Chapter 54: The Book of Songs

"I also want to meet that friend who is very important to you."

This sentence once again confirmed that Lily liked him.

If it were in the past, Nie Chuan might have been ecstatic to show off to Zhou Bin and the others that a goddess finally fell in love with him.

At this moment, under Reese's gaze, Nie Chuan felt inexplicably guilty.


Nie Chuan didn't know how to answer Lily. At this moment, Reese reached out and took the phone.

"Hi, I'm Reese. Alan is with me."

Nie Chuan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Reese to take his phone away.

Reese held the phone in his hand while staring at Nie Chuan. The feeling of being suppressed made Nie Chuan swallow his saliva subconsciously.

Obviously, this behavior is very impolite, but Reese acted as if it was natural, as if Nie Chuan had done something wrong.

Nie Chuan could imagine that Lily on the other end of the phone must be very embarrassed!

After a few seconds, Reese said calmly, "Goodbye."

He pushed the phone back in front of Nie Chuan.

"I hope our time together can be undisturbed."

When Reese finished saying this, Nie Chuan felt neither angry nor uncomfortable. On the contrary... a surge of joy welled up in his heart.

It’s over, it’s over... Nie Chuan, you are beyond help!


"Oh." Nie Chuan lowered his head and continued to eat. Although the two did not say anything else, Nie Chuan felt very happy.

The entire table of takeout was finished. After eating, Nie Chuan yawned and felt very sleepy.

"What time did you take the flight to New York?" Reese asked as he cleared the boxes on the dining table.

Nie Chuan stood up and helped Reese clean up: "It's seven forty in the morning!"

That flight is the cheapest except for the early morning flight.

"So you were up early?"

"Of course." There was a hint of boasting in Nie Chuan's tone.

You see, even if you don’t wake me up, as long as I have the determination, I can get up at any time.

"It's rare that you get up so early."

Nie Chuan smiled, but was too embarrassed to say that he hadn't slept nearly the entire night.

Reese's finger touched Nie Chuan's brow.

"Ah? What's wrong?" Nie Chuan raised his head.

Is there something I didn't clean up properly?

Reese seemed to smile and gently pushed Nie Chuan's head: "Go to sleep."

"Really? I better clean the table before I take my nap!"


I don’t know why, but whatever Reese is doing, Nie Chuan really wants to do the same thing as him.

Only after all the garbage was sorted out did Nie Chuan curl up contentedly on the sofa in the living room.

"Go to the bedroom and sleep." Reese stroked Nie Chuan's hair.

"Can I sleep in the bedroom? That should be your mother's room, right?"

I always feel that this apartment has a very special meaning to Reese, so Nie Chuan doesn't dare to act recklessly like he did in the dormitory.

"It's okay, it's my room now."

I can sleep in Reese's room? This made Nie Chuan inexplicably happy again.

He followed Reese into the bedroom. The room was not big and the bed was also a single bed, but it was bigger than the one in the school dormitory.

Opposite the bed is a desk, on which is placed a row of books about Asian culture.


Nie Chuan pointed at it curiously and unexpectedly found the "Book of Songs".


"Reese! Reese! Can your mother understand the Book of Songs?" Nie Chuan was as happy as if he had discovered a new world.

Reese sat on the bedside and looked at Nie Chuan: "Of course she can understand the Book of Songs, but her perspective may be different from yours."

"Oh." Nie Chuan nodded and opened the book. He could see some English annotations between the Chinese words. "So what's your mother's favorite sentence?"

"Reeds grow green, white dew turns to frost. My beloved is on the other side of the water."

Reese has a unique voice quality. When he said that, Nie Chuan seemed to really see a graceful woman standing on the other side of the river, so charming and graceful.

"This sentence is really meaningful." Nie Chuan smiled.

The fact that Reese can say this sentence so accurately means that he has also read the Book of Songs?

"What about you? Which one do you like?" Nie Chuan was very curious.

"Guess." Reese had a faint smile on his lips.

Nie Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Who says I have no clothes? I will share the same clothes with you. When the king raises his army, I will sharpen my spears and halberds. I will work with you."

Reese looked into Nie Chuan's eyes and said the next sentence slowly: "I have no clothes, so I will share my clothes with you. When the king raises his army, I will prepare my armor and weapons. I will go with you."

"You actually remember it!" Nie Chuan thought Reese was amazing.

Even people who speak Chinese would find it tongue-twisting, but Reese can actually say it so clearly!

"But this is not my favorite sentence." Reese chuckled.

"Ah? No? I'll be with you through life and death. I'll hold your hand and grow old with you?" Nie Chuan asked uncertainly.

This is a famous sentence, Reese must have heard it.

“I like this sentence too, but not this one.”

Nie Chuan was extremely curious, but Reese didn't look like he would tell him the answer easily.

"Which one is that?" Nie Chuan tilted his head and thought hard. Foreigners seemed to like Cao Cao very much. "Is it the one that says 'Your youthful robe is always on my mind'? But for your sake, I have been pondering it till now?"

"The first half is from the Book of Songs, but the second half doesn't seem to be." Reese hooked his finger at Nie Chuan, "Forget it, I'll tell you."

"You could have just told me directly!" Nie Chuan leaned his head closer.

Reese slowly approached, his face tilted as if he was about to kiss her.

The blood was rushing through the body, and the feeling of bursting blood vessels became more and more obvious.

Don’t do this anymore. Don’t you know that I’ve been having some dirty thoughts about you lately?

"Zi Hui thought of me, lifting his skirt and wading across the Qin River. If you didn't think of me, could there be no one else? This is just the madness of a mad boy."

Nie Chuan's ears felt itchy when Reese's breath brushed against them, and his shoulders were about to shrug.

"I...why haven't I heard this before?"

And it seemed super complicated. I had no idea what Reese was saying. I just felt like his voice was hooking my thoughts, and my whole body was itchy.

"Take a look at that book." Reese raised his chin and his eyes fell on the book.

Nie Chuan looked through it suspiciously for a long time before finally finding this sentence. When he saw the first sentence of the sentence analysis, his ears started to burn.

This is "a bold play of courtship".

"You...how could you like this sentence!"

I've never heard of it!

"Your country's poetry always has so many metaphors and hidden meanings. This one is bold and straightforward. Isn't that great?"

Even if Nie Chuan didn't look back, he knew that Reese was looking at him and smiling.

The meaning of this sentence is probably: If you still miss me, then pick up your clothes and cross the Qin River. If you don't miss me, does that mean no one loves me? You are such a fool.

Nie Chuan suddenly felt that this sentence fit him very well! Didn't he buy a plane ticket and fly here like a fool just because he missed Reese?

"Hey! Are you making fun of me? Or do you really like this sentence?!"

"What do you think?" Reese patted the bed, "Take a nap, it's a good opportunity to increase your IQ."

"..." Nie Chuan understood that it was completely meaningless to discuss this issue with Reese.

He pulled the quilt unceremoniously, almost occupying the entire bed. This was Nie Chuan's childish way of expressing his dissatisfaction.

Reese was not angry. He stretched out his arm, put his fingers into Nie Chuan's hair, and gently fiddled with it. Nie Chuan pulled the quilt over his head and turned away.

He buried his head in the quilt, not wanting Reese to see his expression at all. He was a little worried that when Reese saw his true expression, he would no longer joke with him like this.

Nie Chuan knew that this mood should be stopped immediately.

But he couldn't control himself. If he couldn't control himself, he should stay away from Reese and keep a safe distance, but he couldn't do it.

This feeling is different from the countless secret crushes I had in the past.

It's more than just "like".

It made Nie Chuan do many things that he would never have done before.

Don’t think about it, Nie Chuan.

If this feeling can be preserved for a little longer, then he will cherish it for a little longer. Anyway, this is not the first time you have been heartbroken!

Reese got up, went to the desk, turned on the computer and browsed the web.

Ten minutes later, Nie Chuan's shallow breathing could be heard from behind him.

Reese stood up and gently pushed the quilt under Nie Chuan's nose: "I'll suffocate you, idiot."

Nie Chuan slept until four o'clock in the afternoon. The rain stopped, and Reese took Nie Chuan to a nearby basketball court to play a game of basketball.

Now Nie Chuan is no longer unilaterally crushed by Reese, and sometimes he even scores through Reese unexpectedly.

For example, at this moment, he made a fake move to pull up and then cut to the right. Reese reacted very quickly. Just when he blocked Nie Chuan's direction, Nie Chuan really pulled up and shot, and scored! And this was not the first goal he got from Reese today.

"Hey! Are you letting me go?" Nie Chuan shouted as he came to Reese and raised his left hand. There was no wrist guard on his wrist. He pinched the wrist of his right hand again, and there was nothing in the wrist guard either.

"I didn't let you. It's been so long, and you still can't score from me. How stupid are you?"

Nie Chuan squatted down stubbornly and pulled Reese's socks aside, but there was nothing in the socks either. So Reese was not carrying any weight at all, but was fighting with him with his normal strength!

"So I've really become stronger?"

"You can pass Owen Whishaw and score from Larvin. Do you think you are still an amateur? Even if you doubt yourself, please don't doubt me."

Nie Chuan smiled.

It was getting dark. Reese waved his hand and said, "Let's go. The light isn't very good. We'll play again tomorrow."

"Okay!" That means I can still be with Reese tomorrow!

The two walked side by side on the way back, and Nie Chuan was already thinking about what to eat in the evening.

I was almost walking back to Reese's little apartment when I saw someone putting up posters on the bulletin board.

Nie Chuan took a look and was immediately attracted: "Hey, it's a drive-in theater!"

Reese came up to him with his pockets in his hands: "Do you like this?"

"I've seen it in a movie! I think it's very interesting. What do you think it's like to watch a movie in a car?"

"Then let's go to the drive-in theater tonight." Reese hooked his finger at Nie Chuan, "Let's go, drive there."

"Great! Is there anything to eat at the drive-in?"

"There should be hamburgers, hot dogs or barbecue or something like that."

Nie Chuan immediately became excited. In the movie, the hero and heroine drove to the drive-in theater, and they snuggled up in the car. The atmosphere was so romantic...

Wait...why am I going with Reese?

"Hey, walk faster." Reese said, turning back.

“Oh, here it comes!”

Reese took Nie Chuan to the underground garage, where there was a car covered with a thick layer of dust. He pulled the car over and saw a Doug that looked very old. The style was retro and the color was also old.

Nie Chuan didn't know much about cars, but he had a vague feeling that if this car was sold, it would be worth a lot of money.

"It can still be driven?" Nie Chuan expressed doubt, "Will the car fall apart as soon as it starts?"

"There's nothing wrong with having sex in the car, so how could it fall apart?" Reese's lips curled up again.

Nie Chuan froze there, feeling more and more that going to the drive-in theater with Reese was digging a big hole for himself.

The two got in the car, and Reese drove out handsomely. The eyes of the passers-by on the road seemed to say, "It's really luxurious to drive such an expensive antique!"

They came to a parking lot of more than 100 square meters. Vehicles were being charged at the entrance.

To the east of the parking lot is a huge screen.

Then, Nie Chuan discovered with embarrassment that the people who came to watch the movie were indeed couples.

When they stopped at the toll booth, the toll collector was stunned for a moment, then smiled and introduced: "Ice cream and cold drinks are on the left. BBQ, hamburgers, hot dogs, and tacos are in that food truck. Do you need condoms?"

The uncle held a small box between his fingers and waved it toward Reese's window.

Nie Chuan suddenly felt even more embarrassed.

Would anyone really do that in their car while watching a movie?

"I don't use this kind, it's too thick." Reese curled the corners of his mouth.

Nie Chuan nudged Reese with his elbow and said in a low voice, "Why do you have to tell him that? Just tell him we don't need it!"

The uncle took another box and shook it: "Super thin, feels real! Special price 50% off!"

Reese supported his chin with one hand and shook his head: "It's meaningless."

"Young man, don't play too hard!" The uncle took out another one, "This one is more expensive! It comes with small particles, you know."

Reese still shook his head: "Is there any chocolate flavor?"

Nie Chuan was really about to collapse. He finally understood that Reese was playing tricks on him again!

"Eat it yourself!" Nie Chuan said harshly in Chinese.

Then Reese smiled, handed the cash to the uncle, paid for the movie, and drove in.

"Actually, I like not having to use anything." Reese turned around and spoke when Nie Chuan leaned towards him due to inertia.

Nie Chuan's heart seemed to be pressed hard.

"Why are you telling me this? I don't need to know!" Nie Chuan snorted.

"Your ears are red."

"I don't."

“It’s really popular.”

"I didn't." Nie Chuan was really annoyed!

The movie finally started, and the lights in the entire parking lot dimmed, leaving only the screen.

Reese handed the hot dog and Coke he had just bought to Nie Chuan. Nie Chuan looked at the opening of the film attentively. Nie Chuan originally thought it would be a romance film, but he didn't expect it to be a horror film!

The opening scene is a small house in a gloomy forest, making a creaking sound like someone talking after their neck was strangled.

Nie Chuan has never liked horror movies because he has always had a rich ability to associate ideas.

He could only relieve the tension by chewing his food vigorously.

Would Reese like this kind of movie?

Nie Chuan turned his head and looked at Reese's profile. In such dim light, Reese's facial features were still handsome, and his elite temperament was a little mysterious, which instantly reminded Nie Chuan of the vampire in "Interview with the Vampire".

"If you're scared, you can cover your eyes," Reese replied.

He looked at the direction of the movie, picked up a Coke and took a sip, and seemed not afraid at all.

"I'm not afraid."

How could he give Reese a chance to laugh at him? Nie Chuan watched the movie intently.

But Nie Chuan was always nervous, especially when the woman in white clothes with her hair covering her face appeared, Nie Chuan really wanted to close his eyes.

At this moment, the car next to it began to vibrate, each time more violently than the last.

Nie Chuan was stunned. Of course he knew what happened in that car.

It's just that this is a horror movie, not a romance movie! How could they be in the mood?

The sound of the car's tires being pressed down became louder and louder. Thanks to it, Nie Chuan's attention was diverted, and he began to subconsciously analyze the various sounds coming from the side.

The hoarse breathing and the undisguised shouting made Nie Chuan blush as well.

Until the end of the first round, as they calmed down, Nie Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

But what I didn’t expect was that in less than ten minutes, they started the second round, and it was even more exaggerated than the previous one.

This made Nie Chuan almost unable to sit still.

"I'm going to the bathroom!"

At this moment, Nie Chuan wanted to stay away from the exaggerated noises they made.

"Yeah." Reese responded softly, still looking in the direction of the movie.

Nie Chuan walked out, and the air outside the car was even cooler. Nie Chuan exhaled and patted his cheeks.

Being in such a small space with Reese and listening to such a sound, he was afraid that if he reacted and was seen by Reese, he would really not be able to survive!

The restroom in the drive-in theater was very simple. Nie Chuan had just entered when he heard the other side, which was separated by only a layer of iron sheet, shaking.

"That's enough..." Nie Chuan quickly solved the problem and walked out.

Just two steps out of the door, a brown-haired girl wearing short leather pants, revealing her waist and wearing heavy makeup walked towards him.

"Hey, do you want to play in my and my friend's car?" The girl raised her chin towards Nie Chuan. There was a hint in her eyes that made Nie Chuan completely unsure of how to react.

Nie Chuan followed her line of sight and saw two other girls sitting in a shabby jeep, both of them winking at him.

"It's going to be fun. Wanna come along?"

She was about to take Nie Chuan's arm, but Nie Chuan took a step back and quickly shook his hand, saying, "No! No! My friend is waiting for me!"

"Friend? If it's a guy, you can ask him to come along. If it's a girl, ask her to wait while you worry about you."

The other party seemed to find Nie Chuan's evasive attitude very interesting and moved closer and closer.

"Hey, I have some pretty cool tattoos, don't you want to see them?"

"I...I don't know how to appreciate tattoos..."

Nie Chuan, a boy of more than 1.8 meters in height, was about to be forced back to the bathroom by the other party. He felt extremely embarrassed. The other party actually put his hands through Nie Chuan's waist and pressed them on the bathroom door.

"Hey, my friends and I think you have really nice legs. Let us see them."

Nie Chuan was about to collapse. He had never been approached like this before. Zhou Bin and Lily had praised his beautiful legs before. Nie Chuan thought that it was useless for a grown man to have beautiful legs. Now he understood that this had become a place for others to tease him.

Nie Chuan wanted to push the other person away, but he was too embarrassed to touch the girl.

"I'm the only one who can see his legs."

The cold voice oppressed the air and made people feel nervous.

Nie Chuan turned his head and saw Reese holding two cans of Coke in his hands, with his face tilted to the side and a cold smile on his lips.

The girl holding Nie Chuan was stunned. Reese's appearance has always been very attractive.

But when the girl realized what Reese said, she showed an extremely regretful expression.

"Oh my god, I finally met someone I like! What bad luck!"

She obviously took Reese's words as her boyfriend declaring ownership.

Nie Chuan swallowed his saliva. The girl walked towards the jeep and shrugged her shoulders while saying, "They are a couple! How boring!"

Nie Chuan felt his face getting hot again.

"Let's go." Reese raised his chin and motioned Nie Chuan to follow.

"Why would you say that? People will misunderstand you!"

"Isn't this good? She gave up on you so easily. Or do you want to go to that jeep and mess around with them?" Reese raised his eyebrows.

"How is that possible!" Nie Chuan felt really embarrassed and laughed foolishly: "Haha... I never thought I would have the chance to be approached by a beautiful woman in my life."

"Beauty? Is she beautiful? What's beautiful about her?" Reese suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Nie Chuan.

At this moment, the movie screen showed a scene of a female ghost suddenly appearing, which frightened Nie Chuan so much that he gasped.

"Or do you really want to see her tattoo? I can take you to get one tomorrow."

Reese still maintains a low pressure situation.

Nie Chuan quickly shook his head: "No! No! I don't like tattoos! Really!"

Reese pretended not to hear and took a step towards Nie Chuan: "Where do you like to be tattooed? On the waist? On the back? Or on the legs that they think look good?"

Nie Chuan had an urge to die. It seemed that Reese had been watching from the side since Nie Chuan was approached!

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