Chapter 45
"What are you doing?"
The dazzling white light shone over, instantly illuminating the narrow space under the slide. Lian Yu squinted his eyes and raised his hand to block the light source. Only then did he see clearly that the person holding the flashlight was a security guard.
"You guys," the security guard said, seeming to be at a loss for words, "can't you even pay for the room?"
"?" Lian Yu felt that the other party must have misunderstood something.
Qin Yi spoke before him, her eyes drooping with tears, her nose still red from crying: "I'm sorry, I won't do that again next time."
?
What are you embarrassed about?
Seeing the security guard shaking his head and clicking his tongue in shock, Lian Yu knew for the first time what it felt like to be unable to defend himself. Unfortunately, before he could explain, the security guard pointed at the dark figure lying on the grass outside and asked, "Is that the one with you guys?"
The night vision was really bad, Lian Yu could only vaguely see a dark shadow lying on the grass, like a dead fish washed up on the beach. He stared at it for a long time, suddenly slapped his head, and rushed towards the dark shadow.
"Zhou Fei!"
Zhou Fei was obviously sleeping soundly on the grass, and was still snoring when Lian Yu helped him up.
The security guard shook his head, looking dismayed, and pointed at the patrol car flashing blue and red lights on the side of the road: "Get in, I'll take you out."
The back seat of the patrol car could just fit three people, and Lian Yu sat in the middle with a dead look on his face.
To his left, Zhou Fei was snoring soundly, his head resting on his shoulder. To his right, Qin Yi, completely lost in the shadows, tilted his head to look out the window, his expression unreadable. In the rearview mirror, the security guard would occasionally glance at the three of them with a puzzled expression, each time revealing an indescribable expression.
"You..." Finally, the security guard decided to ask.
Suddenly, a black cat darted past the car, so fast it practically vanished into a shadow. The security guard's expression changed, and he slammed on the brakes. With a sharp, piercing screeching sound, the patrol car barely stopped.
Under the huge inertia, Zhou Fei's head tilted and fell on Lian Yu's thigh, but Lian Yu didn't care about it. He quickly supported Qin Yi beside him and looked over with worried eyes: "Don't be afraid, it's just a cat."
Qin Yi shook his head, a small dimple appeared on the corner of his lips: "I'm not that fragile."
The moon had climbed to the top of the sky, and a ray of cold moonlight fell on Qin Yi's snow-white shirt, like the mist in the forest after rain, softening his cold eyebrows.
Lian Yu had never denied Qin Yi's beauty, but at this moment, that simple admiration seemed to have changed, becoming a feather that lingered in his heart, yet he couldn't grasp it, light and fluttering, yet with a subtle itch. Lian Yu suddenly remembered that night when the spring water overflowed.
"No, I'm glad I didn't scare you." Lian Yu blinked as if there was sand in his eyes and withdrew his hand.
The black cat quickly leaped onto the wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The security guard honked his horn fiercely: "Dead cat! You scared me to death!"
Amidst the security guard's shocking curse, Zhou Fei, who was on Lian Yu's legs, opened his eyes quickly.
Fortunately, Lian Yu was wearing a loose-fitting sweatshirt with a long hem. He faced Lian Yu's waist and abdomen, squinting his eyes and trying to identify it: "Where is this?"
"You're awake. How do you feel?" Lian Yu lowered his head.
The two of them stared at each other.
The air was silent for a few seconds, so quiet that the howling of the wild cat outside the wall seemed particularly clear, giving the listeners goosebumps.
Zhou Fei suddenly let out a howl and jumped up from Lian Yu's legs. He jumped out of the car, covered his butt and ran away: "I'm a straight man! Brothers are brothers, and a brother's butt is sacred and inviolable!"
Pah.
After running a few steps, Zhou Fei fell on the soft grass and was forced to shut down.
Amidst the loud snoring, the three remaining people in the patrol car held their foreheads and sighed in unison. The security guard shook his head and sighed, "That's the good thing about being young. You fall asleep right away."
It was already late at night when Lian Yu finally sent Zhou Fei, the big Buddha, home. Although it took him so long, he felt relaxed. Not only was his mind refreshed, but he was in such a good mood that he even wanted to hum a song.
Could it be that Zhou Fei has possessed him?
Lian Yu's expression turned stern. He jumped and patted his chest and back: "Hey! Get off me, you filthy thing!"
Qin Yi: oO
Lian Yu froze for a moment, then quickly stood at ease and attention, as if he was not the one who had just exorcised the ghost in the cyber world.
He took the plastic bag from Qin Yi's hand. That's right, even though he had almost crossed half of the administrative area in the middle of the night, he still hadn't lost the two bottles of Yongchuang Tianya that he had packed from the barbecue stall.
"Thank you. Well, I'll call a taxi for you. You can go back first." Lian Yu had just finished speaking when the plastic bag in his hand was suddenly pulled.
Qin Yi stared at him, refusing to let go of the bag, as if he was afraid that if he let go, Lian Yu would fly to someone else like a kite with a broken string.
"What about you?"
"I..." Lian Yuxin steeled himself and smiled shyly, "You saw it too, Zhou—ahem, Xiaofei was so drunk, I had to go up and keep him company."
This was of course a lie. Not to mention that Zhou Fei was a local and had someone to take care of him at home, even if Lian Yu was really asked to take care of Zhou Fei, he would rather knock himself out with a bottle of wine and stay unconscious all night with Zhou Fei.
But Lian Yu's intuition told him that getting in trouble with Qin Yi would be very troublesome. In order to complete the task and to bring Chu Tian and Qin Yi's parents together, he had to keep his distance from Qin Yi.
Seeing that Qin Yi was reluctant to let go, Lian Yu took her hand back and gave him an understanding smile: "If you want to drink, take it. But you can't drink much, so don't drink too much."
After saying that, Lian Yu turned around and prepared to run away, but suddenly there was a sound of wine bottles colliding behind him.
Qin Yi took out a bottle of Yongchuang Tianya and stared at the bottle cap that fit tightly at the mouth of the bottle.
Lian Yu touched the bridge of his nose and asked tentatively, "How about... I find you a screwdriver?"
"No need!" Qin Yi refused bluntly with a feeling of anger in his heart. He took a deep breath, made up his mind, stuffed the bottle cap between his snow-white teeth, and then bit it hard.
There was only a click.
Lian Yu panicked instantly. Was the bottle cap opened or was his tooth broken?
Qin Yi tilted his head back and drank the wine, and the amber liquid level began to drop.
Lian Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly realized the seriousness of the problem. How could a bottle of wine be almost empty without him keeping an eye on it?!
He quickly snatched the bottle, and a little wine splashed out from the shaking bottle mouth, wetting Qin Yi's long eyelashes. Qin Yi's eyelashes trembled, and his eyes under the long eyelashes were clearly clear, but for some reason, the corners of his eyes were stained with red.
"Are you only patient with drunk people?" Qin Yizhao opened his arms to him, with a hint of tears in his voice: "I'm drunk now, please take care of me, come and hold me."
The rain did not stop.
"Why?" Qin Yi frowned and questioned. His lips were somehow pale. He bit his lips, which were trembling with tears, and held them tightly with his arms. "Why are you always so gentle to others, but you push me away?"
Those eyes filled with tears were like an inky pool in the night, silent and forbearing, digesting all the emotions and pain alone.
Lian Yu's heart felt like it was pulled by someone. He admitted that he was soft-hearted, but being looked at like this made him give up all his escape routes.
Just assume that he is not in his right mind.
Lian Yu sighed and walked into Qin Zhang's arms, which had been open for a long time.
Who knows whether it is the gods who grant an embrace or the prey who voluntarily jumps into the trap disguised as gentleness?
"Okay, Zhou Fei is not my boyfriend. I'm sorry for lying to you."
Feeling Qin Yi burying his wet face in his arms, Lian Yu raised the corners of his lips in a helpless and indulgent arc that he himself didn't even realize: "Okay, okay, let's go back together. I don't know if we can still call a car now."
As he spoke, Lian Yu patted Qin Yi on the back, signaling him to let him go so that he could open his phone and check the taxi app.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yi hugged him even tighter, first buried his head in his neck and took a deep breath, then said in a muffled voice: "It doesn't matter even if you lie to me... After all, I always lie to you."
Lian Yu: “?”
Just as Lian Yu was puzzled, Qin Yi suddenly let him go and waved forward. Soon, a Cayenne stopped by the roadside, the window rolled down, revealing the dull face of a middle-aged man. Lian Yu recognized this man as Chu Tian's exclusive driver.
The driver bowed respectfully and called out, "Mr. Qin, young master."
Lian Yu quickly looked at Qin Yi. Qin Yi didn't meet his eyes, bent down and got into the car, then patted the car seat beside him and said, "Let's go, Xiaoyu, let's go home."
Lian Yu got into the car hesitantly. As soon as he sat down, Qin Yi rested his head on his left shoulder.
!
His heart stopped beating for a moment, and then he began to frantically make up for it.
"Is it because of the alcohol?" Lian Yu was asking Qin Yi on the surface, but actually he was talking to the driver.
Looking through the rearview mirror, the driver was truly a professional, staring straight ahead, looking completely absorbed in driving.
Lian Yu breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't know what he had to feel guilty about, as it wasn't like he was really having an affair (?)
After comforting himself, Lian Yu realized that Qin Yi seemed to have not answered his question.
He tilted his head slightly and saw Qin Yi's phone resting on his lap, his soft eyes closed, asleep. From this angle, his aloof demeanor was much less, a touch more gentle and submissive. The car drove onto the elevated highway, the warm light of the streetlights shimmering across Qin Yi's straight nose.
Lian Yu's heart softened, and he raised his hand to support Qin Yi's slowly sliding head upwards.
Sensing the movement of his hand, the phone on Qin Yi's leg suddenly lit up.
Lian Yu paused.
Qin Yi's phone screen saver was the note he left when he left that morning, but behind the crying face that said "I'm sorry" was a line of elegant and graceful small words:
It’s okay if you don’t say sorry (smiley face)
Lian Yu stared at the two curved brackets on the smiling face, and his heart felt like it was hit by a reckless rabbit.
He ran away after hitting the rabbit, showing no sense of responsibility at all.
——
football field.
Lian Yu stretched. Fortunately, the training was scheduled for five o'clock near sunset. He tossed and turned until four o'clock last night... no, it was this morning when he went to bed. If he was dragged to the training at eight o'clock in the morning, he would really die on the spot in front of the coach.
To be honest, he had no idea about playing football. Although he felt that everything around him was so familiar and nostalgic as he stood on the green field, he had never learned football in his limited memory, and neither had the original owner.
Maybe he has some talent for football?
"Brother Yu!" Zhou Fei ran towards him with his head shaking like a big golden retriever.
Lian Yu suspected that Mercury was a bit retrograde today, otherwise why would the person he least wanted to see appear in front of him at this time?
If you can't escape, then face it head-on. Lian Yu closed his eyes, raised his hand and pressed it on Zhou Fei's shoulder as he rushed towards him, artificially widening the distance between them. He spoke so fast that it was almost numb: "I know you are a straight man. I have no interest in your ass. What I said yesterday was really a bad idea. Don't take it to heart."
Zhou Fei tilted his head and looked at him worriedly.
Well, it seems I forgot everything.
Lian Yu held his forehead, but also breathed a sigh of relief: "By the way, why are you here?"
"Oh, my sister's girlfriend... uh, friend asked me to come here on her behalf." Zhou Fei raised his arm and put his arm around Lian Yu's shoulders, whispering, "How about it, thank me for last night?"
"Thank you? What are you talking about?" Lian Yu was about to explode.
"Hey, stop pretending, brother. I know Qin Yi was there last night." Zhou Fei raised his eyebrows and patted Lian Yu's shoulder like an old father. "Don't worry, brother. As long as I can prevent Qin Yi from getting involved with you and rekindling your old relationship, it's worth it even if I play the fool."
Are you sure it's an act?
Lian Yu remained calm and expressionless, repeating in a steady voice, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, brother."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. Oh, by the way, what time is it now? Is training about to start?" Zhou Fei took out his phone: "Huh?"
An air conditioner remote control suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.
Lian Yu smiled politely: "You still say it's not an act."
"What are you laughing at! Are you laughing at me?"
A thin boy suddenly rushed in front of Lian Yu, and his head almost hit Lian Yu's fourth rib.
Lian Yu instinctively took a step back.
He looked at the thin boy in front of him and found some clues in the original owner's memory.
The skinny boy's name was Wan Heyi. Perhaps because of his short height, he seemed to have some opinions about Lian Yu, who was 1.8 meters tall and had eight-pack abs. In some fragmented images in Lian Yu's mind, he was always huddled in a corner, staring at Lian Yu with a gloomy face.
In general, Wan Heyi is probably somewhat psychologically distorted.
Seeing Zhou Fei about to curse, before he could say "Are you sick?", Lian Yu grabbed Zhou Fei's arm and took a few steps back: "You misunderstood, we were just talking about our own business."
Lian Yu's concession was obviously interpreted by the other party as contempt.
Wan Heyi's facial features twisted. "You think I don't know that you look down on me and think I can't beat you. What's so great about looking like a decent person? You've been mocking me since just now! I can even hear your snickers!"
Lian Yu frowned and was about to say something when he heard a whistle in his ear.
The coach walked out from behind Wan He Yisheng and asked, "What's going on? What are you arguing about?"
Wan Heyi was startled and instinctively took a step back, but bumped into another person.
"Teacher Qin." The coach nodded at Qin.
Qin Yi stared at the boy, his eyes so cold that they almost turned into a solid object, like an icicle sharp enough to pierce through a person's body: "He is looking at me, and he is smiling at me. Is there a problem?"
Wan Heyi shook his head in horror.
"Fuck!" Zhou Fei's eyes widened: "You two are really back together?"
The sound was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly. By the time Lian Yu wanted to cover his mouth, it was too late.
He and Lian Yu instantly became the center of attention.
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