don't take my blame

Chapter 10

It was past twelve o'clock when Li Xingyu played the game that night.

In fact, he had already started to feel hungry before closing the game, but he still persisted until he accompanied Donghuang Taiyi and the others to finish a large dungeon, and then climbed out of bed, slowly moved into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to find something to eat.

He had already showered, and was wearing a pair of shorts and a short-sleeved T-shirt. The T-shirt had a hole in the waist, and he was embarrassed to wear it outside, so he kept wearing it as home clothes.

In the refrigerator, apart from instant noodles, biscuits, and cola, there is also a small watermelon that he brought back to Ji Wen today.

Li Xingyu took out the instant noodles and biscuits, stuffed two biscuits into his mouth to fill his stomach, then grabbed the instant noodles and walked to the stove to boil water.

He had just put the water in the small milk pot on the boil, when he heard the sound of someone opening the door with a key, and Ji Wen came back.

As soon as Ji Wen opened the door, he saw the lights coming from the kitchen and Li Xingyu's bedroom. At this time, Li Xingyu hadn't slept yet.

Walking to the kitchen door, Ji Wen saw Li Xingyu turned his head to look at him, and said weakly, "You're back?"

Li Xingyu's shorts were a bit too big, and two long legs protruded from the empty trousers, which were dazzlingly white under the dim light of the kitchen.

"Hungry?" Ji Wen asked him, taking off the T-shirt at the same time.

Although it was already late at night, the summer heat was hard to dissipate all night.When Ji Wen came back from the Internet cafe, he still felt that his clothes were soaked in sweat, and it was uncomfortable to be wrapped around his body with stickiness.

Li Xingyu glanced at Ji Wen's firm chest and lower abdomen, and said, "I didn't eat dinner."

Ji Wen threw his clothes into the bathroom, came back to the kitchen and walked to him, looked closer at the steaming little milk pot, and asked him, "Eat instant noodles?"

Li Xingyu raised the biscuit in his hand, "There are still biscuits, do you want to eat?"

Ji Wen lowered his head slightly, bit the biscuit in his hand, then pinched it with his fingers, and said, "Thank you."

Li Xingyu suddenly remembered his watermelon, looked up at Ji Wen: "There is a watermelon in the refrigerator, I bought it for you."

Ji Wen showed him a hearty smile and said, "Thank you."

Li Xingyu tilted his head, "You're welcome."

When Ji Wen went to get the watermelon, the water in the milk pot boiled, and Li Xingyu carefully poured the boiling water into the bowl where the instant noodles and seasonings were placed.

Ji Wen walked up to him with the watermelon, and cut the watermelon in half with a kitchen knife.

Li Xingyu covered the instant noodles, lowered his head and stared at the bowl in a daze.

Ji Wen looked around the kitchen and said, "I found that the kitchen is quite neat."

"Well," Li Xingyu said, "the landlord stayed."

Ji Wen didn't cut the watermelon in half and eat it with a spoon. Instead, he cut the watermelon into several pieces, took a few bites, and raised his hand after eating, throwing the melon rind into the trash can next to it.

Li Xingyu shifted his gaze from the bowl of instant noodles to Ji Wen's arm, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch the muscles of his upper arm.

Ji Wen smiled and deliberately showed him the muscles of his arms.His body was strong and slender, and he didn't look burly, but the muscle lines on his body were clearly visible and very beautiful.

Ji Wen said: "When I was young, I helped my dad to work in the fields, and it was darker then."

Li Xingyu asked him: "Is it not used now?"

Ji Wen shrugged, "All the fields at home have been rented out. My dad has been working outside all year round, and I have come out to study again. My mother and my younger brothers and sisters are left with no way to farm. Only a small vegetable garden is left in the yard."

While listening, Li Xingyu reached out to lift the lid of the bowl, and poked the instant noodles with his chopsticks.

Ji Wen said: "Since the kitchen has everything, why don't you prepare more food, even fry an egg and cook a bowl of noodles."

Li Xingyu shook his head, "I won't."

Ji Wen smiled and said, "I will. Didn't I say to cook fried rice for you last time? Do you want to try it?"

Li Xingyu was so hungry that he felt a little dizzy. He didn't care if the top was softened, so he stood directly on the edge of the stove, bent over and picked up the noodles with chopsticks and delivered them to his mouth.After sending it in, I spit it out again, it was too hot.

Ji Wen stretched out his hand and tugged at his shoulder, saying, "Be careful."

Li Xingyu looked at him, the tears just now almost didn't burn, he said, "I'm hungry."

Ji Wen suddenly picked up his instant noodles and walked out of the kitchen.

Li Xingyu hurriedly followed him out. He saw Ji Wen walked into the living room with the noodles in his hands. He put the noodle bowl directly on the air conditioner outlet, let the cold wind blow for a while, and then handed it to Li Xingyu, "It's almost there."

Li Xingyu brought a bowl, put it directly on the TV cabinet, squatted down and started eating.

Ji Wen looked down at him for a while, and said, "I'm going to take a shower."

Li Xingyu gave a vague "um" and didn't bother to raise his head.

Ji Wen went to take a shower and came out. Li Xingyu had already finished eating instant noodles and washing the bowl.

He asked Li Xingyu: "Are you full?"

In fact, Li Xingyu was not full. He regretted not soaking two bowls of noodles at the beginning, but at this time he was sleepy, and he was not in the mood to toss any more, so he nodded and walked towards the bathroom.

The bathroom was still filled with water vapor, and the hot and humid water vapor instantly enveloped Li Xingyu, with the scent of shower gel. He stood in front of the mirror and wiped off the water mist on the mirror with his hands.

When the picture in the mirror gradually became clear, Li Xingyu saw a pair of underwear hanging on the wall behind him.

That's not his underwear, it's naturally the underwear that Ji Wen just changed out of.

Li Xingyu was so sleepy that his thinking had stagnated. He was stunned for a while before realizing that he was here to brush his teeth, so he quickly reached out to get the toothbrush.

Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep as soon as he fell into bed.

This sleep lasted until the next morning, when he was woken up by the sound of the kitchen.

Li Xingyu got up from the bed, still wearing the shorts and ripped T-shirt from last night, opened the bedroom door and walked towards the kitchen. He saw Ji Wen standing in the kitchen, cutting vegetables.

"Huh?" Li Xingyu was surprised, "Aren't you going to work today?"

Ji Wen turned around, "Are you awake? I'm taking a day off today, so I don't need to go to the garage."

Li Xingyu walked over to Jiwen, and saw that he not only bought vegetables, but also placed many bottles and jars on the stove, all of which were seasonings for cooking.

Ji Wen said: "I went to the supermarket to buy it in the morning. Didn't I promise you to cook fried rice for you?"

Li Xingyu scratched his face with his hand, "I bought so much? I'll give you the money."

"Why do you want to give me money?" Ji Wen immediately refused, "In the future, I can also cook for myself during the holidays, and I didn't buy it for you alone."

Li Xingyu knew that Ji Wen's economic conditions were not good, so he always felt embarrassed to let the other party spend money.And he is older, no matter what, he should take care of Ji Wen more.

But Li Xingyu doesn't know anything about cooking, so he can only wait obediently and watch Ji Wen busy in the kitchen.

Li Xingyu went to the bathroom to wash up, then came back and leaned against the kitchen door to look at Ji Wen.

Ji Wen said to him: "It's hot in the kitchen, go sit outside."

Li Xingyu thought about it and refused, saying, "Let me chat with you for a while."

"Okay," Ji Wen asked him while chopping vegetables, "What do you want to talk about?"

Li Xingyu leaned her head against the door frame, "How old is your brother?"

Ji Wen said: "My younger brother is 11 years old, and my younger sister is 14 years old."

"...so small," Li Xingyu said with emotion.

When Ji Wen talked about his younger siblings, he seemed to have a little smile on his face, "Yes, my sister's grades are very good. If possible, I want her to continue her studies until she reaches university."

"What about your brother?"

Ji Wen said: "He's still a little young, let's talk about it when he's in junior high school."

"Are you the hardest one in your family?" Li Xingyu asked.

Ji Wen didn't answer immediately this time, but said after a while: "It's not easy for everyone, but the days will always get better and better."

16 years old?

Li Xingyu raised his head, wondering what he was doing when he was 16 years old?

At that time, it should be the first year of high school, because I was stuck with my mother and spent money lavishly, and I never knew how to restrain myself.He hasn't had a hard time, but he also feels that he has never had a happy life.

Ji Wen seems to be full of confidence in his future, but he himself feels that the road ahead is at a loss, and he doesn't know what he wants.

"What are you thinking?" Ji Wen asked him suddenly.

Li Xingyu came back to his senses and found that Ji Wen was already standing beside him.

Ji Wen was half a head taller than him, and maybe he could grow longer, a head taller than him, but he was already shaped and couldn't grow any longer.

Ji Wen said to him: "Sometimes I think you are a bit like my brother."

Li Xingyu's eyes widened, "Like your brother? Do you know how much older I am than you?"

Ji Wen looked at him, "Are you full?"

Li Xingyu said: "I am already 21 years old, I am five years older than you, is it really appropriate for you to say that I look like your brother?"

Hearing what he said, Ji Wen couldn't help smiling, "It's really a bit similar, especially the way he talks with his eyes wide open."

Li Xingyu was a little embarrassed by his smile, turned around and found that he didn't know where to go, so he could only change the subject and said, "Do you want to cook?"

Ji Wen said: "Hurry up, wait a little longer."

When Ji Wen put the bean paste into the pot and stir-fried, the whole house was filled with a smell of oily smoke.

Li Xingyu stood by the door and sniffed. His mother hadn't fried a bowl of rice for him for many years. Even the sound of oil being exploded in the wok sounded very kind to him.

Ji Wen's movements were very skillful, and Li Xingyu watched him order and stir-fry everything in a calm manner.

The oily smoke in the kitchen became thicker, and the air gradually smelled of fish-flavored shredded pork, which he especially liked.

Later, when Ji Wen poured the rice in and started to stir fry, Li Xingyu stood beside him to watch.

Ji Wen asked him: "How is it?"

Li Xingyu said, "It smells delicious."

Ji Wen said to him: "I'll teach you how to do it, and you can cook rice by yourself when you're hungry in the future."

Li Xingyu hesitated for a while, then said, "Forget it, I'll make instant noodles."

Ji Wen smiled, reached out to turn off the fire, brought over the cleaned dishes, and began to shovel out the fried rice.