Chapter 72 Are you nervous?

He glanced at Zhou Zhou, who was smiling brightly, not at all unhappy about being spoiled.

She held his arm, her whole body clinging to his side intimately, her voice especially clear in the night: "We just got a whim, thinking that we've never seen the sunrise in winter. Boss, we're out of hot pot, is there anything else to eat?"

"There's nothing to eat on the mountain at this hour," said the boss.

Even though she said this, she couldn't bear it. She turned around and called the man on her right, "Old Qin, these two kids are so stupid for coming here so late at night. Go boil some water and make some noodles for them."

"Okay," said the man called Lao Qin. "Wait a minute, wait until I finish this hand."

Zhou Zhou smiled and said thank you.

The temperature on the mountain was very low at night, and the wind was even stronger. The wind whistled past, rustling the leaves, and soon the tip of Zhou Zhou's nose turned red.

Although I was wearing thick clothes, they couldn't withstand the mountain wind.

Cheng Yu lifted her hat and put it on her, then asked her to get in the car.

He stayed and waited.

The car was kept started and the heater was very hot.

Zhou Zhou looked at him through the window. The temperature difference quickly caused a layer of white mist to form on the window, and he could only make out his figure vaguely.

She used her hand to apply it and rubbed off a piece of it.

The car window was covered with fog, and the clean center was exactly his silhouette.

He put his hands in his pockets, lowered his eyes and watched the bosses playing cards calmly.

Several bosses were wrapped in thick cotton coats, hats and earmuffs. Under the corner of the table covered with thick cloth was a blazing stove. Only he was wearing a gray wool coat with only a thin fleece sweatshirt underneath.

The wind blew up the corners of his clothes, but he remained motionless, without any unnecessary movements.

After a few minutes, the boss threw away the cards in his hand and led him to the store.

The store was on the other side, so Cheng Yu locked the car and left.

Zhou Zhou was sitting in the car when his phone, which was charging on the central console, vibrated.

She took it and it was a message from Cheng Yu.

CY: [The car is locked. Don't open the door until you come back.]

Zhou Zhou looked at his message and couldn't help laughing. He was surprised that he had such a thoughtful and considerate side.

She replied with an emoticon.

There was no reply from the other side.

Zhou Zhou leaned back in his chair, looking at the vast night outside and the several bosses who were chatting at the table after the card game was interrupted. He suddenly thought of the days he was stranded in the suburban villa.

It was also a day when everything was silent.

It was pitch black everywhere, everything shrouded in the mountains. Only their villa was always lit, where the three of them chatted and played games to pass the time.

My mood has been up and down many times today, but at least I feel pretty good now.

When Cheng Yu came back, he was holding a bucket of instant noodles in one hand and a red plastic bag hanging on his wrist.

He couldn't free his hands, so he pushed the door with his knee.

When Zhou Zhou saw him, he immediately unlocked the car and got out to take the instant noodles from his hand.

Before getting in the car, Cheng Yu greeted several bosses: "Thank you."

When the instant noodles were ready, Zhou Zhou couldn't help but chuckle.

Laughter broke the silence in the car, and Cheng Yu uttered a questioning syllable from his throat: "Will you feel bad?"

Instead of having the hot pot they had expected, the two of them huddled in the car with only a bucket of steaming braised beef noodles in front of them.

He had never done anything so stupid.

"No, it's quite interesting." Zhou Zhou smiled as he held the instant noodles in his hand. "It's crazy enough that I agreed to sleep in your car for one night. Everything else is nothing special."

Cheng Yu stared at her and found that she was really happy.

The smile spread from his eyes to cover his entire face. He chuckled, "It's quite novel."

Zhou Zhou opened the rear window a little to allow for ventilation, and then opened the lid to find two braised eggs inside.

Her nose wrinkled. "I don't like egg yolks."

"Then don't eat it." Cheng Yu took out two pieces of paper and placed them in front of her, "Throw them on top."

Zhou Zhou nodded.

"I find that there is always a curse when eating with you. Either I am not in the mood to eat, or I always procrastinate and eat very late." Zhou Zhou said after taking a mouthful of noodles.

Cheng Yu's voice seemed to contain a smile: "Are you in the mood to eat now?"

"Mm, a delicacy." She nodded. "I'm so hungry."

After a while, I heard laughter beside my ear, but no one responded.

Halfway through the meal, Cheng Yu asked her, "Are you in California going out with them?"

"No, I keep them separate from my life." She paused and added, "Before I met you."

This answer didn't seem surprising, and Cheng Yu laughed again.

Perhaps it was because they were alone in the quiet night, or perhaps it was because it was clear that there would no longer be any boundaries, but Zhou Zhou followed up on this topic for the first time and asked him, "What about you?"

"Do you bring your alcohol with you sometimes?" Cheng Yu asked her.

"Forget it."

Cheng Yu nodded.

They chatted intermittently while eating, and Cheng Yu asked her about her graduation and when she would return to California.

"I'll go back after the Lantern Festival," Zhou Zhou said. "I haven't submitted my application yet. I'll be back after the graduation ceremony."

Cheng Yu calculated the time and it was only about half a month.

Today is the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

He ate very quickly and the bucket was soon empty.

After wiping his mouth, he turned to look at her sideways, and with a sated laziness, he asked her nonchalantly, "It's been more than two months. We won't break up when you go back, will we?"

"Don't blame me alone." Zhou Zhou's eyes were hazy from the heat, and even colder. "For more than two months, could you have resisted looking for me?"

Breaking up is a normal thing.

Just because they drew the line doesn't mean the relationship won't end.

Finding the next prey is the natural end of their relationship, and there will no longer be the unpleasantness of an abrupt end due to a quarrel.

Cheng Yu remained silent.

It’s not that I can’t control my lower body.

In the past, I would stop when I lost interest, and there was no particularly seamless transition. There were also times when I lost interest and was idle for a long time, but no one could say for sure whether it would last more than two months.

"Who knows, maybe she really keeps her virginity for you."

He said this half-jokingly, not really meaning it.

"Disgusting." Zhou Zhou rolled his eyes.

She ate the egg white and was about to throw away the yolk, but she stopped halfway, thought for a moment and asked him, "Do you want to eat the yolk?"

She had just seen him eat it all.

Cheng Yu lowered her gaze and touched the egg yolk with a missing corner, hanging tremblingly on the fork, with traces of her teeth on it.

He doesn't like to eat food that has been eaten by others.

So he refused: "No."

Zhou Zhou nodded and naturally moved the fork away.

After finally finishing the meal, Cheng Yu cleaned up the garbage, got out of the car and threw it into the trash can.

After saying goodbye to several bosses, they continued up the mountain.

This place is well developed, with cement roads everywhere, and the road up the mountain is very smooth.

Cheng Yu turned around twice, found a dense and remote forest, and turned off the headlights.

Without any extra words, Zhou Zhou got out of the car and went to the back seat. Cheng Yu walked around to open the trunk and took something out.

He quickly climbed into the back seat, bringing the cold air from outside in. The only remaining headlight in the car went out as the door closed, leaving only the faint sound of breathing.

It was pitch dark, and even the moonlight couldn't penetrate the dense forest. The hot breath gradually approached, landing on her cheek with uncertainty and hesitation, searching for her lips in a daze.

Perhaps because Zhou Zhou didn't say anything, his breathing was very quiet and light, and his lips were slightly tilted outwards.

His lips were a little dry, and they felt numb on her face.

"Here." Zhou Zhou spoke, his voice trembling slightly.

A man's laughter was heard in the darkness: "Nervous?"

At that moment, he quickly found his direction, moved down and bit her lower lip accurately.