CH 86.1

TL: Hua

Seeing the obvious jealousy in his lover’s eyes, Shi Yunnan couldn’t hold back his chuckle, “What’s the hurry? I’m sharing my past secrets with you, aren’t I?”

“Who hasn’t been young and ignorant at some point?”

The last half of the sentence was mixed with a chuckle and a light smile.

Seeing his heartless appearance, Luo Lingsheng felt both jealous and helpless at the same time.

He put his arm around Shi Yunnan’s waist, barely holding back the sourness in his heart, and said, “Don’t think about making trouble with me on purpose, no matter who it is, you can’t be with him now.”

“What are you going to do?” Shi Yunnan continued to tease him.

“What am I gonna do?” Seeing that his lover was still making a fuss and wouldn’t give up, Luo Lingsheng lightly pinched his ticklish spot on purpose.

“……tickles.”

Shi Yunnan whimpered, but Luo Lingsheng covered his lips in the next second.

The two kissed for a while before Luo Lingsheng felt the sour taste in his heart subside a little and asked, “Who did you have a crush on before?”

Shi Yunnan teased him thoroughly before telling the truth, “On the same day, at the same place, I saw someone standing in front of the counter to pay the bill, and just by seeing that person’s back, I was curious about what his face looked like. ”

“…”

Luo Lingsheng was startled.

Shi Yunnan caressed his lover’s Adam’s apple with his fingers and said, “I admit that I’m a face-con. Later, the boss told me “that person” paid for our table, so I…”

Luo Lingsheng’s tone changed, with pleasure in his urgency, “So what?”

“So I couldn’t resist going to that coffee shop again the next day, just thinking if I could meet him by chance, but unfortunately ……”

Shi Yunnan hesitated, but Luo Lingsheng already knew the answer.

“Unfortunately, I received news from Old Master Luo and temporarily went back home, so I didn’t make it the next day.”

“Luo Lingsheng, you are the reason I fell in love with that store in the first place.”

The two looked at each other and understood each other’s feelings clearly.

Shi Yunnan lifted his head and kissed his lover’s thin lips with an unprecedentedly moving expression.

“Whether it’s the drunken birthday party or the chance encounter at the coffee shop, even if it’s the “first meeting” at Shi’s house, the only person who has moved my heart is you.”

No matter how many times we meet in any way, my eyes are destined to stop for you and follow you.

Luo Lingsheng rubbed his lover’s lips with enthusiasm and urgency in his breath, “… Really?”

“Really.” Shi Yunan murmured with the same passionate breath.

But after a long time, Shi Yunnan didn’t persist in waiting for this figure and forgot about it as time passed.

What’s more, after returning to China and being with Luo Lingsheng, the other party traveled most of the time in a wheelchair.

Until the moment of trance in Daming Village last time and then until the confirmation of this moment—it turned out that everything was predestined.

Shi Yunnan reached out and wrapped his arms around Luo Lingsheng’s, smiling ambiguously, “What should I do? You just said that it’s impossible for me and “that person.”

Luo Lingsheng lost his sourness from before, “Don’t you also mind “that person” in my heart? We’re even.”

As soon as the rest of his voice landed, their lips were once again touching each other.

The hot kiss was like a prairie fire, sweeping away the surrounding air and causing the heartbeat to accelerate with the lack of oxygen.

Shi Yunnan pulled away on the verge of losing control, and the slight swallowing sound was tinged with temptation, “…Don’t make trouble, I haven’t finished seeing everything yet. You wouldn’t just hide these three things, right?”

“There’s more.”

Luo Lingsheng’s breath was also chaotic.

The two snuggled up to each other to calm down for a while. Shi Yunnan then withdrew from the embrace of his lover and rightfully continued to search the drawer like “opening the blind box.”

In the first drawer were invitations and receipts, while the second drawer contained an album with a beige cover.

Under Luo Lingsheng’s watchful eyes, Shi Yunnan took it out, and the moment he turned to the first page, his eyes narrowed, “This album…”

“It’s all you.” Luo Lingsheng encircled him from behind, saying, “Turn it over and take a look?”

Shi Yunnan responded with a faint reply and looked at it slowly.

The first was a photo of Shi Yunnan when he participated in the university summer camp. At that time, he had a rare short haircut, was wearing a refreshing white T-shirt, and was smiling recklessly. The sunlight through the branches formed a bright halo around him.

Shi Yunnan had an impression of this photo. It was taken by a Chinese-American girl who was a street photographer. The other party also asked him for his consent before taking the photo.

At the same time, Luo Lingsheng replied, “This photo was taken from your college forum, which was very popular at the time, and I also saw someone reveal your social media contact information on it.”

“It seems to be the case.” Shi Yunnan replied.

During that time, many people paid attention to Shi Yunnan, but the said person wasn’t interested.

Shi Yunnan tilted his head to look at Luo Lingsheng behind him and asked, “What about you? Why didn’t you contact me at that time?”

Luo Lingsheng hugged him tightly and said, “I thought you and Fu Ziyu were a couple. I didn’t want to cross the line and offend you.”

It was because of this reason that Luo Lingsheng’s face sank when he saw Fu Ziyu at the nightclub.

Shi Yunnan was stunned for a while, and then he remembered.

At the beginning, because of this photo, he also met several bold and straightforward pursuers. No matter how Shi Yunnan refused, they wouldn’t give up and even went as far as stalking him.

As his best friend, Fu Ziyu couldn’t stand it anymore, so he came up with a “bad idea” to help solve the problem and avoid unnecessary peach blossoms. As a result, some people did mistake him and Fu Ziyu for a couple at that time.

When Shi Yunnan thought about it, he couldn’t help but mutter in his throat, “If I had known it was like this, I wouldn’t have let Fu Ziyu pretend to be some bullshit couple with me.”

The sweet love that could have started in college had been postponed for several years. It was such a big loss to think about it.

“What are you thinking about?”

Luo Lingsheng pulled his attention back and flipped through the album for him.

Shi Yunnan, dressed in formal wear, was leaning over the pool table. Holding the cue in his hands, his eyes were sharply focused on the target.

There was also Shi Yunnan, holding the trophy of the billiards competition with confidence in his eyes.

There was even a photo of him and his teammates gathered at the celebration banquet… Even if there is only a side view of him in the photo, Luo Lingsheng can accurately capture and store it.

Shi Yunnan’s heart rippled, and his voice became sticky, “How can you even find the official photo of my club?”

Because this billiard club wasn’t well-known, there were only a few students and adult members. At the beginning, it was Fu Ziyu who dragged him to join this club.

“I’m collecting everything about you.”

Luo Lingsheng continued to move his hands while speaking. More and more photos appeared in front of Shi Yunnan’s eyes.

There were official photos of him participating in a pet charity outside of school and photos posted by friends on social media of private outings…

Everything seemed to help Shi Yunnan relive every moment in university.

But what made Shi Yunnan’s heart flutter the most was the fact that Luo Lingsheng had never overstepped the boundary and secretly took his pictures. All of his collections were posted by others. He hid his feelings in the most rational way.

The album was flipped to another page.

In the auditorium, bearing countless rays of brilliance, at the moment when everyone else was accompanied by their parents and relatives to celebrate graduation, Shi Yunnan sat quietly in the corner alone, wearing his bachelor’s gown.

“This photo…” Shi Yunnan hesitated.

“I secretly went to your graduation ceremony; I didn’t want to miss the important moment in your life.”

The moment Luo Lingsheng answered, Shi Yunnan’s eyes suddenly became sore.

On the day of graduation, it was impossible for the Shi family to come all the way to participate.

His friend Fu Ziyu went back to their home country, and Wen Yibei, whom Shi Yunnan could contact, was also busy with the crucial graduation performance assessment.

At that time, his classmates were busy hugging and celebrating with their families.

Shi Yunnan, who had no one to share and celebrate this joy with, could only stay on the sidelines alone, commemorating an important day in his life.

“It would be nice if someone could accompany me, even for a second.”

At that time, Shi Yunnan had this idea for a moment, but he did not expect to get the answer given by reality today.

It turned out that someone really accompanied him in secret, and it turned out that there was really someone who had never been absent from his life.

“On graduation day, I received a bunch of sunflowers. Did you secretly send them?”

“Yes.”

Shi Yunnan got the expected answer, sighed, and laughed.

At first, he thought it was sent by Wen Yibei. Later, he received a flower greeting card with the signature of “Wen Yibei,” and he realized that the sunflower should come from someone else.

—There’s no one in sight, but you’re everywhere.

This is the flower language of sunflowers that Shi Yunnan learned about on the Internet later: silent and hidden love.

Shi Yunnan turned around, and his voice noticeably trembled again, “Why didn’t you show up to find me at that time?”

Luo Lingsheng lowered his voice helplessly, “I hurt my legs.”

Shi Yunnan didn’t answer.

Even if Luo Lingsheng explained it with only four words, he could understand Luo Lingsheng’s state of mind and torment at that time.

At that time, Luo Lingsheng was at the lowest point in his life, and for Shi Yunnan, he was just an “unfamiliar” stranger. He couldn’t and didn’t dare to meet him.

Shi Yunnan only felt that the alcohol in his system had not completely subsided, and he felt much more emotional than before due to its remaining force.

Luo Lingsheng rubbed the corners of his reddened eyes with his fingertips, “How come I didn’t know you’re such a crybaby before?”

“I didn’t cry.”

Shi Yunnan suppressed the moisture in his eyes and held onto Luo Lingsheng’s wrist, “I just think we were late.”

“If I wasn’t drunk when I was eighteen, if I could rush up to stop you in the coffee shop on impulse…”

As long as Shi Yunnan thought of Luo Lingsheng, who had been quietly devoting himself for so many years while he had been ignorant of everything, he felt sorry for his lover.

“Not too late.”

Luo Lingsheng caught his unfinished words and tried to coax him with light-hearted words, “You said yourself that the person you like is me no matter sooner or later.”