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Almost a month later, summer in Los Angeles was still the same as usual, with different people coming and going in the hotel every day.
Lin Chaojin poured a cup of coffee from the kitchen. It was made by Chi Huai this morning when he went to training. Gradually, Lin Chaojin got used to drinking the coffee he made every day. Sometimes she made a pot herself, but it didn't taste as rich as his.
"Hey, this is how they deliberately invade your life, understand? They're trying to get you used to living with them, so when you try to leave, you'll feel all sorts of discomfort," Li Yin, who was on the other end of the WeChat call with her, exclaimed in amazement. "That's a clever move, handsome guy."
After hearing this, Lin Chaojin paused holding the coffee. Thinking carefully, it seemed that this was how her life had been for the past three weeks.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all prepared by that man. She was used to falling asleep in his arms and waking up in his arms every night. Moreover, physical contact with him became more and more natural, which was completely impossible for Lin Chaojin before.
"Miss, what are you going to do next? There aren't many days left in a month," Li Yin said from the other end. "What's your relationship with that handsome guy now? What are you going to do? If you two really get together, he'll have to go back to his country. Wouldn't that mean you're going to have an international relationship?"
What kind of relationship? In fact, they started out as friends with benefits. Although they lived together for almost three weeks and did all kinds of intimate things, there was no clear explanation between the two of them about this kind of relationship.
"It doesn't matter," Lin Chaojin said lightly, finished his coffee, turned on the faucet and started washing the cup.
"Oh no," Li Yin's voice rose several degrees, "Then the way you two are getting along now is just like a stinky couple, sticking together all day long." When Li Yin said this, she felt a lot of resentment.
Before, she called Lin Chaojin every morning and noon, but eight out of ten times she couldn't get through. Why? It was because this young lady slept until the afternoon. Tsk tsk, looking at her rosy face in every video call, you can imagine how fierce the battle was at night.
Also, whenever she and Lin Chaojin video chatted for a while, the handsome guy would always sit beside her, disturbing Lin Chaojin's mind, and then the call would be hung up after a few minutes. The way this stinky couple showed off in front of her was simply outrageous.
Thinking about how clingy that handsome guy was, and then looking at Lin Chaojin's indifferent look, Li Yin didn't know for whom to mourn for a moment.
"Are you planning to come back on time?" Li Yin asked curiously.
"Yeah," Lin Chaojin put the cup on the island, walked out of the kitchen with his mobile phone, and sat on the sofa in the living room.
"Ah, then how are you going to deal with that handsome guy?" Li Yin scratched his head and asked, feeling that the handsome guy would not let him go just like that.
Lin Chaojin glanced at the room and felt that traces of that person could be seen everywhere in just ten or twenty days.
"Okay, figure it out on your own. I'm busy so I'll hang up now. Bye."
"Yeah," Lin Chaojin hung up the call and looked at the phone with a blank mind.
Chi Huai and his group walked out of the training hall, and teammate Tiger said, "The group stage will be in a few days. Let's find some time to review it tonight."
"Okay, I still need to work on my hero proficiency," the other teammates agreed.
"Then let's go to Huai Shen's room, okay, Brother Huai," Tiger asked.
"Ahem," Xiao Yao choked before Chi Huai could even speak. Facing everyone's gaze, she said, "Forget it. You all know about Master Huai's mysophobia. Why don't you just come to my room?"
"Yeah, that's fine."
Seeing that they had no objection, Xiao Yao quickly took a few steps to catch up with Chi Huai and jokingly said, "No, Brother Huai, why are you the first one to get off work every day, rushing to the hotel in a hurry every day?" After observing his expression, she continued, "And you've been melting like an iceberg recently. Everyone in the team suspects that you are possessed by a ghost."
Chi Huai glanced at him and ignored him.
Xiao Yao didn't care about his expression. She put her hand on his shoulder and joked, "I see you're having a great time as a live-in son-in-law these days. When will you introduce your sister-in-law to us?"
Chi Huai frowned, "No need."
"Hey," Xiao Yao observed his expression and widened her eyes, "Brother, come on, you've already delivered yourself to the door, and you still haven't gotten your sister-in-law."
"Shh," Chi Huai glanced at him coldly, "You have a lot to say?"
"Ahahaha," Xiaoyao received his death stare, retracted her hand and raised it in surrender, "Brother, no, not much."
Watching him walk away, Xiao Yao stood there and touched his chin. Tsk tsk, it seems that his brother Huai is really no good. And who is that beautiful woman who can have such a strong control over his brother Huai?
"Click," Chi Huai opened the door of the hotel and walked in to find that only a table lamp was on in the living room. In the dim light, he could see a person lying on the sofa with a pillow in his arms.
Chi Huai's eyes softened. He closed the door and walked over. He squatted beside her and reached out to push the hair off her face behind her ear. His eyes were fixed on her face. He looked at her silently for a few minutes, then reached out and gently pinched her nose. "You little heartless girl."
The sleeping person might feel uncomfortable, so he raised his hand to take his hand away, grabbed it in his hand, and pressed it under his face, muttering, "Chi Huai, stop it."
Chi Huai was held down by her and did not pull his hand out. When he heard her words, the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
Until his feet were numb, Chi Huai stood up, bent down, and picked her up from the sofa with both hands. The person in his arms moved to another place, found her position skillfully, and continued to sleep with her head resting on his chest.
Chi Huai tightened his arms and hugged her tighter. He lowered his head and rubbed his face against hers, muttering to himself, "Lin Chaojin, Jinjin, Jinjin..."
The next day, Lin Chaojin was used to waking up in Chi Huai's arms again.
"woke up?"
"Yeah," Lin Chaojin nodded in his arms.
Chi Huai pulled his arm out, propped himself up, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "I've been a little busy with training recently."
"Oh," Lin Chaojin said while lying on the bed and looking into his eyes.
"I have something to tell you after the group stage," Chi Huai said, looking into her eyes.
Lin Chaojin's hands suddenly tightened under the quilt, her expression unchanged, "Okay."
Seeing that she agreed, Chi Huai curled his lips, and the smile made his face relax, with an indescribable clarity. He lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead before standing up to wash up.
Lin Chaojin lay on her side on the bed, watching the man change his clothes and go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her, then come to the door to say goodbye to her. Soon after, there was a "click" sound of the room door closing.
Lin Chaojin sat up and leaned against the bed, took the phone from the bedside table, opened the app, browsed the plane tickets, clicked in, but finally exited, opened another app, and made a restaurant reservation a few days later.
Three days later, on the night before the group match, Chi Huai pushed the door open and saw a man dressed in fancy clothes sitting on the sofa.
She was wearing a long red dress that was tied from waist to ankles, and her long, thick, black curly hair was as white as the finest mutton-fat jade.
She had makeup on her face, and her bright red lips made her even more radiant and beautiful.
Chi Huai stood at the door for a moment, his eyes fixed on the man.
Lin Chaojin heard the sound and looked towards the door. Seeing him standing there motionless, she curled her lips and said, "Why don't you come in?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man walked straight towards her without stopping, bent down, held her face with both hands and tilted it up, then pressed his lips down, nimbly prying open her lips and chasing her closely.
"Hmm," Lin Chaojin felt her lips hurt. He seemed to be eating her alive. She couldn't help but turn her head away. "Wait, I need lipstick."
However, the man seemed not to have heard her and chased after her again, licked the water on her lips, pushed her lips open, and prevented her from breathing.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Lin Chaojin was released, his head was dizzy and his lips were sore.
Looking at that man again, the lipstick on her lips had smudged onto his. Seeing his dissolute appearance as a thief, Lin Chaojin no longer cared about being angry. She laughed out loud, took the wet towel on the table, helped him wipe off his lipstick, and gave him a coquettish look, "My makeup has been ruined."
Chi Huai reached out and stroked her lips, his eyes locked on her, his voice hoarse, "Very beautiful."
Lin Chaojin accepted his compliment calmly, her eyes raised, indescribably charming, "Of course."
Chi Huai's eyes changed, and he suppressed his anger again, but was stopped by Lin Chaojin's finger in the middle. "Okay, I have a restaurant reservation tonight, let's go on a date."
Hearing her words, Chi Huai's expression changed and he stood up straight. "Okay, wait for me to change my clothes," he said and walked into the room.
Lin Chaojin turned around, put her hands on the back of the sofa and said, "Change into the formal suit hanging in the closet. I bought it for you."
"OK."
While he was changing clothes, Lin Chaojin picked up the mirror and lipstick on the table. Looking at the lipstick in the mirror that he had almost eaten, her ears felt hot and she reapplied lipstick in front of the mirror.
When she put down her lipstick, the man had just changed his clothes and walked out. Lin Chaojin stood up and walked over, looking at him carefully.
She had made the suit to his size, so it fit him perfectly, as if it had been made for him.
The suit perfectly showed off his good figure, long legs, perky butt and slim waist. He really looked like a man who could easily be misled by his beauty.
Lin Chaojin glanced at her collar, looking at the top unbuttoned button that revealed her beautiful collarbone. She reached out to fasten it, then looked up into his eyes. "Where's your tie?"
Chi Huai raised his right hand holding the tie, and Lin Chaojin took it and pulled his collar, "Lower it."
When Chi Huai heard his words, he bent his body slightly.
Lin Chaojin tied his tie at this height, and after it was done, he patted his chest and said admiringly, "Not bad."
Chi Huai looked at her skillful movements, frowned, and said casually: "How many people have you helped tie their ties for?"
"Hmm?" Lin Chaojin was picking up her handbag on the sofa. When she heard his question, she casually said, "It's your first time tying it," and looked at him unkindly. "If you think it's not tied well, then tie it again yourself," and she wanted to untie his tie.
"No, it's very good," Chi Huai avoided her movements and curled his lips.
Lin Chaojin glanced at the smile on his face, not knowing what made him so happy, and said nonchalantly, "Let's go."
"Um."
The two took the elevator down to the parking lot. Lin Chaojin entered the location on the navigation, and Chi Huai drove towards the destination.
Los Angeles at night is brightly lit and bustling with traffic, even more lively and prosperous than during the day, and people's nightlife has just begun.
Half an hour later, the car stopped at a location on Malibu Beach. The two got out of the car, and Chi Huai put his arm around her waist and walked towards Moonshadows restaurant.
The restaurant is built by the sea and is decorated in a romantic and warm style.
The two followed the waiter's lead and sat at the reserved table. Looking out from their seats through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, they could see the sea with waves surging under the light of the sea lamps.
The service in the restaurant was very attentive. The dishes were served soon, and there were several white candles placed in the middle of the table.
Not far away, in the middle of the lobby, a band was playing beautiful and romantic songs.
Lin Chaojin picked up the red wine in front of her and shook the glass towards Chi Huai at the other end of the table. "Cheers, I wish you victory in the group stage tomorrow."
Chi Huai picked up his wine glass and toasted with her from a distance.
Lin Chaojin cut the steak in her hand, glanced at him, and raised her eyebrows. "This is the first time I've invited someone to a candlelight dinner."
After hearing what she said, Chi Huai met her eyes and opened his thin lips slightly, "That's right, me too."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After dinner, the two walked out of the restaurant. At this time, a waiter brought a bunch of refreshing red roses, saying that they were a gift for the couple of tonight.
Lin Chaojin thanked him and took it, then put it into Chi Huai's arms and raised her eyebrows. "A beauty and a rose are just right," she said and walked towards the beach.
Chi Huai held the roses in his hand, looked at the person walking in front of him, his eyes full of helplessness, and hurried to catch up with her.
There was a concert happening on the beach at that time, and people from all over the world and of different skin colors were dancing around the bonfire.
Lin Chaojin took off her high heels and joined them holding her shoes.
The red dress danced with her movements, and even her hair fluttered in the air like a dancer.
The bonfire was not as dazzling as her light. She was like a passionate and charming night elf.
"Chi Huai," the man came over while dancing and grabbed him with a bright smile on his face, "Come together," and brought him into the dance.
Chi Huai was immersed in her enthusiasm and danced with her.
The music stopped, Lin Chaojin put her arms around Chi Huai's neck, stepped on his instep with her toes, tilted her head back and kissed him on the lips for the first time.
There were also couples or strangers kissing each other nearby, and people were all intoxicated in this unrestrained emotion.
The two walked out of the beach, opened the car door and got in. Lin Chaojin put his hand on the car frame and said, "I want to see the night view of Los Angeles."
"Okay," Chi Huai started the car.
The car sped all the way and then began to climb. As it was going up the mountain, passing by many cars and camping groups, Chi Huai parked the car in a corner on the top of the mountain.
"It's so beautiful," Lin Chaojin opened the car door and walked forward a few steps. At the foot of the mountain was the enduring prosperous night scene of Los Angeles, as if the whole city was dotted with stars.
Chi Huai walked over, hugged her waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and looked at the night view of the mountain below with her.
The two of them watched the night view in silence for a few minutes, feeling the mountain breeze.
"Yawn," Lin Chaojin sneezed accidentally.
Chi Huai frowned and rubbed her arms with his hands to warm her up, "Are you cold?"
Lin Chaojin leaned back closer to his arms and said, "A little bit."
“We sat in the car and watched.”
"Um?"
Chi Huai turned the car towards the foot of the mountain, opened the door and took her in.
The two sat in the parking space and looked at the night view of the mountain below through the car window.
With a "click", Lin Chaojin turned on the music, and a beautiful and hoarse female voice sounded.
I won't stop until you,
I won't stop.
Say it say it say it,
Unless you say,
S...s...say it,
Say it, 1
…
"Click," Chi Huai took out a cigarette, held it in his hand, lit it with a lighter, and was about to put it in his mouth.
At this time, Lin Chaojin leaned over, grabbed his hand holding the cigarette and moved it to her lips, then took a puff of the cigarette from his hand, raised her head and the smoke sprayed on his face. The two looked at each other through the smoke, and the song reached its climax at this time.
And the moon lights,
When the moonlight is shrouded,
If you want it baby,
If you long for
Imma grind it up,
Let me control the ups and downs,
Dip it down,
Dragonfly, slow down.
Switch it round,
Rotate left and right,
Flip it and repeat,
Play repeatedly. 1
Amidst the singing, Lin Chaojin looked at him and asked, "Do it?"
Chi Huai's hand trembled and the cigarette butt almost burned his hand. He raised his eyelids to look at her, reached out to put out the cigarette in the ashtray, then put his hands around her waist and lifted her up to sit on his lap.
Lin Chaojin brushed her hair aside and lowered her head to meet his lips.
In this music, the languishing voice was drowned out.
The lights of the city in the distance flickered.
The next day, they returned to the hotel and took the elevator from the basement floor. With a "ding" sound, the elevator opened on the first floor and a person walked in.
"Hey, Brother Huai," Xiao Yao walked into the elevator and met Chi Huai's face, and greeted him. However, looking at his brother Huai who was dressed in formal attire and had just returned from a banquet, and the woman who was held in his arms with her face pressed against his chest so that she couldn't see her face clearly, she raised her eyebrows, thinking, "What's going on?"
Just when he was about to raise his eyebrows and make a joke, he looked up and received his brother Huai's cold warning look. He wisely made a gesture to keep his mouth shut and stood in a corner of the elevator.
It wasn't until Xiaoyao walked out of the elevator and glanced at the two people hugging each other through the elevator door that was about to close. She shook her head and said in amazement, "I can't believe it, Brother Huai, Brother Huai, beauty really can lead to misleading people."
Chi Huai carried her to the bed, and Lin Chaojin opened her eyes and met his gaze.
Chi Huai rubbed her face with his hand, looked at her and said, "You can sleep for a while." He paused and then said, "I have a group match this afternoon. Do you want to come and watch?"
Lin Chaojin glanced at him, and as his expression gradually changed, she raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Okay."
"Well," Chi Huai curved his lips, lowered his head and kissed her nose, then moved down to her lips. He stood up and put a ticket on the bedside table. "I'll put the ticket here for you. I'll go over first."
"Um."
The door closed with a bang.
Lin Chaojin lay on the bed and closed her eyes to doze off for a while, but her head was so messy that she couldn't fall asleep at all. She opened her eyes again, sat up and looked at the ticket on the bedside table.
He got out of bed, picked it up, took a look at it, and put it down again.
He walked into the bathroom and let the cold water pour over his head. After taking a shower, he walked out of the bathroom and sat on the bed. He didn't know how long it had been. He stood up suddenly, opened the wardrobe, changed his clothes, picked up the ticket on the bedside table, opened the hotel door and walked out.
When she walked downstairs to the hotel and was about to hail a taxi, her cell phone suddenly rang. Lin Chaojin looked down and saw "Ms. Xia" displayed on it.
Lin Chaojin paused, then reached out to answer the call.
"Hey, babe, having fun in LA?"
"Well, it's okay," Lin Chaojin answered the phone while standing on the street.
"Ok, when do you plan to come back? Have you bought the plane ticket?"
"It's almost there," Lin Chaojin put his other hand on the hand holding the phone.
"Okay, hey, Carl, pass me the salad," came the voices of Ms. Xia and another man.
Lin Chaojin listened silently for a while. After a while, Ms. Xia spoke again. Lin Chaojin answered her questions while watching the cars passing by.
After a while, when Ms. Xia was about to hang up, Lin Chaojin asked, "Mom, how did you keep yourself from getting hurt?"
When Ms. Xia heard the word "Mom," she propped her hands on the kitchen counter and said, "Well, I'm in the dominant position in a relationship, allowing myself to indulge in it soberly. But, honey, it doesn't mean you need to stay sober in all relationships. You just need to enjoy it calmly."
"Yeah," Lin Chaojin hung up the phone, holding the phone in his hand, standing on the street, with people coming and going around him.
Lin Chaojin's mind flashed back to her parents calmly ending their loveless marriage, seeing Li Yin crying in the bar and complaining about the scumbag who was her childhood sweetheart, and seeing Ms. Xia's love affairs unfolding very quickly and then happily withdrawing from them.
There was a "gulp" sound from WeChat notification, and Lin Chaojin clicked it.
CH: Are you here?
Lin Chaojin looked at it for a while and tapped his finger on the screen: Hmm.
CH: Okay, I’ll wait for you.
Lin Chaojin didn't reply, exited WeChat, opened another app, bought the nearest plane ticket, put away his phone and walked towards the hotel.
He opened the door, dragged out the suitcase, and stuffed all her things into it. Looking at the ticket she had placed on the table, he walked over, turned it over, picked up the pen on the table, and quickly wrote a few words.
Then she walked out with her suitcase, and the hotel door closed with a "click", as if locking up her time for the past month.
At the boarding gate of Los Angeles Airport, Lin Chaojin looked up at the League of Legends match being broadcast on the big screen not far away, and saw a face that flashed by.
He looked away, opened WeChat, and went to the page with the note CH. After looking at it for a while, he quickly clicked delete.
"Dear passenger, your flight from Los Angeles to New York..."
"Yeah, we're in the finals," Xiao Yao put down his computer and stood up, about to give his brother Huai a bear hug to celebrate, but Huai pushed him away and walked out quickly, "No, brother, where are you going? I have an interview."
"I'm leaving first. Tell Brother Wang for me."
Xiaoyao looked at his back and scratched his head: "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you rushing to chase your wife?"
In the hotel lobby, passengers passing by looked at the handsome man running so fast in amazement.
With a "click", Chi Huai opened the door of the hotel and walked in. He called out, "Lin Chaojin," but received no response.
Chi Huai looked at the dim environment, frowned, turned on the light with a "click", pushed open the bedroom door, "Lin Chaojin," but received no response.
Chi Huai walked out of the room and went to the kitchen. He didn't see anyone in the other room. He walked into the room again and opened the wardrobe with a "swish". He saw that except for his clothes, all her things were gone.
Suddenly looking towards the corner, she found that the suitcase was no longer there where she usually kept it.
Chi Huai gritted his teeth, suppressed his emotions, took out his mobile phone, went into her WeChat page, and sent a message: Where are you?
However, there was a big red exclamation mark in front of the message, and a sentence: LZJ started friend verification, you are not his (her) friend yet...
When Chi Huai saw this message, he felt empty inside, but he did not give up and sent several more messages in a row.
"Lin Chaojin, where are you?"
"Do you want me to pick you up?"
"Where?"
…
He sent several messages in a row, all with big exclamation marks.
I exited the WeChat page and made a phone call, but I only heard the mechanical customer service voice: Sorry, the number you dialed is turned off... I hung up and called again. This happened several times in a row.
Putting away his phone, Chi Huai walked out quickly and saw the ticket on the table. Chi Huai picked it up and saw that it said: We are destined not to meet.
"It's fate that we won't meet, huh, it's fate that we won't meet," Chi Huai stared at the four words and nodded angrily, "Okay, you're really good, Lin Chaojin."
On the other side, Lin Chaojin got on the plane and stared at his cell phone in his hand.
At this time, a flight attendant came over and said, "Hello, ma'am, the plane is ready to take off. Please turn your phone to airplane mode."
Lin Chaojin nodded, lowered his head to turn off his phone, watched the page go dark again, and looked out the window.
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