The last firework was a pink dandelion, which bloomed in the sky, and then scattered all over the sky. Countless flocculent petals flickered like electricity and disappeared into the night.
The beauty disappeared, and it became deserted in an instant. The air was filled with the choking smell of fireworks. Lu Wen still held Qu Yanting's left hand, pressed his thumb on the back of his hand, and stroked the blood vessels without showing any signs of expression.
Qu Yanting stared at him in a daze, his eyes were filled with too many emotions, surprise, hesitation, timidity, shyness, miscellaneous things added up could not be worth a heartbeat, so his face was as red as a lantern hanging high behind him.
Lu Wen asked: "Teacher Qu, do you like it?"
Qu Yanting called the word "like" to his heart, and his eyes wandered in a panic, looking at the pile of black fireworks boxes and the cracks in the stone road, dodging and falling on his ring finger.
"What are you afraid of?" Lu Wen said again, "I'm asking about the ring."
Qu Yanting curled up her fingers, as if teasing the little swallow caught on her fingers, and then nodded with certainty.
Lu Wen really wanted to ask "What about me", but he held back, he didn't have the means to follow every step, and he didn't know how to plan, so he just took advantage of this good day to express his feelings to Qu Yanting.
"The first time I confessed, I was actually very nervous." He said, "I wanted to say 'Happy New Year' to you first, but I forgot everything as soon as I gave you the ring."
Qu Yanting moved her lips: "The first time..."
"Yes." Lu Wen said, "Can you make this first time also the last?"
He simply said: "I pierce the window paper because I don't want to like you secretly. When you are lonely, I want to be by your side openly."
"Teacher Qu, I want to date, fall in love, and be together with you."
"I became your leading actor, can I be your boyfriend in the future?"
Qu Yanting's heart was pounding, about to burst out of his thin chest, he said incoherently: "I feel very confused, I don't know, I..."
Lu Wen raised his hand and grabbed Qu Yanting's shoulder, and after a series of confessions, he said seriously: "Teacher Qu, don't panic or hide, I'm not forcing you, whether I suit you or not, don't resist me. "
Qu Yanting's feeling was unspeakable, and he gritted his lips and teeth before finally uttering a sentence: "Give me some time to think about it, is that okay?"
"Of course, I'm willing to wait."
Lu Wengang agreed affectionately, and immediately added a sentence: "The day you agree, I will learn to be a boyfriend. If you don't agree, I will pursue until you agree."
Qu Yanting could no longer form words, and without waiting for him to speak, Lu Wen hugged him into his arms, rubbed his chin against his cheek, and while he was absent-minded, added the delayed "Happy New Year".
Between the two open gates, Cao Lanxu stood with his hands behind his back. He stood there for an unknown amount of time, the red lanterns shining on his frowning brows, and he said, "What kind of foreign scenery do you two have?"
Lu Wen and Qu Yanting were startled, and separated, embarrassing and irritating, and stunned for a few seconds.
Qu Yanting was the first to respond and said, "I'm going to cook the dumplings."
Watching the fleeing figure rush into the gate, Lu Wen picked up the plastic bag, squeezed the handle and shook it vigorously, bent down to pack the burnt fireworks. Carrying a bag of garbage to the gate, he met Cao Lanxu across the threshold.
"Stinky boy, what were you doing just now?"
"Hug, don't you see it all?"
"I'm asking you, why are you hugging other screenwriters so well?!"
"How can I be good? I'm bad!"
Cao Lanxu raised her foot and wanted to kick: "Not in shape!"
Lu Wen nimbly dodged it, jumped over the threshold and ran into the yard in a flash. The kitchen lights were on, and cooking smoke wafted out. After washing his hands, he walked to the door and coughed awkwardly.
The person in front of the stove pretended not to hear, but the hand that cut the vegetables paused.
Lu Wen got into the kitchen, smelled the aroma and walked to the left back side of Qu Yanting. With a little height, he could see the vegetables on the chopping board with his probe, and said, "I'm cutting ginger slices. Oh, I hate eating ginger the most."
Qu Yanting said: "I won't let you eat it, it's for seasoning."
After cutting, Qu Yanting took a piece of bacon and cut crystal thin slices with the blade sideways. Lu Wen moved to the right rear and said, "I don't like fatty meat."
Qu Yanting said: "This one is thin."
"Hey, that plate of duck legs..."
Qu Yanting was nagged so much that his hand was almost cut, and he pushed Lu Wen back a little with his elbow, and leaned forward again in two seconds. He couldn't stand it after repeating several times: "Don't stick to me!"
Lu Wen said: "If I don't come back, you sit on the threshold and wait for me. I'm clinging to you now, and you drive me away."
Qu Yanting held a large kitchen knife in her slender wrist, and she was more cruel: "I haven't promised you yet."
"Then think carefully about Ang." Lu Wen finally moved away, sat on the bench to add firewood, and couldn't bear it after adding two, "You don't think about the year of the monkey, do you?"
Qu Yanting played sloppy eyes: "That may not be the case."
"Good idea!" Lu Wen fanned the fire vigorously, "Three days, I'll give you three days!"
Qu Yanting bargained: "Isn't three days too short?"
Lu Wen said: "Helen Keller only needs three days. Why do you think it's too short?"
Qu Yanting couldn't refute it, and thought that this illiterate person was quite good at citing scriptures. When the water boiled, he put the wrapped dumplings into the pot.
"Although you can't eat Lingling's dumplings." Lu Wen said, "but there are Tingting's dumplings."
Qu Yanting: "..."
Lu Wen couldn't help but say, "Teacher Qu, give me some work."
There was nothing else to do, so Qu Yanting poured vinegar into a small dish and said, "Then you peel a few cloves of garlic and eat the dumplings."
Lu Wen worried: "Don't eat garlic, it's so fuzzy, it will be so smelly if you kiss."
Qu Yanting almost dropped the bottle of vinegar into the pot, his face turned red again in the floating steam, and he said angrily, "Who wants to kiss you? Stay where it's cooler!"
After the New Year's Eve dinner was cooked, Cao Lanxu opened a bottle of rice wine from his collection. The three of them sat around the table in the main room, the dog picked up the leak under the table, clinked glasses, and drank it all in one gulp.
Cao Lanxu had sharp eyes and said, "Screenwriter, this ring was originally given to you?"
Qu Yanting held the wine cup in his left hand, and let go of it when he heard the words, and let it hang down.
Lu Wen replied, "Why are you so gossip?"
"What is gossip?" Cao Lanxu didn't understand, and asked in bewilderment, "You said he is your leader, and it is fashionable to give rings to leaders now?"
Lu Wen rambled nonsense: "That's right, trap the leader, it's easy to do things—" I got kicked on the calf bone, but it wasn't painful, and the gift was really right, and the leader didn't want to make an effort.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Lu Wen went to take a bath first, put on body lotion seriously after washing, and then went upstairs to warm the bed with a faint coconut smell all over his body.
Half an hour later, Qu Yanting came in wrapped in a blanket, her wet hair was dripping with water, and it was wet on her shoulders. She didn't want to pay attention to the scenery on the bed, but Lu Wen was so big and lay in the middle, it was hard to ignore.
Qu Yanting tossed meaninglessly in front of the suitcase, poured a glass of water, peeled an orange, tore open a bag of plums, and finished everything he could, before finally sitting at the desk and turning on the computer.
Lu Wenteng sat up: "You still write on New Year's Eve, do you want to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?"
Qu Yanting entered the live broadcast room and said, "I'll watch the Spring Festival Gala for a while."
Lu Wen was clear in his heart, he made his mind clear, Qu Yanting was shy and awkward, and he didn't even dare to go to bed. Ah, a pure man like him likes a man as pure as him.
Lu Wen leaned on the bedside and played with his mobile phone, looking for a sense of presence, he said, "I'll take a look at Weibo, oh, so many comments!"
A skit was playing on the screen, Qu Yanting propped his chin, didn't feel the slightest bit of humor, his peripheral vision drifted uncontrollably to the bed, feeling that professional comedians are not as good as Lu Wen alone.
"Wow, the fans are so enthusiastic." Lu Wennian said, "Brother, brother, you are so handsome, are you really turning 30?"
"A student who studies international trade, writes English well, and my ancestors have been fans for eighteen generations."
"How did I find out that you are such a handsome guy! Lu Wen is not popular! Heaven cannot tolerate it!"
"Kiss text, be happy in the new year."
"husband!"
Qu Yanting turned her head in shock, thinking she was calling him... Seeing Lu Wen slapped his throat and fell on the pillow rubbing his Adam's apple, he quickly turned back embarrassingly.
The phone rang, and the incoming call showed "Lu Zhanqing".
Lu Wen Liyu sat up straight, focusing only on finding love tonight, forgetting about his father who depended on each other for life, and sliding the call key, he called out "Dad" in a guilty conscience.
Qu Yanting immediately turned off the volume.
There was no movement on the phone. Lu Wen understood and said, "Dad, Happy New Year. I've been recording shows today, but my phone ran out of battery. I just charged it up and wanted to call you, but you called. We really have a good understanding. "
Lu Zhanqing said, "Don't be so talkative."
Lu Wen usually doesn't care about it, but every New Year's Eve, he would dutifully accompany Lu Zhanqing to have New Year's Eve dinner. This year, he said, "Dad, if you are too lonely, you can go to Zhuoyan's house to find Uncle Gu, or you can go to Uncle Zheng's house." Row."
"You don't need to arrange it." Lu Zhanqing didn't appreciate it, but said in his heart, "Are you alone?"
Lu Wen didn't intend to lie, and said, "I'm with Teacher Qu."
Qu Yanting couldn't sit still, he didn't expect Lu Wen would confess his existence, he got up and walked to the bed, and sat on the quilt with one leg bent.
"...It's the screenwriter." Lu Wen explained, "I met on the set before. When I had an accident, Mr. Qu came over. Thanks to him, it was settled."
Lu Zhanqing murmured: "When the program is finished, thank you very much."
Lu Wen said: "I know, I should not only thank him, but also-"
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Qu Yanting rushed forward to cover Lu Wen's mouth. Ruifeng's eyes were wide open, and the sparkling eyes almost spilled out. She gritted her teeth and warned, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Letting go of his hand, Lu Wen panted like a dog: "I still want to invite him to dinner..."
Lu Zhanqing didn't care so much, and asked, "When will you be back?"
"Don't worry." Lu Wen will never forget the date, "I will definitely go home on the fourth day of the junior high."
It was rare for the father and son to finish the phone call calmly, so before hanging up, Lu Zhanqing asked, "Who did you give the ring that caused the accident?"
Lu Wen glanced at Qu Yanting, with cunning and unconcealable liking, and replied, "I'm chasing someone, and I'll give it to him."
Lu Zhanqing immediately asked, "Who?"
"This is my privacy!" Lu Wen said, "Stop talking, bye!"
Qu Yanting was stunned for a moment, the phone had already hung up, he no longer had the discipline of his parents, and worried that Lu Wen would make his father angry. But Lu Wen looked like he had done some major international event.
Lifting the quilt, Lu Wen begged, "I've been warming up for two hours, come in quickly!"
Qu Yanting hesitated: "I haven't finished the Spring Festival Gala..."
"What time is it?" Lu Wen dragged Qu Yanting into bed, "Do you want to listen to "Unforgettable Tonight", I will sing it for you."
Qu Yanting turned her back and couldn't help touching the cell phone next to her pillow. Her mood was too complicated, and she really wanted to chat with the volunteers for a while. At this time, Lu Wen sang in the back of his head, the subwoofer version of "Unforgettable Tonight".
After listening to a few lines, Qu Yanting found that each line was sung accurately and steadily, with a slightly lower key than the female voice, with a different kind of chic and melodious. He twisted his body and said, "You sing really well."
Lu Wen closed his voice and said nostalgicly: "I was...forget it."
Qu Yanting thought of something, pinched Lu Wen's chin and twisted it, lay on his back and looked at the music note tattoo behind his left ear, and said, "It seems that you really like singing."
"Of course." Lu Wen regretted, "It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to sing."
Qu Yanting laughed: "Didn't you just finish singing? What opportunity do you need to sing?"
Lu Wen said: "It's open, let others hear it... like a serious singer."
Qu Yanting was a little surprised. Seeing Lu Wen's inexplicably aggrieved face, he was bewitched, feeling that this fool should not be envious of others, and said, "Then, is the theme song okay?"
Lu Wen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't hide his surprise. Qu Yanting didn't dare to say anything, so she scratched Lu Wen's chin with her fingertips and said, "I have found a lyricist for the theme song of the web drama, and I will give you a chance to audition. If you pass it, I will sing it."
"real?!"
"Well, take it as a New Year's gift."
Lu Wen howled excitedly, leaned over and hugged Qu Yanting and rolled around, the bed boards slammed crazily, and when he stopped, he lay firmly on Qu Yanting's body, sweating profusely.
Lu Wen's chest muscles were pressing on Qu Yanting's heart, and the chaotic heartbeats were crushed together. He couldn't tell whether it was yours or mine. He raised his head and only moved a short distance away.
Exhaling the smell of mint toothpaste in his mouth, he said: "It's better to hit the sun than choose the day, can you give me a kiss in advance..."
Qu Yanting turned her head in embarrassment.
"What's your attitude, first kiss!"
"Is the first kiss great... Who didn't."
Lu Wen reacted for two seconds, bowed his head in the socket of Qu Yanting's shoulders, and said sullenly, "Cough, I still have a precious first night, so do you have it?"
Qu Yanting endured it to the edge of the cliff, pushed the hundred kilograms on her body down with all her strength, turned over and rolled up the quilt, turned off the bedside lamp with a "slap", and said, "Sleep!"
Lu Wenping was lying down, with his limbs spread out, and knocked on Qu Yanting's back like knocking on the door: "Brother Tingting, at least cover me with a quilt."
Qu Yanting said: "I think you've got a fever!"
Lu Wen was no longer annoying, mainly because his body was indeed a little hot, so he opened his nightgown a little and fell asleep like that. After breathing evenly, Qu Yanting quietly turned around and covered herself with a quilt worryingly.
The sound of firecrackers in the ancient town stopped in the middle of the night.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, relatives were visiting from every household, and Cao Lanxu was left alone, until someone knocked on the door downstairs, and the copper rings rattled endlessly.
Qu Yanting was woken up: "It's so early, who..."
Lu Wen covered Qu Yanting's ears, and said in a daze, "Don't pay attention to him, the community will send warmth to Master Cao."
The knock on the door stopped, the door opened, the voice was inaudible, and then the stairs started to creak again, Lu Wen wondered: "Damn, why are you still going upstairs..."
The sound of footsteps stopped outside the house, thump, thump, thump.
Qu Yanting leaned forward and asked "Who is it?" The pajamas were slippery, and she fell back into Lu Wen's arms without paying attention. Those hands encircled him and wrapped them around his waist.
Click, the door opened.
"elder brother-"
Ruan Feng appeared at the door and was stunned.
The author has something to say: Lu Wen: Xiao Ruan, stay closer to your brother's works, and stay away from your brother's life!