French 75
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
Bai Luo was awakened by the vibration of his phone. He dazedly pressed the answer button.
Biduan Lu Fei was leaning against the classroom window, and the wind made her voice a little scattered.
"Luo Bao, how...how did you convince Rang Qi to substitute for you?"
A person who is half asleep and half awake has a chaotic mind.
"What persuasion?"
Concubine Lu heard her strong nasal tone and asked tentatively.
"Bao, are you sleeping?"
It's almost eleven o'clock in the morning.
"Um, I'm not feeling well. What's wrong?"
She turned over, her lips were dry, the root of her tongue was numb, and her breath was steamy.
Concubine Lu understood and just treated it as a monthly pain.
She looked at the falling leaves outside the window, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and finally swallowed her doubts.
"Then I won't bother you anymore. Have a good rest, sick beauty."
It was impossible to get any information about Bo Xi's intentions, and it was equally difficult to figure out what Bai Luo was saying.
I always feel something is weird.
They didn't add each other on WeChat, but one of them could lie down and sleep while the other took the blame for her.
What’s even more interesting is that the latter went to class with a body full of hickeys, clearly telling the world who he spent the night with last night.
What kind of nice guy with a girlfriend would teach a class for someone he barely knows?
Unless... it's not about replacing someone, it's about obeying orders.
Are these two really in love?
"Um."
Bai Luo responded vaguely, and his eyelids began to droop again.
*
Bai Luo slept soundly for the entire day.
The sea-blue skyline outside the window is so beautiful that it doesn’t even resemble Hangzhou and Hong Kong. I feel like I’ve returned to Nanhuai, a slow-paced city with a sunset feel.
He got up and showered, his movements lazy but quick. He put on a turtleneck sweater, pulling the collar up, barely covering the kiss marks of varying depths.
Bo Xi had classes in the afternoon and would be home by six at the latest. She sat alone for a moment, then suddenly felt the emptiness around her. She took Sui Sui in her arms and walked to CityWalk in the old town.
The evening breeze carries the thick smell of fireworks. The winding snack street is lined with two rows of busy stalls.
Neighbors on both sides were cracking melon seeds and discussing whose son was a failure or whose daughter-in-law had run away. The salty and fishy smell of the market was stronger than at night.
The poor always liven up the atmosphere by belittling others.
The first wheel cake stall at the corner of the street was packed with people. She had been hungry all day and was frantic with hunger.
There were various flavors of cakes on the cake stall, and she chose five cakes of different flavors with great interest.
Scan the code to pay and your phone will vibrate.
[Where?]
Two words, full of gunpowder.
Bai Luo returned the location.
The other party replied immediately.
[wait for me. ]
[good. ]
This was the first time they had spoken to each other that day. He guessed she was sound asleep, so he didn't disturb her.
The light from the screen caught his eyes, and Bai Luo took advantage of the waiting time to browse the campus forum.
A dazzling high-definition picture.
Bo Yu stood in the center of the first row of the tiered classroom, as if he had debuted in the center position, with a cold air and a look that said, "Keep away from me."
The red marks on the sides of the neck and collarbone are bright and dazzling.
The old professor had a kind smile and his eyes were as penetrating as a fire.
She asked him to sit in the back seat.
He insisted on occupying the front row.
It’s not that he doesn’t understand the rules, it’s that he never recognizes the rules.
The person is eye-catching, the position is conspicuous, and he is clearly against her.
It would be difficult for others to ignore the fact that he was a substitute teacher today.
The sunset glows over the city and the sky is arrogant.
Bai Luo took the paper bag handed to him by the proprietress, worried that Bo Qi might not be able to find him.
There was a row of stone benches at the corner of the street. She walked over and sat down with Sui Sui in her arms.
Looking down, the comment section was crackling.
"7:55"
[Bo Xi is teaching a class with hickeys all over his body. What's going on?]
[Could it be a girlfriend?]
[Let’s see who she answers for in class later.]
"8:45"
[Bang, bang, guess who he answered for?]
[Who is it? Don’t keep me in suspense.]
[It’s Bai Luo, the school beauty.]
[Fuck, is this true?]
[Are they together?]
[Is there a video? I want to see it.]
The next second, a five-second video came into view.
The picture is shaking, but it is deadly enough.
At the podium, the professor had just read out the name "Bai Luo" when a young man with flamboyant silver-gray hair in the center of the first row lazily raised his arm.
A word fell slowly from his thin lips.
"arrive."
Monosyllabic words are powerful.
There was a burst of "Oh my god" in the back row of the classroom. Some people gasped and some held their phones askew.
Bai Luo stared at the screen, over and over again.
Her boyfriend is really crazy.
A high-profile official announcement. He wanted the whole world to know immediately that he was taken.
No matter what she said, she had to stick with him to the end.
Some people in the forum are crazy about CP, some are sarcastic, some are maliciously slandering, and some are sarcastic.
She replied calmly and one by one.
[We talked.]
[We've known each other for a long time.]
[I am not worthy, are you?]
[Thank you, I think they're a perfect match too.]
She had no intention of displaying her love in a high-profile manner. For her, love did not need to be displayed to the public.
But today, she insisted on going back and letting everyone see it clearly.
She wasn't some lucky find.
She never relies on men to establish her image, she is not passive and not cheap.
She didn't need the halo he gave her, but she was not afraid to stand in the light, shoulder to shoulder with him.
It is not up to others to define who she is suitable for.
"Bai Luo!"
A hoarse and restrained voice pierced through the layers of sound waves and hit the eardrum directly.
Chi Yipai raised his eyes.
The world is noisy, the crowds give way, the light and shadows lengthen, the young man comes against the light, step by step into her destiny.
As soon as he stood up, he fell into a warm embrace.
Smells of bitter mint. Cold, yet hot.
Sui Sui on the stone bench meowed, flicked its tail, and jumped off the table.
He wisely slipped away.
"Bo Qian."
He hugged Bai Luo so tightly that he almost suffocated. He hooked a corner of his T-shirt with his slender fingers.
Unmoved.
The night wind was cold. She tilted her head back and pressed her lips against his cold, pale jaw.
"What's wrong?"
Lightly, a new title was added.
"Bao...baby."
Strange, embarrassing, funny.
I have always been accustomed to calling him by his full name, with clear pronunciation.
The word "baby" is so weird and awkward.
The voice was so soft that Bo Qi was stunned for a long time.
Slowly letting go of her. The fragmented light fell into his eyes, brighter than ever.
“Tsk.”
"Shout again."
He imitated her tone perfectly.
"Hmm? Baby...baby."
“…”
"Tell me what happened to you first?"
She didn't want to listen to him.
Bo Xi knew that she didn't read the school forum and thought she didn't know about his high-profile official announcement.
He rolled his Adam's apple and touched the tip of her nose in a flattering manner.
Bai Luo's body stiffened, her fingertips numb. She was used to him whispering harsh words into her ear, mixed with the smell of cigarette smoke and anger. She was used to him leaning against the wall, sneering, his eyes dark, yet still trying to curl his lips at her.
He lowered his head and acted obedient, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She frowned and wanted to escape.
"You speak, I listen."
Bo Xi scratched his hair, pretending to be calm, relaxed and unrestrained.
"General education class, no registration."
"You're going to say this?"
Bai Luo was confused. He had made such a high-profile announcement that he must have a close relationship with the professor.
How could I possibly let my girlfriend rebuild it?
The girl's beautiful eyes sparkled in the moonlight. Bo Xi clenched his fists calmly, his knuckles turning white.
I'm so fucking proud of myself.
When he was high-profile, he acted like a lawless bastard, but now all his arrogance is gone.
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he suddenly changed his mind and said something lightly.
"What did you buy?"
The topic went off track, but Bai Luo didn't care. The corners of his eyes curved into crescents as he picked out a flavor he liked and handed it to him.
"Try it."
In one hand, she held the soft little Sui Sui, who dozed with his eyes closed. With the other hand, she naturally held his arm and dragged him towards the brightly lit snack street.
Dive headfirst into the noisy and hot worldly fireworks.
"I'm so hungry."
At eight or nine o'clock in the night, the smell of fireworks is strong.
Workers are wandering around exhausted, couples are clinging to each other, naughty kids are rolling on the ground asking for candy paintings, old mothers are scolding while taking out money, and the hustle and bustle of the city is overwhelming.
Greasy, real, and hot, this is the taste of life.
Bai Luo doesn't have many dietary restrictions, but he prefers soft and glutinous Chong Chong Cake and takoyaki that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Bo Yi also bought her sugar-roasted chestnuts and tiramisu...
She accepted everything and never refused anyone.
At this moment, happiness becomes concrete.
The lights are gilded, the world is friendly, and the shadows are dependent on each other.
The two of them swayed in the night, their shadows growing longer and shorter.
I took a long-awaited leisurely walk, amidst the bustling fireworks, and ended up in a deserted place.
It seems to have swept away all the fatigue in the world.
The fried yogurt stall at the end of the street was lit with neon lights. Bai Luo suddenly stopped and poked his arm.
"I want to eat. Buy it for me."
Imperative, no negotiation.
Probably not. Before they started dating, he wouldn't let her drink even a drop of ice water, let alone the temptation of ice cream, for seven days before her period.
Cold drinks and ice cream are taboos and forbidden areas for her.
Bo Yi pinched her cheek and spoke in a cold and hard tone.
"Can't."
“…”
"Why?"
She raised her face, her eyes stubborn, so stubborn that she wanted to smash the wall and shatter her fate.
She knew he was crazy. He could carry people in the street and throw them into the carriage, and he did it beautifully.
But she refused to back down. If he dared, she would also dare to gamble.
Bo Xi tilted her head, her ear bone flashing arrogantly. An aggressive shadow enveloped her.
"Are you sure you want to eat?"
No answer, ask instead.
Lazy, ruffian, and bad, but it also touches her most unyielding nerve.
Bai Luo's throat tightened, but he insisted on keeping his neck stiff.
"Sure."
She just wants to eat and doesn't want to be controlled.
"And you have to pay."
Every time she confronted him, she could never gain the upper hand.
She was determined to win tonight.
A laugh rolled out of Bo's throat.
It's not a gentle smile, but a smile that has evil intent and overflows the embankment, evil and ruffian.
"Are you sure?"
He reached out and hooked her chin with his fingertips, his voice very low and hoarse with seduction.
"You're pretty brave today."
Bai Luo bit his lips a little red, and there was a stubborn look at the corners of his eyes, a stubbornness that could not be defeated.
She looked up into his pupils, and the gentleness she had just shown at the alley entrance shattered. It was the madness she was most familiar with, the paranoia, the possessiveness, the unreasonable evil, yet the innocent smile.
"Will you buy it?"
"If you don't buy it, I'll let..."
The next second, his words were cut off in a cold voice, each word pronounced with extreme severity.
"You dare to say his name."
“…”
She didn't say it was Wu Kai. Couldn't it be Concubine Lu?
But he didn't allow her to have room for anyone else in her heart, not even a shadow.
Bo Yi lowered his eyes to look at her, his black eyes were as deep as the night sea.
"Okay, you eat and I'll pay."
"But after eating, you have to do something with me."
"What's up?"
Her spine tingled, and she had a foreboding feeling.
He smiled maliciously, but his tone was uncompromising.
"Go home and let me kiss you..."
Before he could finish his words, Bai Luo stopped the loss in time with a trembling voice.
"I don't want to eat anymore."
Suddenly I don't feel like eating anymore. My life is more important.
Bo Yi has never been a good person.
He is an evil, arrogant, bad, and paranoid possessor.
But she fell for it.
He is completely evil and cruel with a single-minded attitude.
She was greedy for his control, even though he was evil to the core, and he only bowed to her.
I can't do anything about myself, and I can't do anything about him.
It was a cold and pitch-black night, and the broken moonlight was sparse and thin.
Bai Luo met his eyes and an idea flashed in his mind.
"Let's take a photo."
She and he rarely appeared in the same frame. The only time was when she relaxed and went to an amusement park on the outskirts of the city with him.
The two stood in front of the automatic photo booth. She frowned and said "too childish", but he put his hand on her cheek and pressed the shutter without saying a word.
He printed out the photo stickers as if they were his private collection, put them in a minimalist black-framed photo frame, and placed them in the center of the coffee table in the living room.
Bo Qi, who was playing with a strand of her hair with his fingertips, narrowed his eyes and was stunned for a second.
The eyelashes fluttered, casting dark shadows.
"So proactive?"
“…”
Bai Luo glanced at him indifferently and remained speechless.
She wanted to take the initiative. Every time he got jealous, gave her a cold face, or went crazy for no apparent reason, forcing her to bow her head, to get closer, and to reach out first.
The phone screen lights up and the front camera turns on.
"come over."
She tilted her head, her tone brooking no argument.
Bo Xi leaned closer lazily, his shoulder against hers, his body temperature transmitting through the fabric of her clothes.
"laugh."
She ordered.
He obeyed obediently. He forced a faint smile, his two pointed little fangs flashing a vicious light.
"Crack!"
It collided head-on with a crackling sound of fireworks, leaving a long tail of light behind it.
Lens freeze:
In the distance, a magnificent rose firework display. In the close-up, Bo Yu shows excellent bone structure. In the endoscope, Bai Luo shows beautiful features.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Fireworks rose into the sky one after another.
Brighten up the darkness of the whole world.
Everyone in the entire snack street looked up at the same time.
Bai Luo's eyes, with their distinct black and white, reflected the overlapping fireworks, flickering.
For her, fireworks are not a celebration, but a manifestation of time:
Beautiful, but doomed to perish.
The thin figure beside him was like a shadow that refused to leave. He did not look at the sky, nor did he see the splendor of the moment.
His gaze, from beginning to end, only fell on her eyes.
The girl's eyes are so deadly.
Clean, clear and translucent.
The decadence and world-weariness of last year's New Year's Eve are gone, but there is more light and hope for future freedom.
The crowd cheered, held up their cell phones, and everyone chased the illusion in the sky.
Only he looked at her as if he were looking at the only magnificent scene in the world.
Just one glance is more beautiful than a thousand fireworks displays.
"You don't want to watch the fireworks?"
Bai Luo tilted his head, raised his eyebrows and asked him.
"Do you like it?"
Bo Xi held her waist with one hand, not with much force, but with a strong desire to control her.
He lowered his eyes and kissed the corner of her lips, stealing a kiss from a dream that did not belong to him.
“It’s beautiful.”
Looking at the sky full of beautiful dreams, she lost her mind.
The fleeting beauty of an ephemeral flower easily cools, breaks, and dissipates.
Just like their love.
It is fragile and will break at the slightest touch.
But she just wanted to catch a moment of light.
“The back is more beautiful.”
The voice above his head fell lazily, and Bai Luo regained his wandering thoughts.
"How do you know?"
I realized it belatedly, and my heart trembled and hurt.
A pair of eyes that could see through fire stared at him with a bitter look.
"You prepared it?"
Bo Qi didn't answer, but just held her in his arms, as if declaring his sovereignty, or announcing the end.
"I've been setting up this game for too long. You can't win, and don't even think about escaping."
But I know better than anyone that this love cannot be held or kept.
But he still wanted it, wanted a glance from her, wanted a thought from her, wanted her to believe him even though she knew it was fake.
All he can afford is this dream.
After waking up from the dream, he didn't even allow her to see his back.
Bai Luo smiled faintly, with a hint of self-mockery and resignation.
"Bo Yi, are you a bastard?"
"yes."
"So, don't leave me."
It’s not that he is not afraid of losing, but he is too afraid, so he dares to act so crazy.
The wind rises, the fireworks disperse, and the ashes fall like tears in the silent night.
They stood in the ruined romance, hugging each other, like two dreams that refused to wake up.
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