Chapter 76
Shi Mingyue looked down at Yun Zhan from above, and with a wave of her hand, she swept her long, black hair aside, further restricting the space for Yun Zhan's hand to move, to the point where it was almost impossible for him to move forward or backward.
Shi Mingyue's gaze remained fixed on Yun Zhan.
The person she loved was right beside her, and at the thought of this, Shi Mingyue couldn't help but shed tears.
She really... loved Yun Zhan so much. Shi Mingyue's breathing became heavier and heavier, and she couldn't help but exhale rapidly. Sometimes she whimpered like a puppy, and sometimes she growled like a wolf.
"Okay, stop crying, let me hug you."
"I'm going to bite you... You went too far before... You lied to me..." Shi Mingyue sobbed twice, then bit Yun Zhan's hand.
Yun Zhan's finger was bitten hard, and a sharp pain shot through his knuckles. Within Shi Mingyue's territory, Yun Zhan's hand felt as if it were touching a vast, moist ocean. (Reviewer, this really is a hand, please forgive me! quq)
Yun Zhan held her shoulders and looked up at her with worry in his eyes.
"Does your back hurt? It looks a bit stiff."
"It doesn't hurt..."
Not only did it not hurt… but the feeling was also particularly strange. Shi Mingyue trembled all over and could barely utter a complete sentence.
"Yun Zhan, don't just stand there, move around a bit." Shi Mingyue softened her voice and coaxed, her eyes misty as she looked pitifully at Yun Zhan.
She's not very strong; we can't rely on her alone.
"Okay, I think... I've got it. Let me do it." Yun Zhan's learning ability is very fast.
She was like a little fish, swimming freely in the ocean. Soon she adapted to the ebb and flow of the tide, learned to go with the flow, and knew where to rise and where to sink.
The area gradually contracted, and Shi Mingyue's lips parted slightly. As the contraction widened, Yun Zhan, standing in the superior position, lowered her eyes, a hint of shyness flashing in them. She had never seen Shi Mingyue with such an expression before.
Shi Mingyue seemed to be in pain, yet also happy. Her pupils were unfocused, her gaze unfocused, fixed on Yun Zhan's face, as she tightly gripped her sleeve.
Darkness, like a giant curtain, shuts out the world, leaving only the heartbeats and breaths intertwining in the silence.
Shi Mingyue was enveloped by Yun Zhan. She raised her fingertips and touched the other's slightly flushed cheek. A sense of peace, which she had never felt before, welled up in her heart. It was like a ship that had been adrift for a long time finally finding a shore to anchor in the night.
She gently stroked Yun Zhan's lips with her fingertips, the movement as light as if she were confirming the return of a lost treasure, her eyes filled with tender satisfaction.
The darkness concealed Shi Mingyue's reddened earlobes, but it couldn't hide the slight tremor and longing in her voice:
“Say you love me, Yun Zhan.”
Shi Mingyue leaned down, her lips almost touching the man's earlobe, her breath hot, her voice filled with a stubbornness and coquettishness she had never shown before: "I want you to say that you love me and want me."
Yun Zhan was silent for a moment, then his voice was low and husky, but with a hint of shyness and a smile: "Then you go first, I want to hear too."
Shi Mingyue was startled, then chuckled softly, the vibrations of her chest transmitted through the fabric of their close-fitting clothes.
She lowered her head, her lips landing on Yun Zhan's brow, her voice as soft as a night breeze across a lake, yet every word was clear.
"Yun Zhan, I love you."
"I want you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes, braced herself on the sheets, straightened her body, and leaned forward to kiss Yun Zhan. Her lips slid down his brow to the bridge of his nose, and then gently covered his slightly parted lips.
Like a pebble dropped into the sea, ripples spread outwards, drawing both hearts into the same rhythm.
In the darkness, she finally heard Yun Zhan's whispered response.
"Shi Mingyue, I love you too, and I want you."
After the end
Shi Mingyue was not asleep; she curled up next to Yun Zhan.
"Does it hurt somewhere?"
Yun Zhan's palm touched her sweaty back, like touching a piece of ice that had just melted. He dared not use his fingertips, but could only gently stroke back and forth along the curve of her spine.
The person in my arms was still trembling slightly, not from crying, but from the residual electric current in the nerve endings after the orgasm, throbbing from the tailbone to the back of the neck, and then back to the heart.
She curled up into a small ball, her knees pressed against the inside of his thighs, her toes still unconsciously digging into the muscles of his calves, as if trying to embed the last bit of strength into his bones.
"Are you really alright?"
Yun Zhan asked again, his voice even lower.
Shi Mingyue shook her head, her forehead hair sticking to the tear stains, forming several dark strands.
She opened her mouth, and the first sound that came out was a very soft gasp, like the first breath after running 800 meters, with a lingering tremor in her lungs.
"...It felt very strange, like the feeling of waves rolling over..." Shi Mingyue finally found the words, but her voice was hoarse and out of tune.
"When it rolled to the very top, my brain suddenly went blank, and everything went white... I don't know how to describe it..."
Shi Mingyue spoke very slowly, pausing after every few words, as if the sentences were too heavy and she needed to catch her breath before continuing.
Yun Zhan noticed that her right hand was still pinching his waist. Her nails had already loosened, but four crescent-shaped white marks remained, the edges of which were slowly turning red, like tiny plum blossoms blooming in the snow.
Yun Zhan placed his hand on top of it and gently rubbed the four marks with the pad of his thumb. As he rubbed, the person in his arms suddenly let out a short, sharp hiccup, accompanied by the last spasm in his chest.
"Would this be better?"
"Um……"
Shi Mingyue's voice was thick with nasal congestion: "My calf just cramped up too..."
Yun Zhan then slid his hand down, grasped her icy ankle, and stretched it straight little by little, pressing his fingertips against the still stiff nodule in her calf muscle.
Shi Mingyue was pulled up slightly by her, and the thin, pale veins on the side of her neck throbbed gently under her skin, like a stream that was about to dry up after the rain, with the last sound of water still audible.
Tears welled up again, this time silently, flowing from the outer corner of her eye to the bridge of her nose, and then dripping into Yun Zhan's collarbone, burning her so much that she shivered.
"Hold me," Shi Mingyue said in a hoarse voice, "Let me hold you for a little while... just a little while."
So Yun Zhan stopped moving, letting her wrap herself around him like a vine. Under the thin blanket, their skin pressed together, and their sweat evaporated into tiny droplets from their body heat, making a very soft "tap" in the darkness, like the last embers of a fire exploding in a snowy night.
Outside the window, the streetlights at three in the morning shone in, illuminating her shoulder blades as two thin, translucent pieces of porcelain.
Yun Zhan suddenly remembered the snow he used to play in as a child. It was the same way; he would hold it in his hands and dare not squeeze it tightly, for fear that it would crumble into water if he exerted too much force.
At six o'clock in the morning, a sliver of grayish-white sunlight pierced through the gap in the curtains and gently fell on Shi Mingyue's eyelashes.
She has always been a light sleeper; even the slightest light will wake her up involuntarily.
The moment I opened my eyes, the first thing I felt was a dull ache in my lower back, my legs felt even weaker, and it felt like someone had pulled half of the tendons from the inside of my knees.
She endured the soreness, and as soon as she turned to the side, her thighs trembled involuntarily, as if her muscle memory was still stuck in the arc of being stretched open last night.
Shi Mingyue tried to sit up by supporting herself on the mattress, but her palm slipped and she fell back down.
The blanket rustled as Yun Zhan turned over, accidentally touching her lower back. A slight, hidden pain crept up her tailbone, and Shi Mingyue hissed in pain. Her ear tips instantly burned, and she knew without looking in a mirror that her face must be burning red.
Shi Mingyue bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with timidity and shyness. She glanced back at Yun Zhan, who was still lying on the pillow with his long hair disheveled and red marks on his collarbone.
With just one glance, Yun Zhan woke up.
Yun Zhan woke up faster than he was aware of his surroundings. He yawned, reached out his hand first, his fingertips scratching at the air, before asking in a hoarse voice, "Does your back hurt?"
Shi Mingyue nodded, the red from behind her ears spreading all the way to her collarbone.
Yun Zhan's brows immediately furrowed slightly, and his eyelashes drooped, casting a shadow of self-reproach in the morning light.
She propped herself up, the blanket slipping down to her waist, revealing her shoulder, which was also covered with light red marks, like plum petals scattered by the wind in the snow. But she didn't bother to cover them up, and only reached out to massage Shi Mingyue's waist.
Just as her fingertips touched that sore spine, Shi Mingyue suddenly bent down and hugged Yun Zhan tightly.
Her movements were too hasty, and her forehead bumped into Yun Zhan's collarbone, making a very soft "thud," like two ripe apples colliding.
"Don't apologize."
Shi Mingyue nestled against Yun Zhan's neck, her voice hoarse from the early morning, yet as soft as freshly melted candy: "It's always like this the first time..."
When she said the words "first time," the tips of her ears turned even redder, and her warm breath sprayed onto Yun Zhan's skin, as if trying to evaporate that bit of embarrassment.
Yun Zhan was stunned by the embrace, his palm still hovering in mid-air. After a long while, he finally lowered it and gently placed it on Shi Mingyue's lower back.
There was a very thin layer of sweat there, which felt cool in the air conditioning. Yun Zhan gently warmed it with his palm, making clockwise circles, his movements as light as if he were stroking the fur of a frightened cat.
"I'll move more slowly from now on," Yun Zhan said, resting his chin on her shoulder.
Shi Mingyue hummed in agreement, but her voice trailed off with a smile. She wrapped her arms around Yun Zhan's back, like pulling a soft ribbon, slowly drawing it in.
Yun Zhan's face was gently brought to her chest, where the warmth of the morning still lingered. Her skin was so thin that you could almost see her heartbeat through it, one beat after another, like a small drum being played through a layer of silk.
Yun Zhan's nose touched hers first, and his breathing instantly became erratic, the scalding heat penetrating her skin and burning back into Shi Mingyue's heart.
Shi Mingyue rested her chin on Yun Zhan's head, her fingertips gently combing through the stray hairs at the back of her neck: "My little puppy, you did very well last night, very strong..."
Yun Zhan, who was in his arms, froze for a moment, his earlobes turning bright red, like seashells soaked in the morning glow.
Yun Zhan wanted to speak, but only exhaled a warm, moist breath, which landed on Shi Mingyue's collarbone, making her shiver and quietly shrink her shoulders, but she pulled him even closer to her.
Don't hold your breath.
Shi Mingyue's voice was low and soft, like a feather brushing behind Yun Zhan's ear: "I won't suffocate you, it's very safe here."
Yun Zhan finally released his breath, but buried his face even deeper.
Her eyelashes brushed against Shi Mingyue's chest, each blink sending up tiny sparks. Her lips occasionally brushed against his skin, like an unintentional kiss, or a timid one.
That soft, warm touch made Shi Mingyue's heart flutter. She quietly tightened her arms around him, so that Yun Zhan's profile was nestled against the spot where her heart was beating the loudest.
While Shi Mingyue went to the bathroom to wash up, Yun Zhan was still leaning against the bed.
Yun Zhan: "I actually have a girlfriend... It feels so unreal."
21: "Isn't the young lady's face wash realistic enough? Wake up, kid, you're getting married."
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