Chapter 32 Tomato
Chapter 32
Qiao Yue watched Lin Yu pulling at the spinach leaves, and he was about to go bald, while he was unaware of it, with his eyes lowered in a daze.
"Junior brother, what's wrong with you?" She took the corn out and turned around to ask.
Lin Yu raised his eyes to look at her, his pupils slowly brightened, and he smiled, "It's okay."
"Dinner will be served soon. You must be starving." Qiao Yue nodded in understanding and urged him to eat.
Yuan Ke looked around, "Where's Xiao Wan?"
Sometimes, just a glance is enough to reveal something between men.
After sending Qiao Yue away, Lin Yu sighed and told her everything that had just happened.
"So you almost confessed your feelings to Xiao Wan?"
Lin Yu nodded discouragedly, his fangs gnashing at the corners of his mouth, "That was the only thought in my mind at the time."
Logically speaking, he is an adult and has long learned to control his emotions.
But I didn't expect that a momentary emotional impulse would be so irrelevant.
It's like a cloud encountering the wind, being blown into rain, covering the sky and the earth.
Yuan Ke comforted him, "I understand your concerns and hesitations. After all, when you like someone, your expression can be deceptive, your words may conceal it, but your heart will never lie to you."
"Like is different from love. It is very pure, and subtle words and actions can easily trigger a heartbeat. You will have a frivolous and passionate emotion, but at the same time become hesitant, cautious and hesitant."
Lin Yu nodded. Ever since he understood his feelings, he found that he had become a little timid.
Because of his age and identity, these external boundaries and constraints made him question and deny his own feelings.
Yuan Ke smiled and said, "That's because you take love too seriously. But it's also related to our age. We've seen too many worldly things, and suddenly encountering such pure and clean feelings, it's inevitable that we will feel inferior."
"Love and like are different?" Lin Yu pondered this question several times, "How are they different?"
"Love is complex. It is built on all kinds of emotions in the world, family love, friendship, and countless other emotions that form a web and become a bond in our blood."
"From a physiological perspective, love is instinct; from a psychological perspective, love is the soul. The word love is too profound and may scare people away." After saying this, Yuan Ke asked him, "Which one do you think you are?"
Lin Yu was stunned. Talking about love and liking made him confused.
"Liking someone is the beginning of love, but it doesn't necessarily end in love, because the moment of being moved is too short. If you don't seize the opportunity, it may disappear soon." Yuan Ke patted his shoulder, "Xiao Lin, no matter which one you are, I hope you won't retreat. If there is an inevitable feeling, just let it take its course. You just need to be prepared to accept it."
Lin Yu took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Brother Yuan. I will take good care of it."
The previous recklessness resulted in a feasible solution.
What he needs to do is to deal with the concerns in this relationship, including the uneasiness and inferiority revealed by Chen Wan.
After Qiao Yue went out, she saw Chen Wan preparing the dipping sauce, but he was holding a bottle of vinegar, which was pouring out like a waterfall.
"Baby, it's so sour that it's making your teeth fall out." Qiao Yue smiled at her, then reached out and raised the vinegar bottle a little higher.
Chen Wan came back to his senses, his vision confused, and said awkwardly, "I'll make a new one."
Qiao Yue saw that she was absent-minded and thought of Lin Yu's heavy worries.
The thought in her mind, twisting and turning, overwhelmed the defenses of words.
"Baby, are you in love?"
Qiao Yue still asked.
Hearing this, Chen Wan looked down a few times and nodded, "But, it's a secret love."
Qiao Yue suppressed her smile and patted her shoulder, "How do you know it must be a secret crush? Don't be discouraged, maybe light will appear in the next second!"
As they were talking, Yuan Ke and Lin Yu came over with vegetables.
Lin Yu and Chen Wan looked at each other with blurred vision through the steaming water vapor.
But the emotional outline in my heart became clearer and clearer.
The vague emotions are like intertwined lines, involving the thoughts of two people.
Before starting to eat, it is customary to take photos and post them on WeChat Moments.
So Qiao Yue held up her cell phone and asked the other three to come closer.
This means that Chen Wan and Lin Yu are leaning against each other, their shoulders touching, and their fingertips just a few inches apart.
"Come on, call Eggplant!" Qiao Yue said with a smile.
Lin Yu and Chen Wan looked at each other and remembered that when they took graduation photos last time, Lin Yu said he wanted to eat eggplant.
Recalling the past at the same time, they smiled at each other again, their eyes filled with tiny glimmers of light.
"Beautiful, baby looks so beautiful when he smiles!" Qiao Yue praised the photo highly and then sent it to everyone on WeChat.
After receiving it, Chen Wan zoomed in a little and saw Lin Yu's white little fangs and somewhat naive smile, and silently added it to his collection.
The fish they caught themselves and the hotpot they cooked were delicious no matter how they were eaten. The four of them let go of their image and ate with relish.
A gentle evening breeze floated in the yard, bringing the fragrance of gardenia and jasmine.
Chen Wan remembered the watermelon soaked in the well, so he got up from the table to get it.
The moment the bright red flesh was cut open, everyone's eyes were filled with cool moisture.
Lin Yu looked at Chen Wan's distribution with a hungrily look.
After his eyes circled around the tip of the knife, he smiled happily and shyly when he saw that the biggest piece belonged to him.
He took a bite and took a deep breath of cool air.
The sweet taste is mixed with coolness, as if the whole mouth is filled with watermelon-flavored well water.
"Wow, this melon is uniquely sweet." Qiao Yue exclaimed in amazement and took another piece.
The copper pot was bubbling with flavorful soup.
Everyone enjoyed hot pot with watermelon and felt very comfortable.
"By the way, let's tell some jokes," Qiao Yue suggested to liven up the atmosphere.
She frowned slightly and looked around, "Junior brother, tell me one first."
After hearing this, Lin Yu thought about it seriously. It was really hard to find someone to tell a joke at the last minute.
His eyes fell on the cucumber slices in front of him, and he suddenly thought of an idea that was very appropriate.
He cleared his throat and said seriously, "I'm going to talk now."
"Please start your performance." Qiao Yue and Yuan Ke teased him.
Chen Wan looked at him, his eyes filled with unconcealed anticipation.
Lin Yu looked at the plate of cucumber slices and said slowly, "Once upon a time, there was a little yellow duck. It was walking on the road when it was suddenly startled by another duck. So it quacked and turned into a little cucumber."
Yuan Ke and Qiao Yue looked at each other blankly: "..."
Lin Yu is actually the second junior apprentice brother, he speaks like a pig.
Seeing everyone's indescribable expressions, Lin Yu scratched the hair on the back of his head and coughed twice, "Isn't this very interesting?"
Qiao Yue hummed twice perfunctorily, then said, "Let me tell you one, and I guarantee everyone will burst into laughter."
She pointed to the watermelon on the plate and said, "This is watermelon." She then pointed to the cucumber slices on the plate and said, "This is cucumber."
Lin Yu saw her raise her hand and point at him, "This is an idiot."
“…”
When he realized that he had been tricked, he saw Qiao Yue and Yuan Ke were already laughing so hard that they were bent over.
Even Chen Wan was grinning from ear to ear.
Just bear with it.
"It's your turn now." Lin Yu raised his eyebrows at Chen Wan, his eyes eager.
Chen Wan was suddenly called, and the smile faded a little.
But she doesn't have many good friends, and at school, apart from occasionally listening to her deskmate talk about fleeting gossip, her life is boring and negative.
If we let her tell jokes, the effect would probably be even better than Lin Yu's.
But Lin Yu and Qiao Yue were both clapping there, looking expectant. “Tell one… tell one…”
Unable to resist their enthusiasm, Chen Wan racked his brains and came up with one.
"Once upon a time, there were two tomatoes walking down the road. One walked fast, and the other walked slowly. The tomato behind kept asking the tomato in front, 'Where are we going? Why are you walking so fast? Why don't you talk?'"
Lin Yu leaned closer and said seriously, "Then, what did the tomato in front say?"
The closer he was, the more light was blocked. Chen Wan's facial features were shrouded in semi-darkness, and the clear smile in his eyes could not be hidden.
"Then the tomato in front said: Aren't we tomatoes? Why are we talking?" Chen Wan bit his lower lip and looked up at the three silent people. "I'm done."
Lin Yu stood there in a daze, his brows slightly furrowed, and he rolled his eyes to come to his senses.
Qiao Yue was the first to react. She quickly applauded and praised her enthusiastically, saying, "I didn't expect it to be such a logical sci-fi joke, hahahahaha..."
Amidst the series of laughter, Lin Yu and Yuan Ke were also thoroughly amused.
When it was Yuan Ke's turn, he smoothed his hair and said, "Xiao Wang got bangs one day, so he became Xiao Quan."
“…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the only sounds at the table were the bubbling and bursting sounds of bubbles in the pot and the clanging of the glass wind chimes shaking in the evening breeze.
Qiao Yue blinked and touched her arm, feeling as if she had goose bumps.
The night deepened and the weather turned colder.
"Haha, it seems we all have a talent for telling jokes. I declare the first Joke Contest a draw. Now, let's eat. It's getting cold."
That sentence is cold, which is a double entendre.
After dinner, Chen Wan wanted to take Huang Dou and Xiaomi for a walk.
Qiao Yue and Yuan Ke still had some work to deal with, so they stayed in the old house.
The idle Dora Xiaolin spontaneously followed Chen Wan to walk the dog.
Huang Dou walked slowly, which led Chen Wan and Lin Yu to slow down their pace as well.
Two shadows under the dim street lights moved forward and backward, overlapping and then separating.
Close yet distant, yet intimate.
Neither Chen Wan nor Lin Yu spoke, feeling deeper emotions in the quiet night.
Suddenly Lin Yu muttered, "That's weird."
Chen Wan tilted his head to look at him and found that he was raising his hand to scratch his elbow.
"Bitten by a mosquito?" She stopped and asked him with a smile.
Lin Yu pursed his lips and rubbed his arms to relieve the irritating itchy feeling.
"These mosquitoes dare to suck even a hot-blooded young man like me, and they are not afraid of burning my mouth." He muttered.
Upon hearing this, Chen Wan blinked and looked at him carefully from his jaw to his brow.
Conclusion: What a nice person, but unfortunately he is a fool.
When Lin Yu was about to say something else to ease the atmosphere, Chen Wan silently quickened his pace and jogged forward with Huang Dou.
Confused, he chased after her and asked, "Where are we going? Why are you running so fast?"
But no matter how he asked, Chen Wan didn't answer.
After running for about ten minutes, they stopped on the bluestone arch bridge.
Looking down, a thin layer of moonlight was sprinkled on the silent river.
There are shadowy branches and leaves on the river bank, and the pink and white flowers of oleander are reflected on the water, like white boats.
Chen Wan leaned on the stone railing with both hands, and Lin Yu stood behind her, looking at her from a distance.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, ripples appeared on the surface of the river, the oleander on the bank swayed a few times, and the reflected shadows of the flowers became blurred.
The moonlight contained in the dark water became fragmented and mottled, sparkling with pearly light.
“It looks very nice.”
Lin Yu looked at Chen Wan's bright profile, as if he saw the moon in a clear river or a pearl on a porcelain plate.
All equally clear and soft.
After hearing what he said, Chen Wan slowly raised his eyebrows and finally said, "Please don't talk to me, because we tomatoes can't talk."
Lin Yu was stunned for a few seconds, his dark pupils flickering with a faint light.
Still unable to hold back his laughter, he bent down slightly, his voice trembling as he said, "Okay, Tomato, late boy."
After returning from the walk, Chen Wan re-bandaged Lin Yu's wound.
When the bandage was removed, I could clearly see the red back of his hand, with distinct meridians and pain evident.
"It doesn't hurt. Don't think too much. Just wrap it casually." Lin Yu saw her brows were deep and joked, "Just don't wrap it into cabbage balls."
Chen Wan was amused by him and took a deep breath to suppress the worry in his heart.
Carefully re-bandaged him.
Because there was basically no problem with his five fingers, only his wrists and the back of his hands were more serious, she didn't wrap him into a ball again.
Lin Yu looked at the tight bandage and the fingers that had regained their freedom, and nodded with satisfaction.
"It makes me look like a boxer, a tough guy, and I like that."
He praised it highly and did not forget to emphasize that he is a tough guy.
Chen Wan didn't even want to complain about him anymore. He packed up his medicine box and said slowly before leaving, "It actually looks like a boxing kangaroo."
Lin Yu's smile froze: "......"
When they returned to the bedroom, Qiao Yue had already laid down with her face moisturized. She asked Chen Wan to apply some lotion before going to bed.
"Baby, women dress up to please themselves. It's time to learn to love beauty."
Chen Wan was stunned by the words "one who pleases oneself" and let Qiao Yue apply cream and lotion on her.
Qiao Yue originally wanted to hold a women's night talk party, but she thought that Chen Wan was still in love.
If you say too much, it will interfere with this pure intention.
She pulled the light cord, and the room became dim, revealing the soft outlines of the hibiscus flowers on the windowsill.
Qiao Yue was editing the photos and posting them on WeChat Moments.
Chen Wan browsed his Moments.
Lin Yu posted: "The most delicious hot pot, the most beautiful moon."
"My favorite dish today is tomato meatballs."
The accompanying picture shows a bubbling hot pot and the moonlight casting shadows on the river.
Qiao Yue’s comment: What tomato meatballs? Did you eat them all secretly in the kitchen, second junior brother?
Yuan Ke: I second the motion.
Chen Wan knew that he was laughing at his own words "I am a tomato."
Lin Yu saw Chen Wan liked it and commented, "Cucumber is not bad either."
His smile spread from his open eyebrows to the bottom of his heart.
Then I changed the note for Chen Wan to "Tomato Late"
After Chen Wan finished commenting, he opened the chat interface with Lin Yu and scrolled to change the notes.
"Lin Daigua"
After a while, "Lin Daigua" sent a message, "Good night, Tomato."
A tomato emoticon is also included.
Chen Wan felt that his face was probably as red as a tomato.
"Go to bed early, Lin Guagua."
Reference for the scenery on the bridge
Thoughts: The jokes in it are not original to me. I have a low laugh threshold and I used them because I thought they were funny. It should not be considered infringement as I did not make any profit. Thanks to Mingmingyue, Youran, and Weiyang.
I am very glad that Last Night's Rain has received attention again recently. I started writing it late, but now it is getting smoother and smoother. Fortunately, I did not do this work perfunctorily.
The small town chapter is the plot that I was particularly happy to write. Whether it is the emotions, the plot or the scenery, it all represents my own yearning.
Their love is very ordinary and gentle, so it is difficult to write about because there are too many psychological activities involved, but I tried my best to write it clearly.
I think I can also write sweet stories, haha.
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