AHFAFTGTTT Chapter 67

Chapter 67 Gift “You are a gardenia, then I am a sunflower.”……

Through the window, the clock in the practice room pointed to midnight. In the spacious dance studio, brightly lit in the late night, figures were still earnestly teaching.

During a break, the two sat on the bench in the practice room, one on each side, separated by several people.

“Can I ask you a question?”

In the silence, the taller figure suddenly spoke.

Xu Chengyue immediately straightened his back, assuming the posture of a mentor, ready for a question about dancing from the trainee.

But unexpectedly, he heard the other party say, “Are you unhappy today?”

The young man held a bottle of water, took a sip, and pretended to be nonchalant. In reality, his eyes, hidden in the shadows, were darting around, secretly observing every expression of the mentor.

Xu Chengyue was a little surprised. Although he had long noticed that Fu Yang seemed to be very perceptive, he still couldn’t help but admire his keenness.

Is this the talent of a top student? It’s a pity that Qing Sha didn’t have this ability.

Xu Chengyue sat on the edge of the wooden bench, his back instantly collapsing as he leaned against the wall, relaxing in a rare moment.

“Yes, I’m not happy.”

“Why? Can I ask?”

Opposite the bench was a wall of mirrors. Without turning his head, he could see the young man’s expression change abruptly. The usual lazy and relaxed aura was broken, and the muscles in the arm that had rolled up the t-shirt sleeve tightened.

“Because I got an answer that I’m not very satisfied with.”

Xu Chengyue slowly opened his mouth. He and Fu Yang hadn’t met many times in total. Perhaps because of this, he could open his heart in front of such a stranger, or perhaps some things had been accumulated in his heart for too long and were too difficult to bear. In short, he told the truth.

Fu Yang: “Hmm?”

“She said, B is a part of A,” Xu Chengyue slightly tilted his head to avoid the other party’s probing gaze, looking out the window, but from this angle, he couldn’t see the moon, only a few scattered stars. “But, it’s really hard to accept…”

“Who said that? What do A and B mean? You didn’t come to the production team today. Where did you go? You smell of medicine. Did you go to the hospital? Are you sick?”

Fu Yang’s questions came one after another. He couldn’t help it. He wanted to know too much. Looking at the distance between the two, which was almost like a galaxy, he slowly and stealthily wanted to move closer, but unexpectedly, as soon as he got close, Xu Chengyue stood up, and Fu Yang froze.

“It’s nothing. You’re still young. You wouldn’t understand.”

“I’m not young.” Fu Yang pursed his lips, unhappy.

He knew that this was Xu Chengyue’s usual perfunctory tactic, which was actually just that he didn’t want to tell him.

“Then, have you ever thought that the answer itself is wrong…”

With a “buzz,” Xu Chengyue walked to the front and turned on the sound system. The unfinished static noise drowned out the second half of Fu Yang’s sentence. He helplessly comforted him a few times, “Okay, not young, not young. Do you want to continue?”

Turning back, he saw the tall young man sitting on the stool, curled up into a ball, staring at him unhappily.

Xu Chengyue tilted his head, “Ah, what did you just say?”

Fu Yang: “I said, more often, you have to trust your own judgment.”

Xu Chengyue thought for a moment and nodded, “You’re right.”

Fu Yang was satisfied, “Then, can I ask you another question?”

Xu Chengyue continued to nod, thinking that this time he would ask about professional issues. Obviously, he had underestimated the brain circuit of the trainee in front of him again.

Fu Yang: “You smell so good. What is it?”

Xu Chengyue was baffled, but he still answered, “It’s perfume.”

“Ah, perfume?” The trainee’s indifferent eyes widened into almond-shaped eyes, slightly exaggerating, “You shouldn’t say it’s natural, or the scent of laundry detergent, or actually a super high-end English-named shower gel from abroad.”

Xu Chengyue chuckled to himself twice, “Little brother, this is not a novel, and I am not the heroine of a romance novel.”

Seeing that he had finally escaped his low mood and smiled, Fu Yang’s goal was achieved. He scratched his head and also raised a big smiling face, “It feels very natural and smells good. What brand is it?”

“Because I mixed it myself. The top note is green grass and leaves, the middle note is gardenia, and the base note is cedar.” Speaking of this, Xu Chengyue became very interested and talked more.

“The cool elements of the top note simulate the air after rain washes away, the middle note is the focus of this fragrance to increase the richness, and the base note is biased towards woody or musk, imitating the moist aftertaste of soil and moss after rain.”

Fu Yang didn’t know much about fragrances and could only hear some superficialities. He also realized that Xu Chengyue had some research on perfumes and continued the topic, “Do you like gardenias?”

“Yeah,” Xu Chengyue nodded with a smile, “Have you ever seen gardenias after a rainstorm? Mixed with the fragrance of soil, grass, and nature…”

That was the day his parents divorced. It wasn’t a good day. It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing. They couldn’t wait for a moment and still had to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Xu Chengyue was holding an umbrella on the last street of Lin’s house, waiting for them.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, hitting the umbrella like hail.

Even a half-grown boy like him couldn’t stand it and ran to the eaves to hide from the rain.

First, he smelled the fragrance, and then he looked up. On the tree outside the eaves, large white flowers were in full bloom, and the ground was full of broken branches. The gardenias, which were always considered delicate in people’s minds, stood firm, and until the rainstorm ended, they were still graceful and did not drop a single petal.

They were blooming in a low-key and tenacious manner.

“At that time, I really wanted to preserve it, but later, looking at the photos, I always felt that something was missing, not enough.”

“If the memories carried by photos and videos can let me clearly know that I am looking back at the past through a screen,” Xu Chengyue looked at the screensaver of his phone, he had already changed the anniversary group photo of Spark to a coconut shell painted with two little people on the island, “then the smell can definitely let me return to the past at a certain moment, time has a taste.”

“Proust effect, smell is the carrier of memory.” Fu Yang used a more professional term to describe this feeling, and then asked, “Do you want to go back to that moment?”

Xu Chengyue raised his eyes, “Compared to going back to that moment, I want to go back to the feeling of that moment. Many things will change, but when I smell it, I can still remember the gardenia under the rainstorm in my memory. I am very grateful to it for helping me through many times.”

At that time, he was also facing the same rainstorm as that tree of gardenias, and in front of him was a fork in the road where he didn’t know which way to go.

Fu Yang felt that tonight seemed to be the first time he really knew Xu Chengyue, a Xu Chengyue who was unreserved, speaking on an equal footing, and a little lively.

His hobbies, what he likes, and why he became such a person.

Why Xu Chengyue is Xu Chengyue.

“You can still mix fragrances?”

“Yeah!” Xu Chengyue nodded vigorously, “I sprayed it on my wrist two days ago. I didn’t expect to still be able to smell it. It seems that the fragrance retention of this blend is good.”

In the hazy moonlight, he slightly raised his hand, and his slender and beautiful wrist came into view.

Fu Yang’s Adam’s apple moved, “I have a gift for you.”

Xu Chengyue tilted his head, “Hmm?”

Fu Yang rummaged in his backpack from the corner and took out a delicate gift box. Fortunately, he didn’t put it back in the dormitory and carried it with him, and finally found an opportunity.

“Just consider it, Mentor Xu giving me extra lessons, my apprentice gift.”

Actually, it was a birthday present he wanted to give Xu Chengyue during New Year’s Eve, but he waited all day that day and didn’t see him come back.

Xu Chengyue took it. In the exquisite jewelry box, there was a thin bracelet with a sapphire in the shape of a moon in the center, which was low-key but luxurious.

“This… must be very expensive, right?” Xu Chengyue declined.

“Just bought it from a roadside stall, a few dollars.” Fu Yang quickly put it on for him, and then stopped.

It was too suitable.

Knowing that it wasn’t expensive, Xu Chengyue accepted it. He looked left and right with some novelty, shaking his wrist and making a clanging sound, “I haven’t worn this kind of thing before, it’s quite good-looking.”

Fu Yang felt a numb and itchy feeling in his spine as he watched. He shifted his gaze, “You would definitely look good wearing a bracelet too.”

Then his eyes moved to his earlobes—

He would definitely look good wearing earrings.

And then to his neck—

He would definitely look good wearing a necklace.

If he could take Xu Chengyue home, it would be great to dress him up as much as he wanted like playing 4399 small games.

“Happy birthday.” He said in a hoarse voice.

Xu Chengyue turned his head, “My birthday has already passed.”

“I know.” Fu Yang said seriously, “In the future, I will tell you on that day.”

Xu Chengyue was slightly stunned, “Thank you.”

“Then…” Xu Chengyue shifted his eyes away unnaturally, landing on his wrist.

The blue moon gemstone emitted a faint light, which was particularly beautiful. He really liked it, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart. Was it not good to accept a trainee’s gift casually, but… it was really beautiful.

“Didn’t you say you wanted to bet with me before? If you can get into Class A, I will also give you a gift. What do you want?” Xu Chengyue thought of a countermeasure. He could return a gift, wouldn’t that be good?

Fu Yang took all his expressions into his eyes, and the corners of his lips slightly curved, “Then I want perfume, made by you, a perfume that belongs to me.”

Xu Chengyue nodded generously, “Okay.”

“You are a gardenia, then I am a sunflower.” Fu Yang was happy, “Is that okay?”

Xu Chengyue paused for a moment, and nodded thoughtfully.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing, I just suddenly thought that there was a little brother who also liked sunflowers very much before.”

“Then doesn’t he like them now?”

“Yes, he said he doesn’t like them anymore.”

“Then will you still make it for him?”

“If he is willing.”

……

The clock in the practice room slowly pointed to two o’clock in the morning.

“Is this action first up or…”

Fu Yang was gesturing with the action in front of the full-length mirror. He raised his head and saw the slender figure originally sitting on the bench slowly sliding down and finally lying on his side, asleep.

Although there was heating, it would still be cold in winter, and Xu Chengyue curled up into a ball unconsciously.

Fu Yang’s eyes were full of tenderness. He squatted next to him and couldn’t help but reach out and pinch his fingers.

“I am willing.”

He said softly.

Then the audacious little trainee picked up the beautiful mentor in a princess carry and entered the lounge.

Xu Chengyue was slightly bumped, but he hadn’t slept well for a few days, and he was really sleepy. He nestled in Fu Yang’s arms, adjusted to a comfortable position, clinging to the other person like a koala, but he still had things on his mind and murmured, “Fu Yang, go back to sleep… don’t stay up late…”

“Okay.”

There was a lounge set up for the mentors in the practice area. There were no cameras inside, and there was a large red leather sofa for temporary rest. However, trainees were not allowed to set foot in this place, which was a restricted area.

But the word “cannot” did not exist in Fu Yang’s dictionary, and he pushed the door open directly.

The camera in the corridor captured the end here. The staff in the directing room looked at each other.

“Director, this…”

This is not right, right?

Although Fu Yang came out in less than five seconds, even with the blurred camera, it could be seen that his face was abnormally red to the roots of his neck, and he even leaned against the wall and slapped himself.

The director turned a blind eye and pretended not to see, “These things are okay.”

“Get off work, get off work.” He waved his hand, “It’s off work!”