MTMIO Chapter 64

Chapter 64: I’ll Give You Proof It’s Not a Dream

Chapter 64 I’ll Give You Proof It’s Not a Dream

With everything out in the open and one less person causing conflict, the atmosphere afterward was harmonious. After lunch, they moved to Lost Deer, rolling dice, playing board games, eating, drinking, chatting, and listening to music, enjoying themselves so much they forgot the time.

They broke up around 9 PM.

Watching Bo Mingyan and the others leave, Lu You got into the driver’s seat, started the car, and drove out of the parking space. She thought to herself, “I need to call Auntie Liu. I bet Grandma’s still awake, waiting for us to come back.”

Yue Yunxi took out her phone and said, “I’ll call, you focus on driving.”

The call went through quickly.

Yue Yunxi held the phone with the speakerphone on towards her.

Grandma was indeed awake. Auntie Liu hadn’t even finished saying “Teacher Yue” when the old lady leaned in and asked, “What’s wrong? Did you fall skating and hurt your leg? Can’t come back?”

Lu You laughed and said, “What are you imagining? Say ‘Pooh, Pooh, Pooh’ (tut-tut-tut)!”

The old lady spat a few times in cooperation and said, “So you’re enjoying yourself so much you’ve forgotten about home.”

“We listened to a couple more songs at Lost Deer, and we’re heading back now. You go to sleep, don’t wait for us.”

“Forget it, don’t come over. It’s so remote and far here, and it’s not safe to drive at night. You and Yunxi should go home. You don’t have to come over tomorrow either. Little Liu will pack up your things in the morning, and your dad will take us back after lunch to save you the trouble of going back and forth.”

Lu You hesitated.

Grandma childishly muttered, adding, “It’ll also save you from coming back and disturbing my sleep.”

Clearly, she would be waiting anxiously; how could they disturb her?

Lu You then laughingly agreed, instructing, “If you can’t rely on your son, remember to call your granddaughter in time.”

The old lady cheerfully replied, “Got it, drive safely.”

After ending the call, Yue Yunxi took back the phone she had been holding next to Lu You’s face.

Lu You casually asked, “Did you bring the front door key?”

But she heard rustling from the passenger seat, the sound going from orderly to hurried before finally stopping.

Lu You glanced over and pulled the car over to the side of the road.

Yue Yunxi’s hands were empty on her bag, and she turned to look at her.

“Forgot it? It’s okay, we can go back to Lanwan,” Lu You closed her eyes, remembering, “The Lanwan key is at your house… you didn’t bring your ID card either. You—”

Before she could finish, she caught a suppressed chuckle from the passenger seat.

Turning her head, in the dim, warm light cast by a street lamp, Yue Yunxi looked at her, a smile playing on her lips, asking, “Want to get a hotel room?”

That shallow smile, floating from the corner of her mouth to her eyes, might just be a tease, but it seemed to transcend that, more like a tentative, flirtatious invitation.

It was hard to say nothing would happen if they really went.

“No,” Lu You unbuckled her seatbelt, leaned forward, her arm reaching behind Yue Yunxi’s neck, pulling her closer.

Stopping when their noses were almost touching, she stared into Yue Yunxi’s eyes, seeing the regret for losing composure in those dark eyes; the disappointment of being rejected; and the surprise at her sudden closeness.

Finally, her long eyelashes fluttered, casting a shadow of night, covering the beauty mark under her eye, concealing all the mixed emotions.

Lu You raised her chin slightly, and her soft, cool lips landed on that faint beauty mark.

As scalding as a brand.

Her voice was low and soft, with a texture of sweet indulgence.

“Then I’d rather stay in the car.”

In just a few words, Yue Yunxi’s heart was stirred like a turbulent sea, and like a sea mist, enveloped everything in a dreamlike illusion.

Yue Yunxi closed her eyes, banishing all other thoughts, wanting only to feel Lu You’s breath, like a night breeze filled with fine mist, descending from the corner of her eye, brushing her lips.

She wanted to cling to her, entwine with her, and kiss this night breeze tightly.

In the temperature that invaded her lips, she sensed her real existence, confirming that this moment was not from her unreachable dream.

“… Yoyo,” Yue Yunxi called her name softly during a break for air.

In that muffled and soft tone, there was a moist breath.

Lu You paused, retreating slightly, her thumb and forefinger gently lifting Yue Yunxi’s chin.

Yue Yunxi’s eyes were only covered with a thin layer of haze, dyed with a bit of warmth by the streetlights cast into the car.

Like the foggy glass of a heater in a winter night.

Still not quite sure whether it was because the night was too dark or the light was too dim to see clearly.

Lu You’s fingertips gently brushed past the corner of Yue Yunxi’s eye, and she couldn’t even feel the touch on her fingertips, whether it was slightly moist or the coolness of the skin, her hand was grasped by Yue Yunxi.

“I thought… you wouldn’t think so much. I didn’t expect you to be so bold. You almost made me unable to tell if this was an illusion in my own dream.”

Yue Yunxi’s face leaned into her palm, rubbing gently.

The elder’s closeness, which was almost like acting spoiled.

Lu You’s breath hitched, that kind of fine and dense feeling, like numbness and slight pain, unconsciously washed over her heart.

She moved her lips, just about to say something.

Yue Yunxi spoke again, laughing lightly, “You even dared to say in the car.”

This time it was clearly a blatant tease.

There was the embarrassment of being exposed, and a bit of annoyance turning into anger.

Lu You immediately withdrew her hand, turning her eyes away from her, arguing, “… I, I meant, just casually sleep, I didn’t have any other messy thoughts.”

Her index finger couldn’t help but touch the tip of her nose, suddenly stopping, and then falling down dejectedly.

She didn’t even believe her own words.

Lu You sat up straight, leaning her back against the seat, looking down and turning the pinky ring on her little finger, asking in a muffled voice, “Why do you think I wouldn’t think so much?”

Beside her cheek, the hair that fell from her shoulder to her front, like black silk, was hooked behind her ear by Yue Yunxi’s slender and clean hand.

“Only your face gets hot quickly,” Yue Yunxi touched her ears and cheeks with her fingertips, the temperature much higher than her fingertips.

Lu You stopped turning the pinky ring, the roots of her ears burning.

She did have thin skin and was slow to warm up. She did think about maybe something like that would happen.

But thinking deeply, she didn’t feel any rejection or unacceptability. Not only because she agreed that in adult love, mutual attraction and intertwined love and desire occupied an important part.

Even more because the other person was Yue Yunxi.

Because it was Yue Yunxi, she could endure her shyness and face the instinctive desires deep in her heart in the knowledge that she was loved.

And even if these desires were expressed, Yue Yunxi wouldn’t think of her as too casual, or mock her for being impatient.

“…Then what about you… would you think about it?” Lu You asked softly, hanging her head.

A silent atmosphere flowed slowly in the narrow car.

After a moment, Lu You couldn’t help but look up.

Outside the windshield, the streetlights cast a soft carpet, at the end of which was the alley entrance, with neon lights flickering and busy traffic. Occasionally one or two honking sounds pierced through the barrier and fell into the car.

Concealing the “click” of the seatbelt being unbuckled.

In this deserted corner, Yue Yunxi gently bit her ear.

Not just biting, but also warm inclusion and gentle exploration.

Lu You couldn’t help but look up.

Yue Yunxi made that place wet and slippery.

Like the tuning of the low-frequency area, every movement amplified by sensitive hearing made her feel like she had been electrified, a shiver rising from head to toe.

Just as she couldn’t help but want to dodge, Yue Yunxi stopped at her ear and breathed softly, “If I said I wanted to so much, would it be too presumptuous?”

“…”

Haven’t you been presumptuous enough already!

Lu You smoothed her breath, raised her chin towards the surveillance camera at the alley entrance outside, forced a smile, and her voice was laced with a bit of malicious glee, “Too bad, if we really do it in the car, we’ll be on the news tomorrow. Since we can’t go anywhere, let’s go back to Nanjiao, you sleep in your room, I sleep in mine—”

Her hand fastening the seatbelt stopped.

In her sight, a fluffy giraffe pendant was dangling, holding a key.

“Grandma said Nanjiao is far and it’s not safe to travel at night, so let’s go home,” Yue Yunxi shook the pendant, “What does Little Deer think?”

Not knowing which deer she was asking.

Lu You: “…”

She only now understood why this person had to torment her ears.

A cluster of fire ignited, wouldn’t be extinguished just by fanning it, it would only burn even more vigorously.

After a while, Lu You buckled her seatbelt, started the car, and steered with one hand, smiling, “Okay, Sister Yunxi.”

The last two words were almost forced out from between her molars.

Yue Yunxi was stunned, pursing her lips and turning her head, hiding a smile.

It was the first time she didn’t dislike that title so much.

Lu You didn’t know how she drove the car back safely, only remembering that later the two of them started chatting casually.

The meaningless topics were filled with restrained excitement and joy.

When she parked the car, she returned to that shy mood, her whole person like she was living in a dream. The gaps between her every word and action were filled with cotton-like floating clouds.

After getting out of the car, she didn’t dare to look at Yue Yunxi much, her heart was retreating, her body turned sideways to face Yue Yunxi, her hands were twisted together without feeling, her ears couldn’t hear the surrounding insect sounds, her nose couldn’t smell the fragrance of the flowers in the yard.

All five senses were failing.

Only her mouth was entirely controlled by her brain.

She actually said to Yue Yunxi, “I want to take a shower first, and also, where are the nail clippers?”

Yue Yunxi was stunned for a long time before smiling, “I’ll get them for you.”

The shower room was filled with a misty warmth.

Lu You stood under the showerhead, squeezed a pump of shower gel, and used a bath sponge to create fine foam, stretching her arm up to smear it.

The foam smeared from her forearm to her neck, thinking of Yue Yunxi’s state after getting out of the car, seemingly like her, floating in the fluttering foam, her feet not touching solid ground.

The white foam “patted” onto the tiles, gradually overlapping with the milk foam on the fruit drink served on the table in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, plus Chen Feifei and the bartender in the store, a few people sat around a table, inevitably falling into the cliché of using dice games to play a few rounds of Truth or Dare.

The cards were custom-made by Chen Feifei finding someone online, specially to mobilize the hot, ambiguous atmosphere for customers who were good at playing. In addition to the explosive questions commonly found online, Chen Feifei herself rack her brains to provide many.

So, many of the questions were very explicit.

In the lying psychological game, Lu You could only keep touching her nose to truthfully or falsely report the number of points in her dice cup.

This method had one downside.

In the first few rounds, Yue Yunxi, who understood her habit, always opened her cup.

Fortunately, she was an old hand, and after being opened four times, she only drew one card.

The remaining three chances to draw cards were rebounded to Yue Yunxi.

Lu You remembered clearly, the first question was: [Have you ever had an indescribable dream?]

Yue Yunxi paused for a long time, and replied: Yes.

The third question was very similar to the first: [Have you ever fantasized about doing indescribable things with your crush?]

Yue Yunxi thought for a while, and replied: Not yet.

At that time, Chen Feifei wondered and asked, “That’s not right, then who is the person in your dream?”

Before Yue Yunxi answered, she picked up the cup in front of her, took a sip of the fruit drink, and suddenly looked at her, licking off the remaining milk foam on her lips before saying: This doesn’t seem to be a question on the card, can I choose not to answer?

…

The foam on the tile floor was washed away by the water.

Silly Feifei.

Not fantasizing, doesn’t mean not dreaming.

Lu You raised her hand to cover her face, her cheeks, wet with warm water, couldn’t cool down at all.

When she came out of the shower room after clipping her nails, Lu You was like a cooked shrimp, her face, neck, and even arms were flushed with varying shades of red.

Yue Yunxi wasn’t in the room.

Lu You breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, caught a bit of loss in the fleeting emotion.

She grabbed a knitted cardigan and put it on, walked to the door and stopped again, retreated back to the cloakroom, and took out a box from the bag she had carried over on the day she moved the piano, and opened it.

Inside lay many souvenirs that Yue Yunxi had given her.

Lu You picked up the firefly necklace, took off the plain chain she was wearing around her neck, strung on the pinky ring, hesitated for a moment in her hand and put it in the box.

Before going out, she looked at the dressing mirror on the wall.

In the mirror, her face was clean, the color that hadn’t faded away was like blush brushed twice, highlighting her charm, her long hair was slightly curly, draped over her shoulders, and inside the knitted cardigan was a white shirt-style pajamas.

The hem was very long, and below were two slender white legs. The collar buttons weren’t fastened, and Lu You stuffed the firefly-like glass beads on the necklace into her collar.

Reaching out and patting her cheeks, she then took her phone and went out slowly.

Walking out of the room, she heard a bit of movement coming from the kitchen downstairs.

Following the sound, Yue Yunxi just came out, handing her a glass of pomegranate juice, saying, “Want to go sit in the study first?”

“Ah…” Lu You took the glass.

“I’m going to take a shower,” Yue Yunxi rubbed her head, “Don’t be anxious.”

“I’m not anxious!” Lu You walked out with the glass.

Not a few steps, she heard Yue Yunxi’s suppressed laughter behind her, like comfort and truth, “I’m anxious.”

Lu You paused, walking faster with a panicked heartbeat.

Lu You entered the study and turned on the light, her heartbeat not calming down at all, she wandered in front of the bookshelf a few times, and pulled out that book, “Letter from an Unknown Woman.”

She snuggled in the sofa for less than a minute, then lay down in the rocking chair, and after less than two minutes, she stood up again like she had ADHD, and glanced outside.

The ground lights on both sides of the bluestone road covered the glass lampshade. The clear, light yellow light scattered all the way, like the texture of moonlight.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t moonlight.

Lu You shook left and right, bent over to pick up the phone, book, and glass from the side table, moved to the platform outside.

A low tea table and cushions were placed on the edge, near the small pond. Lu You put down the phone and glass, opened the book, and supported her head with her hand, but her gaze fell on the moon’s reflection on the surface of the pond.

As the wind moved, the moon’s reflection rippled with the rustling sound of grass.

Never calm.

Not knowing how long she waited, she heard footsteps approaching, but Lu You didn’t look up at the slightest movement as before, but pretended to read the book.

From time to time, she glanced over, only to see Yue Yunxi wearing a knitted cardigan of the same style but different color as hers, inside was the dress she had promised to wear for her, a shoulder-baring, waist-cinching, high-slit style, swaying with every step, the long legs under the skirt vaguely revealing a white hue.

Realizing she had been staring for too long, Lu You quickly turned her head back.

Not long after, the scent of citrus shower gel, very similar to the one on her body, but with a different feeling of body temperature and breath, enveloped her from behind.

“You’re the one who wanted to see me in the dress, and you’re also the one who’s not looking at me in the dress, is it not good-looking, or are you afraid to look?”

Yue Yunxi leaned over behind her, the curly long hair sliding to her front, the ends of her hair falling on Lu You’s shoulder.

That scent suddenly became more fragrant.

“How can I not dare to look…” Lu You put down her hand touching her nose, muttering softly, “I’ve been looking just now… it’s good-looking.”

“But the book is better looking, right?” Yue Yunxi squatted down beside her, knowing the answer, “What book are you reading?”

“Reading your secret love affairs.”

Yue Yunxi reached out and slammed the book shut.

Angry? Lu You turned her head.

Yue Yunxi’s hand climbed over her shoulder, wandering to the back of her head, slowly using force, making her head lower and lower, her face closer and closer.

Lu You unconsciously slowed her breathing.

In her chest, like the surface of the pond, the ripples followed the wind, one wave after another.

Close to touching her lips, Yue Yunxi almost rubbed her lips, murmuring, “Why not read me?”

Lu You’s eyes fluttered lightly twice, drooping down, her chin slightly raised, and she kissed her lips.

Too unfair, no one could reject such an invitation.

The kiss was intermittent.

During the pauses for breathing, Yue Yunxi leaned her back, falling in this uninhabited place, the kiss like the wind, brushing over her cheeks, lingering between her neck and collar.

Like sparks from red-hot molten iron, splashing everywhere, igniting the old house.

Lu You had no experience, muddled and confused, the hand that could accurately tune was like a puppet at this moment.

Where should it be raised, what should be unbuttoned, what should be lifted, the lines controlling her hands were all in Yue Yunxi’s palm.

Her fingertips were pulled down by the cup edge, and the milky white inside splashed on her mouth, Lu You’s heart was about to jump out.

“…Yoyo, kiss me.”

At this moment, Lu You thought of the second card Yue Yunxi had drawn.

[If you were in the same room with someone present, and you could do whatever you wanted, what would you do?]

Yue Yunxi replied at that time: Fishing.

She even laughed for a while.

Now, thinking back, she couldn’t laugh at all. She was that fish.

A Tailed mouth is a type of freshwater fish, pulled by the fishing line, biting a pinch of red bait.

The person controlling the fishing line wasn’t entirely as stable as Jiang Taigong.

If the fish bit the bait too hard, it would pull on the person fishing.

The lights in the study were cast through the glass onto the platform, the wood like chestnuts sprinkled with white sugar, maybe they were just out of the pot, and the air seemed to be filled with heat.

Between the light and dark, Yue Yunxi bit her lower lip, enduring not to curl up, unable to control a “hiss”.

Lu You retreated to take a look, her eyes shaking involuntarily.

It was hard to describe her mood at this moment, probably because Yue Yunxi’s blush was so rare, even rare.

Piled up skirt, the collision of black and white, a rosy face.

She was like a peony flower blooming on a snow mountain.

After this short pause, Yue Yunxi grabbed her wrist, her fingertips sliding from her fingertips, like confirming, and then slowly sat up a bit.

Lu You’s hand was held down naturally.

About to get there, her heart was beating faster and faster, so fast that she couldn’t breathe, so that she needed more oxygen, and couldn’t help but tremble.

Yue Yunxi paused, squeezed her fingertips, released her hand, hugged her into her arms, patted her back reassuringly, kissed her ear and asked, “Scared?”

Lu You blinked her somewhat moist eyelashes.

Through a thin shirt, tightly close together, the beating of her heart, wasn’t just hers alone.

Not afraid, she couldn’t say what it was, like a thin sheet of paper, that could be punctured, but not seen through.

“How can you still be so scared after trying to do 1,” Yue Yunxi laughed at her.

Lu You smoothed her breath, suddenly chuckled, she pushed Yue Yunxi down, and tore open the buttons on her shirt.

The glass beads of the firefly swayed in front of her, Yue Yunxi’s eyes rippled, reaching out to catch it.

The next moment, her wrist was held, pressed down elsewhere.

Yue Yunxi was stunned, not knowing why, suddenly thinking of the first Spring Festival after moving into the Tao family, the doorbell was rang early in the morning, she went out and opened the door.

Lu You had two pigtails tied up, standing at the door like a lucky baby, handing her a bowl of red-dotted steamed buns, saying that her grandma had just steamed them. The steamed buns were soft, and would deform with a grab and a hold, making people unable to resist using force, leaving more traces.

“Don’t let me, it’s good to have give and take, okay?” Lu You lowered her head and kissed her.

Yue Yunxi closed her eyes, feeling her heart constantly filling up.

Just as she was about to respond warmly, Lu You’s phone on the low table rang.

It was still that BWV848, with several people chattering in the complex music.

There was no way to ignore it.

How could she forget to turn on airplane mode!

Lu You scratched her hair in a frenzy, reluctantly getting up, and picking up her phone, she wanted to hang up.

Taking a closer look, the caller ID was actually Chen Feifei.

Lu You looked at Yue Yunxi, who was hugging her legs and sitting on the spot, “It’s Feifei.”

Yue Yunxi said softly, “Answer it.”

Lu You pressed the answer button and turned on the speakerphone, “Feifei?”

Chen Feifei’s crying immediately came from the other end, “Lu You, what should I do… my mom, she fainted, I… I’m a little scared.”

Lu You was shocked, and suddenly got up, her legs weak, and she was supported by Yue Yunxi to stand firm.

Yue Yunxi reminded, “Don’t panic, ask her which hospital they’re at now.”

Lu You quickly asked Chen Feifei for the address, and after hanging up, she said while walking, “Feifei is especially sensitive at this time, there are too many people, and she’ll be under a lot of pressure. You stay at home, I’ll go over there.”

Yue Yunxi said, “Call me if anything happens.”

“I might not come back tonight.”

“…Okay.”

Lu You quickly returned to the bedroom to change her clothes.

Coming out of the cloakroom, Yue Yunxi had already packed her bag and stuffed it full.

Lu You slung the bag, went downstairs, pressed the car lock, and suddenly paused after opening the car door, striding to Yue Yunxi’s in three steps.

At the moment of the kiss and hug, Yue Yunxi felt a chill on her neck.

Lu You leaned in her ear and said, “I’ll give you proof it’s not a dream. Go to bed early, and dream of me, girlfriend.”

It wasn’t until Lu You’s car drove out of sight that Yue Yunxi looked down at that cool touch.

A plain chain strung with a pinky ring, carrying her body temperature, falling on her chest.

A little coolness, warm and scalding.