Chapter 101: Extra four (7)

Zhuang Yan lives in a private apartment area not far from the school, not in the bustling city center, nor in a deserted and remote place, with moderate traffic.
The two went straight to the 8th floor from the elevator in the underground garage. Xie Ning glanced when they got out of the elevator. There was only one family on the 8th floor.
The overall style of the room is similar to that of Zhuang Yan. The overall style is mainly in Nordic cool gray, with a high-cold temperament that is not far away.
But the details are dotted with several decorations, revealing a bit of warmth and softness.
Xie Ning hesitated at the door for a few seconds. Zhuang Yan had already bent down and took out a pair of brand-new slippers from the Xuanmen cabinet.
Xie Ning changed her shoes and followed Zhuang Yan into the house.
It probably occupies a whole floor. The apartment is very large and has many rooms. The living room and kitchen are all available. There are also two bathrooms. One is in the master bedroom and the other is outside.
"There are a few rooms that are vacant and useless." Zhuang Yan took him around the entire apartment, and finally stopped in front of the room.
Xie Ning asked: "Do you live alone?"
Zhuang Yan: "Yes, do you think it's too big, and it looks a little empty?"
Xie Ning didn't say a word, but he agreed. Such a big house, living alone is indeed a little wasteful, and it seems empty and lonely.
"That's why I want to find you with me." Zhuang Yan said.
The area of ​​the guest room is the size of a bedroom, and someone will come to clean it regularly, so it looks clean and tidy, and the bedding and duvet cover are all available.
"This room has a small balcony." Zhuang Yan introduced, "So I made it a guest room, but it has been vacant since I moved in. No one has ever lived in it."
Xie Ning followed in and turned around and said, "Very good."
"It's fine if you are satisfied." Zhuang Yan turned his head to look at him, "If you live in, you will become the first owner of this room."
Xie Ning asked: "Where is your room?"
Zhuang Yan took the opportunity to lead him to the master bedroom: "It's next door, do you want to go in and have a look?"
Xie Ning shook his head.
The bedroom is too private, and Xie Ning feels that his relationship with Zhuang Yan is not so good that he can enter and leave his bedroom at will.
Zhuang Yan seemed a little regretful, but didn't say anything, and then introduced other places to Xie Ning.
"There is everything in the kitchen, can you cook?"
Xie Ning replied in a low voice, "...not very good."
Zhuang Yan: "It's okay, I will. It seems that I will cook at home in the future."
Xie Ning was taken aback by the "home" statement.
From Zhuang Yan's perspective, there seems to be no problem.
But Xie Ning hasn't felt "home" for too long.
"The room over there is my study room. There is nothing important. You can go there when you want to use the computer. There is also a grocery room next to it, which is mainly stacked with some of my shooting equipment."
Zhuang Yan pointed to a room again and said, "The last room is empty. I haven't figured out what I will use it for, so I didn't show anything. It's just right now."
Xie Ning wondered: "What's right?"
Zhuang Yan blinked at him: "After you live in, you can transform it into a studio. Although the place is not very big, it should be enough for you to paint."
Xie Ning looked at him for a moment, not knowing what to say.
The two walked back to the living room, sat down on the sofa, Zhuang Yan got up and poured water on Xie Ning.
"Thank you." Xie Ning finished the cup and took a sip, his fingertips against the wall of the cup, his thoughts slowly drifting away.
Zhuang Yan asked: "Do you still like this place?"
Xie Ning replied quietly after a few seconds, "I like it."
No matter from which point of view it is judged, Zhuang Yan's apartment makes Xie Ning unable to fault it.
What's more, Zhuang Yan is too enthusiastic.
Between the lines, it was Xie Ning's beautiful imagination after moving in, which made Xie Ning a little bit overwhelmed.
Even Xie Ning couldn't restrain himself and began to imagine how he would feel if he lived here.
Although his personality is cold, he is not hard-hearted, not a stone man who has no feelings at all.
He was so uncomfortable those days living in the school dormitory.
Coming and going every day, like an invisible person, no one likes him, and no one wants to accept him.
Before going out, he must check his own things carefully and make sure that he has locked his valuables in the closet.
When I came back and opened the door of the dormitory, they were all very worried, for fear that I would see some fragments on my desk again.
As for the beautiful scenes described by Zhuang Yan, everything made his heart fascinated.
Probably noticing his vacillation, Zhuang Yan slowly approached, leaned his head, and asked him in a lowly seductive voice: "How about it, do you want to move in?"
Xie Ning raised his head slightly, his eyes focused on Zhuang Yan's face.
The two were very close, so all the changes in Zhuang Yan's expression could not escape Xie Ning's eyes.
The person who was used to working at ease, as if he couldn't be embarrassed by anything, had a little anxiety and anxiety on his face at this time.
And the panic for fear that Xie Ning would refuse.
At that moment, Xie Ning's heart suddenly calmed down.
"Zhuang Yan." Xie Ning called his name
Zhuang Yan: "Well, I'm listening."
Xie Ning said: "If you want to live together, there is one thing I think I should tell you first."
Zhuang Yan asked in a low voice, "What?"
"I'm a gay." He said, "I like men. If you don't mind that..."
Zhuang Yan looked at him and suddenly smiled.
He nodded to Xie Ning and said, "I don't mind this, because I happen to have something I want to tell you."
Xie Ning put down the cup in his hand: "What's the matter?"
"Xie Ning." Zhuang Yan's head was slightly lowered and pressed against his ear, "I'm pursuing you."
Xie Ning didn't react for a while.
After a few seconds, there was a look of error on his face.
...
That night, Xie Ning spent the night directly in the guest room.
Although the apartment is not far from the school, Xie Ning was a little embarrassed to ask Zhuang Yan to drive him back and forth at night.
When Xie Ning woke up early the next morning, looking at the strange environment, she was a little dazed, and her head was not very clear.
Before changing his pajamas, he opened the door and walked out.
Zhuang Yan woke up earlier than him and was already busy in the kitchen. After seeing Xie Ning, he paused and his eyes drifted twice.
Xie Ning's pajamas were new, the size was bought according to Zhuang Yan's size, and it was a bit big for him. The wide neckline unconsciously slipped from the side of the shoulder, revealing a small piece of collarbone.
"Wake up?" Zhuang Yan asked.
Xie Ning replied: "Yeah."
Zhuang Yan smiled and asked him: "How does the trial feel? Is it comfortable?"
"Very good." Xie Ning said.
This is the sleep that Xie Ning has had the most peaceful sleep since enrolling in school.
No one was playing games while driving in public, no one climbed up and down to get in and out, and no one was still in bed at two or three o'clock in the morning and talking on the phone with his girlfriend.
Accompanying him is a piece of peace and tranquility, as well as a faint fragrance on the bedding.
With a bit of Zhuang Yan's taste.
Xie Ning asked him: "What are you doing?"
Zhuang Yan said, "I'm making breakfast."
He turned off the fire, poured the steamed omelette into the plate next to him, then went out, took another coat back, and put it on Xie Ning's shoulder.
"It will catch a cold." Zhuang Yanyan said concisely.
Xie Ning realized that his clothes were a little improper, and he stretched out his hand to straighten it, but the collar was leaning to one side.
He had to wrap his coat tightly.
"This is your coat. It just so happens that you can wear it to school today." Zhuang Yan said.
Xie Ning looked down, and she was very familiar with this coat.
It was the one he gave him last time because he was afraid of Zhuang Yan's coldness.
The coat is very clean and tidy, there is no smell, it should be ironed after washing.
When Xie Ning went back to wash up and change his clothes, Zhuang Yan happened to have almost done breakfast and asked him to come over for breakfast.
"Do you have class in the morning?" Zhuang Yan asked.
"No." Xie Ning shook his head and added, "The first class is at two o'clock in the afternoon."
Zhuang Yan nodded: "Then we don't have to be so rushed today, we will send you to school after lunch."
Xie Ning asked: "You have no class in the morning?"
"I didn't have a class for a day." Zhuang Yan explained, "I originally planned to go back to China this semester, so I completed most of the credits, but I didn't get it, and I didn't have many classes. I spent most of my time preparing. The film to be shot."
"That's it." Xie Ning said nothing, and ate the egg cake quietly.
There was no class in the morning, so Zhuang Yan took Xie Ning to stroll around the apartment, familiarizing himself with the nearby roads.
"There is a shortcut from here, but the road is very small. You are not recommended to walk in summer. There are too many mosquitoes in the bushes."
"There is a garden in the middle of the community, with a good environment, and a small lake, suitable for walking and digesting after dinner."
"The security is stricter here. If the guard does not let you in, you can call me and let me talk to him."
"..."
In a daze, Xie Ning had the illusion that he had already lived here.
"The water here is relatively shallow, and there is a road piled up with stones that can be passed directly." He was in a trance, and Zhuang Yan interrupted his thoughts.
The two of them have already reached the lake in the garden, and the messy rocks have paved a road crookedly, much like the kind of road children like to jump up and down.
"It will be steep to walk here. Be careful to fall down. The water is not deep, but it is troublesome to wet your clothes." Zhuang Yan said, reaching out his hand, "I will lead you."
Xie Ning looked at his generous palm and wanted to say he would walk by himself.
But somehow, he failed to say this sentence.
Zhuang Yan waited for a while, Xie Ning slowly stretched out his hand and let him hold it.
The palm is warm, the person is warm, and the heart is warm.
Zhuang Yan still cooked the lunch at home. Knowing that Xie Ning loves spicy food, Zhuang Yan made spicy chicken specially.
"It's been a long time since I made this." Zhuang Yan asked, "How does it taste?"
Xie Ning tasted a few bites and said in surprise, "It's delicious."
The taste is better than the dishes he ate at the Sichuan restaurant yesterday.
"I didn't expect you to cook so well." Xie Ning praised again.
He thought that like Zhuang Yan, there are usually cooks in the house, and he just barely fills his stomach when he cooks.
Zhuang Yan turned his head and looked at him with a smile: "So you see, the welfare of living here is pretty good."
Xie Ning: "..."
When returning to school, Xie Ning wanted to take a taxi back by himself: "Didn’t you have no class today?"
Zhuang Yan picked up the coat from the hanger, and the car key turned around at his fingertips: "Give me a chance to be courteous."
Xie Ning asked: "Is it also a benefit of living here?"
Zhuang Yan opened the door and replied back: "No, this is my means to chase you."
A cold wind came in outside the door, making Xie Ning's face flushed. KK