzhou's heartbeat accelerated for a moment, he sat up straight suddenly, leaned close to the car window and looked there, and said urgently to Guan Cheng, "Stop the car!"

Guan Cheng looked at him strangely from the rearview mirror, he slowed down the speed of the car, wondering: "Go to the highway, you can't park casually here, what's wrong?"

Xie Xingzhou bit his lip lightly and did not answer, nervously watching the man turn around and get into the driver's seat of the van.

The man was still wearing a mask and was too far away to see clearly.

The van gradually drove away, and Xie Xingzhou came back to his senses.

His slightly raised body fell back to the seat, held his chest, and shook his head at Guan Cheng, "It's okay, let's drive."

Guan Chengguai entered the gate, "Okay, as long as there is nothing to do."

Xie Xingzhou closed his eyes again, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

He was probably motion sick and confused, why did he expect Duan Jize to come back alive? It's just a figure, there are too many people with a figure in the world...

But why does he still feel so sad, a little dizzy with chest tightness, and a little bit like crying...

He could only bite his lip to stop the tears.

Jiang Muye, who was resting with his eyes closed, was woken up and took a look at Xie Xingzhou, only to see that he bit his lip tightly, the pink pure flesh was whitened by his teeth, and if he bites for a while, his skin will probably bleed.

Jiang Muye frowned, stretched out his arms to grab Xie Xingzhou into his arms.

He stuffed his thumb into Xie Xingzhou's mouth to hold it, and warned in a low voice: "Don't bite."

Jiang Muye should have just woken up, his voice is low and hoarse, the tone Xie Xingzhou is familiar with.

Xie Xingzhou was dazed when he heard that, but he finally couldn't hold back, hot tears rolled down the corners of his eyes and fell into Jiang Muye's palm.

"I'm uncomfortable." He took Jiang Muye's thumb in his mouth, nestled into Jiang Muye's arms, and said in a muffled voice, "You can hug me again."

Xie Xingzhou showed a strong sense of dependence, Jiang Muye took a shallow breath, ignored the two people sitting in front of him, and hugged Xie Xingzhou tightly into his arms with one hand.

He wiped away Xie Xingzhou's tears and laughed at him, "Why are you crying, you're useless."

Xie Xingzhou didn't speak, but choked out a sob, traced Jiang Muye's fingerprints with his teeth, and then took a hard bite.

Jiang Muye felt the pain, subconsciously wanted to pull out his fingers, but when he looked down and saw Xie Xingzhou tearing up, he compromised and stuffed them back, allowing Xie Xingzhou to bite.

Xie Xingzhou ignored it, bit it for a while as if venting, and fell asleep again with his mouth in his mouth.

Jiang Muye knew that Xie Xingzhou was suffering, so he remained motionless, hugged him for several hours, and only moved his wrist lightly when his arm was numb.

Several people stopped at the high-speed service area, and Guan Cheng and Zhao Lin got off to rest.

Guan Cheng originally wanted to ask Jiang Muye to come with him, but Xie Xingzhou fell asleep, and Jiang Muye didn't want to wake him up, so he waved his hand and refused.

He waited until Xie Xingzhou woke up naturally before releasing Jiang Muye's finger.

At this time, Jiang Muye's thumb joint was deeply sunken, the surface layer of skin was torn, and there was a layer of bruise in the tooth marks, as if wearing a ring with uneven rings, which looked shocking.

Xie Xingzhou looked at it dully, and stretched out his finger to touch it, but he didn't dare.

Jiang Muye didn't seem to care much, just asked him: "Are you still dizzy?"

Xie Xingzhou shook his head in a daze, and licked his numb mouth, the taste of tamarind still remained in his mouth.

"Do you want to eat?" Jiang Muye asked him again, and then wanted to take a cigarette from his pocket, but found that his thumb joint could no longer bend.

"I'm sorry." Xie Xingzhou drooped his eyebrows and grabbed Jiang Muye's thenar muscles, his eye sockets felt a little hot.

Jiang Muye snorted, ruffled his hair, and said in a low voice, "If you know I'm sorry, then stop pestering me and let me go down for a cigarette."

After holding back all the way without moving, he also wanted to relieve.

Xie Xingzhou hugged him tightly, then turned over and sat on him, holding his shoulders and pressing him against the back of the seat.

"Stop smoking, it's bad for your health." Xie Xingzhou took the initiative to kiss Jiang Muye, and asked him provocatively, "Do you want to kiss me?"

Jiang Muye looked at him with scorching eyes, pressed the back of his head and pressed him down, his voice was hoarse, "I'm flouting just after waking up, isn't it uncomfortable?"

"It's not uncomfortable anymore." Xie Xingzhou felt guilty, and he was very obedient at the moment, bowing his head and kissing Jiang Muye.

The movements of the two were not small. When Jiang Muye turned over with Xie Xingzhou in his arms, he even bumped into the car door.

There are many things that have made Jiang Muye irritated recently. His addiction to smoking is getting bigger and bigger, but his addiction to smoking is not as strong as Xie Xingzhou's hooking addiction.

Even if he is young and fit, he is afraid that one day he will die on Xie Xingzhou's body.

After more than ten hours of driving, it was already one o'clock in the evening when we returned to Luohai City.

Those in the team who rented a house outside the school went back to the rented house, and those who did not rent a house either crowded with their brothers or went to a hotel together.

Jiang Muye's apartment is in the city center, Xie Xingzhou's rental house is near the school, the distance between the two places is not too close.

After Guan Cheng left, Jiang Muye took over the driving, turned around and drove in the direction of the apartment.

Xie Xingzhou said, "Take me back to the rental house first."

"It's so late, go to my house." Jiang Muye said incredulously.

Xie Xingzhou bit his lip and hesitated. He missed the mahogany carving board in the rented house. Although he covered it up before leaving, he was still afraid that the rainy weather in Luohai City would make it damp.

"I haven't been back for so many days, your little dilapidated house must be dusty, and the apartment is cleaned regularly by a nanny." Seeing him hesitant, Jiang Muye said.

One day late is one day late, Xie Xingzhou nodded in compromise.

But Jiang Muye asked him again: "When do you plan to move to live with me?"

Xie Xingzhou was taken aback, Jiang Muye rarely took him back in the past, sometimes after a night, he would leave the next day, and Jiang Muye never kept him.

He had never heard Jiang Muye say that he wanted him to move in...

"Why did you move there?" Xie Xingzhou asked tentatively, grabbing the strap of the drawing board.

Taking advantage of the red light, Jiang Muye stopped the car and turned to look at Xie Xingzhou. He pursed his lips and smiled, "I don't like long-distance relationships."

Xie Xingzhou raised his head and couldn't help muttering softly, "What kind of long-distance relationship is this?"

But ten minutes by car.

Jiang Muye laughed through his nose, and stopped talking, and didn't know whether he was not allowing him to think about it, or giving him time to think about it.

Xie Xingzhou couldn't make up his mind either, he didn't think it mattered where he lived, it was just that there were too many things in the house and it was inconvenient to move.

The two arrived home soon, and Jiang Muye's apartment was indeed the same as when he left. The aunt came to clean it regularly, and even the water in the water tank was crystal clear.

Xie Xingzhou put the drawing board where he liked to put it before, and looked curiously at the water tank in the living room for a while as usual.

He found that there was still no fish in it, and he didn't know what Jiang Muye was doing with such a big water tank here.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Muye hugged him from behind, with his wrists in front of him.

"It's nothing."

Xie Xingzhou shook his head, looked at the black mark on Jiang Muye's thumb and said, "Should I get some medicine?"

"No need." Jiang Muye chuckled in his ear, "If you feel guilty, let me take a bite too, in a conspicuous place."

After all, he made a gesture to bite Xie Xingzhou's neck.

Fearing that Jiang Muye would make trouble again, Xie Xingzhou hurriedly pushed him away and reminded: "It's almost two o'clock."

Jiang Muye let go of him with a smile, "I'm not kidding you anymore, come with me and show you something."

Xie Xingzhou was dragged in a daze, and walked into a rather large room with Jiang Muye.

This room is next to Jiang Muye's gym. It used to be a bedroom, but it has been left unused and unfurnished. The room extends out to a terrace with a view.

The two stood on the terrace and looked down. They could see the river beach in the center of Luohai. Pavilions and ancient buildings were built on the river beach. The red lanterns on the ancient buildings were lit at night, reflecting the sparkling water on the river. extremely beautiful.

On the opposite side of the river beach is the tallest landmark building in Luohai City. The top of the building soars into the sky, and it is also lit with colorful night lights at night.

Xie Xingzhou's mentor, Feng Ji, knew a little bit about architectural aesthetics. He had mentioned to Xie Xingzhou a few words about the exquisiteness of this building. Xie Xingzhou wanted to find an opportunity to draw it, but he never found a good vision for painting.

The balcony where he is standing now is an excellent location. He is full of interest, staring at it carefully, and has already started drafting.

Jiang Muye's eyes fell on Xie Xingzhou's fingers tightly gripping the balcony railing, and he suddenly said, "Move in, and turn this place into your studio."

"Really?" Xie Xingzhou turned to look at him with joy that he couldn't hide.

"What are you doing lying to you?" Jiang Muye rubbed his hair, his eyes burning, "The hair has grown."

Xie Xingzhou lowered his gaze again, "I have a lot of things at home."

"I'll help you move it." Jiang Muye said immediately, keeping the hand on top of his head, "Are you still cutting your hair?"

Xie Xingzhou bluntly raised his hand to touch the slightly long hair behind his ears, and nodded: "Cut it."

"When will it be cut?" Jiang Muye looked down at him.

Xie Xingzhou raised his head and looked at him, raised his eyelids and smiled lazily, "Cut on the day of moving."

The shadow of the smile disturbed people's mind, Jiang Muye was slightly startled, and after a while, he snorted a laugh from his nose.

"Xie Xingzhou, you must have died in a wave in your previous life."

He pulled Xie Xingzhou into his arms and kissed him against the brilliant lights of the landmark buildings.

On the day of the move, there was a great mobilization, and both Zhao Lin and Guan Cheng came to help.

Zhao Lin was the most active, as if he deliberately wanted to perform well in front of Jiang Muye, rushing to do any heavy work.

He carried Xie Xingzhou's work box into the car, came back to take a sip of water, and saw Xie Xingzhou at a long table, wrestling with a heavy piece of mahogany.

Zhao Lin excitedly ran over to move it for Xie Xingzhou.

Xie Xingzhou was extremely nervous, and stretched out his hand to protect him, "No, you can just move something else..."

Zhao Lin was puzzled and said: "This piece of wood is dead heavy, Xie Xueba, you have thin arms and legs, what if you break it, I will help you!"

"No need." Xie Xingzhou looked stubborn, not even letting Zhao Lin touch the wooden board.

Seeing this, Guan Cheng at the side pulled Zhao Lin away and reminded him, "This is a wooden statue carved for Brother Mu. You don't understand anything. What should you do if your rough hands and feet break it? Tell you not to do it." do something else."

"Oh." Zhao Lin looked frustrated, and stretched his neck to look at the wooden board, but Xie Xingzhou was so tightly guarded that he couldn't see clearly.

Guan Cheng dragged Zhao Lin to move away, Xie Xingzhou hadn't heaved a sigh of relief when Jiang Muye walked over again, he couldn't help but frown uncontrollably.

Jiang Muye threw the water bottle in his hand into the trash can, and he couldn't help but want to move the mahogany, but Xie Xingzhou grabbed his wrist.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Muye asked.

Xie Xingzhou nervously said: "I'm afraid it will be broken, you don't understand this."

Jiang Muye smiled, "If I'm careful, I won't break it. Besides, won't this board be mine sooner or later? I don't mind if it breaks."

Xie Xingzhou's eyes flickered slightly, not looking at the harsh smile on Jiang Muye's face.

He persisted, "I can move it myself."

"Okay...then be careful." Jiang Muye looked at him strangely for a few seconds, then withdrew his hand in compromise, "Call me if you need something."

Jiang Muye continued to move things, Xie Xingzhou leaned on the edge of the table and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Xingzhou doesn't have many daily necessities, but there are more calligraphy, painting and sculpture works. These things are packed in separate boxes and need to be transported back and forth two or three times.

Jiang Muye and Guan Cheng first drove away, and Zhao Lin cleaned up the mess upstairs.

Xie Xingzhou held the piece of mahogany in his arms, and stood downstairs in the rental house waiting for a few people.

The summer in Luohai City is long and the weather is hot all year round.

Xie Xingzhou was standing under the shade of a tree, sweating profusely all over his body, the board in his arms was heavy, and his hands soon became sore from exhaustion.

There were hurried footsteps behind him. He thought it was Zhao Lin who had packed up and went downstairs, so he turned his head to look, but only saw a group of short figures rushing out of the corridor.

Xie Xingzhou was not in a hurry to dodge, he was bumped into by the opponent, he leaned back and took a few big steps backwards to keep the board in his arms.

Seeing that he bumped into someone, the short figure hurriedly hugged the satchel in his arms, and kept bowing and apologizing to Xie Xingzhou, "I'm sorry, I didn't stop the car."

His voice was immature, sounding like a child, when he straightened up after apologizing, Xie Xingzhou was instantly amazed - he looked so cute.

"It doesn't matter." Subconsciously, Xie Xingzhou likes cute things, like Zhao Lin, like the child in front of him, so he didn't care.

Yu Tangtang looked at Xie Xingzhou gratefully. He was in a hurry and wanted to leave after being forgiven, but turned back as if he remembered something.

He took out a leaflet from his bag and handed it to Xie Xingzhou, "My brother opened a new bookstore near the gate of Luo University, where you can read books and study by yourself, and there are desserts and drinks for sale. You can report it to Yu Tangtang. Name, please drink for free!"

"Thank you, but there's no need..." Xie Xingzhou said.

Yu Tangtang didn't give him a chance to refuse, seeing that he couldn't spare his hand, he stuffed the flyer into his backpack pocket, then turned and ran away.

"Remember to report my name! My name is Yu Tangtang!"

Xie Xingzhou couldn't help laughing, and didn't take out the flyer and throw it away.

A newly opened bookstore near Luo University is called "Yipin Bookstore". It has stylish decoration and a quiet environment. It has only opened for a few days, and it has attracted many college students to read books and drink to cool off the heat.

Yu Tangtang ran from the rental house back to Yipin Bookstore in one breath, went to the one behind the bar, and stretched out his hand to the tall figure standing in the bar.

He gasped and said, "Brother, I'm exhausted, give me a glass of watermelon juice!"

"Tangtang, keep your voice down." The man turned around and handed Yu Tangtang a glass of watermelon juice. He was wearing a hat and a mask and surrounded himself tightly, so he couldn't see his face clearly.

Yu Tangtang shrunk his neck resentfully, and said guiltily, "Got it."

He lowered his voice and asked the person in front of him again, "Brother, are you hot?"

"not hot."

Yu Tangtang pursed his lips and said, "Now that we have our own store, bro, don't wear a mask in your own store!"

"I'm afraid to scare the guests." The man smiled softly.

Yu Tangtang said urgently: "Brother, you are not intimidating at all, I will beat anyone who dares to speak against you."

"Children." The man shook his head helplessly.

Yu Tangtang snorted, and angrily turned his head away from speaking.

Zhao Lin and Guan Cheng helped move the house, and Xie Xingzhou wanted to invite them to have dinner together.

Jiang Muye glared at them behind Xie Xingzhou.

The two immediately understood, quickly waved their hands, and ran away.

Xie Xingzhou saw that the two disappeared into the elevator without looking back, turned around and glanced at Jiang Muye, and said in a low voice, "Childish."

"I'll invite them to dinner another day." Jiang Muye hugged him, "It's your first day moving in today, so you have to eat with me alone."

Xie Xingzhou pushed him away: "It's so dirty, go take a shower."

Jiang Muye got sweaty from moving, he let go of Xie Xingzhou with a light click, took a change of clothes and went into the bathroom, "Wait for me."

"Ah."

The studio has been remodeled, and Jiang Muye also installed a carving table on the side for Xie Xingzhou, which is exactly the same as the rental house, just enough to put the mahogany carving board on it.

Xie Xingzhou's works were not allowed to be handled by others, and the cardboard boxes are still piled up in the open space of the studio.

Jiang Muye went to take a shower, Xie Xingzhou was free, so he put the mahogany back on the carving table.

After finishing, he began to count the woodcut tools.

Round knife, oblique knife, flat knife, row knife, square knife...

Only the triangular knife is missing.

The caliber of the triangular knife is different, so it is difficult to find a handy one. The lines on the front are all carved with the same tool. If you change it...

Xie Xingzhou does not want this work to become imperfect.

Duan Jize's birthday is less than a month away. This is a gift for Duan Jize. It has been prepared for more than half a year.

Xie Xingzhou didn't want to waste the rest of his time on finding a handy triangular knife again.

The sound of Jiang Muye's bathing water kept coming from outside the door, Xie Xingzhou became more irritable and anxious, before Jiang Muye came out, he went back to the rental house alone to find a knife.

At this moment, how could he remember whether he wanted to have dinner with Jiang Muye - it didn't matter to him at all.

It took Xie Xingzhou less than 10 minutes to rush back to the rental house. He searched inside and outside the rental house three times, but found nothing.

The sky had already darkened, the surrounding households turned on their lights, and the surroundings were filled with the smell of fireworks, only the rented houses were empty.

Xie Xingzhou leaned against the door in despair—he remembered that he had put away the mahogany, including these tools, without letting anyone touch it. He was holding the mahogany, and the tools were packed in a backpack and carried on his back...

'My name is Yu Tangtang! '

A childish voice came, and Xie Xingzhou suddenly stood up straight.

The only person who touched his backpack was the kid, and he wanted to look for it whether it was useful or not.

Xie Xingzhou fumbled in his pocket frantically, but the flyer Yu Tangtang gave him was still in his backpack, and he hadn't carried it out.

He could only try his best to recall, and he only remembered that the bookstore was called Yipin Bookstore, which was near the gate of Luo Dazheng.

Fortunately, it was not far from Luo University, so Xie Xingzhou left the rental house, took a taxi and rushed to the main gate of Luo University.

It was very late, most of the shops near the school gate were closed, and the lights at the main entrance of the bookstore were also turned off, only the side entrance facing a deep alley was open.

There is a truck at the door, which contains a lot of raw materials for making desserts, and someone is moving things into the store.

Xie Xingzhou didn't think too much, and walked over to ask someone.

The lights in the alley were dim, and the people who moved things were covered by the huge carriage of the truck, and only the sound of wheezing and wheezing could be heard.

Xie Xingzhou walked in a hurry, hurriedly bypassed the truck and walked to the back of the truck.

He looked at the person who moved the goods, and the tall figure fell into his eyes. For a moment, he stopped what he wanted to say, and his fingers couldn't help trembling.

This figure is exactly the same as the one he saw beside the capital highway, even the clothes and shoes are the same.

They all look like Duan Jize.

How could there be so many coincidences in this world, but there were so many coincidences that he bumped into one after another, which made his turbulent heart unable to calm down.

Even though he knew it was impossible, Xie Xingzhou couldn't help holding his breath, and cautiously approached that person.

"Hello." He said nervously.

The man turned around holding a box of fruit, poked his head out from behind the cardboard box, showing a not-so-young face, "Hello, what's the matter?"

Certainly not.

A look of disappointment appeared in Xie Xingzhou's eyes, and he couldn't help laughing at himself.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the man just said: "Oh, you are a student of Luo University, right? There are discounts for newcomers, but it's closed today, so come back tomorrow!"

The roller coaster in Xie Xingzhou's mind started to stop slowly. He tried his best to smile and asked, "Who is Yu Tangtang...?"

"Yu Tangtang, that's our little boss." The man said with a smile, "Are you a friend of the little boss? He went home with the big boss after closing, why don't you come to see him tomorrow!"

"Oh, okay, thank you." Xie Xingzhou nodded absently, turned and left.

Seeing that his back was a little lost, the man looked at him a few more times, but quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to move things into the store.

Xie Xingzhou walked out of the alley, his originally vain steps became faster and faster, and the overwhelming sense of sadness that had not been seen for a long time in his heart became more and more intense.

In the end, he could only run along the fence along the road of Luo University as if venting his anger, and ran all the way to the city center until he lost his strength.

He stopped, bent over his knees, panting.

Two drops of water stains fainted on the ground, and he raised his hand to touch it, only to realize that he was crying uncontrollably.

There's nothing to cry about, it's just losing a triangular knife, it's just recognizing the wrong person, it's just... it's just that you can never see the person you want to see again.

In Luohai City at night, the wind wraps around my body, making it extremely cold.

Xie Xingzhou was tired from crying, and he stood up straight with his arms tightly held.

The road was deserted and there were no pedestrians, except for occasional cars speeding by, making Xie Xingzhou small and lonely.

He suddenly wanted to see Jiang Muye, wanted to hug Jiang Muye, wanted to kiss Jiang Muye, even wanted to have sex with Jiang Muye... He even wanted to look at Jiang Muye with those bottomless eyes when he tortured him. Him, call him Xingzhou in a hoarse voice.

Although Jiang Muye had never called him that, he didn't dare to coax Jiang Muye to call him that, because it was too similar to Duan Jize, and he was a little scared.

It's just that today he can't take care of it anymore, he just wants to use some method to drive away the loneliness in his heart.

In order to rescue the addicts who have fallen into the abyss, some people will replace them with special drugs to promote the secretion of hormones and relieve their pain. [note 1]

For Xie Xingzhou, Jiang Muye was probably that kind of medicine.

Xie Xingzhou didn't know how he got back to his apartment in the city center, but he was so confused that he had entered the combination lock at the door wrong several times, and the alarm on the door kept beeping.

Xie Xingzhou didn't enter the correct password until the last chance sounded, opened the door and walked in.

"Jiang Muye..." His voice was hoarse, his eyes were slack and he lowered his head and kicked off his shoes.

He walked in with bare feet in an indecent manner, and called Jiang Muye's name a few times as soon as he entered the door.

But no one answered him.

"Heh." An unpleasant voice sounded.

Xie Xingzhou slowly raised his head, and met Su Ruan's eyes on the sofa with his legs crossed.

How is he here?

Xie Xingzhou looked dully at the bathroom outside the bedroom, Jiang Muye was still taking a shower.

Didn't you say you want to have dinner together?Why did it take so long to wash, what happened to the person on the sofa, how did he coax him to move, and within a day, another person came here...

Xie Xingzhou's mind was so confused, he just felt that Su Ruan's face in front of him became more and more hateful, he had never felt that he hated someone so much.

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Note 1: The metaphor needed by the plot, let us say no to poison together!

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