When Nie Chuan returned to his dormitory that night and turned on his computer, he received an email from Lily. She had already revised Nie Chuan's essay.

Looking at the parts marked in red, Lily explained the parts that Nie Chuan had used many words to describe clearly in just a few words. The whole essay suddenly became more impressive!

At this time, Lily also sent a text message to Nie Chuan: How are you going to thank me?

Nie Chuan's heart skipped a beat. Was this Lily's invitation to him? He must be being too sentimental again!

How to reply?

Nie Chuan decided to consult Zhou Bin.

But before he finished editing the text message, there was a knock on the dormitory door. When he opened the door, he saw that Nie Chuan's bedding had been washed!

Finally, I don't have to share a bed with Reese anymore! I won't be teased by him anymore... Maybe...

If he continued to sleep with Reese like this, he might start to have wild thoughts again! He had to get back to normal!

Nie Chuan happily took the bedding, but when he looked at the bill, he was so scared that his teeth almost fell out!

"Why...why is it so expensive?"

Isn't the decimal point in the wrong place?

The freckled guy who delivered the clothes replied: "This is not expensive! Because Mr. Reddington is our member, he enjoys a 10% discount and door-to-door delivery service."

Nie Chuan was confused. The price of the laundry was enough for him to take a taxi home from school, and then back to school from home! If he had known earlier, he would have asked a courier to send it home!

"Cash, check or card?"

Nie Chuan really wanted to answer, "I don't have a check nor enough cash. Can you give me another discount?"

"What's wrong? I have cash in my wallet." Reese, who was leaning on the bed reading a book, spoke up.

I got my own quilt wet, how can I ask you to pay for the dry cleaning? I have my own dignity!

“I swiped the card myself!”

Nie Chuan's blood tank was empty. If it weren't for the psychological trauma he had from eating instant noodles before, he would really continue to eat instant noodles to save money!

At this point, he could only lament why his bedding wasn't more expensive? If it wasn't expensive enough, how could he justify the dry cleaning fee!

Nie Chuan spread out the mattress, put on the quilt a hundred times more carefully than before, and then rubbed himself on it: "Ah! It smells so good - the smell of the sun!"

Turning sideways, I saw Reese smiling softly.

Nie Chuan continued to lie on the bed, staring at Reese motionlessly.

"What are you looking at me for? You look stupid."

Reese's venomous tongue could no longer hurt Nie Chuan. Because Nie Chuan could twist Reese in various ways, but Reese didn't know!

Ah, when I think about it this way, my mood suddenly becomes super good! The Ah Q spirit will always shine!

"Because I was wondering, is there anyone in the entire academy who has seen you smile as often as I have?"

Nie Chuan looked like he was speaking from inspiration, but in fact he just didn't want Reese to guess the "little movie" in his head.

"Why should I smile at them if I'm fine?" Reese asked back.

But I often see you smile.

"And... I must be the person you ridiculed and teased the most." Nie Chuan sighed, "From this perspective, I am also very special to you..."

Nie Chuan said this self-deprecatingly.

"You are indeed special," Reese replied.

Although it sounded a bit perfunctory to Nie Chuan, he felt inexplicably happy.

"Extremely stupid."

"...I've decided not to talk to you today." Nie Chuan said sullenly.

"Then don't talk to me again in your life."

"You are so childish!" Something like never talking to each other again for the rest of your life!

"Who is more childish, you or me?" Reese turned his head to the side, and the faint smile on his lips clearly showed that he treated Nie Chuan as a child.

The feeling of depression suddenly escalated.

Well, I am more childish and you are the most mature.

Lying on the bed, Nie Chuan looked at the text message from Lily on his phone, thinking that Zhou Bin should be with his girlfriend at the moment, so he decided not to disturb him. Nie Chuan still replied: "Then I'll treat you to something delicious?"

This is probably the safest answer.

Lily responded quickly: Okay, I want to eat Chinese food.

Nie Chuan suddenly wondered, could it be that Lily had been waiting for his answer by the phone?

Then Nie Chuan felt that his thoughts were really narcissistic to a certain extent. If Zhou Bin knew about it, he would inevitably be ridiculed.

In a blink of an eye, it was already half past ten. Reese turned off the bedside lamp, but Nie Chuan was still buried in the quilt playing with his mobile phone.

He loved the smell of the quilt so much. Although the dry cleaning fee was a pain in the ass, he had to say that his entire bed seemed to have been reborn.

"Hey, Reese, please talk to me." Nie Chuan poked his head out from under the quilt.

"What are you talking about?" Reese turned sideways, and Nie Chuan could feel that the other party was looking at him.

This feeling of being watched gave Nie Chuan an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

"Reese, you spend so much time practicing basketball and training me. How do you still have time to study? Won't you fall behind your instructor?"

"No. What are you worrying about? Wasn't I reading a book just now?"

Nie Chuan couldn't remember when it started, but he would always have a meaningless yet sometimes very grand conversation with his roommate and teammate Reese Reddington before going to bed. Of course, today's conversation was not "grand", and even if it was grand, it was only Reese who was grand.

"So, Reese, you really have a great memory! You just flipped through the book for a few hours and you passed the exam! If it were me, I would have failed the course! Then I wouldn't be able to participate in the basketball game!" Nie Chuan lay on the bed, holding his head, crossing his legs, and swaying his toes to some rhythm, just making small talk.

Reese, who was lying on the other bed, quietly looked at the gently swaying silhouette left by Nie Chuan on the wall, and said calmly: "Sometimes, I hate my memory."

Reese's voice was like red wine falling into a glass, turning slightly in a circle, and finally sliding into Nie Chuan's mind.

"Why? Do you have to have a memory of only three seconds like me?" Nie Chuan stuck out his tongue.

Teammate Carlo often mocks Nie Chuan for never remembering pain and his memory is not even as good as that of fish that have seven seconds.

"Because I have a very good memory, I remember everything about him clearly. The curve of his back when he jumped, his waist exposed between his clothes, the curve of his wrist when he shot, the expression on his face and even his eyelashes under the light, the sway of his waist when he dribbled, the angle at which the basketball bounced between his legs, his eyes looking for his teammates, they all replay in my mind over and over again. It's more terrifying than a brand."

Reese's voice was cold, but Nie Chuan knew how amazing it was when he was boiling.

At that moment, Nie Chuan's fingers felt inexplicably hot, and the blood flowed into his heart, and then began to beat vigorously.

"It sounds... a bit miserable..."

But why is it "he" and not "she"?

"And he never noticed. I was watching him the whole time."

Nie Chuan was stunned. Oh my god, his roommate is secretly in love with someone! Oh my god! And why does his crush also seem to play basketball? And he's a man?

Most importantly, Reese is gay!

Nie Chuan suddenly stood up and sat cross-legged on the bed: "Hey! Reese - that guy is our teammate, right? Is it Carlo? "

"sleep."

"You are fishing! I've taken the bait, but you won't tell me who the other party is!"

"Go to bed and practice tomorrow morning."

"If you reveal the answer, I'll keep thinking about it all night long! I won't be able to sleep like this!"

Nie Chuan must admit that he is very excited at this moment! I told you that you are gay! Why don't you admit it!

"Then think about it. Thinking is good for improving your IQ."

"Hey! It's impossible to improve your IQ overnight!" Nie Chuan simply jumped onto the edge of the other person's bed and kept pushing his shoulders. "So if you don't tell me, I will always suffer from insomnia!"

"It's up to you whether you sleep or not. Lack of sleep will affect calcium absorption. It's you who won't grow taller, not me."

"..." Nie Chuan did not go back to his bed, but propped up his chin and looked at the back of Reese's head. His soft dark brown hair hung down quietly, and the ends of his hair just touched the pillow, which made Nie Chuan feel itchy.

Suddenly, I remembered Reese's kiss. It was so powerful that it seemed as if the whole world was spinning.

The little movie in my mind started playing. The protagonist was Reese, and the other person was inexplicably replaced by myself!

Nie Chuan, realizing this, was suddenly petrified.

"I lied to you, can't you hear it?" Reese suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Nie Chuan who was sitting on the edge of his bed, and pressed him towards him.

Nie Chuan almost thought he was going to bump into Reese's eyes.

But Nie Chuan didn't think Reese was teasing him at all, even though he was always serious when he teased him.

"The 'he' in your mind is real, right?"

If there is, Nie Chuan hopes Reese will speak it out. After speaking it out, with a clear goal, Nie Chuan feels that the little movie in his mind can calm down.

And if Reese tells you who that person is, does it mean that you are really trusted by Reese?

Although Nie Chuan felt a little uncomfortable about his roommate being gay, he had been here for so long and knew that many outstanding people were gay, such as Chris Hughes, the co-founder of Facebook, and Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, so Nie Chuan didn't have any objection to this.

"Isn't that you?" Reese said with a smile.

"Huh? What—" Nie Chuan's eyes widened.

Reese took a keychain directly from the bedside and waved it in front of Nie Chuan. The toes of the Ninja Turtle just kicked Nie Chuan's nose.

"Don't people say that this was given to me by my first love? Which version do you like to hear? Did you die of some terminal disease, and I took your beloved Ninja Turtles and never fell in love with anyone else? Or was it because our hearts were separated by distance because we went to different universities? Or maybe our first kiss was when we were watching the Ninja Turtles cartoon together when we were young, and you moved to another state with your parents, but for many years I still kept my childhood promise to you that when I grew up I would dress up as a Ninja Turtle and marry you?"

Nie Chuan was quiet for two seconds, then suddenly roared, "Ah—you're playing tricks on me again! Is this fun?!

"So you take it seriously, right?" Reese's smile was so "beautiful"!

"I'll beat you!" Nie Chuan gritted his teeth and turned over to sit on Reese's body. He turned over the pillow and was about to press on Reese's face, but Reese grabbed his wrist.

"My first love, do you want to kiss me?"

"No! Get out of here!"

Reese's smile became more obvious. He let go of Nie Chuan's arm, and instead put his arms around his waist, forcing him to press against his body.

"Didn't you ride up here on your own initiative?"

Reese's tone rose slightly, his voice was very light, and the whole night was stretched to a slender tone.

Nie Chuan finally pried Reese's hand away, and crawled back to his bed in a panic. He pulled the quilt over himself and said, "I'm breaking up with you!"

"Really? Then you must remember to break up with me. Oh, by the way, you just said that you would not talk to me today!"

Nie Chuan was completely speechless.

However, in the dead of night, Nie Chuan lay on his side in the quilt, and he couldn't help but imagine, what if Reese was really gay?

"What are you doing tossing and turning?" Reese suddenly turned on the bedside lamp and sat up. "Are you eating expired instant noodles again?"

"No!" Nie Chuan immediately refuted!

"So what happened? Didn't pass the essay?"

"No. I was just wondering, what if one day you tell me in all seriousness that you are really gay?"

Nie Chuan felt that he would soon be ridiculed and crushed by Reese.

For a few seconds, Reese was silent, which made Nie Chuan feel uneasy.

"Look, you always make fun of me, so don't blame me for imagining things." Nie Chuan said to ease the atmosphere.

"Well, let's take a step back. If I'm really gay and I tell you, the worst that can happen is that you can just roll up your blanket and change dormitories, quit the basketball team, and pretend you don't know me from now on. You can continue to be heartbroken and lazy, and live your life as usual. What's there to worry about?"

"I'm not going to quit the basketball team. Because... I'll probably respect you more, right?"

"Why?"

"Because... you are stronger than anyone else in facing yourself." Nie Chuan answered seriously.

"You should go to sleep. It's not like you to say such mature words."

"I'm deeply hurt." Nie Chuan curled his lips.

"I've been able to tolerate you for so long probably because you're stupid most of the time, so your brief moments of maturity and intelligence are more precious than diamonds."

"Go to hell. No more friends!"

"We broke up many times today."

“…”

The next night, Nie Chuan and Lily made an appointment to eat Chinese food together. Nie Chuan originally thought that they were going to the Asian restaurant on campus, but unexpectedly, Lily booked a table at a famous Chinese restaurant outside the campus. Nie Chuan didn't have a car, so Lily drove to pick him up.

In the dormitory, Nie Chuan had changed many sets of clothes in front of the mirror.

If Zhou Bin were still here, he would definitely give Nie Chuan reliable advice, but now his roommate is Reese.

Reese was sitting in front of the computer typing his paper, with no intention of looking up at Nie Chuan.

"Hey! Reese! What do you think I look like this?"

Nie Chuan paired a denim jacket with casual pants and a plaid shirt. Although it was not very special, Nie Chuan had a good body proportion, and he looked very handsome because he had grown taller.

"You're just going to have a meal, not a beauty pageant." Reese's eyes never left the screen.

"Forget it... just go like this!"

Just as Nie Chuan was leaving, Reese suddenly asked, "Do you like her?"

Nie Chuan turned around and found that Reese was still looking at the computer, but the document he opened seemed to have not had a single word typed into it for a long time.

"Why do you ask?" Even if Nie Chuan was thick-skinned, he could feel that Reese seemed unhappy.

"Because you care about how you look to the other person."

Nie Chuan thought for a moment and replied, "I don't like Lily as much as I like Serin. I just think she's a good girl, and she recognized me and helped me a lot, so I have a good impression of her. My father may be a famous scholar in China, but here he's just an ordinary worker in a research institute. But Lily's family is very wealthy, and I don't want her to think that I'm uneducated, impolite, or disrespectful to her."

Reese finally turned around and looked at Nie Chuan. His gaze was heavy, and there was something in it that made Nie Chuan feel as if he couldn't breathe.

"Then it's a good thing you're not really in love with her."

"What's wrong?"

"Otherwise I'll make things very difficult for you." Reese turned around and tapped his fingers on the keyboard very quickly.

"Ah? What happened? Do you like Lily?"

"Go eat your lunch."

"Hey! If you like Lily, I won't eat with her!"

Reese suddenly laughed: "Does that mean if I like someone, you will definitely not have dinner with that person?"

"yes!"

Isn’t there a saying that you shouldn’t tease your friend’s wife?

"Then you're going to starve yourself to death?" Reese raised his eyebrows.

“…”

"Go ahead. When you really cross my line, I'll let you know."

"ha?"

Is Reese in an unpredictable state again?

But since Reese said he could have dinner with Lily, then going wouldn't affect their relationship!

Moreover, Nie Chuan felt that he would rather fall into a state of self-love and constant heartbreak than always fantasizing about Reese like this...

"Then I'll be leaving first. See you back in the evening!"

When Nie Chuan walked downstairs, he saw Lily's car parked there. When Nie Chuan opened the car door and got in, countless envious eyes were cast over him.

Today, Lily didn't wear heavy makeup like she did during cheerleading training, and she looked pure and lovely. She wore a small dress that outlined her good figure and looked very dignified.

"Alan, you look so handsome today."

"Really?" It was the first time that Nie Chuan was praised for being handsome by a girl in person.

"Maybe it's because I always see you in sweatpants. But to be honest, I prefer seeing you in sweatpants."

"Sure enough, girls all like guys who are athletic!" Nie Chuan smiled, but what came to his mind were the girls who had rejected him before, who either liked the swimming team or the rugby team.

"It's not because of the athleticism, but your legs, Alan - are so beautiful."

Nie Chuan's heart skipped a beat.

He smiled grimly, propping up his chin and looking out the window.

"Alan, your ears are red." Lily said half-jokingly.

At that moment, Nie Chuan suddenly thought of the feeling of Reese's hands slowly reaching under the towel and covering his calves. The warmth seemed to control the flow of blood throughout his body.

I wonder how Reese’s paper is going?

What will he eat tonight?

Nie Chuan quickly drove Reese out of his mind. It should be Lily who should take the lead today!

When Lily took Nie Chuan's arm and walked into the Chinese restaurant, Nie Chuan's heart skipped a beat. The restaurant didn't look big, but the interior was decorated in imitation of the Tang Dynasty. The dishes were very exquisite, but also very expensive! Nie Chuan calculated how much money was left on his card... He sadly discovered that he spent too much money on dry cleaning last time. If he had known that Lily had chosen this restaurant, he should have asked Zhou Bin for money immediately!

When ordering, Nie Chuan naturally handed the decision to Lily. Lily ordered two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, soup and dessert.

"What drink do you like? Coke?" Lily asked.

"No need, I'll just drink tea! The jasmine tea here is very fragrant!" Nie Chuan replied with a smile.

Buying a can of Coke here is enough to buy half a box outside!

After placing the order, Nie Chuan quickly began to do the math in his mind. In addition to the ordered dishes, there was also a 10% service fee, and he didn't know if there were any other fees.

Lily was a very talkative girl. Nie Chuan originally thought that since she came from a wealthy family, she would often talk about luxury bags, clothing combinations, various skin care products, etc. like in TV dramas, but almost all of her topics revolved around Nie Chuan, including basketball, Nie Chuan's courses, and everything about China.

This meant that Nie Chuan didn't have to worry about running out of topics when communicating with her.

When Lily went to the bathroom, Nie Chuan quickly took out his cell phone and called Zhou Bin.

"Abin! Abin! Lend me some money quickly! I can't afford the meal bill!"

Although this is very embarrassing, I don't need face in front of Zhou Bin.

"How much do you want to borrow?"

A slightly cold voice came, and Nie Chuan was stunned.

"Why...why does it sound like Reese's voice?"

"I'm Reese."

Nie Chuan was dumbfounded, he had dialed the wrong number! Since Reese had replaced Zhou Bin as the first frequently used contact in Nie Chuan's contact book, Nie Chuan called Reese instead of Zhou Bin!

"I...I dialed the wrong number, haha..."

He has to contact Zhou Bin quickly, otherwise Lily will be back!

"I'll transfer the money to you."

Reese hung up the phone first.

In less than ten seconds, a transfer of $1,000 appeared on Nie Chuan's phone. Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. Did Reese accidentally add an extra zero? He couldn't eat $1,000 no matter what!

As Nie Chuan swiped his card, he began to calculate how many days of sandwiches he would have to eat before he could return it to Reese! Was Reese crazy?

When I returned to the dormitory, Reese was already sitting on the head of the bed reading a book.

Nie Chuan walked up to Reese and said, "Well... I'm really grateful for lending me the money! I still have more than 700 yuan that I haven't used yet, I'll give it back to you."

"You can collect a thousand dollars and pay it back together." Reese slowly put down the book and looked at Nie Chuan, with a familiar smirk on his lips, "Or you can pay it back in other ways."

"Any other way?"

"Yes." Reese lifted the quilt and slightly opened her legs in front of Nie Chuan. "If you use your hands, it will be ten dollars per time. If you use your mouth, it will be twenty dollars. If you use it later, I will charge you one hundred dollars."

"What hand...behind the mouth?" Nie Chuan was completely confused.

Reese smiled, his chin raised. That posture had a kind of sexiness that belonged to men. He hooked his fingers on the key ring of the Ninja Turtles and turned it twice: "Who wants you to be my first love."

Nie Chuan suddenly understood, grabbed his pillow and rushed towards Reese, pressing it hard on his face: "Go to hell! If I suffocate you to death, I won't have to pay you back!"

Damn it - another boring joke like this! Are you done yet?

Nie Chuan deeply regretted not turning on the recording function on his phone. He wanted to expose Reese's worst side to the world!

Reese raised his hand to hold Nie Chuan's waist, and his long legs suddenly clamped Nie Chuan. After a while, the world spun around, and Nie Chuan found himself pressed down on the bed, with the pillow thrown aside. Reese held his wrist and pressed it against his ear. No matter how he imagined this scene, he felt *...

When Nie Chuan raised his eyes, he met Reese's gaze, which seemed calm but seemed to be burning with a faint flame.

"I'll give you one last chance. Let me kiss you, and it'll be a thousand dollars."

Nie Chuan immediately pursed his lips and glared at Reese fiercely.

If this guy was serious, Nie Chuan would move in without hesitation. He would have lost his first kiss anyway!

But how could one thousand yuan for a kiss? It was obvious that this guy was playing a trick on me. If I took it seriously, he would definitely raise his eyebrows and laugh at me!

Nie Chuan found that he could not stand Reese's jokes.

Reese looked at Nie Chuan, and after a few seconds, he let go of Nie Chuan's hand.

"If you don't want to, forget it. But remember to return the thousand yuan to me, not a cent less."

I was planning to return it to you anyway, not a penny less!

This semester has passed like this. The last few days of exams, especially advanced mathematics, were like hell for many people.

But Nie Chuan felt very relaxed. Reese had taught him many questions step by step, and for the first time, Nie Chuan felt so grateful to Reese!

When handing in the paper, Nie Chuan burned twelve sticks of incense for Reese in his heart.

Advanced Mathematics was the last exam. When Nie Chuan returned to the dormitory, he did not see Reese.

"Eh? Reese hasn't finished his exam yet?"

With his level of ability, he should be leisurely packing his things in the dormitory now.

Maybe he's playing ball outside?

Nie Chuan pushed open Reese's closet and found that several clothes were gone.

"Where's Reese's clothes?"

Nie Chuan wanted to say that he had made an appointment with Reese to have dinner together! Tomorrow morning he would have to pack up and go home. They might not see each other for the whole holiday!

Nie Chuan dialed Reese's cell phone, but it showed that the other party's phone was turned off.

"Are you still working on the questions?"

Nie Chuan was bored and started packing his things. When he finished, it was almost 7:30 in the evening. Nie Chuan suddenly had a bad feeling: Could it be that Reese didn't have any tacit understanding with roommates and went to eat alone?

He called Reese again, but his phone was still turned off.

"I'm so pissed!" Nie Chuan simply threw his phone away and angrily ate three burgers.

When he was walking back to the dormitory while touching his belly, his cell phone finally rang. It was Reese.

"Hey! Reese! Where are you going?!"

“I’m already in New York.”

It's as simple as going from the dormitory to the dining room!

"New York? So soon..." Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. You went home without even saying goodbye at the end of the semester?

This roommate must be rated badly!

"Have you had dinner?" Reese asked.

"have eaten."

"what did you eat?"

"Hamburger and Coke." Nie Chuan wanted to hang up the phone angrily, but he felt that Reese still knew how to return the call, so he just gave it a pass!

I couldn't get through on the phone just now, probably because Reese was on the plane.

"I just got off the plane." Various airport broadcasts came from Reese's direction.

"oh."

In fact, thinking about it carefully, Nie Chuan felt that it was strange for him to talk to Reese like this. Reese was not his girlfriend, and he had no obligation to report where he went at any time.

"I had something going on at home, so I rushed back to deal with it."

"Something happened? Is it a big deal?" Nie Chuan became worried.

"It's nothing serious, just an emergency. Can you help me put my bedding away in the closet?"

"no problem!"

"Don't eat too many snacks, and exercise during the holidays. When the next semester starts, if you regress, I will beat you up."

"knew!"

"Bye-Bye."

When Reese said "bye-bye", Nie Chuan felt inexplicably lost.

How come it's "bye-bye"? We can't play ball together for the whole holiday!