There was a buzzing sound in Yu Nuo's head, and he was stunned. His eyes suddenly widened and he froze in place.
Her head was slightly lowered, and the hair beside her cheeks fell down, covering half of her profile.
After Chen Yuzheng whispered this, he tilted his head and blew into her ear.
Because of his words, Yu Nuo subconsciously looked down.
After a few seconds of inactivity, she took a barely audible breath of cold air. As if she had been electrocuted, she took a step back in panic. The space was small, and she tripped and fell onto the chair.
Her dramatic reaction seemed to please Chen Yuzheng.
His Adam's apple moved and he laughed silently.
The kiss just now came to my mind again.
Yu Nuo could hardly think. She felt like 10 million Smurfs were screaming and jumping up and down in her body. Her heartbeat was so fast that she could hardly bear it. After falling down on the chair, she seemed to be forced to freeze. She didn't move, didn't speak, and didn't even have the courage to look up at his expression.
There were only two of them left in the car. The driver looked back and shouted, "The bus is full, both of you. Get off now."
Yu Nuo finally moved.
Her head was like an old, dilapidated machine, stuck, and she raised it helplessly to face him. It seemed difficult to speak, and every word Yu Nuo said came out of her mouth: "Are you... okay?"
Chen Yuzheng said silently: "No."
Yu Nuo said with difficulty: "Then, what should we do?"
Seeing that they were still sitting there, the driver seemed to want to come over to check what was going on. "What are you guys doing? Why don't you leave?"
Yu Nuo’s heart tightened.
Chen Yuzheng looked calm and responded, "It's okay, we'll leave right away."
Seeing Chen Yuzheng stand up, Yu Nuo also stood up and got out of the car.
Fortunately, it was dark here, and Ultraman and Killer had already walked far away from him. She was like an ostrich, with her chest hunched and her head lowered, following him silently.
Chen Yuzheng drove her home. Along the way, no matter how much he teased her, Yu Nuo didn't say a word.
The car stopped and Yu Nuo saw a familiar building. He unbuckled his seat belt and whispered goodbye to Chen Yuzheng: "I'm leaving. You train well."
Chen Yuzheng nodded.
She sat for a while, picked up her bag, opened the car door, and he suddenly called her.
Yu Nuo turned his head.
He hinted at her: "Don't you want to pay for the taxi fare?"
Yu Nuo: “… … ..?”
Chen Yuzheng lowered his eyes and pointed to his tattoo.
She understood instantly, her face flushed, and she quickly got out of the car, standing outside, stammering, "Next time."
After saying that, he didn't wait for his reaction and slammed the car door.
Even when I got home, my heart was still pounding like a piece of melting pop candy.
Yu Nuo went to pour a glass of water and calmed down.
The phone vibrated and she picked it up.
Er: You can only leave after you kiss me next time.
Yu Nuo: ... ... ... .
It's almost July, and summer has finally arrived in Shanghai. The sky is blazing white, the heat is rolling, and the chirping of insects and cicadas is distracting.
Yu Nuo's right eyelid has been twitching since he woke up in the morning.
She had her lunch in a restless mood when her cell phone rang.
It’s General Yu calling.
He hadn't called her in a long time.
Yu Nuo had a bad feeling in her heart, so she picked up the phone. Yu Jiang spoke in a very calm voice and said two words.
After hanging up the phone, Yu Nuo stood there in a daze.
After sitting on the sofa for more than ten minutes, she picked up her phone and sent a message to Yu Ge.
Yu Nuo: Brother, grandma died and dad asked us to go over.
After entering the bedroom, Yu Nuo opened the closet and prepared to find a black dress.
She paused when she noticed something. She was a little absent-minded and slowly picked up the hand-woven rag doll in the corner of the closet. It had been a long time since then, and the floral dress on the doll had faded, and one of its black eyes had fallen out. You could only vaguely tell that it was smiling.
This was once Yu Nuo's favorite toy, made by her grandmother herself.
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In the afternoon, Yu Ge drove over to pick her up.
The two of them were silent all the way until they got off at the funeral home at the address General Yu had sent them. It was midsummer, but the place was chilly and made people shiver.
Yu Jiang and Sun Erlan were talking to Second Aunt.
Glancing at them coming in, Sun Erlan paused.
Second Aunt took the initiative to step forward and said to Yu Ge: "Xiao Ge, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Yu Ge simply ignored the other two people, nodded to his second aunt, and asked, "Where's my grandma?"
Second Aunt's eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that she had just cried. She sighed and pointed them in the direction.
Grandma had her eyes closed and her hands crossed in front of her. She had already been dressed up and changed into her shroud.
There was a layer of glass between them.
Yu Nuo bent down and gently placed the white calla lily in his arms aside. When he stood up, he was actually a little dazed.
In Yu Nuo's memory, over the years, grandma and second aunt were the very few elders in the family who cared about her and Yu Ge.
When Jiang Li found out that Yu Jiang was cheating on her, she went to her grandmother to make a scene.
Grandma tried to persuade them for a long time, but the negotiation was fruitless. Jiang Li went abroad in a rage, leaving Yu Ge and Yu Nuo behind. The originally complete family was broken up. Because of this, grandma never liked Sun Erlan.
Since Yu Jiang divorced and remarried, grandma moved back to the countryside. After Yu Jiang remarried, grandma came over once by chance and saw Yu Ge and Yu Nuo coming home from school wearing old sweaters with threads untied. She was so distressed that she almost cried and had a big fight with Yu Jiang and Sun Erlan.
It was a pity that the old lady was too old and could not raise two school-age children by herself. The night before they returned to the countryside, grandma secretly gave them a few hundred yuan.
After Yu Ge started playing professionally and made money, he moved out with Yu Nuo and basically cut off contact with Yu Jiang. Although he was busy, he would often take time to take Yu Nuo to visit his grandmother and chat with the old lady.
The last time she saw her grandmother was half a year ago, when she and Yu Ge went back to the countryside to visit her.
Grandpa passed away early, and grandma lived alone. At that time, grandma looked healthy and energetic. They chatted with grandma for the whole afternoon.
There was a hint of loneliness in the old man's words.
Yu Ge mentioned it several times, asking grandma to move to the city to live with them, "I bought a house myself, and Yu Nuo and I will take care of you."
Grandma waved her hand and looked at them kindly: "You are so busy every day, and Nuonuo still has to study. I am already old, why should I bother you kids?"
After dinner, when they left, Yu Nuo looked back at his grandmother in the twilight. She was sitting alone on a small bench in front of the door, with a yellow dog at her feet.
At that time, Yu Nuo could never have imagined that this would be the last look.
Yu Nuo had longed for family affection since she was a child. When she was in primary school, she envied her deskmate the most because his parents would pick him up. She had some hope for both Jiang Li and Yu Jiang, but as time went by, she became more and more like an outsider in this family, and she gradually became disappointed.
From childhood to adulthood, only grandma gave her and Yu Ge the only warmth.
But she did nothing. Before she had the chance to be filial to her grandmother, and even before she could say goodbye, her grandmother passed away.
Yu Nuo's eyes turned red, he lowered his head to hide it and wiped away his tears.
The immediate family members had to mourn for the old man for three days before cremation, so Yu Ge and OG asked for leave. Yu Nuo only went home to sleep for two or three hours, and when he was tired, he took a nap in the chair next to him. He and Yu Ge stayed in the mourning hall the whole time.
Yu Jiang was busy with work and could only come when he could, but he left in a hurry after a while. On the third night, Sun Erlan brought Yu Zhijiang, who had just finished school, to the funeral.
The child had no idea what it meant to be separated from his parents and was forcibly brought here to pay respects. He was determined to leave and kept crying.
Yu Ge, who was sleeping next to him, was awakened by the scream and frowned.
Sun Erlan comforted him for a while, "Be good, mom will buy you some candy later."
Someone who worked at the funeral home came over and discussed with her about cremating the old man in a few days.
Yu Nuo had been doing this for a long time and was exhausted. She knelt on a mat, lit a candle, and burned paper in the brazier next to her.
Hearing the noise, she looked up and saw Yu Zhijiang climbing up the altar and reaching out to take his grandmother's portrait.
"Don't move!"
Yu Nuo shouted, and in a hurry, he stood up from the ground and tried to pull him down.
After kneeling for too long, her knees became numb and she felt a little unsteady.
Yu Zhijiang was startled by her roar, stopped and turned to look.
"Come down." Yu Nuo pulled his arm anxiously. Both of them lost their balance. Yu Zhijiang shook and fell directly from the spiritual platform.
Yu Nuo was startled and before he could react, he subconsciously used his body to block him.
Yu Zhijiang fell on Yu Nuo, and with a bang, his head hit the corner of the table.
A few seconds later, he burst into sharp tears.
The crying immediately attracted Sun Erlan's attention. Her pupils shrank and she immediately rushed over and squatted on the ground, "Baby, what's wrong with you?"
Yu Zhijiang covered his forehead.
Sun Erlan was anxious and angry. She pushed Yu Nuo, who was at a loss, away and hurriedly pulled down Yu Zhijiang's hand.
The blood slowly flowed down his face from the corners of his eyes. Sun Erlan's eyes turned black and he almost fainted.
There was a chaos and commotion afterwards, and Yu Ge also stood up to see what was happening.
Sun Erlan hugged Yu Zhijiang and cried, "Hurry up and call a car, call a car, and go to the hospital."
An hour later, General Yu rushed to the hospital after receiving the news and asked the nurse, "How is my son?"
The nurse took off her mask and casually replied, "It's not a big deal. The child only hit his forehead, not his eyes. A few stitches will be fine."
Yu Zhijiang was crying inside and shouting in pain.
Yu Jiang was relieved, frowned and asked: "Why did he come to the hospital for stitches?"
Yu Nuo was also very tired. He sat on the bench and apologized in a low voice: "He was climbing the table to pick up grandma's photo. I pulled him down and accidentally fell."
Before General Yu could say anything, Sun Erlan, who had been silent the whole time, exploded and yelled, "Accidentally? You weren't careful? You saw him taking the photo, couldn't you talk to him nicely? How old is he? What does he know? You did it on purpose, didn't you? If he hit his eyes today, his life would be ruined, you know? Can you afford the compensation?"
Yu Nuo couldn't raise his head and said again: "I'm sorry."
"What's the point of saying sorry?"
Sun Erlan's expression was distorted. She pointed at her and said, "If anything happens to my son, you will never have a good life in your life."
Yu Ge couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he blocked Yu Nuo behind him and asked impatiently, "Are you done yet?"
Sun Erlan was shaking with anger, cursing, and raised her hand to slap Yu Ge.
He grabbed my wrist.
Yu Ge shook off Sun Erlan's hand and said, "I advise you not to get mad at me. I have a bad temper."
General Yu supported Sun Erlan and said dissatisfiedly: "How do you talk to your aunt? She is your elder after all."
Hearing this, Yu Ge sneered: "Is she worthy?"
The commotion outside was so intense that even the doctor came out to persuade them, "Okay, family members, stop making noise here. The child will soon have his stitches done. It's not a big deal. Stop making noise."
There was a stalemate for a while.
Sun Erlan was still cursing non-stop.
Yu Jiang yelled at her impatiently, "You shut up too."
Yu Zhijiang came out after getting stitches. He was tired of crying, so Sun Erlan held him in her arms to comfort him. Yu Jiang also calmed down his anger and comforted him, "Okay, stop crying. Dad will take you to eat something delicious later."
The family of three is warm and harmonious.
Yu Nuo stood by and watched for a while, then said, "Dad, Auntie, we'll go first."
Sun Erlan ignored him.
Yu Ge pulled her over and said to Yu Jiang, "I have already paid the medical expenses. Grandma has passed away. You don't need to come to me or Yu Nuo in the future."
Before leaving, Yu Ge paused. He smiled and said word by word: "I feel sick when I see your family."
After leaving the hospital, Yu Ge drove Yu Nuo home.
Stopping at the gate of the community, Yu Ge looked sideways at her and said, "I'm going back to the base. Go home and have a good sleep. Don't worry about anything else."
Yu Nuo slowly unbuckled his seat belt, nodded silently, and pushed open the car door.
He wanted to say something, but moved his lips and said nothing.
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It rained outside from morning to night, and Yu Nuo was exhausted.
She had also scratched a lot of her arms and legs in order to catch Yu Zhijiang who had fallen. Yu Nuo felt tired from head to toe and was in no mood to treat her own wounds. She just took out some medical cotton and wiped them.
But as soon as I closed my eyes, all I could think of was grandma's portrait, Sun Erlan's scolding, and Yu Zhijiang's blood.
Yu Nuo had several nightmares while half asleep and half awake. She woke up completely and couldn't fall asleep again. She lay in bed for a while, then reached out and took the phone that was charging next to her and took a look.
She had been at the funeral home for the past few days to mourn her grandmother, and had little time to chat with Chen Yuzheng. It was three or four in the morning, and she didn't know if he had slept yet.
Yu Nuo sent him a message tentatively.
Chen Yuzheng returned quickly.
er: We just finished a training match, why are you still not asleep
Yu Nuo: Wake up
er: What time did you wake up
Yu Nuo: I can’t sleep...
He called.
Yu Nuo sat up from the bed, turned on the bedside lamp, answered the call, put the phone to his ear and said "hello" softly.
There was the sound of a door being opened. Chen Yuzheng seemed to have walked to a quiet place before asking, "Are you okay?"
Yu Nuo touched the pattern on the lampshade and after a moment, he hummed.
He seemed to notice something and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yu Nuo said after a long while: "It's okay, I just feel a little tired."
"Didn't you get enough rest?"
"no."
"Then why are you tired?"
Yu Nuo didn't say anything.
He didn't hang up the phone either. For a while, the two of them were so quiet that they could only hear each other's breathing.
After a while, Chen Yuzheng asked, "You didn't cry, did you?"
Although he was in a low mood, Yu Nuo still laughed and said, "No."
She glanced at the time and said softly, "It's so late, you should go to bed first, I'm fine."
Chen Yuzheng: "Are you at home?"
"Um."
"Then I'll go to bed first. Call me if you have anything."
Yu Nuo agreed: "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Yu Nuo lay down again, holding the doll in his arms, staring at a certain place in the air in a daze.
Chen Yuzheng seemed to have some magical power. Just hearing his voice, Yu Nuo felt like she was pulled from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the water. The suffocation she had felt in the past few days faded away, allowing her to take a moment to breathe.
After an unknown amount of time, the phone vibrated again and Yu Nuo picked it up to look at it.
Er: Are you asleep
Yu Nuo: Not yet
Er: I'm downstairs in your house
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There was a thunder outside and the rain was getting heavier. Yu Nuo put on a coat and changed his shoes before going out.
The sensor light in the corridor came on and she pushed open the glass door.
After seeing Chen Yuzheng, Yu Nuo frowned and trotted over.
He was soaked from head to toe, his clothes stuck to his body, and water drops slid down his chin. Yu Nuo asked worriedly, "Why are you here?"
"I want to see you."
Yu Nuo was speechless.
He leaned against the wall and wanted to touch her, but found that he was all wet, so he gave up.
"How did you get here? Don't you have an umbrella?"
"I drove here." Chen Yuzheng didn't care much, "There's no umbrella in the car."
After standing for a while, Yu Nuo was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he went to pull his hand and said, "Come on, let's go up first."
"Are you home alone?"
Yu Nuo hummed.
Chen Yuzheng was serious and still joking: "I don't plan to go up, I'll just take a look and leave."
Yu Nuo choked and said anxiously: "No, you're soaked like this, you're going to catch a cold."
Yu Nuo led Chen Yuzheng inside. When he pressed the elevator button, he saw that he was soaked to the skin. He felt sorry for him and said, "If you don't have an umbrella, give me a call and I'll pick you up. Why are you standing in the rain?"
After arriving home, Yu Nuo ran to Yu Ge's room to find a set of clothes for Chen Yuzheng, and turned on the hot water in the bathroom for him, "Go take a shower quickly."
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The sound of water dripping could be heard in the bathroom, and Yu Nuo was sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting.
Ten minutes later, the door rang.
Yu Nuo turned his head.
Chen Yuzheng stood by the door, with the soft yellow light of the bathroom shining out from behind him. He held a white towel in his hand and shook the water droplets off his black hair. Seeing her staring at him, he asked, "How is it?"
Yu Nuo stood up: "Hmm?"
"Do I look good in your brother's clothes?"
Yu Ge's T-shirt fit him surprisingly well. Yu Nuo laughed and handed him the hair dryer: "Handsome."
Chen Yuzheng asked again: "So, who looks better in it, your brother or me?"
She knew he was teasing her on purpose, so she said silently, "You are more handsome."
Chen Yuzheng blew his hair half dry and sat down next to Yu Nuo.
She smelled a familiar bath scent, and her heart moved. Suddenly remembering something, Yu Nuo was about to get up, "I'll make you some ginger soup."
Chen Yuzheng pulled her back and said, "I don't drink this stuff."
The two of them sat for a while, and Chen Yuzheng said, "Tell me about it." She was a little confused: "What?"
"What's wrong with you today? Is it because of your grandma?"
Yu Nuo shook his head.
She didn't speak, so he waited patiently.
"Today..." Yu Nuo didn't know whether to tell him, "I accidentally sent my brother to the hospital. He broke his forehead."
"You have a younger brother?"
"Yes, he is my stepmother's son."
Chen Yuzheng noticed the wound on her arm and pulled it over to take a look. "How did you get that?"
"I fell by accident."
"Your cheap brother did it?" Chen Yuzheng frowned, "Does it hurt?"
Seeing his worry, Yu Nuo comforted him: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore."
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After a while of silence, she turned her head, looked at him for a while, and asked cautiously: "Chen Yuzheng, can I hug you?"
"Hold me."
After getting the nod, Yu Nuo sat closer, opened his arms, and hugged him.
His body temperature was very high, and the heat came through the thin T-shirt. Yu Nuo was a little greedy and couldn't help but hug his waist tighter.
Chen Yuzheng seemed to freeze for a moment.
Feeling him move, she whispered, "Can I hold you a little longer?"
He hummed.
Hearing this, Yu Nuo closed her eyes and absorbed his warmth with peace of mind.
When she woke up again, Yu Nuo felt as if she had lost track of time. The humidifier at the bedside was slowly emitting mist, and she calmed down and found herself lying on the bed.
Last night she was holding Chen Yuzheng, and maybe because she was too tired, she fell asleep at some point. Later, it must have been Chen Yuzheng who carried her into the room.
Thinking of Chen Yuzheng, Yu Nuo immediately came to his senses.
I don't know if he's gone.
She threw back the quilt, got out of bed, put on her slippers, and opened the door.
The curtains in the living room were not closed, and the rain that had stopped in the middle of the night began to fall again, mixed with the sound of the whistling wind. Outside, the sky in the early morning was gray-blue, and the light was not too bright.
Yu Nuo walked over quietly and squatted down beside Chen Yuzheng.
Chen Yuzheng is tall and has long legs. He feels a little restrained lying on the sofa in the living room, and even seems to be unsteady in his sleep.
She touched his hand hanging by his side, and her fingertips were cold.
Yu Nuo went to the bedroom, found a blanket and covered him with it.
She sighed, not daring to make any noise, and squatted next to Chen Yuzheng. The height was just right, Yu Nuo supported her chin with both hands, and carefully observed his sleeping face.
His head was slightly tilted, his breathing was steady, and his black eyelashes were quietly closed. She looked at him for a long time. Yu Nuo stood up and prepared to go out to buy breakfast.
He put the key on the coffee table into his pocket, walked to the door, and looked back at Chen Yuzheng.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Yu Nuo turned around and walked to the sofa again.
She bent down slightly and looked at him from above. After a minute or two of silence, she was sure that Chen Yuzheng was still asleep.
Yu Nuo couldn't help it, so she breathed softly, closed her eyes, and kissed him on the cheek.
After the kiss, she just wanted to get up.
Chen Yuzheng suddenly raised his hand, hooked it around Yu Nuo's neck and held her down.
Yu Nuo was startled, and couldn't move when he remembered, "Are you awake?"
Chen Yuzheng didn't look like he had just woken up. His voice was hoarse and he said with a hint of laughter: "You can't do this."
He pulled her.
Yu Nuo was caught off guard and stumbled and fell on him. Chen Yuzheng turned over and pressed his knees against her, pressing Yu Nuo underneath him and asking her, "Why, did you molest me while I was sleeping?"
The blanket was in a mess and Yu Nuo was lying on it, feeling a little dazed.
Her eyes darkened, and she was completely surrounded by him.
Chen Yuzheng supported her ear with one hand, lowered his head slightly, and rubbed her face with the tip of his nose. "Sister, you always want to run away after kissing me. How can my body bear it?"
He hasn't finished speaking yet.
Yu Nuo suddenly stood up, put her arms around his neck and kissed him.