Chapter Seventy-Eight: Sugar-Coated Cannonballs

When I woke up in a cold sweat, I was already in a cold sweat.

The cold hot water bottle becomes a heavy ice stone.

It's no wonder that in my dreams, I feel a chill in my abdomen, as if I have been pulled away from all the temperature.

She was the only one in the room, and Chen Yuyao replaced herself with two hot water bottles that had cooled.

There was no light under the bedroom door, and Rushing Rain didn't know if Chen Yuyao had gone to another bedroom or left her alone in this house.

She looked at the ceiling, and when the sound of her breathing and heartbeat had calmed down, she got up and went to the balcony. It's already snowing outside, and it's soft, like fireflies flying all over the sky on this winter night.

Snow doesn't fall very often in S City. This year's winter solstice is clear, "clean winter solstice sloppy year", she only thought that it might rain around the New Year, but she didn't expect it to snow. The last time I saw snow was five years ago.

Five years ago, the blizzard caused serious traffic inconveniences. Especially in the area of Dongting West Mountain and East Mountain, the urban area will be relatively better, when she just entered high school, she still rides a bicycle to and from school every day, of course, occasionally because of the slippery road, people have to come down and slowly push forward. At that time, there was also someone by my side. Because of the cold weather, the two of them sometimes don't talk along the way, and only when the rain is about to fall, he will make an "oops" and throw down his mountain bike to help her.

After living next to each other for three years, there is only such a snow in my memory.

Later, she moved out, and it never snowed in the winter in S City. It's snowing all over Province J, and there seems to be a strange barrier around City S that excludes snow.

She once told him that the people of S City are actually full of fantasies about snow. Because it is rarely possessed and fleeting, it is especially exciting.

On the way back from evening self-study, he looked up at the sky, and then said, the moonlight always shines on people, but the moonlight does not belong to people.

Torrential rain said, who said that, they all belong to you at this moment. When the day dawned, the snow melted, and there was really nothing.

Zhai Yi looked at her, which reminded me of a poem in the afterglow.

Rushing rain laughs, and so do I.

The two looked at each other without saying a word.

Torrential rain raised her head, and snowflakes fell on her hair, stubbornly refusing to melt.

"Neighbors to the sea

Live next door to Endless Blue

But there is no wall to separate

Nothing

But he has everything. ”

Zhai Yi used to be the endless blue next door to her, and she listened to his piano sound, as if she saw the cleanest beauty in the world. But this beauty does not belong to her.

But from the bottom of her heart, she only hopes that this beauty can last forever.

The rain closed the sliding door of the balcony, and I still felt that the bedroom was terribly cold.

Could it be that the power supply for floor heating has been cut off? She thought about it, and when she opened the bedroom door, she saw a little red light in the living room.

Chen Yuyao hadn't slept yet, and sat alone in the dark smoking a cigarette. Torrential Rain stood on the side of the door and asked him, "Is the floor heating turned off?" ”

"There's a power outage in the house." He said, "I didn't take a shower, so go to sleep." ”

Blackout? Rushing Rain didn't care if he could see it or not, and shook his head in the dark, "I'm too cold to sleep." ”

Chen Yuyao suddenly asked her, "On the night of the winter solstice that year, did you sit like this alone for a long time?" ”

"Yes, for a long time." Torrential rain said softly.

Chen Yuyao didn't speak again, quietly finished his cigarette, and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray. The last bit of red light faded in the darkness.

"What are you upset about?" Knowing that he rarely smoked, Torrential Rain walked over slowly as he spoke.

Chen Yuyao heard her footsteps, "Don't come here." The smell of smoke has not yet dissipated. ”

"The smell of your cigarette doesn't smell bad." She said.

Chen Yuyao laughed, "But that's second-hand smoke too." ”

"And you're still smoking?"

"I'm pumping a hand." Chen Yuyao's answer was impeccable, "And I didn't know that you would come out in the middle of the night." ”

"The hot water bottle is cold."

Chen Yuyao beckoned to her, "Come to me." ”

Torrential rain walked over with a blanket and slipped into his arms as he had done countless times before, and the two of them hugged each other on the couch. Her face pressed against his broad chest, and she heard his heartbeat like a rhythmic drumbeat. She rubbed like a cat, smelled a faint smell of tobacco, mixed with the breath of Chen Yuyao's body, and felt particularly warm and comfortable.

"Don't move, your hair is tickling my chin." Chen Yuyao said.

"Oh." Rushing Yu obediently answered, and then asked him: "Will you still go to your uncle's house for this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" ”

"Uncle won't be coming back this year." Chen Yuyao said.

"Then the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will be eaten at home by the two of us?" Rushing Rain seemed to be happy, "It's good to make a few dishes, do you have any dishes you particularly want to eat?" ”

Chen Yuyao was silent for a while, and then said, "I was originally going to take you to Ottawa for the New Year. ”

Torrential rain suddenly understood. She also thought that the reason why he got her a passport so early was to prepare for her to study abroad in the future. Before he said, "As for whether to study pharmacy in the UK or to study biology in Canada, you should first go to the field and study the human environment there before making a decision." ”

In fact, he had long thought about finalizing his marriage with Rushing Rain this year, and then flew to the southern hemisphere with her for the New Year.

"I heard that the most beautiful season in Canada is autumn - we will get engaged first, and next year there will be a national holiday, and you will take me to see the 'Maple Leaf Avenue'." ”

"Engaged?"

Rushing rain felt Chen Yuyao's chest vibrate a few times, and it seemed that he was very surprised.

"Like you said, I needed a process of adaptation. Maybe getting engaged first, it's best for us. She said softly.

Chen Yuyao found her lips and kissed her, hard. After the kiss, he hugged her tightly and said in a firm tone in her ear: "Don't worry, there is me." I will protect you, and I will do everything I can to protect you for the rest of my life. ”

Torrential Rain buried his head in his chest, nodded slowly, and said, "You know what, it's snowing outside." ”

Chen Yuyao was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”

Rushing Rain asked him, "What were you doing the last time it snowed heavily in S City?" ”

"Let me think about it." Chen Yuyao pondered for a while, and then said, "The time is too long, I don't remember." ”

In fact, how could he forget, at that time he was still a freshman in H City, and on the way back from H City during winter vacation, southerners had rarely seen such a thick layer of snow, and the entire road was frozen and there was a serial collision of private cars. He was not spared from it, and in addition to the abrasions on his forehead, he also broke two ribs. He didn't tell anyone, and even when Situ Que asked him, he only said that he would stay in H City this year and not go back. He spent the Chinese New Year's Eve of that year alone in the hospital.

At that time, he wondered if he would be alone like this when he was coming to the end.

Then he thought of his mother, who was serving a prison sentence, and at that moment, the ice in his heart began to melt. For the sake of his sister, he couldn't forgive her. But because she is her own mother, she can't hate her completely.

"Are you going to burn incense this year?" Torrential Rain asked him.

"Go." Chen Yuyao paused, "But I don't plan to take you with me." ”

"Why?" Torrential rain protests.

"Please give me a moment, too." Chen Yuyao said, "I won't let you live like this forever, believe me." ”

Rushing Rain thought for a moment, then said, "Okay. Do you remember to pray for your aunt too. ”

Chen Yuyao's voice was mixed with a hint of relief, "Okay." Immediately, he remembered something, "What did you make two wishes last year?" ”

"I'm not telling you." Torrential rain is still the same sentence, "It doesn't work when you say it." ”

"In other words, it hasn't been realized yet?" Chen Yuyao said.

"I'm not going to tell you anyway." Torrential Rain said, "Unless you tell me first, what is your wish?" Chen Yuyao's prayer belt was finally thrown onto the branch by himself.

"My wish is...... Hope your wishes come true. Chen Yuyao said.

Rushing rain was stunned, and then said: "You, isn't this equivalent to making two wishes at once?" No, no, it's equivalent to fulfilling my wish. You, you, you ...... "her" and "you" for a long time, sighing that Chen Yuyao is Chen Yuyao, she actually made a wish with a solid prayer, and she couldn't throw it away and squatted there depressed for a long time.

"I knew that if you made this wish, the Bodhisattva would approve it, so I changed it at that time." Rushing Yu said, she stretched out her hand and nodded Chen Yuyao's nose, "I should say this, I have a wish, and that isβ€”'I hope the Bodhisattva can help me fulfill all my wishes.'" ’”

Before he finished speaking, he was knocked by Chen Yuyao, "Bodhisattvas don't like such greedy people. ”

"Didn't you add a 'combo package' to your wish?" Rushing Rain muttered, "Why are only the governors allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps." ”

"I have sincerely worshiped for ten years, and I have only made such a wish, and it is for you. Why do you say that the Bodhisattva will not agree to me? Chen Yuyao said, "It's you, why don't you tell me quickly, what did you wish?" ”

"I hope I can pass the exam next." She said.

"It's one." Chen Yuyao said, "What about the other one?" ”

Rushing rain hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I hope you will be safe in the future." ”

As a result, something happened during the Lantern Festival not long after the wish was made, but the catastrophe should have happened to her in the end, is this a fulfillment?

Chen Yuyao kissed her sideburns and muttered, "Yes." Not only will I be safe, but we, and our children in the future, will be safe. ”

The torrential rain fell silent again. After a while, she said, "Brother Yuyao, I'm sleepy. ”

"If you're sleepy, go to sleep." Chen Yuyao said and instead pulled out his arm and prepared to get up, "Let's go to bed." One, two, three! He picked up the rain and blanket and went back to the bedroom from the living room.

During the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Rapid Rain only made a large portion of Babao rice, and fried a plate of shrimp that Chen Yuyao loved to eat. After the meal, Chen Yuyao named the birthday gift she gave him last year "Gold Rai".

"The champagne was poured for itself, and it was suitable.

Rushing Rain raised his head and drank all the coconut milk in the cup, and asked him: "Do you want to give me a cup, no, just a little bit." "Anyway, she has never tasted the wine she brewed herself.

"Nope." Chen Yuyao knocked away her hand that was reaching for the wine bottle, "This is a gift from you." I won't allow it, you can't drink even a little. ”

Rushing rain stood up coldly and walked over to him. She was standing, Chen Yuyao was sitting, and her momentum looked a little higher.

"What for?" Chen Yuyao quickly pushed the cup to the back of the table, he didn't believe that she dared to come and grab it.

"I really only taste a little bit." Rushing Rain said, leaning down and staring at him.

"It's not ...... at all" Chen Yuyao's words before she could say were taken into her mouth by the torrential rain, and she finally got her wish and tasted "Gold Rai."

"The sweetness.

Chen Yuyao was stunned, it was not the first time he had been kissed by a woman, and it was not the first time that it rained. But it was the first time that he had the illusion of being molested. Rushing Rain's eyes were blurred, as if a single bite was enough to make her drunk, and she even smacked her lips.

"How does it taste?" Chen Yuyao asked.

"Didn't taste it." Torrential rain leaned over again, kissed him on the lips one or two times in succession, and shook his head: "There is still a lot of room for improvement." ”

"Yes, your kissing skills still have a lot of room for improvement." Chen Yuyao said, "How can you do this without seeking a solution?" Saying that, he was anti-guest and took control of the situation in an instant.

"I'll teach you."

The next day, he woke up in the torrential rain, and Chen Yuyao had not returned. He is different from her in the end, he is very religious, and if he can't burn incense, he has to go to worship the Buddha early.

The rosary sent a message, "Does he agree with you to donate?" ”

"I told him about this, and he wouldn't agree." Torrential Rain replied, "Leave the rest alone, I should be able to go out again soon." ”