ICY Chapter 21
by VolareNot long after moving in, Su Zhao Li and Jiang Shi were called back by Father and Mother Chu; their own child was about to go to college, and they wanted to spend some quality time with him.
Mother Chu meticulously checked all the items that Su Zhao Li and Chu Nan Du would be taking to school every day. Father Chu also took leave from work, no longer flying around, and stayed home to prepare three meals a day for the two boys.
On the day of the school opening, the two families went together. Cars weren’t allowed on campus, and Su Zhao Li looked at the box of oranges behind his car and the box of oranges in the trunk of Jiang Shi’s car, expressing his sincere gratitude for the love of the two families.
They had a lot of things to bring for the school opening, and it took the two families two solid trips to get everything inside.
“Hey, Mom, don’t make my bed yet. Who doesn’t know how to make a bed? The school is so big, let’s go explore it together.”
“Yeah, caregiver, let’s go, let’s go.”
Mother Jiang from the other room came in and after taking a look around to get a general understanding of her son’s living environment, she left contentedly and waited for the four of them outside Su Zhao Li’s dormitory early on.
The three of them were on the third floor, and it was currently the peak time for the elevator, so they simply decided to take the stairs down.
There were also a lot of people on the stairs, crowded together, with suitcases and bedding everywhere. Father Jiang and Father Chu would sometimes lend a hand, while Jiang Shi and Chu Nan Du protected the three of them as they squeezed their way downstairs.
The five of them didn’t wait long downstairs before Father Jiang and Father Chu came down.
Mother Jiang and Mother Chu each took one side, putting their arms around Su Zhao Li, leaving the four rough men behind looking at each other.
“Son, come here.”
Father Chu stretched out his arm, waiting for Chu Nan Du to hug him. Chu Nan Du rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, and mercilessly slapped Father Chu’s arm, “No need, and you’re all sweaty, stay away from me.”
“Awoo, awoo” shouts came from behind, lively as monkeys, making Mother Jiang, Mother Chu, and Su Zhao Li unconsciously quicken their pace.
They didn’t know the people behind them.
Jiang Shi silently glanced at Father Jiang and walked further and further away from him.
“Son, what are you doing?” Father Jiang chased after him, unwilling to give up.
“You’re sweaty too.”
“What’s wrong with being sweaty? Your dad’s sweat is fragrant.”
Jiang Shi gave his dad a polite smile and moved even further away from him.
Father Jiang, Mother Jiang, Father Chu, and Mother Chu stayed here for two days, until Monday when their official school term began, before leaving.
After his parents left, Jiang Shi secretly switched dorms with Chu Nan Du.
“A Shi, Little Dog is here too, do you think I still need to make my bed?” Su Zhao Li sat on the bed that Jiang Shi had just made, pinching Little Dog and talking to him.
Jiang Shi’s face flushed red, and he stammered, unable to speak. Seeing him like this, Su Zhao Li’s heart itched. These past few days, Father and Mother Chu had always made sudden surprise visits, leaving the two of them with no space to be alone. Now that he had finally seen him, even though they would be living in the same room from now on and would have plenty of time, Su Zhao Li just really wanted him now.
“Mmm.” Jiang Shi, still dazed and shy, was pulled by the neck and kissed by Su Zhao Li. Gradually, he was led to sit on the bed.
Moist sounds came from inside. The door, which wasn’t closed tightly, was suddenly pushed open by Chu Nan Du.
Chu Nan Du’s pupils instantly dilated, how could he always run into this kind of thing!
“Be careful, be careful, be careful,” Chu Nan Du said as he covered his eyes with one hand and groped his way out of the room, closing the door.
Jiang Shi collapsed onto Su Zhao Li, burying his face in Su Zhao Li’s chest. Now, not only was his face red, but his entire body was red from head to toe.
Interrupted, Su Zhao Li found his reaction amusing. Shouldn’t this be his reaction?
“Okay, it’s not like you haven’t seen it before. You even kissed me in front of him before, why are you shy now?”
“It’s different, being suddenly seen is completely different from being prepared.”
“Okay, I’ll go lock the door, you help me make the bed.”
Hearing this, Jiang Shi stared blankly at Su Zhao Li.
Su Zhao Li was overjoyed, “Don’t worry, I’ll sleep with you tonight, but it’s not certain whose bed we’ll sleep in. And if you make me unhappy, we’ll sleep in separate beds, no, we’ll sleep in separate rooms.” He said it with righteousness, but Su Zhao Li felt less and less confident as he spoke. What was this feeling of being a newlywed couple?
“No, no, I’ll make the bed for you.”
Su Zhao Li decided to first comfort his brother’s fragile little heart. However, Su Zhao Li knocked on the door for a long time but Chu Nan Du didn’t open it. Fine, Su Zhao Li sent a 500 yuan red envelope, and the notification sound of the red envelope came from inside the room. Chu Nan Du collected it in a second.
Jiang Shi was quick, and by the time Su Zhao Li came out, Jiang Shi was almost done.
“Let me, let me,” Su Zhao Li took over. He couldn’t just do nothing himself.
The three of them had dinner with their parents before returning. Su Zhao Li and Jiang Shi spent a long time tidying up and arranging the dormitory, and it was already late. Su Zhao Li let Jiang Shi go in to wash up first. After calling Mother Chu, Su Zhao Li spent half the day choosing pajamas and the clothes he would wear tomorrow.
“A Shi.” Having just finished showering and drying his hair, Su Zhao Li suddenly pounced into Jiang Shi’s bed, letting Jiang Shi shower first was a little trick of his. This way, he could be fragrant and soft after showering and sneak into Jiang Shi’s arms. How could he not win him over like this?
Filled with the clean and refreshing scent of shampoo and body wash, Jiang Shi smelled the same scent on Su Zhao Li as he had on himself and felt incredibly comfortable, hugging Su Zhao Li tightly, unwilling to let go.
The next morning, both of them had their first class meeting at eight in the morning. They got up early. After Jiang Shi finished washing up, Su Zhao Li had already put on the clothes he had chosen last night, and then he held up the clothes he had also chosen for Jiang Shi, looking at him with blinking eyes.
“Okay.” Jiang Shi took the clothes, ruffled Su Zhao Li’s already combed hair, and went into the bathroom to change.
Wearing clothes of similar colors, Su Zhao Li was in a very good mood when they went out. He even thoughtfully patted on Chu Nan Du’s door as they passed by his dorm, but of course, he didn’t dare to make too much noise, as the neighbors would complain.
On the morning of the first official day of school, there weren’t that many people on campus yet. Both of them were outstanding in appearance, and there were quite a few people who frequently turned their heads to look at them along the way.
Just looking at the names, Su Zhao Li couldn’t decide what to eat. Su Zhao Li simply took a glutinous rice chicken and steamed dumplings and a bowl of porridge, which he was sure wouldn’t be a bad choice. Jiang Shi took a pan-fried bun, a beef pancake, and a bowl of wontons.
“Ugh, a bad choice.” Su Zhao Li put aside the porridge after only taking a sip. Was this what porridge was supposed to taste like?
Jiang Shi pushed his food over to Su Zhao Li, “Eat mine. I just tasted it and it’s pretty good. I saw a public kitchen on the first floor of the dormitory earlier. After the class meeting, we’ll go buy some ingredients and cookware together, and I’ll cook for you.”
“Okay.”
After eating, it was about time, so Su Zhao Li and Jiang Shi slowly walked towards the teaching building. They weren’t going to the same teaching building, but fortunately, they were close to each other.
Su Zhao Li put his hand in Jiang Shi’s pocket, and secretly, little by little, took off his watch when Jiang Shi wasn’t paying attention.
When Su Zhao Li’s hand left, the weight in his pocket naturally made Jiang Shi notice. He looked at Su Zhao Li, smiling, wanting to see what Su Zhao Li had put in his pocket.
Su Zhao Li immediately slapped his hand away, “Don’t touch it. If I finish early, I’ll go get it from you. If you finish early, you bring it over.”
Su Zhao Li put his little trick out in the open. Jiang Shi smiled helplessly, “Okay.”
The first class meeting didn’t talk about much, mainly just the class teacher, counselor, and assistant introducing themselves. Before long, Su Zhao Li and the others were dismissed.
“A Shi.”
There was an empty seat next to Jiang Shi, and Su Zhao Li sat down directly, not noticing the sudden silence in the classroom.
“It’s over?”
“Yeah, almost. What are you guys doing?”
“Self-introductions.”
Su Zhao Li held back his laughter, “No wonder your class is so quiet. I said, when I came in just now, I felt like a lot of people were looking at me.”
Jiang Shi was sitting relatively close to the front, and Su Zhao Li was also outstanding in appearance. Even now, there were still many gazes directed at him.
“More than that,” Jiang Shi stroked his nose, “I just finished introducing myself…”
“Ah,” Su Zhao Li said disappointedly.
“Do you know what I said? You just happened to send a message saying you were coming soon. What I said was, I have a boyfriend, he’s very handsome, and he’ll be here soon.”
Su Zhao Li’s eyes widened, and he didn’t dare to turn his gaze at all. No wonder the classroom had been so quiet for so long since he came in.
Su Zhao Li’s face turned red, “You… you.” Su Zhao Li didn’t dare to speak. He felt like the eyes of the entire class were on him now.
“Isn’t that what you wanted by putting your watch in my pocket, A Li?” Jiang Shi said, stifling a laugh.
“What was your original plan?”
“You bring me your watch, I drink your water,” Su Zhao Li answered blankly. The two of them went back and forth like this, their voices not too loud, but it had a sense of being oblivious to everyone else.
“Let’s go, let’s go,” Su Zhao Li pulled on Jiang Shi’s clothes, wanting to escape. He couldn’t stay in this classroom for another second.
“Hey, don’t leave. You’re already here, why don’t you introduce yourself,” the man standing on the podium said, unable to stop laughing, his voice still filled with laughter.
The classroom instantly erupted. The people who had just been watching the little couple interact also started to jeer, and it was hard for them to maintain their tacit understanding of staying quiet when people came in.
“My boyfriend, Su Zhao Li,” Jiang Shi introduced him, straightening his back.
The goal was achieved, and the effect was much better than Su Zhao Li had expected, but why did he only want to escape?
Now that it had come to this, Su Zhao Li was too embarrassed to leave even if he felt awkward. With a red face, he nodded at the people in the class with a dignified smile and sat down calmly.
The class became lively, and the self-introductions were no longer so awkward. Everyone’s emotions were lifted, and the atmosphere in the class became lively.
Jiang Shi stifled a laugh and took Su Zhao Li’s hand, starting to put the watch on him, and then fed him water.
Su Zhao Li felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, motionless on the surface, but in reality, he clenched Jiang Shi’s hand tightly in Jiang Shi’s pocket.
“Okay, okay,” Jiang Shi patted his hand to comfort him, “I’ll make you something delicious for lunch, okay?”
Su Zhao Li turned his head and glared at him, “A Manchu Han Imperial Feast.”
“Okay, okay, okay.”
Jiang Shi couldn’t help but laugh. Su Zhao Li kept hitting him under the table, “You’re still laughing, still laughing!”
“Sleep alone at night!”
Jiang Shi immediately became serious, “Not laughing.” He still knew what was more important.
It didn’t work. Anyway, Su Zhao Li had decided, separate beds, completely separate beds.