Chapter 318: – What a mess!
"Lin Jin, why are you walking so fast?" Liu Shengqi helplessly waited for the traffic to clear before entering the beef noodle shop that Lin Jin had just gone in. He spotted Lin Jin sitting inside with a gloomy face and sat across from him, asking, "Did you order yet?"
"Yeah, two noodles" Lin Jin had his head down, engrossed in his phone and not bothering to look up at him at all.
"Okay."
Liu Shengqi felt very bitter right now, even more bitter than if he were to meet up with his long distance internet girlfriend only to find it was a man.
Why does Lin Jin have to be so cold?
He sighed, watching Lin Jin focused on his phone. He didn’t know what to do, so he just took out his own phone and aimlessly launched up a game.
"By the way, why did you come to find me?"
Unexpectedly, just as he looked down to play on his phone, he heard Lin Jin's somewhat cold voice. He looked up and saw that Lin Jin still had his head lowered, focused on his phone, only showing him the top of his head.
"Just came to see you" Liu Shengqi was unfazed and enthusiastically continued "My uncle won't be here for a few days and I was anxious to find you so I came early."
"So what do you want to find me for?" Lin Jin's tone remained cold, but he felt a bit helpless inside. Although he knew Liu Shengqi really liked him, the problem was that even if he had a good impression of Liu Shengqi, he couldn’t accept him.
Liu Shengqi scratched his head, unsure of what to say. He couldn't exactly say he came to pursue Lin Jin, could he?
"I'll be pretty busy after this, so I came to hang out with you for a while" Liu Shengqi quickly found an excuse and smiled shyly. His slightly chubby face gave off a friendly feel. "I’m probably here for around two to three days."
"Where are you staying?" Lin Jin was not swayed by Liu Shengqi's friendly smile, mainly because he hadn't looked at him. He finally glanced at Liu Shengqi and then pursed his lips and said, "You don’t plan on staying at my place, do you?"
When Liu Shengqi heard Lin Jin’s words, his eyes lit up and he vigorously nodded.
Motherf*cker! I was just randomly saying it! You actually wanted to?
Lin Jin's face darkened and he hurriedly added, "My rental unit only has one room, there's nowhere for you to sleep."
"No problem, we're both guys. Didn’t you used to live in the men’s dormitory, what’s there to be embarrassed about? And I can just sleep on the floor. The weather’s quite hot so I wouldn’t be able to sleep with a quilt anyways." Liu Shengqi's eyes shone even brighter. Sharing a bed with Lin Jin might not be possible, but staying together gave him more chances to hook Lin Jin. So he thickened up and shameless said, "In this case, I’ll treat you to whatever you want. And if you want, I’ll even pay rent."
Lin Jin didn't hesitate and shook his head without a second thought.
"Even though we're both men, you're too suspicious, so I'm not staying with you."
Liu Shengqi was at a loss for words, staring pitifully at Lin Jin. Unfortunately for him, his puppy dog eyes didn't sway Lin Jin at all.
After chatting for a bit, the beef noodles were served. The beef noodles here were similar to the ones near Lin Jin's home. It was a bowl of noodles, two pieces of vegetables, and a few paper thin slices of beef. It showed how skilled the chef was with a knife... and how stingy the owner of this place was.
This sh*t was a fifteen yuan bowl of beed noodles, okay? Back near Lin Jin’s home, the amount of beef in the ten yuan bowl of beef noodles were about the same as this.
With just two pieces of vegetables, a few slices of beef, plus a modest amount of noodles, even someone with a small appetite like Lin Jin had to finish all the soup to feel full.
Meanwhile, Liu Shengqi clearly wasn't full yet. After finishing his bowl, he licked his lips and looked at the menu, eager to order more.
Though the beef noodles were indeed quite tasty.
But Lin Jin had no intention of waiting for Liu Shengqi to have a second bowl. Instead, he stood up and prepared to scan the QR code to pay with his phone.
Liu Shengqi quickly took out his phone first and asked the owner: "How much!"
"Thirty." The owner sat leisurely in the corner of the shop with his legs crossed. Despite the decent taste of the food, there weren’t many customers in the store, leaving the owner bored enough to play on his laptop.
Liu Shengqi quickly scanned the QR code to pay. Then he turned to look at Lin Jin, who was blankly staring at him, and flashed him a wide smile "My treat. Just let me stay at your place."
Lin Jin rubbed his temples with two fingers, feeling a headache coming on. After some thought, he thought that since Liu Shengqi had paid for the meal and had come all this way just for him, he couldn't let him stay in a hotel for the next few days, right? So he reluctantly nodded in agreement.
He doubted Liu Shengqi would have the guts to do anything.
Lin Jin felt that he needed to carry the stun gun with his from now on and even keep it under his pillow while sleeping. Although he believed that Liu Shengqi wouldn’t dare do anything even if he had the courage of a bear, but what if he did? Even though Lin Jin had received self defense skills as a reward from the black cat, he hadn't practiced it yet. Who knew if his 1.6 meter frame with self defense skills could take on Liu Shengqi, a fat man who was nearly 1.8 meters tall?
"Let's head back. Don't forget your bag" Lin Jin glanced at Liu Shengqi’s backpack. It was enormous and stuffed to the brim with who knows what.
"Okay." Liu Shengqi hoisted the bag onto his back. His body suddenly became extremely heavy, but he still steadily followed Lin Jin out of the shop.
After walking about 500 meters, they reached Lin Jin's rental place. Lin Jin took out his key, unlocked the door, and walked straight in. Then he watched as Liu Shengqi followed in, closed the door, and plopped down on the ground.
Lin Jin kicked off his shoes, placed them neatly on the shoe rack, and then ran barefoot to the bathroom to wash his face. When he came out, he saw that Liu Shengqi had already set up his bedding on the floor. It seemed that most of the space in his backpack was taken up by the air conditioning blanket.
But why was the air filled with a stinky feet smell!
Lin Jin suspiciously looked at Liu Shengqi. Being a righteous person, he first sat on the bed, leaned down, and sniffed his own feet. But he found there was no odor at all, there was even a faint fragrance… Lin Jin had a habit of spraying air freshener in his room. Although he doesn’t spray it when he goes out, but he was used to spraying a bit around when he was home, so it was normal to accidentally get some in his shoes.
"Liu Shengqi! Go wash your feet!"
When it came to air pollution issues, Lin Jin had no patience. He pointed at Liu Shengqi's big feet and his shoes. "Take your shoes out and put them on the windowsill!"
Liu Shengqi hadn't even noticed the smell of his own feet at all. He even thought Lin Jin's room was truly worth of being a boudoir, it even had a refreshing fragrance. Scratching his head in confusion, he listened to Lin Jin, took his shoes out to the windowsill, and then ran to wash his feet.
What a mess!
Lin Jin sighed and flopped onto his bed, feeling a sense of despair about the next few days.