parallel lover

In the early morning, the warm morning light shines into the bedroom, reflecting soft tones on the light-colored sheets.

"Xuan, Xuan..."

There was a gentle call to his ears, and Ning Xuan, who was under the blanket, scratched his cheek lazily, turned over with his eyes closed, curled up like a cat, and continued to hide under the blanket.

"Xuan, get up and have breakfast, or you won't be able to make it to the seminar!"

A big cold hand got into the bed and pinched Ning Xuan's neck lightly, and he was awakened by the cold touch immediately.

"Fuck!" Sitting up suddenly, he stared fiercely at the culprit who disturbed people's dreams, "Lu Wei! You want to freeze me to death!"

Lu Wei smiled slightly, pushed his glasses, and then left the bed, urging him, "Hurry up, if you are late, Lao Ding will definitely pick your skin off!"

"Hmph! Stop bluffing me with Lao Ding." Ning Xuan protested dissatisfiedly, but got up obediently, and secretly made faces at Lu Wei when he turned around.

Ning Xuan and Lu Wei have known each other since kindergarten. Afterwards, they were childhood sweethearts who grew up wearing the same pair of pants in the same school.

And now, the two were admitted to the same virus research institute by "coincidence" and became the favorite students of virus expert Professor Ding Zhe. In addition, they are roommates, so they are naturally inseparable on weekdays, so the students jokingly call them old couples .

Ning Xuan yawned while washing, and when he was changing clothes, Lu Wei brought the prepared breakfast for two and put it on the table.The tangy scent made him feel tired, and he sat down at the table before he even buttoned it up, "Yeah! Sunny side."

A bowl of hot clear soup with egg noodles, painted with a red sun with red tomato sauce, this is one of Ning Xuan's favorite foods, and it is also Lu Wei's exclusive dish.

Ning Xuan wolfed it down unceremoniously, ignoring the splash of soup on the collar of his shirt.

Lu Wei finished his breakfast slowly, looked up, and found that the person opposite him looked ugly, and reminded him: "Xuan, the clothes are stained..."

"Huh?" Ning Xuan licked his mouth after drinking the soup, the corner of his mouth was still stained with tomato sauce.

Lu Wei smiled helplessly, took out a tissue to help him wipe his mouth clean, and cleaned up the soup stained on his shirt until it was too weak to be seen.

Ning Xuan remained motionless, and accepted Lu Wei's careful care as usual, as if it was a matter of course.

They have been together for too long, so long that they can regard each other as their own clones, so in front of Lu Wei, Ning Xuan never hides his clumsiness and emotions.

And Lu Wei's tenderness and consideration are only for Ning Xuan, other people, even his family members, he is indifferent to them, and he doesn't look at people or say a word.

Ning Xuan didn't understand, he thought Lu Wei was just introverted, shy and didn't like to contact outsiders.

Lu Wei will not tell Ning Xuan, in fact, he is not interested in anyone else, but he has a strong attachment to Ning Xuan beyond friendship.

He won't tell Ning Xuan that this is fine now, he doesn't want his complicated feelings to affect Ning Xuan's attitude towards him, as for what might happen in the future, he doesn't plan to think about it for the time being.

"Lu Wei..." Realizing that Lu Wei was in a daze, Ning Xuan tugged at his sleeve and reminded: "It's eight o'clock..."

"Ah!" Lu Wei hurriedly stopped his wild thoughts, "Then come back to wash the dishes in the afternoon, let's go!"

"Yeah!" Ning Xuan responded, dropped his chopsticks and hurriedly picked up the speech he was going to bring, and followed Lu Wei out of the apartment door.

There was an academic seminar this morning, and many researchers participated. Ding Zhe asked Ning Xuan to attend and report their research results.

The seminar started at 08:30 in the morning, but at 25:[-], the two people appeared at the door of the conference room out of breath, causing Ding Zhe to glare unhappily.

"Haha, you arrived on time again. Should I say that your time concept is too bad or too good?" A senior doctoral student gloated at the two of them, then pointed to the computer beside him, "Quickly put your time The briefing was captured on the computer."

"Ah!" Seeing the laptop connected to the projector, Ning Xuan hastily touched his pocket, his face gradually turning pale.

broken!He even forgot to bring the flash drive, and the briefing files are all in the flash drive!

"It's all here!" Lu Wei patted Ning Xuan on the shoulder, went forward and handed his flash drive to the senior, "Ning Xuan's and mine are inside."

Ning Xuan opened his eyes wide and looked at his partner in surprise, "When did you copy mine?"

"When you took a shower last night, I thought it was convenient to put it together, so I copied yours too." Lu Wei looked at Ning Xuan with a guilty conscience, not daring to say that it was because he knew him too well, and guessed that he would probably Forget to bring to get ready. "You don't blame me for tampering with your computer, do you?"

"No, how could it be! Lu Wei, you are simply my savior!" Ning Xuan hugged his arm and rubbed his head enthusiastically on his shoulder, "You are so loyal! I like you so much Already!"

Lu Wei's face blushed slightly, but he knew that the liking Ning Xuan said was not what he expected, and the intimacy he showed to him was only because the two were good "friends" who grew up together .

When will I be able to honestly express my feelings for Ning Xuan without any scruples?

"Cough!" Ding Zhe coughed beside him.

Only then did Ning Xuan let go of his friend, made a secret grimace, and found an empty seat to sit down, and waved to Lu Wei, "This way!"

Lu Wei took the flash drive handed back by the senior, and walked over to sit beside him.

At 08:30 in the morning, the academic seminar officially started.

Ning Xuan's report was immediately after Lu Wei's. Their research topics were also virus immunity. This was the common ideal they had cherished since childhood - to be a scientist who could save lives.

Both of them have excellent grades, and their abilities are also in the middle. The professor has high expectations for them, so he specially assigned them the most subsidized projects. If they can realize the expected plan, they can get more research space. Become the hope of the biological and medical circles.

Ning Xuan was concentrating on his report, and glanced casually at the audience, only to see Jiang Rong, a female student from the research institute, sitting in his own seat.

Jiang Rong didn't listen carefully to Ning Xuan's report, her eyes were all on Lu Wei beside her, with a gentle expression, she whispered something to Lu Wei.

Lu Wei didn't look sideways. Although he looked at him, his mouth opened and closed slightly, as if he was responding to Jiang Rong.

For some reason, Ning Xuan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.Although he knew that Lu Wei was tall and handsome and was always popular with girls, he never expected that even Jiang Rong, whom he had always admired, would take the initiative to talk to Lu Wei.

This kid Lu Wei is really welcome!Ning Xuan thought to himself, and then turned his attention back to his report.

After the report was over, Ning Xuan was called by Ding Zhe to revise his experimental plan. After talking with the professor, Ning Xuan unexpectedly discovered that Lu Wei, who would always stay and wait for him, went somewhere at this time.

"Did you see Lu Wei?" Ning Xuan asked a junior who was cleaning.

The junior thought about it, "Senior Lu Wei seems to be walking with sister Jiang Rong, which is really enviable!" Senior sister Jiang Rong is a talented woman in the institute.

"Huh, forgetting friends after seeing sex!" Ning Xuan snorted dissatisfiedly, feeling even more uncomfortable, and secretly scolded Lu Wei for not being loyal enough, and even left himself to date beautiful women!

Ning Xuan didn't know whether he was dissatisfied because the girl he liked was taken away by Lu Wei, or because the person who had been with him was taken away by Jiang Rong.He couldn't understand too complicated feelings, he only thought that he was a little jealous of Lu Wei's love luck.

A bit jealous and a little envious, although Lu Wei has a gloomy personality, he is handsome and extraordinary, and he is nearly ten centimeters taller than Ning Xuan, and with glasses, he looks like a gentle and professional researcher.And he has a baby face and is only 170 centimeters tall. He doesn't look like a graduate student, and he will be regarded as a high school student when he walks on the road.

Although he is also very popular with the opposite sex, no girl sees him as a dating object.Everyone said that if you want to find a boyfriend, you should find someone like Lu Wei, and Ning Xuan can only be regarded as a cute little brother.

Jiang Rong must have thought so too, right?

After thinking about it, he was unknowingly a little discouraged. After Ning Xuan packed up the materials, he left the conference room alone.

Almost as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the research institute, Lu Wei chased him out, "Xuan, wait!"

Ning Xuan stopped, turned around, and saw Jiang Rong following Lu Wei.

"You are accompanied by a beautiful girl, what are you doing here?" Ning Xuan took the opportunity to tease, and Lu Wei's face turned red.

He glanced at Ning Xuan and blamed softly, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing his blushing, Ning Xuan felt even more uncomfortable, as if something in his heart was about to be snatched away.

Is it because the goddess in my heart is about to be snatched away by Lu Wei?

It doesn't seem to be... That inexplicable feeling seems to be that the out-of-print model that I have treasured for a long time will be taken away by outsiders.

Before Ning Xuan understood his mood, Jiang Rong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Ning Xuan, Lu Wei, there is a welcome party tonight, you must come if you are free."

"Party?" Ning Xuan's eyes lit up, and he became more playful, "Will there be many people?"

"Almost all the students will come to participate, and it will be very lively." Jiang Rong answered with certainty, but kept staring at Lu Wei, as if expecting Lu Wei's answer.

"You came to Lu Wei for this reason?" Ning Xuan suddenly asked without thinking.

Jiang Rong's face flushed immediately, and he stuttered when he spoke.

"Ah, um... yes, yes, it's for this matter."

She was clearly lying.Ning Xuan looked at Lu Wei again.

But he affirmed blankly, "That's what I'm talking about."

Still want to hide it from yourself?Ning Xuan snorted secretly, guessing that the two must have established some kind of relationship just now, and Lu Wei knew that he was interested in Jiang Rong, so he was embarrassed to tell the truth and wanted to hide it from him.I really don't have enough friends!Don't betray yourself, but actually hide something from yourself.

"Then will you go to the party?" Jiang Rong was a little embarrassed and wanted to turn the topic back to the party.

Ning Xuan gave Lu Wei a hard look, and then replied, "Go, of course! How can we miss such a lively event!"

"That's great, we'll see you tonight!" With Ning Xuan's answer, a charming smile appeared on Jiang Rong's face again.

But Lu Wei seemed to have not seen it, dodging Jiang Rong's sight, until Jiang Rong left, he looked at Ning Xuan, "Are you really going?"

"Of course!" If Jiang Rong and Lu Wei are together, I will be alone in the future, so I don't want to take advantage of the opportunity of attending the party to meet a few more beauties quickly, so that Lu Wei will not really forget her friends in the future and leave her alone. He was left alone.

Lu Wei didn't understand Ning Xuan's thoughts, and he was not happy to see that he wanted to go to the dance so much.

At the ball, there must be many girls attracted by Ning Xuan, right?

Ning Xuan is not as introverted and cold as himself. On the contrary, he is very cheerful and lively. He can always get acquainted with strangers easily. Impressed by a warm smile.

This kind of Ning Xuan is completely opposite to himself, that's why he deeply captured his heart.

Every time he sees Ning Xuan mingle with others, he can't help being jealous of those who surround Ning Xuan, he wants to wrap the sunshine in his palm, and don't give any of it to outsiders.

If possible, he really doesn't want more people to discover Ning Xuan's advantages...

"Not tonight!" Lu Wei suddenly said.His expression was serious, but he was a little uneasy inside.

For his own selfishness, he had the despicable intention to stop Ning Xuan, "I guess Lao Ding gave you a lot of advice just now, right? We're going to rearrange the experimental plan tonight!"

"But there's still time to do it tomorrow, and Lao Ding didn't say when to hand it in!" Ning Xuan was even more unhappy when he heard it. For this report, he hasn't had a good time for a long time, and he finally ended the seminar today. Report, but Lu Wei still wants him to continue to improve the experimental plan?

Could it be that Lu Wei... didn't want to let himself know girls, so he deliberately sang the opposite tune, right?

"I think it should be before forgetting the main point..." Lu Wei touched the tip of his nose unnaturally, his voice becoming more and more emboldened.

After all, I simply used the experiment as an excuse to hold Ning Xuan back.

"You can't relax after the report, just let me die!" Ning Xuan blushed and turned his head, "I don't care, it's fine if you don't go, I will definitely go to the dance tonight."

"..." Seeing that the other party was so persistent, Lu Wei had no choice but to tie Ning Xuan at home and not let him go out.

"Could it be that you didn't want me to go, so you said you wanted to change the experimental protocol?" Seeing that Lu Wei was silent, Ning Xuan asked Bai deliberately.

This question made Lu Wei startled.

Did he discover his purpose?

Seeing his eyes dodge, Ning Xuan's anger also burned.

Well, you Lu Wei, you have turned into a bastard who forgets his friends when he has a woman!If you don't want yourself and his "baby girlfriend" to get too close, just say it straight, and even turn a corner and want to use experiments to trip yourself up!Did he already regard himself as an outsider?

"Then just obediently do your experiments and work on your plans, my great scientist!" The angry Ning Xuan became mean, and walked away without forgetting to sarcasm, "Anyway, I'm just He's a worthless person who doesn't know how to make progress, but he will enjoy the party for you, so don't worry!"

Just take Jiang Rong away from Lu Wei and teach him a lesson.

Although Ning Xuan had the idea of ​​snatching someone's girlfriend in his heart, he was only angry for a while, so when he found out that Lu Wei really nested in the laboratory and didn't come to the party, such thoughts naturally disappeared.

The party was not as interesting as Ning Xuan thought. He kept changing his dance partners, but he always felt a little uneasy, as if something was missing.

"In the end, he still didn't come. I thought you were always inseparable..." Jiang Rong and Ning Xuan danced, unable to hide their disappointment.

"Who is inseparable from him!" Ning Xuan retorted immediately, but he also realized that the strong uneasiness in his heart was caused by the absence of Lu Wei at the party.

Usually, I am used to Lu Wei being by my side at all times, doing everything together, but now, I am dancing with beautiful women here, while that guy is working hard in the laboratory, which makes him feel like he has left his comrades behind. Like running away.

"Your relationship has always been so good...Ning Xuan, do you know who Lu Wei likes?" Jiang Rong asked softly, but the voice was not loud, but Ning Xuan was so angry that he almost stepped on her foot.

"He likes...the person?" Ning Xuan opened his eyes wide and looked at Jiang Rong suspiciously, "Isn't it you?"

"How could it be me..." Jiang Rong lowered her head, stopped, her eyes were red.

"I liked him very much from the first time I saw him, but he never talked to me. I made a lot of determination to confess to him this morning, but he..." Jiang Rong shook her head slightly, sucking Taking a deep breath, he held back his tears, "He said he already had someone he liked, so he couldn't accept me."

"Huh?" Ning Xuan didn't expect this to happen, and at the same time wondered why he never found out that Lu Wei had someone he liked?

Is it that Lu Wei is too good at hiding his thoughts, or is he too ignorant of his friends?

Ning Xuan comforted Jiang Rong until she was invited to dance by another boy.

Seeing the lively laughter of the students, Ning Xuan lost interest, and his heart was filled with doubts that had just arisen.

Who does Lu Wei really like?Why not tell yourself?Could it be that he no longer regards himself as his closest friend?

Such confusion prevented him from pretending that he hadn't heard anything before inviting other girls to dance. After thinking for a long time, he turned around and left the venue, and decided to ask Lu Wei for clarification.

Ning Xuan walked in a hurry all the way, obviously the research institute was on the opposite street, and he only needed to cross a crossroad to get there, but because he was full of doubts and dissatisfaction with Lu Wei, he couldn't bear to wait for the red light to turn green.

After looking at it twice casually, and seeing that there were no straight-going vehicles on the left and right, I walked directly across the street.

At this moment, a strange voice suddenly came from his mind, "Stand back, kid!"

A high-end sports car suddenly sprang out from the intersection on the side, rushing over at lightning speed, the headlights of the car made Ning Xuan's eyes half-closed.

"Ah!" Ning Xuan subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, but before he could take back his steps, he still stopped in place.

There was a sharp sound of brakes.

With a loud "bang", the sports car hit him, knocking him flying and falling to the ground.

He felt that his eyes were covered by blood stains, and the world became red... Finally, it turned into pitch black, only a familiar, anxious and sad roar was heard.

"Xuan!"

Lu Wei...

He wanted to call the other person's name, but couldn't make a sound.

He tried hard to open his eyes, and saw a night starry sky above his head.

"Xuan, Xuan! Hold on, wake up!"

He heard Lu Wei's crying, coming from under his body, extremely sad.

Ning Xuan was startled, hurriedly got up, and quickly froze.

What's happening here?

I was floating in mid-air, but there was another self lying below, covered in blood and looking terrible, and Lu Wei hugged that self tightly, calling him loudly, as if he was afraid that he would die...

die?

Ning Xuan seemed to realize something, and looked down at his palm.

The palm...is transparent!

"So it happened like this..." Just when he was so surprised that he couldn't move, and didn't know what to do, the strange voice came from beside him again.

"So that man has experienced such a thing before, so he became..."

"Who?" Ning Xuan turned around abruptly.

Standing behind him was a tall man in a black windbreaker, his untied long black hair fluttering in the night wind.

"Hello, Ning Xuan." The man in black walked towards Ning Xuan with steady steps.

He took a step back subconsciously, and many possibilities flashed through his mind.

I... must have been hit to death by that car!And this middle-aged man in black is probably some kind of death god, right?

Depend on!

Ning Xuan cursed secretly in his heart, he is a very firm atheist, and when watching TV, he often laughs that those illusory myths are fabricated by manufacturers to make money.

But at this moment, he saw the god of death with his own eyes!

"Did you... come to take me away?" Ning Xuan looked at the other party nervously. The man in black froze for a moment, rolled his eyes, suddenly thought of something, and smiled at him: "Yes, Ning Xuan Xuan, I'm here to pick you up."

"Then... can you wait for a while?" Ning Xuan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated when he decided that the other party was the god of death, and secretly sighed that his life was so short, "I want to say goodbye to that guy..."

"Okay, but time is running out..." the man in black said, looking at his watch.

"En." Ning Xuan responded, then jumped down and walked to the side of Lu Wei who was crying.

"Lu Wei..." he said.But Lu Wei couldn't hear his voice. "I'm leaving, I can't stay with you anymore..."

When he said this, Ning Xuan's voice became choked up, and his eyes turned red.

The two have been together since childhood, and Lu Wei is his only close friend. He never thought that one day, he would be separated from Lu Wei, who had been with him all the time, and they would be separated by life and death, and they would never see each other again.

"My dream can only be realized by you, Lu Wei, you have to work hard even for my share, and don't let me down." He knelt down, wrapped his transparent hands around Lu Wei's neck, tightly Stick it in his ear and say: "Lu Wei, goodbye, in this world, you are my best friend... If there is a next life, we must know each other again and continue to be friends."

Lu Wei couldn't hear what Ning Xuan's soul said at all. Ning Xuan hugged him tightly for a while, then reluctantly let go, and walked back to the man in black.

"Mr. Death, will I go to heaven or hell?" Ning Xuan asked anxiously, still unable to take his eyes off his friend who was kneeling on the ground.

"It's neither heaven nor hell." The man in black replied with a hint of a smile in his voice, "Because the place you're going to is..."

Seeing Ning Xuan raised his head to look at him in a daze, the man in black opened his lips slightly and spit out two shocking words——

"future!"

"028 blank pages"