Chapter 45. Long time no see
Afterward, they lay facing each other quietly, listening to each other's breathing gradually steady. Ruan Tang unconsciously held Feng Xue's fingers and played with them, her slender fingertips first circling between his fingers, then entwining with his.
Her hair fell on her cheeks, making her profile flicker in the moonlight. He raised his other hand to gently tuck her hair behind her ear.
The flush from the pleasure on her cheeks had not yet dissipated, ironing his fingertips, and the soft touch made him unable to help but caress them repeatedly.
He suddenly remembered the story in Kawabata Yasunari's "Snow Country" where Shimamura, who lived in Tokyo, went to see Komako, a geisha from the snow country of Echigo Yuzawa. The man said that only this finger remembered Komako, whom he had not seen for a long time, and Komako shyly bit the man's finger.
The first time they read this book was when they graduated from high school. At that time, they were still virgins. Feng Xue and Jia Yingjun discussed for a long time what kind of feeling it was.
Later he gradually understood the meaning of it, but now, he suddenly had a feeling of returning to nature, and the first thing his fingers remembered was this gentle and peaceful face.
"what's on your mind?"
Feng Xue reached out and held her in his arms, acting like a good girl, a little shy: I won’t tell you.
Ruan Tang reached out and pushed his chest, saying: Our combined ages are equivalent to that of a sixty-year-old man, can you please not go for this innocent route?
"Oh, I'm thinking about next time then."
"Um..." Ruan Tang swallowed and said, "I put this in my wallet just to attract wealth."
He hummed softly, turned over and lay flat, closing his eyes slightly.
What does "hmm" mean? Don't believe it?
Ruan Tang climbed on top of him and pried open his eyes, insisting: "Really, you don't know?" "Pretending to be rich, just like liking eight, asking for good luck, and eating apples on Christmas Eve, etc...."
Puns are really harmful.
Feng Xue pulled the fingers that she had used to pry open her eyelids, put them to her lips and kissed them, then said word by word: I understand.
"Why are you acting so calm? Are you dissatisfied?" The calmer his reaction was, the more Ruan Tang felt that something was fishy.
"A sage's time is especially peaceful after he's satisfied." Feng Xue pinched her cheek again, but he didn't want to use too much force. He thought for a moment and asked, "What about you? Most importantly, are you satisfied?"
Perhaps it was because his questions were too sincere, like the customer service of a star merchant carefully investigating the user experience. It was completely different from the rhetorical questions with only one answer asked by the men she had dated before, whether she enjoyed it or not during or after the relationship. Instead, it made it impossible for her to use her excellent answer templates.
She licked her lips and whispered, "Keep up the good work." Then she rolled off him.
Just like Ruan Tang said, the combined age of the two of them is already sixty, so naturally there aren't that many scenes of hugging and showing affection afterwards.
After they both took another shower, Feng Xue fell asleep beside her.
Ruan Tang unexpectedly suffered from insomnia again. She used her eyes to outline the profile of his face in the moonlight, forehead, nose tip, lips, Adam's apple, and then extended to chest. She suddenly thought about what Xu Wei had asked herself before, whether she had ever loved someone. If one of the manifestations of loving someone is being willing to look at him quietly without feeling bored and even enjoying it, then she should be considered to love him, right?
An unknown amount of time had passed before Feng Xue suddenly frowned, as if waking up. Ruan Tang didn't want him to find out that she had been peeking at him for so long, so she quickly closed her eyes and pretended to turn over in her sleep.
He probably didn't notice that Ruan Tang was still awake. He tiptoed to the bathroom, and when he came back to lie down, he kissed her exposed shoulder, pulled up the quilt to cover her shoulders, and lay down beside her again. Soon, he began to breathe evenly again.
"You know what? In that passionate moment, he actually folded my underwear close to my skin and put it aside. Do men like that really exist?"
Xu Wei raised her eyes from the computer screen and looked at her. Then she pushed the glass of pear and cucumber juice in front of her and said with a smile: Try this, it's very refreshing and can relieve the sweetness.
Ruan Tang was in a good mood. She took it and drank two sips without hesitation. She nodded in agreement and then slowly started to blurt out: It's rare for me to show my affection seriously, why are you pouring cold water on me?
"I'm allergic to wifey literature, and you're already showing signs of that tendency. I have to nip this bud in the bud." Xu Wei completely shifted her attention from the computer and looked at her with her chin in her hand. "Feng Xue is right. You've changed roles quite quickly."
Ruan Tang's expression froze instantly. She bit her straw, pondering a response to Xu Wei's words, only to discover she had a point. Perhaps because she had been frustrated for too long, she desperately needed a sense of accomplishment in certain things, like her relationship with Feng Xue. This was why she subconsciously captured and magnified certain details. Ultimately, she was seeking affirmation.
Seeing the smile on Ruan Tang's face fade away little by little, Xu Wei sighed and said: I don't mean to discourage your enthusiasm for love. I just want to tell you that you should not get carried away too easily. Whether it is about material things or love, it is always safer to keep some rationality.
"Okay, Teacher Xu!" Ruan Tang nodded solemnly, and then looked towards the gate of the platform office building. White-collar workers with work cards were coming and going at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. In comparison, they who were sitting in the coffee and leisure area seemed out of place. She moved closer to Xu Wei and lowered her voice and asked: When will he come?
Xu Wei looked down at the time and said: The appointment was an hour ago.
"After what happened last time, why are you still willing to continue working with him?"
Xu Wei raised her eyebrows and said: The money has been paid.
"Why did you lie to me too?" Ruan Tang was dissatisfied.
Xu Wei said with innocence and sincerity: Really, if you don’t make money, you’re a bastard.
A man wearing a dark plaid shirt and casual trousers walked in quickly with his work badge in hand and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Teacher Xu, our meeting today lasted a little long."
After focusing her eyes on that face, Ruan Tang suddenly felt the hairs on her body stand up and goosebumps instantly covered the ground.
In the past nearly two thousand days and nights, she still dreamed of that face from time to time. After her mother slapped her in front of everyone in the hospital, she always carried the diamond necklace with her and pressed it under her pillow.
Whenever she woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, she would take out the diamond necklace and hold it in her sweaty palms until the sharp edges of the diamonds hurt her hands.
"It's okay, Mr. Fu, I have the awareness of the other party." Xu Wei nodded and smiled, and introduced: This is my assistant, Ruan Tang.
His smile was still as gentle and elegant, but the deeper wrinkles on his face betrayed his age. He was obviously surprised when he saw Ruan Tang, but that moment was too brief, making Ruan Tang feel as if it was her illusion. He nodded at her and said: Xiaotang, long time no see.
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