Su Weichu's warm breath brushed against her ears, making her feel itchy. Ying Yanluo couldn't help but shrink her shoulders, but she didn't want to admit that she was nervous. "I'm not nervous." "I'm not nervous," Su Weichu asked back, "Your body is as hard as a rock, you know that?"
Ying Yanluo licked her lips and blurted out: "It was you who wanted to hug me, not me." After mumbling, Ying Yanluo felt something was wrong, and she suddenly realized that her complaint just now was too natural.
Su Weichu smiled grimly, "Well, I wanted to hug him myself."
Ying Yanluo: "..."
"Do you know what Guo is thinking about when he is away on business trips?"
Seeing that he took the initiative to bring up other topics, Ying Yanluo followed suit and said, "I don't know."
"I was thinking..." He paused and continued: "It would be nice if I could come back sooner."
"Why?" She was puzzled.
"Because I care about you."
Ying Yanluo's heart trembled suddenly, "Worried?"
Su Weichu hummed softly and hugged the person in his arms tightly. When he was studying with his grandfather, he missed his parents. When Qingqing was away filming, he missed Qingqing. When Yoyo was studying alone in a foreign country, he missed Yoyo. But this time on a business trip, he missed someone, and it was a different kind of worry than before.
"I'm worried about you."
Ying Yanluo's breathing stopped for half a beat.
Su Weichu put his hand on her waist and held her thin shoulders, asking her to turn around and face him.
The lights in the bedroom were off, but with the faint moonlight outside the window, they could still see each other clearly. Su Weichu's eyes were very beautiful, and whether she was smiling or not, there was an invisible tenderness in them. But Ying Yanluo felt that these eyes had never been more gentle than at this moment.
Ying Yanluo didn't know why, she didn't speak, and the two of them were silent for a long time, so long that Su Weichu spoke again: "Do you want to try a new life?"
"What kind of new life?" Her voice trembled.
"Add me to your life."
After Su Weichu finished speaking, Ying Yanluo sat up from the bed. She looked at him in disbelief. She felt as if everything was messed up, as if it had deviated from what they had agreed on at the beginning.
In the dim light, Su Weichu also stood up.
Ying Yanluo subconsciously clenched her hands that were holding the corner of the quilt.
Su Weichu looked at her for two seconds, then slowly reached out and held her shoulders. She shook slightly, but did not dodge. After making sure that she would not dodge, Su Weichu leaned over and held her carefully in his arms.
"Did I scare you?" he asked softly.
Ying Yanluo's cheek rested on the side of his neck. When he spoke, the rhythm of the meridians in his neck was particularly clear. She retracted her fingers and said, "There's something I don't understand."
"What don't you understand?"
"Why me?"
It seemed like they had only known each other for two months, and had only been together for a month.
"Why can't it be you?" he asked her back.
"because… "
"Because of what?" he demanded.
Ying Yanluo's lips opened and closed, but in the end, she said nothing. She knew that she was actually a very contradictory person. She longed for warmth but was very good at rejecting others' approach. She always quickly returned to her comfort zone when others were about to reach out to her. Just like now, she was expressing her rejection in the way she was best at.
Su Weichu waited for a while but did not get her answer, so he did not ask any more questions. He just hugged her tighter and said, "It's okay. You have a long time to think about it." He couldn't run away anyway.
Ying Yanluo still woke up in the middle of the night to drink water.
The man's strong arms were wrapped around her waist, his steady, warm breath was just above her head. His embrace was warm and solid. Ying Yanluo slowly turned around to face him. He was still asleep. Her eyes moved from his soft eyebrows, eyes, nose, and finally to his slightly plump lips.
Because you are so outstanding, a thousand times better than me.
…
Su Weichu realized that from that day on, she seemed to intentionally distance herself from him. For example, in the morning she said she was almost late for work and had to leave early, and in the evening she had to work overtime and have dinner with colleagues and not go home.
As the only employee in the studio, Zhao Ranran was naturally the first to notice her abnormality.
"Senior?"
Ying Yanluo came back to her senses and looked over, "What's wrong?"
"You've been holding this position for a long time."
Ying Yanluo looked down at the line drawing that had basically not been touched from the beginning to now, and his expression flickered slightly, "Oh, I thought of something and was distracted."
Zhao Ranran propped up her chin with her hand, "Senior, I think something is wrong with your recent state."
Ying Yanluo turned the digitizer to cover up, "Is there? No?"
Zhao Ranran looked at her. She came to work earlier than her every morning and left later than her at night these days. In fact, this happened before, but in the past month, she went to work and came home normally every day, which made these days seem a little abnormal.
"Senior, are you..."
"No." Ying Yanluo suddenly interrupted her. Yu Guangjing looked at the clock on the wall of the studio and reminded her: "Didn't you tell me at noon that your friend asked you to accompany her to see a doctor in the evening? If you don't leave now, you will be late, right?"
Zhao Ranran subconsciously glanced at the clock and exclaimed, "Yes, yes, yes, how could I almost forget, Senior Sister, then I will leave first, you should go back early too."
"Just finish drawing this and leave."
"Okay then, let's go. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After Zhao Ranran left, Ying Yanluo finally regained her spirits to paint, until a phone call pulled her back from her creative world.
Ying Yanluo's eyes were still on the drawing. He picked up the phone before he could even see the caller ID. After taking a deep breath, he sat up straight and paused with the digital pen in his hand. "Grandpa?"
“Are you free this weekend?”
Ying Yanluo grabbed the digital pen and said, "Well, what's wrong?"
"Then call Xiao Su and come back to have dinner."
Ying Yanluo did not ask Mr. Ying how he knew that Su Weichui had returned to Beijing, just as he did not ask her whether she had not yet mentioned to Su Weichui about going to the Ying family for dinner together.
After Mr. Ying hung up the phone, Ying Ruqin asked, "Dad, what did Yanluo say?"
Mr. Ying slowly put down his phone and said calmly, "She said she would come."
Ying Ruqin showed a happy expression, "That's good, then do we need to prepare anything?"
Mr. Ying glanced at him and said, "Just entertain him normally. Don't do anything else and don't mention anything else."
Ying Ruqin's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his eyes, "Dad, I know."
The old man didn't look at him again, but looked at Ying Rutian who was sitting next to the third brother without saying a word, "And you, do you understand?"
Ying Rutian nodded, "I understand."
The third brother Ying Ruyu glanced at his eldest and second brothers calmly, and without waiting for his father to speak, he smiled and said, "Dad, I understand too."
Mr. Ying looked at his three sons and said, "Okay, you all go back."
The three brothers stood up one after another, "Then Dad, we will leave first."
Mr. Ying didn't say anything, just waved at them.
After the three brothers left the door, Ying Ruqin smiled and said, "By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate you yet. You will be the father-in-law of the person in charge of the Su family in the future."
Ying Rutian's expression kept changing, but in the end he still just showed a polite smile, "It's getting late, brother, Ruyu, you should go back early too." After saying that, he no longer looked at the two of them, but walked directly towards his car.
After Ying Rutian stepped aside, the smile on Ying Ruqin's face faded. He did not avoid Ying Ruyu and snorted coldly, "So what if he is the father-in-law of the person in charge of the Su family? This father-in-law can't even show off, right?"
After listening to this, Ying Ruyu smiled faintly and patted his shoulder, "Brother, go back early. The weather is getting colder and colder."
…
Ying Yanluo returned home after ten o'clock today. As soon as she entered the door, she felt something was wrong. Usually, Su Weichu worked in the study and would turn on the wall lamp in the living room and wait for her to come back, but when she entered the room, the room was dark and deserted. After turning on the light, she walked upstairs. The door of the study was slightly open and no one was there. She opened the bedroom, which was still dark. He was not at home. Ying Yanluo sat on the sofa for a while, slowly took out her mobile phone, and after opening WeChat, she realized that Su Weichu had sent her a WeChat message a few hours ago.
Mr. Su: I have a social event tonight, so I won't be back for dinner.
Mr. Su: Go home early and be careful on the road
Before this sentence, their chat history was the message he sent when he returned to Beijing a few days ago.
Ying Yanluo rubbed the screen of her phone with her fingertips and sent him a message: I'm home now. I just saw your message.
After replying this, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then sent another message: Are you not finished yet
Ying Yanluo sat on the sofa and waited for about ten minutes, but there was no reply from him. She thought it was not over yet, so she put down her phone, took her pajamas and went into the bathroom. She took a shower and blew her hair. Just as she came out, she heard the phone on the sofa vibrate, and she hurried over.
It’s not Su Weichu, it’s Ye Shutong.
Ye Shutong: Sister, let me tell you that we are leaving for Hengdian tomorrow.
Ying Yanluo went to bed with her phone: Didn't you tell me how many days it would take
Ye Shutong: Oh, the crew notified us to join the crew early.
Ying Yanluo: It's still quite cold in Hengdian now, remember to bring some clothes
Ye Shutong: Okay! Remember to come and see me when you have nothing to do later!
Ying Yanluo: Got it
Ye Shutong disappeared while chatting with her. Ying Yanluo was used to it, so she browsed Weibo and watched a movie. When she came to her senses, it was already past eleven o'clock. Normally, she would have fallen asleep by this time, but for some reason, she couldn't sleep.
It was almost twelve o'clock, and because she did not close the bedroom door, the "ding ding ding" sound of the password lock downstairs was quite clear. Just as she was considering whether to go out and take a look or just pretend to sleep, she suddenly heard voices accompanied by the sound of the door opening.
"Boss Su, please slow down."
"Hey, this way."
It sounded a bit like Assistant Short's voice.
Ying Yanluo felt something was wrong, so she picked up a coat, put it on and walked out. When she reached the stairs, she saw Xiao Wei supporting Su Weichu and staggering towards the outside.
When Xiao Wei looked up and saw Ying Yanluo, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Miss Ying, please help me."
Ying Yanluo ran downstairs and just as she came up to them, she smelled the strong smell of alcohol on them. "You two have been drinking."
When Xiao Wei heard this, he quickly explained: "I did drink, but the car was driven by a designated driver."
Hearing what he said, Ying Yanluo felt relieved. She reached out and held Su Weichu's other arm and put it on her shoulder. Together, they put Su Weichu on the sofa.
Ying Yanluo looked at him, it seemed like this was the first time she saw him drunk. Everyone in their family was born fair, and his skin color was almost the same as hers. Because of being drunk, his handsome face was stained with a layer of red, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his nose was high, and his lips were rosy but slightly dry. Ying Yanluo couldn't help but pursing her lips. In fact, she had seen many handsome men, but suddenly she felt that none of them could compare to him.
"Miss Ying, do you have warm water?" Xiao Wei asked.
Ying Yanluo came back to his senses and said, "Yes." Then he walked to the water dispenser, mixed two cups of warm water, and asked casually: "Why did you drink so much?" Ying Yanluo handed one of the cups to Xiao Wei, who thanked him and took the cup.
"Well, it's inevitable when discussing business." He suddenly thought of something and continued, "It turns out that I can't come back so early."
Ying Yanluo looked towards him.
Xiao Wei smiled and said, "Boss Su saw the WeChat message you sent to me."
Ying Yanluo was stunned and understood what he meant.
She turned her head to look at Su Weichu who was leaning on the sofa and pursed her lips.
Xiao Wei caught a glimpse of her expression while drinking water, and gulped down the water in the cup. "Well, Miss Ying, I'll trouble you to take care of President Su. I'll be leaving first." Without giving Ying Yanluo a chance to speak, he put down the cup, picked up his briefcase, and quickly ran to the entrance and closed the door with a "bang".
Ying Yanluo looked at the closed door and realized belatedly that she should have asked Xiao Wei to help send him upstairs while he was still here. He, a man, felt terrified when he first helped him up, let alone her. Forget about how to help him upstairs, and just feed him the hangover medicine first.
She took out a bottle of hangover medicine from the medicine box under the TV cabinet, walked slowly towards him holding the water glass, half-knelt on the sofa, and took out the medicine. Just when the pill was a few inches away from his lips, she could even feel the warmth of his lips through the air. The man leaning on the sofa opened his eyes without warning, and grabbed her wrist the next second.
Ying Yanluo was startled. His palm was extremely hot and she even felt that her wrist was about to burn. When she looked over again, her sight was instantly grasped. His eyes were as deep as a pool, alert and a little confused. She couldn't tell for a moment whether he was awake or drunk.
Neither of them spoke for a while, just looking at each other. As they looked, he suddenly tilted his head. Ying Yanluo looked at him in confusion and was just about to speak.
The next second, his eyes and lips curved up, with the corners of his lips being particularly curved.
Ying Yanluo immediately forgot what she wanted to say. Her heart seemed to be hit by a "biu ー". She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that his eyes seemed to soften, and there was a hint of dependence in them, which didn't match his actual age at all. There was an invisible obedience... maybe even a little bit of the flattery of a child...
Ying Yanluo tried to calm herself down and raised the pill in her hand, "Are you awake? Take the pills then."
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the corners of Su Weichu's lips, which had been curved, suddenly curved down, "I don't want to eat it."
Ying Yanluo: "..." Is this person so cute when he is drunk? ? What kind of childish behavior is it to refuse to take medicine?
"Take it, the medicine is not bitter." She coaxed patiently.
"I don't want to eat it." He even turned his face away.
Ying Yanluo tried hard to hold back her laughter, "Then take the medicine and I'll give you some candy."
Su Weichu slowly turned his head back to the right side and looked at her with half-open eyes. Ying Yanluo seemed to see an expression of "where's the sugar" on his face.
Ying Yanluo couldn't help laughing, and after three seconds, she said to him, "Go get it."
She actually had some candy. They hadn't finished the fruit candies they bought at the supermarket a few days ago.
Ying Yanluo held the candy in one hand and the medicine in the other, "Take the medicine first, then the candy."
Su Weichu frowned, and finally nodded reluctantly.
Ying Yanluo fed him the medicine with warm water. Just when she turned around to put down the water cup, her hand was suddenly held again. She turned around and saw him leaning over to take the candy from her hand. As if he was afraid that she would cheat him, he not only took the candy, but also licked her fingers with the tip of his tongue.
Ying Yanluo's fingers went numb and she was stunned for two seconds, unable to speak for a moment, because he withdrew immediately after licking her. At this moment, he was stirring the candy in his mouth and looking at her with his eyes that were bright and clear due to the smell of alcohol, as if he had really touched her accidentally with the lick just now and she was too sensitive. She sighed and finally reached out to him.
"After you eat the candy, come upstairs with me."
Su Weichu half lowered his eyes, as if he was considering, and finally slowly placed his hand on it.
Ying Yanluo was originally a little worried that he would not cooperate, but that was not the case. From going upstairs to returning to the bedroom, he cooperated very well and even knew to hold the handrail when going upstairs.
Maybe because he behaved so well, after entering the bedroom she said to him: "Go sit on the sofa first, I'll wring a towel for you." After saying that, she walked towards the bathroom.
While she was wringing the towel, she suddenly heard footsteps. She looked over and saw Su Weichu following in.
"Didn't I tell you to wait for me outside?" She turned off the faucet, wrung out the towel, and walked towards him.
Ying Yanluo stood in front of him and wanted to wipe his face, but found that this man was really tall.
She reached out and made a few pressing movements.
Su Weichu immediately bent down to cooperate.
Ying Yanluo wiped his face with a smile. Just as she put away the towel and prepared to step back, an arm suddenly hooked her lower back and she fell into his arms due to inertia. In an instant, the fresh breath and the slightly strong smell of alcohol on his body flowed more deeply into her nostrils. Her mind went blank and she didn't hold the towel in her hand firmly and it fell to the ground with a "pop". She subconsciously reached out and pushed his shoulder.
Su Weichu just let her push him, and didn't know when he changed to hugging her waist tightly with both hands. His voice was chaotic and vague, but he asked with grievance, "Have you been avoiding me these days?"