The Neon Tower

"..." Ye Youlan looked at Gao Kai's abdominal muscles in a daze for a moment, "You're hungry, I'll cook something for you."

"Will you? Don't hurt yourself." Gao Kai said while holding Ye Youlan's hand.

Ye Youlan didn't know why, but felt an inexplicable feeling welling up in her heart, a little stuffy and astringent, as for what it was, he didn't think about it, just took Gao Kai's hand away and walked towards the kitchen.

After a while, Ye Youlan brought in a bowl of hot porridge.Gao Kai stared blankly, Ye Youlan rolled up her sleeves, and covered her waist with an off-white apron, just like a waiter in a restaurant delivering food.However, at this moment, he seemed to have nothing to do with prostitutes.

"Come on, open your mouth." Ye Youlan took a sip and sent it to Gao Kai.

"..." Gao Kai looked away embarrassedly: "I... am not used to being fed by others."

Ye Youlan nodded, thinking it was normal, after all he was such a big person: "Then you eat by yourself." After finishing speaking, she put the bowl on the bedside cabinet, stood up and said, "I'm leaving."

"Ah, Lan'er..." Gao Kai felt anxious and stopped him again.

"What's the matter?"

"I...I'm still..." Gao Kai's mind went blank for a moment and he couldn't think of an excuse.

"What's the matter?"

"I...my hand hurts." He looked at the hot porridge on the bedside: "Still, you feed me... okay?"

"Huh?" Ye Youlan tilted her head, in Gao Kai's eyes, this move was so cute that no relatives would recognize her: "Didn't you say you're not used to it? A big man is so awkward."

Saying that, Ye Youlan sat on the edge of the bed in a very manly posture, one leg stretched out inadvertently through the gap of the hem, the spring scenery made Gao Kai's blood boil, his heart beat like thunder, hitting his chest one after another.

He gently covered Ye Youlan's legs with a corner of the quilt, this action didn't seem to attract Ye Youlan's attention.At this moment, he was picking up the bowl of hot porridge again, and spooning another mouthful into Gao Kai's mouth.

Gao Kai swallowed mouthful after mouthful, his eyes remained on Ye Youlan's face without blinking.

"Can you look at other places?" Ye Youlan's eyes met Gao Kai's inadvertently, and when she found that the other party was staring at her, she said a little embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I don't have the strength to control my eyes right now."

"Do you want it?" Ye Youlan looked at the man he thought the world was like with one eye.

"In your impression, how bad am I... Besides, even if I want to go crazy, there's nothing I can do now."

"Cough..."

"That..." Gao Kai said, "Congee...it's so delicious, why do you know how to cook?"

"Don't think that I don't know anything except that stuff." Ye Youlan put down the empty bowl, and smoothed the slightly messy hem of her clothes: "I came from an acrobatic class. When I was young, my master didn't teach me anything. He only called me Cooking. Later, when the acrobatic class was disbanded, I thought about finding a job as a chef, but the town I live in is too small and there are no restaurants at all..." As she spoke, You Lan put back the empty bowl after eating On the bedside table.

"Then... why don't you go to another town? Or come to the capital?"

"Master is seriously ill in bed, he only has me, I can't leave him alone..."

"It's the first time I've heard you talk about yourself..." Gao Kai forcefully squeezed a blunt wry smile on Namuna's face.

"The guests who came in were never interested in Xiaowan's past, and they stopped talking about it over time."

"Then tell me more, I'm...very interested."

"But I don't want to say it." Ye Youlan looked at the expression of the person next to her, it was very interesting, sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny, sometimes her eyes were extremely focused, but after a while she looked lost: "What about you?"

"Me?" Gao Kai thought for a while: "I was conscripted into the military camp when I was 14 years old. At that time, I was assigned to the iron cavalry battalion of General Fan Yingchen. I still remember."

Ye Youlan frowned, thinking: Fan Yingchen?

"It's a pity that the Iron Cavalry Army stopped its formation later, and I was selected into the palace as a guard, so I couldn't go to the battlefield with the army."

"Oh~ how old are you?" Ye Youlan asked.

"Nine times out of twenty."

"Seeing that your conditions are not bad, have you never thought about getting married and finding a wife?"

"..." Gao Kai seemed to realize something in his heart, and sighed silently: "Yes, a few years ago, the matchmaker Zhang in the city would introduce girls to me from time to time, but every time it wasn't because I was busy with business and didn't have time I went to see you, because people think that my official position is not high, and my position is dangerous, so I have nothing to say." Gao Kai stared at Ye Youlan, quietly waiting for him to answer.

"I think you can't coax people, right? Like a log, I have been in love for many years. If you want to learn, I can teach you a few tricks."

"That... there's no need..."

"What's wrong? Do you think Lao Tzu's brothel moves are too low-grade and vulgar?"

"It's not..." Gao Kai said, "Laner...do you have no confidence in me?"

"..."

"Or do you have no confidence in yourself?" Gao Kai took Ye Youlan's hand: "Lan'er, I, Gao Kai, only love you in this life, and I can't hold other people in my heart. What else are you looking for?"

"What nonsense?" Ye Youlan calmly pushed Gao Kai's hand away: "You look at me seriously, you're a broken body, and you're an old man, if you get rumored to be together with me, what are you doing?" It's all ruined."

"so what?"

"Is it worth it? For being muddy like me." Ye Youlan forced a smile on her face, and said with a bit of grit between her teeth: "You are just confused by my appearance, if you knew my past, you wouldn't Say you love me as much as you do now."

"Then tell me, what is your past?"

"You are a good person, and I want to leave a good impression in your heart. After this farewell, you and I will never see each other again, so...don't wait for me."

Ye Youlan left without looking back, only a quiet fragrance remained in the room as proof of his presence.