Don't even think about it
Tao Xingye was sitting at his desk looking at some documents when he heard a commotion outside the door.
"Why don't you let me in?" The voice was soft and gentle. It was Lin Yu.
Tao Xingye stood up and trotted to the door. Lin Yu was surrounded by a group of people, with a driver following behind him.
"Mr. Tao, I really have no choice. Your wife insisted on going upstairs." As soon as the driver finished speaking, everyone's face was filled with shock.
Lin Yu was annoyed by being stared at, so he walked towards Tao Xingye holding his suit. The crowd automatically made way for him, and Tao Xingye stood in front of the door waiting for Lin Yu to approach.
He took Lin Yu's hand and put his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. He said as if suddenly realizing something, "Oh, I forgot to introduce you all. This is my wife, Lin Yu."
Chu Yan just came out with the sorted documents when he saw this scene. He really wanted to use his mobile phone to take a picture of their boss's expression. It was a pity that Tao Xingye said that his employees had good acting skills.
If you ask him, their boss has great acting skills. He is so proud of himself in his heart, but he pretends to be so calm on the surface.
"Why did you come up here so suddenly?" Tao Xingye closed the door and spoke softly. He found a clean blanket and handed it to Lin Yu to replace the dirty suit in her hand, but Lin Yu refused to let go.
She didn't say anything, just sat on the sofa with her suit in her arms, quietly.
Tao Xingye was amused. He helped her put the blanket in place and then sat back down at his desk to work. His waist ached badly, even after applying a plaster.
He sat for a long time, hammering from time to time, getting up and swaying back and forth from time to time, but after a short rest he sat back down in the chair. All these little movements fell into Lin Yu's eyes. Lin Yu seemed to be thinking about something, but he remained silent, just clutching the piece of cloth soaked with blood.
He went to a meeting and hesitated for a moment, still worried about leaving Lin Yu alone. But Lin Yu suddenly said, "I'm going back to the car."
With the driver watching her, she felt much safer. Tao Xingye glanced at her, wondering if she had guessed something. He didn't have time to ask more questions, so he called the driver and watched him pick up Lin Yu and leave in a hurry.
The meeting lasted almost fifty minutes. He hated long meetings the most, but in order to come up with a plan as quickly as possible, he had to explain everything in detail.
After leaving the company, I saw Lin Yu sitting by the window in the car from a distance. The window was half lowered, and the hair on her forehead was trembling in the wind. She was looking at somewhere in a daze, and I don’t know what she was thinking about.
This feeling is quite good, the feeling of being waited for after get off work.
Tao Xingye smiled and walked towards the driver's seat, "Master, you go home first, I'll drive."
"I'm not going to grandma's!" Lin Yu's voice was sharp, her eyes wide. Tao Xingye would be a fool if he couldn't see something strange. She had been holding his suit in her arms the whole time. She was so observant that she must have noticed it.
He shouldn't have handed her that suit. How could there be someone so stupid as him?
"Boss Tao, can I leave?"
"Walk!"
“I’m not leaving!”
Their voices overlapped, and before Tao Xingye could react, Lin Yu directly grabbed his arm and pulled him to the back, "You drive, Master."
After she said this, she shrank to the side again, holding the suit in her arms, even tighter than she held him.
"I'm all here." Why are you holding onto the clothes? Tao Xingye was a little unhappy. He reached out to pull at the suit, but Lin Yu held on tightly. Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, the driver quickly spoke to ease the atmosphere.
"What a nice day, hahahaha."
The driver might as well not have said this. The atmosphere turned from anxious to awkward. Tao Xingye stopped fighting and let Lin Yu hold his suit. He pulled him into his arms.
"My waist injury is not serious, there is no need for you to worry so much."
When they got home, Tao Damai hugged Lin Yu's legs as soon as she walked in. Lin Yu didn't bend down, but looked at Tao Xingye, "Help me pick it up."
Tao Xingye blinked, thought about it, and then slowly began to squat down.
Before he was halfway down, Lin Yu bent down and took Tao Damai away.
"Haha, I just got injured today so it hurts a little bit." Tao Xingye excused himself. He washed his hands and rushed to the kitchen without stopping. When Lin Yu came out of the shower, she saw Tao Xingye cooking with his hands on his waist.
She rubbed Tao Damai's head, walked over calmly, stuffed the kitten into Tao Xingye's arms, and took his spatula.
"No need." Tao Xingye held the cat in one hand and refused to let go of the spatula. "Go wait outside. It's not your turn to cook." He just had a waist injury, not a disabled person.
He refused to give up his seat, so Lin Yu could only take the kitten away and sit obediently at the dining table waiting for him.
Although he had no appetite, Lin Yu still forced himself to eat a lot.
Her appearance made Tao Xingye more determined to cook for Lin Yu himself in the future - she was so reluctant to eat the takeout they ordered at noon, but she ate so much of the dishes he made casually, it was because she liked his cooking skills.
Tao Xingye thought about it and put another piece of food into Lin Yu's bowl with chopsticks. Lin Yu had already stopped eating, but he looked at the broccoli and picked up his chopsticks again.
Tao Xingye wanted to put some food into her bowl, but Lin Yu raised her hand to block him. "I'm full." She said and cleared away the dishes.
When going to bed at night, Tao Xingye was unwilling to leave Lin Yu alone in the second bedroom.
He happily held his quilt and pillow and blocked Lin Yu's door. In order to persuade Lin Yu to open the door for him, he even took the kitten into his arms.
He shook the kitten towards the door, and the kitten kept meowing, and the door was indeed opened. Tao Xingye rubbed the cat's head and decided to reward his kitten well tomorrow.
"The kitten misses you. It wants to sleep with you. I have to sleep with the kitten." Tao Xingye said as he squeezed in. Unexpectedly, Lin Yu did not stop him and let him in.
Tao Xingye was a little uncomfortable with her behavior. He thought about going out, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
Lin Yu went to brush her teeth, and he threw the kitten on the sofa and began to make the bed for Lin Yu.
When Lin Yu came out, Tao Xingye was already lying on the bed, covered with his blue quilt without pajamas, with most of his arms exposed. Tao Damai curled up on his chest. The bedside lamp was warm yellow, and her heart softened. Her face, which had been stiff all day, finally softened.
She pulled back the quilt and went to sleep in her own bed. Tao Xingye had adjusted the air conditioner temperature to 26 degrees. Although she felt a little hot, she did not ask to turn it back.
I don’t know if it was because he was next to Lin Yu or for some other reason, but Tao Xingye fell asleep very quickly.
He was woken up by something in the middle of the night. There was no light in the bedroom. When he opened his eyes, he saw the dark green eyes of the kitten, and above him, another pair of eyes shining brightly in the darkness.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
As the lights came on, Tao Xingye stopped screaming.
Lin Yu stood aside at a loss, holding the ointment. The culprit lay on the pillow and licked his tongue lazily.
Tao Xingye wiped the saliva from his face and sat up straight on the bed, "You got up in the middle of the night just to change the medicine for me?" His voice was full of surprise and his eyes twinkled.
Lin Yu handed him the half-peeled plaster, stepped over his body and got back into her bed.
Tao Xingye tugged at her blanket. She was covered tightly, with only her hair sticking out. "Stick it on for me."
“Post it yourself!”
"Please stick it on me, it's really hard for me to reach it." Actually, it was quite easy to reach. Tao Xingye watched Lin Yu pull down the quilt, quickly put away his smile, and looked at her pitifully.
Lin Yu had no choice but to take the plaster. Tao Xingye took advantage of the situation and lifted the quilt, revealing his entire body to Lin Yu. He was only wearing shorts, and his torso was clearly visible.
He turned his back and lay on the bed, no longer afraid of the pain of changing the dressing. He held the kitten in his arms with great anticipation, "Come on."
The wound on his lower back was shocking, and was as big as the bruises on his face. Seeing how painful he was, it was definitely more than just a superficial injury, but had broken bones. He could hold back without making a sound even though he was hit and kicked like that.
Lin Yu peeled off the plaster on his body and threw the new plaster heavily on him.
"pain……"
"You feel the pain too?" Lin Yu's tone was bad, but his hands moved much lighter.
After turning off the lights, the two lay down again, but Tao Xingye became restless. He stuffed the kitten into the quilt and urged it to slip into the gap between them.
As the quilt was lifted, Lin Yu felt a furry thing crawling in, followed by the man's hand.
"Strange, where's the kitten?"
The man held her wrist as if he had turned on a navigation system. He was not satisfied yet and forced Lin Yu to open her palm and interlock her fingers with hers. "I'm so sleepy, it's time to go to sleep."
Lin Yu was not sleepy at all. Listening to Tao Xingye's regular breathing, she couldn't help but turn around and began to study his face with her eyes in the moonlight coming through the gap in the curtains.
Even though she had been with him for such a long time, she had never taken a good look at him.
This person is really weird. He yells at her all the time, but he also always does some childish things.
She couldn't help but move closer, and touched Tao Xingye's lips with her fingers. She moved closer and closer, and her head felt dizzy. She actually kissed him directly. As soon as the tip of her tongue touched his lips, he hummed vaguely, "Da Mai, stop licking."
Lin Yu quickly lay down. Tao Damai heard someone calling him and tried to move upwards. Lin Yu quickly pulled Tao Damai from the middle to his left. If Tao Xingye found out that it wasn't Tao Damai who licked him, he would be finished...
Lin Yu felt dizzy and uncomfortable, but she just couldn't fall asleep. Tao Xingye was sleeping soundly, and thinking of this, she felt a little uncomfortable. She wanted to push Tao Xingye awake, but he still had an injury on his waist, and it would hurt so much if he woke up, and he was so tired during the day...
Lin Yu turned her back, Tao Damai also fell asleep, and she was the only one awake.
She tossed and turned, feeling hot all over. She kicked the quilt off and sat down by the window. She opened the window a little, and the cool night breeze blew in, bringing the stranded fish into the water flow.
Lin Yu unconsciously leaned out, and she fell asleep drowsily on the window sill...
In the morning, Tao Xingye tossed and turned in bed, waking Lin Yu. She stood up and patted Tao Xingye's face. Tao Xingye was completely awake, his grumpiness gone, and he grinned. When Lin Yu saw him smile, her eyes dimmed for a moment, then returned to normal in an instant.
"I'll go cook." Tao Xingye rubbed the kitten.
Lin Yu finished washing up and went out. Tao Xingye had already brought the last dish to the dining table. He took off his apron and said, "You eat first, I'll go wash up." Xiaomao followed him to the bedroom.
Lin Yu looked at the light side dishes on the table but had no appetite at all. She didn't want to make Tao Xingye unhappy, so after hesitating for a moment, she took the bowl to the kitchen trash can.
She hesitated to pour the porridge in, and afraid that Tao Xingye would find out, she took a few more tissues to cover it.
She moved quickly, and after she finished all this, Tao Xingye still hadn't come out. She placed the empty bowl of porridge beside her, picked up her chopsticks and began to eat the dishes casually.
When Tao Xingye came out, he saw the empty bowl. He buttoned his sleeves a little slower and asked, "Do you want more? I'll give you some more."
Lin Yu glanced at him, like a little deer. She didn't know why she felt a little wary. Was she afraid that he was still watching her everywhere like yesterday?
"Are you still leaving?" Tao Xingye pulled out a chair and sat next to her, with one hand on the wooden table and the other on the back of her chair, holding her in his arms.
He had used concealer today, which covered up most of the bruises on his face, but you could still see some if you looked closely.
Lin Yu was not used to him being like this, so she shrank her body and went to a place where he could not reach her. Her intentions were obvious.
"You have to go even if you don't want to." Tao Xingye slammed the table, and the loud noise shocked Lin Yu and Xiaomao.
The anger in his eyes subsided a bit, but he was still unforgiving. "Go change your clothes and leave after dinner." He picked up the chopsticks and said in a threatening tone, "If you don't change now, I can help you change later."
Lin Yu put down his chopsticks heavily and stood up to leave.
When she got to the company, Lin Yu curled up on the sofa and didn't move. Tao Xingye poured her some water, but she didn't drink a sip, didn't play with her phone, and didn't read. She just sat there.
Tao Xingye was frightened by her behavior. He pulled out an account book from the desk and threw it to Lin Yu, "Please check it. I need it this afternoon."
He had been busy all morning, with so many people coming and going in the office, that he couldn't help but feel a little tired. Lin Yu suppressed the urge to refuse and forced himself to concentrate and start checking.
For some reason, she felt her sensitivity to numbers had decreased significantly. She couldn't even do some simple calculations in her head.
This feeling made Lin Yu frustrated.
During the lunch break, Tao Xingye sat down with his back pounded and took Lin Yu into his arms. Lin Yu rarely spoke on her own initiative. She opened the account book to a certain page and handed it to Tao Xingye, "I don't understand this part. Can you calculate it and see if it's correct?"
"There's something you don't understand," Tao Xingye glanced at him, paused for a moment, and calculated the result. The number Lin Yu had corrected was marked next to it, and it just matched the number he had calculated in his head. "You corrected it correctly."
Lin Yu lowered her head and blinked slowly. "Really?" Her voice was very soft. Lin Yu unconsciously clutched the paper. "Back in the competition class, I remember our mental arithmetic abilities were comparable."
"Of course," Tao Xingye laughed, looking very excited. Everyone in the competition class knew that they were partners, especially during the time they were away for the national team trials. They were the only two people who knew each other best, and Lin Yu had unconsciously grown closer to him.
"How about it? My mental arithmetic speed is not slower than yours now, right?" He was beaming with joy and casually fiddling with the screen of his mobile phone while replying to messages, not noticing Lin Yu's increasingly frustrated look.
Lin Yu ate very little for lunch. Tao Xingye forced her to eat, even putting the food right next to her mouth, but she refused to eat. He threw the spoon away in anger and said, "I'll take you to see a doctor when I have time. I'll cure your problem of not eating."
He spoke in a very aggressive tone, not caring about Lin Yu's feelings. Or rather, both Lin Yu and he were inconsiderate of each other's feelings.
But now Lin Yu no longer argues with him, but just responds silently.
Neither of them spoke for the entire afternoon. Tao Xingye occasionally had some free time and secretly went to see Lin Yu while drinking water. The man was holding the account book, his brows furrowed, and there was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes for unknown reasons.
It started to drizzle on the way home in the evening. Lin Yu leaned against the glass. The car window was covered with a layer of water curtain. As the water from the top fell, new water flow began to gather.
All kinds of lights hit the glass, making it colorful and looking particularly decadent and cold against the backdrop of the night.
Lin Yu walked towards the bedroom as soon as she entered the house. Tao Xingye was about to remind her to change her shoes, but when he followed her, he found that Lin Yu had sat straight down on the bed. She moved with a mechanical pause, lifted the quilt, lay down for a moment, sat up again and started to take off her shoes.
She looked very tired and pulled the quilt over her head.
Tao Xingye had no choice but to hold his waist and pick up her shoes and bring them to the door. He also did not forget to take Tao Damai out of the room. Tao Damai has become more and more fond of licking people recently. He licked him twice last night alone.
He finished cooking and went to call Lin Yu, but Lin Yu was sleeping very soundly and refused to wake up even though he was muffled.
"If you wake up and are hungry, just call me and I'll make it for you again?" Tao Xingye proposed a second plan.
Lin Yu couldn't hear clearly, she just knew that she didn't need to get up now, so she pulled the quilt back and huddled back in. The quilt softened, and she yawned like a kitten and fell asleep on her side.
After dinner, Tao Xingye went to his study to work and did not lie back in bed until the early morning.
Lin Yu suddenly woke up at three in the middle of the night. It wasn't a nightmare, nor was it caused by someone waking him up. He was just quietly and opened his eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, and when she heard Tao Xingye's breathing, she realized that she was awake and not dreaming.
The sleepiness disappeared in an instant, and she felt a deep sense of powerlessness. She got up quietly and sat down by the window again, letting the drizzle hit her face.
The night wind blew into the room through the window, disturbing the tranquility. Tao Xingye's face was itchy from the wind, so he raised his hand to touch it and then turned sideways to embrace Lin Yu.
He didn't catch it, but he didn't care much. He just stretched his hand forward, but still found nothing.
He sat up straight, and before he could turn on the light, a figure by the window came into his sight—
Lin Yu sat on the window sill with her back to him, her body outlined in silver by the moonlight, half of her body was outside, the window was wide open, and if she wasn't careful she would be smashed to pieces.
He felt a chill on his back and leaned forward with his hands outstretched. He was afraid of scaring Lin Yu, so he spoke in an especially gentle tone, "Xiaoyu, come down and tell me what's going on."
Lin Yu didn't understand what he was doing. "Just go to sleep. I won't bother you."
The wind was so strong that her long hair was blown out of the window. Tao Xingye's legs felt weak. "If you don't want me to be here, I'll leave. Can you come down?"
He walked closer and closer, and before Lin Yu could react, he grabbed her legs and pulled her down.
They both fell to the ground. Lin Yu looked up and saw the moon outside the window. She couldn't help but stretch out her hand to reach it, but she couldn't reach it.
Would sitting by the window bring me closer to the moon? Lin Yu thought as he sat up and tried to climb onto the windowsill.
"Don't even think about it! Don't even think about having any space in the future!" Tao Xingye endured the pain in his waist and carried Lin Yu to the locker room. He took out a belt from the closet and wrapped it around their wrists.
He circled back and forth several times, and finally there was not a single gap left.
Lin Yu suddenly laughed, and the crisp laughter spread strangely in the quiet space.
Tao Xingye felt that this moment was even more frightening than before. Thinking of Lin Yu's abnormal behavior in the past few days, he felt that his blood froze...
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