mourning dove

"I'm back." Almost at the moment of entering the door, Yu Yuanzhen's voice came.

Yu Gu's footsteps froze, and Yu Yuanzhen looked at him with a smile in front of him.The dinner table was full of meals as before, waiting for his return.

Yu Yuanzhen's tone was flat, with gentle eyes, "Come and taste the fried dough twist. I fried it. I don't know if you like it or not."

"Don't eat. Don't like it."

"..."

The blunt refusal made the smile on Yu Yuanzhen's face stiff for a moment just like Yu Gu's footsteps.Immediately afterwards, the other party continued to add in an unwavering voice, "I can't bite."

"..."

"...Okay, then don't eat."

Yu Gu didn't respond, but Yu Yuanzhen kept staring at him with piercing eyes, he thought for a while, "Yeah."

I don’t know what is stewed in the kitchen, and there are bursts of fragrance, which makes people’s appetite burst out.

Yu Yuanzhen asked him, "Are you hungry?"

For no reason, Yu Gu felt that the other party's expression was a little weird, and he had a bad premonition from the bottom of his heart.

Today's weather is not much better, cold and gloomy, and now the clouds are thick and dark, and it is low.

Yu Gu seemed to still faintly hear the sound of thunder, it was as if raindrops were falling on his heart, torturing his restless nerves.

The light in the living room was not much better, Yu Gu lay lazily on the sofa, while Yu Yuanzhen looked at him with a smile and asked what he just said.

Are you hungry?

The pupils tightened without a trace, and even the hands trembled slightly, while the smiling face above the head was still looking at him with a smile.

It was only then that Yu Gu realized that something was wrong, the house was eerily quiet, so quiet that he could even hear the wind and grass outside clearly.

The cold sweat on the back seeped into the clothes bit by bit.

Today, there are only the two of them at home.

Yu Yuanzhen said slowly, "Why is your face so ugly?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat off Yu Gu's forehead, but he avoided it by standing up.

Yu Gu didn't look into his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the kitchen lights dimly and warmly falling on the ground from the corner of his eyes.He whispered, "I'll go upstairs and change."

There was no movement around him, but he saw Yu Yuanzhen's figure move slightly from the shadow on the ground, and what followed immediately was the tireless goodness he heard thousands of times.

What Yu Gu thought at that moment was, could Yu Yuanzhen see that he was observing him?

This may be the reason why Yu Gu knew the answer but did not dare to look at Yu Yuanzhen.

It's about to rain, and when the thunder is surging, the flowers and plants are also blown by the wind and whine, which is harsh and annoying.

When Yu Gu returned to the room to close the window, the yellowing leaves of mimosa lightly touched his fingers.

It turned out that it was blown by the wind and was about to wither, and a distress signal was sent out at a critical moment.

He looked slightly dazed, hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to move in the potted plant that was too heavy for him, holding it tightly in his arms as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

It's too cold to hold a potted plant in my arms.

Even with the windows closed, you can naturally hear the sound of thunder and rain outside, and sometimes the few remaining plants and trees that have been tortured by the wind tremble tremblingly.

The curtains were also drawn so that the raging outside could not be seen.

The room should be so quiet that only one person's heartbeat can be heard, so the gradual, slow and clear footsteps are superfluous.

"Ah Gu." The sound of the keyhole being turned echoed brightly and clearly in the silent room, seeming so abrupt.

Yu Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes, and found that Yu Gu was still holding the potted plant in his arms, and he was thinking about something with his head down.

He said softly: "Go and eat. The chicken soup has been stewed."

It turned out to be chicken soup.

There are only the two of them here, and as long as they think about it, panic spreads.Even the soft smile fell into his eyes unconsciously creepy.

So Yu Gu flinched and refused sullenly, "I'm not hungry."

"No." Yu Yuanzhen's tone was so gentle that he couldn't refuse, "Eat first and then rest."

Yu Gu said sullenly: "It's the same if you eat my share."

Yu Yuanzhen coaxed: "Today's dishes are delicious, you will like them."

Yu Gu was pulled down unwillingly, but still tightly hugged the potted plant in his hands, which was probably a comforting existence like an amulet.

The dishes tonight are indeed delicious, especially the chicken soup. When Yu Yuanzhen brought it out of the kitchen, his breath was filled with this greasy smell.

"I've been stewing it since the afternoon, until you come back." Yu Yuanzhen said, "Be careful it's hot."

Yu Gu hummed, his hands were still trembling slightly when he scooped it up with a spoon, and he lowered his head to taste it.Although he didn't know the taste, he had to admit that the stewed chicken surprised him.

...the taste is really pretty good.

"Where did you go this afternoon?"

"Basking in the sun."

"Where do you go to bask in the sun?"

"..."

In addition to the sound of rain, the sound of the crisp collision between the bowls and chopsticks was also very clear, even unhurriedly.

Yu Yuanzhen smiled at him, piercingly.I caught a piece of fish for him.

Yu Gu drank the chicken soup slowly, and heard what Yu Yuanzhen said.

"It seems that there is no sun today?"

The spoon fell into the bowl without paying attention.

Yu Yuanzhen directly changed him to a bowl of soup, but Yu Gu had no leisure to eat anymore.

The other party asked him to finish his drink before going to rest, perhaps because he didn't want his achievements of the afternoon to be wasted.

Yu Gu casually scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth, when he suddenly felt something cold and hard in his mouth reminding him of its existence.

The wind rattled the windows.

Yu Gu bowed his head and spat out the ring that he had abandoned.

Yu Yuanzhen smiled and said softly, "Ah Gu, let's get married."