Chen Yuzheng spoke out.
His gentle whisper rang in my ears, with a breath and a laugh.
Yu Nuo's upper body was hanging sideways, with her shoulders pressed against his chest. This was an awkward position for her. He just pulled her, without hugging or holding her. She was trembling with fear, and did not dare to get too close to Chen Yuzheng, but was reluctant to leave this distance. Her arms were weak and she could only barely hold on to his legs to maintain balance.
Chen Yuzheng slightly arched his back and whispered in her ear, breathing heavily: "Sister, can you give me a response?"
Her heart seemed to be soaked in soft clouds, or on the windy waves, floating up and down, sinking and floating up. Yu Nuo was anxious to agree to him, but she couldn't stop crying.
Her eyelashes were wet, and she nodded, stammering in her response: "I... OK."
But Chen Yuzheng still refused to let her go: "What's good?"
Yu Nuo's tears were still falling, and she said with a heavy nasal voice, "Chen Yuzheng, I like you too."
After a pause, he no longer needed to restrain himself and casually raised his hand, curled his fingers, and placed his bent knuckles against the corners of her eyes ambiguously, wiping away the transparent tears slowly and intermittently.
"Sister, you are so cute when you cry. What if I can't help but bully you in the future?" Chen Yuzheng's eyes were dark and his voice was low, with a faint sense of malice.
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...
The cicadas were still chirping, and occasionally someone who was off work would pass by and cast a curious glance. Even the salty smell of the bushes became sweet, mixed with the dry air that was unique to summer nights. The two sat in the chairs in silence for a while.
Staring at the lights below his feet, Yu Nuo asked in a low voice: "It's so late? Are you going home?"
Chen Yuzheng's legs drooped, "I won't go back."
"Um?"
"It's fine for me to sit here alone for a night." Chen Yuzheng said slowly, and added: "If you can bear it."
She was willing to be kidnapped by morality and blinked: "Then I will accompany you..."
In fact, Yu Nuo didn't want to leave either, for he was afraid that if he went upstairs to take a nap, he would wake up and find that everything had disappeared.
The hot sweat still stuck to his clothes. Yu Nuo lowered his head and slapped a mosquito on his leg to death.
Then she thought of Chen Yuzheng, and she glanced at his exposed skin. There was only a little light here, and she couldn't help but sit a little closer, take a closer look, and found that his arms were full of red spots of various sizes. She raised her eyes worriedly: "Why do you attract so many mosquitoes? Does it itch?"
"fine."
"Why didn't you tell me about being bitten?"
Chen Yuzheng leaned over and said, "This is really ruining the atmosphere."
Yu Nuo stood up: "Wait a moment, I'll go upstairs and get some toilet water."
After saying this, she paused.
Chen Yuzheng: "What's wrong?"
Yu Nuo put down his phone, felt around in his pockets, and said after a long while, "I... I don't think I brought my keys."
Chen Yuzheng turned his eyes and looked down.
Yu Nuo also lowered his head and found that he was wearing home slippers.
Chen Yuzheng was very meaningful and couldn't help but curl his lips: "Are you in such a hurry to come down? Are you afraid that I will run away?"
Yu Nuo shrank his toes, his face flushed, and he said stubbornly: "I'm just too lazy to change my shoes."
Chen Yuzheng said calmly: "So, you can't go back now?"
Yu Nuo nodded and explained: "I still have the key in my dormitory at school, but the school gate will not open until 6:30 tomorrow morning."
Twelve o'clock at night.
Yu Nuo followed Chen Yuzheng back to the car and turned on the air conditioner. Strands of cool air blew up from under his feet, relieving the itchiness of the mosquito bites.
Yu Nuo's phone still has 50% battery left. If he turns on the power saving mode, it should be able to last until tomorrow.
Chen Yuzheng turned off the ceiling light and said to her, "Fasten your seat belts."
Noticing the car starting, Yu Nuo obediently pulled up the seat belt, lowered his head and buckled it, and asked: "It's so late, where are we going... ?"
"In my friend's shop."
Seeing him pick up the phone and prepare to make a call, Yu Nuo nodded without asking any more questions.
Chen Yuzheng called Ji Gaozhuo and asked, "Where is the store your girlfriend opened?"
Ji Gaozhuo: "What?"
"I'm going over now."
Ji Gaozhuo was silent, "Are you alone?"
"There's another one." "Your one loves to eat fish? Hey, weren't you so awesome just now that you blocked me? Are you thinking of your dad now?"
Chen Yuzheng was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, "Give me the address, quickly."
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...
The car drove for nearly an hour according to the navigation and entered a parking lot. Yu Nuo recognized the Bund sign in the distance. She made a random guess: was he planning to take her to the riverside to watch the sunrise this time
Chen Yuzheng parked the car and got out. They walked up from the parking lot, side by side. Yu Nuo lowered her eyes and quietly looked at his hand hanging by his side. She wanted to hold it, but was too embarrassed to take the initiative. They had just been together, and to her, all this seemed unreal.
Yu Nuo was still daydreaming when someone suddenly grabbed her hand. She immediately looked up in shock and met his smiling eyes.
She walked for a while with a heavy heart and a dazed mind, and she quietly hooked her fingers. She passed through the edge of the tiger's mouth and touched the smooth back of his hand, which was a little cold.
Chen Yuzheng suddenly smiled and turned his eyes to the side: "Sister, are you so excited about holding hands?"
Yu Nuo was stunned.
He looked calm and reminded her: "Your hands are sweating a lot."
Yu Nuo felt embarrassed for a moment and subconsciously tried to pull his hand back, but someone held it tightly.
Chen Yuzheng seemed a little confused by her innocence: "Why are you so shy? Let me see your ID card someday."
Yu Nuo: "Why do you want to see my ID card?"
"I suspect my girlfriend is a minor."
Yu Nuo: “… … ..”
Even though I was a little angry, I couldn't help but feel happy for him when he said "my girlfriend".
Walking out of the parking lot, the Bund area was long gone from the hustle and bustle of the day, with only the street lights next to the sycamore trees still on.
There were several 24-hour convenience stores still open on the roadside. Yu Nuo followed him and asked, "Where are we going?"
"I'll make you a cake."
The pink and white door of the shop was pushed open, and the feathers on the dream catcher fluttered. The sound of wind chimes was heard, and the person sitting behind the counter looked up and said, "Welcome."
Cheng Cheng stood up and saw a pair of attractive young men and women. He couldn't help but admire them in his heart and smiled: "Hello, what can I do for you?"
“Can you still make cakes here?”
Cheng Cheng replied: "Of course, we are open 24 hours a day."
She suddenly thought: "By the way, you are Zhuo Ge's friends, right?"
Chen Yuzheng nodded.
Cheng Cheng walked around the table and ran to get the menu: "You guys find a seat first."
Yu Nuo looked around the interior of the store. It looked like a half-cat cafe, with warm décor and a few cats.
Yu Nuo raised his hand, gently touched the head of a puppet, and asked in a low voice: "Is this the store opened by your friend?"
Chen Yuzheng said calmly: "We are not friends. I have already severed our friendship."
Yu Nuo: “… ... ... ”
Cheng Cheng brought them to a seat near the window. Yu Nuo hesitated for a moment and chose to sit on one side with Chen Yuzheng.
He propped his chin up with one hand and looked sideways at her, "What flavor do you want to eat?"
"I can do anything..." Yu Nuo had difficulty making choices. Looking at the exquisite cakes on the menu, he asked, "How about tiramisu?"
"sure."
Cheng Cheng confirmed it: "It's the Tiramisu style, right? What size do you want?"
Yu Nuo said: "Just the smallest one will do."
Chen Yuzheng: "I want a 24-inch one."
Cheng Cheng and Yu Nuo said at the same time: "... ... ... "
Yu Nuo reminded him: "24 inches is too big, we can't finish it."
Chen Yuzheng didn't think there was anything wrong: "The bigger the cake, the better? That way it will feel more alive."
Yu Nuo: "My birthday has passed..."
Cheng Cheng suppressed his laughter: "Okay, I understand."
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...
The cake was made very quickly. Cheng Cheng lifted the curtain and called out to them, "Do you need anything written on the cake?"
Chen Yuzheng stood up and said, "I'll write it."
Yu Nuo sat in his seat, waiting for him obediently.
She was playing with the sunny doll that served as decoration on the table seriously, and suddenly she felt a little excited.
From childhood to adulthood, it seemed that no one celebrated her birthday in a formal way. At most, Yu Ge would take her to the dessert shop near her home to eat cake after school.
At that time, Yu Jiang gave them very little pocket money. Yu Nuo knew that he had always wanted to save money to buy a computer, so he always ordered the cheapest tiramisu in the store.
Yu Ge just thought she liked it, so he didn't say anything and gave her the small piece. Later, Yu Nuo developed a habit of eating tiramisu with Yu Ge every year on her birthday.
Later, Yu Ge became a professional player and sometimes he was too busy to even take care of his birthday. Yu Nuo also gradually stopped celebrating his birthday.
She was still lost in thought when all the lights in the store suddenly went out.
Yu Nuo was a little afraid of the dark. He was startled and thought there was a power outage. He stood up and prepared to go check out the situation.
A candle suddenly lit up in the darkness, and Chen Yuzheng came out carrying a cake.
Chengcheng clapped his hands and sang the birthday song.
The faint jumping flames reflected Chen Yuzheng's handsome face. Yu Nuo was still in a daze until he walked up to her.
Chen Yuzheng put the cake on the table.
On the black powder of tiramisu, there is the initials of her name, and next to it is a domineering and flowing "er".
It was exactly the same signature he had signed on her sweater before.
Chen Yuzheng raised his hand and hooked her chin: "What are you daydreaming about? Make a wish."
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...
When Yu Nuo blew out the candles and cut the cake, Chen Yuzheng recalled her pious expression and asked, "Other people only need a few seconds to make a wish, but it took you almost five minutes. Do you have that many wishes? Will God agree?"
Yu Nuo thought he was saying that she was greedy, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I didn't wish too much, I thought about it for a few minutes."
"What did you wish for?"
Yu Nuo was very serious: "I can't say this. If I say it, it won't work."
Chen Yuzheng: "Am I included?"
Yu Nuo hesitated for a moment and nodded.
He shamelessly asked, "Are you secretly praying to God to keep me, your brother whom you finally managed to get, by your side forever?"
Yu Nuo: “… … ..”
"That's not what I said exactly." She handed him the cut cake and smiled, "but the meaning is similar."
This time it was finally Chen Yuzheng's turn to be stunned.
Yu Nuo looked back at him: "Actually, I still feel like I'm dreaming." She paused and said seriously: "So I secretly told God that if I'm really dreaming, I hope he can let me dream for a little longer."
The next morning.
Chen Yuzheng sent her back to school to get the key.
The car stopped, Yu Nuo unbuckled his seat belt, looked at him and saw that he was obviously exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes, and said with some concern: "Don't drive back, stop a car and drive when you wake up."
Chen Yuzheng didn't care much: "It's okay."
"No." Yu Nuo leaned forward, turned the car key, and forcibly turned off the car. "I'll take you to get a taxi. It's too dangerous for you to drive now."
Yu Nuo pulled Chen Yuzheng to the gate of the community, and only went home with peace of mind after seeing the car drive away.
After taking a shower, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away. But her mind was clear, and she tugged at the smile bracelet on her wrist, then lay on the bed, waiting for news from Chen Yuzheng.
As I waited, I felt sleepy and fell asleep without realizing it.
After staying up all night, Yu Nuo's sleep was not very restful. When he woke up, he found that it was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon.
The first thing I did was to grab the phone next to my pillow.
The latest one was a message Chen Yuzheng sent to her.
She looked up again and saw that the moon from last night was still there. She breathed a sigh of relief, and after a few minutes, she suddenly felt at ease. She was not dreaming.
Chen Yuzheng is now really her boyfriend... .
Yu Nuo also replied to him: I'm awake
He didn't reply, probably still sleeping.
Yu Nuo lay on her back, looking at the ceiling for a while, then buried her face in the shark again. She couldn't sleep, so she got up from the bed.
A few days ago, Yu Ge went home and found some frozen crabs in the refrigerator that he had not finished eating.
Yu Nuo pondered for a while, then sent a message to Yu Ge: Brother, I plan to eat the crabs in the refrigerator, do you want to? I'll send you some when I'm done.
fish: No, you can eat it yourself.
Yu Nuo: If you don’t want to eat it, I’ll send some to my friends later.
fish: whatever you want
Yu Nuo hummed a song, cleaned the crabs briefly, and put them into the pressure cooker to cook.
She also had to go back to school in the next two days, so Yu Nuo threw all the quilts and sheets into the washing machine and cleaned it again.
The cell phone rang and Yu Nuo ran into the kitchen, took out the crabs that had just been cooked and put them in a thermos bucket.
On time, she changed her clothes and went out with the crabs. On the way to the tg base, Yu Nuo's joy subsided a little, and she suddenly felt worried.
They had only been apart for half a day, wasn't she being a little too clingy...
At this time, most of the TG members were up. She went directly to the training room on the second floor to find them.
Seeing Yu Nuo coming in with a thermos bucket, Killer was a little surprised and took off his headphones immediately: "Wow, Yu Nuo, what did you carry?"
Yu Nuo opened the lid and said, "I bought some crabs a few days ago, but I couldn't finish them, so I thought of bringing some for you guys."
The others haven't arrived yet, and there are only Ultraman and Killer in the training room.
Yu Nuo asked, "Is Chen Yuzheng still not up?"
Ultraman chewed his food and replied vaguely, "I don't know what I did yesterday. I left early in the morning and didn't come back until almost noon today. I'm still catching up on my sleep."
Yu Nuo smiled guiltily and watched them eat for a while. It seemed that there was no reason for them to stay any longer.
She came all the way here because she had to see Chen Yuzheng. She just felt that being closer to him would satisfy her.
Yu Nuo stood up and said, "I'll be leaving first. You guys take your time eating."
Ultraman groaned and wiped his greasy mouth: "Leaving now? Why don't you stay for dinner? Xiang Jiajia is here too, go play with her."
Yu Nuo shook his head: "No, I have to go back to school today."
As a result, as soon as I went out, I ran into Chen Yuzheng. He was going upstairs, wearing loose trousers and seemed to have just woken up.
Yu Nuo hasn't spoken yet.
Ultraman chased after her and said, "Sister Nuo, wait a minute. Do you want me to take you there?"
Chen Yuzheng regained consciousness: "Why are you here?"
"I'll bring you some crabs."
Not noticing that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two, the Ultras said, "Come on, I'll take you to get a taxi."
Yu Nuo smiled and declined: "I can do it myself."
Chen Yuzheng frowned: "What does it have to do with you? Get lost."
Ultraman had no idea what he was angry about, and was puzzled: "You, can you still be so irritable when you wake up? What's wrong with me seeing someone off? This is basic courtesy, don't you understand?"
"Is it your turn to deliver?"
Altman felt something was a bit strange, but he had a long reflex arc and didn't figure out what was wrong with this sentence for a while. He watched Chen Yuzheng accompany Yu Nuo downstairs.
He followed, "I'll send it off too, what's wrong?"
Neither of them noticed the Ultraman following behind them. Chen Yuzheng asked her, "Why did you come and leave? Are you trying to keep me in suspense?"
Yu Nuo explained: "No, I just came to deliver some crabs. I have something else to do at school."
While waiting for the bus with her on the roadside, Yu Nuo always felt that Chen Yuzheng was looking at her.
She was a little hesitant and hesitated for a while before turning her eyes to look him in the eye.
Chen Yuzheng was smiling and looking at her without saying anything.
An empty car passed by, but neither of them stopped it. Yu Nuo's heart was filled with sweet and sour bubbles, and he couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking about?"
Chen Yuzheng remained calm: "I want to... take you somewhere."
She was at a loss: "Where?"
Chen Yuzheng confirmed with her: "Do you want me to tell you?"
Yu Nuo was still confused: "It's okay, go ahead."
He leaned over to her ear and whispered, a voice that only the two of them could hear, "A place... where I can bully my sister and make her cry."
Yu Nuo: “… … … ”
He definitely did it on purpose. He started off by flirting so directly. Yu Nuo felt like she was about to burn, even more cooked than a crab that had just been cooked.
The relationship between Yu Nuo and Chen Yuzheng had just changed, and she hadn't fully adapted yet, so she couldn't respond to what he said at all.
Chen Yuzheng restrained his expression and stopped teasing her. "I was just joking with you."
Her voice was muffled: "I know you're joking."
Seeing that she was not angry, Chen Yuzheng climbed up the pole again: "Or, if sister wants to bully me until I cry, that's fine too."
Yu Nuo muttered, "Why would I bully you?"
He replied seriously: "You bully me a little, and I bully you a little. Isn't this the only way to enhance our relationship?"
Yu Nuo was speechless.
When they first met, Chen Yuzheng acted arrogant to everyone, looking down on everyone. Yu Nuo didn't even dare to say a few words to him.
How could she have imagined at that time that one day he would say such shameless words to tease her so naturally and as a matter of course.
After more than ten minutes of hesitation, Yu Nuo said to him reluctantly, "Go in quickly. I have to go back to school. By the way, I may have to prepare for my graduation defense during this period, so I don't have time to come to you. If you have anything to do, you can send me a WeChat message or call me."
After listening to her nagging, Chen Yuzheng asked: "You want me to be a widow right after you tricked me into it?"
Yu Nuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and felt a little helpless: "How could I lie to you? What do you mean by widowhood? Isn't the summer season about to start? You should also train well."
Another empty taxi came from a distance. Yu Nuo felt that if they delayed any further they might have to wait another half an hour, so she waved to stop it.
The taxi slowed down and pulled over.
Before Yu Nuo got into the car, she turned around and looked at Chen Yuzheng. Before she opened the door and prepared to get in, she paused and walked quickly to him.
Not daring to look at his expression, Yu Nuo awkwardly opened her arms and hugged his waist. Just for a second or two, then quickly pulled away, hiding her blushing face, and hurriedly said to him, "I'm leaving."
Before Chen Yuzheng could react, the taxi door slammed shut, leaving behind only a trail of exhaust gas.
After a pause, he smiled, slowly took out his phone, and sent her a message:
er: You want to run away after taking advantage of me
After a few minutes, Yu Nuo replied:... I'll let you take it back next time
Chen Yuzheng walked into the base, staggered up a few stairs, and teased Chen Tony who was hovering under his feet.
He was holding his phone, reading Yu Nuo's message, and when he looked up, Ultraman was leaning against the door, holding an apple in his right hand, looking at him with an indescribable expression.
Chen Yuzheng asked in a good mood: "What's the matter?"
"You... you sent Yu Nuo away?"
"yes."
He was about to enter the room but was stopped by Ultraman.
Chen Yuzheng shook it off, but failed to shake it off. He lazily lifted his eyelids: "What are you doing? Don't touch me, it's a bit annoying."
Ultraman looked sullen: "I just saw you at the door, touching Yu Nuo, and you were almost whispering in her ear when you were talking. What's wrong with you? Chen Tony wasn't even horny, but you were?"
Seeing that Chen Yuzheng's expression was still as nonchalant as before, Altman added sternly: "I know you have a crush on someone, but this is already sexual harassment, and it's quite disrespectful to girls. You may think you are handsome, but girls will only think you are wretched."
"What's obscene?" Chen Yuzheng was unhappy. "Can you please stop peeping at what my girlfriend and I are doing?"
Altman thought he was deaf: "What friend?"
Chen Yuzheng said to him word by word: "My girlfriend."
The half-eaten apple in his hand fell to the ground, and Ultraman's jaw dropped in shock. His voice almost broke, "What?? Your what???"
"Girlfriend, did you hear that?" Chen Yuzheng was very patient. "If you didn't understand, I'll tell you again. She is now my, Chen Yuzheng's, girlfriend. Do you understand?"
“… ... ... ... .”
Ultraman was stunned by the sudden thunder.
Chen Yuzheng didn't leave either, but leaned on the other side of the door, admiring his expression.
After a while, Chen Yuzheng was a little puzzled: "Ultraman, why do you look so desperate? Could it be that you also have a crush on my girlfriend?"
He deliberately emphasized the word "my girlfriend".
Ultraman was stunned for a while, his eyes wide open, and he roared excitedly: "I really never expected... I never expected that you would dare to come up?? Do you know who your girlfriend's brother is? Do you know??? When he finds out and gets angry, his fans will spit at us and flood our base, you know!!!!"
Chen Yuzheng picked his ears impatiently, his tone still asking for a beating: "Who hasn't ordered fans yet?"
Ultraman: “?”
"With your few fans, you have the nerve to touch others?"
"What misunderstanding do you have about my current popularity?" Chen Yuzheng smiled and asked back: "Do you have any fans like me?"
"... ... ... "
He was speechless after being repeatedly taunted by Chen Yuzheng, and was mocked and trampled by him invisibly. Ultraman was so angry that he said, "Okay, you are awesome, Chen Yuzheng, you are awesome, with your mental quality, you are worthy of being a professional."
Ultraman nodded several times and took out his cell phone from his pocket.
Chen Yuzheng took a quick glance and saw him open Weibo. He asked in a sly tone, "What are you doing? Are you planning to announce my relationship for me?"
Ultraman sneered and said, "I will send a private message to Fish right now to inform him of this surprising news."