Chapter 64 Picking the Moon It turns out that the moon is hot.
His eyes were so superior that they seemed to contain a deep galaxy that one would easily sink into them if one was not careful.
Even though I knew that the Jin Yunyan I knew before was not complete, I still couldn't help but feel a little dazed when I saw his unfamiliar expression.
When it was already past twelve o'clock, Jin Yunyan returned to his room.
Bo Xia was still thinking about the kiss just now. When she calmed down, she saw a cufflink from his shirt lying on the sofa. She clutched the cold gem, as if clutching the remaining foam left over from a dream.
When they reached the door of the man's room, Bo Xia remembered that she could return the cufflinks to him the next day.
So what is she doing here now?
Do you want to see him again?
The door was knocked open. Jin Yunyan was wearing a loose nightgown, with water droplets running down his hair. She rarely saw him with his hair slicked back, and he looked a little more aggressive than usual. There was also a little difference in his eyes when he looked at her.
He had just finished a cold shower when he saw the person he'd been thinking about standing in front of him, offering to return his cufflinks. His temper, which had been fading, suddenly returned, and perhaps because of the backlight, his eyes dimmed considerably.
Jin Yunyan glanced at her and restrainedly took the gem from her hand.
Perhaps not wanting to be too unusual, his eyes were still a little more gentle when he looked at her. However, she couldn't sense the turbulent waves hidden under his calm emotions.
"The stuff has been delivered. I'm leaving now."
He lowered his eyes to look at her, his long eyelashes casting a large shadow, and asked her if it was just like this?
Bo Xia was at a loss for words, as if unwilling to admit that she had other intentions, lest he bring up some seductive rhetoric.
Fortunately, Jin Yunyan didn't ask any further questions, nor did he say anything to tease her. He bent down and said softly, "Go to bed early."
After the people left, he realized that his cold shower had been in vain, so he took another one.
When he came out, Jin Yunyan lit another cigarette and barely suppressed the emotions that were stirring in his heart.
They had a pretty good time during the vacation, but after it was over, Bo Xia seemed to have used up all his energy, and leaned back in the passenger seat with an expressionless face.
He asked her what was wrong, and she said, "Can't you see? I'm out of energy."
Jin Yunyan laughed dumbly: "Usually you seem to have endless energy, why do you seem to be drained of energy when you're alone with me?"
It was obvious that most of the occasions they met were work-related. Even the last time they went rock climbing, they didn't spend the whole day outside playing like this. It wasn't that her physical strength was depleted, but she would lose some energy just by socializing with people.
After Jin Yunyan said this, why did it seem like the blame was inexplicably put on her?
She opened her eyes. Perhaps because she had become closer to him, she had also developed a lot of temper: "Aren't you the culprit?"
"Hmm?" Jin Yunyan looked at her with his eyes lowered, and after a while he spoke, "Did I do anything to you?"
It was clearly a serious question, but it seemed to carry some other meaning.
After returning to Beijing, Jin Yunyan did not send her home, but drove her to an open-air movie. There were not many people at this time, and they sat in the car, watching the images playing far away outside through the glass.
He went to buy some snacks and asked her to lean on him: "Charge for a while."
Bo Xia suddenly recalled the class movie they had watched together many years ago. They had swapped seats, and even that had stirred a wave of emotion in her heart. Back then, she had thought that even being able to watch a movie side by side with him was a luxury.
And now they are so inseparable from each other, which seems like a dream that is too dreamy to be real for Bo Xia many years ago.
The big screen showed scenes of characters kissing, but she didn't watch it and didn't sleep.
She just raised her eyes and looked at him with moist eyes. Jin Yunyan felt that the look was somewhat familiar. She always looked at him like that when they first met, which made people feel a little sad.
But she smiled in the end.
When the eyebrows are curved, it reminds people of the falling crabapples in spring, with a sense of hesitation and a bit of bright vitality.
He moved closer to her, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "What are you laughing at?"
She shook her head.
A soft kiss fell on his lips, tinged with the faint scent of cedar on the man.
Bo Xia was enveloped by his passionate gaze, and suddenly thought, even if this was an illusory dream from which she would eventually wake up, she should keep doing it for a while longer.
Bo Xia didn't finish watching the movie.
Perhaps because the ride was too bumpy, even though she kept her eyes closed she couldn't get enough rest and fell asleep soon.
When she woke up, her hand was firmly held by Jin Yunyan's big hand, with their fingers interlocked.
His other hand was still reading emails on the computer, and he didn't know what he was looking at but his brows were tightly furrowed. When he noticed the movement of his other hand, Jin Yunyan raised his eyes and his facial expression suddenly softened a lot.
"Is it fully charged?"
"About eighty percent."
Also know how to protect the battery.
Bo Xia was just about to say that he was out with work when she saw that he had already turned on the computer and was taking her to watch the last bit of the movie.
There was a radio in the car, so the sound of the movie could be heard clearly. Jin Yunyan raised his hand and restored the volume that had just been turned down.
Bo Xia felt a little tired from sitting, so after the meeting, he suggested going for a walk.
The heat wave is coming, making people feel the invasion of summer clearly.
Unlike Southern Eucalyptus, where the four seasons are always more distinct, summer in Southern Eucalyptus is a season of contradictions: bright and humid, warm and parched, like a major illness that everyone is deeply trapped in.
And the secret love that ended in that humid summer seems to have a sequel in the new summer.
They didn't say anything, just walked along the road quietly.
It's like an old-fashioned date.
Passing a quiet street corner, Bo Xia saw an elderly woman selling lotus flowers. She wasn't particularly interested, but she felt a little sorry for the woman selling flowers in such hot weather, and her mind suddenly filled with her tragic story.
She held Jin Yunyan's hand, and the latter thought she wanted him to buy her flowers. Just as she was about to agree, Bo Xia raised her gentle eyebrows in the dim light and asked, "What do you like?"
He was surprised for a moment and looked at the stall: "Lotus, right?"
Jin Yunyan saw her bend down and pick out two bouquets and hand them to Jin Yunyan. When she paid, her eyes and brows were filled with other emotions, and if you looked closely, it seemed to be a bit of compassion.
She chatted with her mother-in-law for a while, and when she learned that she was just sitting around setting up a stall, her expression changed noticeably. Perhaps she didn't expect that she had thought so much, and she was both amused and speechless for a moment.
Jin Yunyan saw all of this. In his view, the woman was bending over, her long hair falling gently under the orange light. He couldn't help but hold her waist with one hand, lowered his eyes and chuckled softly. His peach blossom eyes were filled with gentle smile, like an inclusive lake.
Although nothing was said, Bo Xia still read a hint of ridicule in it.
She looked up at Jin Yunyan with a look of accusation in her eyes. He pretended nothing had happened and just lowered his eyes to admire the flowers she bought.
He thought that she had made him the beneficiary of her kindness.
The luggage was still in the car, so Jin Yunyan took her home.
She was used to going upstairs alone, but she forgot that there was already someone beside her. Jin Yunyan took her luggage and went upstairs with her. When they opened the door, they met Bo Xia's roommate.
Out of politeness, he greeted the other person indifferently: "Hello."
"Hello," the roommate knew what was going on immediately, but he didn't know if they had confirmed their relationship yet, so he asked curiously, "Are you Bo Xia's..."
He did not answer directly, but instead fixed his gaze on Bo Xia, as if waiting for her to give him a status.
She had no choice but to answer: "Boyfriend."
"Oh hello."
There was a hint of smile in Jin Yunyan's eyes, and the person who seemed a little distant suddenly became much more friendly.
After the two said goodbye, the roommate asked curiously if it was the one who gave the gift last time, and Bo Xia nodded.
I also learned that the two had just returned from vacation. Recalling the man's broad shoulders and narrow waist, I couldn't help but envy him and said, "You eat so well."
“…”
She originally wanted to explain, but was afraid that the other party would keep asking questions, so she thought forget it, thinking that the misunderstanding was nothing.
Bo Xia returned to the bedroom and saw the doll he had given her earlier smiling at her at the head of the bed. She couldn't help but go over and rub the doll's plump head.
The love affair between her and Jin Yunyan was not actually intense, at least from her perspective.
Sometimes she even felt that it was the same scene as when she had fantasized about being with him when she was young.
He often came to pick her up, and if he knew she had something to do, he would wait for her in the cafe downstairs.
He would accompany her to architectural exhibitions, even though these were not his areas of interest.
The clock on the wall pointed to eight o'clock, and Jin Yunyan was waiting for her downstairs as usual. However, it was drizzling that day, and when she went downstairs and saw the man in a black shirt, one hand in his pocket, holding an umbrella, waiting for her in the rain, she felt inexplicably relieved.
It’s like a traveler who has been wandering for a long time finally encounters a harbor where he can take refuge.
She couldn't help but walk over quickly and put her arms around his thin waist, her gem-like eyes shimmering with stars: "Jin Yunyan."
Bo Xia's chest heaved, and he became inexplicably cautious.
Perhaps because they had just confirmed their relationship not long ago, all the intimate actions seemed a little unfamiliar.
He hummed through his nose, inexplicably liking her calling his name.
Calling him by his full name, with a hint of coquettishness.
Jin Yunyan just looked at her. Bo Xia thought there was something on her face. She stared at her small reflection in his eyes and asked him what he was thinking. Jin Yunyan smiled faintly: "I missed you, but at least you didn't call me Mr. Jin."
At that time, I kept him at a distance and wished to cut off all ties with him.
She couldn't help showing a guilty look on her face.
But even though it was his full name, he didn't know how special his name was to her. Those three short words had already formed all the secrets of her adolescence. She didn't dare to say his name then, but now it seemed as if she could finally say it out loud.
Bo Xia let go of his hand and followed him into the car, casually saying that he would follow Zhou Suiye and call him A Yan.
He felt inexplicably unhappy after hearing this. It sounded as if she and Zhou Suiye were in cahoots and he was an outsider.
When he was a student, Jin Yunyan really never connected himself with them. The only time he went out with them was because Zhou Suiye was their classmate.
Who would have thought that one day he would not be able to understand his past self.
"Let him?" He lowered his eyes and played with her slender fingers. "Are you really that close to him?"
"It was good before," Bo Xia stated objectively, "Better than being with you."
"Yes," Jin Yunyan still smiled, "He always told me that you were gentle and serious, a silly girl, and he also said that he wanted to be your brother."
In fact, many things in the past can easily be washed away by the passage of time.
But Jin Yunyan inexplicably remembered these details, and even brought up old matters many years later.
Bo Xia didn't expect that he still remembered. She thought that even though Zhou Suiye said so much at that time, he never looked at her more. She felt strange. Even if secret love could come true, she could still feel a hint of bitterness occasionally.
Just like many bruises are marks that remain on the skin and cannot be erased, her body remembers them more clearly than she does, and one day later, the dormant feeling will always attack her unconsciously.
She explained: "Isn't he trying to bring us together, so he praises me in front of you?"
This was indeed Zhou Suiye's true thought. Jin Yunyan was a little surprised when he heard it. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Looks like I misunderstood?"
Having said that, Jin Yunyan did not completely believe it. Men understand men best. If he put himself in Bo Xia's shoes and understood her at that time, how could he be willing to be friends with her?
Bo Xia said otherwise?
He paused, his smile fading. "I was a little stupid. I didn't listen to what he said seriously at the time."
However, Bo Xia had no intention of turning that page again. She told him to treat Zhou Suiye to a meal next time he returned. Jin Yunyan lowered his eyes: "In what capacity?"
He continued, "If it's your friend, then yes, but not your brother."
“…”
Bo Xia asked why, and he said that a serious man would not act like someone else's brother casually, and would only think so when he was in love.
She tilted her head slightly to look at him, her tone tinged with joking, "Then, Brother Yan, how come you have a sister named Qinghe? Who's the more indecent one, you or Zhou Suiye?"
Jin Yunyan didn't expect that she would bring up this matter. He had never been anyone's brother, and those words were just said by the elders. In fact, he and Yu Qinghe were not close.
For some reason, he felt that the person in front of him was cute when he was jealous. It was better than the last time when he was indifferent.
"She and I are just old friends, so the elders said that." Jin Yunyan lowered his eyes to appreciate her jealous expression, and restrainedly reached out to push her hair away.
The person in front of her didn't ask any more questions after hearing this explanation. She knew that people like Jin Yunyan were actually gentle to everyone, but also cruel to everyone. Otherwise, the girl would have had a chance long ago.
Sometimes she didn't know whether it was more bitter that he could see others but not himself, or that he could not see everyone equally and treated everyone in his life as a passerby.
Perhaps, secret love itself represents bitterness.
If it weren't bitter, it wouldn't be a secret love.
But now, the dark tunnel that seemed to have no end finally saw the light of day. On the way back, Jin Yunyan asked her about her weekend plans. Bo Xia said that she still had some work to do and planned to finish the design drawings at home.
For a moment, Jin Yunyan couldn't help but ask her whether she was in love with her work or with himself.
But he almost forgot that he seemed to be a workaholic on weekdays.
“The project is more important.”
He tapped his crossed knees with his slender fingertips and concluded, "So what you're saying is, I'm not important."
Bo Xia suppressed a smile, thinking he was a little strange: "For example, if I were your employee, would you prefer me to work hard or would you prefer me to neglect my work because of my boyfriend?"
"From my perspective..." Jin Yunyan unabashedly borrowed the words his employees used to describe him, "Are you considering the capitalists?"
“…” How come there are still people who call themselves capitalists?
However, Jin Yunyan only said this casually. He had no intention of interfering with her arrangements. However, when he learned that she was working from home, he said, "Come to my house."
Bo Xia was a little confused as to why she had to go to his house to work.
He didn't say directly: "It's not convenient for you."
Bo Xia didn't expect him to say that, so she naturally misunderstood: "It's just work, what's the inconvenience?"
"It's not convenient for me to go to your place," Jin Yunyan realized after seeing her expression, his eyes full of smiles, "What do you think?"
“…” She said it was nothing, but she was indeed thinking too much.
Jin Yunyan has always been a gentleman and polite person, and he would never do anything out of line.
"Besides," Jin Yunyan exposed her, "you'll be so busy that you'll forget to eat. I'll always have to supervise you."
She wondered if he had installed surveillance cameras on her, as how could he predict this?
Bo Xia didn't think much about it and agreed at that time.
But when she left the next day, her roommate joked with her and asked her to pay attention to safety measures. Bo Xia knew that she liked to joke and didn't take it to heart.
The most important thing is that Jin Yunyan usually looks gentle and decent. Although he is covered with a gentle coat, the abstinence aura on him is so strong that it is hard to imagine his vulgar appearance.
Things turned out just as she had imagined.
She and Jin Yunyan didn't do anything affectionate; they just worked at a distance. When they finished their work, Bo Xia saw the dim light shining on his face, his eyes blocked by the glasses, making him look distant from a distance.
She looked at him and smiled.
When Jin Yunyan turned his head to look at her, he caught her smile and asked her what she was laughing at.
“It feels like we are a bit like…”
"Like what?"
The woman tilted her body slightly, and the strap fell down a little, hanging on her fair shoulders. "It's a bit like a high school student who wants to fall in love but can't finish his homework."
Jin Yunyan took off his glasses and put them aside: "It does look alike."
He recalled his occasional absent-mindedness just now, and couldn't help but look at her diligently working. "But if I were still a high school student, I probably wouldn't be able to concentrate on my homework."
Bo Xia was trapped in his gaze for a moment, and was unable to calm down because of what he said.
No wonder teachers are against premature love. It turns out that it is easy to be distracted when someone you like is around.
As the night deepened, the whole villa fell into silence.
The decoration of this house is as simple as Jin Yunyan's usual dressing style. His taste can be seen from the details, but it inevitably looks a bit deserted.
Perhaps Bo Xia's occupational illness had struck, and she couldn't help but comment on the structure and design of his villa. Jin Yunyan brought over a plate of fruit and listened quietly. He wasn't particularly interested in this area, so the furnishings were relatively simple.
Jin Yunyan propped his face up with one hand and looked at her for a long time in the dim light. Suddenly, he felt that her presence made the place more homely. He said, "In that case, you will be the one to design the house from now on."
These words were said in a very ambiguous way, as if she would be the mistress of his villa in the future.
Bo Xia didn't know how to respond, so he simply didn't.
The man in front of her saw that she was silent, so he smiled and leaned over to hold her waist, gently stroking it up and down with his hot fingertips.
It was clearly time for her to leave, but neither of them spoke, as if this could stop time.
She tilted her head back, her eyes tinged with moisture, making people want to do something even more extreme.
Jin Yunyan couldn't help but raise his hand to touch her cheek, his eyes darkening: "What if I say, don't leave tonight?"
He saw some hesitation in her eyes and didn't expect a positive answer, but after a few seconds Bo Xia said seriously, "I didn't bring any change of clothes."
She didn't seem to be thinking in any other direction, and he really wanted to stay with her for a while longer.
Jin Yunyan had just said it casually, but he didn't expect her response to arouse his feelings. Now he really wanted her to stay: "If you don't mind, you can wear mine."
But in fact, Jin Yunyan didn't have any suitable clothes for her to wear. The pants were almost not suitable. The only loose shirt could be used as a nightgown for her.
As for toiletries, there are also disposable ones, but no one has ever stayed overnight here, so the items have never been opened.
Jin Yunyan arranged everything very well. Before returning to the room, he told her to lock her door at night. Bo Xia was a little curious. Is the security here not good? Could someone else break in in the middle of the night?
He stood there tall, giving off a faint sense of oppression: "Do you think I'm reminding you to be on guard against others?"
So... is it used to defend against him?
Bo Xia closed the door, her cheeks feeling a little hot. In fact, she regretted what she had just said. She always felt that she was too close to him. When she handed him the towel, she accidentally touched the obvious blue veins on his hand, and she felt like she was burned.
It’s just that it’s a bit difficult to get off the tiger now.
She stared at the pajamas on the bed in a daze, but put them on after taking a shower. The soft fabric seemed to still have his faint fragrance. Even though Jin Yunyan was not there, she still felt close to him.
The style is loose and just covers the thighs.
It was getting late at night, and she tossed and turned in bed but couldn't fall asleep. After thinking for a while, she walked barefoot to the living room to find some alcoholic drinks in the refrigerator.
The slender figure was covered with a layer of white light, and from a distance, the white legs under the shirt were so dazzling that it hurt the eyes.
Jin Yunyan didn't remember how long he had been watching.
She's not the only one suffering from insomnia.
His rationality was about to collapse, but he endured it and went over to hug her waist, pressing her against the cold air and kissing her impatiently.
Hearing her panting, Jin Yunyan's voice was hoarse: "I regret it."
"Um?"
I regret keeping her here, and I regret overestimating my own endurance.
In the turbulent and chaotic kiss, Bo Xia did not hear clearly what he said next. Her mind was like a tangled thread and she could not think clearly. There was even a faint white light passing by.
He rubbed her lips, coaxed her and taught her how to breathe.
It was cold behind her, but hot in front of her. Her straight legs were pressed against him, and she could clearly feel the heat from his body.
Bo Xia suddenly thought that she had also wanted to know what it felt like to pick the moon.
But her palm was being grasped and she was being held tightly, as if she only now realized that the moon was hot.
Jin Yunyan's breath fell on her ear, burning that piece of skin so much that it almost made her suspect that there was a burning hatred. She heard him say in a hoarse voice: "Why are you so kissable?"
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