Vying for favor.
The bathroom at night was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, so even low speaking and breathing sounds seemed exceptionally clear.
Yu Luo tearfully asked if she could be told just a little, so Qi Song held Yu Luo, and unreservedly spilled all of her current thoughts.
“……I’ve told you everything, don’t be sad, okay?”
She rested her chin on Yu Luo’s shoulder and cautiously spoke beside her ear.
Yu Luo’s lips parted and closed, speechless for a moment.
Qi Song’s 「very sour」, 「heartache」, 「so moved」 filled her heart, easily and instantly squeezing away the disappointment and unease from just a moment ago.
She suddenly remembered the first time Qi Song got drunk in front of her; she had also eagerly revealed herself completely then.
At that time, she was 21 years old, studying at the country’s best drama academy. She had become famous in the country with her first movie and won many awards.
And Qi Song was only 17 years old, a diligent high three1 student.
The gap in their ages and life stages unavoidably lay between them. So, although certain feelings were already brewing, neither of them dared to pierce that thin layer of paper.
Both sides were waiting.
But the younger one would inevitably be more anxious. The other person was in contact with complicated circles she couldn’t reach, meeting people with shared aspirations and a common path2 she didn’t know.
Every day, she couldn’t help but worry that in the other person’s increasingly vast world, she would gradually become insignificant, eventually counting for nothing, unable to even occupy a single corner.
That day, Yu Luo brought a newly acquainted friend home; it was Wen Shu3, her co-star in her new drama.
When Qi Song came home from school in the evening, she saw Yu Luo on the sofa with a strange, beautiful woman, drinking and talking about the script and the shoot.
At that time, Qi Song had no intention of entering the entertainment industry. Her academic scores were excellent, and if nothing unexpected happened, she could get into the country’s best university.
The conversation the two were having on the sofa involved professional aspects of acting, which she couldn’t quite understand.
Amidst light smiles and gentle pouts, while unhurriedly expressing her views, Yu Luo unconsciously and wantonly released her charm. And that woman watched without blinking for a second.
With her keen intuition, Qi Song could tell at a glance that the woman was interested in Yu Luo.
“You’re back?” Hearing the sound, Yu Luo turned her head and smiled gently at her.
“Oh, your little sister is home from school?” Wen Shu also looked over, waving her hand very friendly. “Third year of high school is tough, isn’t it? Want to come sit for a bit? Us big sisters will help you relax a little.”
Qi Song stood where she was, meeting Wen Shu’s gaze, her heart filled with a sour, swelling feeling.
This was clearly her and Yu Luo’s home, so how could this woman act like the host instead of the guest4, as if she were warmly welcoming her, the outsider.
“I didn’t like to study when I was in my third year of high school……” Wen Shu was already laughing with Yu Luo, chatting about her own embarrassing stories from the past.
“Speaking of which, your little sister is so pretty, does she really not plan to enter the entertainment industry in the future? I was about this age when I started wanting to act.”
That tone of someone with experience made Qi Song sensitively realize——Wen Shu and Yu Luo were peers, partners at the same stage in life. And as long as Wen Shu wanted to, she could openly pursue Yu Luo at any time.
The insurmountable reality that had always weighed on Qi Song’s mind felt exceptionally strong at this moment.
“Are you tired?” Yu Luo asked her from the sofa. “There are snacks here, want to come have some?”
Qi Song heard herself reply: “Not tired, I’ll eat later. I still have homework to do.”
She was usually very well-behaved and never did anything out of line. But that day, she quietly went to the kitchen, took a can of alcohol from the fridge, and slipped into her room.
She wanted to taste what exactly it was that Yu Luo and another person were drinking, the taste in their mouths as they talked and laughed so freely.
By the time Yu Luo found Qi Song in her room, the other’s cheeks were already flushed red, and her gaze was somewhat hazy and dizzy.
“Jiejie……”
Her eyes were misty as she subconsciously called out in a low voice.
Yu Luo’s heart stirred. She took a few steps forward and raised a hand to touch her forehead. “Are you okay? Why are you in here secretly drinking behind my back?”
Qi Song gazed at her without speaking.
That gaze was like a small, injured animal licking its wounds alone in its den, looking pitiful and extremely wronged.
Yu Luo was slightly stunned. “What’s wrong?”
She sat down beside Qi Song and gently stroked the top of her head. “Are you unhappy? Can you tell Jiejie about it?”
Under the gentle and concerned gaze of her beloved, Qi Song’s lips parted, and with her dizzy head turning directions5, she spilled everything completely——
“Jiejie, is she pursuing you…… wuwuwu, my heart feels so sour……”
Coming back to her senses from the memory, Yu Luo thought that Qi Song had made some progress over the years.
At least before, Qi Song would confess everything as soon as she asked. But now, she had to shed a few tears herself before a certain someone was willing to talk.
“I’ve really told you everything……”
When Qi Song saw that Yu Luo remained silent for a long time, she thought she didn’t believe her and couldn’t help but feel a little wronged.
“At most……”
She buried her face in the side of Yu Luo’s neck, her eyes blinking uncomfortably, and said in an extremely low voice, “At most… I also kind of want to kiss you……”
After speaking, she shut her eyes tightly, somewhat deflated.
Even though being drunk had made her more brazen, and even though she was being reckless at this moment, she still faintly felt as if she had stripped herself bare.
But because it was in front of Yu Luo, it was still bearable.
She heard the woman’s low laughter by her ear. When she laughed, her body trembled lightly, causing Qi Song’s heart to tremble in turn.
Yu Luo laughed for a good while before sighing softly, “What is to be done about this.”
After a pause, she said, “Injecting an overdose of suppressants will cause you to black out, but being drunk won’t.”
“Tomorrow, after you wake up, you……”
At first, the woman’s voice sounded worried, but upon closer listening, it actually contained a hint of teasing, as if she were watching a good show.
Qi Song was slightly startled.
Tomorrow? She only knew that this could brush away Yu Luo’s sadness. As for everything else, she had no time to think about it for now.
So she just stubbornly asked, “Are you still sad?”
At her words, Yu Luo’s mood became completely soft.
She shook her head and raised her hand to hook around Qi Song’s neck. “You really are……”
Yu Luo’s eyes curved into crescents. She wanted to say, “You love me so much.”
But in the end, she swallowed those words and only said softly, “Since you want to kiss me, then hurry up and do it.”
“Otherwise, after you sober up, won’t you have been embarrassed for nothing?” she chuckled lightly.
Under Yu Luo’s guidance, Qi Song, in her daze, felt that what she said made sense.
Everything Yu Luo said made sense.
So she readily followed the good advice as smoothly as water flows6, slowly releasing her hold on Yu Luo’s waist, moving upwards to cup her cheeks.
The woman’s eyelashes were still stained with a bit of glistening moisture.
Qi Song preciously kissed the tips of those eyelashes, feeling the damp, downy texture on her lips. Yu Luo couldn’t help but blink. The tips of her eyelashes brushed against Qi Song’s lips like a feather, making them itch a little.
Her mood also seemed to become itchy along with it.
The rise and fall of Qi Song’s chest quickened slightly. But she didn’t rush to kiss her. Instead, she moved down and, like a small animal, gently nuzzled Yu Luo’s nose with the tip of her own.
When the tips of their noses touched, their hot breaths entangled, they sprayed onto each other’s skin as close as a zhi or a chi7, scalding a path all the way to their hearts.
Yu Luo looked into Qi Song’s eyes, where a pure and ardent affection that had not changed for years lay.
And she would always find herself unable to control her body8, sinking into such a gaze. Even now, just affectionately nuzzling noses made her feel a little aroused.
Yu Luo couldn’t help but pant lightly. Before Qi Song’s lips descended, she said in a soft voice:
“Do you still remember how Jiejie taught you in the 「dream」 that night? Kiss me like that……”
Qi Song, who had only planned to press their lips together, paused for a moment.
She didn’t have time to think about how Yu Luo could know about her dream.
The damp and profound memory of that night swept over her, instantly stirring the fire in her heart to burn even more fiercely.
Amidst the clamorous beating of her heart, as blood rushed through her four limbs and a hundred bones, Qi Song closed her eyes and, with a heavy breath, kissed her.
Soft lips met, rubbing heavily against each other a few times as ambiguous sounds and gasps intertwined.
Just as Yu Luo was about to part her lips slightly to entice her, she felt Qi Song’s tongue push its way in like a light cart on a familiar road9. Caught off guard and had her cities attacked and territory seized10, a sound of 「en」 escaped her throat, and her eyes misted over.
Immediately after, a hand held the back of her head, and she instantly lost all room to retreat.
Qi Song was undoubtedly a good student, able to gain new insights by reviewing the old11. After a few slightly clumsy explorations, she quickly rediscovered the feeling from that night.
Fueled by the emotions surging within her, she was even more forceful and passionate.
In the embers of that sour feeling, the rims of her eyes grew hot. She intoxicatingly entangled with and suckled the tip of Yu Luo’s tongue, wantonly tasting the fresh sweetness between her lips.
The feeling of forcefully possessing the other person filled a little of the emptiness born from jealousy deep in her heart, but it wasn’t enough.
She always felt it wasn’t enough.
At this very moment, who was Yu Luo kissing?
This thought suddenly emerged in her mind, making her heart tremble arduously. The tip of her nose tingled, and something wet trickled down her cheek.
So her lips and tongue possessed the other even more deeply and lingeringly, wishing they could just merge and become one.
It would be best if they were never separate again. Best if she never had to feel that sour pain again.
Having not had such a passionate kiss in a long time, the arm Yu Luo had hooked around the back of Qi Song’s neck grew weak, and her body felt like it was about to slide down.
Her lips were finally released. Tears hung at the corners of her flushed eyes, and she took deep, heavy breaths, somewhat out of breath.
However, the next second, her body trembled. A whimper hurriedly escaped her throat, and she clutched unbearably at Qi Song’s collar, “Qi Song……”
——Her ear had been bitten.
Qi Song seemed to know deeply how sensitive this spot on Yu Luo was. After biting it, she didn’t let go, the tips of her teeth unhurriedly pressing and rubbing lightly.
A red mark was bitten onto the fragile, thin skin of her auricle, which was then gently licked.
“Wu, no more……”
Her ear had been tormented for too long, and Yu Luo’s whole body went soft. Nearing her heat period, her body was already even less able to withstand being teased. She raised a hand to weakly push at Qi Song and said pitifully between gasps, “Qi Song, I can’t take it anymore……”
Qi Song’s movements paused slightly, then she couldn’t resist lightly kissing the pinkish earlobe again. After a moment of silence, she finally pulled away reluctantly.
She seemed to have snapped out of her earlier forcefulness, her entire demeanor changing back to that of a docile little puppy.
She reached out to hug Yu Luo, resting limply on her shoulder as her breathing gradually calmed.
But a certain sour emotion was still trapped in the wave of a moment ago, like a lone boat in the great sea that could capsize at any moment.
She closed her eyes and said cautiously, with a hint of being wronged, “Jiejie, I really like you too……”
It was as if she were vying for favor with another person.
The author has something to say:
Dear censor-dada12, this is just biting the ear, biting the ear, it’s above the neck!
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