Yan Heqing, holding his notebook, squatted down to continue observing the Arisaema.
Another pair of footsteps approached, and the person squatted down beside him, a smile in their voice, "We've run into each other again."
Yan Heqing knew who it was, and tilted his head to ask, "When are you going back?"
Lu Lin looked at him. "I'm leaving soon. I'm coming to get my things back from you."
Yan Heqing asked, puzzled, "What?"
"That's a favor."
Her long eyelashes fluttered. "Go on."
Lu Lin looked deeply into his eyes, "Try dating me, for a month, two months, you decide the time."
"Good."
Lu Lin's dark eyes narrowed. "Don't answer so quickly. I meant lovers when I said 'dating'."
Yan Heqing nodded, a warm smile curving his lips. "I also answered 'lovers,' two months."
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Zhou Wuyou left early, which bothered Gu Xingye. When he returned to the camp, Zhao Yong, Zhan Pingting, and Zhou Wuyou were already there, but Yan Heqing was nowhere to be seen. After thinking for a moment, he went to find Old Zhao.
Old Zhao scratched his head and told Gu Xingye the location of the base.
Gu Xingye walked very fast.
Old Zhao was filled with curiosity. Why were they all asking about the base Yan Heqing had gone to today? Was that base particularly good?
That's still not right.
Teaching assistant Little Sun wasn't in the life sciences department; he was sick and had gone down the mountain for an IV drip. When asked about the base, was he planning to come back for a visit after his drip? Does he really love nature that much?
At the same time, the sky darkened rapidly, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky, and the mountain road came to a screeching halt.
Lu Lin's mind was still filled with Yan Heqing's smile from just now.
The boy's warm touch from last night was still vivid in my mind. I endured it all night and then went fishing all day, barely managing to suppress my desire.
However, Yan Heqing's simple smile easily shattered his proud restraint.
Once a beast that has been suppressed for a long time is released, there is no turning back.
After a few seconds of silence, Lu Lin turned around.
A deafening clap of thunder shattered the light, and then the rain pelted down relentlessly, striking the large panes of glass with a sound so loud it seemed to engulf the sunroom.
The first heavy spring rain of the year arrived unexpectedly ahead of schedule.
Yan Heqing walked to the flower stand, where the switch was. Just as he was about to turn it on, footsteps sounded at the door. He pressed the switch, and the light came on.
Yan Heqing then turned to look and saw Lu Lin return, his shoulder soaked with sweat.
Yan Heqing paused for a second, then closed his notebook and was about to step forward, "You..."
Lu Lin was faster than him, striding forward to grab his waist and pushing him backward. Yan Heqing's back hit the flower stand, and red petals fluttered down like a rain of flowers.
Amidst the deafening roar of thunder and rain, Lu Lin reached out and turned off the light switch.
The sunroom was plunged into darkness again, with flashes of lightning occasionally streaking across the sky, landing on the boy's moonlit face. Lu Lin lowered his head and kissed him.
"You have to kiss when you're dating, you know?"
Chapter 78
His thin lips rested above the tip of Yan Heqing's nose.
His hot breath carried a hint of the dampness of spring rain.
In the dim light, her light pupils clearly reflected Lu Lin's striking features.
The boy's voice was as clear and bright as spring water; it was very soft, yet it could penetrate the storm and rain, making it clear enough for Lu Lin to hear.
"Know."
The glass overhead slammed shut with a deafening crash from the torrential rain, and two lips fell off in an instant.
The initial kiss was tentative, gentle and tender. Without sensing any resistance from Yan Heqing, it pried into his naive response.
Driven by instinct and without any formal instruction, Lu Lin tightened his grip on Yan Heqing's waist, unable to stop himself, and gradually deepened the kiss.
Petals fall softly.
A moment later, Lu Lin's burning lips parted slightly, almost touching Yan Heqing's lips, his voice low, husky, and magnetic, carrying a hint of seductive tenderness.
"It's best to close your eyes when kissing."
Yan Heqing closed his eyes.
Her lips covered his again.
It was dark just now, and it's dark now, but the feeling is subtly different.
His senses were more sensitive, and the texture of his lips felt more delicate and soft.
It also has a faint scent of cedar.
After an unknown amount of time, Yan Heqing opened his eyes again.
A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire space, and Lu Lin's closed-eye expression appeared briefly in the distance.
He was kissing him earnestly.
My mind went blank for a moment; the sounds of wind and rain were both distant and close at hand.
My soul seemed to rise and fall in the heavy rain, carried away by my chaotic thoughts.
He knew that Lu Lin's original plan for being busy was not to ask him to try dating. When Zhou Wuyou came to confess, Lu Lin arrived first, and he didn't come out.
Yan Heqing closed his eyes again.
I thought of damp earth, cedar trees, and that sweet and sour candy...
Outside the glass greenhouse, heavy rain pounded on his head, streaming down the edge of his raincoat and into Lin Fengyi's eyes and mouth.
He nearly crushed the new raincoat he was holding in his right hand.
He sped to the base and just happened to run into Lu Lin entering the greenhouse.
Through that damned, crystal-clear glass, he could see everything clearly.
Yan Heqing was pinned down on the flower stand and kissed by Lu Lin.
He should have known long ago that Yan Heqing, so aloof, had sought a kiss from Lu Lin at the bar that night. It wasn't that Yan Heqing couldn't see anyone else; it was that he only saw Lu Lin.
When did they meet, and when did they start dating?
The bar that night?
Wouldn't that make him an indirect matchmaker?!
The rain and wind lashed his face, and Lin Fengyi felt cold and heartbroken, his teeth clenched so tightly they felt like they were about to break.
He didn't understand what emotion he was experiencing.
Shock, anger, jealousy... all of them.
He looked down on Yan Heqing, arrogant and aloof, seemingly gentle but actually sharper and more piercing than a knife.
But he always found himself unconsciously paying attention to Yan Heqing.
I think of him when I go out to play dice, I think of him when I play games, I even think of him when I get lost in the mountains while eating or sleeping!
Today I was even more worried that he would catch a cold from the rain, so my dad rushed back from the foot of the mountain to bring him a raincoat!
He's more ridiculous than a joke!
No wonder Yan Heqing looked down on him.
Lin Fengyi threw his raincoat on the ground, turned around and walked away quickly, not even bothering to pull his hat off when the wind blew it off. He got soaked, got into the car, didn't take off his raincoat, slammed the door shut, and drove into the rainy night.