Xu Qiao had a dream of going to the sauna. In the dream, she was in the steamy sauna room, feeling the pores of her skin relax under the steam, dripping sweat dripping down her body.
It's been a long time since she enjoyed such a hearty and refreshing pleasure. She was reluctant to leave in the hot sauna room, bathed in it radiantly, and felt that her soul was light, and she became a mermaid swimming freely.
The mermaid couldn't help but open her arms and made a stroke of water.
A muffled hum suddenly sounded, waking up this wonderful sauna dream.
Xu Qiao opened her eyes in a daze, and saw a few rays of morning light shining in through the gauze curtain.
She was still immersed in her sleep and was not so awake. She vaguely felt a hard lump under the back of her head, and moved her head uncomfortably.
A palm rubbed her head, and then a hoarse voice came from above her head: "What dream did you have again?"
Xu Qiao was startled, and then remembered that there was Cheng Lang on the bed, and turned her head slowly, and saw a clean and bare chest.
It seemed that when she was paddling just now, she accidentally pushed open the skirt of his pajamas.
She hadn't slept in the same bed with anyone since her mother's death. For more than ten years, she has been used to rolling back and forth on a big bed that is so big that she can't touch the corners. Her sleeping appearance has always been very unscrupulous, and it is easy for dreams to reflect reality, and to put body movements in dreams into hands and feet.
Xu Qiao looked for the position of his hands and feet, and felt his legs wrapped around Cheng Lang, his arms that were as powerful as a throat lock, and the sticky sweat where the skin touched each other.
She swallowed embarrassingly, and slowly raised her head: "I dreamed that I was in a sauna..."
Cheng Lang looked at her with a tired look of "Are you steaming me? Are you steaming me?"
Xu Qiao laughed awkwardly, raised one leg in slow motion, moved it to the side, and then gently lifted the other leg. As soon as the whole person rolled to the side, Cheng Lang dragged him back and locked his hands and feet behind him.
"Girl's sleep is so bad?" Cheng Lang held her in his arms and looked down at her with a frown.
"You kindly took you in, but you still despise me! You don't know how other girls sleep, so why don't you just give a bad review so casually, maybe I'm fine with it!" Xu Qiao raised her chin to retort.
Cheng Lang nodded thoughtfully: "According to what you mean, I have to compare and give feedback?"
"Go ahead if you think you're going to die!" Perhaps Cheng Lang had already given Xu Qiao a sense of security, and such words could no longer arouse her turmoil.
Cheng Lang buried his head in the hollow of her shoulder, and smiled with a little resignation.
Xu Qiao poked his forehead with her index finger: "Still laughing, did you lose half your life this night?"
"The water is in dire straits, what do you think?" Cheng Lang raised his head and sighed.
"Then why didn't you wake me up? I told you when I made you sick!"
"The onset is cold sweat." Cheng Lang held her finger and asked her to feel it for herself.
Xu Qiao's fingertips touched his chest, and it was hot to the touch. When she realized it, she looked away flickeringly, and let out a soft "oh".
Cheng Lang looked at her for a while, then lowered his head to kiss her.
Xu Qiao turned her head away, raised her knees and pushed him: "My brother is still next door!"
"Little ancestor, you tormented me all night."
"I'll give you sweets when I get home!"
"What sugar?"
He is like negotiating, and he will not let people go until an agreement is reached.
"Kiss as you like!" Xu Qiao said generously.
"You mean you can kiss anywhere?"
"You can kiss anywhere?" She blinked, "Where else do you want to kiss?"
Cheng Lang laughed and tapped her lower lip: "Little sister, do you think men only love kissing women here?"
Xu Qiao looked at him for a few seconds, and quickly covered her skirt.
As a result, after hiding it, I realized that the tie of the skirt of my nightdress had been opened at some point.
She lowered her head and widened her eyes: "You can't have kissed me already!"
Cheng Lang's denial turned a corner when he saw her frightened appearance, and said with a smile, "Is it too late to find out now? I slept soundly, and I don't know after kissing so many times."
"You're obscene! You're taking advantage of others! You're perverted!" Xu Qiao pushed him away with a sad face.
Cheng Lang didn't defend himself, and was really pushed aside by her, seeing her run out of bed in despair.
He stood up with a smile, and was about to explain to her, when he suddenly heard "Duk Tuk Tuk" knocking on the door three times.
Xu Qiao, who had just run to the door, slammed on the brakes, stopped stooping, and pointed to the door to Cheng Lang: My brother
Cheng Lang nodded: It should be.
Xu Qiao made a "shh" gesture and quickly pushed Cheng Lang into the bathroom.
Before Cheng Lang could speak, she saw her close the door, leaving him with a warning look and a set of mouth shapes: shut up.
Xu Qiao quickly tidied up her clothes and opened the bedroom door.
Xu Lie was wearing Cheng Lang's shirt and trousers, and looked decent, but his face was a little chilly.
"Wake up so early," Xu Qiao pretended to exercise early, doing chest expansion exercises, "Looking for my sister?"
"No." Xu Lie replied blankly.
"Oh, looking for Cheng Lang, didn't he sleep in the living room last night?" Xu Qiao stood on tiptoe and looked around the living room behind him, "I'm not there, so I should have gone out."
The corner of Xu Lie's mouth twitched: "He took the quilt out too?"
"..." Forget about this.
Xu Qiao couldn't bear to look directly at the empty sofa, and soon heard the bathroom door being opened behind her.
Cheng Lang walked out.
She stomped her feet and stared back at him: why didn't you remind me
Cheng Lang sighed: You told me to shut up.
After the silent exchange, the two returned to their elders' kind smiles, and looked at Xu Lie together.
I don't know if it's because of a guilty conscience, Xu Qiao felt that this kid was speechless at the moment, as if he was looking at a pair of shameless men and women.
"Have you considered it?" Cheng Lang walked out of the bedroom, patted him on the shoulder, and motioned him to come with him.
Xu Qiao looked at the two pitifully: "What are you whispering again, can't you let me hear it?"
Cheng Lang turned around and gave her a "good" mouth shape: "Go take a shower first, and come out for breakfast later." He said and led Xu Lie into the opposite bedroom.
Xu Qiao sighed, turned and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Xu Qiao's whole body was sticky because of Cheng Lang's sweat, whether it was illness or estrus, or both. So it took a long time to take a shower. After she dried her hair and changed her clothes, Xu Lie had already gone to the dining table and was eating breakfast.
There was a faint sound of water coming from the opposite bedroom, probably Cheng Lang was taking a bath.
She walked to the next door to Xu Lie, pulled out the chair and sat down, looking at him like a worried old mother, hesitating to speak.
Xu Lie glanced at her, pushed her breakfast over, and said silently, "I'm going to Nancheng."
She was taken aback, and just about to scold him for running so far from south to north, but remembering Cheng Lang's exhortation last night, she swallowed her words again, and said "Oh": "As you like, consider going back to North City for the university exam Come."
Xu Lie didn't say a word.
The siblings finished their respective breakfasts in silence, and waited with big eyes for Cheng Lang to "take charge of the overall situation", but unexpectedly the doorbell rang first.
Xu Qiao was about to get up, but Xu Lie took a step ahead: "I'll go."
She didn't think much, and sat down again, only to hear a familiar female voice outside the door: "Lielie, you are finally willing to see your mother!"
Xu Qiao froze at the table.
Cheng Lang must have given the news that Yan Lizhen could find this place. Xu Lie took the initiative to open the door because he knew about it.
You can't see the door from the dining table, Xu Qiao can only judge by the sound, Yan Lizhen cried heart-piercingly: "Lie Lie, mother knows that she was wrong, mother will return the money to your sister and father, okay? Mommy go back, huh?"
Xu Lie's voice sounded extremely calm: "I paid back the money, how are you doing?"
"Mom will always find a way."
"Is your way to destroy other people's families for money?"
Yan Lizhen's silence made Xu Qiao's hand on the edge of the table tremble slightly.
She didn't know this, and Cheng Lang didn't tell her about it.
By the door of the hotel room, Yan Lizhen's hand holding her son's shoulder froze: "Who told you?"
Xu Lie closed his eyes and did not speak.
"It's not what you think..." Yan Lizhen shook her head, "Mom is not for money, but for you! Mom has to pay for your education..."
"I won't stay in the United States to study." Xu Lie opened his eyes, "If you are doing it for me, then stop doing these things and live your own life."
"Lielie, what do you mean by that?"
"It means he will follow me." Xu Qiao raised his body and pulled Xu Lie behind him.
"Qiaoqiao..." Yan Lizhen was stunned, and held her hand, "Qiaoqiao, it's my mother who did something wrong. Mom will return all the money to you. Don't take Lielie away, okay?"
"No need." Xu Qiao took her hand away from her palm, "It's because Dad didn't run the house well, so the money will be given to you as compensation. You don't have to pay it back, just keep it and live a good life. As for Lie Lie, when he grows up, Please respect his choice."
Yan Lizhen stomped on her high heels in anxiety, and looked at the person behind Xu Qiao: "Lie Lie, mom only has you now, and mom is making a living for you. Now that you're gone, how can mom live?"
"Let him stay by your side, how do you ask him to live?" Xu Qiao took the lead, "How do you ask him to accept his mother as a mistress in order to support him?"
Yan Lizhen looked at the siblings with a pale face.
"I don't question your motives, I know you love him very much, at least compared to me," Xu Qiao nodded with a smile, "but you should think about what kind of life is right for him at this stage The best. If it’s really for his own good, please let him go and give him a chance to start over.”
After these words were finished, the eyes of the three people standing deadlocked by the door were all red.
Yan Lizhen was stunned and silent for a while, and finally looked at Xu Lie: "Lie Lie, do you really not want to stay with your mother?"
Xu Lie closed his eyes and said, "Take care."
"I will contact you when Lielie is willing to see you." Xu Qiao made a "please" gesture, "Take care."
Yan Lizhen took a small step back in despair.
Xu Qiao nodded to her and closed the door.
The siblings stood motionless outside the door, listening to the sound of high-heeled shoes outside the door fading away, and neither of them spoke until Cheng Lang walked up to them from the bedroom and rubbed his head with one hand as if in relief.
Xu Qiao raised her head and suddenly understood why Cheng Lang took such a long bath.
Only by saying goodbye completely can we move forward.
He didn't come to disturb the ending, so that Xu Lie could end the past with his own hands.
Cheng Lang patted the two of them on the shoulder: "Pack up your luggage and get ready to go."
Xu Qiao nodded.
Well, off to go.