059. One Size Bigger
The two of them had lunch before heading out. The sun was shining brightly, but the outdoor temperature in the north was still quite low.
He Jin was dressed warmly this time. He wore long johns, a woolen sweater, and a cotton jacket with velvet lining. He was wrapped up tightly. Qin Yang had also added one more coat than the one he wore when he went out. However, he still looked very refreshing.
"Did you bring your subway card?" Qin Yang asked.
"Yes … we still have to take the subway?" Huaxia University had a sports department, so there were sporting goods stores near the school. He Jin initially thought that Qin Yang was taking him there.
"Yes, let's go to Hyde Street." As Qin Yang spoke, he gestured for He Jin to head towards the south gate. Hai De Street was on the east side of the city and was close to City A's largest stadium. It was a famous street for sporting goods. Huaxia University was on the west side of the city. If they took the subway from the south gate subway station, they would have to transfer to another bus. It would take them at least an hour to get there.
He Jin hadn't expected Qin Yang to take him so far away. He quickly caught up and asked, "Is there no one selling it near the school?"
Qin Yang smiled. "There are, but the unscrupulous merchants in the shops outside the school don't sell good stuff. They buy all kinds of random brands, and they specialize in scamming students who don't know the industry. At the beginning of the semester, there were a few new club members who went to buy rackets. They spent one or two thousand, but the rackets they bought were only worth four or five hundred."
He Jin: "Why is there such a big difference?"
Qin Yang: "Let me explain it to you this way. At present, there are three main types of racquets on the market. The cheapest is aluminum alloy racquets, the more expensive ones are all carbon fiber racquets, and there are those in between. But there are other new technological materials, such as nano, diamond, aerogel, and so on. They are actually reinforcing materials filled in carbon fibers, just like a dish with seasonings. People who don't know the industry will be deceived by these gimmicks. "
He Jin nodded, not fully understanding the situation.
Qin Yang said, "I should've called Jiang Baijian to tell you. He has a rich experience of being cheated. He has all the beats I mentioned just now and lent them to me. There's a huge difference in the feel of a good beat and a bad beat."
He Jin smiled and said, "It's just a tennis racket. If I had to trouble the president and vice president of the tennis club to come along, then I would be too proud … You're more than enough."
He Jin didn't think much when he said the last sentence, but as soon as he said it, Qin Yang suddenly turned to look at him and smiled meaningfully.
Only then did He Jin realize that the phrase "having you is enough" … was indeed a little strange when it was said alone …
But he couldn't explain it. He could only let the subtle feeling ferment in his heart.
The two of them got on the subway. Because it was the weekend, there were more people. The two of them stood in the triangle between the sliding door and the seats.
Most of the people standing at the south gate were students from Huaxia University. Quite a few of the girls covered their mouths when they saw Qin Yang. They stood in pairs not too far away, giggling as they stared at Qin Yang with sticky gazes.
He Jin knew that they were looking at Qin Yang. Perhaps it was because he was standing next to Qin Yang that he was paying some attention to him. Usually, when he went out, junior sisters recognized him and secretly sized him up, but he had never been as nervous as this time.
He Jin. Because of the gossip and what Tong Xuan said yesterday, He Jin felt like they had a strange relationship …
At first, Qin Yang chatted with He Jin. But when He Jin lowered his head and ignored him, he stopped talking. The two of them stood quietly in the carriage. As the train sped along, the glass on the door intermittently showed the colorful advertisements on the walls of the tunnel.
They didn't interact. It was normal. No one would misunderstand, right? He Jin slowly relaxed. He looked up, but through the reflection in the glass, he met Qin Yang's gaze. Qin Yang was standing behind him, looking straight at him!
In that instant, He Jin felt like he had been hit by an electric current. His whole body trembled from the tips of his hair to his toes …
The advertisement that appeared again cut off the reflection. It also broke the ambiguous atmosphere. He Jin quickly lowered his head and raised his wrist. He pretended to read the message on his wristband to divert his attention. But he didn't see anything. His mind was a mess. He kept thinking about Qin Yang's gaze.
… Why was Qin Yang looking at him? Was he interested in him?
No, it might be a coincidence …
However, He Jin couldn't help but recall the way Qin Yang looked at him when he was tutoring him in English a month ago. At that time, Qin Yang had said that his face was dirty, but He Jin felt that Qin Yang's gaze at him was the same as how the girls looked at Qin Yang. It seemed to be sticky …
That gaze made him anxious, nervous, and uneasy. But other than that, there was a hint of indescribable excitement … It had nothing to do with liking or not. It was an instinctive desire that came from the depths of his body. He wanted to be close and touched … He Jin wouldn't admit it, nor did he dare face it.
After an unknown period of time, He Jin felt a light pat on his shoulder. He heard Qin Yang calmly remind him from behind, "Transfer at the next stop. We'll get off on the right."
He Jin immediately felt annoyed again. He scolded himself for thinking too much. He began to firmly believe that he was the only abnormal person. It was because he had a problem that when he looked at others, his mind was covered with a colored filter.
After changing trains, there was a little more space. Coincidentally, a couple got off at the next stop and made way for He Jin and Qin Yang.
After the two of them sat down, He Jin looked up at the rail map and asked Qin Yang where they should get off.
"There are seven more stops. About 20 minutes." Qin Yang stretched his legs slightly. His legs were very long and matched with a pair of well-sized feet. He was wearing large retro sneakers from New Balance.
He Jin shrank back and sat cross-legged like a primary school student. He hid his feet as though he was afraid that the other party would discover his physical flaws.
But Qin Yang still discovered it. He stared at He Jin's shrunken feet and asked bluntly, "What size shoes do you wear?"
He Jin: "…"
Just like a girl who had been discovered to have excess fat on her waist by the boy she liked, He Jin was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and jump into it. He hesitated for a moment and said, "39."
He even secretly told her that he was a size larger, but it was useless. In the eyes of a male god who was used to beauties weighing less than 100, 120 and 130 were the same as fat people. In the eyes of Qin Yang, who wore size 43 shoes, there was not much difference between 39 and 38.
"Are there men's shoes size 39?" Qin Yang was puzzled. He had thought that He Jin's hands were small, but he hadn't expected his feet to be so small!
He Jin wanted to bang his head against a wall when he was questioned. He answered gloomily, "Yes." Clearly, he didn't want to continue this topic.
Qin Yang stopped asking. Compared to continuing to ask, he wanted to take off He Jin's shoes, take off his socks, and see what his feet looked like …
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