Chapter 50 Tool Man
After the hysterical breakdown of the cake incident last time, coupled with Lin Yan’s heartfelt comfort and assurance that night, my tense nerves seemed to have finally loosened like an over-wound spring.
Although my old friend, anxiety, has not really gone away, and the irritability brought by studying is still with me, at least I am no longer so easily trapped in the vortex of overwhelming panic and self-denial.
My emotions have become much more stable. Even if I am occasionally driven crazy by a difficult problem, I can take a few deep breaths, curse a few times, and then force myself to start over.
However, the torment of studying is real. The long and intense mental exertion is like trekking through the desert, with no way to release the accumulated stress.
In the past, my stress relief was playing games, killing everyone in the virtual world, and using the excitement of fierce confrontation and victory to wash away the fatigue of reality.
But that’s not the case now.
Games are too addictive for my "dog brain".
Once the game starts, time flows away like water from a floodgate. By the time you come to your senses, most of the precious review time has already slipped away, followed by deeper regret and anxiety.
So, one afternoon when I was tortured by math problems and saw stars in my eyes and felt so irritated that I wanted to smash the keyboard, a more "efficient" and "thorough" way to relieve stress suddenly popped up in my mind - find Lin Yan.
It's really shameful to say.
But in practice... the results are outstanding.
When the body was caught in the familiar storm led by Lin Yan, all the formulas, words and knowledge points were instantly thrown into the sky.
The world seemed to be compressed to the point where only the intertwined body temperatures, rapid breathing and extreme sensory stimulation remained.
The almost masochistic and violent impact was like a refreshing rainstorm, which washed away the irritability, anxiety and pressure accumulated deep in the spirit through the body, the only channel.
The mind is blank, leaving only pure, physiological release and the subsequent addictive exhaustion and satisfaction.
Moreover, you can also "feed" a guy with strong needs at the same time, which is killing two birds with one stone.
As a result, strange scenes like this often appear in the library:
I was staring at the book with a frown on my face when, in the next second, my fingers uncontrollably reached for my phone and quickly typed a line of words to Lin Yan: "Go home. Now."
Then, there was silent walking, silent door opening, and silent eye contact.
No words were needed, the air crackled the moment their eyes met.
In the following time, language is redundant, only the most primitive fusion exists.
Afterwards, I was so tired that I didn't want to move my fingers and collapsed on the bed, but my brain seemed to have been completely formatted and restarted. It was extremely clear and I could even turn a few more pages of the book with a strange calmness.
Lin Yan would sometimes hug me contentedly and deliberately tease me in his low, hoarse voice:
"Tsk, what does our Ruirui think of me now? A stress relief tool?"
My face flushed, I buried it in the pillow, and muffledly retorted, "Shut up! A tool should have the consciousness of a tool!"
In return, he laughed softly and hugged her tighter.
The days slipped into June in this high-intensity "learning-decompression" cycle.
The air began to be filled with the summer heat and the smell of parting.
Lin Heng, the little devil that people both love and hate, finally had his college entrance examination.
Although this kid has been studying hard for the past few months (supposedly to escape his "hungry wolf" stepbrother, and by the way, he signed up for a devilish closed-door class), he has posted less frequently, and even his social media accounts with hundreds of thousands of fans are overgrown with weeds, but it is a major life event after all.
Lin Yan and I both felt that at this critical moment, we had to stand up for him and, by the way, give ourselves a brief breath of fresh air from the cage of the postgraduate entrance examination.
On the day when the last exam of the college entrance examination was over, the examination center was crowded with parents who were eagerly waiting.
Lin Yan and I stood under the shade of a tree, watching the tide of candidates pouring out of the school gate.
Various expressions blossomed on their young faces—ecstasy of relief, exhaustion after surviving a catastrophe, uneasiness about the answer, and longing for the future...
Lin Heng's figure was not difficult to find in the crowd.
He didn't walk very fast, and his posture even had a bit of his usual laziness and unruliness, but his eyes were clear.
He saw us under the tree at a glance, and his originally slightly calm face instantly broke into a big, unclouded smile, like sunshine breaking through dark clouds.
He almost rushed over, with the youthful vigor and vitality.
"Brother! Sister-in-law!" His voice was loud, attracting the attention of several parents nearby.
Lin Yan patted his shoulder, rarely not scolding him for being so impatient.
Seeing that he was obviously thinner but full of energy, I was sincerely happy for him: "How did you do on the exam?"
"It's okay! I'm free!" Lin Heng waved his hand with great pride.
The three of them found a quiet restaurant to eat. During the meal, Lin Heng's mouth couldn't stop talking again.
He looked out the window at other candidates surrounded by their parents, then looked at himself. With a roll of his eyes, he started making dangerous remarks again: "Alas, other people's parents come to pick them up, but mine is picked up by my brother and... uh, sister-in-law."
He deliberately prolonged the word "sister-in-law" and gave me a mischievous look. "And my sister-in-law is a man! Tsk tsk, isn't my family configuration quite trendy?"
Lin Yan glared at him unceremoniously: "Be content! Your sister-in-law squeezed out her precious review time to come and see you."
Lin Heng ignored his brother's warning and turned around to me, starting to act like a "sister-in-law" to me: "Sister-in-law! Look how much thinner you've become! Have you been squeezed too hard by my brother? Is the postgraduate entrance exam incredibly tiring? You've even got dark circles under your eyes!"
He looked distressed (pretending), then lowered his voice and moved closer, "Sister-in-law, to be honest, my family is wealthy, and it's no problem for us to support you. How about you..."
"Lin Heng!" Lin Yan picked up a piece of pork ribs and stuffed it into his chattering mouth. "Even eating can't stop you from talking!"
Lin Heng was stuffed so hard that he kept moaning. After finally swallowing it, he made a face at his brother.
After dinner, Lin Heng immediately regained his nocturnal nature and ordered Lin Yan to take him to the door of a famous bar in the city center. "Su Yan is already waiting for me!"
He said confidently, "The college entrance examination is over, and the party begins! Sister-in-law, I'll invite you and Su Yan to play together some other day!"
He waved his hand gracefully, like a bird that finally flew out of a cage, and blended into the dazzling night of the city without looking back.
After seeing off the over-energetic brother, the car suddenly became quiet.
Lin Yan started the car and merged smoothly into the traffic flow.
The neon lights of the city streamed through the car window onto his chiseled profile.
"It's been a long time since I felt like this." Lin Yan suddenly spoke, his voice sounding particularly low and gentle in the quiet carriage.
I was stunned for a moment and looked at him.
Yeah, several months.
The pressure of preparing for the exam hung over my head like a thick dark cloud. My daily life was just a straight line between the library and home, and my mind was filled with various formulas and concepts.
Like now, the two of them stayed quietly in the car, without any study tasks or noisy younger brother, just driving aimlessly in the night, feeling the tipsy early summer breeze...
This kind of pure and leisurely time is indeed long overdue, and it is so precious that it makes people feel soft-hearted.
"Hmm..." I responded softly, and a warm feeling surged in my heart.
Before I could think of more emotions, Lin Yan suddenly turned sideways while waiting for the red light and gave me a light kiss on the lips.
The kiss was short, like the brush of a feather, carrying his unique cool breath and a hint of imperceptible tenderness.
But such a kiss as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, created ripples in my heart.
My face became hot uncontrollably and my heartbeat quickened.
For some unknown reason, I unbuckled my seatbelt, moved closer, and gave him a quick peck on the side of his face as he was concentrating on driving.
Then, as he turned his gaze towards me with a hint of surprise, I whispered sincerely, "Thank you for your hard work, Lin Yan."
This sentence contains so much. Thank you for your meticulous care during this period, thank you for tolerating my anxiety and bad temper, thank you for being my stress reliever, thank you for silently shouldering everything for me...
Lin Yan's expression changed instantly.
The suppressed tenderness and patience belonging to the "owner" exploded like a lit fuse!
Reason collapses, leaving only the surging, unconcealed possessiveness and emotions.
"Ruirui..." His voice was very hoarse and his eyes were surprisingly hot.
He didn't even wait for the next red light, but turned on the turn signal and parked the car steadily under the shade of a secluded tree on the side of the road.
The sound of the car door locking was particularly clear in the silence.
The next second, his kiss with a scorching breath came down all over her, more passionate and irresistible than ever before.
Outside the car window are the flowing lights and shadows of the city, and inside the car is the gradually rising, suffocating heat.
I know that tonight's "nonsense" is probably going to escalate again.
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