Back in the dormitory, Nie Chuan carefully folded Reese's quilt, put it in the closet, and then began to pack his things.

I was looking forward to a vacation where I could sleep until I woke up naturally, but for some reason I felt so empty.

He dragged his suitcase and boarded the bus back to the city. The sun shone on his face, warm and cozy. Nie Chuan propped up his chin and stared blankly. He was not asleep, but he almost missed his stop.

When Nie Chuan rushed out of the car, he shouted in his heart, "It was a close call. If Reese knew about this, he would definitely be laughed at!"

After finally returning home, Nie Chuan unexpectedly ran into Serin downstairs.

"Hey, Alan, long time no see." Serin smiled slightly and waved to Nie Chuan gracefully.

The first time he saw her, the scene of her kissing Reese came to Nie Chuan's mind. His heart seemed to be hooked and he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Yeah! Haha! Let me help you carry the suitcase up."

Even though there was no possibility between him and Serin, Nie Chuan still had this gentlemanly demeanor.

"Thank you!"

Serin followed Nie Chuan and delivered the suitcase to the door of his house.

When Nie Chuan turned to leave, Serin suddenly asked, "Are you dating Lily?"

"Why are you asking that all of a sudden? Lily and I just had dinner together once."

"Maybe Lily is very picky about her boyfriends. Someone saw her driving to the downstairs of your dormitory to have dinner with you, so I asked." Serin smiled.

Of course, Nie Chuan would no longer think that Serin was jealous as he did before. When he smiled and was about to leave, Serin called him again.

"Hey, Alan, you know what Reese said to me when he gave me flowers on my birthday?"

Nie Chuan stopped. To be honest, he had always been curious about this question.

"Oh? What did he say?"

"He said that the person he likes is you. He hopes that I won't let you have unnecessary expectations of me."

To Nie Chuan, this sentence was like a huge undersea earthquake, and the tsunami it caused was enough to destroy the world.

"What did you say?" Nie Chuan asked.

He wondered if he had heard it wrong?

“Although I have only been watching Reese silently, one thing is clear to me: he will never give up what he wants to anyone.

Even if it breaks, he must break it with his own hands. If you want to be with Lily to escape Reese or to hide your relationship with him, please don't do this. Lily is also my friend. "Cerin's expression was very confident.

Nie Chuan's brain froze.

Serin frowned as she looked at Nie Chuan, whose mouth was half open and who looked completely dumbfounded.

"What? Aren't you and Reese together? He has always had a high quality of life and pays attention to sex. He actually moved into the double dormitory with you. Aren't you together?"

Seren's expression seemed to say: The message is already very clear.

"You... say it again?" Nie Chuan pinched his thigh hard. The pain made him sure that he was in reality!

The more Serin looked at Nie Chuan, the less he seemed to be pretending. She suddenly realized something and laughed. She pointed at Nie Chuan and said, "Hahaha! Alan, you're so funny! I teased you for a little while and you believed it. How did you live to this age?"

Nie Chuan suddenly woke up, his face and neck all red: "Hey - Serin! This joke is really not funny at all! Why did you say such a thing for no reason! "

"Because I'm jealous of you." Serin stopped smiling and said seriously, "I like Reese so much and have been watching him since middle school. But he never looked at me more than once. Maybe he even forgot my name now. But you can easily occupy all his time. We used to play basketball together, and now we live together. You have seen everything about Reese that I don't know. Don't you find that Reese spends more time and energy on you than anyone else?"

"I know. Of course I know."

Whenever I realize this, I always want to do something for Reese.

But Reese's life was too perfect. Nie Chuan felt that there was nothing he could do to "add icing on the cake" except for one thing - becoming an excellent point guard, helping the team reach the league finals, and making Reese's dream of winning the league come true.

"So I often comfort myself that he doesn't like me not because I'm not good, but because he doesn't like girls. In the whole school, the person he talks to the most and spends the most time with is you, so he must like you very much."

Nie Chuan's heart trembled again.

He must like you very much.

He must like you very much.

like you very much……

Reese's hug, the warmth of his lips, the softness of his tongue and even the strength of his kiss...even though he is not by her side at this moment, it is still so clear.

"I'm sorry for saying so much nonsense to you. But when I think rationally, I envy you because you can stand on the basketball court and fight side by side with Reese. You know when to pass the ball to him, where to run, and how to create scoring opportunities for the whole team. I envy you because you are in Reese's field. Have a good holiday."

Serin waved gently and Nie Chuan nodded.

He turned around blankly and went downstairs.

Celine's words "You are in Rees's territory" lingered in his mind like a spell, unable to dissipate for a long time.

The world of Rees is not open to everyone. Only a handful of people can stand outside the city walls and peek through the cracks.

He suddenly wanted to see Reese very much. He missed the scent of Reese's aftershave in the air, the way he raised his eyebrows, and all the embarrassing jokes he made. Nie Chuan also missed them a little.

Perhaps I am the only one who has seen Reese like that.

"Hey, Xiaochuan? Why don't you come upstairs?"

He heard his mother's voice from above his head. Nie Chuan looked up and suddenly realized that he was back downstairs. His soul was wandering.

That night, Nie Chuan ate a big bowl of bone soup noodles and returned to his room.

The phone kept vibrating. It was Mao Xian calling, but Nie Chuan was in a daze and had no intention of answering the call.

Mao Xian's text messages came one after another: Achuan! Come online quickly! If you don't come to save me! I'm going to die!

Nie Chuan quickly went online and found that it was almost impossible to save Mao Xian with his level.

Nie Chuan suddenly remembered that his in-game account was related to Reese's account, so he immediately went online to check.

The system showed that Reese's last login time was the last time he played games with Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan suddenly became disappointed.

Mao Xian continued to send system messages, so Nie Chuan conveniently transferred the most powerful equipment in the Reese to Mao Xian.

Mao Xian: WTF! WTF! WTF! Ah Chuan, you are so rich!

Nie Chuan: I don’t want to play games today, you play by yourself.

Not knowing what Mao Xian said online, Nie Chuan turned a blind eye, took out his phone, thought for a long time, and finally sent a text message to Reese: Has the urgent matter at home been resolved?

Then Nie Chuan began to stare at his phone.

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

…

Ten minutes passed and there was no response.

Nie Chuan really wanted to call Reese, but he was worried that Reese was dealing with things at home and had no time to talk to him, so he had to reluctantly throw the phone aside.

He did thirty push-ups, took out his phone and saw that Reese didn't reply.

He put the books aside again and did heel raises for ten minutes, but there were still no text messages on his phone.

As soon as he stopped, Serin's words began to replay in his mind.

He kept wondering: What exactly did Reese say to Celine that day?

What Reese told Nie Chuan at that time was that he told Serin that he had someone he liked.

But what Serin said was: Reese likes Nie Chuan.

The more Nie Chuan thought about it, the more he collapsed. He grabbed his hair hard.

Should we let him enjoy this holiday?

Although he knew that Serin was really envious of Reese's roommate and therefore made a joke on purpose, just like the popular saying on the Internet in China that two very good friends are jokingly called "good buddies", Nie Chuan couldn't help but think: What if it's true?

If it wasn't true, why could Reese kiss him without any hesitation? Even...even put her tongue in?

Although according to Reese, it can't be considered a kiss if you don't stick out your tongue...but the problem is that Reese is spending too much to trick him with this kind of kiss, right?

Nie Chuan sat stupidly at the head of the bed for the whole night, with no desire to sleep at all.

It was not until after one in the middle of the night that his cell phone finally vibrated: I will take care of things at home, sleep well, and be sure to brush your teeth.

Nie Chuan looked at the text message and let out a breath.

Was Reese so busy that he didn't see his text message until so late? It seems that things at home are really troublesome!

Nie Chuan: Don't worry, I will brush my teeth well! I hope your family issues can be resolved as soon as possible. I miss playing basketball with you.

Less than ten seconds after sending it, Reese's text message came back: I miss you too. It's so late, go to bed early and don't stay up late playing games.

The words "I miss you too" have an explosive effect.

Nie Chuan stared blankly for more than ten seconds and almost smashed the phone screen with his head.

Why did you answer "I miss you too"? What do you mean by "also"? I clearly said I wanted to play basketball with you, not that I missed you!

Your answer is ambiguous, do you understand? You are such a top student!

Do you know that someone just made fun of you and me? You're making me think too much and making it harder for me to sleep!

Now, the words that kept echoing in Nie Chuan's mind changed from Serin's "He likes you" to Reese's "I miss you too".

Even if he hadn't heard Reese say it himself, Nie Chuan could imagine the tone of Reese's voice when he said this.

It was a voice that was slightly cold and without too many ups and downs, but it was able to stretch Nie Chuan's nerves.

Go to sleep! Don’t think about it anymore!

Nie Chuan pulled the quilt aside and fell asleep.

At this time, in a hospital, Reese was leaning against the wall outside the ward, flipping through the photos on his mobile phone.

The black-haired boy in the photo is looking at the road sign very seriously.

Reese ran his fingers gently over his face and kissed him, closing his eyes.

At this time, Reese's sister Vivian came over with coffee. She bumped Reese's shoulder and smiled helplessly: "I think I saw your little secret."

"You and I have never had any secrets before."

"Can't you let me see the first person you fell in love with?"

"How do you know he's the first person I've ever liked?"

"I'm your sister, at least I know you much better than your dad who is lying on the hospital bed and making a fuss even though his injuries are not serious. You have been interested in quite a few things since you were a child. Sketching, piano, programming, but you usually lose interest in them very quickly. To be honest, I didn't expect you to like basketball so much. I always felt that such a group sport was not suitable for you. But you really like it, because once you stand on the basketball court, your expression is very focused. I know the expression when you like something. The seriousness of your expression just now scared me a little. Is he from the East?"

"Um."

"Oriental people are usually very traditional, and it's hard for them to accept your feelings."

"That's why I haven't taken any action until now." Reese laughed at himself.

"You didn't make a move?" Vivian smiled. "Usually, if you make a move quickly, it means you don't care that much. The more patient you are, the more determined you are to get it."

Reese lowered his eyes and whispered, "Yes...I must get it."

"That's what scares me the most. You're always so sure about what you want, but you can't control what other people think."

"So I'm waiting."

"Waiting for what?" Vivian asked.

"When he realizes that he can't live without me. So he'd better realize it quickly before I lose my patience. Otherwise, I will hurt him."

"If you know you're going to hurt him and you're going to hurt yourself, then you should let it go at that point."

"I can't, I can't do it." Reese turned his face away, no longer willing to discuss this issue with Vivian.

Except for the first day of the holiday, when Nie Chuan slept until noon due to insomnia, he resumed his daily routine from the second day.

I get up at seven in the morning, have breakfast and go out for morning exercise.

Occasionally, he would meet Mark and his friends at the community basketball court, and Nie Chuan would play a few games with them. Although they had some unpleasantness before because of the dispute over the court, Nie Chuan also found that Mark was a trustworthy guy, and the two of them became familiar with each other. Nie Chuan would teach Mark some of his extraordinary skills without reservation, and Mark also said that if Nie Chuan had a car in the future, he could go to the workshop where he worked to repair it.

Every night, Nie Chuan would still text Reese, telling him what exercises he had done and who he had played against. Nie Chuan usually won.

Reese replied very quickly, although their replies were short, but Nie Chuan had a sense of satisfaction that he was cared for by the other party.

The first week of vacation passed like this.

Nie Chuan, Zhou Bin and Mao Xian had a meal together. The three of them were eating hot pot. Mao Xian kept complaining that Nie Chuan hadn't been playing games online recently.

"Achuan, have you gotten over your internet addiction?"

“I’m not addicted to the Internet.”

Nie Chuan chatted with Mao Xian and the others in a disjointed manner, occasionally lowering his head to read text messages on his phone.

Zhou Bin propped up his chin and asked with amusement: "Achuan, who are you texting with?"

Mao Xian also noticed it and agreed, "Yeah! Who are you texting with? You're not even listening to me!"

"With Reese." Nie Chuan answered subconsciously.

"With Reese?" Mao Xian curled his lips and said disdainfully, "Are you kidding me? Isn't Reese your roommate? Can you text with him for hours? I thought you finally found a blonde with big ass!"

"We are discussing the 'Starburst Tactics'." Nie Chuan replied.

"Is it a tactic in basketball? You can talk about it over the phone. How long will it take for you to understand it if I explain it to you via text message?" Zhou Bin answered with a smile, but no one could understand the deep meaning in his eyes.

"Reese said he was not convenient to make a phone call." Nie Chuan answered, then picked up the chopsticks and stirred the pot, picking up all the beef rolls that had just been cooked.

"Hey! Can you please not be so greedy?" Mao Xian was indignant and ordered another plate of beef rolls.

Zhou Bin propped up his chin and said jokingly, "The way you text is like you're in love."

Nie Chuan replied without thinking: "Then the way I text you is like I'm in love with you!"

Zhou Bin shook his head: "No, there are only three situations where you will reply to my text messages immediately. At other times, we usually don't text each other."

"Huh? What three situations?"

"The first one is about borrowing money. I usually pretend I didn't see this kind of message. Only a fool like Mao Xian would worry about whether he should lend it to you."

Nie Chuan looked at Zhou Bin in silence. Fortunately, he called Reese last time to borrow money.

"The second type is when you fail to express your love and cry and seek comfort. I think I can buy a recorder and record every time I comfort you, and play it back when you are heartbroken."

"Go to hell." Nie Chuan wanted to beat Zhou Bin up.

"The third method is to pass on the answers during the exam."

Zhou Bin shook three fingers, and Mao Xian beside him couldn't stop laughing.

After eating the hot pot, the three of them sat lazily in their seats, browsing their phones.

Mao Xian suddenly shouted: "Hey - Nie Chuan, is your roommate Reese's last name Reddington?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Is he a very good lawyer in New York?"

"Yeah..." Nie Chuan suddenly realized something and took Mao Xian's cell phone.

It was a news story a week ago that an explosion occurred in the mansion of James Reddington, a well-known lawyer in the New York legal community known as the "Great White Shark". James Reddington was seriously injured and hospitalized, and his life or death is still unknown. The explosion was suspected to be a retaliatory act, and the case is still under investigation.

"Um... your roommate's dad is probably dead..."

Before Mao Xian could finish his words, Zhou Bin covered his mouth.

"What? Didn't he tell you that you were texting with Reese these days?"

"No." Nie Chuan shook his head and frowned.

No wonder Reese flew back to New York in a hurry without even saying goodbye right after the final exam week. It turned out that such a big thing happened in his family!

Nie Chuan had an urge to call Reese immediately and ask why he had kept it from him, why he told him it was an "urgent matter" instead of a "big deal"?

Could it be that when I told Reese that he was my most important friend while lying on my bed in the dormitory, was that just my unilateral feeling?

"Achuan, Reese didn't tell you about this, maybe because he didn't want you to worry about it. Besides, he is an independent person with a strong self-esteem. He wouldn't expect sympathy from others." Zhou Bin could see that Nie Chuan was very unhappy and was afraid that he would do something impulsive.

Nie Chuan understood what Zhou Bin said, but when he received Reese's text message on his phone again, he suddenly didn't know how to reply.

No wonder Reese only texted me. Just like Zhou Bin said, if they were talking about basketball tactics, they could obviously talk more clearly over the phone. But Reese kept texting me. It must be because he was still in the hospital and it was inconvenient.

For the first time, Nie Chuan felt extremely depressed.

"Okay, okay. If something really happened to a big shot like Reese's father, the news would have spread everywhere. It wouldn't still be stuck on the news from a week ago." Zhou Bin comforted.

"Uh-huh."

They had originally agreed to go to an Internet cafe to play games later, but Zhou Bin saw that Nie Chuan was no longer in the mood, so their gathering ended today.

Nie Chuan returned to the room and found that his mind was full of Reese.

What is he doing now? Is he worried about his father? His family's villa was bombed, so where will his father live after he is discharged from the hospital?

What if Reese's father was turned into a vegetable by the explosion? Would Reese drop out of school to take care of his father, and then not see him again until he graduated?

Nie Chuan sadly discovered that when he lived with Reese, he didn't seem to think about anything. Whether it was getting up early to exercise, or the calculus that was his biggest headache, or even falling down on the bed due to diarrhea after eating something bad, as long as Reese was there, none of these were a problem. But when he couldn't see Reese anymore, Nie Chuan found that he suddenly became very imaginative.

Nie Chuan picked up his phone and sent several text messages, such as "I saw news about your father on the Internet, why didn't you tell me, is your father okay?"

It was obvious that Reese didn't want me to know. If I asked him this, how should I answer him?

Nie Chuan deleted the message.

Ah...ah...so sad! What on earth could he do for Reese?

At this time, Nie Chuan received a text message from Lily: Hey, Alan, "The Hunger Games" will be released tomorrow, do you want to go see it together?

Nie Chuan sighed and replied: Sorry, I'm not in the mood.

By the time Nie Chuan reacted, the text message had already been sent.

Oops! Nie Chuan, what are you doing! Such a reply is very self-righteous and will hurt the other party!

But Lily didn't seem angry, and the next text message came soon: What's wrong? What's bothering you?

Nie Chuan quickly replied: A big thing happened in the family of a friend of mine, and I was wondering how I could help him, but it seemed like there was nothing I could do.

Lily: So that's how it is. Many times we can't do anything to help our important people, but there is one thing we can do, and that is to be with them.

Nie Chuan was stunned. Yes, it was Reese who had always accompanied him in practice. Why couldn't he go and accompany Reese?

Even if I can't do anything, I can definitely buy Reese a coffee and a sandwich or something!

After Nie Chuan sent a text message to thank Lily for the reminder, he immediately searched online for suitable air tickets.

He wanted to see Reese very much, and he wanted to see him right away, so he booked a flight for 7:00 tomorrow morning, which was the cheapest flight he could book except for the early morning. Then he checked the weather in New York, it seemed to be raining, and he started to pack his things. Chuck in the team was studying law, and he always regarded Reese's father as his idol. Nie Chuan asked him for Reese's address, although this address might not be useful.

Thinking that he would see Reese tomorrow, Nie Chuan did not sleep the whole night, and he did not close his eyes until he got on the plane.

When he arrived in New York, he took the subway and then took a taxi to the vicinity of Reddington's home.

This is a wealthy area, with luxury cars and high-end villas everywhere. But it is very easy to find the Reese family's villa, because you can see a ruined building that has been bombed beyond recognition, surrounded by yellow cordons, and two police cars parked nearby. Police officers are still investigating. There are still reporters wandering around the scene, seemingly hoping that the police officers can reveal some information.

The closer he got, the more chilled Nie Chuan felt. The air seemed to still have the smell of explosions and burning.

The scene that I have only seen in movies is now right in front of me.

Fortunately... Reese was in school when the explosion occurred, otherwise Nie Chuan could not imagine the consequences.

I wonder how badly Reese's father is injured now? Is Reese very haggard?

Nie Chuan's eyes felt a little sore.

Why are you so concerned about your reputation? You should tell your friends about these things! Or am I not even a friend to you?

Nie Chuan took out his cell phone and sent a text message: I went to your house to look for you, but couldn't find you.

Reese, who was pushing his father in a wheelchair into the hotel elevator, took out his cell phone, looked at it, and then froze.

James, who was sitting in a wheelchair with a plaster cast on his neck and unable to move, spoke helplessly: "Reese, you will be able to get me into the room in a few seconds. Can you wait and play with your phone?"

Reese didn't answer him, but immediately dialed the other party's number.

Nie Chuan never expected that Reese would call so soon, and he was so scared that he almost dropped his phone.

Would Reese be angry that he came uninvited?

"Where did you say you were?" Reese's voice was indeed very low.

He is angry!

"I'm... I'm in front of your villa..."

"Stay away from there, what if there's another explosion!"

"Ah... Oh oh!" Nie Chuan quickly retreated until he was under a big tree.

How could it possibly explode? If it could explode, how would the police dare to go in and investigate?

"I retreated to a big tree, about 20 to 30 meters away from your house."

"I'm going to find you now!"

Reese's phone went offline.

He pushed James into the elevator and pressed the button for the next floor. Even without looking back, James could feel that his son was very impatient at the moment.

"Hey - hey - young man, relax a little! Nothing in this world is more important than life and death! Look at your dad, I almost went to see God and I am still very happy now."

"Then you can continue to enjoy yourself." Reese pushed James into the room, left only this sentence and ran away in big strides.

"Hey, little brat, how could you just leave your father in a wheelchair in the room like this!"

Vivian walked in helplessly, dragging James' suitcase.

"Your injury is to your cervical spine, not your legs. I have no idea what the purpose of you sitting in a wheelchair is."

"Did you see how impatient he was?"

"I see." Vivian nodded.

"When did Reese become like that?"

"Because he's still young. Let me accompany you. Do you want to do something that old people like to do?"

"What kind of things are old people's favorite things to do? I'm still young!" James protested very seriously.

At this time, Nie Chuan was sitting under a tree, and he was not in the mood to open and eat the chocolates he took out of his backpack.

He felt that Reese would be angry when he saw him. He had to take care of his father, so how could he spare the energy to take care of him?

"Am I redundant again?" Nie Chuan muttered to himself while looking at Chocolate, "...but I really want to see you...If you don't want to see me, then I'll take a look at you and make sure you're okay before I go back."

Twenty minutes later, a taxi stopped in front of Reese's house. Reese slammed the door shut and strode towards Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan sat there stupidly, watching Reese almost running towards him. It felt like a high-speed flying comet cutting through all the dust in the universe and crashing into him.

"Reese..."