A CERTAIN SOMEONE ( THE ON1Y ONE )

Chapter 057 - [Address]

The Profile Picture of the Person He Was Talking to Didn’t Change, but the Personal Nickname Did. It Became: Ge.

The door to the bathroom closed with a click, the soon the rustling noises of clothing as well as water flowing came out.

Jiang Tian looked at that narrow tea-white louver door, the dilute coloured vapours spilling out from the blades at the bottom, creating an additional patch of moisture in front of the door.
His elongated eyes lightly blinked, and turned his view away from the door. He asked Shi Yu, “What happened to him?”

“What do you mean what happened?” Shi Yu played dumb. Jiang Tian was the one who initiated a conversation with him for once, the show of favour made him feel as if...no, he really was scared. He felt the guilt of being caught red handed.

When Jiang Tian walked in, he settled the bag on the table. Sheng Wang’s bag was next to his, the zip not even opened yet. He didn’t take anything out at all, as though he had never touched the bag the moment he came back.
He recalled the darkness in the dorm he returned to, and looked at Shi Yu questioningly. “What were the two of you doing?”
Shi Yu was stuffing his laptop under his pillow, upon hearing that, his hands shook and his laptop nearly fell onto the floor.

He gave Jiang Tian two forceful laughs, and spoke lightly while avoiding the crux of the issue. “Actually, we were watching a horror film before you came back. I rarely watch films in this genre, and Sheng Wang happened to come back. So I dragged him along to watch with him, boost my courage or something.”
“Trying to boost your courage with him.” Jiang Tian glanced at that closely shut louver door once again, and couldn’t help himself. “So the two of you can quiver together?”

“Of course not.” Shi Yu used the horror film to cover up the existence of ‘action film’, and gabbled non-stop, “Sheng Wang is really so bold, I was about to piss my freakin pants, but he didn’t even blink. He even helped to switch the volume on and off, and drag along the progress bar too. He even planned to go shower halfway through at one point.”

Jiang Tian paused, his expression finally revealing a trace of shock. He heard Shi Yu prattling non-stop like the sound of pouring beans, and finally asked, as if he was confirming something, “You said Sheng Wang is gutsy?”
“Yeah,” Shi Yu nodded, “he said he’d basically watched all of the horror and thriller films in the market, saying that when he was young and alone at home, he would watch them to boost his courage. Then he grew numb from watching too many.”

After all his non-stop babbling, he suddenly remembered that the person opposite him came from the same family as Sheng Wang. They were brothers, did he even need to need an outsider like him to introduce. Therefore, Shi Yu stopped the conversation, and said, “Oh yeah, Tian-ge would have definitely known about this already.”

Yet, Jiang Tian didn’t know; Sheng Wang never brought it up.

The late night with the false alarm flashed in his mind: the residence manager and security guards were discussing the thief that invaded the dorms, their voices indistinguishable and meaningless, and then gradually, the night became silent again.
He had his hand on the bed railing as he asked Sheng Wang if he would be scared. His clear bright eyes were clouded by the fog of drowsiness. He scooched over to make extra space on the bed, and patted it.

Something lightly pawed at Jiang Tian’s heart.

Shi Yu was keeping his laptop, pulling the bed curtains, and digging out his phone. He was busy. Jiang Tian stood by the table for a long time, and suddenly felt a little thirsty, and so he took out a bottle of water from the bag to drink.

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That shower Sheng Wang took went on for a little too long, by the time he came out, it was as though his eyes were washed too, with an extra layer of water, gleaming crystal clear. He lowered his eyes as he dragged a towel to wipe his hair with, and nearly crashed into Jiang Tian, who was standing by the closet.