Sick Beauty and His Bamboo Horse Bodyguard

Sheng Jianan has a slight obsession with cleanliness and likes to keep things clean. The first thing he does when he returns to his dormitory is to take a shower.

Today is Friday, and his two roommates have already informed him in advance that they won't be staying in the dormitory tonight. So, tonight, it's just Sheng Jianan and Jiang Chi in the room.

After taking a shower, Sheng Jianan stood in front of the sink and dried his hair halfway when his phone vibrated twice. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from his senior sister.

【Gu Panyu Senior Sister: Okay, we're both free tomorrow afternoon, just like we agreed before.】

【Gu Panyu Senior Sister: Thank you in advance for treating us, little brother. [cute emoji]】

Sheng Jianan politely replied to the message, then held his phone and thought for a moment before walking out of the bathroom.

Jiang Chi turned his head when he heard the bathroom door open and saw that Sheng Jianan was still wearing the same loose and thin pure white cotton T-shirt that showed off his slim figure, with a pair of shorts that revealed his long, straight legs.

Jiang Chi frowned and picked up the clean coat he had prepared earlier, walked over to Sheng Jianan, and draped it over his shoulders. "You're still wearing so little when you're not feeling well."

"I'm almost better," Sheng Jianan said, taking the ginger soup that Jiang Chi handed him. "Do you want to drink some? It can prevent colds."

"Sure, give me half of yours," Jiang Chi said with a smile.

They both knew that Jiang Chi didn't need to prevent colds at all. Even if he ran around naked in the middle of winter, he wouldn't catch a cold. But Sheng Jianan couldn't finish his soup, and Jiang Chi always made a fuss whenever it came to Sheng Jianan's well-being.

Sheng Jianan drank half a cup of the soup and couldn't drink anymore, so he handed it over to Jiang Chi. Jiang Chi drank the remaining ginger soup in one gulp where Sheng Jianan had drunk from.

Sheng Jianan looked at him for a moment, then moved his gaze away and started tidying up the table, saying, "I'm not going to watch your school's basketball game tomorrow."

"Why?" Jiang Chi put down his cup, moved his chair over to sit next to Sheng Jianan, placed one hand on the back of his chair, and hooked his ankle over Sheng Jianan's ankle, stretching his leg out to touch Sheng Jianan's leg. It was a posture that wanted to divert Sheng Jianan's attention to himself.

"Because of what happened today?" Jiang Chi asked.

Sheng Jianan remained silent for a few seconds before responding with an "Mm."

Jiang Chi suddenly felt the urge to punch someone. It was his mistake that he didn't teach Cen Jin properly today. But mainly, it was because when they entered their freshman year, Sheng Jianan specifically reminded Jiang Chi to try to avoid fighting as much as possible unless it was necessary. So, in the past year or so, Jiang Chi rarely got into fights. Of course, this was also thanks to most of their classmates being relatively reasonable.

Although Jiang Chi wanted to show off in front of Sheng Jianan, he naturally didn't want to force him if he was unhappy.

But there was still one question left...

"What are you going to do tomorrow, Saturday?" Jiang Chi asked.

"Sleeping, reading, drawing," Sheng Jianan said, "I'll be the only one in the dormitory tomorrow, very quiet."

Jiang Chi laughed and hugged him by the neck, leaning in front of him: "What do you mean, are you tired of me?"

"No," Sheng Jianan said. He was half-leaning in Jiang Chi's arms and looked up at him with his eyelids lifted. "You have a game tomorrow."

Although he spoke without much expression, his clear eyes made him look innocent.

Jiang Chi looked at him with half-closed eyes for two seconds, lightly pinched his chin, and said with a smile: "Okay, you win. I wouldn't have agreed if I knew you weren't going. I only agreed because I wanted you to bring me water and cheer me on."

Sheng Jianan lowered his eyelids and felt a tinge of guilt. But as long as he thought of the fate of the cannon fodder in the book, that guilt would be buried deep in his heart, and his determination to escape would become more determined in an instant.

If he had to blame someone, he could only blame himself for not being the protagonist, destined to have no beautiful future with Jiang Chi.

Because of Jiang Chi's recent movement, Sheng Jianan's loose neckline was pulled to one side, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin on his shoulders and clear concave collarbone.

Jiang Chi's gaze paused, and he raised his hand to fix his neckline: "Are you thinner again?"

"No," Sheng Jianan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chi measured his collarbone with his fingers: "Are you sure? It used to fit one finger, but now it fits two."

Sheng Jianan: "..."

Jiang Chi's fingertip rubbed the hollow of his collarbone and smiled: "It's really smooth."

"..." Sheng Jianan shrugged his shoulders, "Don't move, it's itchy."

Jiang Chi let go of his hand, but the next second he measured his waist with his arm.

Sheng Jianan looked at Jiang Chi who was touching him with both hands very seriously.

"You are really thinner," Jiang Chi concluded, but his hands were still moving.

Sheng Jianan's cotton T-shirt had been worn for a long time, and this kind of fabric was more comfortable and lightweight the longer it was worn. When touched, it almost stuck to the skin.

Sheng Jianan endured the itchiness: "...have you touched enough?"

Jiang Chi obediently stopped measuring and just wrapped his arms around Sheng Jianan's waist. "You're really thin now, your waist has gotten smaller. I'll finish work early tomorrow; will you have dinner with me?"

Jiang Chi obediently stopped gesturing and just wrapped his arms around Sheng Jianan's waist. "You're really thin now, your waist has gotten smaller. I'll finish work early tomorrow, will you have dinner with me?"

"Okay, no need to rush. I'll be painting tomorrow, so we can eat later. Call me when you're done and I'll come find you," Sheng Jianan said.

Alright." Jiang Chi thought of something and paused. "You're not going to leave me again tomorrow and secretly go back alone, are you?"

Sheng Jianan glanced at him. "Why would I sneak back?"

Jiang Chi raised his eyebrows. "Then why did you sneak back last time?"

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and chuckled, "You know, Sheng Nannan, your behavior is just like sneaking back to your parents' home. It's not right. Maybe Auntie will think we had a fight."

They started bickering again. 

"My mom knows you're in class," Sheng Jianan said. "She doesn't have as rich an imagination as you do."

Jiang Chi was quite proud. "That's because of my accumulated trust over time. Our mom trusts our relationship more."

Sheng Jianan glanced at him and saw Jiang Chi talking happily to himself, so he didn't bother to reply.

From the first time they met, the two had hardly ever been apart and were already very familiar with each other's presence. So even if they were together without speaking, it wouldn't be awkward.

However, they had talked about almost everything and touched everything they should have, so when Jiang Chi still didn't want to leave, Sheng Jianan said, "Go take a shower, don't cling to me."

When Jiang Chi heard the first half of the sentence, he had already let go, standing up. But when he heard the second half, he stuck to Sheng Jianan again, pressing him to his chest.

"Come on, Sheng Jianan, tell me, have you started to get annoyed with me?" Jiang Chi asked, looking threatening. "Huh?"

Seeing Sheng Jianan not speaking, Jiang Chi tickled him. "Come on, tell me, you're not really getting annoyed with me, are you?"

Sheng Jianan tried to dodge but couldn't escape. He wanted to grab Jiang Chi's hand but couldn't, so he could only laugh and say, "No, don't, don't move."

He was afraid of tickles, which made his voice sound a bit breathless.

Jiang Chi raised his eyebrows and continued to deliberately ask, "Really not?"

"Jiang Chi!" Sheng Jianan couldn't take it anymore and grabbed his shirt collar, warning him.

Because of the large movement, his collar had slipped down to his shoulder, revealing his round shoulders, and his fluffy, slightly wet hair looked a bit messy.

Sheng Jianan was really afraid of being tickled, and his laughter had a hint of moisture in his eyes. But at his warning, Jiang Chi did not move again. 

Sheng Jianan took a breath and when he looked up, he saw Jiang Chi staring straight at him. Sheng Jianan paused for a moment and met his gaze.

After a moment, Jiang Chi's lips curved up little by little, "Who could match up to you?" 

Sheng Jianan said nothing. 

Jiang Chi laughed, "Why think about love?" 

Perhaps there was someone who could match up to him, Sheng Jianan thought, but that person might not want to be with him.

While Jiang Chi went to take a shower, Sheng Jianan finished packing up and climbed into bed. Before turning off the lights, Sheng Jianan decided to read a storybook for a while before Jiang Chi came out. 

 He had the habit of reading bedtime stories from his past life. Because he had poor health and no parents to love him, his childhood was only accompanied by storybooks. The warm and healing stories could help him dispel his fear of sleeping. 

Although those times were far away from him, after coming here, he experienced warmth and parental love he had never felt before. However, he still put a storybook by the bed as a reminder to cherish the hard-won happiness and live well, and not to fall into the trap of love.

When he came out of the shower, Jiang Chi saw Sheng Jianan sitting on the bed wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and reading a book. He was flipping through the pages and looked very focused, as if he hadn't noticed him coming out.

Just as Jiang Chi was about to do something to get Sheng Jianan's attention, Sheng Jianan heard the sound first and looked up. 

 Jiang Chi wasn't wearing a shirt

 Jiang Chi raised his eyebrows, laughed very loudly, and teased, "Didn't you say you wanted to see my abs, come and have a look." 

Sheng Jianan said nothing. 

 He had seen this body many times from childhood to now. Especially when they were still in elementary school, their parents would let them take a bath together in the same tub.

"Is looking enough, or do you want to touch it?" Jiang Chi asked generously.

Sheng Jianan glanced at the balcony, satisfying his desire to show off, he suggested: "You can just stand on the balcony and show off your figure."

"Are you jealous?" Jiang Chi raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Don't worry, brother's figure is only for you to see."

He walked to the balcony and "chua" pulled the curtains, forming a closed secret room inside. Jiang Chi climbed onto Sheng Jianan's bed neatly.

Sheng Jianan had already laid down, facing the wall, pretending to sleep.

However, the bed made a "squeaky" sound under their weight, and Sheng Jianan doubted whether this small bed could withstand the weight of both of them multiple times. After all, he had seen news of college dorm beds collapsing.

As soon as Jiang Chi climbed onto the bed, he turned Sheng Jianan over.

 Sheng Jianan had fallen asleep too quickly and forgotten to take off his glasses. The wide frames covered most of his face on his three-dimensional nose bridge and looked good from any angle.

Sheng Jianan yawned and said, "I'm tired. Let's talk tomorrow. You should go to sleep too."

"Are you too tired to take off your glasses?" Jiang Chi easily saw through his lie and laughed, "I can sleep if you want. You touch me quickly."

Sheng Jianan: "..."

Jiang Chi reached into the covers to grab Sheng Jianan's hand, but Sheng Jianan didn't agree. Their hands dodged back and forth, and Jiang Chi could only grope around blindly where he couldn't see. He finally touched a warm body, and Sheng Jianan immediately recoiled and grabbed his hand.

As they looked at each other, Sheng Jianan whispered a reminder, "Don't move, be careful of the bed."

"Then you touch quickly," Jiang Chi imitated him and said in a low voice.

Sheng Jianan glanced at him and knew that if he didn't touch, Jiang Chi wouldn't let it go. He had the idea of compromise.

They were too familiar with each other. As soon as Jiang Chi saw Sheng Jianan's expression, he knew what he meant and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Sheng Jianan looked at the inner wall with his eyes, groping the muscular lines of Jiang Chi with his hands. Jiang Chi stared at him firmly.

After a few gropes, Sheng Jianan accurately found a stomach with strong and firm abdominal muscles. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Jiang Chi pressed his hand down and asked in a low voice in his ear, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"

"...Mm, it's pretty good," Sheng Jianan said.

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The next afternoon, the basketball game between the Department of Management and the Department of Architecture attracted many students to come and watch. 

During halftime, Jiang Chi stood at the side of the court, wiping his sweat with his clothes and drinking from a bottle of water. 

His teammates also grabbed bottles of water and glanced at the audience before standing beside him, asking, "Where's your other half?"

This was almost the unified nickname that all the classmates and friends who knew Jiang Chi and Sheng Jianan gave them. At first, they really thought that the two were a couple, but later, although they knew that they weren't, their relationship was so good that it was like they were one person. They didn't mind everyone's joking, so everyone defaulted to this intimate nickname.

Jiang Chi, who had no expression all afternoon, relaxed his eyebrows and softened his expression when he heard this sentence. 

"In the dorm." Jiang Chi said.

He thought that Sheng Jianan was probably sleeping, reading, or drawing at the moment, and couldn't help but laugh.

"No wonder you didn't have your mind on the game today," his teammate said. "Why didn't you let him come and watch you play?"

"He's been feeling a little sick lately, so he needs to rest," Jiang Chi said as he threw the water bottle to the side.

His teammate nodded at his words. Just then, they heard a wave of excitement from the audience not far away, and they didn't know what they were talking about. 

His teammate glanced over there, already used to it, "I guess they're discussing you. Most of them came today because of you and your other half."

Jiang Chi also glanced over there but didn't pay much attention as he shifted his gaze away. Just then, they heard a male voice shouting loudly towards them, "Jiang Chi, your house is on fire!!!"