Red Mansion: Taming the Overlord

In fact, Bo Yang is an adult, and he has been used to being alone before, so it stands to reason that he wouldn't have too many emotions during this kind of New Year's Eve.But I don't know if it's because the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve in this era is so strong that you can feel it even if you stay at home, so Bo Yang seems to be alone.

Besides, there are so many entertainment activities for modern people, even if they are alone, they can entertain themselves very well, but here he can only be in a daze.

After staring blankly, Bo Yang suddenly thought of Xue Pan.

For a moment, he thought about it. At that time, he should not refuse so forcefully. He insisted on coming out to celebrate the New Year by himself. Maybe staying in Xue's house now can be as festive and lively as others, instead of just thinking about it here.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Bo Yang thought it was the store owner who came over, after all, he was the only customer in the store these two days, and he didn't look like a bad person again, and he didn't know what the store had imagined, so he took great care of him.When it's time for dinner, he is either asked to go down to eat with him, or sent to his room specially.

So he adjusted his expression, smiled and stood up to open the door.

The moment he opened the door and saw Xue Pan, he thought it was because he was thinking too much and his eyes were dazzled. ——Although it is true that he thought of Xue Pan, did he really miss him to this extent?

"Brother Yang is not happy to see me?" Seeing that he was silent, Xue Pan put one hand on his shoulder and asked with a smile while pushing him into the room.

Only then did Bo Yang come back to his senses, and felt that Xue Pan's hand on his shoulder was scorching hot, the heat spread along his skin to his face, and the steam seemed to fog up his eyes, "Why don't you coming?"

As he spoke, he looked at the engravings in the room again, "Shouldn't we be eating now?" Just now I heard the shop downstairs setting off firecrackers, and it must be time for dinner.

"It's about this time," Xue Pan said, "but I can't eat without Brother Yang. I just told my mother that I want to look for you."

"She agreed?"

Xue Pan smiled and said, "It's natural. Originally, when you said you wanted to leave, your mother refused to agree, but it was not easy to stay. These days, not only me, but she and Baochai are also concerned about your affairs. Let me inquire. I heard that I want to come out to find you, so I agreed."

Bo Yang had already recovered from the surprise of Xue Pan's arrival, lowered his head and smiled, "You shouldn't have come."

"Why not?" Xue Pan said, "I know you are going to say that family reunion again, but in my heart, Brother Yang is also my family. If you are not here, then what is the family reunion? What's more... In fact, sometimes I know it's wrong, but I still can't help but think that my mother is getting old, and sooner or later, Baochai is fourteen years old, so it's time to discuss marriage. Although they are my family now, they can be together in the future. I've been together for a long time, after all, only Brother Yang is the only one. How can I leave you alone?"

Bo Yang didn't expect him to even think about such a thing, his heart softened, and he said, "Because we still have a long time, so right now, we should put more thoughts on your mother and sister. Get along well."

These words are very reasonable, Xue Pan couldn't think of refuting his words for a while, and he was silent for a moment before saying, "I know you think so, so after I finished the sacrifice at home, I had a few bites of food and a round of wine with my mother and sister. I just came here. Brother Yang is not allowed to drive me away."

"I won't drive you away." Bo Yang didn't know if he was moved by Xue Pan's sincerity, so he told the truth without noticing for a while, "Actually, I'm not interesting by myself, so it's just right that you came here."

He looked at the door again and asked, "You came alone? Didn't you bring any food or drink?"

"You can't hide anything from Brother Yang." Xue Pan said, "I came here in a hurry, but I forgot about it. It was Baochai who reminded me that when you live outside, the food you eat is not as good as at home. So I packed up the food boxes. Let me bring it. It was placed at the door just now."

Bo Yang turned around and opened the door again, and brought in the food box left outside the door.

Although Xue Pan didn't answer another question, but thinking about it today, even the servants would let them go home for reunion. If they had to go out temporarily, Xue Pan probably didn't call, since he was in the city anyway.

But...he stretched out his hand to touch Xue Pan's body, and it was really cold, and then asked, "You came here on a horse?" Xue Pan didn't know how to drive at all, since he didn't bring anyone with him, he could only ride a horse. .It was cold and windy this winter night, thanks to him coming all the way.

Xue Pan immediately grabbed Bo Yang's hand and said, "I'm not cold."

Bo Yang ignored him and told him to go to bed and wrap himself in a quilt to keep warm.He himself just came out from inside, the heat has not dissipated yet, not too hot, just in time for Xue Pan to warm up.Coupled with the fact that several braziers were burning in the room, the heat was suffocating, and after a while Xue Pan slowly regained consciousness from the freezing.

Xue Pan came all the way, and the food in the food box was already cold.Bo Yang moved the brazier to the middle, put a small iron pot on it, poured all the vegetables into it and heated it up, and the two sat facing each other across the brazier, and began to eat.

After taking a few mouthfuls of food, Xue Pan said, "I forgot to bring wine. On a day like today, I should have a few drinks with Brother Yang."

"No need." Bo Yang said, "I didn't really like that taste at first. It's just fine when socializing. It's better not to drink it on weekdays." The smell is not too pleasant, so Bo Yang doesn't like it.

And even though drinking to keep one's health—not to mention whether this statement is true or not, one should just assume that he is right, but there are so many ways to keep one's health, why use this one?Bo Yang felt that it would be healthier to drink less.

Xue Pan nodded quickly, and said, "Actually, I don't like it too much, but most people in the world are like this, and it's inevitable. Since Brother Yang doesn't drink, I will drink less in the future."

Bo Yang smiled when he heard the words, stopped talking, and lowered his head to eat seriously.

After eating, they put the dishes back into the food box, and then the two returned to the bed, took off their outer robes, and huddled under the quilt to talk.This feeling is very good, even if the words are just gossip and have no practical meaning, but the whole person seems to have finally stretched out, and there is no need to think about anything.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Bo Yang suddenly remembered a sentence he had read somewhere before: In the past, the carriages and horses were very slow, the letters were far away, and there was only enough to love one person in a lifetime.

This is actually quite hypocritical, and later it was complained by sharp netizens, adding words such as "but you can take many concubines" at the end, so everyone laughed and continued to embrace the new era.

But at this moment, Bo Yang suddenly discovered that these words were not completely unreasonable.

Maybe it doesn't have to be reflected in love alone. Time in this era seems to pass much slower than later generations.Peasants grow grain once a year and live on the harvest in the field; scholars regard reading as a career and spend their entire lives on it; embroiderers can only produce one work in three years, and the world will be shocked when they are born; The craftsman who died for the sword...

Don't think about the future, don't look at the past, just focus on looking at the present, time slows down, as if everything has room to be refined.

So is love.

Apart from the surging passion when two people are together, there is more to do with daily necessities. These things should have been slowed down and savored carefully.But in the past, Bo Yang had too many things in his heart, always focusing on more complicated and more important things, and he was still unable to calm down and feel the comfort of being with Xue Pan.

In fact, there is no need to be so anxious, he thought.

"What is Brother Yang thinking?" Seeing that he hadn't answered for a long time, Xue Pan squeezed his fingers, playing with each one carefully, and asked.

Bo Yang came back to his senses, smiled and said, "I just think it's good now."

"It's good to be with Brother Yang." Xue Pan rubbed against his neck, and said in a muffled voice.

"Are you sleepy?" Bo Yang asked.

Xue Pan shook his head quickly, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then he leaned over and put his whole body on Bo Yang's body, saying pointedly, "Not sleepy, very energetic."

Yes, Bo Yang has already felt something on his thigh, and he is indeed very energetic.

"Actually, you sneaked out just to do this, right?" Bo Yang couldn't help but tease him.

"No." Xue Pan immediately denied it, and said, "Just seeing Brother Yang, it became energetic by itself, and I can't control it."

"So you still blame me?" Bo Yang raised his eyebrows and asked.

Xue Pan cleverly didn't answer this question, rubbed against Bo Yang's body for a long time, and gently called his name, "Brother Yang, Brother Yang..."

The candlelight flickered in the room, the charcoal fire in the brazier was burning, and there was a "cracking" sound from time to time, and the distant noise came indistinctly, which made the surrounding quieter.This quietness seemed to be brewing something, causing Bo Yang to forget his rationality for a moment, and followed Xue Pan's strength to hug him, saying, "Otherwise—"

Xue Pan looked up at him.His eyes seemed to be filled with stars, staring at him so brightly, Bo Yang's throat tightened under his gaze, and his voice lowered, "Let's do it."

In the next instant, Xue Pan almost jumped up from the bed and jumped to the ground.

Because the movement was too violent, I didn't stand firmly when I stopped and almost fell down.Bo Yang quickly stretched out his hand to help, frowned and said, "You don't want to?" There was still some discomfort in his heart.Although he regretted a little when he said this, although he also felt that it was a bit early to consider this matter now, although...

Although there are many things, but Xue Pan's reaction is really sad enough.

Xue Pan shook his head quickly, and grabbed the clothes he had just taken off, "No, no, no... I, I'm just... too excited." He tore his clothes in a panic, and took a long time to find a piece of clothing from inside. Holding Baici's bottle in his hand, he jumped back on the bed and sat down next to Bo Yang, "I, I'm looking for this."

Bo Yang: "..." Can I go back on my word now?