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Zhui Luo – Chapter 67

Lu Xixiao understood her meaning almost instantly.

He froze for a second, then leaned forward, one hand cupping the back of Zhou Wan’s head as he kissed her.

Since their reunion, they had kissed before and even done more intimate things, but this was their first kiss without any barriers between them.

The moment his lips touched Zhou Wan’s soft ones, Lu Xixiao’s movements halted.

The feeling of regaining what was lost made him acutely aware of how unbearable these seven years had been. His Adam’s apple bobbed sharply as he hesitated, afraid of frightening his girl now that they were so close to home.

But he couldn’t control himself, like a dog that had finally found its way home, or like a great fire that couldn’t be extinguished by rain. He kissed her forcefully.

The sensation was incredibly wonderful. After such a long wait, the clouds had parted to reveal the moon. Zhou Wan obediently tilted her chin up to accept Lu Xixiao’s kiss, her tears making her eyelashes wet.

She cried with choked sobs, trembling as she called his name repeatedly, “Lu Xixiao, Lu Xixiao…”

“Mm.”

Lu Xixiao responded hoarsely. He lifted Zhou Wan’s chin, gently biting her full, moist lips, his fingertips moving gradually down from her nape, lifting the hem of her clothes.

When his cool fingertips touched the skin at her waist, Zhou Wan only struggled slightly before forcing herself to relax, though she grew increasingly tense from nervousness.

Lu Xixiao lowered his eyes, then bent down to kiss the corner of her mouth again.

His voice was very low and hoarse: “Wan Wan.”

“Mm.”

The man’s black eyelashes trembled lightly: “You don’t know how much I love you.”

Zhou Wan responded with a tearful “mm.”

Lu Xixiao’s arms tightened as he pulled Zhou Wan onto his lap, pressing against her as he kissed her devotedly, from her lips to her chin to her neck.

Outside the window was spring rain, falling drop by drop into their hearts.

Inside the room, it seemed the rain had also made everything damp and sticky.

“Wan Wan.”

Lu Xixiao looked into her eyes from close range, his pupils black, his gaze filled with obvious desire. His magnetic voice was like an enchantment, “Do you want to look at your name again?”

Zhou Wan held his gaze for several seconds before lowering her eyes to his collarbone.

Her name was just beneath that piece of clothing.

Lu Xixiao kissed her ear and whispered, “Help me take it off.”

“…”

Zhou Wan’s eyelashes trembled violently as she lowered her hands, two fingers pinching the hem of his clothes before stopping. Her cheeks were so red they could drip blood, and she didn’t dare look into his eyes anymore.

“Hurry up,” Lu Xixiao urged, “Take it off and I’ll forgive you.”

Zhou Wan’s voice was very soft: “You just said you’d forgive me if I stayed by your side.”

Lu Xixiao raised an eyebrow and chuckled, not expecting Zhou Wan to still be clear-headed enough to argue with him at this moment.

His mischievous nature emerged again.

“Then let’s add another condition.”

He said matter-of-factly, lowering his head to bite Zhou Wan’s collarbone, his teeth gently grinding as he mumbled, “With tattoos, it doesn’t hurt as much on fleshy areas. The collarbone is one of the most painful spots.”

Zhou Wan immediately felt guilty, her eyes growing hot.

Lu Xixiao’s index finger stroked her cheek lightly as he said unhurriedly: “You now have a chance for redemption.”

Zhou Wan’s face was red beyond bearing, even her fingertips trembling. She bit her teeth, not letting her sense of shame overwhelm her, forcing herself to calm down as her fingers gripping Lu Xixiao’s clothes hem moved upward, removing his shirt.

She saw the tattoo again.

On this rainy day, the room wasn’t very bright, but it was still much brighter than last night.

She saw those two characters, every stroke was in Lu Xixiao’s handwriting.

Lu Xixiao didn’t give her a chance to cry again, picking her up and walking toward the bedroom.

He kicked open the door, placed Zhou Wan on the bed, then leaned over to open the bedside drawer.

Following his movement, Zhou Wan turned her head to look, and when she saw what was in his hand, her face grew redder as she asked tremblingly, “Why is that here?”

Lu Xixiao chuckled lightly, tearing open the package: “Last time when I came, I bought it while getting breakfast.”

“…”

It was premeditated.

Unlike last time, which was less like intimacy and more like a battle between dominant and submissive, this time was different. Both had faced their past directly, openly offering their burning hearts to each other.

Zhou Wan had suffered a bit last time and was afraid at first, but later was drawn into the depths of passion, unable to extricate herself.

She was like a small boat drifting on an endless sea, pushed up and dropped down by the waves, again and again.

Later, Zhou Wan’s nails dug deep into Lu Xixiao’s arms as she touched the tattoo on his collarbone, experiencing a strange illusion—they were joined in flesh and bone.

At the very end, Lu Xixiao pulled the blanket over both of them, kissed the corner of her mouth, and said softly, “Wan Wan, I’m finally not alone anymore.”

These words made her nose ache with emotion.

She had no strength left, her body was sweaty, and her voice was hoarse. She could only laboriously raise her hand to hug Lu Xixiao’s back, burying her face in his chest.

Lu Xixiao hugged her back tightly.

Those two isolated planets had finally entered the same orbit.

Zhou Wan was exhausted, her nose filled with Lu Xixiao’s unique scent as she gradually fell asleep in his arms.

When she woke up, the rain hadn’t stopped.

Drip drop, raindrops fell from the eaves one by one, creating small puddles on the ground.

When Zhou Wan opened her eyes, it was nearly dark outside. She looked out the window, then instinctively curled deeper into the soft blanket, her whole body lazy, unwilling to get up.

Her body was still sore and without energy, as if she had grown into the blanket.

After a while, Lu Xixiao pushed open the door.

He wasn’t wearing a shirt, showing his broad shoulders and narrow waist, his figure striking, his muscles proportioned perfectly, every line beautiful and flowing. On his collarbone, besides the old tattoo and knife scar, there were many bite marks that she had just made.

Zhou Wan only dared to look once before averting her gaze, trying to cover up her embarrassment by turning her head away.

Lu Xixiao laughed: “Why won’t you look at me?”

Zhou Wan didn’t speak.

In her mind flashed the sensual scenes from before, and Lu Xixiao’s wicked demands, taking advantage of her sympathy to continuously push boundaries, coaxing her to say and do many things.

Lu Xixiao sat on the edge of the bed and pinched her face: “Are you planning to go back on your word?”

Zhou Wan finally spoke, her voice a bit hoarse: “No, I’m not.”

“Then why won’t you look at me?” He seemed to be pouting.

Zhou Wan had to look at him with a red face.

“Does it still hurt?” Lu Xixiao asked.

“…”

Zhou Wan pressed her lips together, “It’s okay.”

He nodded and said: “I’m quite sore though.”

“…”

Lu Xixiao turned to the side, showing her his back covered in dense fingernail marks. Zhou Wan didn’t remember making these at all and was stunned.

“Did I do this?”

“Who else?” Lu Xixiao raised an eyebrow, “You almost drew blood.”

Zhou Wan felt both embarrassed and concerned.

Originally, she was too embarrassed to say anything about this, but felt she should give Lu Xixiao an explanation. After thinking for a moment, she said softly: “Then I’ll cut my nails shorter next time, so I won’t hurt you.”

Not expecting this response, Lu Xixiao was stunned for a moment before breaking into laughter.

He seemed to find it incredibly amusing, laughing so hard his chest shook as he nodded: “Alright.”

Seeing that she had little energy, Lu Xixiao stopped teasing her. After feeding her some warm water, he let her continue resting.

Zhou Wan took another nap and finally felt better when she woke up.

She put on her clothes and got out of bed. Lu Xixiao was sitting on the sofa, looking bored while holding his phone.

Hearing movement, he looked up: “Awake?”

“Mm.”

“Hungry?” Lu Xixiao asked, “Want to order takeout or go out to eat?”

Although her legs were still weak, after staying home all day, Zhou Wan wanted to go out for a short walk.

“Let’s go out.”

“Okay.”

Lu Xixiao grabbed an umbrella, and they left together.

This area was already an old district before, and seven years later it was even more so, without many well-decorated storefronts. Not wanting Zhou Wan to get too tired, Lu Xixiao casually chose a stir-fry restaurant.

It was a humble establishment, but the food was quite good, which explained how it had stayed open for so many years.

Zhou Wan put down her chopsticks after eating just a little.

“Full?” Lu Xixiao asked.

“Mm.”

“You barely ate anything.”

“I wasn’t very hungry to begin with,” Zhou Wan smiled gently and said, “I’m full.”

Probably because she had slept on and off for so long, Zhou Wan still couldn’t muster much energy, so after dinner, Lu Xixiao didn’t immediately take her home, planning to walk around a bit before returning.

Cherry blossom trees lined both sides of the small road.

The cherry blossoms were in bloom, and after the rain, small delicate petals covered the ground.

The cherry blossom season was pitifully short; likely after this spring rain, the blossoms would be gone.

Fortunately, they had seen the last of the cherry blossoms.

Without realizing it, they had walked to that old game arcade.

Zhou Wan stopped and looked over.

Lu Xixiao followed her gaze: “Want to go in and play for a while?”

Zhou Wan nodded.

Surprisingly, the arcade was still there.

It had been renovated and looked very different from Zhou Wan’s memories, and she didn’t recognize the young girl standing at the counter anymore.

The young girl saw them come in and immediately asked if they wanted to get a card.

“We had a card before,” Zhou Wan said, “but it was seven years ago, I don’t know if you can still look it up.”

“Seven years, that’s so long ago. This store was sold and changed owners since then. Although all the old information was transferred over, I’m not sure if something from that long ago is still there.”

The girl said, “Give me your phone number first, and I’ll check.”

Zhou Wan gave Lu Xixiao’s phone number.

The girl entered it into the computer, hit enter— “It’s still here! There’s still over a hundred yuan on it. Here, let me make you a new game card.”

Zhou Wan nodded and thanked her.

The arcade wasn’t very crowded, mostly filled with students in school uniforms.

Someone like Lu Xixiao attracted attention regardless of his age, drawing everyone’s gaze as soon as he walked in.

Since Zhou Wan stopped working here, Lu Xixiao had only come once, on Christmas Eve, when he stayed up all night and won a bicycle.

“What do you want to play?”

Zhou Wan looked around and, seeing the basketball machine remembered that Lu Xixiao used to be very good at basketball. She pointed: “That one.”

The basketball machine had a two-player mode. They swiped their card, the machine’s rails activated, and orange basketballs rolled to their hands.

Zhou Wan felt tired after throwing a few shots, and her accuracy rate was quite low, so she decided to rest on the side and watch Lu Xixiao play.

He was dressed more casually after work, in a white shirt and black pants, his expression still as spirited as before, as if he had never changed.

Still the same Lu Xixiao as before.

Zhou Wan couldn’t help but take out her phone and take a picture of him.

Just as the countdown ended, Lu Xixiao turned his head to look at her, raising an eyebrow: “Taking sneaky pictures of me?”

Zhou Wan hadn’t felt like she was being sneaky, but his question made her self-conscious and somewhat guilty as she put away her phone, softly responding “mm.”

“I’m your boyfriend now, you can take pictures openly.”

As he spoke, he took out his phone and held up the front camera.

Zhou Wan looked at the two of them in the lens, paused for a moment, then showed a faint smile.

Lu Xixiao took the photo, capturing the moment.

He lowered his head to continue fiddling with his phone and asked: “This is our second photo together, right?”

The first was the photo booth picture at the mall.

Zhou Wan’s movements paused, thinking of something, pressed her lips together, and didn’t respond.

They played for a while longer before leaving.

The air was heavy with moisture as Lu Xixiao held Zhou Wan’s hand, walking toward home.

Back home, Zhou Wan lay in bed after her shower.

She had taken three days off and would return to B City tomorrow. Before sleeping, Zhou Wan habitually checked if there were any new assignments in the work group chat. After checking, she idly opened her Moments feed.

Zhou Wan rarely posted, so she seldom looked at Moments.

She scrolled down while browsing, liking some interesting posts.

Continuing to scroll down.

Suddenly, her gaze stopped.

She saw that photo from the arcade.

Lu Xixiao had posted it.

In the photo, the lighting was somewhat dim, with the basketball machine beside them, the machine’s red lights casting sideways on their faces, creating areas of light and shadow. They were quite close together, Zhou Wan smiling shyly and peacefully, quietly looking at the camera, while Lu Xixiao leaned slightly down next to her face, his expression carrying the willfulness of youth.

Above the photo was a line of text—

[Finally, we will welcome the blazing summer together.]

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