After holding her for a while, he thought Ruanruan would respond to his words, but Ruanruan only said: “I know, thank you.”
Then he went back to his room.
Lu Kuo was a little unsure of her thoughts. Thinking back, after his impulsive confession this morning, she seemed to have stopped responding and went to class.
Is he ignoring me now? Don’t like him anymore?
Ruan Ruan was actually leaning against the door, giggling to herself. She lightly patted her flushed face, still feeling a bit unreal.
“Ruan Ruan, you haven’t answered my question yet. Are we boyfriend and girlfriend now?” Lu Kuo had to settle things the same day, he couldn’t put it off, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
The guesthouse door didn’t soundproof at all, his questions were like he was saying them in her ear.
“Ruan Ruan?” He called her name again, persistent and not giving her any room to escape.
“I didn’t dodge either. I couldn’t hold on for even a few seconds before giving in, and mumbled, ‘Yes.'”
After all, Lu Kuo had always been her dream, and he finally came.
Although I couldn’t see Lu Kuo’s expression, I could feel that he suddenly let out a breath of relief and smiled brightly outside the door.
He laughed outside the door, she laughed inside.
“That… see you tomorrow, girlfriend.” Lu Kuo said again.
“See you tomorrow.” Ruan Ruan felt a warmth spread through her chest because he had intentionally called her his girlfriend. Although they had been together for a year, before confirming their feelings, most of their interactions resembled those between friends— mostly sleep and casual hangouts. Now that they were officially a couple, everything felt different.
Lu Kuo was just about to leave when the door behind him suddenly opened. She stood at the doorway, her face flushed, her eyes gazing at him like stars, and asked, “Do you want to come in?”
“Of course!” he said without any hesitation or equivocation,
Turning back, he slightly bent down to pick up Ruanruan, and with his right foot, kicked the door shut.
The lights were off in the room, and the homestay was incredibly poorly soundproofed. You could even faintly hear the noisy chatter of students next door. But the two seemed to have already gotten used to this kind of environment, lost in silence and oblivious to their surroundings.
Ruan Ruan’s feelings were completely different this time. This time she didn’t want to repress herself, she wanted to speak out, she wanted him to know that she could be crazy for him.
The muffled voices of the students next door continued. Before she could speak, her voice dissolved into his lips.
“Ruan Ruan, pay attention to your image.”
Lu Kuo had to consider Teacher Gu’s reputation for her sake.
“Shall I turn on the light?” Ruanruan wanted to look at him, to keep looking at him.
Lu Kuo reached out and turned on the light inside the room. Their eyes met, and Lu Kuo leaned down to kiss her from time to time. Ruan Ruan’s eyes gradually became red, filled with both impatience and emotion.
In the final moments, she held him tightly, her trembling body slowly returning to stillness.
Lu Kuo also remained silent, tightly embracing her.
At the end of March, Yicun, especially at night, wasn’t that warm. People still needed to sleep under thick blankets at night. However, the two of them didn’t feel cold at all. They were hugging each other, and they felt each other’s body temperature rising constantly. The lights in the room hadn’t been turned off yet. In each other’s eyes, they understood each other’s thoughts.
It is late at night now, and even the students who had been playing noisily next door have gone to sleep. Only a few lanterns in the courtyard of the guesthouse are still casting a soft white light.
Ruannuan took the initiative to kiss her. He held her hand and whispered that sentence in her ear again.
“Teacher Gu, pay attention to your image.”
Ruan Ruan stopped, indeed, it was too quiet around here, every little sound could be heard.
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“I’ll take you to a place.”
Lu Kuo was driving to Yucun in the morning. On the way, there was a large field of rapeseed flowers. When he arrived, it was just before dawn, with a pale sky. A vast expanse of rapeseed flowers and the distant outline of white walls and black tiles formed a picturesque rural landscape, especially beautiful. At that moment, he thought to himself, he must bring Ruan Ruan for a walk along this road.
The car drove for about half an hour and arrived in a vast wilderness. There were no modern lights here. Lu Kuo originally planned to wait here for the sunrise, Ruan Ruan would surely love the rape flower field at sunrise.
Result, surprisingly, even though it was late at night, the entire field of rapeseed flowers was filled with fireflies, dancing and flickering like stars in the sky.
Ruan Ruan was deeply moved. She gently rolled down the car window and leaned out, extending her hand. Two fireflies landed on her fingertips, blinking softly.
She didn’t dare to move, afraid she would disturb them.
Two fireflies didn’t fly away, and she kept stretching out her hand.
Behind her, Lu Ku patted her shoulder. Her fingertips trembled, and the fireflies scattered in fright.
“What are you doing?” she asked, her voice slightly sharp as she turned to look at him.
Lu Kuò cuò pēngzhǒu yī rì de liǎn, dī tóu wěn xià lái. Let me know if you have any other text you’d like translated!
Ruannuan finally knew the true purpose of him driving her out.
He denied: the main purpose was to take you to see the canola flower field sunrise.
Who would believe it!!!
However, as he said, they spent the night sleeping in the car with the windows open. When the morning sun woke them up, Ruann saw the scenery he had described: golden sunlight shining on a field of golden rape blossoms, and dewdrops on the flowers glittering like gold.
Smoke curled in the distance, their car, their people, seemed to be in a painting.
This was probably the most romantic thing she and Lu Kuo had ever done, filling her heart with warmth.
On the return trip, Ruanruan decided that for this last leg of the sketching journey, she would bring her students here.
After spending two days with her in Yicun, Lu Kuo returned to Senzhou. Although he seemed relaxed and carefree every day, he was far from an idle vagabond. He still needed to meet people and discuss projects actively.
Ruan Ruan probably finished the course in about a week. On her way back to Senzhou, as soon as she got off the high-speed train, she saw Lu Kuo’s car parked next to their bus that was going back to school. He had his window open and was chatting happily with the bus driver.
The bus driver offered him a cigarette, but he waved it away, saying that he didn’t smoke.
The students lugged their suitcases over and circled his car. After all, a car of this caliber was something they had only seen online.
That little spy boy: Teacher Lu, can I sit in your car and go back to school with you?
Lu Kuò: “No, this is Teacher Gu’s special car.”
Rejection is clear and straightforward.
Other students had already boarded the bus one after another. Ruanruan walked at the back. Lu Kuo saw her and hurriedly got off the bus to take her luggage and put it in the trunk.
“I just brought a backpack,” she said, “I took the bus and sent them back to school.”
It’s her responsibility to personally escort the students back to school before she feels at ease.
“Mr. Gu, we can just go back by ourselves. You should go with Mr. Lu. It’s the weekend tomorrow anyway.”
Several students urged.
But Ruan Ruan still got on the bus with them.
Lu Kuo didn’t say anything. He drove, following their bus all the way. Sometimes he would even drive beside it.
Let’s walk together.
Ruannuan leaned against the car window. All the way, her heart thumped excitedly, like it wanted to jump out, overflowing with sweetness.