Chapter 87
It was already very late when we returned to the hotel, close to midnight. We had to fly back to the camp together the next day. The staff specifically reminded everyone to go to bed early before the large group entered the hotel.
When it was his turn to instruct the two people at the end of the group, Luo Jiayu, who was standing in the front, nodded excitedly with a raised lip, but it was unclear whether he had truly listened.
Chu Yu, who was following behind, was in a trance with his eyes wandering. He was visibly absent-minded, and his ears were red and conspicuous in the dark.
Their room was on the third floor. They were in silence in the elevator because they had a colleague with them. Chu Yu turned his head to look at the night view outside the transparent elevator. Although it was pitch black and there was nothing but the lights, he found that the transparent glass was full of his blushing reflection. He was stunned, then turned his head back and his face turned even redder.
Luo Jiayu was still pursing his lips. After pursing his lips, he licked from the edge of his lips to the other side with the tip of his tongue. In the end, he concluded that his childhood friend's lip gloss was peach flavored.
A light first kiss smells like sunshine, while a passionate and ambiguous deep kiss smells like peach.
There was a "beep" sound when the room card was placed in the card slot, and the lights lit up one by one. Two overlapping shadows were reflected on the smooth wooden floor. Chu Yu just turned around to close the door, and the next second she was pressed against the door, continuing the kiss that had not ended in the venue just now.
Luo Jiayu hugged the waist of the person in his arms, and kissed him all the way from the door to the table, and then from the table to the sofa. At first, Chu Yu was caught off guard by the kiss and kept his eyes open in a daze. Later, he slowly closed his eyes, but the person kissing him opened his eyes, and his eyes caressed his eyebrows and eyes, and finally his eyelashes drooped and slowly closed.
It was rare to see stars at night in the city where they stayed, but the moonlight was beautiful tonight, and the moonlight flowed on the faces and hair of the two people. After a kiss, their lips slowly separated, and their ears were filled with the intertwined breathing sounds, and their eyes were filled with each other's red faces and eyes. Chu Yu rested his head on the shoulder of the person above him to adjust his breathing, which was too rapid due to lack of oxygen. So Luo Jiayu hugged him at the right time, and after a while, his lover also hugged him.
After their breathing gradually stabilized and they looked at each other silently for a while, Luo Jiayu lowered his head and slowly moved closer again, while Chu Yu closed his eyes just before their lips touched.
When they reached a certain point in the kiss, he felt the corners of her mouth curl up. He opened his eyes and saw Luo Jiayu hugging him, his lips pressed to his ear, and whispered coaxingly, "Stick out your tongue."
After saying that, his eyes slid towards the expression of the person in his arms, and saw that his face was flushed red and his drooping eyelashes were trembling violently. He leaned back and kissed him, and felt that this time the other party tentatively stuck out his tongue.
Desire is like the omnipresent night, and love is like moonlight, dissolving into the night and illuminating the night, making all eye contact, lingering hugs and passionate kisses appear so gentle and soft.
Kissing makes the brain and the heart both lack oxygen. Chu Yu sat on the sofa to rest. Luo Jiayu hugged him from behind and asked him:
"How does it feel?"
The kiss lasted too long, and Chu Yu fell into the arms of the person behind her, her eyelids drooping, unable to open them:
"I'm sleepy."
"Go take a shower first, then go to bed."
"Um."
After a while.
"Aren't you going yet?"
"I don't want to move."
"Hold me for a while longer?"
"……good."
The position of hugging from behind was a little uncomfortable, and Chu Yu still preferred to lean against or use her as a pillow like before, so in the end Luo Jiayu sat cross-legged on the sofa, with his childhood friend lying on his legs with his eyes drooping, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Luo Jiayu held her chin and looked down at him: "We are already in love now."
Chu Yu paused for two seconds, feeling as if his skin was about to burn again, so he turned over and turned his head away: "Okay."
Luo Jiayu lowered his head and got closer: "What should you call me now?"
"..." Chu Yu's voice faltered for a few seconds, and then he remembered that he seldom addressed others. He usually just grabbed their sleeves and poked their shoulders. Usually, his childhood friend would come back to see him at this time.
So he searched through the few memories of calling her that, and finally found a relatively common name: "Lolo?"
"..." The nonexistent ears on the boyfriend's head, who still shared the same name as the dog, drooped. "Is that still the name?"
“…I’ve always called you that.”
"But we're in love."
Chu Yu wanted to say something, but the other party had already put his hand on the side of his face. He supported himself with Luo Jiayu's legs and half sat up, and used his lips to greet the other party's cheek that was rubbing down bit by bit. Then, the slight sadness was dispelled by a gentle kiss.
Her boyfriend's mood gradually improved, and Chu Yu finally asked the question that had been blocked by the kiss:
"What's the difference between before and after falling in love?"
This was his first time in life to fall in love. Before this, he had never even had the experience of liking anyone. He was completely inexperienced and had no clear idea of what a lover should do. So he asked very seriously because he felt really confused about the concept between lovers and friends.
Confession, kiss, hug, and then what? What's the difference?
Luo Jiayu blinked.
"The difference is... every time I feel a little sad like I did just now, you can kiss me."
Chu Yu looked at him for a while.
Luo Jiayu heard her boyfriend whisper, "Are you still sad now?"
"I'm not sad anymore." He said honestly, "But I still want you to kiss me."
"..." Chu Yu hesitated a little, "But we just kissed for a long time, I'm so tired."
"Then I want you to hug me."
"Okay." Chu Yu sat up and buried her head in his neck like she did every time they hugged each other. Luo Jiayu hugged his back, vaguely feeling that this position seemed to make it easy for them to fall asleep leaning against each other.
Chu Yu asked in his arms: "Apart from this, what else is different?"
"It seems the difference isn't that big." Luo Jiayu looked at the twinkling lights outside the window and the moon glowing faintly in the night sky, his thoughts drifting far away. "What style of ring do you want in the future?"
“…” Chu Yu was stunned. She turned her head and looked at the moon with him. “I haven’t thought about it yet.”
"I feel like we can be together for a long time." Luo Jiayu said, "Long enough that we can discuss the ring issue right now."
"What could the ring problem mean?"
"It means we will be together for a long time. Only couples who are determined to be together forever will talk about the ring."
"But we've only just started dating."
"But we've been together for more than ten years." Luo Jiayu stopped looking at the moon and looked down at the moon reflected in his lover's eyes. "We will continue to be together for decades."
Chu Yu's mouth curled up slightly, and it seemed that his thoughts gradually drifted to the same place as him: "Then we will slowly grow old."
"We will go to many places together, see many things, eat many things, and then we will grow old together after we have had enough fun."
"That sounds great."
“It’s just great.”
“And then we gradually get older.”
"Yes, getting older."
"Wait until you're too old to walk."
"Wait until you're too old to walk?"
"We'll have a two-person wheelchair race."
Luo Jiayu chuckled, and Chu Yu also laughed after he finished speaking. The two of them looked at each other while laughing, and then looked into each other's eyes and laughed even harder, until tears came out of the corners of their eyes.
"Okay." Luo Jiayu said, "We will do that."
"So it seems there's no difference between lovers and friends," Chu Yu said.
"You're right." Luo Jiayu patted his head gently, "But you should take a shower."
Chu Yu said "Oh" and turned his head away after two seconds: "After washing, blow-dry my hair."
He felt a warmth across his brows. After Luo Jiayu kissed him, he said "OK" in his ear.
Before leaving, he turned around and thoughtfully overturned his previous conclusion:
“There’s a difference between friends and lovers.”
But being lovers does not prevent them from being good friends before, nor does it affect their continued being very good friends in the future.
The water temperature and pressure in the hotel bathroom were adjusted just right. Chu Yu felt drowsy from time to time while showering, and when he was slightly awake, he thought about the ring. He didn't know much about gemstones and metal materials, and he didn't have a particular favorite brand or style. He was thinking about the meaning of the extra circle of confinement on his ring finger. People give different symbolic meanings to different pieces of jewelry, among which rings have the richest and most profound meaning. If he wore a ring for his childhood friend, then what was he wearing it for?
If there were no rings, they could still be friends, travel together, have fun together, eat the newly launched barbecue combo at the night market stall together, and still be in love like they are now. The only difference is that they would kiss a few more times during the trip, and the barbecue combo could order a more favorable couple's set meal (although they often ordered this when they were brothers). Compared with these real moments of living together, a ring seems insignificant and has no impact on their relationship and the way they get along.
But if there is a ring, then every time he lowers his head, he can see it. Whether he is traveling, having fun, or visiting the night market, he can always see it, and the ring will become a part of his life.
See the ring and smile, remember that the ring represents love and promise, and remember the person the ring points to.
When he thought of this, he seemed to understand something.
He thought that if he was willing to wear the ring, it was because the ring would remind him that he still had the ability to love, and that he was loving the one he loved.
The bathroom door opened, and a barefoot boy in a bathrobe walked out. Water dripped from the ends of his hair and formed a thin stream behind him. Luo Jiayu pushed him back into the bathroom, wiped his hair with a towel until it stopped dripping, and then led him out. He plugged in the hair dryer, and Chu Yu looked at the mirror drowsily. Luo Jiayu tested the temperature and adjusted the settings. The air was filled with the pleasant lemon scent of freshly washed hair.
"I'm leaving tomorrow."
"Yeah." Luo Jiayu responded casually while concentrating on blowing his hair.
"I don't want to leave."
"Huh?" The hair dryer was too loud and Luo Jiayu didn't hear it.
Chu Yu shook his head, indicating that it was not important. He opened his eyes and looked at the mirror. The mirror reflected the face of the person behind him. He unexpectedly found that he no longer had the panic and nervousness he had before. Calmness replaced all the fear. Tonight was as peaceful and comfortable as every night before.
In addition to the usual calmness, there is also a bit of attachment.
Chu Yu felt that his emotional state had been purified.
When I finished drying my hair, the system in my brain that I hadn't seen in a long time suddenly popped up, and its tone was hesitant and serious:
"Host, our Sangong stage has gained a lot of popularity this time, and the system has been fully upgraded for the second time. I feel that we are not far from completing our mission."
"Is that so? That's good." Chu Yu thought that Teacher Zhao came out to tell him the good news and say good night.
"There's just a small problem," said Teacher Zhao. "After the full system upgrade, a lot of permissions that weren't available before were unlocked. Then I realized we had a bug that hadn't been fixed."
This BUG system had been mentioned before, but Chu Yu didn't take it too seriously: "And then?"
"Uh, that's right, this bug isn't very stable." He heard the system say, its voice gradually fading. "Whenever you're emotionally agitated, it's easy to trigger the bug. Once the bug is triggered, your inner voice will be leaked to others. I'm working on fixing it now, but I'm not sure how many times we've triggered the bug before..."
The initial metaphor is pupil earthquake.
Click.
Something seemed to break in the quiet night.
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