Domestic dog

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After changing planes in Abu Dhabi and arriving in Nairobi in the afternoon, Ji Shu might be tired and curled up in the car listlessly.When the car passed the exhibition center, he pointed to the big tree on the lawn outside the window for them to see.Ji Shu opened his eyelids and saw a bald stork hanging all over the treetops.He shivered and woke up from a sleepy sleep.

After a tiring journey, they went straight back to the hotel.Two adjacent rooms, only stayed for one night, Ji Shu went to bed early after arriving in the room, Ji Yuedong called him to eat later, but he didn't wake up.

He slept until the next day, when Ji Yuedong came to call him, Ji Shu was still wearing his clothes, he put on short sleeves, no pants, and ran to open the door.Ji Yuedong closed the door again, stood outside the door, looked at the gap, and said, "Put on your clothes and tidy up, I'll wait for you in the hotel lobby."

Ji Shu stared blankly at the closed door, he didn't expect Ji Yuedong to leave like this.Feeling anxious, he stepped forward and opened the door, poked his head out to look, only to see Ji Yuedong walking into the elevator.

Ji Yuedong was waiting downstairs. It seemed that it rained last night, and the ground was wet from the window.He walked outside the door, the morning mist was heavy, and all he inhaled was damp and cold air.

Ji Yuedong waited for about ten minutes, and then Ji Shu came down. Pushing the suitcase, white short sleeves and ginger shorts that reached the knees, he walked up to Ji Yuedong and yelled.Ji Yuedong turned his head and said to him: "Let's go, I've already checked out."

He took Ji Shu's suitcase, pushing two boxes with both hands, and carrying a large bag on his shoulders.The driver was waiting outside, and the local guide squatted beside the car smoking a cigarette. When he saw them coming, he immediately stood up, opened the trunk, and helped Ji Yuedong put his luggage in.

Because of the rain at night, the road was slippery and the car drove slowly. It took four hours to reach Aberdare.

There was nothing to see on the road. In the mountainous area, there was mud everywhere. Ji Shu fell asleep and returned to his cage.The temperature was still low in the morning and evening. After a few hours, the temperature gradually rose. He woke up from the heat and opened his eyes to see the blanket covering his body.

Ji Shu grabbed the blanket, turned his head slightly, and saw Ji Yuedong's head hit the car window, and he also fell asleep.The work during this period of time squeezed Ji Yuedong's body, making him thinner a lot, the contours of his cheeks became more and more obvious, and his profile was like that of a male model wrapped in a haute couture fashion.

Ji Shu stared at Ji Yuedong for a while, as if he was tempted. He slowly stretched out his hand, and stroked his fingers along the bridge of Ji Yuedong's nose through the air.At this moment, the driver suddenly yelled, and then the car stopped suddenly, Ji Shu's body fell backwards, Ji Yuedong opened his eyes and grabbed his hand.

Looking sideways through the window, some car fragments are stuck in the mud, and a bloody man stands motionless on the hillside.Ji Yuedong took a look and then covered Ji Shu's eyes. The tour guide said that this is an area with a high incidence of car accidents, so be extra careful.

The palms covering the eyelids were dry and warm, with well-defined knuckles.Ji Shu held that hand, his fingers were slender, white and tender, slightly curled.Ji Yuedong stared down at Ji Shu's hand, which was fragile and easy to break.

Ji Yuedong let go, Ji Shu opened his eyes, and asked, "What happened just now?"

Ji Yuedong glanced out the window, "There was a car accident."

Ji Shu felt that Ji Yuedong's interest didn't seem high. He pinched Ji Yuedong's index finger and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"

"No, it must be a little tired." Ji Yuedong smiled at him, his back relaxed.

The off-road vehicle bypassed a herd of antelopes and slowly stopped outside the Treetop Hotel, where they were going to stay tonight.

There was a shortage of hotel rooms, and Ji Yuedong only booked a double room with two beds.Ji Yuedong put down his luggage, first took Ji Shu to eat something, and then they visited inside and outside the hotel.From the second floor, many animals could be seen. The red-billed oxpecker was bathing in the mud puddles. Ji Shu held the binoculars and exclaimed repeatedly. He held Ji Yuedong's hand and said that he saw a lion.

He dragged Ji Yuedong to his side, Ji Shu handed him the binoculars, and then squeezed beside him, his cheek brushed against Ji Yuedong's profile, his soft and delicate skin was like silk.

Ji Yuedong watched absently through the binoculars, next to his ears was Ji Shu's excited voice, nagging like a little parrot.He staggered his eyes from the binoculars, stepped back a little and glanced at Ji Shu.

Ji Shu was still looking ahead, squinting his big eyes, as if he thought he could see farther this way.

Ji Yuedong looked at him, falling from the boy's forehead, his gaze became a magnifying glass, full of consideration and pondering.

They had a very relaxing day, they just circled around the Treetop Hotel, and returned to their room at night.

It's colder here at night, and a fireplace was installed in the room. Ji Shu moved the small sofa to the fireplace to enjoy the warm light.Ji Yuedong was sorting things out, he looked at Ji Yuedong's back and asked him, "Where are we going tomorrow?"

Ji Yuedong took out a change of clothes, he handed it to Ji Shu, and he said, "Go to Nakulu Lake, where you can see more animals. There is a hyrax that can jump more than two meters."

Ji Shu was amazed, Ji Yuedong patted him on the shoulder, "Go take a shower first."

Ji Shu went to the bathroom, Ji Yuedong sat in the room for a while, and walked outside before he came out.When he came back, Ji Shu had already dressed, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed and brushing his hair.

Ji Yuedong went to get the hair dryer, sat beside him, pulled his hand away, brushed away some strands of hair, Ji Shu raised his head and asked him: "Where did you go just now?"

The hair dryer was turned on, and the rumbling sound rang in his ears. He said casually, "Go out and smoke a cigarette."

On the third day of my trip in Kenya, I saw a large number of animals.

The vicinity of the hotel in Lake Nakuru was full of wild animals. The tour guide reminded them to close the doors and windows and go elsewhere at night. Ji Shu nodded repeatedly.Ji Yuedong went to lock the window, and turned around to see Ji Shu lying on the bed with his clothes piled up, revealing a white waist.

Ji Shu's calf was shaking, and he flipped through his phone, wondering what he was looking at, and laughed out loud.

Seeing Ji Yuedong approaching, he raised his head and handed over the phone, "Look, I posted our photos from the previous two days in Moments, and Lu Xiao made a lot of crying faces."

Ji Yuedong took the phone, just at this moment a message popped up, it was from Lu Xiao.Ji Yuedong didn't intend to look at it, but the message came too suddenly, he saw Lu Xiao asked, "How is it, did you confess your love?"

Ji Yuedong was stunned for a few seconds, then returned to his senses, and returned the phone to Ji Shu as if nothing had happened.

He said nothing and walked away quietly.Ji Shu didn't seem to notice anything, and lay back on his stomach again, shaking his calf, and swipe his phone.

Ji Yuedong walked to the side, he didn't usually look at the circle of friends very much, at this moment he silently clicked on the little red dot and then slid down, and saw Ji Shufa's photo.

It is a profile photo of him. He is standing in front of a low tree stump, looking down at the fern-like plants on the stump, with his left hand in the pocket of his black trousers and a cigarette in his right hand. The surrounding area is desolate, half the sky It is connected with half a grassland.

Ji Shu took a good picture of him, like the cover of some people magazine, Ji Yuedong squinted his eyes and looked at a line of words on the photo,

"Travel with the people I love the most."

He stared at this sentence for a long time. He knew Ji Shu well and knew that he was a child who would not hide his thoughts.In fact, in the past few days, Ji Shu has shown enough. Ji Yuedong is no longer a fledgling boy. He has experienced so much, and his affection for others is clear at a glance.

He is familiar with Ji Shu's expression of feelings.

At night, they slept on the same bed, and Ji Shu squeezed into Ji Yuedong's side. He had just finished taking a shower, and his body was covered with the sweet scent of shower gel.He hugged Ji Yuedong's arm, not letting him escape, and asked, "Tell a story?"

With the notebook resting on his lap, Ji Yuedong looked at the screen and asked casually, "What do you want to hear?"

Ji Shu thought about it seriously, and then became discouraged.He raised his hand to cover Ji Yuedong's eyes, and said, "I don't really want to hear the story, I just want you to talk to me."

He was a little angry, and said aggrievedly: "You haven't talked to me very much these two days."

Ji Yuedong pulled his hand away, closed the notebook, turned his head to Ji Shu and said, "Xiao Shu, do you... have someone you like?"

Ji Shu was taken aback for a moment, and his expression became blank. Ji Yuedong stared at his face, and checked the panic in his eyes.Ji Shu shook his head, he said nothing, he is a person who can't hide love and lies, the emotion in his heart is like a shaken soda, once the bottle cap is opened, it can't be stopped anymore.

With the doors and windows closed tightly, no wind could enter, Ji Shu held his breath, and carefully looked at Ji Yuedong.

He said it again, "I don't like other people."

Ji Yuedong didn't seem to care about his words, but just nodded, he put the notebook on the bedside table, turned off the headlights, leaving only a dim night light.He lay down, Ji Shu immediately leaned over, Ji Yuedong turned over, Ji Shu stared at his back blankly.

He drew a circle on Ji Yuedong's back with his fingers, and put his face on the part of the circle. When he spoke, he opened and closed his lips, spraying warm breath, and whispered, "Why would you think of asking me this?"

Ji Yuedong's back was tense, his voice was low, and Ji Shu heard him say: "This morning, you show me your phone, and I saw the message your friend sent you. He asked if you confessed your love?" He didn't turn around , Feeling the aura on his back fading away, Ji Yuedong heaved a sigh of relief.

In the dim light, he collected his heart, and asked Ji Shu, "Who do you want to confess to?"

The beasts in the distance were roaring, and Ji Shu shivered.

Ji Yuedong turned around, they were covered with a quilt, and the twilight was between them.Ji Yuedong gently embraced Ji Shu, and said in a low voice, "Are you afraid?"

Ji Shu closed his eyes, and curled up in his arms as he wished, "Did you hear the voice just now?"

"heard it."

"I am afraid."

"I'm here, I'm fine." Ji Yuedong patted him on the back.

Ji Shu put his ear on his chest, and heard Ji Yuedong's heartbeat, he said, "I didn't want to confess to anyone, Lu Xiao was just joking."

Ji Yuedong said "um", and was silent for a few seconds, only to hear him slowly say: "That's good."

Ji Shu's slender nerves still felt Ji Yuedong's deliberate alienation. He avoided his hug several times, spoke absent-mindedly, looked into the distance, and occasionally talked to him, but hid his smile.

Ji Shu was at a loss, he stood between the sky and the earth, the wild wind was howling, the setting sun fell on the top of a tall tree, and a few vultures gathered in the carrion not far away.Ji Yuedong was not far away from him, and he was discussing the future itinerary with the tour guide, but he didn't notice that Ji Shu had gone far.When he regained his senses, he glanced around, only to see Ji Shu walking towards the dead tree.

The tour guide suddenly grabbed Ji Yuedong's hand, and he pointed to the tree. Ji Yuedong looked over, his eyes widened, and his breathing almost stopped.

A leopard hides among the tree trunks, ready to attack.

He shouted, not daring to be too loud, Ji Shu turned around when he heard the voice.

He stood a few meters away. Compared with the entire grassland, he was small, immature and fragile, as if any corner of this wilderness could break him.It was Ji Yuedong who brought him here, and it was Ji Yuedong who alienated him for no reason, neglected him, and put him in danger.

Ji Yuedong stepped forward quickly, he suddenly felt regretful, he walked up to Ji Shu, grabbed Ji Shu's hand, and held him tightly in his arms.He didn't look at the treetops, the setting sun, like blood, enveloped the entire dangerous grassland.

He started to walk back, and Ji Shu asked him what was wrong.Ji Yuedong was short of breath, his pursed lips trembled, the car door had already opened, he pushed Ji Shu in, heaved a sigh of relief, and then got into the car by himself.

In the car, the tour guide turned his head, his face turned pale, and he said to Ji Shu, "There is a leopard in that tree."

It was because he didn't notice at the beginning that he let them get off at this place, and he apologized repeatedly.Ji Shu stared out of the car window in a daze. As the car was driving, the leopard jumped off the tree, ran towards them a few steps, and then stopped slowly.Ji Yuedong's hands were still shaking, he leaned against the car as if he had collapsed.

He felt Ji Shu leaning towards him, the child held his hand and said softly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't go far."

Ji Yuedong shook his head, and didn't mean to blame him, but just said: "Don't go far next time."

The familiar Ji Yuedong seemed to be back. In the tent hotel in Masai Mara, they had meals on the lawn during the day, and sat in front of the tent after dinner to enjoy the sunset on the grassland.Ji Shu hugged Ji Yuedong from behind, lowered his head and rubbed the tip of his nose against Ji Yuedong's back neck, his love turned into physical intimacy time and time again, it seemed that he wanted to challenge Ji Yuedong's bottom line intentionally or unintentionally.

He didn't know if Ji Yuedong felt it, maybe he did, maybe he didn't, and he didn't care, just staying by Ji Yuedong's side like this made him feel very happy.

The tip of the nose gently arched the light wheat-colored nape of the neck, and the warm breath made Ji Yuedong tighten his shoulders. He stared at a small piece of withered grass, his mind drifting away with the crawling ants.Suddenly his body trembled, his breath reached his throat, his teeth were chiseled together, the heat on his neck disappeared, and it was Ji Shu's lips that stuck together again.

This is different from the original kiss, Ji Yuedong's Adam's apple twitched, he turned his head away, Ji Shu tilted his head, rubbed his lips against his chin, and muttered softly.

He pinched Ji Shu's chin, and they looked at each other, looking at themselves in each other's eyes.

Ji Yuedong asked him: "What are you talking about?"

Ji Shu stretched out his hand, his hand was so beautiful, with a slender wrist, a small section of white, placed in front of Ji Yuedong's eyes, with a bracelet that he bought in Florida before hanging on it.

Ji Yuedong also has one, which is currently wrapped around his wrist hidden behind his back, tightly wrapped around it.

There was a rustling sound in the bushes, like the screaming of animals.Ji Shu felt scared, and leaned towards Ji Yuedong, his fragility was always so obvious, it was easy for Ji Yuedong to soften his heart.

Ji Shu's face is so hot, maybe not only his face, but also his throbbing heart, the tip of his heart is hot.

The layer upon layer of love burned all the timidity and hesitation in his heart. He took Ji Yuedong's hand and put it on his face. He said, "I like you."

Ji Yuedong's eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he had expected it, and he didn't show any surprise.

The setting sun was gone, a few lights were turned on, and the stars and the moon were wrapped in the night light.Ji Shu lowered his head, and found Ji Yuedong's lips through the dimness. He silently recited in his heart that the Bawang bowed hard, like a small missile, his lips hit Ji Yuedong's lips, and his teeth smashed against his lips. The meat, the pain made his tears overflow.But he didn't retreat, he held Ji Yuedong's face, like a puppy, opening his mouth to bite.

Ji Yuedong reached out to pull him away, grabbed Ji Shu's back collar, and easily threw him aside.

Ji Shu stared at him blankly, as if he didn't expect to be thrown away. He licked his sore lips and repeated in a low voice, "I like you."

Ji Yuedong put his hand on his broken lips, and he stood up without looking at Ji Shu.

Compared with love, Ji Yuedong is more willing to call Ji Shu's feelings for him as dependence.

He thought a lot in his mind, and gave Ji Shu many, many excuses for his emotions, maybe it was dependence, or it was just that adolescent boys needed a spiritual sustenance.

The love of youth is scribbled down, it can be hopeless, it can be a promise of eternal love, but it will never last forever.

Ji Yuedong didn't believe in that young and immature love, and besides, he never had the kind of love for Ji Shu that lovers should have.

They are family, not lovers.

The injured lips opened and folded slightly, and he vetoed Ji Shu's four words.

On their second day in Masai Mara, they were going to take a hot air balloon ride.

Ji Shu went up first, Ji Yuedong followed behind him, lit the fire, the balloon floated slowly, and the noise louder than the train was right next to his ears.Ji Shu walked up to Ji Yuedong and handed his hand into Ji Yuedong's palm. His voice was drowned out by the noise, and he repeated over and over again, "I like you."

Ji Yuedong didn't look at him, the animals on the grassland started to run wildly, the sunrise appeared in front of his eyes, he seemed to be attracted by the wonderful natural scenery.He didn't care what Ji Shu said or did.

Ji Shu clenched his fists, he seemed to be angry, he got in front of Ji Yuedong, and the hot air balloon shook.Ji Yuedong frowned and pressed his shoulder, they looked at each other, Ji Shu had tears in his eyes, he said loudly: "I really like you."

Ji Yuedong stared at him, he lowered his head and pressed it in front of Ji Shu's eyes, wiped away Ji Shu's tears with his thumb, Ji Shu's body trembled, he opened his mouth, Ji Yuedong said to him: "I don't like you .”

Even though he was unwilling in every possible way, he still hurt Ji Shu in the end.

The expression on Ji Shu's face was numb, his mouth was open and his throat was blocked by sobs.He thought very simply, he thought that Ji Yuedong was so kind to him, and he also liked him.But it was just what he thought, he was wrong, this matter is not that simple, this matter is more difficult than the math problems he has done.

His heart seemed to have fallen from a rising hot air balloon, plummeted, and landed hard on the vast grassland of the Masai Mara. Wildebeest, antelope, and any animal could step on it, and he even cried I can't even cry.