On How To Defeat Dr. Qing Leng Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Chapter 38 I like you too, boyfriend

When I woke up again, the room was bright.

Wen Yelan touched her phone and saw that it was almost ten o’clock in the morning.He rarely slept until this point, and he was stunned for a moment before realizing that today… it seemed to be New Year’s Eve.

He sat up and heard the faint voice of Pei Yan calling from outside.After a while, the sound stopped, followed by the sound of door locks and footsteps, as if someone had delivered something.

Wen Yelan changed her clothes and went out, and saw Pei Yan standing in the living room with several exquisite food boxes and bags in front of him, as well as a large bag of various ingredients.

“Are you awake?” Pei Yan looked back at him with a smile on his face, “You sleep like a pig, and you can’t wake up even if you scream.”

Wen Yelan was a little embarrassed and walked over: “Why did you buy so many?”

“Celebrating the New Year, we have to celebrate the New Year a little bit.” Pei Yan pointed to the food boxes, “Some cooked food and snacks, you can eat them directly when you are hungry later.”

He picked up the bag of ingredients again, “These are for making dumplings. Let’s have something simple for lunch, and in the evening we will make dumplings by ourselves and watch the Spring Festival Gala.”

Make your own dumplings?Wen Yelan was a little confused.In his memory, during the Chinese New Year, his parents would either take his brother to his grandparents’ house and leave him at home alone, or later he would live alone and just cook a bag of frozen dumplings.

The pyrotechnic and ritualistic things like mixing dough, mixing stuffing, rolling out skins, and making dumplings are far away from him.

“I… don’t know how to pack.” He said honestly.

“It’s okay, I’ll teach you, or you can just watch from the side.” Pei Yan said easily, carrying the ingredients into the kitchen and starting to sort them out.

At noon, the two of them ate some cooked food that was delivered.In the afternoon, Pei Yan officially started.

When the dough was ready, Pei Yan took out the big dough, kneaded it into a long strip on the counter, and took out a small ball of dough and gave it to Wen Yelan, who had been watching beside him, “Go ahead and play with it for a while.”

Wen Yelan took the soft dough and felt a little at a loss.He followed Pei Yan’s example and tried to flatten the dough, but it ended up in a weird shape.

Pei Yan smiled and did not dislike it. He came over and hugged him from behind, holding his hand.”Like this, use your wrists to push hard and roll them around.” He moved Wen Yelan’s hand a few times, and although it was not round, something that could be seen as a piece of leather appeared.

“You can play with it yourself.” Pei Yan let him go and went back to rolling out the dough.

Wen Yelan also followed his example, rolling out the dough and adding fillings.As a result, the filling was either too much or too little. After folding it in half, I was in a hurry. Either the filling was leaking here or the other side couldn’t be pinched tightly. I couldn’t even think about the pleats. I forced my mouth to close and lay softly on the chopping board, like a deflated ball. It formed a tragic contrast with the tall and beautiful dumplings made by Pei Yan next to me.

Pei Yan looked at his dumplings and couldn’t help laughing: “Yeah, very creative.”

Wen Yelan was a little annoyed, but looking at the strange things he wrapped, he felt a little funny.He did not believe in evil and picked up another piece of skin.

Pei Yan let him fiddle with it, keeping his hands on it, and soon the rows of dumplings were neatly stacked.After Wen Yelan contributed a few more crooked melons and cracked jujubes, he finally managed to come up with one that could stand up. Although it was still ugly, at least it didn’t leak.

“There is progress.” Pei Yan commented objectively.

Wen Yelan looked at his ugly dumplings and Pei Yan’s beautiful dumplings, feeling an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.He picked up the small dough he had been playing with before, pinched off a little bit, rolled it into very small strips, and stuck it on his ugly dumpling to make two ears, and used a toothpick to make two little eyes.

Pei Yan looked at it: “What is this? Rabbit?”

“I don’t know.” Wen Yelan looked at his work with a childish smile in his eyes, “Anyway, it is special.”

Pei Yan was moved in his heart and reached out to rub his hair.”Yeah, special.”

Pei Yan’s eyes were full of smiles.He wrapped it for a while, then suddenly took out a polished coin from his pocket, picked up a piece of leather he rolled out, and wrapped it skillfully, deliberately pinching a slightly different lace to mark it.

“When I was a kid, we would put a few coins into dumplings at home.” Pei Yan said while making dumplings. “Whoever eats the dumplings will be blessed in the new year. Every time I try to eat the coins, I can stretch myself until I can’t walk.”

Wen Yelan stopped what he was doing and looked at him.

“Try your luck this year.” Pei Yan placed the marked dumpling in a prominent position and winked at Wen Yelan.

In the evening, the sound of sporadic firecrackers could be heard faintly outside the window, the TV was turned on, and Wen Yelan sat in front of the TV holding the little bear and watching cross talk.

Pei Yan washed several plates of fruit and took them out to sit down with him.The two of them quarreled for a while while waiting for the dumplings to come out of the pan.

The Spring Festival Gala was boring, but Wen Yelan watched it with gusto. Pei Yan couldn’t stand it anymore, so he kept running back and forth to get snacks and pour water for Wen Yelan.

Dusk was closing outside the window, the indoor lights were brightly lit, festive music came from the TV, and the heat of the food blurred the glass windows.

“Try it and see if you can get good luck.” Pei Yan rummaged through the pot for a long time and took a few dumplings for Wen Yelan.

Wen Yelan lowered his head and ate one. It was stuffed with pork and cabbage. It was delicious and juicy. The skin was thin and the filling was big. It was delicious.

He ate slowly, feeling strangely calm and satisfied.This festival that once made him feel empty and deserted was now filled with the aroma of food, the sound of television and the presence of another person.

Is this… the New Year?

He was eating the dumplings one by one. Suddenly, his teeth hit something hard.He paused, pushed it away with chopsticks, and saw the coin.

“Have you eaten?” Pei Yan had been paying attention to him and smiled immediately when he saw it, his eyes bright, “It seems that the blessing of the New Year is yours.”

Wen Yelan pinched the still-warm coin and looked at Pei Yan’s unabashed smile of happiness for him. Her heart felt as if it had been soaked in warm water and was as soft as a mess.He nodded, said “hmm” softly, and carefully wrapped the coin on a tissue.

“You’ve eaten all the lucky dumplings, so I have to eat something else to make up for it.” Pei Yan sighed deliberately and gave him some vegetables, “I want to eat this too.”

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, the two of them sat on the sofa, covered with the same blanket.Wen Yelan unknowingly relaxed her body, tilted her head slightly, and leaned against Pei Yan’s shoulder.

Pei Yan stretched out his hand and adjusted his position so that he could lean more comfortably, with his arms naturally resting behind him.The two people’s breathing was synchronized in the middle of the lively program, and their body heat was transmitted to each other through the fabric of their clothes.

When it was close to midnight, the host on the TV began to lead the audience in the countdown.

“Ten, nine, eight, seven…”

The sound of firecrackers and fireworks outside the window suddenly became denser, and the faint roar could be heard even through the thick glass.

“Three, two, one! Happy New Year!”

There was a lot of joy on the TV, and the night sky outside the window was lit up by dense fireworks.

Pei Yan suddenly came closer and said in Wen Yelan’s ear: “Let’s go, I will take you to set off fireworks.”

“Wear a coat, it’s cold downstairs.”

Wen Yelan followed him, wrapped in a thick down jacket and scarf.In the open space behind the villa, Pei Yan had already asked someone to set up a row of cannon piers.

Pei Yan took out a slender cold firework and lit the fuse with a lighter.With a sneer, gorgeous golden sparks spurted out, jumping and flashing in his hands, illuminating his smiling eyebrows.

“Take it.” He handed the burning fireworks to Wen Yelan.

Wen Yelan took it nervously. The cold metal pole had a warm and dancing light on the top.The sparks burned quietly in his hands, and the light reflected in his pupils, extinguishing clearly.

Pei Yan lit another one and stood side by side with him.Two fireworks drew warm light trails in the cold winter night.

“Go and light the cannon, run fast, don’t get hit.”

Wen Yelan pursed her lips, her eyes were bright, and she nodded happily: “Yeah!”

Setting off firecrackers is every boy’s greatest childhood joy, and Wen Yelan is no exception.

A crisp sound accompanied the first firework into the sky, exploding a golden sky in the sky, and then slowly falling like a weeping willow.The two figures were enveloped in a golden halo.

Later, Wen Yelan saw many fireworks that he had never seen before, each one more brilliant than the other. Pei Yan bought almost all the beautiful fireworks on the market.

“Wen Yelan.” Pei Yan suddenly called his name.

Wen Yelan turned to look at him.

Under the light of the fireworks, Pei Yan looked into Wen Yelan’s eyes and spoke slowly but firmly, word by word:

“I know you are afraid, afraid that I am acting on impulse, afraid that I will change in the future, afraid that you will be hurt again.”

“I also know that my previous approach may have been wrong. I was too anxious and overbearing, which made you feel insecure.”

“But everything I said is true. It’s true that I like you. It’s true that I want to be with you.”

“I’m not very good at saying false things, and I don’t guarantee that the future will be smooth sailing. But I promise that as long as I still like you, I will treat you well. I don’t have much patience, but I have plenty for you.”

“You don’t need to believe me completely right away. You can take your time to see and feel.”

“Wen Yelan,” he took a deep breath. The fireworks behind him were coming to an end and the light was fading, but his eyes were as bright as stars. “We are officially together, okay? As boyfriends.”

The surroundings suddenly fell silent for a moment, and the noise of firecrackers became a vague background sound.Wen Yelan felt that something in his heart was completely ignited with the fireworks, making the whole place bright.

He looked at Pei Yan, at this man who had forced his way into his life and disturbed his still water, and who clumsily and persistently wanted to warm him.Those hesitations, insecurities, and fears are still there.But at this moment, in the smoke of New Year’s Eve fireworks and in Pei Yan’s extremely serious eyes, they suddenly became less scary.

He thought of Lin Mo and the others’ approval by the hot spring pool, of the lucky coin, of this night filled with the aroma of food and the sound of people… These tiny, warm fragments gathered together into a surge of courage.

He opened his mouth, his voice was a little tight but loud:

“I love you too.”

After saying this, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, the tips of his ears quickly turned red, and he lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at Pei Yan again.

Huge ecstasy exploded in his chest like fireworks.Pei Yan suddenly threw away the extinguished fireworks pole in his hand, took a step forward, and reached out to hold Wen Yelan’s face.

Wen Yelan was forced to raise her head and meet his shockingly bright eyes.

“Say it again.” Pei Yan’s voice was a little hoarse.

“…I like you too.” Wen Yelan held his cheek in his hands, his voice was vague, his eyes were wet but he didn’t dodge.

Pei Yan couldn’t bear it anymore, lowered his head and kissed him.

This kiss carries the breath of the beginning of the new year, the joy of settling the dust, and is a solemn and lingering promise.As their lips and teeth grind together, there is the slightly cold air of winter night, the faint smell of fireworks on each other’s bodies, and the endless warmth in their hearts.

In the distance, another cluster of fireworks rose into the sky, burst into bloom, and the momentary light illuminated the two people embracing each other, and then disappeared in the deep blue night.But some lights, once turned on, never go out again.

After a long time, Pei Yan pulled away slightly and pressed his forehead against Wen Yelan’s. Both of them were breathing slightly, and the white breath they exhaled blended together.

“Boyfriend.” Pei Yan muttered these three words in a low voice, and the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably, grinning wider and wider, like a child who had received candy from the world.

Wen Yelan looked at his silly smile, and the last bit of anxiety in her heart was washed away by this pure joy.He pursed his numb lips and gave a soft “hmm” in response.

“Let’s go home.” Pei Yan took his hand and held it tightly, “It’s cold outside.”

The two of them clasped their fingers together and walked slowly back along the way they came.In the night sky behind them, there were occasional scattered fireworks flashing, reflecting their figures side by side.