The movie has ended.
Good news, the main character is still alive.
The bad news is that everyone except the male and female leads is gone.
Lu Yibei: ...
He looked somewhat dazed.
I only snapped out of my daze when the credits rolled.
I originally thought this time I could finally get rid of my childhood trauma.
As a result, childhood trauma turned into adolescent trauma.
It feels so numb...
Just as Lu Yibei was expressing his feelings, music suddenly started.
He was startled.
I then discovered that Ah B's auto-play function was enabled, and it skipped to the next episode.
Lu Yibei quickly reached for his phone and paused the call.
Then exit.
Although the title "The Lustful Demon" is indeed a little bit tempting.
But if he continues watching, he might suffer a nervous breakdown.
"...Qingqian? What are you doing?"
Lu Yibei turned his head.
Because his girlfriend let him go.
That firm yet soft sense of security vanished instantly.
As soon as I let go...
Her little boy's voice trembled slightly.
This made Ji Qingqian slightly amused, but looking at the boy's somewhat worried eyes, she still felt a pang of heartache:
"Let me brush my teeth first."
"…oh."
"You can go upstairs now, it's about time you went to sleep."
"Um…"
Ji Qingqian smiled gently and offered him a soft reassurance:
"Don't worry, I'll come upstairs to find you after I've washed up. I won't leave you alone."
After listening to Ji Qingqian's words, Lu Yibei nodded calmly:
"OK."
Ji Qingqian then headed towards the restroom.
Since it's just brushing teeth and washing face, there's no need to close the door.
Ji Qingqian looked up after squeezing out the toothpaste.
Looking in the mirror, I saw what was behind me.
“…Abei.”
The boy leaned against the doorframe, watching her.
Ji Qingqian couldn't help but find it amusing: "Are you that scared?"
Lu Yibei's gaze drifted to the living room:
"...No."
Then I saw that it was pitch black outside the window with the curtains not drawn.
In the pitch black, he recalled the movie plot.
Although after watching it, you won't be like someone who quit halfway through and let their imagination run wild.
In the end, Chu Renmei, due to her sincere feelings, let the male and female protagonists off the hook, which was somewhat satisfactory.
But for some reason, that opera tune still lingers in my ears…
He quickly looked away and then at his girlfriend who was brushing her teeth: "I just wanted to see you."
“…Gurgle gurgle.” Ji Qingqian mumbled indistinctly.
Lu Yibei understood the gist of it—"I've been watching it all day."
He smiled:
"I can never get enough of it."
Ji Qingqian continued, her words still indistinct: "Gurgle gurgle..."
—Even when he's so scared, he still manages to spout lewd remarks.
After a sheepish laugh, Lu Yibei became even more self-righteous:
"This just proves that I acted without hesitation and with genuine sincerity—"
Ji Qingqian: "Pah!!"
Lu Yibei: "..."
Fortunately, his girlfriend only spat out the mouthwash.
She wiped her mouth with a towel, her eyebrows curving into a smile.
I pretended to believe it.
After saying that.
She turned around, lightly jumped to her boyfriend's side, and took his hands in hers:
"Are you really scared?"
“…”
How should I put it?
It would be a bit embarrassing to admit it.
However, if he insisted, Lu Yibei was genuinely worried that the heroine Qingqian would just leave him there.
Ji Qingqian tiptoed and kissed Lu Yibei on the center of his forehead.
Then she looked at her young boyfriend, a playful glint in her eyes:
"Come, Lady Qingqian, I bestow upon you a magic seal so that you will no longer have nightmares."
Ji Qingqian then grabbed Lu Yibei's wrist with one hand:
"Let's go upstairs and let your sweet older sister lull you to sleep~"
Lu Yibei smiled helplessly.
It seems that his girlfriend has no intention of leaving him.
In fact, they were quite enthusiastic about it.
…
Lu Yibei got into bed.
Ji Qingqian sat on the edge of the bed.
The deliberately dim bedside lamp shone on her slender, oval face.
Her expression was calm yet gentle, her soft hand lightly patting the sheet covering the boy, a faint smile in her eyes.
Her gentle yet playful laughter made her seem like both a mature older sister and a mischievous little sister.
Two contradictory aspects are vividly displayed in one person.
Ji Qingqian is not like Lu Yibei, a children's song king.
She even forgot all the lullabies she learned in elementary school.
"The flowing water is so clear, without a single grain of sand."
"The predecessor was left to weather upstream."
"But that day when I passed by that dam..."
Ji Qingqian was humming a song when Lu Yibei gently interrupted her:
"Who sings 'Falling Flowers and Flowing Water' to lull someone to sleep...?"
Ji Qingqian snorted, speaking with righteous indignation:
"What I sing is not based on what you want to hear, but on what I can do."
“…”
"Close your dog eyes."
Lu Yibei obediently listened to him.
The setting sun casts its last rays, illuminating a fallen flower.
Lu Yibei thought of the song "Courage" that Ji Qingqian sang during military training.
He once joked that it was a mistake for a girl from Northeast China to sing a Cantonese song.
Only later did I hear what this girl from Northeast China had to say.
In fact, at the end of the last century, many karaoke bars in Northeast China were popular for listening to Cantonese songs.
Although karaoke bars have closed down or changed careers, they are no longer as popular as they used to be.
But this young woman of the new century may have inherited the traditions of Northeasterners from the last century.
…Although, “Falling Flowers and Flowing Water” is a song from the 21st century.
In the darkness with eyes closed.
Lu Yibei seemed to see a beam of golden sunlight shining into a karaoke bar decorated in the style of the last century.
"I think this trip was enjoyable~"
"This is a life well-lived."
After humming those two lines of lyrics she really liked, Ji Qingqian looked at her boyfriend, who had already closed his eyes:
“…Abei.”
Her response was calm breathing.
Ji Qingqian thought back for a moment.
Ah Bei had always been the one to put her to sleep; this was the first time she had put him to sleep…
Achievement obtained.
Ji Qing's thin lips curved slightly upward.
She leaned down and gently kissed her boyfriend's lips:
Goodnight, my little boy.
She got up, just about to leave.
The little boy's hand suddenly grabbed her fair wrist.
Ji Qingqian turned her head slightly.
Boy's sleep talking:
"...Don't go..."
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