Attempted first love

During the half an hour of turbulence on the boat, Xia Yan seemed to have lived a rough life.

At the age of eight or nine, he dared to sit alone in a green leather car for nearly 318 hours to visit his parents in the Northwest. After getting his driver's license, he often traveled.Crossing the magnificent National Highway [-] and crossing the steep hanging wall road, the most thrilling thing is that one year I went to Zhangjiajie to shoot a scene. Four people rented an off-road vehicle together and had to pass through the Tianmen Mountain winding road known as the "Tongtian Avenue".

There are 99 bends in the whole road, the bends are closely connected, and there are layers upon layers. It just rained that day, and there was a misty abyss outside the narrow road. Every 180-degree turn made Xia Yan's stomach tighten. When he finally drove out , the excitement far outweighs the nervousness.

After living recklessly for more than 20 years, it was the first time that he vomited so earth-shatteringly due to seasickness.

When he came out of the bathroom while leaning against the wall again, Xia Yan was only thankful that he didn't eat too much in the car, so he didn't vomit too embarrassingly.

A bottle of water appeared in front of him. After taking a few sips, he was supported by his shoulders and sat back on the seat on the deck. Lu Zhouyu patted his back for him and said, "We will be docking soon."

His throat seemed to have been rubbed by sandpaper, and he couldn't utter words. Xia Yan could only weakly wave his hands to signal that he was fine.

The seat next to him was an island resident who often traveled by boat, named Sister Zhang, who kept handing him wet tissues and oranges, and also taught him the tricks of shaking at the same frequency as the boat, but nothing worked. Xia Yan vomited pale Sister Zhang couldn't help sighing, "It's the first time I've seen someone get seasick like this, and it doesn't work after taking medicine?"

If it wasn't for Lu Zhouyu who had also taken the medicine and didn't feel dizzy at all, Xia Yan would almost suspect that the box of seasickness medicine was a counterfeit product.

After drinking another half bottle of water, his mind cleared up a lot. He lay on his knees tiredly, his ears were swept by the strong wind and waves, leaving only a small area to listen to the conversation between Lu Zhouyu and Sister Zhang.

Lu Zhouyu asked her about the customs and customs of the island, as well as the landmark buildings, and continued to slap Xia Yan on the back while talking, but in the end there was almost no strength, and it completely turned into Fushun's movements.

It wasn't until he was about to get off the boat that Xia Yan vaguely remembered that Lu Zhouyu made the same gesture when he was stroking Kitty.He wanted to resist, but he was unable to struggle, and was carried off the boat in a daze.

The island is surrounded by the sea, and there are also low hills. The hillsides are full of self-built houses, painted colorfully by the local residents.Xia Yan's grandma's small town also had this kind of buildings, and he immediately felt friendly, but at the moment the sun was shining brightly, the air was humid and hot, his body seemed to have been soaked in sugar water, and sticky sweat would flow when he moved a little.

After getting off the boat, Lu Zhouyu still supported him and stopped behind a wooden signpost to shade him.After standing quietly for a while, Xia Yan cleared his throat and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

"Is it still uncomfortable?" Lu Zhouyu said, his tone could be called gentle, and he rarely heard him speak like this. Xia Yan was confused for a moment, shook his head, and said much better.

In less than 10 minutes, Sister Zhang turned back in an electric tricycle and warmly greeted them to get on the car.

"Where are you going?" Xia Yan was at a loss.

Lu Zhouyu told him that Sister Zhang's family runs an inn on the island, "Go and rest for a while, and then survey the scenery in the afternoon."

While at the pier, Xia Yan saw the return time of the ships, there was one at four o'clock in the afternoon and one at five o'clock in the afternoon. The island is not big, but the terrain is complicated. It takes at least two or three hours to go around the island, and it takes longer to scout.

"Is it in time?" He didn't want to delay Lu Zhouyu's work progress because of himself, so he emphasized: "I'm fine."

Without waiting for Lu Zhouyu to answer, Sister Zhang smiled heartily: "It's too late, it's too late! This island is only so big, how long can you go shopping? It's just right to wait for the sun to go down a little. If you don't eat enough and rest well, how can you have strength? The poor little girl vomited so badly..." She didn't give anyone room to interrupt, so she changed the subject and asked Xia Yan, "Is this your leader?"

Xia Yan and Lu Zhouyu sat side by side on the bench in the back seat of the tricycle. The vehicle was narrow and the thighs were stuck together. He said, "Yes."

Lu Zhouyu said at the same time, "No."

The two voices were superimposed, blurred, and most of them were blown away by the wind, but Sister Zhang had obviously acquiesced that they were the configuration of the leader and subordinates, and praised: "It's rare for a leader to be so sympathetic to his subordinates! The ship has been helping you all the time." Pat on the back, catch the water..."

Xia Yan doesn't mind being treated as a subordinate. He said that being Lu Zhouyu's assistant is not a joke, but when he lowered his head and saw the black suit pants and gray sweatpants together, even he felt the difference. The fingers clasped on his knees were tight. He tightened his grip and replied with a smile: "Yes, thank you..."

In the middle of speaking, Lu Zhouyu picked up the straw hat in the car and put it on his head, the brim of the hat drooped down to cover most of his face, which also blocked his next words.

After arriving at the inn, Sister Zhang left them the only room facing the sea. Xia Yan took the key card and found that it was a twin room. She couldn't help but look at Lu Zhouyu.

Lu Zhouyu was going through the check-in procedures. Hourly rooms can be booked from two hours onwards. He had paid for it, and calmly picked up Xia Yan's backpack and said, "Let's go, which floor is it?"

"Second floor." Xia Yan followed him upstairs, stepped on the wooden stairs, made a heavy sound, thought for a while and asked, "How long have you booked?"

"Four hours," Lu Zhouyu replied, and asked after going up to the second floor, "Eat or rest first?"

"I can do it." Xia Yan took out his mobile phone to check the time, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and then changed his words: "Let's eat first."

The room is at the end of the second floor. When the door is opened, a gust of sea breeze blows in. The interior is decorated in a white and blue island style. The floor-to-ceiling windows are not closed tightly, and the white curtains blow with the wind. The beach in the distance is looming behind the white gauze.

It was a beautiful room with a sea view, but since entering the door, Xia Yan had an indescribably complicated feeling. He stared at the two single beds with white sheets in a daze, until Lu Zhouyu came out of the bathroom after washing his hands, and asked him, "Stand up?" What are you doing?"

Xia Yan rubbed his chin, passed him and said, "I'm going to wash my face."

The door of the bathroom was facing the mirror. He leaned against the door and saw that his face in the mirror was pale, his lips were also white, there was a red mark on his forehead pressed by the brim of his hat, and his hair was messy.It's really not the image of a qualified assistant, let alone a high-quality lover.

After washing her face, she flattened the raised hair on her forehead. The bathroom door was tapped twice. Lu Zhouyu said outside the door: "I'm going to buy food next door. You can rest here."

As soon as the words finished, Xia Yan opened the door, "I'll go with you."

The two immediately stood facing each other. Seeing Lu Zhouyu standing still at the door, Xia Yan fiddled with his hair unnaturally, "I'm much better, I don't need to rest."

Lu Zhouyu said "um", raised his hand and approached, and after removing a piece of tissue stuck to his chin with his fingertips, he said, "Let's go."

There is a small restaurant next to the inn. According to Sister Zhang, the taste is not bad. When they passed by, it was already past lunch time. There was only a young boy in the restaurant. He was sitting behind the counter playing games and said without raising his head when he heard the voice: " The chef went home to take a nap, and now he can only make seafood noodles."

"Two bowls." Lu Zhouyu said.

The boy asked them to sit first, and just as he finished speaking, the sound of victory came from the game. He put down his phone, looked up at them, and turned around and went into the back kitchen.

The store is small, and the decoration is also in the style of a home-cooked restaurant, with a handwritten menu on the wall.They sat down near the door. Not long after they sat down, the boy came out with two bowls of noodles. Various seasonal seafoods were neatly placed in the mouth of the bowl with a big face, and the noodles were pressed underneath. Jia, Xia Yan asked him: "The chef is not here, did you make this?"

The boy nodded, said "use it slowly", then turned around and walked back to the counter to play games.

Xia Yan didn't have much appetite, and he was also worried that he would get seasick on the return journey. The feeling of vomiting was really uncomfortable. He didn't want to eat more, but as soon as he stopped his chopsticks, Lu Zhouyu immediately noticed his movements and asked, "Is it delicious?"

For some reason, when he asked this question, Xia Yan felt that the sound of the games behind the counter had become quieter, but he could only see half of the boy's head, motionless.

"Delicious." He had no choice but to pick up his chopsticks again, eating a bowl of noodles before stopping.

After eating, Xia Yan went to the counter to pay the bill. The boy lowered his head and continued playing the game, saying, "A total of forty."

After scanning the QR code to pay, but didn't hear the payment reminder in the store, Xia Yan said, "I've paid, take a look."

The boy raised his eyes and stayed on his face for a moment before looking at the phone page. The next second, the sound of his death came from the game.

"..."

"I'm sorry," Xia Yan was also very surprised, he thought for a while and said to him, "The noodles are delicious."

"Oh."

The boy looked up, as if he wanted to say something, Lu Zhouyu came over to pat Xia Yan, and asked, "Are you ready?"

"All right."

"Then go back and rest." He said, putting his hands on Xia Yan's shoulders and walking out, the sound of fighting in the game soon came from behind him.

Thinking of the two beds in the inn, the feeling of nervousness mixed with embarrassment surged up again, Xia Yan changed the subject and said: "He is quite good, when I was my age, I could only cook instant noodles."

"Really." Walking out of the store, Lu Zhouyu's arms were lowered, but the two of them were very close, and the backs of their hands rubbed against each other from time to time.

"Well," this seemed to be a topic that could be expanded, Xia Yan laughed at himself: "Up to now, I still only know this skill."

After hearing this, Lu Zhouyu smiled and said, "Knowing how to cook instant noodles is also very good."

"You're going against your will! Don't lie to me..." Xia Yan bumped his elbow into his arm, and without warning, his wrist was grabbed, and the words he hadn't finished speaking were broken in the wind.

"Really, I won't." Lu Zhouyu was calm.

"Then," Xia Yan twisted his wrist slightly, knowingly clasped his hands together, staring at the two short round shadows on the ground, and said, "I'll cook it for you when I get back. A deluxe version of eggs and ham.”

Lu Zhouyu rubbed his calloused thumb against his knuckles and said, "Yes."

Everything was lazy in the afternoon, a large white cloud hung lazily in the air, as if it was about to fall to the ground in the next second, and the sea in the distance was sparkling with sparkling waves.Walking for 5 minutes from the restaurant to the inn, they passed a dog basking in the sun, a cat chasing butterflies, a tandem bicycle on the side of the road, and a row of palm trees with drooping branches and leaves.

570 seven steps, too short.

Back in the inn room, Lu Zhouyu took out the materials from the file bag, sat on the chair to look through them, and at the same time urged Xia Yan to take a nap.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Xia Yan sat on one of the beds and patted the mattress.

"Go to sleep, I will call you later."

"Two or ten minutes of sleep is enough for me." Xia Yan lay on his back on the bed, stared at the hand-painted seascape on the ceiling for a while, then put his palms on his eyes, the palms were still hot, and fell asleep unconsciously.

When he woke up again, the room was dim, and the landscape picture on the ceiling was also blurred. He was in a trance when the door of the bathroom clicked. Xia Yan raised his upper body to look. There were still drops of water hanging from the hair in front of him. Looking at each other, he asked, "Are you awake?"

Xia Yan responded and nodded, not sure where he was.He took out his mobile phone from under the pillow and woke up suddenly after seeing the time, "Why didn't you call me?"

Lu Zhouyu wiped her hair and walked to the window, pulled back the curtain-like white gauze, and told him, "The typhoon has landed."

Outside the window, there is thunder and lightning.