In City C, the rainy season was most present during May and June, with clear skies for thousands of miles in the first second and possible dark clouds blocking the sun in the second.
Lu Wenxing came down the escalator of the mall. Before people reached the door, a rainstorm poured down. Today was a workday, and there weren’t many people at the supermarket at four or five o’clock. The passersby on the street without umbrellas were all crowded into the mall building to take shelter from the rain.
He pulled the brim of his hat off, went down the escalator, and turned left into a cafe.
“I’ll have an iced mocha.” Lu Wenxing was wearing a mask, and his voice sounded a bit muffled.
“Hello, it’s forty-two yuan.”
The cashier only felt that Lu Wenxing’s temperament was very good and couldn’t help but look a few more times, but the other party was wearing a brimmed hat and mask, only revealing a pair of beautiful eyes.
Lu Wenxing scanned the code to pay.
“Here’s your ticket, you can find a place to wait a moment.”
Lu Wenxing took the ticket, said thank you, and found a seat by the window.
–Dingdong.
It was a WeChat notification.
[.] Did you drive?
Gu Yanshen sent a message; he went to Lincheng to participate in an activity a few days ago, and now he was probably already in C City.
[ET] No.
[.] It’s raining; I’ll pick you up.
Lu Wenxing shared his location, after a minute, the waiter brought him an iced mocha.
“Thanks.”
There weren’t many people in the cafe on a rainy day, so Lu Wenxing removed his mask and quietly nestled by the window, waiting for Gu Yanshen to come and pick him up.
In the past few days, the two of them didn’t take any other jobs; they purposely made time to move.
Lu Wenxing bought the suite last year, then they moved in after the New Year. After the New Year, both of them joined the group to film, and there were other scheduled events after the filming was completed. They didn’t even have a few days to settle in; except for basic furnitures, there were many daily necessities that they hadn’t bought yet.
Lu Wenxing ordered a cup of latte to take away, and just as he got the latte from the waiter, Gu Yanshen called.
“Hello.”
“Xingxing, I’m in the car park on the negative one floor; take the lift down.”
“Why didn’t you park at the entrance?”
“There are many people taking taxis, and more than a dozen cars are stuck at the entrance. I can’t get past them. If you take the elevator down, you won’t get caught in the rain.”
“Okay.”
Lu Wenxing carried the paper bag into the lift.
Seeing the familiar Maybach, Lu Wenxing opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.
“I bought this for you.”
“What?” Gu Yanshen looked down at the paper bag.
“Latte.”
Gu Yanshen let out an ‘oh’ and asked, “What are you drinking?”
“Iced mocha.”
Gu Yanshen looked at the white cream floating above the cup and said, “I want to drink an iced mocha too.”
Lu Wenxing brought the iced mocha closer to his lips and said, “Just take a sip.”
“So stingy, I prepared a lot of surprises for you.”
“I bought you a latte; don’t you usually drink that?” Lu Wenxing was still a bit curious. “What kind of surprise?”
“I’m not telling you.” Gu Yanshen drove the car out of the underground garage. “What are we going to eat tonight?”
“I’ve booked a place, the one we often go to eat at.”
“Okay.”
The revolving restaurant that the two often went to had high privacy, and they could enjoy the scenery while eating. After they entered the lobby, they could still hear the sound of the violin in their small, private room.
The two of them had tasted every dish here, and Lu Wenxing could list the dishes without looking at the menu.
“Please wait a moment, two gentlemen.”
Without waiting long, the two waiters walked in, bringing in appetizers before the main meal.
Lu Wenxing’s favorite food was the egg caviar they had here.
Vodka cream and caviar mixed with egg liquid.
One could feel the smoothness of the egg and the fluffiness of the cream, which were warm and salty and had a very special taste.
Lu Wenxing had eaten it many times, but he was able to eat it like it was the first time every time, and in Gu Yanshen’s words, watching Lu Wenxing eat was very appetizing.
“Yummy.”
Lu Wenxing’s eyes shone brightly; he was especially easy to coax, as long as he ate nice food, his mood was especially good.
Gu Yanshen glanced at him and said, “You just like eating cream.”
Lu Wenxing: “Not really.”
He had loved cakes and ice cream since he was a child, and what he actually liked was the smooth cream. Gu Yanshen felt that Lu Wenxing ate too much on a daily basis and asked his assistant, Chen Che, not to send him dairy snacks.
Strangely enough, Lu Wenxing didn’t have a problem with it and accepted it gladly.
Only later did Gu Yanshen realize that there were no cupcakes in Lu Wenxing’s afternoon tea, but he could eat cream from other places.
This was the reason why Lu Wenxing especially liked coming to this restaurant.
“I didn’t eat the cake.” Lu Wenxing reasoned.
As soon as his words fell, the next dish was brought up by the waiter.
“White asparagus with sour cream sauce.”
“Icelandic halibut and emerald cream sauce.”
Lu Wenxing: “……”
Meeting Gu Yanshen’s line of sight, Lu Wenxing pressed his fist against his lips, coughed, and inclined his head to whisper to the waiter standing beside him, “The one without cream comes first.”
Gu Yanshen: “I heard you.”
–Black Pepper Wagyu Beef Tenderloin.
—Tuna sashimi tartar.
–Oyster Bannock.
–New Zealand black gold abalone.
–Italian-baked seafood.
Lu Wenxing pointed at the shrimp and tried to brush aside the topic, “I ordered your favorite shrimp.”
Then there were scallops, squabs, cod, and really no other dishes with cream.
But the dessert at the end of the meal was Lu Wenxing’s favorite.
The waiter had just brought it up, when Gu Yanshen moved the plate in front of himself. “You even ate dessert this afternoon, so don’t eat it tonight.”
“Gu Yanshen, you’ve changed.”
“Oh.”
Gu Yanshen responded unconcernedly, cracking open the outer coating of the hollow sugar ball with a spoon, the bottom layer of which was tart, with soft raspberries wrapped in peach-flavored cream.
Lu Wenxing put down the spoon in his hand and looked at Gu Yanshen grudgingly. “We’ve only been together for how long, and you won’t even let me eat?”
“I’ll bring you to eat tomorrow.”
“I want to eat now.” Lu Wenxing blinked and looked at him accusingly. “I’ll just eat a little bit.”
Gu Yanshen acted as if he hadn’t heard anything, and against Lu Wenxing’s hot line of sight, he took a bite of the raspberry and peach cream under the sugar coating.
It was fragrant and soft, and the sweet and sour peach flavor melted in his mouth.
He followed the way Lu Wenxing tasted the food and recalled the taste in his mouth.
“Yummy.”
Lu Wenxing: “……” He was angry—the kind that couldn’t be coaxed.
Not a moment later, the waiter brought up another white dish.
The top layer was a mixture of white and orange cream, scooped open with grated mozzarella cheese that hid burrata.
Next came the tiramisu.
The palm-sized tiramisu was already the largest portion of all the desserts, and Lu Wenxing just looked at Gu Yanshen; he didn’t believe that Gu Yanshen wouldn’t get tired of eating so many sweets.
Not everyone loved desserts as much as he did; he was the one who couldn’t get tired of eating as much as he could.
Previously, Song Jiajia had expressed particular envy for Lu Wenxing’s stomach; both of them were sweet tooth lovers, but Song Jiajia didn’t dare indulge like Lu Wenxing did.
Surprisingly, Gu Yanshen was determined not to let Lu Wenxing take a bite and finished the small dessert for two alone.
The waiter delivered the consumption slip, glanced at the two of them, and handed it to Lu Wenxing.
The two didn’t care who paid the bill at dinner; usually, whoever the waiter gave the bill to paid, but after Lu Wenxing took the bill today, he pushed it to Gu Yanshen without even looking at it.
What a joke! He wouldn’t pay the bill if he didn’t even have a good time eating.
“I’ll do it.”
After Gu Yanshen paid the bill, Lu Wenxing had already stood up first and headed out. Having eaten quite a lot of the main course, a dinner without an after-dinner dessert was incomplete.
“Eating too much cream is bad for your stomach. Chen Che even gave me a complaint that you’ve been eating a lot of desserts every day for the past few days since I went to Lincheng.”
“Chen Che is someone my brother found.” Lu Wenxing froze for a split second. “Why is he still complaining to you? Is he getting paid by you?”
“Chen Che is not that kind of person.” Gu Yanshen explained for him.
Lu Wenxing didn’t believe it. “Then why is he still complaining to you?”
“I just send him a red packet every New Year’s holiday.”
Lu Wenxing: “……”
“Have you been back to our house recently?”
“No.” Lu Wenxing yawned, sleepy, just after eating. “Why would I go back if you’re not there?”
The two really hadn’t lived in the house that Lu Wenxing bought; during filming, they needed to follow the group. After the two collaborated on the film, they had different schedules.
When Gu Yanshen had time, Lu Wenxing wouldn’t have time.
Both of them were extremely busy. They moved to the new house after the New Year, and now it was almost June, yet they hadn’t lived in it many times.
“Let’s discuss something.”
“Not listening.” Lu Wenxing was still thinking about Gu Yanshen not giving him dessert.
Gu Yanshen: “Okay.”
Lu Wenxing:????
“You won’t say anything if I don’t listen?” Lu Wenxing looked at him incredulously and asked, “Gu Yanshen, what breed of straight man are you?”
Gu Yanshen actually did it on purpose; he answered with a strained expression, even more aggrieved than Lu Wenxing. “If you don’t even listen, how dare I say it?” Meeting Lu Wenxing’s drifting line of sight, Gu Yanshen changed his words. “I said… I think…”
“Won’t listen, won’t listen.”
Gu Yanshen: “……”
Gu Yanshen looked slightly helpless, and Lu Wenxing hummed lightly, “You didn’t even share one bite.”
Gu Yanshen sincerely apologized and said he would dare next time.
–
“Where’s your luggage?”
Gu Yanshen drove the car to the garage and helped Lu Wenxing carry his newly purchased clothes.
“I had a flight in the morning and had already returned home earlier.” Gu Yanshen explained.
“You arrived in the morning? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Gu Yanshen didn’t explain, “You’ll know when we get back. Consider what I said to you just now.”
“When did the program team call you?”
“They didn’t call.”
Lu Wenxing:????
“It’s just that I wanted to be on this variety show with you.”
Lu Wenxing: “If Sheng Chao knew you were not so ‘reserved’, he might be angry.”
“If the two of us participate, the program team will be extremely happy.”
Gu Yanshen was telling the truth; their TV series was on the air; the Wangfei CP was currently the number one ranked CP; and the two of them appearing on a variety show together would have a high topic of conversation, and that would be free publicity.
The program team would definitely be happy to do so. But the problem was…
“That’s a husband-and-wife variety show.” Lu Wenxing reminded him, “Couple refers to the legal marital relationship between two people.”
“We’ve been approached by a relationship variety show; if you want to participate, we can be on that.”
If it were in the past, Gu Yanshen would definitely agree with a smile, but now relationship variety shows no longer satisfied him.
What was falling in love?
Primary school children fell in love; adults…
“It’s just a matter of getting a certificate.”
Lu Wenxing: “……”
The two of them walked slowly towards the house; the moonlight made their shadows longer, and Gu Yanshen held Lu Wenxing’s hand.
“I want to participate with you.”
“People have to think long and hard about getting married, but for you, it’s ‘just a matter of getting a certificate’.” Gu Yanshen’s brain circuits made Lu Wenxing deeply marvel: “In order to appear on this variety show, you even want to get a certificate?”
“Classmate Lu.”
Gu Yanshen suddenly stopped, and Lu Wenxing, pulled by him, followed suit.
“Eh?” Lu Wenxing’s eyes narrowed, and he responded perfunctorily.
Gu Yanshen sighed, helpless and amused.
“This is an order of precedence that even kindergartners understand.”
“What?”
Lu Wenxing was at a loss, not knowing how the topic suddenly jumped to children.
“It’s not that I want to go on a variety show before I get a license with you; it’s that I want to go on a variety show after I get a license with you.”
“I see, so awesome! Worthy of being Teacher Gu.” Lu Wenxing was close to giving Gu Yanshen a round of applause.
“Lu Wenxing, you’re obviously being perfunctory.”
Gu Yanshen wasn’t in a hurry for Lu Wenxing to answer; he just wanted to know what Lu Wenxing thought about the matter of the two of them getting a marriage certificate.
“I’m not.” Lu Wenxing very stiffly changed the subject.
“What was the surprise you said you prepared for me?”
Speaking of this, Gu Yanshen didn’t look deeply into Lu Wenxing’s perfunctory words; the corner of his lips slightly hooked up as he gave Lu Wenxing a deep look.
“What for?” Lu Wenxing suddenly had a bad feeling; he felt like he shouldn’t see the surprise.
“What have you done with my home?”
Lu Wenxing’s footsteps accelerated, and Gu Yanshen, carrying his things, slowly followed him. The two of them entered the door of the house one after the other.
Opening the door from the entrance to the hall, there wasn’t much furniture, but the hall was dry and clean.
Lu Wenxing suspiciously glanced at Gu Yanshen, who innocently spread his hands.
There was also the first floor!
Lu Wenxing turned around and went up the stairs.
There were three rooms on the first floor: a master bedroom, a second bedroom, and a study.
Without hesitation, Lu Wenxing pushed open the door to the master bedroom, and when he saw the scene inside, his entire body was stunned in place for a while before he found his voice.
“Gu Yanshen, you’re crazy.”
Lu Wenxing looked incredulously at the pinkness of the room.
The pink colors blinded his eyes a little.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you like it?” Gu Yanshen stood behind him; the expression on his face was natural, but he couldn’t hide the laughter in his eyes.
“I especially like it.” Lu Wenxing turned around and was about to leave when Gu Yanshen stopped him and kissed him intimately.
He hugged Lu Wenxing and didn’t let go of his hand, rubbing his neck against Lu Wenxing’s neck in a sticky manner. “Don’t go if you like it; I specially prepared it.”
Lu Wenxing: “……”
“You’re really childish.” Lu Wenxing’s face was expressionless. Gu Yanshen bent down and picked him up horizontally.
“This is the stupid way of ‘killing the enemy a thousand times and damaging yourself eight hundred times’.”
Gu Yanshen was blissfully unconcerned. “Don’t you think it’s very cozy?”
The corner of Lu Wenxing’s mouth pulled up, and then he realized that he couldn’t laugh.
What attracted the most attention was the large pink bed, pink sheets and covers, and a row of pink plush dolls and rabbits in various forms, both large and small, placed at the head of the bed.
Lu Wenxing expressionlessly looked at the fan-shaped bedside table. There were two long plush rabbit ears at the top.
The floating window was covered with a layer of pink plush cushions, and the pillows and cushions were also in the shape of pink and white rabbits, and those who didn’t know would think that they had fallen into a rabbit nest.
Lu Wenxing: “……”
Unbearable.
Gu Yanshen picked up the all-time soft, droopy-eared rabbit doll and stuffed it into Lu Wenxing’s arms, saying, “How cute.”
“Don’t talk to me.”
Lu Wenxing felt his blood pressure go a little high.
“The rabbit is so cute; how could Xingxing not like it?” Gu Yanshen wrapped his arms around Lu Wenxing, his lips brushing against Lu Wenxing’s ear, his voice low and filled with a bit of compulsion.
Lu Wenxing wanted to ignore him but suddenly realized that something wasn’t quite right.
The rabbit is so cute; how could Xingxing not like it?
Lu Wenxing suddenly remembered that the first time he went to Gu Yanshen’s house, he wore a pair of plush slippers with rabbit ears; it was Gu Yanshen who gave them to him.
He originally thought that it was Gu Yanshen’s bad taste, but… it didn’t seem to be the case.
“Yes.” Lu Wenxing smiled.
Gu Yanshen:????
“The rabbit is so cute; Teacher Gu must really like it.”
“When ……” Gu Yanshen was about to respond, but when he met Lu Wenxing’s slightly teasing eyes, the words suddenly stopped: “No.”
“I couldn’t tell, Gu Yanshen.”
Lu Wenxing sat down on the large pink bed.
It was quite comfortable.
Especially under the warm light, the entire room was extraordinarily warm.
Lu Wenxing hugged the fluffy, droopy-eared rabbit that Gu Yanshen had given him, his chin resting against the rabbit’s head as he raised his hand and pinched the rabbit’s ears, the laughter in his eyes undisguised.
“You hid it very deeply; you are worthy of being Teacher Gu.”
Gu Yanshen: “……”
Lu Wenxing didn’t think it was enough, and the teasing expression on his face became even more obvious.
“The rabbit is so cute; no wonder our Shen Shen likes it so much.”
Gu Yanshen: “……”
Clowns, the both of them XD