Invade the World

  Chapter 275 Date Invitation

  After separating from Zhu Qingyue at the station, Xu Xiangyang returned to the vicinity of his home alone. He stood at the entrance of the alley and looked up at the sky, the sky was approaching dusk.

  At this time, the fierce rain weakened slightly, but the alley where his house was located, because of the relatively low-lying terrain, still accumulated a river on the inside of the alley. After stepping on it, the accumulated water could no longer pass the ankle.

  In some places, it will even spread over the steps in front of the door and gradually invade into the house.

  The rain that started before autumn was approaching, the momentum was even more violent and rapid than a summer typhoon, as if it was about to flood the people living in the alley.

  He saw a few uncles and aunts from neighbors holding washbasins, bending over to pour the stagnant water flowing into the house and on the stairs, and their faces were full of distress.

  Xu Xiangyang was a little worried about the situation at home, so he stepped on the spray and walked to his door.

  The more you go inside, the deeper the water will accumulate. Near the center of the alley, the accumulated rainwater has nowhere else to flow, and the reflection of the water surface is almost deep.

   But when he did come to the front of the house, he found that the situation was better than expected: a small waterproof wall was piled up with sandbags at the door to prevent the infiltration of stagnant water.

  The door is open, revealing the quiet and deep space inside.

  Xu Xiangyang only then remembered that the family did prepare these things that can be used when flooding, but it can be remembered in time because there are careful cohabitants at home.

  If it were put in the past, only Xu Xiangyang lived here alone, and her sister was busy with work all day long. By now, the family was already in a mess.

  As he stepped on the steps, he saw Lin Xingjie wearing a shirt and denim shorts walking out of the room. She seemed to be walking around in the room, holding a notebook and memorizing words in a leisurely manner.

  This is actually a habit that couples will have when learning to recite. Of course there was no Xingjie before, but the girl had long been dyed in Xu Xiangyang's color when she was getting along with him day after day. They often make highly similar actions and have the same mantra unknowingly.

   "You... why are you soaked all over."

  Rapunzel noticed someone approaching the door. She put down her book and turned her head. Seeing his wet body, she couldn't help complaining.

  That’s how she said, she still took the initiative to go to the bathroom and took a big towel and handed it to her boyfriend, and then went to his room to get a set of clean clothes out.

  Xu Xiangyang stared at her back, feeling that the girl now perfectly fits his impression of a "good wife and loving mother" in his mind.

  "You came back in the rain?"

   Lin Xingjie’s question came from across the room.

"Ok."

  Xu Xiangyang answered while wiping his soaked hair with a towel.

   "Why don't you wait a while on the spot?"

   "Because I want to come back to see you soon"-similar words, he is almost able to exercise costs, he can say it casually. But this time, he still didn't say, just silent.

   "Is it because you didn't bring an umbrella?"

   "Bought one, but it was blown away halfway through."

   "It's a bit unlucky."

  Lin Xingjie handed him the clean clothes, and then patted the boy's arm with a big smile on his face.

   "Take off your clothes and take a hot bath. Don't catch cold."

  Xu Xiangyang turned on the light and silently walked into the bathroom with his clothes.

  From beginning to end, his girlfriend never asked him where he went this morning.

  *

  Time passed in an instant.

  In the night of the next day, Sister Lian did not go home, as always, only the two young men in the house.

  Yesterday’s rain stopped a long time ago, and most of the stagnant water in front of the door faded.

  The overwhelming gusty rain was like an illusion, the quiet moonlight enveloped the alleys, like a gentle and pleasant woman.

  The door of the house was open, and the night was silent, and the tireless worms in the corner could be heard. The cool wind poured in at once, blowing the bells hanging on the eaves.

"Jingle Bell."

  The crisp voice seemed to herald the coming end of this summer.

   "Summer vacation will be over soon."

  The summer homework has been completed a long time ago. When Xu Xiangyang was immersed in writing the extracurricular teaching assistants he bought, he suddenly heard Lin Xingjie's emotions sitting opposite.

The long-haired girl tilted her head slightly. She supported her side cheek with one hand, and was wandering around boredly with a ballpoint pen in the other. The bright eyes did not look at him, but Xu Xiangyang could detect her. Yu Guangzheng is staring at himself.

"Yes."

  Xu Xiangyang replied.

   "There is less than a week left."

   "We are going to class soon."

   "Don't like it?" Xu Xiangyang smiled, "It will be the third year of high school soon. Studying will be more stressful than before. But our lives will not change much."

"I think……"

  The girl used her fingers to roll up her falling hair, looking indecisive.

"Ok?"

   Xu Xiangyang realized that his girlfriend had something to say, so he simply put down the pen and waited for her to speak.

   "I think... our relationship seems to have become better."

  Half of speaking, Lin Xingjie suddenly shook her hand in a panic.

   "Uh, I didn't mean that our relationship was not good before! It should be said that it has become a little deeper than before! Do you feel that way?"

  He was taken aback for a moment, showing a very happy expression.

   "Yes. Of course there is."

  After spending this summer, the relationship between them has become deeper and closer at the level of physical contact or emotional communication. There is no way to lie.

  If not, he would not make that decision so quickly.

  Lin Xingjie did not go on.

  She pressed her thin lips into a line, her eyes fell on the paper, but she was always swimming around, seeming a little absent.

  Xu Xiangyang saw the girl like this, knowing that she might not be in the mood to continue studying.

   So he asked directly:

"Do you have any questions?"

   "No...nothing!"

   "It doesn't look like it's okay. You want to hide it from me?"

   "...Okay. But I think it’s too early to say this."

  Lin Xingjie began to look around and talk about him, a slightly ruddy color appeared on her cheek.

morning? Is she talking about someday in the future?

  Xu Xiangyang has a few guesses, but he is not sure.

  In the silent atmosphere, the two began to immerse themselves in their homework.

  Some time later.

   Xu Xiangyang, who was concentrating on solving the problem, suddenly felt a little itchy under his knees, as if being rubbed by something.

  Because he is wearing short pants and all his calves are exposed, this feeling is very clear.

  The tiny sensations did not disappear, but rubbed back and forth on the legs, as if someone was scratching him with a fluffy thing.

  Xu Xiangyang gave a shock. Under the cover of the workbook, he looked down and found that it was the bare feet of the girl sitting opposite.

  Lin Xingjie was tilting Erlang's legs, a slender foot without shoes and socks dangling under the table, very dishonest, and would bump into him from time to time.

  The bare feet of the girl are as tender as spring bamboo shoots that have been stripped. You can see the light blue meridians faintly emerging under the skin, and the toes are pink toenails.

  Xu Xiangyang couldn’t help but think of the experience of going to the library with the squad leader that day.

  Qingyue's "small movements" under the table made him angry, and almost lost control for a while, and was noticed by other people in the museum at that time.

but……

  Xingjie is not Qingyue, it seems that she won’t do this kind of thing, right? Does she use her feet to seduce herself? Xu Xiangyang always felt a little unbelievable.

   And the other party is his well-known girlfriend, should it be okay to flirt with him?

  Thinking of this, Xu Xiangyang no longer endures, and directly stretched out his hand to grab the slender feet of the girl across the table and put it in the palm of his hand.

"Ah!"

  Lin Xingjie was dragged forward and her whole delicate face flushed.

   "You, what are you doing?!"

  The girl with long hair was embarrassed and stared at him viciously. However, there was no sense of surprise in her eyes, so that even her performance when she was angry was a little pretentious, as if she was in a guilty conscience.

  ——At this moment, Xu Xiangyang understood that the girl really did it on purpose.

Although it is not as bold as the squad leader to make small moves in public places under the eyes of everyone, even in the current life of two people alone in private, Xingjie can muster the courage to actively seduce him is already great. Progress is completely different from her past impressions.

  Is this the kung fu that girls learn by themselves without a teacher? Or did you say that you received the true transmission from the squad leader?

   "You took the initiative to reach out, right?"

  He raised his eyebrows. Since the other party took the initiative, of course he had to cooperate, and then he smirked.

   "You can't blame me for this."

   "You let go!"

   "I am not loose."

   "You let go...hahahaha!"

   Lin Xingjie’s gritted teeth quickly turned into a giggle.

  Xu Xiangyang grabbed her ankle, and gently scratched her fingers on the palms of her feet.

   "You...you let go... let me go..."

  The long-haired girl twisted her waist uncomfortably on the chair, her eyes burst into tears with a smile.

  The sensitivity of the soles of the feet is not comparable to that of ordinary itchy flesh, and most people can't bear it. In ancient times, it is said to be even a torture.

Xu Xiangyang could still watch his girlfriend writhing in a chair with a smile at first, but for a while, she was panting, her face flushed, and the curve of her chest under the compassionate violent undulations, he knew it would be uncomfortable to stop. It was my turn to let go reluctantly.

   Lin Xingjie almost fell off the chair just now. After she took it back, she hurriedly retracted her feet into her slippers and sat there properly, never daring to stretch out to be naughty anymore.

  Of course, she was reluctant to admit defeat, and complained furiously.

   "... Pervert."

  "Did you not take the initiative?"

   "I didn't take the initiative. I just..." Lin Xingjie muttered, "I found you staring at Qingyue's legs several times before..."

  Obviously, it's just a very common jealous act, and the girl's expression is only naive and cute, and there is no sign of anger, but Xu Xiangyang, as a listener, was taken aback.

  The smile on his face faded, and at the same time a deep annoyance rose in his heart——

  He shouldn’t do this.

In the past with her, I and I, all kinds of ambiguous "little games" between lovers, always have the charm to let one forget all the pains and troubles, but at this moment it has become painful, only turning the inner guilt and anxiety into The wave of emotions is surging and uncontrollable.

  The kisses, hugs and talks with Zhu Qingyue in the storm yesterday flashed back in his mind one by one, and even made Xu Xiangyang feel dizzy.

  He held his forehead and took a deep breath.

  ...Before Xingjie finishes what should be said, I am afraid that my emotions will always be in this dilemma.

  So, he needs to end all this personally as soon as possible.

  Before Lin Xingjie noticed her abnormality, Xu Xiangyang simply said:

   "By the way, Xingjie, will you have time tomorrow?"

   Lin Xingjie raised her brows.

"Ask me why, you have been with me, don’t you know?...I have time every day, if I don’t go out with you, I’ll just stay at home and play. Qingyue hasn’t called in the past few days. I am going out."

  Just halfway through her words, her cheeks became a little bulging.

   "So, you stay at home alone and feel bored?"

  He then asked again, his tone becoming a little serious unconsciously.

  The girl's starry eyes flickered, as if she noticed the strangeness in the conversation atmosphere.

   "It's okay, I... I'm just talking about it, it's okay. I think the life like this is very good now."

"Ok, I know."

  Xu Xiangyang nods slightly. Perceiving his girlfriend's sensitive reaction, he restrained his tone and tried to squeeze out a relaxed expression.

  "But occasionally going out to play, it is necessary to relax. So, are you coming?"

  "Want to go out together tomorrow?" Hearing him say this, Lin Xingjie finally felt relieved and happily confirmed it again, "Only me and you?"

"Ok."

  He nodded his head heavily.

"Very good!"

  His girlfriend's expression was shining, full of expectation, and Xu Xiangyang's heart was dull and painful for a while.

   "Where to go?"

  "Didn’t you ask you and Qingyue to borrow money to buy something? The goods have arrived, and I am going to show you tomorrow."

  This is what happened after returning from a summer trip. Xu Xiangyang wanted to use the government-given bonus to buy a big piece that he has always been thinking of.

But the fifty thousand yuan belonged to three people after all. Although it is impossible for the two girls to object, it doesn't matter if Xu Xiangyang is completely spent. It can be said that he has given him full trust, but he still insisted on giving Zhu Qingyue and Lin Xingjie alone. Wrote an IOU.

"I see!"

  Looking at the smiling long-haired girl, Xu Xiangyang blinked at her pretentiously.

   "So, remember to go to bed early tonight. Don't stay up late."

  ……

  This entire evening, despite his constant reminders, Lin Xingjie always behaved excited and happy:

She kept humming a small tune while cooking, looked absent-minded when watching the discs, and took a bath longer than usual for half an hour; even at night, she kept hiding in the bedroom and couldn’t come out. Xu Xiangyang secretly glanced inside. She found out that she was putting out the few new dresses that belonged to her in the cabinet and spreading them out on the bed one by one, standing in front of the mirror and repeatedly choosing...

  Even in the daily routine to say "Goodnight!" to each other before going to bed, the girl's voice was obviously higher than usual by an octave.

  Xu Xiangyang silently watched her disappear into the bedroom. He stood quietly in the dark living room after turning off the lights, motionless like a sculpture, before closing the door after a long time.

  (End of this chapter)