love in bloom

"Lin Yue."

"Ok?"

"Will you walk with me? I...don't want to go in so soon."

Lin Yue, who had locked the car, was about to ask her brother to come pick her up, but when she heard this, she hesitated and didn't press the phone.

Yao Qingshu was standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree next to the garage door.It was very dark all around, and the villa behind was also pitch black, only a light was on on the terrace, reflecting the bare vines on the wooden frame beside it, and the sporadic flower crumbs that were shaken down by the wind in mid-air.Very bleak.

The coat she was wearing also moved with the wind, and the waist wrapped in the dark gray sweater inside was dented to reveal an overly slender silhouette.

Lin Yue withdrew her gaze, put her phone in her pocket, and walked along the gravel road to the garden over there.

A light flashed across Yao Qingshu's eyes quietly, and he followed behind her unhurriedly.The two walked in silence for a while.

The pomegranate tree bears fruit, and the peach tree is lush.Jasmine was defeated, and the sweet-scented osmanthus was in full bloom.Lin Yue is so familiar with everything here, that every flower blooms and fades as expected in her mind, as if she has been watching here all the time and never left.

Last Mid-Autumn Festival, they went for a walk like this after returning home from watching a movie.The same place, similar scenery, she led Yao Qingshu to the tree, and then kissed her on her feet.

"Oh, by the way, your car keys." Only then did Lin Yue remember that she was still holding something in her hand.

"Yeah." Yao Qingshu took it, but didn't take the opportunity to come up side by side with her.Still walking in tandem.

"Still dizzy?"

"I'm not dizzy anymore."

That's right, he wasn't a person with a bad drinker in the first place.But Lin Yue couldn't help but frowned: "If you have an upset stomach, you shouldn't drink."

"It's just a little red wine. My parents are happy. I want to accompany them."

The intimate and natural sound of parents behind him made Lin Yue feel a little shy.She could feel Yao Qingshu's accommodation and overtures.

"They don't want you to get drunk." She didn't turn her head, she just listened to the direction of the voice and slowed down a little, "You just don't listen to persuasion."

"I know, my parents love me." The people behind smiled softly, "What about you?"

"Do you feel distressed?" Yao Qingshu suddenly asked.

Lin Yue paused.Then I turned to look at the people over there.

The sparse moonlight was embedded in the branches, casting a swaying shadow, and she couldn't tell whether there was an expectant expression on her face.

You clearly know the answer, don't you, but it seems like you want to pierce the window paper on purpose.

Unexpectedly, the man said to himself again: "You shouldn't feel bad, you won't even drink the soup I scooped up."

If a cold snort was added at the end, it would be the tone of a child full of anger.

Lin Yue was choked, and when she realized it, she didn't plan to respond any more. She was afraid that if she continued to talk along these words, if she didn't pay attention, she would easily cross the line of defense she had set.

It shouldn't be like this.

She suddenly gave birth to a trace of gloom.Continue to walk a few steps forward, get out of the shade of the tree, and stop by a flower branch illuminated by the street lamp.

The moon that I could still see on the way back just now was actually covered by clouds, the sky above was gloomy, and the air was becoming more and more humid.It seems that the weather forecast is not accurate enough.

"Yao Qingshu." The gaze fixed on her was so eager that she had to talk about something, "How are you doing recently? Is everything going well in the company... Several major projects are almost complete You should be happy when you're done."

"Happy?" Yao Qingshu narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the word.She was no longer obsessed with looking at this man from behind unscrupulously, she tightened her clothes, walked over slowly, and stood beside Lin Yue.

"The work is going well, so I should be happy." She said softly, "But during this time, I haven't had a good time at all."

"why."

"You understand, what I want most now."

Here again the conversation seems to have hit a dead end.Lin Yue looked at her quietly for a long time, then looked away, "Don't be too greedy."

"Oh, yes. I'm not as good as you in this regard." Yao Qingshu said bitterly, "You can still live well without your girlfriend."

"What do you mean?" Lin Yue was puzzled.The person in front of him turned his face to look at other places, and after a while, his voice also lowered, "Actually, I went to the flower shop to look for you during this time. Several times, I saw you helping me from a distance. I don’t know how happy it is to be picked by others and chat with them.”

"It's better to be with young, beautiful and coquettish girls than to face me, and you can also coax them very well."

The sour taste is too strong, and it is a bit choking.Lin Yue was surprised to try to figure out what Manager Tsing Da was thinking, but he refused to meet her eyes, leaving her with an angry, pretty side face with the corners of his mouth coldly pursed.

This kind of Yao Qingshu was too unfamiliar, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

"I... I was just recommending the flowers and potted plants in the store to them. The topic of the conversation was also about plant maintenance, and I didn't try to make anyone happy." Lin Yue thought for a while, and then said: "You met me last time .”

Yao Qingshu's expression changed.

It's okay not to mention that embarrassing experience, but when she mentions it, she can't help but think of her ridiculous appearance of being dazzled by jealousy, and the absurd dream that seemed to reveal some kind of inner heart.

It is both shameful and guilty.In the end, he gave up on himself and said: "I don't care, you don't want to smile at me like that now."

"You..." Lin Yue wondered if Yao Qingshu was really drunk, otherwise how could he let himself show such childish grudges and say such arrogant words.

But the person in front of him was indeed no longer intoxicated. At this moment, his eyes were as clear as a lake that had just melted ice and snow. When he looked at her, there was still a soft ripple of light.

And there was a trickle under that wave of light, washing away little by little, melting the hard-built wall in her heart.

Everything is out of order.She could no longer pretend to be indifferent.

"Yao Qingshu, you've been a little strange lately." Lin Yue said in a low voice, turning his eyes away from the especially soft and charming face that had lost its arrogance.

Yao Qingshu was startled.

Is it a little strange?Then she raised the corners of her mouth again, "It's very annoying, and you're still making trouble for no reason?"

"But why did I become like this." With a bit of self-mockery, she lowered her eyes as if talking to herself, "Lin Yue, my parents told me yesterday that they arranged a blind date for you, and you have agreed I was actually very sad when I was there.”

"What?" The topic jumped a bit quickly, and the content was enough to surprise Lin Yue.It turned out that my parents had already made things difficult for Yao Qingshu yesterday, and they united to tell such a lie?

"Do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it. But I can't help but wonder what if it's true."

"I'm really a little strange. I began to worry about gains and losses, and I was afraid that you would really consider other people... Oh, it turns out that being jealous is such an uncomfortable thing, and I have no way to deal with it."

"I can't do anything about it." The person in front of him smiled, but his eyes were filled with tears, bitter and fragile.

Lin Yue felt a dull pain in her heart as if struck by a heavy object, "Stop talking."

Yao Qingshu held her hand stubbornly, with a vague nasal voice: "Lin Yue, tell me, do you still care about me?"

"do you still love me?"

Whether you still love her or not? In fact, the answer to this question has not changed. Lin Yue knows it well and will not worry about it.But Yao Qingshu's performance today stirred up huge waves in her originally calm heart.

Yao Qingshu is an arrogant and introverted person who is used to controlling the overall situation.She rarely expresses her feelings at ordinary times, and she doesn't like to talk about love, let alone ask her lover to say it.Even when she first confessed, she simply said "Let's be together", as if the fall of love was in her expectation, and she could completely follow the set route.

But now, she asked her in such an almost begging tone if she still loved herself.

Are you that insecure?

Lin Yue wondered in a daze if it was time for her to end this punishment. She even couldn't bear to caress Yao Qingshu's face, but was suddenly interrupted by the cold touch on her hand.He looked up and found that there was rain falling from above.

Why is it raining.There seems to be laundry hanging on the terrace, right?

She didn't notice that during the short delay, the big manager's expression had changed from anticipation to disappointment, and now it was covered with dark clouds, even more gloomy than this night sky.

Worried that Yao Qingshu would catch a cold, she pulled her up and walked back, "It's raining, let's go back first, so as not to get wet."

"Let go!" Yao Qingshu sternly shook her off, her nasal voice becoming more nasal, "Don't touch me!"

"what happened to you?"

"You don't need to worry about it." As soon as she lost her temper, she didn't care to pick up her coat when she dropped it on the ground. "Since you're already hesitant to love me and can't say it, why don't you care about what I do!"

"I...don't misinterpret what I mean." She was fine just now, why did she change her face so quickly.

Seeing that she was unsteady and staggered to one side when she struggled away, she quickly reached out to pull her, "Hey, be careful!"

Yao Qingshu didn't fall, and was picked up by Lin Yue in time, but his left foot still hit the rockery on the side of the road.All of a sudden, he lost the strength to resist, and let her hug him for inspection.

"What's the matter? Does it hurt?" Lin Yue asked anxiously.The man in his arms bit his lip in pain and didn't say a word, only grabbing the corner of her clothes.When she saw the wound, her heart also tugged.

"Ah, I seem to have knocked my foot." The skin on the ankle was scratched, and blood continued to drip, "Quick, I'll help you go back and apply the medicine!"

"Need not."

"What are you throwing your temper at?"

The big manager didn't speak, but gave her an annoyed look.

Lin Yue's heart softened again, so she had to slow down her tone and coax: "Okay, I'll talk about it later, deal with the wound first, huh?" She felt that she and Yao Qingshu had switched roles.

Finally he coaxed the man, walked to the nearest side door with his arms, looked down and saw that the wound was seeping more blood than before, in a hurry, without thinking, he took out the key from his pocket and opened the door, there was a slight click, and the two Everyone was slightly taken aback.

Belatedly remembering something.

Lin Yue: "You...didn't you say you wanted to change the locks?"

The big manager didn't lose the wind: "Then why do you keep the key and carry it with you?"

Lin Yue helped her in and turned on the light, "I just forgot to throw it away."

"Heh." Yao Qing finally dispelled the haze in his heart with his self-deprecating excuse.She stared at Lin Yue fixedly, as if stars had fallen into her eyes.Splendid and boring.

Lin Yue's face gradually became hot, and this time it was her turn to get angry.

"I'll go back when I'm sober." Lin Yue looked at the phone and it was already 09:30.

Yao Qingshu grabbed her sleeve, "I'm not fully awake yet, I don't know how to take medicine myself."

"Where's the medicine?" He asked angrily.

"Still where it was."

Lin Yue angrily went to the closet to look through the drawers.Yao Qingshu, who was sitting on the sofa, bent her lips quietly, and suddenly felt that Lin Yue, who was so rough to her, was also very cute?

But soon she stopped laughing.

"Does it hurt?" Lin Yue washed the wound with water, put a towel on it, picked up her leg and put it on his own, and gently applied the antiseptic cotton swab with the medicine.

Yao Qingshu flinched obviously, "It doesn't hurt."

Seeing her tense face, Lin Yue knew that it was not so easy at all.Yao Qingshu is actually very afraid of pain, she knew it from the first night they were together.

"La la, la la, la la la..." The sudden ringing of the bell pulled her out of her deep memories.Realizing that he was dreaming just now, he was inevitably ashamed, so he lowered his head and blew on the wound to cover it up.

"It's Yang Yu's." Yao Qingshu glanced at Lin Yue's cell phone on the coffee table.

"Help me pick it up."

"Huh? Oh." Yao Qingshu was a little surprised.Whether it was Lin Yue's gentle exhalation for her at the moment, or the trust in letting her answer the phone, she was flattered.

Pressing the button to answer in a good mood, a carefree sentence popped out immediately: "Hey, Xiao Yueyue, when will you come back to warm the bed?"

Yang Yu put on a teasing tone, and before he could speak, he continued to complain, "Hey, let me tell you, I don't know why my mother went crazy tonight, watching my eyes keep being cold, I thought I did something wrong." What is unfilial and disrespectful, but when you ask her what's going on, she doesn't say anything, alas, I'm so tired~~~ Sister, I urgently need you to hug me to heal me, when will you come back, people will have to wait... ..."

Yao Qingshu: "I am Yao Qingshu."

I go!Yang Yu almost threw his phone away, why did this pair of enemies get together again!She said that just now, the cold air from someone froze her through the phone, okay?ah ah!Just let her hit her head to death!

Yang Yu trembled like a frightened bird, "Boss Yao, what, I was joking just now. Help me tell Lin Yue to let her leave me alone. It doesn't matter if I don't come back tonight. I wish you all a pleasant night hehehe."

"What's wrong?" Lin Yue put on the hemostatic patch and twisted the medicine bottle.

"She hung up."

"What did you say?"

"She said, wish you and I have a nice night." Yao Qingshu put the phone aside.She answered truthfully, but also with a touch of temptation.After a long time of separation, she really longed to spend tonight with Lin Yue.

Lin Yue could certainly feel such emotions in his eyes, but a certain manager was still pretending to be normal.

And the unexpected happened at this time.I don't know where there was a sharp electric sound, and then the eyes went dark, and all the lights were extinguished at this moment.

"Is there a power outage?" Lin Yue asked.There have been very few power outages here that I can remember.

Soon there was a call to the landline next to the sofa, Yao Qingshu turned sideways to reach for the receiver, "What's the problem... Well, I see."

The people below should have reported the situation to her, after all, this is her place.After getting used to the darkness, Lin Yue saw that Yao Qingshu's leg was still resting on her body. Afraid that she would accidentally touch the wound while making a phone call, Lin Yue moved closer carefully to help her adjust her posture.

Yao Qingshu turned his head to see Lin Yue's thoughtful and serious movements, and his voice stopped unconsciously.

Such care and attention cannot be fooled.

It's hard to tell how much she was touched in her heart at this moment, as if she saw fresh hope in the gloom and ashes, or as if some precious thing was lost and found again.

The community manager was still saying something in her ears, and suddenly she couldn't hear her. She hung up the phone, and then bullied Lin Yue's neck with impatience.

"Hmm." Lin Yue, who was still trying to move her position, was suddenly robbed of a kiss.After staying for a while, I was shocked: "Yao Qingshu! What did you just do?"

"What did you do? Oh, it's too dark to see, I accidentally touched it." The big manager who had already retreated said nonchalantly.

"You!" Lin Yue didn't expect her to have such a brazen side.He wanted to throw people away and go back, but a few white lights flashed outside untimely, and then there was a muffled rumbling sound.

It seemed that there was going to be a thunderstorm, and I didn't know if the movement would be scary or not.

Is it thundering... At this time, Lin Yue remembered what Guan Yu had said, and also remembered the way Yao Qingshu hugged her tightly on a rainy night in the past.

"Yao Qingshu, are you afraid of thunder?" she asked.

The smile on Yao Qingshu's face disappeared, and the hand gripping the edge of the sofa suddenly tightened.

What did Lin Yue know?She was not sure, because Lin Yue acted too calmly, and couldn't tell the tone of what he said.

But this person urged it again unconsciously, as if using a kind and harmless face to viciously pry open a dusty door in her heart.

"Answer me, are you afraid?"

"...I'm afraid."

After a long time, this voice sounded softly, as if compromised.

In the darkness, Lin Yue raised the corner of her mouth.

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small theater:

In the community, the nanny who turned off the switch: Miss ヽ(￣▽￣〃), I can only help you so far!

Security: Σ(っ｀д′)っWho is there?What are you doing, thief? !

Nurse: Bah, what a thief, my old lady was the chivalrous girl Jin Yanzi who was famous in the world in martial arts, led the coquettish robbery from the rich, helped the poor, punished the evil, promoted the good, closed the moon and shamed flowers! !

The security guard took out the walkie-talkie: (*￣△￣*) Hey, hey, a dangerous and suspicious person was found in the complex, suspected to be a cult member, please immediately... Hey, don't run, stop! ! !

In the villa, Mr. Yao lit a heart-shaped candle: Now, what shall we do?

Lin Yue: On a thunderstorm night when there is a power outage, the orphans and widows live in the same room, so there is something to be done.not as good as us...

Mr. Yao: (biting his lips shyly) Huh?

Lin Yue: Tell a ghost story?

Mr. Yao: (￣ε(#￣)☆╰╮(￣▽￣///) Get out!

The author has something to say:

Lin Yue: (*￣▽￣*) Yao Qingshu is an arrogant and introverted person who is used to controlling the overall situation.She seldom expresses her feelings usually, she doesn't like to talk about her love, let alone ask her lover to speak out...

Mr. Yao: (￣ε(#￣)☆╰╮(￣▽￣///) It’s so strange! Saying you don’t like it, but actually wanting to explode in your heart! Hurry up and kiss me, hug me and say you love me every day A hundred times!!

Lin Yue: 〒▽〒 Return my aloof boss Yao.