“When have I seen it?”
Gu Yue’s eyes widened, looking as if Lin Yu had just blurted out something shocking and scandalous.
“How could you not have seen it?”
“At the hot spring, wasn’t I basically the same as now?”
Lin Yu gave Gu Yue a scornful look, deepening his understanding of her muddled brain.
It hadn’t even been a month, and she’d already forgotten those scenes from the hot spring?
No wonder she struggled so much to memorize English words.
This girl just had a dull mind!
Lin Yu silently cursed her.
The shock in Gu Yue’s wide, round eyes gradually faded.
When she realized that Lin Yu’s “seen it” referred to his physique, her lightly made-up face remained expressionless.
But the edges of her ears quietly turned a shade red.
Luckily, those slightly burning ears were hidden beneath her thick, dark hair, providing just enough privacy and security.
“Oh, I forgot, that’s all.”
Gu Yue stuck out her tongue slightly, glossing over it with a casual remark, quietly adjusting her understanding to match Lin Yu’s.
“What are you here for?”
Lin Yu couldn’t be bothered to keep joking around with Gu Yue. His eyelids drooped wearily as he asked, exhausted.
“Well, I heard you were hurt.”
“So I came to check on you.”
Gu Yue lifted the inconspicuous little fruit basket she was holding, showing it to Lin Yu.
“Oh, come on, I told you it’s just a minor injury. What’s there to see?”
Lin Yu complained helplessly.
If it had been any other time,
Lin Yu would have turned Gu Yue and her little fruit basket away at the door and gone back to bed for a nap.
(If he craved the fruit, maybe the basket could come in, but Gu Yue would have to leave.)
But perhaps it was the unbearable loneliness of yesterday lingering,
Or maybe he was slightly touched by Gu Yue’s thoughtful gesture.
Leaning against the doorframe, Lin Yu stared at Gu Yue holding the fruit basket for a moment. In the end, he didn’t tell her to get lost.
Whatever.
She came all this way.
Since she’s here, she might as well come in and sit for a bit.
It wasn’t as if there was anything shameful in his little place. Once Gu Yue got bored after a while, she’d leave on her own.
With that thought, Lin Yu turned and headed toward the bedroom.
Seeing that Lin Yu hadn’t shut the door on her, Gu Yue took the initiative to follow him into the house, closing the door behind her.
Standing in the living room, Gu Yue silently took in Lin Yu’s small apartment.
Lin Yu ignored Gu Yue.
He walked straight back to his bed and, without looking back, tossed out a “Make yourself at home” before crawling back under the covers, closing his eyes to rest a bit more.
A person just waking up always needs to laze in bed a little longer to recharge!
Lin Yu rested with his eyes shut.
A few minutes later.
In the quiet bedroom, a faint rustling sound arose.
Lin Yu, who had nearly drifted off again, opened his eyes groggily and realized it was Gu Yue making the noise.
She was standing by the wooden table that served as both a desk and a dining table, holding the kitchen scraps Lin Yu hadn’t cleaned up after last night’s meal.
The rustling came from her tossing skewers into a plastic bag.
“You don’t need to do that.”
“I’ll clean it up myself later.”
Lin Yu said, frowning.
It wasn’t that Lin Yu was unhappy with Gu Yue’s actions, but he felt a bit embarrassed and awkward.
No matter how close he was with Gu Yue, she was still a guest on her first visit.
Having a guest clean the table for him just didn’t sit right.
“It’s fine.”
Gu Yue didn’t seem to mind at all. She quickly tidied up the table, showing no sign of disgust at the mess of food scraps scattered around, as if Lin Yu had a leaky mouth.
Lin Yu watched her busy figure by the table and, oddly enough, caught a glimpse of a kind of domestic warmth about her.
No, no.
Was that right?
He seemed to recall that when he taught her at her house, her mom always called her a lazy slug.
Lin Yu stared at Gu Yue’s back, his lips moving as he considered insisting on his original plan to have her sit down and rest while he closed his eyes for a bit longer and cleaned up later.
But Lin Yu really was drowsy.
His consciousness was hazy.
In the end,
Lin Yu couldn’t even remember if he’d managed to say what he wanted.
He just tilted his head into a comfortable position, buried his face in the pillow, and fell asleep without a care…
…
He opened his eyes groggily.
Sunlight streamed straight in through the window, yet it wasn’t harsh.
Staring blankly at the yellowing sunlight outside, Lin Yu suddenly realized something. The skin on the back of his head tingled, and he snapped fully awake.
Wait.
Huh… no.
Or maybe yes.
When he remembered it was still winter break, Lin Yu let out a huge sigh of relief and peacefully closed his eyes again.
It was strange.
He hadn’t lost anything, nor gained anything, but in that moment, Lin Yu felt incredibly happy.
Freaking happy!
After lying in bed for a while, letting out a long breath, his consciousness gradually returned, and he remembered some things.
Like Gu Yue.
Where was she?
Had she left?
Lin Yu opened his eyes and scanned the bedroom.
Gu Yue wasn’t there.
Hmm.
She must have left.
As he looked away, he glanced at the all-purpose wooden table.
The trash had been cleared away.
The books stacked crookedly at the table’s corner had been reorganized, piled neatly on top of one another like a miniature skyscraper.
Hmm…
So Gu Yue had ended up cleaning the table after all?
That girl was something else.
Instead of tidying up her own place when she had free time,
Why was she always eyeing someone else’s house to clean?
Lin Yu felt a bit embarrassed and couldn’t help silently grumbling.
After lying in bed a little longer, he felt the urge to pee and got up to go to the bathroom.
When he reached the living room, his gaze passed through the doorway and landed straight on the balcony that doubled as a kitchen.
Seeing the socks, long underwear, and even two pairs of briefs hanging in the warm sunlight,
Lin Yu’s face flushed as rapidly as water heating in a fast boiler.
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