Chapter 74 Fish Balls
When Chen Wan woke up, he smelled a rich aroma of milk mixed with the soft scent of bread.
She squinted her eyes, put her arms on her knees, and supported her upper body, like an unconscious child who was lying in bed.
It took him a while to realize that he was not in the dormitory, but sleeping with Lin Yu.
Now it was broad daylight, but she suddenly felt shy and covered her face, feeling a little annoyed at her lack of reserve and wondering why there had been no progress yesterday.
Is it because I am not charming enough, or is it because he is too determined?
After daydreaming for a few minutes, Chen Wan followed the aroma of food to the living room and saw bright sunlight shining on the blue-gray curtains, ripples on the sink, and illuminated the bubbling milk in the pot.
"Awake?" Lin Yu took out the toast that was toasted to a crisp with a pair of tongs. When he saw her, he raised his eyes and smiled, then moved sideways to get the jam.
Puffs of milky white steam rose up, covering his eyebrows and eyes, and the outlines of his facial features were softly outlined.
Chen Wan walked forward, made a detour, and gently put her arms around his waist. She rested her chin on his shoulder and nuzzled his neck. "Good morning."
After hesitating for a moment, she moved a few inches closer to his ear and said drowsily, "Brother."
Lin Yu was startled for a moment and replied, "Good morning."
Pretending to be calm, I added sugar to the milk pot. Looking at the boiling pure white bubbles, my ears felt slightly hot.
The soft touch from behind made him take a deep breath and try his best to suppress his wild thoughts.
Last night, after she fell asleep, she unconsciously changed her posture, lying on her side, hugging her knees, and burying her head in the safe space she created, like a weak kitten.
Looking at her soft black hair, Lin Yu sighed and gently held her in his arms.
This posture made Chen Wan feel much more at ease. His curled knees gradually stretched out, and his hand naturally rested on his lower abdomen.
Lin Yu never knew that a girl’s palms could be so hot that it almost burned his sanity to ashes.
Perhaps, it was just that his heart was too boiling.
In the second half of the night, she slept comfortably, but he was in agony and struggled to hold on until dawn.
Suppressing this unpleasant memory, he tilted his head and kissed her hair, saying, "Wait for me at the dining table. After dinner, we'll go to IKEA."
Chen Wan looked at the fully equipped kitchen sink and decided there was no need for help. He said, "I'll go wash up first."
When I arrived at the bathroom, I saw the toiletries that Lin Yu had prepared for me. They were placed together, looking warm and cute.
After washing her face, she saw a little rabbit embroidered on one of the towels, but she took Lin Yu's towel directly to wipe her face. She smelled a refreshing scent in her nose, like the sunshine in late summer.
Breakfast is toasted buttered toast with blueberry jam and a glass of sweet milk.
"You should install a floor lamp in your room, place it next to the desk, so that you can do your homework more conveniently." Lin Yu said casually, his eyes sweeping across the kitchen counter, "And you need to buy a few more sets of dishes and chopsticks."
Chen Wan felt that Lin Yu's tone when he talked about these trivial matters was softer than jam. She felt a sweet emotion in her heart and nodded with a smile, saying, "Okay."
On the way to IKEA, passing by the flower and bird market, while waiting for the traffic light, Chen Wan saw an old man squatting by the aisle. In front of him was a small stall of cages, which contained birds with beautiful feathers and rabbits as white as snow. However, Chen Wan's attention was attracted by a chubby hamster.
She rolled down the dark car window and laughed at the fat hamster, watching it slowly stepping on the running wheel. It went to drink water after running only two laps. Its delicate pink little paws held the small bottle, and when it sipped the water, its little teeth were shiny in the sun, like two grains of broken rice.
"What are you looking at?" Lin Yu turned his head and saw Chen Wan's smile, feeling a little curious.
Chen Wan raised his finger and pointed at the hamster, saying, "It's so fat."
Lin Yu looked in the direction of her finger and saw the pudding-colored hamster, fat and lazy. It only ran a few steps before it started digging for food with its belly sticking out.
"Do you like it?" he asked.
Chen Wan turned around when he heard this, a glint flashed in his eyes. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Just taking a look."
It takes mental preparation to raise a small animal, and she doesn't have the confidence to be a good owner now.
Because it was Saturday and Sunday, the aisles were crowded with people, but few people stopped for the small stall. It was the dead of winter, the grass and trees were withered, and the cold wind made the old man selling pets stamp his feet, cover his earmuffs with his hands, and curse the strange weather.
He turned his wrist half a circle, turned the steering wheel, and the car slowly stopped in the parking line. Lin Yu ruffled Chen Wan's hair and said, "Come closer and take a look, then decide whether to buy it or not."
Chen Wan grinned at him with her little rabbit teeth, her smile soft and gentle.
Walking to the stall, Lin Yu chatted with the old man readily. Interpersonal relationships in the north are very easy-going. No matter how familiar they are with each other, as long as they make eye contact, they will ask if you have eaten.
Chen Wan squatted in front of the cage, staring at the fat hamster's black bean-like eyes and laughing, teasing it: "Little Fatty, run two more laps to lose weight."
The fat rat looked at the person and became a little more energetic. It moved to the side of the cage and stretched out its little claws to try to pull her away.
Chen Wan wanted to reach out, but Lin Yu stopped him: "Be careful, you might get bitten."
"Oh." She smiled, pulled up her sleeve to hold her fingertips, her eyes staring at Lin Yu intently, but her fingers were tentatively holding the little fat mouse's paws.
Lin Yu only raised his eyebrows slightly, and both the man and the mouse shrank back and retracted their little movements.
He felt helpless and amused. When he met Chen Wan's gentle eyes, his expression softened. He turned around and asked the old man, "How much is this hamster?"
The old man didn't even glance at me and said with a smile, "Let's say you're fifty."
Lin Yu quickly took out his mobile phone and scanned the code to pay. Although Chen Wan was a little worried about not being able to raise the pet well, she really liked small animals.
"Don't worry about not being able to take good care of it." Lin Yu noticed her hesitation. He held the cage with one hand and tapped the iron bars with his fingers. The little fat mouse rolled around inside, a pumpkin seed popping out of its cheek. "Do you think it would let its fat son down?"
The old man took the money, rubbed his hands, and felt that the weather had become much warmer. He poured half a bag of kangaroo food and handed it to Lin Yu, saying, "Thank you, young man. Since you are so handsome, I will give you a discount next time you come."
Lin Yu sighed, "Of course. It's cold out. You should move to a sheltered area. Be careful not to catch a cold."
He usually spoke in a clear and fluent voice, but now with a little bit of inflection, Chen Wan thought Lin Yu was even more adorable, so he put his arm around him and joked, "Officer Xiao Lin is so amazing, now he can even get a discount with just his face."
Lin Yu was not modest either, he raised his head and said proudly: "Not bad."
The two looked at each other for a while and then burst into laughter. Then they got in the car. Chen Wan held the small cage and played with the hamster. He casually asked Lin Yu, "What should we name it?"
"You can name it anything you like, Xiandan, Gousheng'er, anything is fine." Listening to his nonchalant nonsense, Chen Wan laughed and continued to think about the name.
It is quite common for couples to keep pets, and it is also a small symbol of love, so Chen Wan thought it would be a good idea to choose a pet that is memorable.
"Look at it, it's so fat, just like a meatball." Lin Yu glanced at the hamster and began to worry whether it would have three highs.
"Meatballs..." Chen Wan read it once, and suddenly it became clear, "Let's call it fish balls!"
"Sure, a mouse named Fishball will be caught by the cat anyway." Passing by a red light, he had some free time and played with the hamster with his hands, "Fishball, Fishball..."
Chen Wan looked at his gentle expression and explained with a smile, "Lin Yu, Chen Wan, Yu and Wan, so it's called Yuwan."
Hearing this, Lin Yu turned his head to look at her, a smile in his eyes: "It sounds good."
......
After entering IKEA, the two of them pushed the shopping cart and looked around. When they reached the kitchen area, Chen Wan took a fancy to a plate, while Lin Yu looked at another shelf casually.
White edges and a blue background with layers of waves on top. When she was about to pick it up, she heard a voice saying, "Mom, I like this!"
Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw a little girl pointing at a small pink cherry blossom bowl and talking. However, her arms were too short to touch it, so she pulled her mother's sleeve and acted coquettishly.
"Don't we already have one at home? Besides, you might break this porcelain bowl. It's not safe." The little girl's mother just glanced at it casually and dismissed the suggestion.
His eyes fell behind Chen Wan, his expression was slightly startled, and he walked over after a moment.
"Lin Yu, long time no see." Even before the person came close, his tone was already quite familiar.
Chen Wan watched her pass by him and smiled at Lin Yu, "When did you return to Linbei?"
"October." Lin Yu's tone was flat, and her attitude remained unchanged. After glancing at the little girl she was holding, her attitude softened a bit, "Bring the child here to buy things."
Chen Wan watched the two people asking and answering each other, and guessed from their conversation that they must be old acquaintances, but from the subtle atmosphere, it seemed that there was a gap between them.
She looked at the young mother calmly. She had a beautiful face and her every move was gentle.
She wore a Burberry trench coat with an apricot cashmere sweater and a knee-length plaid skirt, and she looked elegant. Standing next to Lin Yu in a navy blue tweed coat, the combination of handsomeness and gentleness made her think of the word "matched" at an inappropriate time.
Chen Wan remembered a sentence he had seen before: something like "ex" is just a micro-movie, and if not handled properly it could be expanded into a melodramatic eight o'clock drama.
She quietly moved closer to Lin Yu and took the position of the heroine.
Lin Yu had no intention of exchanging too much pleasantries with Chu Qin. After all, their breakup was not decent, and the timing of their reunion after such a long separation was not appropriate.
"Would you like to choose this one?" He and Chen Wan were already close, and just by leaning in slightly, he already showed his intimacy. His hand rested on her fingertips, stroking the embossed pattern on the edge of the dish. "It looks pretty good."
Seeing this, Chu Qin's smile faded a bit, and she finally looked at Chen Wan. After hesitating for a moment, she still looked at Lin Yu and said, "Is this Xixi? She has grown so big."
Before Lin Yu could respond, Chen Wan had already answered her question, "Hello, I'm Chen Wan."
She simply introduced the name, but her sense of sovereignty was self-evident.
Lin Yu looked at Chu Qin again, his gaze much colder, "It's not Xixi, it's my girlfriend."
"Oh, then let's have dinner together. We haven't seen each other for a long time." Chu Qin lowered her eyelashes to hide her emotions, her smile still graceful. "There's a Japanese restaurant nearby, and I have something I want to tell you."
"I'm really sorry about what happened before. I..."
She hadn't finished her words when she saw Lin Yu's furrowed brows and became speechless.
"Chu Qin, I don't care anymore, and you don't have to feel guilty anymore. Now you have your own family, and I have a lover. Everything is over."
There is no need to recall or reminisce. The past is just an old calendar that is no longer useful.
After Lin Yu finished speaking, he didn't look at Chu Qin again. He asked Chen Wan's opinion on the dishes and left.
Chu Qin looked at his tall and straight back and the young woman, and the last bit of guilt she felt finally disappeared completely.
Why bother, it's all over.
......
The two drove home after having dinner at IKEA. When they arrived at the foot of the apartment building, dusk was falling and the sky connecting with the high-rise buildings gradually turned into sapphire blue, dotted with tiny stars.
Lin Yu was very tired after shopping all day. After arriving home, he changed his shoes and went straight to the soft sofa.
He randomly picked a movie, planning to spend the evening watching it. He waved to Chen Wan, who was setting the table, "Wan, stop working and take a break."
Seeing that he was doing whatever he wanted, Chen Wan wanted to sigh even more, so she ignored his eagerness.
Lin Yu scratched her hair and sensed that she was not as happy as before, and she was absent-minded while eating. Although Chen Wan usually did not show her emotions much, her silence today seemed a little deliberate.
She seems to be distant yet close, but is actually trying to attract his attention?
Lin Yu held his chin and thought for a long time, but was still confused. He simply stood up, carried the person to the sofa, held her shoulders and stared at her carefully, trying to find any clues.
"Wanzi, what's wrong with you?"
After he asked, he was suddenly afraid that she would say "it's nothing", which would mean that the matter was serious.
Chen Wan saw the inquiry in his eyes and didn't hide it. She asked directly, "Is that person today your ex?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu immediately sat up straight and said sincerely, "Yes, but I haven't been in touch with her for a long time."
Judging from the content of their conversation, this was true. Chen Wan didn't care about this, she was more discouraged by herself.
When I was drunk, I heard Zhang Mo talking about Lin Yu's love history. The final outcome was that Chu Qin fell in love with someone else, and Lin Yu blamed himself for a long time.
"I didn't wear makeup today." She suddenly said, her tone very serious, "I couldn't win back for you."
Under Lin Yu's surprised gaze, Chen Wan continued, "The best way to get revenge on your ex is to find someone better than her. Next time we meet, I will definitely wear heavy makeup. I will definitely be prettier than her."
Hearing her powerful words, Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and pulled Chen Wan into his arms.
Chen Wan leaned on his chest, listening to the intermittent laughter. After a while, Lin Yu finally finished a complete sentence, "I really don't care about what happened before... and you are prettier than her. You are the most handsome boy."
"Really?" Chen Wan raised her head slightly from his arms, revealing only a pair of clear eyes. "But I'm not wearing any makeup today, and I even have a small pimple on my nose."
Lin Yu followed what she said and glanced at the tip of her nose. Sure enough, there was a very tiny red dot on it, which made her look even more lively and lovely.
"It looks good. Wanzai is the best looking." He continued to smile, his tone very sincere.
Chen Wan sighed again, and for once, he was childish: "But she has a great figure too."
Recalling Chu Qin's long legs and proud bust, she pushed Lin Yu away a little, her eyes fell on her chest, and frowned, "Am I very flat?"
This was a life-threatening question. Lin Yu remained silent for a long time, thinking quickly about the correct answer.
Before he could find a solution, Chen Wan's next sentence made him freeze.
She said, "Have you had sex with her?"
Although the words were euphemistic, Lin Yu understood immediately.
Chen Wan looked straight at him, his eyes were gentle and a little aggrieved.
Lin Yu raised his hand to rub the bridge of his nose. After his eyes moved around for a few times, he confessed frankly, "No, she and I never did it, really."
The sudden discussion of this topic made him a little restless, and his throat and earlobes felt slightly itchy. He leaned over to get a glass of water from the coffee table and took a sip, trying to cover up his embarrassment.
Finally, Chen Wan asked, "Will you do it with me?"
"Puff..." Lin Yu choked on the water.
The feeling of nasal congestion made him unable to speak. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he met Chen Wan's serious expression, but he felt even more like a distorted dream.
Before I could recover from my shock, I saw her move closer to me. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a light shadow under her eyes. She was clearly nervous, but she pretended to be calm and asked again, "Will you do it with me?"
Lin Yu: I didn’t say that, but...
Reference for small bun egg fish balls!
Thank you Shantou and Li Ge. When I was in Jinjiang before, I wrote about every little angel I knew. Anyway, I still feel a little lost. I must have lost some little cuties after changing platforms, but I also met new little cuties. I will stop updating here today. The next chapter will be released!
PPS: 7576 is a plot of that kind, but it is easy to be squeezed in, so everyone should be low-key! If you can't see it, you can only go to my Weibo to see the full version.
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