After dinner, the adults set up a mahjong table and started playing mahjong. Xiang Wan was also invited to the table. Her aunt-in-law sat behind her and guided her.
Su Chang said she wanted to go back in the afternoon. Yu Zhou thought that she was not in good health and had been driving for such a long time. He was afraid that she might be tired from driving, so he said there was still time and asked her to go upstairs and sleep for a while.
After greeting the adults, Yu Zhou led Su Chang upstairs to her bedroom on the south side. She and Su Chang always lived here when they returned home before.
The bedroom is not small, with a small sofa and the solid wooden desk she used when she was in school, and tall bookshelves filled with high school textbooks and some extracurricular magazines.
When Su Chang lived here before, she liked to look through Yu Zhou's previous homework books and composition books. When she wrote, she always liked to fill the grids very fully, as if the grid paper was charged according to the area, and she would feel at a loss if she didn't fill it up.
Su Chang changed into Yu Zhou's pajamas, and with her familiar scent, she sat on the edge of the bed. Watching Yu Zhou pull the curtains and walk over, Su Chang turned on the desk lamp.
Yu Zhou stood in front of her. Her complexion was clearly visible under the desk lamp. There were faint dark circles under her eyes. His eyes were slightly closed when he looked at her. She was really very tired.
Yu Zhou felt a little reluctant, so he looked down at her and asked, "Do you really want to go back? We can accommodate you at my house, one room per person is no problem. You look so tired, and I'm worried if we drive for another four or five hours."
Su Chang raised his hand, grabbed Yu Zhou's right hand, and squeezed it slightly.
She looked at Yu Zhou who was so close to her, and said softly with a serious expression: "If I stay here, I might..."
I can't help it.
Yu Zhou swallowed.
Su Chang sighed, thought about it and said softly: "If I don't drive, I will have dinner with the elders at night and will probably drink. If you live next door, I won't be able to sleep well either."
She paused slightly, as if she was a little shy, but it was not obvious.
In fact, she already had some desire now. She really wanted to hug Yu Zhou, especially in this position. She could hold Yu Zhou's waist with just one hand. She knew that he was soft and easy to hug, and could easily accommodate some of her shaky rationality.
They were once the closest people and knew that they liked each other, so the scope of control by reason was not that large.
Yu Zhou also understood and pursed her lips uncomfortably. Then Su Chang looked at her and smiled, hooking his index finger slightly in the palm of her hand.
He took his hand back, leaned on the edge of the bed, and looked at her.
"Then you... well, take a nap, an hour? Two hours? I'll call you later." Yu Zhou unconsciously used a breathy voice.
Su Chang tilted his head and thought for a while: "Let's sleep until 4:30, get up and pack up, and leave at 5 o'clock, so it won't be too late when we get home."
"good."
Yu Zhou turned off the lights for her, closed the door, and went downstairs to play cards.
Xiang Wan looked at her thoughtfully, then lowered his head to take the cards.
Soon it was half past four, and Yu Zhou went up to call Su Chang on time. She had already woken up, but in fact she had not slept much. She dozed off for a while, and when she saw Yu Zhou she smiled lazily, then got up quickly, changed her clothes, and prepared to leave.
There was only one mahjong table left, and the rest of the relatives had gone out shopping and had not returned yet. Ms. Zhao came out of the kitchen wearing an apron. Although she had said she wanted to leave before, Ms. Zhao still wanted to keep her.