The cabins arranged by the Star Luo Continent for Xiao Mu and others are quite good.
The cabin is more spacious than expected.
Xiao Mu leaned the suitcase against the wall and glanced at the room. It was about forty square meters, with a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and there was actually a bathtub in the bathroom.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is a balcony, and the sun is pouring in through the half-open glass door, giving the white sheets a warm sheen. The sea breeze lifts a corner of the curtains, with a salty smell, but not sticky.
He took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair. As soon as he sat down, the sound of Na'er came from the balcony next door.
"Brother! How are you doing here?"
Xiao Mu walked to the balcony and turned his head to look over. Na'er leaned half of his body out of the railing. His hair was blown by the sea breeze and his face was blurred. He was as excited as if he was riding a boat for the first time.
Her room is to the right of Xiao Mu, then to the right is Xu Xiaoyan's room, and then Gu Yue's room.
"Not bad." Xiao Mu said.
"I'm going to take a bath tonight!" Na'er announced and then retracted, then poked his head out again after a few seconds, "Brother, did you bring the kind of bath salts you use for bathing--"
"I didn't bring it."
"Why don't you bring anything-"
On the balcony on the other side, Xu Xiaoyan also walked out, resting his elbows on the railing, looking sideways at Xiao Mu: "My room is next to yours."
She smiled, and the sea breeze blew her bangs up, revealing her smooth forehead, "How far can you see from here?"
"If the weather is good, you can see the sea horizon dozens of nautical miles away." Xiao Mu leaned on the door frame of the balcony. "Now we are offshore, and the sea water is still mixed with sediment. When we reach the far sea, the color of the sea water will change from yellow to green to blue, and finally to dark blue. That kind of blue cannot be seen on land."
Xu Xiaoyan was lying on the railing listening to his words. The whistle sounded again, low and long, and the ship's hull vibrated slightly and began to accelerate.
The outline of the pier slowly shrunk in the field of vision, and the buildings and cranes on the shore turned into silhouettes the size of building blocks. The seagulls flew after the stern of the ship for a while, and then turned back one after another.
Gu Yue walked out from the balcony at the end, holding a cup of freshly brewed tea in her hand. She glanced at the distant sea level, then at the heads leaning out of the railings on the left and right, took a sip of tea, said nothing, moved a chair to the balcony, sat down, and opened a book.
At this moment, the cruise ship's announcement suddenly rang.
"Please pay attention, please pay attention." The announcement suddenly sounded in every cabin.
"Welcome everyone aboard the Star Luo ocean liner. Tonight, we will hold a grand cocktail party to welcome everyone. Please dress up and attend. This will be a social event to promote the lasting development of friendship between the two continents. At the same time, we will also play some interesting games. Everyone is welcome to participate."
As soon as the broadcast stopped, there was a knock on the door.
It's Xu Xiaoyan.
Xiao Mu opened the door. Xu Xiaoyan stood at the door, holding two dust bags in his arms. The bags were so long that they almost reached the ground.
She had an expression on her face that said, "I have been preparing for this moment for a long time." Her eyes were as bright as a scout who had just taken on a new mission.
Before Xiao Mu could speak, she had already slipped in from beside his arm, spread the two dust bags on the bed, and unzipped them.
Two sets of dresses. One is a men's black formal dress, neatly cut, with dark silver cufflinks and a row of tiny gold letters embroidered on the inside of the collar.
The other set is a women's evening dress, moon white, with a gradient of starry sky blue at the skirt. The color deepens layer by layer from the waistline down, and finally turns into the color of the deep sea at the edge of the skirt, with tiny silver light spots dotted on it, as if the entire starry sky has been crushed and sprinkled.
"Couple model." Xu Xiaoyan put her hands behind her back and rubbed her toes on the ground, "I asked someone to customize it last month. The size is based on the information package of your last physical examination." She paused and quickly added, "Don't ask me why I have your physical examination information."
Xiao Mu picked up the black dress and looked at it. The cut was indeed precise. He put the dress down and looked at Xu Xiaoyan.
"How long have you been preparing?"
"... It didn't take long." Xu Xiaoyan looked away and pretended to look at the chandelier in the cabin, "I started selecting fabrics one month before departure, finalized the version in half a month, and rushed to work in three days."
Xiao Mu didn't expose her and entered the changing room with the dress.
After changing, he walked out and lowered his head to fasten the dark silver cufflinks on his cuffs. His movements were slow and unhurried. The black formal suit fit him just right, with straight shoulder lines and clean waistline.
Xu Xiaoyan was still holding his dress in his hand, and when he saw him walking out, his whole body froze.
"It's not bad." She said, her voice half a tone higher than usual, as if she was excited.
Xiao Mu walked up to her, reached out and took the dress she was holding in her hand, shook it open, and handed it back to her. "Go and put it on."
Xu Xiaoyan took the dress, hugged the skirt and quickly got into the dressing room.
After the door closed, it was quiet for a moment, and then there was the sound of the friction of clothing.
"Xiao Mu."
"Hmm."
"The zipper is behind my back and I can't reach it."
Hearing this, Xiao Mu's cheeks turned slightly red. Is this something serious?
Xiao Mu walked over and pushed the door open a little. Xu Xiaoyan stood in front of the mirror with her back to him. She had already put on her moon-white starry sky skirt, which hung down to her ankles. The thin silver zipper on the back was only half-opened, revealing a small piece of fair skin between the two shoulder blades.
Her hair was pushed in front of one shoulder, the back of her neck was slightly curved, and the tips of her ears were red in the mirror.
Xiao Mu stretched out his hand, pinched the zipper head, and pulled it up. The movement was very light, and the zipper closed inch by inch. The sound of the metal teeth biting was particularly clear in the quiet small space. When he reached the top, his fingers accidentally touched the skin of the back of her neck, and Xu Xiaoyan winced.
"Okay."
Xu Xiaoyan turned around. The skirt fit well, and the starry sky blue skirt rippled slightly as she turned around. She looked up at him, and the two stood face to face for a moment. The distance was very close, so close that she could smell the faint floral fragrance on her hair, mixed with the salty smell of the sea breeze in the cabin.
"How's it going?"
"Good looking."
Xu Xiaoyan bent her eyes and laughed, then she stretched out her hand, turned out the collar edge of Xiao Mu's collar that was accidentally folded in, and gently flattened it with her fingers.
The distance between the two people is getting closer and closer, so close that they can smell each other's scent and feel each other's breath.
"Xiao Mu."
"What's wrong?"
"Close your eyes." Xu Xiaoyan said in a weak voice, "You look at me like this, I'm a little nervous."
He looked at her and saw that her eyes were tense, so he silently closed his eyes.
Xu Xiaoyan's eyelashes trembled. She stood on her tiptoes slightly and clenched the placket of his chest tightly with her fingers.
The sea breeze seemed to have stopped at this moment.