On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

Chapter 223 I Didn’t Act Like a Coquettish Person

His mind couldn't help but flash through the past scenes.

For example, when they were learning Danish on the sofa, he only understood a little bit, but Chi Mu was very quick to learn. Another example was when they sat across from each other at the dining table, and Chi Mu discovered a dish he liked on the first day, and he would make it several times in the following week. And...

"I really don't know if this house is still there... It would be great if I could buy it back." He muttered to himself, reciting the address and house number in his mind, and secretly made up his mind to ask the owner after waking up.

"Add some warm water and see if it's too cold." Chi Mu came back with a cup of water, interrupting Chen Qian's secret plan.

The glass of water was brought to Chen Qian's lips. He raised his eyes to look at Chi Mu's focused expression and sipped the rim of the glass. Under Chi Mu's control, the glass tilted and stood up in accordance with Chen Qian's drinking speed.

The glass of water was soon empty. As Chi Mu withdrew his hand, he asked Chen Qian, "Would you like some more?"

"No, let's go back to the room."

Chen Qian's hand holding the blanket swayed twice as he spoke, but because it was hidden under the blanket, it looked more like he poked the blanket twice.

On the way back, Chen Qian rested his head on Chi Mu's collarbone and asked quietly, "Can we chat for a while after we get back to bed?"

"Baby, what do you want to talk about?" Chi Mu's chest vibrated slightly when he spoke.

Chen Qian felt the vibration, and for some unknown reason he found it very interesting.

"Hmm... I haven't thought about it yet. But don't you think I'm noisy?"

Chi Mu lifted Chen Qian's body up and adjusted the posture of their hug so that he could move more conveniently.

He couldn't help but feel puzzled by Chen Qian's words, "Why do you say that? Why do I think you are noisy?"

"Because you just told me to stop talking." From an angle where he couldn't see, Chen Qian pouted slightly in dissatisfaction, as if he had suffered some great injustice.

"My fault." Chi Mu didn't explain and admitted his mistake directly. But after a pause, he began to tease her and deliberately said, "Then I'll ask you to stop acting like a spoiled child now, and you'll be obedient, right?"

Chen Qian frowned and argued, "I wasn't acting like a spoiled child in the first place."

Chi Mu's steps were still steady, and the strength in his hands did not slacken at all. He walked back and forth like this twice, but Chen Qian did not feel any comfort at all.

The light in the dining room flickered on and off, and they returned to their room through the dim living room and short corridor, which was illuminated only by the bedroom light.

"Your eyes are starting to swell." After placing the tightly wrapped Chen Qian back into the duvet, Chi Mu raised his hand and rubbed Chen Qian's eyes. The redness in his eyes hadn't completely faded, and they were visibly more swollen than before.

"It doesn't matter. It will be gone when I wake up anyway."

Chen Qian shook his face nonchalantly, breaking away from Chi Mu's fingertips. He shrank down, shifted a little, and lay down neatly on the pillow on the other side.

He lifted a corner of the quilt, reached out and patted the clean light gray sheets quickly, motioning Chi Mu to lie down quickly.

Chi Mu was a little concerned about his nonsensical words, but seeing him inviting her like this, she quickly put the weirdness in Chen Qian's words behind her, and faced his pair of eyes that were washed by water and slightly red, and crawled into the quilt.

"What should we talk about? Have you thought about it now?" Chi Mu lay on his side facing Chen Qian.

He supported his head with one hand, and with the other hand he affectionately pinched Chen Qian's fingers, playing with them intermittently.

"First of all..." Chen Qian pondered for a long time, secretly thinking about the words that were tangled in his mind like layers of wool, and where to start.

"Oh, it seems a bit hypocritical of me to say this, but..." Hesitation flashed across Chen Qian's face, but he finally spoke very seriously and said, "I think you are very contradictory."

"Me?" Chi Mu paused his movements, his expression froze, his heart full of doubts and confusion.

"Yes, that's right... sometimes it makes me feel that our feelings are still very deep." Chen Qian frowned unconsciously, and his tone became much heavier.

"What does that mean..." Chi Mu raised his voice in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.

Chen Qian's words almost choked him and made him speechless for a long time. It was so ridiculous that he almost laughed out loud.

He pouted his cheek, feeling indignant in his heart. It seemed that his attempt to show deep feelings ended up showing problems. Well, even long-distance relationships were driving kids crazy.

"I know, it's like this now... after all, it's in my dream." Chen Qian said with a smile.

Chi Mu was stunned for a moment, then felt cute again. The strange dots gradually connected, and he suddenly got the truth.

He chuckled and murmured, "So you thought you were dreaming. No wonder you were so proactive. But you can't talk nonsense even in your dreams..."

Chen Qian didn't hear his mumbling and just changed from lying on his side to lying flat on his back.

In this position, he could just see the clock hanging on the wall. The hour hand was behind the number three. He looked for a long time but didn't see the three hands move at all, as if time had stopped at this moment.

His voice was very faint, giving the listeners a sense of unreality, as if the voice would be blown away by the wind in the next second. But after a long time, the voice did not disappear, and it still came out of Chen Qian's mouth slowly and steadily.

"You know, I haven't dreamed of you in a long time. I used to dream about you often when I couldn't get in touch with you at first."

"Sometimes I dream of you standing just a few steps away, saying that you miss me and love me very much. But when I wake up, I suddenly fall into the reality that I haven't heard from you for a long time."

"There were other times. I once dreamed of you and another person. You stood facing each other in the light, but I was hiding in the darkness. I tried to run out of the darkness and catch you, but at that time, you told me if you could set you free."

"In addition to these, there is another thing I dream about most often, which is..." Chen Qian paused for some reason, his expression was very calm and detached.

Suddenly, Chi Mu had the illusion that he was just telling someone else's story.

Chi Mu listened silently to Chen Qian's words, staring at his profile. He wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start. In the end, he just opened his mouth palely without uttering a single word.

Chen Qian sighed and continued, "We're sitting face to face, you don't speak, and I can't speak either. It's like a dream."

"Then, I accidentally read a book that said dreams are a continuation of reality."

"Some people's fate with another person has not yet ended, but it is difficult to meet again in reality, so they continue the fate in dreams. When the fate is used up, they will never see each other again."

"So from then on, I started to be a little afraid of seeing you in my dreams, and gradually I dreamed about you less and less."

Chi Mu didn't know how to describe the more than two thousand days of separation, nor how to explain those sleepless nights, and the unbearable longing that could only be relieved by a glance from afar, photos in the album, and memories of the past?

It was difficult for him to be like Chen Qian, who could just use a few dreams to brush aside all those emotions, leaving only the superficial relief.

He could only silently admit at this moment that everything Chen Qian had experienced, whether it was pain or sadness, was nothing more than the unprovoked disaster caused inadvertently by Chi Mu's willful behavior without considering the consequences.

A rusty sweet taste inexplicably spread between his lips and teeth, bringing Chi Mu's wandering thoughts back.

He realized belatedly that he had accidentally bitten his lip too hard, leaving a small wound with blood oozing out.

Fortunately, the location is clever and only he knows it.

"So what were you thinking when you got on the plane?" Chi Mu realized his voice was hoarse when he started speaking. He subconsciously cleared his throat, "Was it to fight for it, or to give up?"

Chen Qian was silent. He turned around and looked at Chi Mu again, his eyes somewhat distracted.

"If you want to give up, then why come back?" His voice became much weaker, more like a breath.

"What about now?" Chi Mu felt uneasy in his heart that he was not even aware of, and his voice trembled for no reason.