Give Me Heartthrobs 54

Chapter 54: Deep Kiss

When she said she wanted to hug you, it seemed to tug at the heartstrings even more than “I miss you,” perhaps because the imagery was stronger.

Wen Yu spoke softly and heavily, not jokingly.

“Me too.” Ye Qizhen’s heart suddenly tightened. She knew Wen Yu wouldn’t easily “show weakness,” even in front of her, so when Wen Yu said this, she must need her by her side. Whenever she sensed Wen Yu’s mood was slightly off, she would get incredibly nervous, but at this moment, she could only say through the phone, “Wait for me to come back.”

Wen Yu responded, waiting all along.

After a while, Ye Qizhen couldn’t help asking gently, “What happened today?”

“Mn… just a bit tired from rushing drafts,” Wen Yu thought for a moment and explained like this. She didn’t mention Wen Qiuxian; she had never really mentioned her family matters to Ye Qizhen.

Ye Qizhen was still worried, truly feeling the difficulty of a long-distance relationship. Knowing she needed her, yet only able to listen to her voice from thousands of miles away, unable to do anything.

“Remember to relax your eyes after drawing for a long time. Keeping your head down all the time will make your neck tired too.” Thinking of how Wen Yu used to soak in the art studio all day, how could she not be tired? She said patiently, “You always sit there continuously when painting. Set an alarm in the future to remind yourself to rest every forty minutes…”

Wen Yu listened silently. The silence of the late night made the voice on the other end of the phone exceptionally gentle, comfortable to the ears. When Ye Qizhen finished, she chuckled softly: “Do you have to be so naggy?”

Although she said this, she didn’t get tired of listening at all, not to mention every sentence was about her.

Liked it very, very much.

Naggy? Ye Qizhen looked down and kicked the pebbles by her feet, pretending to be dissatisfied and muttering: “Just got together and you already find me annoying?”

Wen Yu deliberately teased her: “A little bit.”

Ye Qizhen raised her voice: “Wen Yu!”

Wen Yu’s voice contained a smile: “What?”

Ye Qizhen laughed first, then squeezed out three words without any imposing manner: “…You just wait.”

Harsh words spoken softly and sweetly. Wen Yu was also amused by Ye Qizhen. She moved her lips closer to the microphone, lowered her voice, and whispered quietly, “Okay, waiting for you to come back and bully me.”

Ye Qizhen was thrilled by Wen Yu’s sudden ambiguous low voice. Deadly. The imagery surged up again—the scene of them hugging and kissing on the sofa that night. If Wen Yu said this to her face to face, she would definitely want to kiss her. To be precise, she wanted to right now…

Chatting back and forth, as if there were endless things to say. Not being able to meet, they could only be clingy in their voices like this.

Wen Yu knew Ye Qizhen had to get up at six every morning, so she watched the time and didn’t pester Ye Qizhen to talk for too long. “It’s very late, go rest quickly, you have to get up early tomorrow.”

Ye Qizhen was reluctant to part. “Goodnight.”

After saying goodnight, neither hung up immediately, leaving a brief silence in the call.

Wen Yu faintly heard the sound of mountain wind blowing through the leaves, rustling, very close yet very far, blowing straight from the other end of the phone to the tip of her heart. She called out abruptly: “Ye Qizhen.”

Ye Qizhen was still listening: “Mn?”

Wen Yu paused for a second, smiling in a lazy and relaxed tone: “Remember to miss me every day.”

Ye Qizhen smiled: “Of course.”

Ending the call, Wen Yu still wasn’t sleepy, thinking about things. When Qi Yun learned she liked Ye Qizhen, she was shocked, saying they weren’t on the same path at all. Actually, she felt the same way. It was like, if she left Ye Qizhen, life would turn back to black and white, but if Ye Qizhen left her, life could still be colorful…

She had this feeling before.

And after getting together, this feeling was inexplicably magnified.

She occasionally had a selfish thought: If Ye Qizhen were as lonely as me, could I occupy more of Ye Qizhen’s life?

But she didn’t want Ye Qizhen to be like her.

Wen Yu turned over and lay on her stomach on the bed, chin resting on the pillow. She looked at the jar of paper stars on the bedside table, not thinking too much. Suddenly imagining Ye Qizhen folding stars, she smiled to herself.

The person I like also likes me seriously right now.

Enough.

Wen Yu didn’t sleep well that night. Closing her eyes, she could always hear the dull noise of car tires crushing the ground.

Sounding, silence, sounding.

…

Early August, summer vacation was more than halfway through.

The paper stars in the glass jar were also decreasing day by day.

Wen Yu kept the small notes opened every day in a notebook, flipping through them when bored. The first four words of every note were “I like you.” These colorful little notes helped her dispel a lot of loneliness.

Ye Qizhen calculated the time very accurately. When Wen Yu opened the last star, it happened to be the day before she returned to Nancheng.

Early the next morning, the sky was just getting light. The group got up early and embarked on the train back to Nancheng. Staying in the mountains for more than a month, everyone was exhausted after this trip, completely losing the high spirits they had at the beginning.

One by one like wilted eggplants, looking tired, busy dozing off.

Except for Ye Qizhen.

Her state at departure and return was completely opposite to everyone else.

Wen Yu sent her a WeChat message: On the train yet?

It wasn’t even six o’clock yet. Ye Qizhen replied: Why are you awake so early?

Wen Yu: Woke up naturally.

Don’t believe it. Is she as excited as me? Ye Qizhen was already staring at the screen and giggling foolishly, her mind full of the scene after meeting Wen Yu. She typed a reply: On the train. You’ll be able to see your girlfriend this afternoon.

Wen Yu quickly sent another message: Girlfriend is coming to pick you up.

Ye Qizhen guessed it; Wen Yu would definitely come to pick her up.

Getting up too early, people next to her were napping to catch up on sleep.

“Aren’t you tired, still so energetic?” Shu Chen turned her head to look at Ye Qizhen and asked in a low voice.

Ye Qizhen said “It’s okay” softly. Not that she wasn’t tired—honestly, she was exhausted to the point of collapse these two days—but thinking she would see Wen Yu soon, she couldn’t suppress her excitement at all. Not much sleepiness.

Shu Chen saw Ye Qizhen’s complexion wasn’t good yesterday. “Are you feeling unwell?”

Seemed to be seen through. Ye Qizhen indeed couldn’t stand long-distance travel; it was simply torture for her. Especially yesterday’s bus ride made her a bit carsick, and she felt she was still out of it today. But she never wanted others to worry, so she didn’t say a word all the way, just enduring it. At this moment, she shook her head nonchalantly at the senior sister. “No.”

Shu Chen didn’t say anything more, just reminding: “Arriving in the afternoon, you can rest a bit.”

Ye Qizhen: “Mn.”

Ye Qizhen spent the journey alternating between being awake and dozing off. Because of insufficient rest, her head was dizzy and swollen, feeling uncomfortable all over. She relied entirely on chatting with Wen Yu to hold on, just hoping to arrive at the station quickly, to see Wen Yu quickly.

But the more anxious she was, the slower time passed.

Clearly more than a month had passed, but the last few hours seemed longer than a month.

Past four o’clock in Nancheng, the sun was fierce.

From the moment she got off the train, Ye Qizhen was in a state of excitement mixed with discomfort—or rather, excitement overpowered discomfort. After swiping her ID card to exit the station, she said to her companions: “You guys go first, my friend is coming to pick me up.”

“Not coming with us?” someone asked.

“She’ll come later.” Ye Qizhen explained. Arriving at the station at 4:50, she specifically told Wen Yu 5:20, delaying by half an hour. This way, even if Wen Yu came early to pick her up, she wouldn’t have to wait and could see her immediately upon arrival.

Of course, there was another important reason…

She wanted to meet Wen Yu alone.

“Oh~ is it a boyfriend?” Another girl gossiped with a grin.

“No…” Ye Qizhen was used to being low-key and didn’t explain more.

“I’ll wait with you.” Shu Chen offered actively.

“No need.” Ye Qizhen refused with a smile again.

Shu Chen said no need to be polite with her.

Ye Qizhen still insisted on refusing, very stubborn.

Shu Chen had no choice but to leave first with the others.

After bidding a warm farewell to several people, Ye Qizhen puffed her cheeks and let out a sigh of relief. She had agreed with Wen Yu to meet at the KFC nearby, so she pulled her suitcase and prepared to rush over without stopping. However, just as she turned around, her steps froze in place.

A familiar and beautiful figure stood a few meters away, long graceful hair reaching her waist, looking at her with a smile.

The most surprising and romantic thing is nothing more than when your longing reaches its peak, that person suddenly appears in front of you the next second. Ye Qizhen was a bit silly looking at Wen Yu. At this moment, uncontrollably, her eyes felt hot.

Seeing Ye Qizhen’s foolish smile, the arc of Wen Yu’s mouth lifted higher, walking closer and closer.

Ye Qizhen dragged her suitcase, steps hurried too. Arriving in front of Wen Yu, she hugged her directly without a word. Wen Yu hugged Ye Qizhen almost simultaneously, circling her tightly in her arms.

Long-missed warmth and softness filled her embrace.

No matter how many words were spoken over the phone, nothing compared to a silent face-to-face hug.

The passenger flow at the station during summer vacation was quite large, people coming and going beside them. Embracing, two beautiful young girls, sure enough, attracted the gazes of people around them. Ye Qizhen couldn’t care less about anything, basically glued to Wen Yu.

A moment later, Wen Yu looked down at Ye Qizhen’s cheek and glimpsed her slightly red eyes, nervous and worried: “What’s wrong?”

Ye Qizhen grinned to show she was happy. Looking into Wen Yu’s eyes, she blurted out in a small voice: “Missed you.” Embarrassed saying it herself; she probably had a tear-incontinence constitution in front of Wen Yu. When her body felt uncomfortable, Wen Yu coaxing her made her want to cry especially.

Wen Yu’s heart warmed. Seeing Ye Qizhen like this, she realized she had really been overthinking during the time apart. She touched Ye Qizhen’s cheek. “Crybaby.”

Ye Qizhen kept smiling, staring at Wen Yu as if her eyes had hooks.

Wen Yu’s gaze didn’t leave Ye Qizhen’s face either. She touched Ye Qizhen’s waist again and whispered, “Let’s go back.”

Returning to the apartment wasn’t far; a taxi ride took less than forty minutes.

Getting into the taxi, Wen Yu unscrewed a bottle of chilled orange juice and handed it to Ye Qizhen.

Ye Qizhen was thirsty and drank a mouthful quickly.

The vehicle drove forward under the scorching sun, swaying occasionally.

Wen Yu didn’t ask if Ye Qizhen was uncomfortable. She reached out directly and gently supported Ye Qizhen’s face, letting the other party rest on her shoulder in the most comfortable position. No need to ask; as long as the ride exceeded three hours, Ye Qizhen would be uncomfortable.

Ye Qizhen stole a glance at Wen Yu, rubbing her fingers against Wen Yu’s.

Wen Yu understood, her slender fingers squeezing into the gaps between hers.

Satisfied only with fingers interlaced tightly.

Ye Qizhen pursed her lips in a smile. This tacit understanding of understanding each other with just a look was so blissful.

“Why did you come so early?” Ye Qizhen remembered to ask.

“Bored at home too.” Wen Yu said.

“Did you come to wait for me a long time in advance?” The time she told Wen Yu was already delayed, yet Wen Yu still arrived early.

“No.”

Ye Qizhen pouted. “I don’t believe it.”

Wen Yu scanned Ye Qizhen’s lips, resisting the urge to kiss them. “Close your eyes, you’ll feel worse later.”

“Mn—” Ye Qizhen responded obediently. Her head was really dizzy right now. Closing her eyes and smelling the fragrance on Wen Yu, her nerves that had been tense all the way finally relaxed. Once relaxed, her body felt much more comfortable too.

Because Wen Yu was beside her, she actually took a nap during the short half-hour ride.

Back to the familiar apartment.

Wen Yu closed the door gently. The next moment, her body was encircled.

Ye Qizhen’s arms clasped around Wen Yu’s waist. She had been planning this for a long time; on the night Wen Yu said she wanted to hug her, she planned that the first thing upon returning would be to hug Wen Yu like this.

The hug outside just now carried some restraint, but now, it was an intimacy where heartbeats merged.

Wen Yu lowered her eyes and smiled. Seemed to have underestimated someone’s clinginess. Without being apart for so long, she wouldn’t have known this fool would miss her so much. Yes, no one misses me more than Ye Qizhen.

“Missed me that much?” Wen Yu asked hoarsely. Asking this wasn’t out of arrogance, but to reassure herself.

“Mn…” For the first time, Ye Qizhen wasn’t awkward. Staring at Wen Yu close at hand, she admitted crisply.

Ye Qizhen, letting go, had a sweet smile, sweet eyes, sweet voice, and even sweet breath.

Wen Yu’s heart pounded. She urgently pressed Ye Qizhen against the wall behind her, closed her eyes, pressed her lips over, and pried open Ye Qizhen’s lips and teeth with the tip of her tongue. Ye Qizhen opened her lips, and softness slid in, teasing the root of her tongue. Instantly dizzy and limp, she caressed Wen Yu’s waist, responding with an equally urgent deep kiss…