ICY Chapter 16
by VolareChapter 16
“Wow, your shower gel is evolving into a spirit!”
“This is my first official date, I have to let Jiang Shi smell the fragrant scent on me.”
“Why don’t you just spray perfume?”
“It’s different, I’m a student now, I need the clean and fresh scent of a student.”
“But looking at the sky, it seems like it’s going to rain, what can you two do?”
“You single dogs don’t understand, even if we don’t go out, I’m willing as long as I’m with him.”
“Of course I don’t understand, being dragged out by my mom on the first day of vacation to follow you around, who understands that.”
“I’ll reimburse all your expenses today.”
“Generous boss.”
·
“A Shi, why are you down here?”
“Waiting for you.”
Jiang Shi took the umbrella and schoolbag from Su Zhao Li’s hand and walked out hand in hand with him.
“A Shi, where are we going?”
“Going to the supermarket to buy groceries, I wanted to cook a meal for you when A Li came last time, today is a good chance to make up for it.” Jiang Shi said with a smile, seeming to really look forward to cooking a meal for Su Zhao Li.
“Ah,” Su Zhao Li’s tone was a little disappointed, he thought…
“Is A Li unhappy? Should we go back then?” Jiang Shi looked at Su Zhao Li with a careful gaze, as if even the slightest frown from him would be a huge deal.
“No, I’m not unhappy, how could I be unhappy that A Shi is willing to cook for me, I’m just… I woke up a little early, can I take a nap when we get back?”
“Of course, A Li.”
“Oh right, A Li, what’s in your schoolbag?”
“It’s a gift for you, I’ll give it to you when we get back.”
“Okay, thank you, A Li.”
“Is there anything A Li really wants to eat today?”
“I want to eat Yu Xiang Rou Si…”
·
They returned home with all the groceries before ten o’clock. As soon as Jiang Shi got back, he went to the kitchen to put all the groceries away. Su Zhao Li stood at the threshold, pretending to be sleepy and yawning, “A Shi, I’m so sleepy, can you take me to sleep?”
“Okay, then you go sleep on my bed, don’t worry, I always shower before going to bed, it’s very clean.” Jiang Shi walked over, holding Su Zhao Li’s hand as he spoke.
After arriving in the bedroom, Su Zhao Li looked at his bed, a faint blush spreading across his face.
“Then I’ll… just go to sleep.”
“Mm.”
“Aren’t you afraid I’m not clean?”
“How could I be, I’m afraid A Li will dislike me.”
After Su Zhao Li got into bed, he smelled Jiang Shi’s blanket all over.
“What is A Li smelling?”
“Your scent.”
“Do you want to sleep with me for a while?”
“I’m not sleepy.”
“So you still dislike me, you won’t change the blanket tonight, will you?” Su Zhao Li said sadly and dejectedly.
“No, no, A Li, I’ll sleep with you.”
“Okay.” Su Zhao Li tried his best to hold back the corners of his mouth from rising, but the joy in his words couldn’t be hidden, “Oh right, can you help me get my schoolbag over here? There’s something inside that I want to give you.”
“Okay.”
“Open it and take a look.”
Jiang Shi opened Su Zhao Li’s backpack, inside was a yellow puppy. Jiang Shi’s voice also carried a smile, “Why are you giving me this?”
“Come over here.” Su Zhao Li beckoned to Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shi obediently leaned his ear over. “This is what I hug when I sleep, I’ve had it for many years, I’m giving it to you.”
After saying that, Su Zhao Li leaned against the headboard, waiting to see Jiang Shi’s expression.
Jiang Shi didn’t react at first, then he was shocked, and then the skin on his cheeks and neck quickly turned red.
“Come up here.”
Jiang Shi was now dazed, obediently taking off his shoes and getting into bed.
“Then A Li, do you want to hug it now?” Jiang Shi handed the puppy to Su Zhao Li.
Su Zhao Li didn’t care, he directly hugged Jiang Shi’s waist, “I want to hug my puppy right now.”
This time, Jiang Shi couldn’t help but blush even more, his whole body feeling hot and flushed because of Su Zhao Li’s words.
“Aren’t you going to hug me?” Su Zhao Li muffledly said, burying his face in Jiang Shi’s waist.
Jiang Shi obediently and stiffly slowly laid down, hugging Su Zhao Li in his arms.
They had hugged countless times before, and had done things even more intimate than hugging, but now lying in bed, the meaning became different.
Jiang Shi felt Su Zhao Li’s body temperature, smelling the fragrance emanating from Su Zhao Li, he couldn’t help but feel his throat tighten as he swallowed his saliva. He only dared to gently hold Su Zhao Li, not daring to make any other movements.
Su Zhao Li seemed to feel uncomfortable, snuggling harder into Jiang Shi’s arms, the two of them pressed closely together.
Jiang Shi patted Su Zhao Li’s back gently.
Su Zhao Li wasn’t sleepy at first, but under Jiang Shi’s stroking and in his warm embrace, he gradually felt sleepy, and gradually couldn’t hold on, emitting long, steady breaths.
Jiang Shi stopped moving, slowly and gently changing his position, wrapping Su Zhao Li better in his arms, so as not to make him feel uncomfortable sleeping on his side.
He gently kissed the top of Su Zhao Li’s head, the sound of rain gradually increasing, he closed his eyes, feeling peaceful and soft in his heart.
When Su Zhao Li woke up again, Jiang Shi was already gone, he was hugging his toy puppy.
“It smells so good.” Su Zhao Li ran to the kitchen and hugged Jiang Shi from behind.
“The kitchen has a lot of oily smoke, wait for me at the table for a bit, it will be ready soon.”
“Okay.”
Su Zhao Li looked at Jiang Shi busy in the kitchen, suddenly feeling like an old married couple, very warm and wonderful.
“Hurry and try it, it’s the first time I’ve made lunch for you, hurry and try it to see if it’s good.”
Su Zhao Li gave him a lot of face, picking up a chopstick of food and stuffing it into his mouth, nodding vigorously at Jiang Shi’s expectant gaze.
“It’s good as long as you like it, I’ll get you some soup.”
“Mmm, mmm, mmm.” Su Zhao Li couldn’t speak because his mouth was full of food.
During the meal, Jiang Shi kept taking care of Su Zhao Li, giving him food when he ran out of dishes, getting him soup when he ran out of soup, and blowing on the soup when it was too hot. Su Zhao Li also gave him a lot of face, eating everything that Jiang Shi gave him, emptying quite a few plates.
“A Shi, I’m full.” If he ate any more, Su Zhao Li wouldn’t be able to walk.
“Okay, don’t eat anymore, sit down and rest for a while, I’ll go wash the dishes.”
“You sit down, you’ve already cooked, I should go.”
“No, I said I would be good to A Li, how can I let A Li do things like washing dishes.”
“Okay, okay, okay,” Su Zhao Li’s heart was naturally warm, “I won’t do it, how about I help you dry them?”
“Mm.”
·
It was still raining outside. Su Zhao Li sat in front of the balcony and listened to the rain for a while, then stopped, if he listened any longer he would get sleepy again.
Bored, Su Zhao Li went into Jiang Shi’s room again, after all, he had been there so many times but hadn’t really looked around properly.
“Hmm? A Shi, why didn’t you finish this big Lego set?” Su Zhao Li called out to Jiang Shi, the half-finished Lego set was placed next to the closet, he had never really noticed it before.
“Ah, I forgot about it if you didn’t say anything, I bought it when I was bored during the summer after the middle school exam, but then I didn’t put it together again after I went to high school.”
“It’s a ship, why don’t we put it together this afternoon?”
“Okay.”
“Is the blueprint still there?” Su Zhao Li was eager to try.
“I’ll go find it.”
At first, the two of them sat properly, looking at the blueprint to find parts and install them, Jiang Shi’s parts were all placed in different boxes according to specifications, making them easy to find.
However, it wasn’t long before Jiang Shi couldn’t help himself, constantly moving closer to Su Zhao Li, even pulling Su Zhao Li into his arms.
“Jiang Shi,” Su Zhao Li reminded him, after all, Su Zhao Li was very interested right now, and he was still able to be kind to those who disturbed him at first, but now he was directly sullen.
Hearing the change in Su Zhao Li’s tone, Jiang Shi directly threw the parts in his hand back into the box, hugged Su Zhao Li on his lap, and just watched Su Zhao Li assemble the parts like that.
Free cushion and backrest service, Su Zhao Li was naturally happy, so he let him do whatever he wanted.
Su Zhao Li was serious and patient when doing things, and he always liked these kinds of delicate and exquisite things that needed careful consideration.
Before they knew it, the rain stopped.
A cheerful song rang out, breaking the peaceful atmosphere between the two.
Su Zhao Li answered the phone, “Caregiver, what’s wrong?”
“A Li, it’s getting dark, are you still at Jiang Shi’s house, why haven’t you come back yet? Do you want me and your Father Chu to pick you up?”
“Ah,” Su Zhao Li glanced at the time, “It’s already past eight o’clock, I didn’t even notice the time, caregiver, you should have already eaten dinner, A Shi and I haven’t eaten yet, I’ll go back after I eat, I’m exhausted.”
!!! “A Li, what… what did you guys do today?” Mother Chu asked, trembling and carefully.
“We went to buy groceries together in the morning, and then A Shi cooked for me, and then we put together Lego all afternoon, until now my waist is about to break.”
“Put together Lego, what kind of Lego, let caregiver see it.” There was a rustling sound on the other end of the line, Su Zhao Li didn’t care, and directly opened the camera.
“Caregiver, can you see it? This is what we put together this afternoon.”
“I see it, I see it, it’s put together really well, A Li, quickly stand up and move around, otherwise your body won’t feel good.”
“Okay, then caregiver, I’ll hang up first, I’ll go back after I eat.”
“Okay.”
Su Zhao Li leaned back against Jiang Shi, stretched lazily, and moved his muscles and bones, only standing up when he felt comfortable.
“A Shi, I’ll pull you up.” Su Zhao Li held out his hand to Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shi didn’t move.
“What’s wrong, did your leg fall asleep?”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, it’ll be better after sitting for a while.” Jiang Shi stubbornly endured.
“You, you,” Su Zhao Li squatted down to massage Jiang Shi’s leg, and took the opportunity to knock him on the head, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t want to bother you.”
Su Zhao Li understood, he was too harsh when talking to Jiang Shi at the beginning.
“Silly, how can this be called bothering, your affairs are the most important.”
“A Shi, where are your mom and dad, why haven’t they come back yet so late?”
“Hehe, I told them to work overtime tonight.”
“Why?”
“Because I know that A Li, you would be very restrained if my parents were here, I want you to be free.”
“You don’t have to do this…” Su Zhao Li couldn’t speak, the change in identity would make him unable to be as carefree as before when facing Jiang Shi’s parents, he didn’t expect this wooden-headed Jiang Shi to even think of this for him.
“You’re full of me in your head.” Su Zhao Li tapped his forehead, his voice soft, drawing out the end of the words like he was acting spoiled.
“Mm.” Jiang Shi turned his face away and blushed as he admitted.
Seeing the Lego set on the side, Jiang Shi asked, “Then this building block…”
“I’ll come again tomorrow to put it together.” Su Zhao Li answered naturally.
“Okay.” Jiang Shi hurriedly agreed, what he wanted to say was to let Su Zhao Li take the Lego away, so he could see A Li every day.
“A Li, I’m better, I’ll go cook for you.”
Jiang Shi wanted to stand up, Su Zhao Li pulled him, but it was obvious that Jiang Shi, who was now full of ambition, underestimated the impact of his leg falling asleep, he didn’t stand steadily and instead pulled Su Zhao Li down onto the bed.
Su Zhao Li fell on top of him, muffled in front of him and laughing, “You just stay here, I’ll go cook for you.”
“Can A Li cook?”
“Of course, even if I haven’t eaten pork, I’ve seen pigs run, just wait.”
After Su Zhao Li entered the kitchen and confirmed that Jiang Shi hadn’t followed, he took out his phone.
With the tutorial in hand, I have the world.
“Braised pork, so simple, but it takes too long, no.”
“Deboning chicken legs, I can’t.”
“Sausage, too perfunctory.”
“Bitter gourd, I don’t eat it.”
“Napa cabbage, too bland.”
…
After fifteen minutes of picking and choosing, Su Zhao Li finally started moving.
First marinate the chicken wings, waiting to put them in the air fryer, then prepare the meatballs, and immediately put them in the air fryer to make mala xiang guo.
Cut some side dishes and then make a sausage rice pot, and finally, the only thing that needs to be cooked on the stove is a seaweed egg drop soup with shrimp paste, with meat, rice, and soup, it’s simply perfect.
“A Li, do you need my help?” Jiang Shi shouted to him from the room.
“No, it’s simple.”
Who said that not being able to cook means you can’t support yourself, modern technology is a good thing.
“A Shi, how is it?” Su Zhao Li asked nervously.
“It’s delicious, A Li really has talent.”
“That’s right, I haven’t failed at anything in my life.”
Cooking is just a piece of cake.
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