Forbidden

In the night without Ranran, the dreams turned gray.

Jiang Yu's eyes gradually became a little out of focus. She thought of how many nights she had spent with that anonymous rabbit in her arms over the years.He remembered how peacefully he slept in the two nights not long ago.

She could never leave Ranran again in her life.

She won't let her go again.

The gentle voice echoed in her ears, and Cheng Suran throbbed endlessly, as if something boiled in her body, burning her, making her tremble uncontrollably.

My heart slowly melted.

Suddenly a little regret.

She shouldn't have brought Ruoxian here to prove her so-called suspicion, it's unfair to Ruoxian, it not only hurt Jiang Yu indirectly, but also played Ruoxian unintentionally...

But the situation has already been formed, and it's useless to regret, she can't leave Ruoxian to accompany Jiang Yu, she is in a dilemma.

Cheng Suran fell into deep self-blame.

"Of course?" Seeing her stunned, with bitterness in her brows and eyes, Jiang Yu called softly, and kissed her face with eyes filled with pity.

"I'm kidding you, I don't need hair, because you live in my heart."

Cheng Suran murmured: "I'm sorry..."

"What?" Jiang Yu didn't know why.

Cheng Suran just shook his head, forced out a weak and guilty smile, and looked around, "Do you have scissors? Blades are also fine."

"Of course..." Jiang Yu held her face, forcing her to turn back and look at him, "What happened?"

"No."

"Then why did you say sorry to me?"

"I can't accompany you." Cheng Suran said in a low voice.

The corner of Jiang Yu's mouth curved slightly, and kissed her forehead again, "There is still a lot of time in the future."

"Okay, let's go and rest, we will go for a drive around the island later."

Cheng Suran nodded silently, looked at her reluctantly, then took off the chain on her wrist, grabbed her hand and stuffed it in, "Let it accompany you for me."

Jiang Yu's dull eyes lit up.

The door opened and closed, and the temperature in her arms suddenly disappeared. She raised her hand and spread her five fingers. The thin silver chain lay in the palm of her hand, shining brightly.

She thought that if she was soft-hearted, she would stay.

Ranran's heart was indeed softened, and she was reluctant to part with her, but she still chose to go back. Although she could understand, just like at the airport that day, she still regretted it more and more, she shouldn't have agreed to bring Wen Ruoxian here just for the so-called temptation.

Many contacts, judging from her sensitivity to the same sex, Wen Ruoxian has a high probability of thinking about Ranran.A person who wants to hide her sexuality may be able to disguise her behavior very well, but her eyes and small movements will betray her.

The look in Ranran's eyes, the unconscious movements around Ranran, the first reaction when encountering something... It's obvious enough, isn't it?

Wen Ruoxian cares about Ranran, but at the same time is very wary of her, and fights with her intentionally or unintentionally.

She doesn't allow the wolf to stay with Ranran.

……

After resting for about an hour, the hottest part of the noon had passed. Led by Pei Chutong and Ruan Mu, a group of five set off for a drive around the island.

Ruan Mu has been running a homestay for more than four years. She is familiar with businesses big and small on the island. She is also friends with the owner of the car rental company. Before she came, Ruan Mu said hello, and the boss left her three convertible cars.

Pei Chutong and Ruan Mu ordered pink.

Cheng Suran also likes the pink car very much, but there are only two seats in a car, so choosing who to ride with becomes a problem.She looked at Wen Ruoxian and then at Jiang Yu, her good mood for traveling suddenly dimmed.

"I drive this white car, and it happens that no one in the co-driver will block the view, and it is more convenient to see the sea view." Jiang Yu didn't give her any time to struggle, and opened the door of the white car to get in.

Wen Ruoxian pursed her lips, feeling a little ashamed suddenly, she looked at Cheng Suran, "Of course..."

She wanted to say "you don't have to go against your will just to take care of me", but the words came to her lips. After thinking about it, she seemed not qualified to say that.She came here on purpose, she caused the current situation, and she made Ran Ran unhappy.

Obviously she has hidden it well these years, why can't she control herself now?

"What's wrong?" Cheng Suran waited for her to continue.

Wen Ruoxian smiled and shook her head, "I'll drive, you sit in the co-pilot and watch the sea." After saying that, he opened the door.

Cheng Suran obediently walked around to the other side and got into the car.

……

The island is in midsummer all year round, and the sun is westward at this moment, neither hot nor sunny.Cars of various colors drive slowly on the wide road around the island, like sweet macarons.

Pei Chutong and Ruan Mu were in front, Cheng Suran and Wen Ruoxian were in the middle, and Jiang Yu was in the back.

The wind ruffled her long soft hair.

Through the sunglasses, she stared at the backs of the two people in front of her, holding up her mobile phone to take pictures. Wen Ruoxian looked sideways at her from time to time while driving—or maybe she was looking at the sea view.

The two did not communicate.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the atmosphere between them seems to have become stiff, without the intimacy she envied before.

Did something happen?

Jiang Yu's face was serious, and he slowed down the car unknowingly, and he was no longer in the mood to look at the scenery.

After going around the island for half an hour, the sun gradually set to the west. They came to the beach with fewer tourists on the island, parked the car, and walked down.The sound of waves hitting the rocks can be heard from a distance, and many seagulls are circling in the sky.

Cheng Suran rushed to the front, and when he was happy, he didn't even wear sandals, and ran down barefoot.

"Of course, don't take off your shoes, the sand is very hot..." Wen Ruoxian hurriedly reminded her.

But it was too late.

Cheng Suran stepped on the soft sand, and the soles of his feet instantly jumped up as if they were scorched by a hot iron sheet.

"Ah, it's so hot, so hot—"

Wen Ruoxian picked up the sandals she threw beside the stone, ran over in three steps at a time, pulled her into her arms, put down the shoes, "Put them on quickly."

Cheng Suran grinned from the scald, not caring much, leaning on her with most of her body weight, putting on her shoes tremblingly.

"This beach... bury the mutton skewers in it, take it out and sprinkle some cumin on it to eat."

"Hahahaha—" Pei Chutong couldn't stop laughing.

Jiang Yu's face darkened.

"We can go to the big beach to have a barbecue at night. I asked the staff to bring the stove and tools here." Ruan Mu, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth.

Cheng Suran immediately forgot about the pain, and nodded repeatedly: "Okay!"

After she put on her sandals, Wen Ruoxian let go of her hand in time, and everyone continued to move forward.There are a few tourists scattered on the beach, men and women, wearing big underpants and swimsuits, and there are laughter in the coastal waters.

Go straight along the beach, in front of you are the cliffs facing the sea.

The waves came up and wet the soft sand, and crabs came out of the sand, waving their huge pincers, and crawling fast.

"Wow, there are a lot of crabs here." Pei Chutong walked cautiously holding her skirt.

Ruan Mu took her by the hand, looked down at the mud and sand under her feet, and when she saw the crabs, she kicked them away, for fear that their long-eyed claws would hurt her.Two or three crabs were kicked so that they turned over, belly up, kicking their eight legs indiscriminately.

Cheng Suran was amused by their funny appearance, bent down, and kindly reached out to turn them back, "I don't know if I can eat them, they look quite fat."

Ruan Mu replied in a timely manner: "Yes, these are ordinary crabs. There are many nearby, and no one cares about them."

"Spicy, steamed, my mouth is watering..."

Jiang Yu was two or three steps behind them, watching silently. Seeing Cheng Suran's greedy eyes, he glanced at the crab and thought.

The setting sun gradually dyed the sky orange.

We played in the water on the beach for a while, took some photos, walked back towards the sunset, and came to the big beach with more tourists.Ruan Mu called the hotel staff and asked them to bring barbecue tools and ingredients.

"Tongtong..." Jiang Yu pulled Pei Chutong aside.

"You guys prepare the barbecue first, I'm going to the small beach now, and I'll be back soon."

Pei Chutong was still wearing sunglasses, afraid of being recognized, he was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

"Of course I want to eat crabs, I'll catch some." Jiang Yu said seriously.

"..."

Pei Chutong blinked, looked left and right, looked back at her face, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Can you catch crabs? Don't turn into a crab and catch you." Tsk tut twice, shake Shaking his head, "To chase people is really..."

"Isn't your wood like this?" Jiang Yu laughed.

Pei Chutong turned to look at Ruan Mu.It happened that Ruan Mu was also looking at her, knowing that the two of them were whispering, so they just kept a distance and didn't get close.

"She's stupid too."

"Okay, I'll go first, cover for me."

"be careful."

Jiang Yu turned around and climbed onto the road, and drove away.

Now is the perfect time to watch the sunset. A round of fiery red sunset is approaching the horizon, and the sea is shimmering like stars falling into the sky.Cheng Suran and Wen Ruoxian were holding up their mobile phones to take pictures, and they didn't realize that someone was missing.

Barbecue ovens and ingredients and tools were delivered one after another.

"Hey, where's Jiang Yu?"

Cheng Suran looked around and finally found that there was one person missing.

Ruan Mu was setting up a barbecue grill. Hearing this, he glanced at Pei Chutong. Pei Chutong was taken aback for a moment. He showed the most superb acting skills in his life, and said blankly, "Huh?"

"She was here just now..." Cheng Suran frowned.

Pei Chutong continued to perform, looking around, "Yeah, I was still here just now, where is he? Where did he go..."

Ruan Mu covered her mouth and snickered.

As the sky darkened and there were unfamiliar faces around, Cheng Suran glanced around, feeling a little anxious.She took out her mobile phone to call Jiang Yu, it kept ringing, but no one answered.

"Why don't you answer..." She bit her lower lip and stomped her feet anxiously.

Wen Ruoxian patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, "Maybe I went to the bathroom?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Suran saw a tall man coming down from the side of the road, wearing a familiar red dress, holding a plastic bag in one hand, and hiding the other hand by his side.

"Jiang Yu—"

She trots over.

Jiang Yu's footsteps paused slightly, and the hand by his side was hidden back again.

"Where have you been?" Cheng Suran breathed a sigh of relief.

"...catch crabs."

"?"

Jiang Yu bent his lips, a gentle smile appeared between his brows and eyes, "Didn't you say you want to eat crabs?" He raised his hand holding the bag, "Look, I caught nine of them. There are only plastic bags in the car. Put it on for now."

Cheng Suran was startled, and looked down at the plastic bag, where several big, dark guys were moving around restlessly.She was both surprised and delighted, the small dimples on her cheeks sank slightly.

"God..."

The two slowly returned to the grill.

Dim street lights were lit on the beach, and Ruan Mu and the others had already set up equipment, tools and ingredients.Seeing them approaching, Miss Pei quickly entered the performance state: "Ke Ke, where have you been?"

"Catch crabs, you..."

The second half of the sentence "Don't you know?" was choked back by her wink.

Wen Ruoxian watched them silently.

"Oh, catch crabs, I didn't say a word, but I'm worried about you..." Pei Chutong complained, her eyes casually glanced at the hand hidden by her side, and saw a touch of scarlet.

"what happened to your hand?"

She grabbed Jiang Yu's hand and brought it close to her eyes.

With the faint light, she saw blood stains on her fingers, and a strand of dark red liquid dripped down her fingertips, which was shocking.

Jiang Yu retreated subconsciously, and glanced at Cheng Suran in panic.

Cheng Suran's face turned pale.

"It's okay..." Jiang Yu hid his hands by his side again, "I accidentally got caught by a crab."

Pei Chutong: "..."

Wen Ruoxian: "..."

"There is a clinic next to the homestay, let's deal with it." Ruan Mu said beside him.

Cheng Suran came back to his senses, and couldn't help but grab Jiang Yu's hand, "I'll take her there, you guys bake first." Then he took the bag of crabs and threw it on the ground.

Watching their backs going away, Wen Ruoxian sighed softly, his eyes clouded with gray.

……

The big beach is not far from the clinic, Cheng Suran drove very fast and arrived in a few minutes.

There are people in the clinic who hang water and bandage wounds... Cheng Suran held Jiang Yu's other hand tightly, stepped in, explained the situation to the doctor, and then the nurse brought a medicine tray to debride Jiang Yu's wounds.

Jiang Yu remained silent and sat quietly on the chair.

"Do you need a tetanus?" Cheng Suran asked nervously.

The nurse shook her head: "No, the wound is not deep, just be careful not to touch the water."

"Oh……"

Her furrowed eyebrows finally relaxed.

The nurse moved skillfully and handled it quickly. Jiang Yu's slender index finger was wrapped with a thin gauze, which looked a bit funny.

"All right."

"Thank you nurse."

Cheng Suran got up to scan the QR code to pay, took Jiang Yu's hand, without raising his eyelids, "Let's go."

Jiang Yu's heart sank.

Walking out of the clinic, the slightly hot night wind blew in front of them. The two came to the car without saying a word. Suddenly, Cheng Suran let go of Jiang Yu's hand and hugged her.

Jiang Yu was stiff all over.

"Ran Ran……"

"Why didn't you tell me?" Cheng Suran buried his face in her neck, his voice muffled, "I... don't have to eat crabs."

Jiang Yu let out a long sigh of relief, her tense nerves were relaxed, and her dangling hand slowly dropped, wrapping around the waist of the person in her arms, and said in a low voice, "I want to give you a surprise."

"It's quite a 'surprise'." Cheng Suran accentuated the pronunciation of the two words.

This person didn't know how flustered she felt when she couldn't find her, because it was her own initiative to bring friends here, which made her unhappy, but she was caught in a dilemma and made a mess.

Jiang Yu felt a little guilty, patted her on the back lightly with his palm, and comforted her softly: "I was wrong, but of course, I won't be like this in the future."

- grunt

Cheng Suran's stomach growled.

"..."

Jiang Yu couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, "Let's go, let's go to barbecue, they should have already started."

Cheng Suran withdrew from her arms with a blushing face.

……

Barbecuing on the beach for more than two hours, Cheng Suran was worried that Jiang Yu hurt her hand and it was inconvenient to grab things, so she was not allowed to grill the ingredients from the beginning to the end, but gave them to her after baking them herself, completely forgetting that she still had one The uninjured hand.

Jiang Yu couldn't laugh or cry.

Wen Ruoxian has been watching them silently, this barbecue is tasteless.

……

In the middle of the night, the group returned to the homestay.

Pei Chutong indulged once tonight, ate a lot and drank a lot, her drunken footsteps were unsteady, Ruan Mu helped her into the house quickly.

There were only three people left outside the door.

"How do you take a bath? Do you want me to help..." Cheng Suran looked at Jiang Yu's gauze-wrapped hands, and suddenly choked in the middle of speaking.

Wen Ruoxian raised her head abruptly.

The dim light under the eaves of the corridor shone over, reflecting her slightly pale face.Jiang Yu glanced at her and smiled at Cheng Suran: "It's okay, I can do it myself, you go to bed early."

Cheng Suran's cheeks were a little hot, somehow he thought of something he shouldn't have thought of, and nodded slightly.

"Good night then."

"Good night."

Seeing Jiang Yu enter the room, Cheng Suran reluctantly looked away, took out the room card, swiped open the door of his room, and stepped in first.

He put down his bag and sat down on the sofa.

"Ruoxian, take a bath first, I'll rest for a while." She raised her head and closed her eyes.

Wen Ruoxian stared at her for a moment, said hello, took the pajamas from the suitcase, turned and went into the bathroom.

Then there was the sound of dripping water from the bathroom.

Cheng Suran lay paralyzed on the sofa for a long time, listening to the sound of water splashing on the floor tiles in her ears, like her own heartbeat, she took slow and deep breaths over and over again, her heart finally calmed down, and she opened her eyes.

Get up and get your phone in your bag.

She replied to the WeChat messages one by one, and there was still 5.00% of the battery left. The charging cable was connected to the socket between the two beds.

His gaze inadvertently glanced over Wen Ruoxian's bed next to him, and caught a glimpse of a small half-colored picture exposed under the pillow.

Ok?

She lifted the pillow curiously.

It's a palm-sized photo.

The woman was wearing a light green dress, standing in front of an ancient literary and artistic building, with flying long hair, a bright smile, and two deep dimples on her cheeks.

Cheng Suran was startled.

Isn't this herself?

The summer before last, she and Ruoxian traveled in Italy, leaving each other laughing everywhere they went, Ruoxian took many photos of her and made them into a photo album, this is just one of them.

Why did Ruoxian bring it out and hide it under the pillow?

Countless thoughts of doubt flashed through my mind...

Is it what she thought?

Cheng Suran held the photo tightly, turned it over, and found that there was writing on the back.

[Fürdichwein'undschreiundlachundlebich...]

"?"

It seems to be German.

She turned on the translation software, took a picture of this sentence, waited for a few seconds, and the Chinese meaning was displayed: My joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are all for you.

Cheng Suran gasped.

In an instant, like a replayed movie screen, frame by frame appeared in front of her eyes.A thick book of sketches, Ruoxian's flustered eyes, stubborn persistence at the airport, and today's urgent rush to answer...

[I have someone I like. ]

[Who? ]

[She's not here, and... she doesn't like me. ]

[Ah, that's a pity. ]

With the mid-autumn night conversation lingering in his ears, Cheng Suran's face turned pale, as if his throat was strangled by a pair of invisible hands, he couldn't breathe, and lost all senses.

The sound of running water stopped at some point.

After a while of rustling, the bathroom door opened, and Wen Ruoxian came out while wiping her hair, "Of course, I've finished washing, you..."

She was stunned.

Cheng Suran regained consciousness in an instant, turned his face slowly and stiffly, and met her eyes.

Towels fell on the floor.

Wen Ruoxian's face changed suddenly, his deep eyes were full of chaos, but his legs seemed to be rooted, unable to move.

"Ruoxian..." Cheng Suran called her in a low voice.

She clenched her fists.

"The person you like, is it me?"