Yuan Su stayed in Dongzhou for three whole days.
For Pu Yu, the memories of those three days were fragmented and hazy.
It was like a sultry, humid dream she could never wake from.
The heavy blackout curtains in the hotel room were barely ever opened, keeping the bright April sunshine firmly outside.
They never went anywhere.
Even their meals were delivered, or Yuan Su would throw on a T-shirt and go downstairs to get takeout from the restaurant next door.
Pu Yu felt dazed, hardly knowing what day it was.
She had never imagined that the cool, restrained young man she knew would show such unfamiliar, almost stubborn greed when it came to this.
Sometimes it happened in the faint morning light, when she was still half asleep and turning over; sometimes on the soft couch, when they were simply watching television in silence; sometimes in the steam-filled bathroom, with water rushing around them.
No words were needed. A single meeting of their eyes was enough.
Pu Yu knew he wanted it again.
She knew that look all too well-the look of a puppy spotting a bone.
Focused, burning, and just a little brazenly convinced he was entitled to it.
Pu Yu had tried putting up a feeble resistance, too.
It was the afternoon of the second day.
The pattering spring rain outside had stopped, and sunlight broke through the clouds.
"Yuan Su..."
Her voice was hoarse, with a hint of pleading. "The rain stopped. Can we go out for a walk? I heard a new dessert shop opened near campus. I want to try that..."
Yuan Su was holding her from behind, his chin resting in the crook of her neck, his warm breath brushing the sensitive skin behind her ear. At her words, he only murmured a