Mu Yao only felt that the mattress on his side sank, and he knew that Gu Linjue was ready to sleep.

He suddenly leaned over and covered her, Mu Yao was frightened, and opened his eyes suddenly, just in time to meet Gu Lin Jue's gaze.

"Woke you up?" He whispered, "I was going to help you turn off the lights." ”

He gestured to the still-lit bedside lamp.

Mu Yao sat up and said a little unnaturally: "Brother Lin Jue, you sleep first, and I'll read a book for a while." ”

Gu Linjue sat on the head of the bed and said, "Since you can't sleep, let's talk?" ”

Mu Yao stopped turning the pages of the book and looked at him: "Can you talk about anything?" ”

Gu Linjue nodded.

"Then I want to ask you," Mu Yao crossed his legs, his fingers unconsciously turning on the page: "Today, who is Miss Yu who came to find you?" ”

"She's Uncle Yu's daughter." Gu Linjue replied: "Her uncle is my graduate supervisor, so we usually have occasional contacts. ”

Mu Yao asked slowly: "She is very good, did she also go to study in Europe?" ”

Gu Linjue nodded: "She went to study in the UK." ”

"Oh, it was about the same time you went to Germany," Mu Yao hesitated and asked, "Are you familiar with each other?" ”

"It's okay, after all, the two families are friends in the world, and we are also friends, and her family is not very at ease when she is abroad, so she entrusts me to take care of it occasionally, and it can be regarded as an appointment to meet a few times."

Mu Yao was silent and lowered his head to read.

"Not happy?" Gu Linjue asked her.

Mu Yao shook his head: "It's just a little ashamed." ”

She thought for a while and said: "Today I saw a lot of people at the banquet, they are all very good and top-notch characters, everyone is discussing painting and music, flower arrangement and cooking or something, but I don't know anything, I am not good at any topics, the only specialty is reading, but there are a lot of books that are better than me, such a big banquet hall, but I can't find my place." ”

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, Yaoyao," Gu Linjue said, "Some people may not have better qualifications than you, but they have unique conditions." ”

He continued: "Some people are blessed with material conditions, starting from babbling, they have hired teachers in four or five languages at home to teach them, and even more so, in order to create a better learning environment, they even move abroad to put their children in the best language environment. ”

"Lin Jin hated being confined to the piano when she was a child, so her grandfather invited countless piano teachers, who racked their brains to study various interesting teaching methods to cultivate her interest, their artistic accomplishment, versatile, except for some talents, the rest are the best things the day after tomorrow."

Mu Yao thought, where was she at that time?

In a mountain village, she often climbs the high slopes to look out, eager to see what kind of world lies behind the mountains.

She had never heard classical music, had never seen a piano, did not know Van Gogh, had never been to the Lin family, and did not know that some people could live in a completely different way.

"People are really different." Mu Yao lowered his head and hid the wry smile at the corner of his mouth.

"But Haruka, do you think those are important?"

Mu Yao turned his head and looked at his gentle and clear eyes under his dark eyebrows.

She said categorically: "Important, if two people are placed together, one is brilliant and colorful, and the other is mediocre, which one would you like?" ”

Gu Linjue asked knowingly, "Which of the two people do you think you are?" ”

Mu Yao skimmed his face, even if he had an answer in his heart, he didn't want to say it, not to mention that the person in front of him was still his husband.

"Far away, gorgeous and colorful, not because you can do piano painting."

Mu Yao looked back at him: "Then what to do?" ”

"Remember when you taught me to eat peaches?"

It was very early, Gu Linjue took Mu Yao to learn to ride a horse, the two of them ran to the suburbs, played happily for a day, and when they came back, they were tired and thirsty, and they happened to see a stall selling peaches on the side of the road.

"Peaches!" Mu Yao exclaimed, ran over happily, picked out a few soft peaches, and handed them to Gu Linjue.

He is allergic to the fluff of peaches and has never been very fond of peaches.

But Mu Yao smiled and handed him a straw, lowered his head, put the straw into the peach, sucked the soft and sweet flesh, and a pair of eyes under Yuanshan's eyebrows bent into the shape of a crescent moon.

Gu Linjue was stunned, imitating her movements, and ate the sweetest peach in her memory, which dissipated the heat of the whole summer at once.

Even now that I think about it, the sweetness of the peaches is worth savoring.

Mu Yao shook his head disappreciatively: "What's that, do you want people to praise me for being good at eating?" ”

Gu Linjue laughed, reached out and pinched her face: "Yaoyao, you have a lot of advantages that you don't even notice, you think they don't matter, but life doesn't need heroism, on the contrary, these bits and pieces are more moving, if it weren't for your peaches that day, what does it have to do with me if others can play the piano and arrange flowers?" ”

Mu Yao's mood suddenly brightened, and the pear vortex at the corner of his mouth loomed.

Gu Linjue saw that her whole person was shrouded in soft light, and only a pair of eyes were bright and happy.

He said: "Why do you look at me like this, you finally found out that it is good to be a husband?" ”

Mu Yao nodded: "Brother Lin Jue is really good. ”

Gu Linjue also laughed and pointed to his right cheek: "Since I'm so good, do you want to kiss me as a reward?" ”

He was originally joking, but he didn't expect Mu Yao to suddenly lean over and quickly kiss him where he was pointing.

He was stunned for a moment, only to see that Mu Yao quickly turned off the light on his side, covered the quilt, and continued to pretend to be asleep quickly.

After Gu Linjue reacted, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and the most common feeling was regret.

I knew that Yao Yao was so moved, and I should have asked for more......

He covered the quilt and found that there was still a large gap between the two.

"Yaoyao, come here." He whispered.

Mu Yao moved back a little, and was grabbed by Gu Linjue and held in his arms.

Feeling Gu Linjue's solid chest behind him, Mu Yao secretly bent the corners of his mouth in the dark.

Mu Yao saw herself standing by a pond full of moss, she squatted down, desperately rummaging in the dirty water, but she couldn't find anything, she was exhausted when she found it, and she just fished out a piece of wood carving from the water, she opened her eyes and looked carefully, but she couldn't see the words on it clearly, Mu Yao was anxious, but she couldn't make a sound, and there was no one around to help her, the despair almost suffocated her, she looked down and found that the water had reached her throat. At this time, suddenly a cardamom-dyed hand pressed her head into the water, and when Mu Yao was struggling desperately, he heard a voice sound: "It's you, it's you who killed Liang Se, you have escaped for ten years, and now you have to pay for his life!" ”

Mu Yao was frightened, but his hands and feet were completely weak.

"Yaoyao, Yaoyao, wake up!"

She opened her eyes suddenly, and was stunned for a long time before she could see Gu Linjue in front of her clearly.

He turned on the light, got up and fetched her a hot towel and water, and carefully wiped the fine sweat from her forehead.

"I just dreamed of Aunt Liang." Mu Yao whispered.

Gu Linjue still helped her wipe her sweat, and when she heard the words, she just said "um", and said lightly: "You have already shouted it in your dream." ”

Mu Yao got up: "I'm sorry to disturb you sleeping, I'll go out and be quiet." ”

Gu Linjue took her hand and pulled her back to the bed, while Mu Yao lay down, he covered her.

"Haruka, what did you see yesterday?" Gu Linjue asked.

Mu Yao turned his head and refused to speak.

Gu Linjue said forbearingly: "Yaoyao, who are you and me?" Your brother? Neighbor? I'm your husband! ”

She was obviously wrong yesterday, he asked Lin Jin later, but her reaction was obviously ignorant of Mu Yao's abnormality.

Mu Yao had something to hide from him, she would rather bear it herself than tell him the nightmare that haunted her heart, if she hadn't slept together tonight, he might never know how much pain Mu Yao's deep past had always brought her.

Mu Yao turned his head and looked into his eyes: "Brother Lin Jue, we have been husband and wife for a year, and we have only been together for a few days, and it is not until today that everyone knows that I am your wife." We've been apart for 10 years, 10 years, and do you know how much is going to happen in those 10 years? In the past ten years, you have become a noble son of the Ding Ding Lin family, while I have fallen deeper and deeper into the quagmire, and I have become more and more disappointed in myself. Brother Lin Jue, I am no longer the Mu Yao in your heart, the girl who will take you to eat peaches on the side of the road is too far away from me, I no longer shine, now mediocre and hateful, but I don't want you to see this, I don't want you to know what kind of sins I bear, do you know? ”

Gu Linjue looked at her with complicated eyes, and bursts of dark tides surged in his inky black eyes, as if he wanted to devour Mu Yao into his belly, until he saw the tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, he finally couldn't help but lean down and kissed her eyes along the tear stains.

His kiss snaked down her nose, cheeks, and lips.

"Haruka, I'm sorry." He whispered to her lips, "I'm sorry. ”

She must have experienced the most cruel things, but in the most difficult times, he was not by her side.

Fate played a trick on him, he originally wanted to block everything for her, but he left her alone in a darker place.

She resented him, and refused to even tell him about her pain, because they had long since shaken the foundation of mutual trust.

The inferiority, resentment, fear, and fright that were still surging in Mu Yao's heart a moment ago were all gradually smoothed out in his lingering kiss.

They are looking for comfort and resonance between their lips and teeth, trying to become familiar with each other's strange breath due to separation, wanting to break the barrier between the two for a long time, and feeling the intimacy and stimulation that they have never felt before.

When Mu Yao's hand wrapped around Gu Linjue's neck, the scene she bumped into yesterday suddenly flashed in her mind—the two people who were entangled and kissing fiercely, and the voices that coincided with the person in her dream.

As if she had been poured a basin of cold water on her head, Mu Yao suddenly sobered up, her passion was like the tide receding, she looked at Gu Linjue who was pushed away by herself, and was speechless.

"Rest well." Gu Linjue changed her hot towels and hot water, whispered, then pushed open the door and walked out.