Chapter 83

Lu Shenxing put the letter into the drawer. He sat on a chair and smoked two cigarettes, his rationality sweeping away all his emotions.

Eat when it’s time to eat, sleep when it’s time to sleep, everything is as usual.

Wu Yuan did not come back in the twelfth lunar month, and he only appeared in front of Lu Shenxing on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar year.

His hair was cut very short and he had grown taller. His eyes were dark and bright, as if washed by water, and his handsome features became clearer and brighter.

Lu Shenxing was holding the test papers and books. He freed his hand to take the key to open the door. Just as he took two steps inside, a body bumped into him from behind, hugged his neck from behind, and kissed him.

The papers were scattered all over the floor.

In the gap between their passionate embrace, Lu Shenxing looked at the boy who couldn't help himself, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come back for the New Year?"

Wu Yuan hugged Lu Shenxing, buried his head and deeply inhaled the warmth from his neck and the scent of jasmine, and laughed hoarsely, "I miss you so much."

After that, the two of them kissed passionately, wishing they could tear each other apart inch by inch and swallow them into their stomachs.

Lu Shenxing's hand reached into Wu Yuan's collar, and Wu Yuan shivered. The coldness started from the back of his neck and went all the way down, and goose bumps instantly covered his whole body.

"Why are your hands so cold?"

"I'm old."

Wu Yuan, “…”

He held Lu Shenxing's hand, put it to his mouth and blew on it, frowning and saying, "Teacher, don't mention that again. I don't like to hear it."

Lu Shenxing was almost driven to collapse by him.

The two men raised their guns and watched the fire, and the next moment they attacked with all their strength, and a war without gunpowder began.

After the war, the ground was in ruins.

The window was not closed, and the cold wind blew back and forth. Lu Shenxing picked up the autumn trousers on the ground and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Wu Yuan was wrapped in the quilt, his hands were inside the quilt, putting on his sweater, "No."

Lu Shenxing cooked noodles, added a few vegetable leaves and ham, and it looked pretty good when it was served.

Wu Yuan put on his clothes and came down. His legs swung and numbness spread along his waist, which was an unusual feeling.

It was he who provoked, and it was also he who suffered a crushing defeat.

Lu Shenxing put the pillow on the chair, and Wu Yuan slowly sat down, holding the corner of the table. He took a breath.

"I said enough, you're not done yet."

Wu Yuan was thin-skinned and blushed immediately. He coughed shyly, completely different from the man who kept asking for more.

"Eat quickly, it will get cold soon."

Lu Shenxing collected the papers and put them away.

Wu Yuan took two bites of his noodles and said, "Teacher, you have never replied to a single letter of mine."

"Yes." Lu Shenxing said, "I replied in my heart." He really couldn't be so corny. When it came to Wu Yuan, he had already broken the rules.

The corners of Wu Yuan's mouth twitched.

In the evening, Lu Shenxing and Wu Yuan were lying on the bed watching TV. Cartoons were playing on the small screen, and Big Head Son was in trouble again.

When he woke up in the morning, Lu Shenxing saw a silver ring on his ring finger. It had no patterns and was simple and pure.

Perfect size.

Lu Shenxing patted the boy who was pretending to sleep beside his pillow and said, "You can't just give the ring away."

Wu Yuan scratched his hair and said, "That's why I wanted to give it to you."

Lu Shenxing was about to take off the ring, but Wu Yuan held it down and said, "Don't take it off. I want you to keep wearing it."

"When someone asks me later, what should I say?"

This is a conservative era, and rings have only one meaning. You can't just wear as many rings as you want as decorations.

Wu Yuan frowned, "Just say... say it was you..." He hesitated to say the last two words.

Lu Shenxing raised his lip, "My wife gave it to me."

"..." Wu Yuan was so embarrassed, "You can say it's my lover."

Lu Shenxing bent down and kissed Wu Yuan on the face. Just as he was about to make a few more teasing remarks, he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"I'm your dad!"

Lu Shenxing and Wu Yuan stared at each other and jumped off the bed at the same time.

Wu Yuan grabbed his toothbrush and cup and stuffed them into his bag, then hurriedly put on his clothes and shoes. Halfway through, he realized that he was barefoot and his socks were gone.

Lu Shenxing found some socks from the bedside and gave them to him, "Don't panic."

Wu Yuan licked his lips nervously. He hissed and said that he was bitten by this man last night.

"Do I look like I've been staying the night at your place?"

Lu Shenxing glanced at his hair that looked like a chicken coop, "Yes."

Wu Yuan quickly dipped his hands in water and massaged his hair. He took a deep breath and signaled Lu Shenxing that it was okay.

Zhang Dafu at the door almost broke it down. He was holding porridge in his hand and spilled a lot of it, getting it all over his pants and shoes.

Lu Shenxing opened the door and asked, "Dad, why are you here so early?"

"It's your mother who kicked me out early in the morning and asked me to bring you porridge. This porridge is from home..." Zhang Dafu's nagging voice stopped abruptly when he saw Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan greeted calmly, "Hello, uncle."

Zhang Dafu was already halfway through his life, and even at such an old age, his mind was as clear as a mirror. He was thinking in a strange way, "Son, whose child is this?"

Lu Shenxing, "He was a student in my previous class, Wu Yuan."

"Uncle, I just came back from school and went to see the teacher to handle the application procedures for poor students. His seal was left in the room, so I came in with him to get it." Wu Yuan lied seriously.

Lu Shenxing nodded when Zhang Dafu looked over, "That's right."

"Uncle, teacher, I'm going back first."

Wu Yuan went out with his backpack under Zhang Dafu's watchful eyes.

Lu Shenxing turned his back to the door, reached behind him and waved at Wu Yuan.

As soon as the door closed, Zhang Dafu came forward and asked, "What's the matter with the ring on your hand? Did you remarry Shuzhen?" He cared more about the ring on his son's hand than the boy's affairs.

"No." Lu Shenxing rubbed it for a moment, "I just wore it for fun."

Zhang Dafu slammed the table, puffed his beard and glared, "Can you just wear the ring for fun?"

Lu Shenxing shook his head, "No."

He coughed and said with a smile, "Dad, you have a daughter-in-law again."

Zhang Dafu was stunned for a moment, then he burst into joy when he realized what was happening. "Really? Then why didn't you take him home? Your mom and I didn't know about it."

Lu Shenxing said, "He's out of town."

"Long distance? How can we have a child then?" Zhang Dafu paced back and forth. "How old is he?"

Lu Shenxing touched his nose and said, "Nineteen."

"What?" Zhang Dafu was shocked. "So small?"

"Are you looking for a wife or a daughter?"

“…” Lu Shenxing’s mouth twitched.

Zhang Dafu asked, "Which of you two took the initiative?"

Lu Shenxing raised his eyebrows, "Is this important?"

"It was him the first time." Xin Liang kissed him secretly and confessed.

"It was him the second time, and the third time..."

"Nonsense!" Zhang Dafu said angrily, "Is it appropriate for you to let a girl take the initiative?" He even had to distinguish one from two from three.

He is not a girl, Lu Shenxing was speechless in his heart.

Zhang Dafu knocked on the table. "Bring it back for the New Year this year." He put his hands behind his back and said, "We're already married, and your mother and I..."

"Not yet." Lu Shenxing held his forehead, he had made a mistake without realizing it.

"Dad, he's not of legal age yet."

Zhang Dafu was suspicious, "Really?" How come he had never heard of the legal age?

"Well, you can go back and ask your uncle."

"I'm going back. Drink the porridge while it's hot. Your mother got up early to make it for you."

Zhang Dafu came and went in a hurry. Lu Shenxing rubbed his solar plexus. He couldn't fool people for a few years, otherwise he would be in trouble.

The next day Wu Yuan arrived and Lu Shenxing was studying his ears.

Wu Yuan's scalp tingled.

Lu Shenxing kissed him, "Do you want to get your ears pierced?"

Wu Yuan immediately stepped back, "I don't want to."

Lu Shenxing reacted really quickly, showing a harmless smile, "Just hit one."

Wu Yuan resisted desperately, but a hole was poked in his right ear and a silver earring was inserted into it. Under the sunlight, the light reflected in his black hair, which looked very beautiful.

During his depressed period, Lu Shenxing fulfilled one of his wishes. He had always thought that Wu Yuan's ears were particularly beautiful and very suitable for wearing earrings.

"Isn't it ugly?" Wu Yuan really couldn't think of any other adjective.

Lu Shenxing leaned over and kissed his right ear, chuckling softly, "Very beautiful."

After returning to school, Wu Yuan was questioned by several people in the dormitory for the whole morning, but he couldn't utter a single word.

All the girls in the class knew that Wu Yuan had a girlfriend. They were envious and jealous. Looking at the earrings on his ears, they became even more curious about that mysterious partner.

Wu Yuan acted indifferent to their curiosity. His life remained unchanged, busy and happy, with no extra time to relax.

Two springs, summers, autumns and winters passed, and after receiving twenty-four letters from Wu Yuan, Lu Shenxing bought a bus ticket.

That day, Wu Yuan was absent-minded no matter what he did and couldn't calm down. For some unknown reason, he ran to the bus station and sat down.

Every time a loudspeaker notification sounded, Wu Yuan would look up, searching almost one by one, and then look away in disappointment.

When Wu Yuan saw the man in the crowd, he stayed where he was until someone accidentally bumped into him, then he ran up and hugged the person.

Lu Shenxing steadied himself, put his bag on the ground, and stretched out his arms to hug Wu Yuan.

Everyone around them said that the brothers had a great relationship.

The two hugged each other quietly for a long time before separating. Lu Shenxing looked at the young man in front of him. He had handsome eyebrows and eyes, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised. Even when he was not smiling, he looked like he was smiling, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

After these two years, I'm almost as tall as him.

Lu Shenxing patted the still excited Wu Yuan and asked curiously, "How did you know I was coming today?"

Wu Yuan smiled and said, "There are three buses in total. If I can't wait for you, I'll come next time."

At the hotel front desk, a woman was knitting while watching TV. She glanced at Wu Xuan and Lu Shenxing, and was drawn back to the exciting plot.

Wu Yuan took Lu Shenxing to the booked room.

Lu Shenxing looked at the room, which was simple and clean. "How much is it per night?"

"20." Wu Yuan rested his chin on Lu Shenxing's shoulder.

Lu Shenxing said, "It's not expensive."

The air conditioner's heating was blowing, flickeringly, but it was better than nothing.

Lu Shenxing and Wu Yuan looked at each other in the bed, smiled and kissed, passionately.

Afterwards, Lu Shenxing felt the calluses on Wu Yuan's hands and asked, "Why are you working so hard?"

Wu Yuan hooked his foot around Lu Shenxing and said, "I need to support my family."