Chapter 186: Rain Stops
The room was dark and silent. A faint, cold wind blew through the crack in the window. The un-drawn curtains fluttered up and then fell limply, as if a god had overturned an ink bottle on a desk. Large patches of thick ink spread across the sky, and the clouds were dyed a gloomy, inky color, greedily absorbing the falling sunlight. The world was a vast expanse of darkness.
Su Yu didn’t know how long he had been asleep. When he had thrown himself onto the bed, he could still see a faint white light. When he opened his eyes, it was already a dark night.
Outside the un-curtained floor-to-ceiling window, the flashing white lights of the traffic brought the city’s still-thriving vitality and coldness in the rainy night.
Su Yu opened his eyes and silently looked at the gray and white ceiling. A dim light spot flashed across the ceiling. He leaned in a corner and unconsciously tightened the blanket. The darkness, with a warmth, gently wrapped around him.
He was relieved. His long-tensed spine finally relaxed. His thoughts were infinitely magnified in the darkness, and he began to let his mind wander again.
“Brother… are you awake? Then I’m coming in.”
Su Xi gently knocked on the door, her soft voice coming from outside. Before Su Yu could answer, she pushed open the unlocked door. The light from the hanging lamp in the living room immediately flooded in, and the darkness retreated into the shadows of the corner. Su Yu’s chaotic thoughts were cut off.
Su Xi, with the help of the light, saw Su Yu leaning against the bedside cabinet. She pouted her lips without a fuss, a few hints of regret in her heart. Her gaze, as if unintentionally, glanced around the room. The clothes she had left by the bed for changing were gone. She seemed to have come a little late, otherwise she would have seen… Zhiyan, wrapped only in a blanket.
She fumbled to turn on the light and adjusted it to a warm yellow. She sat at the foot of the bed, but she felt that she was too far from the boy, so she moved forward a few steps. This was the first time she had been so close to the boy. Her bright red heart beat uncontrollably a few times. She tried her best to suppress it, afraid that the boy would hear the echo in her chest.
Su Xi glanced around and looked at the boy’s dazed and silly, cute appearance after he had just woken up. She could smell the other party’s clean and fresh scent from a short distance, but it was like quenching her thirst by looking at plums. The aroused craving washed over her wavering mind like a tidal wave.
She swallowed her thick saliva, her gaze fixed on the delicate collarbone exposed under his loose collar. She couldn’t help but want to trace the blurry outline with the tip of her tongue, to lick it. She also wanted to kiss his cheeks, and even to strip him naked and run wild on his body.
But she couldn’t act on it just yet. He was an adult male, far stronger than her physically. A reckless move would surely end in failure.
She was like a little mouse hiding in the darkness, unable to bear the light. Timidity and caution were her nature. She hid in the shadows, secretly coveting the exquisite cheese on the dining table under the bright lights.
Years of forbearance had cultivated her patient virtue. She still needed to wait a little longer.
She glanced at the drizzling rain outside the window. The rain had been raging all afternoon, and it seemed to have subsided a little. She had to… wait for the rain to stop.
When Su Xi looked back, the excitement in her eyes was gone. She put on a pitiful face, her dark eyes wide and round. She pouted her cherry-pink lips and coquettishly grabbed Su Yu’s wrist, shaking it. “Brother, you woke up so late. I’m starving. I’m punishing you by making you cook for me!”
…
“Be careful, the oil is splattering. Move to the side.”
Su Yu threw the fish, which he was worried would go bad if left for too long, into the hot oil. The moisture in the fish sizzled and popped in the yellow oil. He carefully held the wok in front of him to prevent the oil from splashing on the girl.
“It’s okay. I’m not afraid of pain, not at all.”
Su Xi clung to Su Yu’s side like a clingy little cat, refusing to be shooed away. She clamored that she wanted to learn how to cook. She was not wearing any makeup, and the natural milky fragrance on her body was even stronger, like a ball of thick cheese that had been fried in a pan, the rich milky fragrance filling the air.
She tilted her round, cat-like eyes, as alert as a kitten that had spotted its prey. She was locked on the lips that were so close. She just needed to get a little closer, and she would be able to get what she craved.
“Who isn’t afraid of pain? Forget it… it’s good to learn a little. You’ll always be able to use it in the future.”
“More lectures. I don’t like to hear these things.”
Su Xi pouted and walked away from Su Yu, a little unwilling. She bounced on her bare feet on the floor. She childishly held her snow-white neck high and walked out of the kitchen with an arrogant look, threatening him. “When you get married, brother… I’ll move into your house and freeload off you every day.”
…
A few simple dishes were on the table, exuding a warm and delicious aroma in the closed room. The freshly cooked food was steaming, creating a hazy and illusory dream in front of them.
“Sweet and sour is still the best…”
Su Xi tasted the braised fish and didn’t really like the spicy flavor. The sweet and sour taste was more suitable for her.
Like an unrequited love with no end in sight, she could not get what she wanted, nor could she get what she asked for.
“There’s still a little left. We can finish it tomorrow.”
“Oh… what if the rain stops tomorrow?”
Su Xi lowered her head and took a few bites of rice, asking casually.
“If the rain stops tomorrow, we can have lunch and then leave. I…” Su Yu brushed away the gloom in his eyes. He smiled gently. “I still have something to deal with.”
“I see… but my birthday is at the end of the month. Can you stay for a few more days, brother? I suddenly want to celebrate my birthday. It’s my eighteenth birthday.”
“The end of the month? I’ll be back by then. I can also buy you a gift then.”
“But… but I don’t want any gifts…”
“The rain… seems to have stopped.”
Su Yu looked at the deserted night outside the window. The sound of the rain hitting the window seemed to have stopped abruptly. He looked at the weather. “It should be cloudy tomorrow… I have to go back. I’ll be back at the end of the month.”
“Alright then. I’ll be waiting for you, brother.”
Su Xi always stopped at the right time. She didn’t ask any more questions. Her sharp canine teeth gnawed at the tip of her chopsticks. She thought that she might have to get up a little earlier tomorrow.
Thinking of this, she became a little excited again.
After tomorrow, Zhiyan would be completely hers, her exclusive property.
She stared at the other party’s thin, red lips and gently licked the rice grain at the corner of her mouth.
Just wait a little longer…
She would consider these as… her eighteenth birthday gift.
