MTMIO Chapter 66

Chapter 66: You Are the Moon That Overflows Me

The sky outside was as gloomy as if night had arrived early. The light filtering through the gauze curtains was a soft, thin white, with a texture resembling hazy moonlight.

The autumn breeze was cool, making it hard to tell if it was day or night.

Therefore, doing such a thing wasn’t so bad.

Lu You leaned above Yue Yunxi, using the light filtering through the gauze curtains to see her disheveled clothes, her slightly furrowed brows from suppressed pleasure, her eyes a little blurred, the faint tear mole beneath the corner of her eye, and her slightly parted red lips.

Such a charming expression, her eyes full of passion, her usual gentleness and composure seemed to be shattered.

If she hadn’t witnessed it herself, Lu You couldn’t have imagined that such a contrast would make her feel excited.

Lu You almost couldn’t help but say, “Jiaojiao, such a beautiful moon.”

“You too, you are the moon that overflows me.”

She spoke such words, like a devout believer offering up faith, yet what she was doing was tempting a goddess to fall for her.

Yue Yunxi had never been shy about displaying her charm, and would even lift Lu You’s chin when her gaze wandered, to make her look at herself.

It was as if she was confident enough in her own allure, or trusted her enough, knowing that she would be captivated, not look down on her.

She was really like a gambler, where was her composure? She was simply crazy.

Lu You thought, and thought that she, who wanted to raise the stakes, probably had madness in her character.

Her lips followed the path of her gaze, lightly pecking upwards.

Yue Yunxi’s skin was very white, like porcelain jade, giving off a slight sense of coldness, but the touch was hot.

She was truly hot, with a thin layer of fine sweat on the tip of her nose.

Lu You was also hot, feeling her hand being held, like reaching into an unknown blind box, both apprehensive and inexperienced, at a loss, not daring to probe inside.

Fortunately, by hovering outside, she could still find a switch.

She used all her tuning skills on it.

The lingering scent of shower gel on her fingertips, the refreshing fragrance of citrus, was like coconut juice mixed with sweet porridge, becoming rich and lingering.

The gauze curtains were blown high by the outside wind, and then slowly fell down.

……

Lu You nuzzled Yue Yunxi’s neck: “Do you want some water?”

Yue Yunxi “Mmm”ed.

There was a thermos of room temperature water prepared in the bedroom, placed on a small coffee table. Lu You put on her slippers to pour a glass of water, came back, and asked as she handed it to Yue Yunxi: “Is your throat okay, suppressing your voice like that?”

Yue Yunxi took the water, her voice hoarse, deliberately teasing her: “Why don’t you try?”

Lu You lowered her head and muttered, “…a woman of thirty is like a tiger.”

Yue Yunxi raised her eyebrows: “What did you say?”

Lu You immediately chickened out, acting cute: “I said, staying up late is really bad for your health, my heart is willing but my strength is not enough, let me recover first.”

Yue Yunxi chuckled softly: “It doesn’t seem like there were that many words, right?”

Lu You blinked her eyes, imitating her earlier, only breathing, not making a sound.

“I didn’t ask you to try today,” Yue Yunxi lowered her head to drink water, letting her go.

Lu You sat opposite Yue Yunxi, leaning forward, approaching closer, helping her to brush away the distracting hair, biting back a little shyness: “…I really like your voice at that time, next time don’t hold back, okay?”

Yue Yunxi looked up at her, moving the cup away from her lips, and asked with a smile, “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll be too loud and Grandma and them will hear?”

Lu You was hit as if by a powerful move, collapsing weakly on the bed, and said listlessly, “Then, I’ll wait until I move Grandma and them away.”

The feeling of not wanting them to move away didn’t seem so strong anymore.

“Otherwise what?” Lu You yawned.

After drinking most of the glass of water, Yue Yunxi placed the cup on the bedside table, “Have you decided to buy Teacher Zhong’s small western-style building?”

Lu You yawned again and said, “Still hesitating, Teacher Zhong said to let me take Grandma to see it, I plan to bring Grandma with me when I go to class later, and make a final decision after she sees it…”

The last bit of energy was also exhausted, Lu You’s voice became lower and lower, her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and her consciousness became lighter and lighter. She struggled to open her eyes a few times, but after only a few seconds, her long eyelashes drooped down again.

Like the mobile phone on the bedside table with airplane mode turned on, the battery was running low.

Lu You inexplicably thought of this metaphor, muttering incoherently: “Almost shut down.”

Third last bar of power.

A soft thin quilt was placed over her body, and wet lips kissed the mole on her jaw.

Lu You tilted her head back and heard Yue Yunxi’s slightly hoarse voice ringing in her ear.

“Thank you for your hard work, you did very well, I like it very much.”

Such a gentle tone, with a faint smile, like the siren’s song, making people listen in fascination.

Lu You fell into that memory again, and when she came back to her senses, she grabbed the corner of the quilt and pulled it up, covering her entire flushed face.

Outside the quilt, Yue Yunxi asked her with a light laugh, “Isn’t it stuffy?”

She spoke in a muffled voice, with a drawn-out tone, not knowing if she had answered clearly.

Second to last bar of power.

She turned over and something hit her shoulder blade. She felt it and realized it was Yue Yunxi’s watch.

Lu You pulled the quilt down a bit, and her right hand stretched out from the edge, lazily hanging outside the edge of the bed.

The slender wrist bone was hanging with that unadjusted watch.

The sound of water came from the shower room, vaguely like rain hitting the window through the door.

The right hand resting on the side of the bed curled up unconsciously, and she seemed to still be able to feel something special from her fingertips.

Last bar of power.

The citrus scent enveloped her, and Lu You was so sleepy that she couldn’t open her eyes at all.

Between half-dream and half-awake, her lips were imprinted with softness, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The watch strap on her wrist was slowly tightened.

After that, the rustling movement was like the wind that occasionally blew into the room, the sound was particularly light.

Only the sound of the door closing was unavoidable, “click”.

The mobile phone on the bedside table was charging, and the screen lit up again after restarting.

Lu You, lying on her side on the bed, turned off the phone and completely lost consciousness.

In the silent room, the hands on her watch ticked quickly and leisurely.

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Staying up late and a dalliance left Lu You exhausted for a whole day.

It wasn’t until she woke up from her afternoon nap the next day that she came back to life.

Like yesterday at this time, Yue Yunxi had already gone out to teach at the Nanquan University Conservatory of Music.

Lu You lay on the bed, turned sideways, and reached out to the bedside table to touch her phone, first touching the watch placed next to the phone.

It was taken off before taking a bath last night. Before going to bed, she reminded Yue Yunxi to remember to wear her watch.

Lu You picked up the watch, held it in front of her, and fiddled with the slightly cool strap.

As a result, she left the watch to her who was sleeping at home every day.

Her eyes focused on the crescent-shaped day and night display area on the dial, and Lu You’s fingertips brushed over the curved moon.

Then she thought, I wonder if other watches of this brand have a deer head design in this part.

She couldn’t help laughing, both at Yue Yunxi’s obvious little thoughts and at her own childishness.

Putting the watch on her wrist and picking up her phone, she asked Chen Feifei how Auntie Chen was doing today.

Chen Feifei replied quickly: [What a coincidence, I was just about to send you a message]

The second message Chen Feifei sent was a voice message: “Didn’t my mother not want to do chemotherapy anymore because of money? Then after we talked yesterday, she was willing to try again for me.”

The dull nasal voice was lightened by hope.

Lu You thought for a while, and while getting up to go to the shower room, she typed back: [Then you spend more time with Auntie, leave the Lost Deer to me]

Looking at “Typing…” hanging in the chat box.

Lu You squeezed toothpaste and brushed her teeth. Chen Feifei sent a reply. “But you have a competition in the middle of the month, and you have to be in love.”

Lu You: [I’ve thought about it, I’ll mainly leave it to the assistant store manager to take care of it, just like when we went out to travel before, I’ll go and see it when I have time]

Looking at “Voice Message” still suspended in the chat box.

Lu You rinsed her mouth and put down the cup, pressed the phone and said, “Don’t worry, it won’t delay my piano practice, nor will it affect my love life.”

After sending the voice message, she put down her phone, washed her face with her hands, turned off the water, raised her head, looked at the mirror opposite, and tilted her head.

The hickey on the side of her neck had faded a lot.

——”This is an apricot cheerleader, if you buy it back and put it in a vase, it will turn pink after a few days.”

The florist’s words suddenly flashed in her mind.

Lu You took a breath.

The flowers she bought for Yue Yunxi! Weren’t they all withered!

Not even bothering to wipe her face, Lu You turned around and walked out, holding the handrail and went downstairs.

Passing through the courtyard, Grandma and Auntie Liu were sitting in the sunken leisure area, pointing at the yo-yo’s nose and scolding the dog: “Yo-yo, you can’t bite people casually, do you understand?”

Lu You stepped on the brakes, turned her head and asked, “Did it bite someone?”

“It bit your dad, yesterday your dad sent us back and wanted to tease it–hey?!” Before Grandma finished speaking, she saw Lu You’s face “Who did I think it bit” turned around and left, “What are you going to do, hurrying, are you going to see Feifei’s mother? Oh, why didn’t you say it earlier, I’ll make a soup for you to take over.”

Lu You heard Grandma’s nagging word for word with her good ears and replied loudly: “I won’t go today, I’ll go in a few days, I’ll definitely tell you before I go.”

Grandma asked, “Then what are you going to do?”

As she asked, she saw Lu You circled half a circle around the car, hooked her neck towards the passenger seat, and then folded back again, with both hands empty at her waist, running into the house like the wind.

Grandma mumbled: “What’s the situation, are you running a marathon in this yard!”

“I didn’t take the car keys!”

“Tsk, no one will take good things for you, so you’re forgetful, look, living in Yunxi’s house for a few days has spoiled you like Yunxi.”

Lu You covered her ears: “I don’t listen, I don’t listen, the old lady is chanting scriptures.”

Looking into the car from the car window, the flowers were still in good condition. After going back to the house to get the car keys, Lu You wasn’t in such a hurry, and walked out with a good mood.

Passing through the courtyard again.

Grandma, who was pointing at the dog’s nose and scolding it a few minutes ago, was now holding the yo-yo in her arms, putting on the little clothes she had just knitted for it, and saying “Yo-yo is so good” and “Grandma loves you” and “Don’t learn from your little master, she’s clumsy, learn from Xiaoyunxi, do you know?”

“Woof!”

Grandma was just saying it, why did you answer!

Lu You stopped and glared at the Bichon.

“Going out?” Grandma just asked casually, and without waiting for Lu You to reply, she reminded her, “Yo-yo doesn’t have any snacks, remember to buy some for it.”

“I–”

The key ring flew around her index finger, and it was suddenly retracted into the palm of her hand with the abruptly stopped voice, and Lu You looked down at the time on her watch.

3:27 PM

It was still in time to get there now.

“Got it.” Lu You took a few steps towards the car, stopped, turned around, and told Grandma with a bit of tentativeness, “I’m going to pick up…Sister Yunxi from school.”

After speaking, Lu You closed her eyes helplessly.

Why did it sound like she was picking up a child!

Sure enough, Grandma didn’t notice anything, and laughed at her saying, “Treating your Yunxi sister like a child.”

After a short pause, she raised her head and looked at the gloomy sky, and told her, “It looks like it’s going to rain, take an umbrella with you.”

None of the umbrellas on the Blue Bay side had been brought over. Lu You responded with a “Hmm” and, considering that Yue Yunxi was in class and it was inconvenient to look at her phone, she wanted to see if there was one in the storage cabinet in the entrance.

If not, it was better to just buy one.

She walked back while thinking.

She didn’t notice Grandma approaching Auntie Liu and asking in a low voice, “Do you feel that these two little girls have a particularly good relationship?”

Auntie Liu nodded.

Grandma frowned, “I feel like it’s better than when she was with Taotao.”

Auntie Liu smiled and said, “Isn’t that good? It’s good to have a good relationship.”

Grandma was confused by her two sentences, and muttered, “Good is good…it’s very good…right.”

“Don’t think about it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Instead of worrying about that, why not think about what to eat tonight? It’s probably just the two of us for dinner, how about noodles?”

“Set an alarm clock to remind them to come back early, don’t go crazy again.”

After returning to the house, Lu You opened the door of the storage cabinet and scanned from top to bottom.

There were none in the top four rows, and the last row was not very clear.

Lu You squatted down and saw the neatly arranged umbrellas, and saw the deer head umbrella at a glance.

Thinking of that time, this umbrella was returned to Tao Xin by her, and was thrown by Tao Xin in the puddles and mud. In the end, Yue Yunxi picked it up, and directly used her hands to carefully wipe away the mud on the deer head.

Lu You reached out and took out the umbrella, her eyes fell on the antlers of the umbrella, and she was stunned.

This wasn’t the umbrella she returned to Tao Xin.

It was the original deer head umbrella. The old man at the school gate said she was a girl and specially carved a very unique bow on her antlers.

She tried to search for relevant memories in her mind.

She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have given Yue Yunxi one.

But that was a long time ago, why hadn’t Yue Yunxi returned the umbrella to her?

The question that had been diluted by the sweetness of love popped up again at this time.

When did she start to like her?

How long had she been secretly in love with her?