Chapter 29 The tip of her tongue darted out and explored the young man's lips...
The little capybara stood in front of the door, its head tilted back.
He couldn't quite make out the expression in Dr. Guan's eyes.
Even though the ceiling light was shining brightly, he still felt like he couldn't see clearly.
"If you can't, that's okay too." The young man smiled, and a pair of dimples appeared on his face.
The little capybara's dimples are very sweet.
Guan Yue did not deny that he liked it.
I love those dimples.
But he doesn't want to see the capybara laugh right now.
Her dimples looked so funny from laughing.
His laughter annoyed him.
"Dr. Guan must be very tired, having performed two surgeries... Hmm, I'll go heat up the food." The capybara struggled against the grip on its wrist, repeating, "I'll go..."
Halfway through his sentence, his wrist was released, but his waist suddenly tightened, and then his entire back seemed to be compressed and wrapped.
It's so warm.
The little capybara was wrapped in a sturdy and warm embrace.
It seemed that even that restless and empty heart was caught.
The man held him tightly, his arms encircling the young man's slender waist.
Pei Xi nestled against this warm body, turning her face to the side, her right ear pressed against the man's chest.
I could hear a steady, strong heartbeat in my ears.
My nostrils were filled with the scent of cedar.
The hug was so comforting, the scent was wonderful, and my heart felt instantly filled, but...
My eyes inexplicably welled up with tears.
Tears, carried by gravity, streamed down his chin, one drop at a time, soaking the fabric covering his chest.
Guan Yue could sense that the little capybara in his arms seemed to be crying, its body trembling slightly in his embrace. When he felt a wetness on his chest, he was certain.
The little capybara is crying.
"Pei Qi," the man called to him softly.
Pei Xi heard this and realized that she seemed to have cried so much that she had soaked Dr. Guan's clothes. She straightened her neck and looked at the water stain on the high-necked knitted fabric in front of her.
"I'm...I'm sorry, I'll take it off and wash it later." The young man's tone was weak, as if he was waiting to be scolded.
Suddenly, its jaw was gripped by an undeniable force, forcing the little capybara to tilt its head back.
The little capybara's bright, round eyes were now moist, with red rims around them, and even the tip of its delicate nose had a touch of pink.
The man narrowed his eyes slightly behind his glasses, then leaned down and lowered his face.
Pei Qi felt a bit of pain in her chin from being pinched, and just now Dr. Guan's eyes had looked rather fierce.
He was actually a little worried.
I'm worried that my lips might swell up again like last time.
However, when the man's cool lips touched hers, there was not a trace of violence in them.
She simply pressed her lips gently against his, lightly touching them.
The man didn't close his eyes completely. Only after observing that the slightly tense capybara in front of him relaxed and closed its wet eyes did he slowly stick out his tongue and probe into the young man's lips.
The little capybara closed its eyes and cooperated by tilting its chin up slightly.
The hand that had been gripping his chin released itself at that moment, and then wrapped around his lower back.
They were two bodies completely intertwined, exchanging breaths.
Pei Xi didn't know how much time had passed, only that he gradually found it difficult to breathe.
Only when the last breath of oxygen in his lungs was completely exhausted did the man pressing down on him slowly pull away from his lips.
The sound of slightly heavy breathing still lingered in my ears.
"Are you feeling better?" the man asked in a hoarse voice.
The little capybara in my arms seemed dazed from lack of oxygen, nodding blankly without answering.
She then buried her head in his arms.
"Let me hold you a little longer." As if afraid of being rejected, the capybara added, "Just a little while."
This time, Kaneshiro didn't say anything, but simply hugged the little capybara in his arms even tighter.
Pei Xi lingered there, nestled in the man's arms, not knowing how much time had passed.
"Are you hungry?" After a while, the man finally spoke. "I'll go heat up the food."
The little capybara shook its head in his arms and reluctantly crawled out: "I feel much better, I'm going to warm up."
Guan Yue: "Much better?"
The little capybara nodded solemnly: "Mmm!"
"Then tell me, what happened?" The man lowered his eyes, a hint of tenderness appearing at the corners.
Pei Qi touched the tip of his nose somewhat embarrassedly, took two steps outside, and the man followed him.
"It's nothing really..." The two walked down the stairs one after the other. Pei Qi walked to the dining table, trying to change the subject, "I made romaine lettuce. Does Dr. Guan like this?"
"Is it that you can't tell me, or that you don't want to tell me?"
Clearly, he failed to change the subject.
The young man leaned against the island platform, his round eyes still red, and said in a forcedly relaxed tone, "It's nothing really."
“It’s my younger brother. He got into Heda University and is coming here to study.” Pei Qi turned her head and looked at the glass teapot filled with lemonade on the island counter. “My mom said she would come with my brother. She’s even planning to buy him an apartment here so it will be convenient for him to study and do his internship. She also said… I should take good care of him. Actually, it’s nothing. I was just thinking about when I was in school.”
The little capybara was smiling again, its lips curled up, but the color in its eyes was gray.
“When I went to university, I went to the north. I didn’t have much money, just enough for living expenses, so I took the train. It was a very long train ride. It was especially cold in the north. It was my first time going to the north. When I got off the train, my nose was almost frozen off. I was carrying big bags and small bags, and I took a bus to register at the school. By the time I got to the school, it was already dark, and it was even colder.” Pei Qi exhaled. In He City, he couldn’t see this breath, but before, when he was in the north, he could see very obvious white breath rising into the sky every time he exhaled.
“I called my mom, I wanted to tell her it was so cold here, I wanted to tell her my butt hurt so much from the train ride… but she didn’t listen to me.” The capybara’s eyes were even more somber. “She told me that was enough, she had to go to a dinner party.”
"It's really nothing, really."
He had already figured it all out. He thought his mother was the kind of mother who wasn't very sentimental. But his mother would change her profile picture to her younger brother Pei Xi, call Pei Xi "Little Treasure" or "Baby," ask him to tutor Pei Xi, and say she would accompany Pei Xi when he went to university in another city.
Oh, so his mother can also be a very tender mother.
But not to him.
The capybara refocused its gaze: "I just suddenly remembered when I was in the north, the weather was so incredibly cold, it made my eyes red, hahaha."
It's not nonsense. He was in his room just now, and he really thought about the temperature in the north before, and his eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
A man who was about a meter away from him suddenly stepped forward, poured a cup of hot water from the thermos on the island, and handed it to him.
The young man took the water cup a beat late, pressing his palm against the warm cup.
"There will never be a time this cold again." After several seconds, the man finally spoke.
The little capybara held the water glass, smiled with pursed lips. Although its dimples were still not very sweet, at least they didn't look so bitter: "Thank you, Dr. Guan."
The man quickly averted his gaze, avoiding the young man's eyes: "Wait a moment, I'll go heat up the food."
Pei Xi was holding a water glass and hadn't even reacted when the man had already carried the plate of vegetables into the kitchen.
Perhaps it was because she was tired from venting her emotions, but Pei Xi was genuinely hungry and ate a large bowl of rice.
If it were Dr. Guan cooking, he estimated he could eat half a rice cooker's worth of rice...
"Dr. Guan, when are you taking a break this week?" The little capybara finally put down its chopsticks, feeling too full to eat any longer.
Guan Yue: "Wednesday or Saturday, I guess."
Pei Xi: "Shall we go to the flower and bird market together?"
Guan Yue: "You're going to raise capybaras?"
Pei Xi: "..."
No... what's the connection?
Besides, where would you find capybaras in a flower and bird market!
"Let's forget it, one is enough for the house." The man smiled as he got up to clear the dishes.
The little capybara was a little annoyed: "No! I want to go pick out some green plants; there's not a single green thing in the apartment."
He had wanted to buy it for a long time, but he always felt that the apartment was strangely deserted and lacked any sense of life because there were no green plants in it. But after all, it was Dr. Guan's apartment.
"But...does Dr. Guan not like flowers and plants? If he doesn't like them, then..."
"You can choose what you want." The man paused slightly as he cleared the tableware. "I don't dislike anything."
Is this little capybara finally going to make this its habitat?
Pei Xi: "Shall we go together on Saturday?"
Guan Yue: "Mm."
Guan Yue: "Then your younger brother..."
"My mom said they're coming over on Friday, and I'll go see them then." The little capybara had finished crying, and now its emotions had returned to a stable level, with no fluctuations in its tone.
"Oh." The man turned and went into the kitchen without saying another word.
Pei Xi: "I'll wash it."
Guan Yue: "Go take a shower, you stink from crying."
......
The little capybara lowered its head and sniffed itself.
He didn't smell anything strange.
Could it be... that his tears smell bad?
Despite his skepticism, he still went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Someone in the kitchen is washing dirty dishes.
In the instant she looked down, she noticed a small wet patch on her chest, the tear stains starting to dry.
This stinky capybara.
She poured snot and tears all over him, then wiped them clean afterward.
I went to meet him myself; I never thought of bringing him along.
better.
He never intended to go.
Someone with a cold face washed each plate until it was reflective.
The water jets from the showerhead splattered onto the little capybara's face.
Suddenly, the rain reminded him of something.
The young man came out of the bathroom and changed into a new set of pajamas. Guan Yue was just coming upstairs at that moment.
His hair, still damp and carrying the scent of plums, wafted up to the man.
"Your hair isn't even dry." Guan Yue frowned.
Pei Qi said bluntly, "I came out as soon as I heard you coming upstairs."
The man's tone softened considerably upon hearing this: "What?"
"Well, it's just..." Pei Qi licked her lips, "I'm having dinner with my mom on Friday, Dr. Guan... do you want to come?"
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