I Am Eating Vinegar1.
Yuan Yue looked at that thing in Yu Xi’s hand and said worriedly, “Wasn’t this cucumber bought too big?”
She was not inexperienced in sexual matters; previously, when bored and idle, she had secretly watched some little forbidden films2, and the concept of “props” had been popularized to her through those films. But Yuan Yue truly found it hard to imagine—if such a thick and long thing were stuffed inside, it would be strange if it didn’t kill someone.
At this moment, Yuan Yue was a bit scared. She shrank her neck, staring nervously at Yu Xi, and pleaded, “Better not, let’s throw it away…”
Yu Xi naturally wouldn’t use this gadget to stab her; she only went along with her words to adjust the atmosphere. Seeing the timid look on her face, Yu Xi examined the cucumber carefully and said, “It’s so fresh, what a pity to throw it away.”
Yuan Yue shuddered all over and said tremblingly, “Not a pity, isn’t there still you?” Taking advantage of Yu Xi’s inattention, she fiercely pounced over, snatched the cucumber away, and threw it into the hotpot without mercy.
Dong!
Soup splashed everywhere. Yuan Yue looked at the mess on the table, and only realized with hindsight that Yu Xi was there. She slowly looked over.
Yu Xi seemed to have gained insight into her thoughts and spoke first, “It’s fine, I’ve already finished eating.” She didn’t fuss over Yuan Yue’s rudeness just now; she walked over, took a look, and began clearing the things on the table.
The calmer Yu Xi was, the more flustered Yuan Yue became. The atmosphere that had been built up with great difficulty was destroyed by her just like that. Yuan Yue stood up with a swish, suddenly pressing down on Yu Xi’s hand.
Yu Xi looked at her in confusion.
Without a second word, Yuan Yue took Yu Xi’s hand and placed it on her own shoulder. In the split second that Yu Xi was dazed, she hugged Yu Xi’s neck and pounced on her fiercely.
Yu Xi didn’t guard against this; her mouth hurt from being bumped by Yuan Yue’s teeth. She squeezed out some space and soothed her, saying, “Slow down a little.”
Yuan Yue, however, was like a wolf and tiger3. She switched to cupping Yu Xi’s head with both hands, tossing and turning in entanglement, her movements rough and clumsy.
Yu Xi was made to feel a bit of pain by Yuan Yue. She pushed open the distance between them, forcing herself to calm down quickly, and asked, “Tell me, what do you want to do?”
Yuan Yue was panting slightly due to her fierceness just now. Watching Yu Xi’s mouth open and close, she said with a slightly hoarse voice, “I want to be intimate with you.”
Yu Xi’s eye color deepened a bit. She raised her eyebrows, yet she was neither hurried nor impetuous: “The sky isn’t dark yet.”
“Can’t wait.” Yuan Yue grabbed her collar.
Yu Xi was afraid of being hurt by her fingernails. She engaged in a seesaw struggle with Yuan Yue, coaxing her, “Don’t rush, let me do it.”
Yuan Yue was, after all, not Yu Xi’s opponent; she was subdued by Yu Xi in two or three moves. Yu Xi feared she would act impulsively and recklessly, so she simply grabbed her hands. “Are you trying to coax me happy, or are we coming for real?”
Yuan Yue hadn’t expected her to ask this. She was stunned for a moment before saying, “Of course coming for real.”
Yu Xi laughed, however. She pinched Yuan Yue’s palm and teased, “If it’s really like you were just now, I think even by tonight, I still wouldn’t be able to find the feeling.”
Yuan Yue’s mouth formed an O-shape, and her face flushed completely red with a swish. Lowering her head, she whispered, “I felt I did pretty well…”
Yu Xi let out a Pfft of laughter, leading the shy-faced her to the edge of the sofa. Yuan Yue looked helpless, hanging her hands down, allowing Yu Xi to slowly strip her upper body bare.
The depths of Yu Xi’s eyes were clear as she coaxed, “Now lie down.”
Yuan Yue did as told, lying stiffly on her upper body, her legs bent at the knees and arched up.
The wind from the air conditioner was blowing right this way. Yuan Yue unconsciously wrapped her arms around herself; this action lasted less than a second before her hands were batted away by Yu Xi. Immediately following, Yu Xi’s warm and soft hands covered her, kneading gently from outside to inside, from bottom to top, following the curves.
The skin above Yuan Yue’s chest glowed red. Her hands rested limply on Yu Xi’s forearms, following her movements, her heart rising and falling. She pursed her lips, unconsciously emitting a faint hum.
This inadvertent sound successfully broke the silence. Yu Xi’s hands did not stop moving as she asked with a smile, “Comfortable?”
Yuan Yue slightly opened her mouth and nodded gently.
Yu Xi’s technique was skilled, as if she had undergone professional training. Yuan Yue stared intently at her face and couldn’t help saying, “I didn’t expect you to know massage too.”
Yu Xi remained noncommittal, freeing up one hand to press against her lips. “Shh, don’t speak.”
Yuan Yue immediately shut her mouth.
Yu Xi lifted her eyelids and said in a low voice, “But you can call out.”
She suddenly applied force. Yuan Yue couldn’t guard against it effectively and arched her upper body, letting out a scream.
Yu Xi was very satisfied, yet she withdrew her hands, straightened her waist, and began to undo the buttons of her jeans.
Yuan Yue recovered her wits from the lingering aftertaste just now, hurriedly pressing her down, and hesitated, “I haven’t showered; very dirty.”
Yu Xi pried her hands apart and smiled beamingly, “It’s fine, I’ll just take a look.”
…
Yuan Yue and Yu Xi each held a throw pillow, sitting on the carpet4 with their backs against the sofa, fingers interlocked, chatting aimlessly while calming their breathing.
Yu Xi turned her head to look at her flushed face and asked with concern, “Tired?”
Yuan Yue gazed at the ceiling, eyes half-squinted in aftertaste, pulled the corners of her mouth and said, “Tired, but I liked it very much.”
Yu Xi laughed, “The value of weight loss lies in persistence, so you must exercise often.”
Yuan Yue was so tired her whole body’s bones were clamoring. She moved her body with difficulty, lying on her side to look at Yu Xi, and said ambiguously, “Just like that just now?”
Yu Xi returned a warm smile to her, “Correct, just like that just now.”
Yuan Yue was a bit embarrassed, pretending to casually play with her hair, “Actually, the feeling when kissing you for the first time was so special.”
That should be the matter that happened that night she was drunk. Yu Xi was curious and pursued the question, “You still remember?”
“En.” Yuan Yue nodded and said timidly, “Like eating jelly.”
“Jelly?” This description was rather special. Yu Xi couldn’t help losing her smile and teased, “Was it tasty?”
“The taste wasn’t bad,” Yuan Yue said thick-skinned-ly. Such mushy love talk made Yuan Yue unable to bear facing it herself; she cleared her throat and stiffly changed the topic, “I seem a bit hungry.”
Actually, neither of them had eaten their fill just now, and adding the strenuous exercise, being hungry now was also pardonable.
Yu Xi suggested, “Let’s not eat a proper meal tonight, I’ll make some fruit salad.”
Yuan Yue had exactly this intention, but suddenly remembered something and busily said, “But my home doesn’t have salad dressing.”
“Rest assured, my home has everything.”
Yu Xi stood up, put on her clothes, and went next door to her own home to get things.
Twenty minutes later, Yuan Yue was enjoying the delicious fruit salad made by Yu Xi, feeling that such days were passed exceptionally comfortably.
Yu Xi wiped away the salad dressing spilling from her mouth and said absently, “The house next door hasn’t had anyone living in it for a while, mold is almost growing inside.”
Reminded by her, Yuan Yue finally recalled that ever since Yu Xi came home with her to spend Mid-Autumn Festival5, the house next door had been empty. Yuan Yue hurriedly swallowed the stuff in her mouth and said uncertainly, “Do you want to go back to live?”
“Do you hope for me to go back?” Yu Xi, however, tossed the question back to her.
Yuan Yue said without even thinking, “Don’t hope so.”
Yu Xi smiled with satisfaction, “Then I won’t go back.”
The next door being left idle like this was also a problem. Yuan Yue said cautiously, “How about finding someone to come clean it occasionally?”
“Okay, then let’s find you!” Yu Xi raised her eyebrows, looking at her and said, “In the future if you are idle with nothing to do, go over and help me clean the room. I’ve already prepared the keys for you.”
Yuan Yue looked at the bunch of keys Yu Xi pushed in front of her and asked in astonishment, “Why me?”
Yu Xi focused on eating her own food, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly, saying as a matter of course, “Aren’t you trying to lose weight? Cleaning a room also consumes calories.”
If it was really for weight loss, then this errand wasn’t unacceptable. Yuan Yue watched Yu Xi’s refined eating manner for a while, and finally compromised by putting the keys away.
It was still too early. Taking advantage of the time Yu Xi went to wash the dishes, Yuan Yue had already moved the laptop to the tea table. When Yu Xi finished washing and came out, Yuan Yue had already found a film. She waved at Yu Xi, “Want to watch a movie?”
Anyway, there was nothing to do. Yu Xi leaned over, sitting next to her, “What film?”
Just now Yuan Yue had already buffered a part. She pulled the progress bar to the very beginning and said with full confidence, “This is my favorite movie, today I want to recommend it to you.”
Seeing her speak so mysteriously, Yu Xi’s sharp eyes saw the title on the screen and she said in confusion, “This was filmed by Jie Ran6, right?”
Yuan Yue looked at her in amazement, “You’ve seen it too?”
Yu Xi shook her head, “Haven’t seen it, but I know this is the first movie she filmed ten years ago.”
Yuan Yue’s interest came at once. Grabbing her hand, she said excitedly, “Could it be you are also her movie fan?”
“No.” Yu Xi suddenly asked her, “Still remember that small pendant I gave you last time?”
Yuan Yue nodded hurriedly. Of course she remembered; that was the first thing Yu Xi gave her. That little gadget was still hanging on her phone to this day.
Yu Xi composed herself and said, “Last time you asked if I went traveling, and who I went with. Actually, that time was for the start of Jie Ran’s new movie filming. I followed their team to the filming location to scout the site.”
“You know Jie Ran?”
“Not only know, but we are good friends of many years.” Yu Xi didn’t keep her in suspense either, saying unhurriedly, “That woman who came to the house to find me last time, she was Jie Ran.”
“What?!” Yuan Yue couldn’t help screaming out.
That day she carried a pile of fruit bought by Yuan Xi home, and met that eccentric woman in the elevator. Seeing her embrace Yu Xi at the door, watching her grandly enter Yu Xi’s home, at that time Yuan Yue was both envious and jealous.
Yuan Yue could never have imagined that this eccentric woman who made her red-eyed with envy was actually her idol of all along, Jie Ran! To think she had muddle-headedly missed the Film Empress7 just like that; thinking about it was truly a regret.
Yuan Yue hugged Yu Xi’s arm and shook it hard, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“The key is you didn’t ask me, either.” Yu Xi soothed her, saying, “Jie Ran is a public figure after all. She hid it from her assistant to sneak out to see me, that’s why she deliberately dressed up like that. I was also keeping her whereabouts confidential, so it wasn’t convenient to reveal.”
Yuan Yue was indignant, “Then why are you telling me now?”
Yu Xi couldn’t help pinching her cheek, saying with deep meaning, “Now, who are we to each other? I don’t hope for there to be any secrets between us.”
These words sounded comfortable. Yuan Yue caught the opportunity and busily asked, “Quickly say, how on earth did you and her get to know each other?”
“When she was studying in Germany, she was my schoolmate. It counts as a coincidence, I suppose; we both joined the school’s fitness club, and because we both spoke Chinese, we just got to know each other like that.”
“Then is she very beautiful in reality? What is her personality like? How is her character?”
Yuan Yue asked a string of questions, but Yu Xi didn’t answer. She looked at her with half-squinted eyes, “Why are you asking so many things about her?”
“She is my idol!” Yuan Yue shouted exaggeratedly.
Yu Xi immediately sank her face, “But I am your girlfriend.”
Yuan Yue said cautiously, “You are angry?”
“No.” Yu Xi denied flatly, “I am eating vinegar.”
Yuan Yue was stunned. She didn’t expect that Yu Xi, who was always open-minded, would actually eat vinegar too. However, this appearance of eating vinegar was still quite cute.
The author has something to say:
Don’t go tangling with the cucumber issue anymore, speechless.
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