Chapter 29
This move of his was called turning the tables.
First, he would confidently retort at Fu Jingqiu like this, then, before Fu Jingqiu could react, quickly come up with a reasonable response so that his emotions just now would not seem so strange.
Sure enough, Fu Jingqiu was stunned and could not think of what kind of way out he should offer for Jiang Qingyu to take.
However, this clever little Jiang Qingyu had already rapidly figured out how to explain during the brief moment of Fu Jingqiu’s silence. He cleared his throat and said, “What I mean is, your vigilance is too low.”
This sounded like something he had heard somewhere before.
Jiang Qingyu circled him twice, looking him up and down at close range without restraint, taking in his figure, broad back, and strong waist as he explained, “You were busy moving things at the time, so you didn’t see it. That man, the one who stood close to you when he talked, his gaze wasn’t right.”
Fu Jingqiu’s expression changed slightly. “Did he know me?” Or did he know his mother?
“What? No. I mean, he had improper intentions.”
Fu Jingqiu’s gaze instantly sharpened. “So he came over to talk to me because he wanted to steal our packages?!”
Jiang Qingyu: “…”
Damn straight man. There was simply no talking to him.
Jiang Qingyu stretched out one finger and poked Fu Jingqiu’s chest muscle. The other man’s body was relaxed, so it felt especially soft.
He poked again. “That kind of improper intention. You understand, right?”
Fu Jingqiu knew he had misunderstood, so he slightly restrained his imposing aura and asked in confusion, “So he was still curious about how I usually train? You can look that up online.”
“…” Jiang Qingyu closed his eyes and steeled his heart. “No, all wrong. He was lusting after your body, understand? He likes men, and someone like you is exactly his type!”
Fu Jingqiu: “…”
Utterly shocking.
Jiang Qingyu secretly opened one eye to observe Fu Jingqiu’s reaction. Seeing his lips slightly parted and his expression completely blank, a trace of sympathy rose in his heart. He turned his face away and coughed lightly twice. “But there’s nothing particularly strange about it. This kind of situation is very common nowadays. I’m reminding you because you looked like you had absolutely no idea.”
Fu Jingqiu froze for a long while, then suddenly made a sound. “Ah?”
Jiang Qingyu looked at him oddly. “Ah what?”
Fu Jingqiu said, “Likes someone like me?”
Jiang Qingyu was puzzled. “Yeah. What’s wrong? What kind of reaction is that?”
Fu Jingqiu still did not understand. “Why?”
Jiang Qingyu was almost confused by him. “What why? What’s wrong? Do you have some misunderstanding about yourself?”
He reached out and gestured up and down at Fu Jingqiu. “Look at you. Nearly one meter ninety tall. You win on that point, right? You’re also pretty handsome, look clean and refreshing, and your figure is this good. Is it surprising that someone would like you?”
It was only human nature, okay?
Fu Jingqiu said, “Do men all like someone like me?”
Jiang Qingyu almost choked on his own saliva. He hurriedly waved his hand. “Not exactly. Don’t misunderstand, okay? Everyone’s aesthetic preferences are diverse. It’s just that you happen to be his type. Today, didn’t a few aunties also ask whether you were a new staff member at the delivery station?”
Fu Jingqiu finally understood completely.
He had heard about similar things back when he was in the army, but those people had not dared to talk to him much about it. They only mentioned it briefly, as if afraid he would dislike it.
Usually, there were many people in the unit who showed off their muscles shirtless. Although their builds differed, no one had anything particularly more than anyone else, and everyone had long gotten used to it.
Over the past two years, he had indeed received some attention from women, but those had all been within normal limits.
What Jiang Qingyu said today, however, was something he had never thought of or heard about before.
At the same time, Fu Jingqiu could not help being curious. “So, are you?”
This time, Jiang Qingyu really did choke on his own saliva and could not control his earth-shattering coughing fit.
Good heavens, what was going on with Fu Jingqiu’s train of thought???
Seeing his reaction, Fu Jingqiu thought he had frightened him with his question and came forward apologetically to pat his back and help him breathe, explaining as he did, “I saw that you knew a lot, so I thought you…”
Thought I had those kinds of feelings for you too, right???
Bro, don’t say such terrifying things! It will seriously affect how we get along after this!
Jiang Qingyu took a long while to recover. After drinking the hot tea Fu Jingqiu poured for him, his chest finally felt a little better. He looked at Fu Jingqiu with some resentment. “Can you stop saying things that shock people?”
Fu Jingqiu said, “I was abrupt. This is your privacy. I shouldn’t have asked.”
Is that what I meant!!
Forget it, forget it.
Jiang Qingyu said helplessly, “I’ve discovered that when it comes to this area… I might as well answer you directly. If you’re asking about me, I don’t know.”
He spread his hands. “I didn’t have those thoughts before, and I’ve never met anyone I liked, so I don’t know either. As for why I understand these things… Mm, probably because I go online.”
Fu Jingqiu knew he was taking a jab at him and could not help laughing slightly. “I’m not a caveman either.”
Jiang Qingyu looked at him speechlessly. “This is absolutely the most exhausting conversation I’ve ever had with you.”
Very rudely, he reached out and poked Fu Jingqiu’s chest muscle again. “Next time, just wear this kind of clothing inside the vehicle.”
The impact was actually quite strong. Even if Jiang Qingyu did not know him, if he passed by and saw such a handsome man wearing tight clothes while working, he would definitely take a few extra looks no matter what.
It was human nature.
Fu Jingqiu lowered his head to look at the results of his training, then suddenly thought of something. “No wonder your reaction was subtle the last time you saw me wearing this. So it was because of this.”
Who allowed you to bring up old accounts!
Jiang Qingyu played dumb. “Ah? How was it subtle? You remembered wrong, didn’t you? I’ve always been pretty normal. Hehe.”
Today, he had taken advantage of Fu Jingqiu a little. The feel really was quite good.
Fu Jingqiu smiled and did not expose him. “All right. I’ll only wear it at home from now on. I’ll go shower first. When the rain gets lighter later, I’ll bring the packages up and open them.”
Why did he still care whether the rain got lighter or not? Right now, as long as Jiang Qingyu had a thought, the packages could appear neatly in the living room.
He thought that Fu Jingqiu also had personal needs, and after buying so many packages, there should be some things he urgently needed to use. So he pretended to dig out a raincoat, hung it outside the vehicle to be drenched for a few minutes, then brought it back in and tossed it by the door as a cover.
While Fu Jingqiu went to shower, he brought up many of Fu Jingqiu’s packages and stacked them neatly in the living room.
Because it involved privacy, he did not look at what was written on the shipping labels. He opened the expanded cabin and planned to cook some soup, then take out the fried mantou he had bought before to eat.
Fu Jingqiu did not spend too much time in the bathroom. He soon finished washing and came out, only to find the entire living room transformed. The packages were practically piled into a small mountain.
He could only hear the sounds of Jiang Qingyu cooking, but he could not see him.
Fu Jingqiu stared in astonishment. “What happened?”
Jiang Qingyu’s voice came faintly from beyond the pile of packages. “Didn’t you say you wanted to open the packages? I brought them up for you. Dinner isn’t ready yet, so go ahead and open them. Later, tidy up the cardboard boxes and give them to the old man we met in the park today.”
Fu Jingqiu asked, “Did you bring all these by yourself?”
He turned his face toward the vehicle window. Outside the privacy curtain, rain was pouring down heavily. The misty water vapor on the glass was divided into countless pieces by streams of water constantly running down.
The glass that had been battered by wind and sand just two days ago had now been washed completely clean, but looking at those water trails, one could guess how heavy the rain outside was.
Jiang Qingyu had actually gotten out of the vehicle in rain like this to bring the packages up?
“Yeah.” His voice was hidden among the bubbling sound of the soup cooking. “Don’t you have things you need urgently? Look through them. If they’re not in this pile, I can go get the rest later.”
He muttered to himself, “But the remaining ones are all big items. You probably don’t need them right now.”
Fu Jingqiu struggled to go around the pile of packages to find him. “The rain outside is so heavy, and the temperature drops badly at night. You’ll catch a cold if you get drenched.”
Jiang Qingyu added seasoning to the pot. “Don’t worry. I’m perfectly fine. I had a raincoat, so it’s no problem.”
Even if Fu Jingqiu was suspicious, he could not possibly guess that Jiang Qingyu had taken them directly out of the space, right?
Fu Jingqiu stared at him blankly for a moment. Sure enough, he could not say anything else. After a long while, he still managed to squeeze out one sentence. “Don’t do this next time.”
Even with a raincoat, there was no guarantee he would not be soaked through. The rain was that heavy.
He said, “These things were bought for you in the first place. I’m not in a hurry to open them.”
Fu Jingqiu’s voice was covered by the sound of the range hood and the fresh air system above. Jiang Qingyu did not hear him clearly. Holding the soup ladle, he turned his head to look at him, his eyes wide and round. “Ah? What did you say?”
Fu Jingqiu said it was nothing and went to find a pair of scissors to open the packages.
By the time Jiang Qingyu brought dinner to the table and saw all the things that had been opened and spread across the floor, the more he looked, the more something felt wrong. He asked suspiciously, “Um, you didn’t take the wrong packages, did you?”
Fu Jingqiu was washing his hands and did not turn his head. “No.”
Jiang Qingyu was puzzled. “Did you buy things for Meimei? There are a lot of little cat clothes and nutritional supplements here.”
“Mm.” Fu Jingqiu wiped his hands clean and came back. As he passed, he naturally touched Jiang Qingyu’s head. The movement was so quick that Jiang Qingyu had no time to react.
“They’re not only for Meimei. There are things for you too.”
Jiang Qingyu froze for a few seconds and suddenly remembered that rabbit-fleece jacket with cat ears.
Back then, when he had accidentally glimpsed Fu Jingqiu’s phone screen stopping on that page, he had been shocked for a moment.
After thinking about it later, he had figured it might have been a mistaken tap, or perhaps some advertisement had jumped there.
No matter what, Fu Jingqiu could not possibly have bought this kind of clothing to wear himself.
But now Jiang Qingyu suddenly had a flash of understanding. Since it was impossible for Fu Jingqiu to wear it, then it was very likely bought for him.
Jiang Qingyu’s finger drew a circle in the air. “These are all for me?”
Fu Jingqiu nodded. “Mm. Take a look later. If there’s anything you don’t like, return it.”
No.
Why?
The last people who had bought him things like this were his grandparents. Knowing that he was going to university, they had wanted to buy everything and prepare everything. No matter how expensive it was, as long as Jiang Qingyu could use it, as long as he liked it, it was fine.
When they treated their child, they never expected anything in return.
Fu Jingqiu was still explaining to him. “There’s food, daily-use things, and clothes. I couldn’t think of what you lacked, so I bought some of everything. I also bought everything I could find online that your RV might be missing.”
“When we have time, we can also go to offline stores and take a look. Didn’t you say before that you needed to stockpile some things? It can’t just be food, drinks, and clothing. Other things need to be prepared too.”
The mist from the fresh soup slowly rose, briefly obscuring Jiang Qingyu’s vision. Under the warm light, Fu Jingqiu’s matter-of-fact expression felt somewhat unfamiliar to him, and yet so familiar.
When the two elderly people had passed away, Jiang Qingyu had once thought in despair that perhaps he would never have family again in this life.
Yet now, it seemed that his luck might be even better than what he jokingly claimed.
The abnormal heartbeat and premonition he had felt before that night in the no-man’s-land had been a warning from heaven.
