Zhuang Baihua went to the sanatorium and took Chi Yue back.
Chi Yue was very obedient. She didn't resist or react too much the whole time, like a puppet.
Zhuang Baihua led him back to the apartment. The apartment had been vacant for three months while Zhuang Baihua was in a coma. Someone had been cleaning it, so it was relatively tidy.
After being discharged from the hospital, Zhuang Baihua tidied up the place and it is now exactly the same as before.
Chi Yue himself has the fingerprint key to the apartment, but he has never been here.
Chi Yue didn't have much luggage, so Zhuang Baihua didn't call for help. He did everything by himself and finished packing it in a short while.
He rolled up his sleeves, asked Chi Yue to pour a glass of juice, put it on the table, and said, "I'll go cook first, you take a rest."
Chi Yue stared at the juice without saying anything.
Zhuang Baihua smiled apologetically and said, "My cooking is not as delicious as yours. Let me have it for you."
Chi Yue sat obediently at the table without any objection.
Zhuang Baihua walked into the kitchen, worked for a while, brought out two bowls of noodles, placed them in front of Chi Yue, and said helplessly: "I'm not good enough."
Chi Yuewang eats noodles.
Zhuang Baihua asked tentatively: "If you don't like it, why don't you cook for yourself? There is everything in the kitchen."
Chi Yue still didn't move.
Zhuang Baihua could only pick up a few noodles with chopsticks and pass them to his mouth: "At least eat something."
Chi Yue opened her mouth and took a bite of noodles.
Zhuang Baihua breathed a sigh of relief. If she was willing to eat, that was fine. He handed the chopsticks to Chi Yue and said softly, "Help yourself? I'm hungry too."
Chi Yue took the chopsticks, lowered her head, and slowly picked up the noodles to eat.
Zhuang Baihua smiled and also picked up the chopsticks to eat.
After finishing the noodles, Zhuang Baihua said to Chi Yue with a smile: "I'm going to take a shower, can you help me wash the dishes?" He turned his head and asked Chi Yue to look at the scar in his hair on the back of his head. "I am always subconsciously very careful when washing my hair, so it takes a long time."
Chi Yue paused, then silently began to clean up the dishes.
Zhuang Baihua couldn't help teasing him: "I'm worried about that patch of hair. If I become bald in the future, will you dislike me?"
Chi Yue finally couldn't help but raise her eyes and took a look at Zhuang Baihua's thick black hair. Although it was cut shorter than before, there was no sign of baldness at all.
Seeing his reaction, Zhuang Baihua smiled and touched his forehead.
It will be very happy to be with Chi Yue.
As soon as the slender fingers touched her skin, Chi Yue quickly retracted them, and Zhuang Baihua's hand was suspended in mid-air, unable to move forward or backward.
"You've grown taller. It's getting harder to touch your head." Zhuang Baihua pretended to be casual and took his hand back. "I'm going to take a shower."
After that, he walked towards the bathroom.
Chi Yue lowered her eyes.
The happier I am, the more afraid I am.
When Zhuang Baihua came out after washing up, Chi Yue had already cleaned up the restaurant and kitchen. He sat quietly on the sofa in a daze. Zhuang Baihua said casually, "Go to bed early."
Chi Yue turned her head and looked at him silently.
Zhuang Baihua pointed to the master bedroom behind him and said, "I changed the bed sheets."
This sentence is tantamount to a direct invitation.
Chi Yue lowered her head.
Zhuang Baihua didn't force him, but just said, "Come over when you're asleep."
Then he turned around and went back to the room alone.
In the past, Chi Yue would go straight to his room without any further explanation, and there was no need to prepare a guest room.
Zhuang Baihua leaned sideways on the bed, with his quilt covering his waist. He turned off all the lights, but did not close his eyes.
How could he possibly sleep? He was waiting for Chi Yue to come into the room.
Things have come to that point, if Chi Yue still pretends not to understand, it would be too disrespectful to him.
But Zhuang Baihua waited and waited, but there was still no movement at the door.
I guess Chi Yue isn't going to sleep in the guest room
Zhuang Baihua felt distressed and turned over, not daring to make any sound for fear of startling Chi Yue who was behind him. Chi Yue was too embarrassed to come in.
He held his breath and waited quietly. He saw that the sky outside was getting darker and darker. It was already the quietest moment in the city.
As the night grew darker, Zhuang Baihua's heart grew colder little by little.
It took them a long time to come to terms with each other, but now everything is back to square one.
Even Zhuang Baihua was a little discouraged. He could be patient with anyone, but he was so anxious when facing Chi Yue.
If it were someone else, waiting for a day, two days, or even a year would be no problem, but he couldn't wait as long as Chi Yue.
Because he cared about Chi Yue, humans are selfish, he had invested his feelings in her, and he was eagerly awaiting Chi Yue's response.
Zhuang Baihua sighed in the darkness.
Chi Yue is in a bad mental state right now and needs care and attention, but somehow he starts to act recklessly.
Zhuang Baihua sat up resignedly and looked at the dark door. He didn't even close the door. He invited Chi Yue so warmly and eagerly, but Chi Yue ignored him. It seemed that he really had no charm.
Zhuang Baihua got out of bed quietly, and with the dim light from the window, he groped his way out of the bedroom to make sure whether Chi Yue had gone to sleep in the guest room.
As a result, as soon as he stepped out of the room, he saw a dark shadow curled up by the door.
A pitch-black figure, without a trace of light, huddled there quietly, dead and lifeless, like a black hole.
Zhuang Baihua: “…”
He calmed his heartbeat and asked in a soft voice, "Why are you here?"
Chi Yue leaned against the bed next to the door frame, waiting quietly.
Zhuang Baihua didn't expect him to reply, but he was startled when he suddenly saw such a large figure. He scratched his hair and simply squatted down beside Chi Yue.
"Why are you doing this?" Zhuang Baihua said helplessly, "You don't want to go into the room, but you can't let me go. You're standing guard at the door. It looks pitiful. Do you know that?"
He paused and changed the subject: "Maybe I am just being sentimental. You don't really care about me. You stayed at my door late at night because you simply couldn't sleep?"
"I'm getting used to talking to myself." Zhuang Baihua muttered softly, "Do you really want me to keep talking like this? I want to hear your voice."
He turned his head and tried to raise his hand to touch Chi Yue's hair. This time Chi Yue did not dodge and let him pull her hair.
Zhuang Baihua happily touched it to his heart's content.
"Even if you don't say anything, I feel happy as long as I'm with you." Zhuang Baihua found it difficult to say such straightforward words. His face turned slightly red. Fortunately, it was dark here so it couldn't be seen. He said carefully, "My joy doesn't infect you?"
Zhuang Baihua felt the body under his hand trembling slightly.
He struck while the iron was hot and continued, "I know you've suffered in the past three months. Now that I'm recovered, please trust me this time. I won't leave you."
Unexpectedly, after hearing these words, Chi Yue cooled down instead. The flower that had just bloomed quickly withered, and her entire body lost temperature again.
Zhuang Baihua sighed in his heart.
His promise had the opposite effect. Could it be that Chi Yue would never believe him again
He couldn't go on like this. Zhuang Baihua's last bit of patience was running out. It seemed that this was the only option left.
He stood up straight, pulled Chi Yue up from the bed, and dragged him forcefully into the bedroom.
Zhuang Baihua pushed Chi Yue directly onto the bed, then reached for the bedside and turned on the light, and the bedroom instantly became bright.
Chi Yue squinted his eyes because of the sudden brightness. Zhuang Baihua took this opportunity to step onto the bed and sit on him.
"Do we really want to waste time like this?" Zhuang Baihua's breathing was a little unstable and his cheeks were flushed.
"I struggled to wake up. I thought you would be by my side when I opened my eyes, but you weren't. I was very disappointed."
"I'm the injured one, why should I take care of you in return?" This was the first time that Zhuang Baihua complained about taking care of others.
"This should have been a happy time, but you didn't say a word." Zhuang Baihua felt more and more aggrieved. He didn't want to be like this, but he couldn't control himself. "It's nothing like what I imagined."
People say that falling in love can lower a person's IQ, but it turns out that his IQ has been lowered.
Chi Yue lay flat on the bed, looking up at Zhuang Baihua.
Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Zhuang Baihua gritted his teeth, raised his hands and began to unbutton his pajamas with trembling hands.
"I don't believe you're still indifferent."
The silky pajamas slowly slid down as the buttons were unbuttoned, revealing round shoulders and well-defined collarbones. The tight chest rose and fell with the rapid breathing, and the ambiguous red spread from the neck all the way down, smudged on the delicate skin.
Even Zhuang Baihua was frightened by his own actions. He must have taken the wrong medicine as he would not take off his clothes in front of Chi Yue.
What was even more frustrating was that Chi Yue still seemed unperturbed.
Zhuang Baihua's whole body turned red like a steamed shrimp. He wished that time could go back and Chi Yue would still be lying there, looking at him with her deep black eyes.
Zhuang Baihua's emotions gradually calmed down. He turned around in embarrassment and looked around for the pajamas he had dropped in a panic.
"What am I doing..."
He said it in a low voice with self-mockery to hide his embarrassment.
At this moment, Chi Yue suddenly straightened up, reached out and pressed the button on the bedside. The lights went out and the bedroom fell into darkness again.
Zhuang Baihua's eyes had not adapted to the darkness, and his vision was completely black. Then he felt Chi Yue pouncing on him, and the positions of their two people were reversed, and he was pressed hard on the bed.
Chi Yue hugged him tightly, buried her head in his arms, and asked sullenly: "Are you real?"
This was the first sentence Chi Yue had said in all these days.
Zhuang Baihua almost laughed: "Am I real or fake?"
Soon Zhuang Baihua felt his skin getting wet.
He calmed down and slowly stroked Chi Yue's shoulders and arms.
Chi Yue hugged Zhuang Baihua, his whole body shaking, but he was hugging her very hard, as if he wanted to break Zhuang Baihua's ribs.
"I thought you didn't want me anymore."
The usually cold voice became hoarse and unpleasant. Chi Yue didn't care about anything else and tried her best to vent her emotions.
"Silly boy, how could I not want you?" Zhuang Baihua said softly.
"But no matter how I called you, you didn't wake up. I thought you left. You don't belong here, nor do you belong to me. Sooner or later, you will return to the place where you were born."
Chi Yue blurted out everything that was pent up in her heart: "You are so good, but I am not worthy. I deserve to be lonely forever. Because I overestimated my own abilities and stayed with you, I will be punished and you will be hurt."
At this moment, Zhuang Baihua closed his eyes and murmured, "How could you be like this?"
He pulled Chi Yue up, looked into the young man's red eyes in the dim light, and said seriously, "Are you being so cold on purpose for my sake?"
Chi Yue said nothing, which was regarded as his agreement.
Look at what this child has done. Chi Yue used to be paranoid and domineering, with a strong possessiveness, but now she is so worried about him that she is willing to become autistic.
Zhuang Baihua practically knocked Chi Yue on the head and said in a loud voice: "Can't you feel it? How happy I was when I was with you. It would kill me to be separated from you."
When Chi Yue heard this, tears flowed down her face, like crystal gems in the dark night.
"I'm scared. I'm scared that you won't wake up. I'm scared of losing you."
Chi Yue recounted how she felt at that time, and she still trembles when she thinks about it now.
Zhuang Baihua hugged Chi Yue, and the two of them pressed together for the first time, hugging each other tightly, with no gap at all.
Zhuang Baihua patted Chi Yue's back gently and comforted him tenderly: "I'm here, I'm real."
Chi Yue pressed tightly against Zhuang Baihua, but still felt it was not enough, so she couldn't help but open her mouth and bite his shoulder.
Zhuang Baihua felt pain but said nothing as the restless young man nibbled on him.
After a long time, Chi Yue calmed down, and Zhuang Baihua asked: "Do you believe that I am serious?"
Chi Yue responded softly: "Yeah."
Zhuang Baihua said sourly: "Before, he refused to pay attention to me."
Chi Yue moved, adjusted her posture, and hugged Zhuang Baihua tighter. She felt a little embarrassed and whispered, "I thought it was an illusion. I was afraid that if I took it seriously, everything would be fake."
Zhuang Baihua pinched his arm and pulled it: "It hurts. I know it hurts and it's not a dream."
Unexpectedly, Chi Yue said: "It doesn't hurt, it's very comfortable."
Zhuang Baihua: “…”
The level of shamelessness has risen a little, and it seems that things are indeed getting better.
Chi Yue raised her head and found that the smooth skin in front of her was covered with her teeth marks, which had broken the skin. She asked with distress, "Does it hurt?"
Zhuang Baihua deliberately said: "It hurts, what do you say I should do?"
Chi Yue kissed the tooth mark devoutly and licked it gently, as if this could heal the wound.
Zhuang Baihua felt itchy all over, and an electric current flowed from his shoulders to his lower back, making him feel weak and powerless.
Neither of them made a sound, only the soft slap of fabric sliding across skin made their faces flush.
The temperature in the bedroom slowly rose, and Zhuang Baihua's mind began to become unclear. In a daze, Chi Yue leaned over to his ear and said a few brief words to him in a voice so gentle that it could drip water.
"I love you."
Zhuang Baihua suddenly regained consciousness.