Chapter 72 I love you until the moment of death...
Last night, Fu Yunlu's enthusiasm was a bit outrageous. Liang Guanyue, with a messy mess on his head, was pulled out of bed by this fully dressed man. He lowered his head and muttered, "What are you doing... Leave me alone... I'm exhausted..."
Fu Yunlu laughed twice, combed his hair, tied it into a small bun with a black rubber band, and pinched Liang Guanyue's face: "Didn't you ask me to wake you up yesterday?"
"It's all your fault." Liang Guanyue struggled to open her eyes, looked up at him expressionlessly, and repeated, "It's all your fault."
"What's wrong with me?"
"If you hadn't been pestering me, I would have gone to bed long ago and wouldn't have stayed up so late at night—"
Fu Yunlu touched her nose awkwardly and coaxed, "Oh... I'm just too happy... Sorry, can you forgive me?"
Liang Guanyue turned his face away and sneered.
Like a cat. Fu Yunlu said gently: "Get up and wash up, baby."
The more Liang Guanyue thought about it, the angrier he became. Why was Fu Yunlu still so radiant after being fucked all night by him? It seemed as if he hadn't gained anything at all! He threw off the quilt, stood up, and rushed past Fu Yunlu into the bathroom without even looking at her.
Fu Yunlu opened her eyes wide, bewilderedly watching Liang Guanyue's back. She mentally speculated many reasons for the child's sudden temper, but to no avail. She could only slowly inch after him. Nervously, she knocked twice on the closed bathroom door and asked carefully, "What's wrong, honey?... If you don't want to get up early, why don't you go back and take a nap? If there's anything urgent, tell me. I'll help you out before we leave."
Liang Guanyue stared at himself in the mirror with a deadpan expression, spitting out the toothpaste foam in his mouth. He wondered if spending too much time with Fu Yunlu would really make him mentally retarded. He leaned closer to the mirror, carefully studying his reflection—what was different? Everything was the same.
Yes, it's the same everywhere. He's still himself.
But why?
Liang Guanyue pulled a suppressant patch from a drawer and applied it to his glands. Perhaps it was the onset of his susceptibility period, which was why his moods were so volatile. This was the unavoidable effect of pheromones, and had nothing to do with anyone else, let alone Fu Yunlu.
He made the decision easily, gathered his thoughts, and opened the door. Fu Yunlu was leaning against the wall in a daze. When he heard Liang Guanyue open the door, he quickly turned around and asked cautiously, "Would you like to have breakfast together?"
Hearing the other party's tone, Liang Guanyue became even more annoyed and frowned: "I won't eat it."
According to past experience, Fu Yunlu should have walked away tactfully after receiving Liang Guanyue's rejection, but perhaps Liang Guanyue's 'abnormality' yesterday had encouraged him, and he pushed again: "Let's eat together? Not eating in the morning is bad for your stomach. And I made breakfast myself—"
Liang Guanyue interrupted ruthlessly, "Is there anything special about what you did to me?"
"...Of course..." Fu Yunlu stared at him in a daze, her lips parted, "...Of course...no."
Seeing Fu Yunlu's dazed expression, Liang Guanyue frowned and tutted, "Why are you acting like I'm sorry for you?"
Fu Yunlu was startled, touched her face, and asked doubtfully, "Is there?" She coughed and said, "Then don't eat. Are you going to the company or somewhere else? I'll take you there."
Liang Guanyue refused: "You have to leave the main city before noon, so I don't need you to see me off."
"It's okay, there's still time. And you drove my car back yesterday..."
"Fu Yunlu, don't you understand what I'm saying?" Liang Guanyue glanced at him coldly, "Or have I been too nice to you lately, so you think I'm the Liang Guanyue from a few years ago?"
"..." Fu Yunlu lowered her eyes, as if she didn't dare to look Liang Guanyue in the eye. She was silent for a long time before she defended herself, "That's not the case."
Liang Guanyue folded his arms across his chest, looking up at the sky, the ground, and the tiny specks of dust floating in the dim light, until Fu Yunlu said, "Then can you keep this car for me?"
"...What do you mean by safekeeping?"
"If you want, I can give it to you." However, in order not to attract attention, the car that Fu Yunlu drove to find Liang Guanyue was always very affordable, basically maintaining a price of two or three hundred thousand star coins. If it was given as a gift, it was obviously not worthy of Liang Guanyue.
Sure enough, Liang Guanyue sneered, "I don't care."
"So I'll ask you to keep it for a while. I'll come to see you next time and drive it away."
Liang Guanyue asked: "Why?"
"What should I do? The car is already parked in the garage."
Liang Guanyue said impatiently: "Drive away by yourself."
Fu Yunlu smiled and said, "I just called a taxi. It will be at the gate of the community in two minutes." He pointed at the terminal and waved to him, "When you go out later, just take my car. It's more convenient."
“…Tsk.”
"Then I'll be leaving first, Guan Yue. See you next month. Feel free to contact me if you need any help."
He walked a few steps to the entrance, then suddenly turned back. Liang Guanyue raised an eyebrow in surprise. Before she could ask him what he was doing, she saw Fu Yunlu quickly come back to him, raised her head slightly, kissed his cheek, and then smiled at him, "Don't skip breakfast just because you're mad at me. Go try it, it's not bad after all."
Fu Yunlu seemed to be afraid that her sneak kiss would annoy Liang Guanyue, so she ran away in a hurry. Before Liang Guanyue could even say the word "Hey", Fu Yunlu ran away.
"..." Liang Guanyue touched the place where Fu Yunlu had just kissed her in confusion. That inch of skin seemed to be burning hot, so hot that Liang Guanyue wanted to take a knife to cut off that area to feel better.
He was probably a little sick, as he had felt angry, irritable, and depressed so many times. He thought Fu Yunlu must be carrying some kind of virus that made him as stupid as a normal person.
He couldn't become like that.
Liang Guanyue thought as she sat down at the dining table. There was only a sandwich on a plate at the main seat, a cup of warm milk next to it, and a cup of coffee on the seat to the right of the main seat—what did they mean by having breakfast together? Liang Guanyue sneered, tapping the side of the coffee cup with a fork. It seemed Fu Yunlu hadn't had enough last night.
He called Fu Yunlu's terminal. Fu Yunlu answered quickly and spoke before Liang Guanyue did: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Liang Guanyue asked back, "Do you really want something to happen to me?"
"...Guan Yue." Fu Yunlu sighed.
Liang Guanyue frowned and asked, "Why are you sighing?"
Fu Yunlu was pressed step by step, feeling helpless: "I did something wrong this morning, tell me, okay?"
"..." Liang Guanyue said, "You don't need to know." Because he was even a little confused.
Fu Yunlu pursed her lips and replied, "Yeah, I understand."
Liang Guanyue said: "You lied to me."
Fu Yunlu was startled, thinking that he had discovered that she had secretly injected the drug from the research institute before coming here. Fu Yunlu subconsciously covered her glands, but immediately regained her composure half a second later. Liang Guanyue couldn't have known, so there must be something else that made him misunderstand. So, she said, "I lied to you? How is that possible?"
"You said you wanted to have breakfast with me."
"Right...but you don't want to eat what I cook..."
“Why is there only one cup of coffee at your place?”
"Me...coffee?" Fu Yunlu reacted, he put his bent index finger against his lips, and imagined in his mind a green-eyed black cat sitting in the main seat with a stern face and an unhappy expression, its tail slapping the chair from time to time because of anger.
At this moment, the noble black cat was questioning him with its head held high: "Breakfast, do you mean a cup of coffee? How dare you say that skipping breakfast is bad for your stomach?"
"You elders love to talk big, but you can't do anything about it."
Fu Yunlu came back to her senses from her fantasy and slowly let out an "ah". Liang Guanyue sneered, "What are you talking about? Didn't you have enough at home last night?"
Fu Yunlu laughed twice, then said, "I'll come back to find you and explain it to you in person, okay?"
"..." Liang Guanyue snorted, "I can't say for sure."
"I'll come back to find you even if things get bad." Fu Yunlu said gently, "The car hasn't gone far yet. I'll change the destination. I'll be at your doorstep in about ten minutes."
"Why do you have to cling to me like this?" Liang Guanyue snorted, sticking a fork into the sandwich. "Don't put salad dressing on your sandwich next time. Who taught you to put that in there? It's awful."
The Fourth Prince, who had lived a life of luxury since childhood, naturally had no experience in cooking for others. He humbly accepted Liang Guanyue's criticism and sincerely admitted his mistake, saying, "I'll go back and make it again for you, okay? I won't let you down next time."
Liang Guanyue glanced at the clock on the wall and said kindly, "...I'll give you ten minutes. If you exceed the time limit, you should return to your Fifty-Three City."
"Don't chase me away, Guan Yue." Fu Yunlu whispered, "I love you."
“…”
Fu Yunlu said softly, "Did you hear that?"
Liang Guanyue stood up and held the terminal farther away: "Deaf."
"I love you." Fu Yunlu smiled, "What about now?"
“…What does it have to do with me?”
"I'm glad you heard it," Fu Yunlu said. "I was afraid you didn't know that I love you very much."
Liang Guanyue felt that something in Fu Yunlu was controlling him—so much so that he kept pushing the boulder toward the top of the mountain. Even if the boulder kept rolling down, he would still push it up from the bottom again. And she was just like that boulder. What else could she bring him besides a hopeless future and boring, repetitive pain?
Liang Guanyue buried this somewhat unpleasant question in his heart until one day in the future, when Fu Yunlu came to pick him up from get off work. Liang Guanyue opened the car door and saw the back seat filled with red roses.
He recalled it in his mind: "Today doesn't seem to be an important anniversary."
"Today is more important than any other day." Fu Yunlu kissed his lips, "Because today is your birthday, baby."
Fu Yunlu seemed to really think so.
So Liang Guanyue told Fu Yunlu about the doubts she had that morning.
Fu Yunlu was stunned after hearing this, shook her head and smiled helplessly, "Why would you compare yourself like that? Besides, I don't think I'm Sisyphus."
"You're lying. You don't feel safe at all, do you? Otherwise, why would you hide the fact that you had a child from me?"
"That doesn't make the same comparison, Guanyue." Fu Yunlu looked at Liang Guanyue's distrustful expression and raised her hands in surrender. "Alright, alright, if you insist on using that analogy, I can only tell you that pushing a stone up the mountain is a meaningful act for Sisyphus."
Liang Guanyue sneered.
"Don't you believe it? He always believed that he could carry the stone to the top of the mountain. Even repeated failures could not defeat him. Because this is the only thing he can do, and he can see the future."
"Guan Yue, compared to you, I am a much weaker person. I lived for others for thirty years, and ended up in a mess. At that time, I thought I had nothing."
"Is there really any point in continuing such a despicable life? I began to doubt my own existence. After attending my mother's funeral, emptiness enveloped me like air." Fu Yunlu recalled, "If I hadn't met you that night, I probably wouldn't have lived much longer."
Liang Guanyue turned to look at him.
Fu Yunlu smiled at him and said, "You're lucky, right? I'm lucky to see you again when I'm in the most embarrassing moment."
"You are my source of hope in this meaningless world, allowing me to find myself again and look forward to tomorrow." Fu Yunlu held his hand, placed it on her lips and kissed it gently. "Whether I can reach the top of the mountain or not, I will still love you until the moment I die."
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