That night, Yan Yue suffered from insomnia again. It seemed that he had never slept well since he returned to Zhongjing. Resisting the urge to rush back to Fengcheng overnight, Yan Yue casually took a book from his luggage and planned to use it to kill time.

In the middle of the page, a note with a picture of Dahei stealing tomatoes was revealed. Yan Yue's eyes fell on the note and he couldn't help but smile. He remembered that he took this note when he first went to Xiaoxi's house for dinner. At that time, he was jealous because of the picture of Dahei on the note, and imagined that one day the Dahei on the note would be himself.

The thought flashed through his mind, Yan Yue smiled, turned over the note, but was slightly stunned when he saw the back of the note clearly. He didn't know when, two little people appeared on the back of the blank note, one tall and one short, standing hand in hand. Although the images of the little people looked like cartoons, he recognized at a glance that one of them was himself and the other was Lu Lingxi. Yan Yue's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the corners of his mouth curled up and he couldn't suppress it. He didn't know when Lu Lingxi found this note and when he drew these two little people, but the happiness at this moment made him unable to suppress the urge to meet Lu Lingxi. Yan Yue brushed the little people on the note with a cherishing attitude, changed his mind, and planned to rush back to Fengcheng overnight.

An Jie had long been accustomed to his boss's psychotic behavior, and packed his luggage in one go. In fact, he and Ye Kang had made a private bet on whether Yan Yue could bear to return to Zhongjing on the fourth day of the New Year. Now it seems that he has won, and Ye Kang will wait to cash in the bet.

"Do you want to tell Xiaoxi?" Anjie asked.

"Need not."

Yan Yue shook his head. It was almost 12 o'clock now, and it would be midnight when they returned. If Xiaoxi knew that he was going back overnight, she might have stayed up all night to wait for him. He was reluctant to bother Lu Lingxi, so he gave up.

There were not many people on the highway at night, and the journey was very smooth. When they saw the Fengcheng toll station, it was not yet two o'clock in the morning. Yan Yue was in a good mood all the way, holding the book he had read before and reading the notes inside for a long time. He didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment, he was so happy that he wanted to explode. Yan Yue knew in his heart that the means he used to be with Xiaoxi were not very glorious. To be more precise, he abducted Lu Lingxi when Lu Lingxi knew nothing. He imagined what it would be like when Lu Lingxi grew up and had his own understanding of the world, and recalled what it would be like when they were together, but he didn't dare to think about it too much... until the two little people behind this note told him the answer.

Yan Yue looked at the note and smiled slightly.

Hongfu Community

Lu Lingxi didn't know Yan Yue was about to come back, and was sleeping soundly with the quilt rolled up. Dahei curled up beside Lu Lingxi with his eyes closed, and heard a slight sound on the ground, which seemed to be the sound of Xiaohei swishing his tail. Dahei shook his ears, opened his eyes, took a look, and suddenly stood up.

On the bedroom floor, Xiao Hei excitedly spat at Da Hei, with a small red-striped snake wrapped around its tail. Da Hei narrowed his eyes and lightly jumped off the bed, holding the small red snake with one claw and opening his mouth to bite it. Xiao Hei got anxious and tried to stop Da Hei from biting him, hissing at him.

"What's wrong?" The noise from the two people woke Lu Lingxi up. Lu Lingxi rubbed his eyes and sat up, turned on the light and looked at the ground in a daze.

Xiao Hei eagerly spit out his tongue at Lu Lingxi, and wrapped his tail tightly around the little red snake, trying to pull it out from under Da Hei's claws, and pushed it in front of Lu Lingxi.

Lu Lingxi looked at it blankly, wondering where Xiao Hei had found such a snake and what was the meaning of pushing it in front of him? "...Xiao Hei, are you going to give it to me?" Lu Lingxi guessed hesitantly.

Xiao Hei swung his tail quickly, obviously Lu Lingxi had guessed what it meant.

Lu Lingxi had a headache. Why did he need a snake in the middle of the night? Moreover, this little red snake might be a poisonous snake. After thinking for a while, Lu Lingxi patiently said to Xiao Hei, "It's useless for me to have this snake. Xiao Hei, can you send it back to its original place?"

Little Black turned around on the ground aggrievedly, leaving the little red snake behind and crawling out. The little red snake stretched its body and wanted to run away, but Big Black quickly held it down with one claw. After a while, Little Black crawled in with half a piece of cake left over from the night before, and pushed the cake in front of Lu Lingxi, and also pushed the little red snake in front of Lu Lingxi.

Lu Lingxi looked at the cake and then at Xiao Hei, and he understood what Xiao Hei meant. "You want to exchange the little red snake for the cake?"

Xiao Hei wagged his tail excitedly.

Lu Lingxi: “…”

He was a little amused. Just because Fang Lei promised five cakes in exchange for the little green snake, Xiao Hei remembered this and went out in the middle of the night to catch a little red snake in exchange for the cake. Lu Lingxi squatted in front of Xiao Hei with a smile, thinking about how to explain to Xiao Hei. Da Hei suddenly shook his ears and cried softly. Lu Lingxi's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about Xiao Hei anymore. He grabbed his coat and opened the balcony door and ran out. Da Hei quickly followed behind Lu Lingxi, leaving Xiao Hei staring at their backs blankly, feeling a little aggrieved.

"Brother Yan."

Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue walked in almost at the same time. Yan Yue turned around and saw Lu Lingxi running in from the balcony, looking at him with curved eyebrows. The smile in Yan Yue's eyes poured out, and he walked over and hugged Lu Lingxi tightly in his arms. "You're still awake so late?"

"I fell asleep and woke up again." Lu Lingxi explained obediently.

"Boss?" Anjie pushed open the door in a very unpleasant manner, carrying his luggage.

Lu Lingxi looked embarrassed and quickly pushed Yan Yue away. "Brother An."

An Jie looked at Lu Lingxi with a smile, "Happy New Year, Xiaoxi, Brother An has given you a big red envelope."

Lu Lingxi has been so lazy in accepting red envelopes recently that he felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. "I'm already 19, I don't want red envelopes anymore."

An Jie winked at Lu Lingxi, signaled Yan Yue, and said, "No need to save money for Brother An. Just ask the boss to give me two red envelopes. After all, the wool comes from the sheep."

Lu Lingxi held back his laughter and nodded.

An Jie did not stay here for long. He said a few words very consciously and left. Judging from Yan Yue's expression, if he stayed any longer, the red envelope for next year would be reduced by half. As soon as An Jie left, Yan Yue hugged Lu Lingxi and kissed her almost eagerly. Lu Lingxi felt weak all over after being kissed by him, and leaned against Yan Yue's arms. Yan Yue put his arm around Lu Lingxi with one hand and patted Lu Lingxi's back with the other hand. He felt that he could not kiss Lu Lingxi enough. He forced himself to let go of Lu Lingxi and said softly, "Xiao Xi, go back to the room first. I'll come over after I take a shower."

"good."

Lu Lingxi did not go back to the next room. He took off his coat and got into bed in his pajamas. Dahei came over and licked Lu Lingxi's fingers, then lay down on the mat in the living room. In just a few minutes, Yan Yue finished his shower, and lay down beside Lu Lingxi with a wet body, holding him tightly in his arms.

"Xiaoxi."

"Um?"

"I love you."

Yan Yue lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Lu Lingxi's. He looked at Lu Lingxi intently with an astonishingly burning gaze.

Lu Lingxi blinked, reached out to hug Yan Yue, and hummed softly.

Yan Yue chuckled, leaned over and kissed Lu Lingxi on the lips, and whispered, "Go to sleep."

Lu Lingxi closed his eyes obediently. Yan Yue smiled and kissed his eyes, then reached out to turn off the light. The room fell into darkness. Yan Yue couldn't fall asleep for a while while holding Lu Lingxi in his arms. For the first time, he didn't feel repulsed by this feeling of insomnia. Instead, he enjoyed this quietness almost calmly. Over the past few days, the suppressed emotions gradually eased, and the pale emptiness in his heart was filled with the warmth of being with Lu Lingxi. Yan Yue gently embraced Lu Lingxi, his body without any desire, he just wanted to hold Lu Lingxi like this.

Lu Lingxi rubbed himself in Yan Yue's arms and found a comfortable position. He seemed to have forgotten something in his daze. What was it?

In the next room, Xiao Hei was guarding the little red snake, eagerly waiting for Lu Lingxi to come back. It was a little hungry, and the cake had been eaten by it. Xiao Hei's eyes fell on the little red snake, and two drops of saliva dripped on it. The little red snake was stiff and motionless, trying to convey a breath of "I am not delicious, please don't eat me".

Little Black shook his tail in grievance, trying not to eat the little red snake. Little Red Snake = Cake, if he ate the little red snake, there would be no cake, and he would still settle the account. But Little Black didn't understand why Lu Lingxi didn't want the little red snake? Was it because the little red snake was not as thick as the little green snake? Little Black looked at the little red snake slowly, hesitating whether to catch another one?

With Xiao Hei waiting, Lu Lingxi slept until seven in the morning. Yan Yue had already come back from a run with Da Hei outside. He walked in while answering the phone, found the mat at the door and placed it in front of Da Hei, letting it wipe its paws.

"Okay, say hello to Grandpa Su for me." Yan Yue chatted briefly, hung up the phone, and looked at Lu Lingxi with a smile, "Are you awake?"

Lu Lingxi nodded dazedly and asked as he put on his clothes, "Is it Doctor Su's call?"

"Well, he told me that the laboratory has made very good progress on mice and wants to promote it to clinical practice."

The word "clinical" attracted Lu Lingxi's attention. He was a little surprised, "So fast?"

Yan Yue came over and kissed Lu Lingxi, explaining, "It's not a general promotion, but the laboratory will recruit a group of experimenters to test the new drug. The scope will not be too large, and it is estimated that there will be only a few dozen experimenters."

"Oh." Lu Lingxi nodded, touched Dahei and prepared to wash his face.

Yan Yue squeezed the toothpaste for him and said, "I just came back and met Brother Feng. He asked us to come over for breakfast later."

Lu Lingxi looked at Yan Yue with a guilty conscience. Yan Yue chuckled, ruffled Lu Lingxi's hair, and whispered, "Don't worry, Brother Feng said that mom hasn't gotten up yet."

When he said this, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but frown slightly. Wang Shuxiu seemed to get up a little late these days. Was she too tired from the New Year?