Lovely Allergen - Chap 40
“Ah …” Le Zhishi looked down at the umbrella that was still dripping with water. It was indeed transparent.
He was so stupid to use a transparent umbrella as a shield.
“Didn’t you say six o ‘clock?” Song Yu asked.
Le Zhishi pursed his lips and finally told him about his failed surprise plan. Song Yu didn’t seem too surprised. He just nodded and asked if he had eaten.
“No.” Le Zhishi shook his head and explained that he came here as soon as he got home. Then he stood up and picked up his bag to leave. “Can you take away the canteen here? I don’t want to eat here. You’re soaking wet. Go back and take a shower. ”
Song Yu acquiesced to his suggestion, stood up, and very naturally grabbed the bag in Le Zhishi’s backpack. He took the bag and carried it, then picked up the bag with the thermos, and finally said, “Take your umbrella.”
“Okay.” Le Zhishi took the umbrella and flowers and followed his brother. Song Yu asked if he wanted to eat anything, but Le Zhishi only said that he wasn’t hungry. He wanted him to take a shower early so that he wouldn’t catch a cold.
However, Song Yu seemed to have a goal in mind. He didn’t think too much and walked straight to a window with a long line. He stopped and narrowed his eyes as he looked in front of him.
Le Zhishi liked this little action of his. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked like a big cat. It was very cute. Although the word “cute” was definitely not a word for Song Yu, Le Zhishi’s mind would sometimes unconsciously think of such a description.
There were many people in the line. Le Zhishi wanted to help Song Yu carry the bag, but he was rejected. His fingertips were still dripping with water. Le Zhishi reached out his fingertips and caught the dripping water.
“Where’s your umbrella?” he asked Song Yu.
Song Yu answered quickly, “I lent it to someone else.”
Le Zhishi thought of the scene he saw downstairs. “Did you lend it to that girl? You only have one umbrella and you still want to lend it to her. ”
If I had known, I would have gone to pick you up.
“I don’t want to share an umbrella with others.” The line moved forward slightly. Song Yu said, “She’s in the same group as me. There’s a problem with the data collection and she wanted to discuss it with me.”
I see. Le Zhishi nodded. “Then don’t lend your umbrella next time. It’s not good…” He felt that it wasn’t very gentlemanly, so he changed his words. “Call me and I’ll stop so that you won’t get wet.”
Song Yu wanted to say something, but his lips moved. In the end, he gave up. He felt that Le Zhishi might not even understand himself, so there was no need to make him more confused.
They queued up and bought two servings of pineapple rice. Then they went to another window to buy steamed Wuchang fish, garlic water spinach, and sweet and sour pork. Finally, they packed up and went to Song Yu’s dormitory.
Song Yu asked Le Zhishi to hold the umbrella by himself, but Le Zhishi was unwilling and insisted on sticking close to Song Yu. Song Yu, who didn’t want to share the umbrella, took the initiative to pick up the umbrella handle, but almost tilted the entire transparent umbrella cover to Le Zhishi.
When Le Zhishi found out, he would push his wrist, but it didn’t help much. After a while, the umbrella would tilt naturally, like some kind of unreasonable fixed program.
The water outside was getting thicker and thicker, reaching his ankles. Le Zhishi’s pants were wet to his knees. He even joked that it was a capillary phenomenon. A girl walked past him with quick steps. She held an umbrella in one hand and carried a large bag of fruits in the other. She lifted a bowl of beef powder with her ring finger and little finger. She seemed to be in a precarious situation, but at the same time, she was very steady.
When it rained, humans would become very interesting. Le Zhishi went around and around. He complained to Song Yu that he almost got lost. “I shouldn’t have come in from the front door. I walked for a long time and got dizzy. Later, I found a sister in the old science building. She showed me the way.”
As he was talking, a car sped past. It was about to splash water. Le Zhishi didn’t have time to dodge. He felt his waist being grabbed, and then his whole body was pulled over to avoid the water.
The car had already driven far away.
Song Yu didn’t let go in time. His hand was still on Le Zhishi’s waist. He looked back at the car and then turned back. The topic was still on Le Zhishi’s complaint. “You can even get lost on Cherry Blossom Avenue.”
Probably because of his mocking words, Le Zhishi’s ears were a little hot. He lowered his eyes and said weakly, “Before the cherry blossoms bloomed, I couldn’t tell that it was Cherry Blossom Avenue. It was no different from a normal avenue.”
Song Yu found that what he said actually made some sense, so he didn’t bother to refute it. He then realized that the position of his hand wasn’t right. He pretended to put it down as if nothing had happened. “Let’s go. We’re almost there.”
The dormitory building was older than Le Zhishi imagined. He used to think that a clean freak like Song Yu wouldn’t want to live in a dormitory. Maybe he would go home often if he wasn’t used to it. But this idea didn’t work out in the end.
Song Yu greeted the dormitory auntie and took Le Zhishi upstairs. The lighting in the corridor wasn’t good, but when they opened the dormitory door, the space facing south was still very bright. There was no one else in the dormitory. Le Zhishi walked in and looked left and right. Finally, he stared at their window. He liked it very much. Outside the window, there were green onions soaked in rain.
He recognized Song Yu’s desk at first glance. It was a meticulous style. “Is this your bed?” Le Zhishi looked up. The bedding was similar to the one at home. It was very cold and smoky gray.
“Yes.” Song Yu put down the things. His clothes were too wet and stuck to his body. He found two sets of clothes from the wardrobe and gave one to Le Zhishi. “They’re all new. I haven’t worn them before. You can change later.”
“I can wear them before.” Le Zhishi scooped a spoonful of pineapple rice and stuffed it into his mouth. The rice was glutinous, and there were nuts and raisins. “This is delicious. It’s a little sweet.” He scooped another spoonful and put it next to Song Yu’s mouth. “You eat.”
Song Yu took a bite, but frowned. It didn’t seem to be to his taste. Le Zhishi was puzzled. “Why did you buy it if you don’t like it?”
“I haven’t eaten it before. There’s always a queue at this restaurant. They all say it’s delicious, “Song Yu said casually. He took his clothes and went into the bathroom.
He hadn’t eaten it before.
Le Zhishi looked down at the pineapple rice and poked it twice with the spoon. Something flashed in his heart.
While Song Yu was taking a shower, he sent a WeChat message to Lin Rong to ask if she had already boarded the car. He didn’t get a response for the time being. But the other phone on the table vibrated. The screen lit up. It was Song Yu. Le Zhishi accidentally glanced at the message.
[Daisyyy: Song Yu, I put your umbrella at your desk. Thank you. I also bought a cup of milk tea. Remember to drink it.]
That kind of uncomfortable feeling emerged again, like an endless rain. Le Zhishi pressed the lock screen for him, and the screen turned black. He looked around the table, trying to find something to do. He turned his head and put the wet hat and umbrella aside for the time being. Then he opened his bag and took out the yolk pastries and fresh flower cakes that Lin Rong had stuffed into it. He packed them one by one and put them on the tables of Song Yu’s roommates.
After he finished distributing the food, he took out the packed food and poured a bowl of hot soup for Song Yu with the lid of the thermos. When he turned his head, he saw the flowers he had bought hanging on the chair. Le Zhishi took them out, shook off the water droplets on them, and hung them on the wall in front of Song Yu’s desk.
It was full of dissonance, but it looked very warm.
Le Zhishi took a picture and sent it to Lin Rong. Staring at the chat interface between him and Lin Rong, Le Zhishi thought of the message just now. But this time, his focus was different. He only felt that Song Yu was amazing. He could clearly remember who was who without changing the notes.
Song Yu came out of the bathroom. His whole body was still wet, but he was emitting heat. He had changed into a white shirt, and his whole body was much softer.
He saw Le Zhishi sitting in front of his desk. He took out two pairs of chopsticks and placed them next to the bowl. The food on the table was neatly arranged, and there were snacks on each of his roommates’ desks.
He had never imagined this scene, and a very subtle pleasant cold came out. Song Yu stood at the door of the bathroom and spaced out for a while.
“You’re done?” Le Zhishi turned around and smiled at him. “Come and eat.”
Song Yu dried his hair. “Are you taking a shower?”
“I’m hungry. I want to eat something first before taking a shower.” Le Zhishi asked if he could borrow his roommate’s chair. Song Yu nodded and took the chair opposite Le Zhishi and sat down.
Le Zhishi pushed the soup in front of his brother. “Drink it while it’s hot. You won’t catch a cold.” These words were not based on scientific evidence, but Song Yu still did as he was told. He lowered his head and drank the soup made by his mother. He listened to Le Zhishi talk about the things that happened to him in school.
“Peiya is going to hold its 70th anniversary celebration soon. They’re all preparing now. It’s very lively every day. You should go and take a look.” Le Zhishi ate very happily. He had been tired and hungry all the way here, and his mood had been fluctuating. Fortunately, there was good food to comfort him.
Song Yu put sweet and sour pork into his bowl. “Are you guys going to participate too?”
“How is that possible? We’re already in our third year of high school. The college entrance exam is in a month.” After saying that, Le Zhishi leaned back in the chair and gave up. “I’m so tired. I feel like I haven’t had a holiday in a long time. I don’t get enough sleep every day. I almost fell asleep during the comprehensive arts exam yesterday.”
Song Yu could roughly imagine that scene. There might be ink spots on the paper that he accidentally poked. It should be funny, but he still asked seriously, “How did you do?”
Le Zhishi came back to life. He sat up straight and drank a big mouthful of soup. “Not bad. It wasn’t difficult.” As one of the few boys in the class who majored in arts, Le Zhishi’s grades were still among the best. However, even though he was about to graduate, his habit of studying in the corridor had not changed. Sometimes it was meal time, and sometimes it was evening self-study. When he did not feel like studying, he would sit there for a while.
He would no longer sit on the chair in the corridor to read comics. No one would run there to pick him up.
“I also want to come to W University.” He suddenly said this, feeling that there was no beginning or end.
Song Yu looked up at him, then lowered his eyes and cleaned up his bowl and chopsticks. “You can look at more schools and majors.”
Le Zhishi did not like his response. It was as if he was still a child in his eyes. Everything he said was said on a whim. However, he also understood that no matter what, Song Yu would not say to him, “Sure, I’ll be very happy if you come.”
He saw Song Yu’s phone screen light up again, so he tried to change the topic.
“When you were taking a shower just now, your phone vibrated. It seems like someone sent you a message.” Le Zhishi pretended that he did not see the content at all and simply reminded Song Yu.
Song Yu nodded, but it seemed like he did not intend to check it.
“Aren’t you going to check it?” Le Zhishi frowned.
“We’ll see.”
Le Zhishi did not know what his motive was, but he said it anyway. “The girl who wanted to borrow your umbrella bought you milk tea. She wants you to drink it.”
He regretted it the moment he said it. First, he exposed that he had seen the content of the message, although it was not intentional. Second, his tone was too strange.
Song Yu frowned slightly and stared at Le Zhishi’s face. “What’s wrong with you?”
After seeing him, he suddenly turned around and ran away, and now he was obsessed with a WeChat message.
Le Zhishi was stumped by his question. He blinked and suddenly did not feel like talking.
The rain was getting heavier.
“I’m full.” He stood up. “Can I go take a shower?”
Song Yu obviously would not say no, nor would he ask any more questions. He took Le Zhishi into the bathroom and gave him the slippers he would wear when taking a shower. He told him where the hot water was and finally taught him how to use the difficult hairdryer.
“This is my roommate’s. It’s a little hard to touch. When you hold it, wrap the thread at the bottom around it.”
Le Zhishi said that he understood, but he did not really listen. The bathroom was very small, and it was a little cramped for the two of them. Le Zhishi turned around and turned on the shower. Unexpectedly, the direction of the shower head was a little off, and it hit him. He took half a step back in panic, grabbed the hem of his shirt, and took it off.
He completely forgot that Song Yu was behind him.
His back was very white, and he was very thin. His waist was even slimmer than Song Yu imagined. He seemed to be a little taller than before, but he still had the frame of a teenager. His wrists and ankles were very thin, as if they would break with a snap. Realizing that he was staring at Le Zhishi, Song Yu turned his face away. He didn’t expect that Le Zhishi would step on something, slip, and fall backward.
Fortunately, Song Yu caught him and held his arm.
His heart skipped a beat.
“It’s okay. It’s okay.” Le Zhishi held the wall and steadied himself. “These slippers are a little slippery.”
“Be careful.” Song Yu let go of his hand and realized that he had held it too tightly. In such a short time, it had left a red mark on the back of his arm. He did not look at Le Zhishi again. He turned around and said, “I’m going out. You take a shower.”
Although the bathroom was not very good, the water temperature was very comfortable. It was similar to home, so Le Zhishi did not need to adjust it. He was a little absent-minded when he took a shower. He kept thinking about how Song Yu had talked to someone just now. He felt a little strange. It was as if he did not want Song Yu to talk to anyone.
But he also hoped that Song Yu’s relationship with his roommate would be better. He hoped that his life would be smooth every day.
His thoughts were in a mess and tied into a dead knot. Le Zhishi was a little dizzy from the shower, so he quickly rinsed off the foam.
Song Yu had given him a navy blue T-shirt. There was nothing on the front. He thought that he had gotten it wrong. When he turned it over, there was a piece of cheese printed on the back. It seemed to be a combination of cat and mouse. Le Zhishi put it on. It was very big and empty. When he pulled the collar, half of his shoulder could be seen. He looked at himself in the mirror. This color made him look even fairer.
But the pants were a little too big. Le Zhishi bent down to look at the empty pants leg. He rolled it up a little, then got up, picked up the hairdryer, and turned it on.
Song Yu cleared the table. When he heard the intermittent sound of the hairdryer from the bathroom, he knew that he had taught him in vain. He stood there and did not go over. After waiting for three seconds, the bathroom door opened. Le Zhishi’s wet head appeared. He looked a little embarrassed.
“Brother, I still don’t know how to use this hairdryer.”
In the end, it was Song Yu who helped him dry his hair. Le Zhishi sat on the chair obediently, closed his eyes, and let Song Yu play with his hair. Song Yu’s fingers were very long. The touch of Le Zhishi’s hair was very comfortable. It gave him a sense of security that he could rely on.
“The color you dyed is falling off.” Song Yu’s hand twirled his brown hair. He remembered that when he came home, he found that Le Zhishi’s hair was dyed black. It did not look like him, but he did not ask much at the time. He just thought that it was a child’s whim.
“Yes.” Le Zhishi lowered his head. “Even if the color did not fall off, it should have been cut. Hair grows too fast.”
He thought about it. In his three years of high school, the most rebellious thing he had done was to dye his hair black.
The reason was even more bizarre. It was because when Song Yu attended his parent-teacher conference last semester, too many people said the same thing to him.
You and your brother don’t look alike at all.
That day was his eighteenth birthday.
“Don’t dye it. It’s fine like this.” Song Yu’s hand accidentally touched Le Zhishi’s slender neck. There was an inconspicuous mole there. Perhaps even Le Zhishi himself did not know about it.
In the past, he would occasionally stare at this mole in a daze. Sometimes, when Le Zhishi found out, he would laugh and ask him if there was a note on his back. Why did he keep staring at it?
Song Yu did not have a hobby of pranking, but he had a strange and complicated feeling toward this natural mark.
It was similar to possessiveness.
“Do you think I don’t look good when I dye it black?”
Just as he finished asking, Song Yu’s phone on the table began to vibrate. Le Zhishi helped him pick it up and passed it behind him.
Song Yu’s thoughts were interrupted. He took the phone. It was a call from the dormitory head. He stopped the hairdryer and answered the call.
“I’m here. He’s in the dormitory now. Yes. I know. I’ll let him go back in a while. ”
Le Zhishi, who was sitting on the chair, heard this and immediately turned around. He shook his head at Song Yu. The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be saying something. Song Yu walked to the window and looked down.
“Is it flooded already?” Song Yu paused. His voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself. “Then how will he leave later …”
Hearing this, Le Zhishi was inexplicably happy, and he even breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Yu did not say much and hung up the phone. Two videos were sent to the dormitory group. One was of a flooded subway station, and the other was of a rain that was so heavy that it could not hold up the umbrella.
[Chen Fangyuan: The annual sea viewing event has come early. Comrades, we have a sea view room again.]
“Is it very flooded outside?” Le Zhishi also stood up and ran to the window to take a look. Sure enough, the rain was increasing.
“Yes, it’s a red alert today. It might be flooded like before. It’ll be very inconvenient to go out then.”
“Then I might not be able to go back today.” Le Zhishi’s tone was a little obvious. There was no regret at all that he could not go back, only joy that could not be hidden. However, when he turned around, he saw Song Yu pick up his bag. “What are you doing?”
He sounded like a child who had his snack taken away in front of him.
Song Yu unzipped the bag to check if there was anything missing. However, he suddenly found that just inside the black bag was the nameplate that he had casually given to Le Zhishi.
The moment he saw his name, he felt a sense of confusion.
“Brother.”
Hearing Le Zhishi’s voice, Song Yu came back to his senses and put down his bag. “The subway station is flooded now. It’s not safe to take the bus. I don’t have a place for you to sleep here. There are a few hotels near the school. I’ll see if I can book one.”
Suddenly, a dazzling white light flashed outside the window. Le Zhishi had experienced it too many times. His body’s memory made him cover his ears first. Sure enough, in the next moment, a loud thunder struck down.
Song Yu saw his shoulders tremble, but he still took out his phone and prepared to book a hotel.
Seeing him like this, Le Zhishi felt very uncomfortable. This feeling was like running through all kinds of fruit stores and finally finding a crisp peach. He was full of expectations and wanted to eat it, but it was soft.
However, he wanted it himself, just like he bought the peach himself.
He had to finish it. Every bite was very depressing.
It was the holidays. It was already difficult to book a hotel near the university. Coupled with the special weather these few days, it was even more inconvenient. Song Yu opened a few hotels with good conditions. Almost all of them were full. He didn’t even want to open a hotel that was not good. Thinking about the conditions and conditions inside, he didn’t want to let Le Zhishi stay there.
Moreover, he was allergic.
Thinking about the dirty sheets in the hotel and the possible smell of cigarettes, Song Yu felt that if he stayed there alone, he would be the one who couldn’t sleep at night.
Just as he was in a dilemma, his wrist was suddenly grabbed. Le Zhishi had unknowingly walked in front of him. He was wearing clothes that he had bought but never worn. His body exuded the same fragrance of shower gel as his. His hair was soft and his eyes were innocent.
He called his brother in a very soft voice. “I don’t want to go out.”
The hand that held his wrist was so white that he could see the clear blood vessels that were pulsing. Song Yu knew very well that such skin would turn red and hot when rubbed. Just like when he was young, his face would turn red when he cried a little, like a fragile peach.
“It’s thundering outside. I can’t sleep at night.” He used a reason that Song Yu almost couldn’t refuse, just like the first time he barged into his bedroom. However, compared to crying when he was young, this method seemed to make Song Yu unable to refuse.
He seemed to be better at reading Song Yu’s thoughts than when he was young. He reached out his hand and touched his weak spot.
Le Zhishi looked at him. His big and beautiful eyes were full of pleading, but it also seemed like other emotions that would make people misunderstand.
“Can I stay here? Just for one night. “
