Jiang Yu paused and stopped in place.

Li Ying walked towards him with two bottles of water and handed him one: “Came to find your sister?”

“Hmm.” It’s so hot. Jiang Yu has been rushing all the way here, he was indeed a little thirsty. He took the water and thanked him, saying, “You are playing?”

He immediately unscrewed the bottle cap, raised his head, and took a few mouthfuls.

Drinking ice water on a hot day is the most refreshing. Jiang Yu drank half of the bottle in one go, and when he brought down the water bottle, Li Ying was looking at him.

When he raised his eyes, Li Ying raised his eyes from bottom to top, met Jiang Yu’s glance, and then turned away lightly: “Just a match; it’s over now.”

After Li Ying finished speaking, he unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a few sips. At this moment, a boy also wearing a basketball uniform came over behind him.

He glanced at Jiang Yu, said hello to him, and asked Li Ying curiously, “Is this your friend? A junior from which department?”

“Yeah.” Li Ying screwed on the bottle cap and said, “He’s not from our university.”

The boy’s name is Zhao Wen; he is Li Ying’s roommate, and usually he and Li Ying have the best relationship. It was rare to see Li Ying take the initiative to talk to someone and still stand still. Zhao Wen was a little curious and came up to join in the fun.

Jiang Yu was not so familiar with Li Ying and had nothing to talk about. Seeing that he had friends coming, he fiddled with the water bottle in his hand and was about to find an excuse to leave: “I…”

“Do you want to wait for Jiang Meng?” Li Ying suddenly asked.

“No,” Jiang Yu said, fished out his phone, and took a look. It was only four o’clock; who would be happy to wait for her?

“Shall we have dinner together?” Li Ying asked. He glanced at Jiang Yu’s expression, didn’t leave him much time to think, and said, “Wait for me; I’ll change clothes.”

“…” Jiang Yu was arranged like this.

Zhao Wen looked at him twice before he went to change clothes, and then Jiang Yu saw him talking to Li Ying all the way.

Before five o’clock, Jiang Yu followed Li Ying into an off-campus izakaya, but Zhao Wen didn’t come.
(vv: Literally translated into English, “izakaya” means “dine-in sake shop”. It’s an informal affair where you order drinks alongside small dishes of food. It’s all about eating, drinking, and being merry, Japanese style. This is the place where friends meet up or coworkers get together.)

This izakaya, Jiang Yu, has heard from Jiang Meng that it is especially popular with college students, and it is almost always full when the meal comes.

There were quite a few people at the moment. Jiang Yu casually took a look; the environment was indeed not bad, and the dishes were also good. Most of the tables had couples.

Not long after the two of them sat down, Jiang Yu received a call from Jiang Meng, asking if he had left and wanting to treat him to dinner. Jiang Yu told her mercifully that he was having dinner with Li Ying, and he immediately heard Jiang Meng screaming at the top of his voice.

When the drinks came, Li Ying poured Jiang Yu a glass, listening to him talk on the phone in a proud tone, taking pleasure in bullying Jiang Meng.

Li Ying had no siblings, so he didn’t know how siblings get along, but it was interesting to watch them get along.

Jiang Yu called Jiang Meng several times on the phone, trying to create a chance for her.

But with such a great opportunity in front of her, she began to be reserved, saying that it was not good for her to take the initiative. For this reason, Jiang Yu asked Li Ying for her, and Li Ying naturally nodded and agreed, but Jiang Meng said that Li Ying was a polite word, and he would have voluntarily said it if he wanted to.

Jiang Yu really didn’t understand her theory, so he simply agreed with her, and when he hung up the phone, he explained to Li Ying: “She won’t come.”

“Hmm,” Li Ying didn’t respond; Jiang Yu had ordered meat before, and he was still flipping through the menu to give him recommendations: “The buttered potatoes here are good; do you want to try them?”

“Okay,” Jiang Yu said, “I’m not a picky eater; I can eat anything; just order anything.”

After saying this, he pulled out the two slices of green pepper on the skewer.

Li Ying laughed, Jiang Yu raised his head, and he realised instantly: “Oh, except for the green pepper.”

“Okay,” Li Ying replied warmly.

Hearing this response, Jiang Yu took another look at Li Ying and saw that the other party had picked up a bunch of roasted birds and began to eat them slowly.

Even the way he eats is pleasing to the eye, so it is no wonder that he is sought after by his classmates.

However, unlike other people’s views, Jiang Yu didn’t feel that Li Ying was indifferent and even experienced a special kind of patience from the other party, as if he were being cared for carefully.

He only saw this feeling when his friends were in relationships.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Yu suddenly felt that it would be good if Jiang Meng could be in a relationship with Li Ying; at least he had never seen a few boys who could be as patient as Li Ying.

Halfway through the meal, the number of customers in the store gradually increased.

Jiang Yu was already half full and was about to take out his phone to rest for a while when a pleasantly surprised male voice came from the side: “Senior? What a coincidence.”

Jiang Yu looked sideways and saw a boy standing up from another table and walking towards them. When he glanced at Jiang Yu, his expression paused, and there was a flash of alertness in his eyes. Although it was very fast, Jiang Yu could still catch it.

“Hello,” Li Ying greeted him politely.

The boy’s tone was a little happy: “Senior, did you see the friend request I sent you two days ago?”

Li Ying: “Sorry, I usually don’t use WeChat.”

“So what do you use? QQ? That’s fine too, or give me your phone number.” The boy didn’t give up.

“I’m usually busy and don’t have much time to chat.” Li Ying raised his eyes, looked at the boy, and said in a flat tone, “I won’t have your memory too.”

Although the words were polite, the meaning of rejection couldn’t be ignored.

The boy paused, looked at Li Ying’s alienated eyes, and realised that his intentions had been seen through.

From the first time he saw Li Ying, the boy became interested in him, but he would not touch a straight man; he would harm others and himself.

It wasn’t until later, when he learned about Li Ying’s situation, that he was ready to move. A top student like Li Ying, who hasn’t dated for three years in college, is probably the same type as him, and the boys made decisive attacks and created several encounters. But Li Ying didn’t get in and didn’t even give him a chance to talk.

There was a bit of struggle in the boy’s eyes. He was a little unwilling. This time he was able to speak with great difficulty, afraid that he might not express his meaning clearly, so he was silent for two seconds and asked bluntly, “Senior, do you mean to reject me?”

Li Ying was silent for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu’s expression was a little dazed, and he was lost. He has heard many confessions, and he is very sensitive to the information in this conversation, but the two of them in front of him were boys, so he was a little puzzled.

Jiang Yu guessed that maybe it was some other request that was rejected.

The boy did not pester, and left after getting a definite rejection.

Jiang Yu stared at his back, and Li Ying asked, “What’s the matter?”

“It’s nothing.” Jiang Yu retracted his eyes, paused, and said with a smile, “I’m not familiar with your conversation.”

Li Ying lowered his eyes, held the cup, and turned it around: “Don’t the girls often tell you that?”

Jiang Yu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look at him. The information revealed by these words was not as simple as the words themselves.

Li Ying met his gaze: “What do you want to ask?”

“He’s…” Jiang Yu was phrasing, always feeling that directly saying gay didn’t seem to be very respectful. He had never been in contact with this kind of group, so he didn’t know how to express it.

“Hmm,” Li Ying observed his expression for a while, “Is it disgusting?”

Although he was a little surprised by the charm of the male god, who can eat both men and women, it was not disgusting.

“No,” Jiang Yu shook his head and smiled lazily, “I’m not disgusted, and it’s not me who he confessed his love to.”

He picked up a piece of fat beef and added, “Actually, whether you like boys or girls, there is no difference. It’s your personal preference; there is nothing to be disgusted with.”

“Yeah,” Li Ying also smiled lightly, then handed out his mobile phone and asked, “Do you want to add a WeChat account?”

The scene just now was still in front of his eyes, and Jiang Yu couldn’t help laughing out loud. It’s really nice to be treated differently; no wonder some girls always like to have petty tempers and let their boyfriends coax them.

Jiang Yu admitted that for a moment he was delighted by Li Ying’s double standards, even though they were just friends who were not very close.

Seeing him keep laughing, Li Ying raised his eyebrows subtly. His fingers tapped the water glass lightly, once and for all, revealing a rare joy.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to many years ago and saw the familiar boy with the familiar smile.

After eating, it was already dark. Li Ying and Jiang Yu were standing by the side of the road, waiting for the taxi.

Jiang Yu took out his mobile phone and looked at it; the taxi was still two hundred metres away.

“Want me to send…” When Li Ying spoke, a bus just passed by, and the loudspeaker covered his voice.

Jiang Yu picked up the phone and looked at him sideways: “What did you say?”

The taxi slowly drove up to the two of them; Jiang Yu was still waiting for Li Ying to speak.

“…It’s nothing,” Li Ying said, opening the taxi door for him, “Send me a WeChat message when you arrive.”

Jiang Yu only heard his parents tell Jiang Meng about this, and he couldn’t help but find it funny. He opened the door and sent him a message. Li Ying treated him like a child.

But it could be seen that whoever his girlfriend was, she really would be happy. He was so careful.

After that day, Li Ying would occasionally send messages to Jiang Yu. They had similar majors. Li Ying would occasionally tell him some professional things and occasionally share a joke or two with him.

The frequency was not frequent; it seemed to be stuck, keeping a proper distance.

Neither close nor far.

As for the relationship between the two, Jiang Meng was the happiest; as long as Jiang Yu could handle Li Ying, why worry that she couldn’t take him down?
(vv: she has no idea; I want to laugh out loud.)

Therefore, Jiang Meng urged Jiang Yu to send messages to Li Ying all the time, in the name of cultivating brotherhood, but actually planned to ask Jiang Yu to invite Li Ying out to play during the National Day holiday.

Jiang Meng was very happy, and she finally realised the benefits of having a handsome younger brother, as everyone often said.

On the eve of National Day, Jiang Yu received a call from Jiang Meng saying that she was going to drink with her classmates tonight and asked Jiang Yu to pick her up.

This is where the younger brother is useful at critical moments. No matter how impatient Jiang Yu is, Jiang Meng knows that it is about her own safety. Jiang Yu would come whenever she called.

The same was true for Jiang Meng. Jiang Yu couldn’t beat her when she was a child, and she often bullied Jiang Yu. But if someone outside bullied Jiang Yu, she would be the first to explode.

Once Jiang Yu was pushed by someone, and she went up to single-handedly single out three little boys. She was stunned that her whole body was black and red, and she asked other parents to lead the children to the door to apologise.

Jiang Yu was playing a game with his classmates at the Internet cafe. He exited after playing a game and went to see his sister.

When they arrived at the KTV, where Jiang Meng was, they had just started drinking. Most of them met Jiang Yu for the first time; he greeted them politely and teased whether Jiang Meng was going to have a big party tonight.

Jiang Yu hadn’t been to KTV very much, and he wasn’t used to such occasions. When they were drinking, he picked a corner where no one was around to sit down and play with his mobile phone.

There was a game of guessing at the table, and after a few rounds of drinking, a boy took a mobile phone and said, “Hey, Zhao Wen asked us where we are, and what is the name of this KTV?”

The name was a bit familiar; Jiang Yu raised his head when he heard the talking and heard a girl shouting: “Damn, who made the video? I look so ugly.”

“Jiang Meng, your brother is so handsome; he looks handsome even in the original camera. Look—”

The girl showed the video to the group; Jiang Yu glanced at it, and saw a corner of the video where he was sitting and playing with his mobile phone.

I’m really handsome, Jiang Yu said it in his heart.

At this time, a WeChat message popped up on his mobile phone.

[Li Ying: Are you at our class party?]

Jiang Yu remembered that Zhao Wen was Li Ying’s roommate.

[Jiang Yu: Yeah, my sister asked me to pick her up.]

Not long after the message was sent out, someone suddenly shouted: “Damn, did the sun come out from the west today? Zhao Wen said that he and Li Ying are coming.”

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