Overgrown Grassland

29. Chapter 29

After they separated that night, Zhu Yun handed Wang Yuxuan a small pocket book. “These are some journey itineraries and retailers that I like to recommend. If you happen to run into any issues tomorrow, give me a name.”

Wang Yuxuan scoffed, clearly sad.

Zhu Yun spoke up, “About that…”

“Mmh?”

“I actually do have work. Don’t be offended.”

Wang Yuxuan seemed to her, however Zhu Yun was feeling responsible so she didn’t dare look him within the eyes. He stated, “Zhu mei handled me to a virtually 4 determine dinner. Would I dare be offended?”

“……”

“Ah.” Wang Yuxuan feigned grief, “Just like the saying goes, once you eat meals from others, your mouth turns into tender. It’s true.”

Zhu Yun instantly raised her head. “Then, if my mother calls to ask about issues, you’d higher not reveal something.”

“Don’t attempt to take a foot after profitable an inch!”

Zhu Yun pat Wang Yuxuan’s shoulder. With a smile, she stated, “Cooperate, gained’t you. I’ll deal with you subsequent time.” Then she turned and headed again to the varsity campus.

Wang Yuxuan touched the spot the place she’d hit him and muttered, “How half-hearted.” He opened the small pocket book and noticed the detailed commentary. Seeing that she’d been conscientious sufficient, Wang Yuxuan let loose a small sigh.

Zhu Yun returned to her dorm room. After showering and altering her garments, she put her issues away. Sitting in her chair, she spun in circles a bit, earlier than lastly stopping to take a look at the field on her desk. In comparison with a field for garments, a field for a lighter was a lot smaller, certainly.

Would she lose out on grandeur?

Within the quiet night time, Zhu Yun’s ideas flit about.

How ought to she give it to him? She didn’t wish to be too informal and never give it the correct quantity of respect. However she didn’t wish to give it an excessive amount of significance, lest she find yourself placing herself in a disadvantageous spot.

How may she skillfully recreate an environment much like ‘It’s solely proper for a princess to have a robe.’ For no matter cause, this small matter had her thoughts working so laborious that it almost bled.

The following day, she headed over to the undertaking base with darkish circles round her eyes. Li Xun had already cut up up the roles for his or her new undertaking. He put all of Zhu Yun’s duties right into a doc and despatched it to her.

Just a few hours later, Li Xun got here by to verify on her progress. “The dimensions of the web page is fallacious. What are you enthusiastic about?”

Zhu Yun replied, “I’m not carried out with it but.”

“Your expertise was this after celebrating the brand new yr?”

“……” She was only a bit distracted, is all.

The lighter was in her pocket.

Zhu Yun seemed over by Li Xun’s hand. Subsequent to his pc, there was already a lighter.

No probability…

Li Xun stated, “Neglect it. If you happen to’re going to be absent-minded, it’s higher to not work. Let’s go eat. You’ll be able to decide the place.” Boss Li was being fairly magnanimous right now as effectively. He received as much as get his coat, after which Zhu Yun adopted go well with.

As the sunshine flickered, a thought crossed Zhu Yun’s thoughts. She glanced over at Li Xun, after which, on the velocity of lightening, she snatched the lighter on the desk and hit it behind the pc tower. Her transfer had been fast and clean, and when Li Xun rotated after placing on his jacket, he didn’t discover a factor.

“Let’s go.”

“Mmh.” Zhu Yun nodded, her face even and calm. “Let’s go.”

They headed to the plaza simply off campus. Since college hadn’t began but, many retailers weren’t open. They handed by a cosmetics retailer, and Li Xun stopped in entrance of the wall mirror by the door.

Zhu Yun watched him ruffle his hair within the mirror.

To what extent does your narcissism go…

“Come right here,” Boss Li ordered.

Zhu Yun walked over.

Li Xun stated, “Look.”

Take a look at what…?

It wasn’t a slimming mirror like they’d in becoming rooms, nor was there any atmospheric lighting, so your flaws have been made very apparent. The dazzling lights inside the shop, coupled with the ceramic ground tiles, actually revealed an individual’s true look.

His seems actually withstood the take a look at…

Then, what did she appear to be right now? Zhu Yun quietly checked out her personal reflection. Haggard…

It was all that lighter’s fault.

Zhu Yun’s ideas ran wild. She didn’t dare take a look at Li Xun, afraid that he’d see her shortcomings. She saved transferring round, in order that he wouldn’t have the ability to catch a nonetheless picture of her.

“Is it getting too lengthy?” Li Xun requested.

“What?”

He frowned and grabbed at his hair. “I can see the black.”

Zhu Yun simply realized that Li Xun’s hair had grown out a bit. When he ruffled his hair, the black roots have been seen.

“So fucking annoying.”

Then why do you insist on dying your hair blond?

Li Xun muttered below his breath, after which he pushed open the door to the cosmetics store. Zhu Yun adopted him inside and watched as he familiarly walked over to a shelf and decide up a field of hair dye.

It was an imported merchandise, and the field had a Chinese language translation slapped onto it. Zhu Yun may solely see the underside row in giant print: Pure, everlasting look; no stiffness!

She had no phrases.

After shopping for the hair dye, the 2 of them headed to discover a place to eat.

“Why don’t you go to the store to dye your hair?” Zhu Yun requested.

“Nowhere’s open. Downtown is simply too far of a stroll. Not value it.”

Zhu Yun nodded. After which she realized that Li Xun was taking a look at her.

“You decide the place. My deal with.”

You’ve already stated that.

“Then once we get again, you possibly can assist me dye my hair.”

“…………”

That situation hadn’t been in place earlier!

“I don’t understand how.”

“That’s okay.”

“I actually can’t.”

“Simply learn the instructions and also you’ll get it.”

“I’ve by no means dyed hair earlier than…” There was nobody round her who dyed their hair; he was the primary.

Li Xun lastly misplaced his endurance. “You’ll be able to’t even try this, how will you be a girl?”

“……”

Does a girl should know dye hair?!

Zhu Yun actually wished to speak again, however after seeing Boss Li’s expression, she determined towards it. To alleviate her resentment, she purposefully selected an costly Japanese restaurant. With out one other phrase, Li Xun yawned and walked inside.

Whereas they ate, Zhu Yun couldn’t assist glancing over at Li Xun’s hair.

“What do you retain taking a look at? Eat your meals.”

Throughout from her, he took a chunk of his sushi roll. With a wierd stress pushing down on her, Zhu Yun ate with out tasting a factor, losing the beautiful meals in entrance of her.

After they left the restaurant, Zhu Yun watched the route that Li Xun was strolling and requested, “Are you going to Ren Di’s studio?”

“Mmh.”

“Is Ren Di again too?”

“No. They’ll be again when college begins.”

“Oh.”

Zhu Yun seemed round.

Since everybody was on trip, the environment round campus couldn’t assist feeling a bit chilly. She recalled her expertise final night time within the dorm. The campus was quiet, giant and open.

There was simply the 2 of them. Two dots joined by a line.

The studio had been emptied out fairly a bit, in all probability as a result of the musicians had taken away their devices. There was a full-length mirror on the south wall. When Li Xun walked in, he instantly pulled a chair over in entrance of the mirror. Then he pushed the hair dye he’d simply purchased into Zhu Yun’s arms.

“Research this a bit.”

Zhu Yun opened the field and pulled out the instruction pamphlet. The method was easy. After Zhu Yun learn the directions, her confidence doubled.

“Okay, I’ll begin dying…” If I mess up, don’t blame me. Zhu Yun pulled on a pair of plastic gloves.

The sky was overcast, and although it was nonetheless early, the room was quite darkish. To not the extent that they needed to activate the lights although.

Zhu Yun completely blended collectively the 2 tubes of dye. Since there was no area to place the container down, she handed the blended contents to Li Xun. “Maintain this for me.”

Li Xun lazily accepted it.

Issues usually look straightforward, however in actuality are laborious to do.

It was Zhu Yun’s first time dying hair, and she or he was certainly not proficient at it. She was frightened the hair dye would get one thing soiled or find yourself the place it shouldn’t be, so she labored very rigorously. So rigorously that she nonetheless hadn’t completed after a protracted whereas.

“Are you continue to hungry or one thing?”

Zhu Yun lifted her eyes and occurred to catch Li Xun’s gaze head on.

Together with his hair was moist, the form of his face grew to become extra distinct.

Zhu Yun replied, “I’m full.”

“If you happen to’re full, why are you so weak?”

Zhu Yun cleared her throat. Then she added a little bit of power. Via the skinny layer of plastic, the temperature and really feel of his head clearly handed onto her fingertips to her nerves.

Quiet.

The open area and the chilly, concrete partitions made the scene extra stark.

“Get me a smoke,” he stated quietly.

Zhu Yun took off her gloves and grabbed the field of cigarettes from his coat. She pulled one out and Li Xun lowered his head and opened his mouth. She checked out his again, his neck, shoulders, over to the collar of his darkish shirt. Darkish, like a riddle.

When she put the cigarette into his mouth, she all of the sudden realized one thing.

Fireplace…

The place there’s a cigarette, there should be a supply of fireside.

Fireplace…

My fucking probability!!!

God has opened his eyes. The query she’d been enthusiastic about all night time— skillfully create the identical environment as ‘It’s solely proper for a princess to have a robe’—lastly had a solution.

“Gentle. What are you enthusiastic about?” he requested, the cigarette in his mouth.

Zhu Yun suppressed the sputtering volcano within her. “Mmh,” she replied quietly, after which grabbed the lighter from her pocket. His expression instantly stiffened. It was certainly an attention-grabbing lighter. Wrapped in a golden snowflake sample, it shined brilliantly and seemed extraordinarily lovely.

With a press of her finger, fireplace leapt up easily. Luckily, she’d ready the lighter earlier. It’s lighting mechanism was a bit totally different from atypical lighters, and so required a little bit of talent.

He was quiet for a second. When he turned his head, his expression softened, he narrowed his eyes, and dipped his head to gentle his cigarette. His moist hair and slender neck seemed like a slow-motion shot in a film. The sunshine reflecting on his face gave off an indescribable sexiness.

After exhaling a mouth of smoke, he seemed on the lighter once more. “Not dangerous.”

Zhu Yun’s hand trembled a bit. A number of responses tumbled round in her head, however in the long run she simply ended up saying, “If it’s not dangerous, then I’ll go away it with you.”

Eh? That wasn’t too dangerous.

Li Xun lowered his head and his shoulders shook.

He was laughing…

What was so humorous…

At first, Li Xun laughed only a bit, however then, he began laughing loudly, as if he may now not maintain again. He raised his head up and cracked up with laughter. His clear and vivid snigger echoed by the room, bouncing off the partitions and into her coronary heart.

Goosebumps lined Zhu Yun’s physique. She couldn’t stand it anymore, and she or he actually wished to discover a crack to crawl into.

Simply as Zhu Yun was about to interrupt, Li Xun lastly stopped. The continual laughter had turned his face a bit purple. Eyes curved, he stated, “Alright, go away it with me. Assist me put it away.”

Success. It doesn’t matter what he says, her plan was successful.

Zhu Yun rotated and put the lighter into his coat.

“What are you doing?”

?

Zhu Yun turned again and checked out Li Xun leaning again in his chair. A smile nonetheless on his face, the cigarette hanging from his mouth, he narrowed his eyes and seemed down. “Put it away right here.”

Zhu Yun seemed down and noticed that he’d stretched out his proper leg.

A pocket on his black pants.

Hell…

Fucking hell, I underestimated High Rating Li once more!

Zhu Yun checked out his calm, composed expression. She refused to lose. She walked over and put the lighter into his pants’ pocket.

He was sitting, and his pants have been tight, particularly on the thighs. There one thing in his pocket. Cash, or keys? His legs seemed very strong. Though he didn’t have a muscular construct, he seemed slender and versatile.

This was Li Xun’s physique…

When she recalled that, Zhu Yun’s legs turned to jelly.

She lowered her head, as if doing one thing, however really simply attempting to cover her face. It was positively utterly purple. Undoubtedly.

Li Xun was very close to, and the air was full of cigarette smoke.

Zhu Yun lastly stuffed the lighter into his pocket, after which she stood up. Their faces touched. In comparison with her burning scorching face, Li Xun’s face was chilly, like a bit of silk. Zhu Yun’s braveness had been damaged, and Li Xun was nonetheless smiling.

“…I want to make use of the washroom.” Zhu Yun didn’t dare search for on the mirror as she mumbled a couple of phrases, turning to go away. She headed straight into the washroom, locked the door, and leaned along with her again towards it.

She clenched her arms into fists, urgent, urgent. Inside her, she screamed to the heavens.

Pull your self collectively!

Luckily, Zhu Yun had a powerful mentality. After a short time, she washed her arms and calmly stepped out of the lavatory.

With the lighter episode behind them, and Li Xun’s hair-dying accomplished, after returning to the undertaking base, Zhu Yun was lastly in a position to focus on her undertaking.

After that incident, the 2 of them acted the identical as earlier than, as if nothing had occurred between them in any respect.

A number of days later, Gao Jianhong returned. He occurred to see Li Xun’s new lighter and curiously requested, “Ay, what good style. The place’d you get it? Let me see.”

“Get away.” Li Xun put away the lighter. “Hurry up and begin working with the princess on the undertaking. We have now different issues to do, so we have to end this earlier than college begins.”