Chapter 64
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When Fan Yuan and Gu Yang entered the private room, Pan Fei, Chai Jingqiu, Meng Zhan, and Li Ziyan were already seated, enjoying the food.
Upon seeing them, the group immediately asked about Gu Yang’s red eyes.
Gu Yang proudly showed off his colored contact lenses and asked, “Do they look good?”
The others praised him without any special reaction to a male wearing colored lenses.
For hot pot, they naturally chose a spicy one. Normally, Gu Yang would go for the spiciest soup base, but he wasn’t feeling well these past few days and wanted a tomato soup base instead. Before he could even speak, Fan Yuan had already suggested a combination of tomato and spicy soup base.
Pan Fei took their orders and they ordered several plates of meat.
When the menu was handed to Gu Yang, he looked at the pictures and ordered two plates of shrimp.
Fan Yuan whispered to Gu Yang’s ear, “Can you eat shrimp? I thought you don’t like to eat meat?”
Gu Yang looked at the vivid picture of the big shrimp on the photo and thought to himself, “It looks like it’s okay, it doesn’t look disgusting.”
He was still a foolish rabbit who didn’t like to eat ordinary meat but could eat shrimp.
While waiting for the food to arrive, Gu Yang carefully took off his coat, slowly loosening the hem of his sweater with one hand, making sure that his rabbit tail behind him was not exposed before he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.
Fan Yuan picked up Gu Yang’s coat that he had squeezed behind him and did not hang it on the coat rack on the wall. Instead, he unfolded it and hung it on the back of the chair behind Gu Yang, covering the hollow back of the chair to prevent someone passing behind Gu Yang from accidentally seeing his rabbit tail that he might accidentally expose.
Gu Yang didn’t know why Fan Yuan did this, he just instinctively leaned forward to make it easier for Fan Yuan to hang his coat.
Pan Fei and Chai Jingqiu sat on the side, their eyes shining, occasionally taking a glance at Gu Yang and Fan Yuan.
By now, the hot pot base had already been brought out, and Gu Yang smelled the aroma of the tomato hot pot bubbling up and his stomach also growled.
There were several small plates of snacks and fruits on the table. Fan Yuan picked up a piece of sliced fruit and handed it to Gu Yang.
Gu Yang didn’t take it, he just opened his mouth and took a bite out of Fan Yuan’s hand. He finished it in two or three bites and then looked at Fan Yuan with eager eyes, indicating that he wanted more.
Fan Yuan fed Gu Yang two more pieces but refused to let him eat any more.
“We’ll be eating soon, don’t eat too much.”
Gu Yang twiddled the chopsticks on the table with his fingers. Although he didn’t want to, he still listened to Fan Yuan’s words.
Pan Fei and Chai Jingqiu looked at each other with familiar expressions in their eyes, immediately taking out their phones and starting to have a friendly discussion online.
The WeChat messages were quickly passed between two people:
“Did you notice?”
“I did! I did!”
“Fan Yuan is taking care of Gu Yang so meticulously!”
“Does this confirm their relationship?”
“Let’s observe a bit more!”
The hot pot dishes were served quickly since most of them were raw. Gu Yang looked at the waiters bringing one dish after another and forgot about the fruit. The six classmates who rarely had the chance to get together during the holidays immediately rolled up their sleeves and started eating.
Li Ziyan was usually a strong player in hot pot battles, and always unbeatable, but this time he lost to Gu Yang’s squad.
Gu Yang ate quickly and a lot, with Fan Yuan constantly helping to cook and pick up food. He didn’t need to do much with his own hands, only needed to hold the chopsticks and eat.
As the food on the table became less and less, Meng Zhan also felt the pressure and stopped talking, burying his head to eat.
The two girls were doing well, getting full quickly and stopping for a break.
Halfway through the meal, Gu Yang suddenly slowed down. He quietly shifted his body, changed his sitting position, and sat on the edge of the chair. He lifted his hand and pushed back his knit hat, revealing his smooth forehead covered in tiny beads of sweat.
Just now, Gu Yang suddenly felt a noticeable tingling sensation spreading from the base of his short rabbit tail behind him, as if an extra nerve had grown in his body, running through his limbs, even his rabbit ears that were pressed under his woolen hat.
As the surging numbness hit him, Gu Yang couldn’t even hold his chopsticks and felt his whole body go weak, his mind becoming hazy and muddled.
Fan Yuan piled Gu Yang’s plate full of vegetables, but seeing Gu Yang suddenly stop eating and sit straight, staring blankly at the table, he reached out and lightly tapped the table in front of Gu Yang.
Gu Yang was drawn to Fan Yuan’s finger and slowly lowered his gaze to it, but he remained lost in thought.
Fan Yuan asked him, “What’s wrong with you?”
Gu Yang simply put down his chopsticks, tightly clasped the edge of the table with both hands, and slowly looked at Fan Yuan. His red eyes, with even the corners tinged with red, seemed to be struggling to restrain something.
Fan Yuan suddenly thought of rabbits’ characteristics and realized a certain possibility. He leaned in close to Gu Yang’s ear and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Gu Yang, is there something wrong with your body…?”
Gu Yang’s dazed mind couldn’t quite comprehend Fan Yuan’s words, but he felt the heat of Fan Yuan’s breath blowing into his ear, making his whole body feel even more tingly and numb.
Gu Yang shook his head and turned to look at Fan Yuan. Although he wanted to speak, his gaze slowly fell on Fan Yuan’s lips, his eyes focused and even unconsciously licked his own lips, completely unaware of his own actions.
Fan Yuan confirmed his guess, sat up straight, and swept a glance around the other people at the table with his dark eyes. As he straightened his elbow, he “accidentally” knocked the chopsticks off the edge of the table.
The two chopsticks fell to the ground, making a sound that immediately caught everyone’s attention.
Fan Yuan bent down to pick up the chopsticks, and Meng Zhan and others moved their gaze away and continued to grab food from the hot pot.
Gu Yang still tightly gripped the edge of the table with both hands, unconsciously recalling Fan Yuan’s gaze, lips, voice, and everything about him again and again in his mind.
Although Fan Yuan was right beside him, Gu Yang felt that it was not enough, still not enough. He couldn’t figure out what was missing.
Fan Yuan crouched on the ground for a long time, picking up the chopsticks, but instead of standing up, his whole body moved away from the chair and crouched down. It was unclear where the chopsticks had fallen.
Suddenly, Gu Yang felt a warm hand on his knee, and he immediately lowered his head to see Fan Yuan crouching in front of him, looking up at him with his eyes from bottom to top, and motioning to him with his finger.
Gu Yang followed Fan Yuan’s fingertips and bent down. Just as his body was lowered below the tabletop, Fan Yuan grabbed his collar and lifted his head to kiss his lips.
The two of them had a brief kiss under the large table, and the curtain hanging from the table was a temporary barrier of safety.
Gu Yang’s eyes widened slightly. He never expected that Fan Yuan would be so bold and would dare to kiss him under the table.
This secret intimacy, in the eyes of others, was something only they knew about.
Their blood accelerated rapidly, quickly passing through every cell in their bodies, as if every cell was declaring their love and possession of each other.
At a similar temperature, the clear red pupils and the heavy black pupils met at an extremely close distance, and then slowly moved away.
Fan Yuan sat back in his chair, while Gu Yang still hadn’t recovered and remained bent over, with his sweater lifting up as his upper body twisted, revealing some white fluff on the edge of his bunny tail.
Fan Yuan pressed Gu Yang’s shoulder and helped him sit up, then put the chopsticks back into Gu Yang’s hand and took another pair for himself.
Although he had crouched under the table to pick up the chopsticks, the chopsticks had long been kicked away and no one cared.
It was just a quick kiss, but it effectively relieved the soreness in Gu Yang’s body. He moved his wrist holding the chopsticks, and the vegetables in front of him were already cold, but Fan Yuan picked them up and put them on Gu Yang’s plate again, continuously picking up and serving him food.
Gu Yang quickly surpassed everyone else in the hot pot contest and ate more than he used to.
Fan Yuan spent most of his time feeding Gu Yang, not eating much himself, and Gu Yang really ate a lot more than before!
Pan Fei drank sour plum juice and joked with Gu Yang, “Gu Yang, don’t become a chubby little guy. What if Class Monitor Fan looks down on you!”
Pan Fei was just joking, and she never expected that Gu Yang would be different from before, a sensitive and foolish bunny who was being influenced by the “Rabbit Bride” golden finger.
Gu Yang’s eating slowed down and he turned his head to look at Fan Yuan, feeling a bit nervous.
Fan Yuan was fishing out food, blowing on it lightly before placing it into Gu Yang’s plate.
Seeing Gu Yang’s gaze, the food on Fan Yuan’s chopsticks changed direction and was handed to Gu Yang’s lips instead of being put into his plate.
“Eat, don’t be afraid of getting fat.”
Feeling affirmed by Fan Yuan, Gu Yang immediately smiled and opened his mouth, biting the chopsticks with a happy expression and continuing to eat.
Pan Fei covered her mouth and chuckled, nearly overwhelmed by the sweetness between the two.
Gu Yang ate his meal joyfully, belching slightly after putting down his chopsticks. His rabbit tail behind him bounced out from under his sweater, but was caught and tucked back in by Fan Yuan.
After finishing his meal, Gu Yang became alert and turned his attention to Li Ziyan, whose eyes had been dazzled by the two.
Chai Jingqiu, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke up:
“Li Ziyan, there’s something I’ve been curious about… “
But she was immediately interrupted by Li Ziyan’s excited exclamation:
“Don’t ask! My mother’s surname isn’t Zhao! Nor is it Xianglu!”
Gu Yang’s mouth formed an “O” shape as he nodded along, clearly also curious about this question, but he had refrained from asking due to its impoliteness.
“Oh, I see…”
The two girls chuckled softly, and even Meng Zhan couldn’t help but laugh, as it was evident that Li Ziyan had been asked similar questions before.
Their itinerary for this outing was quite full. After finishing their hotpot, the group headed to an amusement park.
Gu Yang thought that there wouldn’t be too many people in the amusement park during winter, but he didn’t expect it to still be packed with people.
The group of six people split up at this time. Meng Zhan and Li Ziyan went to challenge the difficult high-level attractions, while the two girls had their own things they wanted to play. Shortly after entering the amusement park, only Fan Yuan and Gu Yang were left together.
Gu Yang had one hand resting in the crook of Fan Yuan’s arm, while the other hand kept rubbing his own stomach.
His stomach was slightly bloated, and Gu Yang thought it was because he ate too much. But it had been over an hour now, and there was no sign of any digestion.
“What do you want to play?” Fan Yuan looked around at the various attractions nearby.
Gu Yang looked around as well, but he didn’t really want to play anything. Instead, he looked towards a nearby vendor selling ice cream.
His gaze was too direct, and Fan Yuan immediately understood what Gu Yang meant.
“You just ate not long ago, don’t eat anymore.”
Gu Yang’s hand in Fan Yuan’s arm slowly shook. Following his arm down and into his coat pocket, both of their hands squeezed into one pocket, fingers interlaced with each other. Gu Yang tilted his head and looked at Fan Yuan, his lips curling up into a soft and adorable smile.
“Will you eat one with me?”
This silly rabbit not only became dumber, but also had a larger appetite, became more clingy, and even started to act cute.
In the end, Fan Yuan still bought Gu Yang an ice cream, but he only allowed him to take three bites.
The two of them stood on the side of the road, watching the people come and go in the amusement park, and slowly walked down a less crowded path.
The pink strawberry flavored ice cream was held in Fan Yuan’s hand, and Gu Yang had to hold Fan Yuan’s hand closer to take a bite.
There were very few people on the path, after all, they were all here to play, and not many people came here for a stroll.
Gu Yang walked slowly next to Fan Yuan, satisfying his long-standing desire for a leisurely walk.
A child without parents following behind was happily running with a balloon in hand, passing by the two of them, and even turned back to make faces at Fan Yuan and Gu Yang.
“Holding hands in broad daylight! So embarrassing!”
After speaking, the child immediately turned around, slapped their buttocks and ran away, disappearing around the corner.
Gu Yang blushed from embarrassment and instinctively lowered his head to bite into the ice cream that Fan Yuan was holding to relieve his awkwardness.
However, Fan Yuan refused to let him eat it and dodged Gu Yang’s attempt.
“You’ve already had three bites, you can’t have anymore.”
Fan Yuan still had more than half of the ice cream left in his hand, and the best part, the cone, was at the bottom. Gu Yang leaned his chin on Fan Yuan’s arm and waved a finger in front of him.
“Just one bite, one more bite!”
If Gu Yang wasn’t wearing a hat at this time, he would definitely see two soft bunny ears on top of his head wagging happily.
Fan Yuan should have been impartial, but somehow he became more and more softhearted when facing Gu Yang.
He relaxed his arm slightly, allowing Gu Yang to pull him over and take a bite of the cone.
Gu Yang’s “one more bite” wasn’t a small one, he opened his mouth wide and took half of the cone in one bite, leaving only the tip of the cone in Fan Yuan’s hand.
This bite was too big, Gu Yang had ice cream in his mouth and it was too cold to bite or swallow. He just closed his mouth tightly and innocently looked at Fan Yuan. Because his mouth was too cold, he couldn’t help but squint his eyes.
Fan Yuan threw the tail of the sweet cone in his hand into his mouth and pulled Gu Yang’s wrist, leading him towards a small grove nearby.
The snow in the grove was thick and crunchy underfoot.
Gu Yang followed Fan Yuan, with half-melted ice cream in his mouth, looking back at the path behind them.
Two sets of criss-crossing footprints were left on the untouched snow, and there was silence all around. It felt like they were the only two people left in the world.
When they arrived at a thick and sturdy tree, Fan Yuan immediately pressed Gu Yang against it.
With his view blocked, all Gu Yang could see was Fan Yuan’s black outfit against the endless white background.
“You’re becoming more and more mischievous,” Fan Yuan said, looking down at Gu Yang and touching his cold cheek because of the ice cream.
Gu Yang gulped and swallowed the remaining ice cream in his mouth. He couldn’t bear the cold any longer, so he opened his mouth to relieve the excessive chill.
But it was winter, and everything was freezing cold. How could he relieve the cold in his mouth and outside?
“Feeling cold now?” Fan Yuan asked instinctively, thinking of scolding him.
Before Fan Yuan could do anything, Gu Yang tiptoed and kissed his warm lips with his cold ones.
Their lips touched, but Fan Yuan didn’t move.
After a while, Gu Yang retreated and leaned back against the rough tree trunk. His knitted hat was loose and slid down, covering his eyes.
As he reached up to push his hat up, Fan Yuan grabbed his wrist and held it up to his head.
Fan Yuan pulled down the knitted hat that had fallen halfway, covering Gu Yang’s face. Gu Yang’s vision was completely darkened.
“Fan Yuan?” Gu Yang called out Fan Yuan’s name, but there was no response.
Fan Yuan held Gu Yang’s wrist with one hand and pulled down the zipper of his coat with the other, revealing the turtleneck sweater underneath. When he flipped up the collar, he saw the necklace he was wearing.
He took off the necklace and unbuttoned Gu Yang’s collar, then put the necklace back on Gu Yang’s neck. The necklace, warmed by Fan Yuan’s body temperature, returned to Gu Yang’s neck. The collar was open, and the cold air rushed in.
Gu Yang shrank a little, then immediately raised his neck. The small blue orchid pendant on the black necklace swayed with his movement.
“Fan Yuan?” he called again, his voice softening as if facing Fan Yuan.
Fan Yuan reached out and grabbed Gu Yang’s neck. His five fingers opened, and his fingertips lightly touched the slender neck that could be easily controlled by one hand.
“Gu Yang, the one I gave you looks best on you.”
Gu Yang’s eyes were blocked, and he could only see a little light coming in through the gap in his knitted hat. He couldn’t see anything clearly.
But he could feel Fan Yuan’s breath blowing in his ear and his undeniable presence.
“I really want to keep you locked up to see if you can handle it.”
Fan Yuan’s words came from Gu Yang’s shoulder. As he buttoned Gu Yang’s collar, the other side was still slightly open.
The sweater Gu Yang was wearing belonged to Fan Yuan. It was very loose, and the neckline was easily pulled open.
There was a slight pain on Gu Yang’s shoulder, and he breathed lightly. The cold air from the ice cream in his mouth was gradually replaced by the heat rising from his body.
“What number is this?”
Fan Yuan bit Gu Yang’s shoulder and asked.
Gu Yang’s confused brain slowly turned, and he actually remembered.
“The, the 183rd…”
Fan Yuan said Gu Yang owed him one thousand, and this was the 183rd.
Fan Yuan listened and chuckled softly, his low and hoarse laughter spraying hot air onto Gu Yang’s shoulder. Gu Yang couldn’t help but tremble all over.
“When I kissed you, you weren’t counting?”
Gu Yang’s cheeks slowly turned red. His hat only covered half of his face, and the blush on his cheeks couldn’t be hidden.
Fan Yuan tucked in the other side of Gu Yang’s clothes and slowly helped him zip up his jacket. He lowered his head and pressed his lips against Gu Yang’s.
“Remember this, it’s the 184th time.”
The winter sky was always gray, and the snow didn’t melt for a long time. The previously blurry noise had completely faded away.
Gu Yang couldn’t see anything, he could only rely on instinct to hold onto Fan Yuan tightly, snuggling close to him.
Every kiss made time blurry.
Until the two of them separated, the heat lingering in the air, Gu Yang shook the hand holding onto Fan Yuan’s sleeve and his lips curved into a bright smile.
“Fan Yuan, I’ve caught you.”
Fan Yuan helped Gu Yang adjust his hat, and Gu Yang’s clear red eyes slowly appeared, overflowing with love, trust, and a slowly emerging possessiveness.
“You two are so shy! Kissing for so long! Move over a bit!”
Suddenly, a childish voice came from behind them. Gu Yang was startled and immediately turned to see a child standing not far away, holding a balloon and staring at them with round eyes that blinked incessantly.
Gu Yang hastily pulled his hat back down and turned around to snuggle into Fan Yuan’s embrace, looking like he had no face to see the person.
Fan Yuan looked back at the child but didn’t pay any attention, holding Gu Yang’s hand and walking out of the snow.
Gu Yang was still wearing his hat, unable to see the road beneath his feet, stumbling over the rocks hidden in the snow and almost falling forward.
Fan Yuan reached out and held onto Gu Yang’s waist to steady him. When he let go, he pinched Gu Yang’s belly through his clothes. Gu Yang’s belly was still bulging, and no one knew how much he could eat, as his stomach had not flattened yet.
“Your belly has rounded quite a bit.”
Gu Yang lowered his head and muttered in response. Since no one could see him blush now, his courage had grown.
The little boy ran off, and this time Fan Yuan lifted Gu Yang’s hat off in one go, with a little too much force. Half of his rabbit ears poked out from the hat, and the rabbit fur was messy and disheveled, with one of the ears even flipping over.
Gu Yang simply took off his hat. His entire head was steaming, and he scratched his itchy rabbit ears with a heavy hand, reddening them in a few strokes.
Fan Yuan pushed away Gu Yang’s hand, lifted up his rabbit ears, blew on them gently, and helped him tidy his hair before putting his hat back on.
The little boy, who had not run far, saw Gu Yang’s rabbit ears from behind a tree and was amazed. He covered his mouth in surprise and then ran off on his short legs to find his parents.
“I saw a rabbit alien with rabbit ears!” he exclaimed, gesturing wildly.
His mother patted his head and praised him, “My little treasure is so clever!”
It was clear she didn’t believe him, and the little boy hung his head in disappointment. An accidental truth was taken as childish babble.
Gu Yang was now well-groomed again, with his rabbit ears safely tucked away in his hat, and his short tail wagging happily behind him where no one could see it.
Watching Fan Yuan lower his head to adjust his cuff, Gu Yang’s heart stirred, and he suddenly asked:
“Fan Yuan, will you like me more and more?”
Fan Yuan looked up at Gu Yang strangely, as if he thought the question was unnecessary.
But Gu Yang just wanted to hear the exact answer from Fan Yuan’s mouth. Last time, Fan Yuan only wrote it on Gu Yang’s heart, but didn’t say it out loud.
Fan Yuan helped Gu Yang tidy up his sleeves and put Gu Yang’s hand directly into his pocket.
He looked up at the tall Ferris wheel in the distance and suddenly turned back to ask Gu Yang, “Do you want to ride the Ferris wheel?”
Gu Yang actually wanted to say that it was something that only girls liked, but when he met Fan Yuan’s black eyes, he instinctively nodded.
Pan Fei, Meng Zhan, and the others had gathered together and were taking turns calling Gu Yang and Fan Yuan, but neither of them answered.
The Ferris wheel not far away began a new round of rotation, and one of the windows slowly opened. There were only Fan Yuan and Gu Yang inside the small cabin.
Gu Yang leaned on the window, his fingertips pressed against the cold glass leaving behind heat marks. His hat was a bit crooked on his head, and his vision was blurred as he watched the shrinking crowd below. He bit his lip and remained silent.
The zipper of his coat was opened, and the collar was draped over his arm, revealing the loose sweater underneath.
The two characters that Fan Yuan had written on Gu Yang’s heart that day appeared again, written on Gu Yang’s back using the same method.
Again and again, they covered his entire back.
It took twenty minutes for one rotation of the Ferris wheel, but it only took a moment to write the two characters with eighteen strokes.
For 20 minutes, you can write repeatedly.
As the Ferris wheel slowly descended, the cabin door opened, and a young man with black hair carried another young man out, slowly leaving the crowd with a surprised gaze.
Pan Fei and the others who had been waiting for a long time saw Fan Yuan slowly approaching with Gu Yang on his back.
Pan Fei asked anxiously, “What happened to Gu Yang?”
Fan Yuan lowered his head and affectionately rubbed Gu Yang’s head against his cheek.
“He’s tired from playing and wants to sleep for a while.”
Pan Fei nodded knowingly and said, “Let’s go to the KTV opened by Meng Zhan’s brother. It’s definitely safe this time, and nothing messy will happen again.”
Gu Yang, who was said to be asleep, secretly bit Fan Yuan’s shoulder and whispered, “It’s all your fault. My sweater on my back is wet.”
Fan Yuan looked straight ahead and walked steadily and slowly.
“Do you still want to ask next time?”
“I do,” Gu Yang buried his head back in Fan Yuan’s neck and whispered after a long while.
“You foolish rabbit.”
Gu Yang turned his left hand, which was in front of Fan Yuan, and his palm faced himself.
Looking at the good impression on it, Gu Yang thought to himself that he was not foolish at all.
Fan Yuan’s Favorability Rating:
41 points.
“I want you to like me more every day, more than the day before.”
Author’s message:
Fan Yuan: I want you to be more inseparable from me every day.
Gu Yang: I want you to like me more every day.
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