Chapter 47 Orange (10) Loving you is my only desire
The soft powder puff, dipped in smooth and delicate talcum powder, gently rubs across the skin, soothing the stinging rash and bringing a different kind of itchy feeling. The sweet and greasy milk aroma unique to infant products fills the nose, and every breath seems to be sweet.
Lin Xia and He Chuan sat on the edge of the bed, one gently applying the medicine while the other endured it obediently. No one spoke for a while.
The room's light was a warm, dim yellow, casting a luminous glow on her bare skin. Even with the white powder daubed on, it couldn't mask the shy blush beneath. Lin Xia was thin, with delicate features. Her long hair was tied up, revealing her long, slightly drooping neck. Her narrow shoulders and delicate, prominent buttocks seemed to stretch for flight. Delicate skin traced her clearly visible spine, and her slender waist was barely visible beneath her loose bathrobe...
He Chuan tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart, but before he knew it, his breathing became heavier, his body became hotter, and some unspeakable changes were quietly happening.
He brought her here tonight not with the intention of doing anything. His purpose was simple. There were too many people and things going on in the village house, and he didn't want her to be involved. On their last night in Hong Kong, he couldn't bear to let her squeeze into the shabby rental house with him. He came to help her continue this fairy tale dream of Disney.
However, the person in front of him was the girl he had been thinking about for so long and had kept in his heart for so many years. How could he remain indifferent? He was just an ordinary man in his early twenties, full of vigor and vitality, with a man's normal and vulgar desires for the woman he liked. It was not dirty, but it was definitely not innocent.
In the silent room, the breathing sounds of both of them gradually became heavier, and the ambiguous atmosphere gradually heated up. Just when He Chuan couldn't help but want to say something to break the silence, he heard Lin Xia speak first:
"He Chuan," she whispered, "are you hiding something from me?"
He Chuan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant: "What?"
"Did you buy anything at the town store today?"
For Lin Xia, a Disney lover, entering the park's shops is like entering paradise. The myriad plush toys and cartoon accessories are simply irresistible. However, even with all her love, the price tags are prohibitive. Prices in Hong Kong are crazy, and Disneyland's are even crazier.
But since she had come here with great difficulty, she was unwilling to go back empty-handed. Lin Xia looked around and finally chose a music box in the discounted area. It was made of retro mahogany and had a simple and exquisite appearance. There was a pattern of the Little Mermaid painted on it, and Lin Xia fell in love with it at first sight.
The music box was bought for her by He Chuan, saying it was a birthday present for her. Lin Xia knew that he was just looking for another excuse to give her something. He always had various excuses to make himself feel at ease.
But when she was standing aside waiting for him to pay, she vaguely saw that he bought another thing, but she was not sure if she had seen it wrong, so she had been thinking about it in her heart, and only now could she not help but ask.
After Lin Xia asked, He Chuan didn't answer for a long time.
Suddenly, she felt him get up from the bed. She hurriedly turned around and saw him walk to the clothes rack, take something out of the pocket of the hanging coat, then return to the bed and sit in front of Lin Xia.
He held out his hand, motioning for her to look.
On his palm was a pair of rings, made of silver. One was engraved with Mickey's head, and the other was inlaid with Minnie's head in rhinestones. This was a pair of couple rings, and it was also the item that Lin Xia lingered on for the longest time in the small town store, picked up and put down several times, and finally gave up.
Lin Xia held her breath for a moment: "Why are you..."
Why did he spend a lot of money to buy it? Why did he buy it secretly, without letting her see?
"Did you give it to someone else?"
Lin Xia felt aggrieved by this possibility, and her whole heart suddenly felt sour and uncomfortable as if it were soaked in lemonade.
"How is that possible? Of course it's for you." He Chuan laughed. "You like this ring so much. If you don't get it, you will definitely regret it and miss it for a long time. However, I bought it, but I don't dare to give it to you easily."
"Why?" Lin Xia was puzzled.
"Xia Xia," He Chuan looked at her deeply, "The ring has a special meaning, you should know."
Yes, Lin Xia knew, and her face couldn't help but feel slightly hot.
But, precisely because she knew, when she picked up the pair of rings, wasn't she fantasizing in her subconscious mind?
She heard him continue:
"I'm actually a very vulgar person. My biggest goal has always been to study hard, change my life, go to a more distant place, make a name for myself, and live a glamorous and respectable life. No matter how much time it takes, how much effort it takes, or how much hardship it takes, I can endure it. I haven't thought about, nor do I care about, whether I'm in a relationship or not, or whether I like someone. But Xia Xia, you appeared in my life. I have never cared so much about someone, someone I shouldn't care too much about, but I just want to protect her, want to pamper her, want to treat her well. In front of her, I have no bottom line or principles. This uncontrollable mood scares me."
"I tried to avoid you. After I went to school in Hong Kong, I didn't contact you anymore, but I failed. Seeing your face again and again, I couldn't help but agree to everything you asked. I tried to refuse you. After you finished the college entrance examination, I deliberately distanced myself from you. But you were so brave and sincere. You came all the way to visit me in the hospital and confessed your love to me. I was completely defeated and had no strength to resist. From then on, I gave in."
"I know there are still many obstacles between us. I don't know when those conflicts accumulated by the previous generation will explode. We still have a long way to go before we can be together without any scruples, but I'm not afraid. From the day I decided not to avoid you anymore and not to push you away anymore, I didn't just want to have a shameful short-term relationship with you. Xia Xia, I want to be with you forever, no matter where we are, in which country or city. One day in the future, we will get married, start a family, see each other every day, eat three meals a day and sleep in each other's arms, and grow old together."
"I always want to tell you all this, but I'm worried that it's too far away and too heavy for you. However, I'm going to England soon. I don't know when I can come back or if I will ever come back. You have tied my heart and my destiny, and I can't help but want to tie yours too..."
He took the two rings off the back plate, placed them on his palm, spread them out in front of her, and asked in a low voice:
"Xia Xia, are you willing?"
Lin Xia lowered her eyes and stared at the ring in He Chuan's hand. She felt sore in her nose and eyes. She didn't dare to blink at all, for fear that tears would fall if she blinked even slightly.
"Actually, I've seriously considered what you said to me last time in Beidaihe."
Her voice was hoarse as she slowly spoke:
"Florence, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, these are all well-known schools for painting, but I'm studying design. If I really want to study abroad, I should go to the University of the Arts London or the Royal College of Art."
Both universities are in the UK.
He Chuan's breathing stagnated for a moment: "You mean to say——"
Lin Xia smiled slightly: "I may not be able to make it to your graduation ceremony, but you wait for me for three years. After three years, I will attend your inauguration ceremony."
“Xia Xia——”
In an instant, great joy surged into He Chuan's heart. He couldn't help but hug the girl in front of him tightly, kissing her moist eyes and her cheeks over and over again.
"Thank you, Xia Xia, thank you..."
Thank you for liking me, thank you for waiting for me, thank you for appearing in my poor and gloomy life.
Lin Xia nestled in He Chuan's arms, dizzy from his passionate and exciting kiss, blushing and shyly reminding him:
"And the ring..."
He Chuan then remembered the most important thing. He took Lin Xia's hand and slowly and solemnly put the ring inlaid with Minnie rhinestones on Lin Xia's middle finger. Lin Xia followed suit and took another men's ring and put it on He Chuan's hand.
Ordinary rings with such decorations naturally don't have size specifications. He Chuan just picked a pair that looked similar. After putting them on, his was a little big, but hers was just right, not a bit off.
Lin Xia asked quietly: "Is this a marriage proposal?"
"It's a rehearsal." He Chuan said to her seriously, "In the future, I will buy you a better ring, a more beautiful occasion, and propose to you more solemnly. Xia Xia, wait for me."
Lin Xia raised her hand, looked at the ring on her finger, and said with a smile:
“Now it’s perfect.”
She couldn't imagine a more beautiful scene than this moment.
"It will happen, Xia Xia. In my heart, you deserve the best."
He took her hand, their fingers interlocked, the rings touching, just like two hearts close together. When their eyes met, the love flowing in each other's eyes could no longer be suppressed. She looked up, he lowered his eyes, and their lips met, and the kiss was more passionate and lingering than ever before.
The couple's bathrobes embroidered with cartoon patterns fell under the bed one after another, and the two young bodies embraced and entangled each other, and everything that happened next was so natural.
In this small world, heaven and earth seemed to no longer exist. There was only hot breathing, deafening heartbeats, and sweat flowing down each other's naked skin.
Lin Xia felt like a small boat on the ocean, drifting up and down with the waves, not knowing where to go. The only thing she could hold on to was the man in front of her. He was her lifeline, her direction and support, her god and faith.
He spoke in her ear again and again with a heavy breath:
"Xia Xia, I love you."
Lin Xia also suppressed her shyness and embarrassment and responded to him bravely:
"Me too, He Chuan. Me too. I love you so very much."
In this life, they will never love someone so purely and passionately again.
This night is the eternity of life, the years are frozen here, they are forever young and belong to love forever.
A storm filled the entire valley
One fish fills the entire river
I made you as big as my loneliness
The whole world is for us to hide
Day and night so that we can understand each other
Let me see nothing else in your eyes
Except my imagination of you
Except the world created by your image
And the days and nights controlled by your eyes
Loving you is my only desire]
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