Chapter 16: A warm forehead rested on her shoulder, and a muffled plea came from it.

The call was disconnected.

Su Zhiluo let out a long breath. She washed her face with cold water, then leaned against the window and stared blankly into space.

The following day at noon, Guangzhou transformed into a giant steamer, scorching hot and sunny. The sunlight was blindingly white, and cicadas sang their hearts out outside the window.

Su Zhiluo had just finished organizing the express delivery slips when her phone vibrated.

Liu Chengxu: [Sister-in-law, I've arrived.]

She paused for a moment, then stood up and looked out the window—sure enough, there was a tall girl in a short-sleeved shirt standing downstairs.

She was still wearing that familiar Doraemon-patterned outfit. She carried a shoulder bag, and the sun was shining directly down on her. Thankfully, she wasn't completely clueless; at least she knew to wear a hat.

Liu Chengxu noticed that her sister-in-law was looking at her, and slowly raised her head.

Su Zhiluo hurried downstairs, and the two stood face to face, feeling a strange awkwardness. Su Zhiluo broke the silence first: "Don't you know to buy a bottle of water?"

Liu Chengxu raised his hand to touch his burning cheeks; the skin under the brim of his hat was scorching hot from the sun.

She gave an irrelevant answer, saying, "You bought me this hat; I couldn't bear to leave it at home."

Su Zhiluo said, "Why didn't you remind me when you came?"

Liu Chengxu raised his eyes, his tone sharp: "If I said I wanted to come, would you let me?"

She seemed to have lost weight again, her shoulders looked very thin, her hat was pulled down low, and she was wearing that watch on her wrist.

After saying that, seeing Su Zhiluo's hurt expression, Liu Chengxu regretted it again. She apologized in a sour voice, "I'm sorry, I'm not blaming you, I just couldn't control myself. I'm sorry, don't be sad."

Su Zhilu shook her head. She didn't mind these small things. "I just felt it wasn't safe for someone to come alone. I hadn't made any arrangements for you to come either."

Liu Chengxu suppressed his discomfort and said in a light tone, "It's fine for me to come and see you. If you don't want me to stay, I'll leave on my own."

Su Zhiluo bit her lip and reached for Liu Chengxu's backpack. Liu Chengxu was wearing sneakers and was nearly 175 cm tall, so Su Zhiluo had to tilt her head slightly to look at her.

As she reached out her hand, Liu Chengxu rested his head on her shoulder and choked out, "I...I really miss you."

Su Zhiluo replied with an "Mmm," and slowly lowered her hand that was gripping the strap of Liu Chengxu's clothes. She gently patted Liu Chengxu's back and said, "Don't be sad anymore."

Su Zhiluo led Liu Chengxu upstairs.

Su Zhiluo invited her into the house, got her some water from the refrigerator, and asked if she had eaten. Liu Chengxu shook her head.

Su Zhiluo went to make her fried rice with eggs, thinking that when it wasn't so hot in the evening, she would ride her bike to a restaurant here to eat and try the local specialties.

Liu Chengxu drank the water and began to look around at where his sister-in-law lived. It was a one-bedroom apartment with a living room. Apart from the kitchen taking up space, the rest of the living room was filled with clothes that she had bought. It looked even smaller than their apartment in Taipei.

Su Zhiluo lives alone and doesn't keep any snacks or fruit at home. She was going to ask Liu Chengxu to find something to eat, but when she turned around, she saw Liu Chengxu sitting on the floor, efficiently handling all the packages she needed to send out in the next few days.

Liu Chengxu mastered the skill very quickly on his first try. Su Zhiluo turned around and continued frying rice, her mind filled with mixed emotions. Liu Chengxu always watched her very carefully in video calls.

They only video chatted once a week. Liu Chengxu stared at the video with such longing, unwilling to miss a single detail. Sometimes Su Zhiluo suspected that Liu Chengxu could devour her.

Su Zhiluo served the egg fried rice to the table.

She called Liu Chengxu to eat, then turned to change her shoes. Liu Chengxu had just sat down and hadn't even had a chance to taste anything when he dropped his chopsticks and grabbed her wrist tightly. The grip was so strong that Su Zhiluo felt a sharp pain.

Liu Cheng asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the supermarket and buy some things." Su Zhiluo pulled her hand back. "Be gentle."

Liu Chengxu didn't give in, "What do you want to buy?"

Snacks, ice cream, fruit.

Liu Chengxu: "I'll go with you."

"Where's the food?" Su Zhiluo asked.

"I'll hold it, or you can wait until I finish eating before we eat together," Liu Chengxu said stubbornly.

Having no other choice, Su Zhiluo followed her back to the table.

Liu Chengxu ate with relish, and Su Zhiluo made her a simple soup, also with cabbage and eggs, which was served piping hot.

"Didn't you eat on the train?" Su Zhiluo asked.

Liu Chengxu said, "The boxed meals are very expensive, even more expensive than outside."

Su Zhiluo: "It's only five or six yuan more expensive. You can eat it if you're hungry."

Liu Chengxu pursed his lips, "If you don't let me in, I'll starve myself to death."

Su Zhiluo was both amused and annoyed. She sighed helplessly and looked down at Liu Chengxu’s collarbone, where the lines were clearer and more defined than before, and he looked much thinner.

After Liu Chengxu finished eating, Su Zhiluo led her to a nearby supermarket. The location where she lived wasn't very good; it was only a mid-range supermarket.

Su Zhiluo first bought groceries, fruits, and snacks, then led her to buy daily necessities such as mouthwash cups and towels. After buying them, she went to get a pair of slippers for her. Liu Chengxu was also picking out items nearby. He originally wanted to buy sanitary napkins, but when he looked up, he saw a box on the ground: finger cots for sexual pleasure.

It was the first time Liu Chengxu had seen this thing, but she immediately recognized what it was. She reached out to take it, but Su Zhiluo straightened up after choosing her slippers, and Liu Chengxu quickly withdrew her hand. Su Zhiluo didn't see her movement; seeing that she had taken the sanitary napkins, she pushed the basket forward for her to put them down.

Su Zhiluo went to pay the bill, and Liu Chengxu glanced back at her again during the process.

Upon seeing this, Su Zhiluo asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Liu Chengxu shook his head.

Su Zhiluo scolded, "If you want it, just buy it. It won't be much more expensive."

Liu Chengxu gave her a deep look, "I think I'll buy it myself."

Su Zhiluo didn't ask any further questions, but she was hit with a wave of disappointment, and the relationship between the two became cold.

She felt it was her fault; Liu Chengxu had clearly become depressed, spoke little, and rarely smiled. She felt powerless; this was not the outcome she wanted.

Liu Chengxu took everything from her hands.

The temperature reached its highest point, and my skin felt waves of pain.

Back in the rented room, Su Zhiluo told her to go to sleep. She turned on the air conditioner, which came with the apartment but didn't cool well and consumed a lot of energy.

Su Zhiluo turned on the fan in the room and said, "You can sleep in the bed."

Liu Chengxu had originally thought that if Su Zhiluo didn't sleep, she wouldn't bother sleeping either, but these words shut her up completely. She said in a low voice, "I want to take a shower."

The bath was in the bedroom. Su Zhiluo handed her a clean short-sleeved shirt and asked, "Didn't you bring any clothes?"

Liu Chengxu took the clothes. "Hmm, I won't wear them yet. The sun is strong, they'll dry when I wake up."

Su Zhiluo's shop doesn't sell underwear; she only wears it herself. When she comes across a good value for money, she'll buy one or two sets at a special price and list them on the link to attract customers.

She said, "Keep your underwear on, I'll go wash you a new set."

Su Zhiluo went to look for it. She had worn a style of clothing with several different patterns before. After washing it, she didn't wear all of them. She found a clean one, hung it on the door lock, and then knocked on the door.

The bag Liu Chengxu had brought was on the plastic chair in the living room. It felt quite heavy when she carried it in. Su Zhiluo opened the bag; inside, besides Liu Chengxu's laptop, were food items: duck eggs, her favorite pastries, a box of milk candy, and a sunflower...

Liu Chengxu carried all the things that were meant for her.

Even though there was food available, they were still hungry on the bus.

A sour and astringent feeling rose to the tip of my nose.

Su Zhiluo suppressed all her discomfort and sighed softly.

Is it because all women with the surname Liu are naturally so gentle and affectionate that they are always slowly eroding her heart and reason?

Why would someone bring a jar of duck eggs?

Su Zhilu put the duck eggs in the refrigerator.

After taking a shower and washing his hair, Liu Chengxu asked, "Where are the clothes drying?"

Su Zhiluo pointed to the security window.

Liu Chengxu hung up her clothes and stood there for only a short while before her hair was half-dry. She climbed cleanly onto Su Zhiluo's bed. It smelled wonderful, the scent she had longed for. She nestled into Su Zhiluo's pillow.

The moment that familiar scent filled her nostrils, an indescribable longing awakened within her. She involuntarily deepened her breath, her legs clamping together unconsciously, her knees sinking deep into the mattress. A slight shiver ran down her spine, and she finally collapsed weakly onto the bed, her chest heaving, emitting suppressed, long gasps.

Su Zhi finished the orders from yesterday in the living room.

Back in the room, Liu Chengxu was asleep, lying face down. Su Zhiluo went over and pulled out the wet ends of her hair.

Su Zhiluo laid out a mat on the floor and lay down for a while, then turned to look at Liu Chengxu on the bed.

Su Zhiluo also slept for an hour. When she woke up, Liu Chengxu was still asleep. Su Zhiluo replied to the customer's message in the room. There were only two orders in the afternoon. Sometimes customers would cancel their orders themselves and there was no rush to print the invoices.

With nothing else to do, she went to the kitchen to make soup.

Guangzhou is great in this respect; no matter what ingredients you buy, the soup will be exceptionally fragrant and delicious, unlike in Taipei where you have to get up early to go to the market to find good ingredients.

Liu Chengxu seemed to have not slept all night, waking up at 4:30 in the afternoon. She helped reply to two customer messages, and then began to help her sister-in-law pack packages and fill out forms.

Su Zhiluo: "Let's go out for a walk tonight, and I'll take you to play here tomorrow."

Liu Chengxu said, "I'm not going back."

If you listen carefully, you can tell that she keeps repeating herself, and that she's afraid Su Zhiluo will make her go back.

Su Zhiluo: "If you don't go back... this place isn't so..."

“I’ll sleep on the floor,” Liu Chengxu said first.

Su Zhiluo pretended to be busy with what she was doing.

If you really ask her, she doesn't know how to answer. She won't urge Liu Chengxu to leave, and it's not that Liu Chengxu doesn't know, she just insists on an answer.

While he said he would change things gradually, Liu Chengxu's words carried a sense of compulsion.

Su Zhiluo did not reply to her.

Liu Chengxu gazed quietly at her profile. It had been some time since he had seen Su Zhiluo, and upon closer inspection, his sister-in-law was still as fair and delicate as ever, her features unchanged. She said in a low, aggrieved voice, "Don't make me leave... It wasn't easy for me to come all this way."

Su Zhiluo felt a little uncomfortable under the gaze, so she turned her head slightly, letting her hair partially cover her cheeks.

Su Zhiluo felt a pang of sadness and said, "If you want to stay, then stay. It's up to you."

In the evening, Su Zhiluo brought out a stewed soup with cordyceps flowers, which smelled wonderful, and also steamed a plate of pork ribs. After dinner, Su Zhiluo took her out for a stroll, first riding a bike to the subway station, and then taking the subway for half an hour to see the Pearl River.

Su Zhiluo has been here for three months and has not made any close friends yet. She has been going back and forth between the wholesale market and her home and has not gone out to play.

The lights of the buildings on both sides of the river should be reflected in the water. In summer, the water ripples slowly, and you can see cruise ships on the river. Most of the people who come here are here for one place: the Canton Tower, also known as "Little Waist".

People were huddled together on the shore, all taking pictures in one spot. They came to take a walk, but they clearly chose the wrong location.

Su Zhiluo wanted to wait until everyone left before taking photos of her, but Liu Chengxu stood there for a while before walking forward. The Pearl River at night was beautiful from every angle; there was no need to stay stuck in traffic.

Su Zhiluo still took a picture of her.

Liu Chengxu said, "Send it to me."

Su Zhi shaved her head and gave it to her.

Liu Chengxu didn't look at the photos. She found a passerby, gave her phone to the young lady, and asked her to take a photo of them together.

The young woman was very helpful, and her mother was even giving her pointers.

"Hey sister, come closer. Don't be shy or coy. We're all out having fun."

Su Zhiluo moved closer to her.

The aunt continued, "Make a heart shape with your hands. The little sister raised her hand. Yes, the older sister can do it too."

Su Zhiluo slowly raised her hand, feeling very uncomfortable. Her aunt said, "Oh, the little sister smiled, so the older sister should smile too."

Did Cheng Xu laugh? Su Zhilu instinctively looked up to see.

"Hey. This is good." The aunt took many pictures of them. She was very confident in her skills and said, "Little sister, hug your older sister and put your arms around her shoulders."

This action felt very intimate to Su Zhiluo, and she instinctively resisted it. However, Liu Chengxu's hand reached out first, and the aunt kept looking for the best angle to take pictures, with her daughter pointing out which scenery to photograph.

"That's great, you're good-looking, you look good no matter how you're photographed."

The young woman said, "Mom, the way you're taking these photos is a bit tacky."

The young woman went over and instructed Su Zhiluo to turn her body to the side, letting the river breeze blow through her hair. She then instructed Liu Chengxu to reach out and touch a strand of her hair. The light from the buildings across the river shone through the Pearl River onto their profiles, and whatever their expressions were, they were all ambiguous and intimate.

Su Zhiluo keenly noticed the change in Liu Chengxu's gaze. That gaze was too intense, burning her heart with unease.

The young woman suggested, "There are chairs over there, would you like to take pictures? My mom and I are free, we can take pictures for you."

"Okay." Liu Chengxu gently pulled Su Zhiluo forward, his eyes filled with anticipation, like a pair of wet, puppy-dog eyes. Su Zhiluo couldn't harden her heart in the face of such a gaze. She followed Liu Chengxu and took the first step, and there was no turning back.

They sat down on the bench, did nothing, and immediately began to cross the line.

It's like that.

They became a couple even though they didn't have lovers.

Su Zhiluo smiled less, still unable to overcome her psychological barrier, but she didn't spoil the mood. She sat rather reservedly and gently, the wind blowing her hair across her cheeks and randomly brushing against her eyes. She raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of her eye—she smiled.

Later, Liu Chengxu also helped the aunt and the young lady take photos.

The young woman's name is Chen Mo. She has already graduated from university and works in the Pearl River area. Her mother came to visit her during the summer vacation.

After exchanging contact information and chatting for half an hour, Su Zhiluo and Liu Chengxu continued their walk. This time, Liu Chengxu kept looking at her phone, scrolling through photos. She found some particularly romantic, like they were from a couple in love. She wanted to show them to Su Zhiluo, but knowing it would make her uncomfortable, she only shared them in their WeChat group.

They walked until 10 p.m., then took the subway back to their rented apartment.

I was already sweating profusely from the heat on the way.

Upon returning home, Su Zhiluo first took a shower.

Liu Chengxu replied to her friends' messages, only to find out that they were unaware she had come to Guangzhou. She herself had just learned that Meng Zhenyue and Cha Baomei had studied there, and Cha Baomei had recommended several places and restaurants to her.

Su Zhiluo came out drying her hair. "Wait a minute, it's a bit hot inside."

Liu Chengxu put away his phone, looked at his sister-in-law, and then lowered his eyes.

Su Zhilu was wearing ordinary pajamas from the store; a loose, long T-shirt just covered her thighs, revealing her two straight, long legs. Perhaps from mosquito bites, there was a noticeable red spot on her inner thigh, slightly swollen, standing out against her fair skin, looking rather suggestively like a hickey.

Liu Chengxu dared not look openly, fearing that if he were discovered, his sister-in-law would immediately pull down her clothes to cover herself.

"After you finish showering, spray some mosquito repellent. There are a lot of mosquitoes around here, so you don't get bitten."

"Okay." Liu Chengxu quickly went into the bathroom.

I'm very afraid of making mistakes.

She put her hair back with a hair clip and used a refreshing Six God shower gel.

It's cheap and smells great.

After taking a shower and entering the bedroom, she saw that Su Zhiluo had already placed the sunflower in the glass vase by the window.

Unlike other flowers, the sunflower stood tall and full in the dimly lit room. Its bright yellow petals were outstretched, showing no signs of wilting after all these days, as if it were still stubbornly following some unseen light source.

Liu Cheng asked, "Do you like it?"

She bought it without intending to give it away, but now that Su Zhiluo has brought it out, she still wants to hear a "like" from her.

She waited and waited.

Su Zhiluo heard it, but was trying to figure out how to reply.

The bedroom light suddenly went out. Su Zhi instinctively looked in her direction and reached for her phone for light.

Liu Chengxu had already approached, bending down to encircle her in front of the desk, his hands on the edge of the table, his knees gently pressing against her crotch. Her body was still hot from the shower, and Su Zhiluo was scalded and leaned back, her waist hitting the edge of the table. She couldn't help but whisper, "Chengxu..."

"You said you like it, you said you like it." Her voice was strained and suppressed, and Liu Chengxu was very restrained. She repeated in a low voice, no longer asking Hua, "Can you say you like it? Just this once."

Su Zhiluo's hand had already touched her phone, about to turn on the screen, when Liu Chengxu gently pressed it down. His warm forehead rested on her shoulder, and a muffled plea came from him: "Sister-in-law, don't turn on the light, I can't help it."

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