Chapter 71 "Because the way you look at me...it's so bright that it makes me upset."
The heating in the hotel suite was turned on very high. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows were endless snow-capped mountains, and the twilight dyed the peaks a light rose gold.
Lu Yu locked the door behind him, turned around, and pressed Lin Che against the wall of the entrance hall. Their winter clothes still held the cold air from outside, but their lips and tongues pressed against each other, already incredibly hot.
"Wait, wait a minute..." Lin Che's protest was swallowed between his lips and teeth. His back pressed against the cool marble wall, while Lu Yu's body heated up in front of him. The intense stimulation of both ice and fire made his toes curl up, and his ski socks left messy marks on the carpet.
Lu Yu unzipped his winter coat with one hand, and with his other hand, he slipped his hand under Lin Che's shirt. His fingers, lightly callused, pressed gently against the small of his back, and Lin Che's legs immediately gave way.
"Are you cold?" Lu Yu asked, holding his earlobe, the hot breath from his breath reddening his fair skin. Without waiting for an answer, he suddenly picked him up and strode towards the bedroom.
Lin Che was thrown into a fluffy duvet, and before he could even get up, Lu Yu pinned him down. His black turtleneck sweater was pushed up to his elbows, revealing a large expanse of flushed skin. Lu Yu kissed the inside of his trembling wrist, his tongue licking the pale blue veins.
"Your hands are so cold." Lu Yu frowned, pressing his red, frozen hands against the back of his neck. Lin Che's fingertips immediately sank into the warm skin, and he sighed in pleasure at the warmth. He took the opportunity to roll over and straddle Lu Yu's waist, poking him condescendingly in the chest: "Mr. Lu...it's not dark yet."
Before she could finish her words, she was pinched by the waist and pushed down. Lu Yu tore open Lin Che's collar with his mouth, and his canine teeth rubbed against his collarbone dangerously: "Call me husband."
Lin Che suddenly smiled, his eyes filled with the snow and dusk outside the window. He leaned close to Lu Yu's ear, his breath brushing against his, like a feather. "Do you remember...the first time we met?"
Lu Yu paused.
Lin Che lay on top of Lu Yu, her fingertips gently tracing his sharp brow bones, her voice filled with a soft smile: "Do you remember... that time you were playing Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat major?"
Lu Yu's pupils shrank slightly, and the hand that was pinching his lover's waist tightened unconsciously.
"You remember." Lin Che proudly pierced his silence. "I knew you wouldn't forget."
Lu Yu rolled over and pushed the man back under him, nose touching nose: "Why did you hide in the corner at that time?"
"Lin Yang told me to leave after delivering the clothes." Lin Che's breathing became unstable because Lu Yu's hand was slowly sliding down his spine, "But when I heard the piano..."
"Just peeking?" Lu Yu bit the tip of his red ear.
"I admire it!" Lin Che protested, but she tilted her head back to reveal the curve of her neck. "The way you play the piano..."
"how?"
"Like it's glowing."
Lu Yu suddenly stopped moving. He stood up and stared into Lin Che's eyes in the dim light.
After so many years, these eyes are still as clear and bright as when we first met, filled with undisguised admiration.
"I saw you that day." Lu Yu said suddenly.
Lin Che opened his eyes wide in surprise: "But you clearly..."
"Pretending not to see?" Lu Yu's thumb stroked his slightly parted lips. "Because you were looking too intently, like a frightened little animal. I was afraid you'd run away the moment I turned my head."
Lin Che's ears instantly burned red. He recalled how embarrassed he was hiding in the corner back then, never expecting Lu Yu to notice him.
"Then our meeting at the bathroom door wasn't an accidental encounter." Lu Yu continued to drop the bombshell, "I was waiting for you on purpose."
"Why?" Lin Che's voice trembled.
Lu Yu lowered her head and kissed him, whispering between her lips: "Because the way you look at me... is so bright that it makes me upset."
"But...baby...that wasn't the first time we met."
Lu Yu held Lin Che in his arms, letting him lie on top of him. His fingers gently played with the soft hair at the back of his neck. His voice was low and gentle: "Actually, I saw you a month before that banquet."
Lin Che propped herself up slightly and looked at him blankly: "When?"
"Physics competition." Lu Yu rubbed his thumb across his brow bone, as if to confirm that the redness there had subsided. "You were wearing a dark blue school uniform, holding a stack of materials, and hurriedly crossing our school playground."
Lin Che blinked, trying hard to recall: "I don't remember..."
"Of course you don't remember." Lu Yu chuckled and pinched his earlobe, "Because you were hit on the forehead by an out-of-control basketball I threw."
Fragments of memory suddenly flashed back——
It was a sunny day. Lin Che arrived early to compete, taking a shortcut across the playground. He was just looking down at his admission ticket when his vision went dark and a dull pain shot through his forehead.
"Bang--"
The information was scattered all over the floor. He staggered back two steps, squatted down with his hands covering his forehead, and tears welled up in his eyes instantly because of the pain.
"Are you okay?"
A figure stood in front of him, facing the backlight, making it difficult to see their face. Lin Che reluctantly raised his head, his vision blurred by tears, and he could only vaguely see a tall silhouette.
"Information..." He subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but the other party squatted down first, and his slender fingers neatly arranged the papers.
"Your forehead is red." The man frowned, his voice gentler than expected, "I'll take you to the infirmary."
Lin Che finally managed to see Lu Yu's face clearly, but quickly looked away after just one glance.
"No, I'm fine." Lin Che took the information and stood up with difficulty. "Thank you."
He was in a hurry to get to the examination room and didn't even have time to ask the other person's name. He only remembered the faint scent of cedar on the person when they passed by.
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"...So you recognized me at the banquet that day?" Lin Che's eyes widened.
Lu Yu's fingers gently stroked his forehead, as if there were still red marks there from the past: "Hmm."
"Then why don't you just say it?"
"What?" Lu Yu raised his eyebrows, "'Hey, do you still remember the afternoon when I hit you on the head a month ago?'"
Lin Che burst out laughing and fell limply into Lu Yu's arms. "Then you waited for me at the bathroom door later..."
"I want to confirm." Lu Yu's lips touched his earlobe, his voice low and hoarse, "Confirm whether you really don't remember me."
Lin Che's heart skipped a beat.
"But..." Lu Yu suddenly turned over and pressed him under him, his fingertips sliding dangerously across his collarbone, "Now that you remember, shouldn't you compensate me?"
"Compensation for what?"
"I've been thinking about you for so long." Lu Yu's canine teeth nibbled gently at the side of his neck, "but you've completely forgotten me."
Lin Che smiled and dodged, but he grabbed her wrist firmly: "Then...how would you like to compensate me, Mr. Lu?"
Outside the window, the outline of the snow-capped mountains gradually disappeared into the night. Lu Yu's kiss landed on the spot where he had been hit by the basketball, his voice vague and gentle:
"Compensate me..."
"Don't ever think about forgetting me again in this life."
When Lu Yu's kiss came down, Lin Che's breath was instantly robbed.
Lin Che felt weak from the kiss, her fingers unconsciously tugging at Lu Yu's collar, a small whimper escaping from her throat.
"Breathe." Lu Yu pulled away slightly, rubbing his thumb across the corner of his wet lips, his voice unusually low and hoarse, "How come you haven't learned after so many kisses?"
Lin Che's cheeks flushed, and her chest heaved violently: "Who told you..."
Before he could finish his words, his lips were blocked again.
This time, Lu Yu kissed him even harder, his palm clasping the back of his head and pressing him into the soft mattress. Lin Che could feel his scorching body heat penetrating through the fabric, burning him to the point of shivering.
"Do you remember?" Lu Yu's canine teeth rubbed his lower lip, his voice vague, "That day on the playground..."
Lin Che was so dizzy from the kiss that her eyelashes trembled wetly: "Hmm..."
"When I was picking up the information," Lu Yu's kiss slid down his jaw and landed on the sensitive side of his neck, "your ears turned red."
Lin Che's eyes suddenly widened: "You...saw it?"
Lu Yu chuckled softly, and rubbed his hot earlobe with the tip of his nose: "Not only did you see..."
His hand slid under Lin Che's skirt, his palm resting against her waistline as he slowly moved upwards. "I still remember that."
Lin Che was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide, but Lu Yu grabbed her wrist and pressed it on her head.
"Want to escape now?" Lu Yu lowered his eyes to look at him, his eyes dark. "It's too late."
Outside the window, the last trace of twilight was swallowed up by the night.
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When Zhou Xubai called, Lu Yu was leaning against the headboard, his fingertips entwined with a lock of Lin Che's hair. His phone vibrated beside his pillow, and he quickly muted it, but the person in his arms still shifted uncomfortably.
"Hello." Lu Yu lowered his voice and answered the phone.
"Old Lu," Zhou Xubai said with a mischievous smile, "Are you two done yet? Everyone's waiting for you in the restaurant for dinner."
Lu Yu lowered his eyes to glance at Lin Che who was sleeping soundly in his arms. She was curled up in his chest defenselessly, her eyelashes casting fine shadows on her cheeks, and her lips were abnormally red.
Lu Yu replied in a whisper, his fingers gently stroking the bite mark on the back of Lin Che's neck. "You guys eat first, we'll come later."
Zhou Xubai sighed exaggeratedly from the other end of the line: "Alright, alright, everyone here isn't quite here yet, so the time for you to come over should be about right."
After hanging up the phone, he leaned over and kissed Lin Che's forehead: "Baby, let's get up and have dinner."
Lin Che frowned and leaned into his embrace, her voice thick with sleep: "Don't..."
"How are you going to sleep at night after sleeping for so long?" Lu Yu pinched the back of his neck, but Lin Che slapped his hand away.
"Whose fault is this..." Lin Che mumbled with his eyes closed, rubbing his cheek against Lu Yu's chest, "My waist is sore..."
Lu Yu chuckled and picked the person up. Lin Che hung on him like a koala, with his head resting softly on his shoulder.
Lu Yu held him in his arms and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and opened the curtains. Outside the window, the snow-capped mountains were glowing with a faint blue light under the night sky, and the sky was dotted with stars.
"Hmm..." Lin Che squinted at the sudden brightness, finally coming to his senses. He leaned on Lu Yu's shoulder, looking at the night view, and suddenly exclaimed softly, "It's snowing!"
Fine snowflakes were flying in the night sky, and the cable car in the distance was lit with warm yellow lights.
Lu Yu felt the gradually relaxing body of the person in his arms, lowered his head and bit the tip of his ear: "Are you hungry?"
"Actually... a little bit." Lin Che leaned on Lu Yu's shoulder and looked at the snow scene outside the window, muttering softly.
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